The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-17

the President The men looked grave, the
women sad; the children surprised and al
most bewildered to see themselves IN such
a place Most of those I saw were in
mourning. At breakfast OF dinner they ate
solemnly and almost without exchanging q
word 1t was evident. from their manners
that they belonged to what was formerly
called the aristocracy of the South. 1. Their
manners were easy and simple; without any
mixture of that stiffness and constraint
which you meet so frequently among up
starts. Their proud and doraineeripR atti-
tude; their imperious look; the sententious
style in which they addressed other people -
all this is gone! Cool, reservedand modest;
they speak very little, go straight forward in
right or to the left, like people who are in
haste to leave .he city and go home.
In the Presidents ante-room, where I met
several, and among them few members of
the Confederate Congress, they stood IN
corners or out of doors, with newspa4er
In their hands, communicating with no one,
and acting pretty nearly as if they were
prisoners of war and had lost the right of
speaking their mind. The ladies copy and
even exaggerate the reserve of the men.
They remain most part of the-time confined
to their rooms, never go down to the parlor,
and when they leave the hotel, which is very
rare, it is for a visit to some friends or to
exchange civilities with Southern families
In some other hotel. The only time I saw
Southern ladies depart from their silent and
reserved attitude was when they addressed
the President in behalf of their sons and
husbands. On that OCCASION their timidity
vanished; they became bolds even audacioas,
and, with true eloquenee, tried to awake the
sympathies of the Chief Magistrate. The
impassability of the President and his ap-
parent coolness did not seem to make them
finch; they renewed their entreaties with
greater spirit and force, and did not leave
the ground until they had either carried
their point or hoped to carry it.
A RUSSIAN BEAR-While I am speaking
ct Russians let me narrate the eccentricity
OF one OF them, who is just now the lion Of
Paris. I never saw human face divine
degraded by 80 r~-h sensuality. His
wealth is something enormous.
Will not challenge your credulity to its
utmost verge by hunting only figures This
may, however, say. He went recently to q
stock broker and ordered him to buy some
three per cents. that he might not have too
much money lyins idlc at -2c Rothsclild's $
bank. Glow much shall buy?" inquired
the stock broker. ''Well, really forget; I
believe somewhere between six and eight
millions of dollars" Can you conceive for
fellow 'sout"' by one or two millions of
detests, and who hang on him as iron filings
on the magnet. Who does not hang on his
rich.kin? He summoned them to his study
the other day and held this language: ''I
know we are OF kin, but came to Paris to
enjoy myself, and the continual sight of
you does greatly lessen the pleasures of my
life IN Paris. How it is I don't know
Doctor Fell, the reason why I cannot tell
Now if you will promise me to leave Paris
and never set your foot again in it, L will
give you 81 100000 piece" The offer
was accepted. He gave them check on
Messrs de Rothschild, and they quilted
Paris that night.
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