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THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
{H C OULLAR PER ANNUM invariably in advance.
TOWANDA:
Thursday Morning, April 10, 1362.
Stlecteb ioetrg.
WHO ARE THE BRAVE?
Who are the brave! Sure not alone,
*hoe who, with nerve undaunted, stand
And beat the rebel foeniau back
With mauly strength and steady hand.
jfot those who, by ambition led.
Toil up the rujgcd steeps of fame,
Crashing beneath their iron w.!l
jor, health, and peace, to gain a uarne.
Sot he who, on the rolling main.
Trusts to the treach'rous plank his li.e,
gsres to the storm his naked breast,
And dares the elements to strife.
'M.d humbler scenes than these we find
A heroism uoblcr far
Than ever led the volunteer
To tread the gory path of war.
The widow, silent, sad, and lone,
Waked to a sense ot dutious joy,
Gives to her country all she has,
Her only child, her darling boy.
The nurse, forgetful all of self,
o'er the racking couch of pain ;
Inhaling foul contagion breath.
Sue bids the sufferer live again.
The wife who sends her loved one forth.
With cheering smiles her grief concealed,
Shows courage true as tl at which nerves
lier husband on the battle field.
He is a hero true who fights
lafe's battle with unconquered will;
Wiib resignation takes, and iirps,
IPs mingled share of good and ill.
Who are the brave? Sure not alone
Those who. with nerve undaunted, stand
And beat the rebel foemcn bark.
Those traitors to their native hnd.
StlttlD ftxltji
Poulailler, the Robber.
A Breton legend asserted that the devil
ai'o cd I'oumiller from the hour of I is birih
When a K>v is born under auspices which
ieaAb.s parents to suppose that, while the
lod.-i part of him is safe t houie, the spir.t
ut par, vs >u'jcted to a course of infernal
• .jin a er<-. what are his father ai.d
luo'.'ur to do with him? Tney must do the
t f>t 'tv can—which was exact ly w'hat Pou
t-i a'.d Lis wife did wiili the hero of this
t'.JI v,
Iu the first place, they had him christened
♦tai.tiv. It was observed with horror that
..5 infant face was distorted with gr.maces
*:: d iliat his iuf.wit voice roar.d with pre'er
natural lustiness of tone the wont lit the priest
touched hut). "He WOW*t learn SI V' lung,"
tani the master, vvln-n he was oid enough to
iO to school. " thrash him," =a.d Poulailler
and the master thrashed him "He won't
cvne to h's li st communion.'' said the priest.
" Tivra v b kit*. >aiil Ponliiaef—and the pi it at
tbradied biiu The farmers' orchirjs wre
roMitJ : the neighbor.ng ra .bit wane s were
depO.Kilaled ; iioea was stolen from the gar
j.us ai. 1 nets were torn on the beach. "The
deuce t ike Poulailler'* boy !" was the general
i v " The deuce lias got him," was Poa'.uil
,.r's ai.swtf. " And y t he is a nice looking
si i M idame P ulailtcr. And he was
'.i as >"rong, us ban L >uie a young fel
low i- :■ >o!d he siH-n in aIT Franco. "Let us
pr*t a.m, said MsdutDe ' onlailier. Let
asa him," said lier tiusbaud " Oar sou
o been thrashed till all the sticks in the
[vngfiborhood are br.ken," pleaded in- m< tier.
I We will try him with the rope's end uext,"
•.tor ted his father ; " he sh*l! go to sea und
tr ia an atmosphere of thrashing Our son
.ill be a cabin boy." It was all one to Pou
-r Junior —he knew as well a< Ins father
mc- Ii >d adopted him—he cared for no earth-
P discipline—and a cabtu boy he became at
Pa years old.
A' er two years of the rope's end (uppliid
.. !e t ff-ettially) the subject of thrs memoir
Ded his captain, aud ran away in an ling
•j port. Loudon became the next sccue of
-; *iv C 'itures. At twelve years o'.d tie per
i-.1-d sxiietv in the Metropolis that he was
: rsaken natural son of a French duke.—
L sb benevolence, after blindly providing for
ti lor four years, opened its eyes and lonnd
a oot a'. t!w age of sixteen .; upon which he
ft- t-i to France, aud eutered the airuy in
'• r cipa:itv of drummer At eighteen he de
itrted, arid-had a turn with the gipsies. He
'■.4 Lrtunes, be conjured, he danced on I fie
• be acted, he *old quack medicines,
ie altered h's mind again und returned to the
-•my Here be fell iu love with thevivandier
-l-e new regiment. The sergeant-major of
tie eoffljwny, touched ly the same amiable
" S "fs>, naturally resented his attentions to
e Poulailler (perh- ps uiju-tifiab.'y)
!L-c i hv boxing his i fFccr's ears.—
'> Pi'n!ai!!er' blade through the tender
irt o f t'ie sergeant-ruijor. The frontier was
c j*e at tiwud. i'oulailler ioed his swort' and
<-w*dit
brctence of death was recorded agair.st him
;> absence. When society has condemned
• s a ;f *e are men of ai.y spirit, how can
r * returu the compliment? By condemning
•ttetj to keep us aiire, or, in other ord<, by
right an left for a hriug. PouUiiler's
; ; *as now accomplished. He was pick
-tit to be the gre&te>t thief of his age ; ami
I ** F*te summoned lum to Hs place in the
; d lie stepped forward a:d took it.
They showed snch novelty of combination,
r c-tr.-tg, such dexterity, and e*eu iu his
~- s, homicidal moments, such ir.*e>istible gai
' -5 good hutnor, that a band of cougenial
•V.j gathered about him in no lime.
"a a Monday io the wek he had stopped
••'he highway, and robbed of al! bis *laa
hies end all his papers, an Ilalian noblemsn—
the Marquis Petrucci, of Sienna. On Tuesday,
he was ready for another stroke of business.—
Posted on the top of a steep bill, he watched
the road which wound up to the summit on
one side, while his tollowers were ensconced
on the road which led down from it on the
other. The prize expected iu this case, was
the travelling carriage (with a large sum ol
monev on the inside) of the Baron de Klrber
gen. Before long Poulailler discerned the car
riage afar off, at the bottom of the hill, and in
advance of it, ascending the eminence, two
ladies on foot. They were the B.iron's daugh
ters — Wilbeluiina. a fair beauty ; Frederica,
a brunette—both lovely, both accomplished,
both susceptible, both young. Poul idler
sauntered down the lit 11 to meet the fasciuat
ing travellers, lie looked, bowed, introduced
himself, ai.d fell in love with Wiihelmina on the
soot Both the charming girls acknowleded,
in the most artless manner, that confinement
to the carriage had given them the fidgets,
and that they were walking up the hill to try
the remedy of a gentle exercise. Pouladler's
htart was touched, and his generosity to the
sex was roused iu the nick of time. With a
polite apology to the young ladies, he ran
back by a short cut to where his men were
posted. " Gentlemen !" cried the geru roas
thief, "in the charming name of Wiihelmina
de KirKrgen, I charge you all, let the Baron's
carnage pass free." The baud was not sus
cepMble—the band demurred Puulailler knew
them. lie had appealed to their hearts in
vain—he now a; pealed to their pockets
" U' iitlem n !" lie resumed, " excuse my mo
meiiiury misconcept'on of your sentiments.—
Here is my one half share of the Marquis
Petrueci's property. It 1 divide it among you,
will you let ihe carriage pass free The t.ana
ktiew the value of money, and accepted the
terrus Poulailler ru-hed hack up tin hill,
and arrived at the top just in time to hand the
voung ladies into the carriage "Charming
inan !"said t'-e wliltc M'ilheliuina to the brown
Frederica, as they drove off Innocent ronl !
what would she have said if she had Uuown
that her personal attractions had s ved her
lather's profierty ? Was she ever to see the
cnarniing man again ? Yes : she was too see
Irim the next iia>—und, more than that. Fate
was hereafter to ln.k her fast to the robber's
life and tbe robber's doom.
Confiding the direction of the band to his
first in utenaiits, Poulailler followed tiie car
riage on Imrsetrnek. and a c rtained tin* place
of ttie Baroc's residence that The text
m .ruing a su: ciLlv dressed stranger knocked
at the door. " What name, sir?" said the
servant "The M iiqnis Petrucci. of Sienna,"
iiq.litd Pouleiller " How are tiie young ladies
efttr their journey ?" Tne Marquis was shewn
in, and introduced to the Baron. The B >ron
w is naturally delighted to receive a brother
noblem an—Miss Wiihelmina was modestly
l.spy te >ee the charming rain again Mi?s
F red erica vos affe.'i i-mately pleased on her
sistei's i.ccoiiiit. Not being ola d sposi ion to
lose time where his affections were concerned,
1' m!ai!lcr expressed his sentiments to the be
-1 ived object that evening The next morning
he it ad an interview with the Baron, at which
he produced the papers proving him to be the
Mirquis. N ithn.g c >e:d be mcre€atisfa<ztory
to tiie tuind of the anxious Tiie two
noblemen embraced. They were still engaged
in the m'erestii g interview, when a second
strariger knocked at the dco . " What nam-*,
-ir ?" s.rid Hie servant. " The Marquis Pe
trceci, of Sienna," replied the stranger. " Im
|H>sib|e !" said the servant; "his lordship ia
now iu the house." 4 Show me in, seroundrel,
cried the vi.-itor. The servant subm '.ted, and
rite two Marquises siood face to face. Pon
iailier's eouip urc was not shaken in the leu.t;
ho bad eoure tir-r to the house, and be had got
the pajer-. " You are the villain who robbed
ine!'" ci led the true Petrucci. " You ure drunk,
mad, or aa impostor,'' letorted tiie false Pe
trucci "Send to Florence, where I aru
k iowii," exclatnied one of the M irquises,
aposttopliiziuz tiie Bnoil " Send to Florence
tv ail means," echoed the other, addressing
himself to the Baron also. "Gentlemen," re
pi eti tho noble Knbergcn, "I will do myself
ihe honor to uke your advice j"aud sent 10
Florel.ee accordingly.
Before the uitsseng.r had advanced ten
n ties 0:1 his j inrney Ponluilier baJ said two
words ID private lo the sirscaptibie \V ilhelmi
iii), and llie pair eloj>e<i froiu the baronial res
ifit-ciee that night. Once more the subject of !
memoir crossed the frontier and reentered
France. I ndiffereut to the attractions of rural
life, tie forthwith established himself with the
beloved object in I'aris. In thai superb city
he met with his strangest adventures, perform
ed bis boldest achievements, committed hi*
most prod gious robberies, and, iu u word, did
himself aud h;s infernal patron the fudest
jns'ice.
Once es'aWishid in the French metropolis,
PoulaiHer planned and executed that vast sys
t?in of perpetual rohbery aud occasional homi
cide. which made him the terror and astonish
ment of all Paris. In doors, as well as ou',
nis good fortune befriended hiui. No domes
tic anxieties harassed his mind aud diverted
iicu from the pursuit of his distinguished pub
ic career ine attachment of the charming
creature, with vrlroin he had eloped from Ger
many. survived the discovery that the Marquis
Petrucci was PoulaiHer, the robber. True to
the man of her choice, the devoted Wilhelmi
ua shared his fortunes and kept his house.—
And why rot, if she loved him?—in the name
of Cupid, why not ?
J aiued by picked men from his German fol
lowers, and by new recruits gathered together
in Paris, Poulailier uow set society and its
safeguards at flit defiance. Cartouche hiui
self was his inferior in audacity and cunninir.
In course ot time the'whole city was panic
stricken by the new robber and his band—the
very Boulevards were deserted after nightfall.
Monsieur Herault, leutenant of rTie-pobcn ot
the period, in despair of laying hands
la;UtT by any other rneaus, at last offer*d a
reward of a hundred pistole* aud a place in his
I office worth two thousand livrts a year to any
one who woold apprehend the robber alive
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH.
The bills were posted all over Paris—and, the
next morning, they produced the very last re
sult in the world which the lieuteuaut of police
cojld have anticipated.
While Monsieur Herault was at breakfast
in his study, the Count de Villeneuve was an
nounced as wishing to speak to him. Knowing
the Count by name only, as belonging to an
ancient family iu Provence, or iu Langnedoc,
Monsieus Herault ordered him to be showu in.
A perfect geutlemau appeared, dressed with
an admirable mixture of magnificence aud good
laste. " 1 have something for your private
rar, Sir," said the Couut. " Will you give
orders that no one most be allowed to disturb
us?" Monsieur Herault gave the orders
' May 1 inquire, Count, what your business
is ?" lie asked, when the door was closed.—
"To earn the reward you offered for taking
Poulailler," answered the Count. " 1 am I'ou
iailier." .Before Monsieur Herault could open
his lips the robbei produced a pretty little
dagger and some rose-colored silk cord "The
point, of this dagger is |>oisoued," he observed;
aud one scratch with it, my dear Sir, would
be the death of you." With Unse words, Pou
lailler gagged the lieutenant ot police, bound
liiiu to bis chair with the rose colored cord,
lightened ins wilting de>k of one thousand pis
ton's. "i'ii take the money down, instead of
taking the place in the office which you kind
ly offer," said Poulailler. " Don't trouble your
so if to see me to the door. Good morning I
A few weeks later, while Monsieur Herault
was still the popuiar subject of ridicule
throughout Paris, bn-:uess look Poulailler on
the load to L.iie and Cauibrai. Tiie o ,y in
side passenger iu the coach besides himself was ,
the uu rabie Dean Pot er, ol Brussels. Tney
fell into iu.'k oii the one interesting subject Ol ;
the time —not ihe weather, but Poulailler. —
" It's a disgrace, S.r, to the police," Said the
Dean, " that such a uiis reant is still at large.
1 shall be ittuniii.g to Palis by this road, iu
ten days' time, and I shad can on Monsieur
Herault to suggest a plan of my own for
catching the scoundrel. " May 1 u.-k what it
is?" sa.i Poulailler. "Excuse me," replied
ttie Dean, "von urea stranaer, S.r—ami,
uioreovL l w.sh to keep tiie merit ot suggest
ing ihe plan to myself.' "Do you think the
lienienaut of police will see you asked Pou
i-.iii.er ; " he is not accessible to strangers since
the miscreant you speak ot played Inm thai
trick at bis uw u bivakiast table." "He will
see D an PotUr, of Brussels," was the reply,
dt i;\ere<l with the slightest possible tinge of
off. nded dignity. "Oh, unquestiotia'*ly !"
sid i'ouiaille-r—"pray pardon me" " Wil
lingiy, Btr,' said the D...ll—and the conversa
tion flowed into other channels.
N.ue d ys I iter tiie wuu ided pride of Mon
sieur Heiunit wus soothed ' y a ve v renmika
ble letter. Iw is signed !>v one of Poulailler's
baud, woo offered htuiself as King's evidence,
in the hope of obtaining a pardon. The let
ter stated that tiie venerable Dean Po.'.tr
had been waylaid and murdered by Poulailler,
and that the reLL.r, with his customary aa
duc.ty, was about to reenter Paris by the
Lisle (.ouch the next day, disguised in the
Dean's own clothes, and furnished with the
Dean's own papers. Monsieur Herault took
h.s piccaul ous Without losing a lu j.u-nt
Picked ui'-n were stationed, with their orders,
at the furrier through which coach must
p. 81 to enter Palis ; w i.ile the lieutenant
of tho polieoe waifeei at liis ofiiee, iu the
company of two Fiench geutlcuieu who
could sp.uk to the Dean's i leu i'.y.iu the event
of Poulailler's impudently persisting in the as
sumption of Ins victim's name. At the op
pointed hour the coach upjwarid, aud out of
u got a man in the Dean's custume He was
arrested iu spite et his protestations : the pa
pt rs of the murdered Potter were found on
him, and lie w as dragged off to the police office
in triumph. The door opened, and the posse
eocmatus entered with the prisoner. lustaul-
ly ihe two witnesses burst oat with a try of
recognition, arid indignantly on the lieuteuaut
of |mi ice. " G-'acious Heaven, Sir, what have
you done ?"' they exclaimed in horror ; " this
is net Poulailler—here is our vein ruble friend;
here is the Dean himself ?" At thu same mo
ment u servant entered with a letter. " Dean
Potter. To the care of Monsieur Herault,
L'eiilei.aat of IV.' ce.' The letter was exp e-s
--ed i 1 tbt.-e words : '• Yenerable Sir, — Profit
bv the lesson I have given you. Be a Chr s
tiau for the ftr.ure, and never again try to in
jure a man uaies- ho tries to iajarc you. En
iirel/ yours, Poola ller."
Tuese facts of cool audacity were matched
by others, in which his generosity to the sex
asserttd itself as magnanimously as ever.
Hearing, day, that large sa lis of money
were kept in the house of a great ladv, one
Madame de Brieune,whose door was guarded,
in anticipation of a v.sit from it e faioo :s thief,
bv x poner of approved irust-wortbiuess aud
courage, Poaiailier undertook to rob her in
*pite of her precautions, and succeeded. With
a stout pair of leather straps and buckles in
his pocket, aud with two of his band, disguised
as a cotchmuu and footiaan.be followed Mad
ami; de Brienne one night to the theatre. Just
before the close of the perioaiancc the iudy's
coachman and footman were tempted away
for live minutes by Ponlailler's disguised sub
ordinates to have a glass of wine. No attempt
was made to detain them, or to drug their liq
nor. Bar, in their absence, PoulaiHer had
slipped under the carriage,had hnng his leath
er straps round the pole—one to hold by, and
one to support his feet —and, with these sim
ple prepara ions, was now ready to await lor
events. M idatne de Brienne entered the
carriage—lite .ootman got up behind—Pou
laiHer hang himself boruoatally onder the
pole, and ws driving home with them, under
these singular circumstances. He was strong
enough to k-ep his position, after the carriage
had tieen taken into the coach house ; and he
only left it when the doors were lockea for the
niiht. Provided with food beforehand, he
waned patiently, hidden in the coach-house,
for two day* and nights, watching his opportu
nity of getting into Madame de Bricane's
boudoir
Ou the third uight the lady went to a grand
I bill —the servants relaied in tbeir vigifaocc
44 REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER."
while he" back was turned—and Foulailler
slipped into the room. He found two thous
and louis d'ors, which was nothing like the
suui he expected ; and a pocket-book, w kich
he took away with him to open at borne. It
contained some stock-warreuts for a compara
tively trifliug amount. Poulailler was far too
well off to care about taking them, aud far too
polite, where a lady was concerned, not to
send them back again, under those circum
stauces. Accordingly, Madame de Brieone
received her warrants with a uote of upclogy
from the polite thief. "Pray excuse my visit
to your charming boudoir," wrote Poulailler,
" iu consideration of the false reports of your
wealth, which alone iuduced me to enter it
If 1 had of knowu what your pecuniary cir
cumstances really were, ou the honor of a gen
tleman, Madame, I should have been incapa
ble of robbing you I can not return your
two thousand louis d'ors by post, as I return
your warrants. But if you ure at ail pressed
tor money in future, I shall be proud to us'sist
so distinguished a ladv by ieudiug her, from
nay own ample resources, double the sum of
which I regret to have deprived her on the
present occasion."
On another occasion Poulailler was out one
night taking the air aud watching his oppor
tunities ou the roofs of his houses, a member
of the bautilUbeiug posted in the street beiow
to assist luiu iu case of necessity. While iu
this position, sobs aud groans proceeded from
an open back garret window caught his ear.—
A parapet before the window, which ena
bled him to cliai'i down auJ look iu. Starv
ing children surrounding u helpless mother,
and clamoring fur food, was thu picture that
•net h s eye. Tae moih :r wus young aud
bc-au'iful ; and Pouloilier's btiLd impulsively
clutched his purse, as a uecessary consequence
Before the charitable tbh-f could enter by the
window u cjiu rushed in by the door, wiik a
face uf horror, ai.d ca>t a handful of gold into
the lovely mother's lap. "My honor i> iron?,'
he cried, "but our ch Idren arc saved ! L.sten
to ci: cuiu.-tances. I met a man iu the street
below ; he was tall and thin ; he bad a green
patch over one eye; he was looking up suspi
ciously ut this house, apparently waiting for
somebody. I liiouMit of you— l thought of
the children—l 6ciz:d the su.-picious stranger
by ihe collar. Terror overwhelmed him on
tiie spot. ' T ike my watch, my niouey, and
my two valuable suuff i>ox> s,' he said ' but
spare my life.' I took them'' " Xoble
hearted mau !"'cried Pouiailler, appearing at
the window. The husband starte . ; the w.'c
screamed ; the children hid them>elves. "Let
me entreat you to be composed," continued
Pouliailer. " Sir, I enter on the scene lor the
p-opose of soothing your uneasy condition. —
From jour vivid je-criptiou I recognizo the
man whose property is now in your w.ij's lap.
Re-utae your mental trauqudity You have
robbed a robber—iu other words, you have
vindicated society. Accept my congratu'ia
lions on your restored innocence. The misra
ble coward whose collar you seized is one of
Poulailler's band. He has io.-t his stolen
pri ; u'ty as the lit puuiaiunent for his u -grace
;u want of spirit " " Who are vou ?" ex
claimed the husband. "I am Poulailler," re
plied the ..lustrums m:.n with the simplicity of
an ancient hero. " Take this purae, and set
up iu business with the contents. There i a
prejudice, sir, in favor of honesty. Give that
prejudice a chance. Tuere was a time when
I felt it myself ; I regret to fell it no longer.
L'ndvr all varieties of uii>fortuue an honest
man has his consolation still left. Where is
it lelt ? Here!" He struck his hes.rt--and
the lumily feci on their knees before him.—
" Benefactor of your species cried the hus
baa J, " how can I show my gra ituic ?'—
" You can permit me to kiss the nan! of
Madame," answered Poaiai ler. Madame start
ed to her feet and embraced tuc generous
stranger. " What else can Ido V exclaimed
this lovely woman, eagerly, " oh. Heaven !
what else ?" " You can beg yoar husband
to iight tne down stairs," tepiitu Foulailler.—
He spok, pressed the r hauds, dropped a gen
erous tear, and departed
The last auecdole closes the record of Poo
Iti ler s career in ParD. The lighter and more
agreeaiile aspects of that career have hitherto
beeu designedly presented in discreet remem
brance of the contrast which the tragic side of
the picture must now present. Comedy and
Sentiments twin sisters of French extraction,
farewell. Horror eaters uext oa the aUge.aufl
enters welcomed.
Tne nature of Poul&iiler'a more serious
achievement* in the art of robbery inuy be real
iz j d by reference fo oae terrible fact. In the
police records of the period m.re thaa oae
hu idr;d and Sity men and woman are reconed
up as haviug met their deaths at the hands
of Poulailler ai.d his band. It was not the
practice of this formidable robber to take
life as well as property, unless life happened
to stand directly iu his way ; in which case he
immediately swept off the obstacle without
.hesitation and without remorso. His deadly
determination to rob, which was thus frit by
the population in general, was ma ched by his
deaoly deiermiuatijn to be obeyed, which was
felt by his followers iu particular. Oae of
the : r rummer, for example, having withdraw
from his allegiance, and having afterward at
tempted to betray his leader, was tracked to
lis litding place ID a cellar, AND was there wail
ed up alive.
To attempt the arrest of such a man as this
by tampering with his followers was impossi
! ble. If he h<*d unconsciously paved the way
I to his own capture, first by eloping with Mad
i e moist lie Wnhelmiua de K.rbergen, and sec
ondly by maltreating ber.it is more than donbt
| ful whether the long arm of the law would tv
er have reachec far enough to fasten its grasp
on hun. As it was, the extremes of love and
hatred mei at last in the bosom of the devoted
Wilbclmina ; and the vengeance of a neglect
ed wonan accomplished what the whole police
force of Paris had been powerless to achieve.
Poulailler, t.erer facosfor the constancy of
his attachments, had wearied at an earlv peri
od of the companion of his flight from Ger
o-acy—bat Wilbelmiaa was one of those woo
es wboaa affections,ooe aroawd will not take
no for an answer. She persisted 4 in attaching
herself to a man who had ceased to love her.
Poulai ier's patience became exhausted ; he
tried twice to rid himself of his unhappy mis
tress —ouee by the knife aud once by poison
—aud failed on both occasions. For the
third and last time, byway of attempting an
experiment of another kind, he established a
rival to drive the German woman out of the
house. From that moment his fate was sealed-
Maddened Ly jealous rage, Wiihelmina cast
tbo las; fragments of her fondness to the winds.
She secretly communicated with the police--
and Poulailler met his doom.
A uight wa9 appointed with the authorities
aud the robber was invited by bis discarded
mistress to a farewell iuterview. His contempt
uous confidence in her fidelity reudered him
careless of his customary precaution. He ac
cepted the appointment ; and the two supped
together, ou the understanding that tbey were
henceforth to be friends, and nothing more.—
Towards the close of the meal Poulaiiier was
startled by a ghastly change iu the face of his
companion.
" What is wrong with you ?" he asked.
" A mere trifle," she auswered, looking at
her glass of wiue. " I can't be p loviug you
stii!,badly as you hure treated me. Foa are a
dead man, PauJailler—and I shall not survive
you."
Tan robber started to Lis feet, aud seized a
knife ou the table.
" You have poisoued ine !" ha exclaimed.
" No," she replied. "Poison is my ven
geance on mvselt —not tny vengeaDce on you.
You will rise from this table as you sat down
to it. But your evening will be finished iu
prison ; aud your life will be ended ou the
Wheel.
As she spoke tlie words the Joor was burst
open by the police, and Poulailier was secured.
Tfte same night the poison did its fatal work ;
and Js mistress made atonement with her life
for the first aud last act of treachery which
had revenged her ou the man she loved.
Oaee sately lodged iu the bauds of justice,
the robber tried to caiu time to escape iu by
promising to make important disclosures.—
Toe manoeuvre availed him nothing. Iu those
days the Laws or the Laud baJ not yet made
acquaintance with the Laws of Humanity.—
Poulailier was put to the torture—was suffer
ed to recover—was publicly brokeu ou the
\V L<_ e I—a id was taken off it a! r.- o bacast
into a olazing fire. By those murderous means
Society rid itsell of a murderous mau, and the
idlers ou the Boulevards took their eveuiug
stroll agaiu iu recovered security.
Hoits AND WIFE OX SATURDAY. — Happy is
the man w ho has a little Lome aud a littie au
gel iu it ou a Saturday night. A house, no
matter how small, provided it will hoid two or
so—no matter Low it is furnished, provided
there is hope in it ; let the winds blow—close
the curtains !
What if they are calico, or plain, without
border or tassel, or any such thing? Let the
rain come down —heap up the fire. No mat
ter if you have no candle to bless yourself with
for what a beautiful light plowing coals make,
reddening, clouding, sheding sunset rudience
through the little room ; just enough to talk
by ; not loud, as iu the highways ; not rapid
as in the hurrying world—but softly, slowly,
whisperiugly, with pauses between them, for
the storm without and the thoughts wilbio to
ti;! up.
Then wheel the sofa rouad before tie fire—
no matter if the sofa is a settee, and uacush
ioned at that—if so, may it be jast long
enough for two, or say two ai.a a little one.—
How sweet the music of stiver bells from tima
to time, falls on the listening ear then. How
mouufuily swells the chim.s cf " the days that
are no more."
Under these circnmstances, and at such a
time, one cuu get at least sixty-nine and a
half miles nearer " kingdom come" than any
ether point iu this world laid down in " Malt
Brua."
STRONG ARGUMENT VS. STRONG BUTTER.—
' Why is it my sou, that when you drop your
bread aud butter it is always the Latter side
down V'
" I don't knew. It hadn't orler, bad it ?
The strongest side ought to be up, aud this is
the strongest butter 1 have ever seen."
" Hush up ; i.'s some of your aunt's churn- 1
iog."
" Did she churn it ? the great lazy thing."
" What, your aunt ?"
" No, this here butter To make that poor
old woman chcra it, when its strong enough to
churn itself."
" Hush, Zeb. I've eat a great deal worse in
the most aristocratic houses."
" Well, people of rank onght to eat it."
" Why people of rank ?"
" Cause it's rank butter."
" You varmint you ! what makes yoa talk
so smart f"
" Cause the batter has taken the skia off
my tongue.'
" Zeb, doa't lie ! I can't throw away the
butter."
" 1 11 tell you, ma. what I would do with it.
Keep it to draw blisters. Yoa ought to see
the files keel ever es 60oa as they touch it."
" Zeb, doa't aggregate ; but here is a quar
ter, go to the store aud buy a poaod of fresh
batter." ?
fgr An Englishman and Yankee being in a
promiscoous company, the latter was so reach
strack with some bold air sang by the former,
that he asked the name of it.
' Oh, nothing but the tune the old cow died
on,' was the response
The'YarTkee struck np Yankee doodle.
* What is that V asked his companion.
' That is the tune old bull died on I' was the
prompt reply. No farther questions were
asked.
ty Good nature, like a bee, collects its
honey from every herb. 11l natare, like a
spider, socks pofsoc from tbe sweetest flower
VOL. XXII. KTO. 45.
Atrocities of tlie Indian*!.
Ad eye witness of tbe battle of Pea Ridge
writes as follows i
Tbe Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek s.nd Semi
nole Indians, of whom some three thousand
were engaged iu the battle, under tbe command
of Col. Albert Pike, a Northern man, who de
serves, and will doubtless receive, eternal infa
my from his efforts to induce a horde of sava
ges to butcher brave men who had taken up
arms to prevent the subversion of the Re
public—repeated tbe outrages open civilized
warfare, aud the shocking barbarities with
which our early history has made us familiar.
Scalpiog and robbing were, us of yore, their
favorite pastime. Tbey plundered every wound
ed, dying aud dead Unionist tbey could had,
and very frequently murdered those they dis
covered so badly hurt as to be incapable of of
fering resistance.
Thesavajes indeed seemed demonized, and
it is said the Rebels did everything in their
power to excite them to frenzy, giving them
large quantities of whisky and gunpowder a
few minutes previous to the commence of hos
tilities.
The appearance of some of the besotted sa
vages was fearful. They lost their sense of
caution aud fear, aed ran with long knives
against large odds, and fell pierced by dozens
of bullets. With bloody hands and garments,
with glittering eyes and horrid scowls, they rag
ed about the held with terrible yells, aud so
often frightened some of our soldiers for a few
secouds as to escape the fate that saould have
befallen every one of tiieir number.
It appears the Rebels suffered from their
abonginai associates nearly as much as the
Unionists themselves, and in a manner they
could have least expected.
The Secessionists overcharged their dusky
machines, and when they were fired, the truly
guilty suffered from the recoil.
Tbe Indians iu the midst of the excitement
and under the stimulous of their burning pota
tions became frenzied, lost to every sense but
that of slaughter.
Frieud and foe were alike to them ; tbey
fired at the nearest mark, aid their long knives
indiscriminately fell upon all within their
reach. For more than twelve hours they con
tinued this impartial warfare, killing and
wounding more of the Missouri and Arkansas
troops, it is believed, that they did of ours.
On Saturday morning a body of 300 or 400
Indians were discovered on the north side of
Sugar Creek, below the curve of a hill, firing
from thick clusters of a post-oaks into three
or four companies of Arkansas soldiers, march
ing iu McCulloch's Division toward the upper
part of the ridge. The Major of the battalion
seeiDg this, haiiowed cut to them that they
were firing upon their own friends, and placed
his white handkerchief on his sword and waved
it iu the air.
The Indians either did not see or did not
care for tbe symbol of truee ; but poured two
volic-ys, into the Arkansas killing among oth
ers the Major himself. Tae presumption then
was that the Cheiokees had tcrned traitors,
i and the secessiou soldiers were immediately
; £ uered to charge upon them. They did so,
and for an Lour a terrible fight ensued among
the oaks between them and tbeir late savage
allies ia which it is stated some 250 were kill
ed and wounded on both sides. The Indians
suffered severely, as they were driven trorn
their hiding places, aud shot and butchered
without mlrey A person who witnessed this
part of the fight says it was the most bloody
and desperate that occurred on tbe field—be
ing conducted with tbe most reckless and bru
tal energy by the two parties, (ff whom it wo'd
be difficult to say which was the mere barbcr-
OQ3.
DT-RERATION, NOT CounAGß.—-Plntareh re
lates an anecdote of a soldier of Aniigoons,
remarkable for bravery, bat vtl* bad an au
heakhy appearance. On a Ct sut of bia cour
age, Actigorus put bi / a charge of his owa
phjsici&D, who succeed in coring the disease j
but the character l be soldier became entire
ly changed, be no longer exhibited bia
former br^ Cl 7- This being observed, and the
reason &*ked, be said that be was made lew
boXi by being relieved from misery, oy which
bis life was made hateful to bim. The story
mav be fabulous, but something analogous has
doubtless fallen under the observation of every
one. The bold and adventurous are geoerally
tlose who have suffering- of raind or body.—
0 :r thoughts revert to Wolf?, wasted and al
most dying with dysentery at the time of hit
desperate bat successful attack upoa Quebec ;
to Nelson, at Trafalgar, mutilated in former
encounters with the enemy, having bat a sia
gie arm and eye, and now seeking only for a
glorious death.
AN* ERRRAORMSART CASS—A correspond
ent of a Boston paper, describing the ceupa
tion of the rebel batteries at Cockpit Point,
says :
" Among the meu left behind by the rebels,
was ore who c'aimed to be a Union man, and
that because he refused to accompany tbem to
Richmond, they bad threatened to handcuff
him, when he deliberately took out a raiof and
cut bis tbroat. This necessitated his being
left; and having been called apen by onr As
sistant Surgeon, Dr. Monroe, he freely told
too circimstanbes to him, claiming to be a
Union mm, and entitled to Union protection
Thousands are willing to cat the throat# of
! their enemies for the Union, but very few, we
imagine, carry their attaefcmeut so far as to
1 cut their own'. Tne man, with good care, will
undoubtedly recover."
pgp" A fine ould Irish gentleman,"at Lynn,
who did not oyrn a Sag, wishing to clebrata
the Union victories, hong oat a bkte shirt and
a white one, together " wii the oold woman'a
red petticoat," saving, " Be jantre, I'll have
the imblems otil any how
tOT He's a wise asan who when be is well
off, ran keap f&