New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-07

of Europe neutral. Not very strong position that
Tue Turkey sick man was never worse than be IS
to-day Haiti what ye.cal- ums, and Palmerstons
staggering laudatiOn of his reforms, and poor bank
rupt banker Mires bis stOckjobbing pufs TO the
contrary notwithstanding
No better of than the priest Sultan at Stamboul
is the POntlf king at Rome. As said more than
year ago. it will be good time to talk about the
French garrison leaving Rome when it leaves. Set
ting aside as of no particular weight in reason
able mans judgment, the late daily crowding re.
ports of negotiations for its departure, nothing in
the historical future remains clearer than the stead
iIy fatally approaching fact of its departure. When
to be finally accomplished, cannot tell better than
another but certainly to be accomplished, is now
past doubt; and the approach toward accomplish
ment may be said much more than six months OF
chronological advancement in the last six months.
After Rome comes Venice-lOng after probably, but
certainly, and to judge from present appearances,
without war.
All Southern Italy is still q long way from patrl-
Otic unifcatiOn with Northern Italy, but much
longer way from Neapolitan BeurbOnism and insane
Muratsm. Poor muddle headed, over grown Prince
Murat in the shape OF letters to unknown NeapOll-
tan mobiles aud in his little speech and silly vote in
the French Senate n month or two ago, set himself
forward and up as pretender to the Neap0lltan
Throne Now, Murat was Grand Master of all
French Free MasOns, whose wont it has been tor
many years tO choose as their chief n member OF
the regniug family. Hearing Murat's foolish preten
sions to the Neapoliian Throne offended many Of
them. This sense OF otiense was expressed IN
Masonic journal, which, thereupon, Grand Master
Murat rather arbitrarily suspended new elec-
tiOn for Grandma came on last week. Prince
Napoleon was proposed as candidate. At first
" thp ~ pOlll
oppose his friend and relative, p. NJ. Meantime,
T. M and j. y. fell into such conflict Of opinions
that duel between them was arranged by seconds
and put stop TOBY high Imperial command say
some; by the peculiar views OF Primes Napoleon IN
respect Of physical exposure OF the person, say
others. BE that as it may, the Prince Napoleon
did not this opportunity to obtain the reputation
which circumstances have steadily throughout his
life prevented his acquiring. Of physically brave
man; but the Prince Napoleon did, all ihe same
obtain the majority of votes, and is to-day for want
of better, and in way of protest against the po-
Itcal absurdities of hurat, Grand Master OF all
French Free MasOns.
More astonshment and louder gufaw, as well
as finer universal smile Of mOckery, were raised
in Paris and in all literary France and Europe, O
week ago BY the choice OF NJ. Theirs by his fellow
members of the French Academy, as most deserv-
ing of all living French writers of the Imperial prze
the author of the work "most credltabe to the
human mind"-("le plus honort Pssprit humain.")
To understand the depth of the French gutiaw and
the extent OF the mocking sneers word OF expla-
nation ia necessary This 20 600 francs prize il OF
the Emperors giving. IL is biennial Each OF the
five Academies composing the French Institute is,
in turn to designate the most deserving candidate
for the prize. The patent meaning OF this arrange
ment is that the specially literary Academy should
propose a laureate peculiarly mentorious, on purely
literary grounds--the Academy OF Moral and POlltl-
cal Sciences a candidate peculiarly deserving in It's
speciality, aud 80 on through the five Academies,
representing in all every possible department OF
action that "hoHors the human intelligence" No
definite statute could have made more PLAIN than
the naturally implied oOnrenanots mnde H. that the
nominating Academy would not, could not must
not propose one OF its own members for the prize
The choice OF "a nominee this year belonged To the
Academic Frdnease, the literary Academy par ex-
cellence The proposed candidates were George
Sand. Henri Martin, and Jules Simon. OF these
three the two who presented the strongest claims
10 the Academy were George Sand, the novelist
and Henri Martin the historian. OF these two, the
literary claims OF Madame George Sand are undou6t-
edly the frst and highest. But votes were about
equally divided among the three. Personal, poltl-
cal, and " d0ctrinalre prc)udces had much greater
weight with the grayest OF the AcademiclaLs than
the interests and honor of French literature, which
they are specially constituted 10 foster and protect
Unable, after several meetings and much speech
making by the advocates OF the different candidates,
TO come TO decisive vote on any of them, they all
of a sudden voted one OF their own members,
Monsieur Theirs to be the author OF the work most
creditabe to the human intellect, to Wit, OF the
l6 volume chronicle of the Consulate and the En-
pire--a clear, alaImingly yOluminous easily reada-
ble often erroneous IL statement, and superemi-
nepty unphilosophcal, aud $50 far as style IN the
French, above ALL in the French Academlcal, sense
of the word goes) lll-writtcn, one-slded, popular
story of France from 1904 to 1915! The Acddemie
Francaise. fortunately for French literature is 80
preoccupied with political and party purposes as to
be fast running itself as an authoritative literary
tribunal One of its first and greatest members
GuizOt-wOuld to-day vote any
literary crown TO Yeuilot or the Pope sooner than
to Victor Hugo.
But let us look to ourselves Plant, plant, plant
English crops will be short, French crops have been
seriously injured, and save, save, save Ii was q
sound, wise, patriotic, and poltico-economic cry
uttered the other dny by The TRIBUNE to the nun
berles. households where IL is daily or weekly well
come guest, for the " wOmankind" who stay at
home IN this war time to plant il but one hill of corn
Save now. every grain of corn. One needs to have
seen and studied the forced wise economy OF these
European folk to appreciate aud regret the fearful
aggregate Of our American wasteiulness OF Gods
good gifts. think take no risk, when venture
10 say that all the vegetable nutrlmen IN grams and
green's OF French Brittany was less this past year
than what our Western farmers and Eastern house
wives, spendthrifts of their field and garden yield,
wasted aud let waste. IT, in addition to the " hill
of corn" every reader of The TRIBUNE viii apply
n little French economy to saving every spoonful OF
meal, she will double her easy contribution to the
essentially " Patriotic Fund" Of the country.