Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-24
TOLD In A LETTER
AS PARIS LOOKED AFTER
WATERLOO.
Seemed to Clergymen to lie Pretty
Cheerrul-This English Observer Could
Find No Evidences of Resentment
Toward the Enemy.

This extract from a letter written
by the Rev. A. Burgh of Woburn chap
Ell, England, published in British pc
riodical of the day gives an authentic
picture of Paris after Waterloo:
Paris, Aug. 10, 1S15.-Here are Rus
slams, Prussians, Austrians, British,
and all nations absolutely crowded to-
sether, and yet Notwithstanding the
recollection of recent events, notWith-
standing the CALLING idea to every
Frenchman of feeling and spirit, to see
the metropolis of his darling emperor
garrisoned by foreign troops: when at
the same time, he discovers whenever
he directs his eye, the striking monu-
ments Of this wonderful mans never
sleeping mind displayed in decorations
beyond conception grand, and particu-
larry gratifying to the pride of the
most vain-glorious Of all nations-not
withstanding, l say, all these natural
sources of irritation, not one frown of
hatred, one ejaculation of despair. nor
even the slightest disposition to Insult
or revenge have | been able to discern
in the countenances OF conduct of this
cheerful people. On Monday last we
visited the unrivaled gallery of the
Louvre for the first time. This morn
ing we perceived that 10 pictures of
great value have been removed without
scruple or ceremony by the Prussians
and Austrians in open day-and yet
fhns.n
part, so far from considering the Pari-
slams as assassins, | am astonished at
their forbearance; nor would | submit
to be king upon the hard conditions
such hard conditions as appear to be
imposed upon the unfortunate Louis
We had this morning the honor to
make our bow to this good old man in
the chapel Of the Tuileries. We after
ward witnessed his departure in
coach and eight horses, to take an air.
ing; faint, indeed, was the cry of ''Vive
lie Roi! as he passed through the
crowd. 1t is evident to every one that
"Vive PEmpereur!" still yibrates in the
hearts, and almost cloaks the utteranca
of any other sound. The road from St
Cloud to Paris, through the Bots de-
Boulogne, is at present almost covered
with the camps of the allied troops: it
is grievous to contemplate the devasta-
ton occasioned by an invading army
In all directions the young trees, not
excepting those which form the ave
nues by the roadside, appear to have
haa xt,a IN, A.
of recent events will be clearly dis
cernible in this beautiful and unrival-
ed approach TO the capital of France
when most of the actors in these trag-
ic scenes shall have been forgotten
Paris, Aug 20. lSl5.-High mass is, a
length, re-esta hlished at the Tuileries
in all its ancient splendor; the specta.
Gle this morning at the chapel roya
was splendid and impressive in the ex-
IRENE. The king, attended by his bro
Their, the Comte d'Artois; the archDish.
op of Paris, the officers of the house
hold and those of his guard, in vari-
Gus and magnificent state uniforms, oc-
cupied the extremity of the chapel OBJ
posite to the altar The king and mon
sieur were dressed in plain uniforms,
decorated with the Gordon bleu. They
both looked very well, and their en-
trance and exit were announced by a
tremendous beat of drums without the
chapel, which had, in my ear, a rather
ludicrous effect; drums speaking OF
any language rather than that of re-
ligion, and their misapplication I'm
avoidably reminded us of the entry OF
honest Fortinbras, King of Norway,
or his worthy brother of Denmark, in
our play of Hamlet. Within a very
few yards of the Tuileries, immediate
ly on returning from high mass. and
in direct view of the palace and the
nobility as they also retired to their
hotels, the very first object that at
tracted my attention was montebank
on stage in the act of shaving a mon
key, to the infinite delight of nearly as
numerous a congregation as that which
was then issuing from the doors of the
chapel royal. Such are the amuse-
ments of Parisians on Sunday. during
the time of divine service and under
the very eyes of their monarchs. whose
example in this respect, at least, is ex-
emplary"