Washington telegraph., 1850-09-18
Most extraordinary Robbery In Paris;
A whole House empticd.

| ing account OF most extraordinary rob-
berry committed on the 10th to the 18th
July. The Hotel Caumont, the property
of the Count de Caumont. situated in
the Avenue des Champs Elysees, was
emptied of its entire contents in the fol-
lowing manner 1t appears that the
Hotel had not been occupied for some
months, the Count residing alternately
in the country and in the Faubourg St.
German, and the Countess al Brussels
I The house, with the whole Of its va,ua~
BILE furniture, pictures, plate, jewelry, &c.
was entrusted to the keeping of the por-
ter. A friend of the Count de Caumont
visited him in the Faubourg St. Ger
main, and in the course of conversation
! happened to remark as extraordinary,
that on passing along the Champs Ely
sees he observed that the hotel was shut
up, and otherwise had the appearance
of being completely abandoned The
| Count, who had not visited his hotel for
some weeks, but who believed it to he
| properly taken care of, proceeded with
his friend 20 the spot. and found it in the
state represented. No answer was made
to the repeated summon for admittance,
open. When last the Count visited his
hotel it was filled with sumptuous furEi-
| ture; on the present occasion it was hot
| only aban1oned, but was empty. Mel
| ther the porter nor any of his fa'..iiy was
forthcoming. Application was instantly
made to M. earlier, project of police.
Agents were sent out about the neigh
borhood to make inquiries. 1t appears
that during ten or twelve days consecu-
| lively the neighbors had observed seven
or eight wagons, used for removing fur
| niture, before the door of the hotel, and
as each was filled 1t quilted The spot. 1t
was stated, on application at the porter's
| lodge, that the Count de Caumont had
given orders for the sale of his furniture,
as he was about to dispose of his hotel.
The furniture was transferred to the
Place de la Bourse-the most public and
tl,ronged part of Paris, ard there sold by
public auction. All this was done day
after day. and the laden wagons passed
through the most crowded thoroughfares
of the captal-the Champs Eysees, the
Boulevardes, the Rue Vivienne, and
finally the Place de la Bourse. Not only
that. but the furniture was declared to
be that of the Count, and sold at the
mart as SUCH AS matter of course,
great bargains were going, and l have
| heard of some articles that cost 25,OO0f,
being sold at the auction for 5O0f. The
The more valuable and portable articles,
such as jewelry, &C., were not exposed
for sale at all. Information was given
| by the emballeur that these latter, filling
not less than fourteen chests, were sent
| off in wagon to Havre. The police set
out in quest of the wagon, but with all
their haste they arrived too late. The
| wagon had indeed arrived at Havre, but
| the chests containing the valuable arti-
! ces had been embarked some days be-
| fore on vessel called lie Nicolas, which
| had sailed for America.
| The contrver aud executor Of this dar-
ing robbery is young lad, not eighteen
years of age, son of the porter in ques-
ton. Some days since he returned home
| with a placard filled with the usual ad
| verlisements about the railway pleasure
trains, and bv means of which the Paris
| Chockneys are enabled to take Sunday
| trip to Dunkirk, Havre. Dieppe, and
catch a glimpe of the sea, all at an un-
usually low price. The father and mo-
| ther Of the lad had never seen the sea in
| their lives. He told them with much
| tenderness of manner that he had con-
| trived to effect some savings out OF his
weekly wages, small as they were. and
| he determined to devote them to the
amusement of his beloved parents. He
| kissed his mother frequently, and put
from 4Of, to 50f in her hand. and entreat-
ed her not to neglect profting by those
cheap and delightful excursions. The
poor woman, rendered happy in the be-
| lief of the fondness of her child, ran to
her husband, and with tears in her eyes,
informed him of what had occurred. In
word. the honest couple profited by their
cbild's goodness. and On the following
| day Sunday set out with hundreds OF
others for Dunkirk, where they were,
until a few days ago, in the happy uncon-
sciousness of what had occurred. Ihe
young man, who, no doubt, must have
been leagued with others. set to work at
once, disposed of the furniture as above
mentioned, left for Havre as soon as It
was all sold, except the most valuaoie
articles, and finally embarked, in company
with a young woman, on board the ot:
Nicholas, bidding, no doubt, an eternal
farewell to La Belle France. The ST.
Nicholas is expected daily to arrive III
New York, when the young thief will be
arrested and sent back under our treaty
with France.
SIMPLE CURE FOR CHoLERA.-lt is as
serted by one who cured himself, that
table spoonful of red pepper, mixed III
1 half pint of hot water and Immediately