Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-06

He said the new machine-the gull
lotine, had tripled the NUMBER of execu-
tions: the necessaries of life had run up
in price; that to conduct executions re-
spectably he must have aids on whom he
could rely, and those in his employ have
struck and will not resume work till
guaranteed double income. Sauson de-
clared he had fourteen individuals daily
to nourish, of whom eight were on board
wages; he had three horses to feed, three
carriers to maintain, and other accessories
to keep up his position CONNIE IL fdHt.
His assistants, his old dOmestics, had de-
voted their lives to the service of decapi-
tations. and so 'EpOssess rights and claims
on humanity His personal fortune was
exhausted; he was getting into debt; was
ON the eve of being ruined, which he did
not merit after forty-two years faithful
services of chief headsman to his country.
The prayer of the petitioner was granted.
THE YOUNG DUO DE MORNY
is making a noise in the fast world, and
so following in the steps of his father.
The Duke has been dreadfully shown up
in novel, q la mode "Sarah Barnum"
He is in brown study how to treat the
authorize call him out, or cite him be-
fore the tribunal. One of the most re-
markable features in his fathers adven-
furious career was that he never fought a
duel. The nearest approach to such was
his misunderstanding with Sir Robt.
Peel, at the coronation of Alexander H..
who alluded to the Due as a picture
speculator. The Duke de Morny
died in October, 1865, aged "a. He
was the natural son of the Count
de Flahaut and Queen Hortense, and
so the uterine brother of Napoleon
LII. The day after his birth he was
brought from Paris to Versailles, where
an aged nobleman promised to adopt him
and leave him his name and title. The
Queen gave the childs paternal grand
mother, Madame de SOuZa, 100000 francs
to rear the infant. The next day Madame
lost all the money in gambling, but she
not the less reared the child among the
debris of the empire. De Morny was a
well made, rather than a handsome man.
His mind was supple, his manners most
elegant; nature calm, audacious,
naughty and dissolute. He took part in
the Revolution of 1880, was an officer in
Algeria, but he soon returned to civil, |
political and diplomatic life; he had fits of |
Idleness and work; he was a gambler, but |
not ambitious; cOmrade rather |
than friend. He had a contempt
for men, and his aim was to OBJ |
tain wealth aud spend it. All his |
life he desired to be ION the side of the /
handle of the brOom.' He paid his debts I
~ VIZ OO"P " Doue' anu pASlHOttu Tue MEX /
lean war to profit by the Jecker bonds. |
When Ambassador to Russia he married /
the Princess TrOubetskOi, now the Span
ish Duchesse de Sesto. In 1862 he was |
made Duke. His coat of arms was an |
hortensia flOwer-allusiOn to his mother
with bais. He carried bottle of arseni-
cal drops in his pocket to maintain his
vigor and fresh looks, but died from sud /
den bleeding by the ears. Extravagant |
as he was and dissolute he left an immense
fortune to his children.
Lepelletier, the editor who was wounded /
in a duel, assures his readers: s'The bullet |
is lodged in my thigh, but does not affect /
my headv
"My dear son, had / not married your |
extravaganza mother you would be rich /
man to-dayr'