The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-05-25

and chief of the British high commits
sion Austria and Prussia, Russia anG
Belginm, and also tile Kingdom o.
Italy, We're each and all to be repre-.
sented. Powerful potentates from In.
dia and Bashaws with more titles than
Have time to count, each claimed 4
priority of right which would listen
to. no terms of compromise and dis.
dained every overture of settlement
Telegrams flew thick and fast; mes.
sengers dashed between the different
departments with notes of heavy Dip
iematic import, the great principals
seeming to forget the homely adage.
'sFllat when two men ride the same
horse, one mnst ride behind.n Uncle
Sam, whose able representative was
compelled to uphold the dignity oil
his country, could not afford to have
his claims overlooked by taking. o
prospective view of the coat tail OF
any Prince or potentate, however
magnificent and powerful. Things
were getting to he very much mixed,
when the private secretary of the
Prime Minister cut the Gordian knot
with the brilliant suggestion that
they all go first. This met the uni
versal appreciation of the different
foreign embassies, and it is whispered
that the lucky suggester of the plan
| may expect a red ribbon and the or
der of st. Louis, rot TO mention pros
| pective official advancement and a
pension.
On Tuesday, by the kindness of
the American Commissioners, the Hon.
Richard Mccormick, To whom take
this opportunity to retarn my CRATE
tnl thanks, received formidable
card barred with imperial purple.
with compliments of the g Marechal
President de la Republique, inviting
me to assist at the opening ceremony
on the first of May, on the terrace. Of
the Tmeadero, at the hour of two
precisely. untlertood that the Prince
OF Wales, the crown Prince of Prussia,
the King of Italy, Princes from Aus
tria, Denmark and Sweden were also
expected to be present. So | thought
must go it is SO pleasant occasion
ally to mingle in the society you are
accustomed to, and which you are
perfectly sure is respectable. The
morning broke gloomily; the day
previous Paris was visited by one of
the heaviest storms of the season. Tt
requires something to dampen the ar
don of your true Partisan, but don't
know of anything that will take the
starch out of a mans collar as quick
as a shower of rain. All Though the
preceding night the rain had come
down in occasional showers, and when
day broke the clouds hung sad and
gloomy over the gayest capital in Eu-
rope. To foreigners used to tile noise
and hustle of holidays in other lands.
there was something almost appalling
in the silence aud order that pre-
vailed. There was no occasional pop-
ping of pistols, no individual hnrrahs
and no thunder of artillery, early in
the day, to indicate that there was
about to commence Il pageant which
thousands of people from other lands
had crossed great oceans to see. T
sometimes think Great Jupiter Plu-
yions has set his face against Interna-
tlonal Exhibitions, for most of them
that l remember have been usherea
in with rain. The First Exposition in
London was dreadful. The Centennial
at Philadelphia was a asoaker and TO-
day in Paris it sustains its miserable
reputation. But rain or no rain, the
dignity Of the fourth estate must be
maintained so the representative of
your honorel journal, knowing that
he was going into the society of prin-
ces, arlayed himself in swallow tailed |
coat and white kids, aud as | strug-
gled resoluteiy before the glass to tie |
one OF those ravishing knots which |
used to send a futter through the |
hearts of the young bellies of quarter
OF y century ago, my memory ran
sadly back to another Exposition in
this very town when surrounded by a
Jolly band of brother quilts, Jack
Finch from Dublin, Tom Jennings
from London, Ludwig Hirch from
Berlin, and Russian with an unpre-
nounceable name from Moscow, Fl
went up to see the Emperor open
the great ex4aRition ofyIS67. | know
not if saej 1T them still wander ON
this side sefstlle Styx bat if ON the
other side, hope are enjoying much
better weather for their Exposition
celebration than we have to day in
5he city OF Paris.
Getting into my carriage | drove
lown to the Trocadero, and soon
iound myself in wild maze of every
description of vehicle, from a dog cart
% an imperial coach. Gendarmes
ined the way, bnt order was out of
The question. was dumped inglori-
,usly in the mud, and had 10 struggle
Up to the gateway on foot. The char
lcter of my invitation claimed imme-
late attention, and was nsllered at
,nce into the grand corridor of the
palace. Every thing was unfinished,
he bricklayers and plasterers, sur
,rised in their job, had evidently
,nly beat a retreat q few hours be-
ore. Magnificent gobelins hung
against the walls, soupeaiI.s of the