Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-11-28
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sauacturc. are heard There more stir about the RI
Albany, with greater demonstration Q. business, thu
- 90 be met with In oil Paris. even wonder how sue
vaai population src supplied with provisions and the
der how they oil support hemsclves, is sti greater. We
however are strangers 10 Igd system OF tina
prevail here nm assured by an intelligent American win
has been long here that the OF vctualing Paris
with 10 millions of mouths does not exceed that Of vcusl
ling New York. Nothing IL wasted here. while ia New
yofk enough !. thrown away daily feed hundred thou
sand Par.nns French science in cooking is everything
10 Paris Many Of their delicate well their
frequent dshe. made Of things which reject gar
baro Many Of their delicious soups compounded
OF materials which have dreamed OF eating
Indeed part Of creature. from its horns its
hool. of which the French will not you up
vory dish. here with determination TO eschew
the r,snsmsnts French cookery but resolutions and
preudecs have yielded day by day aud dish after DISH
III now eat whatever is before me, taking
smother all that like horse steak cat stew,
pie, in Tomatoes have eaten ms many varieties Of
SOUPS since came Paris, there subdivisions
IN New England sermon, or verses in chap
ter Of the Book OF Chronicles and for the part
say, that these "Potagcs" excellent With beet
and vegetables French cook will serve you capital din
three courses, franc The tendency OF French
cooking diminish the quantity OF meat and to increase
the proportions Of bread and vegetables consumed aud
other aud important result OF the perfection OF their
art greatly diminish the expenses OF living Bread
and wno perhaps should sly, wine and bread, the
staples OF life in France. You Frenchnen Cafes
in Gardens and by the road side dining only
eny hut checuly, upon red wine, and dry bread. look
from my window the apartment OF humble French
family who dine daily from single SOUP with wine and
bread The bread here, for families Is baked in rolls yar
long, and stands by the table, with end upon the floor
wlnle tho other rests against the wall. Ia commencing
dinner the mistress of the family slice
and then passes the loaf round the table, each cutting
themselves, and then the roll is again placed upright against
the wall.
1t is said that thirty fifty thousand OF the inha5
Nns Of Paris rise in the morning without knowing where
how they get either breakfast dinner. This
Glass for the part neither work beg, but in
another enough sticks their finger, during the
day. enable them procure the necessares OF winc
and bp al.
Paris abounds in Hospitals, Of which, in all including
Charitable where medical aid furnished gra;u
,ou,y there forty. There separate Hospitals for
nearly call the ills that teShs heir TO-" There Hospitals
for thC Insane, the Blind, the old and the maimed
There Hospital for and another for women, who
afflicted with ncurbbe diseases. There are, also Asy-
luns Tor destitute and for children abandoned by
their parents before they old enough support them
selves. In nl these obode Of we,chcdness and suffering
those Minstering Angels" the Sisters OF Charity,
be found. Indeed there form condition of human
distress which these half divine do seek out and
far charity and kindness CO. relieve mitigate
Their missions of mercy executed with fearessuess
that no dangers can apa and no pvaions discourage
With perseverance,, devotion aud fidelity, hga and
ha!owed that celestial spirits must look sppCoyingly
upon thcm, those benevolent Sisters liuger about
the bedside OF tho SICK, admins ering cordial~ ard
balms TO the convaesccnt, and soothing and Tran.
QUILTING the dying with the consolation vi religion went
through the Hotel Dieu Notrc Dame where there afo
beds Tor thousand patients In all the wards Sisters OF
Charity were moving noSelessy about, smoothing the pill
lows weitns the lips chatting the hands, placing ba
kets n the feet some other minstsrng the
hei OF patients apparently in the last stages of disease
The Steward who accompanied us through the wards
ian intelligent soldier who belonged Bonapatcs Young
Guard informed that these good angels were hovc!ir
about the sick and the dying nights tha cyery
goan brought OF them the bed side Of the sufferers
and that while Others slept, they waited upon and watched
hose ior whom there was neither Test sleep These
Sisters o Charity live among the dying. There lives are
passed not IN promoting their interest happiness
but IN mitigating the suierng relieving the distress and
soothns the anguish OF others They ondeavor confer
upon the unfortunate and the miserable what We seha
seek to obtain for ourselves How ncapab is our sex OF
lie OF such pure, disincrescd scfsacricng h,nrvy
encei To Heavens last. best gift OF man. alone can We
look for such generous free. sacrifices In the ause nj
Charity and Benevolence.
Paris abounds, know, magnfce nj Churches tls
eheeure oil WHICH marks and distinguishes the eras OF
Their construction. Some erected in the early some
IN ihc middle, and others in the modern ages The Church
OF Notre Dame, supposed have been founded hy the
Romans IN Jos, and grew, from century TO century int,
"e sp'enaId edhce You now contemplate with much
ave as OF admiration ANY thing Ike description of thu,
snpeudoi- Cathedral, would I'LL a page OF the Evening
Journal We were half day looking NJ its paint.
lngs ITS s'atuary Its carved WORKS and it, monuments. IL
was 10 this church, that Napoean proclaimed Enpero-
o te French IL here, that the Pore wa, constrained
10 accord the sanction OF the church his coronation The
ry ana magnificent robes worn on that OCCASION which
arc preserved IN the church, shown 10 u.
From the Church Of Noge Dame we proceed to thos.
OF 81 Eus'aehe ST. Genevicye, the Madeleine, Sc Tho
.r"er Is magnificent structure IN the form Of Roman
iemple. Inc interior OF this Church very expcnsiyr,
and nchly ombeIshed with Paintings and Stainnrv IL
construction was commenced by Napoleon carly l., ia,
present century as an indemnify for Church which he
converted INTO n Temple OF GLORY. The Churches her.
are open all the days IN the week Daily masses are ner
formed and ON Sundays and Festivals masses are said bv
te rnests at intervals during the day You never enter
ose Churches without finding more or less persons If
their devoiions. Candles are always bun;no ,,,o ,Li
affairs You see persons the confessional which are
ranged along the sides Of the churches have seen no
,e 'han SIX Priests engaged with many pcnitets while
% up%eh or more were awaiting their turns at each con-
iesslona Al several Of the churches we visited IN. MARI
geeeiemony was being performed. This ceremony IN ad
uhon TO the parties and theends coeca crowd of spec
@ he performed with much soemniiy There are
no Fewsn these Churhces. Those VINO cai-s TO-
@ use Of "hch they pay Two sous. Between the masses
ga prTeeued by man IN military costume with long
sah goes through the nses with plate recei,n, the c,
t1bulons OF the worshippcr $50 ~
within all these churches and ut their door. YOU fad
le"'''h bcgeers, women and children. who's
JunR lPPeh- cannot well b. resisted IL D. as Iqip,.-.
PIE 10 give TO all as it Is to deny these presrrirs CLAIM IT.
- o'' 'Iti oin ltay say TINT the sturdy B-grlrs
mere freeze up all tho charitable ,,o,ons ~ our nm,
Dn am quite sure that an American heart upsec.t,,re
Us u IS at home with the applications of tbosc til,c and
.i,s o,sa,uteS h'Ver ucne, Them Sou without "a.
psincJ a. wa. ie,.lUs Of fnorse by which S-rnc was
pam u.t REFUSING tn, Monk" with unkindncss In
deed the Philosophy OF Ssrnc IN ,cI,,,, A. be, . ,i
philosophy OF Nature snd of Rc.i,,,I. b. "
"heh All - ready, and every article ia dsnutJ and
49,. tl-
S's, N''iv j. a"aysa matter o. compound ~ the door
'Y YOU e'' INTO your Cha.o and het is with the Sons
go. " P''efV, Who surround you. Let 40 man
" mem go TO The deyii"-iis cruel Journey to send
nv ',oaoes' and they have had suierngs enouph with
- asSy' ihnk It better to take few Sous ont in
a, quo would counsel every gentle traveller To do 80
-, ne need not be 20 IN setting down his mo-
yves ioi giving thcm-thcy will be- rcgi.,c,.J .I.,, -
,, iYies public and private. a. we'll a. the Mansion
ou, % liH' and back from the stretts You pla- 10
M uli'u2n rmdab.e gateway and court There j.
- ,en' !" 'n' 'asem'u o. every considerable House
- N.lol,s' who directs strangers TO the different
ss, "D,efNe ai who pns' and repnss and takes care
,,J' I y -y'n from III, premises The Hotels are
strangers. ''''"' we I"seP'it- ~
no.o who have not vsei PARIS or made temsclye.
,r;,l; ~ ~ ,''i'oas' will be surprised a. Learn that
"." in"e and hall OF tlo Civ ts,re d. s.,l., r.
p,Go'uI's many hyu'oud tcros. Ths - the Wood Of
J, 'i'l "n.'h more delightful retreat BOO 20 v.aun
u-l' '-u""' o' imagined ", rode through hi. F.r..,
49, ''Il ,"o mice without oponng1 on p'ss-,p
t,, h, VIE, thousands ai persons were ,nof.
s'''.ui shade. faniss come here with thrir chill
Wv, Djsne Nor fepari with bcm Ia b. eaten upon e
80 luo Hees' The Forest ia Interpreted with
''"- Hlu Wnff which ID |a f..ft i.