The New York herald., 1871-03-28
THEIRS an INTRIGUING WIREPULLER.
Mpeleon's Critic SIN Of President Grants
Message on New Germany.
'W1LHELMsHoHE. March 8. 1871.

'WLHELMsHoHE, March 8, 1871.
An 'ihtimation having been given me that
Emperor Napoleon ILL.,, previous to his depar-
tare from the Castle of Wilhelmshohe, would
net be adverse to granting another audience
70 your correspondent, took the express
Grain from Berlin to Cassel, and thence car
riage, by which I arrived here last night.
Having greeted several former acquaintances
ct the Schombardt Hotel and sent note with
my card to NJ. Pietri, he requested my visit in
. polite reply on the afternoon of the follow
'ing day. Promenading through the .magnif-
.ceht grounds and woods l noticed the first
symptoms of awakening spring-sone Of the
plantains already showing thick buds But
as reached more elevated portions snow was
sstill lingering in the ravines and the lakes and
reservoirs which feed the renowned fountains
and cascades were still covered with thick
crust of ice. Yet the temperature was almost
summer like, the frs lining the horizon on
the north were covered with green
needles and the sward below appeared in
the same hue; the whole landscape breathing
peace and sunshine. Far below me lay the
beautiful and celebrated castle, once built by
Hessian Palatine out Of the proceeds of the
sale Of his subjects to England to help her fight
the revolutionary American colonies And
now the glorious United States, the asylum
Of liberty, has become the home Of the de-
scendants of those legions who once for blood
money were traficked away by their ruler to
assist in subduing that same country. And,
again, that very castle lying yonder in the
fan glow Of that setting sun is now serving as
the prison of monarch, dethroned and
cast out, and if the signs Of the times speak
truly, himself typical of the setting sun. What
an abundance of romance does not the history
Of the world afford
INTERESTING ACQUAINTANCEs.
Returning to the hotel renewed acquaint-
ance with NJ. Charles Thelin, the treasurer Of
the Emperor's chatouiAe, and Mr.. Gamble,
the piqueur- -commandant of the imperial stud
The latter is an Englishman, who has been
twenty-five years in the service of the
Emperor, very gentemanly and clever
fellow, who never loses his good humor
unless some one attempts to say aught against
his master. Then the smile vanishes from his
lips, his brow is knit and his fists close invol-
unfairly, while his form stoops as if prepar-
ing for pugiiistic encounter. To him his
master is the perfection Of all human beings
He is very religious, remains closeted.on Sun
days in devotion, and only distresses himself
that no place is left in the Divine Trinity for
Napoleon III. Such is the fanatical love be
.chcrishes for his benefactor that position at
,the head of all mankind seems in his eyes
insufficient for him. His affection for France,
-
he has not grieved much over her defeats,
at least since the 4th of September. His favo-
rite mode of swearing is, GAS true as all the
Emperor's enemies are blockheads or
cassaiWe." M. Thelin has been no less than
sixty-two years in the service of the Emperor,
and his "reminiscences go back almost to the
last century. He was first jockey of the
Empress Josephine, the equerry to Queen Hor-
tense, afterwards her oalet de cham5re, and
then that of her son, whom he has never
left since 1917. His face lit up when he
spoke of the Princes visit to New York
In 1884. Coming from Brazil they landed at
Norfolk, whence they proceeded by land to
New York, putting up at the Washington
Hotel, on the righthand side of Broadway
p little above Park place. He well recolects
The French cafs opposite, 'Mle Colonies, =
and close to it French oyster saloon with the
pompous name, ''Au Eocher de Canesle. y
lie played an impoi tant part in the escape of
the Prince from Ham. and here had the> mis-
fortune to break leg. This same leg he acci-
Gentaly broke second time, when the Prince
became President Of the republic, aud third
time during the empire, SO that he is now
obliged to brace up his old but strong frame
by walking cane. He has great influence
over the Emperor, and this not only from long
habit, bat mostly because he employs the
access always allowed him in proposing to
the Emperor and carrying out deeds of benev-
olence. He bas not single enemy in Paris.