The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-09
FOREIGN AND PERSONAL IrEMs,

Madame Carette, nee MILE Bouvet, is the read.
er and confdant of the Empress Elgenie, -
whom she bears very strong resemblance, al
though she looks more majestic and dignifed than
the empress. For this reason the servants at the
! Tuileries call har the vice empress" About q
year ego Eugene said to Nils Bouvet 4" Annette,
! it is tine for you TO get married. know q hus-
band fer you. II 10 NJ. de GraHdguilot" N. de
Grandguillot is one of the chamberlains ST the
Tuieries. The empress added that she would
bestow 3ower upon Mile Bouvot If she would
| marry him. The ian reader blushcd deeply, and 4,
thanking Ter majesty for her kindness, faltered
out that she was already engaged. The EN-.
press started back, exclaiming, Mon Dielt,
Annette, and you did not tell me. Who is your
That AZ. Carette is q very wealthy man, and q
! most eligible match SO the empress of once con.
! graduated Mile Bouvet on her good fortuae, and
! generously offered to bestov the dover Of three
1 hundred thousand francs, az before proposed n
regard 10 the other match, en- her reader. NJ.
| Carette, however, would not accept it. In pri-
vate audience which the empress granted him, he
said he did not wsnt any money: Bat you
| must accept some favor at my hands," said the
empress. 7iens,' she added, 81 shall make
you my honorary chamberlain " And ~ said
the emperor, who was present, :" will add the
Cross Of the Legion OF Honor to the title. Those
will De our wedding gifts. y f" thankfully &C.
cept them, your maiestses,' replied NJ. Carette.
! All the heart aud soul of Berryer was ex.
| pressed in his supreme farewell, written on his
death bed, to the Count de Chambsrd the head Of
the older branch of the Bourbons. II occupies
two sheets of note paper and stain is visible on
the middle of the page where big tear mineled
| with the ink and blotted the letters. 1t reads
80, Monseigneur Oh, my king They tell me
that approach my last hour. ! die with the sor.
row of not having witnessed the triumph OF your
hereditary rights. consecratng the establishment
/ and development of the liberties of which our
/ country has need. offer these prayers to heaven
for your majesty, her majesty the queen and for
/ onr beloved country. In order that they may be
less worthy of acceptance, quit this life armed
I all he ola Of oIx lswfa
Adieu, sire. May God protect you and save
| Franceln
The late archbishop of Canterbury once went
to Somerset House to execute deed. "What
name ~ said the cockney clerk. Longley,"
answered the prelate. Go TO -" Ia place
unmentionabe to ears polite,) rejoined the clerk;
and some explanation was necessary before it
became evident that the official had merely
aspiraied the designating letter of the department
(arranged alphabetically to which he wished to
direct DR.. LOngley.
new one.penny serial story is being pub.
lished in London, entitled " Crimes Of the Aris-
tocracy.n 1t processes to be +" series of strange
events, undiscovered murders, and other crimes,
/ compiled from important documents, stolen from
! among the private papers of his royal highness
the prince consort, upon the night of the l4th of
/ December 1861, by q footman IN her majestys
! service"
Bonarne Bjornson, the Norwegian poet and
writer of fairystories, is considered by nearly all
Scandinavian critics fully equal in that line to
OF the old French legitimist families now living
In Paris about fifty are in aflueht circumstances
/ AS many more have enough TO live comfortably.
! The rest are mostly as poor as they are proud.
Old Jerome, the ex-king of Westphalia, and
father of Plon Plon and the Princess Mathilda
Demido, it has been recently ascertained, died of
an overdose of laudanum, administered to him by
his unskillfu physician.
Garibadi's physicians say that his death
may be looked for In couse Of few months, II
he should stay at Caprera, the climate Of which,
they say, does not agree with him at all. They
| advise him TO go to northern country, aud Carl.
baldi will in consequence, probably visit England
and the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Jesse George and his sister have given eighty
three acres. worth 500 900, on the west bank of
the Schuyki river, to be incorporated into the
| Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
A son Of the late duke Of Newcastle, having
| gone through with million or SO, is now travel
ing with q low English minstrel company.
A strange story Is current in Florence. 1t Is al
legged that formidable Fenan conspiracy has
been discovered, its object being the invasion of
Sc SSfooin,s19 and the elevation to the Scotch throne
which he certainly must BE to ys be P5etender.'
Stuarts terminated many years ago, IN Cardinal
FORK. Lord Napier's visit TO Florence is ascribed
| to q tender solictude on the part of the British
government for the welfare Of Mr.. Stuart-the
hero of Msgdsla having endeavored, II is said, to
dissuade the adventurous youth from an under
taking which would probably result in his coming
to very singular grief.
The Marquis de Caux, Adelna PATHS husband :,
is exceedingly unpopular in theatrical circles in
Paris. Nobody speaks to him when he accom-
panies his wife to the Italian Opera, and most of
the small theatrical papers, such as the Vert
| Vert. the Green Room ETC., contain filings at him.
Adelinas family is reported to have openly broken
with the marquis, and quarrel about the fortune
of the cantatrice is about TO lead to law suit be-
| fore the Paris courts.
The late Duchess of Sutherland was a model
match. maker, and provided admirably for her
daughters One she married to the Duke OF Ar.
| gyle, and another will be Duchess of Leinster.
third VERY beautifully is married to the eldest
son Of the Marquis OF Westminster whose wealth
| no man can count and granddaughter has just
been affaDced to Lord Percy, heir to the dukedom
| of Northumberland.
Baron Rothschid carried port-monnaie which
was closed by q lock, although he never carried
more than fifty francs about him e. if q man car
ries more be is sometimes led to extravagant ex
pense" he used to say, and often nothing at
all. He carried the key of this lock on his watch
chain. The members of the club in the Rue
Royale used to laugh to see the Baron fumbling
for his key, and even bis lock This sight was
latterly impaired), and when, ct last, he managed
to open the porte-monnsie, to find 1t empty.
After dinner he received company at home, or
Tennyson recently visited Paris, where he was
visited by committee OF the Association OF French
Authors. On the evening OF the second day after
his arrival the Authors Association gave source
in bis honor, at which Paul Feval read his new
translation Of "Enoch Arden" and Louis Rats.
bonne the translator Of Longfellow's poems, pre-
sented golden laurel wreath to Tennyson.
Rochefort estimates the income Of the emperor,
empress and prince imperial at fifty million francs
a year, and says that the "Imperialst ring,
headed by Rouher and Haussmann. steals every
year a much larger sum than that pocketed by the
imperial families.
Gustave Dore has twice proposed to Christina
Nilsson and twice been rejected. But believing
there is luck in odd numbers, he is going to try IT
agar.
During her recent sojourn In Paris, the crown
princess Of Prussia invited the Princess Clotde
10 visit her, with her children, at Babelsberg, and
spend there week, and the consort of Prince
Napoleon had already accepted the invitation,
when the empress, who had not been invited
heard of it and insisted on the acceptance being
withdrawn. Clotilde, being very humble and
good natured woman, consented Immediately to
do so.
People who feel like bombarding half dozen
of Chinese towns when they near OF outrages
upon American citizens and missionaries, should
ponder over the following, from the correspond
ent of the Boston Journal, who writes from San
Co. Ia 81. N