The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-07
Our Paris Correspondence.


A Stroll in the Cemetery Of Montmartre-Negiecf
ofhe Observation-Disclosures Of Annirersaries-
-dnsc1ote Of U'eiiingfon - Greids ArTirai n
MafseH Officer Posting Up on the French System
--Ramblts of Yankee TrareLers-Sunday Sights
and Amnstmenfs-Greaf art Exhibition.
Twas yesterday holding communion with fine
Old octoqenarian-- one on whom time with placid
hand had laid bis pressure-on the abortive ten.
deney Of all anniversaries. The subject was in fact
suggested by the sight Of nnumerabe monuments,
az we stroled through the cypress groves Of Mont
martre, fast crumbng into decay, evidently i'm con-
sequence Of the failure Of those pous visits which,
doubtless, were once 80 punctually and faithfully
rendered II IT, believe calculation of the autho-
rites Of this magnificent cemetery that not one In
hundred Of the tombs-the ground aud scuptured
marb OF which have been purchased in perpetuity
at 80 great cost-fnds in the course OF fifty years
representative 10 enforce the right Of freehold. so
true il il that the tears Of the young the real
bsti to the dead. In the dawn Of our existence
we look on the grave as something which cuts short
the joys Of life; grow older we are often dis
posed to view it AZ the haven of our rest and as
this last feeling prcdominates our pilgrimages TO
Montmartre, OF any other cemetery where the ashes
OF ancestors lay, gradually less ami less re-
membered, and the anniversary OF their death il
forgotten in the speculations of our own approach.
ing summons.
Yes" said my venerable friend, tomorrow,
the 18th VI June. Is surely case in point In 1915,
two snd-forty years ago, |, as Surgeon General
to the Forces, sat in a carriage with the Duke OF
wellington, as after the battle Of waterloo he drove
into Brussels stood by him while just before he
stepped into the carriage, the conquerer Of the
greatest captain Of the age cooled his hands and
temples in a vase oil fresh water which q Bel ian
waiter held mp TO him, end 4 heard hin say, VINO
would be bold enough 70 predict that this dsy has
omplsbed for twenty years the peace of the
worldf Well, we had plenty Of anniversaries
about that event, bat they too, like the pious visits
70 the tombs Of Montmartre, have fallen into dis
ue,ude; and when look around and witness The
wonderful change which these two-snd forty years
have accomplished, am struck with aynazement at
the tile dependence that IL TO be placed in the wis
dom of man and the uncomfortable nature of des-
tiny. Who would have believed that the down trod
Paris Of 1915, with her army demorsizod, her bank
iupt finance, her depopuated pe asapfry, her hlih
and gar page, her hate and abhorrence Of England
and the English, her Emperor bsnished to st.
Helena the Holy Alliance sworn TO reduce her 70
ashes " sbe rebelled, that this same Paris should
nov We the airest city in the world, s1sh an army
Of comparable equipment, with monuments that
attract the depizens Of every cline and country,
with soldiery bearing on their bosoms The silver
eifgy Of the monarch Of England, and ON the throne
IN emperor before wnOm almost all the crowned
heads OF Europe have sat M bioden guests and he
Napoleon Bonaparel Truly, anniversaries Of the
pas are idle dreams except as records Of the insg
nific ince of man"
The Asgo has arrived, with M. Grelet aud his
fortunes. IL seems ms conduct on board ship a
pattern OF magnanimty under bondage. HIS lynx
eyed susrdiao placed perfect reliance on his hoaDr
ard the pillows OF the Atlantic and his confidence
was not abused The acute Yankee having delivered
up nls charge 70 The authorities here, il now busily
employed In improving his "idees" on the subject OF
thef.taking; bu, as unhsppy he does not n ,der.
stand syllable OF French and the science on the
craft Y not easily translatabe- suspect he will be-
obliged 70 look for any improvement in his ART ra-
tier 10 the English side of the channel than this
II is misfortune whiA cannot be helped for there
is doubt tina the deeina aiiadis arfe Of his pecu
liar profession is nowhere 30 well understood as in
Pars
= The roodly conooure Of passengers which the
Arago brought are already making he mos, Of their
tine In Inspecting gay and beautiful metropolis;
and 10 witness the delight with Witch they scour
the length snd breadth - tie slieets, climb pillars,