New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-20

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out Of reach Of his Antagonist till he got
chance, skip in like little matador an,
either scratch OF 5Is1 his man.
| Mr.. Rochefort was violent Repub
lican, or Communist, as they were calico
BY the Bourbons and Bonapartists. h,
had, we believe, sent challenge to ON
OF the then numerous Napoleons by 1
man named Noir, who was killed on tn,
spot by the choleric aristocrat. It wa.
unfortunate that man who interviewed al
did Noir in the quarrel of another, should
be the only person killed, but such thing.
occasionally happen under the code.
Rochefort was, for his political opinions,
expelled from the country. The people OF
France, to the number of twenty thou.
sand, as we have seen it stated, were tried
as Communists, and although an English
counsellor at law said he could not draw an
indictment against 'sthree millions of peo-
pie, We infer from this French example
that political prosecutions need not be
limited by numbers. Rochefort, by some
means or other, escaped from the penal
colony to which he had been sent, and
Immediately the imperid press resumes
relations of hostility toward him.
An 1mperialist editor by the name Of
Granin Hospitality receives this exile by
calling him ''mad dog" and expressing
the pleasure it would afford him to kill
him as mad dog deserves. Thereupon
Mr.. Rochefort responds to the royal bravo
by challenge to fight. The challenge,
we believe, was accepted by The profess
sional duellist and pistols specified as the
weapons. This mode Of fighting at fifteen
or even ten PAGES gives much advantage
to trained fighter. The French are nat
orally an extremely active people, as may
be seen by those who. like the Ravels, per-
form in pantcmimes and other t.icks of
A duel with pistols at a range chosen by
tho professional bravo was, then, . sure
thing. But while Granin had been, per
haps, twisting bis savage moustaches at
timid political antagonists, and revealing
at the Restaurants upon the renown which
bis ferocious reputation assured him, Mr..
Rochefort had been taking some lessons
in practical life. Among other observa- !
lions he had seen men habitually carrying
arms. which they. used in open affrays
without the formalities Of kid gloves or |
peffumed note paper. He had been in !
in California, and traversed the
United States. knowing thus that he had !
no possible show against the Imperial
gladiator, with the devices of the code and |
he choice Of weapons in his favor, Mr.. !
Rochetort seems to have taken two
chances:
/. That Mr.. Granin may have been
'bluf6ng."
2. To put it all on the surgeon.
In this last case, man who had been
oughing it would stand q better chance
o recover from shattered bone, severed
rtery, or secondary fever, than one who
lad been living on highly seasoned dishes
nd stimulating himself with those ex-
sting drinks of champagne and absynthe
would have. This evinced very cool
stimate of the pathological and morbid
and does great credit to the
ourage and scientific acumen of the Re.
'ublican Rochefort. The chances of
Mystical competition were last resort,
ut fortunately il became unnecessary.
1r. Rochefort stipulated that the duel
nth pistols should be fought at five PAGES
We may suppose the number Of eh, donct
acre d;ables! coquins! laches! sauuages!
liserables! which were uttered by the
ladiator and his ring when this extraor-
mary proposal for mutual assassination
as received.
It was the protest of General Boum
gainst the strategy Of Fritz. That it
ould inevitably bring on an engagement;
hereas, under his own PLAN Of cam.
align, such collision was impossible.
We may also imagine the numerous
oints of etiquette which would arise as
} whether the challenged party, having
10 choice of weapons was not also emit
ed to fix the terms under which they
lould be used? It is important that
hen man is killed in duel it should
3 secundem drte'n, and though we have
nown an American duel with muskets at
n PAGES, we also know that no point
as raised by either party. One of them 8,
as shot dead, the other saved by the ball 4
his antagonist striking the barrel of
s gun. We have read French play, by
man named Moliere, in which respect l
lie citizen wished to become what they t
lied gentleman. Among other accom- s
ishments deemed indispensable to the
aracter he was about to assume was
at of the small sword. After a due
urse of lessons, he insisted that the
rvant girl should try to break
8 head with the broom handle, which b
e did with good effect. At this the re- #
ectable man, trying to be gentleman,
used her roundly for disregarding all c
9 rules of art, and thrusting the broom J
nd1e at him in the fourth nosifion whon | q