Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-15
NOTES FROM NEW YORK.
An End TO MOurning-The French
Guests - HOnOPs and COurtesIes
Extended Them.

NEW YORK, October 12.-It is no sign Of our
metropolitan heartlessness, but rather an Illus
tration Of the necessity for change. craved by
human nature at large, that the sable habili-
ments Of woe which a fortnight ago were the
mute expressors of our universal sorrow no
longer trail through our marble halls like
garments of the night" A short time since.
and hung be the heavens with black, " we cried
aloud in our grief. Three brief weeks have
passed, the funeral baked-meats are scarcely
cold, and we resume our QtIGndans vocations,
divest ourselves of mourning and pursue once
again the even tenor of our way. It was a rare
and excellent opportunity given us after those
first days Of poignant grief further to assuage
its pangs and regrets by mingling. with memo
ries Of the past. thoughts for the living
present and conjuring to our sides the images
of hope and charity. There is not a
chastened and purified by these prayers and
tears. If ever there was to be a time when
North and South should forget past differences
and in mutual sorrow swear fidelity, friend
grant 1t sol May the vision OF Webster be the
heartspoken watchword Of our whole people
" Now and forever, one and inseparableI''
The sojourn Of the French guests of the
nation in New York was short and quite
sweet. The appointment by the Governor
some time since Of q committee Of fifteen
gentlemen whose duty it should be to care for
the wants and comforts of our visitors
seemed to guarantee for them 'jolly good
time" while here. The gentlemen appointed
are many of them descendants from
families Of Revolutionary name and i'm
portance, few speaking choice French, and
all occupying social positions of great II NOT
giddy height The Committee Of Fifteen and
the descendants OF Lafayette, Rochambeau
and DeGrasse thus had many points In com
mon; the more so, as on the trip up the Hud.
son to West Point our hosts took care to have
their handsome and accomplished daughters
with them, which gives rise to the query why
may not the union of hearts which we all ac-
knowledge with France to-day be supplement-
ed by a union Of hands on future and more
specific occaSionf Since we in New York have
had the first look at our French friends we are
perhaps, entitled to the first bits of commend
They are gallant and disti40lte set of gentle
men. Tne three ladies accompanying the party
areor course. objects OF great intsrest In their
dress there is certainly nothing particularly
noticeable. venture to predict, however We
shall have before long La Mdrqttise bonnets
"a Mason. There is no doubt about it i no.
tced that the military men regarded with
much curiosity the uniforms of the French of8-
GERS perhaps with view to charge of style
in our Eational Guard; while many civilian
gszed with envy and despair at the handsome
" nttlng coat OF g Rochamheau or the hi0h
neeied boot OF a Lafayette. Goodbye Engl1shl
HHenceforth we are going TO be nothing il not
Our visitors were awaited with an apxietv. If
not so intense as on another occasion about
one hundred and three years ago, yet doubt
not coupled with infinitely more curiositv n
has been more than fifty years aimee we last
dld public homage to the name of Lafayette
mere, Gnen, was something novel connected
SdSl Tlsn what w2s besides very tender and very
Gear 70 us. Who would not do honor to the
memory OF him who said that from the mo-
Hent he heard Of American indenendence his
neart was enlisted So, when at length the |
Eanada, bearing our guests did enter the Mar
rows, we all gloTied In their arrival on our soil
ard looked upon their reception by an impos.
ing array OF our men of-war, with cannon
booming and hag-dipping. as eminentIY fitting
and Inspiring OF course. those who remember
the arrival OF Lafayette In 1924 will enthuse
over that occasion with all the ardor evoked
by the recollection OF past and glorious /
event But comparisons are odious. Lafayette 4
was then the hero in DToprid persona these
are but the descendants - hom we desire to
honor as representatives of revered ancestor |
US in the past; perhaps we cannot ever really |
repay them. And even now they CONSTANTLY
show US marks Of their favor and appreciation /
A few years ago the French Goyernnnent nre-
sented this city with statue of Lafayette |
which now stands In Union square; and more |
recently the government has asked us TO 4
accept the magnificent statue Of Liberty En- |!
tightening the World, p" which will shed it, 1ee 4
con light from Bedloe's Island 81 New York /
bay The great sculptor Partholdi is modelling |
TINS gigantic Wors or art, which, when placed |
upon S lVs --uestal, will be a very Colossus
our visitors were regaled ON the day OF their /
arrival with a close inspection Of one Of the /
most CHARACTERISTIC of American institutions. /
Republican State Convention was ABOUT to |
making the Fifth Avenue Hotel their head
quarters the very place where the French 4
party were 20 be lodged. The corridors Of the /
hotel. kind of modern forum for the dis /
cussion Of politics and the canvassing Of can
didates were crowded with our statesmen" |
when the guests arrived The cry OF "the |
Frenchr' echoed along the marble Railways to /
the barroom, and more than one Demosthenes
temporarily closed" The foreigners must |
have wondered to see SO many notables assem-
bled together and displaying such great agility /
in solving that incompret ensible
American mixed drink But these patriotic |
and laborious workers" OF whomI speak. did /
not paw much attention to anything so light |
sumed for the most part with an intense ear
nestness in deciding upon the merits of a Ger
tain great unknown, who, believe, had dis |
dnguished himself as a subtitle manager Of |
primaries. Well, peace be with these poor
statesmen. They vanished the following
evening
For three days the tri-coIor waved from our
stirringly through the streets. Organ grinders /
whose repertoire included that glorious chant |
reaped golden harvest. Our regiments were |
sIoot; paradlng and being reviewed for tha /
benefit OF the martial gentlemen of F<ance.
Will our police force, fire engines fine hotels
stately buildings and elegant dwellings were
pointed out for the ediscation Of the Civilians
much to their surprise, saw no indians in thee
elty sne neard ne wolves bowling under their
hotel windows at night HoRA0r
Complaints having been made bv resi-.
dents on the frontier between Maine and
Sueoec OF Iae inexactness Of the boundary
.lhe, a,s,,s Sne dominion authorities have com
to