The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-24

TONERS Win tner De2utu encTeT6 OF lnhstanOb Oh
the most multiplied variety of form, their writing
cases, writing paper Of every imaginable hue, their
classic letter presses, their luxurious pyramids
crowded with every conceivable form OF envelope
and vellum, were never witnessed in greater perfec
ton. II would require, as old Homer said when he
gave the catalogue Of the Grecian ships, lungs of
brass TO do justice to 1.-THE part of what Paris Is
now offering in her streets to the visiters gaze and
the temptations to well filed purse-for well filed
it must be to gain possession of even modcum of
the treasures before it. But If among SO many
may venture to point out the class of shops that
most attract must instance, first of all such the
Messrs. Geroux, in the Boulevard des Italiens who
| have made it inseparabe from their name. There
at this moment, may be seen perfect golconda OF
child's wealth sufficient to make reel the brains
of the infantile world that crowd around
it. One is induced to exclaim with By
ron, 80, happy years once more! Who would
not be boy?n For never in behalf of king or kai
surely was so much inventive genius called forth
as is here for the Partisan little ones. The great
problem which for thousands OF years has puzzled
the learned natralists concerning the capabity OF
Baaams ass to utter human sounds, Is here sum
mafily solved. For if GerouXs asses-things OF
wood and dried skin and crystal vision-can bray
with such strange reality that the very she asses
which walk the streets to deliver their over laden
udders from door to door, stay to listen and prick
real ASA thing of flesh and bood-enunciate under
the impusion of a prophets kicks! One cannot
help thinking however, that there are many other
toys Of great pecuniary value which are much bet
antile crowds for whom they are originated. There
is growing tendency in the desire for improve
ment to presume that the head of the child is the
head of Minerva, only minimzed; the animal out of
which the future intellectual being is subsequently
shaped seems scarcely sufficiently taken into the
account and the consequence IS that 1t Is no uncom
mon circumstance to observe, few hours after the
purchase Of an elaborate article developing all the
mysteries Of the telegraph or steam engine, that
very inefficient football has only been presented to
the Young gentleman, whose NewtOnian faculties
refuse to answer to the charmer charm he never so
wisely The bon bon shops, perhaps, are after all
the shops par eIcelence at this immediate season.
The treasures of M. Tahen, ut the corner of the
Rue de la Paix; of the warehouses devoted to
bronZes and ormolu, and the jewellers with their
all absorbing varieties of gem and setting,
can wait a more convenient season; everybody is
bound TO eat sugar pums az the old year departs and
the new one comes in; and more perfect galaxy OF
taste more brilliant coup Gii Of French ingenuity
and marvellous combination of high art STOPPING to
humble things is not to be witnessed in the wide
world in such perfection as here Every conceivable
occupation in our artificial HE Is rendered subser-
Went to the various forms and shapes OF suyared
edibes and all with such attention to mnuti@ and
the most infintessimal details that it might reason
| ably be supposed the work was one intended for
lasting utility rather than to melt at the breath of
the first gourmet who may chance to place 1T 10 his
lips. And then those beautiful panneTs--those bas-
kets that Hebe herself, could she see them would
fall down and worship! Nature herself, especially if
the gas be lit seems outbdden by Gallo enterprise
and ingenuity. The flowers look more brilliant, the
rose is loveler still than its self, and the pen
| clling of the tulip rich and rare than in the
| palmiest days of Hollands prime. And how they
are gathered together! What wonderful interlacing
of art and nature How each color each hue is made
to develope that which stands beside it! How each
| shape and form are rendered still more graceful by
| that which supports it! No wonder with such
floral chamber dazzling sense the gustatory
organ is excited almost to pain and should stimulate
the hand to plunge into the penetralla for the bon
| bOns, which cannot but be superlatively delicious
| when thus guarded and adorned The bright wea-
Their is all the more welcome that we have had for
some days past very curtain OF vapor enveoping
the whole city to such degree OF density was 1t
that carriages found il dangerous TO traverse the
Place de la Concorde. But fogs seem only to come
TO Paris in order to express their regret that they
cannot prolong their stay in climate so naturally
exuberant, and TO be bowed out with the usual
French politeness.
Mr.. Buchanan's message is not found to belle the
favorable prestige i ventured to predict for it in
my last Judging from the spirit in which found it to
be received in general society. The press was ra-
Their slow TO speak; but il has done 80 at last in
manner which cannot but be acceptable TO America
generally. The marked return to those ideas OF
government and authority practsed by the founders
of the republic, assumed by the President, Is every
| where commended Educated, it is said under the
| Monroes and Adamses, Mr.. Buchanan is fully i'm
pressed with the prerogatives with which he il in
| vested, and after the weakness displayed by Mr..
| Pierce, such character is doubly acceptable. The
| Pays rather strong language, and says:-"Mr.
Buchanan also frankly stated that he thought some
fcient. In regard to the banks, more particularly,
he pointed out the Inconsistency OF maintaining the
privilege of the federal government To coin money,
and yet cmapcipaNDg banks OF issue from Its Jars-
dction, as il the right 10 issue notes payable TO
bearer was not in substance the same thing the
right 10 coin money. The very manifest leanings of
Mr.. Buchanan towards the establishment of more
energetic ami concentrated executive power would
not deserve much attention If they could he consi'
dered as merely an evidence Of his private OPT
Mon or of a personal ambition Inconsistent
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North America. But it must be remembered
| that Mr.. Buchanan, whose election was holly
contested, represents very large and respectable
party who approves the opinions he has expressed,
he may therefore conclude that the United States,
without in any way abatng their affection for those
principles which constituted and now assure their
national existence, feeling the influence of those
| changes which time has made In their organization.
vast rich and populous country cannot be govern
ed in precisely the same manner as small poor and
| thinly populated one, such the United States
in lisa. Unless the central power increases in the
proportion as the territory and the population,
| IL must become relatively weaker"
General Lamoriciere, with his family, u Is said IL
| about 10 take up his residence at Amens.
| The consequences of the Jeufosse verdict are
working. after a fashion. unpaatsble TO lovers
whose mstrcsses are too oonfiding youth Of the
| name of Bssset, living in the neghborhood Of Ha-
bouville in the Moselie was beloved by the daugh'
ter of the Mayor of Saint Ali who resides AZ Habou-
vile. Night after night be visited her, The father
| bccame apprzcd of the circumstance, and on some
trhng plea. just as she retiring to her usual
| chamber caused her 20 change her room. As soon
| as she had departed he placed a loaded musket In
the hands Of his son, telling him that his sister had
been dshonored and that In q few minutes the man
| would appear In few minutes Basset came TO the
place Of his usual rendezvous aud the son. obeying
his father, shot him dead. The father at once sent
| for the gcndauncric and calmly related what had
been done. he seemed surprised when the gen
| dames Immediately arrested both himself and his
| son.
Ia GAIA Ladra" is rehearsing at the Italian
Opera for Mines. Alboni, Nantier aud NJ. Belart.
NJ Flo,ow's new opera, Martha" is also 10 active
rehearsal and will he brought out in the Of
| January. BY the death of N. Castel Blaze. which
took place recently here, musical science has lost
devotee Of whom IL had reason 10 be proud. For
several years he was musical critic Of the Journal