, 1875-02-07
WHAT Is COMING IN FRANCE;

| a SomnAmbNlfHl73 Forecast Of Terri~
/ Bile Scenes in Parls-A Grent General
| KILLED.
| =. Carresponde,es Of tie Loaioa T..ues
| PARIS, Jan. l5.-l had tho otheE Gay a singular
example. a singular demonstration, Of tbs, effect
produced by political excitement when it takes
| poasesaion OF womou- Was invitad by ouo OF
Eay frienda to be present with lin at . private
meeting He took me into : sumptuous house,
! where q young and handsome lady OF vary
nervous disposition, and passionateIy addic1eu
to political discussion, had bean Tor Soma ti<1e
| in state OF latent somnambnlanl, during which
| she related with surprising, accuracy Of
language the vssinns which passed through mar
! mind, and which were the result OF the pass.on
| with which she had followed political eyo.asa
sii1ce the fail OF the Empire. Sao had really &C.
| qpired a kind OF. extraordinary pe1cepinn Ut
things, and abe, go to say, read ray thoughts
/ when had placed my hand irside hers The
friend who had brought me bav5ng asked me to
queatioa her, I pat ter IN my turn the. famous
| question, How do you think all thia Will end =
WAS curious to know how far could 70 the affect
| OF IN obstinate preoccupat1on on the ovcs-o1-
cited system OF q nervous woman. Ny expecta-
J tion was not deceived, and the answer which she
made Was o singular mixture Of reflection and
imaginary conclusions. It MAS something like .
lucid dream based on reality.
She appeared to be looking in front Of her and
narratiDg what she saw. She3aw the whole ma
ton proce eedips to ballot for new Assembly At
Versailles. The Assembly decided, ia tho dr At
place, that 1t should return to ParIs, and It put
to the vote tho continuation OF Marshal Mac.da-
hon'a powers. Tho chiof ct the Cabinet intefrened
to declare That tho Marshal considered the vote of
the 2oth Of November, 1873, as incommutable~ Tbs
President OF the Assembly. NJ. Grevy-at least her
description Of him made us think thatie was he-
divided the House on the question whe:lor it
should continue the discussion despite the troteas
Of the Chief OF the Cabinet. Tho Assembly. by
large majority, decided to take no notice Of tho
objection. Immediately tho whole Cabinet, fol-
lowed by part OF the Assembly, left the hall
After their departure the discussion continued.
At this momeus Q message is brought from tAs
Marshal. declaring the Assembly dissolved An
indescribable uproar follows upou tho reading of
this message. The Assembly decides that the
President IL guilty Of high 1reaaon- Here the
mcnt. The man who acted the part Of magnetlzer
pressed her hand She continued her narrative.
shs found herself twenty-four hours aftsswafd
within tho walls Of Paris, where she Witnessed 4
resentatires Of the people armed with their in
sigma. and on the other tho soldiers Of ths army
commanded by the Marsha1 himself. Suddenly
Bhe uttered piercing cry,-one of the Generals
had fallen; the other; who was next to tim, as-
suned the commAnd- The struggle concluded
by tho triumph Of the army, and br the proclam4-
ton Of the General who had taken the command.
We asked her for the name Of this General. 8hs
refused 10 gye it, saying she did not Nish 70
point him out beforehand to the bullet OF so1as
AA4AttE. 4Ao aEEAp oEt58tA ~ W p7aAAN'7 AnN @*
the general request she WAS awakened. and be-
fore. sle had completely recovered heE: con-
seriousness I left With the friend who bad
brought me.
s..WelL" said my friend Oh coming out, uvhst
do you think Of it {" s. I think" I Eerliad,
" thst woman ought not to meddle with poh:ics,
and II were tho husband OF tue peraon we havo
just seen, would seud the mas.natizar about
his business, and would txeas M wife taa
courae OF shower baths, trusting tfat would in-
duce her to return to family matters ard to oo-
cupstions more In accordance NTH tha poaiton
Of a useful and respectAbie WOMAN" Iueed not
add that my friend left NE, ehruGgiag his
and that he now cou1idesa ma m
worthlv Of his confidanca