The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-02-13

and invite the attention OF the world TO
peace and harmony restored among the
States so lately beligerent, upon terms OF
equality and liberty.
MADISON Co, Ala, January. 1864.
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Paris Scandal.
Partisan society seems TO be much in the
same state as when, during the latter years
Of Louis Quinze, the converts were filled
with wives pleading against their hus-
bands, when it was declared Of certain
advocate, in high favor with the ladies OF
the time that he had acquired the habit OF
blinking from the circumstance OF being
compelled. by the nature Of his practice,
to spend the whole of his time before the
dark grating OF the convent parlors, where
the visits to his fair c2ents were paid
Conjugal discomfort is taking much the
same turn just at this moment. The mar
ried apply for separation; but the I'M
married apply not for matrimonial engage
menf. The increased expense of married
life, the alienation of French taste which
has taken place within the last twelve
years, and placed a certain class OF women
on the pinncle where virtue and decency
used formerly to sit enthroned, have COM
pletely changed the tone OF society; and
as the French are always disposed to exag-
gegation, the devotion 70 vice has become
more public and more Extensively obstru-
sive in Paris than elsewhere. The re-
nowned RigolDOche. whose presence had
left faint npon the very atmosphere of
Paris life, has just married diplomatic OF
some reputation and experience amongst
the German courts. The union has been
50 sudden as TO take US all by surprise
A, a supper given at the Mason Doree
a short time ago, the hats Of the gentlemen
being hung upon the gilt hooks around the
supper-room, became rather difficult to
ar in " pnQ IF tnfn u
champagne, the diplomatic, uniting both
conditions, was found struggling by Rigol'
bOche in the vain endeavor to reach his
hat, when, with the true inspiration of
genius, she pirouetted for moment be-
fore the wall, then bounded high in the air,
and brought down the object with her
foot, to the great admiration and delight
Of the diplomatic, who, being new in Paris,
had never before beheld the like.
The law courts have been occupied with
the pleadings Of illustrious wives against
their illustrious husbands. Neither the CT
VII nor the religious law Of France allows
q divorce; therefore separation becomes the
only reparation possible for the most terri
BILE and objectionable of;enses. In the first
of the trials-both parties concerned are
English-the plea for separation being
conveyed by the lovely Countess de Beau
regard, once the blooming Kate Howard,
against her husband and cOmpatriOt, Mr..
Trelawney. The Countess complains in
her petition, of nothing in particular, but
everything in general. Her husband is
rough-she says-he is rude, he is angal-
liant, he is ungrateful-in short, and un-
worthy of the high distinction conferred by
her choice. The husband accepts none of
these imputations-- neither does he take
the trouble TO deny them. He suffers his
wife's lawyer to talk about her grievances,
and offers no opposition to the proof Of
h<.;~ - u, rfxa
ly well that not . lawyer on the bench but
will own with him that there is no ground
for separation in the mere sins Of opinion
with which he is reprOached. The Court
declared that the Countess de Beauregard
was therefore dismissed with costs, to go
and keep company with her husband, who
was pronounced, if not exactly the model
of what the husband ought to be. still as
being just good enough as times go, and
Just such an one as should be most likely
to suit such wife. Mr.. Trelawney has,
therefore, been pronounced by the Tribu-
mails as not having in the least degree de-
scended from his dignity or lost caste, or
belied his rank as husband of Mrs. Tre-
lawney, and the gates of the regal chateau
of Beauregard are not to be closed against
him-nor the wing erected by Imperial
generosity to be forbidden to his presence /;
and she is hidden, by the stern, nnfeeling
decree of the law, to admit her husband to
his cOnjugal rights, as no breach OF duty.
reverence, or affection can be proved
against him. The prospect Of selling the
chateau and estate Of Beauregard has caus-
ed the little sortie Of ill-humor which led
the lady to wish a separation de corps ct de
bien from her husband, and ended as we
have seen. Interest being the gui-
ding passion in all such marriages, is
it not natural that it should likewise govern
the law OF separation? Such things happen
every day; but the revelations attendant
upon it are really fearful, and give matter
for reflection to the philosopher who loves
to trace certain historical effects up to their
original causes. Thus, the marriage settle
ment OF Kate Howard, Countess de Beau
regard, Will one day be quoted as one of
these causes of which, ere long, we shall
witness the effect in France. The document
10 very curious one, and was forcib'y rem
dered public on the occasion of the trial.
The sum of Gigs 900 sterling was declared
to be the amount owned by the fair Kate in
English funds, added to which, 100000
worth of diamonds were acknowledged as
her property likewise Then comes the
splendid chateau Of Beauregard, one Of the
finest properties in all France. This was
purchased for the fortunate Kate, and pre-
scented to her by the prOpdest Of men, but
the humblest Of her adorers, as represent
ing value of four millions Of francs. Fine
as the place is, however, it has inspired a
safety and disgust in the bosom of the fair
owner, and the offer of six millions on the
part Of Isaac Pierre has proved irresistible;
so that the lady Of Beauregard will return
to her charming hotel in the Rue du Cirque,
to resume her former gay existence, from
which the grandeur OF Beauregard and the
dull routine of married life had somewhat
weaned her. The stories concerning the
origin of this female Croesus, who, with
true English patriotism, has managed TO
secure ten millions of French money, have
been enormously stated in the public jour
nails. She never was a rider at Astey's
Circus; she never was a dancer at the
French Opera. She was merely mill;-
ner's apprentice in Castle street, and from
the miiliner's shop stepped into neat fur
nished lodging in st. Johns Wood, whence,
with no further exertion than that Of drag
ging her nonchalant steps to the hired car
rage brought to the door, she was convey
ed to a yet neater villa at Brompton, and at
last was wafted-still without the smallest
exertion on her part-acrOss the Channel,
entering La Belle France by right of con-
quest, and taking possession Of its possess