New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-11

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side the tables empty. Presently the coos s'uss
hack the window opening into pasage leading 70 TUG
ti,,b.p and handed me ny breakfast / reeoeet i was
t,sf,,.k boiled arehokes wine cheese tea bread and
80, Then she asked Il Madame desired any ring
mr. told her she WIS 9 good girl and that was wei
I'D Then she said Madame Is 20 GENTLE easy
..,;.sed-I with ell the world were Like her we ssy
he.c e things 20 often in French, that supp"se they
meau esshan in English While esng my breakfast a0ae'
the school ers rushing in from mess hAe hungry
49, from he chase The clatfer Of Babel about my
.., Half dozen kissed eseh cheek. but since
ga, usreh;ced with artchokes, they excused me iro
,s,urnrr ke compliment on their forehesds Then they
bond 10 know il was going to church to some puoAe
,,rs.ment for The day The hungrer called out to
al. eool 10 send them hot milk and broth, which, WIN
hread AT dscrctt is their first breakfast Some knowing
oues changed the pieces of bread n their bowls for the
daimler erus ends the places OF the teachers IL was
inexpcabe that the girls even for THIS minute WIN
out surveillance teacher soon appeared elapped her
hands for slence-gave long school mistress sh-huGt
and commenced grace but the girls would tak-then she
CLAIMED her hands again-expoded another signal of
silence Taisez donc'-hod your tongues,
then She finished the grace-the girls Chartered on
crossed the rseves twice and fell to their spoons In the
midst of congratulations for my serte and wishes fer
pleasant journey, left the rectory, with bunch OF
grapes the housekeeper had sent and hurried through
the garden toward the Station The Bureau for tickets was
closed when arrived knew the train would not leave
for FIVE minutes 80 asked an official II could not posi-
bly, got He replied politely Yes with the greatest
facility by the next train Then turned my energies
to myself for hour till halfpast TO- sat down
bench with old lady in neat white cap, and list
ened to her dismal Of the yield of and wine
for the present year The piOus soul hoped the good God
would provide for the faithful she said rents
SO high the winter was coming and the talked
about wsr in the East and when Russia made descent
the cholera always came with it, Then l watched the
PLAYS Of four small French, children in calico caps with
very dirty but healthy faces Their rapid evolntons and
utter dsregsrd Of covering showed that they were heartily
that they were alive and also profoundly ignorant
Of the sad discoveries Of Adam and Eve
began to suspect that Madame arrived at her
journey end But she continued
Il Join, the tail of those applying for tickets and IN pre-
cess Of time bought for ten sous and passed INTO the
secondass saloon which nearly filed with priests and
elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen The third
saloon was crowded with priests and working people Two
Enelslmen reclned on the sofas Of the rscass room
We were coon off and in ten minutes at ST. Denis
HIGH mass had commenced when enteredthe Cathedral
stcod under the great organ the shadow Of the clustered
columns near entrance The Gloria from the src
voices of the Choir The congregation caught the watch
word wind and strnged instruments sweled the Joyui
strain glad tdngs lcaped from arch to arch TIL the great
organ responded the exciting shout The morning sun
poyed through the windows around the altar purped and
eded the wings of the choir boys and danced in coored
light on The Pavement The long of kings in the Con
ssory windows caught motion fromthe light and shade
purple fer Ks Swallowed from device in the
window hung over the funeral altar Of the last Bourbon
king believed joyful omen thought the dry bones
of the martyrs lived again. and the statues of the Capets
capped their hands for joy The old lady evidently
Legimist When the chaunt had ended passed up the
nave to the barrier which separates from the ansept GA
the left were the magnificent tombs of Louis XII and
Henry ii on the right that of Francis with his wife and
children kneelng in scuptured prayer Upon altar in
front Of the barrier were exposed the relics of St Denis and
his Two companions st. Eeuthere and St Rusque each in
gold shrines with branches Of palm above them AT the
right of these the palcovered canoped mausoeum of
Louis XvII the last King buried in the Abbey At the
left stood column erected by Mary Stuart to the memory
of her husband the young King Francis H. The cardinal
virtues various statues and pictures lined the transep
"The Imperial Chapter in their fulcanonicassome
in robes of redhe svered the back embroidered
with grapes and olives symbolic of peace earth and good
will to The choir hung with ancient tapestry
red silk flag replaced the lost sacred oriamme 50 long
held the palladium of France and whose guardianship
the highest honor of the old monks Of St Denis.
From Clovis to Charles VII the standard bearer Of the
King carried in battle swearing to die rathert than yield
10 the enemy. In defeat well in victory pro-
ected and peace returned to its place beneath the en-
bems Of the Trinity in the Abbey of st Denis When Joan
Of Arc received her sacred mission she chose the white
banner of the Virgin embroidered with the royal aeurde
lis and the of Jesus and Mary With this she
quered with it she captured and burnt by the English
From that baptism of fire till the red flag of the Revolution
the white banner was the standard of the French When
the m coored flag up to denote union of royalty
aristocracy and repubcsnism has huttered till
except during the fifteen years when Louis XVIII and
Charles Y brought back again the white banner. We
prophesy the next standard to be cOlored banner
broidered with feur delis
Twas obliged to leave my place at the entrance to the
rsnsept the approach of four small boys in white tn
MICS with ribbon sashes supporting on their shoulders
poles bearing large loaf Of cake than two feet in
diameter little girl in the uniform of the Charity School
for Orphans Of the Cholera held lighted candle while the
priest blessed the bread and sprinked with holy water
The bread was aerward cut in small pieces and passed in
baskets to the whole congregation This communion
for those who were not prepared by proper confessions and
HASTINGS for the communion of the sacred wafer In due
order Of ceremonies the princes prncpaies and powers
Of the priests descended from the high altar and offered in
scense TO the relics Of the saints and sprnked their snes
with holy water AT the close ofthe morning service
stole into the ansep and kneeed beside the sacred relics
The Suisse ordered them away but they pretending not to
hear staid til they received their blessing An old lady
showed me large buds she had brought
from Paris TO deposit upon the shrine of St Denis She
begged the Suisse to lay there he shrugged his shou
ders Then she beckoned to another master of ceremonies
who wore black cloak trimmed with purple velvet with
high black pumes on-hs head lie took the flowers and
placed them on the altar The old lady satisfied and
in