Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-09-23
4 FETE DAY IN PARl;;.
A corss spoudens of The b ,tininrs ''Am.I.Isn

a correspondent OF The Is ,itnlrTs ''AH:IiIsn,
writing from PaIis, Aug. I6'h s-ys:
Iha Eoiss Of yeoterdsy'= tss i! >:i!i rink ling
| sni roaring III one eus, AMI tho hiFzs and
| sparkle of tie ftswo ork5 ani midnight iuDns-
| tGns still flashing and dancing in opr eJaa. Hrn-
| vens what p.easure.loving and spec tAcle. hnnt-
| ing population is this of P.ria and Of l.. bsIic
France, and how we'll the spirit which now tues
| amongst them knows bow 10 cater to their wants
and feed their appetites with the food which
best aoothes them into gjoi humor snd tran
guilty Ons won'd have lhonrb! 70 witness
the aspect OF Paris yesterday and ;hs previous
evening, that all France hAd pom ell trelt n,..-
ia ths walls ofths capital; snd 6i II snrs:Y il N ~
be asserted thGt very few ont OF tho - Depart
menis which now compose The Second Empire,
were without numerous Representatives. ct The
celebration Of the Fet. Napoleon Snd tho Assump.
tiGn Of the Yigiu ,t Pans in the year of grace.
1864. Onths tight OF the li,l, aui tho morning
OF the 18th, the railroads ceRssiehnlY p6ure,l IN
their thousands md tens OF thousands, attracted
from sfar by the unusual brilIisry oflhc official
programme of tho celebration. rlcasuru- irsin.,
ri The lowest fare, were nrGHuZ al not ouiy toM
, the Provinces, bnt from abrnMi-- from Enrla
from Belgium, Holland and Germany even frcn
Spain, for the presence Of the QIoenJ husbnnh
formed IN inancement or preirNt iur many 10
make their summer trip III the direction Of Paris
even across the distant Pyreneee. Hotels shd
lodgings were crowded 10 sntfocH,on, and hour
lily did those fsrSighted aud proVient Travellers
congratulate themselves on taeir arrival in thu
over flowing city, who bad secured beforehand II
dinner and place of rest And. now, whist dill
sll this vast multitude come 10 Paris 10 SEQ Aul
to do1 must endeavor TO ar5 your readers
some faint description OF the sceurS which
awaited them as far rs more words may sntlice
70 convey any finite iiea of such prucecdinef.
To begin tlen, ut the beginning. th, oh time
houortd CANNON OF tho ]uvalitlaG rohrr1 out 1T
the signal that the feta had CONNIE need, RI ii;
o'clock in the morning 70 the tnonlins ut guns
succeeded the clapg Of bells iroln evriy church
tower and stefpe in PariS, from the prdad h1sr-
don Of Notre Dhm", with its dep tnned clap Ia
The tinkling OF tho thirst parish Lelfy. At mid.
Day high masses and Tr DtHm and >Iirum jht
l.Inprrdf0Tem, were res lunlinS in every church
and chapel attended By hundreds, not earnestly
Of worshippers hut of hearers Hnl lockers on
who attended these ceremonies 8s They de,uully
parpGssl 10 DO every other Rmuso,nent and cerr
lnony of the day. And now the religions part of
the business is over. anil or the imposing masses
of population start for the next scene nt sItilo-
ment, the theatres are opsned gratis to all cuplcrs
in honor Of the day Of the peorle. Hnt, Alas
first &C me. FIRST served" is there tbs iniax b!s
rule, and around the doors of the O,i.uu tho Thea
stood since eight, BYE, since siA in The morning.
n large, patient and eIpectID. audience. waiting
TO make snre of places at performance Announced
for Que in the afternoon There ID no Use cons
tending against such perseverance, as this a.'d
those who have been 10 mass must be cont III 10
give mp the theatre. Bnt there is no OCCASION u
despair or complain; psterhsl government hhe
made an ple provision for ths wsI ~ OF 81. Haigh
Tor the Champs Elysees and ths Place do II.
- 49,. -. . L. 1,
for the lnss Of any others. Mexico forovei
Vir, Ii gioirs and n Gg for the expense
Around the obelisk bss beeu erfrtea fairy. likn
representation of the Palace OF Monteyana, with
its light arcsde and half barbaIir character. 1'r
style. even by daylight, looks itch and graceful.
But Whit will it hs at night, when brilliantly ill.,
Illuminated with gas, and The light streaming from
each fretted aperture and decornts al pinua"ie ,
All along the grand hvanue OF the Champs Ey-
sees banners aud streamers fan The iir irnm 81
PsDtic poles, while a continunus huccession nf
linss of decorations and intended light pronl!s.
them, also. wonders for the approsch OF darkness.
The crowd is go prodigious aIouni ths two
e1temporized wooden theatres in front Of thd
Invaidea. where real French soldiers net over
again their deeds of vsor that all possibility Gl
approach il given up as hopeless. Evar7wharn,
indeed, the crowd rolls itself along i'll honan hll.
lows, hut always good humoredly aud peacesbly.
A French crowd may BIS citsi Ms spattsrn of
good behavior to that Of any country. Yesterday
the excitement of the morning msy he sail To
have been at its heightwhen the Emperor En-
press and Prince Imperial with their suit drove
through the excited and sma2el inassrs ct their
admiriDg subjects.
As to the scene at night, must be fain 10 leave
it in great part to imagiDsiion The Mexican
Palace came out in sIl its glory, the cartre
of one Of the grandest dispays Of fire works
ever Witnessed. Another exhibition Of thp same
nature. and hardly inferor in beauty ard atirac
ton. took place on the Champs de Mara. alli rrl"
resented Cochin China-another scsus OF French
military triumph and distant conquest AEl so.
gradually the night wore away in npicn'!or. un!il
\. last the lamps hegHu 70 burn dim SUD the sst,
and moon to look bright again, and the Psrisnra
stole weariIy bot still unwlingly to bad, TO " akn
with the conscousness thst their t,fe whq nv..r
and their city once more resigned n heat lull-
ness, solitude and stsgnstion, until October shall
renew again its wonted movements anil aiiirus-
ton.