The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-03
FRANCE.

PIuyB his Part.
Claimants Messenger has the following in
teresting item about the ''boy soldier" of
France
His Majesty gave a grand dinner the evening be-
fore last at the Palace of St. Cloud, the officers
quartered there in garrison-Lancers of the Guard,
Voltigeprs, and Cent-Gardes. The guests, to the
number Of eighty, dned at table in the form of a
horseshoe. eIs Majesty entered the room at 730,
"Vive lImperatricel" "vive lie Prince Imperial!"
.Vive la France!" and the repast at once began.
noticeable for the absence of all ceremony At the
dessert, suddenly, without any order having been
the effect was electrical. At the first notes the oi-
GERS looked at each other In amazement unable to
understand the audacity of NJ Schenck, the band
master. The Emperor was evidently much pleased,
and the enthusiasm became beyond description, and
it would have needed very little for the guests to
have Joined with their voices in the famous chant.
The Emperor then rose and went to compliment the
musicians, and afterwards the party repaired to the
garden, where coffee was served. The En-
peror and Empress mixed with the
neGsd different groups conversing nv With with the
looked for and search was about to be made for him
when he was seen coming Ia, dragging, something
campagn-bed. He set it out put his things in
order, and lay down on it, to the great amusement
ev el se to his Hhnes ns "r
a sub-eutenant his baggage took up too much
but the rnc excited much laugh gh
same thing for him, as he belonged to the stan
He was also glad to prove that he spoke German
guage with an officer from Alsace, as to the USE
fulness of the lance. Meanwhile, the Empress pre-
sented to Captain Marty, of the I'd Voltgeurs, two
of her proteges-the son Of Baron Lambert and the
brother of her reader, both just engaged as volun-
his departure the Emperor gave no decided reply,
but the Prince, less crcumspect said that it would
be n about ye or SIX days vii hs news ne was
exclaimed one officer. do not be uneasy" said his
Majesty, 'you will still find plenty to do" About 10
the company retired.
Napoleon,s "DeIixht,, Mt the Patriotic senti-
ments of His Senate.
The following is the reply made by the EN-
peror to the address delivered to him by NJ.
Rouher on July &c. when the Senate went
spontaneously" and in body to St. Cloud and
laid lat the foot of the throne the expression of
their patriotic sentiments:"-
''Messieurs les Senateurs-I was delighted to learn
with what lively enthusiasm your assembly received
the declaration which the Minister of Foreign
Affairs charged to make to 1t. In all the CIR
cumstanceS concerning the interests and honor Of
France am sure to find in the Senate an energetic
support. We are entering upon a serious struggle.
The country requires the cooperation OF all its chill
dren and am glad that the first patriotic cry should
have been raised by your Chamber, for it will be re-
echoed by the whole nation"
These words were received with loud cries of
''Vive pEmpereur" "Vive PImperatrice! "Vive
rPrince Imperia l." and after some moments
conversation the Senators took their leave.
How All Paris Rushed to the Front-One Side
of the Story.
The Paris correspondent of the London Daily
Telegraph writes as follows
sort of sullen calm hangs over Paris to-day
like that which we feel in the air before the
bursting of great thunderstorm.
Clever and experienced men who ought to
know better assert that there is no enthusiasm
in France. The Parisians think differently. ut
is 49," said an Invalide. "lt Is like the days of
| my youth, said an old general of the first en-
| pire. | saw the excitement before the Crimean
J and the Italian campaigns and, compared TO this
they were failures. wish the unbelievers in
enthusiasm in Paris had been with me last night
at the Strasbourg station. We got there at 10
o'clock, and found the boulevard packed with
| people. My friend, a French diplomatist, and
myself penetrated into the ranks of the people
for of such those ranks were composed-who
| willingly made way to give us the front rank.
| Then we found that the nd of the line was
marching into the station. French troops are
allowed on these, occasions to march very
much ''at ease;" and so we were not
surprised to find every rank and file to have two
or three friends clustering round them. As the
| defle proceeded, it was accompanied by cries of
"ViUe la France !" "ViUe la Ligne :" and then
would break out long,;forgotten chorus OF
'fOurir pour la Patrie." Here there was a
halt and conversation took place; the populace
was as they say in the shires, "quite free-spoken
and all with u.s." Several blouses contended
that war, though terrible, was inevitable; and a
confidential cobbler--every other man in a
crowd is a cobbler and poltlcian-informed
me that it is pity this war had not taken place
six months ago Advance the I'd Division. The
| COlOnel ana his alue-ue-callp appear, anu are
met with cries OF olive the line, and their coun-
try" Two officers are nearly pulled off their
horses by shaking hands, and the aide-de-camp,
"a kind, mild-looking boy-was affected to
tears. Now breaks ont very tempest of cries
of "ViUe PEmpereur!i" :" aud the welkin-what'
ever that may be, for am not at all sure-wa:
obscured with hats.
1t was the advance OF the Eagle, and, as we
saluted the standard of France as 1t passed us
there arose a shout of Long live the Empire,
which the Prince Imperial might almost have
heard at st. Cloud. The by-play too, was very
interesting; each soldier, for instance, had a
least two friends to carry his arm and his kit
The right thing was for the civilian TO change
caps with the soldier and then go off arm il
arm singing the "Marseillaise."
But the last scene / witnessed outside th'
station shall never forget. 1t was a triumph
of hospitality. Two ladies wished to treat {
corporal to drink, but had evidently overdrawl
their bankers account. They looked blank, an'
he looked serious. ''Well, said the taller one
''he shall not be disappointed tonight. will
pawn my crinoline and get pint" Aud the
and there she took it off and proceeded TO 81
tdnte.
About this time there was great noise
train came. 1t was the retreat of the army o
tourists of Baden, with all their heavy baggage
= fsilDka biO boXps which We knOW well ~ 'lhe