The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-03
OUR FOREIGN conREspoNDIoNCE.

Btupil uummery If ununaliy banging GUY
FAwKEs in fIigr on Iii. day. Tho mcrcurial
Frtncllmnn IY o NOR" in the preecnt, and bril-
liant parade, surh as W.T. had yesterday, is more
to lis t.~tr. nh" fmuciitl Guard WAS to DO re-
vowed on ihe B is d, BOuloSne, and the cnt re
ntighbor!iood nr the places WAS dlnstly packe d
with Ill imm>'rs" host OF gay and curious spectn-
tore. The rou pic camo carly in Tho morning, 10
as to he cert ain IF obtaining oil ble seats. They
brought tht IL dinner aud their babies with them,
Their y tti nee must have nCen great, and no lcss
their in ig'r', but doubt not they were well re-
wardcd III Tie end, f,r the dip'ay Of military
pomp VA, ,azzii' s, and far ahead Of any exhib;-
tioA Of he ki..d tytrsaw
The infantry, consisting or four brigadcs was
drawn up il no "f battle, two deep. These were
eomros' 4 Of Classcurs, Voltgc urs, Algerian
Shal pshoutcrs, Hannvcs, Gronadicrs, and the
Gcndarmcric ot the Grard. The cavalry prcst Mt
ed, III thrty-twa srntdr"ns, numbered over three
thon:au,l men. The lan,r', always tho favoriies
OF the lidcs lo"k'd magnificent in their white
unifJrn', mnmtcd tCo, they were, on su-
pcrb auimaIs J HI draso,n also, in their Jaw.
color nttirr, nialo fine show. The artillery
also was rtpr med. There were n dozon or
more light batteries Oh the fell, cxcee ngly well
handled.
A French crowd il much better behaved than
!ne Same n'tlcle III America. NnaE Dccn my
tune or misfortune to be iammcd up in several
mammoth gatherings in "ihe land Of the free"
and, assure You, my "reminiscences connected
Herewith are fur from pleas mt. Yon fellows arc
30 terribly free over in America thai you do az
You please, quite unconrerned whether such pro-
m!scuons exercise of your volion incommudes
others or not. No, VIC are more polite here The
weather was quite warm for the season, and tho
crowd had waited, eome Of them for over six
hours, but perfect order and dccorum prevailed
among all prcscnt
At last their Majes!ies arrived in an open car
riage, which they soon exchanged for horses that
had been Kept in readiness for them. The young
prince WAS the 0! nosure of all eyes. Attirud in
the uniform OF corporal OF grenadiers, with q
little cooked hat IA Ia NAP PlLEoN J. he won the
hearts OF al his fair subject spectators. EUGENE
Was dressed in simple black habit; the Emperor
IN Generals uniform. Then commenced the
evolutions and review, the details OF which will
pass over, Us 1 am not learned in tactics. The
troops ehouted Justify their Vfue PE1spereu,.; and
Thought everything was AZ il shoull be. But
there are those who maintain the opposite, and
say that the Emperor's popularity is all in the
past; that there no enthusiasm that the
ftodts wero all milil ary, and done to order.
duel occurred recently, which has created
great deal OF talk here. Somo say the parties
fought by torchligh,, others report that tho
dfaire came off under the friendly illumination oy
neighboring gas lamp. Only ono second WAS
present on each side, rapiers the weapons H.
SKaUIN, young man 0f wealth and position wac
mortally wounded, and has since died. There is
but little known positively OF the cause that led
to this fatal encounter, and usual, where there
B any mystery, rumor is busy with her Thousand
tongues, weaving oil kinds of romances. M.
n Liam ant nF ft,,
other party t. tho duel. He at onco gave himself
up to the police, and is now under arrest but re-
fuses to tell anything about tho circumstances
that led to the quarrel
Bpokms king usea to bo oansiderod n very nm
profitable, and, at bert, prerarious business. It
1s 30 no longer. The French liz nor their literary
men pt rhaps more than any other natirn All |
thors Of note have rerriv nunfict hi honorayia |
duri"g tho last fifty Years. SCRIBE, Eugene SUE, |
CHATEAUBRlAfD, BaLZAo VIomR HUGO, LAMAR |
TINE, THEIRS, DUMAS and GE ROE SAND, are amoup
tho best known 1T these
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