The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-31


were improvlsed. and had the special honor sI
20 oe taken for object and target for the drled
fruit OF the chronicle and the stale fruit Of the
1eullleton All the mosquitoes OF low Journalism,
all the ranc0rs oil the antechamber and the CON.
Iessional revenged themselves at one blow rom
notoriety had sometimes innicted upon them.
The author OF the Lanterne the menl-
fence the Deputy Of Par make
place to don't know what beast OF Cevandau;
o. whom the public and private hfe had
j had little Killed my father The
lieved in my disinterestedness. had learned all AZ
once that had been arrested, furnished WIN
600 GOO francs taken ny lorce rom the oank' anu he
origin could not be doubtful. perquistion, Sc
cretly directed mad brought about the discovery o,
and OF notable quantity oil pictures from The
Louvre.
THE BANKRUPT vr1LEMEssANr.
whose papers, found in the 1ueries after the Gun
OF September, had revealed the political proDity,
had naturally taken the command OF this crusade,
ana you must know that nobody was better aDie
TO carry it on to a good end. One is not chief OF
the gutter press for nothtng-the first villain OF
the objection This man, who has on ms con-
science two failures from which he had not yet re-
covered, VINO called himself successfully Cartier,
then Delauney. II en- vlllemessant. who called MN,
self ell the names OF all the fathers VINO refused 70
recognize nim-such man pardons with dimcuity
those who have the right to the name tney pear ~
and to the money they make. One asks why II ls
the republicans whom he spat at by preference,
for myself have seen him beaten with stick by
a B0napartist Deputy, struck in the lace by
Legitimst, well known and ornamented by Al
only decoration it ia allowed him to carry
This Old reprobate, who tries to shake on our
wives and even on our children portion OF the
contempt which bears him down. has IN tne
darkness OF his past, sinister secrets, which are
ignored but which should be known. lie lett his
both even went SO far as to commit suicide, leay-
ing on their death bed q letter OF maledctIOn ior
same tme-wno went and lost in low resorts the
bread which they asked him for.
This same Delaunay, this same Cartier, this
same villemessant Is received with open arms by
the dukes who govern us. 1t is true that on the
oath OF May NJ DE Broghe pressed 70 his heart the
assassins, who, on the I'd OF December arrested
another variety OF parrlclde.
And here are the norasts who accuse us OF
working at the base OF the famlly-We who have
never lived but Tor our country and Tor our chill
dren we who only tried the stroke OF despair,
Pauss g i knows it well. When = we Doth
sses 20 have BEEN chosen to ase us
having escaped from death. "Could you,u asked |,
Give thus 5000 leagues away from your cnndrenr'
to these beings VINO are 30 indispensable TO US,
tnat we owe, in reality, our hberty for II we had
less profoundly loved them we should not thus
have risked death to see them again.
While the papers, the accusers, were charging Us
with crimes the most iantastcal, we learned In the
~
paseS our r,1 houses My apartment s.S q the ne
visit OF o detachment OF the army OF Marshal Mac
Mahon and there was not lett a single piece OF
porcelain, nor silver dish, nor clock. MY family
papers, my parchments, my titles, my bed cover
ing and the saddle OF my horse AL became the
prey OF these defenders OF property. The slavsh
newspapers then were right In saying tuat paint
ings and bronzes were carried away. Their error
consisted IN not having ADDED that they taken
ont OF my collection and never put back. These
which
are held with their mouths closed in the depths OF
0eeaniea mention to give I've an idea o. the good
ali read. TO taks u tie post the man that has
been rlfied is what Robsft Nacaire would call the
crowning OF the edi6ce.
From the day that Monsieur de MacMahon had
authorized pilace the lnformer became trade.
MiliGre snot La Lulye and was arrested. TINS analr
trouble ourselves about 1t here. What we alone
have known in the secrecy OF the prisons tue SIN;
were entirely free from any participation in the
Revolution OF the 18th OF March. Ny
friend oivier who has iathoned the m 1,s,
In the mud without mattress and without cover
ing. Ny friend Olivier Pain mad Tor companion,
named Lambert, arrested without any plausible
motive. He was returning ff6GI Geridany where
had remained absolutely Stranger to the events
OF the tines He firmly believed tina: ne
was Arrested because OF the siniiitude Of
answered until the day when everything was ex-
planned and explained too much. Lieutesl Mt
the affair." much perplexed at the stand taken BY
the accused, returned the papers concerning the
case which had been sent 70 him and ended Dy
discovering letter which had been imprudently
LETT among them, and which read as folows:-
My DEAR GAILLARD-As thy functions authorize
thee to cause the arrest OF whom you please, thou
wouldst be very amiabe IN getting me rid
OF a certain Lambert, sculptor, whose pres
ence - annoying n to t,ea ,e more than any
And the letter was signed Marquis de Mar
guerie."
tary Justice, sort OF Laubardemont In epaulettes
who presided over executions and over arrests
He hurried to render to his friend the service asked
Tor. Now you would never guess Of what nature
was the trouble given to the Marquis de Marguerite
by the young artist. This person mad been recently
noticed by ayoung and charming lady to whom
the Marquis had vainly made his court and the
noble lover had determined TO get rid OF an annoy
ing rival by having him transported to Caledonia
We ought to say 1t and we are happy to again
make the acquaintance OF Lieutenant Seane-we
name the personages in the drama. Lieutenant
Seane was overcome with Indignation on reading
this letter. and in order that the weight OF the
sponsibty should fall where 1t properly belonged,
he dictated TO the young sculptor some answers
wherein the name OF the miserable Marguerite Is
constantly found mixed up When the report which
concluded when the arraigned was given his
liberty came to Colonel Gaillard, that devoted
friend Immediately took the part OF the destroyer,
ordering Lieutenant seane to redirect another.
where the name OF M. de Marguerite would not be
mentioned. The decided refusal OF the Lieutenant
was rendered, who was then broken, and he was
replaced by Captain Herye reporter OF the affair.
As the Chief OF Military Justice had taken the pre-
caution to suppress the letter OF his friend, the
new choice was not more happy for the two &C
cused. Captain Herye, with loyalty which honors
him, declared that he would never lend himself
to the perpetration OF such an infamous act, and
signed document to that effect, which mad the
effect OF causing NJ. Lambert to be given back to
the woman he loved, and who had not discon-
tinued her visits to him during his captivity at
Satory. leave the reader to decide whether such
men have the right TO reproach the Communists
for the arbitrary arrests which they made at a
period In the strife when all people were suspected
who refused to esp0use their cause.
REVELATIONS.
l have on analogous subjects, my hands full Of
revelations. abstain from lear OF alarming the
modesty OF the reader, to know that in the depot
called des Chantiers OF Versailles, the female prIs
oners OF the Commune instead OF being guarded
by women, as the law and the prophecies demand
wereS Obliged to sleep and TO dress under the i'm
pudent looks OF soldiers, 10 whom their chiefs
gave themselves the pleasure OF permitting
everything. These unhappy women. OF whom