The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-03

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and his wife, Marie Antoinette, we're
beheaded. The Champs Elysies is
pleasure garden joining on to and
forming q continuation Of the two
former just mentioned. These grouads /
arc adorned with beautiful groves, T
shady walks, gushing fountains, +
flower beds, statuary, aud enclrciing 4
rows of gas lights, displaying all the I
taste, skill and ingenuity Tor whlch /
the French people are so celebrated
There is a striking difference oD-
seryable in the manner Of laying out
the French and English pleasure I
grounds. the preference being deed
edlv In favor Of the English. Inc
French almost uniformly observe I
straight lines and right angles 10 all I
their plans, while the EDglsh con- /
struct upon the curve line and the |
acute angle In a Paris garden you /
| look down a long line or walk, richly /
| laden with embellishments on either
( side, which at first view Is truly mag
ni6cent, but after q while. as you walk
along, constantly observing the same
objects, it begets a d gree ofsameness.
But in an English garden, you start
upon q curved or winding walk, which
at FIRST presents all the scenery that
the eye can comprehend, aud as you
pass along the winding way, hidden
beauties are continually breaking
upon the view, charming your atten-
ton and challenging your admiration.
/ The English practice in another re-
/ spect [ regard as superior 10 that Of
either the French or American peo-
/ pie. The Americans devote very lit
tie attention to pleasure seeking
They try to make business a
| pleasure, while on the other hand
the French people devote too much
time to the pursuit of pleasure, thus
making pie sure ekiHg a business.
But the English pc pie seem to strike
more Bearly upon q happy mcdlun
. between the Two, properly slvie log
their time between basin S. and
pleasure, thus enjoying the dement's OF
both
Il We visited, since our arrival here,
many other places Of interest. such as
the Arc de TTiomphe, Hotel des IaUG-
! lidss. EchOte -iiihtaiie. the Norgu9,
or dead house, (where persons found
dead are placed for a short time, to
be recognized by their friends D
Paldis des BeauG Arts. Jardin de
Luxembourg. Hotel dc Ching, B0is de
) B0lougne, 81. Cloud, Versailles, Il c
{ Porcelain Factory Of Sevres, the Cob
elm Tapestry MdnWdctoTy, the ATC
t and Pan Of CdTOUset, Jardia de'
t Plaates, Cimetiere az Pore achqise
3 the Bouss, &c But the want Of
; time will prevent the further mention
E Of these Yesterday, the l3.h
Z was celebrated the great national
anniversary Of Napo con Bonaparte
/. 1t was truly high tlag IN Farjs. |
D had often thought / had witnessed
large assemblies Of people, ringing
!. according to estimates. from D GOO to
1 $4,000, or perhaps 10000 people, But
! | never saw " bjg crO1Cd until yes
r terday. The celebration was held IL
4 Champs De Mars, where the World,
4 Exposition was held in 1867. lie
/ should say the crowd was hmm ease, j
]. would not express hall the numbers
Y present, especially at night, TO witness
p tho fire works. Paris has two million!
> Of people, and the citizens say that q
/ least one hdtf of their popu alton were
1 ia attendance, besides one hundred
' and fifty thousand excursionists from
+ the different parts of France. and Wis
q itors from the surrounding nations
D making a fill million Of people round
G ed up by one hundred and fifty thou
o sand more. Carriages were no
q allowed to come near. We could set
g every place daTkenened with people
n The grounds were full-the squares
q the streets-the bridges-the river
the house tOps-everywh for mile
n we could see the living moyinI
s throng. A great many came from
e London, Glasgow, and Edinburgh Il
4 witness the celebration. The fire
K works and illuminations at night sur
d | passed anything Of the kind that ever
, France herself had ever seen. 1t wa
d truly, and | might say supremacy gran'
. and beautiful You could scarcel,
n imagine anything that would surp3s
e it, 1t represented different subjects
d BY forming their perfect images in tn
e air. 1t closed by forming a larg
: bouquet, as perfectly as if arrange,
i by the most skilllul hand When
J. had attained its full proportions
t | standing about two hundred fee
}. high in the air, it bloomed out in a
Y the various colors with bFilliane
p that lighted up everything around il
% Paris is one Of the handsomest an
e most luxurious cities in the world
y The climate possesses q happ3 mediur
le OF temperature, we'll suited 10 out
re door exercis and pleasure. Here pub
. lie buildings, her private residences
If her monuments, her churches, he
n boulevards, her gardens, her publ
he | promeaades, her arcades, and he
D. | thousand other places Of amusement
Ii | work a powerful facination on tn
as senses and render her source 0
i attraction unrivaled as q city of bcaut
- or city Of pleasure. The style {
4 dress in Paris is very much the sam
8 as in the States. Paris being about tw
y weeks ahead. Respectfully, j
5 The BOARD Of Health Again.