Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-02-19
Americans Presented 70 the Emperor
m Enlnrerr Of France.

Fs- C-rapte11s 1f ne Eau1usI IEtsliE-ncer1
Othsr ladies nay care rather 70 know how
thsi- couuryw3men appear II the presence Of
he Empress E1Eenia and her clittering court
and as 10 less thsn s~eventy-thrse Of cur coun-
rrrmsn and countrvwomen had the honor Of
presentation, and Of attending a grand ball
gubse1untlv, there can Be no great secret Of
opinion- The number-an apt illustration Of
TIE popul5uEness Of American Paris-was 50
great that n was necessary 70 hold them apart.
They were accordingly ranged around the walls
RI a great gilded room By themselves.
I vas, however. an u~ncounonly admirable
collection, comprising distinguished men, civil
and military. and ladies Unsurpassed, unsur-
psssable in Europe. Our excellent Minister
was pleased o say that a better collection had
Cever come under his msrshalship. The no
men were beautiful, and FOR the most part beau
ufullT dressed. The men, goldlsced, regfC I'D
EsnulaT, that is altar the fashion Of the inps-
nal court, boEs'thensslves as If 70 the manner
born-ss If cooked hats were an every dsy oe-
currerce; and I uusL say that no other na-
tio1ah-T among the two thousand people whom
re found af erFard IN the dancing rooms
struck ne ss being 20 fns looking, OF more re-
Ensd looking, which is stll better. In a room
sdIoiziaE, With their respective legations, were
soDe thirty Englsh5 twenty Germans, nine
swedes, four Danes, with q spTinkling Of
Greeks, I5zlisusand spsniarls somewhat, N
short, after the fashion Of s. Marks, where
nay Be seen
~N=u q Iu=ss -u1 ua-@ urE an5 Jews.
creek. E1Ez-s. TalzEee-c-olez and Hlztsl
A lead voice At length announcei. aIe En-
psreuYl L EmDe-cur p At the sound I OBJ
served the ladies' generally funbled nsrvously
- th5 crtnolile arrangements, while here and
there q gentleman treasured himself, as Il were,
-pol the subject Cf cravst On the whole,
however, ne oTerawLIg was less thar might
have been expected me imperial pair, mean
-LH n
tered the room HIS Majesty, p~Tescriptivelv
ImPenetrable, inscrutable, ss described and re-
Ieratsd, looked an he inPenetrability due 10
his reputation For the rest, be is shorter than
was Supposed BY those who had only seen him
on borgsbscE- Liz Ton Moore, he sits tall
He is nuch taller, however, than his prophetic
gnce- &c wore white smsll-elothss, a simply
en5roIce-e1 blue coat and the grGnd o0T3on
rcEFE he Empress walked al his side. They
were Unattended. No nan Of SIXTY could have
read the poems Of his youth without recalling
the brie Of the East.
0Tsr Is ne r-a ust tel % uousuklul.
Whf- 11 Sat dread get lovely serpent smiling
Athorsand such glowing parallels might Be
applicable. A greater degree Of grace, a
mere gentle, swester character Of beauty-in
short, a more reh1edIookinc lady is probably
lBconesirabls. Her f01dff also bore all this
character, except posss BY for a somewhat
ore--prCf1sion Of those mystsrious sub
structures Of expansion, seen, vet cOmpre-
hends3 not. Her gown had the appearances Of
being woven Of feecE clouds. q the kind known
TO netearolocis-s as ciri. There were about
b ranges CT dark green velvet formations,
clssped with sp-ars Of diamonds. Her head
the ssnbIs-es Of a kinEly crown had On, glis-
tEning in hrl' ante, and falling behind IN q l
green velvet fold, from which dspsndsda score
o. two Of diamona taos or t~assels, trembling
with every movement (esch a grace, be sure
and producing every charm and artistic tn
uuuh Of which couture devise is capable.
her Msissties bowed grseiously as Mr..
Mason 1ror0unced rhe name Of every individ- |
ual % turn he Minister'S memory struck ne
ssbri7g most extraordinary. Not a word was
said by cthsrs-and when the pair had walked
al1rg the entire lne, and reapprosehed The
door throHEh which they had appeared, the au- /
dienes was ended By 3 general courtesy and
general bow. hey DISAPPEARED, and, being |
gone, We were al men and women again The
clsnE cf orchestra TOW rang through The pal !
ace. Folding doors were opened and two
thousand people strovs 70 get footing in the |
G1A3 e E1rsrhaGrE room capable Of holding |
about tx hundred. Nothing but packing and
wormv movements were hencsforth possible : /
any description o. the crash Of crinciins in an
ovsr-crowded court bah would answer for the
rest
Most q us came away. more tired than for
cats sitter twelve hours a. The car, but with a
general impression, in regard % the remarka-
be Emperor, that We had looked al a spectacle
IN conflict somewhat with the ideas Of Lhs uni
ve-sal vanity q human wishes. may notteil i
YOU Whist be said 20 Lord Cowlsy, nor yet to
Baron Hubuer. His words must have been
Ike Of upon the troubled waters, for stocks
rose one-haf percent. next morning. ButImay
tel vou, and I am hsppy 10 do 80, that bis
Msiasty expressed marked snd cordial salts
faction - the continued residence Of M. Ma
SOD, r-peztinE earnestly bis OWL expressed
hopt tbat q might he prolonged many wears.
C0rr1spozleBcs o. The National EtsUiFslosr.