The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-14
Paris correspondence Neu Fork Timss.l
AMERICA IN PARIS

ton OF Paris. For the last two seasons the re
ceptons take place invariably in the evening pre-
eediDg the balls-never during the day as former
ly. On this occasion the scene at the presentation
was unusually interesting. The whole Diplomatic
Corps were present, with the exception of the
Prince Metternch, detained by Illness. Each lie.
cation occupied its proper rank in the circle with
the persons to be presented standing after the per-
sonnet of the Legation.
Lord Cowley held the first rank, and presented
fifteen or twenty gentlemen and ladies, among
whom was the brave and handsome General Sir
James Outram. Then followed the Russian Am.
bassador Count Kissellofl, with smaller number
OF persons of his nation; then came NJ. Mon, the
Spanish Ambassador, then the Austrian Embas-
sy, in which appeared Circassian Auache dressed
la Schamyl, with his ball cartridges on his breast
his belt bearing whole armory of war implements,
and all mounted in diamonds and gold; then the
Turkish Embassy, and after this several Ministers
who take precedence of Mr. Faulkner, by priority
of date, so that the Americans were almost the
last But if they were low down in the circle they
were high up in numbers and personal appearance.
The American Minister presented thirty-ive per-
sons number quite equal to the total of all the
other Legations But it must be remembered that
| the etiquette of the other Legations requires
! that the persons must have first been pre-
sented to their own sovereign before they can be
presented to foreign sovereign, so that their num-
bers are always limited. Americans being all SOW
ereigns, no distinction can be made between them.
! Some objection was made on this occasion by one
OF the chamberains to the length of the American
list, so that Mr.. Faulkner, who was anxious to know
whether the objection was personal with the Cham
oerlaln, or proceeded from higher source, said to
! the Emperor, as he attacked the head of the
American column, "Your Majesty will perceive
that have quite number of my countrymen
here" to which his Majesty replied, with tone OF
earnestness, mot too many, | assure you, to be
agreeable to me-"
The Emperor and Empress, after first meeting the
chiefs of the Diplomatic Corps in the throne room,
entered the presentation room, arm in arm, Lord
thnIr cid ornA no.
menced at once As the Ambassador announced
each name their Majesties bowed to the Individual
and passed on. The Empress, however, shook
hands with NJ. Mon, and with one or two of the
Spanish ladies he presented-former acquaintance
| of her Majesty in her native country. While their
Majesties were going through their oft repeated
bowlngs in front of the American line the En-.
peror awkwardly dropped his chapeau, which
caused him as we'll as the Empress to color deeply
and gave one tie impression that, perhaps hi:
Majesty's famed impassibility is more forced than
it gets credit for He stopped so quickly to pick il
up, and with such evident confusion, that it was
clear his Majesty was con his best behavior" But
the position, although proud one, had enough in
| 1t to intimidate even cold man, such as he has
the reputation of being; for not only was he the
centre of curiosity for hundred eyes which never
saw HIM before, but he was surrounded by bril-
! liant Diplomatic Corps, numbering more than a
hundred persons, many of them hostile to him. aud
| all OF them studying his every movement with at
tention; for as every one knows, he is the enigma
OF the diplomats, and the object of all the 'buts
and ''ifs' which incumber the diplomatic nepotia
| tiOns of the day.
| we do not, 1t will be seen, attribute their Males
ties confusion at so trifing incident entirely tc
the beauty of the American ladies they were bow.
ing TO- but we can very well accept this as part
OF the reason, for the display of feminine beauty
| on TINS occasion was unexceptiona There was
| Miss Lille Hitchcock, a cousin of Senator Hunter
of Virginia, beautiful blonde, with black eye
orows, and an intelligent, rollicking, daredevil
expression, which only belongs to Young America;
then daughter of Ex- United States Senator King
OF Georgia, handsome 9istingue blonde who has
already been the centre of all lorgnettes at the
opera, the Imperial lorgnettes included; then Mrs.
horiilard Ronalds, OF New York, formerly Miss
carter, OF Boston, famous belle in that CITY, until
maze captive year or two ago, and carried to
New Y ork, by the happy gentleman whose name
she now bears; then the two Misses Hay, of New
I ork, handsome and elegant brunes; Miss Cal
houn, of Georgia, and Miss Russell Of
Boston, both Jrunes, were also remarked for their
beauty. The daughters of the minister who were
also present, were remarked here, as everywhere,
tor their beauty and gracefulness of manner. Al
though the English ladies who stood onnosite had
older names and Understanding titles. thew did
not compare with the American ladies in qhvsioue
and in toilette On this last chapter can only saw
that the American ladies were unequaled in their
elegance and good taste. So much indeed, had
oeen said on tae anticipated elegance of these tot
teffes, that the Empress, who did not expect at first
to attend the ball, sent note to Mrs. Faulkner.
saying that she wished to be presented to the Amer
lean ladies privately at the Palace.
In passing in front of the Americans the En-
press stopped to speak particularly with Miss King
OF georgia, with whose name and face she was al
ready familiar, and she conversed also with Mrs
honalds, whose acquaintance she had made on the
ice at the BoIs de Boulogne. Mrs Ronalds, as the
BosTonians all krow, is famous skater, and it was
her skill on skates that attracted the attention of
the Empress, who entered into conversation with
her on the ice, and complimented her. Mrs. R.
cut herself with one OF her skates the last day she
was out, and the Empress kindly asked after her
health.
The Empress was dressed in pure white, without
hounces or other ornament than a white camela
on the corsage. The style is considered as mourning
Neither of their Maiesties danced and there was
thus no quadrWe dAorneur. Tue ball. in fact
opened with polka, quite an unusual event. Their
MaJesties passed round through all the rooms re-
cognizing and talking to many persons. The En-
peror talked long while to a handsome artillery
officer, who had just returned from China. He as
sured the Emperor, with a smile, that he had no.
thing to be jealous of in the Armstrong gun
Before the presentation the Emperor talked ten
minutes with MIR. Faulkner, on the subject of the
American crisis. His Majesty commenced with the
remark that things seemed to be going on from bad
to worse, and he showed such genuine feeling on
the subject that Mr. Faulkner does not hesitate to
say that Napoleon is our sincere friend, and would
regret as much as one of ourselves rupture of the
Union.
E.
iVered in the House of Representatives since the
commencement of the present session, has been as
well calculated to provoke an outbreak of civil war
as the late malignant and truculent attack upon the
south by Henry Winter Davis, the representative
OF Baltimore. Not one Black Republican of them
all, since Joshua r. Giddings left the public coun-
ellis, has uttered such atrocious sentiments nor
cared to brandish over the South so boldly and
ieroclousiy the tomahawk of open war; 1t is worthy
OF notice that, whilst the galleries of the Senate
were promptly cleared upon single manifestation
of applause to Wigfall, for indicating the South
trlumphantly against Johnson of Tennessee, no
such effort was made in the House. when the gal
leres applauded furiously every bloody sentence of
that representative Plug Ugly, Henry W. Davis.
We cannot believe that the city of Baltimore al
though 1t has long since ceased to be saveholdng
city, can endorse such speech as that of Davis.
But II she does not endorse him, she cannot too
soon clear her skirts of the responsibility by GUST
ing him from the position which he has BETRAYED
Moreover, one thing more we may say with perfect
truth, and that ls, that Henry Winter Davis is not
representative man of the South in any wav or
shape. There is no slaveholding CITY of the south
identified in birth, interests and sympathies with
Siaveholdng community, in which Henry Winter
Davis could be elevated to the office of constable
Here in Richmond, such a man could never see
daylight, politically, and it would be an insult
which the most out-and-out Union man in Virginia
would justly resent, to call this reckless political
adVenturer, as some Northern journals ca Ii him. a
representative OF the Union people of the South
'"'0''N' - ''P'''e's, 1eO. LIZ
RELIGIOUS Prosecutions IN IRELAYD.-The Rev.
5atrlck Lavelle, Roman Catholic Priest of Mount
In Ireland, writes letter as to the condi-
tion OF the tenants evicted from their HOLDINGS by
bishop flunket, Of the Established Church for the
onence OF refusing to send their children to certain
proseletyzing schools established by his lordshin
on the Parity estate. "Wherever | go" writes
Rather Lavelle, 81 am met with the question.
how are the poor people circumstanced? Let me
now give one common answer to ALL They are
scattered about among the neighbors, and their
cattle are perishing in the fields for want of shell.
ter. One OF the evicted ten ants threw few sticks
up against wall, throwing some sods of turf over
them, and thus made a shift to shelter wife and
four weak, sickly children. The snow, and
sieet, and rain, and storm came one night
last week: the shed fell in upon the wretch
ed creatures, and they merely escaped
with their lives. Another old man, Michael
kavanagh, and his wife, confined to their beds
Tor the last week, owing to cold caught on the dav
OF eviction, and to anxiety and sufferings endured
ever since. This man is eighty years old, his wife
seventy-tour, and their imputed crime was, that
their son in-law and daughter were living with
them,' and that the old man of eighty had assault
ed a Scripture reader! The latter is most fla
grant invention. He was never even charged
with such an offence; while Christian bishop puts
1t down as crime that he should have his dauph-
ter-his youngest daughter, the heir of his little
means and former holding-near him to close his
eyes IN death! st. Paul puts it down to the shame
OF the Pag ans to have been without affections but
his pretended successor has discovered guilt wor-
thy of determination in Christian possessing that
virtue. l am this moment going tc administer the
last Sacraments to this poor old couple"
ST.. VALENTINES DAY.-To.mo the 18th of
February, the day so long talked about by Chau-
Ger, the day to which, many a long year since,
we ascribed the perpetual loss of various dimes