The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-12-03
VOL. XII.

Charies was outwltted by the insignifca Mt
Elector of Saxony, and You may rest assur ID
that Napoleon's fate has been long settled ~
that formidable phalanx Of desposts, by he
grace of God. n
| The financial storm is still blowing from IL
the cardinal points with equal force, and e
fatal influence of the crisis ii the United Sta es
| is now beginning to be felt here The Bank of
France has taken every precsution to weat err
the hurricane, thereby making the TRANSACT, as
| OF the merchants and manufacturers still In, re
difficult. Ell
Several Chambers of Commerce in the m st
| important business places have petitioned G. "
eminent to force the Rank of France to redt ce
its rate of discount, and to declare its notes as
legal tender. The Government will not, b, w.
ever, listen to the proposition, and even goes so
far as to interdict the discussion Of such a
| measure in the newspapers.
The Minister of Finances, to pacify the p, b.
lie, recently published a report to the Empei rr
wherein he states that France was never ii
more aourishing condition than at present, I'D
demonstrates that, since 1854, the bude is
have shown a surplus revenue, instead of &e
hcit, as heretofore; that no more public los rs
would be necessary snG that the great DC ok
OF loans will be closed for a long time to con e
that the amount of exports and imports Fl m
lS47 to 1857 have increased, from ,664, 000,t 10
to 1881 100000 of francs that, in the ga ae
period, the importation of gold and silver BIZ We
exceeded the exports by about 400, 600, 900, 1 I'd
in the first nine months of 1857, the import of
of precious metal exceed the exports q er
62,O00,0 900. The Minister also says, in the ga ae
report, that there is no reason to be alarmed at
the present crisis. The Bank of France is 81 H.
GENTLY fortified, not to be obliged to adj pt
measures which have been condemned by. x.
perience at all times and in all countries I'D
that it will reject them with no less energy II an
the Government
But, In spite of the glorious state of the q b.
lie treasury, according Ito the Minister of he
Treasury, the merchants and manufactui ,rs
are not relieved from fear. Since the orders II IN
the United States and England are coun ,r-
rnanded, many manufacturers are dismiss ag
their workmen, and the panic at Lyons is i'd
to be fearful.
The Tuilerie Garden, of which you hive
read and heard much. is an oblong squ<,e.
The part fronting the Palace of the Tuile-les
is laid out in terraces and hower-beds, emhel.
Eshed with fountains and statues. The lsrge
avenue leading from the central pavilion OF The
Palace to the Place de la Concorde is linefon
both sides with tall trees, extending on the Right
to the Rue de Rivoli, and on the left to he
road along the Seine
On Sundays, this charming resort is the Great
rendezvous for nurses with babies and Stall
children innumerable. The avenues are Eaed
with chairs, upon which the healthy, rosy r ok
ing peasant women are seated, holding Il ose
little cherubs, from the age of one week. to Ane,
two, and three years, or they are engaged wssch-
ing those little ones intrusted to their Gre,
Jumping the rope, dancing, flying kites, balls5ns,
or playing hide-and seek among the venerable
old trees. 1t is worth a trip across the ocean
to witness this unique and interesting sighs.
Besides this vast nursery, the garden affords
another curiosity, which is less striking thas the
legion of infants, but almost as interesting to
the student and observer. | mean the Wild
pigeons, the inhabitants of those stately old
trees, which belong to the same species with
those which darken the sky Of the far West
during the season of migration. They have
the same beautifuSplumage, and likewise breed
or buckeye. Although IN tue S.S.sy
city, these birds select the Tuileres for their
abode where they rear their young, and seek
food among the trees and on the walks and ter
races, enlivened by thousands of visiters, as
quietly and unconcerned as if in the wild for
est of the boundless Mississippi valley. They
do still more: they venture among the chill.
dren, to collect crumbs of bread, and some of
the old and more experienced ones have friends
among the regular visiters, whom they follow,
to eat the bread out of their hands, light upon
their shoulders, and take the bread out of their
mouths. If l had not seen it myself, could
not have been made to believe that this bird,
naturally so wild and shy, could become SO
tame and sociable. There are several persons
to whom these wild birds have this attachment;
among them there is, in particular, pale
young man, to whom not only the wild pigeons,
but the sparrows, are also singularly attracted !;
as soon as he enters the garden, and seats him.
self upon a bench near the fountains, whole
locks of sparrows collect about him, and fierce
ly dispute the bread scattered on the ground by
their pale.faced friend. When he moves on,
these little gabblers follow him, but never
alight upon his shoulders, or take bread from
his hand, as do those majestic-looking wild
| pigeons, without any hesitation, in presence Of
crowds of persons, looking on with astonishmen.
at the intimacy existing between them. They
allow that gentleman to take hold of them, put
his hands under their wings, and to caress them,
showing great satisfaction, without the least
fear. He has given to some of them names /;
and when he calls Eugene or jeanette, they
come to him as if enchanted. These pigeons
migrate in the fall, and return regularly in the
spring, and are much safer here, in the heart of
Paris, than in the boundless forests of the far
West