, 1877-08-12
PARIS.
Mile. Daram, of the Opera. and
Her Legacy.
Prosecution of, Government Of-
1icials by the Republicans.
War-0anards for Gallo Consumption
Theatrical Gossip.

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Theatrica1 Gossip.
Special Correspondence of The TRIBUNE
PARIS, France, July 21.-The lobbfes ane
grccnroom OF the Opera, the Boulevard Mont
nlartre. the clubs, and, In a word, that lalse
and important section Of Paris society VINCE
delights in gossip, have been busily DISCUSSING
tile misadycntures Of one Of our youngest ano
most charming actresses, Mile. Dara1n' the he"
Narguerite Of the Opera Mile. Daram, whc
halls from the sunny South, was formerly
resident in Toulouse, where she studied iot
some years under NJ. Laget, distinguished
Professor from the Conscrvatoire, NJ. Lager
took remarkable interest IN his fair pupil, aud
her progress was SO rapid that she speedily
obtained n good engagement at the farls
Opera. About this time N. Laget gave up
teaching, and went to live at Rfeux-V olVestre,
with two old friends, NJ, and Nine. Cazaux. In
1S75 he died, leaving will bequeathtng all his
fortune. consisting of 100000 francs, to his
hosts. who took possession Of the property
without opposition. One day NJ. and Nine.
Cazaux were unpleasantly surprised by the at
rival OF Mile. Daran, who brought with her
document purportlng to be the
LATEST AND ONLY VALID TESTAMENT
Of the deceased. By the terms OF this docu-
nent. tue whole fortune Of n. Laget Was
bcaueathcd unreserVedly to his faVorite pupil.
A polite request to refund was soon addressedto to
NJ. and Nine. Cazaux. This meeting with no
response, the matter was transferred to the
law-courts. During the trial Of the case, It
tr.,nspircd. that the second will had been for
warled to Mile. Daram By some person I'M
known, In an envelope marked with the stamp
Of the Parls-Villctte Office. The sender accom-
panied the missive with the mysterious words,
"Prudence and Activity and concealed his
identity under the signature de Circumstance Of
"XXX.n The receipt Of this letter created
quite IN excitement at the Opera, as
you may imagine, and many we're
tho congratulations received by the
fortunate hcircss. While the lawyers
were sitting in Judgment upon the case, at
Murct, there suddenly appeared third pre-
tcndant, in the form Of n. Bergeron, who pro-
duced will dated three days later than that OF
Mile. Daram, and claimed trif1e of 500o0
francs for himself Here was puzzle for the
legal gentlemen. The two documents were
banded over for examination By professional e1-
perts After dragging on for twelve months,
the case has been decided against both the
c!ared clever forgeries. Mile. Daram and n.
Bcrgeron lose their causes, and have moreover to
pay sum Of 1850 francs damages to u. and
Mime. Cazaux.
few words about the
CouITR pEs JUR1sCOEsuLTEs,
which is doing somuch good to the Republic, and
filling its uuscrupulOus opponents Wlth such we'll
justified CONSERVATION In accordance with the ad-
vice of the eminent 1QwYerS composing the Com
lnIf %1%1$A%
Ministerial tyrants with napier tnabre,-the most
unpleasant scrt Of paper one can we'll receive.
Wherever, By the high-handed order Of the
Projects, Republican newspapers hare been ar
bitrarily suppressed, or ino1enstve cafes closed
to benefit the cause OF :" the Reaction" It has
courts of law. This commonplace method
of lighting is not at all to the taste Of the Off
cials, at present holding shaky aud cpAcneral
positions under n. Fourtou: The peasantry
begin to lose respect for Fretcct or Sub
Prcfect, when they see he Is liable to be sum
1noued, like ordinary mortals, to render account
Of bis stewardship. Nor is 1t intended that pro-
ceetlings shall be restricted to the cases of the
lesser myrmidons Of the monarchical army The
Comtte des J,riseoas'ates las given as its opinion
himself: is attackable for having d.
rccted tie publication Of sundry
vile, scurrilous ISLANDERS on Republican
members Of the late Parliament, in the official
Eniletiu des Communists print circulating in
all the Sc, Goo communes 1 q France: Il seems
the protest of the Left is entitled to DAMAGES
Tor the libals printed about them collectively.
A beautiful horizon, full of cheerful augury Tor
The future peace Of our masters and rulers, Is
thus opened to view.
THE DATE or THE ELECTIONS
remains unsettled. Yesterday it was reported,
however that the Government had made up its
mind to put them of till the 18th Of October, by
which time it was ANTICIPATED TINT the peasantry
would have ilnished getting IN @ the
part in the voting. AS the Chamber
OF IDENTITIES was dissolved in the middle OF June,
the Cabinet would thus have exceeded the ex-
tremc limit allowed by the terms OF the Consti-
opinion Of the interchangeable Co,aite d<s Jurisco'.
suites.
CANARps.
Day after day the situation in the East grows
more critical; yet France remains without any
proper representation wlth authority to sRfaf
doue by this intolcrablc state OF things Is i'm
mense. Apropos OF tho East, telegram has
just appeared in the Figaro which would be
highly important were it possible to put any
{aith in the Ftgar0: T. is signed y Ivan de
At the seat Of war, and announces that the Car
had suddenly declared his intention Of making
peace According to II. Ivan de WOcstync, this
declaration had led to disagreement
between the Gar and Prince Gortschakoh,
who is said to have amused himself by splitting
in Col. Wcl1esley's face, the otheriday) had for
gotten himself to the extent OF cxclaming,
~ Well, then, we'll go to Constanttnople with
out him!" Of course it will not do to attach
til they have been confirmed by some journal
more reliable than the Figaro.
THEATRICAL GOSSIP.