The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-10

Paris Correspondence Or the Republic.
A Cool Reception Mortality among IL. Dfarshals Of
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1As Cayiists and Henri V-Fynss-A GymnGst
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e st1 PGiace- Prepention Of Duel. IN Prussia-
Asnts-L aDish of Maes- Balloon Esperiments-A
Seslptor's E6seis-H His Succsssor.
g.. Paris, July 26, 1852
The Parisians were rather startled last Friday
morning on learning that the President was to
make q triumphal entry into the city on his re-
turn from Strasburg; that passage from the sta.
ton in the Rue de Chabrol to the Arc de PEtoile
was to be enclosed by double row of soldiers,
through which Louis Napoleon was 10 make fly
ing exit to st. Cloud. This intelligence had a
dspirting effect at the Bourse, for military specta
Giles are held to be the necessary precursors of q
change in the form of government. No business
Of consequence was transacted throughout the day,
~ the empire might be proclaimed at nightfall. 1t
seemed to at tho time, that these approximations
were idle for even if it be granted-whch it would
not be-that the army favorably disposed to the
declaration Of the empire, the opportunity was
any thing but an advantageous one. Fifty thou
sand men sprinkled in two files along three miles
of street cannot act together-they are rendered
incapable Of concert, unanimity, or spontaneous
combustion, by their very isolation. And yet, i'm
probable a. any denomination seemed, the empire
was in everybody's mouth Everybody asked his
neighbor If the empire was coming, though nobody
could give any more positive reply than q shrug
of the shoulder, je sais pas, cest possible.
At four O'Clock the marching and counter
marching Of troops began to render the streets i'm
passable. By half-past five the double line was
formed; Paris was cut in halves lengthwise by q
military Gordon. No carriages could either cross
pass along the reserved route, and foot passen
gers generally were prevented from crossing. BY
making friends with policeman, and proving
that you lived the other side it just posi-
BILE to get permit to run the gauntlet. The Pre-
sident was expected to arrive at six, and little
before that hour his carriage passed the station
Though empty, 1t was enveloped in q cloud Of
dragons, four deep on each aide, with an escort
and rear guard Of some two hundred lancers
The carriages OF the ministers and his suite fol.
lowed behind.
This display, you will acknowledge, was alto
gether official; fifty thousand men had been order
ed to appear under arms. Nothing is easier than
to get up spectacles Of this kind in Paris. But
to any crowds of citizens, any popular demonstra-
ton, there was none of any kind whatsoever.
Never did Paris seem to have gone to dinner 90 ef
fectually before. The Boulevard des Italiens was
certainly less thronged than usual. The windows
of the cafes were. indeed pretty we'll stocked, for
the prospect ola brilliant cavalcade ia addition
al inducement to draw ones table near the open
air. Louis Napoleon is unpopular in Paris. There
10 atremendous under current of opposition in this
ritv no hove hee mfr, INN nd
by this consciousness as he passed through the
hedge Of red coats-often without a single black
coat or calico gown to serve as a background.
Out in the country the mayors send the peasants
to shrek at the President as he passes; but in
Paris the people are not 90 easily led. At the
corner Of the Rue do Ia Paix two hand kerchiefs
were waived as the cortege dashed by-not q shout
was uttered, not one; the silence was absolute and
unbroken, except by the hoos OF the horses. This
one single spot, know, but others gave the same
account Of their experience at different points.
The Patris, whose skill at fiction and exaggeraton
are acknowledged by all, asserts that the crowd
was immense, and the acclamations and shouts of
vive pEmpereur deafening. Galignani--who. by
the way, has lately received q private notification
that he must be more violent in his enthusiasm
declares that the reception of the President in
Paris has worthily responded to the enthusiastic
ments of France" l new rtheess maintain the
conviction, that no welcome whatever was extended
to him by the people proper; that every thing was
furnished to order just l0l cannon were fred at
the Invalides by command of General Magnan,
and Just as tho town bell of Notre Dame was set
agoing by direction Of the Archbishop Of Paris.
The whole ceremony may be characterized by one
word-self- glorifcation, mutual admiration; the
government putting in motion all the forces of the
State, Church and Army, while the people either
get out of the way and went home 10 dinner, or
looked on yith a caustic smile, making indifferent
and rreverent jokes on the man that had got up
mighty show in bis own honor.
The mortality among the marshals of France
has been singuarly great of late. Within tn rec
years, Marshals Bogeaud, Soult, sebastiani, Ge-
rard, and Marmont have been successfully cut of;
and have now to chronicle the death, by falling
from his horse, of Marshal Excelmans. At the mo-
ment of the accident he was proceeding, on horse.
back, with his con and a groom, to the summer re.
sidence Of the Princess Mathllde, near St. Cloud.
passing carriage struck his horse, which reared,
throwing his rider to the ground. He was
veyed to the nearest inn, and on examination his
skull was found to be fractured. He was evident
ly sinking fast, and priest having been sent for,
extreme JUNCTION was Administered. He expired
four hours after the accident, without having
spoken or returned to consciousness. His body
was Immediately conveyed to Paris, where it was
placed in the Palace of the Legion Of Honor, of
which institution the Marshal was grand chance
ior. In the course of the day it was embalmed,
and laid upon bed of State, arrayed in full cos
tune; the sword in the belt the baton in the right
hand, and booted, as If ready for mounting.
Marshal Excelmans was in his seventy seventh
year. He began his career in the war of the Re-
public, and passe through various grades till in 1906
he was made colonel. In 1911 he was grand equerry
to Murat, King Of Naples. He went through tho
disastrous campaign of Russia with Napoleon. He
was exiled by Louis XVIII. his restoration, but
was allowed soon after to return. Louis Philippe
raised him to the peerage, and in ls4s he became
Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor, upon the
death OF General Molitor. In 1851 Louis Napoleon
made him Marshal Of France.
There remain now but four of his colleagues
ahve-Rcille, promoted by Louis Philippe; Jerome
Bonaparte, Harisse, and vatant, raised to the dig
nifty BY the President, II has been oenerallv ri.