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.n~ss moreover, In the case Of Legitimate a.
4 Te ~ IS o. lliegittmate children. It seems 4,
az = .ess ss Wefe dark abysses in human nature
- Aorcd us. bu. covered for the mast part
n4m cur View, ard II such crimes as these
.aato @ ~. Tor moment corner OF the vel,
Te T1o gl'e Us glimpse of The blackuess within.
tt WIS no rfasoc Taa ter Ct for disbelIe ring
AEsv,s.Smau ,MSmau Harris statement; and Wiusor
dsath, tle J1ldssd eGgy:cted and sentenced 70
rot entertain the slightest e{psb must
Life being spared. Harris is, no doubt. also
Gnnty ol murder: eut il she eEeapes her dIe
evidence. there Will be no doubt that justice
has bctn done IS edectua1ty as Tas p:actica-
Bile in such case. Winsor, with her diahnI-
cal mercilesspesz, Is Infinitely the more guilty,
and II she alone suffers, the crime will have
been ayenged On the greater and more re-
epons,bie c1imtnal.
ANoIAEB VERSION or TIE ROAD MURDER.
The EdAsbury Rerkw Is responsible for the
following version Of the motives which in
baltbrother: The house at Road Hi was too
evidently entirely isolat led from all around It.
It WAS not on visiting terms with Its neigh
bots-or Its own ntighbors, We should say,
with It Fer long time previous to the
murder Of Francis ssylle Kent, the place,
one would cay, was haunted. Ths story, We
the late Mrs. Kent, The mother Of Constsncs,
Hns hopeless invalid. Mr.. keIt, IN the
course Of bis factory inspection, saw the
present Mrs, Kent and loyed her. She was
then a mlll.glr, Of extraordinary personal at
fractions; and Mr. Kent placed her at a
Sfe as
only halCedncated herself, as goyerncss in
his own family. The girls Kent, we need
hardly say, deaplsed hsT j; but the two elder
girls had the good sense to CONCEAL or con-
trol their contempt. Not so this unhappy
Constance. She hesselfTas better informed
cn most points than her II. called govesness--
whom, Immediately, on her mothcr's
death, her father presented a.. atepmothar.
Her elder sisters had the sama feeling,
but they, unlike herself, had the prudence Of
piety to dltguise it She came Into the fau-
liy talEeducated mill girl the mother WAS
still lying SICK By and BY The mother died;
second Mrs. Kent, 4 stcpmotber 'tha whole
thing Was abundAntty clear. Constance
alone rcbfl1ed. Constance, we believe had
rebe1led against this kind OF thing ali along.
0fthc list days Of her mother We know moth
ing-beyond the single fact that they were
couIoled By the woman who had already ben
fixed upon as her successor, and who took
her place at the head Of the family iuumsll-
ately on the demise Of the mother. Then
child was born. The second marriBge be-
cane prolific one. And Constance had the
{mp,udence to rcyi1e. The punishment In
fllcted by her stepmothes was TO perform tie
menlal Offices Of the household. Oae day, ne
are Informed, abe was ordered to scrub out
the nursery, and on refusing, WAS lashed with
boretWlip until What is called "broktn
H." She rot on her knees with her back in
1fyid wells, and washed out tbs nursery
floor !. but that very night the child Was re-
the prtEy. This, We believe, Is all. Mss
Constance Kent say she herself did it-and
We bave no reason to doubt her word.
FROM TIE CONTINENT.
u. pUP1S'6 SPEECH ON LUXURY AND M
MORA11Ty---RErLy OF A FRENCH DANE
The attention Of the Parislans was, atthe
las datee, fixed up.u speech pronounced
BY The Attorrey General OF ths Court Of
Correction, Mr. Dupin. in q sec:et Commit
tee Ct the slnate upcn the report d Mr..
Qoulhot de st. Ge1main on prostitution in
F.ance. This veteran Of the bar, the man
who, perhaps. more completely thai any
other OF Ills contemporaries. 1epresenH: the
Eodesty. simplicity, and dome estic WRITES Of
der Louis Philippe could not help being
shocked at the incrtase Of luxury, ths folly,
the extravagauct, which the sudden dtyeloi,.
me1t Of wealth has introduce Into his conn.
Try. This bitter satire on the mapuefs of
French society has been criticised by many
newspaper; and among them by the high.
4
pected to see turn against ita old friend
Dupin on euch subject. But newspapers
are Lot the only advcisasies with which Mt.
DuPtn has had to contend; women have
come TO the rescue and have made them
selves heard: Mrs. Audouard has come out
With pamphlet In which abe defends her
self from tue cessure of the Attorney Gen
eral In style railways Of the best s,uality.
but remaratle for hs openness and indtpcn.
dtncc. A lady fieAd of Mrs, Audot1ar,a
writes to her 1ett~ which answers the
Charge Of e1trayaganse In toilet among
French ladlesr Here Is passage Of 1t:
pnp,1 dHss G,, n1s ~. siee 70 know h.t II
rsncs near them; foF they Know Rroeeb .asl nas I'd
Il l. shsmstni I III stsnes T. dass bas s,ss5H5e; S9G
docs the guilt restf On those who ars .,mnei.
ling NJ to ply that game, to defend cut hlpp5ea.
ground. Aofe thsn oae sm3ns Us gocs iato Idosss das
e1pcneet. 40 harsh1y reproached to u. to prevent
her hushald f;om throwing ont money to bis
leave M tae hoase II i ns sfs n seeuune q Iss
huEbands ruined By the1E legitimate wvts, and oi
those 1ulned 10 disgrace By kect mattresses. On
ftsapge, in1ecd, II Madame wcre to make enemies
in TO enahle nossteur 10 20 10 tins c!uh, 10
KaEaellnE- houses, or to fart w1mhn's houset. We
have all the charges, Eli The cssee. al the fanul OF
the hcusa. We are not. II in the East, brought
mp 6laves; ouf dowrJ guarantees ouf FREQ 10 \.
We must have the risht to ctapose Of our fortune
innocent whim tran to make ou1self pretty ana 10
pleaeef People Wish to reduce na 10 the back
IRON Of tbs sp,1fans Mhs sxs ds.glsttt. WI
abofninahle. Let vs. defend ourtelves!"
sw1SnLIEa B1 FRENCH COUNTIES.
FROM 0eu 4....-3
The Tribunal OF Correctional Polics has
Just been engaged for three sittings In trying,
en- numerous charges Of ewindling. the
Countess dc Sacqua1d, sged 50. a lady who
at ono time possessed fortune Of ntarly
6O,00Of year. 4 dfessm2ker n2m:d GrAtz-
muller, and IN agent d'AfTaires named ST.
morntt, were aao charged as accomplIc.s, q,
II appeared from the evidence that Until 1862
the Countess resided with her husband at
the Chateau de u Preuille, Qolre- -Inferieu7e, !
but their annual income was then reduced to
about {, 6,0oot. In that year she came to Paris
for the purpose of prosecuting law6utt in
which ehe ard her husband were encnped.
Soon after her arrival In the capital fhs bor-
roWed various large Eu1ns, Part or which were
egadenny repaid, but when borrowing be-
came diAicnlt she had RECOURSE to objection
able e1rtdieuts- In the first place, she pur-
chased Of Mr.. k.ammcr, q jeveler, dlaroud
necElace, worth{926, coo, which fwag fmrutdi-
ntely pawncd, but ultimately recovered by
the 3eWeller with loss OF 5,229E 81. kram-
mer bad been induced to: let The prisoner
have the necklace by her representations,
aid those Of her two acconplices, that she
was lad5 Ct great property. Two other
dealers, u. pumont and g. HamoergeT. de-:
posed that the Countess. aided by tie other
prisoners, had deirauded them respectively
81 ,ooN a2d $500. From the firm Of Galiois
GlEnoux. drapers, they obtained ,shaWls
worth Jose and N. -Lnouel, another dra-
pei, lost o4,aooG by fhelr mannuvfcs.. IL
short, the total milne Of goods fraudulentlv
obtained By the prfs0ners, WAS 1G8 ,0S1f, aud
The dead loss to Their Victims III, 1881. The
Tribunal, after herring the Arccat Imperial,
who pressed for conviction, condemned the
Countess to three yeara' imprisonment. lie
woman Gratzmuller 10 two years, and Simon
net to thirteen months; likewise each to 5of
tlne and costs. ''
TIE POPE AT cAsrn aAspo1ro.
A correspondent Of the D.5e.s. writing
from Rome on the 18th July, says:
The Pope Is still at Caetci Gsudolio, He
aEpeass to enjoy this agreeable residence, 60
admirably situated above lake Albano.
There he ia able to emancipate himself some
what from the slaEery of etiquette, BY admit
ting to his table the Cardinals, or other yIeI-
tors, Which 1s not possible at the Vatican, as
he Is always condemned to dine there alone.
The Holy Father intends to make several
excursions IN the ne'ghooshood, to the great
Joy Of the churches and converts. The com.
munes be passes through make arrangements
to receive him appropriately, ard launch ont
INTO considerable exptnse, which eau only
be met by loans, the interest Of which vii
have to f,e paid " the tate-payers. But II
the Papa1 rtnkggiataTa is onerous for certain
populations, !s It not less 20 for the Ponttn:
cal treasury, the preea.ious and unsatisfsc-
tory state ofwhieh you are acquainted With.
The Pope takes with him an extremely uu-
merous suite. Tie salaries Of all the: persons
attached to his household are doubled be-
71;;11te. this is counted IS country service.
SsJta -, The village Of Ca5!cl Ganiolfo af
an inn. al the pio7soanEa aos sysn pGbttefssng ssa
Rome, and at the palace there Ia a pla:c At
table for everybody: People are treated
with tuch splendid generosity that, III
may make use Of a strong expression, 1t Is
one round 81 ieasting. You Know the d.
you know thAt while the receipts hare ds:
miniAhe4f mora 4hau fhizxds Tho As.f,srk