The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-11-13

European Correspondence.
Parisian Gossip-The Anti-Slquery Meeting
in Madrid.
PARIS, October 27, 1868.
The sun shines fair on the poor mans wall
The price OF bread in France has gone down.
To-day it sold for four sous pound. Specu-
lators in Grain, who since the days Of Joseph
have lost none of theiravidity, are long faced,
but the poor laborer whose sous are as
| planks to shipwrecked men feels as light-heart-
ed over the fact as Mr.. John B. Slower looks
in his floating apparatus. By the way this
gentlemen makes second appearance, to-
morrow on the Seine, and it is expected
that he will attract very di>tingae crowd 4;
representatives from his own countryfolks.
savans and distinguished philanthropists of
Europe. His experiment last Monday, with
his assistants, Mr.. and Mrs. Craddock was
| great success.
1t is declared under a whisper, that Ex-
| Queen Isabella III was received recentlv in
strict incOgnito at ST. Cloud. The incoonito
was only broken by the guard of the Couy
dhonneur when the Ex-Queen passed their
station, presenting arms.
| How the Latino race that Napoleon III
wished to lead off with drum and fife as a
sort Of Gideon's band are running In and get
ting mixed up with rough Brown-Stout-Sax-
ondom. Mems schemes, IKE conservative
| Dame Partletts eggs to which she lends for
many day her vital warmth, hatch so diff
erently from what shortsghted provision
prematurely announces. Ex-Queen Isabella
goes to England where now, at Windsor the
old Carlist general, Cabrera, is living with his
family of five children; and La Epoca, one
of the prominent newspapers of Spain has
given an account of a meeting held in Madrid
where verilythe spirit of Faneuil hall SEEM
| ed transferred
1t was the great abolition meeting held on
| the 23d instant, where Olazaga-the present
Emperor of Frances great lriend-presided.
Ihe hall was magnifcently decorated and
out from the green twining leaves, and cor
geous flowers that adorned the columns an
peared names most of which are dear and fa-
miar to us as household words, and inserip-
tions such as Massachusetts aboIitionists
might have coined; the names of Harriet
Beecher Stowe, Charming, Buxton, Clark
son, Alcoler, Broglie, Bolivar, Argueles,
Sumner, Tappan, Schoalcher, Laboulaye,
| Garrison, Brown, &c. The inscriptions were
all OF the following color: "Now you are free,
make us free! Cuba and Porto Rico 800 900
slaves'-"The baptism OF the Gospel corrodes
| and destroys each ring of slaves chain r'-
"A people holding brethren in bondage are
neither free nor deserving OF Freedom
"Slavery debases the master as well as the
slave"-"Slavery is the basis on which des-
potlsm rests"
In the centre OF all these inscriptions was
seen the name of Abraham Lincoln.
Olozaga proposed that the government
should be petitloned to abolish slavery in her
colonies, by declaring free all the children of
slaves from after the Both of September.
The distinguished poetess, Carolina Coro-
nado, the wife of Mr.. Perry of the American
Legation read two pieces of poetry. A priest
of Malaga (Saul among the ProphetsD St
/ cNhihSot houO q opCCCu III ldNOT Ol dDOlSD-
ing slavery.
A proposition was offered to form society
of women to further the cause of abolition, al
the head of which as President, should be
Madame Perry.
The name of Harriet Beecher Stowe was
several times introduced and always with
| deaiening applause. Madame Perry, towards
the close of the meeting, was called to the
platform and immensely cheered. She again,
with great emotion, recited a sonnet.
The abolition of slavery in the Spanish
colonies appears almost tait accompli, only
as immense interests are at stake Cuban
planters implore that the work be done slow
ly and in order; their plan will probably look
towards the freedom of the coming genera
tion.
Partisan ladies are coming out in costumes
gay as Watteaus pictures. Double-skirted
dresses-pretty contrasts OF color preserved
in the two-are caught up so as to make a
very coquettish bag behind with a sort OF
| apron in front trimmed with folds OF the ma
| terial. Reds of the most brilliant hue are in
| vogue and also stuffs with changeabe colors
Then the old style of the soutane-a sort Of
Bishops surplice dress, whose long, broad
plaiis falling from above the shoulders sweer
into the long train-stiIl keeps in fashion.
The Vatican costume is seen, too, in the
bonnets, and arrangements of the hair, flow
ers, feathers and ribbons being worn very
high on the forehead instead of at either side
The Moniter has just published the report
of NJ. Duruy, Minister of Public Instruction
upon Lies cours d'enseignement secondairt
des jeunes files" NJ. Duruy says, "The mum
Der of young girls who follow the lessons i
very unequal; small in some cities, in th,
| greater part a reasonable average "suf1sant'
in some few the number is large. Almost al
have passed some years at boarding school
they average from sixteen to eighteen years
But there is scarcely course of lessons wher,
one does not see sitting side by side will
these young pupils belonging to rich families
other persons who come to draw from thu
professors lessons knowledge which may
serve them as an honorable means of liyeli
hood. 1t is not necessary to say while the
first class pay, the second are admitted by thu
professor, free.
Mentioning these indications M. Duru,
adds, "These facts apparently of no great i'm
portance will bear great results; because al
instruction more rigid will raise the dignit
of the wife, increase the authority of th
mother over her children, and will agerandiz
the legitimate influence of the honest woman
in our society,"" WANDERERS.
The Crops.
The October report of the Department o