New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-18
OUR EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE
Effects Of n Heated TsTm-The American
Minister - Droayn dc Lhuys - Crops
and Prices-Thc Voyage Of the Great
Ensseru-Decease Of Col. Laborde-A
Huss Of Richard Cobden Presented 10
tho Emperor - Literary News - Sub.
scribcrs 20 the Lincoln Medal.
From Our Own Correspondent
PARIS, August 4. 1865.

PARIS, August 4. 1868
The French should be a quite happy people
this week seeing what small contributions u offers n
their history. The recent municipal elections. repeat
eddy referred 10 In previous letters eth consdcra
bly, talked and thought of partly from lack Of other
more sensational topic better partly from the abiding
Oct US hopO Significance that lies 10 them as proofs OF
revived and growing healthy political vitality in the
nation. And rumors more frisk Than ever don't
at oil know with how much bottom. TO the effect that
this vitality will be fosered and encouraged contin.
ued exercise by liberal loosening Of present restraints
Meantime, 50 light their public duties and op.
pressivo the heat and the ayors Of Paris, that Minis
have followed the example Of their Imperial Master
and gone OF TO their cOanry estates TO Switzerland
and the seaside, and other cool places believe that
of the whole eight nine OF them only three were In
town last Monday.
| Our most worthy and really representative Minister
Mr. Bgelow has also taken the opportunity 70 seek The
rest be needed aud has honoraby earned and gone
for few days 10 the seaside but not out Of rail
road reach and teegraphio shot from the Legation
carrying with him for the rest n heavy burden OF
sorrow in the recent loss Of OF bis children noble
oyabc little fellow whose large promise so unkept 1t
is sad for all his fathers friends to think Of
The Minister Of Foreign Affairs. Drouyn dc Lhuys,
seems 10 nave lett, OF 10 nave Transmitted from hg
country seat to the official papers orders to Tranquil
the public as TO some phases Of the Mexican ques
ton. Yon will notice In your fresh flies rather IN.
usual amount OF paragraphng about our army on the
Rio Grande and elsewhere. aud about Mr.. Blair's
Monroe Doctrine speech all going To show or trying 10
go TO show. that the army is loss numerous than re-
ported and In course Of decrease and that Mr. Blars
speech Is only "onc Of those speeches. and that our
Government 10 disposed to attend strictly to Its own
affairs (Which nrc pressing enough and TO keep on
quiet terms with transatlantic and trans Rio Grandcos
Of the Imperial variety. For the sake OF our graves
home interests and Of character for practical com
mon sense, so mote II be.s
take mainly from the Paris agricultural corrcspon.
dence Of The Independence Beige. who by the way il
singularly competent to speak 70 the question and
furnishes large part of their uuquotcd information TO
able "own correspondents" OF other Journals brief
note about the crops Harvesting is far enough forward
TO justify the general conclusion for France that
the grain yield this year. though considerably short OF
what 1t was the last two seasons will rise at ot M
to good average The hsaolips is O trHe moro than
~ gallons,
The average annual yield OF wheat In France for the
ten years preceding 1863 9 97 800 hectoltres In
round numbers the annual consumption In France 10
100000 hectolitreG The product in 1863 WAS ll6.
7sl'Oo and In 1894 1t was lll274oOO hcctotrcs The
consumptios in these two years Of plenty something
overrnn the average Is always the rigltful ca,e
but allowance foy that and calculation OF exports and