The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-09-14
Tne Triumphal Entry of the Army Of
Italy into Parts---Grand Ndilitar,, r,ata

- i "a ciIe victorious army OF Italy.
1t Is stated that upwards of million of
strangers were in Paris on the occasion,
and altogether it Is regarded as the most
brilliant pageant of the kind that has oc-
CURED since the reign of Louis Napoleon.
The spacious BoIlevards were densely
crowded from the Madalaine to the Bas-
tile, labout three miles, the windows and
house tops We're also full of people and
decorations, and triumphal arches were
ercct'd with inscriptions in honor of the
recent victories. The number of troops
in motion was nearly 10000, with five
marshalls, the Emperor's staff, &c. One
writer says:
The Place Vendome was bv far the
most interesting point of the animated |
route through which the victorious army |
passed The reader familiar with Paris |
can easily imagine the spacious square,
with its noble NapOleonic column (sug- |
gested by the Trojan pillar at Rome) sur |
rounded by platforms reaching as high as
the first floor, and circling all round the |
houses of the Place. On the right and
left of the Ministry of Justice We're CON
spicuous tribunes occupied by the En-
press, the Prince Imperial. the Princess
Mathilde. the Princess Clotilde, and the
immediate court circle.
Circlng round the square We're seats
calculated to accommodate 10000 per-
sons, and forming a vast amphltheatre.
The windows of the houses OF the Place
Vendome were all hung with crimson vel
vet. and from the cornice OF the roofs OF
the buildings festOOns of green and gold
laurel wreaths, hung with graceful ease,
being caught up at intervals and attached
to shields, from which issued cluster OF
flags. At each end of the entrance OF the
Place were eight magnlticently gilt col
umns, each supporting golden lgure OF
| victory 1t was here that the great mill
| tarv fete found its centre of interest. Ihe
| Empress. the Prince Imperial. and all the
| members of the Imperial family were In
! this elevated tribune; and surrounded on
| either side, and circling all round the
| square were seen a cluster of elegantly
| dressed ladies and military uniforms, pre-
| senting altogether a most glltterlng ana
| animated scene. The Emperor on horse
back, placed himself before the Imperial
/ tribune, and there witnessed the troops
! file off before him and amid the most
deafening cheering. 1t was at this point
| that the great officers of State, the dlplo-
matte corps, and in TACT, the aristOcratlc
! and fashionable members of Partisan socl-
etv, were collected. Those who witness
ed this wide amphitheatre. containing
| 10000 persons, as the troops, in an end
less moving stream, passed through the
seated crowd, will never forget the pic
ture. 1t was the event Of the age.
oh
the scene at the Place Vendome:
Wreathed and garlanded with laurel
which hung in festoons along the caves.
with floods of purple velvet, embroidered
with bees, ciphers and crowns, with a pur-
pie circus reaching to the first story, built
to accommodate some $4,000 people, with
golden poles and many colored streamers
Haunting from the roof, or huttering
round the base of the majestic column
which is its chief ornament; the old IA
miliar Place Nendome, of quiet and al
most gloomy memory. could hardly be
| recognized. At its entrances colossal Cor
inthian pillars were crowned with golden
! Victories. holding out wreaths III either
hand to the soldiers of France. Every
thing was grand, gorgeous. brilliant. Up
the Rue de la Paix the many cOlOred Wis
Ia was terminated by colossal figure OF
| Peace.
Here let me once more recall to you the
vastnesS of the scene, which you must
bear in mind YOU cannot see all at once.
First you see vaguely the distant object
then understand what it is. Well, you
hear the waves of sound of a strangely
thrilling nature rolling in on you, and
then from the Rue de la Paix come NOV
; ing masses, all green: all around you
cheer. On comes the mass and you dis
= tinguish the moving men, covered with
, wreaths and garlandS.
/ But in the distance, at the entrance
: you see the waving kerchiefs on a sudder
= more sharply waved. You see arms sud
e denly thrown up; you see more fierce
\ | excitement seize the crowd; there is al
! most a shrek in the cheer that come
+ from that end of the place. Why
\ the mass comes nearer. All. there ar,
= no bayonets, no muskets; nearer, you SCI
; the men distinctly; they are limping
r bent, hurt; they are the wounded of tn
+ army. Then a shout, from the men, anC
o sharp sympathetic cries from the women
/ Poor fellows! They pass the Emperor
. they turn their faces TO him. "Niv
. | IEmpereur " one waves his arm-hi
Q one arm; another stops to WELD hi
|
r at his feet the green decorations whicl
T the people gave. On they come. NOR
5 and more of them, and "Nive rEmpe
> reur " and now they pass us closely
e How the women crowd towards them
/ poor fellows. Such yellow faces! Suc
: lines of suffering; thin forms-stron
d men manned, pulled down, wrecked
- They march in company with their off
Q GERS, all wounded too. See that tall fe
/ low that young officer OF the Guard, wit
g the Gardoni face, that his mother love
r and some sweet Marie or Lucille adores-
e see, he has lost both aTms-a cry of pal
= is all about US. "See him." "see him,
: vet he walks proudly, his coat swung fror
il. his broad shoulders.
!. He eyes the eyes bent upon him. Wit
r a glance he acknowledges the symplth,
d suddenly he steps towards Us with his fu
face glowing with fire, and cries with sue
W brave enthusiasm, true as his valor, mob
Z as his suffering such clear, strong voiC
J. voice from the heart ive Ia France
/ "NIve lEmpereur - and the mutilate
l. man strides on, conscious of duty don
& and glory won. | cannot tell the pal
n and pride of that scene. Thousands pas
; ed by, all wounded, all so CHEEKY in the
Ia suffering, saying in every look, " al
le happy to suffer for my country. for til
he glory of France" Nor can | paint III
Of 5aze of the men spectators, nor can COZ
n yey the sympathy of womens eyes Bl
20 deep sympathy was there; and they, III
ID wounded, knew it, and it paid for all the
5. had undergone. Noble and glorious 50
re- dlers but 80 many-wearilv. so many
n so many that the heart ached at I'll
Id streaming columns of crippled heroes.
IA At last they all passed bv. and the
h. came along the strains of military musi
- and regiment after regiment passed i'm r
nj view before their chiefs. Here again
I'd cannot follow the programme. for it WI
n not exact; and here again the greatne
a. Of the scene o'ertopS my powers of acc
rate story. For four hours, in broad &C
st umn, the march never ceased. Marsh
an alter Marshal, and General after Generg
. Colonies innumerable, and scores of re,
&c ments, passed in triumph. First. ri
ia Guard, Grenadiers, Noltigeurs, Chasseu
10 Artillery, all classes literally covered ~
X hidden with laurels and bouquets-bo
.fv quets on the guns, bouquets i'm the han
cr wreaths slung on the arm garlands abn
u tho collars, garlands about the hors.
Ks necks, all Joyous IN triumph with elast
re, step. Such bronzed faces, such see,
all uniforms, bearskins rubbed bare with II
ne blazing sun of Italy. Such different fac
ne here boy handsome and bold: here
w. veteran with long moustache and point,
he beard-tine fellows all : crosses and me
of ais for their valor in plenty: Crime,
on medals abundant. 1t was impossible n
IT. to feel that they were troops of hero,
,re The English present all caught the enth
m. siasm of the hour. and cheered right II
is tily, "Nive la Garde," Nive les Zouayes
nd "Nive Ia Lige," as successive regimen
he passed. No one thought of "Rihem
mt Form" or of the possibilities of the
ture. Every man present felt a pride
the manly fellows who did such honor
their country.
The guardsmen marched with supe
~ precision-the line, too, CALAMITY al
"a firmly. Then came the Zouaves. iaun
81 ly, easily, as if their long march from
eii Maur were but a light mornings amu
NJ ment They looked the perfection
re- re- hard" "wiry," "beggars," up to ar
,na thing; fierce of aspect; yet none,
know, were more tender to the wound
,oI friend or enemy than the redoubt
ny ne Zouaves, who passed in Austrian eyes
~ almost Satanic attributes. All the troo
ne were laurel crowned, and none INC
na deeply decorated than these Zouaves.
" Many regiments were accompanied
I pets-one by goat, another by supe
~ black greyhound, several by other dogs