Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-07-17

OF them is pretty woman, with the preies little foot mag
Unable and only think of meeting this little foot, with which
has personal acquaintance, three or four times day
on the staircase Indeed, the solitude OF private dwelling
begins to quite distressing To be always with people
knows 1t parayzes activity, breeds seshness, and 9TH
dsageeable qualities. Solitary life has its vices, too
well as any other On the other hand community OF lv-
ing expands ones benevolent affections begets hospitality,
mutual foearance, poeness respect for public opinion and
keeps husbands from beating their wives, and rice
If Aantppe had lived in French hotel she would not have
kept throwing things out OF the window upon her husband
head The domestic virtues to be sure, well enough IN
their way but they dull and unless kept in counenance
by good company, they too TO bed Indeed, that
word home, sacred in the mouths of Engishmen, often
means little else than doing in armchair listening to the
sueakng of children, dying of the vapors all events,
the English the people of the world most inclined to leave
these sanctes of home Here they by hundreds running
in quest Of happiness all about Europe.
"But to return. My object in setting out, to show
you, nearly possible my of living in the street
of st. Anne. have cha,nbre de gareon second this
means bachelors room in the third story As companions
have General Keeman and naked Mars the chimney,
not Mademoisee and little Bonapae about three inches
long andon round table, with marble cover, there
old Rabeas and Senecas Maxms with manuscript
the margin, and bible open jeremiah. The floor is
kind OF brick pavement upon which servant performs
res of rubbngs every morning, with brush attached to his
right foot which gives it slippery and mahogany surface.
We have livery stable also in the yard and several persons
lodge here for the benefit Of the SMELL being good against
the consumption OF the staircase say nothing now,
i
This has been washed ever unless by accident
such Noahs flood. Indeed the less says of French
cleanliness in the way Of houses the better andady
pears delighted with clean floor than antiquary
would be with secured shield and there is none of the
mddng hotels of Paris that pesumes to be better than this
ought remark here that servants do mot about from
garrett to another they do in America French
transmitted to poseriy. Our coachman says he has
been in this family several hundred years
" When cannot travel in the highway of life with
fashionable equpage it pleasant to steal along its
path unnoticed great osed by the hrong that
either he cannot think at ALL in gathering its silly admira
ton, occupied with ntrigues and personal vane
that the good qualities Of his understanding perverted and
he loses at length his taste for innocent enoymens But
travelling in this SOBER unambious way, may gather
flowers by the roadside has leisure for the contemplation
of useful and agreeable things and obliged follow alb
surd fashion keep up troublesome Appearances and
get into low company when pleases without being
pected. Now, wander on my short tailed nag all
the country can get sometimes into and ride
to ST. Germans stroll unconcerned through the
kets and ask the price of fruits of casoete muscas and
jargonelles, and of grapes and can eat bunch
upon the pavement, just fresh from Fonanbeau, and do
great many innocent things which persons of distinction dare
not do This the life OF those who lodge the Hotel DIES
Ambassadeurs.'"
very lively and characteristic account of that great par
cuar which renders Paris the metropolis of the popular
of all arts the Ballet, Long as is must give
place. For what Leverrier, Arago and their stars,
the decorations that blaze the breasts of field marsha
those of the Opera House What, in celebrity, yelling
ton Taeyrand of those who made unmade empires in
the field the council to the worldwide of Tagon
of Esser Before them fade less capable of transport
tation abroad, the rival Gallo gories Very and Toroni-
what Brat-Savan and Grmod de la Renytre composed
imagined, what the great Car6me be pro-
nounced without reverental tear) executed The ardy
conquess of the Kitchen may spfead with slow civilizations
the earth but the rapid Dance once for
paates and pocket human possession UNIVERSAL
but all men have eyes, and, to enjoy the dance of the
perfect aiste little else is necessary Come them reader
with Mr.. Sanderson, and see Taglioni
Iwent with my Yankee companion last night to the Grand
Opera and, at the risk of being enormously ong am going
to add postscript; for it is day, and have no better
to beguie the lazy twenyfour hours They admit the
spectators to French theatre in files OF two, between high
ratings and under the grim and bearded authority of the
police which prevents crowdng and disorders and whoever
wishes TO go in, not having provided smakes tall as
they call ii, by entering the file in the number of
spectators also stand IN the ranks al early hour and sell
their places advance The ary so that you
have always this resort to obtain good enough In APP
preaching the house persons will offer tickets with great
importantly in the streets. With one Of these, which, by
cheapenng little, got double price, procured admission
to the pit
Laadiise de la Piece; roih e prograsqa,et These
phrases-meanng only the analysis and bill of the
play two souswhch you will hear croaked with the most
obsrepeous disco through the house. in the intervals Of the
performance bring Monsieur Auber and Scribe and the
Donnas is probably for the the owls per-
med sing in the night, bring out the nightingaes
The opera last night Robert lie Diabe'-voc anase
de la piece
There the representation of grave yard and esur-
rection and the ghosts least hundred hocked out Of
the ground in white frocks and silk stockings, and they
queaked and gbbered all the stage Then they asked
another Dance and performed the most fashionable
baets Of their country certainly very creditabe
to the other world. And while these walzed and quadled
another set entertaining themselves with elegant and
fashionable amusements turning upon
grave others playing at whist upon tombstone, and
others again jumping the rope winding sheet
when suddenly they all screech and skuked into their
graves; there utter through the house, the
nouncing great event. and length, amidst burst of
accamaons Mademolsele Taglon stood upon the margin
of the She seemed TO have alghed there from
other sphere.
al expected to be little pleased with this lady, bad heard
such frequent praises of her accomplishments but dsap
pointed Her exceeding beauty surpasses the excessive
euogy. Her dance the whole rhetoric of pantommc; its
movements pauses and attitudes in their pures Attic sim
picity, chastity, and urbaniy. She has power the
feelings which you will be unwilling concede to her She
will make your heart beat with joy she will make you weep
by the sole eoquence of her limbs. What inmabe grace
In all she attempts you will love her. and best in that which
she attempts last If she stands still YOU will wish her
that she may stand still always she you will wish
her Of the that she may do nothing hut that
move STILL still and other function. To me
she appeared last night to have filed up entirely the illusion
the pay-to have shued off this gross and clumsy humani
ty, and to belong more airy and spiritual world
But my companion, who is professor, and little ecce
siaca and bred that undancng country New Eng
i nj tho Ea If