New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-01

| ing attacks upon the Government for it's cruel
ana ueacherous origin have been so multiplied of
ate, ana me mlnntest facts Of the Coup dEtat have
Deen so deployed-indeed there is no longer any
reason why Napoleon le Petit" and "Kinglakes
| history should he forbidden to enter France since
all their facts have been eloquently set forth over
ana over again-that at last, the Government organs
have been worried into making a feeble defense of
mat damned defeat: OF cour.e there is nothing
70 say, ana they have said 1t as forcibly as
| they could, but it's something that they feel
Obliged to make any defense at all And there is
another sign which is very significant One of the
newspapers having announced, the other day. that
Eugene had assisted at q Council of Ministers
another Journal, speaking if with authority. in
formed the public that the statement was not true
Tier Majesty this courtly journal went on to say
mas determined not TO attend any more meetings Of
the Council of Ministers, but to withdraw more than
ever from political life, deyoting her time in the
future, as " the past; to deeds of nexhaustible
benev0ence ~ She will continue TO receive with
her accustomed sweetness and afability persons of
all shades of opinion irko are cordially dsposed 10
support the authority of her husband and her son !"
The italics are mine. but is not this delicious Is it
not Becky Sharp herself rediviyusi
was witness the other day to what have often
read OF but never, till then, had seen, the absolute
absence OF all enthusiasm the part of the crowd,
the people of Paris, for LOus Napoleon and his wife:
Last Sunday was O beautiful perfect day. and all
the world was out Crossing the bridge, which ugly
TumOr says, bythe-by, is TO be destroyed or rather
suppressed" by which is meant, suppose, made
passable only by foOt-passengers / saw crowd
collected abont the new gateway TO the Tuileries
backyard This gateway guichet, as it is called,
was at first named in gilt letters on marble slab,
"Guichet de PEmpereur.p but for some reason
not given it has been lately rechTistened
Porte Sud--Ouest DIES Tuileries." Probably
Louis NapOeOn's personal vanity had q moment of
reaction, and he thought it might be thought it is
enough that the new Louvre is carved over every
square foot, where there is not an eagle bee,
With his and his wfes initials. At any rate,
have been spared this vain repetition. In Paris,
whenever there a crowd make oft and yOu are
sure TO see something, nothing. The crowd thick
ened, and the police, delighted with the chance,
grown since the public meetings ceased began to
push people about and threaten INSIDERS. Then
there another rush, and out of the narrow gate
way came the Imperial carriage with Outriders and
Positions, first one then another with two
gentlemen on the front seat facing Louis
Bonaparte, and Mrs. Bonaparte on the back one.
Ready for the expected acclamatons, the gentleman
raised his hat and the lady, with an approving,
patrOnzing wave of her hand, sauted the people.
But, how it was, / know not; whether the orders
had not been properly given out; whether the peo-
pie were absorbed in curiosity to see If the much
talked-Of ape in the carriage not, and, II
which was he, who can tell At all events, there
was but one single cry of Vive lEmpeTeurp No
echOing voice sauted the eXpectant ones and, gong
at the rafting pace they always take, the horses
whisked them of to the Bots.
We have been having fine. clear DAYS Of late, al
ternating with most disagTeeable rainy ones, was
prepared to find the Paris climate detestable
as II is in Winter The Frenchmen when mildly re-
preached with il, say, deprecatingly, Yes, very
bad, very bad but-a htHe better than England
NOf &C.