Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1876 — The French Assembly. [ARTICLE]

The French Assembly.

coreswmdenteof the English press aix>ut Wywtob Assembly in a tone of dtaparagemeqt The English etendprd of ParEnXid Lre Viafe partiee, bmh triag equally conservative those equinoctial storms which come < .what :oppoetag princip)es« st» of utterly Realty when Iwe consider it . means to overthrow, an empire asd«tabltoh» republic, on itsmina, in. valving at change in the administrative machinery throughout the country, it fit i wonderM that so few* wild scenes hive occurred to the Assembly. " Por the rest thhre are fear public bodies which I, for •dbe, bakto found no Httraetive as the fHflth ttatoaibljft In thb’first place they are better environed than any Legislature ■rrerenrut ly ample SndMßiarid Mill tor Mtos Q£W r piselesaty t through adorn the 00 mopey gather ranee and dOMeniepep. * Jt is larger by pearly a ’hohse in which England packs J»er .866. Comiponers, who, when any irtpfSfthnVQpestJbn is on hand, are like uWwit 'k&rdjnes in a box. On the ottffiPlffiffl, ft lfiMdt so fifrgc as The House of" Representatives .at Washington, and thb arrangements "ft* visitors’are by no means' SO spatCibUS at comfortable. In this especftnfr Washington Capitol is unique. But in beauty of decoration the room atWeteailles is unequaled. ’ibef genera! shape is thatof a fine operaItobae.thb aisles .radiating from the tribMbe.'jhst in front of the presiding officer, • from whiclf 'every speaW addresses the Asseffibly. The chairs are cushioned with red, the walls are of a neutral tint, the H*ht’falls froth a large sky-light, toned; and alt thfe 1 typod-work is of a rich dark oak tirtt. Ttite griilertl effect is exceedingly pleasant to the eye, and every member is- sffifi "With THStiitcnreas; "With a good background, and uttered cap be heard plainly'. The Government members occupy thefrt>ntJwai(i)M',immedlately in front ot the presiding officer, M. wfevy, who is a fineAwking old gentleman, and fills his jdjme jvith dignity, and evert grace. On the • Benches in front of him one of tire busiest men was M. Duf aure ¥ Whotjil saw sitting there for the last time. is a than of medium size,; with’ bushy 1 white' hair and a rather reddish face. He sat with the men of the Center, and a groups was always surrounding him fromUho Right and Left Center. One effect of disorder is .caused by the fact thdt h'ewkpaperi are"permitted to the members, as they are not in the English House bf Common’s. When a bore is on his legs in the English House the wearied member Has no recourse hut to’sTeem—that being tolotf&T -if tfie only pull nil hitfioWn oyer Jity eyes. In tfie French’AWtoftWf’; SfWhMi ordilaTy metrtf’ ber rises, all the parties that don’t like him open their newspapers with a tremendous rattle, and appear-to,read; they really listen, and wtfen me oratbtsays 1 anxihing-obiectionable to them, they stuff oqjm their papery and spring .jOhel£3e«t told wy out at him all at once. Whenever a minister speaks all are attentive. I also: observed that when Gambetta addressed the Assembly it was hushed into perfect stillness, and every mqmlier listened to what was said, Gambqtta vary J ewish in type. He has a strong ttquinne nose, a heavy brow, a swarthw eomptyxion, and straight black •hair.. Hods considerably under the averis* very simple.and direct in speech. His •only gesture was to raise his large hands occasionally about three inches above the desk of> thotribune and then bring them down again. In dress he. is rather slovenly. UihgAntirely without the usual, jaunty pf the|Parisl|i>.i ‘When he,had finished speaking he took a seat on the front bench dr the row set apart fdi- the Imperialists, who scowled at him as an invader. — Parie Cor. Cincinnati Commercial.