Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-10
TIE C0MTE WITH US.
ARRIVAL YESTERDAY OF THE OlSTlN-
culsHED FReNCHMAN AND SUITE.
what n Dispatch Man Observed In His
Ride Up the River with Them
Their Pull Programme.

The Comtc De Paris. his son. tho Duke Of
orleans. and the distinguished Frenchmon
,,t, are travelling with them in this coun-
A., arrived in tho city about o'clock yes
,,-lsv afternoon on the steamer Ariel,
.fUere met at the wharf by Colonel Archer
Anderson and Captain Phil. Haxall, who
er,cd thom 20 the Exchange Hotel,
,a,rc handsome suite Of rooms had been
r-.nsrcd Quite a large crowd bad as
..,.lled M the wharf 90 see the renowned
,.r,V. and on their way TO the hotel they
s.racted considerable attention along the
entire route.
,..ompauying him took the Ariel at Old
Trlni af 2 o'clock yesterday morning,
having come 20 that place on the George
Irary from Washington. O1lv very
ircf stay was made nj Old Point. and
tHer reception at that place was not
Those who accompanied tho Count and
Sis son ar the Duo lZcs the Marquis dc
ras'ovr-e. Comto d'HaussOnville. le Capt.
+luo N0rhain. Dorieur kecanicr, and
colonel Coppiuger. the son-in-law Of Hon.
James G.. Blaine.
TUE DISPATCH MTT THIN.
AZ tlil INift inc lfNUCutNtN WtiN hl't
I.a representative of the Disp0'ct. VINO
0uuanied them To Richmond. Nearly
sU ol tine gentlemen, oxcept the young
IrkD were oXceodingly friendly and easilv
approached aud Chqtted a1ahlg with all
fhr passengers on the boat. asking numer-
11s questions about The points OF historic
interest They were greatly pleased wlth
f.. trp and very much lniercsted' especi-
rUv fu the history Of Inc places where bat
4 a. HI %
Colonel Clppiuger who acted as spokes-
man aud who. by the way, is well versed
,r Vircinia's war history. narrated his eN-
prrirucos iu the Federal army while the
steamer was coming up the James. Both
Oh. Count aud he seemed perfectly Hc-
rua.rfod with the goncarlogy %. thefamous
families. suchasthc HaTisons theDrewrys
and the Corters. whose names are en-
tvfr,i in the history of the James-klyer
country and eagerly inquired for inioTma-
trn concerning them. Fortunately. u
I5t from on. Oi these families who spoke
French fucntly happen"d % te on tho
i.af aud his Eoval liighness and the rest
cf fthc party an conyersed with her Tor
considerable while.
HISTORIC POINTS.
A. Hampton Roads, jamestown, Bran
don. Malvern llll. and Drewry'e Bluh mo
French gentlemen displayed considerable
interest. and every foot of the lands at
these famous points were searched with
fInr glasses. jamestown excited Their IN
f.resf especially. and by their rrmnrks It
vt. evident that they were acquainted
with the cumhlur RUNS of NHglnas
urcc famous cittie.'
Another subject IN which the party
showed great interest was the OYSTER IN
du-fry. They were very enthusiastic over
this whom they saw the broad mouth OF
tlo meaud"rlug James studded witn the
white snile Of the Oysi sier-sloop-. when
fa.d that this crop was The bone OF con-
feutirn" between Virginia and Maryland
tl,y became moro cnErOsscd, and were
amazed uuon finding that GOvcrno- 8 Nc
Kinney and Lee had VISITED tins vicinity
forlbe purpose of posting themselves upon
this important issue between tine two
States.
HIGH oT1N1ON or TIr2.
The fact that Fitz Lee had been down
there ou au expedition against the quasi
uirAtes added additional sWce 30 their IN
VtetrHtiOu ON TINS subject, Tor they
seemed 60 think, a. is true, that the lovlal
cy.Govcrnor was the best Of men and one
of the most famous iu the South. When
over ms uumc was coupled with anything
along their route thcv immediately became
attentive. The Count laughed heartily
when told that the state OF VIRGINIA had
two armed vessels - protect the oyster I'm
duafrv. and one of the party wanted 10
know If .ho States had a right to have gun
boats
M is safe to say that few men have pro-
fted more by tour on the James than
this roral uartv. and not "a single object
escaped their observation. Although the
wind blew quite cOldly IN the morning the
Frcuchmeu hardly left the deck for q
moment Every marsh-hird that drted
4 a.. ..rla . ts..frf . IN
and thcv immediately inquired it- habits.
I'm fact. ms ROYAL liighnoss placed ms
glasses for several moments upon that most
iruohleO Of Virginia birds. the buZzard, and
ufter watching MS uoiseess flight through
lhehcavens inquired Of lbs appearanceupon
tara trina. The cyprcss-trees, which hung
thelr weeping foliage 20 meet the rpple>
of the placld stream within the swanp-
and mOras>es. were also much admired,
and many were the cXclamatiOns of plea
sure upon bcholding the Green marshes
nud fields adjoining the banks OF the
rlyer.
Tvs vALTTs DE CHtNBEE.
-Four or five Wallets accompanied the dis.
uuruishcd party and rendered them prac-
hcally 40 assistance as far as the eve of the
reporter could detect. They ba-kcd IN the
auu and chutted with each other as they
smoked their cigars. but had II not beer
for their Ircnchy' appearance and the
ramd sentences of the ldHVie FrGHcGiN
which they hurled a. each other no one
would have ever known that they belonged
o. the roval retinue.
Although all of the gentlemen who visit
our city speak English fuently, almost
their entire conversation was carried on m
French Yesterday, aud much of II was Thus
missed bv the eager passengers Of tho
steamer who clustered around them
When conversiug together IN their natlv,
tongue 10 sounded very pretty and musi.
c4I. and accompanied 10y their merry
laughter and Vlyacity the scene was quite
pleasant one. II was very amusing t'
watch the gestures Of the gentlemen 0nC
their prolonged 9" 4 hs," which reminded
one very much OF the Lord IN Little Iy
COON
TOLD THE COUNT ruF SRws.
Colonel Coppnger was very eager IN his
inquiries. and imm medietclyupon receiving
any additional information IN which hr
large supply of knowledge was lacking
v.uld saw. Wait let me tell his Roya
Wrhuc-s that" He would then hastily
scramble up the perpendicular steps whicl
I,i tothe upper deck where the Count wat
sitting. and the passengers could hear hln
y1ritedlv communicating the news. anC
'hsn out upon the pure saline breeze
would float the nobleman's prolonged
'O-Lh
THR DUKE WAS BoRED.
Touse a French word the young Duke
Was considerably cnw,ge, or a. We say II
Ian English. bored IL was eylden
ttat 10 made small difference 10 him whe
tier Beast Butler cut the canal through thu
gap or julius Cesar did 1t. lie woul,
HcAt a cigar. puff away at It. then light
pipe. dart m the CABIN and change ms era
tat. then emerge with light IN his mouth
which in turn would be succeeded by an
otlor pipe of a more elaborate pattern
lu fact. all the party appeared 70 be II
yttefate smokers. but the variety OF tast
f.r the Goddess Nicotina seemed TO belon
more exclusively TO the young Duke
Several of the gentlemen OF the part
seemed 10 be very anxious tosee the insid
workings Of some OF the tobacco-iactorie
here.
YxpFcTAST PASSENGERS.
Before the party landed at Old Point th
pas senrers Of the steamer Arlel were IN
great state Of expectancy a. to what res
dukes aud noblemcn looked Ike, ail
doubtless many dreamed OF princes d'
fcrbed 80 unnaturally in fairy tales. BI
when tho steamer cast aside the blue ";