New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-12

IT alrovs think them its tutelary GEM,
with their kaleidoscope ugllness. their variety % ie
val monstrosity, their leering, sco"hng' Ho"hirs'
sleepess faces y Here, in the Cte ana 'he uc
mesnes adjacent, am prodigiousy at nome ior dlu
NOT soionru ten wears ago, in the old Cour Gu Iom
merce n kind of court or alley, running between the
Rne = Ecole de Medicine and the Rue st. Andre DIES
Arts right in the heart Of the Quarter Latinf at
bouse too where Danton had once lived, and within
thirty seconds walk round the corner from that IN
which Marat was assassinatedi queer old place II
WAS surely and am glad TO find it still in existence,
though there has been plenty of talk Of pulling 1t down.
and suppose il cannot long escape the devastating
edcts of NJ Hausseman. Alas for what remains OF
old Paris In another ten years there will hardly re-
main solitary slum for lover of antiquity, or stu
dent 10 hide his head in Frenchmen believe in moth
ing but the present and their metropolis is continually
changing They are used 10 and like IT, in fact as the
proyeIbal eels did their SHINING
You will observe that have unconsoiously led my
readers from the Avenue vctorato the Quarter Latin
instead Of which might just easily have taken
promenade along the north bank Of the Seine and dis
coursed about the Louvre. the Tuileries and what,
Familiarity nav be denominated the "swe places"
But what will you don't about the swell places
streets and the slums II is that under the friendly
guidance Of your Paris Correspondent and friend
Ian old TRIBUNE hand who has Travelled hither via Cal
iforna the Sandwich Islands and the Polynesia gener
aly) did stroll through the courtyard Of the Louvre
and into the Tuier.es gardens one OF the sulires
of mornings 1--WE have had divine weather ever since
we left Cherbourg)-and afterward rode on omnibus
top from the Madeleine to the Place Nendome, where
we two toiled up the dark staircase which Ike per
pendcuar tunnel gigantic stoye-pipe, affords access
to the top ard map like view Of PaIis-now looked
down upon by Imperial Napoleon the First instead Of
him of the jack.boois redHsoe gris and little cooked
hat-your p c. wisely eschesing The ascent and
remaining at the bottom.
Furthermore under the same pilotage went to the
New Temple-which however isn't swell place by
any means, and proportionately amusing. Eugene
Sues Temple is thing Of the past; and the present,
monsrous bazaar containing the neatest oldest, most
closely packed of little shops for the sale Of all manner
Of merchandise both masculine and feminine and rows
of the narrowest streets rooted Ia Crystal Palace,
must be an immense Improvement. But this mild spirit
of orthodox Sightseeing over, happy 10 say We
haven't done single interior of palace or public
bulding-that is, barring the old Hotel Cuny Paais
de Thermes which is curOIs. and quite naturally
in our way, poking about the Latin Quarter q wish
we could have gone down into the catacombs) And
in addition don't mean to- We have passion for
the streets. We adore them. We get end Of
fun and amusement ond satisfaction. and insight into
French nature (Which somebody Disseminated into
different thing from human natur0 out of them. Ac
cordngly each morning we select locality plunge
into labyrinth Of streets and-n We can find them.
sums-and are happy.
For palaces and public buildings, however archi.ec.
turaly they may differ ere essentially pretty much the
same all the world over. More or less magnificent or
eTterors interiors, ante rooms halls
suites Of apartments, upholstery statues. pictures and
properties" gencrally-with ciccrones 10 trot you
through them ike tame sheep. and 10 ses that yoa
don't loter long enough 10 really take In any remem-
brance worth having. IS Tor picture galleries, good
Heavens is there dEy'htag more exhaustive. more
brain and.ucrye.trying than great gallery foil Of IA
nous paintings and YOU idiotcally emulous Of not
passing over them Miserable man TIA, is the very
best thing you can possibly do after selecting ut
or two % bestow yonr brief hour or morning, day
upon. Appreciation Of art can't be got at ,ummarly
no more than You can zee Niagara inten minutes
The palaces. too, are exceptional and ariilcial-to
greater extent, that is. than the houses The needs
and Stiles and every day habits Of every day pco-
pie determine the fashion Of their dwellings hence the
difference observable in the streets Of New York
London Paris. Pat stranger from Japan. or from
the moon down in any Of them he would observe that
each had It's peculiar physognomy which little ae
quaintance with the Inhabitants would convince him
was perfectly appropriate and Characterize. Aud
now to what have remarked about Paris.
II is very diiicnlt 10 Kill the character o. cy; lot
even great FIRE, like That Of London does 1t eGectuay
for people build again the old lines OF ihogougare
as they did in that instance despite he plans Of Wren
who wonld have made Eugllnd's metropolis ~ mag.
nihcen as II Is enorn0gs, only driyvested Interests
and habit frustrated lis n'entious-and though from
TIE days Of Philip Augustus and Henri Quatre down 10
those Of the First and Second Napoleon Paris has been
peculiarly subject 20 alteration and Old ante.reyOu
tOnary maps OF IT, With their torn spder.web slums Of
the FaubOnTg 81. Antoine, and mazes Of tortnous al
lcys the southern side Of Seine look curious and
strange yet is there enough OF it remaining to at least
suggest what it was Nke-tiat Paris Of The Louis.s
tie CAar.eses, the Henris Of Carlyles great prose
epic and Dickenss Tale Of Two Cities. Ascend the
towers Of Notre Dame, did tle other day or +,
the top Of the Jnly Column or that Of tie Place Ven
dome, or any other good elevation, and you shall gee
the fine, new, broad Boueya.ds, stretching away
s.raght or slartirg with here and there an open
space the palaces on the north bank, The handsome
quays the narrow. clean river (Which, however al.
ways looks contemplate after the busy Thames) the
many bridges the public gardens On wise compare
bic with the parks of Loudon)-the whole circular
sweep Of the city with III zgzag Of eDrrdling forts
the work Of poor Old Louis Philippe which didn't pre-.
vent him from landing. M Smith, on The coast q
Sussex.
But within the city in various quarters particularly
the southern bank o. the Seine aioresa d. and on The
north, by the Quai de nly lwhere The river makes a