The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-08 00:00:00

TAL:

The Emperor of the French

,t Welly.

A letter from Vichy, of the 3d, says—' 's This
bathing place contains at the present moan at an
Emperor, a King, a Pasha, and a great numb er of
eminent personages, and 10,000 bathers and a% rater
drinkers. The King, however, is on the poi; it of
departing. Ascending from the new park, fal:ioa7-
ing the capricious windings of the river, o.'i tl e
right are seen the imperial chalets inhabited by th e
Emperor and his suite, These chalets, six in nuns -
ber, are entered from a fine boulevard of rem t
creation. They stand in the m: !le of spacint 3
squares very prettily laid out; clrci their principll
entrance is at the back, towards the 7 OCliSla par Ir.
The ground floor, which is raised c!.. :: :::tseme at
story, consists of a saloon, a dining rocz,-. a lar; ?e
bed room, and a study. The first floor is disf; 4'7,1", 0
in nearly the same manner. The chatlo' tt
present occupied by the Emperor, and sur-
mounted by the French flag, is nearly the
same as that on the left hand which he
inhabited last year_ Besides the Emperor's chalet,
only two others are officially occupied. Imme.
diately to the left is that of the ornerly officers,
while that of the right is appropriated to M. Moe-
guard and his Majesty's cabinet. M. Dronyn de
Lhuys, during his stay at Vichy, also inhabited this
chalet. The other chalets belong to the Marquis
de Clermont-Tonnerre, M. Fould, and M. Ernest
Andree. There is no kitchen in the Emperor's
chalet, and the basement story of the building on
the left hand is appropriated to that purpose, and
an underground passage constantly lighted with gas
forms a communication between the two buildings.

Opposite, on the other side of the Boulevard Napo-
leon 111., is a slip of ground 50 metres long by 24
wide, on which stand eight cottages surrounded by

gardens enclosed by breest-high palisades. Five of
them have been purchased by the Emperor and pre.

sented by him to his friend and physician, Dr. Con.
nean ; M. Leon, his first valet de chambre, an old and
faithful servant; M. Dupuis, first controller; and
M. Felix, first huissier of the palace. The other
three are Eighteen more cottages are to
chalets and cottages, of elegant stffe;Bativat-ukakii

stone, and wood, with basements of red cement in-
crusted with pebbles, have a light and cheerful
appearance, and are very pleasing to the eye, being
in perfect harmony with the natural scenery around.
The Emperor rises early, takes a bath at seven,
breakfasts at ten, and dines at five. From half.

past eleven to one, or even later, his Majesty walks

in the park, like the other bathers, sometimes se-

companied by General de Beville, at others by the
Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, or Colonels the

Marquis de Toulongecn and Count Lepio, his orderly

officers. Wherever he passes the crowd respect-

fully salute him. A day or two ago a little girl,
five years of age, who was eelling flowers, offered
the Emperor a carnation, without knowing to whom
she spoke. His Majesty took the flower and gave
her a napoleon, with which she scampered off in
great delight. A similar occurrence took place two
mornings since, when a little boy, who was selling
journals, meeting the Emperor returning from the
bath, offered him the ,flonitear du Soir, which was
accepted and paid for with a napoleon, to the young
dealer's unbounded amazement.

The Walpurgis Dance at Washington.

WRITTEN FOR THE " NEW YORK DAILY NEWS" BY

" ITIIURIEL."

[lt is hardly necessary to hint that " Ithuriel"
is no other for the nonce than Dr. Charles Mackay,
the Itmes' Correspondent.]

The night was heavy and mirk,
The moon shone dusky red,
The air had an odour of sulphurous smoke
And of corpses newly dead.
And I saw in fact, or dream,
Or both confused in one,
A dance and a revel arid maniac rout
Too hideous for the sun ;
And out of it came a cry :
" Blood ! blood ! blood !
" Let the witches' caldron boil
" With a nation's tears for water I
" Blood ! blood ! blood !
" Slabby and thick as mud,
" To sprinkle the hungry soil
" For the carnival of slaughter I"

Beneath the C%LULWI CrEWILoa

A pool and whirl of flame,
Around the caldron gambol'd and howl'd

A crowd without a name;
Fierce war zoalota and preachers,
Buffoons, contractors, thieves,
Liars, blasphemers, and parasites
As thick as the Summer leaves,
And still they clamor'd and shouted,
" Blood ! blood ! blood !
" Let the hell-broth sputter and boil
" With a nation's tears for water I
" Blood ! blood ! blood !
" Slabby and thick as mud,
" To sprinkle the hungry soil
"For the carnival of slaughter I"

111.
Naked, obsoene and cruel,
They screamed and jibed and roar'd,
They knew their God was the Devil,
Their King and Chief and Lord;
And they worshipped at his footstool,
And said, "Thy kingdom come,
"When the world shrill be to the strongest
"And be rujed by beat of drum,
"Drum boat and flesh of cannon I
" Blood ! Blood ! Blood !
" Let the witches' caldron boil
" With a nation's tears for water!
" Blood ! Blood ! Blood !
" Slabby and thick as mud,
" To sprinkle the hungry soil
" For the carnival of slaughter I"

One tall, and bony and lank
Stood forward from the rest,
And told a ribald story
With a leer to give it zest,
And said, " Our fire burns feebly,
" We must pile it up anew;
"Tell me the fuel to feed it with
" Ye friends and comrades true I "
And they shouted with read rejoicing,
" Blood ! blood ! blood !
" Let the witches' caldron boil
" With a nation's tears for water!
" Blood! Blood!
" Slabby and thick as mud,
" To sprinkle the hungry soil
"For the carnival of slaughter I "

Ho cut down the Constitution
That grew so fair and well,
And chopped the gracious tree to logs
To feed Lis fire of hell.
He threw in the crackling caldron
With a satisfied "Ha 1 ha I"
Reason and Honor and Justice,
Liberty, Right, and Law ;
While his greedy comrades shouted,
" Blood ! blo)d ! blood !
". Let the witches' caldron boil
" With a naton's tears for water I
" Blood I Blood ! Blood!
" Slabby and thick as rand,
" To sprinkle ti:e hungry soil
" For the carnival of slaughter I"

' Let the old men dio in their beds,
Let the children grow and thrive,
' We crave the blood of the young and strong
' To keep our dance alive.
6 We crave it, and will have it,
6 Though the wives bewail and mourn,
' And the mothers sob in anguish
• O'er the graves of their early born,
' 'Tis the afterbirth of a nation 1'
" Blood ! blood ! blood !
" Let the hell-broth sputter and boil
" With a nation's tears for water
" Blood ! blood ! blood !
" Stabby and think as mud,
" To sprinkle the hungry soil
" For the carnival of slaughter i"

VII.
What more they did and said.
New times may render plain,
But if Retributioen come !l
inot,
Gibbet Gibbet
anda nd r op
eon,
rope
and g
Or the whip in honest hand,
ared
uvn a l
To lash such coward dregs and sewn
Affrighted through the land.
Meanwhile the streets re-echo
Their furious cry for blood!
And the witches' caldron boils
With a nation's tear for water I
Blood I Blood! Blood!
Slabby and thick as mud,
And debts and troubles and toils,
And the carnival of slau,-;litcr,