The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-21


it A cause ce ebre has been tried at the Palais de
Justice Yesterday. Surety the morning papers |
Will say something about 1t. But no: our Ane-
rican resident at Paris may examine all the |
Journals, from the Moniteur to the Sec e-they |
contain no report. The local items are generally
two days old, and the papers frequently borrow
them from each other You ind every day in
the column headed "Fdits diUers,n local news,
introduced in the folio wing manner: Last
nieht's Pdtrie says:-There was large couha-
grafton at the Champs ElyseeS yeSterddy' ETC."
Only on rare occasions are there exceptions
to this rule; for instance, when the Emperor
opens the Cham bers, and has special inte-
rest in the eally publication or his speech
all over the country and when tn conse'
quence thereof advance copies of the speech
are furnished to the attaches of the papers.
And on such occasions the local editor
seldom fails 10 give an account of the astonlsh-
ing enterprise he displayed in bnbing his hack
man by an extra 6ve-lranC piece TO drive hlm as
tast as possible from the InPrtHlerle Impertdle,
where he received copy of the speech, to the
Office O. his own paper. Few, ii any, Psrlslan
dalies employ mauy reporters, aud they nave
generally but one local editor The opposition
journals publish rarely, II ever, any correspond
ence from the interior OF France. Short extracts
from the provincial papers are generally deemed
sufficient, and when they receive letters from
special correspondents in the counry, they
hardly ever publish them in full, but give only
extracts or brief resumes.
The papers are strlcly forbidden to publish
private reports OF the debates OF the Chambers;
they ust wait until the official report appears
in the MOnteT. They are allowed TO reprint
this as it is, but not to alter it.
The Gazette deS IliJuR0uT aud the DrOH have
a monopoly of the law reports, and the officers
OF the courts refuse to extend facilities to the
reporters of the daily papers, which are conse-
Quently compelled to copy the reports OF im-
portaIt trials from the above-named journals.
Thus prevented in every way from making
their journals good nejCS papers, the managers
Of the Partisan dailieS seek to indemnify their
readers by the extreme care and dist,ngulsned
ability with which the editorial and literary
matter and the foreign letters are prepared tor
their columns. None put frst-class writers are
employed i'll these departments; and 1T note
worthy fact that the proud honor OF seat in
tie French Academy has of late been repeatedly
conferred upol prominent writers OF, editorials
for the daily papers OF Pa,s. Preyo.t-Paradol,
a young nau OF thirty-tve, owes his election
to the Academy to his splendid articles
in the DebatS and the Courier du d.
mdHcbe, which we're afterwards pub
hshCd in bOo6-form. The sane honor
was, a year ago, conferred on NJ. C1yiiler-
Fl-ury, another men Der of the stan OF the D2-
oats. The varIOu. papers We with each other IN
engaging the services OF emlLent men for their
editorial columns, and as The law requires all
articles to lie signed by tneir authors, the Pa
rislan daiItes bear an tJdlv'dual character hat
is in striking contrast with that OF their con-
tenporar6s IN LONDON, where the name OF the
newspaper entirely oyersbadows those OF the
writers employed on II. In London people
speak only of what the Times, the NeJcS, the
IcegyQPh says. IN Paris, the name of the edI-
tor oyershudows that OF his paper, People do
not speak OF what the Llber,e says, but OF what
n, Girardn says in The LI6erFe; not Of the Con-
S,ltldtOnRe, but of Limayrac's articles IN the
CCnsii'U iOnae,. The English do not inquire
who edit, the Times or the other LohdOn
papers. The French would not take a paper
without knowing the name OF the editor, aud
without Oeing satisfied that he Is q mau OF
ability.
The same care is takcu in regard to the men
who are employed as foreign correspondents.
Such distinguished SaU0Ds and historians AS
LOUIS Blanc, Henri nounier, Edgar Qunat,
ETC., are regular correspondents OF the Paris
dales, and, the teleeraphic news being so
| mCGgIe and unsatisfactory, their letters, re-
marEable alike for their soli an polished sty lie,
are eagerly perused.
Every daily pager in Paris has its qeraat to
whom the general management IS lntrusted; an
editor VINO writes every day au article called
"Prnlier PdTlS; and editors who attend to the
leading columns. The "Prentier PdTtsN is
brief abstract of the most important VS., with
short editorial comments. No leading article,
| especially in the opposition papers, is inserted
| before being carefully examined by the 9erdm
| and the pTOprietors OF the paper, and the most
| eminent editors must frequently consent to re-
| write their articles three or tour times. Pre-
| Vost-Paradol would not submit 10 this, and lett
! the DebdtS after u violent quarrel With Berun;
but the Interests Of the paper obliged the pro-
prietOTs to take him back after short time.
| The greatest feature OF the Paris lailies is the
| EeUli etOR, and 1t may be justly said that they
stand uurlyallCd in this Tespect. lt the political
leaders written by men Of ability, the editors
OF the JtuIHeiOa are selected amoug the ioremOst
literary celebrities OF the county. jules Jauin,
Edmond About, SylVestre de Sacy, LabouaYe,
ArseDe Houssaye, are The most eminent repre-
seutatiNes of this class Of writers, aud their
monday articles" - the critical articles on
theatrical and literary matters, are usually plb-
/ lshed in the Monday numbers OF the papers
fully equal TO the best essays in the reviews.
Liberal salaries are paid to these JeutAe'oa'stcs,
| Saint Beuvc and JaIin receiving over $4,000
a year for article week in the CORstltuttOBReL
| and Debats: and the publishers would consider
| it great misfortune to lose their services.
There is but one official political organ in
| Paris: it is the nOndeur. Governments rise and
| fall in France; the MORieur never falls with
them, but always remains in uudisturbed pos
session of the field. Its career has been
checkered one, and there can certainly be 40
| more interesting newspaper collection than "a
complete file OF the MOnueIT, from its origin to
the present day. strange feature about the
| employees of this renowned paper Is that they
arc mostly oldmeu; great many of its compost
tors are venerable representatives OF tie craft;
ano some of them have set type under the RsstO-
ration. Its editorials are written IN the various
Government departments its telegrapnc
dispatches are furnished by The Ministers OF
the Interior and of Foreign Affairs; and its
foreign letters are compiled IN Paris, from the
! reports OF the Diplomatic agents at the foreign
courts. The Emperor himself cOntr ltes
frequently to its columns, and many of the laco.
nc, "EmersOnlan," sphmkhke cOHRTnurul9ueS,
printed on the first page, and indicating, on
critical occasions, tn" policy OF the Government,
are known TO emanate rom the private cabinet
of the Emperor
Theophilc Gauticr s the leading feaiAetoniS,s
of the Nom ear, ana it is needless to say that
lie discharges his duties as such with eminent
ability. He used tn be very POPULAR aud MS
his detection from the LIBERAL oplulOus which he
formerly prOiesSed has cost him q large share of
tie esteem in which he used TO be held. His
predecessor was The Italian Forentmo, wAo died