Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-20

ferred his keeping the hub-nailed soles of
his shoes between his feet and the bread.
| have seen long loaf destined to some
happy household carried caressingly un-
der womans arm, poking the pasSers
by, in the back or front as the case might
be, and at each concussion receiving an
extra squeeze toward the dlsagreeable
neighborhood of the arm-pit. Worse
still, have witnessed little bov, while
waiting under my window, place three or
four large round loaves on the sidewalks,
hit up his blouse, as dandy would his
coat tail, and coolly scat himself upon
this improved elevation, turning thereon
now and then as per. ormer at the piano
does at music store. Meanwhile l, in
asstate of horror at the discovery, recog-
ESs,ed the seated individual as my own
baker, and trembled as | speculated,
" viii the top loaf be mine" In such
case would not everybody prefer the one
that had only come in contact with the
stone pavement
Treated with indignity as it often is.
bread is none the less indispensable, and
without the projects edict, we should have
had trouble, though perhaps not tumult.
There were already groups, on Wednes-
day afternoon, but this was rather because
the supply of bread had given out, than
because of its price. The bakers had
baked less, hoping to sell their -four at an
advanced rate the next day; and well-to-
do families had bought up large stocks to
avoid the impending increase, as far as
possible. Louis Napoleon has won graft
tude and credit by the measure be has
taken.
An extraordinary medico.legal trial has
taken place in the department of la Mo-
selle. Three years after the burial of a
man. his servant declared that his mis-
trcss had poisoned him, few days after
he had made her his unusual legatee. His
grave was opened, the woman was arrest
cd, and DR.. Haudui, distinguished to1i-
cologlSt sent for from Paris. TIE follow
ing are the principal points fthe evidence
upon which she was condemned to hard
labor for life: lst. a quantity of water
which washed the skeleton in the coffin
was arsenical. End. quantity of organic
matter found under the skeleton, and con-
slsting Of human remains reduced to
state of thick mud, contains arsenic in
considerable quantity. Sd. Two pounds
Of the bones of the skeleton, submitted to
the test, gave a small quantity of arsenic.
4th. The brain, or what remained of it,
revealed signs of arsenic, but not its pos
tive presence and 5th. The earth and
water IN the environs of the grave were
not in the least arsenical. This, with
other proofs, but with some alternating
circumstances, has sent the woman to the
hulks, or as hulks for females are called.
to maiSon centrnle. This trial has
awakened considerable interest, from the
fact of the chemical nalysis being applied
TO corpse three years under ground.
The S1ecte, whose editorial articles arc
becoming the best in Paris, has published
one which has made a sensation, entitled
The Press as it was" Default. of more
pressing news, | abridge it, and think it
cannot iail to be read with interest. The
first paper III France originated in 1851,
in this manner: A distinguished physi-
cian and famous genealogist of those
days, were by their connection an fait in
all the pretensions and follies of the real
and wouldbe ariStocratS of the time.
They had an extensive correspondence.
and when Renaudot, the doctor, received
any thing especially funny, he read it to
his patients, and it was astonishing how
many cures he effected ~ One day he
said to himself, ''lf, instead of amusing
few people with this nonsense, [ amused
the whole cityn' From these to news
paper there was only one step. Re-
naudot went to Richelieu and obtained
the privilege of the Gazette de Frame.
Richelieu took the place of editor in chief,
and wrote often about diplomacy, capitu-
lations, battles, seiges, and other contem-
p0raneous events. Louis XIif. was also
frequent contributor. The paper had
an :rnmenss success, and was soon firmly
established. But by and by came the
censure, and then the auto de fe. Etienne
Dolet was burned i'll the Place Mauyer
for translatins and publishing Plato.
Towards the end of the lIth century.
lawyer named BrGneau wrote a journal
which he did not publish; he pencilled
his articles Oh blank leaves in an alma
nae. and passed them from hand to hand |
AiS 'Ni.ctttC W do llOH III 1llI dCtlOD. Al
the time Of the marriage of Louis XIV. !
with Madame Maintenon a caricature
was secretly published it was a parody !
OF famous statue, representing the king
and four sllegorical figures in the par
ody. three figures were Mesdames de la |
Nallicrs, Fontanger, Martespan. and |
Maintenon. The Lieutenant of Police, !
NJ. de la Rcynie, set all his spies at work |
to discover the authors of this profana-
lion. \ printer of Rouen was denounced
and sent to the Bastile, where he died !
a printer Of Paris was denounced, but es. |
capped, and was burned in etfigy. 4 jour-
neyman in his Office was submitted to the !
torture and then hung. Some DAYS after !
q book binders apprentice was denounced
for his share in the work, and was SUBJ /
jactel to the nOiljnp wafer fest and than ;