The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-04
FUNERAL DAY IN PARIS.
Apathy OF the POpulation-A Dead EN-
perOr without Mourners.


perOr without Mourners.
PARIS, JAM 49, 1878.
From the aspect OF Paris to-day no one could
believe that the obsequies Of Napoleon III. are
transpiring in England All here Is tranquil. The
city which he enlarged and beautifed and
in which he was the one imperial
dweler for twenty years offers his memory
no tears his grave no flowers hts family no conso-
laton. 1t might be said that on Thursday Napo-
leon III. died at Camden House and that on Friday
his memery expired in Paris. To realize how CON-
petely he mas persisted it was only necessary to
take the walk your correspondent took to-day at
the very moment when his faithful followers were
doing the last rites at Chiselhurst. Gayety ruled
on the bouevards; the shops were open; the
toilets were bright and cheerful and almost every
| face as radiant as the average physognomy Of
| the Paris crowd. In promenade OF several miles
foot through the city did not observe shop
closed, unless 1t bore the inscription, "BoutiQue
louer." Neither was there solitary house
in mourning, and thus, publicly, at least,
there was an entire absence of grief.
Reflection suggested, ''HOw would 1t have been
had Napoleon died in the purpeS' "The end OF
December 2, and a long day at that" "The
1ckeness OF Frenchmen; the ingrattude OF
Pars" Walk down the Champs Elysees. The foot
path is very animated, 1t presents one stream Of
ment it is the same. Gorgeous equpages roll by;
the cabs are even in more than usual demand,
and that demi-nonde, rendered afiluent and buoy
ant by the imperial regime, is as gaudy and
braZen the Jour de Fan. No class OF
people Is sad To observe sorrow in the outdoor
crowd to-day requires very melancholy percep-
tons. Thus that end which people we re fond OF sty
ing "The greatest event OF the century" has made
no impress upon that population which 1t concerns
most. II is true that the government prohibited
demonstrations OF any character that could pos
sibly be interpreted political. Yet no order was
| given to prevent the ordinary expressions Of
mourning. The Ministry did very silly thing in
prohibiting the use OF the name of Napoleon ". in
the journals. 1t was on the plea that the mention
OF Napoleon ". tended to foment agita-
ton. Paul de Cassagnac, In his paper, the
Pays, very cooly rejoins that II there
| Is offence in calling the Prince I'M
perial Napoleon ". what is the argument
which sanctions the currency of Henry W The eau
lois Is in deep mourning and 80 is the Ordre, and
both bristle with gloomy but theatrical dispatches
from Chsehurst recording the proceedings of
each succeeding hour. The moderate journals
ignore the funeral, and taken all in all, 1t may be
said that there Is an extraordinary apathy con-
corning the last scene In the tragedy Of the modern
Cesar among the phenomenal Journalists John
Lemoinne, with that measured contempt which
has made his reputation daily writer, deals
| with the religion Of the deceased Emperor, and
shows how In using the Church he abused and
weakened 1t. Among Americans there has been
more regret than among any other nationality,
| not excepting the Italian and English They say
| here ooh, he was genius; we cannot help admir-
ing his superb talentsl" And little later we hear
judicial parsonage declaring, eyes, he had brains,
but brains without head; he was the Jim Fisk OF
Franceu Every American traveller who has been
here knows how Napoleon III. battered and ca
ressed our countrymen, especially our country
women. Many of them were his spies, his tools,
his toadies so many OF them as still exist here you
may imagine are unhappy. They were waiting for
the return of the Emperor for the resurrection OF
lost employment. They, and such as they, mourn