, 1865-12-27
FROM ITALY.
Our Florence Correspondence.

From our Own Cotrczpo1dent.l
FLORENCE, Italy, Dec. $, 1855.
REDUCTION OF THE FRENCH ARMr.
II You read the European journals yon Will
he surprised at the amount Of Ink shed over
the reduction Of the French army. The; re-
duction Is wholly Insignificant In itself;> ten
thousand men taken away from the vast armed
force Of the Emperor will not in the least d.
nlnish the effectiveness OF his army. Nor
would treaty. matter ii hundred Thousand
were taken away. 50 long as the present or
ganizatlon ol. the army and tho present sys.
TEN of government are maintained, every
man In Frnuce able to carry musket will bo
available for the "nert Wat"
The truth Is Louis Napoleon Is in Europe
what Ba1num Is III America; u manager
who knows how to get himself talked about.
that tho huge military force which Europe
maintains, at the risk Of future bankruptcy
and eventual death to the liberal movement.
Il to be dlmin fshed but the present rednc-.
tion Of the French army does not point IN the
direction Of our hopes.
TIE EMpERoR's FOREIGN scnEXRs,
The second empire Is spending too much
money abroad. The protection Of the Popo
against his dcarly-belovcd flock In Italy has
effort to ciTilize tho barbaric coasts Of Africa,
has swamped millions, and that brilliant sub
jugation Of the powerful republic on your
southern flank has been most costly of gene
rosities. sometimes fear Louis VIII dc be-
fore he completes the work Of clyiMzsng the
world.
TAXATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
mentioned in my last that We propose to
raise money by suppressing the religious Or
ders and assuming the salarics of the regular
clergy. Let nc giro yon little Idea or the
magnitude Of the undertaking. There arc
cighty-four Of these religions orders, and
eighty of them possess property. -Four Of
conclude to let them epjny this source of
revenue, especially rs there Is no way of
transferring It to the public treasury. Tho
eighty orders have ri religious houses, and
these houses arc valued ut eight millions Of
dollars. 1t is proposed to put these orders
INTO the teTest possible number Of houses
and sell the rest. The process will, perhaps,
net us six millions
The lDonasteries contain ID, ,4a4 clerical and
ACC lay members, or nearly y, 900 MASCULINE
consumers who produce nothing. The fe-
male corps Is still larger, numbering nearly
$4,000; but they arc more easily tolerated,
because they are to u certain extent useful.
take care Of the sick. ! buy my "socks"
from one Of these establishments, and my
| wife has her wardrobe "painted up as good
no,.nr ,,s-a san ,..a,,, rait Dill; nat
lie monks IRE efre1 .1nIess 4 hc That ~ % scii.
inn n1,mbcrs for lottorr i;r1,ate =, .rhia1 tSa.,
hare sernrei the hir.s;n.. AZ ia HIo1ornsS
As Tor ihe re1ipions ,.ons1fat,on ,yiinh thav
afford, 1t ia believed that the regular clergy
lave as genuine and efficient an article in the
regular shops. Here there nre 46, 600 people
fhon"L 20. on nj 1I,c r,,mhsr hcor i;,r Iirai;'
hnni md thot I. = nrcitr horJ rsr ~, ~ ~
tinr one's bread.
Lei M come now tn the inconns cf Tho or.
tlers WIN 1lar. nrnnertv' The tn4of o1oonn+
Of these incomes Is as ncarly as nossIbIe three
millions ar ioI1ars n venr' II nrisas fror,
seyerrl distinct so,,rces no land nir1nr ren4a,a
rcntc5 hnnsns ,,nnor a. ,n,n-ast va f,.osi
menfa n tha nniitc j,nds LII III ,!a ,oa.,
flint iorrr rart nf tJs ean,ta1 fLo,n ~ 1rIich
these rcvef,,ics ar1scz is acrsss;bio an, = "a
netJmataJ ~ e2s nnn ~ Dsoha,; aao !. -
of II ron1d fnr so1nn roars r., n"oJ{ n .,,r,en-t
thr 1nru,,ers ~ f1,a orders ~ M ~ ~,
,..a,nIaa. I''3, " .Is os' o.L " ~ ""
,nonES AZ, nTIha rnr.-r"s ,,S sre sa.t a,u t,a
1"rrrnt u ~ rnn ~; ~ .bat t lc'eeL 70 IRE
Of he RELIGIONS ortc1s y5on motey,a pvRs 1v Se;5
ja,'Aaa wh.,,ar 49, ~ po. eha,3s ~ 10y as' way oe
IEuuea " mns.ea ~ me sn1n.u not slmplx aooi
tsu = olG Nv y! loA.P1uaucef@t1 Eel,Sfons
uH-MIo.nl1se-aao, WI Suostltutc aa9taet sct-tAe
n,aa.i 1 :. ue p..ests 1lnt thal Us IN
oD)ecllons anu IL his Us pretty lafd.
ra,,,.- -. - -" s1.-,
rms az ii4r;h.,taSJ =, ~. 5'!uJ plptM.
fwrnty.ninc ,isocescs ,1,ini hv ,,tr'tire IN tua
i,snnys onT az i,,r,a a.ad - a 4tel'
ons te ..T mn-fms5n "f ~, u r. oisa ~
,o.ss ~, sen1n, u ft,,s ,1 .4a. .ne olo-
i;fhcs md nu;'I;c fi,nds 49, or ehn,1t .haa
siene ~ puohe tuaos, " apout 1nFee NIL
nricsts. e~''"
nat fhfs ia not al, Tho c,,,nfo,, .,,,,,,...
churches. lnneilees and endowed IN Nal S,Sriss
10 yield seven millions If annnoi rorenno 1y.,0 M
sides. he claritaflc and RELIGIONS tnnnfIa,,nne
~ ~ se,,<.fctf;e-,y s51.s,-s.atn..a a.r:
nrer three mti1inns or ravenne 1sho ,x,.nis
chrrch incnmo r. Ifoir ;s tbarot,r, 49,. Wug.o ~;
to,, .r;i1ions ~ ~ daiissvs - 'dse 3s, a,oot SIX
nared 9cEn 1lGnJ r,lio OF doas, derived from four
Yn,, a. tnsr:fo,,!r rTp. 4S;pt X. ,r.,s,t,,
take ms md aimirisier titS n1onto 20
!: nne nf oraDa n ironort"tca 1Ss'' LUIS property
T1,c on6as;tio lon ~ ~ Il n tSc nr;e.,,,oo, :. ~
co,,rse ttfort. and h,tter. b.,t X T. ~ - ~.
universal. Tie salaries a1c Of present m seiv vcry
rarnlar c1cIcr ars. ;,s,a.i1ci.nti. " IT,
iaE1e c,oss Lne,r u t1,at ~ Gnu3u.t pa.u ans
nosns 70 ,c1ier. Thar, ana .i,a;. a,;a Plo-
trtesee,,c. l., es.st tt.a.r "u ~ s!eut ns
sno1fatin, ~ Gnd,a hnwaa,, t"a ye+ee san .ns
c,eI,cai frnnt " and n;vas s H. c"Sceeant c"ns ~
chnrcI, "'A@''' INV 'o'on' " 'ne ue'oa'
SAsAL MATTERS.
Inc Unlfeu states war steamers Frolic and
heafsaI%e arc az 6enoa, md Admiral Colds
nosongn, Win i1e colorado, Is expected there
r. le~ GAYS. Inc hearsarSe attracts good
oea! Q, attention, and cFerybody looks ad-
mHipglF on the big Dahlyren gun that sunk
~11
Tb. e-s, ~ ~ iIx " .1.. ArIAlns. MIS-,
fhnroho, ntIsa,.s3n A. " Pasty slLEnsln Inc
IN ne eiec,i',,, ~ W.. ev9e oG
i:ndw- r. IL now pcisar 4hat f. l1t I;sa ~ tae
Ne IN tsn mN;nr;1s ~ tnA1 T. fae Hlue3al msa
carry the eIection: Int thars "a tst,' "og'a og =
Gnrrrnmenf ond ths aaais dostas ~ WIN tae
most couseryatire Democrat fnto fhn siin1 hmo
jsiry. Somatlliug Of this sort NAV hapnen.
and perhaps would be beat for us. The LIB.
erals are not yet prepared to govern the
comlry. they have spent their time, thus
lar, n trying 70 1ramo . written political
creed 10 which they can all subscribe. This
"orsc than waste OF time; tor they can
for action, and not always then.
N inet' Inc Italians refine too much IL
thc1r thlnktng and are too readily divided by
small! tealousies and riyalfles to mako good
politicians. Nero's ndllfng whiie Rome wns
burning is nothing to the reckless waste Of
Of the general veal, which We notice now.a.
days, to promote personal ends and gratlfy
IeTsopal pt1ues. IL Is believed by many that
~. Msso Tas Risaseo AZ tnc opportunity afforded
naa,o % u aS'g I'M ufW uno masnlacent marble
1.one w ~ polttlcIans cannot De )usLifled
,ara ~ aI2 e1rn a.,. on. INC peer iclloWs
-, n"o sst ;,' .Iie eAptllence ana may grow
W !nIo pon1ic1l taanhooo ns they come to
,,". ~ 4uA 4tAi'1AS ARMY
we enaii nave . reduction Of the army, IN
gfana mutation oi INC Second m Umpire. There
= talk OF dispensing with 'uo00 men, and OF
fonee,s wv Austta a n N tne matter Ihe
cannot ailord to nttack Italy, and might be
very glad to have promise Of being let alone
n Venetfa; nnd re present Italian Ministry
would not be unlikely to GIVE such promise