The Nevada journal. [volume] (Nevada City, Calif.) 1851-18??, 1857-09-04
WHOLE NUMBER $50.

| 70 Shortly after Bonaparte was made
| First Consul, and had installed himself
| in the Palace of the TuilIeries, he held
a grand reception and ball But he ex-
| perienced, at that early day of his ca
reer, no little difficulty in organizing his
c purt, and making matters go smoothly.
| When the supper was ready the la
dies were summoned first, the gentlemen
being under the necessity of waiting I'M
til their "betters" were served. Two
thousand ladies, showily, if not taste
fully dressed, rushed forward to the
doors of the great dining hall, one of the
largest and most splendid dining rooms
in Europe. The great folding doors
were closed, and the officers of the pal
ace found it impossible to get them open,
for the ladies pressed against them, and
were engaged in high dispute among
themselves as to who of them had the
entire, or right TO so first. One lady
said the right was hers, for her husband
was a great generals but she soon found
that others maintained on one ground,
or another, that their claims were great
| er.
Meanwhile the officers could not get
the doors open, and in CONSERVATION one
of them fastened to the First Consul
and asked him how they should settle
the question of precedence. 90" says
Bonaparte, nothing is easier; tell them
that the eldest is to go first !" The Of
ticer reported to the ladies the FIRST Con-
sul's decision, and instantly they all fell
back This gave the officers an oppor-
tunity to get the doors open, when, to
their astonishment, none of the ladies
were willing to go first After standing
IN that ridiculous position for a moment,
they began to laugh heartily at their
own folly, and all marched into the din
ing hall without further delay.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY AND MUIR
DER.-About 3 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, Col. Manning, proprietor of the
Weber House." was aroused from
sleep by a suspicious noise in the hall
opposite his room; and, to see what
was going on, stepped to the door and
looked out. He saw man i'll the hall,
evidently purposing robbery. AS soon
as discovered, the man retreated toward
the stairs leading to the rear premises
Col. Manning following and ordering
him to stop. When near the head of
the stairs, the burglar turned sharply
round and said to Col. NJ, ''stand, or
you are dead man; at the same time
leveling pistol. Col. NJ. continued to
advance, when the man sprung the trig
ger of his pistol, the parties at the
moment being in two or three feet of
each other. Fortunately the cap failed
to ignite the powder. The burglar
again retreated toward or down the
stairs, Col. NJ. still following. The fell
low turned and made another Intellectual
attempt to shoot, the pistol again miss
ing fire. Col. Manning then ran to the
Office of the hotel to get his own pistols,
surprising that he could arm himself and
roach the back yard from the Office be-
fore the burglar could descend the stairs
and effect his escape. However, before
Col. NJ. could get his weapons, the
seoundrel gained the count yard, fired off
| two barrels of his pistol and made his
exit through the gate or over the fence.
Nothing more was seen of him. Col.
Naming says the fellow was dressed In
the uniform of common soldier or nom
commissioned officer of the army, his
clothing appearing to be worn and soil
ed. Whether or not this peculiar garb
was assumed for the occasion. or the
burglar was deserter from the army, it
is, Of course, impossible to determine.
1t is not known whether or not he enter
ed any rooms before being discovered.
Up to last night no clue had been OBJ
tanned that might lead to the identified
ton Of this bold rascal.-,San Joaquis
Rep. Goth inst.
Mrs. JULIA DEAN HAYNE.-We copy
the following deserved tribute paid by
the San Fracisco HERALD to the accom-
plished actress Mrs, Hayne:
''The most crowded audience ever