, 1864-09-12
OUR PARIS LETTER.

lEtuU Ouf opcclaI CottebpoHueuL.l
PAINS, Tuesday, Au:. 10, 1854.
Inc noise Of yesterdays fete is still rum
bling and roaring In ones ears, and the blaze
and sparkle Of tho fireworks and midnigh
illuminations is still flashing and dancing in
ones eyesl Heavens! What q pleasure-loy-
Ing and spectacle. hunting population is this
Of Paris and Of Ia bile France, and how well
the spirit which now rules amongst them
Knows how to cater to their wants, and
feed their appetites with the food which best
eoothes them into good humor and tranquil
ty! One Vould hare thought, to witnsas the
aapect Of Paris yesterday and tho previous
evening, that all France had poured itself
ni1lin the walls Ut the Capital; and Of
srricty it may be asserted that very few
out OF the efghty-Dfne departments which
now compose the second Empire were with
out numerous Representatives at ;, the
celebration. ct the Fets Nup2Ieon and
Paris in the year OF grace 1864 On the night
Of the 18th and the morning Of the 18th the
railroads easeleasly poured ID their thousands
snd tens Of thousands, attrncted from afar
gramme Of the celebration. Pleasure trains
at the lowest fares were organized not only
from tho Provinces, but from abroad-from
England, from Belgium, Holland and Ger
many, even from Spain, for the presence Of
the Queen's husbhpd found an inducement
on prete2t for many to make their summer
trip in the direction Of Paris, even across the
distant Provinces: Hutels and lodgings
were crowded to sutfocation, and heartilt
should those far-sightel and proriaent tray-
elle1s congratulate themselves on their arri-
val in the overfowing city, who had secured
beforehand dinner aud place to rest,
And, now, what should all this Yaat multi
a rT7R n 4ra IN JuA
endeaVor to give your readers some faint
description Ct tue scenes which await tt. N;
a6 far US mele Worcs may suffice to convey
any definite Idea Of such proceedings.
10 begin, then, at the beginning, The old
time. lobored cannon Of the 1nTa1tdes roared
out the signal that the Jets had commenced
at six O'Clock In the morning. To the boom
Ing OF guns succeeded the clang Of bells
from every church tower and steeple IN Pa
ris, from the grand bourbon Of Notro Dame,
Nth Its sculptured top, to tho tinkllnx Of
the tfniest parish beltrJ. At midday high
masses and Te Deums and 6a:rXm jae Mp9ra-
sSrens were resoupdins In every church and
Worshippers, hut Of hearers and lookers-on,
who attended these ceremonies as they de-
Toutly purposed to do every other amuse-
ment and ceremony Of the day. And soon
the religious part Of the business Is over, and
off the imposing masses Of population start
tors, all opened gratis to all corners, in homer
of the .aay' Of the RseRas" tsat. bat aas s
flexible rule, and around the doors of the
:AdeoD,!the Theater Francois, the Porto st. |
Martin, there has stood since eight, aye,
elnce SIX the morning. q large, patient, and
expectant audience, waiting to make spis Of |
places at performance announced for ono
in the afternoonl There Is no contending |
az ainst such perseverance, as this; and SO
thoec who bare been to mass must be con-
tent to give up the theater. But there Is no
occasion to despair Or complain a paternal |
government has made ample provisions for
The wants OF Ill. Heigh for the Champs |
El5sees AID the Place de- Ia Concorde! TLera
stand sights to make amends for the loss of |
any others. Mexico forever! Viraa g'oi.t! |
and fig for the Emperor Around the OBJ
elisk has been erected d fatry-like represeat-
alton Of the place Of afonrezuma. with its |
light e1cades aud half basbaric character.
The style, even by daylight, looks rich aud |
graceful. But what will 1t be ut night. when
brilliantly illuminated with gas, aad tho
light thrown from each fretted aperture and