New-York tribune., 1868-01-04

other of his unusually retarded Winter return to

other of his unusually retarded Winter return to
the Tuileries.
We are no moro in the clear for home than for for
egn policy. A little less than year ago one OF the
most hopeful announcements in the celebrated lmpe-
rial letter of the 10th January written with the pro-
fesstd purpose to put an END once dOr a 10 the
present moment is to form public manners 10 tne
practice of free institutions" The heads OF the MS
tory Of that formation for the past month nave Deen
Prosecution OF printers, editors ana writers OF news
paper articles, invariably ending in condemnation ;
arbitrary arrests Of men Tor crying or DeVE Vys % P
logue! Vve Garibaldi land OF Others who treason
ably went to graveyards to pay silent respect TO the
tobs OF Aanin and GodtIey tayaignae. I5q.aay a,ay
certain days and weeks of detention without trla,
and condemnation of the rest after trial without
Jury by an irresponsible agstrate Even French patti
ence finally revoted at these proceedings and honest
newspaper writer's ut their risk called In question
the decency and legality of excessive exercises OF tho
circular from the Project of Police, addressed 10
his subordinates encouraging them to continue their
zeal in well-doing and assuring the timld among
them of his high protection against the law.
The Message signed by President johnson attracts
this week rather more attention than has been
usually vonchsafed by the Conservative French
press the annual throne speech OF the chef or the
best of governments The MoniteU, ordinarily
chary of expression of opinion on such topic can
not refrain giving its approval to the document 9S
peolally to that significant passage In IL wnere the
signer utters his sub-menace of coup dedt 10 Con-
gress defense of the endangered Liberties OF thena
on. This is natural If not becoming and consistent
For the MoniteU, III common with the semi-oiheial
French journals during civil war frequently be-
traycd audable anxiety for the preservation OF our
imperiled liberties. For instance, somewhere about
1863 il expressed pretty alarm Tor the rights OF tne
press in America. when recording our Governments s
temporary prohibition OF mail facilities 10 some
Southern newspaper published in New,fork An IN
terpellation offered this week by the Liberal men
hers of the Corps Legslatif, inquiring OF Govern
mcnt why foreign newspapers were constantly
stopped at the Ohice, was promptly rejected by
all but Of the Conservative bureaus oil the Chan
Der. -
Mt the Circus in the Champs Elysees last Sunday.
their claims on the Government, through hose en-
couragement and moral guarantee they invested so
largely in those so-caed values. Senator La Guerro-
nere voted into the chair and spoke nice little
piece, pretily combined of the miserles OF memory
and the pleasures OF hope: The Investment was nm
commonly bad and n great deal of it; but the En-
per0r good and would no doubt, If urged see to
its being bettered. The eloquent Senator said that the
audience present numbering two or thTee th2sana'
represented three hundred Thousand felow-ctlzens,
holders Of Mexican funds s0-caed, OF an aggregate
nominal yalue-whch. at tho time. the French GOV
eminent had induced them to believe was real value
of l, AZ l2l francs; all of which, he Guerronere,
declared his belief that they would get one OF theso
days from the goodness and justice of the Emperors
Government, n they only stuck TO 1t and behaved
we'll Thereupon and after much applause stick
ing committee was appointed, with the Speaker Tor
chairman whose function should be to prosecute the
claim perSeCutlng members OF the IeElsliIlI MIN
is.ers, and the Emperor himself Finance Minister
Magne is said TO be at odds with factotum Minister
Ronher on the subject; that 49, he objects to making
any special arrangement in favor of the unlncky
Mexican bOndholders feature Of his this years
budget.
nave left myself shamefully little room TO speak
Of something better than all these tanglements and
falsties Of human policy.
Life of the Globe. is the grand and simple title oi the
first volume OF Es6e Recuss great work on physical
geography a volume of more than 80 imperial oc-
tavo pages with than 500 maps and cuts Illus
tratng the text 1t IS the result of years OF assld
uons reading Of extensive travel of critical indie
pendent thought end "A large love for Mother Earth.
1t il the Life of the Globe" the physiology OF TINS
earth of ours, whose biography, as treated by our
author, moves a feeling AKIN 10 sympathy Tor the
subject As t is the latest so 1t Is probably the COM
plecst and in other ways best coordinated present
ton of all the facts acquired TO this science OF
physical geography up TO the present time. In ar
ran cement ii Is admirable Tor cienrness ana com
prehensveness aud coordination. The writer Jndg-
ments on tho theories OF others, or on tlelr
reports, and his own wide observation of the
phenomena Of nature, are independent or any
fayOrlte doctrine of scientific or other schools.
Often they rest In suspense, awaiting new testimony
from further research His desire 10 know controls
his desire tO decide. His truly scientific method IS
well illustrated in the following sentences, with
which he closes resume Of the hypothesis originated
by Kaut developed by llerschel, and 80 admirably
supported by La Place that II has been hall accepted
"a "A demonstration Of the formation OF our planetary
system: THE human mind, always eager after GER
tainty is easily persuaded 10 accept simple conlec-
tnres for absolute truths and it il not the smallest
virtue Of the true philosopher 10 know how TO doubt
feaTlessly. When tho seeker cannot discover the
truth, let him dare 10 be ignorant of it, and stop
courageousy on the threshold of tho unknown
worldp Perspicuty Of style is matter of course
with n French writer of NJ. Recluss rank. The
grandeur of his theme his ardent love Of inquiry his
great sympathy with his subject, inspire HIM on oc-
casons with real eloquence, and give warmth and
color to his description.
The banking and commission house Of Norton d
Co has issued the prospectus Of The Continental Ga
Teite an American weekly journal To be published in
Paris and destined 20 fill that aching void from
which the American abroad. furnishing for home
news hath hitherto SO greatly suffered. The first
number is To appear on New Years day.