The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-07-15
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A CURIOUS LETTER FROM GIRARDIN

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PARIS, June 28.-The extraordinary demand for
courage which exists in France just now has brought
to market some strange varieties. Among them |
nave 10 notice one specimen which will be regard
ed as more marvellous, perhaps, on the other side
of the Atlantic than here. The case to which re-
fer is a reckless and deliberate defiance of one of
the most universal of popular prejudices: it is the
slngle-handed encounter of an individual with one
OF the strongest instincts of the human race; it is
Emile de Girardin attempting to annhate the dis
tncti n which civilized society has hitherto been
accustomed to make between legitimate and iegi-
innate children.
The way he proposes to accomplish this result is
by collecting and exhibiting to the world list of
all the most illustrious bastards, living and dead,
with brief notices of their achievements in order
that the prescribed class to which he
nor conceals the fact of belonging" may have in
Its support "'the power of numbers"
AS the reader maybe curious to know whois officer
M. Glrardins noble army of martyrs, | give you
the entire roll: .-
=. Hercules, Ishmael, Jephtha, Archelaus, Themis-
tocles, Romulus, Servius Tullius Ptoemy Softer.
Perseus. Jugurtha, Theodore, King of the 0stro-
goths Charles Martel, Arnoul, William the Bastard,
Tancred, Manfred, Boccacio, Henry II. of CASTLE,
John l. OF Portugal, Ferdinand |. of Naples, John
otDunois, grandson Charles ", Catharine Sforza,
Anthony the Great Bastard, Caesar Borgia Jason
Malno, Leonardo de Vinci, Pierre Farnese Eras-
mus, Peter Aretin, Clement VII, Alexander de
Medlci, Pizarro, Mathew Gilbert Stephen Gardiner,
Archbishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor of
England, and natural son ofthe Bishop of Salisbury,
Francis Alexander Sforza, Jerome Cardan, Mellin
de Saint-Gelais, Don Juan of Austria, Busbecq,
Diana OF France, Ernest de Mansfield, Caesar de
Nendome Ihuiga, Chapelle, Marshal Berwick the
Duke OF Maine. the Count of Toulouse Louis
Dumas, Richard Savage, Marshal SAKE, James Quin,
ID D'Alapbert, Mile. de PEspinasse, Nile de Som
mercy, John Burgoyne, Jossan Chamfort, Dezede,
lie cheyalier de Saint Georges, Championnet,
jacques Delille Mare Antony Petit, Lady Ham
ilton, Pongens, Hegissppe, Moreau, Emile Girar-
am a6lmeieck, John Albrecht, AdeOdat, natural
m n aN,,1
Almagro, Michel d'Amboise, mon-Ben- FL -Rass
| John Andre, Andriscus Charles d'Angouleme
Antony, tituar King of Portugal; Archelaus, Aris-
tomcus, John d Armagnac, the Cardinal, and John
oArmagnac, Marshal of France; Peter dAr-
magnac, Archbishop of Toulouse; Arnoul, natural
son OF Lothaire; Philip Arrhdee, uterine brother
OF Alexander the Great; Andefroi George A veiro.
j. A. Bait, Balagni, Bamcontius, Bassi, Bassom-
pierre, Battlterri, Beauval, Bentivoglio, Blois,
Edmond Bonner, John Borgia, Lucretia Borgia,
Mathew Bossulus the Bourbons John Bude, Cal
cagnini, Canute w., King of Denmark; Annibal
Caracci, Casarion, the of Caesar and Cleopatra;
Ghapour Chramne, Chrysippe, Dan Danae, Darius
David, Deeio, Diaz del Lugo, Oregon Duncan,
Duprat, Emanuel, Entius, Este of Ferrara, Will
liam Fiastre, Ursinus, Cad and Ashur; Vincent
Galileo, son of the great Calico; Galvano Gozlin,
Louis Gritti, Don Claude de Guise, Hannetaire;
Haquin, King of Norway; Harold l., of England;
Aautvourdin, Heliogobalus, Emperor or Rome;
Hercules, son of Alexander the Great; Don
Hernaud, Hierio,, H., Hoel ~, Antony de
Horn, Pope John XI:, Pope John Kill;
Leon Juda Judicael; Laboissiere, son of Nj 1on
de PEnclos; Pope Leo v, Leotychide Lscun,
Philip Lippi, Longueil, LonguevilIe de Luna
Malatesti, (Robert and Sigismond,) Mantouan,
Marini, Margaret of Austria, Mauleorier, Hvp-
polyte de Medici, Don John de Medici, Julian
de Medici, Moab, Mongault, James Monmouth,
Heg ssippe Moreau; Moret, Earl of Murray; Mile
Nantes, Miss Nelson, daughter of Admiral Nelson;
Nicomaches, son of Aristotle; Oleggo John Philip,
| of Orleans Palemon, Pirecles, the son of Aspasa
and Percles; Philip, Bishop of Utrecht; PHILIPPINE
Provost Pomponius Laetus, Pongens, Ptolemy
Macedon; Ptolemy, King of Cyrenia; Ptolemy
hing OF Cyprus Rubempre, Saint Albin, Saint
| Marcellin, Alonzo Sanchez, Marie Aurore de SAKE
natural daughter of Marshal SAKE and grandmoth
er OF George Sand; Scacchie, La Scala Antony
| and William,) Sendwog, Sevssel Alexandria Sfor.
Earl of Chesterfield, the Strozzi Swientopelk,
Tende, Teresa of Portugal, Torquato, son of Car.
| dinal Bembo; Urea, Alexander Vendome. Caesar
Vendome, Lyonnel Vendome, Vermandris, Yer
neuil, Flllena, Nisconti, Ambrose, Hector, Blanche
Brutio, and Marie-Gabrille,) Voogese L., Weiss,
Zbgniew, Zead.
1t will be observed that the only living hero in
this collection is N. Grardin himself, of whom a
brief account is given. He is stated to be the natu
raj son of Count Alexander de Girardin, Lieuten.
parent is not alluded to. I have heard that from
her he inherits Oreanist blood. He received no
early education. In 1928 he entered the house OF
the King aftGche of the Secretary General
His patron turned out of office, and then like
Beranger he tried to be a broker. Like Beranrer
he failed at this and like Beranger he next under.
took to, and succeeded in living by his pen. He
made considerable money in the Pres8e, but much
more SINCE speculating in real estate, which hear
is now his chief occupation. He is said to be very
rich, but to have lost all his influence as a polit
clan, not only with the government but with the
people,