The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-22

fear that he had made d serious error ID
praising to Senator NJ. ThierS, only tC
learn the next day that the latter had
come out ina lGnunciatiOn Of Napoleon's
course; the fear that he had been under
stood Mt the White House 10 say that he
had received official dispatches from
France, when he had received none, but
meant 70 refer 10 the news dispatches
were alI matters which seemed! TO weigh
on his sensitive mind. At(er his Interview
with Secretary Fish ON yesterday, he
seemed to iear ulAt lie had said something
without the diplomatic bounds. Indeed,
DE prevailing tenOrOf .hismind since SAT-
6rday last seems to have been u fear that
everybody had not 'comprehendGd ills
meaning, and this, too, In the face OF the
fact that he spoke English fluently, and
tonversed with Senator Sumner and Sec
fetary Fish in French. These feelings
uccSISEat5i lbfIfl6tR66s 'Boytrationi hId
excitement, In the end produced that TEN,
porary alteration OF mind that led him
TO take his own life, .u :.
NJ, ParadOI was d WidOwcr, his wife
having died some five years ago. lie
leaves daughter sixteen years Of age
Ind a son Ten years Of age, both Of whom
0re ut Newport, having LEFT here on satur7
day lust for that wNtering.place. The
Minister himself wins born in 1925, and
was admitted 10 the French Academy Of
the early Nge of thirty-siS! AS u journal
ist his chief distinction was won in tue
columns ofathe journal tlSs Dt6atS,S with
which he llaL been connected many years.
During the civil war, III this country hs
distinguished himself by u calm, earnest
article, maintaining that Francc'shonld
'6tIpport the unity Of the nation, whose
liberty her, arms bud done so much 70 es;
pieasiHq NHe wlIs&b5lt tIS6 ID q si2 inclI.
es in height, stout, with black hair and
mustIChe, and large, clear, hazel eyes, and
possessed Of the bright, vivactous air Oi
the French people, {, Z 3,.n,tr.l .onyjh
[ secret FiSlI hal issued mEitaaons
for q dinner party ut his residence this
evening in honor ofIAE Paradol, 70 which
the representatives of those nations friend
" To Erlnce residing herr, had been In
vitcd. iSenatbr StMifeE GeheFal Schenck
untl one or two other prominent states
men, were among the invited guests.
Several days since he addressed u letter,
written in French, to his valet with direc'
lions that II should not be opened until .
certain time. The letter was opened this
morning, us soon as It wns knowntllat he
bad commiltel suicide. II conveys to his
vlLlet the information Ot his intention To
kill himself, and gave instructions IT, take
Ills two children back To- France To join
their youngest sister ut school there.
Probable Reasons for the Rash Act
" u ~. CTReatnqa Gon.mstidt&7 dkAi
Your reporter called upon NJ. Berthemy
in his pMrlUr, ut the Westminster, when
the .cx;AEinisler lpl4 lip he h9d been
wifi AZ. A1afalOlIdurdAyS In Washington
and len him ON Monday last perfectly
well, mentally and physically, though he
complained Of almost unSuttcrablC heat.
lie alsA said that the ldtG Minister was II
mar OF remarkably strong mind and fine
intellect, antl was 6f a very cheerful and
pleasant disposition. ER .t.,l 1
lie then spoke Of the affair Us very sad,
indeed, and Seemed TO be much affected.
Thereportar theni asked II there was Tas
any preliminary difficulties or domestic
troubles which might have led to the sui.
eide, and was told that that there was
none that he WAS aware Of. u. Berthemy
said that Minister FaradOl was u wilOwer
with two children, who were now ut New
mort, Rhode Island, and whom he intend
ell sending 10 France by the Lafayette on
Saturday, the same steamer they arrived
III on the 18th ult. .,g
In answer u i question in regard 10 the
probable cause Ot n. PAradOPs suicide
the exrMinistar, 8 stated above, said that
when he LEFT Washington the deceased
was constantly recurring to the opprcs'
slve state Of the weather, and that 1t al
tccted his head very much, which might
have produced temporary insanity, and,
while laboring under the mania, he took
his life. : ''n'
"Therc Is another theory" said he
switch I,nlighL mention, which Is ut least
plausible. j. That Is, that b. Paradol
has never seen much Of political life
having been more Of literary man than
a politician. Again, this turmoil and ex'
lcitemcnt attending upon the important
Office into which lie was so suddenly in'
troduced, from comparatively quiet lie
besides tue, existing troubles jat home
NAV have lad 4 delGteriouS effect on his
mind, and might have been indirectly the
cause OF the gcntlemNn's sad and lihtOrtu,
nate death. These are the only reasons,
he continued, (which lean 0scribe for the
act Thesreal lcdGse isA mystery, and g
| Il will femainSt0 tie end Of uule:2 = q
InrcCard TOM. Paradors previous sAni-
ty NJ. Berthemy said: N certainly con
sIdcred him rational in all respects
Surely, sir, You read hisl splendid reply
amer presenting bis credentials to the
President, and1 don't think You can cNlI
that else tllan tho, Cmanation OF Il sanC
mind.
IAt il o'clock on Tuesday morning
Senior Domingo Ruiz, AfesiaGnt .of New
York, had III long and pleasant conversa'
tion with Provost ParailOl, in Washing,
ton, in which all tho important topics. oi
international interest were freely dis
cussed, "The. French minister" sIys
Senior i,RuiS, Twas In exCellent spirits
lie showed no signs Of fatigue; nor did hC
appear To bC atall affected by the heat
AithOugh the thermometer in Washington
Marked oyer % degrees. He spoke crate
fully 81 the kindly manner lin which
he had sbech ieceivedi and expressed 9
high opinion of'the courtesy o. therepfc
sentative Americans with whom he had
been brought in ncontact. NOta word did
lie utter touching the onerous duties q
his responsible office, nor did he once intl
mate that he was III the slightest degret
uncomfortable or unhappy" ~
Senior Ruiz says that there was nothing
IN tile language, the manner, or the &C
tions Of Provost PNradOl to Indicate eithel
HlghtineSS or indisposition. IIc was
lthrnnrhont the interview, cool, cOlleCteC