New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-06-07

there ismuch to occupy attention. Tie houses,
the stores, the vehicles; the people, II dresses,
the customs-all have a singular APPEARANCE to
his Impractical eye. The very air secs foreign.
He does not look at special things, BIZ takes the
whole en- masse, and until lie has boone com
paratively used to the city, and has oWcome this
feeling Of newuess in part he doe not seek
separate objects or places in whichto interest
himself. The Tuileries and Palais dd4ouyre, are
admired as fine buildings before the names are
known; Col0nDe' FepdoHte is seen nth pleased
eyes before he has the knowledge tht is made
from captured Austrian guns; and Bhen having
strayed off, though perhaps only witln pleasant
walk Of his hotel, he feels himself let, and always
has recourse to o coupe. To make long stay al
one of the grand hotels" is, tosay the least
Of it, little expensive so that the irst care Is to
find apartments, or boarding house. Although
the city is full Of SUCH and the sign stares us in
the facefrom every third door and.at every wrner,
" apDdrtefaeats gte,tblGs a IoRer preSentsnent," "
vet few Of them will meet the demands, the
same time az to price and quality, of ourpoor
travelling Confederate, and among the may he
has to find few from which his modest leans
may select choice. This Is rot 80 easy a task,
and occupied your humble SERVANTS longetime
blal tleN nut dubtylpdtfus 24t lldfIhR nail
the "dpDar1eHeats Dlsu5l5s louer y in own,
and finding them all very dear, we ftled
quietly down in the rue Gaee, side stree two
squares from the Champs Ely,6e, and quitnear
the Barriere de l'Etoile, or, as it is othfwisc
called FARO de Triomphe. This is q magmcent
stone structure, Of immense size, yet perlefprO-
portions It was built by the first Napolln, is
garnished on two sides by carving three tlnI life
size. and round the upper part by scenes incuIp-
ture OF the battles and victories fought and lined
by this great emperor. From its top sRndid
view is afforded Of Paris and its enyiroI and
would be of the neighboring country werdt not
for the surrounding heights, and that Il city
seems to spread itself as far as the eye caneach.
To climb to its top is a task | would not ecOm-
mend any fat old gentleman to underakemme-
diately after hearty dinner. Indeed, it tses the
powers OF young person to ascent itfspiral
staircases, up, up, up, as though they youinever
end. I involuntarily asked my achinglmt how
they would like to 20 to Heaven through aTower
of Babel, il much worse than this AM they
trembled at the very thought. But, ono it is
under your feet, and nothing above blt tn blue
sky, one is amply repaid for all his hbol The
principal buildings are plainly visible 10 + eye,
ninuti4 and beauties are dscernabt. the
bronzed face Of the Vendome statue carsome-
times be seen the workings Of the serene iunte-
nance, as fly walks loisurely over itI ne, and
while I was looking it raised its hand holdg the
rod of empire, and brushed away said anniance.
Although the capital of the world, Paris still
destitute of some Of the most common appnces
and greatest conven1ences Of great citl 1t Is
only recently that the practice of intrhcing
water into buildings by means of pipes hbeen
adopted and that old and, in American ciE, OBJ
soete custom of water carts is still in voguI The
lighting of houses by gas is not by any mes uni
Versa, nor has the Pickering, smoky ie Of
candles and lamps yet passed. In buildingas is
never considered part of the house, butgways
put in afterwards; the pipes are never bed in
the plaster but traverse the outside of theiling
adding but little to the appearance of aRrlor
The streets, cest-d-djre the Boulevards d the
principal thoroughfares, are well and magpently
illuminated by lights every twelve or fifte feet
and each amp-post made of bronze, moed il
flowers or figures, is an ornament toie To-
cality. No city of America can compare , it in
these places: but to the side streets no piculal
attention is paid, and at night they do no'esent
a very brilliant appearance. A boulevardnight
crowded with its thousands Of coming agoing
passengers, some elegantly dressed in 3 and
diamonds others evidently belonging to lowel
classes, which their poor attempt at finernakes
more apparent; and others just released n the
troweI and hod, their bonses and caps stiespat
tered with mortar, but with the careless 8ty o.
Frenehmen, they go, arm in arm, singing, setfu
Of the labors Of the past or the tolls and urtain
ties of the future. boulevard, at nighfth it:
one or two brilliantly lighted cafes on eaquare
whose little round tables placed on the walk
outside the door, are tavorte resort forhgers
by. who having nothing else to do, sip b alb
synthe, and watch the Paris world as it G pas
in a continuous food. boulevard at nj will
its bright windows, presenting, to their bl ldyan
tage, such elegant thin goods for the aptchinG
summer, such handsome cashmere shawlir tht
still cool weather those loves of morninlcket
and ducks of hats, as have made many alutifu
lady's heart ache with desire; its jewelllshop
displaying diamonds and pearls that migFace
king, and glittering with its brilliant refd rays
divided again to the colors of the spect. Th
FREQUENT inviting confeotioneries, the gcthing
in the way of candy and chocolate (for B is th
head of its manufactured arranged so btingl,
in its windows one can scarcely get by. iboule
ward at night, with its two or three unified gel
d'arn1es on every corner, and dozen nprom
enading in the space of the squared wild
streets filed with the hundreds of voitrhurry