, 1866-12-30
YOUNG AMERICA In PARIS,
Elegant Ball Given by n Three-year-
old Sissy.

IFatis Correspondents Of iae Now York Wo.ld.l
The bail season has alseady been brilliantly
inangurated by Miss Alice Nortop, charm.
Ing young demoiselle Of three summers, all
upon her fourth year. on Monday last, this
young lady, assisted bF Colonel aud Mrs. Nor
ton, her p3pa and mamma, who reside ut the
Grand Hotel. gayc charming f9e to slt the
American cbild7rn-l beg their Pardon
young ladiss and gentlemen In Paris. A
also assisted Miss Notton in tho reception of
her guests. who. Invited from 12 m. to D.
M, were al assembled at little after one
O'Clock. The elegant flrst-foor dancing sa-
trs ron1n} WAS eirKantly decorated with
The nr'aips were closed and the glass chan
jclicss hlazed With light, ttat the Illusion Of
au evening ball, without Its disadvantages,
Miss Norton performed her part Of hostess
TO perfection = tho dear little child
runring forward and rectirinE the
,,cet,s on their arrival without tho
teas. asstnt,on and yst ,S Tith the GREATS.
very outset, md was only interrupted By IN
equally pleasing occupation, tue partalziDg
uf IN elegant collation., SEX ont very hand
so,nclv on tables at one end Of the hall,
r.vcn signal from the uaajos-domo, Miss Nor
ton had tho pleasure OF receiving number
Of her friends mnch younger than hcrselr-
the youngest young lady" being Mdlle,
Glare de Ia REVERE, agrd eight months
daughter Of the Baroness DE- Ia Kesiere,
10 enjoy tue party quito a. much As her
v1le1s. Ndlle. Clare's dress Was Of white
silk. covered with illusion and trimmed with
cherry ribtons. But 1 must not omit to
The Queer, oi lie festival, Miss So5to,..
She wore blue silk undertakes, covered
with tu]ie and trimmed with gnr14nds OF
utftc llIace irterspcrscd with rose.buds.
There Was eEeat variety IL the dresses Of The
Young people. this being privilege IN Paris.
handsomest dress In the room, composed Of
Indian muslin updcr-skizts. With tunic COM
posed Of Eatcnctcnues Insertion, delicate lilac
libbons and pulled muslin. The Misses
NTH b. ne trimmings. The other young peo-
pie present, whose names / can recall at the
momcut. wc1 Miss Kendall, Of Boston Miss
Christmas, Master and Miss Macanley. Of
Mississippi; the Msssss Finch, Of Ch!csso;
Potter, Mss Derby, Misses Grecule.f, New
York Misses Haggtu, Miss Van Schenck.
The yunDy ladies' who sided Mrs. Norton
were the Misses Sims, Alabama Miss Nc.
Cauley, Miss Hitchcock, Of Cal.toeuls; Miss
Tale and Miss Scheuck, New FORK. This
little party vas so great success that its
lame tound Its way into lhe French papers,
Failure OF Lewis LILLE, the snfe :uan-
ufaeturcx-
{Ftom the Tro1 {T. T. Tines. December SOL
Rumots have been :ite for week or more
Of the fai1ufe Of 14eHis Lille & Son. The
heavy purchase by the firm about rtar ato,
oflands, mines. furnaces, dwellings and run
ming machinery at Reiglesvilie, Bucks Coun.
ty. Pa, has had, ofcoarsc, largely to do with
fts present cmbatrassments, which 1t is
h0Led and believed will prove but tempoE-
a1y, The Purchase necessitated large eK-
pepdlttre on The start Included In tie pur-
lard, seven hundred OF which were under
| cultivation. During the last summer the
| works and whole concern employed over
three nn1dTed I;h zen, whose monthly gsy roll
The reAdy means required for the manage
! nlent of such large business were of course
very considerable, and how auy mtshap OF
miscalcuiatiop nsay have seriously crippled
for time business operations to The eIlent
indicated, can readily be conceived.
1t is understood that the assets or the firm,
| Indebtedness i. $4,000. This includes I
mortgage Of sIs5,0W on the real estate at
Reiglesvll1e, leavipg a floating Indebtedness
Ct ISL, Coo. i portion Of the indebtedness
draf1s Of the firm BY q. R. Hubbell, of New
Tork, 10 the amount Of $1SO, COO and accept
ancce By George G. Wilder, Of Boston, to the
amount Of $lo0, 900. 1t Is understood that
10th Hr. Habbcll and Mr.. Wilder hare eus-
Iended. The different banks OF Toy are
creditors ofthe firm to the amonnt Of SO 0OQ
il is claimed that $1i0, GOO Of the Indebted
ness is ctntdentisl; bnt it seem. probable
tba, in the end there will be no distinction
made between the creditors.
At meeting Of some Of the creditors In
New York last week, MIR. Lille claimed to
be solvent, and requested only ttme-sit,
twelve and eighteen months-to clear every.
| thing. At this meeting committee of cred,
E.ent OF assets, iDdebtedness, ETC., and re.
por, the SANE. The committee VIII report
| pext week.
The real estate of the firm Was pur.
chased for S2.15,eoo. On this $.5,ooo ~az
ra1d down, on the 6r5t of Jauuary last. The
Gala1ce of the purchase money, tSD0, ,000l,
rtmains on mortgage, and is included II
the FIRMS Indebtedness. The payment.
On the mortgage, which are not yei
due, are easy The firm claim to hare be-
come embarrassed solely by the la1Ee amount
| expended for necessary Improvements; thai
these expenditures have put the concern it
| possession Of ht1ktness facilities which vii
enable them to do large business at Ger
tain proft, IL permitted 10 70 On,
1t is the opinion Of some Of our busiues
men, interested In the failure, that the Who'll.
affair will result only In a temporary suspep
eion OF Lille d Sou, aud that It Is not in
probable compromise between the d IN AMI
its creditors will be effected at the meettnE
in New York next week.
Curious Chinezc Storlca.
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