New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-20


zen ,+fre bur VITO expressed her sa'isfac..oa e.
meeting me, in he mot cordial sTms. ;oi her That
tbooeht 'bat II nrsr he mtske and abe responded
with laugh which very mach shocked an "lfery gen
AeDlsn passing Mo I0oss1 a. i ne might
h.ve beer g. ~ or the part Of the uncle Of the m
happy G. Bsruweli. have since learned thA, such
u-tabe and perspra m.spprehsGsons very frequent
~ occur II Lofdon in ne evening.
Arriving az the celebrated Mineral Springs Of
AK he falls in with cough old English imorst,
who seems 70 baye seen something Of the world:
have fond = companion, however, who more than
mskss good re latter 3ehc-ncy. lie - 40 Epg'h-
or me- sev,By year. Who ia here bathing for h.s
govt His light hsr ard fres5 complexion 1isguise his
age 30 con pletely TIA; most people, when they
zee us together, Judge ne, f;Om my gray ocks to be
,he elfer. lie il Of the mos. entertaining persons
have ever me.-he knows the CLASSICS by hearts
familiar -i,h Engi-b, French, Itolen, German and
Span.sh literature: Jeans Line ,enguag-s-aud has
trsv. ed all ,hs void. He il familiar WITH the
At.ppes Of Ter:sry nth Wspping Old Stair
has inbbel sberbtrt 10 Damascus and sherry Jbbers
IN New-YoTk, and seen n lion b1n, IN Souta Africa
But MS heart is the besrt Of boy" age canno
eth.r LOr custom stale 10 iIfoits genaty. tie can
10; pass by beeger without msking en- invesmeD
for eierby ard oil tie babies look the shoulder.
Of their - smile a hun a. he va Ks tne streets
mel ton bin here fr the sake Of recording one OF HI
opinions which struck me by is truth and originality
We were sitting n cate Last evening, anG alter
long conversation | asked him wnat he should give n
the result OF al bis reading ard observations OF men
and ttings and all bis experience, IL he were 70 sum
fup 10 one sentence. Sir said he removing III
ne.Ischan from nis mouth and farming 10 yard me ss
ITO give additional force - bis reply, y may al be
con pIised IN h,: the world composed % two classes
sfueB-ns'uTa fools and id fOOl- the first c'a-s are
those who baye made any pretensions, or have
Iescbed Just appreciation OF the n0'hngness oi 81
humsD a. qpiYemen,s and hopes The second are tnOse
rho.e belief in their own nfaliblty has ever been
di,turb.d and this class includes a vast number Of
every Iark, from the pTOoucd German philosopher
Who thmk- that he has fs hoinef iihUty down 70 the
young Top wiring his moustache at the opposite table,
and ialtsTng himself that he j. making great i'm
pIessiOD."
The writer finds hnnself mpetely at h0ms with
the first touch Of French cookery.
NOth;rg can surpass the home feeling that took pos
session OF me when / found myself once more 10
Madam. BOsquo's ht.le back room al No +, fue de IA
Mch0di4re. How cordial tia, estmable ladys
welcome She made herself busy as eat with ore
chicken, and prepared for me tired nature sSeet
r.,torer IN the shape Of Of her famous Om.ets.
The Old den had not changed in the least ld4ne
I}o.aue used 10 threaten occasionally 20 paint H. and
Otherwise improve ard embel.sh Il; but we always
told her th4t il she did any thing Of ina kind or tTief
10 render LEES dDgy, o. snug or u'pre'ehdlnS, we
would never "a, another Of her pumpkin pea. Not
all the mirrors AMI nagniiceIce OF the Ie'ofts OF
fashion equal the que, cosiDess OF Madame BIs-
ane's back room. You meet all kinds Of company
there The bOuse * ~ home there, veil ~ It's am
bilious cOusD, the hroadc,o.h coat. Law end med
ciuc literature and ar, pleasure aud honest tpl meet
there upon equal teTms. our own afstocrItc wash
pgtOn dreamed Of such democracy a. ms calm
portrait 10, ks down upon IN tbat room. Then ~e have
such delightful 1elghbIhOOd there. L feel as ii tie
charcoal woman OF the next door but one below was
some relation TO ine.t least an aunt; she always has
pleasant word aid smile for the trequeuters OF No
q; aud then It s dsneIested on her part, Tor we
Of Us need any Of her charcoal. hope that
person who reads this will be uisled by II, and 90
L. Madame Bosques cr6meyse expecting 70 find there
the variety whicn the restaurants bIas', Tor lie VII be
disappointed. Bd' lie sill 6Gd every thing there OF
the best description. My taste in food as in most
other meierf) il 4 yery Catholic one; can eat beef
with the Engl.h, garlic and onions With the French,
tourkrout with the Germans, macafOnl with the
Italians, paf with The Turks, baked beans with the
Yankees, hOmiUy with the sOu'hfrns and oysters WIN
any body. But feel age getting the better OF me
day by day l think grow TO be more and more OF a
prs Raphaellte in these things So | crave nothing
more luxurious than good steak or chop, with the
appropriate W getablss; and these are 10 pe maa IN
upOn her
Nor does Paris fail to make its due impression on
the venerable traveller:
This il a wonderful city. IL seems 70 me, as ride
up and down the gay Bonevards on the top OF an
Omnibus gaze INFO the brilliant shop-wlnd0ws oil the
Palas Roy al or watch The happy c dreD III me garden
oftte Tuileres or stand upon the bridges ana take III
"a much ~ can a. once OF gardens, palaces ana
church towers-it seems TO me Ike great theater,
filed with gay company, 70 whom the same gFehd
snectacle is ALWAYS being shown. aud whose faces al
WAYS Ie6ec, something OF that brlhancy when lghts
up the gorgeous neverendiUg last scene OF the drama.
1 know that The play has its underpot OF vicious
poverty aud crime but :hey shrink from the glare OF
the foOiGghts aud The radiance OF tue req hIe that
hehts No the scene Taken in the abstrGct-tahen as
il appea.s from the Outsi1ePsris Il the most perfect
whole the world can show II was most witty remark
of well known citizen o. Boston, touching me ma
teriahs,ic views OF many of his friends, that when
good Bos,' people die, they 60 70 faIls. kho"
many whose hghes. idea OF heaven would hnd lts EN-
bodinent in the sunshine of the Place de Ia ConcOrde
or the gas light of the Rae dc Rvo Pans capilVaeS
Won At once In this il differs from Rome. You do
me-, crow To love Ii you feel ts charms befoie You
have recovered from the fatigue of your journey-6e-
fore Won have even reached your hotel, as yon roe
along and recognize the buildings and monuments
which books and pictlres have made iaDliiar
Parir is a world in Itself. Here may the Yankee
find ms puupkin pie ana sherry cobbers the Et gish-
man his rosJlf the German his saaerkraut the lta4n
his mac aroui Here may the lover OF dramatic art
choose his performance among thirty theateIs' ana ne
who, with Mr.. Swiv,ller, loves the may VIII ma
at the Jardn Mabllle bower shaded for him. Here
the book worm can mouse about in more than twenty
large public libraries, and spend weeks in the delight
ful exploration of countless bOOksals. Here the stu
dent of ar read the history OF France on the walls
Of Versailles or, reveEng in the opuence OF the
Louvre forget his studies his techucaties, his critl
clms in contemplation of the majestic loveiness oi
Murilios Snles Moiher of the Slness Child Here
may fresde ph'lsnthTopss, great at the pen, com
mare their magnificent theories with the works OF dell
cate ladies' who have left the wealth they posse Led
aud the society they adorned for the humble garb OF
the Sister of Charity and labOfiOus wiulstry Ia the
poor the diseased, and the inrn, and mediate III the
cool Quadrsnges If hospitals aud benevolent lns''tu
tions founded b. saints and preserved IN their ntesr
~ by the pey Of their dlsc pies. Here may the man
who wishes to look beyond this brilliant world hnd
churches ever open inviting 10 prayer ami medtau1n,
where he may be carried beyond hluseh by the
choicest strains OF Haydn AID the solemn grandeur OF
the Gregoiian Chant, or may be thrilled by the eo-
Ouen periods of RaYigusn or l.scOrdalre unlI Inc I'M
seen eternal fills his whole soul and the visible tempo
raj cores Of the gay capital seem to mm the transient