The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-04

President and the Government to welcome
YOU to these. shores and eXtebdlo you every
courtesy = =. =: r., :
i. The Con}te replied: ''I thank you very
much for: the ~honor and Fam -glai to make
another Ytslt.tosAmerfea; ] appreciate the
+ great honor cQntefred on. ME. by the PEesi-
dent <=' ~ ~. T., :.
Il. The COnltes was warmly greeted by But
!. teTfeld, Porter and Others, comTades-fn-
!. arms during the late war;, The party con
::Sisjs of: the Corate: De Iasig Tilc a20rleans
Duo d GzeS,: MarQirEs, de Lastey rie, Comte
q Hatissq Ayi4e,. Colonel Parsey Captain
Norman. and DR.. :Reeanier. They viii
spend a mQnth in this country:
The Illustrated American In a recent Issue
says of ;{Le C1iirte de PaLtS:' On 81. BarlholO-
news day. AAgllSl -, 1888: the COmte de Paris
Old his faIheI was killed by; being thrown from
d Carthage, Nfth; EFenehmeA 1ohd Of specu+atiug'
on what mignt:naye happened this event lisa fay-
oEite Joplc. IeFulaT and ID e., the'Duc G'0rleanS
. might have preSefted His father fron commit
ting lie errors leading q. the reTolrtor 54S;
thr :Otlealls family: might tAeIf. be still on tie
throne, md FRANCE might have been spared the
luRl tio{ls aid.su uffeI lIlgs WHICH crowned the
+.Itfe ur E1lnls NapoleOn:. IT. is eerlaIn That his
: 1BlAeL .dea1n lad*a direct aud marked effect on
El;f .cAI acleT OF the Conte de larls: ltleit him
tie hsiE- apBarent:and tile object OF constant IL
- lie VAS itl4cate=a. a<boy: To strengthen h Inn
. Ii .was:fed wifi milk. supplied by cows allowed
tufuu almost 1ii.a u,siaIfot lbeIty i lie man
j yylo suE4jlled The milk: became IIch under lie
:.IeIublLc; adopted radical Fdeas; and was dH.ei-
/: fhuslaztc slipto{ter of Clemeieean. The oRno1-
.1uHlst. He WAS fond OF pEGpUuneing Judgment
on lie COmte de HaIs as a man. ,b4seu on Ills OBJ
- SeIgatiOus OF the gomte de Paris IS Child,
- II baySHt. pas: c G lem anfeni,p lie would
=-s&yl' 1he boy was good, obedlentliltle fellow
:, aflettionate. Sly and without -fvlce He haG
kiII n
d clare. =. -. .
:. : As lie. puchessse d>otlears was firm Luih.
.eEan, be}Gg a Meckien6Hfg. SchWerln, Queen
flaTie Ant,Ie.. and Ger set desired TO alternate
lin JIp Ills: nprher. >.He..w very deeply at
lached 10. lls>mother, wlfo had made him her; in
sepafabeS eOinIiaH t0n.after the Sudden and vIO-
lent ;deatn40f her husband and tie eiiOIIs to
7leUate' him made 'hIh cling to her all the more
after the. death Oh; tie. citizen King (LouI7
: FLippelin 1859 tile GOmte de Paris was sent
:: 10 Germany tQ Gbnplete Hls drcatl0lf. In 1861,
al the bEeaklD Dg OFT OIL The CIVIL War In tile Uuited
States, himself and brother, Due de ChartTes,
and their uncle. PIinte de JoinvIfle, sailed for
: America, and. ylLluafEy volunteered, serving as
aids-de GIMP. Nlthout pay on General McClel-
Hays stafi. The; .NoFth in. theseearly days of
Peiil hailed, lin asa second LafaYett, as the
British wefe half favQfllrg the~Sulitn and Ihe
: coming ot his sepli-TQy party was regarded as
: good olntn, In showing that all Europe did not
manifest The lAcliuatlol OF EugEand.. He was al
this time young mau of 23iiall, welI-made ana
of hne ptesenGc3 be served wllh Mcclellan in
the rank Of Captain dufing tire: hnfottunate Pen
iBsuiar campalgn. In. jury, 1852, lie resigned
and returned 10 England in eons equenee OF the,
threatened JuptuIe oztween- France and tile
. Julted States asihe .Ee5nTt Of Louis NapOle0n's
mixing iu Mexican affairs. - -.
: Having a. Geei5: admiration for Mcclellan and
:. .Delis young man personally familiar with only
the DEF laifs OF the 6peaiugef the 81 eat mel lean
.cOufct, his history of IiIe war isrHnrst III lis;
"crHlelSins ofthe acts of Rles!dtnt LincOln and
See etaTy Stanton. HIS observations, however,
are i &c ON partisan feeling tlTat even al this
Gay viii iinge tie sentiment OF those ot the North
uf :solitn OF Mason aud Dlxon's line.
rafro Ia n
:plemeuta article on this nteIeslins hgIre. lie
states; Tie COnHe .de Pdfis.aud: Ills brother
were distiuS Suslled by their rnodesty and suidler
= 'ly bearing. and the zealwl h. which their dulles
Il, stan officers were performed. One could
.Iot Distinguish, after the must careful: OBJ
*'t-'y J1nr- lhat lhey held any other rank bul
that which their unliorm indieaied-juhor, mem
An u tne stan OI tHe comm. .anGlng GelIeral.
Suelt tly before The b tile Of Far-0aks the Count
-c,Lni- my camp as ass islant To luspretor-
Genefal Davis 10 Inspect my regiments. They
Had fOundeed through Virginia mud five or six
,i5'cies deep, and at Iny camp, where They spent
tie uIghLi asked nothing but soldiers fare after
t=itIr hard: days TRAMP. The Count seemed 10
L the as nlGcli interest n The effectiveness OF our
:;tig0ps.as any OF our.o own officers: Personally i
= was very inuch Interested in lilm-ssa "A sort OF
second Lafayeite-and L look pals TO cultivate
Il more: Intimate acquaintance With him, which
. has Continued, am lfappy 10 say, ever slice.
The CONT as you know has written a history
of 0ut Civlf VAR II IS a prodigy OF labor, rc-
search aud ability, and musl lfaye taken him
years. lie has never failed 10 extend the hUspl,
Iafftes of Ills noiile 10 the officers ana cquaint-
ances lie formed III our army Whenever they vis.-
ld Europe aIfd one always observed ia CONVEX
saton: wi h him Tie remarkable fuLness ana ac-
cL dcy al MS tcOllectiens of he principal events
III tie. war, and his Views Of these eveGts and The
Inan t0nnected with them are noticeable for tLe
Perfect 1uparIi2lIy shown toward Tue ~ lnc!pas
0I.iIe Southern as wen as OF the Northern atmyr
and for an entire freedom from. ~ JUDGE, no
lIat er wlethe lie topic Of conversation be- Me:
ClsllaH or Hooker or Meade or Lee or Grant or
: LOngstreet or HancrfR.
:. i remember that one day-H was June %, 'G2-
o Uui left tiahk We were ordered o advance
: lille toward Richmond, the movement being ln-
I ded as uemOustIail lion to relieve tile pressure
. on our right, where FitZ John Porter was en-
::ga-vd. lie right battalion Gf one Of my reLl.
Dlrnts broke aud went TO the rear IN c0nftIslOn,
threatening my entire line with pauie. AT the .
plun.ent when was aiemp ing 10 rally the tuen
the Due de ChaItres rode up. and seeing me Wit Ii
adiaWD sword, attempting 10 arrest Tie cOi0f-
:beareT, he promptly assisted me, and under
heavy lire from the enemy We succeeded
Storing my broken line. 1 had tile pleasure Of
reminding him OF this service some years after
AT The autumn maneuyers Of the Third Army
.C1fps. of France, OF which his Drother The,
Count, was stan officer oi high rank
lie Count cOmes;to. this country to criliciZe
MS own history iD the light OI oDseiv ivatIon, To
personally review the Topography which has so
Ia re an appreciation In all military matters Of
the country he has described IN his remarks able
DOCK, IN view OF a second edition oil II. The pro-
Iounu interest lie has always taken In Am :iicau
Institutions and In thr progress Of Inis country
Indicate The bent OF his MUD and symparhies