Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-17

WalewSkey, at present ambassador to
the Court of st. James. Mademoiselle
Rachel called in one of the most intelli-
gent architects of Paris. Nj. Chas. DuyaI.
(the same whose elegant plan of the Gen.
trail Market Halls has such fair chance
of being adopted at this moment,l and
arranged with him for the reconstruction
and distribution of her house.
The outside has an elegant appearance:
An entire sol.* a lofty story, piano mobile
as the Italians say, an attic with the gar
ret windows hidden, and four windows
across. This exterior is in the quiet and
moderate taste Of the time of Louis XIV,
in its cornices, chambranles and balco-
| nies. The entrance NO. t. by a cover
ed doorway (porte cochere) in oak. The
alice, laid in wood, to deaden the noise of
coach-wheels, conducts to courtyard,
sufficiently large to turn a vehicle in
This alice is in the style of Louis XIV,
with pilasters, foliage and bas-relefS. On
the right the comfortable quarters of the
| house porter (coneierge) communicate with
the kitchen, etc. Then comes what is
called in Paris the lege, and the stairway,
of which is wonder of beauty. This
stairway is Of the chivalric gothic, with
columns, ogives, vossures, statutes, and
all that could be required of stone carved
and sculptured. The stairway is mas
ter piece Of designs and execution. 1t is
| lit from above in a mystic, mysterious
manner, through cupola of colored
glass, adorned with carved foliage, and
provided with bronze bell to announce
the arrival of visiters. At the foot of
this stairway are fower-dands, candelebra,
and armures. Without going lower we
shall finish the ground floor.
At the bottom of the stairway is a little
room where domestics and trades people
wait. Windows of ground white glass,
in lace pattern, adorn the ground floor.
The stable for five horses is in the cellar,
with an easy descent. Alongside the sta
BILE is heater, distributing through the
house the steam, which is free from the
objections of heated air, injurious to some
constitutions. 1t also connects with the
bath-house. The courtyard is square,
! decked with ivy, and having an elegant
fountain visible from the entry. The wall
which bounds the neighboring gardens,
and at the foot of which are boxes of gay
plants.
Ascending to the Entresol, we find oak
doors with iron ornaments. Here is a
little ante-chamber of oak. A door to the
left leads to dining-hall. It's aspect is
severe. 1t was HeImionc who willed
these walls, this ceiling, these draperies !;
it is her antique hand which has displayed
these Tuscan vases. The decoration is
Etruscan. Fawn-colored profilcS worked
in black, frightened with Cinnabar, are
succeed on white ground. On the win
dows the silken tibres of Mctelina, woven
doubtless by Lucretia, and probably EN-
broldered by Penelope with Grecian skill,
are contrasted with Chamois tissue, over
pateras moderas modelled from Her cula-
neum. On all sides are superbly carved
woods, especially on the chimney-piece.
Etruscan Vases are upon the latter. In
the center are a table and lamp. The
antiquity of the room does not include
the Cubriculus of the Romans, but COM
Portable chairs instead.
At the end of Pompeian dining-room
is the pantry. An immense closet, of
highly carved oak, contains one of the
best stocks of silverware in Paris. This
evidently will not be sold Through the
pantry we arrived at the economically
disposed kitchen. Returning to the ante
chamber and turning to the right, we
enter the Salon of Conversatiopspassing
rapidly from Rome to Smyrna, and from
Etruria to Japan. Here everything is
bright, smiling, charming. This salon
has three windows opening on the court
yard and neighboring gardens. The
ceiling is white. Rich Persian and Chi
nese stutfs hand around. A closet is in
the same style. Here are congregated
thousands of the objects of art and curl
oslty from various countries. Severes
ware, worries, bronze, medalIions, medic
val treasures, armorial, groteSque Chi
nese and japanese productions, etc, are
concentrated in the richest profusion.
Then come some rare paintings by Gel
ebrated artists. A splendid library Of
5000 volumes, carefully bound, is among
the treasures. Beside this, are some fine
pieces of statuary. As for the fine fur
niture and upholstery it would occupy
too much time to describe them.
In word, this splendid mansion and
! its contents are for sale. Who II buy?
! French houses have generally ground floor, and
above that, al very moderate height, low story
| called an entree sol ; above this commences the
| first story named, but almost the equivalent in
height of the third story of old fashioned Amen-
! can house.
A Man Restored to Life after Burial for Ten
Months.
The subjoined extract is translated
from the Paris Journal cf MagneHSm,
which quotes as its authority a very re-
markable book. published by Mr.. Os-
borne, an English officer, on his return
from the Court of Runjesting, in India.
! We must also add, that Gen. Ventura,
who was one of the witnesses in this cx-
traordinary transaction, testified to the
correctness of the statement when ne sub