Butte record., 1854-06-17
gGo2E OF MISS sMrAn-


France, and the consequent iraiousv Of
he Empress The following from the
Paris Correspondence of the Cincinnati
Gazette, viii show that she IS brave as
well rs beautiful:
In a late letter to the C1-e,ie I took
occasion - describe reception and q
bali at the Tu;ieri-s. in which was mcn-
toned the Introduction 70 the Emperor
Of beautiful young English girl. Since
that time this lady's na.ne has become
the talk Of Paris. After tne war news.
the next question IS, have you seen Mi.
5. ? The Emperor, to see her closer.
invited her 10 the Tuileries to dine with
him. This Circumstance has given rise
to 4 great deal Of scandal 10 ''upper-;en
DOM" which need not be repeated. and
which Is no doubt without foundation.
sympathetic ladies even went 50 far as
to pity poor Eugenia The Emperor
said TO Mss S, at his Introduction, and
with more thar his usual byusqHeasss.
. 'Nadamoiselle, you are tie hand>omest
woman | ever saw in my liie." Con
sidering that the Emperar piques him.
self on his knowledge Of women, horses.
and dogs, tins is regarded as huge com
pliment Mis- ;. is, without donbt. the
handsomest woman who has been seen
AZ the French court in hundred ytars :;
she unites all those attributes OF beauty
which one reads ab3u. in novels and
ue9er sees. have seen her three times
at the court balls, and sha Is constantly
surrounded by crowd of the curious.
which keeps IN motion from place to
place, to avoid the annoyance. Wheth-
ct at the Tuileries, the Hotel de Vile
or the Opera, in going from one group of
tall IT'S to another, the subject IS always
Miss 5 4 German Princess, who IS
certainly very beautiful, found her par
tisaas at the lat bali bat they soon
sank into microscope minority before
the overwhelming preponderances in IA
vor Of the English beauty.
Amongst oiher stories tod of this lady,
It is said that already a young French
man, q viscount and rich, offered her his
hand in marriage. The match was ev
cry way eligible, and was accepted by
the young lady and her friends, She
has travelled great deal, and desires to
travel still more. The eve of the day
fixed for the signing of the contract,
Miss s. said to her future husband:
Before taking the pen in my hand, !
wish to demand question"
Let Us remark, in passing, that a
Parisisn lady would never have dared 10
say, 4 wish, -" the eve of her marriage.
Speak . replied the future husband.
"Will you agree to accompany me to
Consi2ntinople -
"How :" replied the young man, stu
pifed.
Miss S repeated the question.
Il ask if you viii eogaee yourself TO
make with ne a voyage to the Orient"
"Wben :"
"As soon as we ere married"
"But YOU d. Dos ,aink of that.
"On the contrary l have thought Of it
for long time"
''Bot recolect that country is The The,
atre Of the war
at is precisely the war I wish to
see"
And there are dangers of all sorts
for travellers"
81 am not afraid Of them"
.'And then the seeso0 Is 10 longer
agreeable"
No difference"
In 1ne, I ihiak il would be a very
sorry employment fer our honeymoon. "
Then you viii not positively"
The futarc husband enveloped the
word "no'' with an infnity of polite and
ingenious paraphraseS, bat the refusal
was none the less positively aeticulated.
"FeFy well," responded the beautiful
Briton, Il also say no--I refuse and
will not marry YOU"
The marriage was broken Of irrevo-
cable"
"Never,r said Miss 5 "will I marry
lazy husband q maa who IS afraid Of
the cold or battles; man who refuses.
on the eve Of marriage, to crafty
reasonable fantasy"