Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-30
PARTISAN PICTURES.
The Weather, the People and the Streets
Reconstruction.

A correspondent of the London
Echo, writing from Paris on the 10th
inst, says: "July weather has come
upon us in all its ~ierceness. A scOrch-
ing sun pOurs down on U unaecu5-
toned heads from one of those clear,
deep blue skies which smoky London
thinks must beso beautiful, but which
we uugrateful Parisians fail to appre-
cfate. 1t is the first real hot day we
have had this year, and has taken US
by surprise. Sunshades and nankeens
have reappeared amid what it is the
fashion to call the ruins of Paris |
dare say some of your readers think
that Paris must be an awful place now
that it is in ruins, and that we walk
| over nothing but ashes and cinders
and charred cOrpseS.
am happy to say, however, that
| we have a few houses and avenues
| left, and that the municipal authOri-
| ties are displaying a laudable energy
in repairing the damage done by the
savages of the universal Republic that
was to be. The public gardens, hith.
ertO occupied by troops and artillery,
have been evacuated; some of them
are already open, but the Tuileries
and the LuXumbOrg were in such a
Woful plight that a few days must
elapse before the gardeners a put
the grass-plots and flower beds in pre-
sentabIe order, Fortunately the fine
chestnut trees in these gardens are
nearly intact; a branch or two here
and there have been carried away by
the shells, but they are hardly missed
.--G1 kLn fill nwvapgnrnohinn fnlTann
beneath which, on such a day as this,
Paris is wont to vile the meridian
heat away, listening to the music of
the spheres, and watching the myrlads
of children with their BONES at play.
The debris of the Hotel de Vile and
the Ministere des Finances is rapidly
disappearing, under the united efforts
of hundreds of WOrkmen and stOutly-
hOrsed wagons. The town architects
believe they will be able to make use
of a part of the stone walls of both
these buildings, but years must elapse
ere the work of restoration be entirely
finished. The glorious Champs Ely
sees are as green and blooming as ever.
The flower beds are nearly all re-
stocked, and fresh trees are being
planted in the place Of those blasted
by the c~ross-fre of the civil struggle.
The rOundabOuts and guignois once
more reign in peace, and the goats in
the infantine carriages come out again
none the worse for the siege. The
open air concerts attract the same
miscellaneous audiences as of yOre,
in spite of the bad beer, now worse
then ever, since the loss of Strasbourg,
and the doubtful music.
The notorious Theresa has not yet
made her temperance, but another
strongly developed and GOrgOn-vOiced
favOrite, whose name | forget at the
moment, has opened the season with
great success. The little bandboX the
alter, hidden by the trees, the FOlies
Martigny, finds a fair number of fire.
quenters, whose love of screaming
farce makes them obliviOus to semi
suffCcatiOn and bad air. The circus,
too, is again full of wonderful horses
and less wonderful aerObats, with the
additional attraction of a semi-Eng-
fish clown.
The Place de la COncorde is under
going repairs, but here the work of
restoration will demand some time.
The fountain on the south side must
be recast. The statue of Lille, half
blown away by shot and shell, viii
have to be recast. But what will be
done with the statues of Metz and
Strasbourg? OF course they will re-
main there. The French say they
have only Silent those two towns for a
few years." They will be redeemed
ere long-nobody but a perfdiOus
foreigner doubts it. Perhaps the spot
which bears the most traces of the
war is the Wood of BOulOgne. 1 must
confess this charming place is in many
parts unacceptable.
What with the trees cut down for
ireWood during the Prussian siege,
and the works Of fertilization and de-
tense in others, the poor wood pre-
sents a ragged, miserable aspect.
Many of the cool, shady alleys have
disappeared altogether. The slopes
leading doWntO LOngchamps,are wild
wastes of weeds, stubble and roots of
trees. The cascade is half in ruins.
The lake, however, and the avenues
surrounding, are as fresh and beauti-
full as in the pipingtimes of the Second
Empire.