New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-09

day several iDha DantS OF tbe thirteenth arrondlse
ment Of Paris proposing 10 start and stock popular
free library such had been permitted to be established
in several other wards ACCOMPLISHMENTS Of the city
delegated n. Darimon, deputy to the Legislative
Body, 10 obtain from the Minister Of the Interior the
necessary prerequisite authorization TO begin good
work In response to the application Of Mp. Darimon.
the Minister formed him and the waiting world that
1.-The creation Of popular libraries answering to the IN
telec,u and neral wants OF the working classes. Gov
itself proposes to increase the number OF such
useful institutions To this end the administration ID
occupied in selecting the places and buildings that
could be used for such purposes and at the time
giving its attention 70 questions Of application and Of
details connected with the management OF libraries and
the making ont Of catalogues. Until in this respect
system has been decided on, think there would be
objections to assontng 70 the application you have been
pleased TO Offer"
Before quito changing the subject, let me gladly
correct statement made In my last letter. Though
true then 50 far your correspondent or the public
could know, it would be q Mackay now 20 say that
Professor Albert Lerny had fought the good fight with
all possible legal Instruments quite in vain in defense
Of his right TO limited free speech. Tough and courage
always NJ. Lerny III is the same who signed,
OF the dele gates three for the majority Of the members
Of the International Social Congress st Amsterdam the
brief address Of timely encouragement to President
Lincoln followed defeat by rising sppea till he reached
the Council Of Stale Their ardy decision sanctioned
By Decree is published this week. II overthrows the
adverse decision ~ the Imperial Council of Public In
structior. forb'dding NJ. Lerny to open his mouth
becau,e Of his known political antecedents' liberal
sentiments pretty freely expressed, but within legal
linit,l. To-day, after two years fight n. Lerny
recover theoretically. his tight to do whn. bis lecture
hall shut up for, az tie scene Of Illegal unsafe
dangerous doing. two years ago.
Partially per contra. and s good item to record:
Permits have been granted this yenr to two hundred
lecturers 10 talk (vithn safe limited. interpoltica
bouudaic to popular assemblies l25 Of these speak in
Paris.
Alexander DuInas-hs talk last week. in the hall
where q magnificent collection OF the pictures and
sketches OF Eugene DelacroiI had been exhibition
fo- the pact month all about Delacroi1 and himself was
brilliant success, and repeated last night with
ind ieryor tie part Of the speaker and OF the
applau,lye audience. An indscreet
chropicer OF La Pr,' says that Alexander was letey
discovered In book shop buying rbyming diction-
ary which cofoldDg be builds up hope that Dumas
Is going seriously to work his longsnce proposed
political translation Of the Old Williams" his Romeo
and Julictte. Composer Gounod. author Of the much
opera Faust il at work on Q Romeo and
Juieite for The Theatre Lyrique here where. mean
time s IN rehearsal tho Roi Candanle. composed by
Eugene Dir, son Of the inimtable colorist painter.
Daz Apt 70 this gossip Of poets and painters, is the
late good news that Courbet the solides strongest,
ruest OF living French realiss IL to transfer Victor
Hugos life prcseument TO canvas. Excepting Madras
admirable but necessarily inadequate as all
photographs ore VIC have no nearly faithful sdoloG OF
The great poet Waguers Risn:i was performed at
Cologne tie other night German Espapers report
with grlDily succc.s'll effect.
BcroI who il French version o. Wagner, 10
charged With the following s,rocity committed in The
.lbum OF Patti. the cI,rsvagantly worshiped Diver"
this season as tho last Of the Italiens Monsieur Der
ior who By the way has singular facial resemblance
% o. photograph presentments OF JEFF. Davis.-i'
thoroughly at home in the classics and they remind
say that whatever were the musical defects or
merits Of bis Iauch discussed lie, 7roisn brought out
asst year at the Lyrlue the bretto also written by the
composer wa. classical and ingenious to degree that
ould excite the admiration. not to ssy the impotent
,nyy OF al the professors Of Latin IN Yale. Harvard
md the ngnbcIiess other insuficiently "breeched
ens % cl. sc learning 10 sham classicaly over
,urdened land. This 10 what VI. BerlioH wrote
Oqore Pai" with diverse translation. such as that Of
he COMMANDS We must have the paties," but finally
md as that Of al the d!letanti. I'VE need Patti"
Economical bucolic readers Of The TRIBUNE may be
Interested In this bit OF Prussan statistics: From tie
irst II October 1861 10 like date 1864 thsre were
---I.--.i in Esrlin 1852 horses, the flesh Of which
rss sold at from five 10 sir cents tie pound" Some
,ears the smented Georey ST. HAire enthusiastic
,ropagator OF the sound doctrine OF Hppophagy set
,u, table at his residence by the Jardn des Planes
th baked, and broilcd. and s.ewed. sId toasted.
md HE'D and boiled and smoked. and roasted horse
neat. and preliminary Hesh soup Of the same. Doctor
rran one Of dozen psrtakers o. that generous horse
,aty gave .oolhsome account " the banquet in the
iDe Oft.
somewhat .tTisr borsopitable experiment. va.
rcd on volunteers after lecture The subject a. tho
iarden Of accmation ln the Bots de Doulosse last
-ear. Al! who have eaten agreed that prejudice
icing aside horse meat Is good eating And thers
exclamation Of rerei over the loss OF leo 600 pounds
4 nutritious horse mea, lost to hungry Frenchmen al
ualy ty their unreasonable prcjudces OF other neat
ictrals, meanwhile. the following statistics seem
o promise them tolersb.e supply. There are in
Franco tods, three InlioG horses three hundred
housaud pules tea million two hundred thousand neat
atte ,of which 800 90 bulls 900 900 cIen. $500 con
ows-,Ae rest oe!ve.) thirty.fve million ,hsp (o.l
which uentys!I million pure or crossed n.rnos) 81
million ION, hundred thousand goats. Is many sdrlt
wine ami three million tender sucking pishngs.
10 wash DOM th.s iaes. ylc.ual the French folks
AVE wine cot from $4,000 acree o. vineyards whose
vc-sge product, this yoa, for example, amounts 10
NE ihcussnd three hundred and twenty millions fs,
undr"d and seventy ST. thousand gllous-muhirIy by
I've for the bottles. OF this blessed abundance Of drink
bs some saaI rvulcts ron down foreign thfoa's