New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-05
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piled as follows: al firmly hope that the relations
$50 happily established between the Emperor Of
Austria cannot fail to become more friendly BY
IN attentive examination of the interests of The
two countries Since have seen the Emperor,
~, for my part attach great price to his per-
sonal friendship; and you, Metternich are tho
Every man to facilitate q sincere good understand
ing between u.s." Which complimentary remark,
if true leads some Of us to regret that Franz DO
seph had not sent some one else. There lie some
thing uncanny for the Italians and Hungarans,
and some other folks, in the look Of sincere good
understanding between those two.
There is not much Importantly new come to light
about the Congress, unless it be the report coming
by to-day's mail from Turin, that Cavour decidedly
is to sit there as representative Of Sardinia. That
the post of FIRST English representative should
be filed by ambassador Cowley, and not by Palm
erston or Russell, yas interpreted at first a sort
Of slight put on the Congress by England. But, ne
has been fitly remarked, on second thought, Palm
erston can act through COwley rs well as though be
were present, sending his inspirations" by tel
egraph at shortest notice, and by courier in ten
or twelve hours. FL.
tis now thought that the Congress will not be rea-
ready to rise by next year this time if it undertakes
all the work that conjecture is carving out for it.
There will be the Mortara memoir; the memoir Of
the NeapOlitan refugees; the memoir of the Venetian
noble refugees; the proposition to revise the treaty
of 1856 presented by Russia; the question of mari
time rights in time of war, raised by PRUSSIA; the
Istbmus Of Suez question:; the general disarmament
question:; finally, the Italian questions and finally
and lastly what are our Congressional decisions on
it to amount tot If we should happen to vote in
favor of the restoration of one of the Dukes
how are we to restore themi One volunteer sOlu-
tion Of this question runs thus: Congress will not
interfere with the internal affairs Of the Central
Italian States, certainly not; but has the right aad
will exercise it, Of preventing those States from
making any territorial changes. Which amounts
simply TO keeping them in provisional state of sls-
pense till they beg to be cut down, and drop into
the hands of the mountaineering Powers. The very
intelligent Turin correspondent of La Presse writes,
under date of the 13th that the Italians think that
the of restoration has lately lost ground enor-
mousy. -.
There is revived talk, on do not know what
foundation, of central Italian kingdom again, UNI
der an Italian Prince. The Prince chosen by the
newsmoDgers is nephew of Victor Emanuel, Mas
ter Thomas, Duke of Genoa, aged five, or Prince
Savoy de Carignan, who is to marry, for the occa-
sion the widowed Duchess of Parma, or, &C., &c.
BuOncompagni's has come almost to naught Ri
casol the Dictator of Florence accepts very little of
him. and is ancied 70 be less ardent annexationist
than he appears.
There " az an idle rumor the other day that Carl
baldi was to be married--n fact, was marrisd-to
noble Lombard lady. The story has been author-
tatively denied, and new one started, that it is his
eldest son, lad Of twenty, who is to wed noble
Mianese. This last version, being only two days
old, has had no time to be contradicted. ~
What Parisians and all French men and women
hoy haan ufa In Mt
than any political questions, is the Lemoine trial
down at Chinon in the Touraine the most cele-
brated of recent causes celebres. From Friday to
Monday little else was talked Of. The daily prints
were filed with reports Of it. La Presse, for in
stance in those four days gave twenfy-nine columns
nearly half its space, to the reports The facts OF
the case are briefly as follows: Madame Lemoine
q woman of good family, Of the high bousgeOisie
of ChinOn, living legally separated from her bus.
band by his fault, not hers, as the tribunal that
granted the plea of separation had judged, had
beautiful daughter, Angelina. At the age Of IL
this girl has frequent criminal conversation with
her mothers coachman, stupid, Unlocking, utterly
unedueated fellow, aged %. She becomes eneesstei
tells him that she wants to marry him, and that the
knowledge of her situation win force her mother to
consent to the match. The announcement of her
situation when il could hardly longer be concealed,
made one day by the coachman, Fetis, coupled with
demand Of her daughters hand, had quite DIFF
ferent effect on the mother. She Immediately dis
missed Fetis, and made up her mind to save her
daughters henor" by destroying the proofs OF her
dishonor. She took various means to produce
abortion, without effect. At the end OF her term
the daughter was delivered Of live child, which
che smothered and then burned to ashes. The
preparations for the delivery, andthe whole plan for
executing this horrible nfantcde, were made cooly,
long in advance by the mother, with the connivance
of The daughter. Neither of them has shown at
any time since the slightest sign of regret, to say
nothing of remorse, at the deed Not to prevent
suspicion and positive affirmation, with which the
little town of Chinon was full, but to browoeat and
outbraye scandal, the mother forced her daughter
the day before and the day after her delivery to
annesr ON the public promenade. This happened
nearly year ago. Not stopping to tel how the
scandal stirred the Touraine world, and bow the
mapistracy ipterfered come direct TO the trial
TINT took place last week IL is interesting az de-
welcoming the nature of Madame Lemoine--A woman
of the Lady Macbeth kind-Lady Macbeth before
the fifth act-a woman with an iron will, that
holds her purpose fixed rs in vice, unshaken
by danger, remOrse, or shame. Wicked ana proud
as Satan, and as defiant inspiring almost sort Of
RESPECTS listening TO her condemnation to twenty
wears of hard labor, bowling to the judges, calmly
looking over tho audience, composed OF her &C
Quaintapce and neighbors, then turning to speak
with her counsel without any sign Of emotion or OF
effort to conceal emotion. But the trial y other
wise interesting as Offering study of French man.
ners. The mother was condemned, as said, to
twenty years of bard labor. The jury had FOUND
extenuatng circumstances in this long premedfated
murder. 1t was committed tosave the honor OF
was so young, and had been so badly brought up
On this last point the prosecuting attorney dwelt 81
length. and with great earnestness, not with the
intent of excusipQ the daughter but to aggravatB