Paris Letter

Pakis, Dec. 26, 1882. ¦ In arresting Prince Krapotkine the French Government lias incontestably struck at the very root of the anarchical 1 movement iu this country. Wlieu the - Jïihiiist agitator took up his abode in i Geneya, some years ago, he found the i revolutionlst; in a state of complete dis, orjfauization. But he set to work with a ¦ will, and soon anarchical committees were i established at Vevey, Genova, Zurich and - Berne. The return of the ainnestied Coinmunists opened out a new field for hls labors, and ere long he was in con stant communication with his allies at Paris, Lyons, St. Etienne, and Alontceau les Mines. The announceinent of the Nihilist party's doings in Russia, which ¦ appeared from time to time in the Iii1 transigeantjounials, were probably due to his pen. Gradually, however, his mischievous attitude attracted the attention of the Swiss government, which rather more than a year ago expelled him from ts territory. He tlien betook himself to Thonon, on the Fiench frontier, situated at a convenient distance from' Lyons and Gei eva, and there redoubled his efforts, with what success recent events have proveii only too well. Prince Krapotkine, like his intímate friend Elisee Heclues, is a savant " gone wrong." Profoundly versed in the exact sciences, he professes the most extraoidinary political doctrines. I here is, however, this method inhia madness, viz.: wliereas tlie great majorityof his frienils have no settled programme beyond the overthrow of the social system, he, on tle contrary, advocates reconstruction simultaneously with destruction. The news of Prince Krapotkine's arrest has fallen like a thuiiderbolt on the Nihilist colony in Paris. Someoftlie poorer street in the Quartier Latín are cratnnied with Russian refugees, who, for the most part extreinely studious and well educated, earn their livelihood by giving lessons in modern languares, cheuiistry and matheinatics. Each man now isks liis neighbor whose turn will come next. The answer to this question may soon be given by the Government, which is now in possession of budget of very coiuprotnising documentaVictor Hugo yesterday followed up bis appenl on Oberdank's behalf by a second letter addressedtothe Eniperorof Austria, and ceuched in these terms: " For every civllized man the death penalty s abolished. This penalty, with all its dependences. will be effaced from the codes of the tweiitieth century. It would be a noble thing to carry out now and forever thelawof the future." Scarcely, however, had the missive been dispatched when the news of Oberdank's execution reached Paris. Here the matter might have been suffered to drop. Unfortunatelay the Rappd, in reproducing the poet's second appeal, appends thereto the following lines, which lt would certainly have done better to suppress. " The Emperor of Austria might have remembered, were Emperois capable of meinory, that Victor Hugo once begged of Juárez the life of another Emperor of liis fainily. In refusing the life of a condemned man to him who formerly pleaded for lus own relative, the Emperor of Austria has pronounced in Juarez's favor; and in , ing Oberdank he has shot M.ixiinilian over again." The Oaulois says that the Marseilles ! Town Council met last evening to consider the generotis suriender by the Einpress Eugene of her claim to the Pliaro property. Aftera short discussion :t 1 mittee. composed of five of its members, was ppointed to draw up a report on the subject, and there is little doubt that it ( will recommend the acceptance ijf the s Empress's gift. i The funeral of Maitre Lachand, the } cclebrated barrister, which took place this 1 i. morning, was not only attended by the e notabilities of the Imperialist party, but f by au immense concourse of friends and c admirersbelonging to every class of ooii ety, wlio had nssembled to py a last i tribute to the memory of one so generally - esteemed and beloved. The President of s the Kepublic was specially represented, 1 and the iminber of senators and deputies, s of oflicers of hijfh rank, of magistrales, - avMCats, and prominent Journalists whicli t followed the coffln, proved how high a ) place the decea9ed held in the hearts of i his fellow citizens, without distinction of group or opinión. In itself the funeral ! was very simple. Maitre Lnchaud had l expressly enjoined that no military hon: ors should be rendered to hitn, nor any address delivered over his grave, liut the hearse, drawn onlf by two horsea, was completely hiddon by spleudid wreaths, and AI. Rouher, wlio representin? the Empress Eugenie, was also one of. the pall-bearers, wore the grand cordon of the Lègion of Honour. Prlnce Napoleon, I niay add, was represented by Commandant Brunet. So large was the multitude that the churchof Saint Gcrmain des Pres, where the service was solemnized, was not large enough to contain the whole of the cortege,many persons being obliged to wait outside until the conclusión of the ceremony. The interment took place at the Mount Parnasee cemetery, all following on foot, although a number of carriages had been provided. Mr. William Galignani, who died last evning at his residence in the Faubourg St. Honore, was the younger of the two brothers who in 1814 founded the Journal whicli, under the title of Qalignanft Messtnger, still maintains a wide-spread ei ren lal du on the continent of Europe. The name of Galignani has also long been associated with many charitable works, aiininj which may be mentioned ,he creation of the Hospital for the , lief of Distressed British Subjects. Mr. VVilliam Galignani, who was in his ' ty-flfth year. had for some time past been ' a great invalid, but to the last he ed in the full enjoymentof his intellectual ] íaculties. He was a Knight of the Legión 1 oí Hoiiut, _ i