Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-10-22

taken from me by another, and l W;
=. shown out at the other door there to stro
about till the baggage room was opened.
= ....I In the Car for Rouen was seate
Ia 'g near two English gentlemen, one of whol
he popped question at ne to ascertain if
r was French or English. very soon sal
e isied MIN that l was neither, and we com
n menced quite an animated conversation
= They had all the inquisitiveness Of yan
Il KEGS, but it was about the country an
E the subjects connected Herewith, not per
n sonal The position Of the slave question
was one which occupied US some time.
; am surprised 10 find how little of the tru
state of things is known here Even th
London Times, in some articles, is yer,
tar behind the times in point of kuowledg,
OF American affairs. l am happy to hav,
occasionally opportunities to explain thing,
that seem to be very imperfectly compre
hended 10y persons have met with here
We kept up steady stream of conversa.
ton till we reached Rouen, about midnight
Here We parted-with mutual expressions
of regret; they were going on to Paris
and had determined to stop over Sunday
| in Rouen.
-. l found on inquiry the next morn
ing that there is no regular Protestant
service in Rouen. entered the Ca,he-
dral there a crowd was collected and pre-
sen'eG what was to me very strange
sisht. The long aisle half filed with
men and women-the stout old moustache.
with cooked hat and feather, farins sash.
JIngEng sword and silver head, d staff,
passing up and down among the people
the monotonous, nasal sing-song If the
prlests-the constant coming and going Of
the crowd-all struck me as very singular.
Now, half a dozen women would come in,
dip their fingers in the basin of holy wa
ter, cross themselves, then take chairs
from the keeper of seats, move up to the
crowd IN front, tilt their chair up on its
front feet, Aneel on the round behind, and
pray, while their eyes seemed to be rowing
all around to sec who was there. After
minute or two they would sit down and
open their books, then look round and nod
and smile to those whom they recognised,
joining meanwhile in tAe eAsanttRoggs ttRoggs feai ea0
are wont to sing at their work. The
priests seemed to have separate watches
one and another, and sometimes half
dozen would go of, and anon their places
would be filled by others-some coming
gravely to their duties, others coming in
while the service was going on, and taking
their places, and settling their robes and
skull caps, with as much apparent levity
as ladies' in theatre, and beginning their
chant before the mirthful lines had left
their counteuance
....It would be very hard to describe
the air of antiquity which pervades every
thing in Rouen. This city seems the very
Of by-gone years.
1.-The route from Rouen to Paris is
a very pleasant one, and enjoyed it very
much. Here new kind of landscape pre-
scented itself, as entirely different from
what had seen in England, as that was
difFcreht from our own. The absence of
all fences or hedges, the multiplicity of
Lombardy poplars, the high rooted thatched
houses, the absence of houses from the
fields and their concentration in clusters,
arrested my attention. AS it is about
seed time, the face of the country, both
meadow and hill side, was very much va
riega,cd. 1t looked, in truth, as if the
whole country was covered with one enor-
nous patchwork quilt, in which various
shades of brown and green were employed,
while the patches were of all sizes and of
almost all imaginable shapes. l noticed
especially one hill to the left where, for
at least two or three miles, the long and
slender patche. converged from the top
and bottom to line drawn along the mid
die, forming long succession of elongated
VS., all pointing eastward. The effect of
the almost regular alienation of green
and brown was very singular. l could al
most fancy it was laid out thus, and thus
colored from the odd whim of some fan
tas.ical old proprietor; instead Of resulting,
as it docs in fact, from the division of the
lands in France among great number of
small proprietors. Between Vernon and
Pont de pArche, saw the Cote des Deux
Amans-ihe hill up which the lover was
to carry his fair one, in order to win her
from her father-you know he accom-
plished the feat, aud then fell down dead
and she followed bis example. | only
caught glimpse Of Charseau Gaillard-the
work Of Richard, the liou-hearted-for the
road here lay through thicket which ad.
mitted only an occasional glance. Al
Rosney I noticed the chateau of Sully,
/ the residence of the Duchesse de Berri