Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-08
Eugene in Paris.

| The Empress Eugenie spent sad week
with the purIiesse de Mouchy, in her new
! house near the Hotel DIES Invalides. She
was attracted to the scenes of her former
triumphs, went to look at the balcony of
the E.,ole AIilitaire, where she witnessed
so many reviews in imperial state was at
Longchamps, st Cloud, in the Tuileries
Gardens, and everywhere passed almost
unnoticed. Her cousin, NJ. dc Lesseps,
hastened from Berry TO pay his respects TO
her. She was paid many visits, but was
not in mood to receive any but old and
valued friends 1t is not at all true that
she wants to make peace between her
cousin, Prince Napoleon, and his eldest son,
whom she calls her petit-necue. She was
very much agitated in going over the
theater on which the imperial drama was
PLAYED by her and the Emperor. But her
general attitude was that of a person who,
through much suffering, has come almost
to be insensible Her complexion is
bleached as her hair. The eyes Of pale
blue have lost the faculty OF Lighting up.
1t would be hard to say whether they eX-
press Indifference to most things or resig-
nation. But they look as if they had
cried so much that no more tears
were left in them The Empress drove
about in plain coupe. She was always
in black crepe and merino. Her fig
IRE has lost all flexibilitv, and, though
the Carlsbad waters were of service to
her, she has the stiff walk that rheuma-
tism or the weight OF wears gives. The
outlines Of the shoulders. however, retain
some of their former elegance As the ad-
herents of Prince Victor are anxious to
organize an electoral campaign next year
and to obtain pecuniary assistance from
the Empress, the house of the Duchesse de
Mouchy was closely watched when she was
there If the world has rot gone from
her, she has lost all taste for ii. The So
clusion OF marlborough sometimes weighs
upon her. Nevertheless, she said she
would be glad 10 return to it after her
continental trip. At Carlsbad She refused
all exceptional honors and fayors lived
quietly at hotel, and took her place in a
queue at the pump. Her old vivacity has
died out. If it had not, She would try
to subiugate it, for she ascribeS to her I'M
pctuous disposition the eliminating error
of the Emperor's reign, and another event
for which she will mourn as long as life
and consciousness remain to her She has
the generosity to admit the errors of iudg-
mcnt into which she was hurried,
and which were attended with dis
astrous consequences both for her
family and the nation over which, by IN
astounding freak OF fortune, she became the
sovereign. The Empress still thinks aloud
and talks often and rapidly Of what is. on
her mind. She i'll bears any mental ten
sion, unless in religious exercises and has
not the resources of music. embroidery,
knitting, or sewing, which enabled Marie
Amelic to beguile the tedium of Il resi-
dence at Claremont. Her infirmity pre-
vents her walking as much as she wishes.
She lives altogether at Peterborough in
the past and among objects reminding her
Of departed g!ories of the Emperor and Of
her ilI-starred son, of whom she can now
speak without falling into paroxysms Of
grief. The inner woman is chastened by
ailliction, and the outer woman faded; but
She is more interesting, perhaps, than
when she had the prestige of beauty,
throne, and Externally the most brill
liant court in Europe. ! have heard her
compared to Henrietta Maria, who also
had reason to deplore the impetuositv Of
her disposition. That Queen, however,
had a trial in her old age to which the
Empress has not been subjected. She
lived in France when she was discrowned
Queen and widow in dire poverty. Her
house at Bots Colonies was in the marshy
part of a wind-swept plain, and being too
poor to buy tirewood, she had to stay in
bed in winter to keep herself warm.-
II Paris Letter to London Truth.