. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . roved, and occupied by Napoleon and his family. Muratlived here for a while, just previous to his departure for the latter part of Napoleons reign it was his favoriteresidence. He repaired to it after his return to Paris from Wa-terloo, and signed his abdication here. The room in which thisact was performed, and the chamber in which he passed his lastnight in Paris, are preserved with religious care. The Duke ofWellington, and the Emperor, Alexander I., of Russia, occupiedth
. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . roved, and occupied by Napoleon and his family. Muratlived here for a while, just previous to his departure for the latter part of Napoleons reign it was his favoriteresidence. He repaired to it after his return to Paris from Wa-terloo, and signed his abdication here. The room in which thisact was performed, and the chamber in which he passed his lastnight in Paris, are preserved with religious care. The Duke ofWellington, and the Emperor, Alexander I., of Russia, occupiedthe palace during the time the city was held by the allied the restoration, Louis XVIII. gave it to the Due de Berri, butafter his assassination, in 1820, his widow abandoned the palace,and in 1830 it reverted to the State. It was occupied during thefirst portion of the Revolution of 1848 by one of the numerousCommissions of the Government, and on the 20th of Decem-ber, in the same year, Prince Louis Bonaparte, the President ofthe Republic, took up his residence in it, and occupied it until he. (235) 236 AROUND THE WORLD. went to the Tuileries, in 1852. It was here that he planned andcarried out the Coup dEtat which made him Master and finally[Emperor of France. It was in this palace that Marshal Mac-Mahon received General Grant. The General subsequently metthe Marshal several times, and conceived a warm admiration forhim, doing full justice to his straightforwardness, his singlenessof purpose, and his unswerving desire to serve his country. On the 29th of October, General Noyes, the American Minis-ter to France, held a reception in honor of General Grant at hisresidence in the Avenue Josephine. It was a very brilliant andsuccessful affair. Among the distinguished guests present wereMinisters Decazes, De Broglie, De Fourtou, Berthaut, Caillauxand Brunet, the Marquis dAbzac, First Aid-de-Camp of Presi-dent MacMahon; M. Mollard, and the Prefects of the Seine andPolice, th
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