New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-13

mons,,n Heaven help .ss mark. has almost less than
next to nothing to do with M ~ u lacs. Inc four
all exceptionally eminent for intelligence but because
they representative men qnlte apart IRON then VIII.
represent incidentally greater power than any posi-
Bile next four diplomatic sgners 10 no matter bat next
diplomatic notes do or can represent
When will Americans, who pretend 10 believe In
ideas and not in forms in principles ard not IN mon
in realities and not in sbams; IN peopolsm TO coin q
woId and not in OficalisuI-when VIII they learn to
respect will not Say their convictions but themselves
and their pretended conyctionsf If we must by in.
grained nature profoundly snob TO the superiority Of
European official. imperial and royal iOrmalties and
solemn impostures. over our poor republican, popular
individual principles and convictions. then Mt least let
snobbcy have the courage Il It's convictions MAY
your correspondent purely ia bis quality reporter DO
suffered to say that his own country men imneasurably
supass Europeans in the unhappy incuty Of snobbery
To change tbe subject. Tho sum Of theatrical re.
pts the weuy -four boIoces Of Paris for the past
yo0r 1863 il ~ 76 600 frnncs which u 1860 900 more
francs tLan the receipts of 1862. in word never was
material theatrical property more profitable than in
these last past twelve months. How little pecuniaTy
profit has to do with literary and Listr!onc merit be-
comes sldly patent to one who vii run through the
lettcr-prcss and titles. and "ran, OF the prosperous
pieces So far ythiDR Ike iicrny any sort " phi.
mary artistic merit goes OF the LAST Twelve years
Of the French stage has been 80 barren And tie greet
successes that is tie great pecnnaiy successes with
only three or four exceptions at most have been the
successes Of short skirt aud Of grcs Wit that GER
tainy did not shine by it, lrcvity.
AUbcI's Lost La FIancee din Roi de Carrie IL, so
competent opprecIators toll me. IN way inferior to
the best productions Of that fhvorite composer, and
proves again what the viyacity Of bis other compost
lions has convinced me Of that If bis primal birthday
really was in 1881, lie mnt have been repeat
eddy since born again. Certainly judged hy the ear
soptnsgrDarian Auber is u yougger-f wont say man
but nature % omposer Jun0I. who is about TO cup
his Faust with new candidate Tor Muslcal coAn0ls
seur's gppIause.
by The way tie Emperor quit. on. Of his own head.
has ordered The issue Of decree Of liberty 10 tbs thea
tiers lyric and literary. Subor1lnntes. who would not
have dared 10 call their souls then own fthey had been
blessed with possession Of 80 noble organs, bad thelr
substitutes for brains sl habbergsied by hs Mees
first order IL beralze tie stupidity cramped regime of
the French stage. WINNING tha they were obedient
10 orders but hampercd by bong non'cd administrative
habit, they drew upa decree on theaiers IN num"er
les p,rn graphs that the devil himself voald have been
bothered To Ind clear way through. BOsh quoth his
Majesty. l want theatrical folks 10 have as much
freedom 81 action a' other folks have Say 30 IN three
parneraphs No good OF stretching It cut 10 twenty.
And so the super habbersGstgd sub0rdr did really
apply thcr little minds 20 tho bIieier editing of
Nagceon's simple common sense .dee Ahd th.y got
Themselves dey cred Of quite to.Faby lbcra decree
assuring tho somi.hDsrty " tic FEorch theatoEs IN
france.
This seemingly triHng concession to modern liberal
ism ,li % modern indYidualism may seem iriDg IN
importance. Bc sure Tat hapoi'on does no, MAKO
you iaagh respected reader. Buchers' liberty bakers
liberty, pnywriSis hberty-itr'e all IN th' " i.e kna
are liberty Scoming political as Lhey are they real.
" are entering political weCges Butcher and bakerand
playwright, and hoacr manager being made free under
the Empire as they were not under TIE Monarghy oi
july Ior under the Republic OF lsI. why should not
they DO rather Imperals.s than sy Ok the old pastfs
esef
Change again the snhIect note that our Congress,
mon arr looking. among other directions, tnhicco"hru
fur means u tHI.ggthcriuH profit ana so thr IHct III
- Nr.opni lncofn. hccoinrs eye pnly. pain
phlct lately furnished MI the members OF the Corps
ie.satf gives The annual account Of the prot to tue
French national treasury Of the tobacco business
And this /. the very brief very precepYe teaching OF
that document Tho French Government HhicI mo-
nopolyes the manulactute and sale and controls TIE
,. 5duction on french so Of tobacco announces that
he total product " its ,obOcco business Ia lebl
amounted - gl60OLrrp end odd flames u which
l6I Oo1 OO0 and odd were clear v.ut ~ the national
treasury.
Sal We learnt Shall VIC tho lndcpcndcutest, e.
baccocewingest and snoklngest aid spittngest PEG
p OH The L.gurcd slgc ~ the earth DO beneath the
disgusting national yicoi