Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-21
Mysterious Suicide of the New
French Minister.

eide at one O'Clock this morning, by shoot
ing himself with a pistol He had been
very busy since his arrival, and yesterday
his mind seemed wandering, though he con-
tinued TO give great attention to business
during the afternoon. 1t is presumed that
he was leboring under a temporary fit of
insanity, caused by fatigue and the intense
heat.
Details Of the Suicide.
The French Minister shot himself in his
sleeping chamber, in the front room of the
second story of his house, and the circum-
stances attending it show that the act was
premeditated. The inmates of the house
8 at the time were his housekeeper and a
French serving man. The woman heard
the report of the pistol and rushed into
his room, where she found Paradol lying
dead on the floor and bleeding from the
left breast, the ball having entered imme-
diately over the heart. The weapon was
a small breech loading Colt pistol 1t is
ascertained that he walked out yesterday |
and purchased pair Of pistols of the style
described. The other was found in his |
bureau with a cartridge beside it. The |
body was embalmed and prepared for bu- |
rial, but nothing further will be done until |
the arrival of N. Bertheny, late French |
Minister, who is in New York, and who is |
summoned by telegraph. The body wlll, |
no doubt, be taken to France.
NJ Paradol had prepared himself for bed |
but had evidently remained up in his |
chamber for sometime, meditating suicide. |
He had nothing on but his night-shirt and 1
slippers, and apparently stood facing the /
-~fire place and near the center Of the room. /
His body was found lying on its back, one |
leg drawn up and the left arm outstretched |
above his head
The French Minister took possession of |
his house on Friday last, and on Sunday /
evening he sent his son and daughter who /
accompanied him to this country to New |
port, r. l., intending to join them there in /
few days and spend the summer He i
left note saying: Il will kill myself-M
Bertheny, come back and stay"
The members of the French legation
were absent from Washington with the /
exception of II. DeJardin, the Chancellor.
That gentleman communicated the fact to /
Secretary Fish, who, after expressing his
surprise and profound regret, suggested
a Coroners inquest, to which NJ.
DeJardin assented, and 7o'clock this even
ing was designated by the coroner for that
purpose. The entire community is shock
ed by the event.
Official Respects 10 the Dead.
The Secretary of State to-day telegraph
ed TO Minister Washburne instructihg him
to inform the French Government Of the
sudden death of Mr.. Provost Paradol
The President has ordered a guard of
honor over the remains of the deceased
Minister, with such other attention as may
be required.
The Secretary and invited guests had an
ticipated much pleasure at the dinner
which was to have been given tonight by
the Secretary in compliment to the late
Minister.
Montana.
Addison II. Saunders was to-day ap-
pointed Secretary of Montana, vice /
Wiley Scribner suspended
Alaska.
Bids for the exclusive catching of seals
on St George and St. Saul's Islands,
Alaska, for 20 years, opened too day, rang
ing from $50, 600 to S227, SEQ per annum.
The awards are not yet made.
specUIatiOns about England.
There has been much speculation here
about the course England is likely to pur-
sue II the event of general continental
war A distinguished member of the Sen
ate Committee on Foreign Relations con-
ours with several members of the Diplo-
matte Corps that England will ally herself
with Prussia and Russia, the latter power
being allowed to possess herself Of Con
stantinople, and England to take Egypt
and thus secure command of the isthmus
route to her Asiatic possessions.
The Paris Congress.
The State Department to-day received a |
dispatch from Mr.. Hoffman, the acting /
minister at Paris, stating that France has /
decided to respect the treaty of the Con- /
3 Of fx-hIp has
the principle that the goods of an enemy /
are free from seizure under a neutral flag, |
unless they are contraband of war, and |
neutral goods not thus contraband are not /
liable to capture even on board an enemy's /
ship Similar advices from Bismarck are 1
also at hand. The following, however, is i
the definition of the treaty referred to, and |
to which the leading European powers gave |
their assent. The United States, unwilling |
to give up the right of privateering and to /
issue letters of marque and -eprisal, never |
became party to the compact which is |
l. Privateering is and remains abol- |
ished.
. The neutral flag covers the enemy's |
goods, with the exception of contraband of |
war.
g. Neutral goods with the exception of
contraband OF war, are not liable to capture |
uQu6r an enemy nag.
4. Blockades, in order to be binding, |
must be effective; that is to say, maintained |
by force sufficient really to prevent access |
TO the port of the enemy.
Applications under the New HANK |
ing Law.
The Comptroller of the Currency is re-
ceiviDg numerous applications for cur
rency, to be distributed under the new law
Many come from the Eastern States and
old banks which already have all the law
allows and are peremptorily rejected. Two
applications, one from New York and one
from Boston, have been received for recog-
milton of existing banks on gold basis, and
an application for a new gold bank has
been received from California. Numerous
proposals Of this kind are expected from
the Pacific coast and mining regions. Any
distribution made before the new census
returns will be based on the census of 1860,
hut nothing viii be done which will pre-
vent fair distribution according to the
new census returns.
North Carolina.
Adyices received here from North Caro-
lima are Of somewhat an alarming char
acter. The Governor of the State has
proclaimed martial law and suspended the
writ Of habeas corpus in several counties,
and places in command of a disorganized
body Of men called the State militia a
Colonel Kirk, who was somewhat notorious
in the Tennessee troubles. Some of the con-
serva.ive citizens who are merely charged
with being connected with the so called
KukluX, have been arrested without process
of law, confined in Jail and denied a hear
ing even. It is telegraphed that the Raleigh
StdHdtra Of yesterday announces on the
authority Of Colonel Robert Douglas, the
Presidents private Secretary, that the pro-
ceedings have the full approval of General
Grant, who viii, on the application of the
Governor, order United States troops into
North Carolina. The Conservatives charge
that the whole trouble is manufactured in
order that the Radicals may carry the
election next month.
COUrt-martiaI at West Point.
4 court-martial was to-day ordered to