Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1873, Page 2

THE LAST FLOWER OF THE YEAR. BY LUCY LaRcom. ‘The gentian was the year’s last child, 1g those eens ahem the winds were hoarse and wild selves of the royal invitation was Loui: of Conde. He bad left France a stalwart and fiery you man bcbg! he With wailing over buried flowers, ‘The play ments of their sunnier hours. ‘The gentian bid a thoughtful eye Beneath deep fringes, blue and shy; Only by warmest noon-beams won, To meet the welcome of the sun. urned reti zzled, beat, wrine of 60. tilly were restorec to him, and to these he re- tired, his spirits too broken, his mind too mach en, by the sorrows of the past, to take in the ceremonies of the cot ‘The gentian, ner long lashes through, awe sedis Looked up into the sky so blue, | Inthe lor ‘and secluded bourg of Chantilly And feit at home—the color, there, | were situated his ancestral castles and park. ‘The good God gave herself to wear. | No domain in France is more replete with illus The enti trious and remantic memories, more fit No tower hed tne helds around; mpanion there she found. Upward, from all the woodland ways, | Flonted the aster’s silvery rays. g og | Stanhope describes its beauties with an entha- ty On tating lost naa hese ene | asm which every pilgrim to the home of the While dreary winds aroand her biew. cloquent. Hesays: a te ply ‘The gentian said, “* The world is cold; admire the wild recesses of that unpruned for- Yet one clear glimpse of heaven I hold. | est, those limpid and ing streams, those ‘The sun's last thought is mine to keep; | ligbt-green Arbele po; , which have taken Enough—now let me goto sleep.” | Toot among the ruinsof the Grand Chateau (From St. Nicholas for January. | Abd which how surround it with their quivering ete +ece- | ale; those mossy paths and those those ‘ 1» Testored care, and where the most beautiful orange trees and the most brilliant flowers are once more — their fragrance.” Chantilly Chatteaa and forest,imposing and luxurious as they were when the last Gonde durned his weary steps thither,were but a splen- did ruin of their former state. The statues and fountains, the terraces, with their Fichly-carved id ad pedestals, the great canal, the noble old Grand Just transterred bis household penates fromthe Chateau, were the Grand Monarque wandered elegant apartments of the Palais Royal to the asthe guest of his greatest subject, had disay More spietdid saloons and cabinets of the peared’ the vastetationeoreie comaptess nseatl ‘Tuileries. A little more than a month before he {mposing ruin; the stately pastures were over- bad been a private nobleman, living with com- grown, the noble forest was choked with brush. fort, but scarcely with luxury, alternately at Yet the Chateau of St. Leu still remained, and the Palais Koya! and at bis country Fetreat; was all too large and splendid for the desolate now he was the bourgeois sovereign. the King | father of D’Enghien; the forest was still un- of the middle classes, and the founder of a new n beauty and foliage: and princely Fosaldynasty. ght stil! _be enjo ed'in the spacious ‘The King had just breakfasted, on the morn- | gardens and the venerable halls. The ld man ing of Augast 27, 15i0, when it was annouaced | Mignt sit here and dream of that olen ties to him that a mounted messenger had arrived | when his famous ancestors, wearied of ‘action in haste from Chantilly with intelligence of | and renown,” sought the luxurious case and re. serious importance. The man was forthwith tirement of this very spot; where the revels a@imitted to the presence of 1 Tiveled those of Versailles, and where the Great whom were one or two Ministers, his secretary, | Conde reigned in the midst of genial and lavish and the young Dukes of Chartres and Nemours, | hospitality. It is eaid that Louis XTV. was s0 his son 8. Jealous of Conde’s goed ffortune in possessing Sire,” said the messenger, ‘His Highness | such a retreat, that on one occasion he threatens nd asked: THE LAST PRINCE OF CONDE. A TRUE ROMANCE. Louis Philippe had sat w the throne vacated by his distant kinsman, Charles X., a few days le wii family of children, the Prince of Conde is dead.” | ed to sieze Chantilly and appropriate it to him- | self, by virtue of 8 provision in the treaty of the ‘The K ing rose in surpri ne Se Secret aa ing | PXteRees._ Conde bowed reverentially, and re- is ye im, is 'y it; + to one of the shutters of his bed-room window, | Hut I beg yout lero mo at Coat ad by his handkerchief, quite dead. fosekedanc Samah pi do “What! Did he commit suicide?” « it must have been #0, your Majesty. There are no traces of foul play.” “This was at Chantilly? “ At Chantilly. “ And who were in the house?” “ A small party of the Prince’s friend: and Madame de Feueheres. ‘That is | “The King saw the old Prince’s meaning, and was prudent enough to forego his demand. Many stories are told of the subsequent visits of Louis to Chantilly, one at least of which, re. | Inted with infinite grace by Madame Sevigne, | cannet be omitted. It is a story—like that which remains to be told of the last of the Con- des—of chagrin and death; though the causes Louis Philippe turned to M. Guillaume, his of the iene the manner oe the death Secretary. and requested him to proceed, with were in singular contrast with those which pat Messrs. de Kumigny, Pasquier, De Simonville, | an end to the illustrious Hneage of Louis de and Cauchy to the Chateau of Chantilly. Next | Boz c in blood relationsb i the dece: prince — The following is a translation of the were the Princes de Kohan; but the King either truth of did not think, or did not see fit, tosend them a tem notification of the sad event. “ ‘The strange news soon spread through Paris, extended to the boule to the Champs Eiy- +ees, to the aristocratic Faubourg St. Germain, = by Madame de Sevigne, and the it is vouched for by more than one con- -y authority : IV) arrived at Chantilly on Thursday evening; the promenade and the collation served in spots carp-ted with jonquils— all this went off excellently. They supped; and even to the remote, irregular streets and there were several tabes at which the roasts jualid closes of Montmartre and St. Antoine. | were wanting, in consequence of more dinners ons and cabarets. cafes, and the coulisses of being required than had been expected. This e theater, were in a hudbub of amazement had a great effect upon Vatel (Vatel was tho and conjecture over the mysterious occurrence; Prince of Conde’s chief French cook.) He ex- for the old man whose sudden and singular claimed several times. ‘My honor is gone! Hero taking of thus stirred the Parisian world isan affront which I cannot bear!’ He said to throughout that and many subsequent days was Gourville, ‘ My head swims; for twelve nights I fhe last of an tilustrious line,wifeless and child- have not slept; pray assist me in giving the lese, dwelling almost solitary in the ancient and orders.’ Gourville consoled him as well as he spacious chateau, where the splendor of the could. Condes had rivaled, in more than one genera- tion, that of Bourbon royalty itself. Had the Poor old Prince, heart-broken at the downfall of the Heaven annointed King, sought consola- mind. Moysieur the Prince went as far as tion in death’ Had his mind given away,and Vatel’s own chamber, and said to him: fee to an irrésponsible suicide? Or was “+ Vatel, all is going well; nothing could be ‘his the work of an assassin, perhaps of som? finer than the King’s supper.’ familiar of his househo!d, of some pretended —“ *Monsiegnour,’ replied he, ‘your kindness frient, who bad some secret motive fordepriv- overpowers me. ‘I know that the roast was ing bim of existence ? niing at two of the tables.’ The many conjectures which swayed hither Not at all,’ said the Prince; ‘all is going and thither the groups of excited gossipers did | perfectly well; do not distress yourself.” not stop short with these questionin, Kin, ++ Midnight comes, The fireworks did not Louis Philippe bad not won his crown by the .succeed. unanimous voice of Paris, and there were thoa- * They are covered by a cloud; they cost six. sands in the capital who, within a month of his | teen thousand francs. At 4 o'clock in the morn- Accession. were bitterivdisaflected againsthim. | ing Vatel goes about ywhere; he finds ‘The partisans ot Charles X. and those of are- every one asteep; he meet: a little boy who is public we-e equally exasperated: and anyhinted | bringing two loads of sea-tsh; he inquires of taint upon the King’s character apart was sure hin to be caught up and eagerly repeated, and t»| + find its way in exaggerated ramor toevery quar- ter of the city. There were knowing menonthe | ¢ boulevards in those August days, with sly looks and wagging beads, who gave @ new turn to the suggestions of the causes of Henri de Bourbou's | there will be no further sapply; he finds Gour- sudden death. ville, and says to him: “There is something,” they said, “beneath «Sir, I shall never survive this affront.’ what appears. There Is a darker mystery than | jourville laughs at bim. you guess There is a hidden romaace behind | atel goes up to his room, places this death-scene. They tell you that the Prince | against the door, and runs it through his of Conde loved Charles X. and hates Louis Phil. | but it w&s only at the third stroke, for h 8 ippe; that chagrin at the fall of Charles has | himself two that were not mortal, ‘that he falls caured hisdeath. Yet, look you, this man, who | tothe ground dead. #0 hates the King that he dies because is “The sea: fish however, arrived from all sides; King, bequeaths his immense proper Vatel is wanted to distribute them. They go to nobie Chateau of Chantilly, with its ample his room,they knock, they break open the door, they find him bathed in his own blood; they rash to the Prince, who is in despair. He men- in arms, is the heir of the Prince of Conde. Did _ tions it mournfully to the King; they say it is to the old Prince love this infant? No. Did he | be attributed to too high a sense of honor, ac- love the infant's father? No. He hated him. | cording to his views; they applaud his charac- Here, mes amis, is a deep, deep plot. Madame ter: some praise. others blame his courage.” de Feucheres, depend upon it, is in the conti ‘To this beautiful retreat, 80 redolent of ro- dence of Louis Philippe; and Madame de Feu- | mance and former grandeur, the last Prince of cheres lives in the house of Conde; nay, from | Conde retired in the early years of the resto the boudoir of Madame de Feucheres to the tion, muttering, “I have Il long enoug! chamber of the Prince of Conde there isa pri- It might be sald that he was alonein the world, Yate spiral staircase.” i for neither wife, nor ehildren, nor near rela- ‘Thus it was covertly charged that Louis Phil- tive, had been speredtoh m. Alone, however, ippe knew more of the cause of Conde’s death he was not, but worse than atone. Already the than the world in general imagined; and sus- arts of @ beautiful, fascinating, and scheming Picion was sought to be thrown upon the King woman had brought him completely into sub- of being implicated in some way in the eyent, jection to her will; and to this companion, since the King’s son, the woman who had whom he brought with him to Chantilly, where njoyed © 's confidence during his last he provided her with a spacious and splendid Years, alone profited by it. It was not unknown sui:ga partments, and every laxury which that Madame de Feucteres had been more than a could procure or insatiable vanity ‘once received privately atthe Tuileries since demand, he owed, directly or indierctly, his Louis Philippe’s accession; and it was not less | violent death. enerally believed that, with many virtues, the A mystery always —, and hangs to this ing was inordinately parsimonions and grasp- day, over the origin of the Baroness de Fea- ing. | His enemies, at least, concluded that cueres. It iscertain that she was an English Conde’s fortune bad not been lett, without the woman, the daughter of extremely obscure assistance of some occult intrigue, to the son of English parents, who had been brought up in & man whom he detested fiom the bottom of his the London streets, and had probably bsen born — in some low slum of the metropolis. History The illustrious descent of thedead Prince. the | tir-t finds her on the boards of Covent Garden Tomantic memories and pictaresque beauty of Theater—a young and radiantly handsome girl, the place where the tragedy occurred, andthe pei forming inferior parts, aad seemingly intro- singular convection of the newly-enthroned Quced rather on account of the fasciiations of family with Conde and with bis mysterious her person than the brilliancy of her histrionic death, give to the history of the event much talents. From the stage she passed into the quore interest than usually attends the stories | ranks of the dem!-monde; and, after a feverish of the deaths of Princes. career, she succeeded in captivating the worn Louis Joseph Henri de Bourbon was the | heart of the old Prince of Conde. Ste was also Mmeal descendant and he!r of that Louis of | beloved at this Sime By a gallant and courage- ‘Conde who. in the seventeenth century, oD, | gus young soldier of France, the Baron de Feu- by his feats of arms and statesmanship, the title | cheres; and he, ignorant of the relations which of “the great.” He was born in Paris in 1756, | existed between the cidevant actress and the and was 55 years of age when therevolationary | Prince, proposed marriage, was accepted, States-General of France assembled at V and, after a brief delay, led her to the sailles. Hus father, the then Prince of Conde, altar. His discovery of her relations with the was @ zealousadherent of the royal house with | Prince resulted in an open rupture, whereon which he was connected by the ties of blood. by | the fascimated old Prince openly resorted to ician interest,and by lo; fection. When | Chantilly with his beautiful and imperious The roast that had been wanting, not at the King’s table, but at the twenty-fifth, was alwaysrecurring to bis thoughts. Goarvilla in- formed Monsieur the Prince of his state of ««Yes, sir,’ replied the other, vot knowing it Vatel bad sent to all the seaport towns, Vatel waits some timh; the other purveyors do not come; he becomes wildly excited; he thinks his sword ‘ks and its broad acres—to this very Kin, nfant son. The Duke d’Aumale, almost a ba! storm burst in 1790, poth sire and son fled | tyrant. Madame de Feucheres was yot content from their luxurious —— at Chantilly to share | with the devoted submission of the Prince, his in the vicissitudes of the royalist emigres. Thi lavish tification of her every caprice, the son is described as having been at this time, a | splendid luxury with which she was surrounded warm-blooded, handsome young man, with the | atthe chateau of St. Leu. No sooner had she gatiow Bourbon tint and the dark Bourbon | got fairly esconced there than her greed and brow and eye, and the hereditary haughty gait | ambition set to work upon the Prince’s tondness and aquiline nose of the Condes. The prince, | or fears to acquire for nore ong gy nt the father, was now too old and feeble to take | afiuence than she derived from her living an active part in the hot struggle which ensued | Prince’s generosity. By alternative coaxing, between the allied German armies on the one | wheedling, and threatening him; by sarround- side and the forces of the new-born republic on | ing him with paid creatures and spies of her the other side; but Louis, inspired by family own; by her manner, attractive alike when it pride and patrician zeal, became one of the | was imperious and when it w: Many aristecratic emigrants who took service | induced the poor, under the banners of the Hapsburg and the Ho- | by which she wo: benzollern to tight against their own country- | own right, the splendid domains of men. He recognized in the tri-color the symbol . This was in 1524, six years before the Of national disgrace rather than national sover- | ea: phe of the second revolution. But even eignty, and there seems little dou! this concession did net content her; indeed, it sabsequent career, that us moti only whetted her tite for more. Soon after, an earnest belief in the rigut of monarchy and | she prevailed upon him to devise to her also the the abomination of democracy, as the self-inter- | ancestral forest of En; , from which his un- est which resented the persecation of his own happy son had taken histitie, and of which she family and the deprivation of its estates. He | now even demanded and received the consider- accepted @ captaincy in an emigrant regiment, | able income. Success in these efforts finally ard took a courageous and active part in the | stimulated her to the plot of her career— famous campaign on the eastern frontier, 1n | a plot which, with little doubt, involved the which Dumouriez was the able but unsuccessful | Prince's violent death, and into which entered, leader of the republi; remaiged | in some mysterious way not yet developed, the with the allies “for three years, when, wounded | family of e ‘80 son to ascend the ‘St the assault of Berschiem, he was compelled to | throne of . retire from the service. He lived forsometime | Madame de Feucheres now meditated a deep in seclusion on the Continent, observant though after the Prince’s inactive; and tn 1400 repaired to England. In — epion Ses nad whee “p the Hee have to encounter the estates of the powerful fami- necessary that should ‘man alliance ‘Orleans family. She Orleans to persuade ‘of Conde to adopt the Dake u E £ fF : 5 i z : if H z i i: since fatal matter bad occupied his thoughts,” declared that ‘‘his blood was on fire,” and been excited into —_ violent altercations wit icheres, he at last faltered. * fag Soe |, “is Late bro g they Joo! =. Once they rt i st = me what they my life may be in jeopardy.” As a last resort, he ap iteously to the ity of Louis Philippe himself. He wrote to him a SS) in which Gistreseing” to him, whereupon the wity Duke we uy} 8 4 opens made of begging Mada: me e to motinue her efforts. She yoremeteriy refased, jou! nor can it be easily bted that she thus secretly pleased Louis Philippe. One day the old Prince was in the billiard room of his Paris hotel. M.Surval, who wasin an adjoining room, heard loud talking, and, going in, found Conde red with rage. “Only see,’ exclaimed Feucheres, who was with him, ‘‘in what a passion monseigneur puts peg and without a cause! Try and caim im.” es, madam,” returned Conde, “it is horri- ble, atrocious, thus to pat a knife to my throat to make me ‘do a thing you know 180 much abhor.” He caught hold of her hand, and added gioomily, ‘*Well, plunge the kaife in at once —at on: ‘The next day Conde made a will, appointing | the Duke a’Aumatle his heir,and bequeathing | Madame de Feucheres a property worth tea | million francs. So matters stood when the rev- | olution of 1830 came, Louis Philippe became King, and Charles X. an exile. It was toward the middle of August, 1839, that the Prince of Conde, who had now become per- manently morose and melancholy, and who never heard the name of Feucheres pronounced without a certain senile terror, secretly told his confidential valet that he proposed to make a long tour, and to escape from Chantilly without the knowledge of the household. His strange actions meanwhile attracted the attention and roused the curiosity of his attendants. On the morning of the 1ith his eye was found to be bleeding, and he explained it by saying he had fallen against atable, but afterwards said his temple had struck against the door. Events at the chateau increased in mystery until the 26th. Madame de Feucheres Prince’s dressing-room, a both were heard, angry and threatening. A sharp quarrel, lasting for some time, ensaed, and Madame de Feucheres came out of tho aired early to the soon the voices of more 5) ef France. tals by the he indignat Jed awa; bedside. The openi Duke d'Au queathing worth 10,00 y ; by the | immediate resistance of the heirs of the house | nature of a last will, concluding with a touching i Pecrsg. if tml ang od “I ask that | may be uried at Vincennes, near my unfortunate son.” ‘vices took borne in a silver-gilt casket. The Abbe Pelier ered the funeral di | mourning multitade who bier by declaring: ‘The his a sight of God.” Another and bey of St. tes the burial place of the Kings e chanted hig! that the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours, the | two elder sons of Louis Plilippe, were present | on the occasion. | Meanwhile, Madame de Feucheres, | from the chateau with her niece, and, | at | Seine. She appears tobave fright and to ‘o sleep in the library adjoining and Madame de Feassans on a couch at her ther deliv- | }, and led the | thered around the | ince is innocent of | not | faneral eneued at the royal ab- was received at the por- abbey priests and canons; bishops | yh mass; and it was not unobserved fearing tion of the people of St. Leu, har- 2 passed 8 period of re; her secretary was constrained r chamber, meantime M: board, and ing of the Prince’s will, making the male his residaary legatee, and be- tadame de Feucheres property 9,000 francs, was followed that the ind: ap; ane chimney. of Conde, the Prince of Rohan. They at once brought a suit in the Court of Premiere tn- | speak yer stance as heirs-at-law, to dispute the validity of there can the will, and to recover the property they considered as theirs by inheritance. engaged em! suit soon widened from the question of the will | to that of On the side of it chamber the inside; subject to fi doctor, on e: chair so placed that the Prince might have used it in hanging himself; that the fragments of the On the morning of that day burnt letter indicated suicidal intent; nificant manner in which he bade adieu, not pep lied the guests, but to the servants, on the night preceding his death; that there was an absence of any marks of violence whatever on that it was impracticable for any the body; Was pointed | out nich They inent counsel, and the isssue in the myriad of ri’ | shirt front, the mode of the Prince's death. d’Aumale the Feucheres that the Prince's | joor had been found bolted on that he had for some time been ts of desperate melancholy; that the ntering the room, had overturned a the sig- bury News. his grasp, distributi It was Fra: half a dozen steps. Teinking 2 ave time to descend these imped down from the bank, and was promptly caught across the neck Ly an unobserved clothes line. The awful recoil jerked the basket from its contents in every di- , and threw him violently on his back, ea to do , while the boarder , Whee te ® Daabury Men | "as Sakrevinces testa ae Quite an excitement was created on Nelson pat | street, Frazer’ paper. sastly bai picked | of the ho he fireplace by the King's secretary. | covered. 3 e jas preserved were, ‘* Dan King “Vincennesanfortuvateson.” When the | D@ cam bod alee Gonane’ ret Dits of were putintothe hands of the chief | tained law officer, he exclaimed, «‘Here is the “rath !"" | More being found, there ras enough written to show were portions a written by the Prince to Madame de Feucheres; {a the in this tage of thet with a red mark on his neck, his and givin, rae protradin, indications of choking to dea ing this accident to into @ hysterical fit, and kicked the heels from an eight dollar her father M P the t strions anc no doubt, and wh vulets dai and confronted h ir of French gaiters. zer had ripped away the fire ‘awled into the fire-place with a | view ‘to seeing the extent of the trouble in the chimney, and it was while he was straining his eves u other infallible Uy itness- rs. Frazer went In the ube of flame, 8clf-possessed boarder ared at the other extremity with the pail, | straightway dashed its contents down the To say that Mr. Frazer was aston- ished at this unexpected turn in the affair is to feebly indeed. That he was wad en he crawled | out into the room, with the liquid soot in a | cing down hts face and is resuscitated | father-in-law, who appeared at the same time without a hat, with one hand grasping an empty basket which he bad mechanically recovered, and with the other rubbin, | and staring about in hopeless amazement—the | Spectacle was about as complicated and unsat- | istactory as anything could be. Phe entry of the revived Mrs. Frazer, accompanied by the calm and confident boarder, diverted the minds of the two sufferers, and ‘order was soon re- tored. But it taught Mr. Frazer alesson. He | will never again stay home from church.—Dan- the top of his head, | Beotin’ in a Marble Yara. ‘When Washington studied medicine, a great in ing n the ceme- maintaining heard of the inter- m who died of @ mysterious mal surrect the re- night Washingtonjand his friends but with plenty room flushed with passion. By dinner time, assassin to reach his chamber without detec- | deal of difficulty was experiem however, the storm seemed to have passed | tion; and that nosound of the least altercation | dead bodice for alseecting, snd the students at away. The Prince appeared at table, to which | or struggle had been heard throughout the | his college used to make forays 1 intimate friends had invited him, and | night. On the side of the Rehans, per contra, | teries at night for the purpose o observed to be in unusually good spirits. | M. Hennequin pointed out ‘with great | the supply” One day tl He laughed and joked, and ate and drank | force that uothing was more easy than to bolt | wesrePly heartily. The ps repaired to the drawing | a door on the inside from the outside; that | ady, and they determined to re: room, the whist tables were wheeled out. and | the position of the handkerchief _proved that | mains, ‘That Conde took a hand at the same table with Mad- | the Prince could not have boen strangled at | started out witheut alanters, ame de Feucheres, playing with zest till late | all; that the Prince’s feet touched the ground, in the evening, and talking cheerily through- ont. Finally he rose, waved a good night to each friend with his hand, and, as he went to- ward the door, turned gave them a cheer- ful parting, 4 demai It was the last time that the last Prince of Conde was seen of men. He was accompanied to his chamber by Bon- niehis doctor, and Lecomte, his valet. It is | worth noting that Lecomte, the valet, had been | selected for this service by Feucheres, and was at once a spy and a creature of that designing woman. As Lecomte was leaving the chamber, he asked the Prince “tat what hour will monseigneur rise?” “At eight o'elock.”” It was now the night of August 26, and on the ‘Ist Conde proposed secretly to’ leave the chateau, “‘to take a long journey,” as he said; | but his real project in taking thisatep can never be Known.’ A longer journey than he had planned was now in store for him. | Throughout that warm, bright summer night all was apparently tranqail In and about the old chateau. The night watch, who patrolled the terraces outside, from dusk to dawn, heard no sound issue from’ the vast mansion; the do- mestics slept undisturbed in the wing devoted to their lodgings; the guests were equally un- conscious of any unusual event. | ‘The Prince of Conde’s sleeping-chamber was | small but riehly-decorated apartment in the second story, with a yet smaller dressing-room leading from it. Madame de Feucheres occu- ied a suite of rooms in the story below. with Ber ntecs, Madame de Feassans. A stalrcase connected this suite with the Prince's chamber above, and also led from the entrance hail of the chateau. The Prince's apartments opened upon the large central corridor. On the first floor, also, were most of the guest-rooms. On leaving his master, Lecomte, as usual, carefully locked his dressing-room,’ by which access was to be had to his chamber from the corridor, and carried the key away with him. Promptly at 8 o’clock on the morning of the 2th the valet appeared at the Prince's door and knocked, according to orders, before un- locking it. No response was given. Lecomte thought nothing of the circumstance, but, thinking the Prince still asleep, went away, to | return in ——— LA an ens now by Conde’s cian. ie knock was re- there was still the dead silence. "The two men became alarmed at this, and hurried around by the larger staircase to the apart- ment of Madame de Feucheres. Madame de | = heard their intelligence calmly, and | said: “I will go up at once. When he hears my voice he will reply.” All in dishabille as she was, she hastened up, and began rapping vig- orously at the Prince’s door. ‘The hollow sound of the echoed knock—nothing more. —. the door, Monseigneur!”” she cried; “it isT, phie; open the door!”’ The noise o! Fapping 8 ily summoned the terror stricken here | guests and domestics, wit to the Prinee’s apartments. Lecomte unlock. the dressing-room and proceeded to that of the chamber, to find it securely fastened. sharp knocking here =. produced the same result. No slightest sound escaped from within. Then two of the valets were ordered by Madame de Feucheres, now deadly pale and leaning upon | the Abbe Briant, her secretar, fetch a heavy This was used with immediate effect upon the panels, which, Cg Bape enabied Lecomte | ‘and the doctor to enter the chamber. To the group without, their silence, after entering the mysterious room, was strangely protracted. They found it, in trath, very dark. The shutters of both the windows, which looked orth upon one of the noblest domainsof France, had been tightly closed; unly the flickerin, glimmer of a nearly exhausted candle, plac: on the hearth, and screened by a large fender placed before it, reileved in the least degree the | obscurity of the apartment. It was by this dim light that the valet and the physician discerned the Prince of Conde, who seemed to be leaning against one of the win. dows with bis head bent, as it peering and listening through the blinds. Lecomte has- tened to throw open the biind of the other win- dow, when a ghastly spectacle met their eyes. The early morning rays fell upon the figure of the poor old man hanging from the bars which held the shutters. Around his neck were twisted two handkerchiefs, tied together; and these were fastened to the espagnolette, or bolt, which held the bars together. The horrible pallor of his face told the story of death. The venerable head was sunk upon the breast; his legs seemed to be drawn up, as if fixed by a final spasm; the withered hands were closed tight, while his toes just touched the floor. Singularly enough, the handkerchief did not envelop the windpipe, but the forward part of the jaw, passing thence to the back of the head, below the crown. ‘Thus the Prince could not have been strangled to death. ‘he exclamations of Lecomte soon brought the household, who had been awaiting breath- lessly in the corridor the word of the enigma, pell-meh into the room. Madame de Feucheres ng Prince’ ded rous ing th form” dod teif to the foorinaviclont ft The ee ee eens Seuss cab eer isce | CARPETS. Pingel [= yy and to a on nie try asses were supposed to ex one, —— CARPETS, Sena ‘Tho Prince’s simoner game inand ex- | they adorned thelr temples ‘with a kind of curls CABPETS, lores death ond ou | saleide of the oe appelition of fallow-me-lade But the, Jap: ACTUALLY LOWER THAN AUCTION a a x anese beauties go to no such toilet trouble or J f Instruction of Poutoise, Stee nd Commissary af Pollee of St. Lou,were hold: | decorative expense, | When they become weary | OLISH TAPESTRY BRUSSELS... 19 ing their inquest in the chamber of death, and fa free, they declare the gracious condition | 3 TAPESTRY BRUSSELS.” before noon the event was known at the Palace | frurlir beats by mpty flower-pot + Hse ks USEELS, 35 of the Fatiorion in Par. cee kngitg e° on the portico- i a Gi ott tnek 8-8 2S cureur-General, instructed facts toM. Dupont de l’Eure, Minister it Free Prees relates the following Hag BI had BP itustice, reached the chateau, and ‘proceeded | ,,.TH Detrolt ree Press Greamea the other On BE » Bright Colors... ‘elie report made in the afternoon of that day, | night,” sald Byjalt as he helped. Hie Honor inte ate 96 ‘by all Paris, whither every de- tee ‘and that you handed it out.” Curious OUB STOOK OF SE a eres ae raat | colncldance,” relied Hs Homer at he bationed DRY GOODS, of violence on his ; that - Sa par neg oe ped to St iow Work end priceson every article at 3 most Deon bolted into his chamber fromthe in- | I ax always afraid jest dogs should come to low pe inde, and that it was undoubtedly ® case of | learn our lange Se ae ot SHE ARcaDE. A friendly pmmonpiace ins language of which OLFORD nav dveaeny, atone printed out Sacer | RECTOR Rae, and that ietwhy we appent | V7" &SHILBERG, which directly ‘the conclusions of | such clever and £_ fellows to doge. | If 487 SEVENTH STREET, sted “nes the poor old Prince, after | ‘itdut's poblie dinsort Arthur Help. = | —4eelbtr Between Dent B, svethwest, eee will — MED 1861 making & will beq the estates of the Taxovaca i a Ruurcrovs | STA BLIS ‘ Celt out of hd’ wel, It waa at once the ine Pare —We regret to 990 in the Methodist e- terest and the purpose of “‘exalted person- | corder an ete ‘be all we | Wo, 11, eocth Serene ea Sid prevent on ty | cuppous tt ii ie foartally’ suggestive of auiry ints he tragedy. Bat oven royalty—if it profanity. Republicen. Bipund — on rng of those whorls a eer | What mamme culmea” in nein rien iaetee gridenee raPP tne Springs, had ‘been “aid. in | fowlers sot ‘which is not meant to ry ag nd en, 1m | food thom, but to take thems. se Baie rakes Ban | erecta eee | =“ Rina detroyed imeeit in a At of meloncholy; | beard and as ooasty superintendent. decd fw Teh ead B streets, ope. so that he could not possibly have hanged him: self, or even been hanged was found, while livin, covered the’ been even hi that after ——s his chamber, he had pur- al sued his ord had been wound up as usual, and carefully placed in its fob; his slippers foot of the bed. But bed of tome unusual movements; and it ap- | peared that the Prince had blown out the two wax candles, thus, if the partisans ot suicide | were right, deliberately putting himself in the | dark betore committing the deed. were add d stration that a pri Madame de | Conde; and the presence of motive on the part of this woman to bring aboutthe Prince’s death was significantly hinted. But the were conten | They were attempting to deprive the young son of an avaricious Kin ‘The resu\t was that their suit was denied them the court confirmed the validity of the will, an D’Aumale and Madame de into their inheritance. cheresit need only be said that, having secured her fortune, where she a gambled on and lived a reckless, diss | grew up to take an heroic part in the Algerine wars; to reside, during a long exile, in London, and finally to retarn to his splendid estate of Chantilly af the restoration of the Orleans properties to | their owners. daughter ot eldest brother, took place in the long-deserted chatean of grand old place, over which hang the gloom of a dark tragedy, put on a gala aspectonce more as it used to the Great and Louis the Magnificent.—Apple- | tons’ Journal. | Tue Pro Taines ts generally found in combination with those smaller virtnes which are more annoy- | ing to one’s neighbors than most vices. The | man who rises a ties up his letters with red tape, vinced of the great truth that it is better to half an hour too early than half a minute te, is frequently given to making the best of | ‘The duty of doing so is a moral maxim | jg enough for him to understand. hin, ust others where he ; that his spirits had re- ir cheerfulness, and that he had ilarious the night before his death: feet. After inary habits on retiring; his watch placed at the ere were signs in the Inferences | perspiration, to these und. Feucheres’ apartments Rohans, however just their claim, amournfal yi ding against a too formidable power. Wh of an immense fortune. wal, “What d's ‘eucheres came | fome for’ asl Of Madame de Feu- judicto: she took up her residence In Paris, | ppeared at Louis Philipye's court, the Bourse, gave gorgeous suppers, pated life. D'Aumale steps further ter the fall of Napoleon If. and | A year ago the wedding of the | the Duke de Nemours, D’Aumale’s | sel apiece and dirt, they knoc! the edge of the hole to rest and wipe off the they expressed their astonishment odies in that particular buricl at the scare'ty of It “was getting « Boys, I think we had better of spades and shovels. When they came to the place and saw the white marble tombstones, they climbed over the fence; and after a while found a spot where theearth was apparently fresh. Then they began to dig. two hours, and went down a They dug for at twenty-four they had excavated a big enough hole to make a couple of cellars and arifie-pit, they concluded that thi ey must have beon at Mork at the wrong spot. ‘They Picked out an- ad been just up- ed off, and as they sat down on vice: at for?"’ they aske: ou mean” ed the crowd. fence, the cemeti around other place where the ground turned—and after nearly bursting blood. ve: Rotting out a few hundred tons of on toward morning en, but they determined to try once more. Just ag they had removed the first shovelfal of earth, Washington who had been wandering | around the place meanwhile, suddenly said, in | agreed new.” I think anyhow we'd better knock off now on account of various things. What d’ye want to go “Well,” said Washington, I think it wonld be for several reasons, but pri because wa’ve been rootin’ night in a marble yard!” ‘hen they did go home. They had gotten over the wron, cipally e all ery being a few lown the road. The members of the class who went out right after breakfast to see how the ruins looked y while the owner of the marble yard did not in- vent any new kind of swearing when he came to busines#, he infused into the old variety a very unusual amount of picturesque energy. light, said that the last of the Condes; and the do’ in the brilliant days of onde | ss0e- PENSITY TO MAKE THE Best oF | who alwa: ‘Gnd whois con- be too 3 every mornin; NO RES) He prob- | ably reflects upon it early in the morning at the |_ time when his cold bath is bringi: out that glow, physical and moral, which makes him an | offence to all the day. The ruddy, jovial person who gets him- self up after more unctuous variety of popular preacher 1s apt to be perspirin, this doctrine at every pore. | It is a pleasure to | tress upen whom he may dischar, | comfort through his favorite aphorism, as a A | fire-engine sends cold water through a hose, If | | he acquires some dim consciousness of the fact | | that his kind exhortations sound like a bitter mockery to sense of virti | selves under the loss of a wife by the retiection | | that they still have several first cousins, and money enough to pay for ahandsome monument. ‘That only pr well ashe the great art of properly directing their sentim the most pathetic manner that he would ever advise anything like self-deceit. He does avowedly ask a sufferer to prof ache is rather @ pleasant distraction than other- wise; he only recommends him to fix his atten- m his great toe or some other remote bod tion uj part of his ng good people so enviably constituted that a small | pleasant object elevates them more than a great unpleasant object depresses them. They are people, 80 to speak. of small specific gravity, who cannot burden of melancholy. the beat of things professes to be of this. tom: perament. that be does his constitu peepee in him compatible with’ exhili not deny the existence of evils, but the smallest grain of good makes him happy, glass of wine makes some men are, wesay, such people as coin a word, clined, asarule, to a vehement suspicion in enerally had @ certain number of ee oe x Aug eed who makes the best ings is generally he! hs (ry dels of strong feeling or by the want of courage to look at the worst.—Lonioy by day Review. THe YOUNG WoMEN Of the island of Java have arather curious way of informing the you ker vessels during the rest of the country-gentleman type, or the | im to mect somebody in dis- boisterous his victims, it only increases his ue. They cannot comfort them- | t they have not studied so ts. For of course he will deny in not fess that a tooth- y which may appear to be enjoy- ealth And, infact there are some be submerged without a heavy ‘he person who makes It is not, he would have you believe, not sympathize with grey but = tional es sympathy faration; he docs jast as half runk. ‘There ese—men, if we th decls-te intoxicable. But we are ins easily ‘The man who is upset by the first to be serene either nm Satur- 30 SUITS. a 38 OVERCOAT. 2 Down! Down! Down ERVE! AND WILL BE FORCED OFF WE ADOPT THi GREATLY REDUCED PRICE LIST TO INSURE ‘AN IMMEDIATE CLOSING OUT OF OUR ENTIRE STOCK. AD VOW WE GO NO TRIFLING! OUR ENTIRE STOCK MUST BE IMMEDIATELY REDUCED, WITHOUT RESERVE. READ OUR NEW PRICE LIST: WE OFFER OR Fo: ‘0 1. 3 bt roppmintelitelt eed Ss COME AND SEE. HABLE BROTHERS, Merchant Tailors and Fine Clothiers, Corner 7th and & Streets, AGAIN. LAST OF THE SEASON. THE CHANCE MAY NOT OCCUR FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY. COMMENCING MONDAY, DECEMBER 85, OUB FINE STOCK OF Cem RECAERSS PIANOS, &<. WR sterswars Pravos. (ARR EXTRACT FROM THE OFFICIAL REPORT or Ts | JUBY ON MUSICAL INSTRUMENT EXPUSITION UNIVERSELLE, «We regret tet the eataruea auge f ™ cel ted In ratore the new system in Piano-making. aha bone, ef New York, to when the eatin naking is 80 greatly tndebted Etied . ABSTRO < t; Aus > President, France, VaTOBE MABCHESI. Tay, ' DW. > anuik Austria, | OBABH HERZFRLD. Viungary, Austria, CLICS SCHIBDMAT ER, Germany, BALTIMORE ADV ERTISEMTS OBJECTS OF ELEGANCE AND ART SILVER WuRE, POR USE AND ORNAMENT, MADE SAMUEL BIRR & son, 172 West Baltimore «t., Eetastiene ial? BALTI «0 JEWSLEY, Dia Sp WATOHES, [ects tm) PLATED wa an i, Switseriand, [USEFUL BOLIDAY PRESENTS. Br. usca PAUL, Professor of the Uatversity { Ladies Bmbroitered Initial BANDE RRORIE sr TREE armen, Lista Vienna World Faireizs, (3 ina. oe et ere pees — eatiomen's Hemetitched HANPKER HIEFS Messrs, Siimway @ CE NAe: September 1, 1873 Genta eT Cried apd Printed Beriered GENts: The Safuine: Beet Bors Prints. P-rdered HANDK RROBTE my Music Room. Grotiomen's SHIRTS OOLLA RK! our admirable quaiatse: Fiue TABLE OLOT! NAPK _dect-colm 263 Balttinsro Rae Bu LIARD TABLES LOW FOR Casu Our now styl sty ie, Sieh j any th the » | (“Pray tell Mr. Breinway that bit AUpricht altered te be Piano shous to brilitant advantage at the Featival stelle tables: eb b ea a the Wartbu g, whor Tossday andell BILLIAKt as * Vice O ox nna ren! Rh aton Hall, Alex. Adsinw miau ‘OUr#, Very trHly, Franz Liser im ‘Thy — acl} Sm 210 Wea P | Prom the new Leprie Mustk Zvrune A new Grand Piano from Steinway & Sous, Mew W. WEBB & CO. ork, which we saw and beard ia Dr. Frap . eign Geol Music Room we must acknowl:dge as the from that modern ecteuce in Piano buildin reduced. DSMITHS AND JEWELERS. 1°) BALTIMORE STBEET. BALTIMORE, M Deatere i RICH JEWELEY. FINE WATCHES KLING SILVER WABE,CLOCKS, AND BRONZE _— DIAWOND SETTING A SPROIALTY “rw repaired by EXPERI WORKMEN P J ULeahs erstavRayt, Formerly Barnard’ STEINWAY & SON'S PIANOS. A large sssortment of GRAND, SQUARE ant UPRIGHT PIANOS always on band #t the warc- f {6t&8anl W.G METZEROTT & CO. i as Ts 7 Jan, 1,173. WRB THe DECKER BRO.S PATENT PIANO. After having examined the Piano Fortes of Mesers. DECKER BROTHERS vory carofully, we have come tothe conclusion and choerfally testify, that they are in every respect superior instraments, Their tone is pure, rich, brilliant, very distinct, LIQUORS, CIGARS, ae, & EATING DEPARTMENT open on SUNDAYS. _GAME and OVSTERS « sreciauty. diS6.t.tb im TO ORDEB in th: bet er ‘and of an entirely musical character. Their work New Ve rat Usury aed mansbip ts of the very best, plainly demonstrating IN. for 92 Perfect nt | that none but the best materials are used, and their | touch, evenness and qualityof tone throughout the Whole compess of the key-board, unsurpassed by | any other piano-forte we have ever seen. THEODORE THOMAS, 8. B MILL T. H. BONA WITZ. JOHN ZUNDEL, ALFRED H. PEASE, CAKL KLAUSER, | DECKER BRO.'8 PATENT rIANos. OQ _KURN, A 632 New York & dee8-6t™ Stan? Washingto Hl PIANOS! La) In order to make room which Lam now receiv time at great! celebrated 8" magnificent DY MADE SHIRTS of Wamentta MUSLIN ILY LINN, only $175. Sia hnot All goods retailed Mustrated direct or free when spplied for at the Batriw Factors, 64 went Fayette street Batt 136.4. GINN cu Ls WILLIAM MASON, F.L. RITTER. MADE TO ORDER Altering ing s specinity Loading G for my new stock of Pianos Twill sell & short ‘ea. T mention in part @kaND PIANO. the w: Bowed make of ‘m. Kuabe & Co., frcaent for the ae Pinnos. Pianos fer rent, wea sid Pianos takes 1 anos. Pianos for rent, an anos taken in | exchange, RSICHENBACH'S PIANO WARBKOOM: dec3-te 423 Lith «treet, above a) USING AND BEPAIRING, POLISHING and Varoishing PIANOS and all Mo. sical Instruments receives the most faithful Byyoual attention by @-L. WILD & BRO, 20 lth street, near northwest coraer Penpaylva. niaavenue. Agents for the unsary ST! PIANOS, dealers in Pianos te decry SHIrTs SHIRTS! SHIRTS rument; also, a carved SQUAB: GRAND PIAN ADAMS 8 IRT MANUFACTOR BALTIMORE, & | | SHIRTS OF ANY STYLE MADE TO OR | FIT AND MATERIAL GUARANTERD | PRICES MODERATE BF Direct on applic for sclf-moasare ment sent by ments generally. Pianos for rent. “sepls-ly | 1 KUHM'S PIANO AND MUSIOBTORE, | ®#-Adaress 280 W. Baltimore atront, Balti ie ea eh . Go08-4.th.s. tn for tho celebrated Patent P:anes of DECm ZB BROS Rew Work, Im use by the first pica the continent. ney for t pericr BTRELING ORGAN. ‘Pia AMERICAN STAR superior. noe LEATHER PRESERVATIVE, rom different insnofacturers, new and used, at low ices, and for rent. All kinds of MUBI f Lt principal SHOK and HARNESS BERUMENTS, own importa 04 Is dealers in Washingwon. NO — on, Pinnos, Organs, Harps, &c., tuned and repaired Used instraments taken in exchange. Peat | 87 Avalyred by Prof. W. BE. A Atkin, Uaiver- UCAS’ PIANO AND MUSIO STORE, | sity of Maryiai LP TLS Sete trosteal Toate | DEMONSTRATING ITS VIBTUR : . a 4 Factory , southwest corner of Lom iated,._ Georgetown, ard wi streets, GuiinRS We 103 Bridge atrost. Sed-t th. lan BALTIMORE, MO. FUR DEPARTMENT. DRY GOODS. | RR°CH BLACK AND COLORED SILKs. | LADIES’ SEAL SKIN SAUQUMS will be mate LYONS BLA | a Specialty this season. Having « Larger Stock in Cal Store, both Imported and of American make, than | any Betail House in the States, will sell them at Prices 20 per cent lower than usually retailed. All sizes and styles on hand, both trimmed aud plan. Ladies who expect te buy will find it very ereatiy to their advantage to have wn carly selection. Alt the fashionable stylesof Ladies’ Fars, &o., on band at attractive prices. TAYLORS, | _decd-1m Opposite Barn })° YOU DRAW O8 PAINT it Hand lied wit! KETOB Books PENCILS, BOXES of PEN for DBA WIN id ct : 23, 2 a e ‘3 > i] We. have the best BLACK and COLORED KID | LOVES, in one aud two buttons, that aro im portec, and warrant every One Bric ony. + M. SHUSTER & BRO., dects.st +s” ULE Fecertvenis sycues, REDUCTION EXTRAORDINARY ! BET PLAST cue, pair perfect or take Hotel. ye ow. Col y of ‘ulore., Beat PELE DAMBRIG, 10 cat. | Siew am is won ELEGANT PARIS KIDS, 63 cents. | + . aghtman's Depot, Dre ITS, 37% cents. decd-Im 114 W. Baltimore 8 . Baitunore COTTONS ana’ 88 mally low, | - = = teothebuRaDe Ce =| OR THE HOLIDAYS. HOTELS. CANFIELD, BRO. & Co, 289 WEST BALTIMORE STREET, BALTIMORE, MD WATCHES, JEWELRY, jema-ty BetwRen 71H and 8tu STREETS SILVER AND SILVER PLATED WARE, T= IMPERIAL HOTEL, CLOCKS AND BRONZES, | JAMES BYKES, Proprietor, ELEGANT MAJOLICA WARE, | FRONTING PENNSYLVANIA AVENTR, PARIS AND VIENNA FANCY GOODS, "Between 1h and Ussh Streets, FANE, Gc, Be. | Se LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY. AND Maszmsnen, 8.6. LOWEST PRIORS. ec6- im SALAMANDER FELTING. THE U.S. AND FOREIGN SALAMANDER FELTING COMPANY manufs ofe facturere COAL AND WOOD. PERFECT NON-CONDUCTING FELTING, (eatt van: woop: woop | stertne, itt canoe Fire ye ain and ey oon, Seas OHNSON BROTHE! 4, Steam and Hot Water Pipes, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS. | 4 Hi¥5°%"S HOTEL, Ho, 709 G STRET, jOUSE, WASHINGTOB, D.O Super- Heaters and all Heated Surface: (Patented Oct. 5, 1969; Oct. 4, 1870; May 9, 1x71.) and WOOD, which we will sell to the trade wo. 60 a ee eee nore sumers cheap for cath. poh B gh . End wharves stourown for SPROIAL NOTION —All parties prosecuting the the same. Main office. bustwens of! cam boilers, steam pipes and ing steam stroet southwest. Offices: all super heated surfaces with @ non-conducting om formerly occu Grest Fails -y | Ment, Une ashe: 4 ste ranee, Tid Sen cerect norttwest” nbscote’” | spetsarehy woneea the: ther nse’ riogers upon ths TOODWIN ¥. ATLEE- Fights of this company, and will be proscxted for AtLée's Wharf, foot of Sixth street, — —_ HE AS£ESTOB NON-CONDUCTOR OoV- ering for Bteam-Boilers, Pipes, &c., saves @30 DEALEB IN WOOD AND OVAL. | Liveral deductions meas te is tre, Onrgoes | loaded and stored or delivered. per cent. in fuel. ASBESTOS ROOFING, ASBESTOS CEMENT erte—Ho, 6) 0,0 streot ma ee isi | for leaky roofs, &. Deper ine are hart. Bend for circulars aud estimates, a wh ee. eed eek of WOOD ang oat miner dect-Im 95 West Lombard st , Baltimore, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, | Poet ie ae eney ae rs razxox ‘GooDs ) AD ORNAMENTS, Bo. 900% PEEMBYLVAMLA AVEMOR, 45 NORTH CHARLES 5T., BALTIMORE. J yt c. J. STASEET tists preter, Mo, S11 Tre Sraxer. HOUSES AND. i ALL PARTS OF gpOsNS NEGOTIATED. MONBY INVEST . yoarsorss. __ FRANK SARNUM Ecce ar SESE RIERSS LIVERY STABLES.