Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-09-01
ECROpE.iv CORRESpO.NDEAC
Pans, July %, 1874

This Is the last OF The three Festival days, IN
,,emors ton Of The Revolution which placed Louis
pauline on the throne VI France Paris has been throog.
I'd (r three days past with people from all paris Eve
>, houss is full Thousands OF English are in the city
and c,un1y peupe crowd The streets. Great pr-para-
lions have been made for magnificent display of fire
.o,k, and many other Interesting amusem.nts this
.,,rns Twas awakened al O'clock, by the loud re
,us o( cannon from The Hospital des lnvalldes but 10
oo,inued rain, it had done occasionally for the
TOO days past. What a disappointment III The thou
,.nds whJ had come irom altar, al great expense.
witness the great iee. At mid day, however, the sun
made his appearance and The evening proved favorable
Al o'clock went out and found ourselves in
the midst Of The gay world. OF the many laughable
and comic SCENES II would be imposslbe give YOU an
idea; and you yourself III be placed for few min
ues IN the midst of them. you would readily conclude
the peuple mad. The amusemenis are FAR more
numerous, and every thing upon much msgnlt
i cen, scale, than al the Feie du Roi. The Champe
EIysees ls Ole complete world. can give you but
fam, idea uf The pclurethe mock battles and panio
,uins that represented in various paris On the
Seine the Venetian gondoas and Spanish bsls trying
their speed; and tonight they will be illuminated for
rIessure parties. The King presents himself on the bat
,ery again this evening" and shall him or the last
lime before leaving Paris All the banks Of The Seine
arc lined with armed soldiers ready qurI the least
Disturbance and 90 where You will, the fierce National
Guards are seen great numbers On similar
son you may recoecl few years past, the King made
narrow escape, aad the greatest precauon is taken 10
vuStd him from the assassiIi's attack.
Il was after nghiia thai the grand display of fire.
vurks commenced To avoid the greater nose and bCs
tie Of the Champe Eysees, we threaded way along
the quays o the Seine, which were already thronged
with people for Immense distance tnickly hud-
died iuQe,her that it here difficult IL make
much progress.
Taking good position near lantern post, awaits
ed a short ,me the commencement OF the grand perform
ance. At this hour the King with the Royal Family
exhibited themselves the balcony Of The Palace Of the
where nd made
the welkn ring with loud shouts of rice lie Roi =
As we had often Them present themselves in this
way before, thought it better not 10 ose tavora
Bile stand aud perhaps be crushed 10 deah many fire.
quently are, To obtain nearer view OF Royay-so
remained. aud reviewed the wonders around US. The
illumination the river surpassed any description that
words give. The bridges were lighted up in fes
,ns Of every shade and hue Of culur which pruduced
most superb and beautiful effect, The Examinations
were conducted upon immense pla torn, which extend
ed from the bridge which the hamber Of Dep
u,ies to tina, the Hospital. Pyramids of light were
placed at equal distances from each other; aud above
ihrse 4 higher bank were grand illumna ons rep
resentiag continued range Ut arches, surrounded with
kind OF flagree work, all with varied cours Of lipL
cannot give you idea OF this scene; but the lit
te gondoas with their gay company, and with their
lights redecliag the water. presented truly encant.
ing spectacle. The must distant bridge was decorated
in a more splendid manner. There were arpe vases
in which were TO be seen most beautiful bouquets Of
flowers. For some fifteen minutes a tremendous roar
We stood, which, with the flashes Of pht amidst The vol
umes Of smoke awakened rather awful sensatons-and
heartily glad when II ceased, aud the fire. orks
comueuced, preseo,ng aud taking every and form
and calor One, representing The tomb Of the Duke de
Orleans was very spieudd-with The immense bouquets
and flowers which seemed 10 the whole hea vens
So eager the people To obtain good that ma
nv were m,unled others shoulders Our position was
fortunately 50 elevated as To give fine view. The
representation of large park OF flowers was SO brilliant
ItsiiD
surrounding multitude. For lnoment | cas-, NV ewes A.
round AID was indeed an Interesting scene behold
tins iitle world, as were, with all eyes bent upward
H. me same gaze u admiration and delight As the fire
works ceased, The crowd gradually dispersed and we
wsre very lucky to escape its pressure. We walked
for some lime, viewing the various objects handsome.
1y fitted up-thtn we went 10 the Champe Elysees
which presented a truly fairy scece. Nothing could
sufpass the spendor J the appearance near the Iri
umpha Arch. where The acades and estoons Of varied
lights met
The first Of the Fee days, (,he 9Th was on Sun.
day. We took an omnibus at , and in an hour found
ourselves al 81. Cloud. We went Immediately to the
Park that funds the Palace which situated On an
emnence in the midst Of splendid half concea ling
the magnificent buildings. picture alone could con
,~y 10 your mind The beautiful wndngs, the dark din
giles, The thousand liule paths, leading seques,ered
seats. The trees finer here than any have seen in
France. Alter wearyng ourselves these encha ntinp
walks we sat down IN front of the Palace, which con-
s'sIs Of five large edfces, and, like all other Palaces
surrounded by terraces and flower gardens. Oh! what
mansion for To live in! THIS is the iavorte resi-,
dence Of The King, and his family spend much Of their
time here They had not long left it when We arrived
~ spend "ue Three Days" at the ruileries Foreign.
efs with passports readily admitted the Palace:
but unfortunately for had omitted to bring ours
they being lett with oar Minister, to be revised for
our future travels. We therefore retraced our stems
and seated ourselves under tree the banks of the
river. where steamboats, were constantly arriving with
passengers These boais handsome nor well fiji
ted up Though OF the Re Ut our bas, they are much
inferior in convenience and appearance. At O'clock
there was grand display Of waters from the fountain
which think preer than those Versailles which
There is greater variety there; hut all their art and
besu'y is here combined IN one. | hardly know where
to begn u describe this interesting scene From dark
recess Ut lhcky clustering trees you the waters roll
ing along from the unaIn representing the most beau
uiu cascades on each side Of which are vases vf diff.
rent DIMENSIONS, juting up the water, and thousands
"' heads, (or rather moahs,) gushing forth streams
which ascend TO great height, and forming nnumera-
Ole ranbows q the most lovely appearance.
wy letter is about 10 be drawn a cluse and have
mol told you ct our visit TO the of artillery and
the deinslle OF ancient cos recognised those
OF our own country. will, however dot down all these
things ia my journal. We visited the SQUARE Of the
Louvre yesterday, 10 see the statue whch has
been erected within the last week. the Duke Of Or.
leans lie is represented horseback II is Of bronze
cast iron the old cannon at the Hospital des invalides
II now ornamsnted with wrealhs of flowers and two
nsgs. The Duke much beloved by the French and
even the school girls said nave wept bitterly at
he unfortunate death. The Duchess is now going gu,
VI mourning.