New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-13

lect OF sentiment. Napoleon liked him because he
was not man to get in his way, as Keber, Hoche,
and Lannes would probably have done, and who
was yet good military instrument on the field OF
battle, tho excitement OF which Ney wanted TO
stimulate his slow faculties Marshal Ney was
heavy headed Lorrainer, and as vain as Murat but
less theatrical IN his vanity. The Duchess
dAbrantes in her Memoirs Iidiculed his puerile
weakness for glitter, gauds, Understanding titles,
and the pomp of an upstart court. He was vulgar
hammered, with a carrotty head, snub nose, and
tall, coarse figure, which he transmitted to his de-
sccndants-as well as his vein OF brilliant luck and
evil fortune. Joseph, his eldest son. became tho
husband of the handsome. wealthy, irascible and
Odiousy avariciOus Alblne Lafitte. daughter Of
Jacques, the banker of patriotic memory. She made
him wretched, and his name q by-wOrd and re-
preach and lived mlser IN the house gwen 70 her
iatnGr' IN the nosT sorulu ilanheT III liz MI ill.,
market, whittier she went in the coolest weather
stockingless aud i'll broken shoes was served on her
table. Her daughter was Egle de la MosKowa,
wife of Monsieur Fiain, otherwise Persgny, the
accomplish of Louis Napoleon at Strasbourg, Bou-
logne and tho Elysee She and her husband were
made Duke and Duchess and sent as ambassador
and ambassadTess to the court of the pure Victoria
There the lady ran rig as woman OF fashion anu
of pleasure. She invented" Worth, and used 70
order Jouvins kid gloves bT the hundred gross. III
was understood thing that the Emperor was 10
pay her debts whenever they lncOmnOded her
and the Duke. Her country house AT CnalllcTduuo
ecpsed the Imperial hunting seat at Composing 10
such an extent as to excite the jealousy OF the Eu
press Eugene, whose political influence the quo &c
Persipny / ad the virtue to oppose above bo9lu'
Nothing could he more wTetched than the suDse,
quent history of Egle de la MOsk0wa. her sCconu
husband, provincial attorney, took heT 10 OalIo'
made her the drudge of his lefthanded wives,
treated her with the gr0ssest cruelty anu lelt her
at his death in a state of abso lutte poverty; iron,
which her mothers death mas released m1' dombter
the misfortune TO see her son-ln-law anu ahugn'tl
the Baron and Baroness de trledmanh-taheh W
Jail on the charge OF forgery.
FAMILY FATALITY.
General Ney, the Marshals second son and father
of the Due d'Elcingen. died of cholera at Gallpoh
Whenever he had stroke of good luck u was re-
marked that it was followed by some black misfor-
tune The late Due d'Elcingeu, who was, on the
death of his uncle Edgar, to have inherited all the
honors transmitted by Marshal Noy to his postcIity'
has lust come by tragical end involved, as have
already pointed out in mystery. 1t would appear
90 thOurh he had really blown his brains out, not
withstanling the incredulity with which inc
theory of suicide is met with by his brother ohcers
But why give himself his quietusf different Ica,
sons are suggested 1 shall not go into the Loru
Castlereagh parallel. One of the suggestions Is
that the General had run through all that portion
of his wfe's fortune the disposal of which Madame
Heine had given him. and that he had got INTO SUN
straits as to be Obliged TO choose DttWccI ''odiu
and diShonor. The second reason - that MS on
friends had of late cut him for veeTlng Tonhd IKE NJ
Dugue de la FaucOnnerie, Robert Mltchel ihH OF nel
ardent BOnapartiSts to Upportunsln, which IL .Ap-
peared to him going on III a Consular hhtctlVl'
When rcproached with having turned his coat nc
defended hlmsef on the plea that GambottlSm w0ulu
eventually be BonapaItism under new name zen
eral Gallfet had given him information WhlGu sl1-
listed his political conscience anu INC pest lo.rr s
and fishes of which the Government dispQsGs were
to be Melted at the Palals bourbon Inc Duc
d'Elclngen who was at thirty-nlne made OTlga-
der-general under the MacMahon government ny
L
of the list Of asplrants to the rank OF divisional
ECONOMICAL DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.
Tho new Spansh Ambassador, who IS expected
here in Marcel. has announced to his Government
that he will himself support the cost OF his EN-
bassy lie refuses to accept salary, and he VIII
1--we in the house of the Duc de Monchy, IN the
Boulevard COurvelles, which he has Just bought
The Duke dOssuna, when sent TO represent inc
Majesty of the Spanish Crown at st. Petersburg did
likewie. His fortune however, IS superior to that
of the Fe1nan Nunez great as this one is and II Is
traditional IN his house never to spare money
when lady was 20 he honored, the country served.
or the Crown Rloriied." Queen Isabella viii be en-
cOuraped by her sol 10 90 back To Spain and reside
there The coming Ambassador helped 10 dethr0ne
her and was forward in promoting the canulusiuIo
of the Duke OF Aosa TO tie throne which her llghJ
north of the Pyrenccs rendered vacant He does
not take a charitable view Of her frailties. which
in an old adiposc woman are very disgusting; anu
he would TO enter INTO personal relations WIN
the members al Her Ilttle court. ~ uIb'H va 'l'
way of his accepting the function Of Ambassador To
the Flysec was the prominent position which the
Queeh-MOther occupies IN Iarls.
woMAN's RANK IL SPANISH NOBILITY.
Duke Fcrnan Nuncz is Piedmontcse AMI Of the
same stock as the royal family of Italy, Of which he
was poor but intelligent and manly scion when he
met with tho hoiress whose fortune and honors he
now shares There is nothing approXmatlng toa
Sale law in Spain. A noble wife can impart no.
bilty to a husband OF base birth. girl Is thought
as worthy to transmit great name to future gem
e1atons rs a boy. in French hcradry II was
maxim that family digntios should not tombT ~
ouenOuiUe, ie, fall INTO the hands that weld the
dstaf. I suppose the exceptional position which
Spanish ladies of noble birth occupied among the
missionaries of E ~ope due to the hatred borne
by the GOths to Jews and MOOrs. who regarded
women rs inferior beings. The exaggerated
MariOlatrY of Roman Catholic SPAN may have
sprung from hatred to the WOman-oppresslng
Oriental and Arab. lgnatius LOYOla. who had wit
messed page in the court OF Ferdinand and lsa-
bella the taking Of Granada and the I'm 81 subluga-
ton of the MOOrs started in his religious carer
fcaI knight of the Virgin May.
THE HUGO ANNIVERSARY.
The provinces take a still greater interest in the
Victor Hugo celebration than even Paris Such an
anniversary brings moral health with it. When
men like Victor Hugo whose life has been noble,
are reverenced the worship Of the golden calf and
other false gods dies out How petty the llcne-
Eclngen wealth and titled grandeur seem in COM
parlson with the pure glory Of the octogenarian
poet. AS the weather is lowering, the committee
will not organize n deputatiOn of the children OF
Paris THIS l regret. Victor Hugo is the child.s
poet and the child's friend, and has been all his
life. lie will on his birthday be screnaded by all
the fanfares of Paris and by many OIphcOnistc
societies from the provinces.
GAMBETTA's UNFORTUNATE SPEECH.
NJ Gambetta's friends regret that he spoke rs he
did the other day III the Chamber Many OF them
would be glad to hear from his own lips that the
passages in his speech which apr cared a bid for Il
pebiscitary Investiture were unfortunate slips OF
the tongue. What renders them veritabe angles Of