New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-28
PARIS GOSSIP.

DrATH or rIiEoPumE GAUTHR-HEALTH
or GUIZ0T-LITEBAKY LABORS OF FhLoI-
DENT THEIRS.
lFRoN TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
PARIS. Oc5. 30.--0u Legation and Consulate
hrl, are bcsct with French merchants and others asking
fr information wit, anxiety. Tho subject OF their IN
qucs a measure reported Co have beenatey taEenby
o- Government imposing an additional ad valorem outs
"a I'D per cent 9 goods Of other than French origin
imported into the United states I'm French bottoms
T supposed TO be iu virtue OF clause or dhe article
l7t, think Of o law passed by Congress In 1864, be-
come applicable by way fair TepTsa owing TO the law
passed by the French Assembly months which
imposed new taxes American vessels in French ports
Il was reported I'M o dispatch dated New-Hork oct 8
That Secretary Boutwell, had by circular advised our Gus
toms officers OF the Governments decision to enforce this
measure. within a fortnight this report has gone the
rounds" o. ,he European press creating alarm enough
among exporters ia France, switzerland, the lower
Rhine country and parts OF Italy and has been accom-
PANIED and followed By multtudlnous Struggling para
graphs and long columns Of commentary in the french
journals Il Is well enough 20 say that in such of these
las-and they are many-1s have noticed IN passing
no voice OF blame IS raised against our government
Hrc and there from the thoughess brief note OF IDLE
wall over The u1happlnes OF Frauce-which is assumed
Do be pccuuar-n being unfortunate when she is I'M
lucky. In the general and when writer's Of competence
treat OF the subject with studied attention. the legt'
acy of e ac Of repralis frankly admitted rs re-
eietlcd Il is improved a new argument TO enforce
o ones against tho Assembly law, aud in c6nsure OF NJ
THERE'S errors OF theory ana practice IN political
economy
Meanwhile, tho report above mentioned got confrma-
tiou by q document emauatng from the Ministry OF
Agriculture and Commerce, published in the Journal
ORisl OF last Monday, and to be published in the due
monthly issue Of The Aanaes de Commerce EIterieur
cieI from that Ministry. Here is where the laugh
comes nfor tho sardonc and those who prefer grinnng
10 wccring. Our serious Paris papers Of Tuesday all
publish along with the note Of the Journal Otteet an
effective contradiction Of its purpoTt copied from the
J0-li dC GeH6Ce. 20 which journal the Amercan Con-
s ~ the chief town of 6vitzerlauda country whose
merchants and manufacturers, who usually forward
their goods for Am through France 10 Havre are
peeuliarIv iuterested-Wrtes: ITO from further
harm those who sending merchandise 20 the United
states by French vessels permit me TO say thai the fears
expressed by your Paris correspondent are etoundess
Congress can lay new charges on vessels coming
from abroad ana this body does not meet til next De
eaubor'
ROW ID France where they do these Things patriotism
forbid Chat should say better or WISER Otherwise
formal sstemcut like this proceeding from so solemny
authorized aud directly WelnfOrmed AGENT and repre-
sentative Of his Government as consul Is assumed mere
10 bee carries great weight 10 counterposes general
" f8.fv and urscfs balanced iudgments Even the note
IN Gao oIel journal, which, though OF patccuy ou'ch
oriLu. is no. weighted with Ministerial signature,
tr,1es not 70 saw kicks beamward when MT Cohsu Up
puts his official foot into the opposite scale
4
Orexcpent VceC Consul, Mr.. Ocott, in the absence Of
e.. nd t,bssut on official duty, gives them the
IT, .j.1 answer which his intelligence prudence. com
r 70 .asc aud familiarity with the law OF 1854 dictate
lut hcae some harllyatsfed pursuers OF knowledge
under cultes complain not that he viii not but mat
t, oaic, cannot show them any fresh, authoritative
eatsegt Of the simple facts Of the case proceeding
from the Government Of which IL is the ostensib!e official
agency.
rir- hy loose measurement, should say mat what
has eo newspaper print this last fortnight in the
matter % French Constitution making, would set on
ma considerably Out-top tho lately ruined column OF
.re Place Vopl6mc-Incre waste words, and the so
s, ted remainder comes ehorI fear, OF the perma-
u fold base Of that monument The great number OF
Constitutional architects, their lively activity OF brain
a4d pen On great variety Of theoretical constructions,
tl,r set move animate zeal la Cemohshing each the
others luldng These in the general,
most note worthy phenomena OF the time II would be
rather pr, eumptu0us for q foreigner to say which
Of those many devices is best adapted to the
ur.seat French estate or were best adopted.
AZ 10 tine Likelihood Of what one viii
be sd,pfed am when conjecture would be only ess
fle tun me ddyiHg current OF waste ramors, asserting
add .r,iu4 in turn and daily that any one OF halt
dozen oil hem IS or viii be proposed maintained re-
occd deprecated, ndihercny regarded Dy yet 70 DC
formed group Of the united cencrs by the MOdeTates
the Conservatives tle PrOgressists NJ Theirs. France
as M INC f.rnentiug-what the Germ8ns would style the
,srle.de tacc. The phenomena Just referred 70 are
pr tyuouoeabie along with others, as manifestations
dite t,ar divergent variety, OF the common, chaTac
t.l.eIy French impotence Of incerutude; Of agree
meut in earnest weary, longing for something fixed
coupled Itn the lyeest disagreement among parties
$50 tne somet! ng fxable They curious, ntentiy
Interesting and worth the most digent, studious yigi
lance.
AS tAe Telegraph w have told you, Theophile Gautier
Is dead uon0rs have been done him this week with
such iuiuess Of genial heartness and grace as has
hardly been allotted any other writer since Madame
De GrIin o. phine Gay), so often eloguenty monrned
IS Dim. lft the literary world Of Paris darker by her
dc-th G2uuer eminent by genius and talent, honora-
t.y lcl-a 5criing in his way professional newspaper
critic IN 81 yearly fculetOn for the last past thirty or so
years had no enemice-had not malicious friends
TIC best cuogy Of the was the numerous following
of artists and mon Of letters al his funeral Acade-
mican Doucet who had attended at the church
ce.omouies apoigized for himself when presiding at
tho annual meeting Of the five academies Of the Inst-
tnte for not having followed hun 70 his grave. Along
with the apology went few ch0iccy put words OF eulog
or the deceased which stl were apologize aud made
ycircumstaucc satrc4l epi graDlnatc The lanented
Gauuer dead IN the forty first armchair" was as Q
ld most OF bis hearers felt and knew thrice and four
times wOrthicr Of Of the forty aeademca seats than
Gree ont Of Of the last forty who have been elected
Immortal into that body Among othor inedited MSS
liier has left q completed bretto OF lie Vampire"
20 grand opera Of which one 81. LaGtte IL
lie musical composer, aud an unfinished three.
4cl comedy lie Tuteur" This last, from what we
arof IT, should be in his richest most dencae vein Of
t1cy, ogorGoging in its luxmanoe 10 grOtesQueness
,ust barely rcsuaiued, but restrained within s own
umit There was blood and brain relationship between
tl.s weeks and Shakespeare and Rabeais, az
least no literary birth Of any new living non In these
posts, bear such parental marks Of shakespearean self