The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-01-28
LIf IN PAR is.
PARIS December 81 l85

The International Congress-Crisis IN Ham
buroh and Berlin-Algiers, and the prObd.
ble success Of Emperor Napoleom's rieDs
nth respect to it-Girardins appeals to
Liberty-The Tiescs ofhe French Press on
President Buchanon's First Message-BaU
to be giren by oar new Consul, Mr.. Spencer
The Jeutosse 7rial-Mr. Wright, our Minis
ter at Berlin, q Member Of the Temperance
Society.
To the Editor of the National Era.
1t is now rumored that the International
Congress will not meet in this city till the mid
die of January next. Until then, there will not
be anything of interest to say on politics.
am happy to be able to state that the crisis
in Hamburger and Berlin is On the decline, and
it is expected that many of those old stanch
German houses will soon resume business again.
Girardin continues to publish his Appeals
for Liberty, and, to give you an idea of his for
chile language in favor of Democracy, will
suboin translation of one of them.
The knowing ones pretend that Emperor
Napoleon will institute majorats, or eutailed
estates, in AlgieIs. The public lands are to be
given to distinguished generals and other per
Sons OF note on condition that the wild lands
of that favored aE--ata and fertile raOinn shall
be cultivated. Unfortunately, Tue French gen.
erals are, with few exceptions, poor, and Napo-
leon will therefore be obliged to furnish them
with money, besides the lands, to carry out his
views. 1t is thought that his great scheme, to
raise cotton enough in Algeria to supply France,
NAV now be realized Cotton has been several
wears introduced; and though the Government
paws a high bonus on every.pound raised IN that
colony, the whole number of acres planted IN
cotton only amount. to about one hundred and
eighty.
The French papers have. generally published
Translation of the first message OF President
Buchanan, and speak very highly of the man
ner in which he treats subjects concerning
France andiits interests. The remarks of Mr.
Buchanan on banking are thought exceedingly
Just and many seem to think that banks ane
paper money will be done away with entif''.
The Pays labors under the impression 'u"'
the Message indicates the realizatic
ideas of government and authority, n.. .".'O
by the founders of the RepubliS0 p 'ns -,
mediate successors, and thsc nni;o, of CO
tends toward a more eneT naners commen,
eminent, &C. The se yXr,diug to their political
upon that document aafy amusing to see how
views ano Is terstand the Government of
u'oT tle r ei and the power of the Presi-
sLe ohi[eu t1shg is very certain: the Euro
u uen ecoming with every day more and
poauS .affested in the affairs of the United
Sur. SUI "since the last crisis especially, they
bo1 perceived that their commercial and in
Nrial ipfar ,,t,r fo1v into ,u.tb
those of our country.
To morrow New Years Day. is the great
day for the Parisians. There is no place in
the whole world where so many etremes (pres-
ents) are given. Ali classes of society, from
the richest to the poorest, from the aged to the
youthful, and servants as well as masters, re-
eelve and give presents; bonbons, plsythings,
and kisses, are cheap, and always at hand, to
settle the accounts of friendly intercourse for
whole year.
vister in Paris just at this moment might
come to the conclusion that the French are the
busiest and hsppiest people on the face of the
globe. All Paris is out, this beautiful day, shop
ping. Towards dinner hour, six o'clock, they
Tili seek their homes, laden with the fruit OF
ther exertions, like bees in warm spring
day.
All give, and expect something in return !;
me letter carrier leaves an almanack at the
uoor, Tor which he expects ten times its value !;
Tue Water.csrrier, milkman, porter, aud ser.
wants. build castles in the air, In anticipation
o' your generosity. Children, of course, are
me principal claimants.
IL Is rich harvest time for shopkeepers,
VINO display their merchandise in the most in
siting aud tasteful manner. The Boulevarts,
from the Church de la Madeleine to the Bas-
ue, on both sides of the sidew walk, are lined
,'n small booths, containing DIES articles dc
df's, consisting of all sorts of nick nacks, of
Out little value-booth and merchandise not
worm more than twenty dollars. Some of them
lave billiard tables, target shooting roulettes
ore innumerable, where for one cent the lucky
ones may win one-fourth of that amount in
gingerbread.
Inc hustle, both day and night, is extreme
and 1t Is scarcely possible to pierce ones way
through the crowd. At every house-door there
stands pedlar Offering noupsaute of a TOW
Tor sale, with volubility of language in its
praise peculiar to Psrisians.
lhe children's beau ideal of a TOW sbop Ia
Giroux 8, where crowned heads make Their mr..
chases 1t Is truly curiosity; and it il worth
q VISIT to that vast establishment to admire the
gigantic dolls, dressed in the most exou;s;te
costumes of the time of Louis XIV. az we'll az
IN the fashion of the present day.
=, Oroux also satisfies the tastes and wants n,
uie matured. he keeps the most renowned
sg d@uores of the toilet table, clocks, pic
ees' cronzes, porcelains, and gorgeous piece,
..t tne Impress herself often visits that beau
I1 establishment, where all the fashionable
Hfis assemble, when it is known she will b.