THE ".DjVILY EVENING TELEGKAPII. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1866.' SOCIETY-ACTRESSES. There in fin old riuartcr of Parin walco. we lake ppt-clal delight to visit, known a the "Mflraia." The hammer of the iconoclat has not Art invndrrt its precincts. Ihe "I'liiee Itojnlo" i ' remains oa rrproentcrt in fntrravinn ot thn nevoTitfonth fentnrt! the strceta DeTour- nellrs. D In (Vrisrtie, Du Pure Koyal, Dit la Peile, Lu Vein Mmc i. Paul, and Leeocnux, and which reveal the splendor of toe era ot ttie financier Lamot ODd of the Superintendent Kouqnet, are still t icre. othtnfr could bo more rhnrminsr und more aprishtl tbtuvtlio t-ociety ot the Marais tn the time ot Lnini XIII. It numbered Marlon de Lorme, Ninon tie l'Kuelos, Deshouliores, Hevigne, Scinlery, La Favette, Soiirion, 15iiKy , Kabiitin Suint Evremont, La Hablicre, La Koeheloucwla, nmuiat Its votaries. Penetrating into iliortf unions, wIiohc FloreuUne lapostrios and old-tasliioncd furniture are preserved lite relies of toe pat. we fancy we see scato I in those arni- hair lair ladic with hairall in curls, whOHe cocie.y whs so lunch coveted by the sren tlemcn and the "Moiwi'ictaircs" of th .lay, and -who are mosl familial ly known aa the "pre-t.-ieusM." Oi U the fair lad.es of the MarniH, who, whil ) TCllcctint? the friillantrv and the Hpirit of the middle hiivb, first eMablishod the empire of woman, uou was more poo ilur or celebrated than Ninon d i'KiicI . Sue lived from the time of Lou s XIII until the eu.l 01 the leiirn ot Louts XIV, and l.otii ot her contemporaries colli 1 hornf ot s niunv years ai.d so many friends. The delirious collection of enamels of Petitot preserve to us fhe leatures of those charming fienon-who constituted the prerieutieo of iiie 'laeo lloyale. Ninon dc riOncios appear in them as a very pretty deliote peraoa'ure (not as she became attcrtvard, plump and rotund), with a lively eve, a hish forehead, and a halt open mouth breathing voluptuousness. I!y her side is a .Touii pirl bpuniina; wii.h mtetlicence, the protcfie ot Ninon de l'Eudos, the lover of the Chevalier de Mere, anil ihe beloved of the superintendent of Fouiiiet H who placed her por trait at tde Chateau de lieaux bv the side of mat ot Mademoiselle da la Valliere), Mademoiselle d'Aubigne, afterwards Madame Kearron, aul ' then the all-powerful Madame de Muiatpuon. All the Incidents of love and gallantry of the era of Louis XIII attach themselves more or less to the bcautilul quarter wmeb At that tune stretched from the pold palace ot theToiunclles, with its trellises of grape-vines and l's groves o f cherry trees (whence lb names of R'lej Deaux Treillis and De la Cerisaie etill to be met witn), to beyond the Bastille Saint Antoine. When the ld palace of Charles VII was pullel dawn, Mary ot Medicis, lull of reminiscences of Flo rence, designed streets aud squares, with foun tains and loity mansions, amid which the 8ein jlowed, just as Ihe Arno does through Pisa and the city of the Medicis. The Arseoal, lu which dwilt the morose Bu'lv, was completed in the time ot Henri IV, and behind (vas the hotel of the treasurer Lamet, a marvel of Venetian and Florentine architecture. When Henri IV do nigncd the Place Ro.yale, his idea was to intro duce a 44 Place" like that of St. Mark at Venice !n Paris, with shops, tiallerirs, and baths. Tne gentlemen who prouieuaded under the-e Italian colonnades wore fcroad-hrnnroed felt hats with red leathers, aud boots of yellow kid with steel spurs, und black or grev coats thrown, ai'er the fnxhion ot the Spaniards, over their short coats aud white ruffe. Their adventurous aspect was heightened byabarbiche or barbichon (a tuft n the chin, called " royal" at that time, became introduced by Louis XI 11 in opposition to the Huguenot beard of Henri IV), but, above all, by the fashion of wearine the rapier, the hand rcstmtr on ihe hilt, so that tin point should stick up from beneath the mantle, like a perpetual challenge to step aside into the meadows of th" Bastille, the tpoi ahere these (ialho "ltodo monts" wpre at that epoch ever pricking one another in ordr to win favor in the eyes ol the lair. Amorc the fair and frail ones who paraded the Place Itovale was the ravishing Princess of C-onde, with whom Henry IV had tullen despe rately in love in bis old aire. 8he and others dwelt in hotels over the colonnade, or in tne Rues des Tourneilec, Des Beaux-TreilJs, Du la Ccrisaie, or in that ot Saint Antoiue, which, e tar ting from the Cnurch of St. flervis, the parish of armorers and workers in gold, iust as fcaint Eustache was ot the drapers and burners, ttretched to St. Paul, where tno "miguons" ol Ilenry III lay buried. Close by was the Convent f the- Celeotms, anything but eloomy, f.ir Ihe monks were proteased horticulturists, as also the Convent of St. Mary, where the ladies went at prayer time, for the beautiful sinners . were not wanting at least in the appear ance of devotion. The Rue des Tourneiles led by tn avenue of chesnut trees and an open meadow to the green slopes of the Bas tille, the terrible dungeon of despotism, but which differed In outward aspect very slightly irom the royal palaces ot the fourteenth century Vincennes. the Louvre, and fhe Tournlles having vast porches, ereat central court, and extensive gardens. The pride ot the Rue .S.. Antoine was the Hotel L"sdieuieres, renowned for its sumptuous decorations. Beyond nil whs the Faubourg 8t. Antoine, colonized by Germans, skilful workers in ebony and other valuable wcods. Those colonists came mainly from Nu remberg, Cologne, and Strasbourg., The Island of bt. Louis separated the populous quarter of JJotte Dame and the " villag i" ot St. Mareeau from the aristocracy of the Marais, and the financier Rambouillet received at his chateau of Rcuilly the whole of the society of the Place Roy ale ladies, magistrates, poets, and "gon tilMiommes d'epee," when the tournaments and festivals of the " Place" Itself we' e over. Theeo called "geutil-diommes d'epee" were not all Gascons Mousquetaires, ehevaux logers, or adventurers. They numbered the Condes, the Rohans, the Epernons, the Guises, and the Uraraniont, as well as the D'Artcgnans, among their ranks. Every gentleman was at that epoch a duellist. The "sa'.les d'es'Timo et d'aimes" themselves, conducted by old gentle men, were in Louis XIII's time called ''acade roles." The habtt of tisrbting for the most trifling cause was go inveterate that gentlemen were to be seen eneajied in mortal combat at lie corner of every street. Baron de Cantel, celebrated by Madame de Bevigne, had gone, lor eiamDle. on Easter dav to the chur ;h ot St Paul. An attendant of fhe Count Biuteville came to inform him that his master was -vaitina tor him at the Porte St. Antoine. to second him in a combat. The Count started in his tet-day garb and light shoes, drewbls rapier as a second. indicted a severe wound upon th" Count de Pongibaud. and returned home without know ing anything about the causes whldi had brought about the duel. The historian Creirorv Laity says that this Baron de ChanVal was killed at the defene of the island of Rhe, bv Cromwell, at that time an officer in the British rmv. These habits of risking lift; for the most inning causes inaucea a peculiar moral eon dition. Money wis disregarded, ficntlemen gambled in the tent, or even in the trenches, aud cheated and fought lor the stakes. Thev were thouglit . less, nrave, fven toolliardy, and at the same time disorderlv and drunken, albeit always chl- vairom and always punctilious on the point ot honor; and it was of such material that Louis XIII, himself brave and imoetuous, made up tits tnree companies ot "Mousauetairea" and attached them to his norsjnal service. They were so called, although muskets were bv no means a hovehv in the service. These prlvlleaed companies wore prey or black coat, with a great croFs on tne breast, alter the tasaion ot the Kmrbts Templar, grey felt hats with feathers, kid boots, and a cloak:, half for them selves and nan tor their horses. Thev were mostly Gascons, cadets of good houses, and the Kimr knew them all by name, and treated them as his child rea. They, on their side, ware ready to do an V bin it the Klne commanded them. They would arrest a marshal ot France, a minis ter, a cardinal, nay, the Pope himself (bat off . and knee on the grounaj, it so bidden, Jt one of the company was insulted, it was to insult the whole. Although often penniless, their mothers eenerallv sent some old servant of the houee to carry their muskets and take care of them I The uiack Mousquetaires bad a splendid hotel for barracks bevond the Hastille. on the road to rharenton, now the Hospice de Quinze Tingt. Tlicj fouitttuWd tbe liXc vf the Place Royal, and were the pct of the beautiful "pre cienses" of the Rue nc TonTiielles. The said Place lloyale was completed in K.ifi. It was soon peopled bv the most oyous anil yet the most retlnod society ot tne capital. Ilia two pearls of that society were admittedly Marion IHorme and Niion de l'Fn ".Ion. who aere quite young at that cpocn. BMnon Delorme descended from a good fatnllv. and mitrht have been well settled in the world; but the romance of Madeleine Hcndury had cor rupted her, as well as many otherf, who were led to deem mamage to be no abdication of the rigbwof woman." The theme is not so new as borne people deem it to be. Her first lover, the financier Pnrttccllt. had loaded her with presents. Cinq-Mars was so cnamorcl that ne widied to marry ocr, aud win', wuen l rertc, Hennccterre. Moisens, Cnatuion, and Brissac were sientng bt uer n-ei. iuarion, nowewr, would neither marry the King s lavorite nor any one else. Yet it is recorded ot her that she was attentive to her relltrtous duties, and assiduous in her attendance at the "Miniine ," now abnr- r ack of gendarmerie. It was otherwise wnh Ninon de TEnelos; she had, it is said, been educated tn the principles ot Kpicurean philosophy by M. de l'Enclos. There was a school at Unit epoch, anion? whom were Ca sendi, the master of Moliero. Peiresc, anil others, who openly professed a spirit of skept;eism and the paramount lav of pleasure; and M. de I bnelos. was one or its memtvrs. Hence it was that Ninon tie l'Enclos kuew no moral restraints. The obiect ot her atl'ec t ols is said to have been Andelet (Bi'tTvards Chatillon); but it was ths mere on price ot a niomen", and sue soon CKcnanuc.i mm lor another. Betore she had attained her nineteenth year (nho was born in ICbi), she hud ha I anV E.nieuue and M. de Rirnvrai for lovers; and M. o Coition, i rich parliamentary couns-Mlor, allowed her five bund red livres a month. At this lirst epeh of her lite Ninon is said to have most invored wealthy so tors, audhe took w'th open hand Iroui Raiiibouillet, Porticelli, ami others of their stamp. Her alin was hung with yellow Damascus suK, and turmslieJ wita cos'ly elegance. 8lie received in it princes centlcnien, financiers, counsellors, and anchors, but few ot her own sex; and yet her salon had not at that epoch acquired tho importance wh'ch it did Miring the stirring epoch of the noude. wocu tne Marais necame one oi the centres rf conspiracy, and Ninon de l'Enclos' salon its heart. Mnon's bosom friends were Madaino Gotidran, nee Biaol d'lledonville, held in fcurb esteem at the Place Roy ale. aud Mademoiselle Paul.jt, who, ttiouch from' Lanauedoc, had golden hair and a brilliantly lair comple.xiou, lo which were added all the lite and animation ol the .outb. This fulr lady had a M. dc tause, oneot the erat lcmiiing race, as a lover upon starting m !iie, and could not lorsrc him. The comw.'llor of the precicuse was a Madame Pilon, the wealthy wife of a procurcur au l.atclet, but her adv.ee wa not always pljided by. "Do what you h te a mind,'' she used to i-ay, ' but n?er coniuiit yourselves on paper." Siich advice was not lost upon per sons like .Madame u Konan, w no, repieie wuo wit and repartee, never let a sonnet to her charms go by unanswered. Madame de Rohan, who wan an enthusiastic admirer ot juaueieiue dc Scudery, had abandoned the splendid ho'el of fhe (juicbcs, simply lor the plitasuie ot dwelling with the nrecieuses on "la Place." as the Place Ro; ale was often spoken of for brevity's sane, ana to stroll witn tuetn in tne a"ernoon un ter the shade, ol its old elm trees: whence camo the old proverb, "Attende.-mol f-ous l'orme." Made leine de Hcuderv wa.- nlo ot traditional descent. beinc from Apt In Provence, and she ruled as queen by her abilities, which, adapted to he taste of the day in her "'Curte du Tendrc," became the model tor the wntinea of B.issv- Rabutin, Hamilton, D'Ariisrnnn. aud the Hu- dmrastic scarron. the was ot "la rtace, ' at a time when the Court soioarned at Saint !er main. How it happened that Louis XIII, wedded to the fair Anne of Austria, surroundo.l bv the b. illiant 'danes d'honneur" who'u Mary of Medicis eitached from policy to her person. himse'f passionately addicted to tield sports, should have lound h way to the Marais, we are not told; but cerium it iP that, between lG.'lO and l(i:i5, the King became deenly enamored of a nnble ladv of that quarter, Louise de la Favette, of the old Auvergnat laiuilv ot thit name. A clue niav be discerned to tne Incident in Cinq Mars superseding as favorite to the monarch Bararia", whom Louis had discarded asacreatute of Richelieu's (and the Cardinal took upon himself always either to supplvthe favorites, male or tenialo. ot the monarch, or to bribe and corrupt them to his purposes). Now, Cinq-Mars passed much of his time in the society oi the Place Royalo, and he may have excited the Kind's curiosity by the hisrory of its amours and its intrigues. M. le tJrand, however, as he was called, was at first also a creature ot the all-powerlu I minister. Tallemnnt des Rcaux has treated the character of Cinq-Mars ignobly, as he haf indeed the court ot Louis XIII, bib gentlemen, hisMoiiSiiuetaircs, and the ladies ot honor ot the Uifen. It is much to be reeretted that some writers have adopted his abominable stories as historical truth. There could not, M. Capcftpue assures us, be ereater or more detestable perversions of trntn than are to oe met witn in nts paare. Allied de Vigne has, however, more than vindi cated the character ot Cinn Mars in our own times. He has, indeed, made a faultless hero of the youtuiui lavorre. cinq-wars was, however. admittedly protected at the outset by the Cardi nal, and placed by him in antagonism to Mad'lle de la Fayette. The intrigue succeeded. The co-operation of M. Vincent (afterwards St. Vin cent de Paul) was obtained, and at twenty-five years ot age Mad lie de la Fayette withdrew from a Kind's love to take the veil in the Con vent of Salnte Marie Saint Antoine. What were the peoole dointr. It may be asked. whilst Mary of Medicis and Anne ot Austtia, with their bevieB of fair ones, kept court at Saint Germaiu, and the precieuse held sway over poets and orators, Mousquetaires, and cuevaux lecers, in the Marais ? They used to meet at the clock-tower, called the Samantaine, near the l'ont weut, to listen to the Dutioous, xaoarin and Mondes, who reciied ballads and epigrams apropos of the beauties of tbe Court and the Place," and of the gallantry ot certain per- sonaees known as Karon Gratelurd and Captain Rodomout: whiht. a, tho other side of the bridce, the Italian troop of the Ecloto displayed Harlequin and Coloinbinc, novelues at that epoch, to a public always imitative of Us lead er", and given up, like them, to dreamy fan tastic notions, which could only be enlivened by the extreme cf burlesque. This was aUo the epoch of the bullv, ('yrano de Bereerac, who was so ugly that it was impossible not to laugh at him, vet to lunch was t dlowedbvan inevitable cnaiienee. He was called "le diable MoiiBoueta'ie," aud was at the same time a creatine f the Cardinal's. But Richelieu was growing old and inllrm. and there were not wanting those who rebelled aorainst his caoncious tyranny. The literary Aspasias of the Place Royale had ever been opposed to tne man wno had persecuted the only cue of their set who had become a maid of honor and a proteireot the Kiue's Mademoiselle de la Favette. The whole body of the Parlia ment weib also opposed to the Cardinal's policy. Many bore an inveterate hatred to his person from private grievances. Such especially were M. de Thou and Cinq-Mais, who negotiated a treaty with Spain, tor which they sintered the lat-t penalty of the law. The public exeeution'of the sallant, haudome. aud brave, but ruu-led youne ceutleman, was a srvere blow to the Place Royal". Cinq-Mars had been chief favorite with Marion, ueiorme, who shared the scentre of the Marais with Ninon de l'Enclos, lust as much as Louis XIII did that of at. uermain with Klcheli-u. For a lima, all tontfiies were silenced, and none dared to coin init themselves to writing; but a ereat chantre suDervened upon the death of tbe indexible minister. The exiled ot the hotels of tho Rues Saint Antoine. Du Beau Treillis. De Satut Paul, and De Lesdiiruire Gabton d'Urlcans. the Duke of Beaufort, the Marshal de bassompiere, and De Vlntry, nd Count de Cramail, all struck down by Klchelleu reappeared In their favorite haunts. The veteran Uubsompiero became tbe hero, and Saint Evremrnt the literary trumpet, of the opposition under Mazarir. Htill greater llctBte In worila and In manni wan nwuifeuted at the death of Louts XIII, nndnrthe regency of Anne i t Austria. The regeucy whs an epoch f triumph lor Marion lieiorme and Ninon de 1'Enclo' th t wo Lais of the I'lace Kole, as tbe classic Haiot Kviemotn railed them. Marion had attained her thirtieth vear at the time of the execution of Cinq-Mars, but she wa "'ill in the possession ot nil licr hatms; and although avaricious by tiiiture, she lived in great luxury. Nmon de I'Eitetos is Raid to have been even still more acquisitive. Besides the reeiflar subs dies wh'ch t-ho received from the Counsellor Coulon nnd tho fiinnricicr Rambouillet, she is saidj to have diawn bills of exchange upon her lovers with the raincityof a Jewess. Like Marion, Ninon plated on the lute and danced to her o vn flc.coinnanuncm. Ihe lute aud thetheorbe were the lui-trumenta most in von no bci'oro Lul I in troduced the violin. There is a portra'tol Ninon de l'Enclos 'n the collection of eueraviutrs at the Imperial L'.brary, in wnicb Bhe is reprc-cnted sealed at an instiumcnt In the lorm ol a piano; it is not an organ, lor it has no tiinen. vet it has three rows ot key p. one above the other, which liemiitted a certain development in the octaves and gamuts. The importance of the Place Rovale began. however, at this epoch to be atl'ected by tin rlsine inlluence ot the two Hotels Rambouillet, which must not be confounded. One was, a9 betore observed, at Reuilly: the other ( formerly the Hotel Pinni) was in the nuarter of the Tuilcties where arc now tne galleries of the Louvre. The first, inhabited bv rich tinanciers. attracted those men of the world wno are always ready to repay their court where double- :ouis nud eoldcn pistoles most abound. The tnnnlv of Rambouillet, which inhabited the Hotel Pisanl, was of quite a dillercu: order. The head ot the House, the Mamuis of Raiii bouillet. was of the latnilv of Arci-nnes. and his wile, sprung from the Pisauis of Florence, w as one of the most favored and best informed ot MRry de Medici's maids of honor. She had learned Latin tn order to rr-ad Virgil, and Spanish in order to recite Castilian poems to Anne ot Austria. The inumune drew, well, ha' exquisite tate m house and theatrical decorat ions, alter the la-hion of the day, which was chiefly addicted to mythological representa tions; and she was nidd in these poetico draniatic pursuits by Conrad, Volture, Patru, Bois Robert, and Maugras. Her daughter Julia, atterwnrn Duchess of Mo?:tpetisier, was a person of infinite charms, both of mf'nd and person. Ic was lor her that was composed the famous gar land ot animated Dowers, the MS. of which, by Jassy, is said to have sold lor 14,M0 irancs. The beautiful Mad'lle Paulet, before allude i to, was another of the animated flowers of the Hotel Rambouillet. Alt these fair ladies and gallant gentlemen pas.-ed their time in pla.s'ug mytho logical ballets. The passion was so preat for such, that, disdaining tbe rea'itie of lite, the names ot heathen goddesses wc-e assumed by living proiis thus, lor rxunipl", the Mnr quise was known as ' Aithcniise," and the Pnulet. ot whom i. was writ'en. Qui fit la musique du co bs 'etT (. iut la poire Paulet, was "Artht-ni-e" (Artemis and Artemisia are known to if, but not the Utier name); aud sne was a'so called, the "L oness.' ou account of her hair of golden-yellow. It was in the Hotel de Rua.buuiliet that a thousand new expressions bccau.e ndopted aud lamiliari.cd, polishing otf and reunmir what had taken root m the IMace Rovale, and the two together had much positive intlueuce in modifying the French language, 1 ney were the school in which Madame de be vignc, Bussy Rabutin, and Saint Evremont were lormed, and from which emanated at a later ptiiO". Hamilton and Voltaire The lormcr litcrarv importance ol tbe Place Royale was thus in its turn effaced bv that of the Hotel Rambouillet, and the wits who once peopled the groves of the Marais emigrated to the "Place, " which became known, from the chivalrous lesttvals held there during the mino rity ol Louis XIV. as tho "Carrousel." But the Place Ro.yale suddenly asaumed a new Import ance under tbe bronde. Almost all the parlia mentary nien dwelt In the Marais. They met every evening on the "".Place," and it was trotn tLencc that the "Mazarmades," which consti tute of themselves a collection of twenty volumes in quarto at the Imperial Library, emanated, to tie afterwards chanted on the Font Neuf. Tho first meetings of the Froudcur were held in this quarter. Tho measures dictated to the Hotel i!e Ville to insure the success of popular insiiTCCtion also had their origin on the Place Rojale, and it was there that arms were first resorted, w hen tue President Broiihsel was trans f erred to the Bastille by order of Ann of Aus tria. Master Scarron gave the signal tor the ttsrlval w hich led to the barricades of the Rue Saint Antoine and to tbe capture ot the Arsenal and the Bas-tille events which were at that epoch celebrated by illuminations, dances, and other extravagances on the "I'lace." The massing of royal troops around the Marais ana tne Faubourg saint Antoine terriued the monks and nuns only. Madomoisel'e de la Favelte lied to Challlot, where she iounded a convent; but the democratic "White Mantles" still held by the Place Rovale and the Hotel de Guise. When Anne of Austria tied from the Cardinal's palace to St. Germain, the Place Royale became one ot the feats of the popular government: the municipal action remained with the Hotel de Ville. but the heart and soul of the movement w as in the Marais. As usual. however, in all such cases, there were two parties there, one of thetn favored by the "giande Mademoiselle:" ai.d Madame de Lon- gueville would admit of no temporizing with the coiiTt queen orcaidinal. It was they who put into rhe young king's mouth the words: Ma man est Mazarine, Et je suis Mazarm. Others were more moderate in their vtews, and were ouen to arrangements which should not compromise the people. Marlon Delorme and Ninon de l'Enclos sided with this latter party; the turmoil of sedition was unfavorable to the pursuits ot pleasure, and their finances gartered from the demands of an armed revolt. Nay, Canefin-ne insinuates that Ninon was so for re d need in circumstances that she was induued to givi up her blue chamber to Mere, that he might meet tnero fiiuuemoioeue a'AUDigne, uirerworu Madame Scairon, aud then Marchioness o! iuain- tenon. TbU is a diagreeaole bit ot scandal to repeat, aud respect for Madame de Mainteuon's literary distinction would have led us to pass it over; but the memory ol ihe revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and the contempt we teel lor courtesan turned bigot in her old day9. forbid our doing to. Besides, there were many others as bridinnt aud as gifted as she in these peculiar times, whose diameters none have attempted to rehabilitate, as has been douc with Madame de Mainteuon: and It is asertrd that anion ae l'Enclos was tolerated bv Louis XIV solely on account ot th secrets which she held concern ing' his most "austere and piou mistress, The poet Searron belonged to tue extreme partv, and he declaimed in iludibrastlc ver-.e to the I'roudeurs against an conciliation: "C'et mauvats presage rour vous Qu'uno FroLde u'est qu'uno corde," is an amusing play alter the word "slug" and lingers" attached to tbe party. So also with Mademoiselle de Scudery. a trdo hero-worship- imr und uvlinta nai-t iill llir hero lit that CPOl'll tin Pi-inen i Conde. whom she compared lo Cyrus and to Alexander the Great. There uaa'.w.iiinllu rnl v rmn nilhlicist ut the time WhO had the courage' to defend the Cardinal. This un Keiiniulot. founder of a broud sheet, which alterwards became the Gazette de France, in which he launched forlh cuttlug epigrams against the Place Royale and its insurgents, male and female. They were truly lair game fnr Urn antirlst. and even Searron himself, rol.an Xlo orltl uvfll) PvllfH WAR h ISH eUOUiih tO solicit subsidies from the Oueen. "In times of revnlntinn " Cunntiffiio lustlv reoiarks. we Ttinai ni.i idnw imiiiieit. rfdinncp on the incor ruptibility of those who talk loudest; their shrieking voices often only claim a contribution, and they go with a pamphlot lu hand, like the t"panifch oeggars wno solicit cnuruy w The Place Rovale. so vindictive in its opposi tion to Maasarin, was struck down on his restora tion to nnirnir. Th Pronda waa vauouished, the Mousimetaires dispersed, and the hostility of the Marais forever stilled. The quarter became hencptnrward. not only do longer the I taubioo, but a ttiia-g of tlie pant in tbe aimory of public insurrections. The court and all Tarib i were occupied wl' n tne luarrunfe oi ljouis ,iv witn the lntnntaof Spun. The leaguers yere Old men, the Fronde us wer --helved. M irion Delorme was de'unct (she died in Hot), tnirtv nine ycim of age), and Nmon was on 'th? other side ot tortv. Mademoiselle do Scuderv was laughed at; Saint Evr'tnoui as i.t exile; Ba somp ere in au-trace; Searron was exuaiHiiM and dying; Mazariu was creaiin the new Fau bourg bin nt (Jcriniun, and th" l'laco lio,il ' was puperseiled bv the Carrousel tor public- enter tntnnients and tournaments; the most brilliant ot wh'ch was given in honor of Mademoiselle de la Valltero. The lib lalure which emanated from the Place Rovale had always been democratic in its ten dency. Some ol the best ot Courcilte-.' tragedies had been written, and even plated, during the troubles ol the Fronde. Tlie writiugsot Kouderc, La Fontame, Saint Evremont, Bussy-Fnb itn, Rochefoucauld, Scvigne, all betray the same regrets tor the past and for tne brigh', times of the P.ace Rovale. Ho long as rouquet remained in power, the prtciPti-es were never wanting in a triend. Ninon is, indeed, said to have favored the attention of tbe luxurious superintendent towurds Mad'lle de la Valhciv, as she had done thoe ot Merc towards M'tne Searron. Jamais surinfendant n'a tronve do crolle," wrote Boileau at a laier epoch, to irritate Lout XIV against Fonquet, the then persecuted captive. Kut to this iree and sparkling literature a n-w school si'ceeeded, under the ascendancy ot the Grand Monarqne". Moliere led the way by his sp.tire.-' agmnst "Ies Piectetises Kidiculo" ot ibe I'lace Royale and the Hotel Rambouillet. Boilien lollowed suit in servile adulation. "L'Art Poetique" is a satire againt the literatute of the trotide and the wits ot the I'lace Rovale. n is the tame with Racine; from his "Agamemnon'' to his "A!.uerus" it is always Louts XIV. "Esther" wiis M'me de Mainteuon. The Place Royale had become as an un known territory to the Court of Versailles. and et a certain prestige always attached itself to tl.e beauty and talents of Ninon de l'Enclos. She was not r-ceived at Versailles, and yet she was tot in disgrace; lor in her latter days Bhe bin! a poweiful protee're-ss atcojrl in the person of M'me de Mainteuon, who tearcd her more than she loved her, and wished to ion her puss away in tranquillity, absorbed in her absurd ptetenslons to youth and the practices ot an Epicurean philosophy. jnii on ae i i-.ncios nnd as a mend in eer ci i aee the poet Chapel le. the trtend ot liaohai mcnt, and he persevered in inditing sonnets and veifccb in praise ot her undying cnarma and crnees. Ninon heiselt wrote verses worthy of the soc ety ol which she was one of the leaders, Her repartees were admirable lor point, and have been often quoted. But, as bhe grew old. epigrp.ms did not spare ber: II n- faut pas qu'on s'etonns Si gnnveul eile laiconue De la sublime vetu Dent l'laion lutrovctu; Car, a hien compter son age, El e peat avoir vcu Avec ce fraud personage. She wrote io Saint Evremont to come to Pari, and that he would tind her as tair as in her best das. The poet replied: "When two lovers have known one another, both being young and handsome, they must not meet again wnen old and worn out, it tf.ey wih to preserve pleasant illusions." The Fronde died out nnally in tho Serson ot "deux viellcs tillea amoureuscs," Ninon e 1 Enclos and la giande MaaeniO'selle the lat ter having taken tor her consort the rakish Due de Lau.un. Marion Delorme died in the pleni tude other charms: but a superannuated cour tesan, however rich m intellectual gitts, is always ridiculous, and often hideous, inevitably rendiiding one of ihoe aged creatures that Giotto has depic'ed at the Campo sania ot risa, wrapped in the folds of serpents which bite tho tkf-h that has sinned. It is. however, still a pleasant thing to wan der on a quiet evening from the now trequented parts of Paris, and stroll pensively through the btiects and ' Place" of the Marais. They are peopled to the imagination with the shades of the past fliosquetairos ana cuevaux legers, white and black mantles Frondeurs, libellists, duellists, and financiers, silently parading their arcades; Searron, Maiutenoa, Scudery, and Sevisne holding seances witn the wit and talent of the day: crowds of gentlemen daucin attendance at the portals of Ninon de l'Enclos and Cinq-Mars cantering to a rendezvous with Maiion Delorme. sucn a pilgrimage nas more in it than an evening spent in what was, nutil recently, the Palais Royal, even with its souve nirs of the "petlts soupbis" of the regency. SADDLES AND HARNESS. piIE OLDEST AND LARGEST SADDLE AND HARNESS MA-NIJVACTCRING ESTABLISHMENT IN TUB COUNTRY. LACET, MEEKER & CO., No. 1216 CHESNUT STREET, OFFEIt OF THEIB OWN MANUFACTURE I FI'CGY HAVSEBB. from ti2'M t S1MI LIGHT BAttOCCBS do MOO to 36 HEAVY do do 75 AO to SO EXF KFS8, 11HA8S MOUNTED HAENE88 27 Ml to 10 WA(iOX AKD hELF-AUJUSTIJiO 15H to HTAGKAKDTEAM do 3000 to 80 LADlEb' SADDLE, do 12-00 to 1M GENTS do do 8-00 to 7 Bridles, Mountings, Bits, BoHetta, Bono Ooyera, Bioabea, Comba, Poapa, Blacking. Ladle' and Oenta Travelling and Tourist Bags and Backa, Lnnch Baakeai Drraa ig and Shirt Cases. Trunk I and Tall sea t 6mrp N. 121 G CIliSNUT ST. HARNESS. a LAKGE LOX OF NEW U. 8. WAGON HAR NESS, 2, 4. and 6 home. Also, parts ot HAH KES8, .SADDLES, COLLARS, HALTERS eto , tonicht at the recent Government sales to be old at a srrat aacrifloe Wholesale or Retail. Tetretbor with our ueual a.-9ortmrnt ol SADDLEU YAXD SADDL KBYIIARD WARE. WILLIAM S. HANSELL & SONft, 2 1 At 114 MARKET Street. LEGAL NOTICES. PHILADELPHIA, MAY A, 18(16. N0TICK IS hereby (liven tuut a writ of scire laclua will b isHued iipoD tna loi'owmn c aim, at tue expiratiuti ot three niiimb limn tbe Hale ber , tunlea itbe aaiue la paid within tbat tno to Qr TC. , TV. A. a t r.n, j iiuriifv-m Lnw, No. 3' MlVEN'TU htreet. "CUT" TO USE OF LANE SCUOFIfcLD YS. Frank. In Fire Insurance Company. Y , Dccm be r '1 , 1M-5. Vo M. Kur iiav:ug, h'ti 43, lot N. E. corner ol 1 wenly-fcf i-oiid and Spruce stretta.lT icet fronton hpruca by 57 feet i luchea deep on Twentv-aicoad street. S i iUiu TESTATE OP MAR5T SWIFT, DECEASED. J. J Letter lentami-ntury upon tne above eautte Imrliiit been urunied to tbe uuderalKned b the Ue0-Htor "f Vt Ilia all p.raona Indebted are requested to make pay ment, ai d those bvln leual claims against the aaiue to prcaent tbein loi aetUeineut to l AUUlil h r; i w a i , f. 8. JAOOBV. Kxecutorn. Fbiladku'BIA June I. 1866 7 t itot DENTISTRY. tT THE GOVERNMENT I1AVINO "WrVT Ki uranied me letterx-Dateut tor my mode of adruinlsteriiiK M roui Oxide iaa. by which I nave fntrai,tff1 inMnv ttiftuuanria nt TaaiH llhnnt. niiia 1 aoi Juatlfl.d In aarertltiatbat It la both safer and auperlor to any outer now lu aae. , 3 216m Ne.7.1tiPnUCi; Street. W PAUASOLH AT fl'25. $l-fi0. $ 1;76, AND BU Bn Umbrella, 1 40. H;M, J A II. IIXO 4 llrwim Vtvll 8. EKIMTH br FINANCIAL. JAY COOKE & CO. No. 114 South THIRD Street, E ANK E II S AND DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES U. 8. 6s OK 1881. 620s, OLD AND NEW. 10-Ids; C'KRI IFICATFS OF INDEBTEDNESS, 7 f-0 f01EH, 1st, 2d, and 3d fcorioi. I'OM POUND 1NTFRKST JVOTF.V WANTED. INTlLRFSr ALLOWED OS DEIOSUS. Collections made. Stocks Bought and 8oIq ea OommiMion, Kfecial hnalncas LADts. accommodations rworved for 6 7 2m ionx JAIIIR. CROUOR STRVKHSeH. ftAILKIt & STEVENSON, BANKERS AND BROKERS, No. S. TII1IU) Stroot, OrPOHlTE G1BARD BAKH. 001 D AND 8ILVKB. BANK NOTRH, O0VERN- WK NT BONUS. andCOMPOtJiTU 1MKKKST . NOTES, loatbt and eold. COLLECTIONS promptly made on all accessible points CI1T WABKAKT9 WASTED. tl 14 atnthlm fK CR- ltd l.OA Nb bouulit and f aid on commlmiloo. U,' 8. SECURITIES A SPECIALTY. SMITH, RANDOLPH & BANKERS & BROKERS, CO., IU s. THIRD CT. i 3 NASSAU ST. IHILADeLPDIA. I HEW TOUK. STOCKS AND GOIID BOUGHT AND HOLD ON COMMISSION HERE AND lit NEW TURK. 31 No. 225 E0CK STREET, JJANKER8 AND UltOKEUS. BUT UD SELL CKITED BTATEB BONDS If 81a, 9-Ma. 10 49s. CM1KI) STATES 7 3-10. ALL 18HDKH. CFKT1KICATKM OF IKDEBTEDIi FSB UcrttDil e l'iper and Loans on Co laterals neitotiated Stocks Boui.Lt aiid Sold on OommiBglon. 1 31 i "JJllE illlST NATIONAL BANK HAS REMOVED DuririK the ereotion ol tlie new Jlank butldina, to 1 17 4p No. HQ5 CHESNUT STUKlT K90 B.P IVE-TWENTIES. 730s SEVEN-THIRTIES WANTED. DE HAVEN & BROTHER, 1 7 No. 40 S. Tump SrMtn-f. SHIRTS, FURNISHING GOODS, 4c J. W. SCOTT & C O., SHIRT MANUFACTURERS, ADD DEALEB8 Ut MEN'S FUKNIS11INO GOODS, No. 814 CHESNUT Street, TOrB DOOB8 D1L0W THE 'CONTINENTAL, 8 86ln PHltADELPHIA. "PATENT SIIOULDEU-SEAM JL. SHIRT MANUFACTORY, AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STOKE. PERFECT FITTING PHIBlB AND DRAWERS made irom measure nient at very short notice. AlUtber aitteleaof ENTLEMEJS,8 DKK83 GOODS In lull variety. WINCHESTER & CO. 8 241 No. 106 CHE8NUT Street CIGARS AND TOBACCO. A HINT TO TOBACCO CHEWERS WEDDING-CAKE FINE TOBACCO. CUT Tbe only FlNECCT TOBACCO erer manufactured InPblludelpbla. Tlie Best in the Marlcet. EVERYBODY U 13 S IT. Macufactured from the Best Leaf. SOLD EVERYWHERE. ( 11 Factory, B.K corner BitoAD and Wallace Street MARSHAL'S SALES. M A R S II A L 8 SALE, by virtue ot eight writs of sale by the Hon. JOlIal CADWALAUEli. Judge of tbe Olairlct I ourt oi the I'nlted Mates lu and lor the Kaairn I)lstrict or Penu sy vanla, io me directed will be ao d at pulilio aale. to tne biiilieat and beat binder, lor oa.h, at tlie store ot rOW ELL. PElOtKACO.. So 127 N. I HOST Street, on Wednesday. A uiiust 1,1st at It o clock A. t- 60 Barrels of Whltky, In ioU of one up to fourteen aVe f tills and S bhda of Mol eases. And at 3 o'clock P. M same date, ft the Eighteen1 h Wurd l'ollce Htltlon House, IltlOJiTON AVeuue, uuar Daupbln ttreet Molasaesbbda F. V. ELLMAKER. 1 18 wim6t P. B. Marsha , K. D ot'l'ennsylvaula ARSIIAL'8 8ALE. RY VIKTIIB OP A writ of sale by tbe Hon. John Cadwalader. Judve oi tbe District Court ol tbe United State In and tor the Eastern ula'rlctol Pennsylvania lo me directed will be sold at pub lo sale to tne hiuheat and best bidder tor cash, at the atore ot POWKLL. HK.IUEK & CO.. No. m li. KKOST etreet. on WEUNE8U iY, August 1, at if o'clock A. M. ! 8 barrels Kllllklmck Smoking Tobacoo, 11 boxes Tabaceo Mcrapa. 6 boKsheada Tobacco Heaps. 0 tieroes Tobacco Scraps, 1 large Press, 1 Cutting Machine, 1 Blove and Pipe. P. C. FIXMAKKR, tl. S. Varahal Eastern District PejinTl'anla. Ph ladelphla. July 17. I86tt 7 11 tu thstlt ICE COMPANIES. EASTERN ICE C0MPAK7. SEASON OW lKM. t lbe. daily. M cenU per week t li lbs dallv, lleeaia per weakt W lbs. daily, cents per wkt0 1 ks dally. (1 lift per week. Penot. ho JD IcKif ptrebalewTk S2W teW' WHISKY, BRANDY, WINE, ETC. (JHESM1T UROVfi WHISKY. o. S25 Nn tta THIKD RfTAt. It BTttllftV IVbl Wnmtl In ,.r..v , It,. Mirit. ol llils Wlilniiy ihe lul. owing cori'iUatn ulioulil dolt II, rrn I liu VUIMIIIU UUUIIUIH t U Wll C JiniUUIIiJ llK iaO , t ii.ai)ki.i-iiia, Hntnnier OKOV1, WHISKY which. ou . n.i . (7ii,':.m ContnliOKROTnK rol'ONOK n t,rAra knovnu. ri eiL oil. hkb m the chnraciFriM'e uil lujurlout la nvmii M VKRM'T ic CAf.40, Ana jr leal Uheinlnhi Nl Ta u . . . , . F. f h.Tf SlllllTtOA . Minnli .utTJ TO V.' - IllhKY recclTPil ram r hnri. u, . t. . 1 hlleilelohlf r.nil bavins rartnliv h.. ..i w' i '. p oitdi (1 to BW that It H entire y frbi om pr.iinwf.n ou riKLKTi vim a HuliHlaucm It la an unatuallr nor ana flne-flavoreil qua.lty of whlnkr. ' pur JAMh.HK I HILTON, M. D., Aualytloal C'hemlg rtOrlTnW. Mlnthl I harf made m(t a chfml'M ana'VKln of ooiinuercinl a tllli.SSIM ;10VB Wll-tKV. which nrovam pirn oi t frco Irom the bfvy Knll Olia and perfectly nn ro an nnanni'erate t k tine flaTor of thla whlnkv la derive noin ma rrain nrea in nianulacturlnir I r it. uespecunily a. A. II Y El. M. D . Mate Aaaayer. Mo lii Boylston street. f M rjVf arret, demtioon or bottle at No. 22 North TUltU Street Philadelphia. 4 J Lorv a w o r. t CKLKHItATED CATAWBA WINE 9. J. W HAMMAR, SOLE AGEI T, 614tbm.J No. (J20 MA1UCRT Street. X A THAN F. & SONS, U Jt S I M i O It T OF BRANDIES, WINES, GINS, Ktc. Ktc. No. 19 North FRONT Street riliLADELPHlA. MOPES NATHANS, HORACE A. KATFANB, OBLANDO D MATUAaB. 119m MISCELLANEOUS. 1. VArr.iiAN Hsaatcx, wiu.ia.ii n, uebhick. JOHN 1. COPE SOUTIIWARK FOUNDK1, FIFTH AND WAHHlXttlON Bfetts, rillCADKLPHIl MKKltlCK A .S.NS. FNOlKEfcRH AND wACiilNtSTS. manutacture lllah and Loir Pressure oteatn Kntrines lai- Land hlver and Marine Serrbe uoilera, uaaomett-n, Tanka iron Boats etc. CaminKa oi all kinds, el her Iron or biuaa Iron Frare Boots for Uas -VorKs. Workshops, and Railroad Stations rto Hatorts and Uas Machinery, ot the latest and moat Im proved eoasti action. . Kverv description ot Plantation Machinery, and Snxar, Paw. and Grist Mills. Vacuum Puns Open r-team Trains, Defeca'ora, Ft tera, PnmpiriK Lniilnns eto. hoe Atoms lor N. H'lleux's Patent tiiiaar Bolllag At paraius, Ncsniyth's Patnt stpam llamraar, and As pinwall to Wooisey'a Patent Centrliugal -ugar Draining Machine. Mi IDESBUBO MACIIIMS WORKS. tlrKICE, Ko. 65 N FHoNf STREET, PIIII.ADF.I.VHIA. We are prepared to UU order to any cxtont for our -well known MAC HINKHT FOR COTTON AS D WOOLLEN' Mil LS, including all recent improvements in earning, apinning, and Weavlnir. we invite tne atrcnuon ot tnanuiactnrers 10 onr exten sive works. 1 lii AttHEll JtMlS s, BUJ. JpITLEK, WEAVER & CO., iiAMjMaiaLu? ur Panilla and Tarred Cordage, Cords Twines, Etc., So. 23 North WATER utieet and So ii bonk DELAWARE Avenue, rniLAUBLrniA. Edwik II. FlTLFR, MlfnAEL Wkaveb. CaaBAV T Cloiiiikb -ill QEORGE rLOWMAN, CARPENTER AND BUILDER, No. 232 CARTER Street Ami No. 141 DOCK Street. Mac bine Woik and UHlwrliihtlng promptly attend ta c ORN EXCHANQI BAG MANUFACTORY. JOBH T. BilLU Jk CO., KFMOVED TO E. corner of MAKltKI and WATEK S tree1 a. rni aaaipuia. DEALERS IN BAl.B AND BAGOESQ 01 every uesctlptlon. tor Gtaln, Flour, Sa't, super P hopbate ot Lime, Bone liust, K10. tame and small GUNNY BAGS canstantly on band. Wi Also, WOOL 8ACK. JeaN T. Bailbt. Jamks Cascades. ALEXANDER G. C ATT K LL & CO. PRODUCE COMMIHSIOK MERCHANTS. So. 26 KOBTU WHARVES, AND NO. 27 NOBTH WATPB 8TBEET, PHILADELPHIA, 1 ALEXAMPlin . CATTELL KUJAg O. CATTK1A 1 C UTTON AND FLAX SAIL DCK AKD CASTAS, Ol all numbers and brands. Tent Awnlnrr. Trunk and w apon-t'oer Duck. Alao Paier Manulaeturera' Drier Felts, from on to aeTe It-ei wide; Paulina. Belting, Hail Twine, eto. JOHN W. EVfcRMAN A Co., tn So lu3 JSE8' -Vlley. ILLIAM S. GRANT, COMMIfMON MEBCHANT, Ke. 33 8. IiUAwah AT.uue, Pbiiadcipnia. AvKK r 1TOK Dnprnt's Ounpowder,Bt-tlned Kitre, Charcoal, Eto. W. Baker & Co 'at boeolate. tooo , and Hroraa. Cioriar Bros A Co. 'a Ye. low M. til Ubeatbtug, Bolts, and NalJa. It STOVES, RANGES, ETC. JJXION OIL STOVES, A new and complete apparatus tor Cooking and Heating by Petroleum Oil. OutStovea ghe no smoke or odor, and are not liable te get outoi older, being aa slmpleln every respect as a Kerosene Lump. 1 he Baker, Broiler, and Flat-iron Beater are tbe eul special articles of tar nltnre required. Fotallother puiposcs ordlnarj stove lunilture may be nsed. t DAVID 11. LOSEY, ("OLE AGENT FOB PENNSYLVANIA, No. S8 South FIFTH Street, Liberal ducouat to tht trade. 417 3m r QULVEK'S NEW PATENT DEEP BAND-JOlNT II O T - A I ii FUltNACB. HAIStiES OF ALL HIZES. ALSO, PHlEGAIi NEVT LOW FEESSUBB 8TKAM UEATlSa AlPABAl'US. VOB fALJI VT CHARLES WILLIAMS, 610 go. 1182 Ma Kg, KT BTKAKT. Jk. THOMPSON'S LONDON KITCHENER,. MKl OK JTBOPEAll RANGE, ter tamlllea, hotela, or uublio institarloua In TWENTY DlJTKKUaN t VVhlZI-. Al'O Phi adeipbla Banjos, Uo'-Atrlur-. raeee' Portable Heaters, Lowduwn Grates Eirebueral Htores.Bait Bollrra. Mtewhole piataa. llrollera, Cook Ina Htovea etc., wbslesa a ana r-tatl, or tha uiauio turers .CHASE, U KP A T-tOMPSON. 6 II statbtiia No. m X. SECONIi- Street