The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-18

flags, and then went back to the Tuil-
cries, to sally ont late at night on
its enemyward march, was the signal
for a great ovation. The line Of
march was through the magnificent
Rue de Rivoli, which is always crowd
ed and as the splendid mass OF men
came pouring out from under the
arches of the Tuileries barracks
such shouts rent the air as Paris
has not heard before since '93.
The men were all excited to the
topmost pitch with liquor-that was
evident, otherwise, In the sWeltering
night, one would have thought thew
must have tainted under the heavy
bearskin caps and swinging KNAPP
sacks. Double lines of women were
crowded into the street close to the
marching columns. The good danes
of the markets and the enthusiastic
wives and mothers of the lower class,
could hardly contain their enthusi-
asm, and many frantically kissed the
soldiers hands, and kept up a shrill
chorus of TO Berlinl to BerlinI I"
and Down with Bismarck One
woris;Gs, ss least sixty years old, not
thinking what else she could do,
Ghrew her arms around the neck of a
patient old horse who was Juggling
along the wagon containing the grena-
dier's medical stores, and kissed the
animal until he sncrted with fear.
Sometimes one could see soldier
borne on the shoulders of two civil
unexpectedly his father and brother
-and the whole three crying as if
their hearts would break. Up In a
window of the Tuiieries there was
row of candles burning, and behind
them We saw the figure of a drunken
soldier brandishing a saucepan over
the head of an image of Bis
marck. The crowd that had been
following the Imperial Guard was at
once arrested by this singular specta-
| Gle. Imagine an intoxicated soldier
haranguing crowd from a window
of the White House In Washington!
That is the only comparison / can
think of. The infuriate fellow was
finally joined by two of his comrades,
one Of whom wound up the perform
/ ance by breaking q loaf of garrison
bread over Mr.. Bisnarck's venerable
sconee. The people were wild with
delight, and shouts of "Vive la lignel"
echoed every where. The guard
marched away to the tune of the
"MarseiIaise," which. the people con-
slider a great concession on the EN-
peror's part, as the song has been so
long taboOed. Napoleon gives his pop
ulace plenty of liberty just now. but he
evidently does not mean to leave the
city In their hands while he is away.
Five regiments of infantry are ex-
expected In Paris tomorrow,
to rally to the support Of the Empress
in case the Republicans should con-
slider it time to make a demonstration.
| Napoleon'sr recent remarks, at the
closing of the Corps Legislatif, show
what deep reliance he has on the EN-
press, whom he has educated into q
most remarkable politician and in.
triguer. She has q great voice just
now in all movements made. and
works from daylight until midnight
in preparing, so far as in her lies,
for the campaign. Marshal LeBeut
has been given absolute supremacy in
all military matters. The Emperor
trip to the front is an absurd sham.
He is in very delicate health. hardly
able to sit on horseback and the sus-
penses and delays anterior to the de-
claration of war brought on, at one
time, fl of illness which his physi-
cians thought might end fatally. But
he made a tremendous rally, and
showed himself in public next day,
grimly pale, tremblingly defiant even
of death.
Yesterday, just before / left for
Prussia, the dragons of the Empress
clattered down the boulevards on
theiT way to some unknown front.
They were a gallant and magnificent
set of Wallets, clad In all the colors of
the rainbow, green, and red, and yell
low, perhaps predominatinR, and
mounted on glorious steeds. The ar
tillery, too, followed by immensely
long baggage trains, was moving
through the city all day long. The
French have been suffering much
fear that the Baden soldiery would
be forced to adopt the patent explo--
sive poisoned ball. IS the Grand
Duke Of Baden vas the only po-
tentate who refused to prom
Use not to use it, when, not
long ago, there was a conference on
the subject. These balls are. deadly
to an astonishing degree. / have seen
large volume blown into so many
pieces that hundreds Of men could
not have counted them in a day, by
one of these balls fred from a revol-
vel. The French feared mainly be-
cause these balls wreaked such terri
BILE destruction of cassions, and are
greatly relieved to find that the
Badois soldiery do not propose to use
them. The mitrailleuse, Napoleon
savage little cannon, must be retaliat-
ed upon in some manner, neverthe-
j less, and both Prussians and their al
lies are meditating how best and
| quickest to NOW down regiments.
THE FRONTIER LINE.
| We have had the most absurd re-
mors about the difficulty and dangers
of getting into Prussia. We were cold
that railways were undermined, and
likely to be blown up at a moment s
notice; and that the Prussians were,
like the French, arresting all stran
gers as spies. Still / felt that as long
as Prussian citizens had been placed
under the protection of our Minister
| in Paris, we had a right to considera
ton in Prussia, and so I took the
night train, amid most of frightened,
| uyAuB 46ubOuSs WuO u6NCT C6aS6O
grumbling and imagining some com
ing evil until we were far over tho
frontier. Before / take you with NE
into the centre of Prussia let me show
you the complicated nature of the
frontier lines on which the hostile
troops are now concentrated.
Take the newest and best maps OF
Middle Europe that historic
haunted ground-and observe careful
ly that long, scraggy, slate. colored
strip of territory which borders on
Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Swift
zerland. France, the Grand Duchy OF