Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-06-16

l HowARD.-The H Partisan correspondent
of the Philadelphia Register. undel
, date Of 9TH ult.. gives the following
French morceau:
The Paris papers BY this weeks
steamer will announce to you the great
: affection which has Just befallen the
, Imperial family-le grand malheur qui
Went de frapper Ia famille imperiale-
but, for the good reason that they dare
not, they viii not tell you of the cir
cumstances which led to this misfortune.
You and your readers perhaps viii
scarcely credit what l relate, but i as
sure you that here it is not only be-
lieved, but vouehed for by persons
whose veracity it is impossible to doubt
In the saloons, in the clubs, in the
ateliers, nothing is talked of; and the
police is daily arresting persons impru-
dent enough to discuss the matter in the
streets. You are probably aware that
few days before his marriage, Louis
Napoleon dismissed Mrs. Howard, the
mother of his three little girls, and she
took refuge in England. He offered
her residence and pension in France,
but this she refused. Two weeks ago,
returned to Paris on business proba-
, bly,, though many say she came by
the Emperor's request. Be that as it
may, the Empress heard of her arrival.
and was highly indignant that she
should have been allowed to enter
France.
Thereupon a conjugal Caudle scene
took pace, at the end of which her
Majesty declared that, if she met Mrs.
Howard, she would punish her for her
presumption, and give her lesson
which she would remember. His
Majesty merely shrugged his shoulders
at this threat, doubtless thinking it moth
ing more than an ebullition Of words,
which would be forgotten with the ex-
citement which caused it. He was too
confident and the Empress was as good
as her promise. The very next day,
while riding in the Bois de Boulogne on
her spirited Andalusian, and accom-
panied only by her ladies and grooms,
She was stopped in by-road by car
riage. At first, the Empress was about
to turn aside, and let the carriage pass,
but glancing at its occupant, she recog-
nized Mrs. Howard, and, determining
not to give her the road, she reined up
her horse, and waited for the carriage
to turn out of the way. But Mrs.
Howard had recognized her rival also,
and. calling up her pride and spirit,
she ordered her coaehman not to give
the road.
A few words were exchanged be-
tween the latter and the Empress at
tendants. but he refused to go contrary
to his orders. After a moments suS-
pense, during which the two ladies
fas0ient des grand yeuz (made big eyes
at each other, the Empress galloped to
the side of the carriage and, in a most
impolite manner, struck Mrs. Howard
with her riding whip. The other raised
her parasol, and, before the attendants
could interfere, regular pitched battle
began between the whip and the para
sol, and the tongues of their owners,
until the whip, being the stronger of the
two, broke the parasol, and Mrs. How
ard sank back, fainting, on the carriage
cushions, her toilet and curls in a de-
plorable state, while the Empress, who
had received no visible damage, gave
triumphant little laugh, struck her
spur into her horses side, and galloped
away, followed by her suite, every
member of which was stupefed by the
scene which they had been forced to
witness.
But crowd had already collected,
and, a few gems d'armes coming up,
Mrs. Howard was carried into house
near by, where her wounds-for the
lash had left more than one mark upon
her face and hands-were dressed, and
the disorder of her toilette repaired;
and, when the idlers had all departed,
she repaired to Paris, where she is still
quite i'll. As to the Empress, she
finished her ride, and returned to the
Tuileries as if nothing had happened;
but that very night Mr.. Dubois who
had received the appointment of ac-
cOucheur to her Majesty only a few days
before, was sent for, and 48 hours
afterwards the Empress became so un-
well that there was no longer any doubt
that Louis Napoleon's hopes of an heir
were going to be destroyed. The mat
ter was, as much as possible, kept
secret, and her Majesty was reported as
merely suffering under slight indispo-
sition. But the whole city was already
talking of the scene in the Bois de
Bouionge, and the result of the indis-
position was anticipated several days
before it actually took place. On Fri
day last the Empress's life was in dan
ger for several hours; but, thanks to
the skillful treatment and the mass the
Emperor ordered to be said in the I'm
perial Chapel, she became better before
night, and is now rapidly convalescing.
The Emperor has been to see Mrs.
Howard, it is said, to express his SYM
pathy, and sends an aid-de-camp twice
a day to inquire after her health.-I
Whether this is any proof that he takes
sides with his former favorite it is hard
to say, for he is reported as being very
attentive at the bedside of the Empress :
also. His anger at the scandal caused
by his wife's conduct must be consldera-