Mountain Democrat., 1857-05-02

cd. He accordingly went to bed at his
usual hour, which was eleven o'clock
At halEpast twelve, (the time mentioned
by M. dc Sartincs,) the door Of the cham
Der was forced open, and three men en-
tered with dark lantern, daggers and
pistols. The gentleman, who of course,
was awake, perceived one Of them to be
his own servant They rihed his port
mantcau undisturbed, and settled the plan
Of putting him to death. The gentleman
hearing all this, and not knowing by what
means he was to be- rescued, It may be
naturally supposed, was under great per-
turbatiOn, Of mind during such an inter-
val Of suspense; when, at the moment the
villains were preparing to commit the deed,
four police officers, acting under M. dc
Sartincs' orders, who were concealed un-
der the bed and in the closet, rushed out
and seized the offenders with the proper
ty in their possession, and in the act Of
preparing to commit the murder.
The consequence was, that the pcrpc-
tration Of the atrocious deed was prcven-
ted, and sfficicnt evidence obtained to con-
vict the offenders. M. tlc SartinCs' intel
ligence enabled him to prevent this horrid
offence Of robbery and murder; which but
for the accuracy Of the system, would
probably have been carried into execu.
ton.
Another anccdote relates to the Aus
trian Emperor, Joseph the Second. That
monarch, having In, the year 1887, form
cd and promulgated new code of laws
relative to criminal and civil offences; and
having also established what he conceived
TO be the best system Of police in Europe,
he could scarcely ever forgive the French
nation, in consequence Of the accuracy
and intelligence OF NJ. dc Sartines having
been found so much superior to his own,
notwithstanding the immense pains he
had bestowed upon that department Of
his government
A very notorious offender who was q
subject Of the Emperor, and who commit
ted many atrocious acts Of violence, and
deprcdations at Vienna, was traced TO Par
is by the police established by his Majcs-
ty, who ordered his ambassador Mt the
Court Of France to demand that this de-
linqucnt should be delivered up to pub
lie justice.
NJ. dc Sartincs acknowledged to the i'm
pcrial ambassador that the person he in
quircd after had been at Paris; that il it
would be any satisfaction he would in
form him where he had lodged, and tho
different gaming. tables and other places
Of Infamous resort which he had freQuen-
ted while there; but that ho was now
gone.
The ambassador, after stating tho accu-
racy and correct mode by which the po-
lice Of Vienna was conducted, insisted
that this offender must still be in Paris;
otherwise the Emperor would not have
commanded him to make such nm appli-
cation. NJ. dc Sartincs smiled at the in
crcduity of the imperial minister, and
made reply to the following cficct
"Do mo the honor, sir, to inform the
Emperor, your master, that the person he
looks for left Paris on the tenth day Of
last month; and is now lodged in back
room, looking into garden, in the third
story Of house, No, 90 in street, IN
his own capital of Vienna, where his Ma
jcsty will, by sending to the spot, be sure
to find him."
ltwas literally as the French Minister Of
Police had stated. The Emperor, to his
astonishmcnt, found the delinquent in the
house and apartment described; but he
was greatly mortified at this proof of tho
accuracy Of tho French police; which in
this instance, in point Of ofintclligcncc, even
in Vienna, was discovered to be so much
superior to his own.