The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-15
L III E DISPATC HI.
TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY i, lsse
Presentation OF Americans to the
emperor and Empress OF the
French

Emperor and Empress OF the
French.
No less than seven ty.thrce Of our eountrymen
and countrywomen had the honor Of presenta,
ton aud OF attending grand ball eubseluen ntly
Ths nun5er-an apt illustration Of the populous
ness OF American Paris-was so great that It WAS
necessary to hold them apart They we're accord.
| ingiy ranged around tue wall of a great rtidei
room by themselves. 1t was however, an uncom-
| monty admirable collection; comprising distip.
| Euished men, civil and military and ladies' nm
surpassed, unsurpassabie In Europe. Our excel.
ehs minister was pleased to say that better col.
| lection bad never come under his mertalship-
me women were beautiful, and for the most par 4
peAutiieiy dressed. The men, gold laced reqis ro
emPtdr, that is after the fashion Of the imperial
sont' bore themselves as if to the manor born
s II cocaed hats were al every day occurrepce.
and L must say that no other nstiooality among
| the tso thousand people whom We fonnd after.
/ "ard IN tne dancing rooms, struck me As being
80 nae iookihg, or more refined looking, which is
! still better. "
A loud voice at length announced. or EmD.-
rt''r Enpereur!' At The sound l observed
that ladies' generally fnmbled nervously at crino.
hae arrangements, while here and there gentle.
man reassured himself, as 1t WERE upon the sub.
Ject of-cravat. On the whole no weyer. the oyer.
/ a"ihg was less than might have been expected
Ihe imperial pair, meanwhile, accompanied bv
Mr Mason, had entered the room His Msiesty
prescrlptively inpenetrabie, iuscrntabie ss de-
scribed aud reiterated, looked all the impenetra.
oiilty due to his reputation. For the rest he is
| shorter than was supposed by those who had only
| seen htm on horseback. Like Tom Moore, he sits
| tail. He is much taller, however than his pro.
phetic uncle. lie wore white small ,c,otbe, aim.
| ply embroidered blue coat and the grand cnr1on
| rou9e. The Empress walked at his side They
were unattended. No man of sixty could ha We
read the poems of his youth without recalling the
btids OF the East:
| "Fair az the FIRST that fell of wSn,snkind
| When on that dread yet lovely serpent smiling -
| A Thousand snch glowing parallels might be sppit
Cable. greater degree OF grace, a mora gentle
| sweeter character of 5eauty-in short, more
sreiined~looking lady is probably inconceiva bic
Her todetts also bore all this character, except
/, possibly for q somewhat over-protusion of those
mysterious substrUctures OF expansion, seen. vet
/: compTehended nst Her gown had the appear.
/ ance Of being woven Of feecy clouds, Of the
: kiud known TO meteorologsts as eirri. There
were about it ranges of dark green velvet forma-
tioUs, ciRsped with sprays of diamonds Her
! head the semblance Of kingly crown had on
glisteniuE in briliants ard falling behind In a
green velvet fold, from which depended score or
two Of diamond tags or tassels, trembling with
every movement, leach grace, to be sure,) and
Iproducng every charm and artistic triumph Of
which couture device is capable.
| Their Mejesties bowed graclously ss Mr.. Ma
| son pronounced the name of every individual
| In turn. The Minister'S memory struok me as
| being most extraordinary. Net word was sed
by others; and when the pair had walked along
| which they had appeared, the audience was ended
by general curtsey ard bow. They disappeared
aud, being gone, we were all men and women
aEsn.--Fd7-fS Cor Of Nat. int.
A NEGRO EXCITEMENT AT RIO JaNEIgo-AMxr1
CANS lsPLICATED.-The New York Courier publish
es letter from Flo Of Dec. Goth, containing tn.
following interesting details:
ave have had quite excitement here for
day or two. Two days since, while the agent d
one of the stations Of the Don Pedro Railroad va
| paying off the hands, one oi them, free negro
wanted 70 be paid before his time and on beins
refused grew so insolent that the agent took bin
by the shoulder and showed him out OF the Office
He went away swearing that he wouid have re
venge, and the next day he came into the offic,
while the agent was writing and did not see him
and Knocked him senseless with club. A.
American who va. in the Office, Immediately drew
his revolver and shot at him, but, unfortunately Y
| missed him. lie was caught however. and tn,
Americans present tied him to tree aud CAV,
him one hundred iashes. He then made com
| plant he was released, and q ,mpan
of fifty soldiers were sent TO take the American
who had foggt d the negro, bur they would not bt
| taken. Then another company cent mp, bu
they could rot take them either. The Americans
had shut themselves rp, and, being we'll provided
with arms and ammunition, declared thei- iIten
tion to die rather than allow themselves to b
made prisoners. They were willing, they said, =
| go to the city, and submit to the proper authors
| ties, with the American Minister for an advocate
bat they would not ALLOW one Of their countrymeI
| TO be knocked in the bead, and themselves take,
prisoners, for whipping bis assailans. so til,
matter stands. The government do not seem {,
be inclined to prosecute the matter, and We hayt
evety assurance that it will be Quistly settled -
Those who Know the negroes in this country, sa)
tha: those who whipped him Will certainly be az
fascinated"
A MEAN MuLIoSAIRE-The Hartford Post, II
speaking of late citizen of Providence, SAYS tha
he was worth when he died, some five millions o
dollars; yet he lived poorer than most men no
worth over thousand. Salt Goldfish a etand
ard dish With him, aud even in his last sick Z ess
Is is said that he uPhTaided those who had the car
Of bin for their extravaganza in providing deli
cacies for him. assuring them that he could no
afford it. He was bachelor, and snuff taker.-
His snuff he kept in large box and borgbt b,
the cents worth. There was but one store in Pro
| ridence, and that on India Point, where hs couit
get his box fled for cent, and the old H;an use(
| TO pasroni2e that store more than mile distant
| whenever his box required filling. What wretch
ed specimen Of humanity. stronger case of TIL
abuse of wealth lie rsrely presented. Such ma
must have been a moBomanisc. Gold had becom
his god, and he worshipped at the sacrifice Of al
the better feelings Of his nature. While living b
must have been despsed. and dead, there are nom
left behind 10 lament his fate or revere his SIR
ory.
THE UNITED STATES ARMr.-The Army Registe
! for lS51 hns FnYlS Pa We I'm,