New-York tribune., 1867-08-17

THE FRENCH NOTE TO PRUSSIA-OPINIONs OF
THE OFFICIAL AND sEM-oFFICIAL Press
PERsIGNY's sPEECH-TRIAL OF AGEICULTUR-
AL IMPLEMENTS.
Prom Our SPECIAL COnesIoBceht
PARIS, Aug. ., 1867.
If you remember, / was speaking last week
Of a communication, said to have been made by
France to Prussia deprecatory of the graspng zeal
shown by the latter Power in its practice of the doc
trine of Providential agglomeraton, and of the
denials of the existence of said communication
uttered by the so-called semi-oficial press here.
Since then the MOaitew has uttered its denial,
which STILL like those vOuchsafed by the semi-ofcial
organs is technical: THAT note has been remitted
10 the Berlin Cabinet by the French Charge dAfares
is false
Here as well as anywhere is fit place for word on
French newspaper ofhciality. The Noaitep has for
its subtitle Journal 06cel de FEmpireO and is the
only official political newspaper organ of the Gov
eminent But it has Partie non 0Gciele, a non
official part, which begins Immediately after the
space given to Imperial DEGREES, letters and speeches
generally the first second column of the first
page-and occupies the rest of the sheet. The
meager bulletin Of news, notes OF brief articles on
political matters, foreign correspondence written in
Paris generality selected matter and literary articles
all in the nOnoficial part. The note political
article in the nOn-ofcial part of the MOnteur is like
an Episcopal clergymans extempore prayer out of
newspaper semi-official called officiOns. The
article IN It's first column, loaded and signed Paulin
LimayTac, Is Of the first category OF semi Otcahty
1t is oftenest something Oracular in its forms,
but so far as II has or seems to have any
definite q, sigmheation, It is what Government
desires the public Tor the moment, TO take as Its
the Governments opinion, view, policy. Mr.. Linn
ayIac draws a handsome salary for signing such
articles He is not supposed TO have any ideas of
his own But Government is in no way responsible
for these ideas OF his signing repudates them when
after circumstances make convenient 10 do so.
nFtCflsI 10 aifl
Yet nc is said to be in private life gentleman was
once an opposition Liberal and wrote little book of
pOlticoL Liberal essays entitled Comps de plume Sin
oT6s Other articles IN the semi-ofcial COnsttutonne
touching politics, but not loaded, and not signed
by T.. J.. are only subsemi- official. La Pdt5le
and LEtcRddid are both faithful Government
instruments, and would be fair 90 pass
for semi-Oicial. They seem 70 hang about the back
stairs OF the ministries and thankfully accept
from the upper servants any small scraps Of doubtful
information, lap mp anything IN the way OF Leakage
inspirations not being youchsaved to them, they are
the happy receptaces OF transpratOns which, mixed
BY labOrlOus peIsPlratlon ana printers INK reaches
tle public qnasi-semi official dribblings but often
turns out 10 be pseudo-semi-oifical. The official
quality Of the article furnished by La France differs
from flat of the two as-naned dealers my ladys
tIe footyoan or kitchen sculliOn. 1t is feeble but
feminine Last OF all in this service OF semi ioieial
organ grinding is lie Pqys II La fraaGe can DE COM
pared 10 the Empresss ladys maid, lie Pays may take
iauk as the kept bully OF the house.
IL but uefice TO lie Pans bnlly as is that it IS
as well the boldcst as brutaest OF al the journal
servants Of the refgnng hcusetlc most respectable
For its brutality and swashbnckler ars are natnIal
10 it. And so it has its special sphere OF useIhess
There being no free press non free speech nor Ies
public meetings in France, it's Government needs 20
use these tentacrar organs 10 feel Of public OPINION
60 Try IL were, measures as YET Only Dasteu OI
perhaps only desired as yet for possible futnre wear,
aud Judge whether they likely 10 suit when made
up or had best be altered in cut, or cast aside as
unfit tO the prevalent taste Of the day, Ihe COHst-
taiOHHd for the most part Is lntrusted WIN
the trying of the most important and nearly, or
quite completed measuTes and does Its service IKE
frst cass talOrs head man ponpOusly assuring the