New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-25
Special TO the New Orleans Crescent.

Special TO the New Orleans Crescent.
PARIS, Feb. &c, 1861.
NJ Fdior-The new pamphlet of La Guerro-
Mere, although attended by a rapid sale, does not
seem to have satisfied public expectation. Whether
the disappointment was caused by the unreasona-
bleness of that expectation, raised as well by the
title" France, Rome and Italy''-as by the repu-
tation achieved by the author in his former
broc7,,lre on the Pope and the Congress, will not
presume to say. No doubt the boldness, as well as
the novelty Of his propositions in his former pro-
duction, wero what aroused the attention and set
the mind at work. Those features have become
too familiar to excite surprise when reproduced
under new aspect, They want the freshness and
vigor of originality.
Two objects, it struck me, as I perused the
pamphlet were had in view. The first was this
The Emperor, by the stand he has taken in re,
gard to the Temperatures of the Church, has raised
O formidable opposition among the clergy 1t was
not so much to conGiate the clergy to reinforce
public sentiment on his side, and thus secure the
support of the laity to his measures, that have
here methodical resume of all that has been done
| by him, by intervention and advice, to secure TO
the Popo the States of the Church, and prevent the
advent of those disasters which have hetallen him.
| And think that among all reasonable men, the
Emperor will gain his point He must, or be
| forced to shameful retreat; which am not will
ing to believe he will ever submit to.
The second object m1nlteEtly Is, to prepare the
nation for the disposition of the whole subject, by
| making Rome the capital of the new Kingdom of
italy and subsidising the Pope as spiritual head Of
the Catholic Church. Those who wish well to
| Italy-and ! may say the Church also-desire 10
see this done. The position of the Pope il, at
present, so anomalous, and so complexities and OBJ
structs the march Of events, that some disposition
of the question is ardGntly wished for. The
| English, with the usual distrust of the Emperor's
poiicy affect to think that he intends to hold the
| papncy in his hand as check to Victor Emanuel.
But he could not long succeed in doing this, if he
designed it. He has no idea Of losing promising
friend in Italy.
OF course, you have heard of the failure of NJ.
biirGs the great fnancier Of Paris. IL is now the
sole subject of conversation, and receives good
deal of interest from its supposed connection with
persons in high political stations. n. Mirts came
before the public in 1913, and by some successful
spccuatons in public stocks, managed to make a
name on the bOurSe. At the tine OF his failure he
was at the head of the railway companies and be-
came the custodian of their finds. In this situation
his reputation was so great that he was authorized
to use those funds for the purpose of speculation.
This he did and believe, TO the entire satisfaction
of the companies. To this, and other 4honeyed
transactions, he added the negotiation for the late
Turkish loan.
1t was in connection with this that he exposed
himself to the suspicion of his friends The drafts
from Constantin0ple failing to be paid, as well as
other paper going to protest, forced him to dis
closure, and this disclosure ii IS said, implies moi
merely misfortune, but fraud. 1t sfurther said that
in his desperation, he implicated persons about tbs
Emperor, and even the Emperor himself, and tina
tbs led to his arrest and imprisonment. The
amount for which he failed is stated at something