The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-11

delicacy Of detail which renders it one OF the most
striking beauties 10 city waere thing et Is beau.
dfu and the statues Of tAe heroes ths Grand Army
which ornament the Louvre, many Of them worthy
30 be placed by some of tie best models antiquity
good dee of gossip s going about appsrent o.
trsDeement between Jerome BOnaparts and te Esperor
At period when the hope Of founding dynssy - up
pssmost Louis NApoleons thousAss any eoor ess On
The part Of relations who sad nearest the throne has
eisasreeabls look withlt The alleged the
prom otion OF Prince Napoieon's officers. BERrE-
OUR BERLIN CORRESPONDENCE.
BsRzIS, Jan. %, 1885,
ne AcrstsHce of the Peace Propositions by Russfp-7A
Effect and Excitement in Bersw-What are the Trms
WI Asy Lead to Peace IN de SseoacAs AsssSow-
IL he Sreeia, Envoy of Napoleon ?-Marria0e in IL,
Royal khmly, dc, dc.
The universal excitement ocessioned by the late oyful
intelligence from st. Petersburg yet subsdeA No
thing talked Of but the approaching peace and many
arc the hopes and expectations it gives rise TO- Tho
Stock Exchange has been taken completely by surprise
and fscurities of all kirds after experiencing steady
fall for several weeks together have suddenly grown
buoyant As corks and rising like the quicksilver in
the Thermometer on sunny day; the bulls rampant
and the bears In state of desperation Even nature
pears to synpathize with the general feeling and after
bitter cold spell the weather has all at once become 20
mild and genial that people laying aside their furs
and preparing for the advent Of spring. which seems
ready to burst prematurey upon the winter Of our dis
content"
So far the prediction hazarded in the letter addressed
to you Christmas eve has been verified After soma
hesitation real affected the Car has accepted the
Austrian propositions and the conferences of Vienna
will soon be dsinerred from ths tomb of al tho Cspu
let's In which they have eposed quietly for the last nine
months or 30. hope may be mistaken, but am IN
cned to believe antcpaeas respecting the issue Of
the negotiations about to entered on will turn ont -
be equally well founded Thopubuc are apt to be obi
vous but they ought to recoct that this is the third
time that proposals. transmitted through the medium Of
Austria to the Court Of St. Petersburg has been ac-
cepsed, "purely and simply the French have It. the
hrst did not prevent the from breaking out, the
second from continuing with redoubd force and exas
peraton and remains be seen whether the th;d
will lead to favorable results. It should not e
overlooked that the ''four points, /" even with 9th
tackled to them are not regular treaty Of peace but
only the prelimnaries, or basis, which the treaty
is to be ctnouded and nearly all of them so loosely
worded as to be susceptible Of widely different ntarpre
tatien For instance it stipulated that neither of the
two Powers possessing territories the Black Sea ia to
retain war arsenals futif.aons the coast which
might interiors with the intended neutr but
does this clause include Nchoae which ia not exa ty on
the Back Sea, but the river lugul And what refe-
elc'm, being completely surrounded by Russian terri
tory the Sea of Azcfis included would not the Rms.
saos be justified in requiring the to be ex
tended to the Sea of Marmoraf Again the recti-
hcaton" OF the Russi-n frontier on the Danube is
grated ny that Power in exchange for the positions
occupied BY the shies in the Crimea !; but how
is 1T with Kars No mention is made Of that
fortress In the Eve points, and Russia is, there-
FORE under no engagements concerning it, Is she to
keep it. or she be expected to give it up without an
equivalent when the allies insist upon one for their con-
quesss Aitegether the regulation Of the frontiers may
tad to endless difficulties, the French or Austrian
dipiematists, WREN drawing their line OF demsrca-
on omitted to ascertain the existence of the mountain,
ous dge which is stated TO extend from Chotym to the
Danube, and which acquan ed with the topogrs-
ply OF those regions has heard Of before The re-
gious question: to which Russia has always affected to
attach 20 much Importance, is perhaps the knottiest
point OF any it beirg clearly impossible secure the
Rayahs in the enjoyment Of the civil and religious i'm
munities promised them without the Christian powers
exercising surveillance fatal to the independence Of
Turkey which 1t the osensibs object Of the war to
defend and guarantee.
thus tie pacific termination Of this great struggle is
hedged round all sides with doubts and difficulties
that can only be by the display great tact
on the part of the medAtng Powers aud con ciatory
ceey desirous peace it would Of be concluded
even in the face Of obstacles still appalling Now
1t notorious that whatever may be the opnon of the
English government, the English nation have no such
desire; and as to Russia We may reasonably suspect
that she now anxious to dissolve the formidable c,a
tion arrayed against her. to prevent it from being
strengthened by the Of members than to
make peace conditions morting to her pIde though
not permanently affecting her power By renewing the
conferences she affords Austria excuse for persisng
In her mastery inactivity deters the Scandinavian
Kingdoms from openly joining the allies, paralyzes
the warlke preparations of France and England,
and then may break Off the negotiations at any time
rather than sign . final treaty the terms offered
her. The question is therefore, will the allies consent to
meet their adversary half way and promise the mat
ter by mutual concessionsf 1t is pretty certain that
England, left to herself would not abate one iota Of
her demanda but it is generally believed that Louis Ma
poeon will show himself less nexorable and It now and
then limited that Baron Seebach tho bearer Of con-
denta message to that effect from the French autocrat
to the Emperor Alexander. To be sure the English
papers scout the idea of the Saxon dplomatst having
been entrusted with any such commission and even 60
the length Of asserting that his journey entirely
connected with politics. bu. in his senses will be-
lieve that Nesielrode's son nsw would post off from
Paris to Petersburg in the depth of winter, for no
mas ard happy New Year On the contrary, both
here and in Paris, NJ. de Seebachs expedition was
locked upon as an event Of the highest importance
and have heard 1t stated good authority that it is
to his and not to the
OF Count Buo that the unexpected acquiescence OF the
Gar Is to be attributed II IA well known how devoted
bis Gsllic Majesty is to the " idees Napoleonennes
how eaousy he endeavors to revive the tad the
first Empire, and how eagerly he copies 1t In its
smallest minntin and possibly he may be wiiag to pre-
ssnt the world with the spectacle Of second Napoleon and
ascend Alexander concuein second peace OF ns and
meeting at second congress of Efurt Besides, he has
attained all the objects which really induced him to wage
against the babarians OF the North He has raised
himself the pre-. eminence among the sovercigns
Of Europe that enjoyed by the late Gar Nicholas
his troops have covered themselves with glory at the
and he may think II high time to repose upon
his laurels and TO occupy himself With the internal
condition Of Empire which Is noqui,e satisfactory
its external relations. As for the the coup
dedt being seriously anxious to promote the cause Of
humanity ard civilization which has served him a. 40
urcfi stalking hore for his ambition that Of course