Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-04-24

THE GREAT PARIS EXPOSITION.
THE OPENING AND THE A APPEARANUE OF THE
DEPARTMENT.
THE OPENING CEREMONIES.

euuoPlco WIN Brten 'ciiu"' ob""Sieu
with golden bees, the emblem of the Bon.
apartts. and every foot of it surmouuted
with the flag Of an independent nption.
Flowers and statues line it on either side ::
the Imperial standards Of tricolors, ban
derolles, and oriHammes are flung from
two great gonfslo!l mass at the portal !;
on the roof of the Palace, climbing
through the sky as fthe tinted clouds
had descended to wreathe it, oil the colors
of each nation wave; and in the angle be-
tween the long vestibule and the deep
curve of the Palace, the. broad, white
ermiue. bright with bees, stretched upon
the sceptre and CROSS, denotes the pavilion
Of the Emperor .ar-
Standing at the bridge next nearest the
city you see all the 9uays filling with Peo-
pie. Nurses and caEmen, men in blue
frocks, and old gentlemen in hats of curv-
ing brims. invalids in chairs and erutches.
foreigners Of every garb and hue, all
pouring down the stone riversides and di-
yiding at the bridge into two deep columns
one of which is bouul for the Palace, tle
other for the 7rocodero The street be-
side them is 6lltd with stream Of vehic-
les, all of which pass the bridge and di
vide on the other bank iuto similar col
umns, the most numerous and plebeian Of
which is composed of visitors who will en-
ter the Palace by side gate, paying 5
in gold head, while the o,her represents
the d'gnitsAies of State and the great en-
bassadors, with the legislative bodies,
who are to meet the Emperor and do him
homage. in other words, to pay their re.
spects, as he comes in some state to open
the show.
WHO WERE PROMINENT AT FHE OPENING.
Now You see in great numbering stage
coach. fringed all around with red, the
English Maequis Of Townsheud come up,
footman in powdered hair and padded
calves clinging behind; now, in plain
barouche. very feeble looking under his
black wig. the venerable Rossini rides ;
again, the beautiful daughters Of Mr..
Bcckwith dash up IN a barouche and two
gray Senators follow. talking politics to-
gether. Here is Berryer, the lion cf
Marsellles, Republican orator Of the
stuff of Mirabeau, in talk with Thiers,
the historian, who is spectacled and pinch
of face M de Giraidin an wife come af-
ter. equal in intellect, and he IS the first
journalist Of Europe fdgetty figure, OBJ
stinate in the shoulders now the Couu-
tess of jersey succeeds, very beautiful,
her outriders scattering things as they
wheel the Curb and in the carriage Of
FRINGE Napoleon. who is not present, be-
ing disgusted with his cousin apd all his
cousins jobs, the still sparkling face of
George Sand flashes by, careful as giTl
in her attire, and only thread or two OF
gray to line her luxurisnt tresses the
careless young man in the baroucbe, al
most boy in dress and beard is Gustevc
Dore, the foremost genius Of our time; be-
hind rolls in state ponderosity the Duchess
de Morny. half sister by marriage to the
Emperor--a Demidoff of Russia, slender
and fair, and young, and widow of the
best business gambler in France to hcl
alterernates Couture, the painter of tho
Roman dccadsdceS, come frolp his retire.
ment to see his students canvascs; next
rides Hiram Haines of Alabama. the re.
presentiye Of the only Southern State. ser
ious.faced man. who has accepted the pol
itical situation, and come he'e to Undue,
emigration to his State "a pause bring
along the American banker, Mouroe, clos,
by DR.. Carey of Buffalo. both diving il
baiouches :. then the Paussian General
Won BouiD, very fat and whiskered, aD'
selfmportant. closes in with the Ottoman
Minister, in In turban and cashmere. hi
seimetvr at bis girdfe the terribly grin
face Of Liszt, the pianist, drifts by like
nightmare, and Jules Janin, the critic
, oily and lazy, anticipates thin. high
bloodless face of Alphouse de Lamartine.
ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS.
When thepe have gone. with other hun
dreds, all known for birth, genius, o
; pocket, we hear feeble cry OF pive
Emperor. and coming down the righ
bank Of the liver, through the Tuile'ie
garden, under the shaft Of Luxor, whic
marks the site Of the guillotine, thre
coaches are seen with golden laced outr
/, ders aud o squad Of helmcted officers frol
. the Oswt Gayds galloping around then