Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-10-27
For the Nashville Patriot.
Paris-as we found 1t.

of the acting Consul.
For the Nashville Patriot.
| Paris-as we found 1t.
l have arrived at the conclusion, after
| mature dcliberation. that it is a great city
that there is but one Paris in the world. Lon
don, with all its greatness is but Paris second
| hand. London may be the moon but its
rival city is the Sun-the former is but a
reflection Of the latter.
1t was only yesterday morning that |
started out for a ramble through the famous
''Boulcvardes," and even in that short space
| of time it seems as if weeks had interviewed
| since [ began my peregrinations. l left the
! Hotel du NouUeau-Norie in company with nv
tried and trusty friend the Cork Magistrate y
think | mentioned SQUIRE BAILEY in pre-
viOus letter. / selected him, of my acquain-
tances in Paris as the most suitable COM
| panion for strOll-frstly, because of his
steadiness, and secondly for the simple reason
that he was even less familiar with the
''pOlite tongue than myself, and l could
laugh over his blunders by way of conceal
ing my own ignorance. / could speak very
little French-ditto the Magistrate-indeed
he spoke very little English, except in the
most approved Cork style, which is worse
than Hebrew to Partisan. Ever since
made his acquaintance he has been source
of infinite amusement to me. Not even a
Priest could preserve a rigid countenance and
look at Bailey" asking the way to his hotel.
He attempts conversation in thick Irish and
the result is "a little pantomime in the street
that would do credit to a Gabriel Ravel.
But our rambles-I must endeavor tc give
an outline sketch of what is to be seen--a
detailed account of our adventures-and
after that the result of our observations. We
proceeded along the Rue 81. L,zare as far as
the Rue de pArcade and turning to the left, a
walk of five minutes brings ont at the
Madeline Church, one OF the most remarkable
edifices of modern Paris. On a basement of
about fifteen feet in height rise fifty-twO cor
inthian columns each sixty or seventy feet
high. These columns support roof almost
fiat, with pedmcnt in front, and this is the
exterior of the great church of La Madeleine
We entered the church and instead of cold
and naked fag-stones our feet trod upon
thick mats of plated straw.
The interior is in perfect harmony with the
exterior. Windows vast and numerous, throw
brilliant light into the edifce and illumine
with thousand dazzling fires, the lustres
and gildings. Painting and sculpture are
! there in abundance, To form as it were,
Christian museum. A lveried attendant at
the door stood with a little brush saturated
with holy water which he extended to every
one entering the door, that they might touch
it with their fingers as they passed. Ny
magisterial friend was a strong Protestant,
these ceremonies did not exactly coincide
with his religious principles and we made
our exit We turned into the BouLeuarie de
Ia Madeleine and passed along the smooth
surface of the pavement, adorned with a
double row Of trees, till we came to the
BOuLeUude des haiieas-the favo"ite resort of
the fashionable world. Here is assembled
everything that can contribute to the pleasure
and amusement of the favorites of fortune
On the left few PAGES off is the Grand Opera.
and on the right the Opera Comique Here,
and along the Bouleyardes for miles Cafes and
Restaurants
"Stand as thick as leaves in Vallombrosa."
The Boulervarde ITSELF on the southern
side, in front of the Cafes. is garnished with
chairs on which are seated. or standing about,
the idlers of the quarter, in yellow gloves
and curled moustache. There are some of
these young gentlemen whose whole life may
be said to be spent on the B0uIerparde des
Haiiens. They breakfast there, dine there,
walk there. rest there 1t is there they meet
one another aud there they visit their friends.
The roadway Of the Boulevarde is continually
thronged with carriages. In the evening the
crowd ON the tootway is so dense, that it is
difficult TO get along.
Nothing is more amusing than TO watch
the various characters that pass us en- route,
remarkable for peculiarities essentially
Partisan. Here Is one of those useful servants
of the public, the fdete1r. or post-man with
his little tin box of dispatches; farther on
you may meet the much-despised psouchard or
common-informer, and In juxta- position with
this individual we find the Sergents-de-rilie or
policemen, who are greatly assisted in their
searsh after law-brcakers, by the no,icLard;
and then we hear the musical note OF the
"old clothes man. OF Paris whining along
the streets IbilemeglsFi Embellishments" But
look 1T the ladies with their magnificent
dresses Of silk and veyet-look .Old Bailey'
at the lovely faces that are passing you.
do believe that nowhere in the world but
Paris has feminine beauty reached such per-
fiction except in NaShviiie.l On we stroll
led-Bailey and 1; passing IN succession the
several Boulevardes until We arrived at the
Place de la Bastile where Is erected the
COioHns dc JaIisf or column of July. This is
Il bronze column 1874 feet high, and was
raised here in memory OF the 6l5, slain
during the revolution OF July, 1880.
Here we might moralize-but we won't
We III take an Omnibus for the Loaare One
was just passing, aud l motIon-si my COM
panioa to follow and | ran after the moving
vehicle and climbed upon the roof Bailey
was not as successful. B-fore he reached the
Omnibus the top seats were niled and he was
forced To take an inside seal. know this
yas not agreeable 20 Ana, as the inside seat
Il double the price Of the seai outside and
Bailey Is not by any meanA the most liberal
OF men. / tave known him TO cavil with Q
tradesmen for BALI an-hoar about the price Of