The Van Buren press., 1872-12-03
E,chefort's Marriage.
His Temporary Release from Prisen--
Singular incidenfs Of tho Marriage
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His Temporary Release from Prisen--
Singular incidents Of the Marriage
Ceremony.
Paris Correspondence London Globel
Few romances Of fiction have imagined
for their climax an incident so pathetic
as the marriage of Henri Rochefort, with
all the circumstances which, In fact, sur.
rounded it. Several years ago, when the
man now condemned to detention for
life was the young Comts de Rochefort
Lucay, he wooed and won Marie Anasta
sic Renauld, the daughter OF an employe
in the ministry of finance They were,
at the time, almost boy and girl-he, |
think, twenty. aud she sxteen-and did
not lind it necessary to consecrate their
affection by any other ceremony than
these vows OF eonstaney, which usually
prove efvery transient force. 1t was not
so, however, in this case. By successive
stages the Comte de Rochefort let him
self be carried away by his virulent wit
and his eager desire for notorety until
he became famous for satircs which were
certainly out Of all Keeping with an an
cient title, and he wisely dropped his
rank. 1t is poor work attacking fallen
man, and | will not inquire now whether
some OF his extravagant articles, which,
however, meant, could bat fall like oil
upon the fire of fercer mems passions,
were not equally unworthy of the plain
citizen Henri Rochefort claimed to be.
The natural result of such career has
been at one time exile, at another impli-
cation in the horrors committed by those
who were or had beel his followers, and
finally the condition of aprsoner for the
rest OF his life. During all his changes
OF fortune, except the last, Mad lie Rem
aud has remained with him At Bras
sells, when he WAS in exile, az Paris dur
ing the siege, they we're together, and
they have only been parted lately, owing
to her illness. This is at present so dan
gerous that in all probability death must
come soon She could not meet this
calmly without remedying for her chill
dren, as French law enables her to do,
the mistake made years ago. There were
difficulties in the way. She ceuld not be
moved from her bed, and her lover had
ceased to have the right, or at least the
power, to control his own actions How
ever, these obstacles have been overcome
and the prisoner was permitted, yester-
day, TO come, strongly guarded at every
step, to make the dying woman in the
convent of the Augustines, at Versailles,
.. last, his wife. BY this the children, a
daughter and two sons, become legti
mate No wonder that people have talked
of little else tie las: two days. Curiosi-
ty was naturally exclted to know each
detail of this strange conclusion to a
singular story; but the matter was so
well and quietly managed that very few
inqulsitivc spectators could get in. where
their presence would have been most un
acceptable. Rochefort had beea brought
to the Maison dArret OF Versailles on
Monday night, and thence his marriage
procession started yesterday merning
1t consisted of one large hired carriage
conveying the bridegroom and three po-
lice agents (dressed in plain clothes y it
left the prison at a very early hour, and
had for escort very strong guard of
gardteas de la peir, who also surrounded
in force the Maison de Santo attached to
the Convent Of tho Augustines Here,
on the second story, was No 3--a little
room opening, as all such do IN places
Of confinement, from great public cor
ridor, and in this lay the bride As the
poor, paralyzed woman could not, of
course, be moved to the marie or to the
church for either the civil or religious
ceremony, NJ Rameau, the maire, had
ceme To her bedside The marriage in
strument was read by him, while NJ
Rochefort stood by the bride, holding
har hand twas then signed both, though
the effort drew from her a cry Of pain
and Witnessed by Francois Victor Hugo
Ernest Blum, jean Dcstrian and the elo-
qusnt barrister, Albert Jolly This was
sufficient to give legal validity to the
marriage aud statas to TIE children, but
Mile Renauld Gas the Rsppel states, hslf
apologetically) had begged for religi-
GUS ceremony also, and Rochefort could
not refuse request which will he proba-
bly, her last The blessing of the church
was, therefore, bestowed ON the pair ry
Able Follct, chaplain Of prisons After
this NJ and Madame Rochetort were re-
leased from surveillance for short half
hour aud left absolutely alone AT the
expiratian OF this time they parted, and
at IL O'Clock Of their bridal morning their
welded life ended forever The bride,
grosm, with the same precautions, was
conducted back to his temporary prison,
his conductors, BY the rapid pace at
which they took the carriage, appearing
TO grudge the favor shown; and last
night be was carried in a prisoners van
to his place OF permanent confinement in
the He de Re.