The New York herald., 1876-01-21

NJ. DE LA RocHETTE, SENATOR OF FRANCE.
cable telegram from Versailles, under date of the
Goth inst, reports the occurrence OF the death of NJ
de la Rochette legtimst, who was elected Senator OF
sFrance for life by the Assembly. He chosen
the 10th OF December. in the year 1876 YER
saes writer, speaking OF the honor conferred upon
him, said:-M de la Rochette is the Nemesis EN-
ploycd by the Comte de Chambord to chastise the
house of Orleans for the sin Of ngrattude OF which
has been guilty toward the elder branch Nature
marked him for the function OF avenging angel.
He belongs to the rude which peoples the southern
spurs the Auvergne Mountains. To him wrapped
up in his cloak, wintry day, making his way to
his seat in the Extreme Right Breton priest,
the stranger might take him for a monk OF haggel-
liant Order returned TO the Assembly when universal
suffrage was in one of her whimsical moods.
old ivory, has the effect Of tonsure NJ
de la Rochette is very emaciated in person.
In the cone-shaped head the one ldeaed man is re-
vealed The idea which NJ de la Rochete steadily pur
is OF vengeance His hand has been often
visible in the political events OF the last i've years. As
Grand Justciary should be- he is the soul OF probty
NJ de la Rochette has led rowing life being the trusty
messenger between Frohsdorf and the egtimst party
Endowed with an exact memory, he faithfully
port unwritten minutes of secret cOnclaves TO the
King Were the police to arrest him they would find
compromising document hidden on his person.
Since the Assembly came to Versailles M. de la Ro-
chette hired there suit OF rooms In an old house IN
the QUARTER St. Louis the SatorY buryng ground
King soourns there each time he pays secret visit
the Parliamentary capital to concert with his faithful
standard bearers of the Light Horse what they
cOncede TO the De Brogle party IN the Assembly con-
sistently with honor and the scheme of vengeance
which NJ. de la Rochette has devoted his energies.
The political viii which NJ de la Rochette carried
loaded with sharp bits of iron designed to sink
deep into the flesh Of those whom he appointed to
agelate He laid 1t vigorously the shoulders OF the
Duke de Broglie on the morning of the I'd July 1874
the day before the Luclen Brun Interpolation Meet
ing NJ dc la Rochette in the Reservoirs the Duke tried
to decoy him and his Light Horse friends into voting
the ''incommensurable Septennate." Next day, when
de Broge hatterng himself on having, by submit
ting with smile to be chastised gained the relentless
legtmist a manifesto of the Comte de Chambord,
which NJ. de la Rochete during the conversation had
lying in his pocketbook, was being published
In the Paris Union M. de Fourton suspended
this paper for fortnight-an insult TO the
King that has never been forgiven On February
25 NJ de la Rochette appeared in the tribune read
'deciaraton,n in which he intended chastise Mar
shall MacMahon, in whom he fanced he saw an accom-
pce of the younger branch of the royalty. He began
by declaring that he would ''support matter whom
rather than let the Orleans family gain an advantage
In their house and ngratitude hereditary.
They the jaiers of the Kings mother, and they
and their accomplices alone to be blamed for the
failure OF the Assembly to restore the monarchy II
the fusion broke down, because they, Knowing
the King would never make promise he did not
mean to keep, lend himself to equvocation,
raised puerile difficulties about the national flag"