New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-04

Prsedom and Christ, all except A. he1pd, OF C0n-
as,ntpople, who servee his masters under the title
n his defenders, IN Hitting Christian breecbes-
IooL rather at this pleasant glimpse Of French
character. The Emperor wants to give the re-
turned troops little treat IN addition 70 that pop
MAR street triumph. Being man Of tolersby
"sbrevd observation" being intensely Interested
in the matter Of pleasing the troops, and beng
hand and glove with the Minister OF Finance, he
naturally chooses for the treat something which
the troops, French soldiers fair representatives OF
the mass Of Frencbmen, will generally be suited
with. Now what do you guess the treat 10 De
Cakes and beerf Extra grogf Extra pay No;
il il TO consist of series of gratis performances
at the Grand Opera The first ia to be gwen on
Saturday evening. This seems to me peculiar
ly and admirably French. What is not 20 ad-
mirsble is that while, indeed, the stshes a OF
ohesfye are reserved for the oficers the soidiefs
must push away in the psrterre and the upper
boxes ard smphtheater The frat ana second
rows of boxes are not for the army: ne sriauEo-
roert Is IS little peculiar as it is little admirable
and reminds me- 10 tle checking OF my indigna-
tion against the Emperor, and with difference IN
his fsyor-of the arrangements OF the opening,
some wears since, OF your Industrial falace III
Eew.York, where ntne of the good seats were
reserved. even for the " Ofcers"-the leaders in
the fire-front of the industrial army.
Speaking Of the Opera, Cruvelli, the CruvelIl,
Z Al,
last definitely, legally, and b-religiously become
Madame Ia Baronne Vigier / might have an
pounced this eonsummatiOn in my last letter. + or
that matter, might have announced It any time the
last twelve months. For it has been extensively
talked of here in Paris in and out OF feuietons, and
rumored about, and guessed about, and affirmed,
and denied, and conf ectured upon during that or
longer period with the contradictory abundance
and the superficial profundity and the well
;rfo fafiv n Eastern
ton or an Esterhazy mission. Baron Nlgler has
been negotiating for an alliance all this time; and
the public have been treated at intervals 70 detals
in which they seem TO have been Interested
of smiles and pouts, prospects OF peace, ,breats
of war, mediating presents of shawls and Jewels,
escspades, retreats, advances, &C, the re-
hearsal of which have thought it my duty TO
spare the readers of THE TRIBUNE. So skepticsl
had become in this imbrOgio of contradictions,
that when even the marriage purpose of V. and L.
was posted at the Marie ten days ago, did not
record it, For here in Paris an announcement
binds neither party to its fulhllment IN that KIND
Now finally that all is over, | put it On record
The parties were legally married: l. e., civily, at
the Marie; then they were religiously married Cd
the Baron q part at Catholic Chureh on CruvelTs
part at Protestant Church, she being ola Protest
ant-even il is said of clerical Protestant family.
David Anglers ia dead. Eminent as sculptor
he was supereminent by his peculiar talent OF pro-
ducng in the busts Of great men the characteristic
expression Of their genius. His bust of Victor
Hugo is fine and his bust of Goethe an almost
e1travagept example of his special power In this
respect Here he was known and respected also
as q political man-s consistent, generous Liberal.
In 1875 be was Mayor Of one of the Arrondisse-
ments Of Paris, and Member of the Constituent
Assembly. Among the followers of his coffin
were Cavaignsc, MANN president of the Republic
of Venice, Bersnger, and other eminent Liberals:
With them toe went artists and lovers OF art OF
other opinions TO do honor to name glorious
" in the arts and TO q memory respected by all
parties"
Speaking of this loss in the world Of art, natu.
rally reminds me of the disaster that befel Paul
Delaroches great painting, the Hemcycle, at the
Ecole de Beaux Arts. ! may have omitted to
speak of il at the time the accident took place,
which came in the shape of FIRE some weeks ago
Added to the injury caused immediately by the
neat. was that Of the excessive cold which fol-
lowed. The result is, that herdiy twenty cut Of
the noble assemblage OF sevsnty-five personsges
Represented in this fine picture, remain unharmed
| come now to the comforting part of the story:
A skful restorer is already engaged cleansing ana
prersring the wall for DelsrOche, who will then
complete and finish the painful resurrection OF his
master-piece. If the artistic life is spared, the
picture then will be given back 10 the world by
the creative author, in whose spirit II still lives
entire pite its material destruction.
Here. at the very fsg end cf my letter, i have
NOT space 10 speak as would Of the very remark
able spectacle, at which Parisians assist every
pipbt AT the Theatre Porte 81. Martin. Ii is the
Oyestis of Alexander Dumas 9 free translation
from the trilogie of Hscbylus, (the Agamemnon,
ChnphorR and Eumipides,) with borrowings from
Euripides and Sophocles, and Romantic loans oil
his own 10 their classic capital. Notwithstanding
the "sarbling" to use harsh term. which was
almost necessary 10 bring this tragedy on the
modern stage, and the seeming unfitness of the
classical style and story TO boulevard theater,
Alexander Dumass Ortsie preserves great part
of its Grecian form and feeling; and as an act
Ing play, is deeply interesting to the modern Pa
risians II is very odd 10 think that Eschylus 10
having " run" at the Porte ST. Martin. But
why mott He was not classic, happily, when he
wrote-evidenty in temperament as much " ro-
manifest" as Dumas himself Probably because
Of lust this fellowship between the great original
and his iuIitator, the French OrestIe more nearly
reproducee the effects Of the old Greek tragedy
than If il hsd been brought out by whole
college Of scholastic pIofessors-a whole regiment
of whom have not the dramatic sense and senti-
ment that make Dumas. in one large respect Their
superior as lite interpreter. The Furies at the
Porte 81. Martin are bungled; the Dioscuri, who
descend, quite uncaled for in small cloud para
chute, are ridiculous, and ungodlike as sismese
Twins; but Clytemnestra, In her rage and reeol-
lected woe over Iphigenia's death, gives fearful
elimpses into the darkest sbysses Of human pas
sion and mad Cassandrs revelation Of the muir
dered husbands and murdered mothers coEpses
lying there, makes the blood run chill.