New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-16

oo.onoi Boos ON very choerfully 10 confasa
that his sinister presentiments of August 1861 hss.
vanished before the surprising political adnini.t,
tive, military, and financial Operations Of ON, O.
eminent between then and the month of june Iss,
dis notion OF the prevalence OF these sinister PRESENT.
ments, especially in the diplomatic BODY and g., st
intellectual! and financial arlstocracy of tie Count"
may have partly sprung from the I" secou d.band ~
formation " furnished by the French Conni "
Montholon, at New-York, and by Baron Mere,
tie French Embsssador. With the former he o.,
pears TO have become intiInate the latter oInT
himself TO the princely travelling party. Their ,es;
mony in the certaitly deserves respect. # ~.
unqualified credence. His own observations. bo,
ever, hurried aud limited as they necessarily wer.
seem 10 have begun to modify bis notion that ever,
body was faint hearted " but the Prince and a.
statesmen at Washington personally enlisted ia tbs
question: so early September, 1861. Ia lett,
OF that date, when he had reached st. Louis h
writes: In general the upper classes Of American
society the oeral professions the Independent and
solid fortunes, the refined, literary aud phlosophis
natures, hold very reserved attitude toward M,
Lincoln's Administration, and have manifest tn.
dency 10 excuse the South, and desire an arrangs
ment with IL. Such at least is my personal imprss.
sion, resulting, indeed from very superficial contact
with them. with | give you with all due reservs.
too. 1t seems TO me that, weighing both parties The
Peace party has quality ano the War party quao.
tity Well Perhaps IL should he ADDED that /. d
the blind mass aud not the elite OF the nation which
in this question, shows itself gifted with the true
polticai sense" The Colonel came near to gimpss
Of a truth there The great popular instinct does
sometlmes see more clearly than the highest gold.
framed circles looking through the most elegant
ground eyeglasses.
OF NJ. Pisani's "portrGs taken on the wing"
those of Gems. Scott Mcclellan, Mcdowell, Bean.
regard and Johnston, are the best specimens. But
these, think, were reproduced III IHE TRIBUNE
last year. transferred from letter in the Opinion
Natioaaie where they fret appeared. OF civilians,
bis best and most latering those 81 Mr. Osborne,
Chief Superintendent, apparently, Of The Illinois Gen.
trial Railroad, who very attentive TO his passea.
gers, and is pronounced IN homfort d,stiqgus; and
OF Mr. Sweet model Captain Of the Mississippi
steamer North Star. This last looks more like
likeness than any OF the rest Here Is another sketch
begun in the receiying-room OF the White House:
1--WE saw enter small IA straw hat. grey sack with
out craya With narrow cIavst as 10 be hardly wsrA
me atiou. He mp very ninbly and cheeny TO Baron
Mercier who hn cordial and presented 70
the Prince Mr. Seward Minister Of Foreign Affairs Of tho
MI sewad 10 about for.y-eigh. tay hi. hair
bat uucared for blonde mixed with gray bis eyes,
under deep arches aad thick eyebrow small ol. very
bright, hi, squine hs. marked curvs all his Physos
nomy reveals scuteDsS aud intslizence fHen eaprU
lie Ia very cheerful very yivacou familiar al the mrs. hand
shake and excellent company These free and easy mannsn
man mus, be WHY and a.ucy underes this hsary
manner Not at all: Mr. Seward livery fank perfectly good
s, Soeah Mr. Incon /, &c the bead Of Ito 0overnmsu
the chief Of the Republican party Is M seward Kh
gifted the degree with that eoqne1s
o. the meetings ( 80 srdep Aggressive oossta and lace
tous that 3, much pes.es the Anglo ssIon' he early
CURED great popularity When the Republican party had
to choose for the Presidency tho personal uIy
Of Seward already great as % excite the .ascepa
bss and eaou,es Of the leaders skfuy resolving nos
10 run The r.k OF failure Of dis notion and before say
cus else be fad M Lincoln person Of less political
noorety than himself and Incapable Of exciting the saou
III ,ny ons Whatever He favored Aim candidate with al
bis influence his Only be took for him.
self highest post to the Presidency the portfolio
There ia q great deal more in that Washington
letter as good as this; but your readers may ma
some extracts and abridgments from tie New-iorH
letter stil more amusing. Let me say IN advance
that the frequently recurring very IN them
faithfully translated frou the gallant Coonels org
NAL Ills letter from Newiork, as be Is careful 10
re mind his correspondent, was written on the iourta
dy after his arrival in the country, the nrst three
having been most busily occupied with q curry
scurry through and into the streets, csfes, shops,
railroad depots, and other accessible passages and
places by horse and on foot. Not with the Prince,
nor with any sign Of bis quality as Aides-de.Camp
Of the Prince. His attempt 10 give an inteligos
d-scri ptiou ~ paIsisn OF North River steeino al,
in which lie obtains remarkable success, Is thus
prefaced:
most familiar notion. Of achi,ecue forget the
Of savage tho Chinese junk tho antique trree the GAL
boat Of Auxsrei forge, vise. Bans Ian inmens
floating bathing establishment, in the Seine at P.ri'l A.
that alder, least from the matter in hand coDpasa
would nesd you 1t passing from tho Greek temple to
FtGv arrnus as the needless Frenchnsn will recklesaiy
sfsspe OF the Most spelaynded street In The
wSid % ana T 81. ,eIs sSeS. 3: shs inc
mansions quite imposing but IL /. not cheerful They TO-
th, look Ike sYanite temples Walking there did. By
moonlight lie walking between Two rows oil nAsnhSs0s
tomba"
Folks all of to the Syringe and Newport, Colonel.
"The houses in Broadway superb. The shops have
the best thugs In the window They are generally OF
depth from 'front.' entirely unkne1n In Paris as a
himself, that thess0
need ecnonHng ,pscs since the territory OF the he
There are hardly any private equpsges in New oh;
but tie carriages for hire very very good very
cesn very sv and no, too dear The emuonses se won
der for asnbe and far superior to tho,e Of Paris. rapid
tie wind drawn by two nnbe spirited, webrote horsea
have clumsy usy ighully deforne
ike fhose that s6ddsn the eyesn Paris They are al Ia per
the mpins, lean and wounded In the streoa
you but ft shining meesone beasts that seem
But ii tie Cheyaer race is beautiful and Elegantly kept 10
Newly ok Il is not the with the human species The
not handsome nor well dressed no more are toe
women"
Colonell COLONEL how can you say 30!
Per contra both and of all classes and -
their aud de. consideration ior their ne
language Of the place the HE OF hich cannot
found in Paris They sinsarly patient and orderly I'D
must declare to you. and tina, with the esserns' Of
~ rece!yed mnst declare that have seen no ey
the world-I 10 no, except Par'-where mater, order
do not Know sS. that there wa. ms..crss going before
we came do know but they will iaN 10 massacfsins
each oher after SPEAK only Of ae four days We
have s;sld here" $500, .,,-
see tlst shall be charged with msiuni1s ne pHsaoa
classic land OF politeu-ss oeo
and legality. To comfort those to whom yea read 'nis
aud 20 huish with NeyNork tell them from me TINS aos
Colonel. that the city 10 horribly dirty and hI-kes'
municipal authority 10 concerned tbs, the nunieips.
ministstion 10 very bad horribly corrupt aud s1usmes
pensivon
could 10 on TO quote and sbridge great man!
sweeter things that NJ Pi.ani says Of US to his epa
granconnicie; but perhaps i is wnolesoms 10 isA''
a bitter taste in the mouth.
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