Daily gazette and comet., 1860-10-30
LETTER from FRANCE.


seen. the num',e IN which ~ was made
having m'ststt'ed, ycr ssy that yor had
then " the wfone end ofths rsse y u mus.
be so. fpt ,as last Is ,ieht ~ nearly tight (.
! will NV te essose the eass 10 i's ,ius
lisht
whst esused you 10 make The ntsl state
msn.. the snufe Of which ! San sadilv
guess rom the subsequent Turn of the vet
sipa. vas probably The abstraction. even
iiiGls bitterness expressed 10 letter
f,pn pie 20 q dea ,tishd IN ns,sn Hcrgs.
confess thst waa thsa rndef lne i'm
y sssiea llat was " eaglv Treated, tha
10 eer,ain po NJ, So II 's I will explain
sftsT wade
Suppose you self ~ aur American of The
iini ei States. fat teitn pf hine yesis
when Yeu return hume, where fond
mother Ia waiting 70 enfgld ycr In hs' lov-
ing atms, sad rtess ycu TO het bosom.
you are deta ned ~ sn ofIleaf who. book
10 bspd elbows ypu thst yor must r. TO
prison. end maternity awalt sny 'engih 81
,ima ~ will rieasa those thst have suthor
ily 10 dsta'l you. even seeottiag to lew.
snd YOU. ~ spy plhar would feel utterly
against such proceeding though - the end.
ynu seknnvl leaas ,nem w. bs lawful
preh was The essa ~ my ts,uin he o,
when I vel, France - 1851, hpu in fset
dawn the "biapk bali" but not So blaek
though % 10 require my presence imms
ilalely IN tho army. Fot wps of t1pt rot
ton of ,sa tsespit taat they r1ll fsss,ts
~ srrplenent. which is composed of the
b,iphpst numbers taheh in. every vssf.
aud had never been called undet The dsE
r., the last tweniv years, ~ 1854 IN srea
an eeau enpe "a was the Cfimean war he
sssstrs . ordered 10 match. NEut in 1851.
could not gutsse the even ful pe Tod. du
ting which was required to pew nv ns
lipaai debt. end. wi Il he Sanction If the
civil authority. hen leit Tfs1ee.
Two yeas ago. having heard that the
military authorities he'd pronounced ms
",s.pv,,,s'' fut not answering the cell in
iEsi, ata fiem baton Hougs 10 the
Minister oF wat at Paris. ~ know what
was TO lie done 10 satisfy the law aud wss
told thss must on my return To- France.
surrender mysalfte the militpfy dspe /
mens. who would pronounced upon the
eass aBi either aeauiL me ot require my
~ essnee in the corps,
wac then pe, .setly aware. when left
Louis ana. that Oh my coming to France.
! would have 10 pay Inv debt 20 my native
land, and found NE eompetsnt sptboi r
lies according. Dus wasl spee,sd would
he done for me. considering my readiness
sud good VI 10 subm't. and In which I
was much aud so ely disappointment. 7
thought ! should 10 permitted b. SOC ny
family. aud teen o wpula no q ven 10
,ne To- co tie NY iittis business. after which
! was eoaipletely ready 10 conform 10 the
biddinas oi tho law, aud z va my services
10 nv country, q, the saaivslsatia IN measy
"a has been customary for centuries past,
the government themselves taking u into
their heads to opei ats The subs'i'utions.
Nothing sl he has happened. though !
art 10 sotive service, without being tst
mi'teo TO 30 aud spend week with my
family. This ia d. ,Iiias though, tina,
rula of iron that macs the French army
30 powerful and uiiisu, when face 10 face
witt an enemy.
Another ming that do not quite un-
dersttnd = iht must now serve tho luil
term Of seven yeas, though moe han
fous years has ola ,sed bs vsen the ballots
shd The lime of ~ we safv 90 20 which
was sd and those that answered the
cali, eoly 80 we'd tb es yepcs. II is the Law
taough, y esume 20 | kaow IL not hui
! am COS dt ent thst no moe will be de-
maudsu Of me thad would TO of another.
Al 'neae proceed ,gH 40 vey tedious,
aud alGovinz TO maa who has arrived
to tae W opg side Of thi''y, has all his ~
tie tpfe Involved In n trade TO which ho
c9sao g've hs care and attention, and
has but > e,a'iors heal h, owing 10 mo
"Awam "a oi Lou's'a'a, and his Ia tie
cause Of my g-umbling anu toss,ug abort,
reptloAs AID svea Aou In mi 'o, and which
arc es'gencioa still hard TO mo TO bend Co..
Be- ! am mo at " mvsol, in,o COM
p'o . submission, a1G begin to abd.cate
al III feelings; hone to 10, befo long, =
moe, nola'e-.
soo tao word des T" Ia your state.
mept ms applicable o mo; taiuk Il Ia i'm
possible TO cons no my absence rom tho
corpA rider that l'ga., Co., whea lett
F-rNco DID not ovado from 'ho laad, I
had due autho Izaion, aud | could not