New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-22
CREWS BROKEN HEALTH.
HIS LIFE AT HOME-AN ACCIDENT IN THE
ELYSvE.

with too good reason-agitatlng the political world.
1t has been q long time undergoing a quiet change,
and now the break up in the constitution has come.
daro say that although he IL seventy years
olu he would have remained fresh much longer had
he remained at the bar and In the Chamber and
been obliged to react against the drowsineSs OF
senility. At the Rue st. Armand. where NJ. Grevy,
after he had attained q great practice at the Dar.
lived for many years until he went TO tho Elysee,
his fat was third story so that he was Obliged
often to go up and down three nigh lights of stairs.
He had to go every day in the session to Versailles
wien ne was President of the Chamber, and az he
aimed at becoming chief OF the State, reacted fire.
quently against his incidence in giving dinners and
soirees TO his colleagues Of the Chamber. or IN
attend ng those they gave He was alao obliged to
DO on the alert when he presided at the public de-
bates, and In priv ate played o close game against
Gambeta, who did not like the idea of bis being
elected President of the Republic But since he has
been at the Elysee he has not gone out perhaps
dozen times in the evening. Once he was at d re-
ccpton of the German Embassy. As an old friend
of Victor Hugo he went 10 the revival Of ale Roi
sAmuse' at the Francois. lie was twice 1T he
Opera and once ut the Opera Comiqne. Theirs WAS
always "in the breach" He had company every
evening ut his nonse until midnight gave audiences
carly in the morning, instructed journalists Of
is party what limo they were 20 take, looked after
his horses ana his flowers, busted his curios
attended sales Of rare books and rea-brae chatfed
with vivacty on an ininitv Of subjects at luncheon
i meal at which he had a number Of friends
around hm-and was as lively at his well-sur-
rounded dinner table. Rut after tho evening meal
lie dozod for an hour or an hoar and bali on
sofa IN the dFawIngroom and then rose to Hight and
life until midnight. He spent all the Strength that
remained to hm-and without stnt-in tying TO
chcckmlto tho Duoal party in 1877 and wrote the
political will of which at the general elections IN
that year all France was the executor.
Grcyy has never shown activity since he went To
the Elysce except when the Scrutin de LIste bill
Na9 four years ago, under considerations lie dis
liked and feared il, and saw that it would either
make f;ambetta omnlpOtent or send extreme parties
10 the Chamber. His provisions were on the latter
score realized on the 9TH and Sth of last October.
and their realization give him shock that prccip-
itated the breakup of his constitution lie ielt
that bis quiet, sleepy-chair days were at an
end and he Rad to listen TO tho reproachcs of old
friends such ~ NJ. Bartbeleny st. liilaire and NJ
Leon Say, who told him that his inertia was
in a great measure the cause of the passing of the
Scrutin do Lste bill and then of the extreme
character OF tho elections. NJ. Bdrthelemy II.
IliiAIe repeated to me yesterday what no said to
respect for you as chief of the State. | can help
blaming vour inertia. | never expected you to show
IN your III age such pr0dica activity as NJ TherS,
who Was I man of extraordinary gifts but had
hnI cd % see you act in the measure OF your strength
and Of the qualities know YOU 10 possess These
qualities arc absolutely useless, ana the same as il
they did not exist They have returned 10 tho
latent state in which they were heOro you were
subjected to the scipline Of iifc don't see how
IT, is possible for us Ia vote for any other candidate
at the Presidential election aud further think it is
vour dnty TO pnt Yourself forward. But sec what
fearful task yOu have prepared for yourself by not
exercising yOut great influence according 10 the
dictates of your excellent Judgment! There las
been gigantic waste Of tho public resources and
therc now mast he % gigantic loan. Tho Scrut,n de
Iistc has brought in two hundred Monarchlsts of
whom one hundred and seyenty-hyo are nddle-
headed Royasts blind all the facts OF the day and
governed by their nerves and prcndices. There
are a few clover BonapartlstS but they will have no
following This numerically strong minority will
not servo as n rem TO the Radicals but as a whip
AMI spur. and a. they have fiscal quest ions the
millions not only in Paris but everywhere else
their ,idc. government is possible unless the
that accepts their dictaton IL is impossible to staNe
OF the evil day. the pcdent Of treasury bonds
ia too mirous to be continued. There must be
series of loans. on the top of the other 10 the
extent Of fifteen hundred millions of francs. and
Paris and the extreme Radicals will decide what
ipusts arc To provide for the payment of interest"
~ Barthelrmy st. Hlare was Thierss second self
at Versailles, and il man of stOical virtue and
philosophical altitude of views. lie is severe Oh
himself and never shrnls from uttering q dis gree
able trnth when he feels il his duty to tell il. |
have heard him speak with the energy OF prophet
I. la In, Il
for material enjoyment and frivolous amusement
would bring upon the world and have doubt
that what he said TO him completely upset W. Grew.
BE- this a. it may, Thursday last, after the Minis
torIal Council. tho President folt depressed and
drowsy aud after taking u turn round the silent
garden Of the Elysee thought it would do him good,
particularly as the san shining, to go into the
Champs Elysoc, where there ~ always in fine
weather in the day mo cheerful crowd. He
walked some distance, and then, feeling tired, called
a hackney carriage. Paris Jehns OF such convey
anccs are the worst in the world IL s rare to hnh
one who can hold his horse well in hand when
milling M or after no pulls mp. As VI. CREW had
opened the door of tho vehicle which answered TO
his call the horse jorked Oh steI OF two and the
omen door coming with great force against the Pres
idrnt knocked him down. lie had narrow escape
from being killed as tho driver. who had recognized
him, became nervous and forced tho horse back, the
rim of the wheel grazing the nose OF the PROSTATE
chief OF tho State, who was taken up senseess
The fall 10 il feared has 0ccasluned lesion OF the
nervous cent res or FASTENED cerebral decay. cond
tel by the manner of the Presidents military srcre.
tary and of Madame Pittie the wife Of General
Plttjc. chief of the military household. when went
10 inquro of them how NJ. Grcvy really was. that
hI4 state il very serious:
Not satisfied with their answers Dcxt applied
Ia nm eminent medical man who Is a Deputy He
said to me: " l. it as yourself yon come, or as q
iournaljstP AS both.' "Well. then. can't tell
II H.. 81 T,,,,
nnT in London tomorrow or the day afte. or even
later q would be very rrrcttable a. measures are
not yet taken 10 replace GIevy were he to drop."
Rut it won't he known in London" Nor tcle-
,r,nnad 10 New York within the week J" prom
$50 Won that it shall not Well then, he is IN
yery bad way. lle doesn't feel hia feet under him
and is greatly shrunk- bad sign at his age Any
nno who ms not s1en him within the last four
months would not recognize him ~ first meeting