New-York tribune., 1868-08-07
EUROPE.

From Our Own Correspondent
PARIS. July 24-Tho spell is broken-the speil ol
weather, that for hight OF temperature anu I'ns'"
of contnr,pce has not had its equal for many Sum
,,or Itisnot more than gratefully cool now with |
the sl,v clouded all over and a southwest wind |
,ron,isinc rain instead OF a shower. Showers we !
boy had from time TO time since the latter part OF
lime so that with all the heat there has been little
suffering from drOuth Grain harvesting IS over III |
southern and going on in central France under 'le
best condtions the quality of grains OF all khuS 10
excellent and the quantity except of oats more lhah
an average. There will be, to all appearances Ho
importation of grains this year. ! saw man l'oin |
Burgundy. the Cote dOT, yesterday VINO i"lIy con-
frmed for his country the favorable reports 'haV
come MP from all the wine-growing districts NO
man is quite satisfied he wanted little Iain
inst now to ill ont the growing fruit lie said that
tbe coopers were all busy and were looking for the
VINTAGE 70 begin by the end Of AuguSt-such
vintage for quantity and quality together as there
has not been since 1916
Here in Paris everybody is away to speak lrishly
town is out Of town, to speak English. To speak
truth it is not So though the emigration to the sea-
side and springs, and Switzerland, is unusually
great and the immigration from the provinces and
foreign parts unusually small Astranger pacing
the streets Of an evening would be persuaded that
large part of the 7OJO)) population is still IN Pans
as folks do in country villages and on the man
streets they sit in long lines three deep
before the cafes. Thee the stranger, II
new come to Paris, after fifteen years ao-
seuce might fancy 10 be visitors from beyond
the Rhine and the Channel so general and CO.
pious is their beer drinking. 1t is remarkable how
in that time, the allied English and German beers
have invaded the town and captivated the French
habit the more dangerous enemy, aDshthe' hdiAIs'
am sorry TO say, an equal advance.
Even the speech-naking in the Legislature Is dry
inc ND under the fervent heat and that body will
probably adjourn early next week that IS so soon as
they have passed the final votes on the Budget ana
the new Loan. leaving numerous bills and projects
that need attention the convenient season OF
next session. Among these ths chief one IS Tor
settling the debt of Paris and the magnificent ac-
counts of the Great House Destroyer Project Hauss
mann. With that adjournment is also adjourned the
question of elevating the Great Gconoclast mot II
YOU please compositor. Iconoclast, which Senator
Haussmann is not particularly to the rank OF Minis
ter so that he may defend his enormous expenditures
before the Chambers.
The Emperor las sought the shades and waters Of
Plombieres. just before leaving fOntaneDeau nc
uuucky deigned to speak to an einpiOXe III tne
grounds there. That subject who was already IN
feeble health of course whipped on his cap before Ills
Majesty whereby he caught SunStTOke that sent
him next day to the shades below. This curious case
of insOlatOu has made some httle talK. L9q inc
poor man kept OF his cap, the sOleclsm would nave
made great deal more talk. FOrthe rest no blame
Is attached" TO the Emperor. The man dd according
to the regulations. the making and providing OF
which for such and all possible cases the French are
50 fond of. ~, 1-...- c.
Cloud, st. German and other places Wlthn cIcniC
of fifteen miles about the Hotel dc Nle, are lnuit
weather The rail cars that run thlther are PROVIDED
with a second story, furnished with as many seats as
the first covered with low roof from tne sun, Dui
open on the sides TO the fresh breeze ana Oeautiu
laudscape. Desiring to combine instruction with ms
amusement pointed out 10 my long American lllehu
X the other DAY as were taking the ar IN one OF
tbe second-story cars the printed regulation posted
at either end of each of them: " III is surety IOr
bilden IN stand uuD 4 had TO take his hat oft
10 sit upright in the space of little more than four
feet between the floor and the roof IT. when paw
ing our fare we had offered $5OOor 500 bank DL,
or 20 franc gold piece, the office man would have
taken the price out of and handed back the changes
but If we had offered so franc bill he would have
refused it, because there Is regulated sheet WIN
blanks that he has to fill for all bank bills that he
takes in but when these sheets and thin blank
squares were regulated the Bank of France had not
vet issued bills of the denomination OF 0O 1rancs'
abrdge from last nights Figaro the following anec-
dote Ii is probably historically true 1t IS perfectly
Characteristic as can testify from personal kn0Wl-
edge of a similar case that betell few years ago IN
the Loire country. "A lady and her husband
leave cars at the BelfOrt Station and take an onnl-
bus for hotel. While the man is busy about the
luggage, the wife stands in simple travelling dress
OF the sidewalk when police agent steps up anu .
asks if she is a stranger. " Yes" linen slOW me
vour pasSport-yOur papers, But i am travelling
with my husband" Tut. tut-Oh. your husband!
whom an officiating policeman IS ioaastohe' gashM9r M
round the poor lady grows confused, Stamners, ials
crying, and is led of by the officer to the Mayor OF
BelfOrt. After two words OF inquiry haNIhs re-
leased the lady and expressed his regrets 10 her, he
began TO TeprOve the police agent VINO, Win Iegu-
lated mind COHSciG Sibi rCcti firmly replied; she
seemed To me SuSpecte, she has not any crlnollne
In the early days of the heated term read IN the
item-cOumn of one of the evening papers; r or
the last few days the ceHtgdrde5 to the number OF ~
or 100, go every afternoon IN a body 70 Dellgnys
baths. under the conduct Of one OF their officers.
plpo la lat "A i'm
ming" in a covered bath except under the super
vision of of their officers, average hYe 1eet
eleven in stockings. Here Is an extract ttom another
daily paper of recent date In spite OF all The pre-
cautions taken by the Administration cases OF hydro
phobia are very frequent at present IN Parls' ana
there are daily OF death from this recorded at
the hospitals" That is just when the irritating hot
weather comes on the Administration issues, IN ad-
addition to all the other unnatural regulations 10
which the poor beasts subjected, snct orders Tor
muzzng and leashing them. The consequence IS
that the dogs do get mad, though they are French
dogs and that we have ten cases OF Iea or supposed
hydrOphObia here for one IN England or WIN uS-Ior
none in Turkey and the East, where dogs at least,
are LETT unmuzzled and otherwise free.
Last week there nTe at the central
market-tO still keep to warm topics - where
considerable amount OF property was de-
stroyed Many of the sufferers being reduced to
utter poverty by the losses some kind souls proposed
starting public subscription in their ad, but were
informed by the administration" that, no order
having been received in tins matter. the request
could not be favOraby entertained. But the ad-
ministraonp did receive order 10 permit subscrip-
ton in aid Of the family Of fireman VINO los lost TN. hls
life III bravely combating the flames. TO which that
witty, uncOnquerabe, shaTIshootng, haIaSsng
enemy of the administration" Henri Koche1ort'
The success of Rocheforts arrowy skirmishing
against the heavy blunderbussng of administration
is immense and more immensely funny. His printer
now sends out 125O00 of his paper, LdHterne every
SATURDAY., and tomorrow, toward evening, you VIII
ses its bright covers in the hands of walkers and SIT
teTs on the Boulevard, abundant as hrehes. You
have been told how, when attaining with his second
number, 10 hls own surprise, circulation OF neariy