Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-04-24
The Peace Gossip,

The diplomatists assembled at Paris have
kept their secrets with extraordinary tact,
and nothing is officially known as to the
objects Of their meeting, save the guess.
work and patchwork resume Of the jour.
nalists. The last rumor alludes to anoth.
er hitch in the ptoceedings-a diplomatic
snag on which Prussia has contrived to
steer the plenipotentaries.
Our own impression of the conference
and the prospects of its finally agreeing
upon peace, has been limited at in the Del.
ia more than once, and recent events have
not altered it in any important particular.
We always believed that England desired
peace, and that France was anxious to
change the theatre of war; but we doubted
the sincerity of Russia and of her sympha.
thizer, Prussia, in the wish for such con.
nection which the Partisan Conference ap.
peared to indicate. She wanted time, not
peace. She has gained the former, and
has no longer any need of the latter.
Russia fights with sickness as well as
with the sword-with the sharp tooth of
famine as we'll as with the science of the
engineer. While Orloff and Brunow are
convincing Clarendon and Walewski Of
their ignorance Of physical geography. the
Allied soldiers in the Crimea have been
pining away with a rapidity never equaled
in the history Of war before. Time tells
on them as severely as the cannon Of Sc.
bastopol. The far.seeing statecraft of
Russia anticipated this, and became, on
that account, party to the diplomatic eau.
ses in Paris which has attracted so much
attention from the political world.
Russia may be willing to cherish an
entente cordial with France. The signs
of the times point to such a possibility.
But she wants no peace with England
She yearns for her ruin and will lend q
ready hand to her subtle ally Of the I'd Of
December, to bring about such 4 terrible
contamination. The Cossack does not
chant Berenger's song: 4aa.if .lsaa4e
'fhen proudly neigh, my gallant gray
Thy chest is bread and ample, .....-
And thy hoos shah prance DER the fields Of Franco
7D And the pride Of her heroes tEampie," .7
which was supposed to embody his aspi.
rations some years ago; he is more or
less reconciled to France but he looks to
the fields Of England, with an eager eye,
and would cheerfully march shoulder to
shoulder with the Zouaves through the
streets of London or Liverpool. - 90
The apparent friendship springing up
between France and Russia has excited
the most dismal suspicious in England,
and many Of her journalists express signi.
fcant doubts Of Louis Napoleon's sinceri.
ty in the Western Alliance. When the
Delta alluded TO his possible treachery two
years since, and published his boast made
10 Mr.. Jertlan, the editor Of the Literary
Gazette, in '46. that be would Idle in the
streets Of London" many Of our readers
considered US oyer-credulous in attaching
any importance to such plague, but they
are beginning rapidly to alter their opinion
Of the man and his destiny. He must in.
augurate great events or fall. France is
no country for do-nothings. Her chief
must be an Andrew Jackson or nothing.
A Franklin Pierce could not last month
against the sush Of opinion which is al.
ways forcing the leaders into original and
daring action. Louis Napoleon under
stands this fact, and, strong swimmer as be
is, will endeavor 10 top the wave, even
when it sets against the rock. bound coast
Of England. ..I.ls.f Ill
The telegraph advises us that peace will
certainly be declared; wa are inclined to
believe that war is only about to alter its
locale. The struggle in the Crimea may
be over. but the great Europeon contest
between Anglicanism and Gallicism has
not commonwealth. o. Delta. ssh. .q,t
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The art Of dentistry in the United
States is said to be nearer perfection than
in any other country of the world. New
ertheless, there is probably no American
dentist, however skilled in his profession,
who extracts teeth as speedily as Rus.
sian surgeon who several years since en-.
joyed lucrative practice unong the for.
eign residents Of St. Petersburg. This gen.
tleman boosted the euphonious appellation
of Schlavber Kromlen Kroffks and it
was his custom TO save the expense of in.
struments by making all his patients pro.
nounce his name Quick several times in
succession an operation which was sure
to remove the afflicted. tooth. The only
difficulty which he encountered was. that