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into line after the passage ofthe car, and clos
ed the procession.
No description can give an adequate ide
| oil the enthusiasm which this ceremony excl
ted. Every where on the passage of tn
hearse the loudest acclamations resounded
and cries f"Vive l'Empercur ~ rent the air
particularly when it reached the triumpha
arch. The Prince de Joinvillc was exceed
lngly well received, but not not cry of xvi
We lie Roi ~ was uttered. The day passed of
quietly, although several attempts were mad,
To create confusion.
THE BARRIERE DEL'ETOILE-THE
TRIUMPHAL ARCH.
Anime O'Clock two batteries OF the It'll. req
iment OF artillery THAT in whic;. Napoleon
made his debut took up position to the
right OF the trlumphai arch, Hooking from
Paris,] and Immediately afterward, their
drums beating au ch1mp, appeared the first
National Guards, appointed to figure in the
procession, or line the road from the Barrier
de l'Etoile to the bridge of Neuilly. For two
hours the passage was incessant, and all that
time continuous stream ultimately tor
remit OF pedestrians, poured in from the points
already mentioned.
The procession which reached the trium-
phal arch was headed BY a detachment of
GendGrmes a. Elite. To these succeeded
Municipal Guards, Cuirassiers, Lancers, Dra-
goons, Infantry, and Artillery. Then fol-
lowed body of men for whom, with all our
recollections Of the horrors in which they had
borne part, it was impossible not to feel the
deepest interest. Here were, in all their va
riety ofuniform some of them approaching
to the grotesque, and others the acme of the
military costume,l the soldiers of Hoche and
hleroeau, Jourdan, Massena, Augerea, Lam
-
sale, Murat, Bernadotte, Bessieres, Kleber,
Kellernan, &c. Many of these veterans had :,
In addition to scars and cicatrices, other strong
personal claims to interest, SO that between
the excitement of what we had seen and
what was on the point ofpassing before our
eyes and the associations and rccollections
conJured up by the aspects of men whom the
imagination almost pictured as called from
the grave to figure for moment in the pageant,
the mind yielded TO them Involuntary hom-
age and respect.
Among those glorious debris Of the Grand
Army and oil the old Guards, there were ma
ny OF those celebrated warriors, the Polish
Lancers (of the Guard, ) who are also the sur
vivors of the Polish revolution of 1880 and
1881. For these, perhaps, above the rest,
was this respectful sympathy entertained by
the persons near to me, at least. must al
so mention chef d'escadron of the Name
!ukes of the Guard, on whom every eve was
turned. The general belief was. that this in
dlyidual ,7as the, favorite Mamclake OF Ma
poleoa, but he (Roustan) is, l believe, dead;
at all events, his desertion of his Imperial
master, as it was deemed would have pre-
vented his figuring to-day among those whose
presence proclaimed their undyine attach
ment to him.
THE CHAMPS ELYSEES.
So early as eight o'clock the CHAMPS Ely-
sees presented an animated appearance nu-
morous bodies of pedestrians kept moving for
ward In the direction of Courbevoie; troops
arrived to form the line along the road through
when the procession was to pass. The Ma
tional Guard began to arrive at nine, and the
battalions were observed to be more complete
than on any occasion oftfer assembling since
the revolution of 1880.
Marshal Gerard, attended by numerous
and brilliant staff, passed through thc Champs
Elysees In the direction of Neuilly, to take
his station in the procession. The multitude
continued to arrive in great numbers, and pa:
tlently awaited the signal gun which was to
announce the setting out of the procession
from Courbevoie.
A number of columns had been erected ON
either side of the grand avenue of the
Champs Elysecs, between the obelisk of
Luxor and the Barrier de Etoile, which were
tasteiully decorated with wreaths of Iaurcls
and fmmorfeLteS and tricolorcd flags. large va
ses placed on pedes,aIs in imitation of marble
were filed with infamrlable matter, and e.
mltted thick smoke with intermittinp flame.
which had solemn effect. About a quarter
past ~ the procession, which was opened bv
squadron of Cuirassiers, made its appear.
ance in the Cha mps Elysees, and moved
slowly forward, hating at intervals. The
anxiety of the multitude was excited TO the
highest pitch, but when the funeral car ap-
pcared II is impossible to describe tho appro-
baton Of the bcholders. Shouts of adtnira-
ton spread through all ranks; some few raj
sed their hats and cried "Yivc l'Empereur,"
but the majority seemed TO have reserved ali
their applause for the car which fully equal
led In splendor any funeral car which has
been seen, at least in modern times. In tho
early part OF the morning an underlined feel
ing of apprehension prevailed that an attempt
would be made to disturb the order Of the
procession. This was not confined TO the
people alone, but appeared TO have extended
to The government, for very strong body Of
troops occupied the Tuilleries gardens until
the procession passed the Ponte dc la Con-
corde; fortunately, however, every one pre-
sent seemed more inclined TO enjoy the page
ant than TO trouble themselves with making
any revolutionary display, and the procession
passed through tho Champs EIysees in the
most perfect order, and although an immense
multitude returning from Neuilly with the
funeral car pressed upon The persons who had
taken their stations in the Champs Elysees,
not single accident occurred.
Among tho persons in the procession who
attracted particular attention was Marshal &c
rard, who was attended by numerous and
brilliant staff. Count Montaiivot appeared al
the head of the cavalry of the National
Guard, of which lie is the colonel, in his cos
tune Of Peer of France. The Prince de Join
vile and The crew Of the fTigate La Bell,