The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-09-15


violently and without cessation, and
one could easily imagine that the sub
Iject of his conversation was Niel's let
ter published that morning in the Inde-
penaencs Beige. Random, tall,
straight, active looking man, with gray
hair and moustache, listened and ac-
quiesced as if he were exactly of his
interlocutor's opinion. Next to Ran
don sat Marshal MacMahon, Duke of
Magenta, on horse as quiet as his
master, neither moving nor showing
any disposition either to talk or to hold
any fellowship with those around them.
MacMahon, as seen on this occasion,
is either non communicative individu-
al, or else something is wrong to-day.
He looked gayer down at Solferino,
within the smell of gunpowder. His
appearance is not striking although he
is unquestionably the ablest man in the
French army. His moustache is
sandy, his hair the same color, and cut
close; he is but little over the medium
height, and slim; his forehead is ex-
pansive, his eyes small, and he has the
appearance to be a thinker. MacMa-
hon was born in the same year as the
Emperor, 1908. lu t
paraguay d'Hilliers sits next to Mac
Mahon, and although he is very old
man, and has but one arm, he is the
most playful man in the lot. He takes
off his chapeau and finds quantity of
rain collected in the top Of it, aud to
amuse the Empress and the boy, who
sits above, dashes the water on the of
fcers Of the Emperor's suite, all the
time keeping one eye in front of him
to see that the Emperor does not catch
him at it. He is tall, slim, straight
old man, who commenced his military
career under the first Napoleon, and he
handles his drawn sword and bride
with one hand just as well as if he had
two. Mel stands next to him, and ap-
pears more gay than MacMahon al
though these two are sat down as the
discontents at the termination of the
war. They had only got a taste of hui
man gore, and were drawn from the
trail with reluctance. Mel is tall,
slim man, with large, hollow cheeks,
brown hair, and struggling beard. He
has an expression of immense energy
in his face, and is destined, with Mac
Mahon to take and keep the first rank
in the army. Marshal Renault de St
Jean d'Angely, Commander of the I'm
perial Guard, is IS years old, man of
middle height, straight, not heavy in
person, with gray moustache, imperial
and side wbiskers, (the latter totally
destroy the military character Of his
face) and has mild, quiet air, calcula-
ted to rnislead one as to his profession.
Marshal Magnan was as fussy as his
enormous size and restless horse
would premit, while the old Duke of
Malakoff looked, | thought, with an eye
of jealousy on scene in which he
had not been permitted to TAXA part.
As one of the regiment bands came
to take its station on the Place Ven
dome in front of us, while its regi-
ment defiled past, it played the new
Italian Marseillaise, or rather Milan
aise, which annoyed the Austrians so
much, and which they prohibited in
their Italian Provinces. 1t was the
first air / heard on arriving in Italy,
and the last one | heard on leaving );
the Italians ate, drank, went to bed,
got up marched and fought their ene-
mics in unison with its notes; / did the
same Gall but the fghting) myself. 1t
is one of those glorious airs which
raises mans hair to the perpeLdicu-
lar and sets his nerves in tremor. 1t
utters the plaintive cry of the Italians
struggling for liberty it calls them
from their fre-sides and clusters them
under the flag of Independence; it
leads them to the midst of roaring can
non and flashing steel; bushes to sleep
I the dying worriors of the field of bat
tie, and then sounds aloud the note of
victory. | was always afraid when ]
heard this exciting music that some
one might come along and banter me
to join Garbaldi! The world owes
Italy her Independence, if for nothing
else than her glorious music!
Several arrests of Italians were made
the night before the military festival.
The old story of Italian assassins is
about to recommence, just when we
had hoped it was forever quiet. Among
, the arrests were those of two gentle
J men in whose company l crossed the
| Simplon three weeks ago. One of
i them, however, by taking the officer to
his house showed them his furlough
from the army of Garbaldi, and by his
, representations in regard to his friend,
both were at once liberated. / met
: them only an hour afterwards at a pub
/ lie garden, they recounted me their ad-
ventures with evident glee of their
!, happy escape. Both these gentlemen
were Piedmontese, residents of Domo-
dopola, and far from being intriguers
against the the life of the Emperor.
1t is supposed that all those arrested
f will soon be liberated.
THE USES OF CRINoLINE.--A writer
Il IN fbo Rochester Union who saw De