The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-23
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT.

FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.
PARrs May A. 1854
In spite Of the dismal weather Of the past weekin spite
OF the cholera of which she fortunately
distributed in the different hospitals 10 alarm the
public mndn spite the duness of business and in spite
Of the anxiety with which is daily expected from the
Baltic and from the DanubePar is unusually gay il we
Judge from the crowds that throng theatres and
the paors of officials and of leaders of fashion
The of piece entitled He Asse at the Theatre
Franz the steady attraction of Eoe du Nord at the
Opera Comique the Chinese the Porte ST Martin and AT
the ippodrome, where unuckiy the falcon SO pomp
ous announced proved utter failure y the last night at
the Italian Opera the musical soees at the yoomte a.
noourt and at twenty other distinguished peoples and
above ALL the delightful theatrical entertainment given the
other evening by NJ ausmann, the project the Seine
the Hotel dc WIFE, the grand staircase which was trans
formed into gardenwak through lilac bushes full of bloom
and fragrance these have lately figured among the prnc
pal diversions Of pleasure in Paris The members
the coyPs Legsa especially the country membershaye
had other motives than pleasure seeking induce them TO
attend the different ministerial receptions for the is
drawing to close, and they have but little time longer to
solicit at least they fail secure sundry avors which
they may have promised to their electors at home.
Among the most important subjects which have been re-
eeh presented to the attention Of the French legislature
are the notifications proposed the actual system public
Instruction. and the proposed abolition of penalty civil
death The clerical party make loud cutlery against some
oi he provisions OF the law of instruction They had
however, accepted the law of $780, In the hope of
sonaiy protng by that compromise between themselves
and the university party The law although dreaded
ny many sort OF Trojan horse full of concealed dangers
Tor the liberty OF Instruction and for 'region win doubt
less pass and it very improbable that its passage will oc
oasion great harm either the other The law for
the abolition Of the civil death penalty meets demand that
Is nrersaly felt The report of NJ Richie on this penalty
after tracing its history through Roman euda egisa
ton, Cites among several striking instances of its effects the
case OF General , who condemned for political rea
sons in 1876 but amnestied in 1926 and his return to
France found his property in the hands of his children
These unnatural children refused to his property
him, and even instituted against his claim to some
other property bequeated to him by his mother They gained
their case NJ Richie also cites the of Madame de Poig
who having chosen with wifes devotion to Join
her husband in his prison. became mother there saw her
children under the ban of basardy according the law
which it is proposed to publish When law revos the
public conscience by such results these its days
bered
The fearful peril which for eighteen days held in
pense the poor diggcr at Ecuy, whose companions
corpse must aggravae the horror Of his position, has
spred universal interest only in Lyons but Paris
throughout France among all classes of people Marshal
Caseane the cardinal archbishop Lyons the project the
procureur imperial among the yers who have carried
him consolation and encouragement The sensitive heart
the Empress has been touched by the misiorunes of this
young workman and she receives her request morning
and evening, Geographic intelligence respecting him. 1t is
hoped that he win be released with safety to-day
The Empress has again awakened her imperial husband S
hopes of heir; and this time precautions spared to
hinder the chance of their disappointment.
The bombardmen of Odessa the isolation and destruction
the Russian troops in the Dobrudscha the by tee
graphic dispatches of yesterday dated Trieste Sd May
the bombardment of the Russian batteries Suna by d
vision Of the combined feet the failure of the attempted in
surrection of anaca Greeks Samon the confirmation
the that the Montenegns have again risen against the
Turks the curousy significant fact that the flaming
accounts of Turkish victories nearly always accompanied
by of further advances made by the Russian troops
wards Constantnope the reasonable demand Of Admiral Ma
pier upon the admiralty recognise the advantage of multi
plying small craft to form fotila for the nav-
CATION Of shallow waters the impression that beginning
be felt in London and Paris that the hardy finandcra who
compose large proportion of the Russian navy by
be despised by the gallant Admiral Napier
himself and his brave these among the chief topics
that excite public attention Nor forget the
suits that the calling out of the contingent for the French
army has occasioned in connection with various bureaus dc
relaeea Tho following decree appeared in the Moaiepr
| haperioi of the lst'
In virtue of the Law Of the 23d April 1850 which
thorzed the calling out Of 1000 of the class of 1853
for the recruiting OF the and navy the law OF the 18th
April, 1854, by which the levy authorized by that law
raised from $4,000 to 10000 and the decree which
fixes the closing Of the lists of the contingent Of the said
the 2sh Of May next the report Of Minister
decree follows OF the young soldiers form
ing the contingent Of the class of 1883 900 called
active service for the army and navy Art The time
departure Of these so GOO young soldiers shall be determined
by Minister Secretary of State in the War Department
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