New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-07
end 10 add another TO tho great objects Of art tAn
the stranger IN Paris must visit

end no add another 10 tho great objects Of art Am
the stranger il Paris must visit
From church tho Emperor went 70 dinner Of L.
Hotel dc Vile. Gtod dinner, no doubt, DID set
catch crumb Of n. bat greet municipal palscs
was Illuminated brillispAiy y away 70 bring DO
F, " Il and occupyiag II one aide Of the iasr
nises was piece Of scene painting e1trsordiaafy
even for Paris-namely, IN imitation 10 boardsssa
canvas of the front of whole block Of hve-story
'u Now for the second day, Sunday. Among otA.r
,,.,;s ,musrmepts offered 10 the CARING pubic
ss,e three hundred little balloons let OF n
the afternoon, each charged win 0 ballast u
sugar plums (drsstes d. tSpttms); quantities q
similar bspti.msi bonbons are, oy INC In
neror's order, to be distributed to tho chidrea
of the schools, who have also received, BY The
ZANE, 100000 little medals commemcratihs
the baptism of their ycupg Prince. further
order includes TIE National Guard Of the Depart
ment of the Seine among the recipients VI this
pretty toy.
Ar night we had the fireworks. These I went
TO see - UGH was the blaze OF burning dsrts, the
CLEANS Of stars coruscant, the streams and hali
(" of ferv sparks lightniugs Of wild fire and flight
- ,bot with continuance, terror and vehenlency,
" ths, the heavens Numbered, the waters surged,
A." End the earth shook" That is Robert LanehSn
Clerk of the Council Chamber, London, bis accoun,
of fireworks let off at keDilworth Castle by the Eah
Of Leicester in b. nor Of bis guest Queen Elizabeth.
II answers well enough tor those let oil BY the
Emneror for the ticklement of the public in the
Place de la Concorde. Burnt powder is much the
.,me. il seems, any time since Schwartzs day Do
There was one exceptional aud really beautiful
niece ON this occasion representing in lines Of daz
sliuq light the facade Of Gothic Cathedral
Rut here by far the most interesting part Of the
pectacle was Ito take q comparison from the thea
teri in the house, not on the stage: Indeed the
Place, bordered in By monumental ed'hcee on tnis
eide, and by heavy masses OF folsge on tns', VIE
the avenues of the Tuileries gardens, ADD Of the
Champs EIysees, for retiring rooms oil in q glare
with millions Of colored lamps and gas-hghh
arranged in graceful designs, seemed not unlike
the spacious hall Of some enchanted palace u
uhich the fountains, and the sculRtured moou.
meuts. and the Egyptian obelisk, were the pro-
portionate ornamental furniture. Rising on nPtoe
A the first rockets flushed the upturned faces OF
the multitude, and mskiog such loose comparison
"A nv recolle ctiops Of certain Hard Cider mass
meetings served me with, thought might safely
climate the number Of men, women and children
within sight at over 200. 600 / am aware that
tintoe calculations bssed political Renaissance
are of Questionable correctness. My estimate,
boweyer falls below that OF others who took more
pains to verify il. At any rate. 1t vas certain mat
there were a "sght," a very ocean" Of people
nreseut. And the quiet food of tots population
INTO the place, and iis calm while resting there,
and ts surgiDg, but not tumultuous, ebo,
when the brief playthiog We had all come
10 see was burned out, was to me the incest sight
had laid eyes on since my last mingling in
French crowd. Some tight squeezing there GER
tainly was, here and there, rarely extending
beyond an interectional phrase, harsh word
spoken. In one instance thought stronger
man than myself was making unreasonable en-.
croachments on my back settlements, and said
Al much. doubtless In execrabIe French, and
with nexcusable violence OF rhetoric. he replied
with some rudeness VI tongue, it il true, but he
did not 90 much as offer to strike me- though he
had stick in his hand. l thanked Heaven
/ was on the asphskum Of the Place de Ia
COncorde and not on the floor Of the Senate
Chamber of the United States; was further
thankful that my opponent was only Paris
ian butchers boy, and not chivalric GENTLE
man; begged his pardon il ras wrong; where
upon he d. ciared that I vas not asked il
was an Enslishman, learned that was an Amcri-
can, and then wanted to know if our President was
black. l said Oui. Then fortunately came grand
burst Of r0ckets.
lam q sincere admirer, and have been for the
past Eve years and more somewhat persistent
student-tOO persistent } cur wearied rcaders may
yawn-Of French, or rather Partisan crowds l
can offer no better excuse, if the case requires
spOlsgy, than that I cannot help ftdng the Paris
ian crowd by far the mOst Interesting object VI
observation in Paris-it has such characteristic
distinctions from an ADglO-SaxOA crowd
Not to speak Of American popular assemblages
lest / irritate thin-skinned susceptiblites, note
the difference, one difference only, between t1is
last Psrsian public rejoicing and the fecent similar
occasion In London, wien fireworks were ex-
plOdtd in cOmmenOratiVn Of the Peace. trust
there is no danger Of hurting any Americans feel.
iDgs by bringing out any bad point in English
character. For, although We are for the most
part descended from English oiigin it 10 too we'll
understood to need arguing, that IN the course Of
the descent We have ridded ourselves vi any In
heritsnce of English faults and weaknesses. We
do not gasp after our neighbours goods, nor seek
too greedily after material prosperity, nor swag-
ger, nor boast nor la any sOrt make ourselves
guilty Of social gruHnesses and dseOurteGes ~ do
those English pubcsns and sinners. For al which
negative superiority let us contentedly thank God.
When the English peaceful fireworks We're about
to be fixed OFT, the London papers printed O
warning from the police authorities, addressed 70
the general public, advising it not to take It's pock.
etbOOss or watches or jeweiry or loose cuange
or pocket handktrchiefs to the spectacle of ma.
tupal rejoicing. This is curious The profe ,sion of
Fickpocketing as Henry Mayhem, if you have tho
great god fortune to know him, will tell you, 10
decided, as most unlawful professions are, by the
physical conformation of the practitioner. A sue.
cessful pickp0cket must needs he delicat-ly -or-
gained man, ss, 80 MIR. May hew has assured ms,
the London pickpockets peculiarly are. They ne
light fingered in the proper sense OF the word
Their guild can show hands of ineness aud deli.
cacy and elegance that would put to shame the
sign manuals ct pure aristOcratic Norman descent
OF the whole House OF Lords. But % a genersl
rule, it is certain that the French are more fine
limbed, more delicately organized, than their
neigh bOrs beyond the Channel Yet il remains