New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-11
FRANCE.
From Our Own CoH.-pondcut.


PARIS, Dec. -, l-0.
Among several things yet 10 be desired in thi,
age of progress, one of the most important is q
satisfactory classification of worlds: when | say
worlds, mean the microcosms, not the great out
side universe. Attempts enough in this direction
we have; Ms for instance, that classification made
BY nv good and philosophical friend BeauIvies,
and put by him into the mouth of Elementary
Englishmsn, whom he pretends to have conyersed
with at AK les Bains, in Savoy, TO wit: "A
mankind ruay be divided into two classes the
fools and the id fools" But this, like the rest,
is defective. To begin with, it leaves no place for
il. author and his friends. | am led 10 these re.
Elections by difficulty that presents Itself at the
beginning of this letter, and which have been
spending half all hour Of the time that is given for
letter purposes, ntr Dg TO suck of from the wooden
end of my pen-hoder. The letter was beginning
with Everybody here is occupied Without
no; not everybody is occupied with any one
thing. How hard il is TO tel the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth 4 good deal of
if, howeyer-as much as ever will-hs. come out
respecting that affair oiJeuiosse, which up to the
beginning OF this week continued % interest every.
BODY here. | gave briefly the main facts If tho
case in my last. All the accused parties were de-
clared not guilty after few minutes deliberaicn
by the Jury. Ii was not pretended by the counsel
for defense that the gOOd-natured, dlSsOlute black
nuard gentleman GuillOt. had not been shot by the
guard Crepe acting under the orders OF his mistress
Madame de- Jeutosse. Ii was, indeed claimed that
the lady's intention was only TO have had him
wounded, not killed; but this point was not made
10 appear very probable, and was not much insisted
on. The defense was chiefly rested on this ground;
that Guillot, trcspassing on Madame dc Jeutosse's
property for the purpose Of dshon0ring her
daughter after having been warned to stay away,
Madame de Jeuiosse had the right to protect her
daughters honor by killing the offender the same as
", all have the right TO Iii robber who breaks
into our house at night
| shall Lot presume Ia venture upon discussion Of
French law of the justice of the verdict, but the
unusual degree Of interest excited by this trial aud
the general coincidence OF public opinion with the
decision of the Jury are worthy of few remarks.
If | sm net misinfornled the letter of the law as
interpreted by iur-consults, would have condemned
Madame de- ,Jeufosse aud her agent Crepel, though
II has not perhaps been violated by the interpre-
taiOn of jury But the Jurors were really more
under the influence Of human sentiments than of
the statute. With them the question was, Has
not mother in defense Of her family honor and
her daughters honor a natural right 10 Use any
means Last Summer man tried at 81
German for the murder of h!s wiie's ParamOur:
the prisoners intention aud the fuibllment OF il
upon the DESTROYER OF his peace were proved not
by crcumstantal. but by the cleare-t direct evil
deuce. The verdict Was unqualified, Not Guilty
though French Jury may largely qualify verdict
of guilty BY adding the phrase, "eXten1stng cir
sans,spce.. shopid neuroD here bat be DE-