Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-15
THE SENSATION OF PARIS.
The Shooting of Victor NOlre by Prince
Pierre Ronsparte.
RoChsfoFt's Announcement Of the Death Of
his Colleague.
Sketch Of the Prlace---The Occasion Of the
ARRAY.
Probable Effect CT the Homicide upen the
Partisan Public,


Probable Effect CT the Homicide upen thI
Partisan Public.
PARIS. January 1.-THE city Is greatly
excited over the tragedy which occurred
Yesterday afternoon. Prince BOnaparte'.
version Of the affair is furnished 10 the
journals to-day, by N. Paul CasSagnac
de says the Prince made the followin
statement TO him, on his honor:
NJ. EOuVille and NJ. Victor NOire came
to my residence with a menacing air, with
their hands in their pockets, and presented
a4etter from Mr.. Paschal Grousset. 1 said;
1t is RochefOrt and not his creatures that
I seek Read the letter. replied NOire
! had my hand on my pistol in my pocket
/ Are you sponsible for it?' 1 asked. Al
this L received a slap in the face from
I Noirs, when drew my revolver and fired
! at him. EouviIie crOuched behind "A chair,
I and from the protection that afforded,
! aimed his revolver at me, but he could
not get it to 90 Of, I fired at him while
/ he was in that position, when he ran out
! of the room. lie stopped in the next
room, and again turned his pistol toward
me. l fired at him again, and he fed ~
The Journal ODicidt, Of this morning,
/ contains a decree cOnvOking the Cham
] bers for the purpose Of bringing action
/ before the High Court of Justice to de-
/ eide upon the charge Of homicide against
! Prince Bonaparle. The Prince belonging
/ 20 the EmperOr's family, the examination
must be held before this court. The Jour
/ nal. in its account of this transaction,
Z saws that the Minister of Justice, as soon
/ as he heard of the affair, ordered the ar
/ rest OF the Prince, but five hours before
/ the issuance Of the order he had surren-
/ dered himself into the custody of the
/ Commissioner Of the Police, and had been
taken to the conciergerie.
Ia MGrSeiIlEise was published in
mourning on the 18th, and contained a
leading article, printed in large type:
The murder committed by the Prince
Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte upon the citi-
zen Victor NOire. ] have had the weak
ness TO believe that a BOnaparte could be
other than an assassin. 1 have dared to
imagine that fair duel was possible in
that family where murder and waylaying
are traditional and habitual. Our cola
borer, Paschel GroUssst, has shared my
error, and to-day we mourn our dear
friend Victor Soire, assassinated by the
rufian Pierre Napoleon BOuaparte. For
eighteen years past France has been in
the blood-staiued hands Of those cut
thrOats, who, not content with grape
shotting republicans ia the streets, allure
them into bsited traps, for the purpose Of
slaughtering them at home. People of
France, have You not had decidedly
enough OF this?
TSignedl -"HENRI ROCHEF0RT."
The MqrSsiJIaiSe was very violent again
tbiz r,orning, and the entire issue was,
tbaraF,Ta sei-.,.11 nv the authorities.
The BOnaparte whose ine was nearly
% hH hE- Ea
French Journalist hiss so suddenly come
into notice, is not young, thOugh-leSs
HotspUr, but a man of hty-hve years,
whose passions must have cooled down by
age not less than by the yiCissitudes OF
one OF the most adventurous careers that
can be imagined. He is the fourth son of
Lucien Bonaparte, late Prince Of Canine.
He is a very energetic man, whose bravery
is not doubted by any one on either con-
tinent, who knows his history. In 1892
he served as a Major Of cavalry, and dis
distinguished himself as q daring soldier.
In 1886 we find him in the Roman States
where he fOmeuted uble to the Papal
See. When the Pope's police attempted
to arrest him. he killed tbs commanding
captain in a fair e ght, but he received such
wounds himself that he had TO surrender.
After a long detention in the Fort San
Angelo, he succeeded in escaping and
came 10 this country. In lS45 he was
elected d member Of the Assemblee Con-
stitu8ute, by the CoTsicans, and invariably
voted with the Republican party. He
never was on very good terms with the
present Emperor; did not often visit him
in the Tuilieries, but usually lived il re-
tirement at his residence at AuteuiL, in
the vicinity of Paris. Like all Of the
clever children Of Lucien BOuaparte, he
received an excellent education, and is,
though the least celebrated among his
brothers and sisters, yet a well educated
man, who is conversant with arts and lit
eratUre.
The St. L0uis Republican, in a sensible
and dispassiOnate article, from which we
extract the above, says:
The presumption seems to be that a
man al such an age. and in such position
as Prince Pierre B0laparte occupies in
France, and with the full knowledgs of
the troubles and dangers to which any
inexcusa1Ie crime committed by him
would expose the present dynasty, must
have acted under influences sufficiently
strong to make him forget every pruden-
tial consideration. The prOvOCatiOu in
citing an old man who is one of the near
est relations Of the Emperor, to kill
another man, at a time when the dynasty
itself is in most critical condition, must
have been such as TO make Prince
piey~e forget everything else, except
that he Is a man cf honor who dared not
suffer gross insult without st once re-
venging il. We BnOW that the whole OF
Rochcf0rt's political science concentrates
in the abuse Ofthe BOnaparte family. lie
has published one journal after another,
with the only aim OF insulting Napoleon,
his wife and his relations. His last publi- /
cation ne called the 8fGrSeiltaiSe. In one
of its numbers, = seems, he insulteq
Prince Pierre. The Prince challenged |
Rochefort. Rocheiort answers that he bad
not signed the insulting article, and that
the Prince therefore, should challenge
the author OF 81, whose name as the law
IN Franco reQuir6s) was at the bottom of
the article. Were RochefOrt rs brave q
man as he is q brawler, he would at CHce
have seized an opportunity to fight, and 1
perhaps kill one Of that family which he
not /" dead shot" as Prince Pierre is
known to be, be probably pre-
ferrsd that his collaboration, who Is ,
perhaps OF equal ability with the Prince (
in that line, should fight the duel. Wheth- |
ar this be so or not. IL seems that the 4
Prince thought he had sufficient reasons /
10 challenge RochefOrt. 4 correspond /
ence took place between the parties, aud /
On theevening Of Monday last NJ. Noire 4
and N. Trouville, two OF RochelOrt's |
friends, presented themselve at the I
Princes residence, and the homicide re- I
suited. His case win come before the /
Courts, and is now before the tribunal OF I
he most eNcitable population Of the !
world-that OF the people OF Paris-and IS I
1t the same time an incidental point IN 4
hat permanent process which large pOr- I
ion of the Parisians have Instituted /
against the Bonapsrte dynasty. The peo- 4
pie and the press Of Paris viii certainly I
rot judge the case Of Prince Pierre from
he dispassionate standpoint OF the foreign 1
press, or of the so-cailed code OF hCnori /
)ut they will make OF it powerful argu-
nent against tine present dynasty, against
ia general. aud against the eX-
,eptional status Of the members OF arUling
amily, in their relations TO the people
md TO the exercise OF Justice in cases
vherein they appear as the accused.
right or wrong, as far as the
personal action Is concerned, he
yfu be condemned before that revolu-
ionary tribunal, the public opinion Of
,,.ris Which Of the two is the strong
st-tLe bigh court, which has 20 Judge
ases in which members Of the Imperial
smilv are concsrped, or that terrible
ourt which is known only by the name
4 revoiutlon-is DOT easily determined at
his distance. If N. Olivier does not
tumble against this terrible incldenJ, ana
{ the French people shall keep calm, 20
itical education has made more progress
n France than We have believed 70 DC
possible.
The Cincinnati Commercial, commenting
m the above, says: Even If Prince
Pierre Napoleon had simply, in the heat Of
passion, insulted Messrs. Fouviiie and
loire, who came to challenge him on the
,art Of NJ. Paschal Grousett, one Of the
.ditors of Henri Rocheforts new daily
PAPER. La MarSelIdise, a loud hue and cry
would have been raised against him, and
,e ,Vould have been ostracised from those