Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-15
OUR RECENT GUEST.
rue comTE AT CHARLOTTESVILLE
AND THE WILDERNESS.
Rain uas No Terrors for French Soldier
War Marks SIM vi'ibie-Conns
DiIIon's visit.
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fields of Virginia-back to civiiizauon'
smooth streets, late dinner, and ciuos.
Back, though only for moment, Tor the
Comte de Paris and suite are off early to-
morrow for the fields of Antietam and
Gettysburg.
Richmond wept hot, drilling tc'rs
this morning because the Frenchmen
uere leaving. Six o'clock A. VI. was the
dreadful summons writ on the Exchange
Hotel slate. Hall OF the party got up.
looked out at the prospect, ana returned
10 bed. The Comte de Paris takes de-
lightful observation OF the weather,
When it is hot and dry he says I@D,
mie,lr the roads will not be muddy.
When it rains he Is happy be-
canse there will be no dust out
even such weathercock adaptabillty
failed TO arouse more than half OF the
tired party this morning. The Comte
de Paris, Colonel Perseyal, who rarely
leaves the side of the ). A. H., and
Comte d'Haussonville were the only
ones of the party who felt up to the bat
tie scenes of Charlottesville and the
Wilderness. The Due d'Orleans, the
Due Dues, the Marquis de Lasteyre,
CAPTAIN Morhain, and DIR. Recamier de-
cided TO take the battles on trust and
revealed in the well-earned laurels OF
bed until the IL o'clock train from Hlch-
mond to Washington picked up the ear
" risers at Fredericksburg.
OFF FOR FREDERICKSBURG.
Impossible as it is for me to sleep
after cock's-crow | drove through the
drizzle with the Comte de Paris to the
station and reached Fredericksburg at
half past 9. Mayor Rowe. the first otii-
cial who has officially received the Count
in the South, was in waiting at the sta
ton. but he of course IL Republican.
His associates were Captain 5. W. Wal
lace and Editor Merchant, Of the Fred
ericksbuig star. The carriages, or
mountain wagons as they proved to be,
ordered by wire were drawn up at the
station. a large and respectful crowd
made the background.
Once en- route the drive was rapid to
the Exchange Hotel, where General
Dan. Sickles was in waiting as special au-
thorlty on the Battles of the Wilderness.
The greeting between him and the Comte
de Paris was cordial in the extreme. The
Sheriff was attended by his son, a
youngster who has spent the past eight
years in Paris, and who speaks French
better even than the Frenchmen.
MARKS OF WAR STILL VISIBLE.
The first halt on the shocking roads
was made at the old Salem Brick church.
hammered out of symmetry by shot and
shell. Thence we went on through the
wild scenes of the five-days' fight in the
Wilderness to the Charlottesville house,
on the porch of which General Hooker
was grievously wounded, and not far
from which General jackson was shot
dead. The walls of the house were
honey-combed by cannon-balls and
shells, many being still imbedded in the
plaster. The Comte de Paris was great
lv interested in these iron intruders that
seemed to hold tenancy with grim de-
termination until he discovered that a
conical-shaped caDnon-ball was sticking
in the stucco with pointed end out, so
serious departure from the ordinary
course of such missiles as to suggest that
relic. hunters and sensation-mongers had
completely ruined the effect of this his
toric old building.
1t continued to rain during tine whole
Of the twentYnile drive, the return
from Charlottesville being made over
the famous sunken road, where our
wheels went into the earth even deeper
than the road.
At the station good-bys were said to
the gentlemen who had taken such pains
in such bad weather, and then the
grateful rest of Pullman cars was again
obtained and the divided sections of the
Comte de Pariss party were again re-
united. A brisk run of two hours landed
the party at Washington once more, and
three carriages took the tired party to
their old quarters at the Arlington.
COUNT DILLoN's VISIT.
In regard to the presence of Count
Dillon in this country or the report that
his agent or secretary named Balch, the
Comte dHaussonyille, the diplomatic
representative of the Comte de Paris,
begs me to state that no one represent
ing any faction of French politics-that
no one lately arrived from France-has
had any approach to interview or consul
tation with the Comte de Paris. owe
do not know Dillon or Balch," said
Comte d'Haussonville. ave do not
wish to know them. They are abso
lutely nothing to US. Dillon, | be
lieve, has some interest in Cana
da. If he is here or if Balcf
is here it may be that they
have come to exploit a new field Of
enterprise. | make the exception for
the Herdid to our absolute rule OF lg-
noring all reference to European affairs
by authorizing the Heratd to deny any
connection whatever between our party
of travellers and that of these men,"
The Comte de Paris and suite retired
early. General Sickles spent the eve
ming about the corridors of the Airing
ton explaining the new system OF voting
soon to be put into operation IN New
York.
The Comte de Paris.
fBy telegraph to the Dlspatch.l
GETTYSBURG, PA, October 1.-THE
Comte de Paris and his fellow-tourist
arrived here over the Western Maryland
railroad this evening, having spent mos
of the day on the Antietam battlefield
Generals Doubleday and Newton, Cald
well, Sickles, Wright, Howard, Storum
Gregg, and Butterfeld are here and vii
90 over the field with the visitors to
morrow, explaining the battle from thei
respective positions during the fight.
ASlATlC JEWELS.