The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-14
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I Ph0nfx EurOpean Correspondcncs.s
/ 4, PANS, August a, 1873.
stranger. il ia dhbfok ksn drsam !oi pleasi
sure; but below thcE suriacy, hidden;
from tbe eyAhot all Save lbs viotimss
flows etrea5H Of poverty and misery
that surpssses comprehension. 1. But let
us draw veil DER her wretohedness,
and only speak OF her pleasures. She is
filled. even to crowding, with places Of
! amusameIt One Of the latest novel.
ties is the panorama of the defence of
Paris. It is uplike any panorama I
have ever seen. It is in large ro-
tunda, and when entered, the scene
bnrsts upon you'like reality. You are
standing in the shade. on an elevated
mound, Representing Fort Issy; while
around you, not painted on canvas nor
on glass. hut reelected from below by
some process unseen, is the panorama
of the defence OF Paris. Part of the
scene is real; for instance. they have one
zeal cannon aud one painted, and it ia Is
difficult matter to tell one from the
other. The villages of Chatillon,
Sdnt Cloud, Clamart, Meudon, Bou.
iogne and the undulating heights which
surround them, or rise above them,
may be seen at q short Distance It was
on those heights that the Prusoians had
established their batteries for the siege.
On the North is Paris, with all her
|>monuments, domes and palaces. Fort
lssy, placed Immediately under the eyes
OF the spectator, is seen in all it's details
OF buildings, Notifications, armaments,
DO. The barracks and powder maga.
zines in the court yard are on fire or in
ruins. AS one Of the guide books says,
the spectator assists OF the removal OF
war material which numerous workmen
are executing. Some are drawing up,
by main force, q cannon intended to re-
place one ont of service on the rampant;
others are propping up wall of sup
port, shaken and cracked by the failing
OF bomb. Here, some are unloading
carts filled with war materials; there,
others, armed with shovels and axes,
carrying On their shoulders bugs Of
sand, are going to repair portions of the
tort shattered by the enemy's fire. Near
these, wounded soldiers are being as
sisted off the field by their comrades.
Through one of the ramparts. the body
OF an officer, decorated with the ribbon
OF the Legion of Honor, is being borne
to that portion of the fort sheltered
from the explosion of the shells, which
are bursting all around. All salute as
it passes. On the rampant, soldiers are
answering the cannonade of the Ger
mans. Tho walls of Paris and gun
boats on the Seine are acting jointly
month of this unparalleled siege,
sixty thousand shells fell upon this
fort. Below, on the ground floor,
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Paris, which shows what was going on
within the city at the same time The
above scene was taking place without
the walls. The streets are covered With
snow and the poor of Paris are waiting
at the door of q municipal butcher for
their food. Cabs loaded with wounded
from the Notifications arc passing; fa,ui.
lies are moving their effects to some less
exposed quarter of the city. A wound
ed officer is being borne along on lit
ter, while further off funeral is slowly
proceeding to one of ne cemeteries.
just at this moment shell strikes the
corner of the butchers house, and kills
by its explosion many of the persons
standing near. The emotion of fear is
depicted on every oountenance. On the
left OF the avenue, which we nre facing,
IN the beginning Of o conhagration,
which firemen are epdeavoring to extin-
guish. and far above. in the clouds, is "a
balloon, carrying news from Paris to
the provinces. Altogether, this is the
most wonderful sight of Paris. The
whole seems to be reflected into the air.
The description have given is but q
poor one, and does not give you any
idea OF the splendor of this panorama.
Opposite the panorama building is the
Palais de lIndustrie. whero fine model
OF the siege of Paris is on exhibition.
Near here. behind the Hotel des Inva.
lides, the home of tho old wounded
soldiers. is tho tomb of Napoleon T.
The tomb is plnced in a crypt twenty
feet in depth and thirty-eight in width.
Over the tomb is built the finest gilaed
dome i'll the world. The snrcophagus of
the Emperor is of tho finest red sand.
stone, brought from Lake Lagoda, in
Finland, Mt the expense of 100000
francs. This stone was first used in
Russia by NJ. dc Montfeorand for the
pillars of tho temple. Saint Isaac, at st.
Petersburg. In appearance it is not
very unsimilar to the best polished ma
hogany. The sarcophagus itself mca.