The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-09
Our Paris Correspondence.

PARIS, teO Is, lS5S.
he Carnirar-prooession Of he Bef Gros-TAe Balls
Mds7Hs-Bdu Of the American Consul at Lyons-NeD
Remedy for Consumption-7he S.ae 7rials-7raie in
Poris, dc, dc.
When this queen Of cities rude collection OF huts
Inhabited by the PARISH the Romans found the nhabi
tants holding high festival with dances and warke songs,
while bullock covered with light branches, led
driven by venerable priests and their attendant youths
10 the OF their God for sacred mmolaton. As the
mythology Of the Roman eagles gradually supplauted the
ruder worship OF the Gauls, the OK with his garlanded
forehead and GOD horns still performed the chief role
10 the appointed sacrifice in the Temple Of JOve and when
again this strange mythology, with all It's eesueous errors
coded TO a faith whose canon the one great atone
eut made in the person OF the son OF God the Roman
hierarchy, which skfully avalcd itself Of so many hes
then heather aud converted them TO Ca,ho
lie usages overlook the annual procession Of the
fat OK in the gradually expanding metropolis Of Gaul and
ordained that the animal which, from the suoouonl food
IL afforded, and is peculiar identification with
mans earniyirous propensitcs, was an adequate
representation Of the flesh, with all its sin and
temptation, should still walk the streets aud finally
bleed OF the day when all humanity should do
penanoe mourning and fasting for forty days ct pre-
parsoa for the annual observance Of the Saviour death
who the founder Of the faith. Centuries rolled
and Bouf Gras continued s annual persmb Al
Paris from The highest functonares, the most
Sojisse 10 the meanest inbabtan turned out OF their
homes 10 give II shout aud welcome; when suddenly a
Light shobe the sprl Of IL dream. and the gigaa
&c evenis about the period Of l75O-wnich deoapaed
Kings Queens aud princes and MOBILES whose far de
eoeri was Loot the obscury Of tmesrrested Tor
tea years the mmemora procession Of the BTuf Gras
La resusoiiAton, among many others, was due TO the
consulate Of BonAparte. But In this IN innumersble
other things Of human routine where casual interruption
s great blow and Encouragement there evidence
Of mach CT the prestige having rrevooably pas, away
The BUuf Grs a sacred festival never entirely re-
covered Itself aud though for my years dragged along
its slow length, again interrupted in the year lsse
Under the second, 70 speak dplomaeslly, the
third Bouapare the Buuf Gras again recalled into
isteuce but evident tina, every year comes less 70
be considered religious than agricultural oere
ony: and by the importance the government endesvors
10 lend this particular is quite possible that
life may be impaired 10 this ancient institution.
Az Catholicism took plume from tue wing OF heshen
ism and Drudism, agriculture may well condescend 70
take one from the ohurch's ssgscity Accordingly the
animals nov parsded through the streets longer
gosded along foot and driven half rsbid by the
noise Of The populace and The ncessant blasting OF coz
Of esh with the fat distributed In Jumps their coos
ga frames, a. before, but choice breed s selected
either purely English, crossed with the finest
Of France whcse symme,y Of form requires purple
and gold 70 sdorn H. and whose level back and loins
soccuenl meat thousands Who 10 the 6eish, Of their
philosophy, would have dsdsnfuly turned their backs
scene Of the PROCESSION 70 witness the beautiful
animals which represent the young agriculture Of
France aud Napoleon 10 give dignity 10 the occasion
while still preserving much Of the heterogeneous mytholo
gai character Of this pageant has taken care 10 aot 10
each such may give 70 the consideration Of
more refined Taste The costumes, initiating those Of the
thirteenth century entirely new on Sunday last and
this Of brilliant colors presented very pleasing
o0tpdaai Amsgnincentc drawn by milk white horses
conveyed the superb oxen who reoced In the names Of
Levisthsa, ssrlabot and Turlutata.
The oorttoe opened by detachment OF Gsrdes de
PNs then came mounted heralds n arms, wti rich Ia
bsrds next Srty IN uniforms OF various coors
two other hersds revot des marchsnds two barons
In rich crimson dresses embroidered with gold; King
Charles VII crown or head, with blue velvet mantle
lined with ermnei two pages white and gold the Duke
OF Burgundy partly M amor several court dgnitares,
pages, uumpeters, various standard bearers and q
crowd Of horsemen, ypyfy the various nations OF
the world, and then the two large cars on which
stood The decked will wreals Of foliage and rib.
bons eshers and Their horns gilted sarlabo however
had no horns and understood 10 be cross from The
AYRSHIRE breed Each had a 70 himself and four
horses draw him, and then followed grand allesorca
car and sir with Mercury position and old Father Time
a. driver female ngdre the 'front.', green mantle
sprnked with bees, represented France, and another by
her SIDE in blue covering England behind were the god
desse intended 10 figure with Prussia, Russia, Austria
sli Tsey Wills, IN the centre stood Venus and Cupid
W. Ass lgvsi, sad Peace and Abundance the sdss