, 1870-08-05
TEE WAR IN EUROPE.
Exciting Scenes In Pnrfs.
Furis tJuly 22l Cu7e<pondtnee Of the .vt,s Io,k
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Whoever wae in Paris last Sunday night, aud
Oh the Boulevard, saw nght never to be for
gutten. A regiment of Aouavea lett for the
frontier. and all Paris was on the war path
with them. happened TO be just entering
tho bridge, aud, getting q good place by the
side Of drummer. with the trumpet OF tho
man in his rear planted comfortably in my left
ear, found myself, before I knew it, borne
along like chip In q freshet. There was no
going back. even It I had wanted to, and I
can't EAT uid want to The square was we'll
enough, but when the crowd tried to squeeze
itself into the Hue Reyale, I thought We we're
going to have the massacre Of Ito over
agatn. Any one who had tried to stop to tie
bis shoe, Let us say, would never have wanted
to tic Lis shoes any more! From wall to
wall Was e0l,d pavement OF human he1ds,
and out OF every head came = shout, the
shout, not the hymn, CT the MArseillaise!
When We reached the wider boulevard things
were little bctter, but not much. for We were
merely q: black river enptying into biack
sea, and our wave soon mingled iudiatln2ui4h-
ab1v with tho Easter tood. The silewalks
were crowded, the street was crowded, aud
every window WIS filed with people cheering,
No omnspns. no cab, had ghoat Of chance.
Many escaped down ado streets, but the great
or pa1t drew up in line along Que side OF the
boulevard, aud waited, the crowd meanwhile
taking advantage oi the occasion, and swarm-
iing over omnsbases' dsa ,ss} ssbs' and nofss.,
confusion WAS ind.scribsb!c. for dlf-
different airs, and The !" slarseiliaise,
Afou1ir pour la Patrie, the q ci.aus lu De-
part, !" mi - Les Lampions.," got 70 mixed up
only now and then hear trImpet- blast, or a
ratt1fng diurn, or the cry Of =. Iipe la gu+rre,'
IS 4 has Ia ITu*ser' and rarely. very rarely,
"rire Emnereurr' The regiment vas IN
luck laet night, for the crowd was ready to
Them by hanasfu]. and some old fellows atlroit-
II managed to get on tho outside and thus
grabbed more than their slAre. 1t WAS sight
TO remember all ones Life, and was eVen
glad, after living year III the sitting air Of
Paris, to draw froe dr3asbt ot;Fsai porular
starved man, tlidu't just then much care
/ that it VIE WIS offered me-'twas something.
| A different sight had been the going OF OF a
i regiment vi chasscurs that same morning,
early. liearl the music as I sat on my cyrie
! chamber, aud sterl;lng out III tho balcony,
| c1asse. The soldiers filed the street; the
Sidewalks were tilled with young men, arua
! locked. singing the Marseillaisc, aud music Of
fife aud trumpet. mixed with the chant Of
voices. GAME striking up between the high
vailed houses. In tho midst went the stout
viyandiere, dressed in her best; 10 holiday
now for her, but work in earnest, and mixed
with tho soldiers their mothers, wives, and
lovere, keeping step and time. By one soldier
went bis wife, leading the little boy in her left
land, aud in the other bearing the wee white
capped babe that encke&l its thumb and lcapel
to hear The music.
The eigps Of war are everywhere. In the
street III every direction aud ut every minute
you meet squads Of men who are going to the
recruiting Office, drunk, sometimes reeling.
rf& f5ttFT kn t1ziaa nv
Mourir pour Ia pal1ie. Then you meet q CAT
full OF fellows in like condition, always ID
/ charge OF the officer or civilian who has pick
ed them up. AID there they are, lolling and
tumtlirg about. shouting, yelling, all day aud
far into the night, on their way to ths Depo,
: 60 much head. Tie addition 10 tho army
during tho last few days must have been enor'
i nous; sllcre teems just now no difficult.
! whatever in getting all the men that are
wanted. / WIS q: the Depot dcs ltecrutemen'
yesterday. and Tue sight was a strange one
comers, while thosc who had been accepted
were getting drupker ard drunker in tht
vine -thops, Or te1tcd with their wives ant
) women, parents and children, at tables set ii
The middle OF the street. while the sidewalk
were almost impassalle for the excited peopl'
. gathered there.
Night tefurc last we had great demon
Etration at the opera. 1t was rumure4 a6ou
, duriLg the day that Marie Sass was to sing th
siarsellaiee, aud the rush for seats was furi
ous. Thanks to a friend, secured ticket b,
| going iii with him TO the managerial sanctum
, and lie pleaded heroieally for his A.ne1iea'
confrere- The excellent old ticke.-se'le
7 / shook her finger at me as she handed me M
p:izc, declaring that !, was pr1riteg1e, wniel
I locked likely, ts / heard her assuring til
the ticket-hole that there were no places ielt
The Sale was crowded long before the cur
I tain rosc on the .M.slte d I'orttci, aud thcr
: was not even standing room at til
tesinulpg OF tlie thifl act-the mana
! ger having come out aud prom
e is.d us the Marseilaise at the end OF It Thos
! Who know, Say that it il rare to see such
, | -.etting of Tie high social world Of Paris. /
{ stage bo1t was u. de Gtammont, with u. dc
0 GucrIoncre, aud IN u box next the Emperor
empty one the Due md Duchcsse De aloqch!
. the once lovely and even now handsome Ann
i Murat, In the foyer saw Emilio de Girardi
t aud Paul &c Casealguac, having q seat in th
e zane row with the. I had the pleasure At til
tcEinnlpg aud end OF every act to be squeeze
hy that noble parsonage in bis Efforts 10 s.
hymn was into-inS. and there vas sonuethiu
4 worth noting in Ills perfect immobi1,ty 10 u
midst OF the d. e1iIilm Of the crowd. ForIanl
Cassaiguacis at this moment the hero Of the vi
. inshe imperial circle. and neans blood. He
y deeply III earnest, and enjoys the hour lii
n tiger. 4 few months ago he was hlsse
II and iut ulted at the theatre; few days ago
9 Was cheesea as wildly in the streets hy Il
+ sane crowd, and, 10 do him Justice, he seetat
10 to care As much for one as tho other. Mar
:. Saes could not sing, for she Was too much e
8 | c,taa .ub II che h,1 ehr coc1dat laye bee
o heard, for everybody was doing his best
h out-ring her; but she made the gestures, AZ
n that was sonae thing She was dressed mo
y sleurdls-ehe is fat a. Alboni. md hcune!y !
P her nanae-in a white sort Of maxe-bele'
| txiff INN
,e mantle covered over with Sapo1eonic bee.
l. The force OF snobb+ rs and lick kspittle couldt
le further 50, for what, in Heavens name, h
20 the Marsei1laiee to do with the Napoleon
u However, this may prove itself some day, a
i II nay Ia found that the Marse, ,uai.e il easi
II | IL La luose thx1, il il IN cl,aiu m, {. e.