, 1866-04-25

4Qc SpIcHQols oI 1aI1s pfoQuccd, no QQtbt,
as great On impression upon Franklin, JeEer-
son md Jay, as upon the Americans Of the
present generation, but the contrast between
the Paris OF those days md the Paris Of the
present cannot be better inustrstcd Than by
comparing the brilliancy which then made
Versailles the great focus Of coustly elegance
aud fashion, With the dullneks which now
rcigns In that once fnvorite resort of French
rpya1ty. Versailles Is now only remarkable
for its palace and picture cutlery. Auteuil,
where Franklin used TO live in neighborly
relations with the intellectual grandees Of
France, Is now nothing more than lue}ess
village. Paris has since not only become still
more dcspotic in its supremacy over the pro-
rfncial towns, but 1t has stolen the sceptres
of fashion from Versailles, and of intellect
from Antsuil. In 1860 Paris is more than
ercr orrnif'otcut in taste. beauty md bril-
linncf not only in Frsuee, but all the world
ovcr, and holIa the reias OF power with such
exquisite tr2te, that even those Frenchmcn
VINO recently opened propaganda
in faves ol Decentralization, are laughed
ont OF tfielr speculations at the
very sisl'f of the Boalevasds. These
Bunlctarcf ce.i'.>s7.iih pAste rom MI The
other citlce ot: tie world. Without them,
the French Capital would still clallensc ad-
niyation by liz historic associations, palaces,
monuments, churches, bridges, and above ali.
by the gardens and pleasure grounds, with
their lovely groves for old and young, for the
veteran Zouave seeking rcpose after his strus-
giles Oh the battlefield, as well rs for the chil-
dren OF Paris, who inhale there In the fra.
1-ence of t,owers and amidst tbe 1nno.ent
s-ausswcrts "a the NAV croroa that
de,;c;ous nnror of ,,r;rb,ress o,d
;oTopsness which cons.,tntes tbr crnJrn,
Ir rruec Of the ror;s,on Void
f,nt ,c,th tIe Ron,crards MI I'm ho,t,cr1,,,..,
char1ns and I'll the innnmcrnh,c monuments,
md Typographical beauties or paris rcceive :.
setting which staups upon The Frrnr,, r,nf.
tai a character OF its own. r,tch1e<s &, H.
Lril,iancy and almost batl,,ns .1escTin.;on ~ "
Thcse 1,on,erar5s. tra1crs;nt- ~ ct,, T.a,
one end In nnotber. are so can,c1,nsir 49,
1eam,ful1y laid ont lint ,n;,,,nns of .e;,,a1.a
can rcl1 over them taar md n1rht NM ~
lions of redctrians .uovc ahort c,,,tar,
ah1y. vithout: CREATING. a. IN Iondon.
n sense IF onnress,on. Init nroduc,nc ~,
tlc contr,rv. fcel;nrs ee exI,,crotton e.
nr..c7o,,e 3s +H;s ,nfnence or t1,e n,,,1.re-as
tl,nt eyeu ron,, noon1c .ynn11 "a 1it+1e arc, -,
10 nnpear therr In a dirty condition ne r., ho.
have oHcnsivc1y In a 1ady,s n,r,or and The
bcaufy OF these celebrated thor,no,f,ras Is
conseoncnt1r mi on1r tho nr;nc;rol ,,rna.
ment. hut constitutes a,so a sort ot Notice of
rood manners, nuttino ercrr one nno,, ,,5s
1,cs, behavior.
TIE Rou1cyards link In reality ,,cro
Nln nant,ra,oo. ~ III 49, -
brilliant IN notn,e ,tfe .nd ~
tl,au lile s,rccts. and no ~. ~
mass +,ropr,, them r,tbon, ho,,o -nor. ~
additions and embellishments nj the Ton,a.
yards In the last len wears. arc On stuneud.
ous scale Those who visited Paris In 1854.
would hardly recognise II In 1864, The res.
ticcs Of old Paris are being more and more
DESTROYED. md II ANYTHING can atone for ,ou,s
Napoleou's d1spensatiou. his renovation of
pnris is certainly the redecminr c7acc Of his
dcspotis1n.
Yet, though the external appearauce of the
new and old Bouleyards Is mnrc dazz,tnu
then ever, and presents, during day
and night. q complete panorama Of the
human family, as far Us the men and
aud women oi all nations arc concerned. who
perambu1ate there in every direction. the
intrinsic social character of tue Boulevard
and pa1a,s Royal coffee houses giItters under
Napolcou's Gcmoralizing rule, With more
ttneel tlan gold. Indeed the mammoth new
Cafes On tic boulevard dcs Capuciues have
lost al! their old prestige Of refinement. and
are not much letter than bar-rooms or lager
lccr SALOONS, where nothing is heard brit the
noise Of aoninoes and trick-1rsck ant, bil}lard
players, and TINT Of loud and course voices,
mud where even the augnitlceuce OF
Tic mirrors. and the furniture is
osscu.cd by the sufloeatips smoke a,
a thousand abominable cigars. The
Cate de Foir, once 50 celcbrntcd by tho great
men who lrcaucutod 1t, has been rccently
closed. The better class Of gentlemen in
Paris are now meeting in clubs rather than
caies, and The few Gates that still retain soms
thing of the old atmosnherc Of good breed
Ing, nsc not the new. gaudy establishments,
hui tic older and smaller cntes, like Tortoui
Jlelder. md the like. Tho new lorcc hotels
tucb MS the 1ouyrc md fhe Grand IJotel aTr
co,,olle ol5ec,,onatle AUer;..rs e,;,, rraua
=. thcsc hotels ottroctod 1,r ,,,o;- ao1nss,1
s5ze and r,;,tcr3ne .oTa,.sn.a hrt 4hor
ar,, far f-,,s 1,c,ng dcs;ta,.,e tar f,,;,;a. and