The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-02
THE LATE EMPIRE.
Sale OF the Empress Eugenfe's Personal
Effects.

Paris Correspondence OF the London News.l
In passing by the new galleries of tht
Louvre, facing the quay, heard the tlnkle o
bell, and the voice of crier inviting the
public to come in and buy what remained tt
be sold of the Empress Eugenie's persona
effects. Accepting the invitation, entered
the little court, standing IN the midst of the
Imperial stables Another bell-ringer was at
the door of the ndnSge where h. Buchon used
to give the Prince Imperial riding lessons. II
Ia a long-vauted chamber, with sanded floor
Its even temperature was the reason why
1t was chosen for the equestrian practice Of
the boy whom prefets were bound to deslg
nate at public banauets ''the hope oil
France" Though all the steeds have long since
disappeared from the Louvre stables, faint
smell of horse-litter foated through the air
The maneoe was last used by Jules Ferry and
and Rochefort, who were accustomed to take
riding lessons in It during the siege. But on
the occasion to which now particularly refer
1t was occupied by old-clothes sellers of both
sexes. curiosity dealers, few friends Of the
fallen dynasty, whose faces l had often
seen grouped around the throne OF the Sale
des Etats some dirty students, reporter oil
of the bell, and sprinkling OF those antiquated
gentlemen In white CATERS who pass their lives
In hoyer:ng about the book-stands on the para
pet of the Quay Voltaire and crossing and re-
crossing the Pont des Arts. The auctioneer
was self.suff1cient sort OF commonplace
bourgeois. He did his best to be jocular at
the expense of fallen greatness. In llquldat-
Ian old clerk, two men wearing thread
| bare Imperial liveries. and strong
voiced yaiuer, who, contrary to the traditions
| of Paris auclionsers, puffed the wares he
wanted to vend. To some he attempted to
| give q historical value. Each article he seemed
| to think was worth its weight In gold, If only
| as relic The dresses, laces, shawls and man
ties. had been disposed of on previous day;
and il was now the turn of the underclothlng
and intimate house linen" to be llquldated.
Pillow-cases of fine cambric-so fine that one
wonders how they supported the elaborate
emproideres and deep real lace borders-were
holly contested for by "petite dame" shah
By Jew of the Rue des victores. ana parry
OF BUYERS belonging, I should say. to the Quar-
tier Breda. The little lady carried off dozen.
1t .sposes" one, she cried, tittering as she
smoke, to press the pillow on which an Impe.
rial head reposed. The cypher happened TO
stand for her name. which she volunteered 10
tell one of the old friends of the fallen
dynasty was Eulalle. AS Tor the crown
to wear 1t as any one else. The old
friend was not 10th to cultivate the acquain.
tance OF the sparkling fair one. He assented
| to this proposition, and volunteered to hold
pllow-case which the auctloneer had allowed
her to take. The toweling was endless. Bun
die after bundle of fine Saxony damask nap
kins, all with the E, the crown, the eagle, the
busy Carlovinglan bee, and .protusion OF
laurel wreaths, were handed round the vaulted
room to be examined by bidders and then dis
posed of. Some breakfast.table napery, the
present Of king, now Emperor william, hrst
| feudatory was bought By one of the former
habitues of the Sale des Etats. He got II
cheap. One of the old gentlemen, who hap:
| pened to be deaf, was furious when he found
| that he might have had the lot at 130 francs.
| do not know why the brokers and students
| were so jocose when an inside garment was
held up by two dainty little sleeves and the
| public asked to examine 1t as fair specl-
men of the large bale from which II
was drawn at hazard. American MODES.
ty cannot bring itself to name this garment
| any more than 1t can to speak OF 9
shirt If Paul de Cassagnac were as good
as his oft-repeated oath, he would have run
his sword cane through the protane auction
eer's Snowman who held the article In CUES.
tion up to be scoffed at by the males and ad.
mired by the women. French hands turn out
under clothing In way none other can. Give
a Rue de Ia Paix t,ngere fne irish llnen, va,
| leDciennes lace and Lorraine embrolderer 10
| execute her ideas, and she will get up tros'
seau 20 natty, pretty and dainty that Hotten'
tot Venus would be tempted to exchange hel
bracelets and colored garters for 1t. In France,
where the bump of veneration Is depressed
and modesty weak virtue, they do not mind
setting up to public auction body linen. a
Baron whom know eats salt hsh on fridays,
and aims at character tor piety aud respecta
bIlity of behavior; yet saw him preside In
his chateau at the sale of his defunct mothers
under clothing, and smile at the coarse re-
| marks of peasants who were disputing for
her night dresses. None Of his aristocralit
neighbors thought the worst of him. confess
that felt shocked OF what seemed TO me
want of flIal respect. But nobody could under
stand Whv body linen should not be put up tC
auction with other assets, and when the arti
cles were he'd up to view, how could one ex
pect that country louts would net make merry
In their rough way about them make thit
depression to guard against English persons
sympathizing with the Imperial exiles, from
feeling angry with II. Theirs for what may
seem to them profane action. When n
Theirs dies his shirts and hosiery Will be dis
his nearest of kin. There were peignoirS anc
dressing gowns, clearly furnished BY
Chapon, the famous ladies' outftter II
the Rue de la Paix, and all wonderfully
elegant, but dusty and somewhat blue
moulded. The stockings OF thread, Sill
and Shetland wool were OF gossamer llghtness
An inanity of bath and toilet sponges we Were
| RnOckeu uoWu aL d upuuteu ttau
were all of the best quality. The little lady
said she would have been the purchaser II tht
auclioneer had guaranteed that ne was selllne
her something which had actually passed
through the Empress hands. AS for the boot
and slippers. they Justified the euloglum
passed By NM. Franc and Lockrey ln their re
bort on Partisan shoemakers. Then there
were, the ladies thought, delicious things IL
the way of petticoats, flannel busLles, robes d.
chambre, sortles de balm, and woollen wraps
Some baby's robes, which, according 10 the
saleman's legend, belonged to the Prince I'm
perlal's layeite, were bought by Russian lady