New Ulm weekly review., 1879-12-31
Paris Letter.
(Regular Correspondence.)

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PARIS, France, Dec. 3, 70
Little notice is taken of the anniver.
sary of the Coup 'Etat by few, ad.
vanced Radical organs. One Radical
journal publishes a chorus of spectral
voices that cry out for justice against
the crime of December I'd and it's auth.
ors. TO these voices M. M. LIE Rover
and WaddingtOn are represented as re.
plying: ''Let General Vinoy be Grand
Chancellor of the Legion of Honor, and
Marshal Canrobert President of the
Commission of Military Advance.
ment." Then other voices are heard. .
saying, "We fought at Champiqnv.
Montretout, and BuZenval; we defend.
ed the Republic when it was attacked.
and the Council of War sent us to Cali
donia.' 10 these voices from across
the seas and through prison walls Nj.
NJ. LeRoyer and Waddington reply.
ITO the .galleys. Triuquet! In exile,
RochefOrt!' :...
A funeral service was held this
morning, in the church of Champignv
in cOmmemoration of the terrible bat
Ties that were fought there during the
Franco-German war, when the army
saved once more the honor of France.
and lost in the effort 5000 men and 600
artillery horses. Those present at the
church service afterwards visited the
monument and the crypt in which the
bodies of the dead were placed. This
evening, by natural transition from
grave to- gay, those of the survivors of
the battle who think fit to do so will
take part in a banquet in a restaurant
in the Palais Royal. -. =, s.,.5
Eighty out of 800 students at the We.
terinary College of Maisons Alfort took
no part in the disturbance which oc-
Cured there last Sunday. The remain,
ing 22O will probably be rustic;lte; for
fortnight. 81, ,.t..... - E.s...<, !. -
France lsa country celebrated for
its love of logic, and yet it's institu.
tions and manners are often full of in.
consistencies. The law concerning the
observance OF Sunday, for instance,
which was abrogated yesterday by the
Chamber, and which dates from 1914,
when an attempt was made to form an
alliance between the throne and the
altar, was rarely ever applied. The
country remained in possession of that
liberty Of conscience that it had won
during the Revolution, and the attempt
to acclimatiZe d0minical rest was a
failure. The logical course would have
been to abolish the law, and the wonder
is that it did not disappear after 1880.
But no, in France under the RestOra.
tion, as we'll as under all the regimes
that preceded or followed it, the postal
service has never once been interrupt
ed on Sunday. The same is true OF the
telegraphic and railway service. None
Of the journals, even the organ Of NJ.
Louis Veuillot fail to appear on Sun
day as on other days.. and no one ever
thought OF forcing shopkeepers to put
up their shutters; indeed, in the small
country towns and villages most bus.
mess is done on Sunday. And vet there
has existed, and still exists until the
Senate ratifies the decision Of the
Chamber Of Deputies, law prohibit.
ing work on Sunday, and this law was
enforced from time to time by a Cleric.
al project against some Radical mason
or contractor. In France, public opin-
Ion 50 far as it exists, thinks that peo-
pie should be allowed to work and rest
onsWh8tever days they chose. 3
NJ. Ferdinand de Lesseps will sail
fromSt Nazaire for Colon, AspinWall.
on Saturday next.
charm of novelty
There was a brilliant crowd ofs skaters
on the lake in the Bois de sBouloone
this; afternoon. -
q horrible drama took place at Sc.
Dennis this afterno oon. A little pirlof
fourteen. whose parents are. bakers "a
the Rice Compose, shot herself With 4
revolver in schools Death was sinstan.
taneOus. IS 81 s#-z''..''.17 1