New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-19

ton, and wa unable 10 read or write. MD,
young, peasADt siri, passionate and hADdsoUs, WITH
ont fortune and with means OF acquiring 9eSth,
except inordnsie desire for It, vhish trianpsed
At lsst over all the passsons OF Der NATURE
over even Der love Of sdmirsticD-for French 20
man a still gres;er conquest She wa b-aaf1l
woman. % be supposed from the letters o. NJ Dalat
in wbch he desired her 10 keep srsef plum, and ek
pressed come concern that she should have dsntis,
tale change of Der teeth. Tb.t woman became az
uuainfed with Per'e-a man Who was probably Dot
very domestic in his habit. She hsd ooe child by
him The father Of that chId dlef-iied while
she wss etill yvung-not over thirty year. Of
age The gentleman hsd MADE a mistake in :nst-
but still Young still handsome, still sGficieoly ~
iractve engage the attentions and affections of VI
Dulux q obviously OF 8 better condition OF life
than bersef His letters showed that constsn in bis
affections and, far the testimony 10 that case
showed acquitng hin self 10 every particular ~
would have become an excellent husband, and dying
in utter ignorance that she had ever had chld IL
was no doubt, the deliberate pnrOOse ofthat Fom,n
TO conceal from every persou possible, not from
ferse Of shame, but Ia crafty her vsni'y and her
desire Of acquisition. She Wa, az the de1h Of Fer
RE, still young enough 10 marry. She thought that
her charms were better if it not ksown that she
had been married She seems to have been
adjusted by her averice 10 form an advantage o1s
marriage connection. At her fret acquaintance with
NJ. Duiu1 sbe announced herself ss Jeanne lie srd
aud at " hat time thereafter would she ske MIN her
corfdspt Mr. Brady ooutended that, in the state Of
society che wouId have bad no sen'e Of shs ne al
having had an iIlegitirnate child. Her mother, al
tloul a widow when married TO the father Of
Jeapne, was married by her maiden name H. per-
fec.ly agreed with M OCOner, that Ferri@ rIs her
ron al alluded TO the sta@ment ofs witness thai che
sometimes took uch wine and Away when in that
state spoke of Ferrie her son. In rtae rerttas.
Tie whole history of her Acquaintance with Ferrie
ard the birth Of this child shrOuded in oDscurty.
This waB one Of tn. whore trriage 10 be
presumed if in any case Then as TO positive proof,
ibsy had that OF Nine. Gjser and VI. Deguerce.
There was no evidenc e thst as Mr. OCOnor state 1,
Deguerre knew her TO be liviog a dissou'e life la
the state Of society then EXISTING IN France, her
connection with Dulux considered per-
fecily proper, and soon as u was sug-
pested that the customs of the Uoited States
DID not tolerate such ason, they were married ia
due form. NJ. Brady maintained that the tes'inon =
of these txo witnesses poeit've proof. He read
from the evidence OF various witnesses 10 prove that
che supposed her property would 90 to Ferfie II she
made 10 will. Mr. Brady said, ia conclusion, that
here wa a woman who had DIED 10 New York leav'
isg large amount Of property. Here was man
W ques'onably her child and, as he conended, the
child Of a msrr5ee. There were, 10 all Appearance,
no ct. er beis-no other relations. The question vas
whether the admit strstion should go into the hand.
of the Public Administrator, or into the sands Of her
child. Whs'ever might be the distribution o. the
property be saw reason why the child should not
be preferred to the Public Administrator.
Tie case now waits the decision Of the Surrogate.