Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-27
OUR PARIS LETTER.
Regular Correspondence
PARIS, FRANCE, Nov. lst, IS

PARIS. FRANCE, Nov. lst, 1850.
The Drv Of the Dead The Popc's Letter
FSlaaie Cigar Makers.
All Saints Day is kept as a very general
holiday in Paris. and almost all the shops
have been closed since midday. The ma
ioritv of the theatres have opened their
doors for morning performances, and the
rain. which came on early in the afternoon,
had the result Of driving crowds OF ldlers
who did not know what to do with their
holiday, into every place of entertainment.
Scarcely were the afternoon audiences got
rid of than the evening spectators began to
assemble in the rain round the re-clOSed
doors Tomorrow Is the Jour des .nOrtS,
the day set apart for the purpose of paying
respect to departed relatives. All the Gem
eteries will be crowded tomorrow, but num-
ber- of persons have already taken advan-
tagc of Yesterdays and tO-days holiday to
paw their annual visit to the tOmbs OF those
they love. There Is, unhappily, something
repulsiye in the commercial aspects OF the
ceremony. The immense number of booths
for the sale of wreaths of immOrtelles 10 be
found at the entrance of every cemetery
lend 70 the neighbOrhOod much of the hustle
of the fair. But this Is unavoidable, and
the animation 20 be discerned on every face
must hv no means be- taken As a proof of
in,iuccrity on the part of the m0urners.-
That the duty j. considered 10 be serious
NAV be been i'm the mere fast that nearly
100000 persons visited the various cemete-
rie, I'm the neighb0rhood of Paris during the
DIV of Yesterday alone. At eight o'clock
thi. evening atouching ceremony commenc-
"a I'm the churches of Paris known rs the
" Oesqre des .Woris." Every morning this
week a mas. is said for all the parishioners
who have died during the past twclvemonth,
and whose names are affixed either %
pillar or Co the sacristy door. AprOpOs Of
tins urubri0us time of year, IL may be
stated that "a commission having reported IN
favor of cremation. a society has Just been
established with the object OF securing legal
protection for the custom, and adhercnt>
are requested to send in their names To the
secretary There i every reason 90 suppose
that the innovation will especially be well
received In France.
The Pope has addressed asecond letter 10
the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, ON the
subject OF the relations between Church and
State in France. The Pope cOngratulatcs
OH, Emincnce on his energy in the cause OF
religion. and holds him upas a model to the
cpisc0pacy of the country. The Pope de-
ciarcs that the cause of the congregations
and that of Catholicism are bound together,
and instructs all Catholics to continue fight
ing the good fight of faith
4 strike of the female cigar-makers at
LYONS has revealed an unpleasant fact
which will scarcely increase the popularity
of French manufactured tobacco. The wO-
4 80. IL. u. li,I
with sufficient quantity Of tobacco Leaf,
and that with 100 cigar ends per kilo-
gramme. which they are obliged to intro
duce into the bulk, they cannot possibly
turn out good work. No wonder that
French cigars are unsmokablc.
! .
There appears to be an abundance of
game in the mountains of Virginia and
West Virginia. An exchange says:
On Saturday last they returned, and a
part of the company passed this Office, bear
iug and wearing the signs of a successful
/ deer hunt The heads of the horses were
decorated with she tails of the deer, the
faces of the huntSmeu with the smiles of
success, and the buggy of one gentleman
was decorated with five sets of horns. The
party were hunting West of Covington, and
I'M les than a two weeks hunt killed nine
deer
The Springfield Mass Republican, refer
ring to the dictation by Conkling and Cam
cron of the Senators to be elected by the
legislatures of Retrospective States, regard
I less of the wishes of the people, says:
with the two great States of the North
electing not senators, but the man in each
case of the other senator, neither the North
nor the Republican party has any occasion
/ to put ON airs over the efforts of the South
% maintain the character Of the United
States Senate"
The United States Senate it is is said will
stand. after the 18th of March, 81 Republic
/ cans, 81 Democrats and , independents
Davis and Malone. How the equilibrium
istobe maintained under such circumstances
Is past our comprehension. The Senate Is
bound to tip up, whichever side Senator
Davis takcs-Senat0r Malone to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
The engine and baggage car Of a train on
the Alabama and Great Southern railroad
were thrown from the track down 25-foot
embankment by striking a mule at Elyton,
Ala. Tuesday Jas. b. McFerrOn, son of
Rev DR.. McFerrOn, agent Of the Southern
Methodist publishing house, at Nashville,
who was riding in the baggage car, was kill
ed.
The November term Of the Circuit Court
of Berkeley County began on Tuesday
Judge Faulkner presiding
Grant. Conkling. Cameron and Logan
think they elected Gen. Garfield and, there
fore have a right to administer on his presi-
Dental preserves. We win see after the 18th
/ of March what Mr. Garfield will do about it,