Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-01-17
Extravagance i'm Paris.

Extravaganza in Paris.
Paris correspondent of one OF the New York
papers gives US the following account Of some of
the fooleries of fashionable life in Paris
This is certainly the age of charity in France
but pray, ladies, pardon me- it is one also of the
most extravagant in female costume of which we
have record. In the Paris journals of 22d Instant
you will find specimen of how thckly the dress
makers lay it on upon the toilette of their fair
customers. From those papers you will collect
that the Marchioness De Hallory, "Ne Prt,,cesse
de Chio,ay," had been pratiqus ofs Madame Bu-
mel Marchal, frst-rank tiagere, and paid her for
the articles she furnished an prir fom 1864 a pair
FOR pairs of sheets for examp ple763 francs, $3.50
for pair of Manchettes, &c.
The ladies' however, are not exclusively expen-
sive in their habits; in fact the gentlemen tran.
scend them in extravaganza, but wear it with Il
difference" cub, rich in possession or in pros
pect, cannot lodge in a furnished hotel, he must
have apartment . a l4i seaa." This is not very
silly, perhaps, but then he must vie with his fellow
imbeciles in the splendor, and it must be confess
ed the richness of his n,eu6les, and the gorgeous
yet efeminate, luxury of their adjuncts-Lyons
hangngs--sculpture- Objects dArt ct de Vertun
Only think of poor beardess emancpated stu.
dent plunging at once over head and ears in debt
for rosewood bedsteads, damask curtains chairs of
exquistely-carved Paisandre, tables Of Marquette
rie and Buhl-carpets of dollar the square foot
Qnch perhaps)-v Of China, Japan, or Sevres
porcelain, painted or encrusted, of every variety
of shape and uselessness, antiquities swords, ga
bres, pike-heads, ppe-heads and pipes with amber
mouth-pieces of inestimabl able-cost-to him See
this poor fool hedged in the toggery of Dusantory
lounging and yawning when visited by cotempo
rary colt-ass, OF whom and some dozen others he
is co-contributor to the lavish outlay of some
young, or, as the case may be, antiquated actress
singer, fgurante or coryphee, (opera dancer,) old
d. par example, who must and will have, Of her
dupes and victims-(or they will find her bot-
doir inaccessible the northern forts of Sebas-
topol, and their names consiqnes. in her porter's
| lodge, dppdrtemens premier in the western or
nor-western quarter with close and open carriages,
| horses for saddle and harness, coachmen, grooms
| cooks, bonneS, footmen, pages, tigers, money, dd
Abitur furniture, carpets four inches thick veni-
tian glasses and mirrors, lustres, candeabra vases
remains" from Etruria, Pompei, Herculaneum,
and Sardanapalus, couchcs, cdnapes, divans &C.,
! &c., &C., which she brings to the hammer every
| two or three years, and draws upon her worship
pers, for de gustibus non est dispttaudan unlike
| to the would-be opolist-Othelo, the more
numerous her PARASITES the more is she followed
courted, and admired.
To all these unprincipled exactons the wretch
ed, selfconfessed dupes assent rather than be ex-
cluded the presence and the petite soirees of Mad
anne, Cor Mademoiselle) and which petite soirees
morning, over those pretty pastimes, supper en-
! viable by a Luculluscduseries of a nature never
heard in other society the failing card tables
| and their seducing, absorbing, ruinous jelsr-
Ecdrte, Bouillotte, Lansqucnet, and BacarGt
This course of life Is too fast to last long as you
viii imagine. Even the best furnished pocket Of
any unthinking boy, just come to his majority and
mojorat, is speedily cleaned out, and then comes
| the gaol-the mad-house, suicide direct, or the
| ranks of the Zouaves
The fees of this place are so many and exorbi-
tant,0 says Macbeth, /" that few fortunes enable
man to get off handsomely and die like gentle
man" Il hope quote correctly Isuppose that
il has been ordained that accumulations be enta,ne
and distributed, and, after ALL my uncle Thomas
says, When man is eating his last guinea what
does it signify whether he has spent twelve months
or twelve years in arriving at it ?"
| This operation, invented originally for the ben.
eft Of creditors consisted in instructions to the
house porter (concierge) that if person whose
portrait is sketched for his guidance call, to say
that madame is not at home.
BULLYING A WIrNEss.-One likes always to sec
lawyer, whose forte is to banter and bully wit
nesses, brought up with round turn by some vic
| tim OF his illnatured bearing. We heard an in
stance the other day which is worth relating. A
case was being tried on Long Island about the
soundness OF horse, in which clergyman not
| conversant in such matters was witness. He
was little confused In giving his evidence and;a
clustering fellow of lawyer, who examined him,
| at last exclaimed
Pray, sir, do you know the difference between
a horse and COW? ?"
81 acknowledge my ignorance" replied the
clergyman. i hardly know the difference between
horse and COW, or bully and bull, only that
bull has horns, and bully (bowing with mock
respect to the pettifogger,l luckily for me, has
nonep
You can retire, sir" said the lawyer. I've
no further questions to ask you"
It is stated that Indiana has appointed delegates
to the Democratic National Convention friendly to
Mr.. Bright and that Ohio has gone for Buchanan
We have little doubt but that New Jersey will give
sl her vote to the latter, If we may Judge from the
general sentiment of the Democracy.
FuoTWEs ARKEsrED.--Two fugitive slaves,
owned by DR.. Bradford, Of Clarke county, Virgil
mia, were arrested in Mercersburg, Pa, last week,
while making their way North.
"Tll haul you over the Goals !" az the policeman
aaid tho thief whnn ho canoht hin, In tho area