Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-07

his children, where at times several
noisy games go forward together at
the 5elLr Installed in different corners
of the room. Beyond the room of
games is the Marechale's ordinary
sitting-rOom.
The MARKETABLE is a very busy and
a very devout lady. She is to be
seen at all the important church
ceremonies. The other day she gave
the Bishop of Versailles a mitre en-
comprised by n river of diamonds
for his "silver wedding" the ami
versary of the twenty-fifth year of
his episcopate. Republican tongues
are very wicked about this and the
general devotion of the Marechale
to the Church. OF course she is in
the hands of the Jesuits, and the
Marshal, being somewhat uxorious
for a Frenchman, is in their hands
also. Hence all kinds of mischief
may be expected at any moment.
The Marechale's strong Legitimist
sympathies, and the crowds of rust
ling visitors who come to the SUI
perbly tapestried antechamber be-
You'd, to pay their respects to "the
First Lady of the Republic, f" leaving
equipages covered with heraldicglo-
ries below, deepen the Republican
mistrust. When the hostess and her
visitors from the noble faubourg
6dbiLLeTt in these stately chambers,
it is not the praises of the men of
the 4th of September and their en-
tolrdge which they sing-at least
we think not. En- SOnai1ae, the First
Lady of the Republic, like her lord,
the chief magistrate of it, is not
Republican. Nor, for the matter Of
that, is she a Bonapartist, although
her ducal cOrOnet came to her upon
the wings of the eagle. They are
Legitimists, with a taste for Orlean-
ism. OF the Marshal's loyalty to
his late imperial master men speak
in whispers, with anger in their eyes.
The Marechale is a very benevO-
lent lady, who takes real interest in
her poor, and is an active manager
and correspondent, as her Well-cOv-
cred desk, substantial ebony ink
stand and gum-pot testify. Her sit
ting-rOom is also a work-rOOm. The
dominant piece of furniture is a sub
stantial writing-table, fit for a busy
Secretary of State, at which she con-
ducts the correspondence of the Oels-
gres and funds of which she is presi-
dent and patron, with a VigOr al
most equal to that of an august ex-
lie, for whose doWager days this
magnificent suite of rooms was de
signed. The card-table and sofa be-
side the bureau are for the ecarte
which husband and wife quietly
play together, when an evening at
home and without visitors can be
snatched. The Marshal is not
studious man, but a soldier and a
sportsman, who takes lightly and
gaily to amusements, enjoys bill
lizards and his pipe with his chill
dren about him, and is content over
a game at cards with his wife after
wards. The private rooms include
a handsome family dining-rOOm Zen
riched with animal pieces by Des-
pOrtes) and furthur room, the walls
of which are broad landscapes that
give it wonderful air and space,
where the family take their coffee.
The official home of the Marshall
President of the Republic is, in
short, a stately place, but made
hOme-like by the children whOrange
through it; who, by the way, are
given to talk English as homage to
their sire's descent, and who affect
a Scotch bonnie. 1t is quite apart
from the ceremonial halls below,
where the illustriOus biIliard-player
of the premier, his pipe laid aside,
clatters to the vestibule, his breast
ablaze with orders, to receive his
imperial highness or his majesty.