The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-10-06
From the view York Evening Pest.
The Pence Congress.
Paris, August


,s-SaIe Sic. CeeiHe-Fair QuakeresSes-
ODshing of the srceeeGiEgs--RieAa'd Colder
DC.
The great event which has aroused Pa
risian excitement has been the COngrsS de
AIMS de la PAR uRiUsrSells. Ii is forum
ale for Paris the session was held here thi
year. for 10 not know what would hay,
b.cUHe Of PaIiz usIho,.. Il 'Has ,lsatse
have long since been voted stupid; III,
French Opera has closed par eaaSe de-
yeparaiions OF properties or pocket-which
the oGche does no; inform US, the news
papers contain nothing: politics were bar
rem indeed, but = the Congress, thinl
1 should have found writing you a Letter
this week d very difficult task. can join
the Pansans, therefore, most heartily in
their thanks to Mr.. Elihu Burrit, that he
resolved 10 convene his friends this wear in
Paris. | say MIR. Eihu Burnt, for you
know our learned Massachusetts, blacksmith
is the p-iHeipiHm e. tORS Of the Peace
moyement-the orignator-the organizer
the enthusiastic advocate of peace. The
United Kingdom sent most Of the members
OF the Couuess-London, Liverpool, Man.
chester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, Aber.
deen, were represented by a host Of beei
and plum-pudI.ng eaters, who looked as il
hey were "well to do in the world" for the
aext fifty years, although Time had blanch.
ID many OF their brows and sown lines in
many Of their faces. Next in number was
The representation from the United States
tall, wieIy looking msp. with that peculiar
bend in the Shoulder which showed they
had seen hard work lines about the face
Ehich showed internal conflicts, with a
freedom and indifference of manner and
address which proclaimed afar off their birth
and lineage. Belgium had TWO or three
representatives in the persons OF some Ger
maniFrench looking gentlemen, whose
mother tongue was French-s French. truth
compels NE to add, the Partisan laughs at
most heartily, swearing he does not under
stand a wofj of the unknown heatheniSh
tongue. France has a small representa-
uon, in point OF numbers, but what q rep
resenlalion, If they were weighed Victor
Hugo. Coquerel, Deguery, Michel Che
waller, Goodchaux, Frederick Bastiat, En-
lie Giradin, &c! But let me 90 back a
little. Tuesday night between two and
three o'clock the British and Amsriosn To-
CATION aHiyed-some six hundred men or
more. They were most Hospitality receiv-
ed 4; and government, that sovereign corpo-
ration, felt its pulse, and proved it had a
soul, let the lawyers say what they please
about the lack Of souls in corporations
No sooner had the soldiers Of peace" $50
Emile de GiIadin called them) than land
ed, they were informed that the Minister OF
Finance had given order that their baggage
should not be examined, and the Minister
OF the Interior had dispensed with the rules
requiring passports; and when they reach.
ed Paris, even the dictionaries of the Octroi
relented for once their rgor OF search
Wednesday morning, the 22d, was the cay
appointed for the opening of the session oi
the Congress. The Bureau OF the Con
gress was located at ii Rue de Richelisu,
distributed by the clerk. The difference
between members cards and visitors cards
was simply the members had TO pay two
dollars for their card, whilst the visitors
were gratis; and took a visitors card.
The good secretary had particularly eau
toned me to go early to the Hall Of meet.
ing or | would not get a seat, as very
large number Of tickets had been issued.
At half past ten o'clock, was walking
up the magnificent street the Rue de la
Chaussse d'Autin. with Yankee briskness,
turning neither to the right nor to the left,
forbearing 10 look at any Of the pretty
paintings, graceful porcelain, or new prints;
nay, ! even eschewed exchanging glances
with the lerettes which abound in this quar-
ter; for | was on my way to the Peace
Congress, and smenable to Messrs. the ed
itOrs Of the Evening Post. for description
OF the scenes there enacted. But, good
heavens, what walking to no purpose!--
What exertion of will thrown away /
entered the porte cochere Of No. "a Rue
de la Chsussee d'Antin, FASTENED 10 secure
seat, and behold, not a seat any where to
be found! Ii was quarter OF eleven, and
| and the door-keeper, and his half dozen
assistants as yet the only persons present,
and these, from their lsbors, did not seem
to anticipate a meeting for couple of hours
or more; for they we're bringing benches
10 the hall English punctuality had been
lelt behind at Dover, could not but think,
as LEFT the hail to pace the adjacent Rue
u. LazaTe for an hour or more, and then
returning fonnd no One present, sppropri.
sted the best seat in the house to myself,
and looked carefully around at the Sale
Ste. Cecille. This is famous hall, even
with you. As Drury Lane or Covent
Garden icds to the drama, so Ia Sale Ste.
Cecille TO music. Malibran, Sontag, Abo-
nj, Grisi, Ole Bull. De Beriot, AItot, Lizet,
have, at different times, enchanted auden.
ces with their charms under this very roof.
Synonymous with harmony, what more be.
hitting place than this for that body whose
motto is the celebrated line from Beranger's
song
"Formez une sainse alliance peoples ct donnez,
csur la msin''
The building is large one, and well ar
ranged Tor public. meetings. At the Earth.
est end from the street, and communicating
with the court by passage and door, that
the officers may be spared the inconveni-
ence Of forcing their way through the crowd,
rs Platform, in front of which temporary
tribune has been erected for the speakers |;
over the platform is the gallery, on this oc-
caslon used by the reporters of the public
press On the right hand comfortable gal