New-York tribune., 1869-06-24


AMERICAN LADY.
Prince Henri of Bourbon has married Miss Payne
an American heiress. He has not renounced his po-
sltion as candidate for the Spanish throne.
THE ELECTION RIOTS.
FRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS
PARIS, June lin my letter of the sth spoke Of
the occurrences of the preceding night-large gath
erngs of people on and in the neighborhOod of the
Boulevard Montmartre and on the Boulevard st. Mi
chel on the Left ENTHUSIASTICALLY emitting notes
of the Marseillaise and cries of give Rochefort!D
mainly good-natured-the natural effervescence of
the natural excitement at the close of elections
hoy contested through the two hottest days Of the
season, that to all appearance would have worked
itself peacefully off but for an interference of the
police which moderate of all parties nearly
unanimous in cOndemning as ill-iudged and ill-man
aged. And here an observation as to that brutal
ity" which the police on this as they generally
are similar occasions, justly enough charged WITH
but rather unjustly blamed for. Gentlemen
of this persuasion are not selected in the
first instance for their gentlemanllness. but for
their pOlicemaDlness They are mostly recruited
from among nOn-cOmmiSsioned officers and soldiers
who have received at the end of their seven years
service in the army certificates of good conduct that
is OF blind obedience When wearied with extra
service and long waiting in their depots or exposed
for hours to the uncOmplmentary addresses of the
gdRinS, they at last receive the order to act their
cumulated irritation discharges itself naturally
enough on the FIRST human object at hand, which is
just as likely to be q peaceful spectator chance
passenger as riOtOusy y-minded individual. Misap-
prehensiOns of this Sort though underscored with
ever so hard blows and foul words never harshly
visited upon by their supeuOTs-at least | can
recall but instance. Zeal in the performance of
their office too desirable that occasional excess
of that fine quality should be punished Practically
they are not subject TO legal prosecution for viola
ton of the law while IN the exercise, however lively
of their functions.
Paris nights entertainments have degenerated
MOpdaV of
city. Those the central bOulevards reached their
worst foolish hight last night. Crowds, mostly com
posed of idle spectators coming to what com
ing began to assemble after dinner the Boulevard
MOntmartre BY o'clock the cafes were full, the
sidewalks crowded, and the street filling. Then, in
order of progression similar TO that of the pTeced
ing evening. the thrOng grew " subversive" Cries
were heard of ViUe ROchetOrt and even VUe La Re
pubique! and snatches of the MarSaIaise; and the
police backed by troops, turned off carriages into
the side steets and closed the cafes and wine shops
and the Passages deS PGR0ramaS and JOurOy Cavalry
and infantry were out In force. The fOrmalites COM
manded by the law preliminary to the dispersion of
mob by force, which had been entirely omitted III
May last-the spoken order to retire, the beating of
the drums, etc.-were observed this time, as on the
preceding evening. At about IL o'clock, and from
my point of observation the prospect was that on
the preceding evening, the heart of the row was
Three times on the way home, my ear was struck
with the MdrsatlGiSe floating ont on the Paris night
air from many pianos through windows OF private
houses: very striking sign OF the times. You
might have spent 365 nights In the streets few
years ago without such accompaniment to your re-
fectiOns. The BlJuses" the " dregs of the pOpu-
lace" et id dispense for the most part with pianos.
Instead OF the prospect just referred to- the Boule
wards took on an hour OF so later quite different
aspect and then came down from the neighbOr
hood Of the Porte ST. Denis, body of cavalry,
sweeping clean before them as far as the
R dc and @ & and 5uys Foolish e6 RT9ng 5aSs
and erdltt8 and lately idle spectators of whom
had overturned the newspaper stalls and other light
edifces that stood on the sidewalk of Boulevard
MontmaTte, and continued on their way, stupldly
smashing gas-lamps and whatever other glass work
offered itself. part of the cavalry turning Irto the
Rue de Ia Pair and following side streets came ont
below in the BOulerdrd de la Mddeiatn6 ready 10
meet the fugityes, of whom q large number were
now arrested, and night grew still again.
Making large deductions for the imagination of
excited reporters, of whom have the means of
accurately knowing should suppose that the whole
number oarrests made In the street and IN domieies
this week approximates 1000. That tendency to
break down something innate in all men, so enOr-
mousy developed and exemplifed in Mr.. Haussmann.
and usually aroused in states of excitement las
at a fire. for instance has been moro effectively dis
PLAYED in some other parts Of the town than the
Bonlevards Thus at Belleville and Menmontant,
immense suburbs adjoining the FaubouTgs OF ST.
Antoine and the Temple, largely inhabited by the
working classes, the destruction OF window glass,
gas lamps eTadcabe iron ratings, and the like fra
gilities, has been lamentably extensive in these
nights
the causes and significance of these riots, not much
of which is worth listening TO- reading, OrTepoTtng
have been told there are people at New-Orleans
who when the evees break there, attribute il TO
rise of the water at Natchez some 20 as far back as
the Red River. and some to the mountain sources |
others 10 the heavens whence the waters primarily
come from the clouds in the air that have come back
from the Ocean-cOmpletlDg the fatal circle.
The steadily rising nOting of the last three days
threatening still worse for tonight IS the unwlse
dumb inartculate" violent expression of protest
against the violence of the coup d6tdt Deep caeth
unto deep. The cumulated irritation of eighteen |
years Is hOaTsey answering with brute force TO the
old brute force 1t will be chOked down tonight If
it cry too loudly. and for some indefinite time to
come with blood IN its throat If need be. The Pre-
feet of Police has recovered from the scare that
vealed itself in his mismanagements Of May and OF
Monday evening. The preparations now made by the !
resolved authorities complete and formidable.
There are 600 troops within two hours of any point
in Paris, 5000 within few minutes OF any polnt |
go 600 more within a few hours The people are
without arms, and none but helplessly Ignorant or
boyishly needless or madly exalted individuals
dream of now OverturnHg the Government by force.
The independent press deprecate an appeal to force
with the qualified exception OF two, whose editors
having suffered violence from the hands of this man
do not at all encourage IT, No party no traction OF
the independent parties associates itself with the
rioters or has furnished them with street leader
The only newspaper in Paris that Cries havoc! and
let slip the dogs of I" is the ultra Napoleonlc
Pays It's leader of yesterday is one long series OF
eXecTatiOn addressed 10 all men, women and chll-
dren who shall dare assemble in the Boulevard OF an
evening, closing with an earnest prayer tor lts
prompt and bloody clearance. -,
These riots are but the etfervescent foam that VIII
dash vainly against the armed defense5 with whch
Napoleon bOasted that he has diked out reyolution
once for all The deep groundswell that agitates the
nation is otherwise formidable. Conjecture is rlIe as
TO the means is likely 10 essay for the calming OF
that lie has decided TO can session oi
limits the business Of the session TO the VeTlhcaton
of powersp OF its members. This veIihcatl0n threat
ems to be 80 serious business tnaI u was a3So
till the decree was published Wednesday whether
the Emperor would afirOnt 1T, portion 0t ms couh
selors advising that it should be deferred 70 next
November Ibeir argument "as t1s citemenf