The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-14
LIFE IN PARIS.
The lively gosspping Paris correspondent Of the Bos
Post writes on the 10th ultimo as follows:

The lively gossippng Paris correspondent Of the Bos
Post writes on the 10th ultimo as follows:
Everybody here is suffering from the grippe which
running nose barking cough and rheumatic pains conf
bned occasoned by the detesiably damp weather that
til the last few days has hung over Paris like wet ban
ct muddying its Streets dnrkenng its sky, and producing
suicidal state fittings by means uncommon at this i'll
OF the year. Unable to contend against the morh
tendencies OF human system under the influence Of I
French February, young man recently entered harry
shop and asked to look at Catalan knivsvat
ger stabbed the Archbishop with Catalan knife and
then they have been in great demands request which
shopkeeper cheerfuy granted Selecting of the o
est most pointed, and sharptst the melancholy youth
plunged it into his left breast and Immediately exprdS
At the Bots de Boulogne yesterday the body Of wtb
dressed individual was discovered with the head peorE
ted by pistol bullet He had bequeathed, by
written paper found upon him, his comforter TO The dnt
conner after his death token affection. serganak
vile was the happy recipient Of the dead mans worstd
But sickness and death cannot stop the whirl ofpl
ure which monotonously goes in Paris all the winaI
through. Balls and parties, and sori6es, and dancing
have mouey and health sufficient to enjoy them Nea
they say was Paris so gay many strangers t
shape OF SPIES Russian princes and Wallachin prlr
cesses and enerainu instantly being given sH
money spent like water in all kinds of luxury as II In s
venge for the two of economy and good
imposed by circumstances which only Providence anal
Louis Napoleon had control
"The masked balls at the opera merrer and
II
All the boxes engaged weeks prevlousmore Duchess
than usual have been present. and the costumes d
dedy evnced some ingenuity, fancy, and novelty for ~
first time to my knowledge for three years To vary III
entertainment different style of ball has been given nj
the pttance Of twenty francs per head. The youngest
test and most talented Of the corps-d-5a danced qull
rifles polka cotllons mazukars the ancier &C. for l
amusement OF houBe crowded with black hats white Gu
vats and black dominoes All the medemoiselles Of vi
ramps in elegant evening toiletteshowes and dsI
monds and precious stones in the hair expensive po
handkercbeis and skirts without number There wei
pretty little Schlosser whose eyes black as her M
is white; and Trosvalets with string of pearls about
neck worth twenty thousand francs and PousD wbcn
amiable youth has made rich by running hmself and
charming blonde named Mercier whom of the Foud
is protecting; and Marquei tall and handsome but ga
ful MS an elephants and Nathan, who s Jewes and n
had seven children, and Carabn, who hasn't had any I
host of others whom on don't to hear enumeaS
but all pretty, GRACEFUL and elegantly atred They dsn
where ordinarily the orchestra seats asquare encos
by light iron fence, ornanented by pots of flowers m
sparkled arstically The people in the boxes looked
and applauded, and enjoyed the sight until nearly hn
o'clock in the morning, ard then retired to supper n
hary The CAFES blazed with light una|
daylight and long after honest artisans at their
toll dssipaed crowd revealing and rioing to hsl
satisfaction and the infinite pleasure of the resau
keepers to whom masked balls mama sent hon|
heaven"