New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-06

warehouses visible for some miles on either hand
and smiling country stretching beyond the OppO-
site suburb OF La Bastide. The fog had become so
IN 'ch lighter that the sunshine filed it, and flooded
everything with gold. Over against the sun ex-
tended the famous sOne-brdge with its seventeen
broad and graceful arches. and the tIiumphal arch
facing Its noble approach. Ships Of many nations
were lying III the stream steamers were putting at
the quay the little passenger boats TO which
Bordeaux gives the appropriate name of
hrondclle5 swallows were darting hither and
thither through the refu,gent haze ;
and heavy fishing craft guided by long sweeps
were drifting clumsily with the tide side foremost
stern foremost, every way except head foremost
until they were lost in the light twas the realiza-
ton of one of Turner'S brilliant fancies.
The river front is the characteristic feature of
Bordeaux, distinguishing it from all other cities
have ever seen. The line of quavs is about three
miles long, broad paved street, faced with i'm
posing buildings on one side and sh ps the other
Properly speaking there are no wharyes. Vessels
moored in the stream and come
alongside the quay in their turn. Neither
are there any permanent freight sheds on the quay,
but here and there a timber framework covered
with canvass serves to protect the goods from the
winter weather Along this curious avenue passes
the chief traffic Of the great port. Here the primer
pal wine merchants have their establishments, and
a part of the work of cementing casks and prepar-
ing bottles goes on in the roadway. Livery nation
that drinks caret sends its sailors to svcl. lie
motley crowd in the street and its flag 10 decorate
the of spars in the river Where the hustle Is
greatest vast open square, approached by stone
steps, bOrlered with bau>tralrs and tanked with
handsome stone hui dmgs devoted to public baths
reaches from the river toward the centre of the city
fIaa
rangement of the trees and ii is ornamented ut he
waterfront with pair of tall rostral columns. The
spaciousness of this admirably proportoned
and artfully arranged SQUIRE in the very
midst of commerce, produces an indescrlh-
able effect Everywhere, indeed, in Bordeaux.
thrift and industry ar allie with aesthetic taste.
The avenues occupied by retail shops abound with
striking vistas and although apart from the spen-
did theatre wi its COrnthian porico, and the
ancient irregular cathedral there are not many
buildings which need detain the tourist long, the
architecture of the city whole is cons ant source
OF pleasure Americans will find one object Of special
interest in the cathedral, nam-ly. the tomb and
marble efiigy of Cardinal Cheverus, who was Bishop
of Boston before he beclm Archbishop Of Bordeaux.
and whose gentle and charitable life was affection
ately honored by all denominations in the New
England capital
believe a misty sort Of belief pI walls in various
parts of the world that the casual visitor TO the
claret district gets Chateau Margaux for nothing AT
his table d'hote. Not bit Of ii. The Bordcllis
think too mach Of Their best wines to drink them;
they prefer TO sell them abroad. The choice Cras
can be found Of couTs' by aim who VIII look for
them; but the modest traveller who limits his order
at dinner to a hottie of Chateau Lcoviile or good
=. Julien win probably be served with something
not so good as Dclm nico would give him under the
same name and not much chelpcr J. r. G.. II.