The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-04
treated the necessity for another (his own, funeral

created the necessity for another (is OWN funeral
or not
The general appearance OF the village and the
common at this moment resembles somewhat an
election day or Fourth Of July celebration In d
country village in our own country, with the excep-
zion Of the absence OF the noise and turmoil usuai
upon such occasions. There are probably 2oooo
people present, and carriages and vehicles 10 tne
number Of hundreds distributed over the common
But at last the procession is seen approaching
1t is led by fifty French workmen in blouses, bare
headed bearing the French tri-cOlor nag, taken
from the laestaG surmounting the Camden House,
and nailed upon an ash sapling cut from the gar
den. Then follow thirty or forty men in black
with crane around thejr hats. Then the hearse,
tall black and stately. with noddlng plumes,
drawn by eight black horses, the two leaders
ridden and each OF the others led by a
man at the bride, bearing large bouquet OF vio-
let's. Then came the young Prince Imperial pale,
sad and downcast in looks, walking alone his eyes
directed before him. to where lies all that remains
Of the man who sacrificed France to keep this boy
throne. Well may he look with sorrow on that
coffin, for 1t enshrines one who loved him well. and
whom he can never greet again.
Others follow; the Bonapartes, the Murats, Rou-
her, Gramont Fleury, Benedetti and many more
famous men Of the Empire, but the crowd does not
sh face; that boyish form, on whose slight shoul-
ders falls the mantle OF Napoleon the Great. the
conqueror of Europe.
And so the pageant passes slowly by. followed by
the eager eyes of the people, who have respectfully
uncovered and the silence Is almost painful. The
procession, or part of 1t at least enters the
church.. The people still continue in their places
in the mud, patiently waiting for 1t to reappear.
THE RETURN
At the end OF two hours there is sudden COM
motion, EXPLANATIONS of "Theyre going, but an
other way" and rush across the common The
cortege returns to Camden House in nearly the
sSsss order In which it went out the crowd follow
ing in dense mass.
THE LEvEE
Those who formed part of the procession were
allowed to enter the grounds After some time we
were informed that the Prince would come out to
thank his oountrymen who had this day testified
their sympathy. and we were arranged in two lines
down the carriage drive leading to the gate. Tho
people had congregated outside of the enclosure,
in their carriages, and we could see their heads
looking over the fence, watching cur proceedings
with great eagerness. Suddenly there was a crash,
q number of shrieks, confused noise OF shouts and
cries, and all the heads disappeared. horse had
broken loose, as it afterwards turned out, and ran
through the crowd, dragging a carriage after him |;
but, fortunately, doing no serious damage.
Just then the Prince Imperial appeared, and our
attention was directed from this exciting scene to
the one now before us. The lad was advancing
slowly along the line, followed by ROuher, Canro-
bert, the Duke de Gramont and several other
noted mperialists. He bowed to each three or
four persons as he passed along, and tried to smile
his thanks. but his eyes were red with weeping,
and the fresh. young, handsome face little used to
It,rp oh InI
readily and so hastily but a week ago-made only a
sorry attempt to do so now, which ended in a sad
failure. He passed down one line to the gate and
up the other back to the house, before the steps of
which the Paris workmen were assembled with the
trcolor flag. WOmen's faces were seen in
all the windows, the Empress Eugene on one of the
upper balconies OF the house watching the pro-
ceedings. The wOrkmen set up q cry OF "ViUe
rEnspereurr which was joined in heartily by the
four or five hundred people present. amid the
throwing up of hats and the waving of handker-
chiefs. The Empress bowed her cad on her hands
for moment, sobbing convulsively, then turned
and went in. This was followed by cries of "Viut
rImperdtriceW repeated several times; then o.
"Vtue Napoleon Qudtrer likewise repeated. Hav
ing thus in some sort proclaimed the new EN-
peror and openly set up his claim to the throne o
France, they cried "ViUe CAn9leteyrer severa
times concluding with "Viue Ia Reinef' then af
forwards quietly dispersed
And so ends the last act in this strange, eventfu
history.