Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-09-19
Mr.. Bennett's Letters from France.
LETTER No III.
PARIS, Aug. 6, 1885


France is in the commencement of perfectly new
era new era of financial and commercial activity
Her vast resources greater than those OF England
bat hitherto she has been pursuing military glory
and ideal democracy She has now got upon the right
track-and whatever her government may be-hat
government must march with the spirit of the age,
march out of the road that leads 10 such natural
greatness. In Havre, in Rouen in Paris, singular
and remarkable facts arrested my attention at every
point, Havre is the Liverpool of France -Rouen it's
Manchester. dc not speak of Bordeaux and Lyons,
because they are not much connected with New
FORK as the former Nearly one half of all the for
eign imports of France are made al Havrc and Rouen
indeed all the cotton from the United States
TO Hayre. Rouen is the principal cotton manufaciu-
ring town, and the activity gong on there is remark.
able. will venture one fact in illustration. The au
therlties tearing down the old streets in every
direction, and building up new ones-yet they can
not build them fast enough for the wants of trade.
Among other things | visited the old cathedral and
antique churches Of Rouen. ORe day l found a
beautiful church-a perfect bjou in the gothic style
admired its beautiful bss relief tsspires its scupsred
columns. then said to myself "a piece OF the antique
so beautiful the outside, be equally in the
inside. Here is door opeA-et's 60 in and see."-
/ entered and found il cotton warehouse In Paris
the streets in several sections are impossible. Why
The authorities tearing them up and replacing or
repaving them in more useful and modern style
France is undergoing a thorough renovation, and
the press and the gos encourage, Tester and
promote il. In many respects have formed much
higher opinion of the French than / have of the
English. Since left New York have seen no city
that resembles II much as Paris. Liverpool has
something of the air Of an American city, but wants
the soul, the life, the espritof New York Paris has
all this and great deal more-the monuments in art
and arms, accumulated duriug thousand years. /
feel perfectly at home here and have already form
ed the resolution to spend hereafter SIX months every
year in America and six months in Europe the great
er part of the latter in Paris. The winter after the
coming one, think shall make my first visit on
the new plan to Europe, bat first must get to New
York and the Herald, and place It in nov
ell and improved condition such as no one among you
dreams of. French Lady told me the other day,
that among my other improvements of the press,
which have been projecting here TO carry into effect
in New York, / must net forget the very valuable
and useful article called wife, laughed and acqu
esced. II could get, either in heaven, in earth or
in the waters under the earth, sHch wife as the
charming lady with when l had the honor of dr-
wing yesterday on the beautiful banks of the Seine
Ia
of talent and genius, would marry her once, and
work out my salvation and the Herald, no, with fear
and trembling, but with fervor aad true passion.
But enough OF ths-for my letter find has taken
the shape OF French dinner at their celebrated
Cafea little of every delcacy Of the season. cooked
with haste and served up in violation of all odfash
tened order.
Among other matters have been studying the
off
1 am TO be introduced 10 the celebrated o. p O., on
the day after tomorrow-and shall learn more of the
Literature of this capital before leave. WE'LL then the
newspaper press of Paris philosophical more
scientific, literary, conceived with fine taste
than the London press The of wspapers here
is hardly as large as the Herald, but the manner in
which they are conducted is very nearly alike. The
London press is a heavy dull, numbering machine
They publish immense masses of debates, which con.
tain principally the speeches of dull blockheads The
French papers publish ase debates Of the Chambers,
but they only select the rchracy and important They
exclude the political boekheads from their news.
paper table as they do ennobed ganaekes from their
soirees. In the higher order of literature, mind and
civilization the Partisan press is i'm measurably ahead
Of the London. The journals here more numerous
also but perhaps not profitable, because there are
not so many advertisements
TO Americans Paris is the most delightful city IN
Europe There IS none Of that exelusiveness in soc-
ETY. which corrodes and eats into the heart Of London
80 much. Social equality here is most perfect and
most complete In the streets, in the gardens, IN the
promeAades in the cafes in the saiors the same ease
grace and freedom of manner exists. Its morals are
equal If not superior TO the English. The lowest
artisan has the air Of gentleman, and the ease and
liberty OF a democrat. How very different in Lon
don
Other circumstances also tend to make Paris the
delightful centre Of American travel in Europe. Gen
Cass and hs excellent family form social and po-
cal point Of re union which Is only rivalled by that
Of Mr.. weles and his most talented lady hardly
know which is most esteemeS--which 10 most excel
lent-whch is most admirable. few evenings ago
i attended one of those elegant soirees which are
regularly gwen by the American embassy-and few
days after had the honor of an invitation from Mr..
Welles to visit their beautiful Cseouor villa on the
banks of the Seine These gentlemen know will
excuse my allusion 10 their names, on the express
ground that they are considered re the representa-
tIves OF America al the Court Of the Thullleres and
the Bourse-tho one in diplomatic and political
capaciiy-the other in financial and commercial
point Of view.