The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-12

There have been some attempts at Instructions in
Turkey and Greece but not of very important cha
ractefand they appear to have been easily
The news OF the defeat Of the Italians and purc
OF the Duke of Savoy does not appear to be confirmed
therefore, entertained that is incorrect 1t appears
D The proclamation OF Durando, that he capitula led
h " army upon the solicitations Of the in
habtants OF Vincenza to save the cy-if this is
he assumed some responsibility. The Sandman Am
bassader, in the name of the diplomatic body, is
uniSe 10 penahu OF france the reason for putt ng
$4,000 guards on war footing. OBSERVER.
FoNrAISEpLEAU, June IT, 1913.
Palace If Ionfaine6ieau-M Memorials of Napoleon--Jo
Sephfne- Marie Louise Railroads and Hotels lin
FrGnee-7he Throne Of Napoleon.
To arrive at this city, renowned in history aad
identified with the great events of the empire, an
some Of the reigns Of the French kings we took the
cars at the depot near the Jardin des Plants and fol-
lowed the railroad Till we arrived at Corbee about
four miles md from that place we came in the
stage, on paved road the distance to Fontaine
bleau. And let me say that the railroads In France
are not well made rather the motion of tho cars
upon them Is very great, and very unpleasant have
travelled over four Of those leading Of Paris nd
find them very much the their en- tire distance
Ihey 1augue and yet The cars do not rapidly It
is because the motion Is great and so upp,easant
From Corbeile to this city a miles we came in about
three hours and fifteen minutes with five horses.
drawing forty passengers The road is paved with
no Of oht
In rarsi mat Is, with pieces eight nine inches
square and ten deep From the fact that five horses
couid alaw an immensely heavy wagon, and forty
passengers any one comprehend how level are the
roads and the country in France and SO thew are in
Isct, pretty much all over it. Again, the hotels in
France-Paris not excepted think, are second In
point of furniture attendance, the comforts of
home Tor travellers, to those in the United states
am aware that many views which have expressed of
the people and country of France are widely dre ut
om those have expressed by others ard perhpns
they not according to rule hut write precelvl
| v To, hat
been or may now be, the views Of others In ee neral
my views remarkably favorable to the Ernnch @
PIE ana The country and they will pardon me for an
expression less favorable wherein Happen to entertar
such Impressions. If they do not / cannot be d.
vtiteo IRON speaking exactly as think. after having
the benefit OF my own observations. have long since
that to know any real facts about country
talked with But of this city have this day stood
upon the magnificent steps where Napoleon bid adieu
10 ne amy before going into exile aud have
bis abdicatjon That table is cased in n els hova "a
stands in the centre of Napoleon's small cabinet pre-
csey III the spot where it stood u memorable oc
casion and there il will stand long as France is
millions unborn to emulate his heroic greatness
naon as the records Of time endure: and will influence
lherc, TOO, is the chamber and bed of this immortal
man dressed IN imperial grande and made up ana
preserved with all the ornaments and beddine nr,.
clsey as 1t was when the of DESTINY silent mon
~ Inc glded curtains and embroidered ooverlets are
tnere mere 100, is the bedchamber of Josephine.
and oh awful thought of Maria Louise tho H,Is,ri,
princess, the feeble woman and heartless wife and
Eo.ner Josephine was worthy to be the wife of the
morse guard whom she afterwards married by the left
pand Here toe stands the throne, in the manner
the furniture for his ministers by whom he was sur
rounded on state occasions is in keeping with the
man the place, and the occasion Napoleon exnended
ZooooOO0 francs in fitting up this beautiful palace ana
preserving the works of his predecessors
OBSERVER.
FoNTAiNEBLEAu, June Ii. 1913.
Fd'dceS-1he hfertor-Ihe Historic Fuyniture--Ihe
Bed Of Madame Mantenoa and Madame adelaide
Ina
Pirate Garden and the Yfneyard-TAe Popes Pre-
sence an the Palace.
have now visited all the palaces in Franco of anv
considerable Importance Including the stunendops
one OF versailles, which, with its accompa ailments is
SAID TO have cost two hundred millions of dollars and
CONSIDER mat where now am, as the most tasteful
and beautiful of them all; not so magnificent mas
sve ana gorgeous as that at Vorsaes neither is there
the hundreth part of the number of painting and sta
tuary that there at Versailles the furniture Is
FAR superor that is tasteful historic and elegant In
deed the history of France may be read in t furni
ture OF the palace There is the furniture of the Hen
rios Francis the First the Louses the Bourbops and
the Empire, and last of ALL of Louis Philippe and his
numerous family. 1t is little curious that Madame
Adelaide should take the bedroom and salon of Ma
came Mahughon, the most celebrated of all the mis-
tresfes Of Louis XIV. and occupy the same bed
She changed the salon into the sleeping room and the
sleeping loom into the salon But Altiame Adelaide
had left banded alliance with an officer i'm the army.
and such women and are a part of the ,nora,,
ana the furniture of the courts in Europe Buf ono
OF the curosities is the bed of Louis Philippe and the
queen, uor what IS very unusa in France is, for !
huspaha ana MS VIE to occupy the same bed) Onehalf
OF this bed has two mattresses while the other sid
occupied by the king has lank for the under mat
trassi all his beds in the different palaces are
ed in The same manner This palace being bult in |
different parts, and under different reig us has de
rent styles OF architecture; but il all beautiful and
does not 70 much resemble huge block OF stones as
do some of the other palaces in France and especIv
.han az veisai,ies IRON the first view. do meau
TO dispsrage the architecture in either because n ia
magnificent only mean to express for that
AT inns place Then again. the interior is less splendid
than the Iuileries or Versailles but yet think more
chase and beautiful. But with what can Won comnar,
the maeniicence and glory of the collection of paint
ings at Versailles? With nothing that bave ayor
seen Louis Philippe has expended millions i'm collect
ing all he historical paintings of France commgncine
at the first dawn its history down To Tho yaa 1919
and concentrating all the imporfant eras ho,tras'
and events, as well as distinguished men and women
during the same period have idea that any other
such agDihcent array of paintings giving life 10
every in the history the French nation EXISTS
len immense rooms are filed with the five years of the
those embraced within the exterior walls of thai re-
markabe palace But the garden, park and forest of
bod are indeed grand and beautiful having
t% o' V upon them perhaps less expense than
tnoe at ersailles but nature has done her par, bet
yer n'te 'han at versailles The forest about twenty
mes IN diameter embracing probably one hundred
thousand acres, with roads paths cut through nil
parts OF II which have been able to see The racks
contain inscriptions, dated in the ages BELONGING fo
the kings who have erected and inhabited the PALACES
upon Inherent parts of the palaces are the initials of
the names OF the kings who erected them and frming
part oil the ornaments over the windows and doors
are the fac sfnes of their crowns carved ont of the
stone In the garden the artificial water works and
ponds and canals are grand beautiful; vet there
~, no sueh cascade as at st. Cloud the extensive
ye. ean VI vefsaes But they are in eautiful har-
mony with the palace the garden and the forest and
country about IL. ~ WIZ ioie'' ""u
one OF the Imperial Guard was the kceper of the
Kings Garden. He thought at first that we were Eng
nsn ana ne came to say that 1t not permitted to
walk upon the steps where Napoleon stood when he
pade adieu 10 the army The steps and the whole en-
trance to the palace, which is more than twenty feet
hgh is more magnificent than ything have seen of
the KIND In any country And we had been on them
we told him that we were Americans Then - said
ne, VIII open the private garden. which the public
are never permitted to enter" And so he did; and
there too the beautiful small fountains and othar
tastea aecorations arranged by Napoleon He allowed