The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-05
OUR. PARIS LETTER.
POLITICS AND GOSSIP IN THE GAY
CAPITAL.
rrRox OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT


PARIS, June Is.
In his Metamorphoses Ovid has not exhaust
ed the list of changes and surprises. There
remains Parliamentary government, for exam
pie, which has changed here into nobody
knows what. In January last, when the Olli-
vier Cabinet took office, there was no end Of
rejocings, Of horn-blowlng French excel
in this ART. The millennium had arrived
only give ministers time to breathe, and every
wrong would be righted. The first blow given
to the Parliamentary system was the Empe-
ror's claim to appeal over the heads OF Inc
legislators to- the people direct. It was the
ola cry brought out, rEtat c'est moi. The
cage was changed, the bird was the same-the
old song remained, and the new choir was
not very much superior to Its predecessor.
The Parliamentary system has turned out an
abortion. The deputies, in embracing it, have
suffocated it. To PROFOUND programn's'o OF
freedom and never to execute them, uunsti-
tuted French Parfiamentarism. AS in the ope-
"a the dg,lrant&s chant, s'Let us march, let us
run" not moving an inch all the time, go min
listers and deputies have cried out during the
last five months, 'et us suppress this abuse,
reform that, and act energetically." They,
also, have not moved an inch.
Take the tax on newspapers was the first
point in the ministerial charter, and would be
abolished altogether in the twinkling Of an eye.
| Instead, the tax (one-haf penny will be re-
luced by One-ffth, from the lst OF January
next, and completely after the expiration Of
year; and this boon, despite the reluctance of
| the Cabinet. The Foreign office has been
called upon to produce papers relative to the
action of France in the affairs of Rome and
Spain-refusal. However, in this respect,
France has much in common with other free
nations. Papers cannot be produced while
questions are in state Ofgestation, and when
solved. why, the production Is unnecessary.
The Senate, that we all believed had arrived
at It's three score years and ten, 10 showing
more pluck than the Corps Legslatif.
France Is perfectly calm-so Europe is peace
| full. The people here have had enough Of high
pressure politics, and seem to have found out
| that the different sections OF politicians di1er
only in name. The season has set 10 for mon
archs and diplomatists to become ''drinkists"
--aVthe various spas-so until stomaehs are
duly toned, and livers purified, nothing can be
complicated. Prim still keeps amusing the
| Spaniards, that he has this, the fifth time,
found a king. But three months must elapse
before another exhibition of the pupdzzi can
take place. Sister Anne, do you see anything
coming 1t is not clear what article OF the In
fallibllfty dogma the fathers ct Rome have
reached 1t Is expected that, like all deliber-
alive assemblies, the dog day heats will aid the
.'dspatch" of business.
Stock exchange rumors have been flying
about touching the Emperor's health. Except
ing gout in the big toe--nlenae1,to homo qua
puluts est-his majestyjs in good health; Like
other ordinary mortals, a hole has nad 10 oe
cut IN his boot On Sunday. when the strrG-
Gle for the Grand PriG de Paris came of,
Napoleon wished to rest in bed but 1t was i'm
possible. .sAl France will be at the race
strangers from every part of the universe" he
was Informed; so yielding, he showed there
suffering q martyrdom-the Empress doing
the smiling and conversation for self and hlls-
band. s.sornette," as every one agreed, won
easily the prize of 100000 francs-another
| wrIte-off against Waterloo Phe mare was
trained and ridden by an English ']ock," as
all French stables are so managed. The Eng
lish were angry at only the refuse OF the Der
by being sent over, and showed their con-
mare. so that while onr Gallic friends ore trl-
umphant, the Saxon was at the same time vic
torious. The owner Of the winner has had an
extraordinary run of good luck, and, up to
the present, Laftte makes more money by the
turf than by banking.
The Prince Imperial, the morning alter the
race, had to breakfast with him only Prince
Alphonse, son and heir of the ex.Queen of
Spain, and who, having backed "Sornette,' y
the crown prince of France had to book up.
1t was The first settling day" between the
heirs, who, by-the-by, see each other more
frequently of late, either from belief in the
future chances of the Prince for the Spanish
the parents are separated. The husband OF
the Queen of Spain-a bald, bad, worthless
man-is about taking an action against her
ex-Majesty for the non-payment OF his separ-
ate allowance-l50, 900 francs year
4 curious example OF "eleVatlon In tne
French diplomatic world is shown by the " ele'
vaton to the dignity Of seRator-a kick up
stairs of the Ambassador at Constantinople,
who had salary Of francs 100000. and receives
| by his elevation, only 80, or perhaps, 10000
ffancs-while his successor, NJ. della Gueron-
Mere. already senator. Is "humbled' to the
post of Ambassador. The appointment OF Pre-
vost Paradol to the post OF Ambassador at
Washington is political event. He is an
academician, was young Orleanlst, Is pow
erful political writer, and some Of his articles
shook nearly ArtaXerXes's throne. The En-
peror has made an excellent bargain With this
young talent. Political rafting never has
ranked among the deadly sins in France-it
rather comes under the heal OF iashionaole
movements.
Swift said, that the reason why so few mar
riages are happy Is because young. ladies'
spepd their time in making nets, not in max
ing cages If there be no mirtfl at French
funerals, there appears to be Il dirSe ut the
marriages. In France, husband and wife are
not bone of one bone and flesh OF one flesh.
Since 1857, the demands for separation
have trebled from 1000 to 5000, and So
per cent. are successful. Of the 5000, 1858 petl-
lions were from wives, BIG from husbands
prayed for relief, and were not opposed by their
partners OF the total number, 1858 demands
come from the working classes, unable sup
mort two hearts In the East, The cali will
not permit the man to take rib unless he can
support it, The wonder is, that no separar
tons took place during the honeymoon.
Before one year expired "a happy couples de-
sired to be put asunder; 5l9 from TO
years; 500 from S to 10 years, and 40l from 80 to
10 wears after marriage, which proves long
patience on the part OF the victims. There
were "a demands, same number as In the
first year for freedom, after 40 to so years OF
connubiality, and three after so years OF union,
when, If silver wedding could not take place,
the parties might walt for the natural relief so
GENERALLY expected at three score and tcn
| Two-thirds of the total OF separations have
families In Paris, the sad, separate woman
joins ultimately the lost tribes OF her sex, be-
coming very frequently the mistress OF the man
she loves.
The High Court of Justice, to assemble at
Bos, on The 18th of July, will, in its constitu-
ton, differ in nothing from that convoked to try
Prince Pierre Napoleon. Blols, renowned as
the city where the purest French Is spoken,
has, in its magnificent chateau of Francis lhe
First, the largest and most beautiful halls In
the empire To fit up these for the court 20,
600 francs have been voted, principally to lay
down wooden floor to protect the mosaic
| &C., an1 tlato