Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-12-08
THE HERO OF SIXTEEa DUELs.
A ChIvaIrOus Combattant - Thrilling
scene as VersRilles-The Great
Lottery Craze-A Locomotive,
n Barrel OF Cod, and
Other Prizes.
emilia, Co,resDopdept New YORK star.l

Regular Correspondent New 1orS Star.l
PARIS, November I6.-The attacks made
recently on the republican party by Nj. Paul
de Cassagnac in the chamber of deputies,
are still the chief subject of comment thTou Oh
out the city. There Is indeed something
chivalrous in the character of III. re Cassag-
nae He says outrageous things a1d showers
personalities on his foes, but he has rude
sense of fair play. He has fought sixteen
duels, but has never killed his adversary or
given a foul thrust. Thus, with his speeches
and newspaper articles, his secret ambition
has Foeen to call out all the republican
celebrities one by one, and to silence
their tongues by puncturing their bodies.
He once challenged NJ. Gambetta, but
failed to draw out that statesman.
tonished 81. de Marcere, grave and discreet
man, who could scarcely WELD an umbrella
for offensive purposes, that he vas ready to
meet him on his own terms, when and how
he might please. The only case In which he
really backed out ofsa duel was the other day,
when defied by DIR. Clemenceau, one of the
members for Paris. But this gentleman Is
left-handed, and one of the most expert
swordsmen in France so that III. de Cassag-
nae affected to treat his cartel as an attempt
at assassination" ''If you will fight with
your right hand" said he, "I wall eight with
my left, and we shall meet on equal terms;
but | am not going to stand upagalns5 man
who has gone into training to klii me. 1t
would have been q pity If III Paul de Cas-
sagnac had been slain by d.. Cieu3encsau, for
toe republican party cOdi5 iii afford to lose
such an opponent. Without NJ. de Cassagnac
virulent stories, the debates at Versailles
would not only have been Painfully tame, but
tbs republican party might have become
dangerously disuuited. No sO0aer was the
present session opened, than some dIsparag-
ing remarks about the marshal having fallen
from a radicals lips, a conservative inter
posed to play the part which de7o'VeS upon
conservatives In all cCUntrles-that OF stand
ing up for constituted authorities. Up
jumps NJ. de Cassagnac, and shouts: There
Is nothing In common between the marshal
and US since this perjury" A deputy who
could express such q sentiment as this Is as
wish for. To another conservative member
he shouted: "As for you, sir, you were once
an official candidate Of the empire, and
have nothingato say to a turncCat. To a
third one, who complained of his unpariia-
mentary language, NJ. Cassagnac replied:
"Well, am trying to adapt my language to
your comprehension Next came the turn
of NJ. Marion, liberal, rather renowned for
his elegance of attire. He cried
out to M Cassagnac: 'Come to the
Ioinf, will you?" and the amiable
reply was: Don't be impatient, l have
some documents which concern you among
these papers, and when l have made known
wish had let you go unnoticed." Then up
started NJ. Albert Jolly, with his fists pointed
at NJ. de Caassignac: " You are disgrace
TO this housed" How much did the PrUs-
sian government pay you TO support the COM
mune?" retorts II. de CassagEac; and Nj.
Jolly, who is a rich landowner, and has con-
sequently sound reasons Cor not being com
munist, had to be comforted with kind
words before his deadly wrath could be
appeased. A gentleman who is very init
mate with III. CIsSagnac, wass telling me the
other day that shortly after Paul de Cas-
sagnac fought Henri Rochefort in duel,
some few years ago, he fought his own
cousin, Essangaray, who did al that he
could to kill the imperialist champion. After
having been touched four times In the face,
Lissaugaray lost his head, and flung himself
on the sword Of his adversary. He bad
hardly recovered when ne again chal-
leugenged NJ. de Cassagnac, who
refused a second meeting in the
following terms: ''Since l fought with you,
and left you riddled like strainer In the gar
den at Vesinet. l have reflected that 1t is sui
icent to have been your adversary, and thai
it is useless to become your pork butcher
The national lottery which Is about to be
drawn may yet prove a "debauch," as some
French papers were pleased to call it. The
lottery was started with the object, on the
one hand, of securing 4 few purchases for
exhibition, and, On the other, of raising
money to enable workmen IN the country to
come to Paris and visit the exhibition. One
million tickets of one franc each were issued,
this being about the number that would
probably be disposed Of. Afterward q second
million was added, then a third, and SO on.
And now, the twelfth million Is about 10 be
Issued, so that the application of the word
''debauch" Is pretty well merited. There is a
perfect ticket famine In the country. Not a
fourth part OF the demand can be supplied,
md tho Y,rorinnfal lo1I int nnSv-
complaints that Paris Is again absorbing every
thing. Only part OF the programme can be
ealized-v!Z: that relating to purchases from
the exhibitors and their distribution by draw
ings. As regards the visits of provincial
gorkmen 10 the exhibition, much of the
money is coming in Just when it Is closing,
and most OF them will have to imagine what
have been its bygone spleudo-s. A surplus of
one million franks Is consequently expected,
which Ia to be devoted to the creation OF an
Industrial museum. But the moral of the
lesson is not In the purchase of objects which
will distribute seven or eight millions among
the exhibitors, nor Is II IN the visits OF work
men to Paris; 1t Is IN the clamcr for tickets
and the extraordinary attraction which games
of chance has for the French people. When
oae thinks there are only thirty-six million IN
habitants IN Francs, some idea OF the extent
OF this lottery mania may be formed. 1t
perfectly represents the tendency of the
rational character, that thirst tor excite
ment, which explains many vaeillations
and contradictions But the rage for the
tickets is more surprising when one con-
siders the absurd character OF a number of
the articles which are to be drawn. Among
the valuable objects the lucky winner may,
for instance, find himself the possessor of are
an iron gate, a locomotive steam engine, 4
smiths bellows, an anvil, barrel of sailed
cod, one hundred thousand pins, live mon
key, fixed cannon, twelve dozen false noses,
a pillow, fifty packages of mustard, etc.
Really the lottery mania must have become
quite exciting when people are mad to get an
iron gate or a barrel of sailed cod.