Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-03-11
of well-known p. sysician of 70 years and
young man, both implicated in serious
crime. A Madame Barton, an ertiste at

ner, placed her IN a mill usry SHOP 90 learn
trade and remain an hoi vest girl. 1t wa
stipulated that Gabrielle, the daughter
was never to leave the es tablishfnent or
errands or otherwise, so t, hat there could
be no possibility OF her max ing aequaint.
ance with gentlemen. She was but lt
years old, and although the ustress en-
pioyed her to keep her books, ar eompan-
IONS found means of presenting her TO a
young man-Mr. Ducrocq-who . COM
mission merchant. She went to h Us rooms
TO perform on the piano with him, I'd ow-
ing to her lnexperience, her tender years
and the cowardice and heartlessness the
young man, the poor girl fell. Becoi ring
frightened at the result of her liaison. md
fearing the anger of her mother, she D, w
mltted her lover to conduct her to D1.y
Cabrol. Shortly after she became very i'll,
and at last made full confession TO her
mother, who had her removed to maison
de sante. The mother called to see Mr..
Ducrocq, who pretended he did not know
Gabrielle. and at last insnlted her by offer.
ing her money. He at last called to see
Gabrielle, In company with his partner,
and the mother, on finding him at her
daughters bedside, urged him to marry
her since he ruined her 81 Marry
Gabrielle p cried Mr.. Ducrocq :t impos
sible; what would they think of me at
the Chamber of Commerce ~ They will
think You are an honest man." answered
the mother. Choose between marriage
az d the coar dassises. Marry Gabrielle. |
beg of yor, and if it is / who dispIease YOU,
| shall leave Paris and you will never see
me again. You need not feel so proud, for
you are not the Duo d'AuInale, and you
can very well marry my daughter without
blushing, because she has received an ex-
cellent education and is frst-class book
keeper" The young man persistently re-
fused, and was very insolent to the poor
heart-stricken mother. Two days after
THE YOUNG GIRL DIED
And was buried, but on her death-bed
she made an entire confession in the pres
ence of the Secretary of the Commissaire
de Police and gave the details of her visit
to Doctor Cabrol, which left no doubt of
his culpability. This gentleman, as well
as MIR. Ducrocq, were arrested, and the
trial occupied some days and excited much
general interest Many suspicious papers
were found at the dwelling of Doctor Ca
brol, which were explained away by the
through fear no doubt of being implicated
in other crimes which the doctor might be
accused of. The lawyers who defended
the accused charged the poor Gabrielle of
downright falsehood, when she, poor child,
could no longer rise from her grave to de-
fend herself. One of these gentlemen of
the bar, in defending Mr.. Ducrocq, said
that what had occurred to him was inevita-
11< he Ifo af Ill II,
assertion is contained the code of French
morals generally accepted by women as
well as men, and until it is admitted that
wild oats, until certain shameful existing
laws shall have disappeared and young men
brought up to respect women, will there
dead young Gabrielle and her foriorn
brol had called whole regiment of
witnesses to testify to his respectability
and honesty, and yet so Indifferent
are the majority to the rights of justice
that although. many were aware Of fact
which would have influenced the greater
number against the old doctor, no one
mentioned the circumstance during the
trial It seems that during the last empire
sassinated by one of the Emperor's Gen.
erals, Gen. Cornemeuse, and the Emperor,
in order to shield his favorite, called in an
accommodating physician to testify that
the duel had been regular, and this physi-
clan, who loaned himself to a crime and a
falsehood, was none other than the Doctor
Cabrol. The Bonapartist and anti Repub-
lican papers generally flor both the old
Anofor of,1 M. nraroor, ha11x,r, -
class of Bonapartists) cried out against the
poor mother, because she had asked the
seducer to marry her child; in fact the
jury, the judges and the lawyers, all re-
preached the poor woman with this act as
though it had been crime. 1t does seem
that what has been considered
VIRTUES ARE NOW CRIhEs,
And all mothers of this monde will be
little encouraged to bring up their daugh.
tiers dishonest women, but will hereafter
feel more like selling them as the majority
de. Both men were acquitted. to the
shame of justice and good morals, and had
Judgment been pronounced by the judges
one could have a right to call out against
the injustice Of individuals, but since it
was a jury chosen from among the people,
from the heart of society, which rendered
the verdict, there is nothing left but to
lament the immoral and degenerated CON
dition of society.
The 9th of this month Victor Hugo
will have attained his eightieth year.
Many of the poets ardent admirers pro-
pose to celebrate this occasion by grand
fete whose programme is yet to be deter
mined upon. 1t has been proposed that
on that day all persons wishing to partici-
pate in the rejoicings should construct
wall of flowers before the poets residence.
The idea is certainly graceful and pretty
one, but tits easy to believe that the num-
Der of workmen who will offer themselves
will be so great that no room will be left for
the wall to be built upon. Mr.. Jourde,
the director of the Steele, has Of
fered to place himself at the head of a
managing committee, and most worthy
and responsible person is necessary as
guide to insure the success of the under
taking, for enthusiasm, even the most
sincere, does not suffice, because it is rare
that it is not accompanied by more or less
laxity and disorder. Il is stated, however,
that the moment Mr. Jourde consents to
be the organizer of the ceremony all may
have confidence in the fete being worthy Of
the illustrious poet to whom it is to be
offered. Mr.. Francisqus Sarcey says in
the XIXme Steele: This will be cente.
nary by anticipation. All men of my age
shonld hasten to partake of it in advance,
for we are not made, alas OF the same
heart.wood of oak in which Nature has
sculptured Victor Hugo. 1t is certain that
he who has already seen some splendid
centiemes will add last one to them which
will be the most glorious of all, and will
see the second year of the other century.
But shall we others arrive that far +! Ah,
nothing is less certain therefore let us
make haste" VAL,
No Land on which the Sun shines
Possesses greater natural advantages than our
own, but there are portions of the great grain