The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-05
Paris Correspondence OF the Republic.

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Shops on Evenings and SIndays-Amsrtc0n Mails
at Paris Geological Specimens Louis Phiiippe's
Library-PGrdOns.
PARIS, April l9, 1852
Though deeply occupied, would think,
with other work, Alexander Dumas has COM
menced the publication, in the Steele, of feulle
ton, which ne calls ga Year on the Banks Of the
San Joaquin and Sacramento Impressions of Ira
vel made up from the narrative of an Emgrant;"
by A. Dumas In the Introductory chapter he
states that having, in his sc Memoirs of Himself,
appearing in the Presse to describe the baths
and villa of Enghen he thought il best to be able
to speak OF them as an eyewitness; and 30, taking
the Northern Railroad, in ten minutes de-
posted. safe and sound, in that charming suburb
of Paris lie here fell in with a returned Caifor-
MAN, and in the course of conversation, wormed
enough out Of him to make very respectable
volume. | extract from the predatory chapter
passage which illustrates idea often thrown out,
but which has never been forcby embodied
.And have often, often reflected upon this in
cessant ma rch Of
More than once, when have had nothing better
TO do, have taken up map OF the world, Chat
book that contains go many thousand pages, each
one of which chronicles the rise or the fall OF an
empire. What history did seek there? That of
the kings of India, whose names even are UNI
known? That of the Egyptian Menes. of the Ba-
Nniyie Phu, of the Mede Arbaces, of the Persian
Cambysee, of the Syrian Rohob, of the Trojan Sea
uander, of the Lydan Moon, OF the Lyman Abb
ball. Of the Carthaginian Dido, OF the Numidian
Tobias, of the Sician Geion, of the Alban Romu-
lus, of the Eruscan Porsenna, of the Macedonian
Alexander, of the Roman Cesar, OF the Frank Clo-
via. of the Arab Mahomct, OF the Teut9n Charlie
inagne, of the French Hugh Capet, OF the Floren-
tine Medicis, of the Genoese Columbus, Of the Gas
con w., of the Brton Newton, of the Muscovte
Peter the Great, Of the American Washington !!
No. neither that Of the OF the other. 1t was
that of the common mother who has borne them
all in her womb. nourished them with her milk,
cherished them with her warmth. 1t was that OF
civilization.
'.Look how che accomplished her giant work,
and how neither straits, rivers, nor mountains,
nor oceans, can arrest her in her course Born in
the East, whence springs the daybreak, she starts
from India, leaving behind her there the monsrous
ruins of cities no longer known in history; she
strides across the etraits of Babel Mandel, laying
upon one shore Sabah the Black, upon the other
Sabah the White; she meets the hill, and descends
with il the great Egyptian valley, sowing upon the
banks of the sacred river Elephantina, Phile Den
dcruh, Thcbes, Memphis; arrived at its mouth, she
reaches across TO the Euphratcs; builds Baby lon,
Nineveb, Tyre, Sidon; glides down to the sea, like
the giant Polyphemus;, Dlants with her gnt hahd
Pergamus at the extremity Of Asia, and with her
left Carthage, the northernmost point OF Africa.
and with both her hands Athens on the Rivesus;
POUNDS the twelve great Etruscan cities, baptzes
Rome, and waits. The first portion of her task Is
=
begins with BrahIna and finishes with Casar"
The romancer then traces the route of civilization
through Europe, and across the Atlantic to Ply
snouth Rock and brings her finally to the Bay OF
Francisco, 30 that che who began in India, to In
dia is almost returned, and who, tarrying for
awhile at the Sacramento and San joaquin. asks
herself whether to get back to her cradle che shall
simply follow the Strait of Behring, or lose herself
among those inhospitable islands where Cook was
assassirated, and where La Perouso wac lost:
''In the mean time, thanks TO the railroad at
Suez thanks 10 the passage through Lake Nicara-
qua in less than ten years the voyage round the
world will be made in three months, and under. .
."rhs is why, my friend, think that ibis volume
on California ID worth beng printed.
"Yours, A. DUMAS"
Yhcre are Two young piansls in Paris, born some
twenty minutes apart, known as the brothers Lion
net They resemble each other go closely that IT
j. almost impossible to distinguish them apart
They have never been separated, even for day,
and are sometimes called the Siarnese twins. The
voungcst-if it ia possible for one person TO be
twenty minutes younger than anotber-has been
drawn into the army within two months, the ticket
No 81 having fallen to him in the annual con-
senption. The beet artists in Paris are organ
hing a concert and lottery. or rather to'nbola,
10 obtain the necessary funds for purchasing
his release. The singers Of the grand opera and
the comic actors of the Paais Royal have combined
10 give gainee musicale ef dramatiqtu tor bis be
neht. Some Of the frat painters and sculptors
have contributed to the stock Of the lottery: Hen
~ and AIRY schefer, Dslaroche, Coutare, Disz,
Eugene Ciccei, Rousseau, sc. There are fifty
price, and each ticket taken gives one chance in
the iomboa. The holders Of the frat fifty num-
bers drawn will win either picture, design, u
pastel OF n statuette. For ten francs you have the
certainty Of hearing very good music, and the pos
sibility of winning a work OF art worth twenty
times your Investment.
The fsmous promenade Of the Bois dc Boulogno
is finally coded by the State to the city Of Paris
The Project OF the Seine memorializcd the munich.
pal commission in March last upon the subject, the
state being ready 10 cede the property in question
TO the city, on condition OF il laying ont the loan Of
two million francs in improvements and embellish
mcnts. The municipal council last week author.
ized the Project to accept the ccssion, with the
stipulation that the promenade OF Chaillot be in
cludod in the BARI gain. In case the State makes
objection TO this clause, the transfer will be speedi
ly effected The history Of THE wood Ia not with
out interest. II lics two miles from Pars, and
bears the name Of contiguous village. Before
the revolution its trees were dying from age ard
neglect II partially cleared during the
stormy scenes Of the convention. and whatever
was then spared felled in 1914 to procure pail
sade, for the barriers OF Paris on tho approach Of
the allied army. In July, 1916 after the city ca
ptulated the British troops under the Duke Of Wei
lington encamped there. Subsequent planting
and growth from old stocks have made Il a thick
and beautiful forest, though somewhat tangled and
untnmuned. IL is famous as a summer promenade,
particularly on sundaysi "a a duelling grounds
and A. the scone Of pendant suicide-of all
.elfslaughtcr, in fact, except such ms Is accom-
pli.hed in the Seine, by means of charcoal. lite
avenues are never wstorcd. and THE, in dry wea-
Their is o scrious drawback. This will be remedicd
when the city becomes it's proprietor. The FORTH
cations Of Paris, which pass along the eastern edge
of the wood, caused the destruction Of one Of lite
Gncst avenues. On the extreme west il beautiful
villa. called Bagstclle, erected in purs uance Of
wager between the Count d'Artois and the Prince
Of Wolcs, that n cottage upon a certain plan could
not be erected in sixty dnys-tho winner TO have
the cottage left the night Of the sirtieth day.
II wac finished and handed over TO the proprietor
on the 53th. IL has since been sold for s. 900.
have collected sundry dramatic items which