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Pans, Nov. IL, 1875.


Pans, Nov. IL, 1875.
To the Editor Of the Free Pres and Times:
Ihaye been in Paris about week, and oil
course can make no pretension to have seen
anything more than little Of the outside OF
it. Its history, its present government ana
institutions, its social life, religion indus-
tries. art and education, cannot speak OIL.
except 20 far as these show themselves In
works that meet the eye Ct every visitor
But the sights of Paris are peculiar, and e1-
cite wonder and admiration beyond any
CITY have seen, and, it is safe to say. OF
the world. Other cities are alike IN some
things and can be compared to show their
similitudes, but we can compare them to
Paris only to show their contrasts. There
is only one Paris Oh the earth and e'er
will be and, to those in whom the sensual
and aesthetic tastes predominant, 1t Is sug-
gestive Of Paradise, and the comparison TO
which it incites is almost as much with
heavenly things as with earthly And YET
with all this earthly splendor with which
the senses are surfeited, and the prophecies
of heavenly glories are suggested, there ap-
pear here and there unmistakable remind
ers that the entranced beholder, only sepa-
rated by thin veil, stands near the vile
wretchedness that is caused by earthly
despotisms, and at gilded gates that lead
down to hell. The splendid display seen on
every hand, planned by ambitious royalty,
suggests the enforced toll and taxation that
must have wrought it out. The evidences
all unite to produce the conviction that
there has been one central purpose and will,
TO excite and control all the varied talent,
industries, arts, smusements. pleasures and
ambitions of the people, and to unite them
IN building and adjoining city which ats
rulers and wealthy citizens will ENJOY and
be proud of, and which all the world may
come to see, to admire. and pay tribute to.
Paris is the head Of the French empire.
Its brain, its beauty, its pride, its will, its
power and authority. are concentrated IN its
chief city. France exists and is governed
for the benefit of Paris first of all. All its
provinces and industries, and arts, and
wealth are made tributary to the greatness
and beauty and pride, and festivities oil the
capital And all other interests OF the city
itself are held subseryient to the one idea,
its magnifcence.
Paris. though the second city Of the world
in population, has very little commerce or
heavy transportation. saw nowhere blocks
of warehouses filed with the heavy and
coarser goods, no narrow streets crowded
with drays loaded with boxes. bales, barrels
and hogsheads, iron, coal and cotton, no
barges or canal boats loading and unloading
with these, as in every other large city. and
no quarter made foul by the putting, rumo-
ling, steam, smoke and SCOT of large manu-
factories of the heavier and ooarser goods
The Seine runs through the city, and ap-
pears to be as broad as the Thames in the
upper part of London. but on its banks |
saw no wharyes, on its bosom no vessels
loaded with commodities of trade 1t was
walled in on both sides, and often bridged,
with the finest masonry which art and skill
ed toll can build, and along its banks for
miles and miles are the finest paved, broad
est and most beautiful walks, shaded prom
enades, or drives for light carriages, that
imagination can conceive. On the river
are few light steamers, all seemingly built
for pleasure travel, and carrying mostly
sight seers, few people Of business and
little il any freight. Along the banks of
the Seine or close by it are the finest, broad
est streets of Paris, OF the world, with
their flower beds fountains, gardens, statues,
ia marvellous profusion and monuments,
such as the Arc de Triumphe, Colonne Ven
dome, and others also the Tuileries, Pal
ace of the Louvre, Palace of Luxembourg,
of Corps Legislatif, of Justice, and many
other public buildings of the grsndest de-
sign and finish here also are the famous
garden Of plants and the museum of the
Louvre, claimed to be the largest and the
finest collection of paintings, statuary and
curiosities in the world. The world re-
nowned church, Notre Dame, is on an is
land of the Seine. While taking rapid
view, a. only could, Of these wonders of
art and science and labor for the pleasure.
instruction and pride of the people, could |
not help contrasting them with the adorn- |
ments of the " water fronts" along the Hud- |
son at New York, the Delaware at Phils-
delphia, the harbor and Charles River at
Boston and, let me add, the Lake shore at
Burlington. doubt it nature, in all the |
world, has prepared place more fit and
comely for adornment than Burlington has |
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Of College street And when the city shall /
grow to a hundred thousand people, and
more, must all that natural beauty and ar
tistie possibility be covered and smothered
BY the demands of trade, the smoke and SCOT.
AMI the numbering clangor of men who toll
only for food or for riches, and have no time
and no relish for the beauties of nature and
art? Will you permit your humble CORES
pendent to suggest, that, under the direction
OF your city author tiles, plan of future
adornment might now be made BY some per-
son Of eminent talent, and at little expense,
and the ground saved from pre-oceu patton
and tehlement. Future generations will be
certain 10 carry out such plan TO magnif
cent completion. If some Howard would
provide such place and save the ground
~ 1T, his name and memory would deserve
d place on the best monument the city shall
ever erect. and get it, too.
The Henrys, Louises, and Napoleons, all
the emperors of France, loved Paris, and
each We'd with his predecessors in planning
and expanding for its grandeur and beauty
The memory OF all, however different their
and government. seems to be hon
pred, and especially in Paris, where their
works for the city remain the pride Of its
citizens and the admiration of all foreigners.
Paris has more visitors and foreigners resi-
lent for longer or shorter periods, than any
'ther city, or perhaps all other cities of the
world and from these, in one way and an
'ther, it derives a large part of its revenues
md its wealth.
can only add, that while the beauty and
wealth of Paris are more conspicuous along
he Seine. they appear everywhere they are
all over the city +.
POLITICAL.