The New York herald., 1871-12-15
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Public Opinion in Paris on the
Execution of Rossel.
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Reception of the King OF
Italy i'm Rome.
MARRIAGE OF GEN. SiCKLES AT MADRID.
Sir Charles Dixie at Bolton and q
RiotOus Demonstration.
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THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY
MARRIAGE or GEN. SICKLES AT MADRID.
THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY
FRANCE.

the Bourbons-sirayys That show What an
Imperial Wind Is Blowing-Ihc Rage for
Chimney sweeping.
PARIS, Dec. !, 1871.
lis by no means with mental tranquility that
people expect tomorrow. The I'd OF December is q
memorable date Tor the French nation, and its
"reminiscences already stir in the AIR tae echo OF the
old word coup detat Who Is to make it, and in
whose favor, no one says; but the word is in all
mouths, and the approaching reopenng OF the AS
semby and the expected message or the President
make many people look In that direction, while just
as many people, and mostly those having friends or
relatives in the army aud at Chlsenursu, mysterl-
ously wnisper:-"L' Armee avec MacMahon en- tete'
That there is large imperlastic element in
the army; that MacMahon never was ana never
will be anything but an imperialist to the back
bone; that both officers aud men who served under
the empire intensely discontinued with the new
government under which there has been no pro.
motion or reward OF any kind for Metz, Sedan and
several months OF captivity; that the GGrde has no
longer It's former privileges and wishes TO get them
back again; that all these are facts beyond any
doubt ID quite sure But how far near 1t Is from
such a state OF things TO an actual coup d'6tdt
leave II to You to judges for here no one will tell
you what he himself Will do or be tomorrow, much
less what his countrymen will be or do. Happily
enough the ID does not fall upon Sunday, and
there is fair chance oil Its being O rainy or cold
day, otherwise the grand mass projected at Cham
pigny would assemble crowds both there and In
Paris and the something like twelve thousand re-
leased Communist prisoners might easily turn the
commemorauon Of the battle Of Champigny
into something else. The only thing the army
wants now is to save order once more.
and when 1t VIII have mad an occasion
OF doing so NJ ThIers viii at once discover that he
Is by no means the master OF the situation True,
he has shown In his writings more knowledge OF
military matters Than many high otllcer could
show; but this Is either forgotten or unknown and
for all the soldiers the empire he still mere
T,eur peri, and pelie bourriqaie, to which great
disqualification NJ. Thlers has now managed 10 add
THE LAMENTABLE RossEL AFFAIR.
l have purposely spoken within the last few days
TO men OF all opinions, imperaiists, royasts re-
puolicans, both red and green shopkeepers soldiers,
and from none have heard any other expression
ihan passosstnal a. RosseL Al. Tniers has killed
3taviIg prevented him from beng SHOT He does
iis best to make people believe lhal the COMMITTEE
o Pardons would not take notice oil his moss earnest
cxertions; but IN country so little accustomed TO see
amy sort OF assembly committee actlng lndepenl
entity from the Cnie OF the State no general respon
sibty oan be ever thrown on the shoulders OF that
CHIEF. There Is, besides, ''fehnement OF cruety9
attributed exclusively 10 NJ Theirs himself ana that
IS the TACT that Bourgeois ordered be shot by
party OF his own ltne Forty y-iiith FOOT regiment.
This NJ. Thers might certainly have avoided and
can by no means throw upon the Commlttee OF Par
dons. so great indeed seems 10 be the Indignation
OF all parties OF The publ that the press udanm
ously accused OF having invented. by order OF Nj.
Tniers the episode or the two dogs precipitating
themselves upon the body of Ferre. "They wanted
10 make people forget the nam fact for this sonsa
tional deiai,' says MANY man and the tact Is tnat
the generally mid ana res rived tone or the press,
Including even such pa ,ers as the E7leoS and De-
oaS by no means represents the real state ol public
1eellng,
THE WEAPON or OPPOSITION.
or course. IN all say here about tie state OF feel
ing concerning ltoss,ls execution 1t must ne Kept
IN view that great numbers OF those attacking he
government do 50 by no means out OF any par
iicular sympathy for the fate OF the talented once
and tnaJ were they In power they would have done
exactly the same thing Win hlm. lnpeiiallsts,
royaliss. Communists equally use COW thls alarr
But as 1t offers them rally ying ponC IL can serve
against NJ. Ihiers' government ana the present
status quo just as much as II the grievance Was q
much more serious ana national one.
THE CONFLICT OF PARTiEs.
With reference 10 the stale ana the real force or
the various parties opposing M Thieis ! must cA-
press my firm belief that one OF tnen has consider
ably fallen down-that Is tue roy alist party. mum
bering now but very few advocates III PARIS aud
none AT all IN the provinces except La Nendee and
Brittany. rhe impossipliity OF arriving at
has certaulJ done great DEAL but more than
anything mas been done by the fact that Count
de CnamDord's wlle is not only German lady by
birth, but a thorough German mt heart ana IN her
modes of Thought. Tnis dinculiy, which the
Parisians look ut az II tncy had discovered only
very lately, will prove the most nsurmounlaDle.
The Count OF PARIS refusing perssten;ly 10 acknow-
ledge his own rights The Crown except Oy trans
mission alter the death OF CnamoOrd, there would
therefore remain little chance III layor OF the Duke
dAunale wnom M. Thiers has 50 often peen spoken
OF designating as his successor to the Presidential
CHAR. But IN the supposlti0n tnat M. Theirs VIII
: Il there can oe no room Tor successor selected by
1nus all the Bouroons, selior as well
amor, are pretty clearly set assie, aud the
Oh ,combatenls remaining on pe field are the
porialiss and the red republican, IL is almost I'M
POSSIBLE to TO one's mind anything ike an OK
appreciation OF the orces OF the latter tdey
feaied and are now supposed either prison or IN
exne. But with reference To the former, am able
which viii be duly valued by all wno know France
and the capacity ol lis people 10 change their
minds
You know all about the mperlalist organs OF the
press recently started As well as OF tncr success.
inere was subsequently defeat at the elections;
but there was also the address OF the Empress on
the day OF her Jete an add1ss bearing no less than
thrty.two thousand signatures from the Versailles
army. Tho defeat at the election would, therefore,
show rather dislike to impcralist statesmen than
10 the dynasty, aud by no means guarantees the
main pont--the attitude OF the army. People who
want TO know the real state OF affairs lii this
respeot ought to pay now aud then visit
10 tho Versailles barracks ana the camp
o Satory. They would near there some instructive
Conversations see some Interesting pamphlets "cir
cularing privately among lhc soiuierS, ailu sec
some money spent by the soldiers which can
scarcely be considered as coming out OF the regi-
meutul cash.box. the usual soider's expenses are
30 well known that every franc speat extra shows
that tic soldier had some money sent TO hlm nom
his home But since all OF them begin to have
extra francs the source OF the income oeRlns 70 De
suspicious: aud since officers see that, know that
aud remain silent II Is proof that something Is
going on OF which one Is vet unable 20 ponder the
whole importance. but which viii soon present
ltsell Tor estimation. Besides this, lots OIL shop
keepers begin In u quiet way TO re-eslaOlsh
al
oi fafis ana the well known dancing academy OF
tsoiIot posts daily its yellow piacards, with the
paIonage oi the Empress III fun and Dlg letters The
shopkeepcrs. having always complalned or the fall
ni me snipi,e, are now complaining more loudly than
ssei sihce tne appearance OF paper money winch
aud hls wife. lhen, agan, q lew monllls ago CON.