New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-01

parable for both are originals without eeples
Before leave the stage, have to record the pre-
mature death Of distinguished French dramatic
uriter the inventor Of those charming and exqul-
s;,eIy fine conversations called proverbs poor Al
fred de Musset, who died At the age OF IL Henry
Hene describes him as the greatest poet OF Frances
% writer second only TO George Sand Being
aware OF the critics luminosity toward victor ttugo'
We ara NOT prepared to indorse this statement; but,
AFTER the autbor Of the " Odes ct Balades, MuSst
was certainly the most remarkable french Eric
roet Those OF my readers VINO are acIu''n'eu
with bis Spectacle dams un auteu ana MS I'm.
poems, Will not contradict me. Ills Coniessi1h III
Enfant du Steele" Contes dEsPagne Ell d ltahe'
etc. have Likewise greatly added 10 bis lame, ana
he has been member of the French Academy since
loJ2 His proverbs the most renowned ol "hlch arc
lie Caprice, lie Chandelier" and III faut gu une
Porte SOFT ouyerte GU iermee were first pubhihed
in the Rerue des Deur MOHdes. Madame Alian
acted some of them at st. Petersburg, where they
net with such genuine success that IN her return
to Paris the elegant and fashionable actress trans
planted them to the stage OF the Theatre Francois.
There is an unlucky spell on the French poets IN
der the blessed Second Empire. Lamsrtlne sings no
longer and he writes for livelihood; Hugo tunes
his mournfu Tyre on the solitary rocks Of Guernsey;
Alfred de Musset is dead. lie also had been mute IN
the last years of his lfe the poet had, as 1t were,
left our earth long ago: he suffered much but ad-
Is
The name of Musset belongs TO the old nobility
Of France; at least it is mentioned under Henry
". ard Louis XIII. The literary escuteheon OF
the family WILL however, prevail over This useless
distinction: for not only Is his brother, Paul de
Musset distinguished rOmance-wrter, but his hther
too was known for an interesting and accurate
history Of Jean Jacques Rousseau. HIS iather was
clerk in the Home Ministry Of Napoleon l., and
wrote also History OF the French Armies,
which was prohibited 10y the Emperor, because
Gen Moreau was much praised IN II. Such Was
the petty weakness Of the man whom We stu eau
1.-The Great
The chair which Alfred de Musset occupied at
the French Academy had been under Louis NV IN
the possession Of the Able tlechler; in l-"5 Napo-
leon gave il to one of his seryle iavOrites, Maret
sfterward Duke de Bassano, who was replaced IN
1916 by Lame the same man who had IN
1913 provoked the resistance OF the LeglshtVe
body eainst the military despot. lt Is only atel!
that literature and politics have been closely connect
cd in France. Let us only add that the poet III
neral was very simple and meany attended; never
,beess the most distinguished men of letters lett IN
France followed the plain hearse; among others,
the two Alexandra Dumas, Theophile Gautier,
Houssaye, Merry, Uchard, Jules Sdndeau, The hrst
syllable # whose name furnished To Madame Dude
want the nom dc plume George Sand, etc. ~ Nuet
made a speech on the grave, IN the name OF tue
Academy; but he was so rambling and insignificant,
Who exclaimed, ITO die poet and to have ior ones
"euloey speech by ali Academician, is to die
twice
From Musset to Catholic sermon, the distance
is great The Belgian and English papers have
many a time spoken Of the bold haraagues de-
hvered by Father Ventura before Napoleon Ill,
and have myself referred to them, well as your
Paris correspondent To show you how easily the
reputation oi a censor may be won in our days, let
NE quote passage from the sermon, or rather the
pauegyric pronounced on Easter Sunday, III the pull
lit ot the Iueries, and you viii remark that the
cOurtiers do not all wear embroidered coats. The
pricsty fatterer said: "One OF the most touching
prophccics of David is that in which he announces
that the flesh of the Messiah will live again. We
'haye, in our days, witnessed fact which has
"much analogy with that great and divine event
"tbe fail aud the restoration of the Empire As
Jesus was condemned by the justice OF pagan
Rome. European diplomacy had surrounded the
Empire with her pretOrian guards and sealed Its
tomb with her seal. 1t had even been decreed
that 10 member of the imperial family should ever
"mtunt a throne in Europe. They had forgotten
lone thing only to put under this act the signature
"of G,d For, behold the Empire resuscltates
"a time when nothing could foretell such Gil event;
when be hO should have announced il sOuld have
"be6n regarded as mailman" The signature
OF God" has probably been revealed to the reverend
sycephant by the massacres on the BOuievards and
tie trdEspoftStlUus 10 lhlcuHc, lOI ne IS W LO
means ashamed to extol the religious feeling of
Louis Napoleon Prob pudcr
We know for what design the Catholic clergy
worship go lmpudently the powers that be-" In
Belgium, the Catholic majority in the House of
Deputies is on the of Yotlng pretended law Of
charity, which will enable the converts to ret.stab
ish mortinain. In France, the Holy Virgin makes
frequent apparitiOns. She appeared first on the
mountains OF Daupbn6 to two shepherd children
decaimng against that cursed French Republic;
then 10 NJ Ratisbonne al Rome, IN order to convert
the Jews; then she wept in several churches, es-
pecialy under the guidance Of ROsette Tamisier,
who deceived gendarmes and projects, etc. Now,
our lady Of Salette (the who appeared 10
the shepherds) has given birth to very productive
pilgrimage. The water of La Salette Is put into
small bottles which are sealed, corked, adorned
with most handsome label, and sold all over Christ
endOm as specie against every kind of disease.
But the best Of the story is that Mademoisee de Ia
Merliere has begun lawsuit against two eccesascs
of Grenobe, who charge her With having played the
part Of the Holy Virgin on the mountain, appearing
H. the two anna zed children in the due costume Of
Paradise. The Court OF GrenOble, seeing that the
publicity given TO the trial would gre atty damage the
cause OF superstition in France has prohibited the
publication in the newspapers. Ii is the old adage:
Mundus ruh deeip ergo dccip;atur-" The world
will be deceived; let it then be deceived" la fact,
has always puzzled me to account for the Greeks
calling this world Of ours KOSmOs, which signifies
4" ornament, and the Latins, Maadas, a" the pure"
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