New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-30
FRANCE.
F,.n Our Own Correspondent.

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PARIS August l6, 1861.
There s nothing now in Fra nee SO much felt
generally talked Of and really interesting as the
weather. Dry and hot for the last ten days, while
it wits city denzens, it is most favorable to the
harvesting which will be over in Northern France
by the end Of next week, and to the ripening of
English grain. In quality aud quantity the yield
viii be better than was anticipated during the cold
and drOuth of the Spring, and the prolonged rains
of early Summer In the Lorraine it has turned
cut better than was expected up TO the moment the
reapers entered ON the work. In some other
provinces south and central, it is considerably
below an average, so that the grain regions
Of the north cannot bring up the aggregate to that Of
a good year. There is every likelihood now that
France and England must import still some -four
and wheat, but in no such quantity as last year
The Importance of this consideration to us need not
be dwelt upon.
The same atmospheric influences are most kindly
TO the Vineyards and though it lie impossible thus
early TO arrive at any certain conclusions to this
mos. capricOus of earth's favOrs, the drift of
Trajectory reports from the vine districts s that the
vintage Of 1862, despite destructive Spring frOsts
and baleful Oidum, is like TO furnish twOthirds of
"good year" in quantity, whose quality viii con-
hrm the popular prejudice that comets are Bac-
chanaan stars.
Such of our people az Ay into sensation at an ir-
responsible newspaper paragraph in foreign jour
nal but at the same time would have our tariff of
customs duties framed in accordance with the inter-
ests Of foreign nations, may political meaning
in the probable fact that France will have to
export and less to import this year than they had
last year.
May expires. here my own poor opinion, made
up from what and read in these days that we
must row our own boat through the troubled
ters; that while We do pull strong and long at our
oars-nOt at the sensation long -bOw-nO French or
English craft Of State 10 disposed to athwar us.
What we do and shall do is and will be recognized
respectfully. What we say ia State or newspapers
is also recOgnized--not 80 respectfuly-in Europe.
A highly disagreeable and instructive volume,
which no Northern United States gentlemans
library would be complete without, if ne could read
1t without losing his temper and consequently has
Judgment might be composed from the English ire
sponsible and French responsible editorial CON-
ments Oh our 1te defeat its precedents, c0nse.
quents, and clTcunstances. As was just tintimated,
they are full Of instruction if we are lot too vain
70 learn. Even those of them, aud they are the
fewett, which are written with the Intentionally
miscmey0us purpose Of touching us on the raw I"
and making us squirm, abound In bitter but whole
some grains OF truth. Here, for example ia am
Illustrative one, picked FROM not unfrendly
paper;
q Had there been somewhat less Of the boa.,fal
spirit, there would probably have been something
more Of ths end0iug spirit; more preparation for Z
check or reverse. and more patience and order
under it."
One writer 10 puzzled at the numerous discrepan-
cies between the Grand Army, 5O,0 600 strong, that
marched from Washington under Mcdowell and
The throng 20, 900 weak, that ran back from Bull
Nun over everybody Another, admring the ova-
hon TO the regiments returning up Broadway, va.
cantly wonders what hOnors are ia store for victo-
nous regiaents. Another-but respect for an en-
hghtened public and q free, independent press for
sid 10 your reporter further quotations And yet
ae WILL at any risk. say that in the main these
sorslgn commentators, however mistaken, are not
usaeously uniriendy; that the most OF them,
sssuns the temptation Of smart writing and Of rri.
sanhs with the spit Of one little individual pen, the
sons,hse akin Of the greatest nation on earth--the
..os: q Ihen lsay batting these temptations, are inn
PaInn Id tneir criticisms on our army, Government,
newspapers and people, and mean to subject smart.
ns@ s,. ana severity 70 the laws Of truth When we
Ioecuec. teas they bsye motive to do otherwise,
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