The New York herald., 1878-09-15

nad s'ckcss and az consequence there was crowd
Ing, no undue pressure, There was a good deal
OF wait'ns. and req tape and pauses and opening and
closing of wicksts, orders and counter orders, and
under officials win chains OF white metal around
incr necks hurrytnR 10 and frc and the officers In
command were nervous and skipped round good
deal; but wasa task to march TO- 900 persons into
Notre-Dams and march them out again without
accident. This was done, and although your corre-
spondent was one Of the ten thousand he found HIM
SELL after an hour and half waiting. sauntsring into
enurch rs quietly and as little disturbed by throng
as at our own Trinity any ordinary service.
hExosIEs or SorRE-DAME
But this waitinr. even II one has 10 swing himself
from the iron raiiiag uncertain foothold
on the coping ih lull OF Interest am fond OF Notre
Dame Few shings even in bewitching Paris are
more interest g than TO in out OF .ns ieversh city
and stroll Through It's aises. especially when the
priests are singing tho vesper hymns There Is SO
much pos go In those and venerable Gothic piles
The harAas that fashioned them were the hands OF
pious men, else how could they have taken such
hold bi the iuaagnaiions Of mankind? Notre- ID anne
has been critelsed and hardly belongs to the first
rar n ot cathedrals, and here as swing from my
fsncs and look up at ITS towcrs miss that awful
oatc majesty which comes upon you at Canterbury,
Mt st. Stephens In Vienna, at Strasburg Cologne
pe fine points In Notre-Dams the flying buttresses
and study them while waiting II did not know that
one OF these Frenchmen would take my place. But
never critieise work OF this kind though IL were
a BIT OF crockery the last device In porcelain It
is surely vast and venerable pile and how much
easier II is, now much In keeping with the day,
to drink II all inall the poetry, tho splsndor the
harmony. tho iatb the legends the inspirations that
tower above you, frozen, as were in stone This
an idea OF Gostnes, who calls architecture frozen
music-mustc 10 stone. For ages this po has repre-
sented the pety and the aspirations OF France Gen
eratiens, generations OF forgotten past have swept
over II, and standsas fresh clear as when It's
builders adjusted the capstons it's towers II has
seen The rise and fall Of all the governments
and dynastiss Of France, and through this
main gate, into which the delegates and depu-
tations ere crowdinR what PROFESSIONS have passed
Louis 10 return thanks for victories the snemes
Of the Church; Henry, TO con6rm his opinion that
Paris was worth mass. Another Louis and Marie
Ansoinstte TO thank the holy Virgin Tor the SON who
was 70 sarve IN the Temples Napoleon TO be crowned
BY Pope; Louis the restored, 10 bless the Lord for
bringing him again 10 France; tbs third Napoleon to
invoke Gods benediction upon perjury street
massacre.
FRONT OF NorRE.DAxE.
As you swing from your coping and look out In the
broad open you the long line OF Senator's
representatives OF dsputations from all parts OF
France. The helmets OF the horsemen on guard
shine in the sun These legislators and deputations
have marched from the courtyard Of the 1uteries
and now they crowd into the very door which in
the past was only opened TO kings The
line Is four deep and extends across the
place and turns the corner and is lost on
tho bridgea It embodies the foremost men in
France, not merely those who are In the Assembly,
but who govern communos and cities. All are in
evening dress. Those 10 authority around their
waists tho trioolor scarf Of the Republic. Others
wear uicolor rosettes frRged with gold bearing the
names OF the department or association they repre-
sent One group attracts especial attention 1t is
the rsm Bslfort CARRIES borne on
the shoulders OF eight men, an immense crown of
Mowers and immostses six feet diameter This
crown. decorated with tricolor draped in GRAPE
bears the "Beifor," and rs the Offering OF that
town to the memory Of tho man who saved It to
France. The other ssctisn is the students OF the
Paris high schools. They carry magnificent crown
OF violets and roses, AT least six feet IN
diameter. inscribed ITO Theirs from the Youth
OF Paris" Other scholars followed with wrea.hs
and crowus. one crown came from the Fronch
colony In far Busnos Ayres other from other
colonies. Saint Gsrmaiu, where Theirs died, sent
the most beautiful offering OF ALL II was a crown
IN blue vovet, and bearing in letters Of silver "a.
Theirs, Septcmbre, ls77-Saint Germain-cn-Laye."
Here are delegates from all the departments from
Algeria, from Alsace- Lorraine, from schools and
academies, from newspapers, from factories, from
work kingmens associations, from theatres print
ing ofnees-all streaming into the church. Now and
then some well known face passes, and bats are
raised. Among the Senators yeu note Labo oulayo
Jules Simon and Henri Martin. The Ministers have
gone In NJ another door, aud we miss them. Amoug
tho deputies you see Jules Ferry and Girardin.
Charles Blanc and sardou are observed among the
acad smicians As noon draws near persons OF note
drive up. Among tho ambassadors the nrst IS Prince
ORION, wearing his grand GROSS. Lord Lyons comes
swiftly aiter. There Is ripple Of interest as tho
Chinese Ambassadors descend This interest in.
crcases with the arrival OF thrce Algerian chiefs in
flowing robes Of brown, black and white wearing the
legion ol honor That undersized gentleman IN plain
evening Dress without ribbon or a star, with the
large head, blscA glowing eyes aud dark Oriental
skin, Is oil the iorcmos, In tho world. II Is
EmiIio Castelar,. ex-Presdcnt OF the Republic of
Spain, coming 10 honor the memory of sn ex-Presi.
dent OF France. Tho American Minister, General
Noyes, aud Mr. HIT came In plain civilian dress.
mmeda,ely alter family carriage comes driving
slowly. There ioo,men in mourning livery. The
lamps burning but swathed Grape. Two
ladies' In deep mourning arc inside. Every hat
goes of, and q tremor OF emotion ana sympathy
runs through the multitude. For this the carriage
OF Thiers aud The ladies' are his widow aud Mile
Dosne they descend the Project OF tho Police re-.
coives Madame and her her seat near the
altar.
DECORATIONS OUTSIDE.
And nov the bcls-tbose famous bells of Notrs
Dame when Hugo mas made immortal-ring out In
solemn, jAnglng clsmor, bidding US remember that
the hour Is at hand when we are to worship God
While you swing on your coping you move with the
crowd aud time are In front of tho church, near
the gate, anxious, now that bells ringing
TO be INSIDE But there Is hurrying iret,ing
for the police and careful. admitting twenty
at time ana seeing that you are placed
before sns gstes arc opened again. The
whole front Of Notrc Dame, as high as the
first platform, IS covered with black CLOTH To
tho extent say OF Que hundred and sixty fect no
arspery nus covering all the saints and angels
aud holy cflgies with mass OF black, studded
silver stars; black, borcored with silver. There Is