New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-17

who oppose the very plhclp4e OF it, and WHOSE Pa'
triotism, emancipated ffota the leading-sTings of
traditional comrnonplaces, is vigorous and enliSht
ened enough to sO<x for the preservation Of the
relative rank " France in New Europe by new
means-by crdtiyating TO their utmost, on nee
SOIL" tho intelligence of its people ano i's sfea'
capacity for the arts of peace.
BIT though the impending increase OF the iliil'iy
POWER Of France preserves the odd liability OF gong
to war; one can well conceive that Napoleon is SUI
eere in his pacific New-Year wishes to moh'uchs
and peoples His only actually discoverable motive
for war yonld be the need of distracting the ateh-
tion Of his subjects from home politician Always
poesjhlv menacing necessity, and promising derhiei
resort for him. But with whas nelghDor "an'i"s
allies OF with what other weaker thah linseii' '
he nick q Quarrel Germany, for It's Frusslnzeu
j. STRONGER than France. An alliance with Ausula
o,oins+ prnseia would throw South Germany under
nationality impulse into PTussa's arms Ll'ue DEL
oium has friends Nothing short OF consiueIaoio t
rtoria gains would at all justify the war 10 the
spirt of patriotism = and what possible teriltoIl
gains would balance the taxes needed 10 MAKE up
treasury losses Augmented debt is the last Inherit
ance he should care TO leave to his boy unless we say
an unfinished war or hostile relations with the ola
,ponorehioal neighbors of that callow Emperor.
This Chrstmas-tide has not been very merry lor
the Emperor. aud New-Year offers small happiness
to the rueries. The fact is that it is not very
merry happy season for most of us upper classes-l
| mean our disastrous large classes above Childhood,
and of the superior sex. For IL imposes upon what
are ironically STYLED our affectonate natures serious
pecuniaTy assessments in the Interest OF hephe"t,
neces writing friends their nephews and neces ana
sonlets and daughterkns and the wives thereof, ana
the sisters and the whole army of female ocQuaint-
ance that encompasses round about You Just
mnst give from spontaneous affection. Those scrip
tural Misses L. daughters of Horse Ieech, do not
| more imperiOusly cry give than you and oil
your friends offspring the little deas-ugh! IN
these days. And as if unstimulated natural greed
and tyIAnnc custom were not enough Tor their care,
all up and down the three miles of Boulevard, from
Madeleine TO Basille Jet alone by streets, the per
manent shopkeeping enemy deyses devices in all
attractive glitterng kinds of things presentqble and
purchasabe And on the lines, but within them,
edging the broad sidewalks either hand, and shut
ting YOU in within temptations countless booths
stocked with cheaper fostal wares the merits of
which arc Wanted by the continual loud voices OF
statesmen and saleswomep. Regarded by the philo-
soplical observer from q point Of view above
the pocket the spectacle offers much amuse-
ment aud some gratuitOus instruction. il
is interesting TO note you ascend the Bouieyars
beyond Les ltaens iowa the poorer quarters. and
yet more OH the other side of the river how the dis
play OF e1ft goods remaining genericaly OF tiuafy
the same are of grosser material and cheaper price,
till you come TO juvenile kitchen service. and imple-
meqts Of war, and poor little dolls-meet for the
terminating sentiments of domestiety, blood-scekng
and maternity-al for one sous The military de
velopment, always prominent. has seemed ID. me
more numerously fierce than ia former years.
/ Pistols, guns, sabers, knapsacks, trampets- IN
| fine, all the mimic pompkins and altenated
| circumstances of war were in proiuse display.
! Here you have il MesSeurs ct Danes, the novelty
of the season: the Bomb of SadOwa ladies and
! gentlemen. only ten sous V'ld" And crack pang!
one OF the SadOwa bombs dropped at the speakers
feet gave telling climax to his euloSy of its merits
Down our way" in the wealthy quarter there is q
window fun Of the Hedegaas three feet long with real
lock, stock and barrel, and sharp bayOnet, end with
dischargable balls almost not harmless. These ar,
urgently recommended by the vender as an instruc
tive patriotic plaything for FrenGb youth, and do
accurately reproduce the mechanism of the PrUssian
ncedlc-gun Then we have dolls in our quarter Oh,
but dolls The artificial babykin that wnks and when
squeezed by IFS little leathcrn vitals, says Papa
| and Mamma" and almost catches the measles, il
quite outgrown by these. They are historical dolls
1 Queens and other high. noted ladies OF France
dressed in costly costume Of their respective periods
! Rather a braEen-faeed company of ladies, meeting
the curious OF the crowd that gathers in front
| of the window, without blush beyond the perma-
neDt paint on their cheeks, which, perhaps rather
helps than hurts the resemblance TO the originals
And that the moral and other education of rich folks
little girls should not he neglected more than the
muTderous instincts Of little boys there yet other
! expensive dolls, symbolizng by proflse sham jew
eJTy on their raiment the pearl the diamond, and
other gems Others yet are got up as nearly a. pos
sbe in imitation of the most expensive fashionable
nOtOIieties Of the Demi and GTdnde Monde One in
| genions sbopkeeper has in his window prosperous
looking dolls dressed parti-colored In red and black
silk costume, to symbolic RgrGc-et-Noir
lfOFRot 10 mention III Its place another authorized
pacific announcement Of the season It's TO be sure
OnyiteTatlon 0fprevious announcements 70 snilaref
fec:that the French troops will leave Mexico by the
! lst of March, no matter what state of things they
leave behind them. Government is doing its utmost
to meet the Corps Leqsafr with tliis "See now that
Mexican affair Is all over talk about ii viii be
purely retrospective and sterile; let bygOnes be-"
Messrs. sherman aud Campbell, their retreat from
! vera Cruz, furnishes some amusement to our un-
friends here's as the indications given by Govern
ment of the same itch of intervention, whereby this
.one got so bloody scratched furnish some consola
ton. Two of the semi-inspiTed journals what Dds
bury used 10 call the MaxillaIy organs make faint
attempt to cheer on the Austrian adventrers last
faint attempt to prop his throne by popular suffrage
Among cri0us statistics of the past year these may
interest: One hundred and fourteen dramatic pieces
have been Offered in manuscript to the manager
of the GymnaSe Iheater, of which he has put four
on the stage. Ip this number are not comprised
the plays of SardOn, Dumas and one OF two other
writer's whose works are called for before they
be offered. Other managers perhaps have not been
so Y0u1n1h0uhly overwhelmed, and many Of the Ia
have doubtless rested in their weary search Of
popular applause, in. the pigeon-hole of half a
dozen other managers bureaus; but II my mem
CRY does not deceive mel hope for their and
their families sakes that it does-Ancelot gave 400
a. the number of paywrights in France so long ago
A. 1854 In this same fertile year 1866 fortysix new
periodicals. have been started of which forty al
ready dead or dying. Most Of them were of the
lIghtest description as to literary and moral quality
Two OF &nem were political newspapers, and two
others We're privileged TO treat Of economical themes
f these four one has suspended one has been ''sus-
pended II comes to much the same thing 'suspch-
sion" by judicial condemnation on by purdy admits
trative authority being pretty surely followed by
DEATH During the same period this Strong govern
Tuent has administered fbV WaV Of tonic 10 nc own