The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-10
THE MEETING OF THE EnPERORs
Receptions OF Napoleon and EuRenIe
nv Francis Joseph aud Elizabeth.
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| There Is saying lutAI III SalLDuIR
only eighty days in the whole year are
| tine, and that on the others il rains, Be
I this AN eXaggeration or not, to-day Is,
Z at all levents, one OF the eighty sunny
ldaVs.-IL might be- elaszssd like certain
I ships as mo. / a" so beautiful Is the
weather, so bright the sky. The oay
/ before yesterday there had been a
I change from brightness 10 cloud, and
/ for a night the rain fell pretty heavily.
But as II to do honor TO the expected
/ guests, TO elaborate worthily this extra
ordinary visit, all has put on again a
I holidayI look, and hardly in Eden could
/ the earth have borne a fatrer aspect;
| One consequence has been that !Eoii aii
! sides visitors have poured INTO ShIE-
! Durg-from all the frequeuted places
| close around, TraTnstsin, he!chehhhii'
/ HerchtesgHden aud many others, As
I U,eII as from more distant towns. Those
/ per-ous who come from the neigh
1 borhoOd leave again-those gong
toward Bavaria at least-Ht md
night or an hour after, TO return to Their
/ homes, a u bed in SaiZburR - hardly
I to be got for any money. Three days ago
even one was not TO be found. From
! IA nd near, rooms were ordered per tel
! egraph, as soon as 1t was known for
| certain wnen the day ofthe Imperial ar
/ rival was TO be. In some hotels, maybe
| in 4Il-th-re Is not even room for BED
on the floor. The prices asked are
! enormous, and holes and corners on
/ the fourth floor are dignitied by the
/ name of sleeping apaTtments-pIaces
20 dark that midday or midnight make
/ little difference therein, in either case
| the darkness being all that was visible.
/ The thrOngs in the streets are equal to
! the crowds that filled Pesth at the cOro-
I nation; and railways from so many
| places lead hiIher that every town and
| watering-place, whether close at hand
| or far OFF, has furnished its contingent
aud helped to overcrowd the by no
/ means large towns. For some days past
\ the traius were 50 hlledAt every station
there were long stoppages, and to-day
/ even the ex press train that leaves Mu-
mich in the morning WAS nearly three
quarters of an hour behind It's time.
! There was absolutely no means OF
| slowing away the number that wanted
] 10 be forwBr led.
The name Napoleon" exercised II
wonderful charm, and the mere posi-
| bilitY of seeing the man who had al
\ ready worked Austria such woe, ON
1 whom so much as regards the future
depended, put thousands in motion
/ whom no other incentive could have in
duced to leave their homes.
At three o'clock n strong body Of
dragons was drawn up in front of the
/ Imperial residence, where the Emperor
| SapoIeOn was TO be lodged. Here, as
well as all along the route leading to
the railway, crowds OF spectators were
posted. Every window was tilled with
Spectators. aud every place of vantage
was seized upon Defines, in order to
see the cuValcade and carriages AS they
] passed from the terminus into the
[ Town. Even at the station those per
sons who had tickets oil admission were
| there very early. A great number OF
ladies' from Vienna, ISchl and SALE
burg were there by half past three
o'clock, and every minute there were
/ fresh arrivals. The gentlemen, except
the military officers and those belong
ing to the Freuch Embassy, were none
OF them in uniform. The reason OF
/ this was the Emperor WAS supposed to
4 travel iacO gIutO, and 1t was wished u at
! the Visit should have private and not
a public character. The station was
! prettily decorated with flags and gold
wreaths eucirciing the letter N" A
large carpet covered.the ground up 10
the rails on which the train was to
come, and round 1t WAS "a border formed
| OF green -twiS5 oil. tir. There were
flowers and trophies at the entrance of
4 the room through which the guests were
to pass, and the whole looked bright
and fcstul, without being anything pc
culiarly remarkable. Al about mar
Ter OF AN hour before the time OF the
arrival OF the train from Augsburg,
where the Emperor and Empress passed
the night, the Emperor Francis Joseph
/ and the Empress arrived atthe station.
The band OF the regiment OF Jnsers,
which was drawn up close by, struck
! up the national anthem, and the En-
DeTor in passing in front OF the men,
went through the usual ceremony on
such occasions, and then returned. lie
looked we'll, and in good spirits. He
wore IA Generals uniform. The Elm
press came forward and spoke 10 sew
eral ladies whom she recognized among
those present, and her manner tO'duy
was particularly gracious and aninble.
She was dressed IN white lace, over a
! lilac silk and skirt, festouned below,
/ while Il long train of the silk SKIRT
swept the ground behind. She had on
her head a very small round black
| straw hat, The richest ornament was
| her braided hair, which in thick and
manifold tresses fell behind in large
plailed loops The Duke de Grammoni,
| the French ambassador AT the Court OF
4 Vienna, now came, with the numei Gus
members OF tho embassy. All OF them
| were decorated, even the very youngest
secretary, and some Of the gentlemen
had On their breast a long double row
OF orders. The Duke himself had only
two stars on his richly gold emhroideT-
ed Uniform, ard the ribbon OF the Les
giou. He seemed in wonderfully sun
nv humor, and his countenance wore
/ tAe DEtadlph VI .lAlkGh9t
AS wheE "A fondly cherished plan is ut
last on the very eve Of execution.
AtIast. Just before i've, the train so
lauxfously expected arrived. The I'm
Derial French visitors came in their owl
carriages, II French officer of railroads
1 having trAYersed the whole line some
days before in order to see If the guage
thToughuut would permit the Imperial
carriage being used. The carriage In
which The guests were was q long open
car, with thick curtains round the open
spaces at the sides. AS the train crept
forward, both the Emperor and the
l.Empress went toward the car 10 greet
their visitors; The train, though moy-
ing at snaipS pace, did not stop at the
IspOt intended, nut a little turtner on.
! The Empress Engenie WAS standing
up in the carriage, and as II passed the
spot where the Empress Elizabeth was
standing beside the Emperor, who
bowed ns the carriage moved by, she
made u profound reverence-rather
formal and cRremonious, 1t seemed to
i me. ON the train stopping, the EN-
! press Elizabeth hastened 10 meet the
French EMPRESS as she descended from
the carriage, and bending forward
| kissed her Atfectionately on one cheek
aud then on the other. The meet
ing between the two Emperors
| WAS equally cordial. They shook
hands heartily. The Empress pre-
4 scented her ladies to her French
guest, and a moment or two alter the
/ Empress EuEenie, in most graceful
| manner, went forward some steps TO
| converse with the Countess BellegArde.
| The Emperor Napoleon then conversed
/ with the Austrian Empress, and the
| Emperor Francis Joseph talked with
The Empress lSngsnte. There were
many presentations on both sides,
W hich took up some time. The En-