New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-13

hotel nae certdtn OtDcI iOrciHucts aih'I"e
assumes a title it never bore at home. Mr.. D. eA'
pect, 10 have about 900 "a Ions this year, which Tor
quantity il superior to any year since 1852 ou. su
is not more than half the yield Of good year; inc
quality will be better than ordinary; the prices are
much above ordinary meaniDg by ordinary INC
average Of quantity, quality and price tor tne t"e2
years preceding 1850; the yield oil vioes IN .uo
paius il, other things being equal much gresEf tnau
that Of the celebrated eryes, like those oil Med0',
Chateau. LATTE etc or those of the bills generAy.
There hs been continuation Of causes 10 dlmhish
The produrt sf VINEYARDS for the past few years ou.
chief among them 10 the oidium, when u minus
mu,broom growth upon the grape, blehtng 'he
fruit before maturity, and, it would seem injurious
" affecting the very wood OF the vine Inc Pto.ec,
ton against it is topical application ., p SIN.
sulphur. The "tulphursge' OF his fruit THIS Suui'
mer cost Mr.. b. seven hundred francs, and mas
saved him. he thinks, more than seven Thousand
hsncs. His next neighbor, whose vineyard IL, ior
soil situation and extent every way Ike ms OWL
being q "sep,ible, old-fasbioned" mau skePtcal as
to scientific farming and book farming, did not SUI,
phur his fruit, and will not have five hundred gar
Ions Of wine.
After two hours Of questioning and listening the
luxurious ripe grapes being constantly thrown In oy
way OF punctuation and illustration Of the text,
your correspondent began, tor his part to feel mod
EFT and coyed and thought it full time to take leave
Not GU Monsieur B., who weuld have us, souched-
batted and muddy footed We were, come inss the
house lift were only to take glass OF WINE as correct
i've to the dsmpBe,s Of the ground and air. fought oy
the way to have mentioned in its place, that ls be-
fore we left the vats, that the rain which has fallen
in the last three days s calculated to have increased
the quantity of wine in this neehbOrhood By at least
one sixth In some other parts Of the country, I'M
fortunately where it has been too abundant, 1t has
| caused harmful inundations. So We went into the
house, a country seat just upon the bank. OF the
/ .bah opAh hon NJ n
| in full view from the windows. Frst there came TO
greet US noble large dOg-an aristOcratic dog who
gave an odd look Uf surprise at our hats and feet,
| but q well.bred gent, manly dog, who, seeing we
we're introduced by bis master, gentleman, gllped
| bis surprise and wagged US welcome to the hall.
| In the parlor We were presented to Madame d.,
woman such as it is good, and for long time alter
purifying, to have met in this naughty world. She
| received US with the grace OF Partisan and the
hearty frapkness of cOuntrywoman. Still young
and bt autiful but beautiful with the hrst au-
tumnal ripeness Of maturity the delicate blush of
her youthful charms was renewed in the features Of
her four lovely children. They were sent for from
the nursery; there were four OF them; and as they
| came trOOpng in, the three elders making their
bows FRANKLY and the younges st running straight to
Der fathers knees the artist, the philOsophic max
| inist and your own" invOuntarlly rose IN homage
to these graceful incorrup heathfu boys and girls.
| How eweely proud Of them was the mother. She
did not thank in words for SO gazing at them; sDe
| OILY agreed with the artist that the elder girl,
whose portrait he had taken when she was the only
| child ten years ago, had been pretty, and thanke
God with an unOstentaOus earnestness that they all
had good he nth, which was the main things but she
looked kindly on us strangers as we looked adm-
rDely at them, and che pressed US to take another
glass of wine, and We left stopped her husband
moment to bid him have us all to. dinner on Tuesday
More is the pity that your "own' cannot accept
/ tbarn for tha
day from another house of the same hOspitabe fam-
| " at ther.country seat st. Emian. l cannot
profit further from their Kindness but ought tn re-
| cord the frankness and cordially with which 1t was
proiiered. And since 1 am speaking of French
trait which, it seems to me, has not been sufclent-
ly recognized by strangers, it is proper to add that
these two sre by no means the first instances IN their
| kind that have fallen within my experience. They
| have the greater merit, inasmuch as this family OF
! B. is in itself society made up Of four or i've
houseboaers: they have intimate aud extended rela-
tons with other large families of the district. among
which they are chiefs consequently they are not, like
| an isolated Southern planter or Western back.
wood.msn, in want of company; it is furthermore to
be observed that they pay their servants, and their
| Kitchens and chambers are matter OF expenses.
| Their only acquaintance with my good friend Emile
| ID. dates from 1S47 when he stopped at inn hero
bis way to the Pyrenees with the intention of rest
| ing two or three days; but attracted by the pic
| tuItsuut dndsCdpc ana COstuulcS vi tuc pcopic VI
| the district, remained three months. He never
returned until now, and meantime kept up no cor
respondence with bis chance acquaintance of that
| time. 1t happens that all his political and re
Rious deas-to say nothing of bis tastes and notions
as an aItist-tOtaly differ from those Of this Orean
st conservative family. And yet he and the l.loOk
ing strangers with hm-for philosophical fellow
traveller is, if possible, worse dressed and worse
| favored than your cOrrespOIdent-are met for his
sake, with the hospitality Of a Mississippi planta.
ton or an Illinois prairie. Add to the merit OF
French pclitent.s, that We meantime are lodged in
one of the lowest aubTges of Libourne. So had our
artist wed, who desired before all things to have
view Of the river and Froniac from his window;
and ibis view cannot be had from the windows Of
any Of the respectable hotels all Of which are sit
nate in the interior of the town. We are housed IN
| q tavern dedicate to "the vOyageur and mariner,
where they lodge d pied et cheyal"-that is, in
an old fashioned place Of entertainment for man and
beast; where the same roof covers bped and quad
ruped guest; where the billiard room, for even here
there 10 billiard room, is favored with the hay that
is stored in the next apartment and where our dln.
ing room has no other ceiling than the sleepers and
boards of the chamber floor of the first story. Yet
| we live well here On sayOry soups and meats that
preserve their distinctive relish, cooked and served
BY our wrnkled old hostess and her two daughters.
| And here may as we'll formally introduce my CON-
paniors of travel My friend d. is an artist, plastic
and poetic he paints aud writes; good genial
| heart, quick eye and merry tongue. de Is trav-
cling in search of the picturesque, seeking 1t rather
in costume and feature than natural scenery for
the beauties Of which. however, he has ready ap-
ppeciaiive sense. The second Of our trio is a man
Who was educated at the Agricultural School of
| Versailles, and was aterward for time practical
farmer. Then be loved and married, but the wife
1 L brnk ia xpit