Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-31

ating Thcresc, marguisc de Fontenay. Be-
Ing as graceful and witty as she was beauti-
iul, she was considered, especially under tho
Directory, the queen OF fashion, and her re-
ceptions wcro among the most brilliant In
Paris Exceedingly fond Of admiration, she
appeared in drawing rooms Ia nearly di-
aphanous Greek costumes, which displayed
her figure 10 the best, and least proper ad-
vantage Everybody ravcd about her, which,
with other causes, excited her husbands jeal-
ousy.
The country had no faith In him after his
cruelties and periidy In the past, and none Of
his efforts, believed to be hypocritical, en-
hbled him 10 regain confidence. He was com
pelled TO resign from the council of five
hundred, and from that day his course was
downward. lie quilted France for, England,
and, later, accompanied Napoleon TO Egypt,
nominnlly as snvant After returning to his
native land no was, for a time, consul ut ALI
canto, th"n received a paltry pension from
Napoleon iol I've years. sank into complete
obscurity, but survived tho empire, anu died
extremely poor and forlorn at 81. He often
said, In his last days, that IL was unlucky for
him TO have escaped tho guillotine, sixteen
yenrs before. But few men of his era, having
once enjoyed so much power and influence
havc slipped into such insignincance
Nine. Tallien, who had been divorced from
him when he was twenty seven, took, three
years later, n third husband, Count Philippe
Periquet, afterward Prince do Chimay, aud
lived with him on easy terms in Paris, not
withstanding tho scandals that had nssailed
her. She continued for years TO be reign
Ing beauty, but was never admitted to the
court Of the empire. Napoleon disliked her
exceedingly, thinking that she had bad in
nitgpra np.I .Inaanhina HE - L..
might servo the turn Of satircal misoga-
mists, since she indirectly saved Josephine's
life. They might say that this was an unpar-
donable ohenso in her husbands eyes,
Tho part that tho princess had played In
the Revolution closed tho doors Of monarchi-
cal society against her, although tho prince
was welcome to almost every court of Eu-
rope. She was noted for her kindness and
generosity, being ready TO serve anybody,
whether friend or foe. She effected the re-
lease from prison Of any number of persons,
aud snatched scores from tho scalfoli. She
had children during each of her marriages.
four during tho second, though Tallien do
MED three OF these. She seems TO have been
woman, Of whom there are numberless
counterparts, that possessed many OF the
highest virtues, albeit she may not have pos
sessed the conventional one. She died In
Belgium at G2, having had a sufficiently ex-
traordinary career to furnish ample material
for dozen thrilling novels.
At the time Of the adoption of the new con-
stitution, the executive power was vested in
directory OF five members An enactment
OF the national convention, however, pre-
scribed that two-thirds OF tho council Of five
hundred must be selected from its own mem.
bers. This was obviously designed 10 prevent
either royaliSts or ultraists from controlling
the council, and caused a new and dangerous
tumult, in which parties were greatly diyd-
ed. The royaliStS seeing an opportunity to
retain power, and pave the way for the re-
establishment Of the monarchy, organized a
formidable insurrection that menaced the
country with renewal Of the old strife The
middle class, however, were In such dread OF
the common people, and Of their regaining the
upper hand, as they had done during tho Ter
ror, that they joined the royalists, who were
thus greatly strengthened, and vastly su-
perior in numbers TO the convention.
The entire prospect was Of the overthrow
OF the convention and the reinstatement Of
the ancient order, which, more than six
years before, had been displaced with unex-
ampled cnlamitios 10 France.