The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-07-14


Of comnisariat wagons when We were sud-
denly stopped BY party Of French gend'.
armes. Who lev hours before bad, 10 like
manner, stopped Lord DE Bargh, Who. as an
at'aoae to our Legation ct Turin, had been
Rnt On . special mission 10 the camp.
The gendarmes asked Who We were, and
where We were going. The summons was
quite justified by our civilian dress, and fer
my part nastened to deliver the necessary
pas. with which i had been furnished be-
fore leaving Turin. " Tres b,ea diLe-," was
the answer Of the gendarmes. The turn OF
my companion then came. had thought
be would have shown similar document,
bat instead Of that he took out from his
breast pocket what be believed an unex.
cep,ionable passport, delivered as it had
been BY General Cas- from the Capital OF
Washington, and duly countersigBed by the
American Minister in Turin. What is
that. asked the French gendarmes. We
know nothing OF that What" exclaim-
ed the American, not know the stars and
stripes, the escutcheon Of the Union
Some warm explanations followed, and |
was obliged to interfere. / soon succeeded
in showing my rather noisy companion the
true state Of the question, and told him
we had better apply at the nearest bead
quarters OF the French. We did so, and
were kindly received BY General Of Bri-
gade, who told US that il was strictly for.
hidden TO pass the lines. No doubt" he
added, "your pass will enable you to reach
Milan, but not by this way; you must go
frOfn \nvarn and nd tbava
you may go to Varese, Como and to
Milan" There was nothing to say, and we
returned to Magenta. and from there we
proceeded to Navarro and Vercelli. j was
too tired to follow the advice OF the son Of
Mars, so took the first train and here
am at Turin.
RECEPTION or THE ALLIES IN MILAN.
Every street was dressed out with flowers
and flags, and bright with all the colors Of
the rainbow. Some Of the French soldiers
who had been allowed TO come on by rail.
way were ieted as If the dearest relatives
and the more so tina, they announced that
the Emperor and King would soon arrive
Their Majesties entered the station about
81, o'clock yesterday morning, and at once
left on horseback from the Corso III POrta
Orientale, where is situated the Palace Bus
ca, which the King now occupies, and their
passage through the streets was one contin-
ued ovation. The Emperor was preceded
by an escort Of Cent Gardes and followed
a body of the Guides. Victor Emmanuel
bad with him the whole corps d'drmte Of
Gen. Cialdini. The crowd of spectators
precipitated themselves under the very hoois
OF the horses, and how accidents were pre-
vented is an absolute wonder. Add to that
the waving Of handkerchief from the bal.
comics, flowers showered down, and the loud, :,
est acclamations. and you will have faint
idea Of the scene. After the King had
alighted at the Palace, the Emperor went
on to the Villa Bonaparte, private resi-
dence, long the residence, if not the property,
OF the Bonaparte family. Scarcely bad his
Majesty arrived there, when he again issued
forth on horseback, accompanied by small
escort, and went through the city, receiving
everywhere fresh ovation. Soon after the
Emperor had returned to the villa the whole
city was again thrown into delighted agi.
tation by the arrival of the main body OF
the French and Piedmontese troops. Every
soldier was seized by an inhabitant, and
men, women. and children rivalled each 9th
er in giving them warm reception. Imy-
self saw a Zouave two hours later walking
about the place. visiting the principal
streets, with the little hand of Mianese
child in each of his, neither party under.
standing a word that the other said and
many Others might be seen walking about
enjoying the weather. in company with some
OF the most respectable inhabitants Of MiAn;
all seemed perfectly at home. This morn
ing, again. the whole city is on foot, Is o
grand lie Deum Is 10 be celebrated at the
Cathedral
As Marshal MMahon entered Milan, q
little girl of FIVE years Of age, dressed in
white, presented him with boquet nearly
as big as herself. lie raised her up and
placed her standing before him on the sad.
die. The child, says letter, threw her
little arm around the sln-burnt head Of the
conqnerer of Magenta, and kissed him re.
pea,edly amidst the loudest cheers ever
heard. The Marshal seemed delighted with
the child, and fondled her most ,enderly.
looking frequently in HE pretty features.
-hua 81 'Hts bulu tulcTtu MlIaD aInlusl
shower of boquets and applause. saw
many persons affected even 10 tears"
Upon the arrival OF our troops at tie
Corso, says another correspondent, the er-
thusIasm assumed gigantic proportions.
Showers OF bouquets tell apon the brillian;
ranAs OF the brave soldiers of the Guard,
the victor at Turbigo, Baffalora and Ma
genta. | have seen ladies come out Of tie
houses to offer in person bouquets and gar
lands to the officers. But when the Emper-
or and King appeared, the Corso was liter
ally paved with flowers. A, leas, hun
drsd thousand persons. some al the Windows
and others in the street, shouted their cries
Of welcome frantically, until the very ground
trembled. l, was in fact the graDdest Of
ovaiions. Flowers flung from the windows
covered the Emperor. His Majesty's horse
reared and plunged a score OF times, fright
ened by the blendirg storm Of these projec-
tiles. Women. carrying their children ir
thai, arm. fh-on,a-f ahopt the Emr.~vc-