The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-06-14

Butt ill not dctain YOU long r in Bordeaux, SO
wi Jog ON towards PARIS, istant $50 ieagu de port
= lac read IS the most mag itc.nt in Ito wo-l -
Hills have b. ea cut down aud ileys filed w. To Ia
eitdte tbs noble means oi land rra,re-I IS paved
throughout, kept ~ excellent or..-, r,r which
purpose, several hundred Of the pessantry are
slnt'y .mpo,ed.
+ We pass T. rough many ci and numberless towns
anu S'ase So nSon erne IS stu ted the tip of
very hgp hall, surrounded b, srong walls and COM
man il,g The laeert eouutr, n all sides The road
BASES at The td of the hill Trough the Fa,lxbourys
or uburbs,-Foist' ix as,rous y 10. t ID town. ST.
tuate also On hill, a d enSered iamoos by the wars
between England and FRANCE, l. The yays IL Edward
AMI john Most OF the towns We pass through in
these parts have manuiaet,sles-s d passengers
are teazed todeath IVY hores OF yomGn and chdr IA.
Who press and imp rtune them to purchase tic arti-
ecs from their factories, w-;h coasis chiefly Of
cutlery al intcIior quali,y. AMI film truksts--rne
solicitations "ithcse people dsj to those OF hun
ureds OF Cigars, whsincc's ntly the Dill
Ec".e' eannoi ia Of exciting III gust, mnsI with pity
tor toir wreiehed condition.
. ietus quu these set es o woe and hasten ON 70
l ours, the most beautif'I city, in my oninion 10
France 1t lies on the ct Bank OF the Loire owl.
which isa splendid brrge q d, unlike Other tnv.as nj
Fra c. remar~sle the repul,rity of y, sudiue,s
and the ciesnliness Of its etsrhe road le dis IL
rectiy over the brgc following the course of the.
Io ~ as tar rs Orleans.
lhe.Ne there is 20 PORTION ot the glob presenting
such peasi objects this part OF the route Imine-
dntely, on quitting To'r the rad conducts alo,s
the Banks nt TIL River, which par sues meat, erin
l.npl lIantC
dis ant rom eacl, other, fro, three 70 Tn mil
TIE Intermediate space being low anu fat it wa, ne-
ccssary ,c coTssertrt Terry lo roai-This was r,c-
ted ut M en"rmo1s expencc anl labor-ut ueverrxas
labor and money so well spped--tn v 81 mound ne
&C s,ry for he iu>, forms tssrrter az ist tb WI,
ters OF IN rfvrr-an the low grc unls ao Q tn. whole
oon''e being extremely fertile and high, cultivated,
appear like a success n OF yari,f.t Il a,Inne a.,
proluec of which has the double means OF transI,1
Don INN, datcly AZ hand
On the other hand, the high riascs zns, with
the exception ofa W feet from tue surfse OH kind
Ok soft rock, appeared be placed by nature az t n
bdes for the inhabitants. In country SO destitute of
wood, how thankful onght they to be- for this more
han substitute which is cqusy adapted tn the Gotta
es o the poor and the palaces oil tae rich
Erealy do tlnk that there exists an artificial GU
frosty more deserving of notice than these, asst WERE
nat,U al ,f!ages- When Peasant stands in reed Of
horse, he purchases or rents certain portion Il
t's Rock, and about excayatin as much oro as
he his OCCASION far.--Wit the extracted FRAGMENTS
he az IN builds up the walls and en- aperture
ihrclgh the root, serves every purpose of chimney
Al me wooi, therefore, they require FOG building, is a
iuihciency fora door and wndow-shuttcr.
There several tier of these houses and stems
cut OUT, eains 10 them up the rock, which slopi z
downwar''s, and broken At Intervals admits ofchm-
Lie tor those below, without am sging them above
Ore ans s considerable city, and the. inhabitants
sill ch rish the recollection of the feats performed bv
their Heroine Joan care statue of whom is erect
ei IN The narketpiacc with appropriate devices COM
neinorTtiye oil her EXHIBITS ne IS, also very .e-
giant cathedral, with ine scriptura paintings The
walls 81 this city, once lofty, strong and extensive
are falling TO decay, the ditch nearly filed up and
l TaveiIer IN warn looks ior the draw b dges en-
6attied towers, and the POmps oil frudaI warfare.
Butt cannot wait the slow progress of the ii iscnce
SO SIT ron down without more ado at Paris in
where shall say THE Museum Napoleon the first
and foremost IA all my travelling cositatons. Do ma,
suppose mean to sstempt giving you description Of
tbs almost mere than mLral aoIlectipn-suffice il To
say, tht all tlt Is grand, all that is admralen pain
ung and sculpture is here collected and disposed in
In Ntlt h0r
ing effect The Beldtere Apollo breathes divine
vengeance, willie the arrow hurdles in the sky
he Venus de Me1oi seems conscious of her expos.d
Ate2tion and you look for bushes, waffle M0derv
turns away the seIf-rcluctant eye These two ures
are universally considered as the Chefs d'LE,fzye
i sculpture, since the annhilation Of Greece and
Rome
The gallery of Pictures is above Occupying, the whole
extent OF buildRe, which the palaces of the
Louvre and the 1buiileies The Paintings are sd
mrabiy arrar gedt and the multiplicity and DIVERSITY
QUE The Gallery itself, lid pendent OF the reasure
1t contains, s worthy Of nntceit IL most su,erIy A.
corated, and the light most happily thrown In by the
ingenious disposition OF the windows IL is according
to the me asurenent took, (by steppine) somewhat
upwa us OF 1900 feet, and sofas placed at int, walls
Tor the benefit of artists, who may wish to improve
tn mselves, either in contempt Ting or oopyiDg a.
NJ Pictures that may eaptivate their fancy.
The iberality OF tire late Emperor is oonsDictots in
allowing the PRTisians enter three day in the we Elk
and stranger every day, free Of any expence-The
trflnha arch next engages attention. Ii is situate
In the place de thueries, built entirely Of marble the
pillars OF which of the costly and rare soe
cies Vsrioue devices are obs rvable or all aides re-
presenting some remarkable incident in the lie II M
PoIeon Over this Arch are placed the farnoas Ilor
SOS from Vence, drawing a Golde, Car Ii is said
that the desire Of possessing these HORSES has led 10
four prior to their seizure by the French 81 YOU
may suppose they are II no vulgar workman
ship.
The Gardens Of the Thuierits are the fashionable
Observation-Disclosures s'atues are pIsced through
cut with fountains, groves, and Othcr Puaphernaa-
At the end, Is Gate, opening the place de- ST Lou
rs, where poor Louis XVI aud thousands of Reynlu
tonary victims were decaptated.
On either side OF this Gate, on elevated walk IS
hgure OF Fame, on hOrsebaek.--When the GATE was
completed, Reward was offered for the est and
most app opriate figure Of that Goddess Two artists
eontended for the prize. The one, whose workman
ship far superior, adorned his Horse with fine
Birdie, Tor which, the oter thinking her Ladyshir,
tanned the prize his luckless competitor finding de-
had 70 occa'iOn omttcdit altogether, aud thereby OBJ
syn had Out-wted execution put end TO his orti-
hcator, by cutting his throat
But dn nrt pretend to give you hstor, & the |
wonders and curosties OF PARIS. These are few Of
the most prominent features that strike STRANGER at
first sight There thousand objects we'll worthy
OF notice and observation, the Of which would
fatigue YOU.
The Bridges are numcrous--on one Of them the /
FONT Neth, is placed an Equestrian statue of Henry
~ 1hisstatue was thrown down during the heat of 1