The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-13
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FRENCH HFAILINGS--THEE EMPER OR
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[FReH OUR .6#N CORRESPONDENT.
PARIS, JuneS5.
One Of the many publications belonging to
the Punch family describes perfectly the poll
tical situation. "A Tower of Babel, with work.
men wTangling and accomplishing nothing,
represents the Corps Legislatif The leaning
Tower of Pisa, the Cabinet. The debate on
the Afeunt st. Gothard tunnel wesapparently
all ll:mgangea'helorehand not "a werd was ut
tered to cause Bismarck to forego his bathing
exoRrslonito England-not q voice forbid the
4 bsnns -wl,tdh the railway goesite unite Berlin
i with Florence. Italy wild love Prussia so long
; ;as the French troops remain at Rome, and
this transfer OF affection makes the "Gauledn
Jade wtnee. Goethe said once to Napoleon the
First, phat what distinguished the French was
, neither their military exploits nor ballet dan
4 GERS, but their geographical blunders. The
| discussion In question proved 1t, as both min
1istersand honorable members displayed as
much exact information as to the Whereabouts
l. of the.mountain, as therelation between Len
terdeu Steeple and Goodwin Sands. The For.
IeigHbecretary assured the proud sons or
Helvetian that France would support them N
maintainingthe neutrality of the Federation.
| Possibly such as it was respected in 1899 and
1915.
The event Of. the .aey is the joint letter OF
t the Orleans Princes, addressed to the Chamber,
t,demaudIng as right, and as simple citizens,
to re-enter Ffance. There Is passed from
hand to hand copyof a letter addressed by
bailow the Princesfo return. If the letter be
F.not true, 1t is known to express Napoleon's
sentiments. The nation Is for leaving open all
doors to all exlles, ,sand, by 80 doing, his Majes-
kty-who knows the sweet uses OF adversely
kwould be heaping Goals Of fire on the heads OF
Ehis opponents. Exile did not prevent the res,
toration of Louis.XVTIT or Napoleon III, and
the Orleanists would no more conspire at
Neullly than at Twlckenham. They have no
party In France, land would be as curious and
as harmless as t,e ex-King of Spain. Thlersi
once stated that. there Is no longer any jn'!g-
ment for princes. In the barbarous ages, they
were Inundated, and, in civilized times, they
were deprived of power, the better to be de-
| stroyed.
It is not hopeful sign, when France begias
to indulge In fcnalltes OF the type of being
| "the finest pisanthry under the sum- Yet the
Minister of Public Works, on the passing OF q
bill to form leop-llne Of railway, ayailed him-
self of the occasion to state that Europe en-
We'd France her railway system" Tue asser-
ton will astonish the Brouns, In Belgium,
Germany and England whose maps are grid
'ironed" with railways. 1t Is the fatterinS
junction, s'thank God, we are not rs other
nations are," that leaves Frenchmen IN the
rear. 1t constitutes the supremacy of the
Siamese, and. Is the defence for the .'Happy
Dispatch" in the House Of Commons OF Japan.
France claims to march at the head Of ideas;
It would be better could she march at the head
of reforms. Last week q parliamentary commit
tee reported In favor Of executions taking
place within the prison. On the report be-
coming nearly law, exception was taken to
the clause recurring jury to witness the de-
capitation of the crimnal-that jurors would
consent to be fined, rather than witness the
the lugubrious spectacle. In something like
disgust, the promoter Of the measure threw
it up, and for the future the guillotihe Will
worRo outside the wall, and the prurlent taste
aristocratic privilege to be executed inside the
prison. Henry Nv granted this favor to Mar
shsl Biron, and Louis XIII to the first Chpss-
tain baron-the Duke Montmorency. II the
people do not see the execution, they Will not,
believe it. For long time the French hes-
and several still doubt that the Due de Praslin,
who murdered his wife, committed suicide
when in prison. 1t was not always the low
er ten" that assisted at public executions.
When the Marchioness OF Brinviliers was led,
barefooted-en chemiSe-the falter round her
neck, through the streets Of Paris, she' found,
seated around the scafold, several OF her
Madame de Sevigne, who came to find a dis
traction in the closing scene, and to whom
the Marchoness dlsdainfully observed: NOh
tits beautiful spectacle truly, Is 1t not, my
good friends ," Kings and Queens did not hesi,
tate formerly to- mix with the people and
enjoy the tragedy. Manners come from ABOVE.
Dr. Nelaton, having Insisted on the Emperor
going to St. Cloud, the latter had to obey
marching orders, and has there arrived, limp
ing still, in slippers, as the gout had not quite
departed. The residence at this chateau Is
the only occasion the Inperial family has for
laying aside the pomp and circumstance Oh
court life. The "Windsor of France is not
the prettiest Of the citys ontskirts-the old
part cfthe village is very old and nasty, dith-
cult of ascent. The palace is an Italian villa,
built by Florentine family in the sixteenth
century Itpassed into the possession OF the
Farmer-Geaeral of Finances, who bought 1t for
one million of francs, and expended two In
| embeIlishing it. This functonary had only
one ambition-to entertain the grand monarch
and his brother. In October, 1858, his dream
| was realized; but at a great loss. On tile royal
guests retiring, Cardinal Mazarin irquired,
how much the chateau cost the proprietor
Fearing to raise suspicion, he replied, one hun
dred thousand crowns. Next day, the Cardinal
sent an order.fOr this amount to the proprietor,
and document to Sign, conveying the villa 10
| the Kings brother. The Cardinal was never at-
forwards asked to dinner by the outgoing
tenant. 1t was here that Henry III was essas-
sinated by the monk Clement, who, hav-
Ing given petition to the King to read,
drew polguard from beneath his mantle, and
plunged it into the Kings stomach, from
where Henry took it and stabbed the monk in
the head. The latter was instantly dispatched
| bv the body-guard and his body thrown into
the court-yard. Blucher occupied the palace
during his residence in France. and went to
sleep In Napoleon's bed, boots and spurs, and
paraded the rooms, followed by his hvorlte
dogs. 1t was little vandalism, which the
| French remember yet At the foot OF the
grand staircase is large painting, by Muller
1.-THE reception OF Queen Victoria by the En-
peror and Empress" 1t was in the Salon de
| Venats that Napoleon held the council to Sc
| lect another wife, after his separation from
Josephine, and the gallery of Apollo Is histori-
cal for Napoleon III receiving the result Of the
national vote which made him Emperor, and
the Empress the golden rose from the Papal
Nuncio. Beranger has sung that the Tulleries
| is s.only an inn for kngs"-St. Cloud may be
regarded as the halfway house for monarchs
taking their ad!euX. Napoleon /, Charles y,
and Louis Philippe all passed that way.
| The only prominent topic in matters CONT
mental is the recent meeting OF the vegetarl-
ans at Berlin, or as they are called In French,
Eg,ln,iStes France has many eccentrics, but
| they do not form cooperative societies to pro-
pagate their views. There are taxpayers 10
be found in the city, real Pagans, who believe in
| Jupiter: that Neptune rules the waves, and one,
| when afflicted with influenza, sacrifices q cock
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