New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-05

Government could prevent sny journal from print
ing another word abont Eastern Affairs, and that
without violating legal forms. This the note is
careful 10 intimidation intimidatiOn's sake; add
ing. however. in the same breath, that Govern
mept prefers. to such exercise of It's power conf
derce in the prudence and patriotism Of editors
ard writers-fOr consultations and cajolery's sake.
The note goes so far IS 70 furnish re adv made, an
apology for journals that publish false reports.
which are bad and true reports, which, accord
ing to the MOnit'ur are wore. The truth il.
tba; in spite Of brides 10 the way of honor, office
and m0Dey-Of stern penal laws, aud penalties IN
ficted without law-Of CayeDne aud of bayOnets
the Emperor Of France seeks and needs MAIN
tensnce from public opinion He fears il and courts
il. Because ofhis fear be gagged and almost killed
the press but burst not quit kin II, and ~ alter
nate threat and coaxing, strives 10 bring Whatever
influence Is left 10 il to exert upon the people %
bear in his favor He needs auxiaries Of all kinds
az the present moment, and none more than popular
concurrence, or the appearance Of popular concur
renee. persuasion that the whole French peO-
ple went with their official head would, perhaps.
avail more than any diplomatic argument 10 de-
eide Prussia and Austria to make friends with the
possible General Of a gronde anne. such as once
visited Berlin and Vienna. The Old Napoleon had
the newspapers more thoroughly under control
than bis nephew has. Tie newspapers then were
q feebler folk. So we advance slowly Looking
al this note in another light, as meant only for
counsel and reproof to the careless speaking of
native and foreign newspapers, one cannot but
think that it comes with bad grace from the
quarter it does. The two greatest pieces % news
most important, if true-thst bad been an
nounced since the opening Of the war, we're ut
tered by the Emperor himself, and were utterly
false: the taking of Sevastopol, which proved to
be only catching Tartar; and the diversion in
Bessarabia al entertainment that never got further
than his Msjestys programme
And so come, naturally enough, to rumors as
numerous and irrational, for the most part, asever
OF the truthful element Of most Paris rumors,
saw once for all, that any common sense reader OF
TIE TRIBUNE is quite as competent a judge as
any "our correspondent" The finest rumOrs of
the times are that the Emperor is, next spring, to
lead in person large army out to the Austrio-
Russian frontier, (pOoh, pooh;) that q camp of
JOG, 0C0 men is to be established near Metz (pos
sible, J; that hafbrother de Morny, now Pres
dent of the Legislative body, lie to be left, during
the Emper0r's foreign campaign, in charge OF the
realm, with the title of Lieut.. General Of the En-
pire. mot bordering on likelihOod) that there
has been grave and unruly expression of discon
tent among the ZOuaves before Sevast0poi, al
though the report of it first made, and since de-
MED in English papers, may have been exagger
ated IAN unpublished letter from the Crimea in
clines me to believe this repOrt); that that I'M
clean wOman, Queen Christina, Of Spain, is plan
ming marriage between Nile. MuToz, her daugh-
ter by the Duke of Rianzares and son of Prince
Czartoryski, the head of the noble part OF the
Polish emigration, and that she is doing il with q
view to the possibility of her daughter sitting, one
day as Queen COMFORT On the throne Gf re-cOnsu
tuted Poland; that French company has pro-
posed to recruit, for the British army, anywhere
from ~, 600 to ~, 600 men, put them in uniform,
if desired and have half Of them ready at Fixed
dtpots within fortnight; with English pay and
private enterprise the recruitment could, doubt
less. be made.)
The Court mourns. two days in a grand way
aud two days in little mourning, for the death OF
its political relative the Duke Of Genoa, brother
OF the King of Sardinia This death, as well as
that Of the mother and wife of the monarch, is
great comfort to the Red Romanists, who say it is
juc gment upon the King for the cOn6scatiOn of
the Sandman Church lands. Surprising these
blasphemous, bear-eyed bgots saw clearly here
into the designs of Providence they give but
poor idea Of Heavens policy. let alone justice, in
striking three innocent TO punish one guilty. The
same party are excessively aggravated at the pro-
posed sale by The State of the Church possessions
in Spain. The post factO dogmatic publication
of the Virgin Mother does not produce the amount
of peace and good will that the friends OF that
measure" confidently promised. The Arch
bishop of Paris has Just ordered the publication in
the churches Of the dOgmatic decree in question.
He opposed and voted against II at the assembly
in Rome. A man of good common sense, he sees
with regret the banelul influence of such solemn
imposture. The persons who alone are pleased
with such fabrication and administration u nom
rational dOgmas, are some simple believers who
love TO swallow ecclesiastical prescriptions as
some persons enjoy pills and III health; some
bigots and zeaOts. and some active inhdelS.
IL 81 81.
argument against the Christian religion, which
they join the Church in confounding with its
ecclesiastical and other exercises.
The Court mourning, spoken of above. has put
an end to the Court ball that was to have been
danced this evening at the TuIeries. This I'M
toward event. mean the closing of the palace
dOOrs-is deeply felt by some of our dear country
men and women here, whose passion for Court
balls has been imperfectiy gratlhed this year.
The incongruty of Court festivities and CEmean
hsrdshps was felt and recognized from the outset
of the season; and the excuse for the last grand
bali was the occupation that the preparation OF
its pOmps and circumstances gave TO many OF the
working classes, whose condition this winter is
peculiarly bad; work scarce, and rents and all
kinds of provisions, at high prices. You would
hardly think 1.-THE strangeness of the devices,
the savage wretchedness of shifts, to which thous
ands of the inhabitants Of this gayest city in the
world are driven TO keep off frost and hunger. |
will speak of some of them in future letter; they
NAV do good service in the way of hints to some
of the Inhabitants of the most prosperous city in
the New World; for ! am told that New-fork
rivals London and Paris misery. Our Americans
at the Court balls are, am told, very funny-tO
one who chooses to take the funny view of them.
If ii were not for bit of pride that forblds asking
favors, or visiting the house, of man l believe
and speak evil Of should myself be tempted to
hon tha hnnnr of having bare headed to Majesty.