Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1849-02-10


4 The morning was bitterly cold, yet this
! did not diminish the enthusiasm always felt
+ by the French people for military display;
and crowds of both sexes were seen from s
4 O'Clock to gather from all directions, and
/ from all outlets, toward the grand point of
attraction 10 the place de la Concorde
+ where from the foot Of the Qbelisk, il was
expected that the whole force would defle
before the President.
/ From 10 nearly halfpast 9 o'clock, the
I bands OF the different corps were heard, as
they proceeded along the Boulevards, and
their It atoms at the points allotted to them
and along the immense line which has for
its boundary the Madeline, vast crowds con-
tinued TO throng, and to augment at each
moment as the tributaries TO the great tide
of living beings poured in from the va
rious passages on this great thoroughfare.
The steps OF the Madeline itself offered a
resting place, and an excellent point to view
the proceedings which were to take place in
I front.
At 10 O'Clock the President lett the Pa
las de Elysee: attended by the Minister
of War, aud followed by numerous and
brilliant staff, amongst whom was General
Lamorcere, but ] was unable TO recognize
General Cayaignac. In fact the attention
of all others, and the President was so en-
tirely the hero of the day, that his COM
/ panions and attendants almost escaped no.
1 tice.
| Louis Napoleon wore the uniform of a
General Of the National Quart, with the
Gordon and star Of the Legion of Honor.
A long white plume Aoated from his hat,
which however, he almost constantly held
in his hand as he returned the sautatons
from the armed force as well as from the
l Is,I I'm.
the GOODNESS of the morning. Slight flakes
OF halfmelted snow began to fall about
half-past ten O'Clock.
He rode at slow pace along the line,
appeared to sit on his horse well, and re-
turned with grace and much dignity the
| acclamations with which his presence was
greeted. He proceeded from the Place de
la CoucOrde slowly and steadily towards
the Madeleine, preceded by detachment
Of Mounted National Guards. He then
TUNED to the right, and went in the same
l4nanner along the Boulevard, entered the
Rue dc Ia Paix, and proceeded to the place
Vendome, where the Fourth Legion was
drawn up in a double line parallel TO the
Place, ready to receive him. The accla-
nation which greeted his presence on the
Place de la Concorde, the Rue de la Rev
olution (cideUant Rue Royale,) and the
have been gratifying to the extreme to him
and his friends but they were little in com
parison with the burst Of enthusiasm which
hailed his appearance on the spot from
which, at the summit of the beautiful col
umn, the Emperor Napoleon overlooks the
vast extent Of Paris The cries of Vive
Napoleoni Viye Louis Napoleoni' were
deaiening but when at the moment he
came in front Of the statue and stopped-it
was but for a second or t3o-reined up his
horse for an instant, and gently and most
gracefully inclined his head before the hero,
not 4 man, woman, or child Of the vast
crowd that thronged the place, but joined
in that immense shout OF " Vive Napoleon!"
The feeling was absolutely contagious, ant
you might have seen the tears start from
the eyes of old and rugged looking men.
As for the gentler sex-extreme in love
as in hatred-were their votes alone to SET
tie the matter it is doubtful what height Of
dignity or power The admired Of the land
might not aspire to. g Dieu! quel bean
garcOni" remarked most eloquent and not
uninteresting lady, who was leaning ON the
arm of cavalier who might be her hus-
hand. but who looked old enough tn be her
father.-auel frontl que!e grace! Les inn
beetles ont dit quill est imhecile, celui-Ia
mais sill est imberile, il une figure bien
Spiritnlelle. lie Iauvre! au moins, il ma
iamais conSpire coutre Ia France nj uncun
de sa fanille. Regardex ee pauyre Jerome
dams quelle mesere il a vecu ; q evec tout
celia, a-t-i jamals, couSyire? Noni Les
Uunapartes sont nous--is sont nous-ilS
sont Francai. ie occur ct de corps. Blen
Tres bien VOLTA quill est geutl mails ca
mo fait pleurer de ioie. Nive Napoleon!
.yiye IGuis Napoleoni then cried one of
,b,, s,yeefest voices that ever spoke music
~ the ear. The enthusiasm of the young
lady was communicated 20 all around who
heard her, and never yet were so many
gracious gifts attributed to human being
ms there we're to the President at t;at mo-
ment. Ii is difficult 20 say, and it would
scarcely be generous TO inquire, whether
the gentle ohei~ance--lf the slight incli- .
nation of the head could be so termed-was
Intentional or not. IL had all the appear
anco 81 being unprecedented. Atall events 4
it produced It's effect.
The President then proceeded to the
gardens Of the Tuilleries, where the fifth
.egiou was stationed be rode at the same
SLOW pace along the line, while rs before, .
he was received with the military honors /.
due 10 his high rank. He then proceeded .
10 theChamps Ely>eeS aud returned to the
Place de Ia Concorle about o'clock, where
the entire force-tr0ops of the line, Garle 7
Mobile, and National Guard OF all arms,
defled slowly before hun. He returasd
with marked courtesy ,he usual military
salute rendered him by tbs officers of the
corps rs they passed.
The band Of the Third Legion, as it
marched from the Madeleine down the Rue
Royale. struck up the spirit ,rriug notes of
the " Marseillaise - it was beautifully per-
formed, and no douh5 con Gmore and the
words " ere sung httle out OF tune, and
somewhat,'it must be said, t. the detriment