The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-07-18

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eye "a not panied hy sny 81 these ssukinx con
tAsts between pieshoric wealth ard utter desliaa
lion which mses you AZ every tasu la London.
Mendicity. ia ita rost hidsosisand repolRivu fors
does not dog your Footsteps wish psrsinacisy that
scarcely admits ~ sscape. Pale. san, snd bag.
gard faces. belonging 10 hsings fashioned. az we
are told, ''afser Code o~n image" 90 NOT impo
tune you In every street 10 interposs bss9ssn tie
and starvation. You are mot asssllsd w Una noise
and rihaldry Of a thousand gin. gsaess. whsse ths
wretched aud the desporais Of both sexes reso for
a temporary relaxation from he great struggle
for bare life. GA the contrary. in Paris you meet
at least happy. clesnly clad and wcll-ied people
No contrast can be more strongly marked than that
exhibited by the relative physical condition % the
same classes la Paris and London. hut one ap.
peal was made 10 me while ia Paris for char
ity, and have visited the quarters where poverty
holds her court. In tins case tho applicant MOT
Frenchman. but Pole--a fellow AZ big e.
ant and powerful q stcam-engine. need not
tell you that in has my "milk Of human kind.
ness'' was decidedly curdied. 1 did not zee a sin.
gle drunken man in Paris, with the exception Of
one fellow in charge Of couple Of policemen, who
appeared to be either an Englishman or an Amer
lean. No ribaldry, no obscenity, whether proceed
ing from rowdies or abandoned women. ofIcnds the
in the streets in the evening, but the mosl per-
feet order and decorum ia maintained.
saw yattemarc in Paris. and took tea with his
family. He was in excellent spirits the Chamber
Of Deputies having few days before passed him
vote of thanks, and granted him valuable site for
his great national library. lie took me through
his rooms. where he has already twelve thou
sand volumes collected. He lives in good style,
and appears enthusiastic as ever in the prosecu-
ton of his enterprise lie is especially grateful to
our Government, and declares himself more OF an
American than Frenchman.
My books got safely through the custom
houses | was compelled to leave them In Paris,
however, in consequence Of the enormous charges
for extra baggage by French conveyanccs. A |
passenger is only allowed from twenty to thirty |
pounds of luggage, and for all over that they
charge like the devil.
Since we have been here there have been four re-
ligious holidays, during which the whole business
of the town was suspended, and the population de-
voted themselves to fun and devi.ry. Day after
to- morrow another series commences, which lasts
whole week. During these religious festivals the
most ludicrous scenes arc exhibited.
This city contains. perhaps. the most crlraordi-
nary collection OF people in the word--Turks,
Greeks, Italians, Spanards, Portuguese, &C., &c.
1t is amusing TO stand ON this quays and mark
their various costumes and habits.
Well, have pretty much used up my space, and
will close by noticing one good popularity Of
Marseilles; milk Is not taken about the streets, as
with us, but the driven to the doors, milk
cd for the quantity wanted. and then move ON TO
the next customer: that, if there is any adutcra
ton in the article. the mlkman or woman Is not
responsible for it. Good bye.
p. S. JUNE l6.-The U. s. steamer Mississippi
arrived here yesterday from Constantinoplc. I
have convcrsed with her officers who tell that
our minister is travelling in Syria, but will
probably have returned by tho time reach that
city. The M. takes J. Howard Payne hence to
Tunis, and is daily expecting orders to take Kos-
suth and friends to the United States. have i'm
vitation to dine to-day on board. XIV.