The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-11-07
A Glanoe Al the Assemhlr.


The Paris correspondent Of the Courier and En-
cuirer, 4" IS Marvel /" gives the following descrip-
ION Of the French Assembly, which viii be found
of interest:
Il is eleven O'Clock in an hour and
BALI the President is to take his place under yonder
PAINTED canvass canopy. The green-lined seats,
Iisng tier above tier, are empty. The tribune, in
front Of the Presidents gilded chair, and with its
bate Of February in freseo, is silent. hussier or
lHo with long slim swords, are marching up and
Down the middle avenue, sometimes re-ananging
be scattered papers upon the desks of the men,
Beers, and sometimes looking up at the galleries,
which are, even thus early, filling with ladies, and
uniforms, and a sprinkling of blouses. To the
rght and left, long narrow galleries, divided by
cbmparmenis, and in front two tiers of tribunes,
ehtl Ike stage boxes, into the wall They are all
ial, and charts out and tongues are busy, talk
tag Of what is TO come, and on what benches are
~ be seen the great men Of the Assembly
Ry twelve a few members have sauntered in /;
perhaps among them a stout, well-eatured, rosy
cheeked man, with head half bald, easy, rolling
walk, and eye sparkling with xpectation-whom
ybur neghbor will have pointed out to you as the
hsro Of the bugbear Legitimacy-M. de la Roche
nguelein.
You viii look at him with interest, with your
npubican eyes, as a relic of the old regime and
wonder that he bears himself so stoutly and gra-
cOusy amid the terrors Of the revolutionary times
The members thicken the hour advances
Here is Napoleon BOnaparte, with face so like the
rctures Of his uncle, sitting half way up upon the
aight and there, again, marching up the 'front.'
wih heavy. careless step, aud honest, ruddv
nlronglv marked face, is the lazy Mirabeau Of the
fine-M. Beuyer.
A snug, ihiclly set man, with round shoulders
hort neck black moustache and gray hushy hair,
BIS now taken his seat under the canopy and rung
his bell. He is laughing and chatting gally with
half dozen who are grouped around him it is the
atpirng chief Of the National-the adviser Of the
Biuistry-the President of the Assemblv-the vo-
iapiuous Marrast
Atthe end Of seat near by, mitary-looklng
nan, in blue frock coat and with heavy colossal
'rrehsad, has just taken modest place. his man
y has been so quiet, you would not have observed
Tn, except for the crowd that now groups around
m. You see the heavy head Of Rocheiacquelein
81 the company, and can see, by the movement OF
BE lips. that be is addressing the military man IN
ihe corner. The replies seem TO be earnest though
qpist, and You catch glimpses of an occasional ges
BIC Of the hand, which is more like a sober Eng
~ than lively French gesture.
And who Is the man in the corner lie General
Cayagnac.
A ysll man, with slver-gray hair, in close but
ianed trock coat, and with dignifed carriage, now
"a KS IN and places himself quietly in low seat to
~ left; Immediately the whisper crcalates in the
Rliery VOLTA Lamartinei" While they are
patching, he leans over to have a word with his
1elghooF. The neghbor is stout, has gray hair and
s ilFrn, honest, coUntryman's look. And who is it
eat greeis Lamartne so cordially, and wears from
fhe gallery such look Of an honest counuyman
is Afago, the philosopher,