, 1869-03-28
SPIRITUAL1sM IN FRANCE.
A Strange History and 4 Stranger
LRWnu1ks

LRWtU1ks
The Paris correspondent Of q London jour
mi tells. snd telli well, the following re-
"Among the noble families OF France. there
is none Of more ancient Hotattse than that OF
the Craons. At the Gloss Of the thlr teentt
century their great ancestor, PicEre CEaon,
IVES q powerful prince. with 3 palace IN
domain Of the then King Of F rance, CHARLES
VIA saviuE maniae-And the yast posses-
sious Of the Dukes of Burgundy. He took an
actite part In the politics Of those days, and
made hmself famous By murderlng the
Lord High Constable Of France, Olivier Clif-
ope. even fn those days Of r1pioe and blood
shed, and Pierre de Craon was tried by de-
fault by the Parliament Of Paris. Entrenched
In hi. stronghold In the country Ae could
Afford to laugh At the sentence of death re-
eorded azatnst him, but ha va made 70 snt.
fer pretty heavily IN purse. His palace 10
Paris WIS razed to the ground. and street
was built on the spot-whIch may still exist
unless II. Hausbmann has demolished tt
which received the inauspleious name Of
Rue d's Has il EaTcons.
The family Is DOW represented By the
princely houso OF Beauysu. Craoo., which an
extraordinary lawsuit and the trtgic death Of
ouc OF its members hare Of late brought Into
notice. You may remember that Prince de
BeAuvau-Cruou Tas accidentally Killed last
summer 1s he was getting ont Of = cab It ihs
pistol IN hls pocket, and somehow or other 1t
went OF, acd the charge lodged Ia his body,
in1IcttnG q wound which proved i'm mued1ateiy
fatal. People wondered at the time what on
earth could induce q young man o. hiRh
birth, and moving In the highest circles, TO
carry loaded firearms about with him ID q
place like Paris,
"Ihe lawsult now going on has afforded an
explanation. The deceased had sister. the
Plincets lsabeau, who enjoyed q large for
tune IN her own right, aud owns the mag
nioceot Chateau of St. Uuen. She lived there
IN utter scclusion, refusing 70 see any mem
! per1ona-a Russian splrit-Apper, we'll Known
| in Paris, Baron Gnldens.ubbe, and his sister.
They are not adrcnturers, like most Of the
spirit.rapping brotherhood. but proponnd
| The most cxtraot dinarY doctrines respecting
The communication between the spirits Of
muEication which takes place In biero-
eIyphics, which no one but the Baron is able
10 declpher. The family Of the Princess lisa.
beau adjudged her to be mad, aud thinking
| that tho company Of the Guldeustubbes must
inersase hel insanity, s1d perhaps .. doubling
Intentions, made every effort to induce her
TO break OF the connection.
"Pri1c CO Louis went with his pistol to Try
and fdghten tie spirit-nppinR Rnssian into
leaving bis sister alone, but failed; and u
| that he pcri.hed in the tragic way etated
above. The family then sought to have the
Princess Isabcau placed under edict,' and 0
curator appointed to take care Of her proper.
ty. A decision to that eflsct was taken By
the ConstI de Fatnalt ian Institution which
mend for adoption In Eogland). The Petn
cess first took to fignt so as to prevent tht
possibility OF an Inquiry INTO the stats oi hel
mind By the faculty, and appealed from tht
decision Of the ConstQ de Fdmal to the ciyi
tribunal.
| The iamily Joined lssuc, and the csse has
nary disclosures have been made. Tht
Princess charged her family (her mother N.
ciudcd} with trying to poison her Tht
princely chateau where she and the Gulden
slubbes nsed to live Was visited and iouut
to be In state Of alth and dilapidation 0
The ground was strewed with bis Of paper
Scriboltd over by tho spirits Innumerab1
bottles, which denoted the presence ofsplrit
ttr more conc!usiyeEg, were scattered abou:
ind correspondence with spirit rapper
who appears to have bagged a check to
the tribunal under such circumstances woui
appear plain enough; but there exists
great difficulty m the case.
The Princess keeps ont OF the way, nus
cannot, therefore, DC personally eI1mlned
and her correspondents With one OF her rein
tfycs, the Duke dc aiortemart, are models {
eplslolary conpoEitlon-witty, lucid an
sensible. The government advocate, how
ever, recommended the court to conHrm th
judgment at the CoAt<a de Fttml<, and quote
many instances when persons not fitted to b
LETT at large, Jet wrote and sometimes spok
far more coeent'y and senstb1y than hun
drum people In the full possession Of thel
scpses. The court has takrn time to cor
sldcr Its decision, which will be tsansmitte
tn ynr IN f3ne cff1rke ,,