Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-06

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10 sHAitFRENCH EMPERoHa ,sVaiIad
.; Thel steamer Vanderbilt, " hieh sails
for Hasre Fat'noonI TO day. will take out
asplendid pair Of bay horses, which have
bsentordered by no less a pefsenage than
Louis Napoleon. Emperor Of France. who
wishes to- add a9few choice Amariean
hoesessto his already large and; magnif2
aNapOleohlSis quite "a connoisseur in
horses and his ecurisss contain some eoft the
finest specimens in Eafope,p and cost the
Imperial treasury a fabulous sum Of mo-
neys The horses that'g6 out to-day. VIII
vie with any that he now has, in the par
ticuiar use for which they are destined;
whichis.o draw the imperial carriags
on State occasions, and. theifihaying been
bought the iEmperor's order Is another
evidence of the hi gh estimate that is be-
ginning to be plaeedoono American horses
in Europe 9Withinia few years Amer
lean lrottefs havebeen much soug ht after
by English tutfmen hut the Emper6!
Napoleon is the first to show any aptreg
citation of our fne carriage horses the
more snowy English ones having hereto
fore beenideemed the most desirable for
those purposes o iFa 5 o. a'o hi -
The circumstances connected with buy.
ing OF these horses. are little curious,
and go to'show the influence awoman in
France may have in bringing horses as
we'll as hoopsinto fashion. provided she is
at court and has the ear of the Emperor.
The Marquis de Lavallelte, Senator Of
France, and one Of Louis Napoleon's con.
6dants. is married to pretty young
American lady. formerly Miss Uuder.
wood. cousin of exsAlderman Under.
wood, of the third ward oflthis city. On
the Emperor expressing wish to buy
new pair of carriage horses, he consulted
with De LavelleLte, who, of course, at the
instance of his wife, adVised him TO pur.
chase pair from America, which he
agreed to do. and the fair Americans rel.
alive was chosen as agent, to purchase
the snimals, with instructions 10 spare mo
cost, but TO procure the finest and Of the
purest breed. A notification TO this et-
fect was sent o7the senior member Of the
firmHof Underwood & Co., who after some
delay, purchased the horses in Rutland
county; Vermont, and sent them on 10
his brother, the ex.Alderman in this city, /,
to be sent off in the first steamer that
sailed for Havre. The animals arrived
by way of the boat from Troy. few days
since,. and were put in a stable, in New
street, near Beaver, where they, remain
ed until yesterday afternoon, when they
were taken on board the Vanderbilt. 40
These animals are geldings uffthe pure
Morgan breed. which has furnished so
many fine horses to- the American turf
and road. They areinearly seven, years
old. and are within fraction Of being six
teen hands high, and have all the marks
peculiar 10 the Morgan horse They are
Of bright bay color, with a white spot
on, the lore -hcad. and as is usual with
horses SO marked; the near hind hoot and
portion ofthe fetiock including the pas
tern joint are also white. In appearances
they are very stately animals. with small
heads, and ears nicely set, thick around
the neck, deep. full chest showing them
to be long-winded, clean limbs,n with
strong muscular Developments. Atpre.
sent, they are rather fu< in flesh, but this
adds TO their appearance,sand will make
the m more presentable toleg Grand Ecu
ger de Z EmpersuT, to whose care they
will be consigned within.a month. An
American groom named j. McBride, will
take charge of them on the voyage. and
until they! arrive at st. Cloud, whittier,
they are all destined. =
The American pnrchasets, for reasons
best known 10 themselves: and probably
with desire to appear as diplomatic as
possible' as BELTS the agent Of an Empe-
ror, declined stating what they paid Tor
these animals. but they would probably
bring $4,000 at Bulls Head. sud more al
Wall street. where every broker is great
Judge of horses. They are not fast hor.
ses. not being bred to the turf, but have
trotted their mile within uhree" minutes, Ia
harness. lns ssi&2 ''Ht 2.
Ample sccommodatioushave been pro.
vided ior them on board the Vanderbilt.
Twenty days feed has been placed ON
board. to provide against accidents, and
they will receive all the consideration
their high destiny entities them to. We
shall doubtless next hear Of them in Paris,
participating in some State dtsplay.-N
Y. HeTald. a 7
Irish DrolIery.