The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-11
EUGENE.
The Empress of the French ,

The Empress of the French nt COnstantinCpIc.
correspondent writes from CONSTANT
nople under date of October -, as follows
1t was a beautiful sight when the Empress
yacht, along with twenty steamers, came to-
day into the Bosphorus, which was almost
literally covered with caiques. The Empress
was on deck with half dozen other ladies all
the time. In about ten minutes the Sultan,
who had been waiting her arrival at the
palace, came out to her yacht in one of the
most magnificent of boats, manned by twenty
men, with gorgeous throne and canopy at
the stern. After some difficulty in getting
alongside the yacht, the Sultan rushed up the
stairs with no little cmprCsSemcnt She met
him at the top with a cordial greet
ing, but did not kiss him, remember
ing, perhaps, her own feelings when she
saw Napoleon kiss Queen Victoria. They
then fell back and looked at each other a
moment AS they could not talk they did
the next best thing; they bowed at each
other, and then the Empress went down into
the Sultan's boat. He followed Immediately.
and they sat side by side. She wore plain
high-necked dress of straw-colored satin,
with trail two yards long, and bonnet of
the same color. The current in front of the
palace is very strong. Five hundred caiques
and twenty-five steamers crowded with
people were iammed together in horrible con-
fusion, and [ can hardly understand now how
we all got out Of it without loss of life. The
Sultan, on landing, conducted the Empress
to her apartments and left her to rest there
for some minutes. He then pre-
sented to her all the Ministers
of the Sublime Porte and the functionaries
of the palace, and fastened across to his Off
cial palace at Dolma Baghdie, whittier the
Empress followed him in about an hour, to
pay her respects to the Valide Sultana (Sul-
tan S mother). This old woman is, by I'M
alterable custom, supreme within the palace,
and she does not at all approve of the way in
which the Sultan is disgracing himself with
this bold-faced infdel woman. She has
thrown every possible obstacle in her way
and made herself just as disagreea Die as she
dared She could not refuse to see her to
day, but she overturned the arrangements of
the Sultan by refusing to receive the Empress
with Mustapha Pasha's daughter as lady in
waiting and interpreter. She said she would
teach Mussulman girls not to learninidel Ian
guages and not to assume infidel customs
The visit of the Empress to her was short and
formal, and she passed out of the harem into
the apartments Of the Sultan to dine with him
IN state. No doubt the Valde Sultana ground
her teeth with rage, and no doubt she
will rate the Sultan for his indecent violation
OF all propriety; but the deed is done, and she
| Will rave In vain. A shameless female giaour
has gone where even the Sultan's mother was
never permitted to go. This shows more real
pluck on the part of the Sultan than YOU can
well realize. Thursday, Eugene received the
diplomatic corps at Beylerbey. In conversa-
ton with Mr.. Morris, our Minister Resident,
the Empress declared that there was nothing
which she more desired than to visit America
that she was only waiting for some pretext
for going, which she hoped would be found
| before long. She conversed with all the la
| dies in their own lanpuaoeS She swell,
English remarkably well, and certainly looks
more like an English than a Spanish lady.
During the reception she wore a robe Of
amber satin, with very full train with
hoops, too, believe, trimmed with mauve
velvet; her bonnet was also amber colored.
Her only jewelry was a pearl necklace, and
she wore no earrings.