New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-01


swollen to so alarming hight by the Trent affair."
will in its ebb sweep back beyond and below the
point and rise it had attained before the origin Of that
affair."
Not that the various classes of our European enc
mies-whose enmity lie not in all cases coHelaiiye
with Friendship for the Southern rebelion-are not
still our enemies not that The emissarles of the rebels
and their paid agents in and out Of the press are 30
abashed at their recent discontinue TO their
activity TO give up their large manufacture and cir
culation Of false American news; not that the Con-
federate flag is not floating the Sumter at Cadiz
into which Spanish port it came last week from the
French port ST. Pierre, with the crews Of three
United States vessels captured on the voyage; not
that the Confederate flag is not floating over the
Nashville in the port Of Southampton, with United
States slip Tuscarora in sight in the oilng not
the ravisbing of Messrs. Zacchari and Rogers from
under the false coloIs of the Eugena Smith is not
now cause of irritation; not that Louis Napoleon
and Lord Pa!merston have ceased to be practical
statesmen and ceased to look upon the recognition
of tie Southern Confederation IA merely question
of time"
! But the signs are that the time when s lees near
being fixed than IT was a few days ago. Freed from
the somewhat binding inhuerce of the Trent storm
blown over, thanks TO Messsrs. Lincoln aud Stewards
vice priching Of the parlous windbag, tie strength
/ OF our Government becomes visible in lie calm mod
Grafton.
! To change the subject, to a tempest in teapot
There was such bubbling, kissing, steaning over
Of forty odd American disappoinments last Wednes-
day And the way of Il wa. this: The list Of these
forty odd democratic compatrots, suors for the priv
ilege OF being presented that reception evening 70
their Imperial Majesties, was prepared and sent in
last Monday week by our Minister Dayton. Last
Monday comes note lin French from NJ. Thou
venol, Minister Of Foreign Affairs, to Mr.. Dayton,
politely requesting Mr.. ID. to indicate the gualtfs
of the listed candidates for preservation. To the
which, Minister Dayton, with dignity, in substantial
brevity thus: Has not been Customary, your Ex-
cellency, TO no'e qualities Of American citizens
" on such occasions; the only quality known at
the Presidents cvees ia that of American CITIZEN
" can't add the qualities to the compatroiic catalogue
ain question: for further particulars beg to refer You
" to my predecessor, Mr. Faulkner now, or late, Of
" Fort Warren > his reply to the ouly similar propo
"son extant in the records Of the L. $. A. Legation
and beg to snap at this opportunity Of assuring your
Excellency Of profoundest complimentary gyratiols
"and alttudinousest consideration"
For to note here, that Mr.. ex-Minister, ex-Inmate
of Warren, acting legazed Southern observer Of
Northern military and political status Faulkner HE
response was dignfed, and that the end Of the mat
te- was that Lifted candidates did not get presented
Mr. Dayton's note, dated Tuesday morning did not
get Answered that day nor the next. Candidates,
meantime, not doubling that they would get in in
. dbl. :,
makeresqus and barbeTesque and capillary prepare
tons for then advent to the imperial presence. Fear
full rnmors doubt and desperation spread in The lat
ter hours Of Wednesday afternoon, out from the Le
CATION Office into dsmayed American family circles.
And now DR.. Evans, the famous American aud
Court dentist, personal friend Of the Emperor, dc
scends upon the scene, Deus 81 nackina, 10 solve
or cut the knot Of the officially. The outcome Of il
all was-to make long story sbor,-that Baccochi
and Bassano aud the Emperor-C hamLerlains and
Master Of Ceremonies aud her mater having ex-
changed and mixed views, this eonclution il arrived
at: Cant now at ths late moment, oder accept
ance of the unqualified American list, or ist Of
qualified Americans, because that would Se
croachment on NJ. Thouvenel's preserves; sorry all
the same; unqualifedly listed American candidates
sha be preserved in memory and in their chan,a Of
being presented next time
From the sublime to the ridiculous being but step
according to his reigng Aaesty's late unces famous
met, no excuse s needed here for the easier transit
ton from this ridiculous Franco-American etque'-
teal rumpus to very curious, though not sublime
politicoterary rumpus-or rather, series Of rumpi
based upon new comedy by Edmund About Tbs
remarkably witty clever successful author of books OF
travel Of noyelletes, and satircal essays brought
out last week at the Odeon Theater, the last and
least bad Of his half dozen dramatic essays; come
DIV in five acts, of which the first two are good,
entitled GaTtana. The representation WAS re-
ceived. or rather repellcd on the first night
with the evidently preneditated and unjust hisses
and hootinGs and drowning uproar Of an organized
hostile audience. TIE authors report, in his
leuilleton in the CoaSftvti0nnei Of his moral euf-
ferngs under this infection, is a curiosity Of litera-
urc There ia not time space here for extract or
abstract. The second aud third performances Of the
piece on the stage were accompanied with an IN
crease of hostile demonstrations in the house. Al
the fourth representation, the opposition took the
grand and, in France, the rare proportions OF ror,
whose rank and file, if not tie Leaders, composed
Of the students Of the Latin Quarter. At the end Of
the third unheard act, the curtain fell not 10 rise
again. The house was cleared and closed. Youthful
mob outside said TO greet with laudatory cheers the
exit Of tie actors, and then fled off, in band some
hundreds strong, down 10 the Seine across the
bridge, and 50 on to NJ. About residence, far within
this side of the city. There they gave him a ci0y
rori there, as Say, IN the theaier itself as
oihes say, at both places yet others report, they
shouted among other uncOmpnentary shouts, 4
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