Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-11-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE MEN OF FRANCE.


A Paris correspondent Of The New YORK Coiii
ms,cisl Advertise. gives 'he following anlmate'
account oil sone OF me marked meu Of he F!encf
Natona! Assembly:
There IS Napoleon Bonspare with face SO IKE
The pictures u his uncle, Suing hall way up up
on Inc r.eh;; ana there, again, marching up 'he
ton, wun neayy careless sep, and honest, rudy
s,rono!y marked lace, is he lazy Miraoeau OF Inc
une-M. b rrysr
A snug lnickiy SCI man, with round shoulders
short NECK, back mustache and gray buSny nair,
hasnnw taken his seat under The canopy and
rnne his bell. lie is laughing and chatting gaiy
win halt a doz-n who are grouped around him;
!, is Inc aspiring caii Of the National-lhe advi-
.er Of the nIinisr;-tne President o! he Assem-
blythe voluptuous hariast.
Al he end 0: the seal near by, military LOOK
ing man. ip blue ifocS coat anu WIZ hedVy coios-
sal forehead, has Just taken modest place. HIS
rnaacer has been so quirt, you Wonld not nave
observed him except Tor the croWu tDal no"
groups around him. You see the neavy heao oi
Rochsiacqueiin in the company, aud can see oy
the noye.nen. OF his lips, That ne is addressing
The military man in the corner. Inc replies
seem 10 b. Earnest, though quiet, ard you catch
gIimoses uf dG Ccc2siouai gesture oil the Ranu,
which is more like a sober English, than lively
Freach gesture.
And who IS Inc man in The cornel' lie Gene.
raj Cayaisuac,
A ,aIl man, with silver gray hair, in close bull
.oned frocs coat ana win dignined carriage,
now WALKS in and places himself quietly IN low
sea, 10 the let; immediately the Whisper cilCa-
lates in the gallery; po,lG Lamartine! Whne
they are watching, lie leans over 10 have wo'a
win MS uelsnbor. The neisnoot Is STOUT, mas
sfay hair, an! a G!m, honest, counryman's look,
Ana uho IS he .h,i gree;s Llmarine SO cordially,
aui wears from he gallery such LOOK 9. an no.
nest counlryman7 Ii, Araeo the philosopher.
The house /. now neatly fuIl. Iwice The
President h 5 iune Els bell, and twice the huis-
siers have uTder-t me lettering representatives 10
their PAGES TIE repeat Of yesterdays session
is adopted, but IA socn noise Q! conversation and
Laughter lnas YOU can hear no word oil Inc pre-
ceedinss.
"Tniers!" "rh;ers!" goes round the gallery.
And little, SLEEK, sray-aeaded man, IN brown
breet hes wnos. legs seem 100 short for MS BODY.
waides up he hall, nodding 70 this one and
shaking hands with lnaI one, AM smiling all
about him, tiii q, leas h he is II his place, his
head leaning on his hand and he deba'e is about
10 commence.
Two or three are waiting al the loot Of the hi
Dune aud lock appealing!y Tor their lurn loSaEd
the President AT length one mounts and lear
ing over he lribane, attempts 10 make his voice
heard above the whispers AMI chalterings, anc
movements in he hall. Blu! ii ne is a dull speak
err, or an unknown speaker, or an unpopular
speaker, or his topic bs unimpoaant, The attempt
Is utterly vain. In vain The easy, happy.iooking
Ma..as, will pui On Z scowl o! authority, 10 vain
The huissiers will RAJ upon The railing, 10 VAN
,he Orators friends will cry ont order Ills WORDS
come 10 me distant quarters OF The nall only 10
feeble guss OF scrnds, and the murnur OF the
,alk below. an The earnest, eager voices ABOVE,
ifoSns it all Sometimes sentiment IS caush,
I'D bp me- III, ouai0us listener in The gallery and
rebuet, an 7rCthe! comes 10 The rescue, ana
You are r"'icvei by hide Lively debate at your
elbow Tn poor orator labors On, unconscious
oil the ute SHE r!ay, and The President reheVes
his conscience by an occasional tug al the bell.
Presently some person makes his appearance
al lae no. OF III. tribune more welcomed than the
rest The whisper calculates in the gallery, III IS
8arroi," nr III is Ro!!in." A little silence gains
place. The .ucaG,3 caccs fresh glass oil Wa
Ter; the Representative VINO have been Chatting
put on an air OF attention. The Presicent rings
his bell vi II more nj ience anu he orator viii
begin win olirt listeners. For a time every
word will reach You Blu, IL; i, nct The habit
OF the French. A word, ,aough' slip .! lhs
tongue a >necc, is selzst rpon To reieve The IiE-
som.nrss oi cou!i.u"us li>'enns. and the Assem-
bly, unonrlets nSc!! by NOISY adhesion or NOISY
hariiy.
Again the ,nkling Of the bell-again the
laundering voices ol the huissiers -and tenn
porary silence gives new force to the speaker,
and new unres, 10 the Assembly.
II the speaker be earnest and violent,
lapse Of quiet will he followed by storm OF
isensatiou,' winch means an ndescrioaole up
roar of voices, that yields only TO The exhaustej
lungs of the members. Toward the Close OF The
.sensation," you will hear the dinging of the
Presidents bell and the outcry Of the attendants,
and presently again the violent intonatlons OF The
speaker
SO the Assembly rocks on, hour after hour,
from quiet 10 clamor, and from clamor back 10
quiet.
If speaker relly enchain the Assembly, as
Theirs, aud Lamart,ne, and Barrot, and Rolin,
and Berger will sometimes do, then follows IN
evitably little recess, 20 work oil the uneasy
feeling of patient gui.tude and 10 pat on again
the old habit OF chat and OF ciamor
The declaration of vote, too, involves an
immense amount Of forbearance. 1t IS a mat
ter which unfortunately every one desires to
hear, and the silence which precedes the an
nouncement IS, for French Assembly, aoso-
lutely oppressive.
AS the painted urns make their appearance
over the edge Of the tribune the talk is general
The absen, members lhrong IN al the door Inc
tickets click within tho urns. The huissicrs
glide around stealthily as cats Members cross
and recross, and anticipate, and grow nervous,
aud the galleries make bets, aud dispute threat
enlngly.
Al length he votes are ali in. The commit.
tees are al neir work Talk grows noisier and
noiser. In the midst sounds the Presidents bell,
The order goes iorh "ro your places" The
President rings again and grows impatient
shrugs his shoulders. The huissiers shout ISL
leuce,"as il their lungs were broken. The cry
|. repeated a, The foot Of The tribune, and at ths
TOO, OF The hall and in he galleries above. FL
nally the uproar subsidies inIo noisy talk; the moi
.ytalk dies INFO chat; chat expires INFO murmur
ed whisper; the whispers grow less and less ire
quen'; the President makes haal demand tap
his bel, HIS his papar, looks around, raises M
eyebrows, shrugs ms shoulders, taps his bel
again, aud declares the vote.
A momen, afer and the Assembly Is iisel
again-,he same noisy, buslling, stirring, rest
less, ever beating heart of France. So il goe
on, .hrcbbine still, within its atone walls, an
within its senineled gales, upon the banks Q
the Seine.
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