New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-14
A SURLY CRITIC ON AMERICA.

LERs NAIVETE-TIE PRINCE DE JoINyuIE's
VIsIr-BAD MANNERS AND TAsTELEss DRESS
ING.
Taieyrand's friend NJ. de Bacourt, when in Amer
lea Ill lSiO-42, occupied himself chiefly in finding
lauit. From second nstalment of his letters in
f'gdro are gathered the following characteristic cx
tracts lie writes from Washington in April. 1871
me new PRESIDENT ls wldower, but he has a son mar
Of the house of the Of STATE This Young III. Ia
tn"y =, MFs Cooper, an actress ut the Washington
followed tnis proiessionlor which had not been cd
oupd ac seems to me that there nowhere be
country L am In haste to leave 1t.
aIhed WIN the President yesterday and was seated
olcgamcc oor" ,nS young Mrs Ter Her beauty and
te one nor the other The dress OF the American ladies'
far as am capable Judging vcyy much ont OF Macs
or ,ne fashion WHICH seems TO nc here be that of
ners which would remind YOU of actress She is
Nicely e%ou nI hur i ana without much w.t. dcclams
her ahout "8Ws i,nsto society and talked to
na where she has 6een saa .f cly r ino yr
amree years she complains that this place married
sntlreE, she preendr that it is the same in ali the
York 4 bachelor does no; dare 10 talk TO a married
WOMAN, VINO Is thus compelled to depend upon Ecr hus
y"nms MIS- Tyler sue mas few of the prejudccs of her
c county among others thai OF believing that Amer
ana sue took care to add " than the I'm csh of high
Woman who appears TO have her heart well IN hand
Sch ~ TIRE person called upon the honors of the
On September 2s De Bacourt writes from Wash
ington
plb ef NeTIorE on the 10Th in order prccede the
disagreeaby detained at Philadelphia by The Puritan
hypocrisy whch does not permit OF travelling on sun
nave 10 prepare for he reception of his Highness have
peen WIN e PRESIDENT, who already anticipating
the arrival of the Prince, and expects to receive him
ne seems an xlons 20 make himself agreeable his High
hens Webster the Secretary OF state LETT Washington
L Of
honnty as he is pretcntous and wearsomc and would
,ne Cabinet Mr. Legare, who speaks French very wc
with the Prince during his stay here ''''''
Miss + an me cSne OF t9s Gsnrnng simplicity of
e% ep n e IT. me said IN passing had hardly wacd
nj" Il Il % SIR ThT rha she asSfI n WITH very
vile is engaged to Princess OF the Ncther,nds This
nipped in he bud and hastened rcassre her by saw
s 'na' me frnc9 very handsome man. perfectly
heart Though said nothing about mis- nand, should
and then marrying him had entered INTO OF this
auiablc young person.
In October DE Bacourt finds himself in the same
critical mood
ne nah 1een pleased Win his stay here and the ef
Al o'clock yesterday afternoon presented 10 him the
diplomatic corps. Nothing of any note passed ut the
me Duke OF northumberland, aud another Englshman
Wnos9 name 60 not remember finding themselves ut
MushiRt"h dettcd TO be presented 10 Lis Royal High
ness, ana came 10 the audience in coats which is
sh
dents Der, dinner This dinner Ius,ed much better then
she had lost her heart TO the Prince" and
be resolved in ean To- talk to Miss fyIet though @
mad already told me that he quite unable TO con
The dinner followed by u grand soirce which was
to mdie.ious and wearsome; Luckily, the Prince
TOOK everything with his natur, gayety being greatly
amused by the strange dresses OF the ladies. and SUI
wished to be presented him. well IA the rude faml-
!aty OF Their manners and language He home at
by the Royal order, he had crossed the Atlantic.
few days later De Bacourt goes to New-York
and catches Lonis Napoleon mapping:
tr Mp EIpp h' mct merchant OF New-fork and
under his arm the album of young lady though had
not the honor of his acquaintance he came ask
write my name In The album among those celebre
tss Hire@Iy Inscribed there refused as politely as
III LOOKING over the BOOK strange inscription fell under
Louis Bonapurtc transported Brazil thence TO
, YORK, rom which place he returned to Europe.
WIS aGoS 1 he thought it TGnd be @Pproprae to
chow his position; here is the quotation:
LIE prcmi'r qni fut ro fut IN soldat hcurcux;
Qu sert bicn IA patre ma pas bcsoin daieuxi
I.OUls NAPOLEON BoNApARrE.
What do you think OF this French prince who attrib-
utes TO Racine verse OF Voitarei The of the
and member OF Congress. an acquain neither with
the father nor with The daughter.
NJ dc la Forest has taken To lady who had
pressed desire to make my acquaintance Mrs NJ, wife
OF surgeon she has passed some Time IN France with
her husband, who went there for his health. Both
presented ut the Iuilcries by General Cap The Prince
dc Jonvilc. who had them there has lately passed
two evenings ut the house of Mrs. NJ lie found Miss NJ
very pretty, which fact has made noise in the town and
rendered the family very fashionable. Mrs. NJ proposes
TO have bali for the Prince his return here she
good stout woman, who has the aspect of English |
Miss Louisa her daughter, does TO
ne, seem as pretty as to the Prince dc Joinye. Mrs
NJ has shown me the preparations for the ball. which
the lrincc has accepted IN advance.
The critic goes to the ball, but growls afterward
The house of Mrs NJ. well arranged and filed with
the fashion % NewYork. This feast is event which
has caused much gossip and pcusantry. Poor Mrs. III.
VIII ma herself falling out with some and Knocked by
otucrsi they even pretend that she will he obliged To
leave New-forkl see what reward for having given
rooms and the people who filled them remarked that IL
everything infinitely better than ut Washington
there was still much room for improvement In the exag
gcrated oiettcs of the and the rude Of
the men.
There the United states Just now great English
the Pickwick Club, Barnaby Ridge and other
WORKS which enjoy popularity both here and In
England This literature, altogether democratic, Sc
cures 10 Its author warm welcome. They make feass
for him III all tho towns which he visits; at Newfork
nail al which there were five Thousand persons was
offered To him. In the intervals OF the dance they repre-
sched IN ableaux yivant8 the principal scenes III his
novels III Is real madness, habtlal with the Ancri-
cans, VINO are extreme in all things Tho papers agree
IN saying that they have done more for this Dickens
than they did for M de Lafayette Fanny Eser or the
are placed in newspaper which have just been reading:
Great Is the happiness of the Frenchman III de-
parting:
leave America with the greatest ioyl In the long
round OF farewell visits which have been making mt
Washington and here there Is not house where they
without taking with you an American wifeW This uni
versa remark gives exact OF the variety Of