New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-06
LETTER FROM PARIS.
Special i lie New orleans creseen,.l

Special 10 the New Orleans Crescent.l
PARIS, April TO- ls6l.
ar. Edttof--In no country that have visited are
the signs and attendant manifestations of early
spring SO bright and cheerful, both in aspect and
influence, as in France. Not even in Italy, though
it be the land Of song and Of beauty, are they SO
exhiaratng and received with such delight The
feeling may be deeper and more passionate, but
for that very reasontis apt to be sad rather than
gay whereas in this capital of Europe, the people
love flowers like children with taste 80 natural
and sentiment SO buoyant, that they become,
like the flowers themselves absolutely pretty and,
In their yariegated costumes, rivals to tulips and
marigolds. All the gardens are nowin bloom, and
at every corner you meet the brenzed flower girls,
with their bright black eyes, dazzling white teeth,
and clear compilations, with the roses struggling
| through them Even in the quarter, Latin, you
find them in the hands of the artisans wife, and
| none are so poor but that they may sport a few
| leaves of some kind Aud now to go into Pro-
| venee and other parts OF the warmer south, your
eyes may be RECALLED by the sight OF f0tcef farms,
| thing unknown in America, but quite common
1 In France. These are cultivated for distltlaron
| and in favorable seasons, are very profitable
thence those delicate oils and perfumes that abound
Ia Paris so agreeable to the refined tastes OF ITS
Inhabitants. Another fact, worthy 0t imitation no
less Than of notice, is ths-that nobody, not even
| the little child, will touch a iower, much less
L DUCK one, though glowing must pSp'ls
1 places; while iii America, especially IN the caun
try The picking aud destruction oil flowers seem &c
/ be the usual passtmes of little girls aud boys. st
should ladd 70 this, that the respect paid here e
l all public bu idings, statuary, ornamental rails
plliars aud in the most exposed SITUATIONS IS II
strong contrast to the common dispositions both II
4 England aud America, to detace aud mutllate every
thing o. this kind within its REACH
The French people are too often represented BY
4 faregAers az vain, frivolous and superficial. i
4 they are vain, unlike an3 other people, they ars
hot eXaetiDg aud selfish in their vanity; but quit
as readyto concede merit and bestow praises upal
t.thers TO receive like contributions themselves
They do MT desire 10 be admired NJ the expense
others, Nor do they infer their neighbors detieen
etes because of their own imagined perfectnn
D puli,eness, Difference kindness are their chic
eharactaristles In manner; and they seem TO b.
II endowed with an tnstinctiye delieacy of perception
ard to possess that hue TACT and gentle cOnsidera
Il zion, Etich deserves to bs olaSsed among the high
VI est saeal morals. Their apparent friqullty--to
say nat u please, they are Il th5uphtfuH people
y il any an outward display of 4 eheerfatness an
: hnopansy OF spirits that never seem tn tursak
ii them. Tle snoaL ignorant OF Ffeaehmen is AWAY
something oG u philosopher aud bis readiness /
g part win his life, upon oceaslls which seesil /
{ in III authorize its saeriee, only shows that b
. shaa sindird the question If human happsneI
f dee Iily. aud acts upon the fixed aud eonragent
prl1eae. that when the pubic good Calls torits
/. il lias beaume hurthea 20 hun. The wisest way
/ Ill bear ils bufthen no longer. The deepest, II
& msI enigma. a. well as the most jnsf thinker
. nave been produced by France, in every depaf
ment 0f scieuee aud literature; while IN the 1ft
na nation has ever eqnaled them ia inventinn CT
Z giuiis and exquisite finish, as well as beauty an
variety OF design. re may except, perbap