New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-09


a,er BY Government privilege and under conditions
Fixed y Government. The revenue from the monopoly
enormons. and constantly increasing. 1.-THE regular
increase Of sales" says Minister Fould "amounts
annual ly TO about 100000 kilograms" or moro than
4 % 5s 1.-THE receipts from sales for 1863 surpassed
osc u Is62 by 6.OOo OOOf aud those Of ls64 show
fr'ter augmentation OF 1900 OOoE" In 1861 the re-
rnr lad reached g5 600 oOof and they should now be
over OO0c0f in less the receipts were 1855 0oo 0Ok,
WITH , net profit Of 30o000of. The proportion be
tween receipt. and profit II it has varied since, should
be- m Of the Treasury. But this revenue does not
msas-c the whole profit 10 Government. The Tobacco
! monopoly takes the place also Of immense pension
rnl ihe privilege OF retailing being given to decnyed
or coylupD public servants widows Of officers
fallen n battle, etc. The profits OF tobacco shop
on H. boulevard des Itallens for example-where the
dealer adds stock Of pipes snuff boxes tobaccopouch'
&c. ce cases and other such appropriate accessories
are grea. consolation to q coIones let alone generals
widow " abundant housekeeping guild FOR the what
ever quo Of civil service rendered to Government by
iaycrie or other party oamorous for reward. dead
corporals relct crippled sergeant. Village IIamp
dem The Government side. is thankful with the little
benefits Of a shop in by-sreet in provincial town.
II keeps generally small shop bar in countenance
tho smoking encouraging thirst The privilege is
granted only or life but the holder Of il can sublet
mo. sell on any best terms he or she can privately
}, agree on with the lessee.
! To return Blue and yellow Books. The former is.
beyond aay work Of the same volume full Of interest
for any ole who wants learn the situation Of France
to-day The most interesting portion Of the latter is
that occupied by the correspondence between the
| L.. nj TIM nd
one part and Drouyn de Lhuys the other respecting
the FracoItalian Convention, the Roman Question,
l. e.. the home and FOREIGN Church Question, and the
related tngles very general summary Of the main
impressions their perusa leaves the reader under is,
that at hone on the material side the condition Of the
Empire prosperous and promising That abroad,
quarrels hushed-the action OF their causes ad'
iourned-the causes themselves "raked up ashed
over bdng their fated time Of outbreak and eonagra'
,iou. year ago last November, Napoleon
proclaimd 20 the world In solemnest form
that "pwerfnl interests In the South as wei as
the Nor,l (Ifaly Rome, Poland. Denmark were de-
handing, solution and asked shall forever keep
up mutua dstrust by exaggerated armaments' Shall
we foreyr maintain state Of things that Is neither
peace viii its security nor war with It's chances oil sue
cess To paths before US; one leads to progress
by concihton and peece the other sooner or later
fatally by obstinate effort at maintenance
ola cruuoling past Such are the very words OF the
4 amou. ell for European Congress last year. Surely
changes nd not unimpoItant ones, have since taken
place In temporary relation OF European nations TO
each o;he. ard even In their exaggerated arIna-
ucu. BIZ they are rather accidental than essential as
e yet Thee is truce among the nations, and some
dlmurltio Of the number Of men under arms and Of
shpsin commission; no treaty between great nations
resilIe deep and stipulating broad principles as
II tho ,,s constitution Of Europe had been signed ana
.1scus no radical reduction Of armies. OF the French
army foiinsiAnce-which At a months notice could ~
regular administrative process be brought up to Its war
com plemat--hss been made. Tho war path. fatally
open iss happily entered and beginning to
be- grass rown indeed. What European power within
the year rs renowned s right Of way there through or
allied rscf with the God Of peace against the power Of
fate TO drive IL thitherward To resume nov the sun
mary Of tie books That the temporary Imperial policy
il 70 lahr and to wait-labor for promotion VI yet
greater Internal material prosperity and for proongation
of,s tire whit persisently for the GROWING OF the
eaf,c " political liberty at home; wait persistenty
for al COED chances that time may offer OF negotiation
for souin Of Roman Italian. Mexican. United States
question.
The summary Is somewhat unsatisfactory. indefinite
Your correspondent cannot help that. IL may be that
his maie,y cannot How could be. well be more def
mite ant satisfactory 10 Us ward for e1amplei What
ever cars lie has given In the tme-l should say
pretty Considerable good deal-to grumblc. what bet
ter can y. ask Of him now than 10 strictly observe such
neutrali, rs he has hitherto observed. And what on
the whoh could he better say about US In his throne
speech an to say nothing
stor has been told TO the effect that In the orig
inal drai Of his throne speech was paragraph to
our adde's expressing his regret at the continuance
Of our evil war and Affirming his constant purpose
Of observing neutrality. IL was struck out. 30 this
s,ory coe. at ,he last moment, American news ofthe
late peac negotiations arriving here just on the eve OF
the devry of the throne speech. The prospect for The
moment ooking rather TO reunion than otherwise Tut
being exceedingly confused and uncertain-Monnc
doctrine xitha shadowly looming up In that befogged
trans. Atlantic horizon on which sun, or sundog OF
peace seemed rising. Why. to bewail a war that was
perhaps already over to rcahirm neutrality between
beleerent, who might already DO allies-and allied
against himsef-a non.commital silence was discreet.
est give the story for what II IL worth-not much.
fancy, as an historical fact but really something
a priori fancy.
The late buncombo talk OF opposition orators 10 the
English Parliament and buncombc editorials OF some
English Journals about Canadian deenses aud the just
arrived news Of President Lncolns formal notice to
quit the old Lake arrangements Of lsl7. have drawn
more attention here than hope and believe they justify
But what Ia this connection, is curiousy worth noting
is an article Of three days ago published in The London
Morning Post together with its reception here. The
Post article was written by Its Yankeephobc. sensation
man, in the high Cnmbyses yenwhat the French call
cpleplc lie foresees war with the United States as
si Gaming certainty and proposes recognition of the