New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-06-06


sional letters in a very agreeable and unpretend-
/ ing style to the Jackson Standard We make the
France,
on lie a1i u ssndgsg ensconced in little chamber
10y D5 ~ ~, i9Inshes y with Hnvarnshed bureau and
iaai oIe siap OF light-brown color and with
C CuIee drawers, IN which have nut NV clothing
Jh my noor Of rough mashIe ia a yed Tisne nj car
pet, WHICH serves TO give fae room cheerful an
peafance pear ny pn ny mantel ata four flower vases,
| with piece OF red net in the other two I have
| my cigars for show" There are aorne nicf4ras
| badly executed from good desiona-oTa ~ a1,
3aylor, with ms feet exposed; another Of Saint
with a loaf Of bread and bottle Of wine. and tbe
inscription, g Plus content qtt IN g0ls . nore
happy than king). There are several others,
and yesterday for five cents made an addfttan5
to the stock on hand Of plaster paris husF e
the Empress Eugenie.
Had just stopped writing to kindIe fire. and with
my usual awkwardness, tnmbled the wood all
down three or four times could get Il Start
ed; it is at length blazing away cheerfuliy anI am
more comfortable, though the chimney does not
areW and the room is filed with smoke Thave
seh oseh IN FRANCE all this while and have not yet
59seh q piece Of warm bread or corn bread, and
Hdye not seen a glass Of water swallowed by a
FFelcnInan. 4 do not think they ever indulge in
water and every hotel table fur
nlshesy gratis, KIND Of red wine TCopfound the
French wood my fire n tyus aIveadv TTSfSeorn
try IS unquestionaby the cradle Of hirh epIibary
art, and when come home viii brine, Won some
| of their recipes.
was presented with little dog tbs rnornnc
| and accepted him to be companion IN Ion9 '
| lonely promenades. | have named hin FideIe fep
| auid lang syne. lead a regular old bachelors
| life: have my own box of candles and vTood3 and
| all that | lack is the gown and the cap / am
| getting to be as penurious as niser, and hope
| to continue so until make fortune Of my own.
lead quite an isolated life, nearly all the young
men of this gay realm spend their time at cafes
4 q ne ppl sdai in
| dens; so am constrained to have recourse to my
| books and pipes; the latter had renounced, but
resuming it, find that pipe with mild fragrant to-
baceo is nOta bad thing, but eminentiY s0iaeing.
| In a promenade down the banks Of the g swift
| Loire, /" | saw some elegant mansions surrounded
| by beautiful grounds and the workmen were busy
fitting them up for the reception of their owners,
who were residents of Paris during the winter
months. The river bank was lined with washer
women the whole whole way, who seemedto be
washing for the whole pop lation Of Blois, which
is Is or 10000. Every evening a band Of sixty
musicians play the most beautiful airs, and some
times my ear is gratfed by some that are loved
and familiar. From my window are constantly to
be seen twenty or thirty gaily attired French SOL
diers, who seem perfectly happy on their pay Of
one cent per day. Every man in France, on ar
irving at the age of 81, is compelled to take up
arms or pay $500, and I should Judge from the
numbers in service that they prefer soldering The
young prince imperial (ten years old owns the
magnificent chateau de Blois, which Is within
| gunshot of my room, and It IS being
fitted up in great style, for his reception in
July, The little fellow puts on more grandeur
than all the princes of EErope-has body gusEd
of thirty forty little chaps gorgeously equipped
and he never rides without the whole retinue. /
was invited yesterday to share the expense Of q
yoiture with the old Englishman, whom ! have
mentioned in former letters, to go and see the ele
CANT chateau de Chaumont l could not very well
refuse (priee Of wagon and horse six fganes,) be-
cause he is going to bring his two dauMsers here
and it behooves me to keep the good Slde of the
4 IN m hn nf
daughters charming little girls should judge
from their pictures, and who will have finished at
a German academy after next month-but to the
trip. AT half past ten the voiture was brought to
| the door, and you would have laughed to see the
institution, only two Wheels and twice as broad az
long the old horse, however, excellent, and we
train over the smoth turnpike. We made IL miles
in little more than an hour and felt fully repaid
for the trip and the "lay out,'' when l aseended
the high hill on which is situated the handsome
! chateau The view Is most lovely, and unOb-
structed as far the eye can reach-a most beau
Itiful country it isin fact it seems one vast gar
! den. The chateau was built in 1880, and was
7 occupied long time by the blood-thirsty queen
into her sale d cCttdter, and saw everything
almost exactly as she had left it and,while adj
mired the gorgeous display Of wealth and taste,
Mr.. Whitfield my companion, was calculating the
probable cost of the contents of the apart
ment; the candles which had been lighted
i BY the queen and half burned down, were
position in which she had left them three hundred
| years before; her book most curious old volume
with letters red, white and blue, was open in the
| same place where she had left off reading. The
next thing was the aTmOr of Henry HI with bis
sword etc, and a wild boar of immense size
killed by him, and two favorite dogs of the king
which had been killed by the boar were stuffed
and very we'll preserved. When we finished our
inspection OF the royal apartments, we went into
| the part of the castle which, in the summer
months, is occupied by the Viscount Wache who
lives in magnificent style during the winter months
IN Paris. The grand saloon surpassed in grandeur
anything had ever thought of-most beautiful
| pictures tail mirrors tables and rich hangings;
the walls covered with great curtains of cloth on
which are embroidered pictures of the chase
and battles. We next took a stroll in the
park and gardens, where innumerabIe objects Of
! surprising beauty were to be seen; herds Of deer
were wandering in the distance among the trees
grand terraces covered the choicest flowers taste
fully arranged, and little fountains throwing their
tiny streams into the air, to fall again with bub-
bling sound on beautiful white marble. 1t seemed
almost like garden of paradise, and felt that /
could DEer forever beneath its sweet shades NV
! companion did not at all share my unbounded ad-
| miration, but considered everything we saw as a
useless expenditure Of money, and hurried me off
| for fear the hotel keeper would feed our horses
twice and make the bill double 1t was with a
sigh that took leave of so lovely scene. and as
we wended our way slowly down the slope to the
river, | wished much that you were with me to
nave feasted your eyes en- what you most admire.
lnaVe anobhef JOKE on the . American du Mord.n
He was arguing on the subject Of the war in
America with a Frenehman. When both had be-
come quite excited, the Frenchman remarked that
" the war in America was most unjust thing on
the part of the Yankees, and SO evidently was
caused by Jealousy that he could not respect any
man who attempted an argument in favor of it.n
The BCstonian did not say much, but was brinful
Of wrath and said TO me in English: "a If that fell
low says much more to me in that style will call
bm tool.f | told him he had better 60 slow,
and that believed the gentleman with whom he
was talking TO be a count. The little fellow came
near fainting, and I was half sorry that had
frightened him so much. The count in question !
knew TO be vendor of socks and suspenders, and
ne had wheeibarrow on the public s4uare.)
SouTH AAER1oA.-A Panama paper furnishes
detailed account of the bombardment of Callao.
1t appears that after the failure Of Nunez to make
any serious impression upon the forts, he directed
his fire upon Tie city Of Callao; but the valuable
articles had been removed before the engagement,
and although three thousand shot and shell were
thrown into thecny theiDiury inflicted was trifing.
| After the bombardment, Admiral Nunez addressed
4 singular letter to the British Charge d'Ahaires,
| in which he says: Having chastised Peru for
the unjust proyocation given by her government,
by the bombardment of Callao and the attack on
her furtifcations, of whose many and heavy guns
only ttrae were renlVinp In the of fhia