New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-17

ished thst they have left 10 N our days o
trial to suffer - We have done throughou
! The South.
/ Rasaia'S' military Ferce.
| A correspondent of the London Time
writes from St. Petersburg, November Is
- follows:
The review Of this morning was held, Q,
l sid before, ON the Champs dc Mars
which y , square, open space, near the spot
hand of an assassia few years ago, and il
bounded, 90 to speak, ON two sides By houses
and palaces, and on the other two BY gar
dens. Tho parade was ordered for twelve
O'Clock, and having heard that some 81, 0OC
men were to be assembled, Vas anxious to
SEQ how they would be brought ON the
ground. Every Englishman knows tho say
fool could take q, 900 men into Hyde Park,
but that it took good man to bring that
number out Of it. Tho Champs de- Mars
Of st. Petersburg presents to my mind,
| although am not . military man,
the Same difficulties Of ingress and
esress ~ Hyde Park. Under These
circumstances, and being desirous Of
looking ct the m n, who may perhaps BE-
tore long BE- called upon 70 prove their
1
early and repaired to the place of meeting.
In going ont Of doors found myself in .
heavy SNOW storm, and in oonseQnence felt
suro the review would be oountermanded.
But, knowing the hardness Of the nation,
took eledge and drove to tho Champ de-
Mara. Il q NO exaggeEation 70 ~ that
this open plain Was some si4 inches deep IN
the morning locked dismal in tho extr m >.
This vAs A6out nine o'clock. Not soldier
Wa to b seen, and the Whole place ap-
peared m No dead than alive. / inquired of
p2lios man Whether tho review had been
put Of. and b replied. With half aenser,
mo; Why ehould it bef' Not. liking to I'D
NIT that IN England revisv would net b
picioas, I thanked him and strolled avsy.
hour without seeing any ono in tho
uniform OF . soldier except . few
email bodies Of men returning from their
twenty four hours Of guard, resolved to
60 homo to breakfast On the road !
mot several detaohments Of soldiers going
tie ss place q I'D sse. o.sE e i
mentA I followed them. and vas much
struck with tho manner in which each man
appeared to know the exact epot on which. |
he was TO stand. There was mo- shouting
and NO noise Whatever. but every regi- |
mental marker went straight to his plsee,
and before I had time to turn round the |
chen about ton O'Clock. 4 quarter of IN |
hour altar ward the sounds OF military bands |
announced the arrival of the various CORPS |
which were to take part in this military
spectacle. From one side arrived the regi /
mont of ouirassiers in their great c0afs,
with their cuirasses over them, which had . |
moot martial effect. From another Airec- |
ton marched battalion sitter battalion Of
tall. we'll built men in their long gray over
coats and long boots, treading heavily
through Che snow to their respective posi-
tiOns. Troops of every description now
began to pour on the scene from all angles
Of the square in such numbers - would |
sstonish any military man in England.
Bsing enxi0us to get - near - possible
to the regiments which were forming,
hurried across the open space halfway up
. my knees in snow, and. vas much At
tracted by regiment OF cavalry, some sew
On hundred horses strong, which took up its
position in the most w0rkmanliko manner. |
Several questions. which I made with re-
gard to details, we're most Civilly answered,
And spent about ten minutes in Q very in
conversation. then thought
must look round me to zee hot the other
ment. the skeleton srmy of markers to
which i have alluded had become real
army Of g. 900 men. Every regiment was
IN Ifs place: the general oficers, with. their
,taffs, were grouped in front of their vari-
bus divisions, brigades, etc., and all this
without the slightest fuss or disorder. A.
Far - could zee, the general formation
,antry in the three front lines in col
lmns of bsttAllions and regiments; in
he rear, of the infantry were the cavalry
n like formation, and again in resr of the
,avalry were stationed the batteries of the
DOT and horse artillery. Thinking that the
artillery force seemed to be small in pro-
portion to the infantry and cavalry, I in
luired Of bystander whether that was ell
he artillery We should see, and ascertained
md thas the rest we're drawn up in the gar
len of Paul's Palace (celebrated for the
murder of the Emperor Paul, and now .
of engineers), at the extreme
md Of which garden the Emperor, would
Mount his horse As the time drew near |
or the commencement of the review
fastened to see the arrival of the Emperor.
soon found where his horse was waiting |
or him in q email street adjacent to the
arden. On one side of this stEeet WAS
rswn up the whole of the Emperor's staff,
which. "a every one knows 10 not
mall, and on the other side were the mill
ary represen tatlves of the various Euro {
'een powers The French and German
both military men, were {
resent, Is also the military sttachee of
England, France and Austria. The Oh.
ence of the Turkish military attache was
with sneers by the crowd. In
bout five minutes the shouting of the nul- {
itUde announced the approach of the EN-.
eror, and very soon after Q sledge drawn Z
y single horse came quickly round the I
orner, followed by ansther drawn by three I
0rses ct full gallop. Odd as il may ap- I
ear. in the email one-horse sledge was Z
Gated the Emperor, without any footman
: aid-de-camp, according to his usual Gus 6
ON OF going about. while out Of the troiks, Z
: three-hOrse sledge, which followed. &
lmped the aid-de-camp in waiting. His
[sjesty mounted his horse and was met by | !
be Grand Duke Nicholas, commanding 9
he troops of the Military Circle of Sc. t
etersburg, which were to be reviewed. t
1t was great day for the Grand Duke
Iioholas, as he had just been appointed to 2
ommand the active army in the South, and
ill leave St. Petersburg in few days to
ccupy this new post. The Emperor started '
canter, and, followed by the whole of Y
is staff and the foreign officers, rode .
,rough the garden Of Paups palace, where 1
art Of the artillery had been stationed. q
SLOWED as best could, when nv English 3
leas, formed chiefly from what have seen | il
the Household Brigade in London, were '
'mewhat shocked by hearing the shouts {
= which the Emperor was greeted by the n
oops. l have since learned that this lie !,
,e custom of the country, and that when n
nv military anfh0ritv insnpcta trnnns ha | 4: