New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-18
FRANCE.

IEpRU ROLLINS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
CHALLENGED" LA MARSEILLAGSE."
PARIS Wednesday, Nov II, 1862
The journals publish communication from Ledru
Rollin, in which he wthdraws as candidate for the
Corps Legisatf assigning as his for the step
that he does not desire to division in the Lib
era marty 1t is reported that the editor of lie Pays
has challenged Henri Rochefort for accusing him of
collision with the police. M. ROchefort is about to
commence the publication Of new journal. It's title
will be la AfarseiIlaise.
The morning papers give the details of great mill
tary preparations now making to guard against dis
orders during the elections on Sunday.
TOUssAIHT AND TREPAssEs-PARIs AT THE
GRAYEs-THE DEAD IRRECONCHEABLES--
PERE la CHAIsE UNDER DECORATION
FRENCH CELEBRANTs. --
fFRoM ORR OWN CnRRRspnVnRNrI
IFROM OUR own CORRESPONDENT
PARIS Nov. 5-The present week has been marked
by two fete days very dear TO the Catholics OF Pars
and so universally celebrated as to give the city an
aspect very singular TO those not familiar with 1t.
Monday the LIST of November was the festival of All
Saints, "Toussant' as it is called for short; and
Tuesday was the f6te of " All Souls" "Tr6passes,'
Le Jour DIES Morris" THE day of the dead" that is
" say. As it happened therefore, had three fetcs
in succession and Sunday was of course, the least OBJ
served as always when il comes in competition with
a "f6te" properly so called. But the TOussant might
have made man believe he was back in Boston
again so unanimous was the sbop-shutting and the
church going With the exception of the places that
minister to our hunger and thirst, the butcher the
baker the cake-shOps, cafes and wineshops, to say
nothing of the crem6ries every buying and
selling place was mercilessly shut, ex-
cept to early birds who knew when
to catch such worms they needed. The
churches were open. however, and believe that
every woman in Paris went to them, for, at y
o'clock when mass over. the streets were black
nth the crowds returning. i say black, for, on
Torssant and the Jour des Morris, black is la mode
even for those who have no bereavement to mourn
and no lost friend or relativet pray for The priests
hal no holiday, whatever their focks may have had
foi though it may be considered a not very proper
Jest to say that all welbred Parisans make point
Of dying in season to be buried either TOussaint
TI6pass6s there really appeared to be something in
g. Tor every church seemed TO have its funeral, and
an some looked in at, there were two at once mass
teirg said for at the High Altar, and for the
s1ber in the Lady Chapel. But this may happen any
CAV. and is the easily noticed because OF the
display of the Company of the "POmpes Funebres'
makes with its hangings at the Church-dOors
and with its plumed hearses, mutes, and
lugubrious, empty, mourning In truth,
however, the funerals were merely incidents
IN the melancholy TWO days cOnsecTate0 10 the re-
rooubrance of the dead. The tolling of the church
balls begins early. and. if you happen to live
one, becomes weariSOme by noon, and the general
shuttingup of shops gives the men and women
clerks, the masters and mistresses and all the shop
dependents an opportunity to put on their holiday
clothes and go OIL 10 whatever cemetery holds their
departed relatives or friends. This is done almost
universally, and for weeks beforehand, all that
small savings and smaller leisure can do is done 10
prepare the wreaths. crowns OF flowers, ever
green's. the memorial pictures the candles the Mas
ter images and all the knickknacks with which the
poorer, hard working class decorate its graves ON
these occasions On the second of these DAYS the
TrepassGs Jour des Morris. the shops are opeu
again and, consequently the crowd that thTOn the
eeaetcTits Is composed rather of the better class of
people, especially IN the morning. But it does not
MAKE mgeh Geen5ese t2r II tbs fist &aee
whereveF You 60 in Paris in public you tid all classes
mixed up peasants hOpkeeperS, soldiers, priests,
monks, rich people, poor people; absolutely no dis
tinrtiOn, and, IN the second place, gentlemen aud
ladies IN Paris not distinguished from those to
whom we should not apply those names either by
as an American One-l know no higher pTIsc-aHd
10 lar rs comfort is concerned, Won may as well go
10 the cemeteries on one day on the other,
chose the lTepasScS for my VISIT because II was more
convenient but lt was wretcbed day 10 be out H.
Tell me, why did whoever did II, choose out of the
whole dictionary the adjective sunny" 10 apply TO
Paris Surely 10 not an American, 10 whom
alter ms homo weather the brightest Summer day
here Is dull. lt must have been an Engllshmau for
VIII admit tins dull continuity Of mud and murl-
ness - a tile less muddy and murky than D. is IL
England But us ineXpIessibiy dun and depresg-
lhg. FOR n fortnight. now We have had one long
dlitWn Out succession of lOgs and drZLlng
ram, ana smashing seas Of mud. And
~ az TIC fortnight. the dullest, I0ggieSt,
huIINcSt, sWashngcgt day WAS the day of
Ian t A. al gIaAb got