, 1877-10-28
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
Portraits by Victor Hugo of De,
Morny and Louis Bonaparte.
How the Brazilian Emperor Managed
to See Victor Hugo.


Victor Hugo's ''Histoirc dun Crimc'' is
lava food, fierce with white concentrated heat
Of the indignation Of great soul against gigan-
tic wrong. OF course, the Is 'Histoire dun
Crime" will be translated and published in
book form, but pending its appearance in that
gulse I will venture to give q few extracts from
Its pages.
Here is portrait OF De Alorny, of whom
Alphouse Daudct has given SO recently sketch
Of almost equal power, though traced with
more kindly hand:
He who writes these lines has known Morny.
aiorny and Wnle'sskt had IN the quasi -rcign,ng
aas q the
was Morny: Let us tell. Gayly important, IN In
tr1gucr, but not austerc, the friend OF Kom1ese
| society aud the morals Of the roulette table.
| pleased with himself, witty. combining certain
libcraity OF ideas with the acceptance Of useful
crimes, finding means to smile graciously with bad
teeth leading life OF pleasure, dissipated but
concentrated, ugly, good -natnred ferocious, we'll
dressed, fearless, leaving willingly under lock and
key prisoner-brother and ready 10 risk his head
for an Emperor BROTHER having the same mother
as Louis Donaparte, and, like Louis Bonuparte
harnais. abis to call himself Fiahaat. and calling
himself Aorny carrying literature as far as vaude-
viles and politics to tragedy. society man md
| sination. figure to bc sketched BY Marivaus on
condition vi being rccaptured BY Tacitus. no con-
science Whatever, rrcproachlbsy elegant infamous,
and 2mnble, At need a perfect duke; such was this
| malefactor-
Here is passage from the chapter entitled
"Louis Boraparte III Profile":
Louis Bonapartc, was Indifferent; Tie knew but
| one thing, his goal. To trample down the route
rest quiet All bis policy was there. 70 crush the
Republicans, to disdatn the Royalists.
Louis tonaparte had no passion II who y writes
| With With the former King or WestpLalia. said, .sIn
! him the 1Ionandcr has calmcd the Corscan." ''H
! there is any Corsican, replied Jerome.
Louis Donapartc has neycr been but man who
watched his chance; spy trying to dure God. lie
had the iivid pensivcncss OF gambler who is cheat
ing. Cheating admits audacity and excludes anger
III his prison at Ham he read but one book, The
! Prince. lie had no family, being aDle to hesitate
| between Bonaparte and veshnel; he had no lather-
land, being able to hesitate between France and
| This Napoleon had taken Ste. Helena in good
part. lie admired ENGLAND; Resentmenrs! For
save interests. lie pardoned because he speculat:
cd, he forgot nil because he calculated all. What
was bis uncle to him. lie did not serve him, lie
! lie stuffed the eagle.
| Reyengefulncss is an unproductive expense.
LOUIS Bonaparte had only 20 much memory as was
smiling upon the English; the MARQUIS dc Mont
chenu did not hinder him from smiling upon the
| Roya1ists.
! In his premeditaton, not Qnick-teulpcred, doing
/ ga ;Dtir ,rfth
notnns Nv VIZ, 1sn,. T. ditcree1 cnrrcct
nees snftlr asont necessary carnasc mas
s.rro hcranse 10 II had to be.
Xii this NC reneat without passion and without
| anger.
Louis Bonaparte was one of those men who have
undergone the profound chilling ct Mach,avall.
1t was BY being such man tnai ne aas suceeeuea
in subu1ersiny the name OF Napoleon by snpeEpos~
in1 December upon HruulalTe.
Further on we CONG 10 1ack tnIt thlo"s
| new and favorable ilght On tue character o1
! Prince Napoleon, the feo frnee, 1ne f1ohplon
| OF the Empafe: IN lhose LAYS u rellu' a,u ~
cetLa1tl i.c ~ w. KY Hrr +ba. !, Isnmnr ~
" s ~, 4 81 ccrt.in n he nnr to death
| ~ a. 90 ;aae+ transnortcd to CAYENNE. Victor
n H. ~ n, ~ tsTia ofFor was nobIc on1 cord;ol.
,1eee tn51cl,e, br II made m nse of it. Int
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One morh'n" III MAY iast 'h aloe-uc-eapP
| presented himself at NJ victor Hu@o's door,
| bearing message from the Emperor Of Brazil.
| Tbc Emncror wished VI. Victor Hugo to know
~. E"ps, '"a',', r,na him nnch n1cosnre If n
tha1 "ou s,se ~, nn ,,4us s; pe.suis a
Victor Hugo would call Oh MIN. AN imperlal
| invitation in Europe passes for command, and