, 1881-03-13
FROM NouMEAfro EUROPE.

ANoA ANoON N3Sf1' ~ A@ A~~] A'
Henri Rochefprt Gives H{s Impressions
Of An1erlca, Its Reporters Its NOR:
mons, Its Women, and Its N3ens
Correspondence Nfsc Iosk Il'or2d
PARTS, Feb. nL-HenrI tiocbcfort has just pub.
1ished book on his esGhpc frosu Noumea and
his voyage home. It isimore particularly about
tho voyage, and he gives an account In at OF
every place he saw or touched 1T on hts Journey
from sydney to Loudou It is called "'From
Eoumea to Europe,7 tand 1T is interesting as a
record Of gifted Frenchnan's hrst-and prob
ably last-glimpse Of the world beyond the
bouleyards. l pass over his descriptions OF
other countries to como to what he says OF the
one in which y.ou viii naturally feel most ia-
tercst-tho United States. He Is at san Fran
cisco, and rs soon: us he lands the re-
porters are on his track But ne Is deter
mined not to be interviewed, and for q
time he manages successfully to evade them.
Several intrudeEs, however, ficu their way into
his hotel, and among them Is a gentleman who
travels with Geneva watches, and who succeeds
Il ise eifhpeq @
do not want any watches, and he goes away. 1t
Is only ruse- The next day the very same In
dividual accosts them in the street and an
nounces himeelf us reporter. They we're leav-
ing that evening BY the Paciric Railroad, ana the
reporter very civtlly made his apologies Tor not
New York Tie Insisted. however, on giving
them some hours Of his company lie was trus
TO his word, and hsook his plnce In the car along
With them, and SIS soon as the train had started
asked the terrified Rochefort to contribute an
article TO biz paper There was no denying him;
To- had 70 s9mp 1he watch e.
very thouehts should escape. and stopping at
every station to send a dispatch to bis journaf;
Rochefort giye< 4 no doubt somewhat fancifui
specmedof these dispatches. g Having asked
Rochefors for a resume of the actual condiuon
OF mis- own country: he las consented to write
A1
fleets; he is paassing his hand across bis brow: be
Is writing few lines with feverish haste: :" Ho
has SET t9 work again; sonese5 IT. les he , 1ts hs
and so on. This was tochefort's first expert
ence not only of American reporters, but or
ea are sefy short, " hc say says, though suiiicentiy
frequent. Passengers MOI accustomed to Amer
lean want Of forerhought run some risk OF being
left behind, us the Haiu starts without any
warning .Ehareyer Toa see women and young
girls climbing up ninbly into. the cars already
sand aud-one tcrrors WHICH would be sure 10 af-
ford European women ~ n many opportunities Of
Lake. either as a Frenchman or US d student OF
manners. He wus ruti.er fayornhiy impressed
With it.. ut is permitted to suppose" he says,
''that there is al the root OF Murmonism ones-
ton which Is serious and wnrlhy Of attention.
French people, OF course. would not consder.t
SO: for with our nation. where ignorance Hour
1shes, tho Mornons are mere funny people
created and sent into the world simply to afford
subjects for peces To the authors of the Palats
Royal Brigham Young Is an Old libcrtinc and
nothing moro. YET this country, once more
naked and more barren than the sands 0f the
scasho:e, has been made one Of the most i'm
epnrtant centres Of commerce. Industry, and lgr-
culture in the New World BY tho Ibcredible in
telliEence and the miraculous activity of the
himself of the other side ut the question, saw
Mrs Stcnhousc-author OF the well-knuwn book
against Brigham and bis sys1em-as well as her
husband, whom she has induced to Withdraw
from tho Mormon Church. A1r. Stcnhouse
characterized the Mormon worship as
sere Of , ;o hut as thought
to have. made the discovery, after having
belonged to it SO long with apparent feryor, He
surprised BY the devout attitude Of the Worship
ers- Here there occurs Il touch supromcly
French. Kocheforr evidently expected thas
ing to tho celebrity IF his name ana the no.
toriety OF his escape. To his surprise. tho Nor
books Of wocn np did io not a
near to interrupt their meditadons and they |
never once accorded us the favor. of q sluRle |
Consideration at Salt Lake City. and especially |
by the General commanding the United States |
troops, who ordered a review in his honnr. |
Nochcfort, though, as he modesrly says, he |
knows nothing of the military art beyond what !
he learned In appearing before Il councillor |
war as prisoner, could not help adm:riug the |
precision. of the maneuvres. In conp!i- |
HentlnE the General who made becoming re-
ply, he ventured t, ask him why the Govern |
|
for such force. "Oh, it Is uccpunt Of |
the Indans, said the General. after some hest
Young, replied. Before leaving be ~ went m fopay nm,
his respects to Mrs Stenhouse- ...She received
Us sitting in dreamy attitude, and with her hair
1hlltng loost. on her shoulders in the style COM
mon to all The portraits Of celebrated blue
stockings At the very first glance one per-
ceiyed what part ought to be attributed to hcr
IN tho apostasy OF her husband. She took up u
brilliantly bound COPY of her book On the Nor
mons. and writing dedication in my honor on
vas done St6 9 Ihe air Of torpna 20 s Al tns
Once more In tho cars, we had tho good luck to
hnd ourselves In the midst Of q circle OF Amer
lean women, each more distingut, more a1ntab1e
ard more lively thun tho other. It is impossible J
to have at once more correct and more delight
~ manners. The tact Of these shopkeepers
wives might Shame our ambassadrcsses. Their
charming brnsquerie, their frank e.lauccs, their
womanly pluck contrast dciciousiy with the
Ridiculous sauea1nishness OF tho English women
aud the nrctentious archuess of most OF my own
conpatrots Of their SEX"
. His Judgment Of the men was not alwnys SO |
favorable. 4 little further on he wEs uccosted
oy cadavernus- looking being, who reminded |
hnn OF portr1its Of Pasaniu :" It is tho shnde
gt Napoleon ILL.," said one Of his companions.
PRESENTLY the spectre precipitatrd himself on
inchefurt- and with his TWO bony hands seized |
ais head aud commenced IL tumble all over IT,
Then having conscientiously felt my head all
'fef be sut down in corner, took out u pencil, |
mo passed three hours in noting down his OBJ
e ervations on the bumps which be had just e1-.
olored. At length they arrived nj Chicago. but
before they separslte from their amahle COM
1anions there Is u peculiar ceremony to be gone |
through. 1.-The American ladies came and sat l.
lowu one after the other between two escaped
ugltives, and lost no time in taking from their |
r0veliug- bugs small albums whpsp white 13aues !
truck US with Il sudden terror. 1t Was neccssa-
y, as sou will have guessed. to b!ackpn these .
'agcs by means Of autographs, which t
was Impossible to us to refuse and In
upportnble to us to write. This punish :
ncnt was particularly cruel Us we were
expected TO compose sentences having some RET
:rence to our position, aud to invent q new one |
o every album Yet this, after all was oulya |
,reiude, for IN New York we were destined to be
ne prey to many moresolicitadons and to many !
more albums The opening OF his chapter p9
'hlcago Is characteristic: "Chlcago, So ccle-
rated for Its commerce, Is still more celebrated .
or its fires. When this iutla mu,atory civ has
emalncd for two years without being burned To
be Er2und the architects and builders organize
meetings Of protcstadon." He went the rounds :
{ the sights, and Of course did not miss tho I,lr-
1lling machines which exercise such an ex,ratjr-
mary fascination over the spirits Of most |
.urppcan travellers How awful it would be. !
e thinks, too curious traveller were to be :
rslWn in one day tusIead Of a pig, and to come
ut at the other end as ham or something to :
prcad on bread and butter. before the eyes of
is aston1shed family. "Chicago is creation or
be railways, us San Francisco is q creation / :
the discovery Of gold: The hustle at the stu !
ion is Internal . Our hotel in Chicnpo the |
lrgest ia the world. affects proportions which |
i've It certain look OF sham cathedral, | d
he food is superior. and the French wines | j
cCmed to me ip1uitly more sincere thRt. thoss |