New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-30
PORTENTS OF THE DAY.

From Al OCcaslODs Correspondent
PARIS, March IL, 1855.
AZ CbaloDs. SUI. Saone, on the night OF Saturday,
March g. there was Republican outbreak on a
small scale; on Wednesday night, March 10, there
was a stdltOus gathering in this city; since the
oath of February, the tenth anniversary of the
Revolution of February, wholesale arrests have
been carried on in such an Algerian razzia style
that, as The London Punch says, there will soon be
left but two classes in France, prisoners and
lsiers; there has appeared semi.oflicia pamphlet,
Napoleon Ill. and EoglaUd, and at the same
time the Moniteur published extracts from the cor
respondence of Napoleon l.; aud lastly, half Paris
has been on its legs to make of places to wit
ness Orsi1i's execution, which has not yet taken
place Commencing with the concluding article in
this Imperial bill of fare it ought to be remarked
that by concurrence of circumstances, not gener-
ally known, the question of Orsini's Launching into
eternity, as the cynical COckney phrase runs, has
assumed proportions more fatal than even the exc
cution Of the Buzancais rioters in Louis PhiGppe's
time. In the latter case, storm of popular indig
nation reused because that bloody act, although
judicial and in accordance with all the formaites of
French law, laid bare the most disgusting features
OF Louis Philippes hypocrl zeal reign. The Duke
of Prasin had poison administered to him, IN order
TO spare him the ignOmiDy OF felOns death, while
these tmsufiers OF famine hafstaryed peasants
who had committed mansaughter in an ARRAY caused
BY the export Of grain, mercllessy surrendered
TO the executiOner Orsini, on his part has man.
fully avOwed his participation III the attempt and
taken all the responsibility upon himself. He has
been condemned according to law and whatever
sympathy the mas OF the Paris population may feel
for him. there can be nothing in his DOOM considered
in itself, particularly damaging to the second Ell
plre. Yet the whole face OF the affair ID completely
changed by the circumstances accompanying it.
Throughout the whole Of the Judicial proceedings
the curiosity OF Paris was stirred by their eXcep-
tional management, unheard of in the annals of
French political trials.
In the act OF accusation, mild and moderate ex.
pressOns were used. The facts elected by the JUICE
dInstrucOn were only vaguely alluded to- while the
long and repeated interrOgatOri's of the police al-
thOiites, which used to play principal part in that
.ort of trials, were altogether dropped. The less
YOU say Cf them the better, seemed the prevailing
notion. For the first time, prisoner was decently
treated in an Imperial court of Justice There was.
as all eyewitness says, " little no bullying brow
beating or sttempt al defamation" Jules Fayre.
Orsihi' advocate was not even called 10 order when
he yentrcd to give vent to this sentence: IL hate
force when hot devoted Ia the service of right II
"a nation existed miserable enough TO be ia the
hands of despot, the pOniard would not sever It's
"chans. God. who counts them knows the hours
of the despots weakness, and reserves 10 tyrants
"catastrophes more inevitable than the dagger Of
1.-The assassin" Neither did the low murmur which
approved this passage afford occasion for legal
ebuitOn the part OF Mr.. Delangle the President
This was not ALL Ii Oozed out that the letter writ
ten to the Emperor by Orsini was carried to the
Tulcres by Jules favre himself examined by the
Emperor who il said 10 have struck out NO phrases
of It, and allowed to be published. Hardly, how.
ever had sentence been passed on Orsini, when the
EXTREMIST severity was shown to him, and, Oh his
asking permission to sci n: papers IN order, he
oGmisOic de force.
Ii thus becomes evident that an Internal double
game was here played. Orsni had revelation. TO
make, and had made them TO Pietri, relating to Ma.
poeons participation in Carbonarism, and the posi-
i've pledges which, even after the coup dt,at, when
still undecided in the course to follow, he had given
to the Italian patriots. In order TO give Orslni an
interest in his own moderation, and thus prevent a
great pubic scandal promises Of pardon were held