New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-20
TIE AMERICAN MsETYn IN RoN0R
OF NAPOLEON.
fIoa Oar Own Corespeadeot.

FIog Oar Own Corespeadeat
PARIS, Feb 1, 1853.
mag be all very we'll for poets 10 begin in the
middle il is better for historical letterw,iters to
begin at the beginning In the beginning. then,
George Jones he wss an Engiishman. and vas
George Jones pn,s aud simple. AT later date
e. j. appeared in America. on tho stage wa Arr
told. Then, sgsn, he W.. seen n England. and At
some not definitely sscersined epoch, became
Count Jones, or Josnnes, or J,snn.sy, on the Con.
ttnent, and Cheyalier, sad, By vi.ge of psssport
obtained at the American Legation IN Paris. two
years ago, American citizen. Where bis country
and family castle are situsts-ahether Ike the "a
tates Of the Fscon family, IN Ayrshire and the
Isle Of Sky" or in Spain, or 81 the banss OF the
Lycus in Asia or b, Liesthal n Switzerland or BY
Liesdorf IN Prussia, or By tAat Indian village Of
Qaiz-Qui1 spokes of in John Issirgs Conquest Of
Flerids-your correspondent has NOT been able to
learn; nor Is tAe knowledge necessary for
bis present purpose, which is, simply to give
history Of the American s,s-asssssinaton
meeting. held st the Hote, du Louvre
last Saturday, from its beginning Now. the
Cheyalier (of some undiyulsed meriterious knight.
ly orjer) Count Jcsnnss wss its beginning lie it
was who caused to be Inserted in the city papers
last Thursday an unsigned. unsuthorized notice
that there would be meeting Of Americans in
Paris on Friday "te offer their fluctuations to their
"Maiesties, and to CERTIFY that the citizens of the
Republic founded by Washington have no sym.
"pathy with the anarchy and the ojioss attacks
(Which. with one accord, both worlds sxecrste."
very few Americans, less than dozen in all. not
being informed Of the nationality of the Josnnes,
or careless Of his antecedens and the consequences,
we're induced to approve this CALI by all Others of
our countrym men here it was thought to be quite
uncaled for net to cay sa impertnence. That
Mr. Mason should make his diplomatic compli-
ments at the palace on the occasion OF the late
lucky escape, was thought to be all proper ss
piece of formaty. That Sir. Beverley Tucker
shoud make his individual compliments, INTRO
ducipg himself to the Emperor for that purpose at
one of the Tuileres balls, was thoughtto be piece
of fine American independence BY some, aud
piece of quite different article By other
some. Napoleon, who hss On appreciatlve
sense of the humorous, eadured it. That
the English residents in Paris should hold their
meeting-which, by the way, is done on wood. aud
entitled the American meeting. in ono OF the
pictorial newspapers of PariA-was. with their pecu.
lar relations both toward their Queens ally aud
the assassius, both natural and proper. But that
the hsndfu Of Americans here should meddle with
what was evidently none OF their business, wac
generally felt to be absurd. A formal "r resolve"
tl,a:, az
be like those notices on the shops Of Chinese
traders "We do not cheat here" But sino'
meeting was publicly announced, aud, the FRENCH
might well suppose, with the approval OF Ameri'
cans aud as there was no ready means of s,n
49,. ..uv OF the case, ana as, II iett 70
Joness management it was likely to end in
blathershytes," the following method WAS
observed for saving appearances and "burkipg'
the Chesalier: Three or four persons drew up as
many briefresol1tions beforehand. When the hour
of meeting arrived, Mr.. Welland WAS made chair.
msn. the resolutions were moved, seconded, put
snd unanimously voted and the meeting adjourned
all in the space of six minutes by the watch-and
the Count JOanI %, who had not chance to open
proceedings or slip in word during their progress,
was LETT standing behind the long table of the hotel
dining room with an inkstand before him and roll Of
paper in his hand supposed to contain en- eloquent
American address, shorn of all anticipated glory,
in strikingy individual capacity. He stood few
ineasbly aabbergasted, a wonderful like
ness of who is left alone in banquet hall; for
no one Of the sixty or seventy persons took any
more than smiling Indifferent notice OF his two or
three little stil.born attempts at indignation and
revival OF the meeting Everybody, except George,
was in excellent spirits.