New-York tribune., 1879-11-08
LEADING TOPICS IN PARIS.
po,,r,cs THE opFR. AND SOCIETY.

ADFIISA PATTI ENJOYING POPULAR NAN"i'- -''-
PRINCE OF wiLrs', VISIT TO PARIS.
lrnoM rue REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNE
P,rIs. Oct 2i-Paris has got 70 the end of the
dull season and into apcriod winch promises, or per-
INNS threatens. to be an exciting one. Sinister ru-
,oors of a trIple alliance IN winch England sto be-
partv. Gll the air. Terror reigns at the Spanish
F,una.sv The fattcst province IN Spain, Murcia,
the market garden of that country, has been
submerged The Spanish Ambassador, last week
rich nobleman is by the food there reduced to hVe
upon his salary What an opportunity TINS affords
for the Archdnchess Christina to make conquest
of her future subjects. She has onlv to throw in'o
the Murcia Relief Fund the S4.OoO.OOO which the
King. notwithstanding the official denial
has secured to her in the event OF MS
throne being again overturned. Clouds return after
the ram. and worse floods are apprehended. Paris
will have to do without green vegetables this Win
fer. If was Murcia winch. in December and in Jan
nary supplied the tables Of our epicurean million
aires With fresh asparagus and appetizing salads
A prcss prosecution which was "A sad blunder. has
broupht out n rival in the Faubourgs TO Gam
betta The paper prosecuted Is the Bdrseiildse, TO
which Henri Rochefort contributes weekly three
pungent articles. Its offence was printing the
speech which Humbert, the pardoned Commun-
ist. made at an electoral meeting in the
laval district. where he defended acts deemed
criminal by the tribunals. and insulted the Courts
martial Of Versailles in saying that they prosti-
tuted Justice" Humbert is still yonng. and de-
cIdedly handsome. He spent three years IN the
galleys of New-Caledonia, and was removed from
Them 70 the Isle of Pines becanss 1t found
that he was suffering for the offences OF
another individual The amnesty restored him
10 his friends and fanc6e-a Goden-haired Parish
enne TO whom he will be- shortly married, and the
electors of Javel by way of signIfying adhesion TO
Louis Blanc's demand for general amnesty, re-
turned him 90 a seat in the Municipal Council.
II would be we'll if military justice were not what
Iumbcrt called il, and If 1t were anything
but painful duty for the officers who sat
on courls-martal to sentence those who
had the misfortune TO be brought before
them. People siill recall that Colonel Boisdene-
metz rubbed his hands after a capital case had
been got through, and SAID TO his brother oihcers;
"Now for another rascal" Ii is unfortunate that
NJ. Lee Rover snould under the Presidency Of the
honest GT6vy, have thought II needful to trncke
TO Bonapartist officers IN ordering the prose-
cution OF Hnmbert and the NarsGlldise. The
Minister OF Justice was 20 ms principles III
taking the step he did, the filsiy of which he must
now sec. In sowing wind he has reapcd whifl-
wind. Ibe Issue Of the MGrseildiso-which has
appealed against the judgment condemnng
It's manager to iuc Of 500 and months
IMPRISONMENT. and Humhcri. as a suh-editoT. to
six months and ~ 900 fine, rose-yesteriay from
II. 900 90 25o OOO Four editions came out, and
were snatched up 10y public eager TO read full
report of the trial. The news had gone through
TIC city aud penetrated the provinces that the
favorite OF the Javel disircl bad revealed him.
self an orator of unusual power, and that
h.s skill was equal to his vgor n. IL Roger had
done NJ. Waddington, the MonaTchist journals said,
a. ,fol.f Com tIfffu and
a fufure vanquishcr Of the opportuuist chief at
Bell.villc. THIS was saving too much Hnmbcrt,
doubt rot, Will be sent 10 the Chamber by
sorie advanced constituency, and he may be
t,ffed against Gan Detta the district where NJ.
Brlleret has been for over thirty years the grand
elector OF Humbelt's ora Orcal capacity one can
not speak too highly He has lre. and Is It's master;
he has exquisite tact lie has the power to iell
In blow; is concise, tTeucnant. pathetic.
and fn the storm and whirlwind or passion never
loses his head or lets the thread his discourse get
into a tangle But he wants the long apprentice
shlp 10 public affairs Of Gambeita. lie is not
Demosthencs. but Marc Antony. and in the
tribune speaking on some other subject
than the one which lie brooded over m
New Caledonia, would not. ! apprehend. express
himself with the communicative eloquence which
has enabled N. Emile de GIrrdin to institute a
parallel between the Baudin case that placed Gam
BETA ON a pedestal, ami the lIumbert tIlal.
The newly discovered orator was young when he
and Vcrm, sch star ed that ignoble print lie Pere
DacitRe He is now acquitted Of the charge OF hav-
inp denounced Chandey TO the sanguInary Raoul
Kigault IN that paper. 1t is just TO mention that
ON returning to Paris from the Anupodes lie
refused to stand for the Quarter Javcl and
only consented after Waddington's njudicious
declaration at Laon that the Government would
not bIiug IN a bil for supplemental amnesty, nor
consent 10 one being brought ia. Hum 'ert showed
dignity iu refusing 20 make capital ont of his per
sonal wiongs ereyous H. they bad been. lie alluded
with tact in lis speech 10 the attitude
lie assumed at the beginning, and to the
insults which drove him from il, Of men who were
dancing al Compeignc whilst lac WAS prisoner at
ST. P6dCie Tor having Niliteu IN ncluDiiCan jour
nal The persons at whOm tins asprr-lou WIS aimed
were NJ. l. mOnd AOout and some o Ills sub, diturs
who threw at Hunb-rt Cnandct's corpse lie
refnrtrd with the % GOO COMMUNISTS shot by tle
Nersailists. As e. qualifying tie Courts
,pattisi ne prostifntlon of Justice he quo,ed Mon
tairue who said zone should Ice careful not TO
ian into the hands OF Judge who ~ enemy.
torious and armed Were not the military
| jr.ges at Versailles all thrcrI Chosen ex-
cilsiVrly IRON among the "ihcer who Vi
onishcd the Commune, could they Ice impaItiaif
ifnmberf waited Tor reply. Were ineN lihe Oiii-
cers lst How could they bc 50 ~ their hGi hasie
Vcl,aIlnsl soldiers found cnd of eleven years olG
with spent caTtridse-, w.hcn lie p.cl"d up in the
sficri, Ia MS pocket hi> l"i'' WIS hoHic"u, ana
Iii, father was printers foreman. !ne puOT
hny was taken before court Of officers,
vino. refusing TO believe ns story. oracred
hn 10 execution! Humber Pttd TIC public
prosecnror 10 be obliged 10 vudcaie the Justice of
fhe nil tary tribunals. His picture OF the galley,
IN which he spent three years, II not ,ver-
charged IN the coi0rng, shows that human
nature when allowed impuniiy is Just IS
EVIL as u ever b. lore IEquislf fOrial
fcfocty rrleucd at NOumea. where mcn suspended
bv The hce 5. their heaus down, wer. hoggcd
Otbers were tied faces toward earth To bench - and
lssned untll tbey sc8f-i fled, When hot Iiun
was ua>sed over tie wounds. Hunbcrt prot,sscd
uof to sneak IN his own name out In that of his
companions n misery. wno are stiil IN the Inferno
uf Newt aiedOnia.