New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09

one likes little Or ana MS pen ls Wecoineo Al 1e
columns of the Rappel agreeable element in the
orchestra But he is no longer the entire orchestra
as he once was. All sorts of iddles are scraping
horns footing drums beating, and trumpets blowing,
and if the august invalid likes the music of free
press he has it, now, to his hearts content. As yet
there has been no sign of discomfort his part and
not even a rumOr has been started, to be contra
dcted next day. TO the effect that the noise troubles
him. as the noise made at the Fair of St. Cloud by the
| hand-Organs penny-whistles, and hubbub OF the
| crowd was said to have done. One of the On-dits
was, that he was much disturbed by these noises
the Fair is held in the Park of st. Cloud, and In
| close proximity to the palace-that he had been
obliged to retreat to the little pavilion, Vianeuve
| iEtang at the end of the Park. This, like every
| story that was started, was denied next day, the
Monitep saying that if the noise of the Fair dis
turbed him, how was it that he endured the drum
beating and feplaying Of his guards in the court,
| under bis window, and the pano-playing OF the
| Misses Authorizations Of Eugenie-which those
young ladies kept up till midnight, every night, in
an apartment close to his ownl Upon which, out
comes the Rappel, and wants to know how
the grenaders and the Misses Abe will
relish the compliment, that their noise is
harder to bear than that of the mountebanks and
the rabbe at the fair But we may well think the
noise of the newspapers may be harder for the sick
man to endure than either And yet, if his health
permits him to enjoyany intellectual pleasure what
ever it would seem as it, with all his love of despOt-
ism he can hardly help taking some little satisfac-
ton if il were only that which comes from the ex
ercise of human sympathy, in the manifest pleasure
the newspapers have in their new-found liberty.
And, even TO an American the liberty seems COM
plete. do not see how the journals could wish for
more. They say, apparently, whatever they please,
and they please TO say a great many very audaclous
things. They do not it is true. go quite the lengths
of our Daily NeCo and Democrat, but then imagine
that under no circumstances would any French
man, at least any Partisan, even if were possibefor
him to have such thoughts express them IN such Ian
guage as makes the staple of those two newspapers
The Frenchman likes to show his skill with the pen
not his ferocity, and he is best pleased when his
adversary, receiving his mortal thrust, praises the
dexterity with which it was given and rejoces that
he dies at the hands of artist rather than at those
of an assassin But it would not be, to praise the
Paris newspapers to describe their contents as made
up entirely of witty flashes, bright repartees, keen
ponard-thrusts and shining sweeps of sharp Damas-
Gus blades All this is very delightful to read but 1t
is the more so because there is solid meat beside and
we are invited 10 feed on something more suDstan-
tal than mere wit and fun. There are great ques-
tons agitating France to-day, and the situation
political religious, socials one of deep and grave
interest These questions are discussed in many
of the journals with an earnestness, TEN.
perance; and an intelligence when ana make dS ~
dawned for France, and that if her march toward
Freedom is slow, il is also sure. a TREND OF mine
who came TO France with the sole desire to study
questions of art and literature, and who looked for
ward to long hours in her picture galleries, mu-
seums and libraries tells me that he has no nlnd nor
Thought for ANYTHING but the newspapers! Where
he had looked for stagnation, death, even he finds
such an activity of life; many problems are being
discussed all Sides and there Is IN spite OF shades
of difference, such unanlmlty OF advance toward
worthy solutions. that he has deserted the Venus OF
Milo and forgotten, for time, La Belle Joc0nde her
self For my part lcannot blame him. Ihere Is noun
ing interesting in Paris to-day as the spectacle OF
people emerging into the light OF freedom after so
many years of political darkness. 1t must
be remembered IN the meantime that TINS
definite law establishing il, but Is merely license
allowed. There Is. necessarily some uncertainty IN
the minds of the editors as to their position Inc
Government has earned itself such an il-name, by
its arbitrary proceedings, that every one feels the
danger of exercising privilege which, conferred by
an apparent whim, may any day be taken away Dy
whin All the newspapers. therefore, are crying out
for law establishing the freedom oil the press Even
the Consfitrfionnei-the French National Ihtegence,
If that be not too hard upon t-whlch up TO this time,
has swallowed the Empire and the Emperor Whole,
comes ont in favor of liberty OF the press PROVIDED
that law he passed giving the public right 10 III
terfcre when II Is carried too lar; ana 10 ffGhce Is
also i'm favor of it, provided that individuals may
have the right to prosecute the newspapers
for ocqses against this that, ana me other OtneT
of the other liberal journals demand an absolute
freedom such as is enjoyed IN England ana America
untrammeled by any law whatever; AIthough inc
newspaper press, properly so-ealled, Is, to-day,
allowed the large freedom OF when nave spoken,
the Government shows itself still sensitive toward
offenders who ought not 10 he considered worthy Oh
the hattefy implied in their suppression. You VIII
remember that the weekly illustrated journal caieu
la LINE was suppressed about year ago. ana that
when IL was suffered 20 appear again. IL came out Win
the new title, The Eclipse he reading matter OF ING
Ecpse is nothing: what makes it sell Is the political
caricature that ills the first page. Most OF these
have been drawn by an artist who signs himself : A.
GILL; Ii may be his real name; / do not know. His
work is much admired, and the pubic mas recently
heard with regret that he Is threatehed
with ophthalmia and will DO obliged to give
up his pencil. Time and again, ellis r earicatures
have caused The Eclipse they caused Inc Moon 10
be suppressed. Sometimes IL has been stopped Tor
reasons puerile enough At the litto shop where
bny my evening papers-all, or nearly all the MORN
ing papers here are published on the afternoon OF
the previous day! Thus on Monday, at o'clock, 1
Inv Tuesdays FIgdro-in the little shop, l. saw me
Eclipse with a caricature OF Dr. Neaton, but ulu
not examine il very carefully This was on saturday,
On Sunday read that The Eclipse had Deeh stopped
beose me BAH on hich Dr. NcldtOH rds standing rdS
suspected 10 be meant for Il bladder! immediately
went TO my shop and asked the old spider who Keeps
seen there "Oh, yes, Monsieur, l have It, 1t Is
| charming Tho Dr. Nelaton, see you. lie sans away
| on n bladder, from the sun. who goes 10 bei' Mho
| dcscends into the sea, the Emperor, see you! Inc
Emperor look YOU has evil in his bladder
and the Doctor Neat0n has sounded HIM, ana cnred
| him but il lasts not long time and has enriched
himself Ills true He has killed the General Neil, has
the Doctor Nelaton in sounding the bladder OF tins
| one, the instrument broke. and he ~ dead Dnt nc
has cured the Emperor and has enriched himself. An
the olly design! But il rs suppressed! Impossible
Monsieur to buy copy in Paris An amateur Of
| suppressed things. Is Monsieur an amateur Mouu
Give me five francs for this but Monsieur 49, perhaps
not an amateur-he shall have it then for thirteen
sous. Hold, Monsieur; | have all the suppressed
things / have all the Lanternes, nave ',id l tlle
Moons and all the Eclipses-jolly. charming colec