The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-09-03
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.


PARIS, Aug is. 1853
The Fefe Of Saimt- Nopolson" is (if aeeoHpA All
The doubts and peeulaous 10 which ats an,ic alton gave
rise have passed away and the has taken ia
place in tbs picturesque page of French history The
hero OF the day not Napoleon |. but Napoleon M,
wbo in king The tee OF has uncle the great national
holiday OF Fsnee furnished the world with another in
stance OF his shire wdness and sagacy. The idea Of
Louis Napoleon, dominating over all his acts and per.
meaiing his whole policy, Is 10 show the world what
there ia in name above all. what there is in bis own
name; that it is the symbol OF genius. and glory and
grandeur, and power. and authority, all harmonousy
combined to produce order for the present. and secure
tibeyy for The future To celebrate this all powerful
name, TO .k,eo II before the people" TO environ il
with brilliant associations TO inscribe in letters
OF light upon the national heart was the great object OF
the magnificent festival which last Monday electrified
only Paris but all France Hitherto such occasions have
generally been improved to pepetuaie the memory of
man only but OF all The great warriors, philosophers
statesmen, scholars. and artists which the country has
produced. Statues to their memory wont be
erected from and the other othe vast Clamps Eyk
while their glory the subject OF speech and song
all over The land But the te have just witness
ed The eye wandered in vain the whole field opera
lions 10 find The slightest souvenir Of any great name but
that OF NAPOLEON The letter stared you IN the face
everywhere In the centre Of every curious bit Of deco
rave web-wok il lay slyy coiIed away like cunning
old spider. When evening came, and fire balloon was
n
oed initial suspended from il ike parachute was taken
up to The astorished stars Ii spurned connection with
every other letter in the alphabet except L, which some.
times accompanied il, but always in the rear, Ikea
iscQuey, thns--L $3.50 N!
Lest they should suggest more universal idea than
that Of NAPOLEON the ri colored flags usually 80
plentiful on such occasions, scarcely be setn
The chief symbocal sign of the day being The imIes
eagle. The veteran bird OF prey figured not only upon
The gorgeous standards OF the army and wherever be
could find Ieosting place along the nteTmnabe line OF
arabeeque framework but spreading his vast wings
If in attitude OF protection over the "Iound, round
globe" This last representation OF the moe,
striking spectacles OF The day glorious sphere,
gr with the star srrent zodiac and escorted by the plan
eiary host seemed 10 rise sscay in the presence Of
the vast multitude, while the proud eagle, with out
spread wing, SCARED high above the scaling the
broad eclipeic. The effect Of this in the evening"
aided by The many coored lights. representing the blue f.
nanen aud The bright Stars, was. in its way, very 6ne
was enhanced moreover, by The entire absence Of
French style of cri,icsn) having all retired to avoid
:. nviduous comparisons"
AS no display of imperial eagles or imperial mona.
grams was deemed sufcien, 10 recall and illustrate the
Napoleonic idea additional efforts were made
psh this Of lee, in the arrangement of the fireworks
AT Bercy The py roechnic display represented naval
combat, in which the irigate Nanoeon made to dis
CD arge such broad side Of squbs and rockets into
other frigs,ss without that the comba,ants of the
latter were compelled almost instantly To xive up the
ship" the defeated veseels the language OF the ocs
Monlep, plodipg in the in the midst of shower
OF ire. and 10 The cries Of Vios rEmpssur shouted BY
the crowd !"
A, tie Bd,riere du Toae, there was representation
of the bivouac Of Napoleon al Aus,eIltz. The master
piece OF the night, however, front of the inradt.
II was Of unusual size, beag upwards OF 800 Feet in
length and about 100 feet in height II in the shape
Of half circle. and intended 10 represent the Temple
OF immortality, having either side lofty poco
mounted by trophies. with the imperial initials crowned
and surrounded by garands. Fountains Of fire started
forth from the interior Of he potcoes; The columns
which formed the hemicycle OF the temple were SUI.
mounted BY trophies and eagles, and In the centre v.
represented the apoheosis of Napoleon The Great in The
mpeia coetums holding 10 his night hand sceptre and
with his ft falling the scabbard Of his sword; bis
feet reposed globe covered by the wings OF eagle
holding in its claws scroll which the words
Is A,a, The figure Of Napoleon about so fesi IN
height, and The spread Of the wings OF hs eagle about
so feet
The pyrotechnic display terminated By effective II
Elimination OF The Hotel DIS IspdHds, where Irpose u.
ashes of NAPOLEON.
might give thousand other details OF the zee, but
nv time and space are limited. The most brilliant shos
connected nth the Illumination. Which is said
have surpassed anything Of the kind which has ever
been attempted To giya yoa an adequate idea OF ltr
impossible. ] must content myself with eend,ng you
few Ga.s, and leaving the rest TO your Imagination The
idea of the artist--who, s stalled in The bfo~ieu v"
indebted for his whole programme 10 The Empsror-ar
pears TO have been convert the broad avenue OF m
Champs Eiyhs from The Piaes de "a Csnoords 10 the Ri
Point distance OF hall ssVs, into grand crysA
saloon with The splendid Pisoes 75O feet long by s2s lei
wde) for a grand an,e- chamber at end, and R"d
Point (abonl 500 feet in d'amees) for State roiundaa
the other The walls Of the ealoon consisted OF m ~
mense framework of columns and arches IN ih'
m.Srssgue style, the entire surface Of which was eovsed
with Illuminated glasses representing diamonds, emerads
sapIhires. rubes, aod other precious stones Along NE
centre OF The vast saloon were suspende rich cband'
here, decorated with flowers and resIlendent with lfh
All the entrance OF this magic structure 10 the Pioa d.
Co~eords and opening into the splendid gardens Of 'N
ruilleries (Which, with The Palace, also brilliantly
llumn inatej) lowered up a colossal gateway, over
hundred feet in height, and answering TO the magnheen
Arch OF Triumph Al the opposite extremity Of ,he Chs
Eiysfs. This monumental gateway was also covers
with Eliminated gasses and seemed in the distance lh
pillar OF Gre. Passing under its luminous arch ian
the gardens OF the Tuilleries was ke passing undd
rainbow into the gardens of Paradise.
The ante chamber formed b. the Place de Il Cs-e~"
and the ro,unda formed by Road Point. socossdn
similar style To The long talooa. The former deco
rated the interior BY the splendid fountains. vASA
every who has Paris remembers with |"
much interest, and the latter by the illuminated sphsr
and eagle already mentioned. presented OF nv
ni6cence which il wond bs difficult To surpass. he
sand Of an enchantef SCENE to have raisel FRO Wv