The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-15

pet and drum and every town and village and hamlet IN
France literally flowing with precisely the mate
rial TINT America just has mood of--men endowed
with military qualification, acquired by service first in
tho ranks and subsequently in all the subordinate grada
| lions or command How gladiy-with what joyful en-
thusnsm, is urgedwould this military experience be
placed at the disposal Of the people Of the United States
They do mot want us to fight for thcmthat they
and more than cno do for themselves but they do
want TO DO told how to abstan-how moderate their
ardor, temper their minds and bodies, and discipline
their noble courage that It may speedily boar that legti
mate fruit which shall result thorough trampling out
| of the last spark Of rebellion. fionl1t q
1t can BIO more humllang, say thcy, to employ the
services Of another nation such righteous cause than
to open your ports the artcers Of the world the
purpose of commerce. and If by doing a mighty civil
war should DO sunmary npped In tho bud, who shall
gaDsay the policy? Look at u.s. say the advocates q
this proposition, how learn and have learned tho
trade which the United States have hitherto been able
| TO dispense with: we begin at the beginning; enter
the army as common soldiers For six months it Is de
r0ey; fulfil every detail the smallest MS well as tho
greatest Of the common soldiers duties We rise early
and ate and take rest Every part Of clothing and
accoutrements Is under tho strctest surveillance and it
for the most part hands that keep them
in repair Every day Of lives drill exercise pitch
| tents, march in heavy order, sleep plains, and
| 60 through every mnuiia of q soldiers life,
| from eight to ten hours. This is not done con.
stantly; but we may be said TO be never at
rest-the muske, bayonct foil is never out of our
| hands Then, what with answering the muster roll
weekly reviews by the colonel and incessant appca-
ton to the thousand ct ceteras Of soldiers life we be-
come, after SIX months such perfect military machines
that could go through our duties almost in our sleep
After this il Is that the better educated and ei
gent begin To advance manual is placed hands,
wherein arc duly described the p,ol,ts onsnd; or sc;
| thn IN thO ,aV.
whether in company or division Classes formed and
lectures given on this manual, and the most intelligent
ete reported to the colonel and thus tho corpolas
arc selected, who subsequently, become sergcants
geant MAJORS sous entcnans, euenants, captains, &C.
Good conduct with us ia evcrythng-by which
The most absolute obedience to suporiors clean dress
smartness, sobrety, &c. Now France nbounds with men
thus educated, whose manners and aaInments pre-
cscy what America wants. Let her say the word and
they will fly To her flag by hundreds and thousands and
instead of repeaiingas it Is possible she may do-he
disaster OF Bull run, she will by atte ton to the expo.
rience they can impait, march to certain victory.
am bound to chronicle opinions OF this sort when
hear them often reiterated assume the form ard
substance of national expression. At the time we
are all for ourselves in this world is right that
there growing presentiment that from the Northern
states OF America great cause o. aggrandizcret to
France will NJ se, and there is, therefore, the thorough
desire TO originate sort Of iioon with them which
may lay the grounds OF lasting union The sympithics
of England 1t is plain to SEQ, advance and to
the South In the event Of the present armed pence be-
tween France and England being nerruptcd-and tho
present state Of the Italian question: who shall say how
soon this result may foilowt would be Of immense i'm
|
on her side What coHld St the combined force
such PowcrSr The Canadas, the whole rcbeoJs South
yen. England herself. fer all The court sho is paying to
Austra-could hardly stand against the formidable Pow
ers that under the egs Of France would then bs
shaed against her Whetheg Napoleon apuronriatn sur
dina as expected III England or not lis naval harbor
Will be ut his service, and Sweden and Denmark and
Russia and Spain will all have their marine at the bid
| ding Of tho French eagle.
II quite impossible cxaggerate the strenuous Efforts
that are now being made at all tho various naval stations
here. AT Toulon tho work goes on Mt night well as
q npN+ar Ihent. bIpt
army constant idea prevails that its services the
eve of being demanded. From the superior officer
to the lowest soldier but notion prevails this sub
ject, and it Is difficult to believe that the doyer OF
all this docs not take its initiative from the highest quar-
ter. In England similar opinion IL current and IA
tgued are all men there by the Overwhelming expense
and tho constant draft the time which tho volunteer
ing system entails, and about he efficiency Of the
since Bull pubic opinion begins to waver-that
they are ready to accept condition of quarrel rather
than prolong state Of affairs which seems just preu
Report speaks unfavorably OF the health Of the
Pope is indeed said that much is his death ntci
pated that this circumstance alone prevents the Emperor
from taking decisive step regarding the French
cupation Of Rome. His Majesty has purchased from
Francis IT. the Farnase Gardens on which formerly stood
the ancient palace of the CTsars Tho ostensble motive
| for tho purchase ia the making OF excavations.
Paris 10 full Of strangers all eagerly employed in in
spectng the recently nauguraed boulevard Extremes
have natural tendency to produce the same effect and
really the present effect of this great metropolitan
horde Of Cohs and Vandas So thorough has been the
cutting SO absolute the demolition of houses and streets,
|
what troubled to find his Whereabouts. 1t will probably
take something like five years before tho Boulevard
in all It's length and brea lth Is quite presentabe At
sion conoundcd. Parisians seem much astonshcd
| as foreigners aud provincias Mt the stupendous
cuttings. The solid earth, from twenty to forty
| feet IN depth, arranged on either side, but
| especially on the right as you descend from the
Arch Of Triumphs attcsis the prodigious labor en-
poyed One of the is that the whole
OF the beautiful Pave de Monceau, through which the
Boulevard Mesherbes passes cannot be retained large
| no nc Il lircdt The
sacrificed to tho houses. which to flank what is left
Magnificent old trees such the soil of Paris does not
dnarily permit but which have been nursed with
sumInac art, and stand in cnmps are 10 bow their
lofty tops to the axe and thus the Pave shorn of these
proportions Is to be but after a shallow of its former
SELF Any way, it is Of the best Of tho landscape
namcns OF the city The trees being Of ancien: date,
grassy, undulating lawns broad road for carriages
passes through H. Magnificent flower partorres
tered hihe and ththerwalks seats cascades ar bors
are accessories in abundance and the effect very charm
ing Thus, when the sovereign issues from tho palace
gates Of Tuces whether he direct his through
the palace gardens in TO the Champs Eysees or by the
| splendid church of La Madeleine up the Boulevard
Maesherbes into tho Pave dc Monceau, he
will emerge by the Arch Of Triumph, through
desccnds into the Avenue de lImperaricethat eysum Of
modern creationsand reach through the happy valley Of
the Bois de Boulogne that loveost of all his paacehe
Chateau of St. Cloud Even Nero the most luxurious Of
all the Roman Emperors could have desired nothing
| State.
monument has Just been erected at Dives the place
where William the Conqueror assembled his army OF
| so 900 strong for his invasion Of England
The Emperor takes every means Of cndearig the little
Prince Imperial 10 the army. He accompanies him 10
Caonshe runs about the camp by himself, aud
sionay Is seen dashing some tattered drapeau With
aests the dangers Of the Crmean struggle The Empe
spares nothing to make this camp happy. The
soldiers at first iprovscd theatre of their own and
performed the parts The Emperor attended the repre-
sensations. Then he built them theatre Of wood ard
afterwards gave money for company Of performers.
This of money he has increased, and per.
formances take place six days week, to which every
company Is admitted in turn The army is thus amused
and happy. You have Of the Of debaucery
that disgrace the camp Of Aldersot, England because
amusement and discipline so hand III hand and
| silered each necessary tho one to the other.
Most dOoros letters come here from that party of the
French army left in Cochin China. sour hufs. they
writo ''are not pleasant residences reptiles OF all kinds.
enormous scorpions, snakes thrce yards long lizards,
frogs, toads &c, favor with their company and at
night in spite Of mosquito curtains tortured by
theseeafu insecsl We cannpt bate !oG fear OF
dies and all beg and pray for is, that may return
home, as our work in military sense, Is already COM
| pleted." ~''" '-'Hs qt4 lili 0.'l l4.
Napoleon, from the camp OF Clalone has inst decreed
that million sterling shall be ADJ auced for the period Of
eight years, for the oairig Of what called vicinal
roads In tile ccunry-hat Isl byancs and crossroads.
II one conternplacs the species VI pocncc that cha
ractcrgss the general surveillance OF Napoleon H. from
the organization Of the mnutest military details TO the