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


Z taissa , ,hstssststy sysps I aa.sthis. jssesats
Sir John had spSks % tkA msts sboM
ihts intelti % bzi9E tsso NpgliSk hdts$
ieun board .fofs ! the. s.GayaSessScxoss.
\ Msllame Le Breton had scarcely reach.
Cd ths deSE when the mao, .toaohing
;his. .eap, asked her some question rSIs.
tive to the acponsmodat Ia, her rath-
81 rapidly extemporixed berth, 20 which
she was, Of oourse,x utterly. unable 10
'feplys', The Empress: however, who
speaks Englisht perl fsstl ]; came To-, her
;relief,ahd, BY, Madame, Ie Bretoa's wish
apologixeds tssthe map ,foysthe ignorance
Of ber "Freneh waiting maid. 49,
. Earlysin ths Morhing tbe ;FrenSh pi.i
lot came on board, and while. the fAgi-
'tlves were still slsepiog, below, With the
exception. Of N. de Lesseps, who re-
mained on deck during tho whole. of the
voyage, the English yacht Gdzel9s Of,
sixty tons burden, bearing tho Empress
of France and her; fortunes, sailed ont
Of the ,harbor Of Deaupilie and made
straight for .Ryde. Y. ~
This short sleep was, T am assured,
the only one which the Empress had
enjoyed since the preceding Friday
night, She. had found It impossible
TO- close her eyes while she remained
on the soil Of France, and her sleep, ac-
oording to Madame LIE ,Breton's account
was 6tful and disturbed while she. .re..
mained on the yacht. ). 'i.'.'.fS 'r:.
( Early on Thursday morning the lits
tie vessel cut into Ryde, and the Em.
prees, taking most affectionato leave
Of her generous hosts, made her way to
the'York Hotel where she .partook of
breakfast. She then crossed by the
ordinary steamer to Portsmouth, where
she Immediately took train for Hastings
arriving there at about9 on Thursday
night. She did not at once proceed to
tho hotel at which the Prime had been
directed to put up, but, by direction Of
NJ. de Lesseps, she remained at the
waiting room of tho station while the
gentlemen went ont to reconnotirs. M.
de lesseps, on reaching the hotel, eau
tiously made his inquiries, announced
himself as soon as he ascertained that
the Prince was there in safety, and af-
ter q hasty interview was leaving the
house to return to the railway station,
when yelled figure rushed past him
on the stairs.
It was the Empress. Her maternal
anxiety had been too great. to allow Of
her remaining quietly for NJ. de Lesseps'
return. She had followed him through
the streets to the hotel with the inten.
tion Of remaining at the door; but hear.
ing the voice of the Prince Imperial,
who had advanced to- the head Of the
stairs with NJ. de Lesseps, she had been
unable longer to control her feelings,
and before her astonished guide could
restrain her either by voice or gesture,
mother and con were looked in close
aud almost couvulsive embrace. The
scene was more than touohing-it was
awful in its intensity of sorrow. It was
witnessed not only by the high person
ages whose names have been already
mentioned, but by the proprietor Of the
Marine Hotel and by female servant
who was descending the stairs with .
tray and was for few moments unable
to pass the group on the landing. What
q sitoa.ion--a landlord and q Kitchen
maid blubbering responsive tears to the
sobs Of an Empress claspibg to her bos-
ON child who was but lately called the
hope Of Francei ssl5 }is>p
Both mother and child looked fear
fully worn. and i'll, the child, especially
bearing evident traces Of the effects of
nervous excitement. His eyes, natural
ly large, appeared unusually SO, aud
they attracted the particular attention
of the Empress, who was observed to
push back the hair from the boys fore.
head, and after looking at him long and
earnestly to close each eyelid with kiss.
The landlord himself, q man who has
travelled aud who understands French
iudifferently we'll, says he shall never
forget the depth and tenderness with
which tho Empress, while she held her
son, exclaimed, "Mon pauvre Louis!
Mon pauvre Lous, maintenant je mai.
que toi." Z.
-s"And papa" said the child, and be-
fore he could continue the doors of the
drawing room were! closed upon mother
aud SOD. 49,
am writing from special informa-
tion when say that the soeneI within.
the apartment continued for some time
to be Of the same tender. and affecting
though in time the principal
parties inSitheoarhe lssA deep)y affected
aud their conversation. assumed more
cheerful tone. The child's horror zof
the scenes, hs had passed through on
the battlefield was, however, most de-
cidedly manifested and he. showed an
acute en ess Of distress that seemed the
.prsmonitory ssymtoms Of c0nvulsiops,
when tbe Empress proposed that he
should at once}feturn to Germany with
herself 10 share the captivity Of his
father: Motto the battles,p rhan6tas,
he exclaimed more than ohce, Andyths
Empress ID vain sndsavofsd to yaassure
him by stating, thst his father was now
quite beyond the. sounds and the sights
which bad inspitsd biz .gonthfuf fimagi-
nation vita 20 much terror.
The ltceno proved far too trying for
the Empress. During. tho whole Of
Friday she was confined to her room,
.~I II a had - onnL tho onsv;coe oc ~ n