Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-09-09

FRANCE.

S"y oU. 1851.
SIR-1he revel i; terminated. The banor.,
over! The lamps have gone oct! The I;. "
throns is dispersed! The dance is flushed IN? ~
music has ceased. and Ne have come bach ~ ~
from our excirement-our ntlu.iasn-cur; -
our harmOEY--Our amusements and our 49,
ties, to the ordinary care, anl dates of , v"l
inc day world! But | must not forget my ,hS.Ss
friends. and those true and good men vho I'u
liberty better chan they love their lives. and ~
will expect from me al account Of the Interest
anniversary which hasj9s' concluded.
Welt. then. during the last three a.
we have said a truce 10 our d,fe,ep,a.:
We have said peace To our enemies. Honor "a =
dead Happiaes 10 The living! And yc,a rbars,,
times have repeated ''Dicu proiege la Fan.
We have heard no more Of republicans Or rrnr5
Iicau institutions. of NaDoicanists. c. ,he ,or'.
Of peace AZ any prices: we have buried in o,G,
on our cares. vexatinns and sorrows. aud b..
the first ai.a. ersary OF Tie eth 18th aud nq,E
July. 1885.
The hrstdsY we devoted to the dead. ,g.
memory, their honor, their actions, theIr u,
quests, their principles and their success. H.
second was devoted TO the living-t,,h,ir ann,
meut. their festivities. their nirth. ana their so,
as an expression of gratitude. Of hnpe AID Of nv
| The third day We devoted to %futrrily. and ,o%
| erty. 70 Poland and her indrpcnderce. | wiNg
deayor to supply you with a description Of r.a
but my sketch must be rapid, and | must ,u.
the shading and colonring Of the picture 10 ley
anniversary artists, who count with such aeon
cy the number of persons assembled al a ien-
and will tell YOU not merely how manv sky4c.
cts were fired, but how often the multiHdy end
Vive lie RoI.
The first day (the 27th)we devoted to til, dead
Ih all the churches ri this metropolis. as vel :,
In all the environS If Paris. funeral mass vi
celebrated, in conformity with the orders # IL
Archbishop addressed TO his clergy. H. he iya,
of the churches, there were, very generally "
pended black cloths, with the following Hod.E
fixed in silver lace lctters:-''Aux Victims 4
Juliet, 1880" Many thousands of IDdyats,
FASTENED to their parish churches, who, | ngG
to state absent themselves habitlisliv from h
temples Of religion; and many a sincere wurc
was uttered bv weeping widows and dc,ertd
phans. for the souls OF thelr deceased aud beN
ed kindred! There is a Poetry about this ST.
vice for the dead. which, though false in DhhGs
pi,v and uusouud in religion. IS yet winning VI
touching. and connects this world with the mex
and the Survivors Mi,h the departed. by the ms
sublime associations, and the most charltabIelr
interesting spuyenlers. Aud in truth, letu; re-
der the Justice which is due TO the Roman Cats
lie faith, by stating that it is a picturesque as
imposing religion. Even its appeal to tie srs
are Of a cultivated and intellectual ORDER AL
tend to unsensualize the human character, vlNr1
unharpily they convey erroneous aud absurd L
pinioHs. At the affairs of God, the Earring ri
lions and discordant sentiments had been bans
ed; and the anniversary OF July. 1851 bcsanN VI
der favourable auspices. The hs0e bad sad
France, We are approaching the %'nnIyeTar
of great events, and it will afford me great a'
faction to unite with you in these %soIemnirs =
Nav these solemn and affecting commemorate
re.awaken those sentiments Of union and coH1ot
which alone. twelve months since, effected US
triumph, the remembrance OF which they cox
crate" This paternaI, atfec,ionate, aud Mn'
wish, has been fully realized, and with iI%
hearts ard souls we have said, ''konOr mts"
ly revolution.
At sunrise, a salute of 81 guns usbersd nM
fete. The guns were fired BY the artI'lsr"p'
National Guard, and the young Duke d or"1
at four in the morning, arrived one Of The nN :
the place of reunion, in order to fuliil his au. '
artillery man. This conduct was wise aUh P'S
worthy. and was not and will not b. 'o''UF
either his associates or the IIsing gehpfau"D
France. From six ia the morning. posts {" ""'r
one half National Guards, and the cihs' y
Troops of the Line, were placed On "N y
where those brave men were buried Mnou"a
defence of liberty and the laws. l"ue "
| eight burial places thus honDuFcd-h" "r
sun -risc to sunset were 10 be seen many dV"I
ed widow aud faiherless child hOnoo'"-
graves of the dead by gariand'-
pathv. At the Place du Lou'res J 50" %
female, alfred 10 decent but unosleHta'%4
aud who had acquired the certainty ua' %
mains of her husband were there 'n'en%'
with upliited bands and eyes to the uOt
| fathers for one yet dearer TO her Una" ."
existence. She bathed the ground WIN s1
and kissed it with her pale lips. i"en
some scenes which we never forget a""D:
cares or pleasures. joys or sorrows 'D'n'
| troubles of life, and to me this was o"'
poor aged widnw Of the grave at the L'."J
| often be present to MS recoliec'Nons' o1I
dear to my heart. How often IN iA', ''m
which I passed there in confemp'a'G" 2~
ness, did | hear her call on God to iol-'"
bless, to have pity and render haPp' "'"
her husband!
IN all Of the churches the full ser''s
chonntod and in that Gf st. Louis d Adult