New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-19

gthi. fact il that they wait patiently twelve to
hurteen DAYS 70 receive by hand official dispatches
of a prent battle, q column long, when they nave
IN electric telegraph in operation over the entire
line | shall endeavOr to see that the C0"S'N"'
,;ornd is corrected in its statements
The exhibition Of Powers's Greek slave Il Oenn-
iti1ely closed in this city for want oil support
Afr an enormous expense and all sorts oil o.
,t,pc,;on. thrown in he way OF its INTRODUCTION
and exhibition in France, it has proved complete
failure. and is to be taken back to London. mus
the American public will see that there ID no use
N a...mpt TO compete with Frenchmen in war
;mnlsmepts or the fine arts, no matter how yalua-
HE their inventions may be. Colts pistols and the
Greek slave sufficiently prove the fact. Whenever
YOU touch upon the two great pursuits OF France,
war and the fine arts, the two pursuits which have
given her the most Of Der renown, you must ex-
pect 10 mercy. So bring along Jour steamer
oipes. your plOws and harrows, your reapers, NOW.
ers and thrsshers, but keep your death-dealing in
yentions and your statuary at home. Ii Powers
and Colt are snubbed there is little hope for
others.
The Government has just published decree,
which snnCunces the design Of fixing every two
weeks the prices of all meats sold by the butchers
Of Paris, the same as it now fixes the price OF
bread. The .fLt de bGyf, small cut from the
srlon being considered an article Of luxury, will
be exempt from the fixed tariff. This decree has
given irlmenseIsatsfact to the citizens who have
been Irightfuy at the mercy Ofbutchers during the
preient season.
One of the most noted prOmenaders of the Pa
risian bOuley ards at this momebt is the Hon. Mike
Walth Of New-York. Mike looks sadly out OF
place with his dignifed walk and odd toilet, and
doesn't seem to take readily TO Partisan habits.
Being asked the day after his arrival by an Ameri
can how be liked France, Mike made the follow.
ing characteristic reply: l have tried at dozen
places since l arrived yesterday and | can't
habituate myself to their COMPOUNDED drinks
1.-The basis is good, but they have way of mix
ing it that never shall learn, know"
I'D TO the present moment, the government has
been very successful in suppressiDg the fact that
n cholera now exists in Paris At the hospital
Hotel Dieu, there were about hundread deaths
during the month just passed, aud almost an equal
number at each Of the other large hospitals. The
present epidemic is remarkable for more frequent
absence of premOnitory symptoms, and of cramps
during the course of the disease. The proportion
of deaths is larger than in any former epidemic.
La Presse says that corn has at length reached its
maximum price, and that the high quotations have
brought offers Of supply from all quarters. Large arr
walls of f. reign -four shortly expected The very
cay on which the articles about flour appeared in the
M0nieur house at HAVE sent large order TO New
York.
The price of butchers meat is to be fixed by the au
thoriti by decree # the prtfect every fortnight.
Measures are being taken by the auhori Ice of the
various del nts for The relic Of the poorer classes
The Empress is in very poor health
The Emperor is about to visit Boulogne in company
with X ader,