The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-07-20

place, attended by all honors usually
paid to Kings. King George was the
cousin of Queen Victoria, and is said
to be the last male of the house of
Guelph who occupied throne on the
continent. He has been blind from
his youth, and ever since his kingdom
of Hanover was absorbed in the En-
pire of Germany, he has resided in
Paris. His body lay in state for FIVE
days and the floral offerings were
magnificent. His late Majesty occu.
pied modest mansion on rae Pan
qmet, close to the Arc de If'iomphe.
Early in the morning large body of
troops began to gather in the vicinity !;
two thousand cuirassiers occupied the
AUenue du Roi de Rome, and large
body of infantry stretched from the
Arc dc IfiOmphe along the great Ap-
enae des Champs Elgsees. A little after
noon the mournful procession moved.
Prince Albert and his eldest son fol-
lowing the hearse on foot as chief
mourners. One of the most startling
sights was to see the two Kings of
Spain walking amicably side by side,
the King Amedeus and Don Asst
ses, the husband of Isabella. Isabella
herself was there an exile, driven
from her kingdom like the dead mon
arch whose body they were bearing
to the tomb, and she, no doubt, asked
herself if, after she, too, had paid
her last great debt, they would allow
her dust to mingle with her ancestors,
in the sombre shadows of Old Castillo.
General Mcmahon, the Shah of Per-
sia, the Prince of Denmark, aud a.
large number of Dukes, Princes, am
bassadors and mobiles followed in a
miscellaneous crowd OH foot without
any particular order The procession
had scarcely started when Il dreadful
storm broke upon them the rain
poured down in torrents and the royal
and noble mourners were exposed to
its pitiless fury and soaked to their
royal skins.
\ On Thursday was the grand review
of forty thousand troops at Long
champs, and again all Paris was out.
If there is anything dear to a French
mans heart it is holiday his motto
is the same as that of the immortal
Toodles =" Pleasure first and bust
ness afterwards" On Thursday was
another grand pageant; again the
Shah put in an appearance, and for
the benefit OF your readers if asked to |
describe him briefly, should simply |
say uBintelligent and dirty, with a |
skin the color of Indifferent parch- |
nent and the vulgar manners of a
clown.
One of the most striking features of
the review was the splendid escort of |
the Mareehal President. Slightly in
advance of Gen. Mcmahon came a
body of mounted Be-
douins in the wild costume of the
desert, led by one of their most cele-
brated chiefs. By his side rode the
inevitable Shah, and following came
4 splendid c0rtege of Princes, mobiles |
and warriors gorgeous in military
decorations. The Place dc la Con-
eorae and the public gardens were IL
and the evening closed
with number of gTGndes fetes given
by the different Cabinet ministers
and a royal reception by President
The exposition, in the meantime,
grows apace; the walks and every-
thing else around the grounds begin
to assume q more finished and set
lied appearance. The grand gallery,
IN the east wing of the Trocadero
palace is open, and the Exhibition is
interesting and unique. From a his
5orical standpoint it is probably the
most profitable to be found in the en-
ire Exposition the collection of ma
olica is particularly interesting and
,he collection of arms, armor carving,
articles of virtu aud ornament, not
'nly very fine, but very rare.
The weather has been exceedingly
rain being the rule and
days the exception. The
entries seldom fall under 100000 a
lay, and on Sundays they reach from
40 to I40 thousand.