The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-20
PARIS GOSSIP.
THE CHURCH AND THE @TATE-THE
ATTITUDE OF PARTIES.


ment to Brave Frenchman-The
Latest Mysterious snlcide-England
and Afghanistan.
Especial Correspondence Of the Democrat
PARIS, September &C. 1873.
AS to home news, French news this week,
there is none.
GAMBETTAs SPEECH
Is still the topic, both Of the press and the
people. His utterance Of audaciOus truths In
regard to the clergy has almost taken away
the breath of the Ultramontansts. The Holy
Father has signified his intention of prepar-
ing course of action to be pursued by French
bishops, in order to retain the supremacy OF
the Catholic religion in France The Pontir
has indeed fallen upon evil days. With the
son Of Victor Emanuel on one side and Gam
BETA on the other the papal chair must be an
uneasy one. The strait is SO sore In which he
finds himself Leo XIII has appealed to all ma
tions, irrespective OF their adherence or nom
adherence to the Roman Catholic faith, to join
him in REFRESHING the moral evils Of modern
society. He even solicts the aid OF the Turks.
and, it is said, intends sending special en-
bassy to England.
THE EVILS OF MODERN SOCIETY
In the Popes eyes, are all centred In one
word, Socialism. Well the Germans are work
ing with him, against this thorn in the side
Of progress and advancement. Their parlia-
ment is In the midst of much CHATTER and per-
sonal antagonsm, seeking to cut the head off
Socialism as they did off Hoedal. Prince
Bismarck himself has been accused Of being q
Socialist. He acknowledges having endeav-
ored to ameliorate the condition Of the work.
ing classes, but declares himself an enemy to
assassination and an opponent of universal
suffrage. He says he has very little to do
with the proceedings of Parliament, because
his health is much impaired by his services
for the State. The means adopted by the
German Parliament for the suppression of
Socialism, promises to be very radical. The
resolution has been adopted that all inn-keep-
ers, tavern-keepers, etc, who help to propa-
gate Socialistic doctrines shall be deprived of
their licenses.
While the pOssessoTs of AIasce and LOr-
raine are occupied with the knotty problems
of their internal troubles, France likes to re-
count them. One of her Journals pAvemir
Mtlitnire, tells how the party feeling between
SOCIALIST AND CONSERVATISM
has become so bitter that it showed itself late
ly in the form of q battle between O Prussian
and Saxon regiment engaged in @ review at
Hainechen. The communication reads in
part as follows: During the manceuvres at
Hainechen some Of the cavalry officers
charged other officers Of the same order, and
the men under the respective commands of
the opponents took part in the melee Sew
eral companies Of musketeers, deeply imbued
with democratic and sOcialiStiC ideas, threw
themselves on other companies. It seems the
signal for these hOstilities, committed in time
OF peace, were given by two Hanoverian Off
GERS. An inquest was opened, but it was con-
press dared not speak Of the event. This
combat, which took place, September /, was
renewed September 4. Three officers were
killed and eight more Or less badly wounded.
mon soldiers four were killed and twenty
seven wounded. It. remains to be seen
whether these numbers are exact. The COM
bat must have taken place between the hus-
sars and the uhlans. "A Socalistic journal
asked the details Of this affair Of the Minis
ter of War. But the latter kept silence; or,
if he breaks it, it will be to reduce the catas-
trophe to the smallest proportions, or say
that it is due to some fatal mistake"
The SaxOns and Prussians hack each other
to their hearts content. One minister is bold
enough to assert that the domestic troubles
Of Germany will only cease with the re-es
tablishment of Christianity. The Pope may
possibly take that as q word spoken in his
favor to the infidels. We cannot tell.
:, Here In Paris there has been much talk
about q n monument erected to the memory of
three men who were shot by the Prussians in
One of these, Franeoise Dubergue, was q gar
dener too old to fight for France on the bat
tlefield. He made himself Of use to her In
another, way He cut the telegraph wires
established by the enemy time after time,
until discovered He was condemned to
death and only released because of the inter
cession Of his tOwnSmen, who by subscription
paid q ransom Of $4,000 for him. He was
again arrested, again found guilty, and shot.
done and gloried in it, for said he Il am a
Frenchman and should work against you all
can. II you give me back my liberty [
shall commence again. These words are on
have raised to his memory at Versailles. He
was as true O. hero as any of the old Romans,
the staunch gardener.
THE PROFITS OF THE EXPOSITION
amount to, Or will amount to S2,600,OOO, at
the end of the month Of October. The total
expenses have been So, 100000; the receipts
$6,80O,0O0 The difference represents the pro-
fits.
One of those tragic events has occurred here
this week, which furnish masters OF the
Dumas school with foundation for their
most sensational romances-or would it be
more correct to say, which the Dumas school
Of literature helps to create? At Mont Rouge
a young woman, Nine Riviere, was
FOUND DEAD IN HER ROOM.
Evidently charcoal had been the agent en-
ployed. Nine R, like many other Pari-
siennes, had lover who was not her hus-
band, but somebody else's This gentleman,
'bathed in tears" followed the remains of the
unfortunate lady to the tomb. The dust fell
on her coffin lid and here the affair might
have ended like any other suicide in this
great city had it not been for the police.
They saw the tears Of the lover; they knew
that the room in which Nine. Riviere had
put an end to herself was locked when the
disaster was discovered. The key Of the room
was found in the hack in which Nj b
had driven away after his last visit to his
mistress. Then, too, Nine. R had been Wis
tied by NJ BIS wife, and abused by the
latter Just 9e1oT re- the 1atai deed. NJ B-
tied the following facts: Nj b and
Nine. Rivere loved each other. This fact
came to the knowledge Of Mrs B, who,
naturally, didn't like it. NJ b removed
his mistress to q more retired residence,
where he hoped to have placed her beyond the