New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-21

LAMENTATIONS
much provoked and alarm increased ~ wat 'S'i'
gentleman ofmy acquaintance tells me ~ mere ''"p0
stenslon Of the nature and manipulation TO the
emalady at ST. Petersburg Of the name Of atotaIy az
raIady long known in this country the Siberian
psst or plague This last he says is disease pecu'r
10 cattle. which does indeed sometimes communicate
titself 10 drovers others, if in frequent coh'"c'
I the animals affected by it. it is no novelty ana Is
not at oil TO be connected be is confident, with the
eepileuic yrhoid affection or whatever il may De- 'hat
% disastrous in ST. Petersburg but which, he is
oel 10 confess seems to put the medical men OF that
canta at uonpus. His private letters, nc further
more tells me confirm the reports published by Govern
mept authority that the malady appears to be on the de-
K cline in The capital
Meantime tie possibility of invasion this Summer
into Western Europe of epidemic scourge is attract
hnc the grave attention of scientific and civil authorities
here and iu England. If new destroyer Of men has
sbcynn IFS march from the East and Norh-the fertile
regions whence have come our race language, oar
bregousit is not likely that the Atlantic viii stop its
course And then what murderous campaign in your
New-York Wilderness among your thousands OF cave
dwecrs the crowded already scky ranks oftenement
Understand even among your better classes WHO
have fashionable hotels and harrooms and railroads
already fr their natural enomiesto soy nothing Of the
Common Council and Street Commissioner leaders Of
standing army Of dead eats and Ioting garbage and
other rank and file of volunteer miasmatic army
noxious upTisings of Great People,
Yonw see that Portugal has made It's proper apology
for the oyerzeal of the commandnt Of Fort Be!om IN
sdschareiug bis duty Of observing Tie rights and duties
Of neuri in the shape Of cannon balls against our
Mitigate Niagara, by dscharging tie commandani.
sThs impotcnt conclusion their eagerly borrowed ar
eument for further Portuguese hostility TO the United
States has left the c. s a. sympathi2crs here WHO
sbusiy urged Il in a pitilully lame condition hey
come hardly less hating off, under the electric shock Of
seach new telegram from their other position, success
lively to snatch every last telegram Tat sherman IS
sadvancing dcfeatedy and Johnston Brcgg retreat
fling VIGOROUSLY. Their hopes ere fast iumbhng into
the last ditch and slough OF despond the ose Commune
mo which the Confederate Loan md 10 end Of other
,pecuaons and spectators already sunk with !ou
guess well lerc into eycrGecicning conscious
ness that il is ali with them. In this connection
two phenomena are Observable: fast rising population
Of those who "avays told YOU so" the rising pant Of
that population somehow other not having made their
,te audible however, in iime) and II curious diminu-
ton in numbers Of the folk who, one two and three
wears ago explained most Of the Union dehats and
Confederate States Arny asmere errors Of
Reuters kilograms OR folks lately have nothing 70
say against Reuter-. Anybody who TohI6 give lInse
the pain TO compare Reuters kilograms (Which were
md are ly telegrammac necessity, constantly impcr
feet and often erroneous with the subsequent proof "
confirmed events would find that the incriminnted
Renter has as often buudered for u as against US.
tn B-Before denying the above statement, test H.
protestant reader and remember that truth truth and
Ia good thing to have, even when disagreeabe
There has been very lively debate in the Belgian Par
lament tlis week between Government and Opposition,
stlc latter charging that Government had quite sur
passed it, constitutional right and power by acts OF in
foryenon favorable TO the Kings sonn.law prov isonal
fEmperor Max. Of Mexico, in these. among other re
spects: II has furnished Government barracks end
army and money pay and transport ships at state cost
Ito the soldiers recruited in Europe for Max, his for
tegu legion army destined TO confirm the enthusiastic
Fidelity of Max's. new subjects to him; Max. Moth
ling will come of it, think for the moment, czcep
alk. Max. will have lis mongro army q foreigners
HIS imperial and royal patrons know wei as you d,
how hopeessy impossible bis position is without sucl
5suppOIt-as fast that army be substituted safely
for the French cOntngent-not map. not a moment
faster. II is astounding to read in American prints ar,i
ces write n by men who must be supposed 10 have
some political intelligence and some memory OF the pol
Eitical history Of the Mexican Expedition the which
Particles represent Louis Napoleons forakng Of Max,
Eaud Lis leaving Of him 10 his own local resources
POSSIBILITY. His French Majesty cond not II he would
Throw of his Mexican pIotege. is ii not about time
for our potcaster writers and takers 10 be wise
sonr sensible folks are, Rcnounce at least keer
silence respecting the socalled Monroe Doctrine ard
leaye the Mexican pickly pear TO rpen rot at It's
leisure
The pOthouse doc,rnaires Of distorted Monrovinnism
Twill find text for foolish sermons in the report that
the italian Government is negotiating for acquisition Of
large landed estates in Venezuela. Really, now is Re
pubcanisn Democracy so essentially weak that II
cannot run the risk Of letting monarchy fancier try
Ibis little experiments Of hybridizng and breeding
lanywhere in the neghborhoodi
l have had less to say than / would Of late about
tbooks This is not oil your reporters fault IL,
French press had not been for the last past quarter
sfeIile sometimes has been in worihily noticeable
Tissues. That overt famous Life of Caesar perhaps ha,
sonewhat impeIiousy frightened the untitled members
Of the republic Of letters away from print. Al
His Majesty L. y. H. has a wonderful advantage oye
Ibis subcciellow members of that republic in 50 far AZ
Ethey think. write publish in French and in France
he is in fact tie only living French writer who Is per
iectly free Of the press. Germans Engshmen. Belgi
ans, Swiss. are to-day reading criticisms more or less
just on bis book which his agents prevent lis legc
from so much receiving through the post-oiice. by
the way that very pretty fanciiul canord about the En-
press Eugenies initiating her husbands literary habits
and doing history Of poor Marc Antoinette. which
nobody paid any attention 10 a month or two ago when
first Matched here in newsinougeT's eocaeObon
has lately come back from foreign parts full nedgod
and flown the rounds Of all the newspapers. 1t is
love Of duck, but Il Is canaid. Think moment
kThe wife OF nonarchca ruler Of mOdern times writing