New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-02
AN AMERICAN WOMAN IN EUROPE.
The N. Y. Tribune

latiyss must reeds describe what au gohg 70 Iei
Won. The thing the most astonishing, the most sur.
.py;.ipg. the moet miraculous, the most marvellous,
the moot triumphant the most bedzzying, the most
"urhesrdof the most singular, the most eItrsordi-
"n.rv. the most unbelievable, the most unexpected,
she rrandest the lttlest the rsros the most COM
"mon, the most dazzling the most brilliant, the most
"desiIsble that which makes all the world cry
q" ni,e- ieorde in fne the thing which we know not
chow 70 believe in Paris; how can you believe II IN
"New.Yoik
The charming tsptalzer Of the Seventeenth Csntdry
would goad You on to guessing
prince Napoleon King Of Spain1' No. p" Au-
"rs,'s on the throne OF Naples No. Pans ~
revolution ?" No! on the contrary oil In Juouee.
Al the moment that / write ll2 oeI'ck on inuesdaV
The Emperor bis Court the institute, the Civh Courts
are at Notre Dame; TIE Deum is being chantsd.
Sevsssopol is fallen
Since last Saturday ct noon ma'ak of Is In the pos
session Of the French. The English fa'ied In toen
,...ur upop the Redan." This lack Of success is
hum6sting; but balances the first failure two m on'n'
s;noe Of the French upon Mal.kcf. The French Gen
eral REPORTS their losses "seyions-a word careiay
chosen and with the kiudest intsuton which never
,hss.. n,rtepd, fesrfuI announc sne0t To the thou
lands az anxious families whose brothers and sons are
beneath the sod On Monday evening the cannon OF
the Invafdes sounded the official hundred-and one.
I1umipa,iops were general Again the city wore the
.speet of fete. The Esgle which told you amosta
year ago had been erected in front Of my window, to
be iumped on the confirmation of the Tartars taking
Of sevastopol, was blazed with gas
To-day is set apart for pub rejoicings "Offciai
"tbarksgiviDg at Notre Dame, theaters open gratis,
examinations in the evening" is the programme.
Nspoeon ss a man. His Mejestys sole anxiety
seems 1, be for he Empress, TO whom startling emo
tons might be perilous. physician was immedi'
a,ely cent to St Cloud 10 guard her Majesty from an
indiscreet announcement OF the occurrence Even
frequent repetitions Of such painful emotions cannot
be supposed TO callous the sensibites OF Imperial
hearts II was on the way TO join the Empress IN the
Bots De Boulogne that the previous attempt was made
in the Champs Eysees on the life OF the Emperor.
Then the most aeotionate aud anxious sympathy was
expressed for his lovely companion. Now there is
doubled interest and tenderness for her who must feel
the most intensely the painful risks of huusn life
The property and lives of citiz ans, the peace Of
families the sacredness Of resides the life of France
reposes now in her sovereign, and its future welfare
perhaps in the hopedor heir tobs throne. TIE Deums
rise 10 heaven from every loyal heart for this gracious
protection and preservation Of the Enperors life and
for her whose fate is so intimately connected
with that OF her sovereign.
But mourning follows joy shadows fall beside
suDJghts. The dreadful railway accident of Sunday
evening has thrown gloom over country excur-
sions and village fetes.
From some Encouragement the train from YER
ssiIes rive gsuche) suffered collision with another
close to the Paris station; nine persons were killed
and many others gravely wounded. The Sunday
trains had been multiplied and unduly encountered
during the day account of the fee at s.. Cloud,
and the continued fine weather. 1t was on this same
roate that so many persisted by fire in the dreadful
collision of 1872 That accidents will happen Of
brs comfor1ss retignstOn to bereaved ones ON such
occasions Superhuman int lects invented railways
but superhuman wisdom to guard them lie still LEFT
undiscovered.
The fete des Loges was held last week in the beau
tful forest of st. German. This is ore of the most
animated aud interesting of the ftes Of the environs
of Paris All these fetes are annual and each lie held
under the patronage of its own peculiar saint. The
fdie of St. Cloud is union of fair and festival which
continues about three weeks. 1t is great assembage
of smaH things-chldren small shopkeepers, small
bourgeoisie and the demi monde in general. This
fee offers resort for strangers and sightseers as
well as for the plessureseekers OF Paris and its env
Yons. Long shaded avenues are lined with tent shops
filed with gingerbread, porcelain, puppets, whistles,
baskets bsgatelles, and worlds of things to charm
children and amuse grown people. Various whirling
machines, rolling balls and games of billiards offer
tempting chances to gain gingerbread soldiers aud
esrtben angels Two years ago We visited the fair
ground in company with a delightful English party
whose enjoyment of the sights and festivities addei
greatly to our pleasure and amusement The
ioyial editor Of The London Art Journal won
by his skill white China bowl, and a
huge aye of gngerbresd-the latter became the in
bertance, by speedy will Of nearby grateful gamin.
The genteman's gifted wife, the successor of Miss
Edgeworth 10 literature in the hesrs of her coun-
try and its children, enjoyed greatly the coup d@a
and details Of the curious and confused trades anuse
ments and sports Of Fiench middling life We leave
our places this TO strangers and sight seers
Time has lent On enchantment to our souvenir aud
soAeted the outlines of the crowded bustiog fete.
The graceful genius, Mrs. -, was with US too,
then-the late supporter Of Mscready the and
precious Helen Fsucet-an artist, by the way, whom
America may have tempted but whose delicate health
fear may deprive you and her of speedy meeting.
This charming woman could no. fail 10 renew those
pure sentiments Of love and admiration SO enthusiast
ticslly expressed by the American people for Jenny
Lind She unites those superlatives-aas, 80 rarely
combined in the daughters of Nelpomene-vrtue and
genius. Madame stori is said also to be worthy Of
the same euloey.
1t is of the saddest things in the world that in
Paris the Of theatrical artist ssmpsa stain upon
Its possessors name Whatever may be the private
virtue of feminine artist of the thesters, her proes-
sion excludes her from respectable society" never,
except professionally, she be received in elevated
at.los IL !.