Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-04-12
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Rambles in Europe.--No. 8.
EnglisA and French Railrays--- Valley of The
Seine Psris- TAs Wsr SPIRIT Nspsleos l.
Paris. Feb. 18th, 1855
Tbs railroads are managed much better here in
France and in England. with view 70 safety and
comfort, and With equal speed, than in the United
States All thc roads have trouble tracks, hence
10 coIlisons The cars have the sppe srancs Of 90
many Troy coaches coupled together. Each one
mas TWO seats facihg each other, aud each seat
can Comfortably accommodate SIX persons. There
are thrss classes. Oa the payment of the fare
the passenger is sisr into an CORES
ponding with his tfctet-he eau rhet, have no uc>
cess. whatever, TO the cars A fsw min, tea be.
fore Startling thefc ate thrown Open TIM three
doors aud right opposite them thr. Correspond.
ing cars. There is person who is calico ,,.
guard, who performs the duties oil our conductor
also Bu'nber 1T each station Of either soldiers or
police, do not know which. In addition 10 these
are seen the gems d'armss' fine looking FELL
lows. who have military look, and are dress.
ed very much az our independent companies
are. they wear. in addition, swords AT their
sides, and belirve they always wear the three
cornered hat. They are in all parts of the empire
and their duties are to maintain order and trans
guilty. When the doors are opened, 40 have
before described, the guard passes along aud uii>
locks each door oftle cars snd throws them open
Each passenger is then shown his proper piace -
This arrangement reduces the whole thing to
system. There is no scampering, jostlng. or hur.
~. Ii one gets up to 90 out he dislurbs nobody
~-sarDe in getting in. On the cars reaching u
stations person passes along The whole front OF the
train and announces, in a load voice, the name Of
tho place; so that unless person is very natten>
ti:e no hears il, at least dozen times When
first goi into the cars, | noticed that each had q
lamp. This WAS soon explained. for We passed
before we got 10 Pars, through some ten or fifteen
tunuss. the longest one being one mile and ha lf
in length. The carr are heated by tank Of no,
water, extending from the engine through the
whole train In the cars il is in the centre trans-
versIy. and has the appearance of being made 10
rest the feet The inside, Of the frs. class OF
finished in the style of upholstery of our
best private carriages. The second class is very
comfortable, but tho third class, like our second
looks pretty hard.
From Have to Paris it is nearly two hundred
miles. The route lies along the vsiry, and &C.
casionally crossing and ccrossing the Seine. The
land being covered with snow ! could not Judge a.
well of its qualiiy--but from the great population
it contains, should presume il to be good The
river 10 about as large as the Connecticut, Blu,
much more rapid. The meadows stretch out on
both sides and resemble very much the Connect.
cut bottom lands between Hartford and North
ampt"n, Massachusetts. Although saw what
appeared to be fair proportion Of woodland, We,
wood must be very scarce FIR all along the Seine
there ir q certain kind Of willow whose branches
the people cot off every few years to sell for fuel
These branches are tied mp like bundles Of grain
and sent 10 market after they become dry. From
subsequent experience hnd that warrnth in Paris
r. one d ., the which people have to
Speaking offorests. and there ARE many Of them
| saw none but what were planted by the hand ri
man. The trees at stand liz rows the same ss
corn field, and are from ten to fifteen feet apart
They oked heaihy--inany of them from ten to
fifty yours old; others. perhaps. in tie vicinity Of
! hundred years rge. Will not our farmers take
hint from this and sow an orchard of ,ocusts? -
They grow very rapidly on tho prairic,, and ere
they would be aware ofit they would have grove
that would not only brantify their FIRMS but shade
their cattle in summer, and ind fuel for their
hearihs in winter. ~
In about eight hours after starting, reaches
Paris--ihc gayest city in the world. II contains
a population now, inclusive of strangers and it's
soldiers. OF nearly two millions of people. After a
few hours stroll was astonshed ut its vasi pro-
portions. it's wealth, the agncence ofits streets,
its buildings, its fountainr s parks, its wallis and
archer From tins walk hurried TO mE hotel
aud almost dsspaired of the dea OF ever urderta
lsisr objects of deep
interest to the sranger. person should at lea 1,
spend one month IN Paris. order to get fair
outline Of the wonders, might say, ofnature and
art gathered here from the four quarters Of the
globe.
Blu. will detail them rs se. them hereafter.
having only time to gauce a few Of the mnst in
tercs,ing objects in the city. The people appear,
We have always known and read af ihem CAV
polite. soca!, fond Of excitement, punctilIous in
church ceremonies. and ready and willing to die
for the glory Of France. The ma-ses Of the peo.
pie Themselves do not seem to take an interest In
the war with Russia, as deep as that of tho En-.
glish vet they all in favor Of its ,ing on and
readv to step forward and conir butte whatev.
er il necessary. The cost or consequences Of il
has never entered their heads. They look upo
tina -"sr as matter Of course There will be
bloody work Ext spriny. lift continues. England
will send a A.et OF o. hundred aud fifty wa,
steamers to the Baltic. France will send fifty
more. together with powerful land armament.
which is stationed at various points along the
coast. from Calais to Cherburg. The mission Of
Lord John Russell may change the aspects OF
things, but here it is thought otherwise.
Throughout Paris msy be seen something that
reflects the image of the great Napoleon wherever
the stranger go. The French people delight
to honor their great men-but of all others, Ma
poleon the first has thr strongest hold on their ai>
feciions. aud his memory will ALWAYS he eRshrined
in their hearts as Washington ~ in America. His
imsge is ever before the people statues in
the pnhiic gardeus, palaces and promenadcs-sur-
mounting Obelisks and triumphaI arches in every
phase OF life in victory and in exile. bat he ap
pesis Inoat a, conqueTor. An Italian poet and 4
great adn,rer. pays the following beautiful tribute
to him IN poem which loses much Of i,s beauty
.nd force, it 10 said. by the translation In allu
ding to the attitude IN which he stood, when he
wan prisoner on the island Of st. Helena, no
says:
!" OFT. a. in silence closed some iistlsH day,
HIS eye-balIs h<htninzr
Rent on the tuInbiing food.
..r With folded he stood
And ;is.fully he numbered Ger
The days that had heen--and 10
lie saw the quick struck tents
The hot assault-the battle plain
The troops in martial pomp srray'd-
The pealing Of the artillery
Ths torrent charge Of cavalry
The hurried word
Ia thunder card
Heard and obeyed"