, 1864-08-26

PAIa1s, Tuesday, Ang. 15, 1Sc4.
Public attention here has been almost ex-
clusiEe)s fixed upon political prosecution,
which has helped to give some animation to
this dull period of the year in the deserted
French capital The parties implicated were
all well known men; some Of them, So for
exau pie II. GARNER, Pages and NJ. Garnet,
of cx ministerial 1anli, and members OF the
Provisional Government Of 1648; and other
eminent members OF the Paris OF Marseilles
bur-. Ali Of them belonged also to the ranks
Of the advanced liberal Or radical party. The
acquisition again6t them was that OF belong
Ing to IN "association" gilmore than twenty
persons, formed without the permission of
the Goyernnrnt--a crime punishable In
France By 6ne and imprisonment. The an-
swer Of the accused vas that they have only
helorgeo to election committees which are
alea ea3s regarded ns loJal, or ut least liberated
in times o1 general elections. The trial took
place before police court, aud therefore
without any jurf. TIE culpfits, thirteen in
number, oil wore the tu1l costume CT French
advocates, ndpsesented a etrnDge appesr-
ance Us they thus stood ranged along u bar
generally occupied by Yery different class
tenders, stood the flower of the oratory OF
thu French bar, men Of all shades Of opinion
M. Jrlts s Fav1e, NJ. Berger, Ii Dufaure, II.
Hebe1t, n. Arago-all prepared to defend
their colleagues against the tyranny Of the
Government The court was crowded to ex-
cefs, aud the presiding judge had great dlfl~:
Guilty in restraining the cheers which broke
forth continually from the audience,
as II Jales FaSre, who took the LEAD
ia the defense, 1ashed the conduct
of the police agents in magni-
dcfnt speech. For although the &C -u5ed par
ht1~ 1o33 f}7oFo 3Tsa 4
gree oren to the extreme rigor Of the French
iaW against the liberty Of ASSOCIATION In
attempting to form branch election commit
tees al over France, with CENTRAL COMMITTEES
In Paris, 3tt the means which the govern
ment took to preserve evidence Of this Were
to the last degree ooious and brutal. The
nolice agents entered the privAte residences
St these gentlemen, solae Of whom were
even absent from their homes at the time,
hrol;e opcu their writing desks aud private
drawers, seized bud carried OF every dis.
cription Of fa1nily papers aud correspon-
dtnce, net tyen respecting letters written
between husband and wife, brother
md md friend. and exposed oil these
documents to the prsfnE curiosity ofpptes
md 1nformers, to make What use they
n1rased Of the contents and the information
ihtY gathered from them Ard all this yl3-
lence and itdelicacy wEs pefpetfated not to
DFoCUfe the CQu1emEatIVA u 4AuENcFt1s OF
ussass,ps, or OF men who were charged With
plotting 10 upsct the government and revo:
lut,onize the country; bnt OF men o! CHAR
acter and emincncc IN society and their pro-
Il rsion, Who had only sought BY combine
ton to find some neans to resist ne over
NhelmIpg influence If the Aominlstratlon,
and who, alter ali, b all the st1ainiog Of the
guilty By the Court OF such degree Of cul-
liability rs to merit q fine of hundred ooi-
larsf
4 hundred dollars! Men are to have their
houses broken open in Paris, their Wtves'
and daughters' and isiends' correspondence
ropEscktd d aud exposed to coarse puolc!sy,
for the sake Of timing them hundred dol
iarsl And Frcnchmen really believe them
selves TO be freemen and to live under tree
Government! n. Jnles Fayre declared each
act to be Illegal, aud they certainly are Gus.
grace to cly,lizt patton The GoVern@ent
procured the pomlnal condemnation Of It's
oprontnts, hut the trial aud the mode OF
procuring evidence have damaged 1t IN re
:. evee OF every honnrable man OF honoraole
feeliug both at bone and abroad.
/ BEYOND the above incident there Is little to