New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-28

some Of their be.terr were writing library Of his
tory, fiction and speculation on Russo- rlrsi,h
themes Now every week brings us new vslume
or two of history trsye statistics, compiled descrp-
ton or confessed fiction, Of which Indus AMI Indian
Affairs are the base.
above but quite foarishing Of late in its little way,
lie hat may be called tie old-hmy department otlet-
t@rs We have sItogether half dozen or more little
new books and pamphlets treating all OF nobility,
the very existence of Which, let alone their contents
indicates curious trait 10 French natonsl eharac'
ter.
Excepting the United States, if not no, excepting
that ode republic there is no nation in tie civilized
world where the sentiment Of equality is 50 deep
seated and universal sc Frsnce. The Legion OF
Honor numbers about so 0CO members; the recently
instituted MedaiTe de st. Helene, properly styled
the chocolate medal is eagerly and os!entatousiy
pinned on 10 some three hundred thousand French
coats oyercoats strait costs, frock coats, sacks,
paletots rselsns, vests, blcuses, aud other upper
outer garments; there are so many thousand army
officers in service and retirement; these are all the
private bearers Of the military medal aud the Eng
lsh Crimean medal; these The bearers OF foreign
decorations Of and these are the bearers
of the ministerial medals of SGaretage and others.
Say on the whole then that ole million Of the ten
million male adult French wear some title or medal
as above enumerated. The numerous generals,
ajors, colonels captains, hOnOraoles, judges and
private sauires amorg your leaders, may uige
whether the other Line million suffer their prvation
quietly. They seek comfort then in titles OF nobility,
or lacking them. they prefix to their names the
particle de which implies nobility. Now, as CON-
pared with these, the number Of men in France
who can make out clean title of nobility in the
Old sense of the word is about as large proportion
ately, IS the number of blood horses In kpp X
Browns omnibus line. For il is well KNOWN
though not much ventilated. fact that, leaving out
Of view the numerous ex iDguisbed ante-reyolu-
tion,ry titles, an enormous proportion OF the titles
boz ne before c9 were assumed, not granted. There
WAS talk last year and this to the effect that Gov
ernmen mt was proposing to regulate this matter
title, in respect Of which, after so many revolutions
no clear, effective law exists; and though gOvera
ment of which the chief sensiby boasts that he is a
parvtnu, norus homo, will probably have the good
sense to LET the present confusion reign, the mere
rumor painfully interested scores Of doubtful mobiles.
Hence their readiness to buy these books, one OF
which ard the best offers them small comfort. 1t
is entitled Les Nodes Ct les Iaains. The authors
curious researches prove, as TeIier witsly re-
marks, "that unfortunately mobiles and villains are
50 mixed up that nova days 1t is extremely diff
"cut to tell one from t'other." This same amusing
writer eiyea not very exsrayaeant noti,n OF this
Fronch mania fer titles in one OF his recel articles
when he says: "BarOns visc0unts, counts, mar
"ouses, dukes aud princes of the holy RemN En-
"pi1e, all are there at an evening par'yl. Princes
were never SO plenty, dukes abound. and mar
"auses swarm, baIons are past counting, and for
"my own part, know three knights of Malta and
"txo Counts PaIatine who are nov applicants for .
"clerksbp in q railway tfice at salary OF l,5oo
"fraDcs year."
Ii came cut in the trial of that simple, silly, good.
natured, popular Count Migeon, that he purchased
his title for $50 francs cash. A similar article may
be bad, believe, on application, with satisfactory
references, to the Roman Chancellerie. mention
the fact for the benefit of American youth travelling
abroad. One occasionally meets such republican
adolescents who are almost more offensive in their
First Family pretensiOns than the fefcest Of our
democrats in their troublesome Ostentati0n OF indie.
pendence.