Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-10-21

the commander OF one OF the most gall
liant armies in the world, now hy
double catastrophe reduced to the pc
sition OF a prisoner Of war aud pri-
vate gentleman, had arrived at his
place of confinement. What reflections
may have crowded upon the historical
Traveller, as, driving through the mag
niiicent wood, he was approaching the
place appointed for his temporary
abode. Was not this the palace in
which his gay uncle Jerome had spent
a few giddy years, when younger
brother had Unexpectedly raised him
from obscurity TO the newly PATCHED
up throne of Westphalia? Was not
this the very chateau ia which the i'm
pOverished Monarch had reveled in
noisy festivities day after day, week
after week, rs long Is his Juniors
star permitted him? Had he not shock
ell the inhabitants by super; eding the
ancient name of the palace, and call
ing it Napolenshohed during his emphc-
raj rule? Aud one fine Winters day
he had suddenly to pack up and vanish
from view, never more to appear on
the stage of history, in what position
did his Nephew find himself now?
Was il not in the unenviable capacity
Of ex-Sovereign that he arrived In this
park, which the Uncle had precipitate-
Is quilted So years ago? Had he not
likewise attempted to seize portion OF
that German soil, the appropriation Of
which seems to be u main feature in
the traditional policy of his House
And had he not Ueen also wrecked i'm
a task which. in his peculiar position.
he had found it equally difficult TO
avoid and to carry out? But here Is
the identical palace. With drum and
fife suddenly breaking the Stiffness OF
the night, Il company of infantry pre-
sent arms in honor of the new arrival.
There is n armglow inside the splen-
did hall. Generals and gentlemen OF
the Royal household are standing ready
to do the honors of the occasion. They
bow low, and are the most obcdient
servant of His majesty. They conduct
| His majesty up stairs with the defer
ence due tn a Sovereign. They take
the commands Of His Majesty. and
will be happy to execute them. Mean
while attendants ere busting about
outside. and everything Is in rata.
| Napoleon is received as a guest, not n
Il prisoner. by his generous host. The
| entire palace j. placed at his disposal.
a numerous suite of some 40 persons.
| with "A large retinue of servants. have
| followed him, and will be likewise en-
| tertained by the King. He has bought
So horses and variety of carriages
greater, almost, than can be stored i'm
| the news Of the princely mansion.
| Royal udtCfs de chdHbTe and chefs Cie
cuisine have been sent down, and ev-
erything will he done to render his
| stay as pleasant as possible The move
| If Il ma pa nor Z. La
without restraint, and if he chose he
might drive about in the grounds, see
| company i'm the evening, and close the
| day with a visit to His Majestv's Opera
at Cassel. Such is the aspect Royal inn
imprisonment assumes in the cour-
tesy of the present age, Times
have changed siace Mary was locked
up by Elizabeth, or. tn quote an anal
ogous case, since the youthful King Of
France was captured by the German
Emperor Charles V. on the battlefield
of Pavia.
The considerate attention paid t.
Napoleon by special order of the King
extends to the smallest particulars
All the way from the German frontier
to Wilhelmshohe the Imperial train
never stopped at the stations them
selves, but always some distance from
them, so rs 10 avoid exposing the in
teresting traveller to the gaze of the Gu
rious. At Cologne, the day the En-
peror passed through, the terminu.
happened to be full of German arti
sans expelled from Paris. There wcr,
many poor people among them who haC
greatly suffered from the severe meas
adopted by the Imperial Govern
ment, and approved by its Republican
successors. Loud was their Joy OIL
hearing of Napoleon's fate and IN
retr. button that had befallen his ar
u.ies and had they been permitted {
rcmai2 in the terminus, the depose'
! potentate, on passing through, Nigh
have been subjected Ia disagrceable ob
sorvations. But care was takcl
20 send them on before his arrival
The very choice of Wilhelm ,huhc io
, his abode was owing to the King
wish to oblige his distinguished visitor
As for various reasons connected will
his present situation and the state q
his health, he was reluctant to travC
, To the eastern provinces of the king
dom, the choice lay between Wilhelm
shohe and StOlzenfeis, the only tw
Royal palaces in Western Prussia sui
| iiciently grand for his reception. Blu
Stolzenfels, on its lofty crag on tn
/ Rhine, and with little if any eve
; ground in its immediate neighhOrhoOC
= would have scarcely been so well suite
. for re -convalescent as the mIre rur
Wilhelmshohe, with its beautiful gan
dens and parks stretching all the wa
5 down to the river. So Wilhelmshoh
was selected. lie is very splendid, yer
, healthy, and very private, the ground
adjoining the palace being Inaccessible