The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-05

PANS, July II. 1853
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TIC Emperor has written a letter from Piombisros,
which , published this morning In The MoHf'ear, The
means OF rreveJng such future vlstatons the
and southern departments or France have j1si sus
tanned from IT, ate fearful inunda;ons It Is written
with the lal epigrammauc terseucss which distn.
guishes bis Macs,y's compositions, ami defines, very
tangible form, the m1ds operrnli o. these periodical
foods 1t shows that they tie natural consequence
not 81 the which toscends upon the paias-whch,
before il can raise the level o. the rivers, must hrs
rermeaie BY degrees through the soi-but Of that
which falls upon the mountains, from whose hard AM
rocky surface PUSHES down In torrents into the
which il speedily ovcreows The fact Is observed
in our daily experience, remarks the Emperor II u not
the water which falls upon the earth that DIS the gut
scrs and chokes up the draDs but that which CONS
upon the housetop whence descent BY accustomed
ondults filing often overfoS ~ appointed channels
In this instance tae mountains, already gorgei with
snow, the touselJps, aud the rivers The cutters
To remedy the evil. that which nature does on large
scale man must initae les. "ii,r says the let
ter sIhe lake q Constance and the Lake o. Geneva
did nc, exist, TIE valleys Of the Rhine and Rhouc
would be two vast sheets o. water for every
year these lakes without any extraordinary fall Of
rain have Their levels raised two three metresn Tue
letter then proceeds 70 call public attention rcpor.
drawn up in lsi7 by N. Cougnon, formerly Deputy Of
Ia Meurthe, which points The advantages derived
Tor enc hu, dred and nfty years from the dixie or EN-
bankment Of Pinnay constructed IN 1Tll. al WISH
says the Emperor 10 the Minister or Public Works 10
whom this document especially addressed, ihis sys.
fem 70 be taken into consideration by the sbest
your administration, and that moreover independently
Of the reservoirs which must be made all the chief
points menaced moat river similar 10 that existing
al Bois should be constructed Lyons which could
Tail 10 be alike advantageous m securing that town from
future inundstons and, at tho time, in adding 70
Ne military strength" document Of this kind could
not appear mere convenient season, for the nsur
roc,on Nm spsin has caused an agitation or the public
mind which country governed like France canpotex-
perience without danger The 1onitG1, Is true makes
he following announcement this morning but men not.
vithsisnding, shake their heads The snake may be
sco,ched without being killed
The from Spain Ia rc.assurng Autographs des.
patch Of the itth bad already announced that tranquility
completely established at Madrid that the dsarni
ent active operation, ami that circulation IN Tho
town vas free On the rornng OF the 18th movement
was feared al Barcelona but the attitude on The roops
we're collected IN the town speedily dispersed and
learn that the 10Th tranquility perfectly estsb
From Sebastian under date TIE oth bear that the
electric telegraph working bet that city ami
ssrsgo.ss hat Navarro n sesy and Guposca we've s.
that the courier and the digenees from Madrid mad
arrived with accident that the Captain General Ehsgue
at Gadela with several bntlons There was ~
news nom aragossa Ga the 2Oth all the National Guard
nj Madrid had laid down their arms aud the population
had resumed their ordinary occupations
80 writes the Roxfte,v Bat the Official acts of the
government arc NOT IN accosdsL.s With tbs a.prsn,