The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-12-02
LIFE IN PARIS.
A NCH ENE.


The Paris correspondent of the New York
Times states that one of the first cases
brought before the November Assizes in Pa
ris, was that of NJ. Dubois, leader of the Or
chestra of the Hippodrome, for an attempt to
kill. 1t appears that the wife of NJ. Dubois
had been guilty of infdelity, which her hus-
band, in his excessive fondness for her, had
been weak enough to overlook; but, at last
continues the correspondent, his patience be-
ing exhausted, he followed her to the house
of her companion in crime, and attempted to
strike her with poignsrd. On the interfer-
ence of her paramount, he changed the direc-
ton of the blow, and dealt him serious but
not fatal wound on the temple. "He then de-
livered himself quietly into the hands of the
police. The Prosecutor General, on the trial,
admitted the highly extennating circum-
stances under which the attack was made,
and said that if the prisoner were condemn
ed, he would himself ask his pardon of the
Emperor The advocate for the defence said
that after such statement, he was willing to
leave the case with the jury as it was. That
honorable body returned in five minutes with
d verdict Of acquittal. Great applause en-
sued, as was natural enough, for the audience
was largely sprinkled with gentlemen and la
dies of the theatre. The orchestra of the
Grand Opera, Of which NJ. Dubois is mem
Der, crowded round him and profiered him
$50 shakes of the hand What will become
of Madame Dubois, it is difficult to say She
styled herself in heartless letter read to the
Court, "a non-rcpentant Magdalen."
The same correspondent gives the follow
ing account Of an interview with runaway
slave in Paris:
I was standing last evening at the corner of de-
sered street, the fog almost quenching the light of
the amps when was accosted by that spoke
English
Are you an American sir2"
years ef age tall some, at emaeiated, JET black ann
dressed in blouse or s,nock..rock
Yes, I am. What thesi
- beg your pardon, slr. bui ran away frafi home,
bers GU o uoI what am going IL do cea: of
mere: am 81 re- sir, and some eeople tod me il
va 10 eta,ye than to be slave and shipped
hvenat -des, and Pve come up here a-foot and
haven't gets cent, aud don't know what Pm going
%, sa far off, sir. wish you'd give me few cop
pers to get nights lodi ing, sir.
Well, that's pretty account to give of yourself
CD you ran away, DiQ your master ever beatyCQ
No, sir, he didn't never beat me.
Well, what are you going to do7
| am s-golng to get Gown to Havre the best way
can, and work my passage back to the States, sir.
You were better off there than you are here?
Lord gracious, should think was.
Well here, take that and be care full with ii, and
you. Goodbye.
Thank you, sir, Pm very much obliged to you sir;
II ever get back, III stay back Goodbye, sir.
And he hurried OFT into the fog.
We venture to say, that # every negro who
has ever been enticed from his home to nomi
nal freedom, would answer sincerely the ques
ton, Were you better off as slave than a
freemaa?' the response of nine hundred and
ninetyrine out Of every thousand, would be
that Oh the runaway in Paris, Lord gracious,
should think was "
| From the same correspondent, we learn
That Alexander Dumas is about TO issue o
newspaper, lie Mou$qaeta.re, which will
shortly make its appearance He will here
o0iend himself against his critics. publish his
| s0spenoea memoirs, and continue his Isaac
LGqae"erH Not satisfied with the employ
ment winch this viii give him, and lest time
should hahg htaviiy on his hands, NJ. Dumas
has applied to the Government for the vet
unbaiii Theatre Riyoli, near the Hotel de
vile. Inc Government is favorable to the
proposition III order to increase the securitv
Oh The ne'ghporhood NJ. Dumas. adds the
correspondent, works faster than he did ff.
teen years ago. "He related. in A chanter ne
has memoirs, published last month, that he
walked the streets fortnight, Will. enooe,od
upon his drama Of Richard Ar,;rf.a., >,
seeking decent method of MAKING thai -
d!yidaal throw his wife out of a window
| Ten to one the audience would not nar,n;+
such catastrophe at all, blu. he determined
TO try it. He at last Lit upon plan. Ar.
lington' drags his victim to o window. which
opens upon balcony; he pulls her cut after
hin, shuts the window, so that the audience
sees nothing but the reflection of confused
Struggle arlington" comes back, pale.
torn, horror stricken. The infamy had been
| accomplished This plan succeeded, and
there were no protests heard, except the faint.
| ing OF a few women. Thus, fifteen wears ago.
Damss spentffteen days in contriving a see.
| mic effect, and he now writes Eve acts in az
miny days.
The question cow is, says the 1smes' cor.