New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-16

GEN. CASTLESBAU'
from Oar Special Correspondent - c.. % ,oee
The sun is shining it shone yesterday. 1t has not
raned for four days wet season, of which We have
not had the like since 1860 seems closed at LAST but
il went out in character The equinoctia rains were
rather unusually heavy, and falling upon the already
fulsoaked ground and swollen springs had nothing
for it but TO run direct to the streams Hence mum
datiops of the Loire Garonne, Seine Saone Rhine
and their aluents which though happily not so disas-
irons as those of 1856 have done great mischief this
week in the south southeast and center of Fra.ce.
The Seine here has risen six feet above its Summer
level and rolls through Paris muddy, if not as
mighty as the Mississippi.
Comigor Hesperidum fuvus regnator aquarium
Day before yesterday il hoated along three corpses
torn by the violence Of the current from the oozy
slime Of its bed, where the suicides had lain for
many days. Often as the weather has been spoken
OF 10 this correspondence the Importance OF It's lnnu-
ences justihes recurrence 10 the topic A month or
so ago. mentioned that the yield of this years bar,
vest estimated at fifth less than that OF good
average. Those best qualified to Judge nave since
calculated the deficit at fOurth-iaking inferior quail
ity as well less quantity into the account at more
than fourth The bad state Of the ground and this
inferOrg of the grain causing also some anxiety
for next years crops JOurdler and other agricultural
authorities urging farmers to SOW the seed OF last
years growth. POTATOES are IolJhR, sugar pottS aIo
all run to leaf and scraggy, watery roots. Tue VINE
will be as bad as in 1860, and in Burgundy at least,
where they have been afflicted with hai-storms, not
ABUNDANT. Prices of bread and meat rule high oil,
ready, and threaten to rise. Some of the tinlld and
unreasOnug wish that the system, abolished q few
years ago. of regulating the price of bread and butch
er's meat by police ordinance every fortnight, might
be restored for the coming Winter. Under that Sys.
tem in the short years of lS5456, the bakers sold
bread by order at less price than 1t cost them-the
hpiu mad n Ia
from the city. The case, owing to several crcum-
stances, is not grave now as then; though grave
enough TO occupy the thoughts OF our governing men,
II will not apparently lead TO recurrence OF the old
SYSTEM they will mainly trust to the free course OF
trade TO tide over the difficulties presented by high
prices, and the large working population Pre-
feet Haussman's undated feryor In tearing
down and rebuilding Paris, and the preparations on
all hands for the Exhibition next year keeping up
supply Of work and wages And meanwhile 1t may
be counted good of the evil that 1t presents
new inducements TO the present keeping OF peace.
The Emper0rs letter 10 Marshal Random laying ont
in general bis notions of place for the muchtalked
reorganization of the French military system, we are
not likely TO have present reading OF; though persons
who should be in the way of almost knowing assert
that was in type in the MoHitear office week ago.
ANY one who wants to almost know what were tho
leading ideas set forth in that letter. will probably
find his want met in article in La Libsrte OF last
Saturday signed Emile de Girardin. That Girardin
did write that remarkable article with some more than
guessed knowledge Of the Imperial letter, there are
besides the internal proof two notable external proofs
viz the extreme vexation il caused at the War De-
partment, and the consequent den-denals IN certain
semOicia papers Of the existence OF the letter The
reformation suggested by the Emperor would seem TO
be acombination Of parts of the Prussan with modf
cations of the actual French system. AS the letter
could at most only suggest; as the whole subject Is
STILL and will long continue TO be, subject OF study
at the War Office; as any grave modification OF the
present system must be shaped into bill by the
CoHsel a Etat and then undergo discussion in the
Corps Legslauf, the writer on Amusement doubtless
found it better at the last moment, to change his
mind about the opportunity Of publishing the letter
than TO expose himself to change his mind as
to its suggestions after its publication. We all knew
ten days ago that Napoleon had deeply and iayorably
considered the Prussian system as long ago as when
he was Louis Philppes prisoner in Ham; and that
the battle of sadowa had redrected his most diigent
attention to those old studies and TO the solution OF
the problem: How with very slowly increasing
population, TO largely increase the armed force OF
France without increasing taxation or diminishing
production And Mr.. Girardins remarkable article
has added very little to our knowledge in these
respects. Most remarkable it is, however, for bold
ness that would not have been tolerated in any other
Journalist for the hardhood Of anticipating the pub
lshod letter Of Majesty, and of directly abusive crt
cigm of the Imperial authors statesmanship-one
spicy BIT S %es let me sus 81 = We long ugO d.
vded political statesmen into three classes: Those
who undertake to make an omelet without breaking
the eggs; those who break the eggs but don't know
let with the eggs they have broken" As who should
say, Gov. Seymour, the Rev. Beecher, and -
The man of the future, that burly. growing young
American man-Monsieur Tout e Monde.
The Emperor is at Biarri1 where, his mind relieved
from pressure Of business be is enjoying partially re-
covered health The mere fact that at last he IS up
and went and directly getting there took the Prince
Imperial and walked eOr0m poPalO, has deprived US
uewsmongers OF one of precious sources OF para
graphs to wit, his health. Then, both by cause and
effect inst because he could leave and because he has
left, the home market is sparse Of new political news
How hard dealers have been put TO TO assure
ther daily supply TO their customers may be guessed
when tell You that have seen in the Paris cores
pondence Of several most respectable Transrhenan
newspapers, plump and oHlsh paragraphs got up,
dressed stuffed and spiced with only this materials
The Minister of the United States is at Barritz where
Prince Gorchakoffis soon expected. Hence we dis
cover that there TO be impenetraby profound
ROTATIONS completed confirming the Russo American
alliance consequent and extension OF the Monroe Doc
time (reversed) into the Grecian Archipelago. Nom
sense Nonsense Agreed or not agreed. l am
only reporter and in fllfllment Of my function must
notes that our pretended desire for ceded naval sta
ton in some one Of the Turco.Greek islands, the
caption our Fox Monitor Embassy meets with in
Russia the instruction Of the Canadians and the fer
cnentation it has raised among ell the Greek pOpula
tons Of Greece proper aud Of Turkey and that para
graph in Minister Lavalete's diplomatic circular re-
erring 10 the fatal great growth of Russia and the
United States (sad 10 have been circulated by the
Emperors own and)-that all these things are by
many here, with OF less seriousness looked at
and treated of in " coneatenaton accordingly"
La Paire Zone Of the demi-seIni-Ofcious press You
knOw) entertained the town in its other evenings
issue with sensation article, wherein tho ingenious
writer forged the apparently wanting links of the
chain and made it evident TO lively imaginatons that
the United States and Russia were already as good
as agreed on an alliance defensive and offensive with
among other views this immediate one of securing to
the party of the first part naval station in the ar