The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20

correspondence of the Morning News.
Fontainebleau, Sept. 1.-THE pretty
town of Fontainebleau, which is reached
from the station Of the Paris-Lyon- Med
i+erranean railroad by a magnificent av-
enue Of plane trees. is situated in the
middle of a beautiful forest of the same
name. which has been immortalized by
the brushes of Theodore Rousseau, Corot,
Trovon. Diaz. Millet, Daubigny and many
others no less renowned. The town, with
a population of about 1900 inhabitants,
IS forty miles distant from Paris and is
well built, being formed by broad, clean
streets Among the monuments which
embellish this charming little city are es-
peciauy to be noted two handsome cavalry
headquarters, the water works, the mill
tary schools of application of engineers
and Of artillery the hospitals founded by
Ann of Austria and Madame de Montes-
pan, the public baths, the college, an
obeIisk erected on the occasion of the
birth of the children of Louis XVI. But
all this and the town itself sink into
insignifcance beside the splendor and his
torical celebrity of it's chateau, which
has been used as a summer residence by
nearly all our kings since the beginning
of the twelfth century.
Louis the younger was the first to live
there with his court in 1887. Philippe-Au-
gustus celebrated there the fetes on his
return from the Crusades in 1871; Louis
TX, Charles V, Louis XI, Charles VIII
and Louis XII enjoyed spending some
time there in hunting, whilst Francis
transformed entirely the old castle. The
crest Of Henri II is also to be seen en-
bellishing the western facade of the "Cour
de Ia Fontaine' to crafty Diane de Poi
tiers. Catherine de Medicis, during the
reign of the sons of Henri II, gave to the
castle that Italian aspect which it still
preserves. 1t was there that Henri "
spent long periods with the beautiful Ga
brielIe d'Estree, consuming several mill
lions to adorn and improve this royal
residence wherein his son, Louis XIII,
was born, and where he had the famous
Marshal de Biron arrested and shot for
high treason. There also Richelieu, the
great cardinal, often was a distinguished
guest Louis XIV had. the splendid gar
dens planned and laid out, as they are
still to be seen. All the kings of Europe
had partaken Of its hospitality, which fact
ton, to destroy entirely its sumptuous
furniture; but Napoleon 1 restored it,
spending upon the work nearly twelve
millions or francs and It was from there
that he signed his abdication and that
he made to his guards his touching and
immortal adieux. The work of restora-
and Napoleon I'LL and in 1861 the chateau
entertained the Gar Alexander, the kings
of Prussia, of Belgium. as well as all the
other sovereigns that the exhibition had
attracted to Paris.
The chateau to-day is composed of
vast assemblage of buildings of various
styles OF architecture, whose size is such
that the roofs alone represent a surface
Of more than $4,000 square feet. This
enormous extent of buildings comprises
five interior court-yards, of which one,
the cour des adieux, is five hundred feet
long by nearly four hundred feet broad.
This is surrounded by buildings on three
sides. Five payilions, Joined to each
other by the main body of the buildings,
from the principal facade, which has
real imposing aspect. The interior of
the palace, with its Sumptuous apart
ments, drawing rooms and galleries of all
kinds is truly marvellous. The gardens,
so Verdant to-day, were laid out where
formerly nothing but dry, sterile soil ex-
Henry " was walking in these one day
with dEpernon and finding the flower
beds badly stocked, complained about
them to one of the gardeners, who replied:
Sire, l can make nothing grow in this
poor SOIL Sow it with fiatterer's seed,
then" said the king looking at d,Eper-
non, that grows everywhere" The
splendid gardens, with their sheets of
water and magnificent fountains, are
bordered on one side by a splendid park
of about 200 acres, divided by a canal and
majestic avenue of ash trees. The
whole grounds cover more than fifty
thousand acres and are fifty miles in
circumference,
In this residence, as sumptuous as it
Is royal, President Faure receives uncer-
enormously the crowned heads of Eu-
rope. Hardly day passes without an
oIhclal dinner at the palace. 1t is long
time since Fontainebleau has seen so
many distinguished personages. Like
the duchesses of the noble Faubourg,
Inc European monarchs had fought shy
OF the French republic. All turned
away with haughtiness from this
poor France, for whose government
nothing sufficiently sarcastic could be
RIf fhar1 m bpV ynot IN her
lndetatlgable energy, she has compelled
Europe to give her back her place and her
rank in the world. 1t does not require to
De endowed with a great faculty of OBJ
SerVatlon to see that her wounds have
hedled and that, having regained her for
mer Vigor, she is no longer in a mood to
bear the humiliations and insults of the
past. And to-day her triumph is rendered
more complete still by the friendly ad-
Nances of the two most absolute sovereigns
81 the world-the pope, spiritual head or
Two hundred millions of souls, and the
car, the supreme head of one hundred
aliu twenty millions OF SUBJECTS. Cohse-
quently what might have been expected
mas happened You have only to be indie
pendent of others for everyone to offer
you all they possess. After the car, the
pope the grand dukes and all the imperial
hlghnesses of Russia, the little sovereigns
alld tne aIlstocfacy could not thlnk OF re-
naming in the back ground, and now we
see them Fastening from all sides to bow
70 democratic France in the person of her
PRESIDENT. That happy man was evident
~ born under lucky star His name even
was predestined: With him it is Felix
Forever. He is sought, courted. disputed,
everything smiles upon him, even the old
arlstocracy of name and fortune, who,
after holding aloof for nearly twenty years
now condescend to draw nearer to the re-
public. This result, which is an honor to
the present head of the government, is
que IN great measure to the dignity and
moderation with which Mr.. Faure presldes
over the nations destiny. Tt would how
ever be unjust to ignore the part in this
success which belongs to Nine Faure, who
seems to be the good genius Of the French
republic. If it be true that there is but one
way OF being happy, by making oneself
beloved, it must be admitted that the
presidents wife excells in this difficult
art No one really knows the full ex-
tent OF her goodness, nor her devotion
TO the poor whom she cares for with
ner own hands with an energy truly
american, and which leads so many 9TH
ers 10 follow her noble example. Her pres
ence at Fontainebleau has given to the