Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-16
RoMANCES OF REAL LIFE.

ROMANCES OF REAL LIFE.
TRANSLATED FOR THE NATIONAL ISTgLLIGEScER,
From The Courier des Efais Unis.
Paris, July 10, 1916.
Husbands continue to murder their wives Duguay, the
assassin of Roquete street. has been condemned by
the Court OF Asszes for the Seine. The trial revealed some
extraordinary circumstances in this bloody tragedy jealousy
was the motive of his crime he killed his oie because ne
passoatey iOred her Duguay often at her ce lavish
ing upon her expressions of tenderness She repulsed him
with violence this wounded his seove well as his pas
sion for her she puposey stimulated jealousy already
cessye Suddenly his and his language chang
ed his tenderness converted into fury, his suppicaon
into cruelty he treated her with brutality he went 50 far as
10 strike her. In short, he killed her. The stratagem BY
which he gained to her cvnced such deep preea
ton that has deprived the accused of the little interest which
might otherwise have been felt for him. and taken from his
crime the benefit of those extcnuang circumstances which
might have saved his life. He applied for admission 10 the
chamber occupied by the wife and her MOTHER and well
initiated the voice of one OF the female friends of the wife that
both mother and daughter deceived and the latter
withsandng her dsust, fastened open the door, Alas
il death that knocked.
The natural emotions excited by this trial sometimes
made to give place to SMILE One of the witnesses, being
Intercepted the conduct of the accused towards his wife,
answered. with great simplicity, He loved her much that
would have thought she his wife !"
After his condemnation Duguay very cooy demanded that
execution should take place possible bui this did
not prevent him the next day from applying for repeal Of the
sentence
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little affair took place the other day, the police Office
which brought upon the carpet great and exalted
"reminiscences The battle of Waterloo the Prussians
the invasion of 1915, all brought back to memory
Respecting OF vagabondage have often old
soldier Of the Guard left upon the of the capital with
out bread and without shelter for his head end his
glorious life of battles and of victories asylum for beg
CARS Such spectacle sco in the police, but this
time the object is not Frenchman.
you to be asked what has become Of the Pussan
family Of Butcher, that General whose glory arrive
the field OF the most bloody battle ofmode times Just
time to convert the flight OF Wellington into victory would
you boldly that il necessarily occupy one
OF the highest ranks in power credit and fortune Well
Butcher left nephew, upon whom devoved the responsible
ties OF that great name and memory This nephew, what
does he Is he superior officer IN the Prussian army,
marshal. rnniior Not the least in the world he is
not in Prussia he is in Francc-he is Paris If you
would him. do not look the brilliant veries the
sumpuous equpages that pass but if you meet poor blind
in aters, holding in leash dog that guides him, and
sometimes accompanied by female who asks charity then
you may inquire his and perhaps he will answer you,
81 am the nephew of Marshal Butcher" Yes, the nephew
Of that who would have jumped the bridge Of Jena and
given Paris the plage revenge for having been at
Mount ST. John amped under the feet of the horses of
cuirassersthe nephew of that conqueror blind man Iv
ing upon public charity All he ought rather Ber
n and there ask aims the foot Of his uncles statue but
perhaps he thinks that there he might be left to die hunger
His wife brought before the police the other day
charge Of mcndcy. Seated alongside Of her witness
another blind man, who, well her husband gene
rally accompanies her her sad rounds through Paris This
young to be gay and happy he is nfm and
poor When he brought her side, he exclaimed with
incredible pride and satisfaction All then by the side
of Madame BlIchcr trust you will not condemn her she
is Of great family and besides she is good she
lends me her dog to guide me y And he replied with the
OF merrmen to all the questions of the President
In spite Of the peadngs Of her advocate who addressed him
self to the generous feelings Of her judges and adued them
Frenchmen have respect for ustous nane though
the enemy Of France Madame Butcher condemned
twenty hours imprisonment The niece Of the conqueror
of Waterloo win be conducted the expiration Of her
tence, TO depot Of mendcity.
The village of Montreui has Just been the theatre Of
tasrophe which it will not forget About month ago.
young from Paris of engaging manners, to settle
in their community a matchmaker. II event in the
country For many years there had been but one regulated
watch in Moneu, the of which, bcseged at every
during the day by the eternal question as to
time, pupoey broke the handspring, peierrng his own re-
pose the pleasure of knowing what o'clock II was so that
there perfect shout of joy and gratitude when Torn
arrived to accomplish charitable MISSION devote himself
the inhabitants of Montreu, and give new impulse to all
the watches which had been dumb from time mmenDria
and then he so handsome he had such mind One
would have taken his watch to him if only for the pleasure Of
seeing and hearing him for moment AT the end
Of FIVE days the whole village bad been to his shop he
had taken all their waches-he had restored any Of
them. Alas when viii he restore them
One morning there terrible but useless knocking at
his door. His shop shut up. No doubt he has gone
take turn in the country to the Inhabitants of the neigh
bohood the trouble Of coming TO seek him. They pa
had trusted their precious jewels him began feel
anxiety this increased and in two three
days. converted into the most depoabe certainty they
had been robbed, the matchmaker but thief and Of all
Jewels of gold and silver lately their Joy and their PRIDE
nothing remained but sad remembrance but the bitter regret
their loss CONSERVATION spread throughout the
muny The inhabitants could scarcely look each other in
the face without bursting into tears As climax TO their
msounes the parish clock stopped the the ready dial
of those WHO have other became oscured by clouds;
and the whole population plunged into the prooundes
ignorance Of the time Of day. The only happy people were
the little urchns Of the parish school, who could ioser IN the
plays Of their age with mpunty and arrive too late wnou
rcadng the black mark the ferue Of the terrible Dome
The disorder was its height and il Is not very certain
hat, after deceivng themselves to the hs 'ney mght
not have ended by losing their reckoning az TO the day. whe
Inc police Paris with paicrnal soctude came 70 me ad
our despoe rustcs The sharper Observation-Disclosures
Watches He has Just had his trial. The wnessesthat Is to
saw the the police hail. The whole village
was In The Coura heard from the child robbed OF the
watch which he had received yesterday his first
present 10 the Nesor of the community who TO reclaim
b;s respectable antique He had il from his father and the
latter from his oefathcr sort Of title Of nobility 70
The family and had descended from generation TO generao
until its origin lost in the obscurty Of time Alas
now lost in different way. Its will never see =
This in truth, IL what neither he any OF ihem u "
brought 10 comprehend These simple and inseho'. 49,
gers to demand vengeance, hut es'u' ~.
find but sorry remuneration IN the sentence :, !" - o.
decreeng three months Imprisonment. - ~ $500 49,.
leaving the audience they raised a,,"s.s hoa
selves carry back with them to Mon'' . a.;r
might at least set the parish clock 70 so"s 's'"