Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-02
PRINCE PIERRE.

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PRINCE PIERRE
Prince Pierre Bonaparte, now ffty-fve
years of age, is corpulent man, above the
middle hight, and wearing heavy nous
taehes and imperial. He walks with diff
Guilty from having equity feet Having
been long in the Foreign Legion, he has
all the air Of a military man. During his
military career ne gave frequent proofs Of
courage and energy. His marriage in
1868, at Epieux, property he owns in the
Ardennes, made some noise, his wife be-
ing the daughter of workman in the Eau
bourg Saint-Antoine. That union, how
ever, legitimatized a son of twelve years of
age, and daughter of four. At the pres
ent moment the Prince is in mourning for
his father-in-law.
THE VICTIM KILLED on HIS MARRIAGE EVE
The London Ne,os, of the 18th, con
tains the following:
NJ Noir Cor Salmon, as his real name
was-a contraction of Salomon) was less
than twenty-oneyears Of age, and was to
be married on the morrow of the tragic
occurrence. He is described as youth of
frank, joviaIE sgenial disposition, univer-
sally esteemedEn the minor literary circle
to which he belonged. He was himself un-
armed. NJ. Fouvielle was provided with
O revolver and sword cane; but it would
have been idle for him to draw pistol at
the beginning of the fray, if that weapon
was, after all, to be of no avail either in
defending or avenging his companion;
whereas, if We take it for granted that the
Prince himself commenced hostilities, it
becomes perfectly easy to believe that NJ
Fouveille, taken by surprise, instinctly
laid hands on his weapon, though he
was too bewildered and terror stricken to
use it. He himself relates that he avoided
the Princes fire till he was fortunate
enough to edge himself out between the
door and his enemy, when he followed his
wounded friend down stairs. 1t is but
fair to state, however, that two medical
men, who saw the Prince soon after the
encounter, bear witness to the mark of the
alleged blow on his face, and that his IA
miliar acquaintance are quite sure he
''never went without pistol in his pocket,
either at homo or abroad"
On the other hand, though it is difficult
to find words to describe the vile language
used 10y the Mdrse5Jldise in its attack upon
the Prince, Unjust be borne in mind that
the article in that journal was only an an
swer to paper signed by the Prince and
printed in a Corsican journal, in which,
among other elegances, the Imperial writer
advised his COrsican friends to ''tear out
the bowels of their opponents -whom he
described as beggars, knayes and thieves
land to use them for manure"
THE PLEA OF ASSAULT.
In giving his account of the alteration
which led to the killing of Noir, Prince
Bonaparte still asserts that after some con-
versation with M. de FouYielle, he asked
his interlOcutors, in somewhat sharp Ian
guage, whether they considered them
selves Jointly responsible with MN.
Gousset and Rochefort; that NJ. Vic
tor Noir then replied in the affirma-
tive, and struck the Prince in the
face. Immediately the latter, who
has has long been accustomed, ac-
cording to the testimony of some witness
es, to carry small revolver, drew out the
weapon and fired The Prince added that
had he not been provoked by NJ. Noir he
should not have shot hun, as NJ. de Fou-
veille-a point the latter does not deny
was the person who had spoken during the
interview. The fact is asserted that i'm
mediately after the scene which had taken
place, Doctors Pinel and MOrel had found
the traces of a blow on Prince Pierre Bona
parties left cheek, near the neck.
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