The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-08-18
Correspondence of AZ New York Commercial
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Although ! have done nothing like JUS
tier. 10 my preceding letters, ~ Paris
aud ~ snEirsls. vet am compelled 10
abandon the ihsughl 81 going more into
detail. ! propose, therefore, 70 make. N
this communication, some general re-
marks respecting the French people and
their manners.
The French are quick in their tempers,
little like the Irish, though perhaps
lees ilnplaCable. 70 use their own sx-
PRECISION they are frop suseepfiJies. But
they are not naturally al unamiable peo-
pie, though they have. except where re-
ligion has moulded their characters. many
bad faults. They generally need the trans
forming. all-perssdIng influence Of pure
Christianity, which i The only thing that
can make perfeei human character, or
what Ne call by that name. 80
Do moi think the French ladies gene
rslly handsome. They are mosIl, ton
short 10 have handsome forms. nor are
their faces What We cal heaunful. Bon
notwithstanding ell this. they have man
ner Of speaking. winning expression ol
counlenance, SiSarliy and iIle IN every
aelion, and often ~lih sMrriness 81
play NJ The features. which render them
very charming surieiy. They contrast
to great advantage. IN this respect, WiIh
The rnrr sislely and liner locking ladies
II England. BIT the latter. il more awk-
ward ihsn the French. have. an he OF
er hand. solid advantages 1T sirriing prH-
c,plr. and ~ ell informed mInts.
Among tue Tade.-people Il Paris. and
! 81 FTanre. 50 lar a. Know Il, and among
the shop krtpers al al grsdsuons, here
is sad lack oi strict honesty of primer.
pie. They almnsi universally ask more.
noI only 'lan The article which lhet pro-
pnse 10 sell u worth. but more than they
, will take il hard pressed; and then there
is amohg he gtncefs. the butchers. &c.
a contemplate culiGslnn wi,h servants To
| cheat lheir masters. and put snmt thing
in their (thr servanIs'l pockets. which is
almost wholly unknown 10 our own couh-
us--lhough u Is lar from being unknown
in England. In Word, there j. great
want ol moral punrlple among this pen-
pie THIS has been owing 10 the want
If q pure and AIl-perading religious in.
| iuence.
There is a FAR less open immortality
in Paris Than 10 London. though some
very unseemIy practices exist To an al.
most Incredible extent But few ahan-
doned women are seen IN The streets,
compared VITA the number seen IN tie
streets Of London. Vice Is more con-
realrd, and u less sbhoned in realny,
for persons may live ia loose manner
and mol forfeit caste-s fact which shows
that there is mt that powerful moral feel
ing which, prevails in good snciety IN
England aud Amerira. Tie danger tor
unrstabhsed, aud not well-prncipled
Young nien, who conc TO this city, is
very great. Yct drunkenness and some
other wees do no. exist 10 any thing like
the extent 20 which they 90 with Us.
, Gaming. however, is very prevalent,
though i, j. 10 be hoped lha, the measures
which the government is about To take
to pu, down gaming houses, will be al,en-
ded with good results.
Il is rare to see any such thing as
lighting with the fists in France. Yet
the French are warlike people; they,
however, prefer the sword or firearms.
Their military taste is not likely TO be
soon eradicaled. Yet il is probably
declining at this time.
France is unqueslionably in a prosper
| Gus state. and but little suffering from want
is TO be found. The French have not,
however. the vast wealth Of the English,
although there are some very rich people
in France, The French are an ingeni-
Gus people, active, far from indolenl in
their dispositions; aud il the mechanics IN
| their cues and towns were truly moral,
| and would MOI throw away their money
| in freauen,ing the theatre, and the opera,
and the ball, and the cabaret. and the
| gaming houses, they would soon become
rich. A Frenchman can live almost on
nothing. The poores, mechanics spend
an almost inconceivably small amount
ou themselves. for eating and clothes
| But then the theatres, or other public
places of amusement, and too often their
1 cIeres an,ies, in other words, their mis-
uesses,, cause a great waste Of their
means, which, If husbauded. would soon
bring them TO wealth.
'fhe character OF the French has, no
doubt, greatly changed within The last 50
OF 90 years. They are not the same
llght-hearted, gay people which they once
werc. They are more serious. anx "us,
and steady. They have had enoug to
make them so, in all conscience. They