New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-01

4 alleys. In the Regency indeed, private poison
| ing rourishcd horribly. and from that crime the
( Paris Of the Third Emrir, appears TO have been
I free. There is. however. than one tragedy
/ norc than limited at by Count Wei Castcl which
in point Of abiect slamefulness almost fall below
/ the dignity of assassination.
( NJ Wei Castcl cntertains q very hearty and it
must be said generally healthy scorn for the Paris
journalists OF his period lie tells this story OF
quarrel between Leon Faucher. then Minister.
and vcrcn. the rcdoabtable editor of the Consti
/ tu:iome'
| "Veron called upon Fapchcr. and said Rachel
1.-THE actrcsSl cannot execute the letter OF her en-
gagement with the Theatre Francois 1t fatigucs
her too much to play three times week. and am
come to informyou that she can only play twice
The minister grew furious. and replied: 4 know
my business. l shall maintain the rights of the
theatre. For the rest. stand in need of advice
| ycron went off in rage and forthwith began
ferocious attack upon the Governmcnt, demanding
l return to universal suffrage. II is thus OBJ
serves our annalist, that tho destncs of France
| arc played with"
Here is something about the Bonapartcs
All the sons of Lucien are vcrtabc brigands,
tome his brother murdered in Italy. keeper who
proceeded against them Tor bre,lsing tie game
Gan mo passed in Italy. for the % promoter Of the
| assassination of Count Rossi. Their mother who
was the worst woman in the world. said to them;
| when they demanded money! arr strong and
active, the highways are open TO you get money
| for yourselves
| Another anecdotc Of Ca nino is as follows:
| :, :. Recently, in the salon of the Princess Ma
| usual abusing the Pope and the French, with his
characteristics ,t profanity At last General Bala-
Cd him. saying " IF had a found You I at Tome
Prince, l would have had you shot like dog"
Here is story of the fall of the Empire in sl4.
NJ de Semale told it to Wei Castcl himself.
| IN. de Semac was at that time Conmissary Of
| the Bourbons and was MT Fontainehlcau when the
Emperor signed his abdication Two Mameloul
| officers of the Jm""rirl genuine Turks,
posed to the royalist Ccmmissary to bring him the
| head Of Napoleon NJ do Scmalc refused the offer,
and after the Hundred DAYS one of these officers
| said to him: You would have done we'll to G.
cept our proposition are You convinced of IT. now?
| NJ. Wei Castcl tells story, which cannot be
| produced here, concerning the management Of the
Varieties Theatre by certain journalists which, if
| true, must be held to Justify largely the bitter
censure he heaps upon the profession as he saw it.
lie tells the following anecdotes of jules Janin, the
l once famous critic. who was so delightfully."- dis
sccted by Thaclseray, but who evidently harbored
! depth Of baseness which Thaclycray never could
have fathomcd:
When Perrelct. having lost q part of his for
tune. returned to the stage to relieve the wants of
his family. Jules Jan in. in the Dcbats.' wrote
bitter article against him. mutual friend. Hen
rquel Dupont intcrpoScd and represented to Janir
thai he was wronging good actor and honest fell
low, and one, moreover who was in diiiicuics
Janin replied 4 know all that: hut what of il ?
crush him because it suits me; that is to say, be
cause 1t affords a good topic Anyhow 1t
AmuSes me TO dcmolish so venerable reputation
and care nothing for the consequence to Perrelet
~. Dupont, however, pcrsi sted; then Janin said
Perfect has Il nephew who is clever artist and
has painted picture that plcases me. Tell rcrrc
let to buy it for mel Dupont explained that Per
rclet had not the TO do this. Jules Jann
held to his proposal. He did not obtain the pic
,ure; but Perrelet, crushed, was compelled to
l leave the stage"
1t was not always however, that this corrupt
journalist had his own way as the following story
will show:
When Dupaty entered the Academy Janin
attacked him more violently than the laws of fair
criticism could warrant. The next morning the
new acadcmican, introduced to the study of the
journalist, found him at breakfast with the Mar
| quse dc Lacerto, his mistress NJ. Janin,' said
| he, yesterday YOU abused your function of critic
in attacking me, and assailed not only without
| moderation but unjustly. Not content with cud-
Ceiling my bad verses yOu attributed TO me verses
which never wrote, and you turned me into rid
| Guile. As for myself, however, never should have
noticed the mater; but am const raned to say to
| you-and desire to serve you III doing sO-that |
am not alone; have son, captain of cuirassieIs,
a very good and brave boy but also very quick
,oiupc' d. especia H where bis ir,Aer, whom he
who IS at Charl?es reads your article, be Will be
angry and will come to PARIS 10 demand an cApll-
nation from you, and | therefore warn you that
you may be Oh you. guard Jdnin. by this time
very uneasy, sought thousand excuses. and fl
nally said; But IN fact that article was not
sorry observed Dupaty, but my captain will
have nothing TO do with anyone but the signer of
! publishcdneXt day in the Debats an article re-
tracing all the evil things he had said in the first
one" 1t was narrow escape, for the captain
had in fact come TO Paris. and with no less san
culinary purpose than to crop the ears of the ma
gnant critic. The Count Wei Castel says fur
thcr of ,Jann that he levied imposts upon au-
thors and actors. A first representation Of a new
play brought him from 5000 to 5000 francs,
wrung by fear from timorons authors and poor
-nn limit tod nn
racy." The case of the actresses was, 1t need
only be said, far worse.
The Count has an interesting and graphic
count of the coup d etar OF December 2. given him
by Colonel LEspinasse who was charged with the
duty of securing the members Of the Assembly and
who had to take very vigorous measures to reduce
them to quietness when they realized what Ind
happened. The narrative is too long for insertion
here but the end of il is rather dramatic. Colo
| mel LEspinasse last resOrt addressed the
shouting, struggling Deputies, saying: " You are
no longer Deputies for me; you are insurgents who
are trying to raise the populace. At your first act
Of violence l will have you shot!' Colonel"
asked Would you have shot them if they had
not yielded to your threat" Undoubtedly"
he replied, "my head was at stake, and could not
ford to make misplay." Louis Napoleon GER
tanly chose his agents more shrewdly for that one
critical step than he appears to have done af
i terward. None of his assistants betrayed him or
fell short when the test came and it cru
cial one, for Colonel LEspnasse truly said to
the Count, their heads all at stake, and if
they failed, could not carry the army with them,
or were overcome by popular rising 10 mercy
would have beer shown them There have been
so many and conflicting accounts of Louis Napol-
cons personal behavior during the night of the Sec
Ond OF December that one naturally looks for
further light OH the question in such memoirs as
these Rut Nip Casfel has nothing fhp
subject. Either he did not know, or his friendly
feeling for the Prince President sealed his lips
Yet he testifes to the Emperor's courage when his
life was several times attempted.
Here is a good story of Louis Napoleon which
shows that he was not deficient in humor: