New-York tribune., 1872-09-28
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
PARIS GOSSIP.

PARIS GOSSIP
ANNIVERSARY OF THE SECOND REPUbLC-
ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNcILs-GENERAL
-sHRINEs OF OUR LADY.
IFROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE THBUhhI
PARIS, Sept 4.-To-day the Republic Is two
years old and thriving The CouncllsGeneral the Ses
sions Of most Of which are now closed, give signs OF
good promise for It's future healthy growth Whe then
official proceedings have been restricted, as the Ia" r
quires affairs OF local administration, their members
in large majority have taken occasion, by sending ad
dresses in thes individual names TO H. Thers by ap
paudng inaugural speeches OF their presiding officers
in which his course eulogEsd, by drinking dinner
toasts TO his honor and other unofficial means To pro
uounce for the Republic. The expression OF opinions
and feelings this kind, though varying In denneness
and intensity and far from being universal has yet
strength and warmth enough TO be regarded as
national manifestation. Some OF the circumstances
that enhance its importance are worth houhg'
The Councils General OF to-day are quite different from
what they were with the name under the Empire.
Their functions which then little more than noml-
nal have become and considerably enlargeu' MenF
bers elected by popular sufrage, choose the o"" N
GERS and name permanent commission 10 fepreSon'
them and guard their rights the intervals ofsessions
No longer under the nearly absolute contro OF INC pro
feet they partially control his actions and from sort Oi
independent legislaturelfor interests
OF their respective departments. II is noteworthy ha'
the law some OF the provisions OF which are mere lhu
Gated for re0rganzIng and ytalznS the depart
mental councils lin its eminent intent measure oi "e
centralization was urgently deprecated by NJ Ihers
resisted TO the utmost by the Republican minority OF the
Assembly but pushed through by the Right, and re-
garded az the time as ROyalist triumph. Now that
the system returns plague the inventors IL Is curious
to zee the change Of view with which either party re-
CARDS It, But hei interest Of the instance does NOS eu"
with the pointed moral OF country royats and jealous
proyincias caught in their trap. our non-oulelay
men who when in Versailles members OF the Assem-
bly, sat voted intrigued and otherwise acted against
the conservative" any other form looking To perha
| nency OF the Republic.
Observe that something like two-thlrds Of the National
/ deputies are also departmental councillors or these
from large local propretOrships, local family interests
and traditional rank-add. locally rccog zed deserved
personal worth and authorty-the. Is larger proper
| ton from the RSht than from the Left On leaving
Versailles going their departmental capitals, they
felt for the first time in eyerh months the cool second
thought Of the country the swelling current Of the Ma
tional air. They prudently cool and wisely trim
med their sails and veered their course accordingly 1t
does not follow because the desire TO secure return
passage the Assembly has some part in tns con
version that the desire j. OF unpatrOtc ambition OF that
the conversion is without conviction on the contrary
There are cases that could cited where the known
ecedeus of personal character coupled with cOnsldera
ton OF present needs aud always menacng future OF
France should not much encourage charitable az
command our rational hope that the ambition Is pa
totic and the conversion however dlsasteful to the
convert all the that It is Of observation and
! intellectual conviction.
We have had a revival in these days OF the old story
Of the old Pope his revived purpose of taking refuge
IA France Belgium from prosecutions 70 which he Is
not exposed in Italy We have had another report that
the President Of France has cordially invited him not to
come. This highly improbable Papa aunt has sort OF
su--0 radical relation with quite observable though
not very nicely detnabe recrudescent pOtcOregou',
cereo-legitimst agitation OF the time. Tnls Is the
after harvest aud before plOwing and VINTAGE or
pi,grnlg to this the other noted shrine OF our
Lazy. Eleh of tile old provinces has, from OF Old, "a
subordinate districts had ITS favOrlte Notre Dame.
This Pill igTmages 20 the shrnes have been more
numerous than ever before IN our d1ys
Whether without calculation on the part OF its
author there l. yOuchlfed 10 the public just 10 this
moment new contribution 20 the rather dull than
otherwise vOume Of the w0r J.. ike Kind 0i that ready
luttrl-wrtrr the Count ~. ChamJori. This utterly
amUe specimen OF the Old royal red sandstone period,
takes -lOn OF the presentation 10 hlm or boOk
otherwise unread, inttued Eat sans DeH TO write TO
the otherwise uuheard 0f author, Nicolas, and over
Ncoas'- shoulder 70 the listening world that he Chau
bord favOrs Church aud state IN the Of Church
over State. He adhsres 10 his principles, Ike gentle
man. The patent fact hat his adherence costs him
nothing and that the principles foolish, stli leaves
him prosperous gentleman IN uninterrupted recelpt OF
| Il handsome Income. W h. H.