Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-28

MillioBairc-ThOE Emperorss Fete mt the
Tuilleries-A Negro DIgnitary Present.
The Paris correspondent of the New York
EUening Post writes on the sth instant:
Since the brilliant and most successful
ball given last week by the American Min
lister here, similar and equally brilliant
entertainment has been given by the Ameri-
can millionaire Mr.. Calhoun, at his magnii
cent abode in the Rue de Rivoli The apart
ment in question, one of the most superb in
Paris, was splendidly decorated, lighted a
giorus, and crowded with guests in all the
glory of stars and broadcloth, aud the Gun.
ming devices of Paris jewellers, florists, hair
dTessers and milliners.
The fair Americans, whose charms are so
much admired here this winter, mustered in
force on this occasion; and as most of them
appeared in the brilliant toilettes which they
bad secured two days before, at the last
Court t-ball, the coup dGiI presented by the
gay crowd, was as imposing as such a spec
tacle can well be.
A charming feature of the evenings pro-
granme was the performance of a comedy,
La DenloiseIie de Compeigne, by COMPANY
of amateurs. The latter, on the conclusion
of the piece-which went Off with great
ecldt--retained the costumes of their re-
| spective parts, taking part in the various
| dances, and diversifying the physiognomy
Of waltzes and quadrilles with short waists,
| powdered hair and coats of a cut not now in
| the law of tailordom.
A capital orchestra, a most plentiful and
| elegant supper, and an infnity of enthusias .
tic toasts to the preservation and prosperity
| OF the Union, were among the noticeable
items OF the evening, which was prolonged
] some hours after midnight.
| The ball given at the Tuileries the night
before last was to have been the last of the
season but the Emperor, wishing to provide
q little extra employment for the army of
| woTBpeople of all denominations who de-
| pend for work on the gaieties of the grand
monde, has decided to give one more than
the usual number of these entertainments.
| The Emperor, Notwithstanding his impass-
iveness and self-control, could not hide the
| excessive WEAKNESS he was feeling; the Em.
] press, who is gradually Y recovering her spirits
and good locks, though not yet out oi
mourning for her sister, was undisguisedly
tired, and twice let fall her fan from sheer
lassitude.
The Duke de Bassano master of the cere.
monies, and who has most onerous weight
! of solemn trifles on his shoulders, was seen
by a friend of mine lying at full length on O
bench in a corner of one of the rooms, tired
almost TO death, and longing for bed; and
the guests, almost without exception, seemed
TO share the WEAKNESS and lassitude of theiI
imperial hosts. The crowd being very great
a sort of omnium gdtherun1, not giving the
best idea of the imperial encourage, the EN-
press did not dance; but through the greater
part Of the evening, sat in her chair, in tht
salon deS HGrechdur.
The Emperor was constantly moving about
as is bis wont on these occasions, passing il
and out among the crowd, talking with al
those who are personally known to hin
with The utmost simplicity and bonhommie
While moving about among the groups, b,
suddenly espied two English ladies, dressed
with extreme simplicity, who we're standing
together at the opposite end of the room
and who were apparently persons whom be
had known in his days of obscurity across
the Channel. The moment he caught sigh
of them he walked quickly up to them
shaking them cordially by the hand, ant
evidently delighted to see them.
After cOnversiDg q few moments will
them, he crossed the room to where the EN-
press was sitting, and addressed to her few
words, at which her face frightened in
moment, and which seemed greatly to in
teIest her. She at once quilted her chair
and passing outside the circle of dancers
went round the saloon to the place wher
the plainly dressed ladies were standing, an
addressing them in the most kindly and COZ
dial manner, took them by both hands, on
after the other, and remained for a quartz
of an hour conveTsiDg with them with equa
kindness and animation.
Ifany American seceders had happened +
be present at this ball, they would no douo
have been sadly shocked 10 see a stout, burl,
negro, black as ebony, with the woolliest q
hair and whiskers, and the thickest of lips
wearing a magnificent order, aud receive
with the utmost distinction by the lmperia
pair and by ali the grandeeS of the cour
This sable parsonage was the son of the Ex
Emperor Soulouque, the once high an
mighty Duke of Marmaade, received at tn
Tuileries with all the respect paid in court
to The scions of fallen Ioyalty-white o
black.