Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-30
A VISIT TO FRANCE IN 1915 BY AN &C.
TOGENARIAN.

The schooner Sclhy, Capt. John Selhv,
sailed from New York Tor Nantes, July
>. 1873. and | WAS on board as super
,.ar.e,. Utlr cargo oi cotton was t. 1ur-
ui-h funds for Il return rgoUf silks AMI
other 4uud- tu hc purchased IN fariS.
The last news from France WAS that Ma
pnIron WAS in Paris nlarshallng his
forces tn meet the allied armies. We
had favorable winds. and i'll 20 days
were in the Bay oi Bisray, which We
inunJ swarminy with British cruisers.
>ur,osin.. there might he Il blockade.
we wished to avoid hcing spoken. We
were chased by three British frigatcs,
and the shot from one 81 them nearly
! reached us: hut We outsallcd them.
On,. ri thu. irigatrs continued the chase
until the next morning. When We found
ourselves almost H. far south as B"r-
lcauX. and near the coast. Sailing
north. in ei.:ht "i land, We were sur
pri-,d tu see the Bourbon flag flying.
j The mystery WAS explained by the pilot,
whS informed us OF the battle OF Water
loo. viii, h had been fought six weeks
before. \apoleul at this time Gully 26)
WAS on board the Bellcrophon, oil the
English coast The day following the
Captain and landed ut PanbWuf. where
at our breakfast crowd OF lrggars
Gathered before the door and could he
dispersed only 10y throwing handful OF
sous among them. The most rapid
travelling then was with the courier, and
| rode with him two days and three
nights. The road all the way to Paris
was guarded by RUSSIAN troops, and
wherever my passport had to he shown
Ia the French authorities it WAS exam
nrd also 10y the l'russian commandments.
Paris seems To- he alive with officers and
and soldiers oi different nations, and on
the Sth III August the Russian Emperor,
Alexandria l., reviewed his troops on
the boulevards. 1t WAS said they num-
hcrcd 30 900. had good view Of the
Car, an uncommonly lnc-lookins man.
; He had fewer decorations on his person
than some OF his officers, and his horse
was not 81 richly caparisoned as theirs.
: In the cavalcade there We're the Emper-
: or of Austria, the King oi Prussia, the
Duke oi Wellington, the Prince of Or
anue, and other notablcS. SAW ut an
other time the veteran Bluchcr exercis-
iny his soldiers. My business i'll Paris
WAS completed in - days, and ride OF
three days and two nights with the
| courier brought me to Nantes. We sailed
, from Panbrui Aug. Dist, and on the
23d OF September, when near the Jerse!
shore, encountered the terrific and mem
cradle gale which did 50 much damage
i at sea and along our coast. We were
: in great peril, hut were m""r';ql'Y pre-
| served In the afternoon W. had q t..
{ fair wind, and in the evening anchoro'
at Sandy Hook. The next day was til,
a Sabbath. The morning was lovely, ant
D with fresh southerly breeze We saile'
up the beautiful bay and harbor of New
l York, and stepped on the wharf jus
e as the bells were ringing for church
il The dreadful storm of the day before
n "amid the roaring OF the sea, and thu
events of the past l. weeks-how differ
= ent from the Solemn and dulightfu
;, services in the house of the Lord. AM
o thus ended my first visit abroad, whel
g | WAS nearly IL Henry Hill.