Year: 1871

A. Beaapartiss Alsra IL France


We print this morning . most significant
cable despatch regarding the actual condition
and immediate prospects of France. The gov
ernment has issued orders to the commandants
OF the military aud naval posts on the coast OF
France, warning them to keep careful watch
on the movements Of all suspicious or sus-
pected persons, and to be ready by prompt ac-
tion to suppress any disturbance. The gen.
orally supposed reason for this course of con-
duct on the part Of the government is dread
OF Bonapartist descent on the French coast
and a not improbable coup Getas. There are
those who laugh at the imperialsts and pooh
pooh their chances. 1t would be more wise
to grieve that France is SO weak, and, if the
reader will, so demoralizsd as to be prepared
for the restoration Of the empire. 1t is noto-
rious that the imperialists, in spite of the re-
cent elections for the General Councils, are
full OF hope. It is known to some that the
Empress Eugene went to Spain for purposes
political, and that her mission has not been
altogether unsuccessful. It is known that
Paris growls because it is without the advan-
tages Of court. 1t Is known that the debt
with which France is henceforth to be bur-
dened is great beyond the possibility of en-
durance, and that many of the French people
are OF the opinion that the empire alone can
make the burden tolerable. 1t is also known
that the literary men and journalists, in the
agonies which are inseparable from impecu-
mostly, If they do not sigh and pray for the
restoration Of the empire, at least regret its
fall. On the whole, we do not much wonder
at the action Of the French government; for
Bonapartist rising is not at all, things being
as they are, an impossibility. In sp..v of the
unexpected collapse of the empire, and all
the miseries which have followed, the French
people do not forget that the empire gave
them twenty years Of unexampied prosperity.
Quarantine 0esulati ions-NecessIty for Their


Strict Observance.


Only day or two since we had to record
the death of q passenger from Key West at
the quarantine station, off Staten Island, Of
yellow fever, and yet the vessel on board Of
which he was brought certificates from ply
sicians that the diseases did not exist at that
port at the time Of her departure Here is
another case that renders it necessary for us
again to call attention to our quarantine regu-
lations, and to show how extreme vigilance
should be used In the examination of all cases
of sickness that exist or that may have oc-
CURED on board Of vessels coming from ports
Epo @o ha inf aI hak horo haap
so. 1t is well established that in too many in
stances every conceivable trick and subter-
fuge is resorted to in order to pass vessel
from an Infected port through the hands of a
quarantine physician. Deaths that may have
occurred on board from malignant diseases
are charged to other than the true cause A
case of genuine yellow fever will be repre-
sented as having been nothing of consequence,
and one of Asiatic cholera will be stated to
have been no more than mild case of cholera
morbus.


1t is very hard, we will acknowledge, that
vessels have frequently to be detained 80
long time in Quarantine but what is this
detention In comparison to permitting large
city and the surrounding country to become in
fected with disease Of dangerous character?
Asiatic cholera is now prevailing in its most
malignant form at several seaports of Europe,
and ships with full car;gsoes ars frequently ar
irving therefrom. Is it reasonable or just
that they should be permitted to proceed i'm
mediately to the wharf and discharge, even if
there have been no cases of sickness during
the voyage? We will take cargo of rags
coming from one Of the infected ports, for in
stance. Why is it not more than probable
that some of them have covered the bo dies of
those who have died Of cholera? The
health officers should be sustained and all
quarantine laws and regulations at every sea-
port should be carried out to the letter. These
latter cannot be made too stringent, and there
should be no relaxation Of them in any way
no favors should be granted to any one, no
distinction whatever made, no chance what
ever given for the introduction of disease,
when human care and foresight can prevent it.
The Bangor Ccicbra tion-Ths European


and North American Railroad.


The great Bangor celebration of Wednesday
last, at which President Grant, Lord Lisgar,
the Governor General of Canada, and numer-
Gus other distinguished officials "from both
sides of the line" assisted, was in honor of the