Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08

third Republic. The Imperial Prefect ran his splendid highways through some of the most dangerous dens of Paris, and caused many of the sovereign people" to fly to the exterior boulevards and the lanes of Belle vile, Clichy, and La Villette, there to abide with the Chifoniers and the vieangsurs. A good deal, however, has still to be done be- fore Paris can thoroughly cast out from her the hordeH of semi-savages who still lurk even within sight of her most fashionable neigh borhoods.
 Independently of the Faubourg St. Antoine and its tortuous tributary streets. the nurse ries of so many M@nads of revolution, the foullest spots that still poison the air of Paris are to be found in the shadow of Notre Dame and the Pantheon. The cradle of the Latin quarter is now inhabited by race of beings who, to the vices of modern civiliza- tion, add all the savagery of the days of Clovis. The places where the famous Schools of the Middle Age were initiated by William of ChRmpeaux are tenanted at the present
 day by population as squalid as, and more
 dangerous than, that in the Mint or near the
 Miuories. Crossing the ann Of the river
 from Notrs Dame, and ascending any of the
 dark streets in front leading to the Place
 Maubert, one sooR reaches this historic but
 now disreputsble neighborhood. The names
 of the streets around recall medieval memo,
 ries There are the Rue Maitre Albert, the
 Rue de St. Victor, and the Rue des Anglais.
 In this latter probably dwelt Roger Bacon,
 John of Salisbury, and other British scholars,
 who were here attracted by the School of Logic commenced by the above-named
 William of Champeaux in 1109. In this
 vicinity Abelard Is said to have first met his
 pupil aad sweetheart. In the Rue de FOnarre,
 not distant, lived Dante when in Paris, and
 probably also his friend and tutor Brunette
 Latini The Rue Galande, which is the main
 artery of this quarter, is nowadays infested
 by bands of roughs of the lowest sort, who
 stand at corners ready to trip and plunder
 the passing stranger. Nowhere near is 8
 policeman visible, for the officers of the law only venture into such quarters in bodies to
 effect capture. The most squalid street of
 all is manifestly the Rue des Anglais. Here is to be found one of the most grimy wine
 shops in Paris. that of ''Le Pere Lunette." :"
 Other low taverns there are in the same place, all of which seem to do a brisk trade
 by gasli9ht. The people who patronize them recall the repulsive types described by Sue and Zola-pals boys and girls, haggard men and women, who have drained the cup of vice to it's dregs. Some of the young people are rather spraOeIy dressed, especially the women, who affect finery suggestive of White-chapel. One redeeming feature in these hels may be deemed the sketches in pen and pencil of people-presunably the lions Of the locality-which ornament the
 walls and the wine barrels ranged around. These sketches are by no means clumsy, and show art to be lurking somewhere in the neighborhoOd. They are probably the work of some poor wretch whom absinthe has
 brought to the level of the men and women
 whom hs limns. The landlords of these taverns are as proud of such sketches as the proprietor of the ''Lyon dor" may be of his painted panels and Rilded ceilings, the work of artists of renown.
 In this unhealthy quarter are to be found samples of all the industriels of Paris the { IT.. IL k1 work. Hero may also be seen the pickpocket at home; tho burglar, resting from his
 ''burgling;" and the rscidivistes, or ticket of | leave men, reposing in the bosom of their
 families; the wretches who live by crying out false news or selling bad pictures on the
 bouleVards; the dog shevers and clippers, who work by the riverside in the summer; the individuals who go around the streets with boards or labels on their breasts, setting forth terrible grievances; the worthies who howl lugubxious legends as to their personal misfortunes and necessities in the coarts of private houses, when tolerated by conciergea of an exceptionally kind character; the giants. dwarfs, fat women, and general monstrosisiea who figure at fairs in the fine weather. When i money is plentiful all these people can amuse themselves in their gargoles, where bouillon, wine, horsefesh, and fried potatoes are cheap. Tho most unfortunate residents beg enough every day to enable thsm to pay the minimum rate for bed (eight nous) in the Rue de Bievre, and to purchase some cheap cheer. When they cannot afford bouillor
 they collect the garbage of the markets, and i make soup out of thst-a repast not un. known in the vicinity of Covsnt Garden. For the ''swells" of the quartier there is bal in the Rue Galande; and at the sign of tht O2ateau Rouge, in the same street, in 2 house formerly the property of Gabrielle
 d'Estrees, there is discussion forum, called the "Senat," where the motto, ''Ni Dieu nj
 Maitre," is held in high estimation, ss ar | epitome of all that is noble and eloquent ir ethics. The proceedings of the ''Senat" ara
 rather dangerous to attend, unless one is CT
 casquette; and even Louise Michel herself, ii
 she swerved ono jot from ths declaration oi
 doctrines of the deepest dye, would receive. 1 if not speedy extinction, ct least treatment a
 bad as that accorded to M. Guyot in the l Sale Rivoi- Such some of the people 1 inhabitipg the most perilous portion of Paris They have been often studied and sketched by famous writers, and among them have
 come Sue, De Nerval, D'ADglemont, Zols and BouVier to view for themselves the sesth ing life of the fairest capital of civilization