The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-03
THE GREAT PARIS EXPOSITION.

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.of the opening .daysof -theggreat Pari
Exposition from 4hez correspondence .
1.-THE New York Tribune II took piac
on the first day of April:
Standing at the bridge next nearest III
city on this bright Monday morning, Eyo,
see ali The quays filing with people
| Nurses and cabmea, men IN blue frocks
and old gentlemen in hars of 6arvfn,-
brms, iuvaiIds 10 chairs and crutches
foreigners of every garb and hue, al
pouring dOwn thelstone riRef-sides, anc
dividing at The bridge into tvo deep col
umRs, one of which is bound for the
Palace, the other for the Iroca6ero Tb,
street beside them is flied with a stream
OF vehicles, all of which pass the bridge
and divide on he other bank into similar
columns the most numerous and Die
.beian of which is composed of visiters
Who will enter the Palace by side gate
paying 81 in gold a head. while the other
represents the dignitafies of State and
the great ambassadors, with the .legisla.
ave bodies, who are to meet the Emperor
aud do him homage; in other. words, to
pay their respects, as he comes in some
STATE TO opehthe show. Now YOU see in
great numbering stage coach, fringed
all around With red, the English Margins
OF Townsend come up, footman In pow
defed hair and padded calves clinging be
hind;S now, in a plain barouche. very
iesble-iooking under his black wig, the
venerable Rossini rides; again, the beau
GIul daughters of Mr.. Beckwilh dash up
in barouche, and two gray Senator's
follow, talking politics together Here
isfBefrver, the lion of Marseilles, a Re-
publican orator of the stuff of M;rabeau,
IN talk with There, the historian, who is
specialized and Pinched of face; M. de
Girardin and wife come after, equal in
intellect, and he is the FIRST journalist Of
Europe, fdgetty figure, Obstinate in the
shoulders; now the Countess of Jersey
succeeds, very beautiful, her outriders
scattering things as they wheel the curb;
and in the carriage of Prince NaopIeon.
who is not present, being die gusted with
his cousin and all his Cousins Jobs, the
still sparkling face of George Sand flashes
by, careful as a girl in her attire, and
only a thread or two of gray to line her
iuIuriant tresses; the careless Young man,
in The baFouche, almost a boy in dress
and beard, is GustaVe Dore, the foremost
genius of our time; behind rolls in State
ponderOsity the Duchess de Morny, half
sister, by marriage, TO the Emperor-a
DemIdoff of Russia, slender and fair, and
young, and a widow OF the best business
gambler 10 France; TO Der alLernates
COu ure, the painter OF the F. man deca
dences, come ON his retirement To see
his students canVasses; next rides Hiram
Halnes Of Alabama, the representative of
tie only Southern Stale, a serious faced
man, who has accepted the political stu
alton, aud come here 10 induce emigra
ton 10 his State; pause brings along
the American banker Monroe, close By
D.. Carey OF Buffalo. both driving in
bal cuches; then the Prussian General,
Won BONN, very tat, and whiskered, and
sell Important, closes In with the Otto
man Minister, in turban and cashmere,
his sclmelar at his gudle; the terribly
grim lace OF Llsz', the pianist, drifts by
like nightmare, and Jules Janin, the
critic OILY and lazy, anticipates the Thin,
high, bloodless face Of Alphonse de Lam
arune. When these have gone, with 9th
er hundreds, all known tor birth, genius,
or pocket, we hear feeble cry OF Vlve
2 Emperor, and coming down the right
bank vi the'river, through the Tuileries
g 'rdens, under the shaft of Luxor, which
marks the site OF the guillotlne, three
coac hes are seen with golden laced out
riders anda squad of helmeted officers
from the Cent GarRe galloping around
them. An officer on q racing horse clears
The way; the obeequious Gems d'Arnaee,
back their horses; trained not
to kick against the people, and falling
back in dense lines, she strangers and
used to the plentiful livery, see
N the foremost carriage The Emperor and
-he Empress. Their horses are ridden,
not driven. The Emperor is habIped IN
4 dark brown zOvereoat, a high silk hat,
bent al she, Tin, dark vest and .bTeeches,
and on his breast he wears the order of a
Chevalier OF the Legion OF Honor. a
diamond pin shines in his bosom and be
wears iOb-chain with diamond seal.
Bowling 10 the lew opportunities the peor
pie give him by raising their hats, he is
seen TO smile In an automaton and wooden
way, and to be thick set man of more
body than legs, with very little nsck IN
length and good deal OF bilious breadth
to il, as if it taltened on fluids. His lace
is swartuy and swollen, crossed by wax
ed musLache which hides the mouth, but
The jaws are square and shaver, and
darklY outlined on his white neckGie; he
has a taIT character nose, alert ears, and
grIzzled hair, but his eyes are gray and
bathlng, set unGer bushy, broWs, without
talk or confdsuOe in them az any CLEAN,
Iutned inward and only looking oul like
the tail OF a.squirrel that wInks from tie
nest. The lover half OF the fscs Is ali
animal; the upper all spbynx-and this
is The Emperor OF France, -sr I'd
The Empress, who bows very swesly,
aud very ptteu, lnvIuug RLtenLion ratneI
than respoudlpglt TO IL Is aIFed u hsE
most becoming robes-a purple broWq
satin dress WIN 3 long ITall, and sYeiYs'
bonner 70 MACH, ueally. 'cnl and richly
laced apd loope5; around her shoulders =
black satin Cloak with velvet trimmings
gives Iplluess With shapeliness TO her
long aud elegant waist, aud her color Is
heightened 70 correspond with her eyes.
VINE" lh.clr aie always iull OF soft and tascI GA
ung expression. She looks younger buL
pPa 700 youog for her husband, aud her