Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-04-23
Career and Death orJuIlIen.

The Paris correspondent Of the Boston Trav-
ellsr gives the following interesting account Of
the career and death in mad-hOuse of the
brilliant and errstic artist, Mons. Julien.
Julien was born in little village in the de-
paTtmsnt OF the Lower Alps Of poor, obscure
musician who managed to avoid starvation bv
giving music lessons at five sous the hour. JuIS
lien walked to Paris in wooden shoes when he
reached his sixteenth year. He was unable to
read; but such were his talents for music he
could play upon any instrument He entered
some humble orchestra and gave music lessons
which enabled him to take lessons from Raj
mondi in musical composition. He became in
short time an excellent instrumental perform
er and skilfIl leader of orchestrss lie hsd.
too, talents for writing advertisements and
framing concert bills, which attracted the mob.
he incurred the displeasure Of the police and
was obliged to leave Paris TO avoid imprison.
ment He went to England. You know his
career there as q giveT Of monster concerts,
promenade concerts, masked balls and other
public amusements more or less favored with
music. He was several times lord of a hund-
red thousand dollars, but lost it in some new
speculation which he Teekoned would triple the
sum, for you know there isn't decent man in
England who would be satisfied with less than
"plum," that is, five hundred thousand dol>
lars.
Had Julien lived in Paris all his life. a
French million, which is two hundred thousand
dollars, would have salts ied his ambition.
After visiting both hemispheres, Julien felt
like seeing Paris again. Louis Philippe, Re-
public, and many Prefect of Police had come
and gone since then; there being no impedi.
ment 10 his visiting the oil scene OF his tri.
umphs, he came. He determined to give mon
ster concerts, and to build great concert room,
which should be adapted to winter and sum.
mer use without chandelier, being lighted by
four thousand gas jets, shielded from the audi,
ence by false roof of ground glass. It would
hold 10000 persons, and be constructed upon
such just principles of acoustics, the whole
audience should be able to hear one Of Beetho-
Ven's gustuors as distinctly az fthey were in
small room. Soon after Julien reached Paris,
he Was arrested and thrown into Jail for nom
payment Of note drawn in favor ofa person
named Pstsy Chapel, and endorsed 70 one
John de-LAplere. Julien lay in the debtor's
jail five months. This arrest disturbed his
mind. After his release he was sometimes
seen on the box with the haek-driver he EN-
ployed, crying out 70 the people in the street:
II am the great Julien the fret of living
composers
He would fall into the deepsst depression.
and these causeless fits would be followed by
fits Of great excitement, One day he entered
his house armed with large knife "COme
here" said he to bis adopted child, girl about
eighteen years old, 81 am going to let you
hear the angels sing" He was going to cut
her throat, She had presence Of mind enough
to reply -" Willingly; bat, before 60, let me
hear you play on the hsgeolet, that may
eomPars your music and theirs" (" Julien thought
the idea eEcellent, and went to get his hageolst,
while he was gone the child called the ser.
wants, the unhappy madman was secured and
earned 70 private mad. house, where be died
Q few days Afterwards
BE leaves bis wife and this child penniless..
Il is rumored concert is to be given for their
benefit. But what is the thousand dollar The
concert will give Il will leave an impression
on the public mind the widow and child are