New-York daily tribune., 1843-11-22
Letters from Dir. Weed 10. MAl.
eerre.nonaxnee 81 de- Albany E:,en.ns journal.

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i PARIS. Sept 20, 1919,
have no where renre.ted my lgnora.ce - ..''
French language so hcenly az III NY ,oHn os ~,
s Hotel des Invalides.' where you Se' 'oD0 III.
roleon,s veterans Il Wouio nave oe''t "
/, source Of instruction and cn)oyLhen' ~
.;,b tbe surviving actors IN t'ie s1ei0s
,.;nrender Bonaparte's Campaigns memorable IN
vi WI, time. As ii was, could only look al
-. .ss men who carried the Eagles Of France INTO
Eurn, and dragged her Cannon over the Alps
~ whose lives, for twenty years, were llt,le
~ hn, !. continuous conAict-men who, IN the
,anr,soe of Lord Byron, ';evcr slept upon 'i'e
'e o. ,ber fcyeled hands must grasp IN waking
O.. ,bn,oh speech was denied me, the eyes 'u'-
:aLoJ tbcn,es for the imagination. sd" 'he
,..ao,, Who we're with Massena and DaYoust an"
LII W,aha. and Bernadotte and Ncy and Soult and
80. aud Mrrat and Lannes and Mortier' al
Ma,onro and Austeritz and Wagram ana j-u!-
sn3 Hohan,nden and Jena and LODI ana h!-
Asl 1.ar md Abonkir and the Pyramids. Hcre too
,,er. men who, after encountcrlng all the o'hef
Sa.,,ors and horrors of War, saw thousands cs
60 nu,n comrades perish under the SHOWS Q!
E,,so;, in their disastrous retreat from MOSCOW
.nd those man have about hclrpersons the most
,,nnn,;voca). as well as the most painful, eVi-
Ienccs of the hard service they have rendercd.-
All or nearly all here, will show you the Dulie:
hole or sabre. cut to which he IS indebted Tor M
medal Of the Legion Of Homer. And certainty
half Of all saw could tell you upon wihch Oh the
fields of blood they left an arm or leg.
This magnificent Hospital has apartments loI
s00O Ipvalds. and soon after 1914 contahed
nearly that number but time and a long peace
has thinned their ranks. 1t covers Ito acres o.
orornd The oldest Marshal of France is by
law Governor of this Hospital. There are apart
ments here for Invalid Officers as well as soldiers.
T1hose only who have been disabled by wounds,
or who have been 80 years IN the armies o.
France are entitled to the privileges of the Hos,
n;tsl The officers and soldiers perform the usual
dutv of troops in garrison. You see, therefore,
seniinels walking their rounds, some with wooden
lees and others with one arm In the detach-
ment YOU see marching about 10 mount and re-
Geye guard, more than one-hall have lett llmDs ,o
bleach in Egypt, Italy, Spain or Russia. They
are abundantly provided with excellent VINE, food
clothing, &c. Such as prefer money to ratlonS
are allowed to draw it, and those who have ocei
deprived in both legs ere paid an equivalent II
money for the shoes they are entitled to but have
no use for The Hospital measures l440 feet hj
780. There arc broad grounds with fine trees
undsr whose shade the veterans fight DER thei
battles' In one of the groves Is pedestal "ltl
bust of La Fayette, near which are mounted :
large number of trophy cannon, the fruits OF Ma
poleons campaigns, and In the capture OF whici
these Invalids had hand.
There is a Library belonging to the Hosplta
containing 10000 volumes, selected by Nopoleon
Here we saw large number Of the lnvalids (oi-
ficers and mem intenuy engaged with BOOKS
The guide informed us that they passed large
share of their time in the library From the galler-
les of the Chapel there long rows of flags, ban
ners. and standards, captured in the various wars
in which France has been engaged. Among the
tombs beneath the Chapel are those OF Marshal
Jourdon and Lobun. former Governors OF the hos
pital. The remains Of Napoleon, when bFough h'
in ls40 from St. Helena, were deposited VIII
prcat solemni!y in The vault of tins Chapel.
From this Hospital we went to the Palace
the Luxembourg, which is also the Chamber o
Peers, This Palace has been the residence o
~ some of the members of the Royal Families o
# France for more than four hundred years. 1t
u gardens, grounds and groves arc extensive ant
beautiful. In the early period OF the Revolution
it was converted into a Prison. Subsequently tht
Directory held it's sittings here The Chamber O.
Peers is situated at the head of magnificent
lawn looking down upon the Palace, and rescm-
bling the Pennsylvania Avenue at Washington.
The gardens and groves abound In statuary, OF
much of which Greece and Rome were despoiled.
In the Palace among numerous other works OF
art, are twenty-four pictures of Ruben's aegori-
callv historic of Marie de tiedicis. Napoleon
crowded its galleries with the nobest works OF
art; but those OF which he plundered other nd.
tons were reclaimed in 1915. In wood near
the Eastern wall of the garden of the Luxembourg,
saw the spot where Marshal Ney, whom Bona
pnrtc distinguished as the bravest OF the brave,
was shot. He was taken from an apartment In
the Chamber of Peers at four O'Clock in the morn
ING by detachment Of the National Guard and
Oh arriving at the fatal spot, requested of the of
ficcr in command not to bandage his eyes; ant
then taking his position, barred his breast and re
auested the Guard To do their duty, and 1t Is saif
that so sure was the ann of each soldier, tha; IN
person was pierced by tho ball of every muske
fired. Frcnchmcn here, in speaking OF Ncy. nev
er fail to rcproach Lord Wellington, who had tn
power, after his condemnation, to save him, bu
refused to intcrPose.
The Pantheon, though apparently spacious
Church with amagnifCent DOME IS IN fact mcrel,
Monument 1t was originally Church, an,
afterward an Abbey, both of which, however, be
came RUNS and in 1870 the present structure tn,
expense Of which was betrayed by Lottery, wa:
erected US great National Mausoleum. Thu
pediment contains an ideal figure of France, by
David in sculpture, dispensing honors to her grea
men, among whom are Fenclon, Mirabeau, Vol
taire, Rousseau, La Fayette, @arnot, Manuel, NC
Opposite arc distinguished soldiers, with Napole
On in the front ground and in the corners you,h
are seen studying. This edihcc is supported by
3SS massive Corinthian pillars. The artist wh'
painted the dome received 100, 600 francs and wa
made Baron of France. Among the dis,in
euished men inferred in the Pantheon were l.,
Grange, the Mathematician, Bougainvillc, th
Cmcumnavigator, De Winter, the Dutch Admiral