The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-21
THE COMING CESAR.
THE CELEBRATION AT CHIsELHURs1


THE CELEBRATION AT CHISELHURST.
THE BIRTH OF PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON
THE CELEBRATION OF HIS NINETEENTH
BIRTHDAY-THE IMPERIAL DEMoNSTRA-
TIoN AND THE ADDRESS-THE NAPOLEoNIC
FOLLOWERS.
The London Telegraph thus describes the
late scenes at the celebration at Chiselhurst !:
On Monday March 16, the nineteenth birth
day of Prince Louis Napoleon was celebrated
at Chiselhurst by large concourse of French
men and women. Eighteen years ago Paris
learned from the booming of the guns at the
Inyalides that an imperial prince had been
born to France. Great was the excitement
at the Tuilleries whittier, in expectation of
the event, had repaired the officers of the
household, the members of the senate and
legislative corps, and the great officers of
state. The head nurse presented the infant
prince to the great ministers OF state assem-
bled, and the keeper of the seals at once
drew up an official document, Ito which were
attached the signatures of functioHaries of
every grade. At twelve at noon
for the child had been born between three
and four o'clock in the morning-the Prince
Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph,
heir to the throne of France and King of AL
geria, revived the solemn rite of preliminary
baptism at the hands of the emperor's first
almoner, who was supported by Cardinal
Dupont, Archbishop of Bourges; Cardinal
Gousset of Rheims; Cardinal Donnel, of
Bordeaux; Cardinal Morlot, of Tours, and
Bishop OF Nancy. For godfather the prince
had none other than the pope of Rome: for
godmother the Queen of Sweden. But to-
day in the Catholic chapel at Chiselhurst
where lately lay the coffin of Napoleon Ill.
acolvtes and vergers attired in white are
stationed. Thealtar is respondent in colors,
tastfully blended; and wondrously
| brocaded altar cloth of gold, which, with its
raised gold cross, glitters In the sunshine,
combines with lighter tspers, choice flowers,
the dark blue wings ornamented with golden
| fleur-de-lys, aud the stained glass window
above to form a really brilliant tout ensem-
| ble Even the little Gothic chapel which
contains the sarcophagus of the emperor Is
| radiant and beautiful.
INTHE CHURCH.
| Al last eleven o'clock came, and the
church is crowded to excess. Suddenly a
loud shout is heard outside from the hun
dreds and thousands assembled around the
church yard. 'vive I'Empereur!" is
calculated over and over again. Slowly they
enter through the sacristy door, the en-
| press, habited in deep mourning, leaning on
| the arm of her son, and followed by Prince
| Lucien Bonaparte, Prince Lucien Murat,
Prince Louis Murat, Prince Charles, and M.
| Jerome Bonaparte, M. Roucher, the Due de
Grammont, the Due de Bassano, the Due de
Pardone, NJ Pietri, M. Filon, Baron Corvis-
| art, and Comte Clary. One lady alone at
tends the empress, the stately Comtesse de
la Poeze, who is well known as the kindliest
and most admired of all the noble ladies who
met at st. Cloud or the Tuileries.
| After this there is a general movement
toward Camden Place, for there the demon
stration which some seven thousand French
men have assembled to assist at will take
place.
One by one the members of the household
arrive, and take up their appointed places
upon, or in the vicinity of the dias. There is
Madame and Mile. Rouber conversing with
the Comtesse Fleury and the Marechale
Canrobert; here the Marquise de Bassano,
| Mile. Pajot, and the Due de Bassano are
grouped close by is the Counte Arjuzin,
/ while in the front stands prominently forth
M. Paul Cassagnac, of duelling and journal
| istic notoriety, apparently no worse for the
/ scratch he received in Belgium. Round to
the right are the Duchesse de Malakoff, the
| Marquise de Lavalette, and the Comtesse de
| Casabianca, together with posse of gentle
men, among whom are notable the Due de
| Montmorency, the Prince 0e Wagram, M.
Cambaceres, Comte Nieuwerkerque, the
| Comte Aguado, the Marquis de Legune,
| and the Comte de la Chapelle. AT this
moment the sound of band is heard,
and there is loud cheering without. An
| opening is made in the canvass. and, amid
deafening shouts, the prince. leading the
empress, appears upon the platform, fol-
lowed by the princes of his family, who sat
near him at the altar. together with M.
| Routher, the Due de Gramont, the Duo de
Padone, and many others. One thing is no.
| ticeable-they all wear the broad ribbon OF
! the legion of honor, some of the party, the
prince included, having the star also aff1xed
| to the breast. Leaving the Prince Lucien
| to support the empress, the imperial youth
now advances step or two In front OF those
i who accompany him, bowling repeatedly to
the cheers, which continue SO long that 1T is
doubtful at times whether the delivery OF
any address will be possible.
| The Due de Padone, after the cheering has
| subsidized, reads an address which he takes
from his pocket.
/ THE PRINCE REPLIES.
"MoNsIEURLE Due, MEssIEURs: In meet
ing here 10 day you have been actuated by a
sentiment of fidelity toward the memory OF
the emperor, and it is for that wish first OF
all to thank you. The public conscience
has avenged all the calumnies of his great
career, and sees the emperor now in his
| true light. You who come from various
parts of the country, you can bear this tes-
| timony. His reign was only constant So
licitude for the well-being of all his last
day on the soil of France was a day of hero
ism and abnegation of self. Your presence
around me, the addresses which reach me in
such great numbers, prove the inquie-
i tude of France as to her future
destinies. Order is protected by the
sword of the Due de Magenta, the former
companion of the glories and of the misfor-
tunes of my father. His 10y atty is certain
guarantee that he will not leave the trust he
has received exposed to party attacks. But