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Show OUR PARIS LETTER. GOSSrP OP THE COL'RT AND STREETS. (Regular Correaponileneo of the Hihaxd-) Paris, July 19, 1S75. Mtrimce was one of the two distinguished distin-guished litterateurs that the second empire only succeeded in attracting: taint-Beuve, the other, was but con-' sidered' at the Tuileres as a friend of the second degree. Mcrimee was married to the mother of the Empress Eugene, and was thus of course at home with the imperial family. Indeed In-deed it wa3 said he sacrificed himself to the marriage in order to free Napoleon from hia mother-in-law. He'rimee's letters to a new Inconnuc have appeared, wherein be depicts tho onnui of court 11 to, and bis contempt con-tempt lor it; it consisted of eating, drinking, walking a little and talking less. He describes the visit of the Empress Charlotte, "whose eyes were lull ol imputieuce, anger, aud madness;" mad-ness;" she bad the air of a '"mistress-witf." '"mistress-witf." and rCHfinibltd Louis Philinna as one drop of water does another; ' her maids ol honor were equally wild looking; "were the color of ginger- i bread, and hud the air of orangoutangs; orang-outangs; " the empress has arrived from Mexico to demand soldiers and money, "but it is decided to give her nothing but fetes, about which she doer not seem to care much." A r writer lately described the Becond I empire as, "presumptuous Bokliers, grand ladies, ignorant and devoid of twit fAl.HB fnr till ia.tPB UvrcnR and police;" also, "the generals believed the statesmen infallible, and the statesmen viewed the generals as m- 1 vincible," bo that when the war was , declared, "the strategists counted upon alliances, to organize victory, ; and the diplomatists counted on vic- , tory to organize alliances." Mcriince also relates that during an October evening in order to kill time, a "love court" was improvised, and of which the empress was vice-president; the subject diicussed was, "In the case of a sovereign childless, and not likely to have au heir, ia it permissible per-missible lor his wife to take measures for securing the future of the dynasty ?" The matter was eloquently discussed, and on a division the votes declared the adjournment of the de bate. Good news for pianists: M. Wolff, a manufacturer of pianos, has invented a "tonal pedal," quite distinct from the ordinary pedal, and working independently. inde-pendently. It adds nothing to the power of the instrument, but it purifies puri-fies the harmony from those discordant discord-ant and confused sounds alike unpleasant un-pleasant to the performer and the listener. Perhaps it may reconcile bachelors to the practising of scales. A young lady has met with a terrible terri-ble disenohantment. She lives in the neighborhood of Neuilly, aud Bince a week, passed her mornings at her room window, expecting a dashing cavalier to ride by. Her father comprehended com-prehended matters at a glance; so one evening he astonished his fami.y by announcing his intention of Kate and himself visiting the ambulating circus; he took boi seats for six sous each, and passed into that portion of the tent, serving at once as a Btable and green-room; here tho cavalier was viewed in bis behind-the-scenes life, as well as in the arena. Father and daughter never exchanged a remark, re-mark, but next morning instead of moping at the window, she resumed her music lessons. A new edition of Steudhalisunk relates that the author had several wishes, hia moat cherished one being that he might die of apoplexy n.t the corner of a street; he had his wiah realized, as he fell dead at a cornor of the me de la Paix. Merimee confeased death caused him no fear, "but the thought of it was Iriste and disgusting." disgust-ing." Since the names of the streets have been changed three or four times during dur-ing the lust five years, partisans of certain political tendencies may be recognized, as they employ the name bestowed by godfathers and godmothers. godmoth-ers. A railway clerk'a Bympathiea can bw UioluiljcU 01 ootALtal nucurUlng as the traveler demands a ticket lor the avenue de l'lmperatice, the avenue ave-nue Urich, and now tho avenue du Bois de Boulogne for example. The register general of Liege adapts a Balutary tabulation of his monthly vital statistics, by causing to follow the number of marriages the number ol divorces. The contemplation of the two pictures has no weight it seems with turtle doves; do not we think all other people mortal but ourselves ? M. Beiat dedicates an article to babies; lor him a beautiful infant is the last word of creation; it monopolizes monopo-lizes all perfections; its eyea, hair and flesh suggest colors the most exquisite uDd the most tender; it ia a Bketch of man or woman by the master of masters; ile little hands and rosy naila dely the sculptor and painter; its leg is divine, and its foot a marvel. M. B6lot, a well-known novelist, has been lately married; wait till he be charged a few times during the night to give the screeching divinity a little soothing syrup or a promenade. A man was lately brought up before the magistrate, and in reply to the question, what was his profession, said he was a "naturalist," occupied in scouring stuffed doga, birds, and such preserved deer generally. Emile Augicr, on being asked, said he liked to live in the country because the peasantry were not sufficiently educated to display false ideaa. Jacob, the new chief of the detectives, detec-tives, is as small its Louis Blanc or M. Thiers. During 1870 he called a giaut orator, in a public meeting, to order and drawing himaelf up and display-' ;ng hia authority, said, "I am tho law." A patrol party, surprised by the enemy, and not finding a tree at hand, exclaimed, "we are betrayod." Aroente, |