Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-11-16
Statesman.
FROM PARIS.
Correspondence of the Ohio Statesman.l
PARIS, Oct. 30, 1868.

PARIS, Oct. 30, 1868.
The three maps that have of late been
SO much talked of in connection with
the paeifci intentions Of the FrenchhGov-
ernment have appeared to-day. They
exhibit the position of France with re-
gard to Europe at three different periods
/ namely, under the Restoration, under
the Orleans, and under the second En-
| pire. The third map is summed up as
follows in to nights Liberte: "France
has regained her natural limits on the
side OF the Alps; the fortress of Lesseil-
on no longer closes to her the road over
the Mont-Cenis. Italy has been re-
leased from the Austrian yoke. To the
North, Holland is no longer linked to
the German Confederation by Limburg
and Luxemburg. The German
Confederation being broken up, the.
Federal fortresses have ceased to exist.
Mainz is occupied by Prussia alone.
Landau and Gefmersheim belong to and
are garrisoned by Bavaria, Bastadt by
Baden, Ulm by Bavaria and Wurtem-
berg. Prussia is greatly increased in
size, but, upon the whole, the European
equilibrium cannot be said to be de-
stroyed to the detriment of France.
Before the war of 1866 Prussia and
Austria combined were the mas
ters gof Germany, and would OPP
pose to France a population of eighty
millions of men, bound together by trea-
ties and by formidable military organ
ization. To-day the powers surround
ing France are Independent. Belgium
and Switzerland are neutral. Prussia,
with the Northern Confederation, reck
ons 80 millions; the German States of
the South, bound to Prussia by mill
tary convention, s millions. Austria
has 35 millions, Italy % or "a millions.
France, with her 40 millions, including
Algeria, has certainly no cause to fear
any body" Even, it may be added,
though she were to enter upon the rea-
sonable course of reducing by. one.half
her present enormous army of 10000
men.
The Montcalm, a new armour-plated
corvette, has@justs been Launched at
Rorhefort. The vessel is armed with a
spur and will be mounted with heavy
guns. This is the second vessel of the
same type finished at that port within a
Eyear, the other being the Armide.
i The French papers contain some
curious details concerning the sup
ply of game in the Paris mark
| cts. Although the opening of the
shooting season is rthe signal for a
great number of gathered gentlemen,
gun-carrying and dog preceded, to take
the field, they are not generally believed
/ to make very heavy bags, and France is
I not country rich in game. She could
never supply her own demand for that
excellent article of food. Indeed, it is
! said that not one-twentieth part of what
is daily. eaten in Paris, whether fur,
4 feather or bristle, venison or roedeer,
is shot or shared in France. Wild boar,
deer, hares, and rabbits come chiefly
from Germany. Wartemburg and the
Grand Duchy of Baden supply them
Baden is very rich game country. Oh
an evening from railway carriage one
may see scores Of hares at, supper in a
single field. A good many pheasants
and vast number of partridges also
come from Germany. Black game and
grouse come from Prussia and Eng
land; woodcocks, scarce in France
abound in Corsica, Sardinia
and on the coast of Southern Italy
where they are taken in great numbers
by means of nets. Thrushes and small
birds come mainly from the shores
of Lake Maggiore and Garda, where til,
Lombard peasants destroy them by
countless swarms. The lark, also, come
from the Subalpone country, but to still
greater extent from the Departments O
of the Eot-et-G -Garonfe, and the Loiret
where their capture by nets is author
lied. Waterfowl, geese, ducks. teal
snipe, ETC.. are brought from HOLLAND
for the greater part, but also from tn
coast of Brittany and the vast marshe
j which constitute the chief wealth of tn
district of Burgundy, formerly known a
the Dombes. During the last few day
a considerable quantity of Corsical
blackbirds has appeared in the Pari
lmarkotS