The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-24

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At Bsll's-briige, and in the vicinity, a
greater number of persons had assembled
than at any other part Of the route. For
several as hours before tho time appointed
for the procession to pass, people had
taken up the most convenient places for
obtaining view of the cavalcade, and ut
half past three o'clock, when the first two
bands appeared, the locality was densely
thronged, but nevertheless an amount of
order aud regularity prevailed which
could scarcely have been expected. The
road was lined with vehicles, which were
fully occupied, and the windows of the
houses in the neighborhoed were filed
with spectators.
Numbers of men and women rushed to
the carriages to shake hsads with the
French noblemen, who cordially recipro-
One young lady, who had hitherto occu-
pied q position on car at the back of the
crowd that lined the road, jumped of, and
with amazing strength made her way
through the dense mass of people to the
Count de Flavigny's carriage, and, amid
bouquet. Count de Flavigny gracefully
accepted the gift, and the young woman,
evidently proud of her achievement, retired
to her original position. In addition to
the banners of the trades, a great number
of large flags were shown with the mot
"
France" "Vive rIrlande," "God Save
Ireland;" and there were also thousands
of small tricolor and green bannerets car
ried, which gave to the procession q most
enlivening aspect. In addition to the
members of the trades, the number of peo-
have been less than 40, 600 persons. Several
hundreds of cars we'll filled with passen-
gers brought up the rear.
THE ROAD TO JAMESTOWN
The procession proceeded from Balls
bridge by the Rock-rOad, and the scene
was one of the most extraordinary specta-
cles of enthusiasm ever witnessed in Ire
land. The road from Dublin to Kingstown
was lined with one continuous tbrong of
enthusiastic spectators. From the houses
in Blackjack and Monkstown countless
flags were displayed, and hundreds of fair
hands waved a farewell, and as the pro-
cession swept onward it densels grew in
numbers and in strength. kingstown,
Bray, Ballybrack, Dundrum, Cabinteely,
all sent bands and banners to swell the
ranks of the professionals, and just before
the cortege entered Kingstown the specta-
Gle we'll deserved the name of wonderful.
Among the interesting events of the route
it may be mentioned that at Blackjack was
beautiful triumphal arch, with banner
on which was the legend, 'tCome back to
Erin" From the summit of the triumphal
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riage of the Count de Flavigny- On enter
ing the Forty -foot-road a splendid cage,
elegantly decorated with bouquets and
punches of grapes, ETC., was also let down
from triumphal arch into tt 9 Counts car
riage. In the cage was white dove. A
Hickey, Hamili, Mackey and other gentle
men, then came forward, and one of them
read the following address -" Illustrious
representatives of France, accept from the
people of Kingstown this dove, symbolical
of the feelings which exist between France
and Ireland. Vive la France Vive pIre-
lande u The Count expressed himself
much pleased with this compliment. In
Kingstown itself the scene presented was
one of the most extraordinary that town
ever saw. The ships in the coal harbor
were gaily decorated, as were also several
of the vessels in tho large harbor.
On Tuesday morning the visitors left by
the mail steamer Ulster, for Holyhead, en-
route for London. They were accompanied
from town by many distinguished citizens,
and, Notwithstanding the early hour, a vast
crowd collected on the pier, who, as the
steamer left the harbor, loudly cheered, the
distinguished party acknowledging their
receipt by frequent bows. Immediately
previous to the departure Mr.. A. M. Sulli-
van presented copies of the Mail of Mon
day, the 2Sth, to Count Flavigny, and said
Z" We all beg you, M. le Comte, to preserve
these copies OF one OF the most able and
respectable of the pro- Prussian newspapers
published in our city, with a request that
you will present some of the copies to NJ
Thiers and other eminent Frenchmen, to
show them sample of the way in which
news is manufactured by the Prussian
party in our country. In this paper you
will observe the statement seriously and
positively made, and more than once re-
iterated editorially, that you and your dis
tinguislled companions SO Stunned our
company that you took French leave as
this paper says, slipped secretly off to
Westland-row on last Sunday evening, hid
yourselves in the railway carriages, fled
the farewell demonstration, got on board
the steamer furtively, aud got away to
England that night" Here the Count and
the whole party burst into laughter and
eagerly seized copies of the Nail to read
this singular specimen of true news. Mr..
Sullivan continued-"I beg you not to i'm
agine, M. le Comte, that we have selected
in this journal an obscure or discredited
organ of the pro- Prussian party. This
l repeat, is one of their best and ablest
journals, and by this sample of the best,
you may judge what the worst must be.
You will note how the editor chuckles, as