Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1821-06-02

M1uoa' no reateo WIS setter Ike the t,,.s
10 few days he received a third, which sta.
ted that as be was too incredulous to be can,
vinced, except on occuar proof, he miyb,
have that proof the very next day il he che.s
The writer then told him to go the next dsr
at two O'Clock TO particular house in a mar.
ttcular street, and to make a certain silnat
which he described, and he would then have
no doubt OF the writer's veracity. NJ. Ma.
nuel went accordingly at the time iesiguat.d
TO the house in question, and made the de.
scribed sigoal.
The door was instantly opened bv a f..
male. whom he knew TO be his wife, bat who
did not at first recognize him, but throwing
herself into his arms, called him by the name
OF Beaumont. The husband was now con.
vinced. He determined to leave Paris i'm.
mediate!y: he converted his immense French
property into disposabe effects, and set off
for his native place, Warsaw. Before he
went, be proffered forgiveness to his wife.
and even agreed to live with her. provide
she would totally abandon her paramour.
The mother of six children refused; and the
husband went away without her. A few
days ago he returned, and on Monday, Il be.
lleve for the first ,ime) re appeared on
Change. Here he met Beaumont, and a
violent alteration Immediately ensued: the
result was challenge, and positive agree.
ment, that one al least should not come out
OF the field alive. They met the next NOR
ming, fired, and NJ. Manuel 1.-THE injured per-
soa, as Frequently happens in this chance
medley mode OF aveDging wrongs) was killed
on the spot, by a pistol shot in the breast.
He is extremely regretted, for he seems to
have been as much beloved for his manners
IN society, as he was esteemed for his probity
in business.
Paris, dprH I2.
Beaumont has been forced TO run awsy 10
MS native country, Switzerland, from the
storm OF Indignation which RACES eainst him
at Paris His colleagues on Change. and
the merchants generally came to a resolution
never TO transact business with him again.
As the French are not peculiarly sensitive ON
The point OF conjugal fidelity, the extraordi-
nary emotion which this case has excited,
must be attributed to the singular baseness
which charac:erZes il. Manuel was re.
markable for his attention to his wife whom
he mad rised from an obscure situation, and
had heaped benefits on all her relations: she
is French woman. Beaumont was Manu-
ELS friend, and it is reported that Manuel
had been OF great service to him in the proa
mstioD of his fortune. tbs felt here that he
ought not TO have fired at Manuel. especiaiy
alter Manuel had fired without effect. The
funeral procession of vi. Manuel has lust
passed through the Bclevards-a hearse and
IL mourning coaches, with sn immense
number of private carriages.
rs. l have jus. time to tell you some Gu
rious facts, which occurred at the funeral of
M. Manuel. When the body arrived at the
Church, tSt. Denys, in the Rue Caumartin,)
they refused to receive it, because NJ. Manuel
had been killed III duel. An immense 20.
puiace, however, vehemen,y insisted OF its
reception, and after some minutes the body
was taken in 1t was then found that there
was no priest. A violent uproar followed
and at length priest appeared, but not in
his caDonicals. fresh tumsr ind uced the
priest at length to robe himself, and the ser-
vice wes performed in the usual manner. Ali
the respectable saniSers and agents de change
were present; il wgs they who forced their
wey into the church with the bedv. The
whole multitude present conid not be less than
6,GOc people. The BODY wa. afterwards cars
RED to the cemetTy OF Petfe lie Chaise to be
buried.