The New York herald., 1870-01-03
Our Letters from Europe.

Our special European correspondence to day
is diversified in topic and interest, and elegant
in point of narrative and detail. 1t prese nts
the governments. the condition Of society, the
state Of morals, with the advance and reclassi-
fcation of crime at many of the main GEN.
tres, or Old World standpoiuts, in such light
as will attract the attention Of statesmen and
politicians, humanitarians and ecoleslastics.
Parliamentary management, rs 1t is termed,
was found to be troublesome matter in France,
where the people are, with characteristic
volatility, still more disposed towards q return
to the ready governmental plan Of '48 than
the awaiting of the more enduring constitu-
tional fruits which must eventually ensue from
the perfection of what Kossuth in his day
called the ''solidarities" Science has come out
to assure US by physiological verifcation that
Traupmann was born a murderer, and must
have walked in the world destructive, whether
he willed it or not, even before the perpetra-
ton of the Kinck tragedy. II this discovery
had been made and promulgated some years
since 1t might have been of much more ben
eft to humanity, as afording some chance
for an attempt at the correction Of
his brutal instincts before the Intervention Of
the guillotine which will soon cut off his head,
juxtaposition with the Traupmann case we
have most exciting account of deadly
struggle which took place between q traveller
in French railway carriage and his would-be
murderer; the brave resistance of the former
and arrest of the latter. Rome remained
consoled by the fact that the grand cross which
heralded the Council procession in the Vatican
was special gift Of the Marquis Of Butte,
convert to the faith of her Church. The
Church Of the Twelve Apostles in the Holy
City was temporarily changed into = hall for
the performance of sacred concert The
bishops lost great many gold chains and
valuables on the day of congregation in the
Church of st. Peter, and-s'oh, shame, oh,
sorrow!"-Judas was fully represented on the
floor in the persons of several lay thieves from
abroad, who could not neglect the opportunity.
We have special particulars of the recent re-
conciliation Of Turkey and Egypt, effected
mainly, as Is said, through British mediation.
Ireland maintained her agitation for land
tenure reform. Germany sends pleasing sub
stantial in the assertion that peace will be
maintained in Europe; so that from the be-
ginning to the end our letters are not only
entertaining but hopefully reassuring.
| THE IRnRpREssIBLE NEaRo.-Verily the
world moves fast and the greatest changes
take place within very short time. Less
than ten years ago the negroes had no social
or political rights with the white men. They
| are now equals with the whites, and in the
South superior, as far as our radical govern
| ment can make them 80. An event occurred
at the White House on New Years day which
shows how far this extraordinary revolution
has gone The sscolored folks, understanding
that an order had been given that they were
| not to have the honor of reception by the
President until after the ''white folks" had
been received, rebelled at this invidious dis
tinction and made great noise at such vio-
lation Of the Chicago platform and the princi-
pies Of the party in power. Sambo is right.
The party In power owes it's existence to him,
and it was An unkind cut to place him in the
background. We know not the ground o1
this exclusion; but if it was on account of the
odor that might have troubled the crowds o.
white ladies and gentlemen present on that
occasion we recommend Congress to make an
appropriation for large quantity of eau de
cologne for the negroes in time for the mex
New Years reception.