Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1853-12-23

THINGS IN PARIs-The Paris correspondent {
the Boston Atlas writes: .a
You have heard of the sad tragedy at Chalons
s NJ. General de Ncuily married few years ag
the brilliant and beautiful sister of the Counties
Jules de Castelane, whose fetes / have freuuentl,
/ described here. A chambermaid, angry with heI
mistress for some reproaches and threats, avenged
/ herself by communicating to the General all SIN
/ knew Of the relations OF Captain de La Porte ant
/ the Countess, and exaggerated them great dead =
! Without taking the time to examine the charge
urged against his wife the General Instantly went
to Captain de La Porte's house and abused him witt
the grossest terms. The officer replied in the same
STRAIN the General became so exasperated he com
menced lashing the officer in the face with his
horse whip; the latter seized his pistols; he fired;
the pistol did not 60 of; they closed; the Captain
fired his second pistol the muzze pressing the Cen
erals breast the latter reeled out of the room and
fell deada short distance from the door, The cham
bermaid has fled. The Countess has retired to a
convent near Metz. Captain de La Porte is in
Jail .
A heartrending scene occurred at the Ministry
Of War a few days ago. the Countess de La Porte
begged the Minister that no proceedings should be
had against her son; this of course could not be
granted. The mothers tears and shrieks-she ar
gued the worst from this refusal-are said to have
distressed every one in the Ministry to tears The
acquitted. .a -G.".E ar 7fa
Deniere, our most celebrated bronze manufac-
turer has exhibited in his shop windows one ofthe
most splendid clocks have ever seen. 1t was made
for the study of NJ. Ponsard it was designed by
him. 1t is intended for room ornamented and
furnished with carved oak in the purest style ofhe
Florentine Renaissance. 1t is the reproduction,
less the funeral form of Cenotaph of the tomb Of
Julien de Medics, scuiptured by Michael Angelo in
the Saint Lawrence chapel of Florence Three large
figures Of bronze, of the natural color placed on a
vase of oak carved in the STYLE of the architecture
of Michael Angelo for the Medics, soberly orna-
mented, relieved with thin gold threads, and in
crusted with plates ofantque verde in the style of
the Florentine pierre durO, which ncrustatons
by some niellign match the book cases
and the writing desk of the study, where antique
green marble is mixed with carved oak On the |
top of the clock is reduction (such as / described
to you Of the statue of Julien de Needless the IA
nous statue commonly called II PenSiero, or the !
Thinker and on each side are the wonderful figures
Of Night and Day, which Chatesubriand declared |
Michael Angeles most extraordinary production
on may remember the lines Strozzi addressed to
Night-"Ths Night which you see sleeping with
such graceful ease, was drawn from marble by an /
lngels hand. She lives, for she sleeps Awaken
'er and she will speak to you" Michael Angelo
epled IN the name ofhis statue, and with singular
Oodness for those times: at is grateful to me to
leep, and still more so that l am marble Not to
ee, not 70 feel, is happiness in these days of mis-
lrtune and disgrace. So don't awaken me, talk
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