Year: 1859

Abolition of Passport Regulations In France.


The following is from the London News, Of the 10Th
of January;


We learn by telegraph from Paris the Monitcur
of yesterday morning contained ministerial notlica
tion of the entire abolition of the USd or passports and
that in future UiSG whatever viii be necessary IN
France either for French subjects or foreigners. If,
sincerely trust there is no mistake IN this announce
men:, we may congratulate the Freuch government on
its good fortune 1t has been reserved for it to take
course which the good and ageof its pre-
decessors not equal and by act which costs no
trouble entails no sacrifice mperiS interests to make


substantial addition to the personal ellbery Of every
man woman and child in France, whether citizen or
stranger The Emperor of the French well knows that
in aboshing the vexatous and Irritating regulations
which have so long embarrassed the movements OF his
subjects and of foreign visitors to France he sur
renders security which either The State or the peo-
pie enjoy In fact it has long been well understood that
the only use of passports to maintain patronage by
multiplying places and gathering IN fees a small pat
ronage is the cheap price at winch the Emperor Guys
liberty for the people of the two first countries IN Eu
rope to come and go freely each others territories


The abolition of passports measure far in advance
of the immediate intentions OF the French government
On consulting Tuesdays Moniteur we find that the re-
serve under which we referred to the reported abolition
of passport in France, most necessary The
ministerial article reportedby telegraph as announcing
that measure, proves on examination to be magno-
quent and elaborate puff Of the government for having
nut an end to the special aggravaons of the passport





the provision in force just before that date


A THEORY FOR THE PREVENTION OF Y Yellow FEvER.-
In conversation yesterday with friend on the subject
of yellow fever, be advanced the following novel theory
for the prevention of that disease lie proposes to build
in the central part OF the city chimney one hundred
and fifty feet high having ue four feet square through
it. steam engine of, say, two hundred horse power,
would create downward draft, bringing the pure air,
circulating high above the malaria down to the earth,
to be then received in air vessels similar to gasomeers,
and from thence distributed through pipes over the city,
and into each bedroom to be turned on by faucet
like water at the option Of the occupant The gentle
man assures us that by this he can reduce the
temperature of room from 100 degrees down to 90 de-
grees in twenty minutes fever ssad to exist
in temperature below 20 degrees He maintains that
the object could be accomplished. 1t would seem that
the fixtures would be useful only in summer but the same
gentleman suggests that by building large fire the ar
could be heated and used in the before described
Land thus avoid the necessity of fires in our grauS.


We throwout this theory OF artificial ar lor "hat IL
is WORTH We may remark though, that while II might
prevent yellow fever with those who would be content
to remain after night-fa within DOORS (who, by tie
way, even now aTeyta the ieve it would be utter
" impraccable to apply it to the great body of the
population of city, and especially to the very who
Il are most liable to the disease.


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