The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-04
TIE COMTE D'PARlS.
He Receives Cordial Welcome by the
Representatives Of this Government.

| ho Receives n Cordial Welcome by II,
| Representatives OF this Government,
NEw YoRK, Oct. 3.-All the mornin
the people interested in the arrival 9
the Comte Deparis and party wero OF
the quie vive for news Of the Germanic
At lO:1G, he was sighted of the High
lands and word was sent to tho city
The invited guea!s were anxiously await
ing at the barge Cfilce dock ready 10 eni
bark on the revenue cutter Cushmaa te
welcome the Comte and his party. There
was some delay in waiting for one Of the
guests TO arrive, but at :l5 o'clock the
cutter steamed down tho bay with q
small party. The GermaniC waa boarded
oil Staten Island and tho Comte, sur.
rounded by bis party, was waiting for
the old war horses Of the party on the
quarterback. Gen. Butterfeld, who Ia
an old friend and comrade.at.arms Of
The Comte, was greeted very cordially.
The Comte, in very good English, said,
in greeting:
ut Is very kind OF you to come down
hero 10 SEQ me, and 1t makes tho occa.
sion very pleasant. l think 1t very kind
Of you to bring SO many old familiar
faces from among the Army Of the Po-
tonac."
:. Collector Erhardt was presented to the
Comte and said: II am instructed by
the President and the Government to
welcome you 10 these shores and to OK.
tend to you every courtesy" The
Comte replied:
II thank you very much for the
homer, and l am glad to make another
visit to America. / appreciate the great
honor conferred on me by the Presi.
dent"
Gen. Fitz John Porter was then greet.
cd by the Comte, and the words uttered
by him so to show how much he is in.
terested in America and how fully &C.
quainted he is with American affairs.
he said: II am glad to sec you again,
and to SEQ you restored to your original
position"
The party will be at the Windsor
hotel for three days and will 20 from
there 10 West Point. They will then
visit Philadelphia, where they will stay
a few days, then 60 to Gettysburg to
view tho old battle ground. Baltimore
is their next place, and from there they
will 50 Richmond by boat down the
Potomac and James river.
The Comte D'Haussenyille was asked
what the Comte DeParis had to say on |
The future OF France and French politics. |
he replied that on that subject the
Comte refused to talk, as the subject was
tabooed.
The Comte, who is a tall, broad
shouldered man, with iron gray hair and |
beard, and an intellectual face, lighted
up by pair Of kindly blue eyes, said in
a voice with slight accent, to the re-.
porters: ~ am glad to meet you, gentle
men, and to be in New York again. l
sailed down this bay twenty.eight wears
,go in those sad and tried times, 1 see
many changes, and am glad to see this
country in such state Of prosperity. l
am glad to stay in New York, and to
meet you newspaper men. Icannot dis.
,uss any affairs relating to France"
The Due D'Orleans is q young man,
With q smooth face. He is considerably
'yer six feet in height, and OF muscular
'uild. His hair is pure blond and his
cheeks rosy red. He said that he had
1ad delightful trip, and that the mo-
1otony had been lightened by sports
md games on the leeward quarter deck.
de is very much interested in America,
md in all things American and eagerly
scanned the views in the harbor as the
vessel nearcd the dock.