New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-20
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Special Correspondence Of she Crescent
Paris, Nov 2, 1866,
The king of saxony, before resigning himself
to his fate in submitting to the hard terms laid
down by Prussia, had applied to the emperor of
the French and to the queen of England, hoping
they would come to his assistance, but they have
both turned deaf ear to his entreates, and King
John is now consequently obliged to re.enter his
capital in the position Of under prefect to the
king of Prussia
King John has now returned 10 his capital, and
1 he must have found some consolation in the hearty
reception he received from his subjects His
majesty will henceforth be surrounded with Prus-
sian soldiers, according TO the treaty concluded
with Prussia, so that he will be narrowly watched
by thespies of Bismarck as it were a captive in
his own palace.
The news brought us from Vienna, would lead
usto believe that the emperor of Austria has Sc
rious thoughts Of taking Ills revenge for Sadowa
sooner or later, as he has called to his aid Baron
/ Won Beust, late Saxon minister, who has ever
shown himself opposed to the policy of the Ho-
fihenzOllerns.
4 There is such a dearth Of diplomatic talent in
Il Austria at the present moment that the emperor
has been obliged much against his will, to nonli
nate stranger and protestant prime minister, a
thing unheard of in the history OF the Hapsburgs
The nomination of Herr Won Beust will be
anything butagreeahle to the ultramontane party
in Austria, but as they cannot find man amongst
their body fit to cope with the WHY Prussian pre-
mer, they must be content to fare 6oane 0lire
q HldlCGtJiS ie}E, as We say in France or in
other words, to make the best of bad lob
Public opinion in Austria has not yet forgiven
. Prussia the defeat Of Sadowa; it has approved
the late loan of seventY-fve millions contracted
d with Messrs. Rottsehd to cover the expenses of
! recognising the army, and many fancy the nomi.
nation of Herr Won Beust is sign that Austria
!, no longer feels inclined to play second fiddle to
q Prussia in Germany.
e The French Court is atpresent at St. Cloud, and
will, it is thought, shortly proceed to Compeigne
= There are still several rumors atleatrespecting
. the h6ath OF the emperor, but it is very difficult
TO get at the truth; his majesty seems to have set
n politics aside and his whole time seems to be taken
IS up with the works at tie Champ de Mars and the
!, very many necessary reforms as regards the in
: terror organization of the country
l. No country in Europe, perhaps in the world
Il has so striklngly developed its resources within
the last twenty years as this empire. 1t would be
j superflRous to inquire into the causes Of this re
:. markable progress; how far it may, or may not
4 be, owing to the untiring energy and iron will
v of the emperor. But the fact is there. In com
"a merce, in manufactures, in mechanical skill in
agriculture, in every branch Of industry, in every
e kind Of fabric, in every kind of produce in every
kind Of knowledge in every kind of art, there has
" been continual, steady advance; and id the great
a friendly competition which, by the invitation of
France, tue whole civilized world is about to take
partin next year, the other organizations, whether
I'd on this or on the other side of the Atlantic will
le have to look to it and to make ordinary efforts
= if they do not wish to be eGlipsed by their impe-
y rial hostess end rival.
IN We do not speak of Paris alone, where, thanks
lg to the feversh activity OF the most Rdefatigabe
pretect, Monsieur Haussmann, almost every house
"A has been pulled down and rebuilt, almost every
y !. street has been demolished and remodeled, till
Is Paris has Become, by enChanment as it were an
lis immense Gonglomoraton of palaces Of the finest
to heWn stone-0f boulevards of majestic width and
i intermnable length = Of innumerabe small
- squares, and of not few gigantic public build
ings, all very beautiful very grand, but perhaps
mi all too uniform and too monotonots to please a
in really artistic eye, which pines for something less
regular and more picturesque.
The same thing can be said of the country in
u generalgo whittier you will, into whatever part
te of France you will, you see the same thing.
Building is going on on all sides, even in small and
obscure as well large provincial towns and the
buildings are very substantial too, and improving.
The noble old French castle, the glorious cathedral
se OF m9dtfevial times, the splendid palaces of the
"a Renaissance, are being restored throughout the
: length and breadth of the land
Look at her great sea-ports look at her manu-
rs featuring or commercial towns look at her agri-
cultural districts, look at her enormous forests,
N look at her numerous watering paees-from BIZ
: aritz to TrouvHle, from Nice to Boulogne from
= Nichy to Bagnieres-progress is everywhere yisi-
e Where all the money has come for all these in
4 creasing and gigantically extensive works we do
: not know. But very considerable if not colossal
2 fortunes have been realized, and the veal of
o France has certainly increased in proportion to
the deveopmentOf of her energies, to augmentation
OF her trade, the improvement in her mauufac-
lures and the extension Of her commerce. The
v 0o@ bourgeois, who, with a revenue Of
e some five or six thousand francs a year,
=. was few years ago considered q Crcesus,
.e is now looked upon as something akin to
= Lazarus, poor beggar, who can cut but very
y poor hguFe in society, and has unconlmony hard
.e work to make both ends meet This is the case
e even in the country and in the provinces.
7 what France most wants is the increase of her
y Poppation-to be almost doubled-a1d were it
Z sensibly increased there is no saying to what
Y extent her resources and her wealth might not
I, be Developed.
Her mines, 1--WE speak metaphorioally) so far
n from being worked out and exhausted, are living
e idle for want of hands to work them. She has
= latent riches, which nothing but lack of motive
: power prevents her bringing to the snrfacn
il There is not the material gold Of California or
Australia buried in her bosom; but there are
treasures not less real which her shores are nre
4 pared to yield, so soon as she bring laborers
it INTO the field to produce them by honest
d toll and intelligent enterprise. France cannot
/ afford to colonize; on the contrary, she wants
a two to be born for one, in order to make her
n what she might be, and what unless troublesome
d times arise, she will probably in few genera
lfI tons become.
i. In Paris you must have at least some fifty thou.
l. sand francsa year to be looked upon as any body
' or anything. There is no question that in Paris
V especially there is much of mere appearance and
ii That not few are spending far beyond their in
eome living on capital existing on monthly bills
g dragging on for short times miserable existence
il on credit but there is good deal of substantial
e wealth both in Paris and throughout the country,
Il for all that.
q The bounding down of the press still continues
IN France; the papers north of the capital are
continually receiving warnings. The France Cen
\ traie published reports, with the malicious and
manifest intention of spreading alarm respecting
y the emperors health.
Texas Intelligence.