The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-10-19

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French, which even: those most IN ttS
confidence OF the imPSfi,l family sptk.
fcssed to have felt during. the last sts stds{
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1sus publiSg ihahIaS fStt.A a}Is 5hst
her Majesty had arrived at this anofeSt
port. The fact Of her arrival had ONLY
been disclosed sonc' few sh6dfs b|Sf6re Ab
the authorities themselves, ,and the ey, :. Isl
course, made nd resflatjotf Fhaffyay A6.
til they had perfectly satisfied ihcps
selves that they. we're; acting ,in. aqcord...
apcc with the wishes Of fhSo. :iiiusri6nu,s
fugitive. The Empress reqched Hdt
tings on Thursday night. between 8 AID
10, but it was not until Friday that even
the authorities of the town. beoa,inae
aware If the'fank' Of their gassts..''' Ths
secret once out, however, rapidly got
wind, aud in @ short time the story ii
the Empress fight insth sttraisctiys
form Of a dozeu ditferept syersious was tu
iu everybody's mouth, faha xas5 duly
pHisnSs p ;s a 81 'sSseIs$is!ieas asa
ais. lam in position to give you, On
the very bests 4ath6E1tS, tolerably
exact account Of her MiSjesty's advef.
lures during the eventful hours betwsbn
the aunouheementin Paris of the capit
ulation Of fSedan-and which announce
nientHF pi3aain Paris on Sunday moro
ing, the 4th-and the Empress' arriyal
here oh Thursday evening. It is hard
ly to6 mhch ia s9yal,at duri6gihc whole
OF that period the unhappy lady scarcely
enjoyed one nlomsnt's repose either. Of
body Or mind. !iGwould' be more. cor.
rect to date this period Of terrible auxi
ETY. from Saturday. Early on that day
the Empress had a long aud painful
interview with the Count. de .Palikao,
in which she exerted, all her influence
to induce him to- defer the publication
of the dreadful news which had just
been cohRunicated; to her until s6me
further aexails should arrive which
might perhaps give it more favorable
complexion. The Count, who is known
to hayei Dyed his elsyaiien mainly to
the Empress'' favor, half yielded, and
consented to inform the Chamber oi
what had happened only in general
terms. lie waaciear sighted enough
howeyer,st %p8w thatein- doing this he
was on 'agGrasatfng the difficulties OF
his oSu posi'ipEs and after taking leave
of her Majesty h,s manner was so ugi-
tated that one e..ot tie Deputies df The
left. who met him before his entrance
into tho Chamber; ali uohee 'divioed. that
the Minister wus.kecping. the secret. OF
some Ierrible' :djssstcr, from; tbe;; public
a%s"lssEs nsS,sS isrssK H. s' Ka'[asa 1ss sSs m1
great impatience by the hamber, and
when be lett the. Assembly to prepare
for the nidoight sitting, in which he
had resolved to tell the whole truth, he
retired to his own apartments aud care
fully aS6idcH htiothctiDtefvjewwi with the
Empress, - ,!alt hough her N1ajesty, az
though to ,eoufrm ,him. ip the purpose
which she held to be essential to the
safety Of the dyhusty, sent for him on
two separate occasions. These details.
which have not been published, besides
theu value as contribution to history
are essential to~a right understanding
Of the Empress position. Her Majesty
was not long iu Iearpipg what, had trans
pired in the Chanlter ut the midnight
session.. The news F%s brought ITO her
pySou1 VI tHeRSpt'etbeg VI tuS nOPSe-
hold.s She, reseised.it apparently dun-
ing az isssaess g. 3S sSs "a nait islirsd t.
small private chapel attached to her
apartments, and i9eabout< a. quarter III
an hour she again appeared before her
astonished attendants, and sent one OF
them with o ring ,drawn from her owl,
finger tothe discohidted Count de Pal
,ikaol whos douhtlessswas not slow iu
diviuiug the Irony d presdnt.rec
ed for a:servioe which he had. failed to
perform. The Empress took. NO rest
whatever on the Saturday night, though
she sought no counsel with eny.of her
Ministers. On the Sunday the fatal
ness communicated to the .Chamb Der
over night was published throughou,
Paris, and long before noon the PLACE
de la Concorde was filled with a crowd
whose furious shouts conld.bo distinctly
heard :in the place in which The 'nn-
fortngstp lady sat alfiost alonss Il lis
difficult TO find. words of reprobatton
adequate to the infamous conduct Of the
personal attendants ofthe Regent. For
the most part they did not await even