The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-02-26

is 'eclusion by her widowed father, 81
With her head full of immature n
t. IONS. The youthful hero immet
Io ,tely captivated her imagin atior
II he eloquent praise of her father e
u cited her deepest interest, and 81
1t ,llowed her feelings to get the hett,
e If worldly prudence and maidenl
reserve. While the two young pc
4 Die were still unconscious OF the
r Iassion, Griscelli received an of,
b % connect himself with a newspapC
q which advocated republican prime
st pies, and which wanted his nam
= nerely as a cover and a protectIo
49, the real EDITORS. After fe'
ks the police received orders t
Q iced against the journal, an
g = = Griscell came as usual to th
"a g to sign his name to the morn
!. yKG. edition, as the law required
ocest orter stopped him at the doc
T and said: s.Y0u must hasten 10 es
9 lcape ). the other editors are alread
e IN prison, and you are looked TO
n everywhere" An hour later he wa
d in the stage which went to Marseilles
4 and there he took ship for Corsica
0 The fame OF his adventures hat
b preceded him, and when he returned
d TO his home he was received by rela
t tions and neighbors with the utmos
+ enthusiasm. They crowded into the
S modest house, they surrounded hin
r when he went ont, and were never
tired hearing the accounts of his ter
rihle duels. but the quiet lie was
/, little TO the taste of man so full oi
restless energy and SO accustomed
to live In the midst of excitement and
constant danger. He stayed two
months on the island, and then re-
turned to Lyons, drawn to the place
OF danger by the charms Ofthe Cap
tain's fair daughter. They renewed
their intimacy, and both forgot all
that owed to themselves and society
A lady who had known Griscelli
and his wife in Corsica, met him and
the Captains daughter by chance on
a public promenade, walking arm in
arm. She inquired, and learned all
that had happened. Whether she
was actuated by personal spite
against the handsome Corsican, or
whether she merely gave way to the
pitiless hatred which women feel
against the guilty of their own sex,
she denounced Griscelli to the police
He was tried, convicted, and at once
condemned to two years imprison-
ment.
This calamity was the source of
his greatest success in life, little as
he then cOpld fOresee that for him
there would be but one step from
The dismal dungeon to the very foot
of tue throne.
1t so happened that among the
influential personages to whom his
! friends obtained access when they
endeavored To procure mitigation
of his punishment, they met with
Ahbatucci, Corsican. When The
renPwned lawyer heard that Grisselli
wass trieri off his Lo 1deame il 9.r-I
ested in him, and with that depth of
feeling which makes the sons of the
wild island the 6itterest enemies and
the warmest friends in all the world,
he used all his influence in the cul
prit's benalf. He was successful
Griscelli was pardoned, after three
months, sent 10 Paris and recon-
mended to General Piatt as a man
whose family had always been at
tached to the Bonapartes, and whose
personal qualities were such as to
make him valuable in ali affairs in
which great courage, blind devotion
and high intelligence might be re-
quired. He was Immediately placed
in communication with other Corsic-
ans employed by the future Empe-
ror, and became thus cOgnizant of
many details of that greatest of all
modern events--the coup d etdf of
1852
With this catastrophe began his
history as a secret agent, III which |
he literally rose like rocket, shone |
for a moment all over France, and |
fell again like stick.
1t is well known that, in order to
conceal the famous coup d etat, bril-
liant concert was given on the first
of December by the President of the
Republic. In the saloons of the pal
ace which he then occupied-the
Elysee-an immense crowd was as
sembled, among whom mingled the
first men OF the country. The great
composer, Felicien David, superin-
tended in person the execution OF
his masterpiece, "The Desert" and
men OF the sword and men of the pen,
the scions Of the most illustIious
houses and the celebrities of the day,
all seemed to give themselves upi
TO the enjoyment of the daz-
zling scene. But the great tragedy
which was in preparation made itself
heard in spite ofall precautions and
amid the loud laug and the charm
ing music, now and then few low
murmurings were heard, Omlnous of
the approaching tempest
Thus, at the very 93ssfivate apart
ment to enter into the reception
rooms, a young representative Of the
Legl.imist party came hastily In and
renorted to him that arevoiution was
even then in preparation to enable
the Republicans and the Orieanlsls TO
seize the President and to imprison
him in the fortress of Vincennes.-
The future Emperor remained per
fectly impassive, hardly opening his
s,eenv eyes wide enough to recognize
the friendly monitor, and replied
calmly. "Many thanks for the intor-
70 at;on: remain at the concert; we
will talk about that tomorrow"
Another representative, who enter
ed by mistake during the concert
into the cabinet OF the President,
and there saw living on the table
some of the proclamatiOns which
were to he issued on the next day,
was seized, and, as he refused TO
sign them. was arrested by the
Minister of Police and imprisoned
till the following day. One of the
heroes of the fearful drama, De
Morny, the Presidents foster broth
er .if report may be believed, had
orders to show himself prominently
at the opera, so as to disarm all sns
picion. Somebody, who had evil
IDENTIFY heard of the storm, asked, lis
it true they are going to sweep the
Chambers ?n "Yes,' answered the
f,,nra President of the Legislative