Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-12-09

and his earnings the cardtabe for he was
adept in gambling Junofs match did not exactly please
Napoleon, for he disked Madame Permon; but he wa.
easily reconoed by the ardent wishes of his old friend
and comrade and gave his after short parey
Of mingled raiery and badinage. Indeed Madame Juno
gives to understand that Napoleon soon became so
much reconced to the alliance of Junot that he almost
fell In love himself with the wife Of his old friend Iis
Madame Juno who tells the story faterng to herself
She dlaes at length the matutna visits which the
First Consul repeatedly paid her in her bed chamber
while she residing under his roof at Mamaison She
tells how Napoleon read his private letters to her
how he chatted and pratted about the old times they
had spent together how he pnched her toes through
bed-cothes and went off lumming merry air. Sc. Ma
dame Junot deemed it prudent to send to Paris for her
husband The First Consul quarreed with her for her
suspicious and precptance, but became her friend
again. It is quite evident however that Madame Junot
reycrts to the with i-dsguised complacency,
else why take up % much space in detailing the story
We wonder if n Il tr8e fs .S@hs n 8 Xl
held command in Egypt, he was commandant Of
Paris and afterwards, under the Empire Governor
Of Paris he was chief Of division at Arras Ambassador
to the Court Of Portugal and afterwards commander Of
the French forces detailed for the conquest of that
try and here it was he earned his title of Duke dAbran
ties and here too he signed the famous convention Of
Cntra, admitted to have been good and polite
arrangement but which provoked the Emperor at the
time Junot was brave soldier, but he not great
general He died Of brain fever at Montbard in France
the 29h July 1873 He did not live to the star Of
his Emperor and friend sink in blood the fatal fields of
Leipsic and Of Waterloo. We append few passages
culed almost random, from these amusing and inter-
estng volumes.
The following is warning to all short gentlemen who
wear wigs and eat diplomatic dinners. Don Alexander
de Souza was the Portuguese Envoy to Rome. While
stopping in Paris Consul Cambaceres gave grand din
ner which the Portuguese Minister was invited This
NJ de Souza was every little man." not only "thin
but absolutely srvelled" On the occasion in question
he very conspicuously peruke Ia I to indicate
his sympathy with England
an. de Souza," says Madame Junot, "was seated at
table between me and. Madame Joiyet. Gambia
had for time placed his household very
respectable footing his domestcs had all the superb
livery of the Consals There always two courses
at the Second Consus table, and each consist
ed Of eighteen twenty removes it may be supposed
that the of the mare dhotel inruded pretty fire.
quenty between each Of the guests; but poor little
Souzas stature presented obstacles the dishes passed
his head and Of these occasions one Of the
purveyors buttons being loosed hched in the little gen.
tlemans wig and carried it off
The bewdered eyes of NJ de Souza sought the wig in
taken wing We should all have behaved decently had
he taken the accident in good part but wishing to be
dgned under his misfortune he thought perhaps to I'M
pose vastly BY saying with the utmost seriousness to
the hotel who caein oil haste to apologize, Sir
will my wigf and he set work oreplaceit
but put on ell askew SO that the tuft "a P just sur
mounted the right ear | had avoided looking at
either my husband Gen. Mortier certain that my sup
pressed laughter have burst forth it became how
ever at length uncomfortable and appeared equally to
master the whole compauy for sooner had mine ex-
ploded than mad and nextngushable peal resounded
from every part OF the table
Here we have .. specimen Of Msdame Junofs portrait
painting She is drawing for us the Princess Of Brazil
as seen at the Court Of Lisbon:
ssPicture to yourself reader, four feet ten
inches high at the very most and crooked or OF least
both her sides not alike; her bust arm, and legs
being perfect unison with her aeformed shape Still
all this might have passed off in royal parsonage had
her face been endurabe But good heavens, what
face it was She had two bloodshot eyes, which
looked way though they coud not absolutely
accused of body knows what kiad OF
eyes mean. Then her skin there was nothing human
in it it might be called regctab6 skin Her nose de-
scended upon her blue livd lips which when opened dis
played the extraordinary set Of teeth God ever ere
ated Teeth suppose they must be called though they
in reality nothing but huge pieces Of bone stuck IN
her large mouth and rising and falling like the reeds of
o reed-pipe This face was surmounted by q Uranium
covered with COARSE dry frzEy hair which at first sight
appeared to be of color suppose it was black for,
looking at me, the Princess exclaimed She is like u.s.
she is dark compexioned; she has hair and eyes like
Pepita.' Heaven preserve me, inwardiy exclaimed,
while inyolLntarily turned my eyes to mirror, as
to assure myself that what she said not true Pepa
was the Queen Of Etruria.
Madame de Brissac the very particular friend of
{ Madame Mere the mother Of the Emperor. She was
extremely deaf and the occasion Of her
to the Emperor was most anxious to be informed what
questions he would her and what she ought to
swer. She was told that the Emperor almost always
asked what department person came from, how old
they were, and how many children they might have
When the day Of presentation came Madame de Brissac
made her three courteses the Emperor who, having
laid down law to himself to ask precisely the same
questions Of all the extraordinary faces before him. said
rapidly to her. is your husband brother to the Duke of
Brissac who was killed on the I'd Of September and
did he not inherit his estates Seine and Ouse SIRE
was the answer and though odd one, not very wide
of the mark for NJ de Brssac really inherited property
in that department The Emperor however, struck by
its ncoherence looked her with surprise he
continued believe you have children ? 'Fiftytwo,
lsre,' said she with the same amable and benevolent
smile as before deubtng but the Emperor had in
qured her age Napoleon by this time satisfied that
Madame dc Brssac was hard of hearing, and without
further observation continued his tour Of the circle
Inappropriate as Madame de Brissacs response
this OCCASION it was quite much ont Of place
that made to him by Madame Fabre dc rAude, which
our readers may remember and which, if they have for
gotten it, they will find in Of Madame Junots
ng pages
Mrs. Swishelm says: eff any woman has the gift Of
m bic speaking, she has right to speak; but We have
a er yet heard one who displayed any than ordna-
Va bity in this line. We have never yet heard woman
ei speech that would have been than tolerated
.em man, aud it does appear that in proper dis
.bas ion Of the worlds work, there would be very few