New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-25

i'll not have TOO much time kft % him br repsa'-
irg, III bis conveut-cell, his humble eorf'eo' lor
eyeTy hind OF mischief which De nas ne Al
convent had 10 be built for the special sscoui""'a
ton If the isiihltss representatives VINO nav
tr,yed the confidence Of their ,D- utueh's' "oau
need 10 be- an immense oainngi ,'"ee", 'aS' ,sa
tie earth has not beheld since the days "i inc
Egyptians. .,.,. :,
RELIGIOUS matters occupy again large space III
French politics and tue * President OF the Cham-
her Of Deputies i not the only convert attracting
the public notice. Louis Napoleon has no" many
oDporturi les tor rewardibg the memoe OF .he
clergy who have shown Themselves favorable 10 'ns
seyfral B,sboprics splendid gifts indeed-are IN
L;s hands. You know already that NJ. Morlot the
Arcbbi.lop of Tours bas been appointed successor
of the laie Sbour and will biDset he succeeded oy
NJ de Bounechose now Bishop OF Eyreux. NJ de
Bonpechose is former iDfdel, converted BY Able
Bautaju. il is a curious tale. Some twenty years
roo NJ. Bautain was Professor OF Philosophy al
the University of Strasbosrg, and attracted an I'M
m.rs number of hearers to his eloquent lessons,
IN which he taught very free and bold Delsn,
u hicb MANY persons even called Atheism. sud
denly he announced that ne had been converted,
took the holy orders, and became canon and
preacher al the Cathedral. He showed himself an
ardent partisan Of Jesuitsm, and was several tunes
Kissed by the students, until he replaced IN bis lee
His sermons attracted much attention, but strange
TO saw the Bishop Of StrasbOurg found them too o-
eral end ntrrdcted NJ. Bautain who appealed IN
vain TO the Pope. At that tune the worthy Aooc
Was very busy III cony ertlng young Jews belonging
10 rich families, among others Theodore Rausbonne,
who declared that the Holy Virgin had appeared 10
BIN in a church in Italy Beside the Jews he con-
yer'td ALEC young Soici -Oenefn at tne oout III
Of Dion, NJ de BOnnechOse. They became all
priests, and now the latter will be III Archbishop
NJ. Bautau himself was alerward Principal OF the
Jesits College at 1uiy, aud is actually one OF the
Wears. General OF the Arcbbi,hoprc OF Pans: lie
putii and convert will be- the superior OF the iormer
uaster and confessor. In fact, the philosophical
turncoat took great care 10 choose ne 0u' lnle
gent Young for hi experiments, ana all OF Tue
have attained high stations 10 the Church, either De
dignltaries OF as fashionable preachers.
j We turn from bshoprcs to periodical literature
We find poor Figaro (the paper) less fortunate
than his witty nnmesake (the barber) on the stage
The latter is cOnforted in all his trials by the proof
of the unwayeIiIg fidenty of his betrothed susan.
But the hghtmiDdrd Partisan sa'irlst has lost ms
spouse when the msrTiage-ceremOn! had scarcely
been performed and his Honeymoon reckoned OUT one
dsv. To speak more BtelligIbly: Madame August
In, BroLan ba. written but one letter IN the ftgdro
and resigned directly her office of weekly chroal-
cler and gossip. Her first aud only mlssive was
remarkable al d exceedingly well-wrtten; II con-
tained however, criticism, which does not SPEAK
in favor of the good taste or the good heart OF the
authOIess She endeayored to rldlcule victor
Hugo. honorable exile, and reproached him with
''cl, aking himself with his hsfJrtune. Courtiers
and courrezaDs, whose only aim in life Is pleasure
in any shape, NAV deem it very laughible that
man sacrifices whatever is dear unto hlm-hls lOr-
tune, his hearth, his liberty, ay his lie, for the
sake Of his convictions, but their JccIs VIII only
produce Ill effect contrary to the one rhey expected
that honest men Of all partles have loudly blamed
Madame Brohan, expressing sincere admiration Tor
the great poet, Who from The rocks oil Guernse!'
regards the bbcchauals Of the second empire WITH
those "sad and fearless" LOOKS which Bossuet adj
mired so much in the Cardinal de Retz IL Is said
that this universal feeling Of Indignation bad great
We gLt in the determination Of the fair writer to
break up her correspondence so abruptly, and for
her own sake We with the report may be true.
Are the brilliant days OF actresses returning
the days when the arrival Of Catalan was cOn-
sideTe0 Us b public event, and ii whole country took
the mott lively interest III The we'll being OF sophie
ArbOuG! Are We already so low III our decline
that dancers singers and tragediaus alone c.pa-
bic Of awakening the enthusiasm vi people Who
is bold enough IL answer that question III the mega
tive, when he reflects on the signs of the time
The French Belgian and English papers have lately
published many telegrophc dispatches from Naples:
they Mad to report insurrection in Sicily, an at
tempt against the life Of King BOnba, numerous
arrests, and the toruring Of devoted patriots.
The last Dews represented to US the Neapolitan
people groaning III der heavy oppression; every
object wore dark and lugubrious aspect under
,h1t blue and radiant sby. But, if We are to be-
hey- new Dispatch the arrival OF Madame Restori
has smootbed, as if by magic, every gloomy brow,
and diverted the mind from political anxiety.
The fairy wand of the great TRACE dian has dispelled
the clouds, aid warm sunbeams-gorous tokens
Of hope and joy-glitter again over tine oppressed
county There l., indeed, great attraction IN the
performance of the Italian Rachel, and have my
self been carried away by her powerful personitca-
tion of Mecca" "RosamuI da," and 'Pia del
Tolou Ell can, therefore, easily uuders aud tle
deep impression which She mus; make on the III
funmable minds of Der own cOuntrymO. But to
indHge in public and noisy shows Of exultatlon
when foerio and his devoted companions are still
plunged i'll the Dungeons of the tyrant, when an I'M
eAamyled despotisn daily outrdges humanity, Is
mere than can conceive. Will such an unsteady
people be able to eaiu and maintain liberty