OUR PARIS LETTER.

Evening Star, Issue 4156, 22 June 1876, Page 4

OUR PARIS LETTER.

April 15. The.ExHbition Commissioner* are said to be still in search of a site for the 1878 building, and matters a*©H*o far simplified that they have only an embai'ras de'ckaix. The estimates for the structure is "foated up" to- twenty millions of francs. Tho sinews of war are and the demands to lend mbney will partake o'. the eagerness of. a national loan. ' The private guarantee fund of the 18.67 Exhibition received adividend instead of having to make good a loss.. Gxoups of. capitalists offer to run up the necessary structure, provided it be erected on 'property in which they have an interest; at next to a nominal cost,' for the Commissioners;, provided the. building be left permanent and in poßsessiQh cif-the company for ninety-nine years free; to "then return to the State just like a railway. The ! Oommissioners, however, incline tern- i porary structure, and what puzzles' theitn most in the.sites to be selected from, is the means lor transporting the : public— It maybe considered as certain that' the building will bo erected in the Boifr' de Boulogne. Abready,the Exhibition has its special organ, which seems as odd as the new journal pub-' fished the Greek language fbj| resident. Hellenists.

Though, occupying most prominently^pub-; lie attention, the amnesty question remains' where it has ever been —a refusal to pass: the' sponge over' the 18th March, 1871. Great' liberality-will be exercised in granting individual pardons where regret can be measured by reformed.conduct, but no law will ever be voted according a general amnesty, that is tg say, a pardon for the crimes- and OutragesVof the Commune. And it is not after all- perhaps a bad, policy to approach a full discussion of the question slowly the better to exhaust it, and lay it for several years at least. Parisians have not the slightest doubt that were the transported brought baok to the capital they would b.ave but one end in'life—to organise their revenge, and with £hat strangle the Republic. , . * . Much CHrious gossip, is being indulged in respecting missing" State papers in the Home Office. Nearly.all the documents: touching M. Buffet's crusade against the Constitution have disappeared with M. Buffet. Bonapartiat officials* attempted to bum their documents when the Empire sank, and the first act of • Louis' Napoleon on becoming' President was to possess himself of, and to destroy, the. papers connected with his Strasbourg and Boulogne escapades. \ Some of the leading liberal newspapers find, fault with the Assembly for devoting so much time to validating or breaking contested elections. If the Assembly errs Jay excess of virtue, it is a. commendable fault; the Republic has such a decided majority in the Chamber of Deputies, that annulling a dozen of corrupt elections cannot in the least affect it. Besides, the Deputies must enforce respect for the law, where it has been outraged by officials and the clergy. Smce twenty years the sources of public and political powers, have been poisoned ; each election under the Empire was a.scandalous bargain, a frightful public lesson in public demoralisation. Csesarism held every six years a fair, where venal consciences were pmfr -up' to auction, so if the cleansing process be slow, it is painfully necessary; v In - Corsica outlaws and the vendetW joined in the electoral champion; thjßu .mo'njiy . subscribed to help the irwndis was' apblied to canvassing purposes, and the »'plergy openly preached in theirpulpits that to .defeat a Republican— Dieu terVentl If thediscußsions.be at present long, they will abridge future debates by removing all motif for parallel vices. It is interesting to watch the position of thei " working man's candidate " at present in Paris.' Let it be stated from the outset that such-an institution meets with no popular welcome, and that.fit is a sheer hypocritical cry;? There, is no more social thanlegal inequality in France, so there is no abuse in this respect against or to correct, and where there is nothing, the king even loses his rights. The workmen have ;'had the • good.; sense to perceive this on Sunday last, when Habay, the proletaire candidate found himself nowhere at the poll. Habay was the,flower of the flock, a most upright and model working shoemaker. But it turned out that he was. vitiated with the vice of being a capitalist, as he owned house property valued at 300,000fi\, and obtained a loan on it for one-half that sum, at 6 per cent.",' from a Government society. Another bubble has thus burst, and the working classes will be all the better for the exposure, bo legislator wishes to injure them, the desire is all to. the contrary Cham represents a wife addressing her husband, who is a deputy: "Now is the time to deliver a speech—your new frockcoat will make a most favorable impression." '*■' j

Palm Sunday passed off with all external honors; first of all box is employed in place of palm j the latter is too rare, and in any case faith saves. The trade in the sale of blessed box was never more extensive than this year, and, to judge from the vendors, many Freethinkers must have become pious for the occasion in order to turn an honest penny. Dray and cab horses Lad a bunch of box between the ears, like a nodding plume; while it was: in that position cabmen dare not be uncivil, nor draymen run over you. Some dogs had box stuck-in their collars. The 'bus horses and their drivers displayed none, though they were remarkable for their bouquets during the pious regime of the exeinmre. Many bookmakers at Longchamps had a sprig of box in their buttonhole ; it was Relieved to bring luck; if so, tho winners must have been many. Respecting races, an innovation is to be introduced. Only- two classes of persons attend, a race-course in this country—one to bet, and the other to show-off their toilettes. The few who come to Longchamps or Auteuil to enjoy the fresh air or to admire the horses are too few to be noticed. Well, henceforth between each race a military band will discourse music. It is as necessary as a light for a cigar, or the "correct card." On the back of the latter the programme of the music will be printed. '- . Ihebarbers— coiffeurs-- rare a Very powerful guild in Paris. .They are. essential to French life, and are treated with much consideration. What more convenient, for example, than a man, too Tmsy all the week to perioral an ablution, to jump iiito his best clothes and a clean shirt on a -unday morning, and.thus.'fully dressed enjoy a cleai shave and curled hair for half, airano? \\ ho would the fardel bear of. an every morning toilette after this luxury? /• Eh hie:..; the coiffeurs have given - a ball in favor of the inundated, and in addition to netting a good round sum, they produced"the hew "Powder (juadrilie." . '^child : declined to accept a "gingerbread Boldier," alleging ihat her nurse would eat it. The grenadiers were favorites with the nurses, 1 W they-kept; the babies 'quiet by placing them in their. I;earskin'hats ] head downwards, on the ground. "In" the way of revelations" on the subject'of the Pohtoitfe;' crime", the prisoner lAureiij6s,.',not yet sixteen; has avbwed' J .he murdered'the aervant girl, ■ Julie, then violated: her remains, tioa f<ir.^.e..perpetration of hip would ldok when she was dead." fu||gestion of the •xanUning'Tnagistrate, the

pwsoner-has -written a full-statement cf his crime in the form of a novel,, comprising sixchapters, and entitled the "Death and Seduction ! of Julie." The second day 1 his odious conduct he induced a beggar i aged 'eleven, to reside with him pehdihg the return of his parents; he did. not kill her, but he violated her. In gaol hd shouts all day, and cannot understand why he is locked up, when he has avowed his crime. "What a pity that, being under ag!e,* he cannot be guillotined. His parents have left Poiutoise, directing their property to be sold, fixing a pension on the deceased , I girl's old father, and placing any money required for their .unnatural son's defeace, J whom they have disowned.. [On the Boulevard, St. Michael, there is a bronze fountain,: with colossal figures of the Angel Michael conquering Satan. A crowd collected to look at the workmen cleaning the .bronze for the season; and when it came to-the devil's turn to be'scrubbed, the people shouted, " Don't let De Broglie escape," ."Keep. Buffet well down.". rSomuch fdr unpopular statesmen. ! It is nearly two years since a young assis tint in a leading draper's shop in this city swallowed an ordinary table fork during.ar playftil attempt to. imitate the sword, swal- , lpwei;; there was a run to witness the young man-who .pursued as, usual his .ordinary , calling behind" the counter. It was an admirable advertisement for the establishment, and, to the young man's credit,.he. declined many tempting .offers to make the tour of .prance. . As he."liked music, a polka was ; dedicated to him, and it was said the fork did not for a long time seriously torment' him. Of late, however, it did, and many eminent surgeons kept pegging away at it. The honor of extracting the foreign body belongs to Surgeon Labbe'; since some time he cauterized the patients side, at the point where he had resolved to make the incision; this, provoked inflamation beneath, and induced "th« stomach to adhere to the side. Unfortunately, when all .was ready, the patient caught the measles. This; in due course, disposed of his mother, and friends acoompanied him to the surgeon's residence and were ushered into an • antechamber; only a few surgeons were present. In the course of half-an-hbur the mother was called and presented with the extracted platedfprk, all black, after its lodgiug, and was assured the lad would recover. .<&> o< *d arrest has occurred at Brussels, the City of refuge for unfaithful cashiers and fraudulent bankrupts. A cashier bolted from Paris with 70,000fr. belongiug to his employer, a money changer. £< o Frenchman can go on the run without a mistress, and such impediments are as easy to obtain as a travelling trunk.' Arrived in Brussels, he had his head shaved, and beard and moustache removed; even his eybrows disappeared. .Next he bought a false beard, and looked so Outrageous in. it that a policeman arrested him for appearing disguised when there was no carnival. He gave a wrong name and address, as was proved when the telegraph was put to work; in the the meantime the detectives had arrived and claimed their man. Nearly all the money was found with his mistress. He will " gang nae mare toyontoun." ' .