, 1874-08-18

gracefully Oh sno hearthrng to lind youssoli
opposite Tho atold gentleman who 1od tho Charge
of Rosshoffen 1 ad who ia sitting N7tL ls baek ~,
brigtles his whitc hair ID brushed mp III peak
over his forehead, mud ho wears ga9o of chronic
astonlahmont, which Ia heightened when, % on
oeoasions nho tho present. Tho iooking-glassoH
In tho oyoning dress OF civilian. On slight
chesBtabe to hia left lies his double eye.glasaoa
and the two newspapers Which la lovea III. do
Broglie's F'ancats and tho Figaro, Just 1eap-
pearal after its fo1tnights sn!sponsion: Needless
to add that whit the MdrehstlovcB III tho Figaro
Is not tho light joEcs in the third or fourth
columns, bnt tho occasional articies Of tho Of
Bsrseant-Al Major, III. Buohorou, who nsgus T. saiut
"Thana Heaven That tho illustrious A1acAl uholl
ren1ainA to uBl Tho army will obey mono btIt
ntnii. Our Instructed countr; knoTH no ono
clao"
PnEs1pxNr1An VISITORS AND WHAT THEY SAY.
Now, it is charming to hcar that an army will
obey mono but onoeelf, md TINT a country, eych
distracted, profors ono to overy other living soul.
It gives tone to ones mind aud braces ono for
waking straight alead, without carinf. fos tho
turn this way or that.
A It ia presumnblc TINT you have como to tho
Presidonty to Keep your earn abont yon, you Will
soon discover thai. Maonlahon anil tho nrnly are
tho key notcH to oil tho remarks that nro boing
ohipkod about while tile !ootulen hand round tho
toa and while tho visitors stream III. Thoy al
rivu very fast and in great nu1nbers thcso WIS.,
itoFs, Tor We have reached tn nt happy rerlod
When, after tioTco Beason Of word-poltlngs, the
tired Assembly hns resolved to diaporse. Tho
Porler motion for Republic bus been defeated /,
tie Yenravun report las hoen shelved alt the
constitutional plhns have been put awny to cool,
nnd, in ahnrt, Tie llarshal and his Ministers
arc to hnTo sovernl months comfortable Dictator
suip,., during which the nation will got on
ae 1t oani--hot unsolaced. maybe, ty the knowl-
edge that the arny IL thero to watch over it. 30
Harfn r{r rtn1ii ~y7#
tie pforogasion, aud the Youngest nomber Of
the House, with stop elastic and auburn hair
gloofl1fy MavinE; Mgr. Aabsllc. the Tory Bishop
Of Versailles, who cures too much for things po-
Target, who lod tho Cave which upset H. Thiors,
and Tccc1vdd tho Mintstolsh1p Of La Hague iu
recomptnse; Gen. Chapgarnier, loan, GRIM and
upright as q ranlrod, but very toviRl from think
ing that the popular will has beon Bnubbed aud
then, suddenly, constant visitor at whose up
poararco MI In tho room respectfully stand up
the Prince do joinville. Tho Prince, who Ia Elo~
1oualy hnrtl Of hearing since the bombaYdrnent
OF st. jean d'Ulloa, extracts an ear-trulnpet
from the tail Of his coat, and settles down beside
tho marshal, aud thereon the concoureo breaks
up into groups and whisper, while tho tide OF
fiesh-conlcte koops pouring IN, bringing ntem-
bcrs, chiefly oaleanist, and Generals OF tito osame
perHuasion. .,
1t is Quo Of the signs Of tho times that so many
Orlonnist Generals should 10 found in NJ, uriny
shere, five yca1a ago, n donernl of Tint faith
could hardly huyo boon discovered oven By ad-
vertisfng. They all ciaim TO heSe served in Al
RIGA witu the aolis of Louis Philippe; they
Anye al! to conplain OF Tho Emp1so, which wna
niggat1 tnpromoting thon. aud they nre all in
excplleut odor with tic Marshal, for they arc
tho only men in tho army who give him no
trouble Very different aro they. in this re-
Bpect, from Bcnapartists, LegitimistB, and Re-
publirans! Tlp Honapartiat Bpeaka In tones Of
disappointment aud eemi-toproach, rs. II tho
Marshal had oruelly betrayed tho trust reposod
linn hV'N wi1HW HnH frnI1nn. Tho InrIffs
mist drops ariduiated remarks about tta I'M
pfaty Of tho times, aud the duty Of tho old
nobility to crust, the same under foot, without
leedlng modern crotchets; the Republican
toned a6out the political spit1t dominant in
the town where he commands. But from tho
orlesnist mono but hopeful and complimentary
20 sn - 90 sgnu ca
General wlio waddles across tho room and d.
viles his bow into two judloious halves between
tho Prince and TUG presdent; ;, what ~ news do
you bring from Fort 10 Coz 7" "The best news.
who helped TO capture Abl-el-Kader. ~ have
como'up 10 Versailles to Say how admirable was
thu implpHHinn produced by tho rejection Of Af.
Peiior'a motion. The army desire nothing but
Cog lest ali their hopes On Your Exco}tcnoy."
Inc Mnrniinl never BmleA, but surely tho
benevolent gfnnr With which he dismisass Co
tonnard to his teacup il rs significant pat on
ZIG Q4Ek-f AuA5 4l%G& WY TQuu6E ~ LUIS, lOC
when throo mon say ono thing. while fourth
declares tho contrary wnero il the Marshal or
Pras,dent who would not sooner believe that
fourth, ptovidod bis yetsion we're the pleasantast?
That Ia why good Gen. Cotonnarh und hiH fol-
low-thjnkcrs-Riglt-C Centre landowners, eS-1re-
{octs Of N. Quizot, ex-Deputics OF 1880 to 1913
s-laro 1t all their own Way in the Presidents
thoy perceived. hat their hunts to tho President
10 retro aud mako way for u better man were
not received in cheerful spirit they fell away
mur1nnring; tho Donagartists kopt aloof bo-
cause lt-was not agreeable to them to. face tho
mineIug aaroasns OF nl. do Droglie Or the inquis-
itorial looks Of NJ. Ieuauls; aa tor the Republic
ans, their company generally succeeded in
throwing such q chill on the polite folk WHO fre-
9uontod tilis bedroom solely to plan how they
might. ontwit them that they mover ut any time
m1stornd strongly. There are plenty Of Left
Contrasts, howeyer, Of tho sort VITO call thern-
selyea Republicans, and il YOU follow Gen. Co.
tonnard aftor be has received bis moral pat On
tho back fco1n tho Marshal you will sec him uea-
rocaiving the complements Of an adable Oilean-
ist Countess on ltB patriotism IN voting againat
the Republic. He ih,a man Of full grsh, with
not much hair. but plenty Of talk, and he manu-
faetures :somathiug in tho PROVINCES. At the
timo:ot, hiH: aleotion. hc gave himself ont as o
RopubIioun, because he believed RcpublcaniBm
obo in the aaeendant; aud ho stil keeps his
name tha booka Of Republican cluha, and ta
themson important divisions. nut le alwaya
votes the other Way because he Likes good COM
pany aud caanot bear to bo frowned at by Indies
with titles. NJ. Tonrnequille--tor such il his
uamo-is not singular in this respect. bNt herda
with few other tnanufactt,rera, who would not
be sorry IL. the Republic could DO cstabllRled
without their help, TOR they see that thls
Is tho regime under which thelr opera
tny ys pk os sntas n S sS hS VII
.lns,ur fat1BD lest all tho good gifts which Gov