The Arkansas banner., 1848-11-28
l Glance at the French National ls,,mbIy,


 fording us glance at the National Assembly, and some of its mos, distinguished members:
 l Let us now step moment within the Assembly,. not as beiore to observe the issue of single angry discussion, but to note the action oi hs ,ehoIe and to feel near by the pnsaions of the great hea,t of Republican France. They talk oudly and boldly in the journal and louder still at the clubs; they gestenlate angrily tn the streets and they shott and | hold banquets in the proyinces-but the source of Republican heat and strength and life, rests after all, in the Assembly. IL may be stormy or shiny without, harvests may promise well or ill people stmve or grow rich, wars may threaten or flourlsh, opinion may unite split, machines stop or ga on -st. the great heart of tbis New Order is throb. ping and thTobbing. day after day. within its s,one walls, and within it's close-sentihslled gates upon the D Ink of the Seine
 | - lii II o'clock in an hour and half inc President is to take his place under wonder painted canvas canopy The green.lined seats rising tier above tier, are empty The tribune, n font of the Presidents gilded chair, is silent. hussier CT two, with long slim swords, are marching up and down the middle avenue, sometimes re arranging the scattered papers apon the desks of the members, and sometimes looking up at the galleiies, which are, thus early, filling with ladies and uniforms and spTinkling of blouses. To the right and left are long narrow galleries, divided by compartments, | and in front two tiers of trbunes, cut like stage boxes, into the wall They full, aud charts are out, and tongues busy talking of what is 10 come and on whai benches are 10 be seea the great men of the Assembly. By i2 few members have saun- tered ini perhaps among them stout we'll featured, rosy-cheeked man, with head half bald, easy, roll ing walk, and eye sparkling with expectation, whom your neighbor will have pointed out to you es the | hero of the busbear Legitimacy-M. DE IA Ro- | IcHEJAouELLEIN. Ycu will look at him with inte- rest with your Republican eyes, as relic of the old | regime, and wonder that he T. himself soutly aud graciousy amid the erors of the revoi Iionary 1 times.
 The members thcken as the hour advances; there IS NAP LEON BU ElrARrE with face SO like the pie ture of hs uncle, sitting half way up upon the rght and there, again, marching the front, with heavy careless step, and honest, Tuddy, strongly marked face, is the Meribeau of the time--M. BEERyER. snug thlckly set man, with round shoulders, short neck, black moustache and gray bushy hair, has now taken his seat under the canopy and rung his bell He is laughing and chatting gaiIy with half dozen who are grouped around him; if is the aspiring chef l of the Nationa--the adviser of the Ministry-the vol1ptuous MARRAsT. At the end of the seat near by, military looking man, in the blue frock coat l and with heavy colossal forehead has just taken l modest place. His manner has been quiet, you would not have obsefyed hirn, except for the crowd that now groups around him. You see the heavy head of Rochejacquelein In the company, and can sec by the movement ofhis lips that he is address ing the military man in ihe corner. The replies 1 seem to be earnest, though quiet, and you catch gmpses of an occasional gesture of the hand, which Is more like sober Eng i'h than lively French
 
 General CAvAIGNAC.
 A tall man, with silver gray hair, in close butoned frock coat, and with dignlfed carriage now walks m and places himself quietly ia low seat 10 the Jeff; immediately tie whisper croHla,es in inc gal lery-'I0i 0iia LAMARrINEr While they are watch ing, he leans to have word with his ncighbor 1 The neighbor is stout, has gray hair and a finn hones' counryman's look. And who is il that greets Lamarne cordially, and wears (lIon the gallery such look of all honest eonntryman T. is ARAco, the philosopher The house is nearly tdll Twice the President has rung his bell and twice the huis- slers have ordered the lettering representatives ia their places. The report of yesterdays session is adopted but in such noise of cCnve satian and laugh ter, that you can hear wotd Of the proceedings "THIERs. THuERs"' goes round the gallery. And ttle sleek, gray headed man, in brown brooches, whose legs seem too short for his body, waddIes up the halt. nodding to this and shaking hands with that one and smiling all about him, ill at length he IS in his place. his head leaning his hand and the debate is about to commence.
 Two or three are waiting al the foot ol the Tri- bune, and look appealngy for their turn toward the President. At length one mounts, and leaning over the tribune attempts 10 make his voice heard above the whispers and chatings, and movements in the hall. But if he is dull speaker, or an unknown speaker or an unpopular speaker, his topic be unimpoItant, the attempt will be utterly vain In vain the easy, happy looking MABRasr will pat on q scowi of authority; in vain the huisssicTs will rap upon the railing in vain the orators friends will cry out for order. His words come to the distant quarters of the hall only in feeble gusts of sound. and the mnImur oi the talk below, and t5e earnest, eager voices above, droWns II all. Sometimes sen tIment is caught up by some dsputatous listener in the gallery. and rebuted, and another comes o the rescue, aud you are reiieved sy little lively debate n, your own elbow. The poor orator labors on, nu- conscious of the little sdrplav. and the President relieves his conscience by occasional tug at the bell Presently, some person makes his apneaianee l al the foot of the tribune more welcome than the rest. Phe whisper circuaies in the gaIle:y-.It is B.Rsor," or "It is RoLLIN." listle silence gains place; the attendant places fresh glass of water the representatives who have been ceasee.sly ehaf 1 ting, put on hair of attention. The President rings his bell with more confidence and the orator will begin with quiet listeners. For a time every word will reach you. Hut quiet IS not The habit of the French. word, thought slip of the ton que, sheer, Is seized upon To relieve the irksome- ] nees of continuous listening and the Assembly un burthens itself by noisy adhesion or nolsy .ii- idrffy.'
 Again, the tinkIing of the beli-again, the than. deiing voices ot the huissiers, and temporary s lence gives new force 10 the speaker and new m. rest to Inc Assembly If the speaker be earnest and violent, lapse of quiet will be followed by storm Oi 'sensditOn'-whIch means an indescribable upToar of voices, that yields only 10 the exhausted i i.ngs of ihe members. Towaid the close of he 'sensaoh,' you will hear the dinging of the Presl dents bell, and the oucTy of the attendants-~and presently again, the violent nvnations of the spea- ker. So the Assembly rocks on hour after hour, from quiet 10 clamor. and from calaor back 10 quiet ls speaker really enchains the Assembly, as Thers and Lamartine, and BAffott, and Rollin and Rerryer will sometimes do, then follows inevitably
 little recess, to work oh the uneasy feelings of pa uent quIetnds. and 10 put again the old habit oC chat aud of clamor The declaration of a vote too, involves an immense amount of lorbeaiance; 1t K matter which, unfortunately, every one desires 10 hear; and the silence which precedes the announce ment. a French Aszgfnhip sb.oiu.ait+ sive. As the painted urns make their appearance over the edge ot the tribune, the talk is general The absent members throng tn at the door The tickets click within the urns. The huis iers glide around steath,iy as cats. Members cross and re- cross, and anticipate, and grow nervous and ihe galleries make bets, and dispute ghreatcnagIy At length The votes are all in. The committees are at their work. Talk grows noiser and noser. In the midst sounds the Presidents bell The crder goes ioTth--to your places. The President rings again
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