Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-06-30
OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENCE


@s 8FN PARIS, JUNE 7, 1854.
Notwithstanding the many and serious topics
which must engage public attention In AmeTica, must
endesyor to gain the interest of your readers during ow
moments for the great international event." 40 10 10
called, which has just Of upon sesutiiul Paris
So great 10 the sensation created by it that
nothing else is talked Of and if happen to pass two
men in the street converspg together it ten to but
that the events which reach your - you 90 along are
chepal Anglais or ehepal Francois II ~ str5 " !,
But to enter little into such particulars Of the
affair as are worth recording mentioned in former let
ter that the Great Paris Prize consisted Of 0O0f given
half by the city of Paris and half by the railway company
to be by horses of every nation As the entries arc
always very amounting this year to about one
hundred and twenty the total value of the stalks s raised
to l55 0O0 to which added very handsome silver vase
large given by the Emperor This splendid prize
was for last year for the first time, and won BY
the English The French turf bore the defeat with great
good humor and took it almost matter Of course.
Still the emulation very great and there evidently
burning desire this year to retrieve the national honor
Although many horses had been originally entered, five
only appeared the card ready to start when the day
arrived These were BlairAtbal the winner of tho Eng
h Derby and the sole horse Of the English TURF and five
French horses: Baronelo, File dc PAr, who had won
both the French oaks and the English oaks BosR ousse
who had the French Derby and lastly Yarmouth.
Great the excitement when the eventiu day, Sun
day. the 9Th June, arrived All Paris was IN motion to-
the Bots de Boulogne where the called
Lpr hamps situated The crowd prodigOus and
nothing could exceed the pepdor and beauty OF the equip
ages and thu toets of the ladies who occupied them
There must been from 10000 to 200 600 persons on
the field
The Emperor and Empress arrived with numerous and
brilliant suites, and took their places in the imperial TIL
bune which fronts the winning post AT this moment the
spectacle really sublime The weather was glorious
The sun shone without cloud The race course was
yerdaut, with It's smooth green sward, while all around
the Bors de Bouogne in it's early foliage and the
tree covered heights Of St Cloud Mendon Bellevue and
the Fortress Of the Mont Vaerien formed amphthen
tire of unriyaed oveness At four O'Clock File dc Pair,
Count dc Lagrang6 horse appeared on the course with
the Jockey in the saddle and greeted with cheers
Soon after BlarAthal the English racer, who had
only arrived in Paris at three O'Clock the previous day.
but locked in splendid condition alter bis journeyhs
chestnut glowing like satin under the bright sunshine
When all the horses had appeared they took their prelmi-
nary before the and then walked in pro-
past the imperial stand and along the whole length
of the ribunes crowded with elegantly dressed ladies'
As the horses approached the starting post the feeling OF
excitement aud anxiety became Intense as to produce
almost dead silence At last there was cry, They
off % and every eye was strained to watch the struggle
Yarmouth went tho front at and assumed the lead
while the two favoes, Blair Athal and File de Fair
manned last side by side Soon, however, they went up
took the second and third places But Yarmouth still
held CALAMITY, maintained his lead spite of whip and
pur applied to his adversares, and passed the winning
post two lengths ahead, amongst such scene of excite
ment never before perhaps witnessed on race
People of all ranks mingled together and literally
shrieked and screamed rather t6an cheered thought
the of the winning horse, M. Delamarre, would
have been torn to pieces by the congratulations OF his
friends AID the public, they kissed and Rugged and
bracrd and shook hands with him every side He
Immediately ordered to the imperial presence to receive
the piece Of plate while mututes assembled in front OF
the Imperial stand aud celebrated again aud again with
cheers the victory the English and the proudest
| achievement OF the French turf 4
PARIS, JUNE 10, 1864.
The only European items Of any importance is the fact,
which you will learn via London of the prolongaton Of
the armstce the North of Germany for the space of
fifteen days The Prussian Monteur when making known
the official acceptance Of this step by ts adds
significantly that the Goth june the presumed date for
the ecommencement of bostles" The general impres.
sion which prevails is that either further concessions
will be made to Germany to which Denmark will be I'M
duced yield that the Danes will refuse obstnstey
to YIELD in which case they will be left be crushed by
numbers and thus be sacrificed mitsriy. The choice
between the two alternatives is not inviting but
| other left for that gallant little nation.
The Emperor and Empress and the Court gone to
Fonainebeau whence The Emperor will proceed to take
the waters at Vchey The Emperor has grown unhealthy
coIpuent of late, and looks pale and less well than usual
He suffers greatly from rheumatism and neuralgia and has
| aged much in appearance during the last year
Marshal Peessiers funeral took place yesterday at tho
nvades with great military pomp The display of troops
immense bat the concourse of people unusually small
He brave and sklfu but not very popular soldier
The state of affairs in Algeria is far from satisfactory.
Tho nsurrecton will of course be put down; but it will
give much trouble first and has brought light
q discomfort and hatred of French rule which no
| longer supposed to exist among the Arab tribes
The notorious murderer DIR and Count de la Tonne
res, guotned yesterday in the presence of i'm
crowd the Emperor having refused to respite him.
Considerable alarm has been excited in Paris by the
report that the Emperor had had escape for his
life at Fontanbeau and full advantage taken Of the
incident by the spectators at the Bourse The facts,
which have been much exaggerated briefly these:
His Msestys attention having been directed to
trvance for enabling persons who swim to walk
the water in cork boots and escape drowning he de-
termined to test ts efficacy himself Accordingly he adj
iourned to of the deep ponds fish tanks of the
palace, and having equipped himself proceeded to walk
the water" At first he seemed to get very well but
being very corpuent, aud therefore top heavy his
Majesty presently toppe1 over, and the cork boots
sisted upon coming uppermost the head Of the
instantly went downwards; and Napoleon Ill took
cold bath whether he would or not.