VOLUME 19,
POETRY AND MISCELLANY,
Z 1 rIONERSTAN.
DV J. 11. SAXE
here lived an honest fisherman,
knew him passing well,
lb° filed hard by a little pond
Within a little dell.
grave and quiet man was he,
Who toyed his hook and'rod;
ersit ran his line of life,
his neighbors thought it odd.
e , eience and for booko, !IC said
fe never had a vt ish,
• sehool to hl m was worth a fig
• wept a "school of fish."
single-minded fisherman
doubleealling had—
Itend his flock in winter time,
strum 2.. r tish f)r s't t I.
short, tli honest fisherman,
11 other toils forsook,
d though no vagrant man was be.
lived by "hook and crook."
ilay that fisherman would sit
:lion an ancient lug, . . _ ,
Igaie into the water, like
.. me sedentary frog. ,
A~
n~
F unnin g fisherman Wrlil he, -
Its avers were all right,
when he stratelted his aged pool,
- ou'd know he'd gotn bite.
charm the fish, helli!VeT spoke.
flAtttough Isis ‘Olee woe - tine,
found the most conteitient n ay
Vas pist to "Jr.q.l a line." . .
id many a "gudgeon" of the pond,
if made to speak to-day, '
, ould on n, with grief, this angler had,
mighty "lathag. ray."
tic day, while 1141wngon a log,
' ,He mourned for,wnnt ofluek,
'lieu suddenly he felt
l And jerking—caughta dock.
'aai that day the fiiiiiertnan
lad taken" too intrh grog,
id being hut a landsman, too,
lie ec‘iildn't "Arty the lug."
valn lie strove with all hie !night
nd tried to gain the shore:
down he went to feed the
lied touted oft before!
inaral of 11113 maraca! tale
To all is plain and clear;
4itigle drop too much of ruin
May innke a wateri
int he who will not "nign the pledge,"
And keep the promise fool.
ay be. in I.pite of fate, a st :if
('old d ater loan at bats! •
of the Yellow Fever.
MEI
in tile !.Knirkerkeker" for Noveintor
ty yeais have passed since I resolved, like
yonng men, to try my forum° in 'the new
commies' toikard the South. 'For several years I had
been vainly to gain a practice in my native city;
but while I lied many friends, and, though 1 say it, a
knowledge ot my profession seldom surpassed in young
men of my age, I had no patient.. A spell seemed to be!
east upon my' efforts. Others were rising to notice,
and even iiit!o fame, who 1 knew were in every respect
my inferiorsj while I could scarcely gain a livelihood.
True, some of them made use of means -to r. men r
could not st o op, even fur bread; but it seemed hard
that I could not gain enough for even my scanty wants.
At length. almost alcspairing. forever of success, I re
solved to seek it elsewhere. Adventurers of all sorts were
turning their attention to the new territories on the
Gulf of Mex i ico. The country was still wild, 'and almost
entirely uncultivated; but settlers were rapidly pouring
to, and rumor spoko loudly of fortuncit acquired there
sif by mitgie. The prospect was a tempting ,one;
success seemed almost within my grasp; to remain
where,l was would ho to starve. In short, many weeks
had not pe l vsed before I was settled as a practising
physician in the little town of M-, almost on the
shores of th i s Gulf itself.
"So ,>a thi
many other
ate in the Ml when I renched
passed pleasantly enough; and when spring
ad the satisfaction of finding my prospects
ightening. But with the advancing season
I had not anticipated. Tho epidemic of
ho dreaded ye/imp fer;v„ began to make its
1 had heard of this terrible scourge before
to; iti severity I well knew; hut 1 had flat-
If that even should it prevail during my firs t
re, a little care would guard against all dau
hat summer it came with unheard-of violence.
was engendered by the vegatablo effluvia
owly-cleared forest, or sprung from some
"It N\ a.;
The winter
arrived, I I
gradually by
ramo a tria l
tho South, ,
appearance,
leaving hot
(ered (aryl
mummer th
gar. But
Virtiether i
from the
otcultcous,
aa past finding out by human ingnuity—what
ever its source, it WWI in our midst. Never before had 1
it bean so severe; nor ever, through the many years
that havelapsed, have its ravages been so terrible since.
1
Oh! it is herd ilo to liye, day by day in the midst of pee:
Hence 'so o forth -is the in 'ming, sick at h eart
Cronin'e scones of yesterday, with the thought that the
morrow nerliaps lind you too stricken down; to
walk alit+ at noonday through the lonely streets. and
hear no s!und of living being save the dull echo of your
t
own foo all; meeting none, except hero and there an
--• r---- --iessenger from-{the sick bed, or the deid cat:t
i t ialing over the stones with its loathsomoo
look with jealous distrust even on the gifts of
t they prove a curse; to throw aside the
ruit, for fear it may sow the 'seeds of disSoln
un the gentle brtreze of evening, lest it come
lithe unseen messengers of disease and death,
is malaria: to tremble at each new sensation,
anxious ni t
hastily ru b
burden; t•
nature, Ic y
tempting
lien, to sl
loaded n i
t:te Hobo
reading
a the des
test every transient pain prove the forerunner
lroyer himself; and at least, worn out by such
it, to. fall into a despairing indifference, worse
the fear of death, and in a morbid and sullen
live on, eareleee of life, almost wondering
feverored pulse and aching brow shall conic to
t too your end. Yet such for weeko, was the
I have not oxegorntcd me fears, for it was not
Lace that I resolved to encounter the peril; that I
le has always scented to me little short of' .
a ml'
had no lack of employment where disease
!most every house for his fearful visitations.—
like a mockery to visit the sick: for too often
Inly confirm the bitter forebodings of those who
by the couches of Their friends. Day by day
forth on my gloomy roundS, to return eaclt night,
ir s lsick at heart, to my solitary chambers.
' yoong then; young in years, and young in my
On; but before that awful season ended, I felt the
of many a year-upon me. It makes me sad,
'a', to think of those days. I have seett much
• and sorrow in my life: I have looked upon
in almost every form, the bitter grief of the I
do widow--the anguish of the bereaved mother,
g to ho oomfurted'-=the deep silent agony of the
nourner--all these f have witnessed, and I trust,
• callous heart; but netier again sorrow like that
• days. A settled gloom was upon all within the
A fooling, almost of fatality, spread itself abroad;
n the sure precursor of
,disease to the well, of
death to the sick, and when the destroying an•
etched forth his band, no murmur followed; no
g. norfarnentation; but that deep, dead grief, to
itch sorrow were a mockery. The,blow fell up-
exeiteme
emit tha.
apathy to
when the
%veto To
life I led
❑ignore
did encari
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marked
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on tholearts already made lifeless ,by its anticipation; it
only mangled them now. • •
"940.eVening. while the, postilence was at Its height
I was returning to my.offlce,frorn a Veit' to some of my
patients. My way happened to lie • throe, a narrow and
unfrequented. street; little more, indeed, than a passage
between two large thoroughfares; anti bordered only by
the old low-roofed houses of the Spanish - times. The
sun had almost set, and I __hurried: homeward to escape
the damp vapors of the night. At the and of streets
where itopened into a larger avenue, stood a email old
house, built of wood, la the ,Spanish- style, I t and now fast
going to deCay. 11..eingle opening in the side looking
outward served to admit th,e light,,for the sasb-wais. !pug
singe -gene.— Tho door stained with the grey rust of age,
had half fallen from its broken hinges; a board •hiing
loose here and there from the side, and damp, greenish,
moss encrusted the mottled shingles above. I passed
close to the door, and unsettled, excited as was my wind,
I could not reprois a mournful feeling as I looked upon
even tills, common appearance of decay. As Isteppe'd
into the street, my car caught whatseemed a fointgroan,
apparently issuing from the whetehed hoVel. I stopped
and listened; the sound again reached me, a low, pro
longed groan, as though of a man almost exhausted by
bodily suffering. I turned and tapped gently, but no
answer was made.—Confident that some one was with
in, I determined to enter; and pushing open the crazy
door,,passed the threshold.
•
"A glance showed that I had not been mistaken. I
had entered a small, dark • room, whose bare floor and
scanty thiniture gave tokens of poverty, if not of distress
Ncit far6om whore I stood. upon a low bedstead, lay a
man, evidently in the last stage of the fove • r.. His large,
dark eyes, now rolling wildly around, now concealed by
the livid quivering eye-lids: the coal-block hair that lay
' in mattered masses over his' forehead, and the naturel
swarthiness of hie complexion, convinced me , thatliC was
'of spaniel; blood. His features had once been &Ohs
thin, but well defined hp the slightly opaline` nose, lite
high, full fdrehead, were still there—the v; • reeks - ofhis.
manly beauty; but the seal of de a thwai upon. thetn.
The clear brow of his c-atiplex ion had faded into the
gainly }Alois , : the livery of his deslroyer. His feature's
were rapidlytissuming iheuharp, fixed outline of death;
and the unnatural brilliaucy of his sunken eyes', -Wien
ho was excited,'eottrastech with tho' vitean't - stare
I that followed, like it fiash'ofTiglititing ai the diad of
night with the doubly oppresiv'e gloom it leaves holiad.
So rapid had been the proiriss of his diicase„ that he
retained the; outward sign of great Physical force; but
the strong nian'wes bowed doWn at last; a child' might
have mastered him now. Ho was not alotie., At his
side knelt a female figure, engaged in some dike of
! ki
indness for the sufferer. The noise of my entrance
caught her cars elle started stOdetily on her feet, and
turning toward me witli a gesture of kinror, exclaimed:
...N o t yet' oh, not yot! Ho is not--.—:!tpd theti; . as
if perceiving
,her mistake, suddenly stopped; atid burst
into a passion of tears. An involitatiry shudder camp
over me; for I well knew the thought which had fluedie - d
upon her nwshe heard the 'footsteps of an intruder. She
had thought the dead cart was St tho
••1 have omitted oho feature -in that season of woe,
whicimay serve as an index to all its Iterfers• \ kso !fe
rment had the deaths become, that excepOrt the case of
the few in better circumstances who remained, even the
common decencies of burial were abandoned. It be
came/Ineeseihle to observe' ilissolemeitica_af Jaaatial:
Trlciids were atiiiiihaltilffiiir calf griell even money
bad lest its all-potent persuasiveness. ,Some way of re
moving the dead must be found; and at length the last
'expedient of a plague-stricken-city was udopted.—
Each day through the deserted streets there went from
house to house the MAO-CART. An old slave was indu
ced to undertake the task. Wherever he bent his foot
steps echoed the summons, 'Breen our teen
neAul' One by one his burden was mode up; ono by
one, front the very arms of childless Mothers, of heart
liroken widows and desolate orphans, they were deposi
ted, without coffin, without shroud, in his charge, to be
conveyed where in ono common, receptacle they might
return to dust.
was by this time too familliar with such scenes, not
to attribute to its true source the emotion of the woman
before me. A glance at the sick man was enough to
convince me that there was little hope for him; my only
thought was to afford what Temporary relief I could, and
if possible to remove her. 1 advanced to the side of the
sufferer. and in a few words explained to her my hopes
of giving him aid. For a moniont I addressed her un
heeded; but when I spoke of him, her face was no longer
hidden from me. Brushing back abruptly the dark tresses
that fell on either side upon her neck and shoulders, she
bent upon me from her tearful eyes ono long, beseech
ing look, and in a voice broken by mobs, implored me to
save her Pedro; if—if it Were not, (the word seemed al
most' to choke her in the utterance,) too I.itt?`l will try,'
I said; but when I saw the agony that rent her young
heart at the very thought of his death:, my conscience
smote me for seeming to encourage d hope that must
soon be deceived. She had spoken in Spanish; and her
appearance indicated that she was of Spanish descent.—
She was not beautiful; yet I had seldom *seen a face
which so impressed itself upon me.i Her complexion,
the olive tint peculiar to the races of the south, had lost
the flush of health for the hue of roilrow; her (lark eyes
no longer sparkled with the brilliancy of youth, and their
deeply-fringed lids dropped tears
"AP faat as the Arabian trees
"Of her features I have little remembrance; I can
oily recall the cxprceion of her countenance, as with
choking Subs she appealed to me for aid. - But once since
then, have. I met with such a countenance; it wet; in a
painting by some one of the old masters: Mary at the
foot of the Cross.
"1 turned to, the sick man. llelay in a sort of stupor;
the result, however, rather of physical exhaustion than
of tiro disease itself. The parchment-like skin was drawn
tightly over his temples; and the Coverlet) pulsations be
neath
-.
scorned like the dull beating of a muffled drum
ushering him onward to the grave. His hand, as I took
it up, fell heavily into mine; ik faint motion of tho closed
eve-lids. and tihalf-audible "Gm..ci-as" from• his pallid
lips, as I bat'ted his forehead with a lotion from a pocket
case, were the only signs of consciousness he gave.—
Suddenly, his eyes opened. and an expreseion-of pain
passed over his countenance; he seamed about to speak;
but as I bent my head to catch his words, his Whole frame
shook. as if in a spasm, and tho' harsh, dry hiccough burst
from him. The last spark of hope was extinguished; no
1 human aid could now avail him . in his struggle with the
last enemy. She too 'understood its fatal 'meaning; in
ashy paleness Overspread herleatures, and overwhelmed
by the approach of a blow the very thought of which was
agony. she could no longer restrain her passionate grief.
As she bent over him, clasping his hand to her breast
1
tears andlit. 's wore mingled with her heart-reuding ex
,
clamations. . , . ,
"He will not; oh! he cannot leave me! Pedro,' you,
will not die: tell me. you will not forsake me!"
"The sufferer made no reply; but the convulsive work
ings of his face, and the sudden clenching of his hand in
mine till the blood almost started. bore witness to his emo
tion. I strove to console her, . but in vain; any, efforts
were frantically repulsed.
. . .
"I will not be comforted," she ; said; "how, can I live
if he die; who is left to me but bint? He ciattiit—he
shalt not die!" .
SATURDAY, MORMNG, MARCH 24, 1849.
, .
"But the kin i f Of terrors was not thee to be deprived Of
his victim. , Each, moment he grew
_weaker; the liite:rr
Yale
,betWeen . thoterrible Spasms; foir suit' they certainly
were, gradually diminished, and their shill:nag luereatt
ed. Once or twice he essayed to speak; the half-formed
syllables died upon his lips, but I! could catch' the word
"Maria." Her name was uttered with'hiS dyingtoteti4t.
At length the hiccough ceased. A caltiter
,expeession
settled iiiinn , his features; his eYeacleSed geed) . .. as if he
were disposed to sleep. wonde ri ng.al nnhango so slid
den, ,and apparently so favorable. she looked upat:tne,as
if for an explanation. aid-again at him: o'4 moment' of
,
tot, and with ono choking gasp' for breathe she' evrooo
upon the floor. 'Ho had ceased to breath e ' • '
"1 reiscd her at once, and applied whitl rook:Whine I
had with me,' Long and amtionsfy I . wat led for, BOtOO
sign of returning life; and yot I, almest hop d it might tie
be; for what' now, was life to her? Slowly ; 1 and painfully
she revived; but her glance was without meaning as of
first she looked about her. • As I followed it round tho
room, our eyes at the same moment fell eprin a now ob
ject.. The slave of whom I hero spoken; he who kairiad
the dead, had entered unpercoltrodi f how or. why I know
not,
and was standing by the bed. Even las wo looked '
upon him, •ho stooped over the hody. and {as If : salislid
that lift, was eitinct,' laid his hand up'on the 'still titSih'-
lir arm. - A- shock, as if from a powerful battery, thrilled
throUgh the seeming corpse; the eyes uncl4sed: with ,a
fixed and glassy stare: slowly rising from Ctha hod, it: as
gained a sitting Feature, rho arms aliened wide. and an
instant after the horror-struck negro was clasped betvieen
them in an embrace like that of death itseff. Then their
grasp relaxed, forever; and with a cry of horror the ter
rified dep.° burst from the room. Muria fay near rite, on
rho floor; a scarlet foam oozed slowly iron her mouth,o7-
Iva!, alone with the dead. , •
•"I returned home; and for ninny week
ning friends watched by my bedside nig
The constant excitentenito which my du
ed the, and which the se , pncs of, that eye
lia'd produced, ro-acted on my nerons
coasequouce was a dangerous illues and
ertd, the treats had set in, and the pestile
Bat the:wealth of the Indies would hot ha l
to pass another "sickly seaSon 4 in M I
long I beite'reliou to tlio iotalt."
Doctor;" 1 netted, "•wito were r
noyer.linow,rnoro than I. Inkvo, told ) 1
mato pornmef tho ccinetery at
marks the'ol:lca where they lie. ._Therol.
mom; 'only ti'small inurblo - slub - rests -,npo
uponirthise row wonls arc c - ut:
,'•'„
nicAtlA Taiia`wiitt NOT
AN OPIUM DtBAUCH
Qin, of the alkjects nt this•plees. that I Iliad -, 114 curl
chity to.visit •was the opium smoker in hit haven; :and
ertrilttly , it is it most fearful sight,' islihinizit; OSrhatia not
Ito degrading teihe sight ns the dianktirdfeeinapirlii, low"-
- ered‘to the Wel of tho 14"itte, and 1.14'40%111g, his'' filth.
Tho Wet sritilo and stupor, Itewer,er,, of
,the
opium debauches, flaw sontethin: • far more awful 'to the
gaze than the beetwlity of the latter.
The roams wherti they sit and ' itcnolin . nre' s - Uriotinded
by wood m conches, . with
,pticos for' die heed to r rent
upon, and - generally a sitiiroom is devoted to , .gatabling„
The pliitt is a read of about ;winch .in I diantetor, and
ttio - nve - mlit - trrcerertivirrrtit Care - unrursanrur- cLevrt - v.v....4.•
is not larger then u pin's bead. The drug is ' prepareA
with some kind of conserve, and a very elnall portion is
sutlicient to charge it, one or two whiffs being the utmost
that can be in haled from a E. ingle pipe, and the smoke
is taken into the lungs as from the hookah in India
On a b2gifltlOr one or two pipes will have an etFect, but
nn old stager will continue stroking fur hours. At the
bead of each couch is plaped a small lam), as fire must
I be hell to the drug during the process of inhaling; and
from the dill :111i)- of filling and proPery lighting the
pipc, , there is gen:rally a- person who tvaits upon the
smoker to perform the ofthe. A few ILlF,ys'of this fear
fill luxury, when taken to excess, .will give a pallid and
haggard loo't to the face: and a\ few months, or even
weeks, will change the strongand he slth l y man into little
Ibetter than nn idiot skeleton. The pain they'stifFer when
deprived of the drug after long habit, no !ongingo can ex
plain; and it is only when under its Mil wilco that their
faculties are alive.
In the house devoted to their ruin, These infuttiated
people may be seen nt nine o'clock in the evening in all
different stages: some entering half distracted, to feed
tho craving appetite they had been oblitoAl to subdue du
ring the day: others laughing and talking wildly under
the effects of a first pipe; while the conches around are
filled with their different occupants, who lie languid with
an idiot smile' upon their countenance, i too much under
the intfuence of the drug to care for paSbing events, and
fast merging to the withed- for consummation.
The last ?wimp in this tragic play is generally a room
in the roar of the building, n species of dead-house;
whore lie stretched those who have passed into the state
of bliss the opium -smoker madly seeks—an emblem of
the long sleeP to which he is blindly hurrying. [six
Month* in China by Lord J Telyn. •
AN EGYPTIAN LAD .
She wore, first, a chemise of seine thin wits to me teri
-al, with loose i l sleoves. embre'dered roue? the edge, hang
ing over her hands, then a large pai of crimson silk
trousers. so long and wide that they entirely concealed
her bare foet: i then came a garment like the Turkish an
term, descending to the feet before, hanging in a train
behind, and opening nt the sides, with long sleeves open
froM the whist to the elbow, and fulling, back se as to
display those of the chemise beneath: This dress ties
made of crimson damask, and embroidered all round the
edge with black braiiiing, and was cobfined—not at the
wrist, but over the - hips—with an Indian shawl, wound
- Aimee three times round, and knotted before. The last
jacket,
garment was a reac hing only to the waist, with
half-sleeves l made of; exceedingly tick atefj, dark blue
silk, embroidered all over, in a running paterri. with
.gold, and edged. with gold braiding and buttons. Three
large silver 11mulct-cases, containing charms, were hung
over the shawl-girdle.' The head-dress is the prettiest
part of the Egyptian costume—.andSoria's Was esceed
ingli rich. Her hair Was. divided into twenty or thirty
small braids, hanging over, her shoulders—to the end of
each of which were taxed three silk cords strung with
gold coins . Various sizes. Two rows of gold colas, as
large as li ef --crown pieces; laid close together, 0i circled
her forehead: and at cub temple depended a cquiter of ,
smaller once,' with an,agato ornament in the middle.--
The back of ber.head was covered with a small Egyp
tian_ Fez, ornamented with a large Cloort of solid gold,
and bound,on , by a handkerchief of embroidered crepe.
She vstoie two useklnees of large gold coins, thickli strung
together. and each, individual piece of money depending
them a massive ornament , ig,tiie form' of ~fish: ono of
these necklace* was longoind the other just encircled ,
hor throat: and between them was a string of.beadd of
Egyptian notes as large as birds'_eggs, and strung to-.
gothor with golden. links. Her
, oer-rings:Were of gold
filigree. in the shape of flowers; and her bricele4--of
which ehe were soveralf massive gold sod silver.—
Wu computed that she Carried about three hundred and
fifty pounds on bar person.in coins alone.-iviibilid
ding her other Ornaritetitv.--4fro..Rontirgo Pitgrfniage.,
ME
,
telitNH
after thist eve
t and day.—
ies had eipos
, ing 'especially
system, Thu
when 1 wov
en ivas‘ pins.
'tempted me
; and
:before
itro 1;1.14
1:4). In ft - re
it littlo; mound,
is Co *Donn-
I •
the turf; and
IYIDLD."
TZUME fiItAVSLIVIte.
I=
Attr.s. one delightful morning in April, a young man
stopped at the door of a little road-side inn. situated near
Paris. Though ho had not reached his eighteenth year.
yet his person was tali and vigorous, his large black eye
was full of fire, and his countenance at once open 'and
agreeable. On his entrance, ho accosted the landlady
with a cheerful "Give mo some breakfast, my fair hoe
tens, fur I have been walking since daybreak, and I em
very hungry." While lie was speaking, there camo in
another traveler, more youthful in appearance than the
first. Like him ho was on foot, and appeared much fa
tigued. He was small in stature, with a complexion of
red and white; and possessed the voice and hands of a
young girl, "Madam,'! said he, with greM timidity; "will
you please give mo some breakfast?" ,
On henringthis the first coiner advanced toWards him,
saying, ..Nlonsiour, let us breakfast together; you are .p
travelling on foot, so sin I; you are hungry, so in I;
you are going to Paris. R.. am 1. LeT. us then sit down
at the same table, dririk each other's health, then enter
Paris togethe;, shako hands, and separate. Do you
agree.
Thu modest stranger, still with the same sweet low 1 1
voice. replied„ "You honor me sir; and I consent with
great pleasure."
There is soMething so pleasing in the contemplation
of frank gencrioun youth, that oven the most careless aro
ONO influenced by it; and thus the mistress of rho inn.
contrary to custom, served these poor pedestrians at
first.
The table, set in, the best place before the open win- -
dove, was quickly covered with provisions, the young 1 ,
men took their seats, their plates and, glasses were filled,
when a third traveller passed the windbir. and looked in:i
This last was dark. rather stout, the expression of his
features calm, grave and composed; his fine forehead'
shaded with tresses of long wavy brown hair. Tho man
ner of this comer was very different from the vivacity of
the first and the timidity of the second. 1 0entlemen."
cried he to the-others, "will you not wait for a poor fel- ;
low like me? But-I fancy I em come just in time; .a !
little later and I must have contented myself with the
remains of that Magnificent omelette I now see." Hard
ly had ho spoken when: the first comer, with a ready ,
smile, held out his, glass through the. window. The
stranger took the glass. - onMtied it, squeezed the other's
proffered hand. then entering the inn. placed h imself at
the end of the table, the bashful youth being in the mid- ,
dle, apparently astonished that so many pleasant ac
quaintances should be nicked up on their road to Parig.
Their repast was soon finished, and they pursued their
joirney. They were roll traveling the sumo road, and
they walked on together. At List they arrived at the
barriers of Paris—they stopped by mutual consent. Till
then, the conversation had been light and cheerfut, - but
they now became grave and thoughtful; it was time'to
part. It was once mom the' first traveller wile broke
silence. "My name," lie said, "is! Portal; am I going
to Paris, with the intention of beconmiing a- member of
the Academy of Science, and first physician to the
king." "And I." said he of the brown hair. "am going
to Paris to become Advocate-general." They waited for
..-the modest stranger to speak. "And I," he, nnswered
with his bolt soice and air of timidity. "I visit Paris, to
Weenie a member of the French Academy, and Cardi
nal." "Then," said the others, gravely_pulling.ofj. dirk
amwarow6 amt.' Ist taut
moment the clocks -of a neighbouring church struck,
and they entered Paris. Let us follow the fate of these
throe young men. The last mentioned became the Ab
-1 be 111a4y, an eloquent orator, member of the French
Academy, end Cardinal, ho died honored and esteemed.
The other was Count Treillard. - Minister of State, and
the friend-of the Emperor; he is still living, and has not
forgotten his first entry into Paris. And 'the'tall vivacious
Portal. ho became the glory of his ?profession, member
of the AcadinY, Professor—(he was all except ph)sician
to the king, Louis XVI. perished on the scaffold while
Portal was yet a student. The Republic had no phy
sician; the Emperor had one who was his friend; be
sides, Portal would ho attendant on a king, and he was)
He became principal physician to Louis XVIII. Por
tal died lately, and this narrative was related in the fu
neral oration pronounced in the Academy of Science.
Romance—A on of Louie ZVL in America.
The Buffalo Commercial Advertisertells a marvel
lous story on dais subject with apparent conviction, which
'is therefore entitled at least to be repeotetb—especially
as if true, the circumstance may have an important m
inden to aurfuture history of France and Europe—silica
tt reveals the e;tistenco' here of the Bourbons—wham
the editors say they personally know.
ft has been tho general impression that the eldest son
of the unfortunate, Louis XVI. died in n dungeon some
Limo in June, 1195, a short while after the execution of;
his lathes; but our Buffalo eotemporary thinks .there is
tie evidence of suell'Whiet in existence which would ho '
do omed conclusive' in a judicial investigation. Allison,
we are told.-is very vague in regard to the matter, and
likewise Sir Walter Scott. SOlllO ditto list year, (1848)
we are told, a very old gentleman. a native of France.
died in Louisiana, where he had resided since or before
the commencement of the VITSCiIi century. On hi s
death bed ho was reported to h ave stated that he was
employed to convey but of France the young nauphin,
and deliver him into the hands of the North-western In
dians of this coutinent. A report of the child's death
burial was spead while ho look charge of him; he
proceeded to New York city. -and thence to a tribo
of Indians deemed far in to the interior.
There he found a half breed, who was a chief of wealth,
and a strong Catholic. To hint he cemmitted the child
to Uri tg• up, without,:. however, giving hint any knowl
edge of the child's origin.' hut under the seal of the most
solemn oaths that he should not reveal the circumstances
tinder which he was received. The child was adopted
into the fateilyofthe chief, according to the Milan cos
tom. The accounfhe gave of himself, without the least i
suspicion of the present surmises respecting his origin.
is, that previous to his tenth or twelfth year his life is a
' perfect blank. without any consciousness on his part of,
having existed previous to that time. He was gentle. !
but serious; and becoming early impressed with the !
'truths of Christianity, 'entered into '
holy orderis, end has!
from that time to this been a missionary among the In-.
the fall of P4l. (we are. next told) he,enter
i talaed tho Frince
. de Joinville, who, notwithstanding the
t remotencis and ont,of the way character of his place of
residence, sought him out, and treated him with great
attention., giving him the place of honor next to himself,
much to : the surprise of his suite, who-could ender
stand the reason of these marked
,civilixotion. On the
return of tlio prince :to Franco, Louis Phillippe sent to
,the obscure missionary ,an, autograph letter. thanking
him"for his attention'to his , son, and stccouipanied this
a Totter with' ii'dOnittien trills . •
' Wo !hall pfehablYsbon • know whet relitmett tan be
placed in the' strange remake , . •.‘ '
WHAT NErri N. P. Willis, lit ptis"Parisiatt Gossip."
immslated for the Home Journal, gives the followingl—"
It has literally' . become a general faehltm In Germany for
the Indite to'shaVe the upper lip. thereby promoting the
growth of a Sufficient down to produce the -effect ,mous
tech... - Byiho present tote. a shaded upper lip is con
*100;84 a beauty. and it is openly. advocated by foreign
Indies, #k• giyingesprossion , to the nostrils, one vastly in
creasing the whiteness of the teeth., Shaving dn.;
ting the retireinentof surniner. s fums out. by winter.
iery;preesphitoti anti sik 'motistache: The faphion 'is
pregtersing•wutword *rib tlni cholera." • " •
obit StOiamstrziev.
ST lr ITS renter! CAREY. •
Our old brown tromestead seared its walls
From the wayside dust MOW',
Where the apple boughs could almost oast ,
Their fruitage on ilk roof;
And she cherry trees Ito near it. grew
That, schen awake I've lain
In the lonesome nights, Fre lreard the limbs
• As they cracked against theipat4;
And those - orchard trees-0 those orchard trees!
I've seen my little brothers Cocked
In their tops by the summer breeze.
The sweet briar under the u in ! dm pill.
Which the early birds made glad.
And the damask rose by the garden fence.
Were all the flowers we
I've looked on many a flower since then,
Exotics rich and rr♦re.
That in other eyes were lovelier,
Dm 'not to me, so ,fit lc;
For those roses bright—those rAies bright—
I've twined them with my sister's locks,
That are lain In the dust from sight.
We had a well—a de p cd i d well—
Where the spring was lever dry,
And the cool drops down from the mossy stoner
Were falling constantly:
And there never was water half so sn•ret
As that in my little cup.
Drawn front the curb by the rude old sweep
Which my father's hund set up:
And that deep old w4ll-0 that deep old well!—
! remember yet the plashing sound
Of the bucket as ii fell.
Our homestead had an ample hearth,
, Where at night we loved to meet:
Where my mother's voice was alwayslind.
And her smite wao atwaysi meet;
And I've sat on myfathcr'e knee.
And watched his thoughtful brow,
With my childish hand In his raven hair—
That hair is silver now! i
But that broad hearth's light—O that broad lwarth's
And my futheek look, and my mother's smile, -
They are in my heart tó-ulett.
TILL rik.TAL-Tazon.
"Dooms with one lashing spring the mighty brute 1
=—Wide WilVillg to and Ito
His angry dadl; red, roll his eyes, dilated glow."
"Where MS vast ticeit Just Dangles with the spine.
Shrathed in his fora the deadly %%two!' lies: ,
Claple Ilaroliti Pilgrimage.
'pon ono evening a party of collegians and young
b4ods of the 'town had met together at my room to play
at d carouse. lit' feet. it was a regular meeting of the
Si}
trimmers, wit° assembled twice In every week. We
,
k pt it up jollity until midnight haying in that time mag
a,;l,ed le 'get full of _Bacchus, when'Somers proposed that
we should sally fo)-th and astonish the (own by some well
planned and well-directed piece of mischief. tVithout
:my one of us having-a very clear conception of our ac
tions or intentions. we hailed the proposition with drunk
en rapture and started forth. 1
‘.4. traveling mehogerie had arrived, in the -town the
day before; nud among the wonders it contained was a
young bear. 'The poor :Mimel had been so well beaten.
that ho became very humble and acquired a number of
amusing tricks. Of this we wore all aware, having visi
ted the menagerie the day before. - Just as wo passed the
spot whore iho animals' Were confined, it occurred to
me what rare sport. it would be to capture young Bruin
and place him in the chemical lecture-room, to a:.tonish.
- on-the next day, the professor and the class.
',No sooner he'd I-made a proposition to this effect than
:...,.....d...t.,4 and all volunteered their assistance in car
, r u ing it into execution . The tent or pavilion whioti -so,v-
end the beasts, were erected in the great yard of the
principal tavern. The cages. each contained one or
more animals, were -iron grated bores, standing on
wheels, b:r means of .which they had been'dragged into
town. They were ranged around the interior of the
tent, forming a eke nar array of wood, and iron. Not
imagining that any one would disturb the animals, the
showmen and keepers had retired to rest along with the
inmates of the tavern, leaving the touts entirely unwatch
ed. Thus we were afforded n clear field in which to
execute our scheme. After several of our number had
been posted as sentinels, the rest crept in under the can
vass, and entered tho arena. It was sometime before re
could, in the deep darkness of tho place, identify the
cage in which our friend Bruin had been placed Insleep.
After stumbling over divers things which lay s scattered
about, and peering here and there in the dark, we found
the object of our search. There, in a subiinntial cage,
was thldim outline of the animal, his two white eyes
flashing drops of firo at being aroused from his quiet
slumber.
The next difficulty that occured to us arts the modb 'a
conveying hint to the college, which was several hun
dred yards distant. Some of the revelleraproposed that we
ishould throw a halter around his neckan d 60 drag I
um
along. Wo rejected this, not from any personal fear.
since we bad arrived at thlt point which makes one. ob
livious of danger. but lest we should be seen by some
1j late straggler, end have our fun spoiled. A better plan
was. lifter meek scheming;devised, and ono which met
with universal acquiescence.
In the tavern yard stood a water hogshead. with- a
sliding lid fastened by means of hasp and staple. We
had only to roll this in. slide- down the box from the
wheels, upon the door immediately in front of the hogs
head, and drive the animal in. We could then push
down the lid of the cask, secure it by morons of a rope
passed through time staples, and roll. the priso.ier and pri-
Limn house to the college,
No sooner was this suggested than we hastened to put
it into execution, The cage, with our united efforts;
was slid quietly down from the wheels—Bruin growling
all tho limo in anger—the hogshead was rolled in and
pieced the open endin front of the cage - and the animal
stirred up With our canes.
With n terrific yell he rushed in, and we closed the lid
suddenly down upon him, fastening it at the sante time
in a secure manner. The yell of the bear had roused
the other animals, and our ears wore regaled for the next
ten minutes with a variety of hideous sounds that wa
kened fearfully the sleeping echoes of the • night. Tho
animal in the hogshead growled, and his voice came like
distant thunder, so deadened was it ity,-the wood in
which ho lay, his fellows had- no incumbrance to their
voices and they howled as clearly as though they were in
their native forests.
Fearful of being discovered, we remained' quint for a
time. holding our breathe in 141131)61150. But no one dis
turbed or thought of disturbing us. The animate often
started a chorus of strange noises during the night, and
tho keepers thinking nothing unusual to ho the matter.
merely cursed the unruly beasts for destroying the unity
of. their rest. and turning over went to sloop again.
As soon as gaiety was restored. we slit a hole in the
cloven for we veto afraid to emerge by the aperture
which faced the tavern; rolled our hogshead through the
Yard'to the back gate which we unfastened. and then
pissing'in the road started at a quick rate for our spot of
destine ion. k Over and over went the hogshead, the an
imal within growling at' thorough treatment he received,
we nearly convulsed with laughter at the uncouth noises
he mae. , • ,
:At length we reached the back part 'of the college.
'Wharf ape of our party, climbed over the wall and unrest
eiiii-the 'gate. 'We rolled in 'our prize to the back door
9f the laboratory,. which was the place 'where our profes
sor of chemistry lectured. We found that inconsequence
l of the wino/tam of thideer the boyhood "gold not
elfliet Stith being the rise, we were about to start the
MEE!
NUMBER 45.;
animal through
lent of fun erne,
the open door, when on ides more redo•
I. the fancy of Somers.
Book of tho I
taining odds en'
hapt s t once a mo l
littlin in thie.a
ed until Darnell
lesser, when till
. I
artract aftentlo
entre room was a small apartment eon+
1 1 ends, and which was not eleited per-
Idi. He said rightly that if we-placed
artmont 4 lie would not likely bo discover ,
e during the lecture of the chemical pro,
I• nee he would be apt to make would
`and the plot would readily: bo brought tr,
fined our strength, and Open our shotild
k hogshead , until it was placed on a ler ,
i ow. A light young fellow, the smallest
beitup, hoisted the window, and elided
• cask. , Wo shook the hogshead violent
no' purpeso. The animal was thorough
d lay still, or with, only an occasional
•ok it again and the brute gavo .a spring
dow. There was a crash of glum, a
rrified animal, crouching in the coiner.
• Our little companion ,closed the sash
. We rolled the ,hogshead np into a
.rd, and returning to our rooms , continued
I oar dbylight.
a crisis. We j
ere, up wont th
e! with the win.
of thla party.eli
up the lid of th' ,
ly, bat at firsti
ly frightened, a
growl. We slt
throt l igli the wi
how!, and the t,
remained silent
and leaped dove
ctrrnet of the y
our revelry til!
It vas abotit
clothes, passed I I
somo soda witi l
hastened to thel
oon when I awoke. I -hurl-foci on in}'
wet towel tumid my head. swallowed
r, and after Wards a cup of coffee, and than
college. It was the hoar of the professor
d I entered the room just as he had
recant upon the subject. The class were
ation—fer the lecturer Wag utt able Man.
g ripen "Light," .a matter of hvforest, and
tifut illustration. Ito had scarcely finish- _
eloquent exordium, 'before we. hoard .a
and a low, startling growl in the next
l lre i ssor started, and stopped la moment, }
he class not in the seoret, looked at each
shment. There was a pause of a few
ion—and then the professor proceeded.
eel alarmed. I remembered what had
night before, Under ordinary circum
vas no danger to 'be apprehended. The
enough, and had been whipped until he
properiense of the superiority of Man.—
minds I judged that Bruin had worked
o room., only separated from us by a thin
'windows, in which were kept the various
illustrating experiments. There were a
rl.oys and bottles of acid - in that room.- , -
set: any of these, and their contents touch
uld be apt to break through the windows
nt; and do some mischief before'we could
y the boles of my companions I saw•
d the same fears. . l
of chemistry, lt
cototttotteett to
all.wropt in ally
and st as traati
capable of beau
ed his short an
crash of bottles
room. Tho pr i
while thoso of
other in astoni
seanch" ducat
1 began to
been done (ho
'stances, there
bear. wan tome
had• imbibed n
But from the
hitiPelf into . 01
partition full al
drugs used in
great many c
Should he ove
his skin, he w
of the oportm.
secure him
they cntertuit
I •
,nother crash and growl. The professor
i, and the class looked around in dismay.—
ere acquainted with the cause of the noise.
keep their countenance- Is spite of the
reiieh they labored, there was something so
growl, especially when we figured to our
. I
nin,f; consternation of the class, that they
Jefrain from lapghing outright. The pro
uld not tell from whence the sound pro
iought it t trick of the class, reproved them
then conti, ned his lectiao. "Gentlemen."
i ring for ' l a brilliant experiment, "I will
1 , - ost startling eff'ectl"
There WaS i
stoiped again
'Those whow i
could sear.!el
alarm under
ludierotis in ti
selves the coy
could hardly . 1
fessor, who c.
ceeded, and I
severely, and
'said he, prep
show von a
And he did
every bottle i
smoke rose n
t loud vurello •
frail gins!:
hare'lenp
which strew
tiger.
Hark'. there was a sudden crash. as if
the Mace had been destroyed at once—a
p—there as a terrific howl s that made the
bud :he arrow -thrill—and, through that
• ether of filth! we had mistaken the cage
1 forth, f flu - toted with.the burning liquid
I e'd over I hu—horror!—an untamed royal
•an descri c the consternation of the class.;
I. Petrifi dby horror—motionless—breath-.
ro sat. 'et a muscle quivered, so rigid
o r liens fear. It was our preservation.
th the pais, the animal rushed on with ter
cymmi,
g at: l d ci t t ne
a et
I n n g es u s , a it g h e i . m u o a b w s i t i e t e li l l e g ' is pas e s n e t d ere do d ln
jan
itor, ti
She seream d glr a l ei s Ba ) C ' t igfie°:l:7 y,
witch was e tin to hit. very fl esh, heeded' her not. On
lt T l:l h ei
a c e : l a id: l as hdgeanungtilci leaped
tdaughter
he passed, aid the g irl lived . Better had she died, for
with . o e f
n t
ourr
acid. e l a l
ie rol led
hie
wore . hone the light of reason on her vacant eyes. „
From that d a forth s 1 re was a gibbering incurable. idiot.
On dashed . the tiger on!ott! out—through the streets
with the populace Ilyi g to every side for sheiter--passed
his old pHs+ where he Reapers stood wonderingAt his
esc me—m he went, b a nd after, hound howling, scream-
Mg with uginy. On to went, wh:1; behind, before, and
around. rose up the m ngled err of men, women and
children—" The tiger the tiger!”
At the eitre.tnity of th e , main street a traveler was
riding quietly to his ome. Ile heard the noise behind
him; and er sting his yes around, saw tlio cause. Il•
spurred his hone.; wl o started , snorting with tern for
he saw the coming o the mighty animal as well - his
el
master. It was in vain. Tito tiger noted not the inan.
flel only saw the terr i fic steed. One leap, the distance
was just saved, and so stuck his claws into the hind
quarters of the horse, who unmindful of, his double bur
den rmllied pn, bearing the fearful !oodles though it was
a foother's weight—The man received no hurt. With
i the presence of mind and the cooldnesa most determin-
I ed, for it resulted from despair, he drew his bowie
i knife from his bosom, and with a gym stroke, buried it
to the hilt in the neck of the tiger. The l i ned marrow
of the royal brute was severed and ho died o the instant.
I But 110 did, not release his hold. Still, tt 'th the death
I grip ho eln i ng to his place, his eye glassed ad glaring,
and his cllws sunk deep into the fl esh. n went the
horse, sno ling, plunging and rea lag in ingled pain
rind terror—on he went, until exit . 'listed by fatigue and
I ,
loss of blood ho fell prostrate. '1 hose w o came that
way an hour after, cautiously and timidly, aw the three
stretched together. They 'wale led awl le and found
they did not move. They stole up; 10. t a horse and
tiger were dead, and over their lifeless orms wu the
traveler, in sensible , though ellie, and sti I grasping in
. his hand the friendly knife..
No words
Not one stire
leis—tboro t!
were we wit
Maddened w
rifle bou i nds.
stairs ink th•
and howled i
NOBLE
ENTlntsr.--.T he deba
1
in the nay„ dosed with the foil&
from Mr. Penton:
4.1 amnot in favor of seourginj
Altaman citizen could not be sc
American citizen is des high an
Romaa_citizons. Roman citize '
by sea rr i t t r by_ land, iu the army
there w no scourging; that WO ' ,
Barbariens, for these belour the I
maybeaid that some persons
whipped, but 1 question if whin
I also qn l estioll if it is worth whit
the nave the instruments or age
gib!e putt of mankind. It is bst
the navy and have nothing -to
deep Mortification, sir, in mein
—.ono who will ilia' in defence
the arot or navy—tied up and
ted, sir, by such a spectacle; a
the entiject properly examined,
Arrerstao.—A young trt
edvint
_ad for a Dye. ID lea
niarrio mon Nut !n word that
Ching flOgging
o on abol
le sentiments
ZEMILI
.Amori,an citizens.
lunged. a d
I lieliete n
order of men u we o
s were employed bo h
end in l
ili to navy. d
o i
reserve for sieves. r
'dignity o Romans. It
aro bed enough to
ling will flint a ref .
)to make the of of
is to co r cctthe into '-
or sir. to get them on of
•o with em. I fee a
no who is bravo
ntry, either' fa
1 feel bomb is
like so hr*.
a man.
( hl co
ge sb od.
Asa
.•
hos*
have•
irr
I bad t •
ho trsigh