The Portland daily press., 1869-08-09
Monday Morning, August 9. 1869.
'Nominations.
OF BRUNSWICK.

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JOSHUA L.. CHAMBERLAIN,
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sllsaa Le,ssr from Paris. D. bnoqs
Political Rumors-A Sensation in the Re-
Iligious World u Strangers in Paris-Mar-
riage In the american Church-Madan
Bres, stc., etcS sa,rie a.sd3uor s.dla ~
Tesi IL 5fl.s55 PARIS, July 21st, 1850.
To the Editor Of the Press: l N. .,.sa y..,.
Among the rumors which have fed the po-
litical excitement of the day, none seem to be
worthy gilmore credence than those which as
sign an increasing influence in the affairs of
the Empire to the Empress. Eugenie, it is
well known, is Catholic indeed being Of the
true Spanish type, tant nieux for the Ultra
montane party and tantpis for the Galicean
branch of Catholicism, These last, the First
Consul gave support to, and the present EN-
peror has often asserted the independence Of
the French church after the spirit of Bosslet
and other true sons of Catholicism. Now
men note the Emperor, who inclined towards
nominating N. Drouyn de Lhuys, or Count
Benedetti, Minister Of Foreign Affairs, gave
way to the Empress and appointed the Prince
de la Tour d. Auvergne. The Prince is only
forty six and very staunch Catholic; people
see in this appointment the continuance of
the French occupation of Rome. Also, 1t is
noted that NJ. Kolb- Bernard cne of the
strongest Ultramontane deputies has recent
Ix, I<oA s,,ka H.
and Empress. sa it.a f.ss
Indeed, looking around one seems to dis
cover universal tendency to agitation in the
religious world, as if the heavy phantom of
the spirit of the middle age was striving to
overlay modern liberty, not only in England
where the struggle is gigantic, or in Austria
where the Bishops are in absolute rebellion
againat the civil government, but even in
Norway the Storthing is on the point OF an
ecclesiastical and religious struggle. By the
by, speaking of such matters there was re-
Gently quite storm of feeling in the Rue de
Berri or American church, owing to the fol-
lowing incidents. When last week Rev. DIR.
I>Osgood was in Paris, it was published in sew
eral of the Paris papers that he would give
discourse in the evening in the Rue de Berri
church. As some of this church are known
| to be Unitarians. and as DR.. Bellows, DR..
Peabody and other distinguished divines of
this charming type had formerly been invited
by DR.. Sunderland and DR.. Eldridge, to
preach from this pulpit nothing was seen but
the customary habit of kindly fellowship
| Great was the CONSERVATION when DR.. Robin
son interdicted from the pulpit, the evening
discourse and afterwards had the church pla-
carded with notice saying, that the services
advertised to take place were interdicted by
DR.. Robinson. DIR. Osgood was not disturb
ed by the conduct of DR.. Robinson, but his
friends were exceedingly annoyed, and the
scandal produced by the affair is certainly no
| way conducive to Christian fellowship.
notwithstanding the warm weather there Is
goodly number of Americans in Paris, very
many of whom attended to-day the Ameri-
can church to witness the marriage ceremony
between the daughter of DR.. Gillett of WASH
ington and Mr.. w. Dodge of New York
There was breakfast at the Louvre after the
ceremony. These ceremonies make tableau
worthy of Walteau, for the ladies wear the
most bewitching Of white bonnets and masses
of lace of exquisite gossamer fabric as If q
sunbeam had gone a-maying with art and left
tangible shape to ferns and flowers. So
! wonderful is Chantillyl
| Prof. Raymond, the clever Shakespearian
reader, is here with his wife and the beautiful
widow Mrs. Gil, of New York. Mr..
Longfellow with his party has just left, but
his publisher Mr.. Field has his rooms engaged
in this city. Miss Dewling, English by birth
but almost American in heart and mind, ID
here. She is translating Lanfrey' Napoleon
as have before stated. L. Lanfrey, by the
way, is exceedingly desirous to have his worl
brought out in America.
M. Perrin, of the French Opera, has accept
ed an opera of Alfred Holmes and is to bring
it out the coming winter.
Parisians are following the example o.
America or rather we are giving the pas in
the opening of the professions to women
Mile. .Bres a young woman has passed with
brilliant success her public examination fol
entrance into the Medical School. She was
admitted last year to the baccaIaureate de SCI
ences She Immediately placed her name on
the college-roll and commenced her medica
studies. During her examination which, as
have said, she passed with brilliant success
she was sustained by the sympathy of both
scholars and professors. Nine. Bres propose:
to take a doctors degree. Miss Putnam, q
daughter of the American publisher now on
her return to Paris is also honored with the
respectful admiration of the Parisians, on &C,
count of the energy with which she pursues
her medical studies. Real earnest work al
ways calls forth brayoes from French throats
in spite of their reputation for frivolity.
M. Edward Portals book on the "Etats
Unis, le Self-Government ct le Cesasisme'
has been refused government stamps neces
sary for indiscriminate sale, the liberal spirit
in which it Is written making it offensive tc
the personal government. -he sa
The weather this season is exceeding the
average heat of Paris; organ grinders, har-
pists; violinists and all the street musicians
play in the sunbeams like Neapolitans oi
| whose complexion most of them are. The
Figaro takes occasion to get up the following
historie on one of these itinerants. trans.
late it without claiming that it is xne historic
| vrdi.
One of our friends, says this sheet, employ
ed at the Minister of the Interior and who
lives in the street Rue Saint Martin had a
habit Of giving two sous each morning to a
blind man who was stationed under porte
cochere, boulevard Sebastopol, etc. Then
thinking to give his usual aims he threw into
the blind mans hat instead of two sous a
double louis, that is forty francs, and only per-
ceived his mistake an hour after. He ran to
the boulevard Sehastopol. The blind man had
left his post, and in his place was cripple
in wooden bowl turning an organ whose
pipes had mostly gone out. 5eH ass l9
The blind man where is he? asked our
friend M. Benjamin. He has just left replied
the cal-dejatte. BE has gone to breakfast
at his own house. Is lit far? Only two steps,
rue du Petit Correau. Our friend ran after
the indicated add ress. NJ. Benjamin. The
second story above the entresol, the door at
the right, replied the conciege. Our man as
cends, rings, domestic well dressed opens