The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-08
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Iraris Correspondence 81 the Cincinnati Gazette.
PARIS, Nov. 1.-The boulevards now NJ
semble the streets Of Italy. They are OBJ
structed by dealers in every imaginable
species Uf merchandise and sImcracks. and
all sorts and varieties Of antic-, concerts and
amrisementS. Caricatur,s, prints and books
If the gro-Ssst obScenity are exposed Tor sale,
and cried aloud by bows and girls. old men
and youn. women. The iilthler they are
the better they sell. You see well dressed
and decent appearing Young women hand
| Ing these atrocious publications To Young
men for purchase, or reading them with
merry relish Is they walk along the street.
One of these brochures i called Lord Jerome
| Napoleon. his MistresSes and Debauch-
cries Another entitled ''Th. Female
/ Bonaparte," is 50 loathsome aad abhorrent
I that | am sure il would not be tolerated IN
the streets of any heather city. The bolie-t
I mendacity of Italian or Spanish license Is
outdone Indeed, thi. feature Of tins most
extraordinary situation J. at las; attracting
the attention of the pres. Even the loos,St
OF these newspapers, The ftgg'o, nr-;'s the
/ government To interfere. In short, the city
/ i in most deplorahle and OnliEGtss c"ndi-
! ton. No man rises above II.
Charity and good deeds toward the wound
I ed, indeed abodnd, and some Of the most
/ ,eli-sacriiicing and devoted spirits ilIat ever
/ blessed the world with their presence, are Ia
( borio,IsIv 1T work here. There are Catholic
sisters and priest. and protestant p.rstur- and
I Law people, doing their glorious utmost Z"
. hea, and comfort the victims ui tins dreadful
war, but men to rise up aud make an earnest
and heroic stand ia state, nr church, or
army, there are none. To-day heard
Coluerel, the eminent protestant preacher,
/ and last THURSDAY | heard the noted cure OF
the Madeline. Both trumPets give an un-
certain and :infaiihfui sound. t"Iueryl
spoke at a concert To 1900 people, one-,hird
/ of them soldiers, and he gave 4 clever, hui
morouS, literary discourse about Mendel--
>ohn, containing an occasional ailnsi"n :" the
| siiuation-that l., To- a situation ia which u
nation hitherto one Of the proudest and fore
most in the world Is trembling on the brink
of an abyss unprecedented and unil,honable
/ that WIS all.
The Red papers are Jolly, but the no'ler-
/ ate journals are du!orous over the failure oi
/ the arnnistice, and all join in one biting and
/ devouring Remuneration OF the governincn,
| for its ..incerti;ude" and ''tergiversation.
| To saw the truth, Favre, the great barrister,
/ is a melancholy failure ~ helnlsnlan oi the
| ship ci state in such storm ~ this. And
Trochu has been a disappointment of equal
magnitude. And the only condition OF pop
/ ularity here is success, nothing will save
| these unhappy men from universal execraiion
| and everlasting Oblivion. As soon as the
word armisiicc was spoken, the few remain
/ ing sparks Of Partisan valor went out, and
now that We are disappointed IN tins hope,
\ IL Is dismally difficult To rekindle the ex
/ tinguished FIRE Alas, ala-, il l. an mex
/ pressibly -addening and disgusting spectacle.
| We thai are lockers on pas, continually from
4 pity to contempt and from contempt To pity.
| | never expected to- see this spectacle.
/ There Is nightmare ON this people. Fools
and blind that they should bubble over the
/ matter Of revictnaling, But il i all right.
. The end will come the sooner for the suicide
/ Suicide it is, appalling Ia wrness. God has
| not hardened the heart, but spitcned the head
Of thi. people The very atmosphere Is in
| fec,ed with pusiIlanimiiy and unmanlines-.
/ We breathe it. II Gusts even me, specta-
| tor, a struggle To recall and reflect the glo-
/ rious old Saxon pluck and heroism of my
! ioreiathers, whose faith removed mountains
and won battles, and whore manly high en-
durance braved suns and SHOWS and oceans
/ in the rescue Of a continent from barbarisin
and s,erility. Oh, it Is appalling, sickening
and disgusting To look upon this spectacle
/ But can only give it in outline now. Ny
/ four grammes weight l. filled. ] hope to
I complete the picture at some future time
! We hear Of American sympathy for this
people. Fudge and stuff. There l. nothing
I deserving Of sympathy or admiration.