New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-11
In the Paris Court of Correctional Police recently,

In the Paris Court Of Correctional Police, recently,
lady, by no means young advanced coquettishly TO
the witness stand to give her testimony. What is your
name7 Viryinie LoustssOt. Yourage! Twenty-Five
IExcamations of incredulity from the audience The
ladys evidence being taken, she reganed her place.
still cooueshy bridling aud the next witness was in
troduced This one was full-grown young man. Your
name said the Judge. Isadore LoustatOt. Your age
Twenty-seven years. Are you relative OF the last
witness? / am her son. Thunder murmured the
Magstrate your mother must have married rery
young.
"A widow, whose name figures honorably in the
military annals of France, died last week IN the
Hospce des Pes Manages, in Paris, at the age Of 81
Her maiden name was Therese Figueur, and she
served as a dragoon in the 18th and 9th Regiments
from 1898 to 1872. She was known throughout the
army by the name of Sans-Gene, and was 80 much
esteemed by her officers that when the Committee OF
Public Safety determined excluding all women from
the army, an exception was made in her favor. The
history of her campaigns published from her own
diciation in 1912. She began her military career at
Tonlon, when that port was beeged by the English in
1893. She was there put under arrest by Commandant
Bonaparte for a delay of % minutes in executing an
order Some years after, when her old commander
Gene to ST. Cloud, and afterward gave her good SER
vice pension of 200 francs. Sans-Gene renamed IN
active service until 1872 when she fell into the hands
OF the priest Merinos gueraS in Spain, and was taken
as prisoner of war to England, where she remained
till 1914 In the course Of her 20 campaigns, she had
four horses killed under her, and was often wounded,
the irst time being at Touon when ball struck her
on the left breast. She entered the bospice IN lSiO,
and lived upon her pension of 2O I'LL the present En-
pcror made handsome addition TO her means from his
private purse.
In Perry, Wyoming County, n. y, minister,
the Rev. j. r. Page sued clerical brother OF another
denomination, the Rev. j. Is. Wentworth, for the re-
coyery Of two which be Page the plaintiff
Tort about years ago. and which came into the pos
sesson of the defendant, who would not surrender
,hem on demand. Both clergmen reside IN Perry,
and their quarrel, which has been waged with great
bitterness apparently has stirred mp much feeling be.
tween their respective partlsans. Last Summer the
case put in tie hands OF a referee, ana, aier
long hearing of arguments. and the expenditure oil
enough legal research and effort upon it to determine
AN international question, has just been decided III an
elaborate report Of the referee. The plaintiff obtains
Judgment for the restoration OF the sermons, which was
what he sought by the suit and the sermons are ad-
Judged to have pecunlry value OF at least s1o-a
sum sufficient impose the entire costs upon the de-
PENDANT TIE costs of the sut siid 10 amount to
about 1900 What beautiful, Christian influence
the example of these religious shepherds in their rid
clous contest of law must exert upon their hocks
TIE health of Miss Nightingale Is, regret to
find, very rrecarous. TIE Times leans from I'M
doubted authority that the report recently circulated IN
several journals of the gradual Improvement of Miss
Nightngae's health is entirely without foundation.
Her malady far from being aeyiated increases upon
her and her state which confines her entirely to her
APARTMENT is one of great exhaustion and severe suf-
fering.
ON Tuesday evening" Mr. Taylor lectured in Buff !
fao but owing To failure in railroad connection he
came near missing the engagement. 1tc Courier Of
tha, city relatcs the circumstances thus;
Yesterday morning Bayard Taylor arrived az
Corning on his way - -. James Hail. IN tins city
inst too late 10 connect with the train the b. New
York and Erie road. He rode up 70 liOrnellsyillc
thinking to find train on that branch TO this place.
bur was again disappointed the track being yet |
blocked NJ hy snow. He then telegmphed 10 the
Lecture Committee here asking them to meet him,
with an engine NJ Duukirk AID rode on, post haste,
TO that deyo of the State Line Road. The Committee
immediately went 20 Mr. X. n. Brown Superintendent
of the state Line Road who promptly acceded Ia their
c-ir & aud e nt an engine aud possible.
HE syec reached Mr.. t. Tor at Dunkirk at o'clock
D. NJ came back without losing any time, and arrived
here ~ enable the veteran traveller 10 walk IN
with hs IuanuCrpt 10 st. James Hall az o'clock,
"a here gome GO ue,pe waiting in blssful lgnO-
rance o., biz railroad adye nurrs Tue incident speaks
volumes fog the oOurtcsy OF Mr. Brown, the energy OF
the Committee and the indeiigabIeuess Of the hero
of dozen books oi travel