The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-26
a EAST YOUNG MAN.
Life, Death and 8qFiaT OF a ParisISa
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(From a R1rts Letter 70 ne A. Y Her,a,d.l

1 l(hfon EttytS Letter to the n. Y. Heruld.l
The leader, md guide, and prophet,
and apostle ofthe jeuReSse dofee Of Par
1 is, the Duke dc Gramont Caderousse,
was buried on the 2sth inst, With great
/ pomp, after magnificent funeral sery-
ice in the church of the NIadelain, whose
walls, both inside and out, were heavi-
ly hung with black and studded here
and there with the ducal coronet and
the arms Of Caderousse. at tho carly
age of thirty-one this gentleman, 81
noble name and fortune, whose pranks
and follies have formed one Of the lead
ing topics in the scandal and gossip low
Ing world OF Paris, has gone to his long
4 home. he died on tho Doth inst. MT his
residence in the Boulevard NIalesherbes
in the presence of his friend, the Mar
quis de Gallitet, and one eof those minis
te9ring angels, g Sister OF Charity, who
/ closed his eyes to this outer world when
It's shadows had fled from his Yision.---
The young scape pegrace made good end
ing OF It. a few days before his death
\ he doVoutly received the last sacra-
! ments from the cure of the church in
his parish, and, it is to be hoped, re-
/ pented all his follies md has gone to
heaven. It will be n long time, IL ever,
before this gay world of Paris produces
another such niln. - = IT,
! Tho Dukede Grnnlont Caderousse yns
the second son of Charles do Grnmont.
Duke Of Caderousse,. and Laura Helene
Paulze d'1voy. His elder brother, who
was attached to the American legation,
was lost in the ill-fated Arctic, and the
late Duke assumed his title and came
! into possession of n fortune Welding an
income of one Hundred and fifty thou
sand francs a yenr, in 1854. From that
time TIL within a month of his death
he maintained his reputation as. the
leader of the jeNHeSSe dOTee of Paris
Whenever there WINS heavy betting at
tdnQlte9lct or buccdrdt in the saloon OF
the Jockey Club, or the gorgeously fur
nished and brilliantly lighted room OF
some princess of tho dent monde, the
Duke dc Grnmont was sure to be the
heaviest and most reckless bettor. He
II was who, some three years ago, in tho
rooms of one of these Indies in the
Champs Elysees, discovered and expos
ed the cheating operations of Garcia
and the director of tho Italfan opera.
which led to the trin1 land Imprisonment
OF the latter. Whenever there was n
race ut the Bois de Boulogne or Chan
tllly, or n steeple chase at La AIarche,
there was the Duke de Gramont. He
was very fond of riding steeple chases
himself, and two years ago snw
him thrown from his horse into
the dirty ditch mt La NIarche as he
was trying to leap it. Whenever there
was duel in the world of those gay
youths who formed the circle in which
he moved n king, the Duke was sure to
be IN some way mixed up with it. He,
during his ten yenrs of fast life, fought
no less than seven duels, in ono case
killing his sAdversary, poor newspaper
man named Dillon, one of the editors
of the lSpOT, who had a wife and family
of little children depending upon his
exertions for their daily bread. The
Duke left Paris for Belgium immedi-
ately after this af1ilir, but being indict-
cd returned to Paris and stood n trial. /
The evidence proving that the duel hnd
been conducted on "fair and honorable
principles" the Duke was acquitted;
but, in accordance with that rigid sense
of right and Justice with which law
seems to be administered in France, the
court required him to pny good round
sum to the widow Of tho man whom lie
had Killed for saying something III der
oSatlon OF Tho manner in which he had
conducted u horse race Whenever
there was n First representation" of nm
opcrn or II new piece the Duke was sure
TO be present, for he was n good musi-
cal and dramatic critic, and very fond
OF htstrlontc and lyric art. Whenever
Il pretty actress was to be sustained, ap-
plnuded' or defended, the Duke dc GFa-
mont was pretty sure to be ut the head
OF her champions. Three wears tlRo. in
a comedy entitled "I4e CotflIon, - which
was produced Mt the Vaudeville, the
scene closed with a dance by NIL the char-
lcterS. Tho pretty Blanche Pierson
turned up her charming nose Mt the
idea Of becoming, as she expressed 1t,
t'n ballet girl" even for a few minutes
The manager insisted, and threatened
to cancel her engagement If She did not
yield. So finally she agreed to yield,
but at the same time appealed to the
Duke de Gramont, then her "next
friend, and he, securing the services of
n dozen of the young nObLeSSe, among
whom was the Prince Demidoff, secured
front fdut ItiLs, hnd night after night
Missed the play, and particularly the
closing scene, until one evening, carry
ing things with n little too high a hand,
they were all arrested, and their noble
names figured the next day in the police
reports MS being mulcted in fines of ten
francs each. This was the most "row-
dylsh" affair That ever heard the name
OF the Duke de Grnmont connected with;
for in manner and action, in dress M i
appearance, us in heart, i'll spite OF h.s
fol!tes, he was essentially a gentlemen;
and 1t scarcely seemed possible, aS /
have often looked Mt him when he whs
brea akfasting ut the Cdfe Foy, that that
scrupnlously neat, plainly dressed
Young man with the light sandy willis
kers, the blue eyes, and the fniF, almost
gtrltsh tace, was the one whose adVen-
lures We're the constant talk of Paris.
Scandal connected his nane in what
anywhere out of Paris would be con-
stdered a very uncreditable manner
with several ladies of position, and par
tlcularly with the duchess of another
duke, whoi until lately, occupied u high
position in the French Cabinet.
This was his life-racing, gaming and
making love. It is said that he had de-
termined to break from 1t and devote
himself to u Vte serieitse, and had cho-
sen diplomacy, for which he was said
70 be admirably qualified, as his yoca-
ton, when the disease OF the lungs
which has carried him to his grave de-
clared itself, and for the last year he
has been travelling in search of health
on the banks of the Nile and among the
! Pyrenees, and sotourning in and breath-
ing the mild airs of MADEIRA mud of
Nice. But all of no avail. A month
since he returned to Paris to die, md
| has been since TINT time confined to his
bed: He is said to have left his fortune
(as ne mas no relatives living, his title
expiring with himl to his Physicians,
with the exception of fifty thousand
francs ito another person." who is
said not to be of the male gender.
The funeral services at the Madelaine
were largely attended, though but few
followed the remains of the young
Duke TO their last resting place. Fuue-
rnlS are SLOW, affairs with the gay and
thoughtless crowd who made his circle.
It is not allowable here for women to
attend funerals, or doubtless many of
these more tender hearted mourner
would have Joined the sad cortege. AS
u moved of 1 noticed pretty young
glrl, VINO looked as though she might