The daily union., 1856-01-24
FOREIGN ITEMS OF NEWS BY THE STEAMER
WASHINGTON

The Paris correspondent of the New York Times in his
letter Of the 2eh uliimo has the following panegyrc
Louis Napoleon:
The Bourgeose Of Paris used to say returning from
the promenade ~ az e macon dt1ord hui by which
they they had the King who nothing but
great builder To-day the Bourgeoise say under
like circumstances yd on fhona,s d jour- (l have seen
the Of the tines Louis Philippe a mason King,
great builder but be only foundaiion-aye
compared to the Of the tmcs' Louis Napoleon The
great footprint which Louis Philippe has left the map
Of Paris is its forthcaons but long after these shall
crumbled away and been built the New Louvre and
the Rue de Rvo and the great Boalevards for the
establishment and salubry Of the city will stand as
nments mark Louis Napoleon the chief Of monarch
builders. But the OF the times is something more
than great builder he only builds great monuments
OF architectural art opens up and magnificent
squares nvents guuboa and plans artillery for the
Crmea but he inauguaes stems Of public charity
and discovers methods Of stopping hungry mouths
and OF filling them well with bread With cheers for
their benefactor.
Thus within few days public furnaces hare been es-
blished all Paris which the following articles Of
diet served 10 the at the prices annexed dem
tre nearly pint of beef SOUP sou or cent; one
hundred grammc between three and ounces of cooked
meat and wohirds half tre Of cooked vege-
tables at half litre Of rice soup one sou
chds portion half the preceding. The establishment Of
these furnaces does interfere with the regular disbu-
tou which takes place gratis at the houses Of the most
needy In this manner and Insignificant expense 20
the State starvaton-hunger kept from the poor
Napoleon is emphaCally the Of the tnes ready for
every emergency.
DETERMINATION or NAPOLEON TO CARRY
The Paris correspondent OF the London Times SAYS:
understand that the again given to-day
10 official quarter OF the resolution Of this
carry on the 10 the most vigorous manner In the
event Of Russia not acceding 10 the propositions adopted
by the allies IL repeated the tine that tie
Emperor Napoleon bad Unsuitable desire for war; on
the contrary be woud feel much satisfaction as any
that the should cease but that be and the English
government determined TO abae iota OF the
on which peace would be accepted and that II Rns
a still held out sbe would ere how two such powers
make in the Baltic IL denied that there was
still gimmer OF hope OF peace but admitted that the
gmmer very faint indeed This does not differ IN
any respect from what have than once described a.
the disposition Of the French government but 1t is no
harm repeat Il each time that apsy
IN the Russian press Of Belgium aud Germany.
LsrEsT ErBAsToPoI.
letter in the Press dOrtnt under date OF December
IS says;
The Russians, tnoamped the north Of the BAY must
ee rather uneomioraoe for they have not onehalf Of
with the aid Of telescopes their installation Il most
hcent and incomplete and their supply Of wood very IN
sufficient for frequently numbers Of their men se
ing fuel amid the brushwood Of nkermann and on m,
sites Of ruined houses close TO the hay They have
become OF late more spang Of their eunpowder and pro-
ectiles Seeing that respond 10 their provoca
tons, they fire less frequently nevertheless when tbey
perceive horseman pedestrian they cannot resist be
temptation and salute him with ball or she'll
We have remarked for some days considerable move
ment in the Russian camp from which ii s inferred tba
Prince Gortschakof must have received reinforoeuons
The works INTENDED 10 blow the docks nearly ter
minated An officer Of the engineers told me The day be
fore yesterday that eight chambers ready for the pnr
pose but not yet loaded The destruction Of these egan
c works will not he the least curious episode OF The great
drama We have been acting here og upwards OF wear
You have Sebasiopo in s splendor dressed out In ali
is wsrse hncry you have i, after the 9Th az s.p
embcr when you must have observed great change in s
decoration but what will Il be when the explosion Of the
mines takes place visited some days ago the Ssrdnan
camp, where We have many friends found our brave
comtsdes in excellent condition. Their Renerancief
pays every attention TO the welfare Of his troops and they
In The Crimea.
The number Of sick is quite Insignificant Fresh meat is
very agreeable to the soldiers This Is not however
mere question q taste bat they all persuaded that this
food extremely wholesome They do relish salt pro-
yisions right or wrong, they regard them unhealthy
few OF the men eat their whole raon and some OF them
do not taste them Physicians vanly assure them that two
distributions Of salt meat weekly are not injurious to
heah they cannot conquer ths the soldier for
that article Cattle beginning TO be scarce in the ar
dnan camp and the ntendant had been obliged TO Apply
to the English oommissarat for number Of oxen.