Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-24
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BosroN, Sept. 5, 1868.

s5 7oi BosToN, Sept. 5, 1868.
lra The French press discusses the ar
rival in Paris of the brother of Francis
I, and of the eldest daughter of the
Queen of Spain, Count and Countess
Girgenia) and the invitation they had
received and accepted to visit Fontaine-
blue, may be taken as sort of warning
addressed to Italy. The thing is the
more marked, because the Emperor ap-
pears to have put off his visit to Chalons
camp for the express purpose of playing
the host on this occasion. 1t is limited
that the invitation is retaliation for the
apparent avoidance of Paris by Prince
Humbert and his bride, who have lately
visited other European capitals without
coming to Paris. - s..s- -+7.oai
Mr.. Emile de Girardin's ardor in the
pursuit of natural frontiers of France
sometimes leads him into amusing blum
ders. In the map lately published in
the Liberte. he set down Huy as
one of the fortresses that menace the
security of France. In, his paper
it certainly looked considerable
place, every bit as big as Antwerp.
But now comes forward the Antwerp
paper. Mexse, to assure Mr.. Girardin
that it is quite unnecessary to set armies
on foot aud get up great war on ac-
count of Huy. M. de Girardin, it is evil
dent, has only to take the train and 60
North, and he may capture Huy with no
other arms than his pen and his eye
glass. The fortress is abandoned and
does, not contain a single soldier. The
Mexse remarks: "After such trait of
heroism, the editor of the Liberte may
have his name engraved in history on a
level with that Of the conqueror of Sc
bastapol. IF he does not aspire to such
honors, he may attain the same OBJ.
q ject by other means, he may take pos
session of the citadel in question without
quitting his hotel in the Champs Elysies.
The citadel has been for sale or to let
for the last three years, and the Bel
/, gian Government still awaits a pur-
chaser Anexcellent opportunity for
Mr.. de Girardin to save France for few
thousand frames. Let him buy the
fortress Of Huy, and make a present of
it to his sGovernment, as Napoleon III
made present of Lombardy to Victor
Emanuel. Such an act Of generosity
will earn him the gratitude of future
generations ro1 .,r.a..5-- --gsi,.,
"A suit in which the means frequently
employed to obtain foreign decorations
were exposed, has just been tried in
Marseilles. A builder named Curtil,
ambitious of the distinction of wearing
a colored ribbon at his button. hole, pcla-
ed himself in communication with an
Italian named Ferrari, who for con-
sideration undertook to procure for him
the order of st. Maurice and st. Lazare.
This first mission was successful, but
the new Chevalier soon became desirous
of some higher honor, and dispatched his
emissary to Vienna to endeavor to obtain
the Collar of Maria Theresa. Mr.. Cur
til's claim to this distinction consisted in
having built the Kursaal at Nice, which
had once been visited by an Austrian
archduke, and in having formerly sent to
the Emperor Francis Joseph, an album
containing views of theapplicant's archi-
tectural works. The Court of Vienna did
not turn out, however, 30 prodigal of its
honors as that of Florence, and the claims
of Mr.. Curtil were not thought of suffi-
cient merit to entitle him to the COW
eted prize. Ferrari did not, however,
return empty-handed, as the Emperor,
not to remain debtor to Mr.. Curtil, sent
him diamond ring in exchange for the
album, which his Majesty had,
perhaps unadvisedly accepted. The
emissary, although unsuccessful, de-
manded 10000 francs (about $4,000 in
gold) as payment for his mission to
Vienna, and Mr.. Curtil, thinking the
charge too high, refused to pay; ON
which the other. who had perhaps the
least to fear from an exposure, at once
brought an action to recover the sum-
The affair of st. Maurice and St.
Lazare had been already settled ami