, 1872-11-24
The Late Count Brassier de ST.. ST.
mon, and His "Royal
\ Mixture"
George Sand at La Grand Chartreuse
IN. Bigot's Works Of Art---
Chicago People in the
French Capital.
eSSe Million Dollars Worth Of, Hats for
German Troops---Sales Of Pro-
visions--:The Last Of
the De Courcys.

From Our 0un Correspondent.
PAR1s, Nov. 4, 1872.
L. Thiers is notoriously shabby person.
ehabby every way. When he was private cltl-
zen, his dinners were not only extremely rare,
but wretched. He chahered over everything.
Vain as 8 peacock. he never forgaTe any wound
given his vanity. He always considered himself
the rery=foremost man of his age, and alone
equal to the government Of his country He
hated the Empire intensely, because it relegated
him to private life, disdained his advice which
he gave Prince Louis Napoleon before the lat
tere election to the Presidency, December, 1848,
imprisoned, and exiled him. It is therefore not
to be wondered at that he should be guilty OF
PETTY EEANSEss TO TIE Ex-EsRERoR,
who, whatever may have been his faults fhey
were many and grievous, yet the course Of
events since his fall, and the probable current
OF coming events, seem likely to excuse many
Of his faults), never YVES mean You know
the crushing revelations of Mons. jules
FayTe's private life which have bean
made, and which exposed him to be sentenced
= to the Penitentiary. The Emperor had evidence
Of I'll these things in his hand, and was urged
to make use Of them when Mons. Jules FaSre
unscrupulously attacked him. Napoleon III.
disdAined to fight with such foul weapons.
The Emperor, having lived in the E1ysee dur
ing his Presidency, was sensible Of. the annoy
ance given by the
HOUSES EAST OF TEE PALACE.
They abutted On the latter, and nobody could
walk in the garden without being seen by every
body in those houses The house next to the
Palace raised too painful recollections. It was
md +1a ~
the Duchess de P1aslins murder By her hus-
band. The Emperor destined the Elysee to be
the residence Of the Imperial Prince {hoW many
slips there are betwixt cup and lip y, and Law
ished immense Gums, Of money to make it
tie Emperor-certainly the Emptess-had
affection for the Elysee. He had lived there
during his Presidency; he there plotted and ex-
ecu1ed the coup detat; he there mat Nile Eu-
senie de Montljo, Tooed and ron her, and spent
With her there those delightful hours, which fly
away so swiftly and so slowly, between the en-
easement and wedding. No wonder the cyphers
\ and E, most lovingly interlsced, are to be seen
n wood, in iron, in glass, glt, silyered bronzed,
drst steps taken to improve the Elysee Was to
buy all the houses east Of it, and to demollah
them On their sites street was opened Az
the old nuisance would return we're no precau-
the houses on the side Of this street opposite
the Elysee wall OF 3 height which forbade their
peering inquisitisely into the Imperial
E5d5sans sIh The Emperor Ra5,s t s btRe the
had another, object: to Introduce
to the French the comfortable American a, and
English style OF house. People in Paris live
on dats, each family above the other, Like tiers
of herring in barre, "isaout privacy, Or quiet,
or freedom Eacn must bear bis nnlgheors
noises; ali are under the dominion Of the Jani-
tor at the foot OF ths common staircase, and who
collects AL the Iosslp OF each STORY OF nAE 20 re-
tail it to the uther fat Those wealthy families
Who do not live on nats hars houses Of their
OWL: It is impossible to conceive mora
D1sAeREEAn1E DWELLINGS FOB DIVES,
They are separated &c r from the streets. and and from from
.he front yards OF their nelghnorss by t"o-story
nuildings, which contain the ofhces, stan1es,
ocach-house. janitor's lodge, and the Like. nIhis
front yard Is PaTed OF coEered WITH q. graGel
gloeEnier place could not well be built on the
side Of this yard 1aTthest from me street IS
the mansion. On the ground door are r. the
dinntg-room, patlore, and smokng-1oom. Inc
Sun never penet1ates the front -yato OF tnese
roons- In the dog-daJs they are damp, anu an
Ameuca1 entering them 1eels as II na Was ente1-
ing 1ant IN eone cemelefy. VI tne eto1y