The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-12


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THE HERO OF THE MAIAKoFF AT HopoKEN-
The SUPPLEMENTARY AT HOME AND ABRoAn-
A short time since the English papers were
ringing with denunciations of the French
officers who attempted the life Of writer ON
account of harmless boutade. The mb-
lieutenant was fully described in a not verv
fattering way. His airs, impertinences, oe,t
cherries, stupidities, were all duly chronicled.
The storm of sarcasm and ridicule had its eff.
feet. The ab-lieutenant's sabre did not clank
SO heavily on the pavement the sub lieu-
tenants moustache was not curled 60 ferceiy
towards the empyrean not that the sub-lieu-
tenant has become a gentleman-he is still
boor of mitigated order. The sub-lieutenant
at home is the king of seamstresses- ter
ror OF tail0rs-the monarch of the cafx-the
glory of the tobacco shop. 1t makes no matter
whether he came from the bo'yyeoisie, or even
lower grade of society than that occupied by a
email trader the sub lieutenant jostles aside the
shopkeeper with supreme contempt. The
naisaire is, in the eye of the sub lieutenant, the
chosen one of the earth, upon whom ali the
good fortunes should alight
So much for the sub. lieutenant at home. The
sub-lieutenant abroad is the son of q respect
able provincial trader, and is brought up to
look askance upon the business of his father.
After run of a year or two with the young
scamps of Paris, he gets into some scrape,
and is sent of to Algeria, as American
fathers sometimes send their sons to sea
as an alternative to the penitentiary.
In Algeria our sub-lieutenant Is put into the
Zouaves, and meets among the officers of that
wild corps men even wilder than himself. They
are something like our Texan rangers and
though rash, and sometimes not over scrupuIouf
in the enemy's country, they are good soldiers
and, with few exceptions, are above any ao
ton which is criminal, mean, or Intentionally
They are generally toned down by camp life
and, If they are afterwards impertinent to civi
lians 1t is more the fault of the system than
the soldier. But our sublieutenant cannot evel
be restrained by the loose morality Of thea
free lances. He is detected in conspiracy
defraud the creditors of tradeswoman; and q
the laws are rather more stringently execute
in France than in this country, he finds il COZ
venient to place himself under the protectin,
folds of our flag. The exsub- lieutenant wan
ders about from place to place, living upol
eleemosynary contributions, or by deceiving con
fiding tavern keepers. He has mistress whom
he marries; and afterwards, taking advan
tage of the hospitality of generous South
erner, carries off foolish young girl an,
her still more credulous mother. The ia
ther, armed with proofs of the lieuten
ants misdemeanors in France, his previou
marriage and general evilcourses, follows in puI
suit; but the hero of the romance, with dc
gree of impudence which rises to the magni
fcent, persists in refusing to surrender the pei
son Of the daughter, even though he is alread
legally married, according to our laws, an
therefore cannot be the husband of th
unfortunate young lady whose future he hs
ruined beyond reparation. This fellow stand
now defying the laws of the country that hs
given him shelter; and, after running the pesc
of family, refuses to make the only reparatio
in his power, and inform the father of the wher,
abouts of his child. We do not remember
have ever read of an abduction more crimini
and more shameless than this of the sul
lieutenant abroad.
Taking all of the facts together, the case ofth
exiled mlaoire has no parallel even 10 this cour
try, which is 20 fruitful in crimes against &c
ciety. Had the chief actor In the affair attempte
the same thing in France he would, at the tim
of this writing, be sporting q ball and chain !
the galleys of Brest or Toulon, and on on
own borders his punishment at the hands
Judge Lynch would have been still more sun
mary and severe. As it is, it appears tina
nothing can be done with him. gentle rid
upon rail or an envelope of tar and feathers
said to be the best prescription for the malad
which affects our sub.lieutenant abroad. w
should have fewer Of these escapades If youn
scamps like the cub lieutenant and hero of III
Woodman affair should happen to feel the effect
of little extra-judicial punishment.
CANcEM's CAsE.-The Judges Of the Suprem
Court at general term will probably render,
decision to-day in the case of Michael Cancemi
which was adjourned over on Saturday. The