eleven o'clock P.M.
A _ cabinet _ or small saloon of the most expensive restaurant in Paris was pleasantly adorned for the first reunion of the Confederate exiles . The ancient seven-starred flag , entwined with the new battle-flag , hung in festoons at the head of the room , and directly beneath was the portrait of President Davis . A crayon drawing of the C. S. N. V. Florida , from the portfolio of the amateur Mr. Simp , was arched by two crossed cutlasses , hired for the occasion ; and upon an enormous iced cake , in the centre of the table , stood a barefooted soldier , with his back against a pine tree , defying both a Yankee and a negro . At eleven o'clock P.M. the scrupulously dressed attendants heard a buzz and a hurried tramp upon the stairs . They repaired at once to their respective places , and after a pause the Southern Colony and convoy made their appearance upon the threshold . With the exception of Pisgah and Hugenot , all were clothed in the relics of their poverty , but their hairs were curled , and they wore some recovered articles of jewelry . They had thus the guise of a colony of barbers coming up from the gold diggings , full of nuggets and old clothes .