The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-02

The Baron Alfred Louis Pons de- Vidu
known In society as an Orieanist ssttIed in
Erg.asd, and pre- eaiIy natu-.lixsd by mar
risxa six-and twenty year. ago in q wealthy
H.rtfoIdshire family Of Ja, ks,ns is rou- 4
fugitive In France from Enghs fl ers OF ius.
iice, ny whom he is Charged with an attt mot
81 hig h ray Eu rider on AS only sou.
The Baron s wife died early. leaving \ son
heir, upon hi CONT Of age, to Il large part
of her properly; ths rsversiou being t1 ne
father IL the 500 died without heirs Tho son
is now n graduate Of Cambridge, twenty
three years old :uliy entitled 10 1Yent an sc-
counr Of his fathers stew ,rd>h hip Y4s prd.y
fortnight the father, iivirg a bachelors lie
at the Clarendon, sent 10 MS SEQ S ch1mbeIs
IN Jermyn street, inviting him 10 breakfast
with hin. and then go with him 10 call ~
Ciarer on upon the sx-QneeH OF France. AT
Chrtmp pnt they put up fhsiT hogsfs. mace
the'r ra'i, chettsd tor nearly au hour with
Inc Duo dOrieans, returned 70 the ion re-
M up ted, a-d turred hOmeWrTi a. Z " tki. =
pace Od their way back il appears tnat the
father lost his way designedly. Finally, h Y
met a woman " h told them they were asfray;
they rstracen their s'epz, aud got Into O her
lanes hat brought them to the hack OF Or
leans House, by the sta ao!es. IHeV th-n turn-
cd on one side, and the sou supposed that his
IA'hsr was going roand TO iha main entr5E Ca.
Presently they turned sharp cUrner III iha
lane, and found them selves in m enclosure of
road, with another sharp corner not far OF fore
them
At this flrst corner the father halted az The
son rode on. the iathsr cal! ed t. has s1H 81.
fred that they were all wros 2 aud mast urn
back The youth turned back, anc h4d TO-
tnrned only few PAGES when he received Il
violent blow and looked up to see his father
advancing on bm, with somaIh ~ up'it ed
III his hand, TO slIke aG tin Ehe secGud how
fell the youth h-C was OF a7i dis toTt head
streaming with blGCd. but his tpnl .ed hors-
rose TO ihe!cept OA ITS own bead The third
blow, and at hat moment a iAh01ing man
and woman came rCDEd the opnosIja corner
The man, Joan Rivers, sa the elder stlica
- ~ Ia Qhpai iJs-f-S f,,.b h.
which ne took to be whip hanoie that gil.
horse, rushed to the feet cf the woman :,.r
protec ion. Close by was John Evlne, n
bLgsnan, to whom The sou utx- ClUpE, CTv-
Ing Help me- Protect me Save me - When
the youth WAS questioned, he saw his father
looking tr tentlv 1T him, saying s. ne ning
about wall and a fall John Everett, IN
other laborer, came up, and seeing the wound
ed you b ot course asked 'HOW did il hap
pen - The fat"er replied that The young gNu-
tieman had stecd up in his saddle 10 lOCk over
? vail that the horse reared, ano so he fell
To Evans he said that The horse SHED aud
threw W the boy agaiast the wall
W hen The youth s wounds were being
roughly washed he .hTunk III terror frC III tie
ia hers desire TO take part in that attention,
and when surgeon came he begg~d that hi,
It's sis ant m ight be sent with him 10 town
For IL week the Baron de Eidil lived as usual
at the Clarendon in The mea ntiTna the
had told his story, and Inspector ThOTn'on,
of the detective force had four d th& eYid nee
in confirmation. At the bpgiunlng OF this
week the Baron was g fuai i've, and the Ce.ec.
Iiyes are upon his track ia Paris.