New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-26

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"s;.sS ~ srrs Of Ne Legion Honor. TIE
...s ~ win be indebted to the Jsssia family
..,s ,Asp 90 sense, If We arc to brfeve TIE iei'
L.m, s1,ertiseEeDt published BY n Jasmin, r.,
10 a merchant Of champagne wioe: "ine
.o.,ab,, fam sold by the son lie genial as the
"wsrp and pOetical inspirations OF the father; aod
"he conn. sseurs If our country are very 'ortuase
"Indeed. Poetry dos not penetrate every nearl,
"Lu, champagne enjoys the privilege OF rising IN
"eyery bead. The son will certainly meet WIN a
general and well-deseryed success" lie NM.
Js,miD are indeed the children OF the 0aronhe, On
whose BOOSTING qualities are founded % many anu"
ing tales aid On aDces.
TO ouore another instance Of what an enter oris-
ing mind 10 capable Of IesortiDg to: Many TICKETS
Announcing that apartments are to let IN house,
l,artb il scription For Bachelors Iii her'o,
have INDUCED The belief that housekeepers objected
10 What the LoIdOners so unamiaby call "incum-
trances- that is to say, little children; but there
is a deeper speculation in the scheme OF which
vould never have dreamed. A young man having
lately found in fashionable quarter OF Paris
handsome suite of rooms, the rent and situation
of which suited his wants and taste, told the por.
ter bO was bis cicerOne, that he intended 10 Dte
them. The latter asked whether the gentleman was
a bachelor; he replied that he was married, but
without "ipcumbrance" of any kind, meaning not
babies merely, but dogs, cats and parrots. am
will not do; we want none but bachelors; for you
"see the landlord has three daughters who are not
"married." Well may we say, with the poet 10
I'll married lOdgers:
"Frsncsis nsit ssppsle IN avis aux leeteurs"
Two lawsuits are attracting at present much at
t@ntion at Paris. The is for the restitution OF
million offrancs cluimed by Madame de Query from
the ladies Of Picpus, hone corporate name IL Com
aggregation Of The Sacred Hearts OF Jesus and Mary
"Spo Of tie Perpetual Alteration of the Holy Sacra-
"meut oftbe Altar" MoDseigneur Bonnamie, Bish-
CD in partibus of Chalcedon, and Superior General
Of Picpus, having introduced suLdry changes IN the
rules Of the sister hood several nuns left 1t, and now
demand bach their gifts. One of them, Madame
Query, has alone given 100000 Judge, after
that Oftbe wealth Of tho order The second triails
a prosecution against the company of the Napo-
"leon Docks" for swindlDg and foul dealing. There
are five persons accused: two BANKERS, two land
holders and the GOD of Berger, the eloquent leg-
imist barris'sr, who is undoubtedly the greatest
French parliamentary orator OF modern times. The
honor OF the financial world is sadly solled, and
will tOOn vanish altogether
The psi adOIical Henry Heine once said that the
poor i'll spirit of whom the Gospel speaks, are those
v no are rich in money. We do not venture to pre-
ted that the assertion is true but it il, alas too
common that the rich in spirit are poor in money.
Of all Injuries, wit is the most useless for worldly
purposes. 1t gives Ofense to all men, Nobody
pa,dops it. neither those who possess those who
are deprived of that heavenly gift; the former are
angry On account tf the competition, the Others re-
sent their humiliation. Wit is an unlucky expense,
indeed; it is capital laid out without interest and
will If yer be repaid. All honor, then, to the Wise
III. who keep prudently their wit and their money
for themselves, and spend only, as the Germans 80,
what is required for The household
How is it that literary men, who have at oil times
and ep0chs assiduOusly frequened the financial din
ner tables have failed to hurl their sharpest
arrows against the heads or the mOney-bags, which
are ID fact one and the same thing, of miIiOnares.
From Iesage's Tufcaret down to Alexandra Du-
mass Money Question, bankers and stockholders
have formed favoIte subject for comedy and ridi-
Guile. Whatever the cause may be, either Heine's
definition or vulgar envy, the fact is certain; and
~ 1t is not to be wondered at, if the splendid en-
tertaipmeDts of a few successful French specula-
tors are productive of anything but tho worship Of
the "almiehiy dollar" There was never greater
number OF scandalOus and abusive anecdotes in cir.
cuatiOb than since the magnificent tete which N.
NAaud has given to the leaders of French htera-
ture Champagne and tTuffles appear to have
merely opened the eyes Of the few who were hish.
erto blind TO the detects and fOles Of the financial
world. As have not taken my share OF the treat
unless in the sense which induced Hauff to say of
a ccnnoi.seur in reduced circumstances who, while
eating bis frugal dinner excited his imagination to
the highest pitch by perusing one of the Luculus
descriptions, which abound in the r0mances oil
Clauren that ''be diDed at Clauren's"-I cannot be
charged with having an ungrateful stomach, If
relate some characteristic banker.sentiments
The mOpares of the old school do not despse
the smallest profit, even when they bear an arsto-
cratic name stamped by barOnia title. young
man, Of good family but meager income, recently
paid morning visit to the honorable gentleman to
whom are alludibg. While dlscOursing on rail-
way shares and the a. per cent? which form now-a-
day the ordinary topic of conversation in European
society, where many rosy lip is dis6gured
by an expert appreciation of cOnsols and
currency, the young dandy played with a
half sovereign, the only one which he had
for the moment in mis- possession. he took it 10
advsrtenty out of bis waislcoas pocket allowed it
10 glitter between his fingers, and put it in the
pocket of his trowsen. But, as he was uuluckily
much addicted to the habit in which N. Theirs
lined TO indulge on the parliamentary rostrum,
namely to put his hands into his pockets, the latter
presented what the French law calls "continu-
Of CODE through VIII oh the precious coin
found its way to the carpet. The conference came
to en- end, and cur braned speculator left the
eminent capitalist without being aware Of his loss.
When he perceived it, he was thunderstruck; he
thought it shabby to return and inquire after such
a trIHe; but, it being his last coin, he had no
choice snd was blged 10 swallow the bitter pill.
He went, therefore, back, and asked the worthy
millionaire whether he bad not seen half SOW
eregn on ME carpet near the chimney. "Oh!
yes," replied the capitalist gIaciously; but as
" the same mischsnce happened to me two days
"ago at the same place, think it belongs to me;
" the seryant will look for yours The poor fel-
Low ran away, and is still running. He was the
only one who hushed.
This recalls to my mind anecdote which was
told few years ago in every circle. wealthy
merchant, tho returned late at night on foot from
comfortable dinnerparty, fell by accident into the
water. A strt et porter, v DO heard him struggling