St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-05-26
Military Movements in France.

Inc arlS correspondent OF tnc new
York Times writes under date of April
2Sth, as follows
The excitement in Paris on Thurs
day evening, when the news Of Aus
trials refusal became generally known,
was very great. The evening papers,
which sell ordinarily at three sous,
were scrambled for at eight sous.
The circulation Of the Patric, evening
ministerial paper, suddenly ran up
from twenty-five to forty thousand.
Groups formed on the streets around
every individual fortunate enough to
obtain an early copy, and, in the cx-
citcment of the moment, forgot that
they were not all acquaintance. Poo
pie who were subscribers to journals
only got sight at them after they
had passed through the hands of their
concicrge and his friends, the domcstics
of the house. ..#.s..I - 90.
So little did the French Govern
mcnt calculate upon an immediate
declaration Of war on the part of Aus
tria, that on the very day of the arr-
val of the refusal to accept the Eng
lish basis for a Congress, bills had
been posted notifying the soldiers alb
sent from the ranks on furlough, l30,-
900 in number, to report themselves
for the reviews of the current year at
RETROSPECTIVE quarters. \ day later
these same soldiers were notified
with the exceptions of married mem
to report themselves for, permanent
duty. Around these bills large crowds
were constantly stationed and at one
Of them | heard Il half drunken sol
der exclaim, on seeing what it was :
Tas de faiaeants! u est Jien tempts guile
| faySgm qucIque choss ~ (Thc lot Of lazy
| fellows ! it is high time they should
do something y
The soldiers who were ordered to
leave for Italy were given perfect lib,
crty for the short space Of time that
INTERVIEWED before their departure, and
the result may be easily imagined
the town was full of drunken soldiers,
who took at once ma petit ar de conquer
ant, and went rceling through the
streets shouting, Tire J. Nalie! Tire /
Emperor! 1t is hardly necessary tC
mention that they generally had then
swccthcarts on their arms, and whcr
the hour of parting came, the demon
STATIONS Of French ccstatics were
lively and affecting.
The station Of the Lyons Railway
from which nearly all the soldiers
start, is the scene, from morning til
night, Of a perpetual ovation. In the
evening, when the workmen are re
leased from their shops, the crowd a
this station is numbered by thousands
and as the Regiments arrive to tax,
their places in the long trains, tho
shouts, the yclls, the sobs of parting
friends, make up scene Of confusion
quite unusual, in this wcll-rcgulatct
city. As the trains go of, the shril
trumpets Of the bands sound the
charge, and the soldiers shout in cho
rus: En- arent pourP Naiie! Tire !
Emperor!
Several regiments Of the lmperia
Guard left yesterday, and us each rcgi
ment stopped at the Tuillerics to re
ccive its flag, GALL the flags of th'
Guard are kept at the Palace whcl
the regiments are not on duty,) tht
Emperor, Empress, and Imperial Prince
came out to salute them. The En-
pcror shook hands with the Coloncls
babe them God speed, and assure,
them that he would soon join them oil
the plains of Italy. \ touching Incl
dent occurred on Saturday, as one O
the regiments of the Guard approached
the Tuillcries. The cantiNere Of thi
regiment on coming up opposite tn
Palace, at the bureau of the officer
Of their Majesties, inquired if it wa
not there that was to be found tin
Secretary Of her Majesty, the Empress
On receiving an affirmative reply, sh,
stepped out of the ranks, leading b,
the hand a little girl of six or eigh
years Of age, and entering the bureau
exclaimed, Gentlemen, leave yol
my child! Conduct her to the Empress
| know she will take good care of he
till return from Austria J" Thus tn,
mother left her child, happy in the
thought that she would be we'll takel
care of during her absence. She wa
not mistaken, for as soon as her Males
ty was informed of the circumstances
she sent for the child, and at one
gave orders that she should be wei
taken care of till her mother come
back from the war.
The Emperor Of France will CON
mand his army in person, as will ais
Francis Joseph, Of Austria, and Vic
tor Emanuel, Of Sardinia. Napoleon
Major General or Chief of the staff
will be the Marshal Count Random
who distinguished himself for his ad
minstrative as we'll as his militar,
ability, in his late Governorship q
Algeria. .....
Capt. Jerome Bonaparte, who latel.
returned to France from a recent visi
, to his parents at Baltimore, has beel
placed in the most dangerous servic,
in the army. He will command il
the Chasseurs d'Afrique, body o
light cavalry, every man of which ii
mounted Oh an Arab stallion of grea
speed and endurance. This body i
divided up and thrown forward in ad
vance of the army in scouting parties
and is employed in dangerous am
rapid reconnoisances. The Captain
on arriving at Paris ten days ago, lief
Immediately for Algicrs, to join hi
company, from whence he will mos
probably land at Genoa, Oh Sandman
territory, which is to be, on account O
its proximity to Toulon and Marseillcs
the future base of the operations 0
the French army.
An ancient watch, now in good run
ming order, is owned by j. Hollister
of Greenfield, Mass, which was mad,
in 1858, and is POI years old.
The Chicago postoflice is claimed Il
be second only TO that of New York
in the amount of business done. L
employs 90 clerks.