New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-03
the Prussian patience is strong against him. There

ia hone that he may abdcate there 10 assurance that
! he will die some day or other. The Crown Prince
has already expressed publicly at Danzic, as plainly
as dutiful son could his disapproval Of the latest
arbitrary acts of his Bsmark parent. He known
TO be less middle aged, is calculated TO be muci
more modern.civilized than his father. The old
Kings revolutionary domestic impolcy has its coun-
ter-revolutionary force further weakened by other
considerations. While it 10 directly supported IN
principle by the feudal party, it has an accidental
support from the popular national spirit. To begin
with the mass of the Prussians even Of the hbera'
Prussians, have no, or but a lukewarm, sympalhy
for Poland They have deep national feeling
against France. The looming probability OF war
in which France should be party suggests the
Rhine US disputed boundary, and calls up all the
national feeling.
| Quite apart from all these, comes in an almost
ludicrous little circumstance apropos OK the hlhg
coup d'etdteries. The rather low, heavy, German
Confederate Diet has theoretical right oi correc-
tions interference TO the observance OF constitu
tious in the different German States. 1t exercised
this right last year, after come years o' somnoiei
solemn consultative paaver in the case OF Electorai
Hesse, whose extremely wrong headed little sover-
egn prince was persishng IN his divlneiy "osu. u
manner, TO misgOvern against the little state cons'i'
tgliOnal laws. Aud oddly enough, II was Just Irus-
81, under its present King who was aplolnted oy
the Diet to give the little princelet birchlng II Ne
did not thereafter constitutionaly behave himself
Pruseian diSclpllnGry troops were aecOrulhsN or
dereo toward his lIessan VI. more OF less Serenc
High. low Transparency, who thereupon-if his
DuTchiant Will permit-caved in. 1t is proposed to
do something Of the sort for this very King now,
who, If he won't abd.cate and don't die III the next
ten or twelve years, may catch 1t.
The International Postal Convention closed its
sessions ere this week. Among its proceedings
WAS vote Of acknowle ledgment 10 tho United States
Government, represented by Mr.. Kasson, for it's IN
itiatory actiou the subject. Mr.. kasson 9 Ideas
proved in more than one instance too liberal Tor I'M
mediate adoption in practice. They were never
theless appreciated by the representatives from
for the moment came, am told, chiefly from the
French Postal ,'ministration. The French GOV.
ernment which Is different and wiser Thug VIII
be likely to study .ud in time, accept them all the
same.
The lonvlooked.fNr book, "Victor Hugo Ra-
contc rar un TemoiI, de Sa Vie, is positively an
nounced TO appear on Me booksellers shelves the
I7th inst. By the .!0th or so we may ialTly
expect TO have 1t then. The Witness OF his Lie
is Madame Hugo. IL viii be- then, 70 far as IL
goes. an autobiography one degree removed. Inc
peculiar cnarm OF autobiography added to the pecu-
liar interest of the subject. Beside this, it Will con-
tain number OF hitherto unpublished essays III hte-
nature prose and poetry, guentary and complete,
lust such extracts from Victor Hugos portfolio as,
apart from their intrinsic merit, VIII have special
worth to the uumberless admirers OF the Guthor OF
Les Miserables." For they are, IN degree be-
you'd his formally published, finished works ire IN
dices as it were OF lis more person al, Intimate ID
tellectual life and tie developments.
That already famous Vie de CesaF, oi when
we have heard somewhat over much ion the last two
or three years reported 10 be act ualy IN The
Imperial press that is, the first two o. It's 'hI0e
volumes.
Uncle Caesar, his brazen image IN the Legendary
dress Of the Little Corporal, Is TO be taken down
from the Column in the Place Nendome, to make
way for substitute IN imperial court costume
Originally, the fret Napoleon was set Mp mere ~
imperial robes. In the revulsion Of popular 'eoHh2
aud tue stupid excitement OF Jealous Legitimate, IL
was pulled down by the mob on occasion oi the
second return Of the Bourbons. The imperial bfats
was melted down and refused into the equestrian
statue Of Henry ", that stands and sits on Tue
Pont Neuf; and an eminently misplaced feuT de-le
and flagstaff held its place ill 1888. Poor Lour
Philippe who was always doing something Tor The
uncle OF his succ.ssOr, and the common NaPolsalio
cause ordered the present statue Of The lItie Cor
poral which is colossal, and attended at s solemn
inauguration with wife and family aud Ministers
aud the rest. And 30 the whlrhgig Of tine bnuss
about its changes. just exactly where tins NaVols'
onic column stands once stood the cOlOtsai 90 es-
TRAN statae Of that colossal mpOsture, Loulr the ro
called Great, by whose orders the noble place was
constructed, aud called Place Louis 10 Grand
Sic yos non vobs. Did not the inhabitants OF
Paris-whch, reformed and newly bullded IN style
Of magnfcence that Louis QuatoIze IL all his glory
never dreamed Of, is Loub NapOloons material
monument-did not they vote squaIo against hun
and his nominees ten days ago