Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-20
The Empress EuEenIe--Her Toilet
Her Diamonds, &c.
Pari, Correspondence Of the Montreal Htrald.

Paris Correspondence of the Montreal Herald.
Since the splendid days OF Louis XIV,
the grandiose palace created by him has
seen no spectacle 30 brilliant as the won.
derful affair of last Saturday, got up by
the Empress in honor OF Queen Isabells's
husband, Dou Frsscisquez de Assises,
6rst cousin of his wife, TO whom, in spite
of the adherence With which she regard
ed him, Louis Philippe contriVed to get
the young queen married by her mother,
reached Bordeaux on the 18th, and was
maguifcently received by the author
tiles of the region, escorted to Paris
by persons sent by the Emperor, reach
ed St. Cloud on the l1th, and was
received by the Emperor, Empress,
and little Prince, with great ceR-
emony, at the foot of the great staircase.
Next day hosts and guests went to the Tu-
ileries, where the King held a reception.
The Empress was dressed in a vaporous
robe of white tulle, with the imperial
mantle, and wore a diadem OF diamonds
SO bright as really to dazzle the eyes; the
famous Hregent," the most splendid of the
crown diamonds, blazing just like little
sun Just over her brow.
With her splendid array Of toilette and
Jewels, and her white veil, like a mist,
floating over her unrivaled shoulders, she
looked every whit as ethereally lovely ss
she did when her remarkable beauty, and
still more remarkable grace, 6rSt enthrslled
the heart of her imperial adorer. So beau
tiful did she look that night, and 30 spieu-
did was the general eosp a 0ik, that no one
paid the slightest heed TO the performances,
admirable though they were, with the eX-
ception of the King, who was evidently
enchanted with the brilliance OF the stage
effects, aud the little Prince, who had never
olIarraH m assiEt at aUcb q ~.
formance, and who, wearing for the first
time the order of the Golden Fleece, sent
him bv Queen Isabella, was in the seventh
heaven of excitement and delight, and fol-
lowed every detail of scenery, gesture aud
music, with the most rspt attention. The
Empress, more than any other woman, has
her good and her bad almost days. At
times she looks plain, ugly; at other times
she looks positively mixture of Peri, Fai-
~, Saint and Syren, making up the strang-
est, most bewitchiug ensemble 1t is possible
to imagine.
i On that evening, possibly from the i'm
mense satisfactions of her pride and vaui-
ty in receiving her cidevsnt sovereign as
her equal and her guest, in the eyes of an
admiring universe, it is certain that she
looked wonderfully lovely, with her white
akin almost whittier than her dress, the
| faint roses on her cheeks Excessively pref
ty, whether due TO nature or arrD her
floating drspery seemingly scattered over
with diamonds and pearls, and the dazzling
crown above her lovely hair. So perfect
lY we'll aware was she, or her sdmiring
husband, or both, of the marvellous beauty
of her appesrane that evening, that the
great State Carriage-all glass and gid
ing-in which she went to and from the
opera, was lighted up inside, by some in-
genious introduction of lights in the roof,
SO that her beautiful Majesty was as dis
tinctIy visible to all parts OF Paris as she
passed along as though in broad daylight.
This curious little fact ian invention never
! seen before) may serve as an excellent IL
lustrstion Of the Emperor's way of silent
ly appealing to the feelings and symPa-
thies of this capital. In whatever interests
him the Parisians must quietly be given
their share. Seeing that the Empress was
Hooking Unexpectedly and radiantly beau.
tiful, the Imperial Carriage was lighted
inside in such way as TO bring her out
into splendid relief, in order that Paris
/ may look into the carriage and share the
Emperor's admiration of his wife, in re-
gard to whom he is all the more sensitive
aud exacting because she is not of rOya
birth.