Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-09-20
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PARIS
4 gentleman Who has resided for consiicra.
hlo tinc ~ Paris. has f,vorol The editor Of the
/ Essex Register with the tolluwmg particulars ol
some ~ the locnltln. hat city, teicrrcd 10 IN
the account III tie revolution recently publish.
cd The EDITOR NJ tho Register very correctly
remarks tat they VII be pccentable 10 many
readers Mt hi tune Rn1 viii cable them better
10 mbcrtanh The mtere'tms details oft late
events IN PRS -
The fnillerirs its garden M court hre snr-
rounded h, strong iron railing often ~ twelve
feot IN height and nrc entcre ! nv ma i've gates
IT The same material but this barrier would he
n weak one when oppose to poUef ri and ~
asrefstri populace. The palace esierds from
tho Rae (strrri) Rivoli on the nortb. TO the Rv-
- Seine on the south, beng lo5l feet N length
i II has two taradrs looking toward. the garden
AMI the Cani o. square
The pl &C IA cefIoasel IN Squire ~ larec rs
/ WASHINGTON Square IN salcm) adj ,ns The Count
from which il "a sepAfateJ rs before mentioned
i by pslme. \ ifinmphh Arch, le,crteA in
i 1906 ~ cnmmemoratinn of the victories OF
the French AZ NV on y hac witt thr grand en-.
trance to The pnlaec, forms ne centre 1T the 1t.
vision Father on aud connected by wide
aycnae Is the Louvre which IS nl;u M iinannse
edihrr forming arcriret Sqanrr, add enclA-
sing al area OF sixteen hun'rc feet II has four
trout. facing I've place dn Car,use Il fn'crles.
the Rue - Hnnnrr, the Sciue. and toe Church
81 German / iluxerrois.
+ The Old ouofa. containing the Gallery Of
/ Paintings. (Which the people treated win 80
much cnrc ~ their encounter with the Royal
i tfonpal rs an extensive range ~ buildings par
nll'l with the Seine, connecting the modern
I a
hv llpnri 1lh 10 connect the palaces by sim
liar range on the opposite side. facing the Rue
81 Honora thus forming an immense phral-
telegram within, Of the InIeres Court Place
du GHrrousel. Avenue md numerous piles of
j private buildings, t. have lccn dem lShed--
one OF the Louis's commenced the project Ma.
/ poleon made Some further progress bot The de
! sign is now abandoned. Tho National lnst-
tute is on the opnnsite side ol the SeIuc, which
i is here about eight or ninr hundred feet wide
and irou', The Poui des IRIS. Brdg" Of ATS.
/ II was across this bridge that cannon were fred
/ from the Count Of 1he Louvre
The Hotrl Dc Vile, NJ Civ Hotel is the
/ place Of taerimg oi the Municipal Officers of
/ Paris. II IS large building. of several orders
+ ot Architecture, and is neither remarkable for
its beauty or ia deformliles. II contains a
clock III, dial of which is illuminated AZ night,
80 mn we hnu HihN hi"NNs nv 'illb ~ me IiN~
sous. During the Revolution Of 80 II WAS almost
daily tho scene ol commotions, anarchy aud
/ blondshed.
The Place de Grcve /. II square Of CONSIDERS.
/ bio Dimensions, directly in tout oi the Hotel
de Vile. That engiae ~ death, the tiuillatine.
performs lis office ~ HE lower eud al the
/ square, towards the Seine. The Tower q { the
/ Cathedral Norte Dame, "hich stauds on a
snail island in the Srinr, iItile be ond the
Place de Greve, may be dis inctly seen from
/ thenrp.
The Bour.c, or exchange, is situated between
thopalais Royal and the Bonryards Tor Ram.
parts.) rhr Rne WINNIE commencing -,
the falas Royal terminates in the Place de Il,
Bonrsc, a large and beautiful square in front o
the Exchange
he Rue ST llonnre, ofwhich mention is SO
often made in the details afthc late battle at Pa
ria. runs parallel with the Seine eotltelv u
crasa the city md its top1 burgS, AMI its great
tboroughiare. The palace Of the Dntr OF
Orleans faces this street Thu Place du palal,
ROYAL is IN front al the Faacr.---Here it WIS tna
the 'kirmsh between the geunarnes and the
cit zrns hogan
The polytechnlque School which furnished SC
many courageous aud patriotic Young men l.
direct the assaults of1he ctl2tnS against the 20,
eminent sol lierv, is an institution located IL
the Rue DesCartfs where stndrois are tauph
" mathematical, pnysical. and chemical scIen
Ces, and where pupils are also prepared for tn,
" engineering. mihldrY, ntgaiand civil uhools "
Tire ,tudeats wea a blue uniform, trl,na,rd viii
red. rnd ebepG1S The Et0le ne Droii, Law
School is an mst trtion whore legal scipuc- il
Hll ITS hrluche. taught. Tn, School also sup
piled 'ts quota IN aid Of the people, aud =
galnSt the arbitrary exdciions OF his tug tiv,
! Majesty.
fhs National Guards lprmed citizens. or mil
tia) OF Pans, at the lime they were di.nandee
nv an ordnance OF the King, cons I.ted Of 81
900 soldiers, divided into twelve legions. uni
formed aud equipped in the best manner--eact
legion having had SHff rsablisbed az III,
Alayoralty of the arrouiisscmem To "hrh J.
belonged. The term reimbursement is sVnoai
= nous with our word Hard. Parts i divllr,i ~
10 twelve wirds-each ward is suh-d,videi iat,
four quarters.
The Champ DE Mars is an extensive parad
0 erenni on The Sonta bank OF the seine III from
+ ofthe Military School Reviews of the Roy a
, nhards frequently take place here. This com
; mon Was the theatre OF macy important event
= during the first revolution.
The carlson ofPars in 1927, was estimatet
q NJ I2.oo0 troops. Gendarmes and Royal, Gu IDS
lheW barracks are scattered IL all u rts of rh,
II CITY, hol They are more NUMEROUS contiguou
). 10 ibe In'leries than in any other quartrr 4
L Considerable proportion Of the Guards wer.
u Swiss.
:, The St Antoine & Marais (st MARTINI g,ar
d fter', referred TO by the correspondent Of tn