, 1864-07-31
FF1on Our Special Cos1cspondeut.1

PAa1s, Tuesday, July IL. 1871.
The departure OF the Emperor for FichY,
and the consequent cessation ofthe Court re-
cettions at Font&inbleau has completely
brought to close the fashionable season Of
1864, and Paris is now being rapidly desert
ed for the country, tie watering places or
the sea-side. The heat too, IL for the first
time this year assuming midsummer and
oog-day proportions. Hithsreu the weather
has been moderate, not to say cold for the
season, and more warmth was required Us
bar1.st time approached. To-day the ther-
mometer stands at 50 deg, with every ap-
peasance Of an ascending movement. The
accounts Of the crops from a1l parts of the
country are highly favorable, aud represent
our "corn, wine and oif' as only Requiring
sunny Influences to bring them to prop r.
ttcns- The grain crops have airea IL
been got into satisfactory condition
The Wheat promises an abundant
Yield on the wide .plaius Of the Beauce aud
Of Lar gue doc. Of the Boraclais District, as
also OF Burgundy and Ch .npal IN, are a.
nennced rs ptouaislng 10 equal the famous
yenr 1898 IN Produce anu quality. Thp
Rhine district has besn slightly Injured b.
heavy rains and late trusts, and will this ,fa.r
be less prolific. But every where the odium.
or grape disease, HIS either dis3ppe 4red OF
shows itself 81 slightly as to be easily mus
tered
This Is great time for pushing on public
works In Pa1ts. and the latest OF building o.
ernsiors In progress is quite reuarkablc.
Miles ot new streets and bouleyards aud ave-
nus are eschtrg themselves out in every
dirsctioD, and the hot atmosphere ia nude
yet more enffocating BY the dust Of e5caya
t,ons and demoli'lons Tue muntcipallt: OF
Par1s now disposcs Of revenues ampuutin.
to more than one hundred and twenty-five.
milllors OF francs per a0nun, and eeems
oisposed at this snomeat to strain its im.
mense Resources to the utmost. Whole
qusrters OF the town are being changed un-
til they can Eo lopEc CT be recognized; tue old
nsrro" and squalid streets oeing plerc=d
are ~ speedily lined by mayu,t .eut
c1ections, and occupied IS fast Is thcy nro
built. Yet IT. spite OF all this rents CONTINUE
to rise, aud so and $40 ia no unusual sum
to pa5 for private residence, while stures in
good situations bring twice and threo tiuts
az much.
The population Of the French c,p,ea,, &C.
cordipg IL returns just Issued by the Hotel
de villc, amounts nnw to 1,690. Isl, contained
~ ~ embellishments, or districts, cash Of
which is presided over by Mayor. Ther.
one Mayors, the Pr.fcct hetu, the cnIee
| Mayer aud presiding over ALL Accord
Ing to thee tame retrrns, which I
vas looking over the other day. I md TINT
the rnnlter Of births In Paris the last
year W. 5se,al:,,, of which 1896 were bows
und Is 50J girls OF the ~hol4 number II, ,5ol
we're uleguiuate, and 37,7s,0 born ia we'd
lock. The number Of d.aths was 42.lS5, und
the excess Of births 10, LEI. The marriIEea
celebrated were Is, JtB
One OF The great public attractions Ia
faTls ut the rretent momcaI IL the presence
OF b'onoin, Who Is exhibiting ut tbe Hippo.
drome before immense crowds. His perf1ru,.
ances, however, up to the present time,
would b. regarded as pothing III an American
poiut Of vlE"., the height 1T which b. Is
placed being altogether tnconsiderabls. and
far less even than that Ut the Crs stat Palace
in England. Stlil the Ercncll peo ,le are a.
tonlshej, and flock In Gro = DIS to see him cook
Ills oule'rt lerehed iu the air. bear tha, n-
wlshed TO have rope stretched from the
Tower of Notre Da,ns to the Tower Of st,
Jaquce, ind to walk acroe1it. But the French
Gofern1nent which has never s,eu Bloadin
do" Niagara With inpunlty, refuses irs con-
lime spectacle!