New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-12

tlm tsuppotlng there De an uitInih'om Ii INC easol
/, rejected by the Car, Austria will, or viii not
do-whst the Mositew said sbe wac on the point
Of doing a year-jOin forces with the Allies. Ras-
sia viii not reject-Russia will reject &c.
On the whole. peace stock 10 looking up. The
bulls say the objects for which the war was pn-
dertaken are attained so far as war can attain
them. They overlook the recent fall OF kars, and
explain the reduction Of the Austrian army in
favor of the Allies. The reduction is made now
az an economical measure, as outstanding OF re-
sources, so that If the ultimatum should be re-
iected Austria ean come out in the Spring jolly,
ike Mark Tapley, with received strength against
the Russians. The Gar, knowing this, viii not
reject However oddly this argument may strike
Won. can assure yOu that il is gravely held 0y
some here. The Constitutional, among others,
maintain il. IL ia perhaps worth noting that tue
three journals sometimes called semi-oficlal-the
Pays, Constitutional, and Patrit-are all inclined
to the pacific mood Al,
Another definite fact lie the PRONUNCIATION in the
Moniteur to-day, of the tripsrtite treaty between
Sweden France and England. 1t was concluded
at Stockholm the 2lst of November. In its first
article. the King of Sweden and Norway binds
himself not TO cede TO Russia, nor 10 exchange
with her nor to permit her TO occupy, any part OF
the territories belonging TO his crown; not to cete
to that Power any rights of pasturage, of fishing
or Of any nature whatever either the territory or
claim to such rights that may be set up by Russia.
In the second article, his Swedish Majesty binds
himself TO give immediate notice 70 their Ma]es-
ties of France and Great Britain OF any PROPOSE
ton made 10 him by Russia, having in view the
cessioH or exchange of any part of his territory,
the privilege of occupying any part OF them OF the
cession Of any of the rights cited IN article trst
On their side the Emperor and her Britannia Ma
iesty bind themselves to furnish his Swedish Ma
oh nd mil n IN
be sufficient in cooperation with his own, to
resist tie claims or aggressions OF Russia. The
report that there s secret article TO this treaty
seems worry probable. Whether that secret arti-
Gle contains, among other things, promise on
the part Of Sweden OF eventual adhesion TO
the Western Alliance, Judge ye. Correspondent
though am and well informed, ss e1ctciO l
must be, do not mind saying. in confidential
way, to the readers of THE TRIBUNE in Min
nesOta and the Sandwich Islands, that my faculty
of looking through mill-stOnes and into futurity Is
as limited as theirs.
The Patrie says, without qualification, that the
ratification Of a political and commercial treaty
between France and Persia is on its way to Paris
in the baggage Of Baron Lejeune Baron Lejeune
was sent to Tehersn some while since to carry
certain decorations from the Emperor TO the Shah
of PeTsis-LegiOn of Honor, | suppose. That,
you remember, was the nominal business OF Can
roberts mission to King Oscar.
Apr0pos of decorations. Let me add here, lest
/ forget il elsewhere postscrlptOrlal advice TO
those Of your subscribers whom addressed last
week on the subject of buttOn-hole honors. The
King Of Siam cOnfers the order of the SIkea Par
asol of Green and Gold. Frenchman in his
Siamese Maesty's service has been recently dec
grated with the same. Those who do not succeed
in their application to the Emperor of the French
might do well 10 look Siamward. do not as yet
know on what terms it is TO be- obtained-ths
Siikea ParasOt to judge from the title of the Or
der, it would seem that innocence and wealth were
desirable qualities in the applicant.
The first masked ball of the season was given at
the Grand Opera last Saturday night and Sunday
morning. There was the usual full attendance OF
young Americans inqusitive travellers, shrewd OBJ
servers, studious of French society" Aud 30
what is sometimes thought to be the especially gay
season of Paris begins. Alas i. is the saddest of
all the seasons of the year to whole classes OF Pa
rsians. For many trades this il what 10 called, in
the striking rhetoric of the workmen, the dead
season. 1t is bitter cold just now. Work slackens
or fails entirely, and the acreage wages of Is cents
for men and 80 Gems for women workers are
reduced or cease altogether. The suffering among
the poor is widespread and severe. Yet because It
does not show itself on the BOulevards and in bis
restaurant Green does not admit it's existence, and
thinks Paris is very gay. The PaIlsians know
better-the well.tO-dO among them, be it said 10
u
charitable folk. Their charity mingles largely in
their amusements may note, as an instance, the
grand Charitable ball which comes of tonight at
this same Grand Opera given under the patronage
Of their Maesties for the benefit OF the poor OF the
Eighth Ward of the city. All the public balls, ln-
deed as well as thesters and concerts are in some
sort charitable institutions, for the managers must
by law pay certain percentage on the receipts,
called the drOit des pGurres, the "rlgh' OF the
poor This pOor-Tate is about ten per cent, and
amounted in the case of the great concerts recently
given al the PalGiS de fadustre To IL 500 francs.
Now it matters little, as test of national chsrac-
ter, that the theater-gOers and dancers at the
balls are not in any given case all voluntary
payers Of such pOor-taX. The test.fact is that
the law which levies this impOst is approved by
public opinion, and maintained under all changes
of Government. Like the large charities of
Napoleon and Eugene, of which we so frequently
read, it matters very little whether these person
ages so distribute their easiyacquired wealth from
goodness of heart; the charge 80 commonly brought
that they DO il for pocy's and popuarity's sakes,
sufficiently indicate the national character. How,
with all the aids Of benevoence, the poor are 20
live through this Winter Of high prices, must re-
main ny stery to the well-fed half of the world.
The wonderfullest part of il ali is the mute heroism
of their endurance. Heaven help them: and let
us help Heaven IN the work.
To change to cheerfuller theme. DO YOU
know how there came TO be patron saint Of
Cooks Did you know there was one' lmperti-
nently suppOsing that your ignorance ia as great
on this point as nine was till il was enlight-
ened last sunday BY AlphOnse Kan. | win trans
late what he told me that day in the feulletOn OF
the Steele. 1t the devil does not send cooks
for the Lords meat, as tn proverb would tell:
"THE LEGEND OF ST ZTTA.