The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-09-02
FURTHER FOREIGN NEWS BY THE STEAMSHIP


Along the walls affixed escutcheons surmounted
by eagles and supported by flags and displaying the in
tias Of the Emperor About o'clock the ministers, the
maIsas OF France generals Of division and great func
onaries Of State began TO arrive Marshal Pelissier
early in attendance. He at once recognised. His
hair white snow cut close and contrasting with his
black eyebrows and noustache dark eyes, fce bronzed
by the Of Africa and determined expression of
tenancc has long made him familiar TO the public He
wore his marshars uniform with the grand Gordon of the
Legion Of Honor the star of the Bath the Crimean med
al, and numerous other orders.
Marshal Bosquet who, by the way is growing rather
bulky, followed after and then Marshal Carobcrt
short, bulky, and goodn looking his face usual
uplifted, and his eyes continually in motion if the
gallant Gascon anxious to have chat with every
they lighted upon AT IL o'clock all the great personages
OF the day had arrived Exactly at o'clock the drums
beat to arms signal that the Emperor punctual to
moment, ever, was approaching, and cry of V,e
Eaperr r. from the crowd below announced that he
already at the entrance The buzxng of conversation
was hused and all turned in silence towards the
entrance M Fouid Minister Of State and Of the impe
rial household at the gates to receive him In few
minutes the grand chamberlain called out ~ Emperor r.
and the next moment his Majesty in military uniform
made his appearance All stood up and the cry of Ve
PEnpna1 r. rang through the hall. The Emperor was
accompanied by the Empress, and followed by Prince Ma
poleon the Princess Mathilde the Prince and Princess
Murat, and long array of chamberlans and officers of
the household The Emperor advanced to the extremity
OF the hail. where throne placed platform
cred with crimson elyet with another by its side the
Empress and both sides fauteuils for the princes of
the imperial family The Emperor requested the
bly, to be seated and took his seat the throne Bust
opened without moments delay. NJ Fould
stood up and read from paper speech in which rapid
sketch given of the beginning and completion of the
building, from 1852 to the present time:
The Emperor replied to the address of M. Fould:
+" Gentlemen, rejoice with you the completion of
the Louvre and particularly the which have
rendered 1t possible 1t H. in fact order and stability
restored and the eyerncreasing prosperity of the
try which have enabled to terminate this great
tiona work call it SO, because all the governments
which have succeeded each other have made 1t point of
honor to finish the royal dwelling commenced by Francis
/ and embelshed by Francis III. Whence comes that
and that popularity for the execution of
palace 1t is because nation is reflected in its insti
buttons as In its habits and in the facts which excite its
enthusiasm as In the monuments which become the OBJ
ects Of its principal interest But France which has
been monarchica for 80 many centuries, and which
stantly in the central power the representation of
its grandeur and of its nationality wished that the
dence of the sovereign should be worthy of the
try and the best Of responding to that senti
inent was surround that residence with different
ter-pieces of human intelligence In the middle ages
the King inhabited fortress bristng with of
defence. Soon the progress of civilization placed loop
holes and warke weapons by the productions of sci
ence, letters and the arts. Loud applause. Thus
the history of monuments has its philosophy well
the history of facts [Cheers. In the way that
it is remarkable that in the first revolution the Commit
tee OF Public Safety continued, without knowing it, |
the work of Louis XI, of Richelieu, and Of Louis
XIV in giving tho last blow to feudaty, and in |
pursuing the system Of unity and of Capitalization
the constant object Of the monarchy So is 1t not a
great lesson to for the Louvre the idea Of Henri w.
Louis XIII, Of Louis XIV, Of Louis KY Of Louis XVI
and Of Napoleon adopted by the ephemeal government
of 1S4s? Hear, hear. One of the first acts, in fact
Of the provisional government to decree the compile
ton of the palace OF our kings So true is 1t that
ton draws from its antecedents, individual does
from his education ideas which the passions of the mo-
ment cannot succeed in destroying Loud cheers. | |
When moral impulse Is the consequence Of the social
state of country It is transmitted through ages and
Of until ikat
tains the object proposed. Hear, hear Thus the
pieton Of the Louvre for having co.operated in which
with much zeal and ability return you thanks Is not
the caprice of moment 1t is the realization of plan
conceived for the glory of the country and supported
its instinct during than 800 years. Loud cheer
ing
PEmpereur r. g VIe La,paarice r. WE Il Prince I'm
perial r.
The Emperor then proceeded to distribute the medals
intended for the persons selected M that honor The
first gentleman called NJ LAfe the chief architect
of the Louvre, who has thus become honorabIy
identified with art He gained the architects prize medal
at Rome and has been long known for his taste and
perception Some forty fifty other persons called
and also received the medals They represented ali
branches of art and manual labor employed in the build
ing of the Louvre
DIsAsrER TELEGRAPH CABLE
The London News Of August Is says:
The first attempt to connect the New World with the
Old by means OF the submarine telegraph has proved
regret for permanent Encouragement The Atlantic piA
not Be dnaaed his year, but he Of The great experiment.
Is only postponed for season Our readers will remember |
the elaborate accounts with which we have from time TO
time presented them of the manufacture and stowage of
the 800 miles Of cable destined to stretch from shore to
shore along the bottom Of the Atlantic main They win
not have forgotten the report that characteristic meet
ing at Valencia under the genial presidency Of Lord Car
lisle when every topic of ausion and ampcaton that
could possibly be pressed into the service avishy de-
voted to the purpose Of speeding the great enterprise on
its way with appropriate rhetorical embellishments The
original plan of laying down the cable had been that the
AgaInemnon and Niagara each with half the length of
cable board should proceed to agreed point in the
mid Atlantic effect junction between the two detached
portions of the line, and thence steam in opposite dec
tions, eastward to Ireland and westward to Nefornd
land This plan abandoned; and It determined
that the entire length Of the vast coil should be spread
along the bottom from west to east one contin-
operation.
Fom Valencia harbor the great ships set forth the
American frigate Niagara having the task assigned her
of paying out the first portion of the cable She was
waited on through the ocean by the Susquehanna the
famous Agamemnon her partner in the great enterprise
was attended In like manner by the Cycops and the Leo
pard. Tho first start an unucky one A fracture
took place at the distance Of less than four miles from the
Irish shore The damage thus occasoned was xpeedlv
repaired and the five vessels again on Saturday the 9Th
Of August steamed out into the Atlantic Till the Mon
day following all went prosperously The weather
was favorable, the machinery worked admirably depth
of 200 fathoms had been reached and some 400 miles
of distance The telegraphic communications with Va
lenca kept up without interruption On the Mon
day evening heavy swell vet in, and powerful under