Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-24
LETTER FROM EUROPE.
NO. w.
Paris, July 9Th, 1859.


brilliant Paris, the pride Of Europe
and the Imperial city Of modern
times. We left London on the
29th ult., in the morning. and arriv-
ed here at 5 P. NJ, after pleasant
passage through a beautiful country.
And what a contrast between people
separated only by narrow channel,
crossed In about two and half hours.
In the morning we were with cold,
taciturn, pnlegmatic Englisbmen, and
in the evening 10 the midst Of live
ly, noisy and loquacious Frenchmen.
They are complete antipodes in char
acter and disposition-Query, Why
do they not amalgamate in habits
and disposition at least? Perhaps
they are SO unlike in nature that they
are instinctiyely repulsive The
change, to me, is most agreeable; !
admire the buoyancy and peculiar
vivacity of the French people,, they
are impulsive, enthusiastic and cordi-
al, while their neighbor, John Bull, is
deliberate, selfish, freezing and re-
pu!siye. Yesterday was great
day with the Americans at the "Ho-
tel du Louvre A Fourth Of July
dinner was given for all Americans
in Paris, on which occasion our Ma
tional Jubilee was celebrated, with
the true split of American Indepen-
dence. This Hotel du Louvre, by the
way, is the resort of every American
visiting Paris, and is the largest and
most commodious hotel in Europe;
I it covers an entire squire, has CEN
trail court, and has over six hundred
rooms and seventy saloons; it is To-
Gated on Rue de Rivoli, in view Of
the TuilIeries and Palais Royal.
We are stopping on the opposite
side of the Seine, near the Pantheon
"a noble odiiice, a brief descrip.
ton Of which l will give in subse-
quent portion of this letter.
THURSDAY, It'll have just at.
tended the Opera Comique to heal
g LaFille du Regiment" performance
good, music excellent. We pass ed
last evening on the "Boulevards des
Itaiiens,' the weat her was fine ant
the crowd immense; these Boulevard.
are miles in extent, aud are the mos,
spacious and magnificent streets il
Paris, and hence are great resorts fol
drives and promenades. The tern
Boulsvards signifies bulwarks or for.
ti6cations, and they are situated up
on the site of the old Notifications
of Paris, which were demolished a.
bout the year 1910, and converted
into these public thoroughiares, now
the pride of the French Metropolis
Nothing can exceed~the beauty and
brilliancy Of these daily and nightly
resorts.
+. The "Boulevards des Italiens" is
the gayest and most fashionable, and
in fine summer evening presents to
a stranger a scene Of beauty and
enchantment. The streets are wi.
der than Broadway in New York, and
The walks on either side are nearly
as wide as the streets, being separa-
ted from them by rows Of shade trees
lined with seats for the accommoda-
ton Of weary pedestrians. This, TO.
gether with the rich architecture,
brilliant shops, crowds Of elegantly
dressed ladies and gentlemen, and
a continuous line Of cafes and res
taurants lined throughout with the
most costly mirrors rejecting their
dazzling light upon the crowds of
visitors, gives to one some idea Of
the gay and pleasure loving charac-
t r of the French people. / actually
doubt whether war, pestllence and
famine combined could destroy a
rencbman's capacity for social en-
joyment.
Speaking of war reminds me that