The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17

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ana, speaking OF the nop1es, they saia:
And they wanted to hitch us to their
ploughs! The retired soldiers came at
the head Of the Inhabitants of the vii
lagos, and told their fellow citizens that
was surely Bonaparte. The peasants
pulled out of their pockets five-franc
pieces with my effigy and cried out Yes,
the people and the troops were for us,
and that the Bourbons were detested
We encountered no troops We found
Sisteron evacuated. Loverdo brought
away all his forces. Garan, who belonged
to this country, was in hiding. Our ina
ginations were set to work, but every
body, down to the last soldier, was de-
cided to die for the cause.-the cause
of the French nation.
1--WE marched with great rapidity. The
advance guard was eight leagues in the
lead, the army followed, and the rear
guard was two leagues behind with the
treasure. The. gendarmes that we met
sold us their horses for our hundred
lancers. Arrived at -(sic-I obliged to re-
treat before a battalion of the Fifth I
scolded him and told him that he should
have gone boldly into the town. The
peasants assured us that the soldiers
would be for us, but, nevertheless, the
battalion of the Fifth would not allow
the bearers of the flag of truce to ap-
proach them. I turned them with the
vance guard. In this way reached the
troop, but that did not encourage us very
much, because, before reaching the men,
the officer in command wanted them to
fire upon us. But the soldiers had not
loaded their guns. i.
harangued the battalion and asked
the officer in command If he was still
faithful. He told me that up to that
moment he believed he was doing his
duty, but that now he would follow me
at all hazards He and his men swore
allegiance to me and we advanced One
of Marchands aides-de-camp wanted tc
open fire upon us. but the lancers pur-
sued him. In his flight he reported that
had with me an army and a large body
of cavalry. I accosted several old SOL
diers, saying to them: Would you shoot
your emperor? They put their ramrods
into their guns, made them rebound, and
shouted See for yourself if our pieces
are charged!' Further we met this
chief. of the artillery battalion, Rey, who
relieved our minds completely. He was
very enthusiastic and assured us that
we could drive away with whips any
force that might be sent against us, and
that the garrison Of Grenoble was for us.
We were preceded and followed by thou
sands of peasants, who were delighted,
and who sang, Les Bourbons ne font pas
lie bonheur! Further on Adjutant dc la
Bedoyere, and finally the Seventh of the
line. Joined US. After that there was no
more doubt in my mind as to the success
of the enterprise.
"We arrived before Grenoble at 10
o'clock in the evening. We found the
gates shut and the ramparts covered with
soldiers, who shouted :Vive rEmpeceur!'
But nevertheless they wouldn't open the
gates, assuring US that was the order
Of Gen. Marchand. I ordered a roll of
the drums, after which I tod the SOL
diers that Gen. Marchand was dismissed.
Ny,ory h. s., r1%
the case and they opened the gates, I
asked the colonel who defended the gates
why he had not opened them sooner. He
replied that he had given his word of ,
honor to Marchand to give him time to-
escape with the troops that he was able
to take with him.
From Cannes to Grenoble was an
adventurer. In the latter town became
sovereign once more. I received an
aide-de-camp from Brayer, st. Yon, who
gave me full details in regard to the dis
position of the population of Lyons and
the stopping place Of the princes in that
town. The inhabitants of the country ran
to meet me. They offered to carry alb
my troops across the khone at any point
that wished. I was going to manoeuvre
to cut off the retreat of the princes when
I learned that they had left the town,
and that all the troops had declared for
me. After all, the capture of the princes,
would have embarrassed me very much,
for few minutes before my arrival they
were Obeyed, and it would have been.
preferable for popular goernment to
punish them.
when Louis XVIII. heard of my land
ing. Soult rushed to the Tuileries and
said that my escapade would only be a
matter for the police but the king re-
piled to him: Everything depends upon
the first regiments. 1t is very, serious
affair." At least that Is what the Due de
Dalmatie told me afterward, frankly adj
uniting that he believed my attempt
would amount to nothing. The Marshal
did not betray the king. But there is SO
much. evidence against him that If did.
not know thoroughly everything that oc-
Cured as I do, would not hesitate to-
call him traitor.
$ 'Girard. and Brayer were sent to Lyons
Brayer Is strong man. On the road
from Lyons to Paris, when there was
talk of an army forming there and fight
Let them talk. You will not have to
fight. All the troops are for YOU The
enthusiasm of the peasants was such
that, If I wished, might have appeared
before the capital with 100000 men.
Young Money, who commanded the third
line, told me that he could not break his
oath, but that he would never fight
against his emperor. He marched his
regiment on the tanks of the route In
order to avoid me. Several officers and
soldiers of his corps came to join US. L
could blame their chief for his conduct
Circumstances made subordination depart
from its ordinary rules Knowing that
the thing would never again happen. 1
had no fear of placing in my guard the
men who had abandoned their colonel.
'sNey had left Paris with the intention
OF fighting me, but he could not resist
the enthusiastic loyalty of his men to-
ward me, or the letter which I addressed
to him. Bertrand wrote orders on the :.
way for the regiments that were sent
against me, and the troops obeyed them
I had calculated on arriving on the 10th
of March, at the Tuileries, in order to
-be master of the capital before the Eng
lish could act and I did not lose an in-
slant from the moment OF my landing
until I reached Paris I accomplished in
twenty days march which would have
taken forty days Under ordinary cir
cumstances.'
Triple-ScFewed Warshfps.
Consideration has already been given the
general design Of the new vessels for which,
congress 10 expected to make provision this
session, and an agreement reached by the ex-s
perts that the three-screw system Of engines