The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-17

IIDsItE u kLt lh-C l4JAN ~ i-ilRS' H1alrA
the ouiy reason lie travelled IN third
class railway carriage w&s because there
was 10 3uurth," be LAID down principio
f mod,siy and economy some OF my
coun.rymcn would do well 10 emulate
not only 10 these days O! "hard times"
out in ali days and nights.
The climate OF Paris is acceptable all
the year round, but the weather OF Paris
| lust now is simply hoTrld. Something
IKE our .olicy at Washington, it i
| neither one thing nor the other, but y
| good deal OF both. DID you ever see
! 7U0,9"O persons IN uGGd.c, and ~ their
confusion making tha: mU44!C CJlIounC-
ed2 l have seen 1t to-day.
THE OCCASION.
The history Of Paris is roplota with
Occasions" l find nothing finished in
the Trocstcro as whole find nothing
duishtd on the Champ dc Mars as q
whole. IncompleLeness rules, and rules
supremely. The French army" is out
in glorious array. Tho French police Ia
out IN all its pompous power. The
French people are out, and tuily three
| hundred thousand strangers are within
! the walls OF Paris. Strange that IN this
vast &ssembIage, and perhaps for the rea-
| son Of its beng so vast, see not STU
sle BalLimOrean--Cr even married one.
| see not a Virgjnian or a kentucklan,
but wba, an army Of New Engianders
and New Workers do l behold / can
hear them siIgly and collectively shout
ing their conversation, Notwithstanding
the noise of the thousands Of troops,
troopers and terrible thunder.
THE oPENING SCENE AND CEREMONY.
1t ia now > O'Clock, and by telegraph
announced ali over Paris. Some 700 COO
Dersons. half OF them foreigners, are NOV
100 at this moment with the one object
the opening of the exhibition, and con-
fusion is supreme, reiguing through the
midnlgh: as l write. A huge tricolor
flag is hoisted above the Palace Of the
Trocaddro, and the Informed platform OF
the hall Of this palace, badeckei huT-
riedlv with tapestry AMI silk tgstooning',
Is prepared for Marshal Mac dshon. lie
approaches dressed in the full uniform
OF marshal Of France.
The troops, many Thousand strong, the
entire gendsrmie Of Paris, are without
the palace, their arms at 50 present,
their thousands of coIOrs flying, their
,wenty-six military music bands in gen.
erous. harmonious force; the hundred and
one guns are booming from the forts o!
Mont Valerisn and its fellows, while
rsll n million Of human voices simutan-
souslv shout alternately "Nive Ia France
,rd .Vive la Repubhquc," and for the
fist time the new national hymn OF
.VIve Ia France" by the great Gounod,
is rendered with amazing effect.
The Marshall, with his head barred,
his chapeau in hand, extended az II to
Iesire silence, which Is also notified by
N,ssleurs DcBort, krautz and Albert
Glgot, the municipal officers OF Paris.
Tho special aids-de-camp of the Mar
sbsl some seven in number, form one
group, in brilliant military attire. Near
by are the exhibition commissioners, and
then the cabinet ministers; further on
sre the foreign commissioners and dis
,ingushcd officers connected with toe IN
rapti1n, progress and completion oil Tins
,rest exhibition of The world. The plat
torn is Immediately in front Of the box
or loge that Madame Mae MahoG and
Others occupy, and il the very centre OF
the middle colorado facing The lovely
tr,doe of Jena. Near the Marshal
President, On his lett, is the Prince OF
Wales. and both arc chatting and smII-
in., unit! the silence desired IS acquired.
SO. bv mis- side on the lctt, Is Don
F,srcfs o. Assis, the DGke Of Aosta,
Lieutenant MscMshon, the son OF the
Marshal. tho Duke Of Leuchlcnberg,
Prince Henry OF the Netherlands, and
numerous ambassadors and ministers,
none so simple-looking as the American
-,a7csc sentative as far SIS fnery goes.
l must say that most Of our American
men from the West and South In ply
.,.al appearance hold their own well IN
s.v European group. Some New York
"rs ...or-aH' many OF the British modern
noh,lltv. Nearly all our American wo-
men excel Europeans. l say this with,
ont hesitation, as far as refined personal
appearance goes.
MARSHALL MacMahon is locking
vopooer than his next birthday annlver
sary. in June, indicates. lie Is theh 10
CONT 10 wears. His general appearance
i strictly military. There is rigid eN-
nression of face when IN repose, and
decidedly humorous Hib3rnlan one when
IN animation, His snort gray hair, his
fu}y gray mustacho and imperial are
French. but his twiDkling grsy-biue eyes
and expressive mouth are Enthusiastically
Celtic, Of full medium height, he looks
now tall, notwithstanding the large sur
ronrdinGs. He waits the moment to
s9eak. and it coming. says in smiling
manner to the address of Ii. Telsserenc
de Bort, the minister OF commerce, Il
heartily share the sentiment you express
snd believe with you that our exhibit
ion will have great and legitimate sue
cess. In the name OF the Republic l de-
clare the Universal Exhibition OF 1878
opened" - oo-
heard in PARIS, was now almost echoed
through Europe, Guns doomed forth,
the crowds in and around the Trocsdero