MI 0 ■ CHARLES F. READ &-'H. H. I:RAZIEIL-EDItORS. oef's :.~ofri~esr;.s Prom the Na tionak Era. A SONG, -. witianzi TO THk TRIOIONT CLUBS. Denesih thi skies, Noveniber Ittfekies of loud , and raiu, Around our blazing Caimp-firei • We doss etch ranksagain. '('hen sound aptin the bogies, • Call the battle-roll aneir ; If months have *relf-nigh won the field, What in k y not four years ,do P,or God be pram New'England .Takes once nisite her ancient place ; . Again the'Pdern's banner ''leads the #anguard of the race. ~ 'Then i.Ound again the bugles, - Cat the battle-roll anew! llfp_ontbs hare-well ! pigh won the field, . What may four years do° Along the lordly lludion, A shout of triumph breaks; The Empire State Is speaking, From the ocean to the lakes. Then sound again the bugles, Call the bittle=roll anew ; mon.ths. have Well-nigh won the field, 'What may tout years do? The northern hills are blazing, The Northern skies are bright; Ind rthe fair riling West is turning Her forehead to the light! Then sound ag4n the bugles, Call the battlEkell anew ; If months ba*Nrell-nigh won the field, What may. nos four years do 11. !Push every outpost nearer, ' Press hard the hostile towers: Another Halaidava, And the MaLskotr is-ours! - Then sound again the bugles, "Call the battle-roll anew ; . . If months have well-nigh won the field, What may not four Pears do?_ Byt keep the, same old banner,. For better none can be ; Paas on the same old watchyord: FIMAIONT AND ViCTORYI And sound again - the bugle Call the battle-roll anew►; ; ! ;If months hare well-nigh won the fielo, What may not four years - do froh) LETTER PROM THE REV. 4. L. LYONS. DirmA, Aug. 80, 1556. DRAtt PARix-Ts :—lt has been 'Henry's prae: tiee to Send borne from time to time his jour nsl-of events that triinspire . .in our little circle, bit this morning he started off it( company ,lith Mr. Benton and Mr. Aiken, to be absent i day, whit; shall Ido r But," I asked, "is ,three weeks in Whamdun end' ..k - heih, so that ‘ Lit true that you:eat up every piaster you e:irn?" for the time being the business ofkeepihg up [ ~ yes," he answered," every piaster." " But" t h e record of our affairs in Dusaii, will de : added 1., ..'-you haveagood rubeiand pantaloOns, voice' upon me. . and tarboo:th aficr - s - tockingq, and shoes, and a Last Tilisday.(the 2Gth,),wearrived safe- I pipe, where did you, get the moneffor all ly from our flip to the Cedars of LebanOnl thes=e?" tpcm this the people broke out in and. Ballet, Hehry sent home a letter the i ' 'to a laugh;' and we changed the ,subject: ' , - ' ' 1 same day, in which I put, afeiv lines for you.; We usually have our Sabbath evening fain , A 4 be intends to write a fullaecount. of our 1 By worship at eunset, but there were .persons late interesting excursion, I need not under- in, and they gave us no chance even toe4t take to give you a description of it here, our 'supper alone, but sat by and looked on Oa Wednsday. (the 27 7 th) we received as they frequently do; and ,fter supper quite % your letters of July 156. They gave us alw - 'h t a number Of others came in, and itheM great deal of pleasure, and •did use great deal- our ArabiC teacher. Beinkpretty well tired 'tofgeod. We' were rejoiced to hear of the out, I gave the teacher a testament and told' i safe arrival of our bOxes from Syria, and the him to read and talk to the, people, which he siitifaction you took in opening them and ex- did until after 8 o'clock; when, to our relief, lubiting the contents. There were some oth-1 they all trade us good evening and left. Thns er things;which we intended to have sencbut 1 from eight in the morning till eight at night, which were omitted in the hurry of getting 1 I bave been pretty fully occupied, with scarce the box ready in time to go with Mrs. Whit- i 1 3 , a moment's .time for private reading or . lag. meditation. All our Sabbaths are not so ful- Day hero% yesterday, Mr. Benton, from ly . taken iip as - this has been, but frequently Blamdua, (three days_journey - from us,) and 'the Sabbath is the most laborions day in the Mr. Aiken,"now residing in Ab e il4' arrived week, and God grant it may prove the most ateur house. We were heartily glad to see i useful. ' . . them, as w e had seen none of our missionary i MONDAY, o ~_. r. PTEII Today DER I.daY corrirnenc frienqs for many long weeks. The} remained ed translating nn Arabic grammer, and writ with us all day yesterday, and this morning ing it out into English. A. young man ap leftas,, taking Henry with ihent T he y are `plied to me to teach school under our super- going a round about war, so as to spend the vision'. Found hreoeld read and write tol- I Sahhelh at the Cedars of Lebanon, and will eraely well, and then asked him a few ques- - d Irbably reach whial an on Wednesday' Lions, My first question %rasa poser for him. i nest. . . It was this, "Suppose I bey eight rattles of SABDATI/ DAY, Aug. 31. - ---now different figs for fifly-six piasters, how Much a rattle l" , from - the Sabbathstat hame I Here the pets ; He .thoughtof the matter a long time, and at 1 pie regard thii *et day of the week es* feast last answered,: " Perhapi it would come to ,1 stay "I some off': them wads, bet. the moat 0 -- 'seven and a half or seven , and a quarter pias- , 1 .thern spend the day in visiting from house to tens a rattle' I found , however, he knew 'hoille- • We "DOM" have throngs of v i e- . , more than the majority of the people; and' Altars on.the Sabbath. We endeavor to di - after seeing more of him ,perhaps shall em 'tree*, the ,4xinversation to suitable rsubjeets in ploy him, for we are quite desirous of open- Order that thetime may not be spent profit- l ug a school here, that we may benefit _the Imlay, and frequently sing for them some of 1 children and get, a stronger hold upon the pee our sweet 'familiar hymns, accompanied by : pi e , • 6 :.the melodeon.. Sometime*, after two or three, .. ' This evening, before dark, took a walk with . limin canvilon in Akralic., I find myself one of the neighbors through his vineyard, and .almost exhausted. Henri, however, is get , ate ourfill of splendid grapes, besides ;bring -04 as fir along, as to be ..of great assistance I lug .a load home. The People are very gen . . . l t me intbinres P ect. I hePe before th e ( ''''' se erous in their present of grapes and figs 4.k.e. *lithe year he will be able to help me in our Scarcely a day passes 'without our visiting .istehbath services, Today the people began some of their vineyards, or receiving a basket to come in abort 8 o'clock, as usual. i talk of fruit from some kind neighbor: / _ocf wit - Ethan:till about ten, our time for ser- . - ' , an d p l ay e d and sirg some ' . TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER - 2.—Today my bun d then ' hymns Eva nvieg!;9lleeted4eite an audience, I read to gs eat from the thinichapter of John. Then *, " dle of papers arrived; (Tribunes eel eelists ) a •week or more behind the time. i read the papers thoroughly, and stn well post-' them 'a senrwin of about half an hour's _ ett on all public afrairs at home. AS I read • Ilength, from Eok. 2: 8,9, "For by grace • ' \ . .__. t of the awful outrages aud wrongs perpetrated, J• ye•taved, thrugh faith ; and that tiot-of . . • • a• • t • , t .t._ gift of God .Kansas an ant ' ',yourselves; it is me .. grants Irom the North; it almost makes my .works lest any man should ixolit." I chose .' • . - . blood boil within to y veins. I tremble for this text for the reason that the . peoPle bere t. , , . 1 • , . . thef ture Of my country. Give a burro from I liming for the most • part nominal christian - s - u home, I do me for Fremont. If I were at 'f(members of the Greek and Greek •Cathelic . knownot.b that I. should feel it my ' : ' duty to i , nhurches,) place great reliance on good works, - ive t, i; les a meani-of salvation,. My discour s e con. p sen for Fremont week days: ~ anti -slavery sermons nunaitys, and kliStibil Of three pacts,in 'which I endeavored electioneer to tat. , That salvation Is by works. srnell:€l4 air," At sunset took a walk to "le. , ‘ - , L-• 2all: That sa i va t i . o - a i s a ll of grac e , t h e j ut of as the Arabs say, with MY teacher. '. The a , I .- Go& 'lid; That it is - to be obtained only'by mate;is ..deligh tful;..l . . Tb i. e1m0t 13 ,.. _ ' etef ,, 74 f' 'deg. alll a think - it " lit Tarim WOUMUIit AV degrees true faith In, Christ. „- That, all our goo ~ , mar. ; ' ' - - L . I witluP, PtiTers and fisting will never - save *a m . , 1 • r , I ns, not will avail, withouti sirfoere faith • Seruariar, 4fth.---Visited '' a pOottalek wo : i' l and trnit'in Christ thconly Saviour., rnga WANT... 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[ J .1. ,41 ~... •'. .• ....• ~,,.., ....., .„..,.....•..... ..:;, . ... ~. .:..„, ...,.. ~ ..•,,......,.....,,•.,,....... ..__..... .. , . . .1 7 • • !', • • ' • •• . . - . .• . . . . : 1 • • '4." . ..! - . . • ••. . • • . • . . . . . ••. i . . .. .1 - 4i. - ; • • . . ••• .. . . ~ . . 1 . • • . ... . .. . . . 4 After our sefviceS, most of the men went nut,:and,Katy - Jed the women and children . into our "otherrtoOm,• and there tried to en lighten their pOor darkened minas in festakt to - the greatAinthi . of. the gospel, in the Meantime, tl*yed the opportunity to read a few pages in - the very • interesting meinoirs of Dr. Judsou. • 1n the afternoon there were more-in than in the,forenoar, I agiin took up the subje - at; Of the morning. ..Tried to explain' to .them what it was to truat in Christ, used the illus tration an boy in • a burning house; : calling from the window to his father below to save him, he -father says, " throw yeniself into ;my arms audi will sake you." The.boy fears, trembles and hesitates, but at.lasz, seeing he is about to be devoured,bythe flames; throws himself - into his father's arms, and is saved.--;- 1. told them, if they would:eseage the fires ..of hell, those (fatties that are never . ,qttenclied, :they must throw thimselves into the arms Of Christ.: ,They were verynttentive,*nd Seem- ea- much'interested. 0 that_the' truth might take hold upon 'their hearts ! Towards the close of the afternoon, .a well dressed man came in,' apparently on • purpose •to ask ques tions, and cavil, and hear himself talk, forme have such Men among the Arabs as well as among other', people., He began by, asking if it was ever right to tell a lie, 'saying :he had not seen a map in I five year. who +,could give him an answer.--:-- , We'conversed Upon the subje arshorttime, and then.he broke out ina strain " Hew- Pdji, you think it is ever right to work • Sunday ?" replied,. " unless in a case of great necessity." `" But see;" said. he,l " that man out in the vineyard-there; heti -Works Sunday." " Yes," said 1, " a great) many of this geOple profess to love. God andl vet break his il l olf,cominandments. I would:, say tothein, a*John the Baptist said to just( such„people "O ye 'generation ofl is ahocrs, echo , bath warned you to flee from the!•l wrath to come bring forth therefore fruitsl meet for repentence." :My Atrab friend re,-: lEEE maned in an': under tone to tine at his side " : Hear him quote scripture in Arabic," and, then turning to me said, Howadji, I have five Berson, in my family. earn four piasters adaY, and we eat four piasters worth, every day, so we eat just all 1, earn, and . when. Saturday .night comes' I have nothing fur Sun'. WWl= 66 FP[kiEDCA ling on her breast, and will In t probably live long.' I talked with her aboUt be Saviour and 'the heavenly land where' tier is no pain, or suffering, or death, but she se med too stupid to take much interest in t I said. She has a son of some 22 yearS • f age, an intel ligent young man for an Ara •, with. whom I have had considerable religi6 i s conversation. He is a member of, the Gree chureb. May 'God by his Holy Spirit brin_ him ton knowl edge of the truth. 'SABBATH, 7th.—This morn ;last:half Of the fifth . Chapter exained- the. meaning to th '',11 . 800 in .1 - ter class to-daY.,_ 'li the afternoon a large 9 tntistly women, merely fo. i Jrllwadji and Signora. Tp' 1: .. -, them, . (Katy assisting me,) I .: ifin 'English, and explained tc l!ittg, and what it is PecesSa6 f• order to reach the Happy - 1 !,explained some other hy.in'n it is now. 9 o'clock ithe Onitirs more you will b rattii ii l ly concert. 1-Towl wo id 1 little -While. ' .ti . Karl says - there werL for Itime in-our house, this aftel MONDAY, Stii.- - --Studied ai "ed preparing 'a sermon in text, " Cnme _unto me, tilt are heavy-laden and I will Advanced to the ISth ,page writing. the' Arabie.grammr ago I began making a. dice and Arabic Of the words in among the people. I have letter 0 in Engl,l4i and to bic. Our - huge lexiec: contains thousands which the people never, uq ink aboU t t. I .suppose die 1 great mass o the -people 6,900 words. As the pre to address the-learmid as ed, he is.compelled ti ach I than that or ordinary conti mons. Ile Must therefdi language.hetter than -the and if a word is not with explain,it. It is touch ti to our own language. T,,VISDAY, SEPTEMBER 91 ed Jetters frOn our Mit:: ic I 'rut and .A.beah. Letter 1 .. 1ie-is 'enjo,y . ing himself expect to see him the- fat Le Katy - has been at work 't i c stories.lof a-religious ella LintoArabie; to read to At sunset' took a wal in her vineyard, deseried " liotradji tqui hone, so we went :there and g figs we could eat and ea `WEDNESDAY, 1 0 th.— great'eal of company, day among the people ; off St. John the Baptist they ought not to 'feast St. John,. they haebet; An hour or two. before toqume in find gaveu tion.to.go to his house, clambered down the- litt Katy and and I, and and found a charming of the hill,'a little rill by Millberry - and 'fig. t -grape vines. While ton's figs a man came ing with me..about my went to America he w would go if 1 would p. nanimous 'man ! This 'cation of the kind I TtirliSDAY, 1 th. pen to wtite, 'an old . friendly nature knows We are here o his church, (the Gr: sprays on friendly t He comes in, takes . inquires about= the very' sociable; agrees been in once or twi is. I tell him. lam home. .He says, " I well," I reply, and ter. he has' written aboi.e. It reads th time of writing. Jot ma, sends you ver . ments.) • SEPTEMBER, Eith called on us to-day of his kind ; we bad a great many . q specimen. I had on the melodeon. Question.' ." Ho cost?"; Answer. "]?if Q. 4 Do you A. "Not parti. "Do You r Government r_ A. "No."- Q. " Fri? mwh 1" A. 4 "From k:.. people at home." (1, "How mu h do they 'send your A. " As much las I - Q. " How mu 4 h do you 'spend 7" more, and. sometimes A.. "Some ti m But kge - ?xxi to T - ripoli . l)ef *id says - be tea 05,.. TITURSDAY I .:NQVF:MBVIR 27 1 . Istr MONT ng took up the f Alattheti, and people. Katy • nraer . came in, isit and see the ed and sang.foi Happy Land," :them the mean for us to du in nd. Sang and vetting. In five tiding the month ka to be there a y persons at one noon. usual, commcnc Arabic 'front the k . 'e that labor and hive you fest"— translatimi and E r. A few weeks onary in English most common use - got as far as the D in writing the in Arabic and lof Arabic words le andknoti , nab vocabulary of 'the • scarcely contains' Leber howeVer has roll us the unlearn pt a higher style l ersation, in his Ser re understand thn ieopie thentieltres, -estood' be able to e same in respect, h,—Tu-day rawly , nary friends at Bei-. clso from Menry.— ;reatiy. We shall ir part of_ next week. 10-day in translating: . acte'r from English r class. Ili-, An old woman • -- us, and called out, uvradjj come here,') t all the.grapes and ry. away. I 0-day have, had a it been a feast the " feast of cutting s head:" I tell them 1 over the murder of ler fast and groan.— •undown the old Doc ail a cordial inv . ita and eat fig% So We le rocky, narrow path, Nfenna and the baby, ,ittle spot at thi foot 'hive cottage, shaded .ees and overhanging ewere eating the doe and commenced 'tall:- country, said when I iuld like to go too, and his expenses! Afile- Imaket the sixth appli ,ave had. G rJust as I took up my priest came- in, and a old man he' is. He purpose to break down :ek chum:ll3 yet we are lirm'S with each other.— ' seat, smokes - his pipe, y ews and, talks, and is a blecompanion. He has - at our. Sabbath servie- - riting to my friends at ust write too.", " Very viughanded . hirn my let. the line' which you see " Being resent at the the scribe, priest of Du. , many. salams," (comph- —A. very inquisitive man and he is not the only one d. many such here. He e. , ..tiong , te ask. Here is a just beet4isy ing for him He began :- much did that muic thing !en hundred piesters." t long to the tiobles wive your tnoney.fram the . . --a man lassys ho i s soing ounrioe to-morrow Morning, take" any -4etters , I 'have to 00617 1 . .- AAAIIMIr, bLi;A:EPV-: ARlth Have lately heard from brothersl s lumer and Beebee, of the American mission. They were both well. We - expect to.go to Tripoli in about four weeks, or perhaps sooner, if it commences to rain. With much love,to you allond corn mending you to our Heavenly Father, your ever affectionate sou, - LORENZO. Iqies Rrib s.ltefelles. AN EPISODE OF TUE rnExcrt EXHIBITION Last year,- during the Exposition, Paris was visited by the same -mania for lodging letting' which ravaged London in 1851, du ring the Great Exhibition. • From the tifid die of April, hanging 'up at - the doors of the houses in the .fashionable and eentral neigh !borhooda. of the French capital might be seen bills with," Jo . le appay*mpitmen6le a 'toner presentment"—H4ndsomo furnished apart ments t('') let ;" and litany a family, many a widow; many a bachelor or: •wid ower , emi .grated= to some . distant pntskirt, giving up their apartments to strangers or foreigners, in .consideration of receiving some thousand francs; while they themselves nestled down, during the great influx, in some humble lo olity, within or without the walls,. In let ting, there was no distinction ofnation made ; the terms were the ',same:for one and A— lbr the native. : compatriot, as well as the,MiL ord Anglais . --4or the German baron, as Well as the' Russian bo,yard,- the Polish count, the dollar-laden American—for everybody, in. short, who could pay ; the was the one con dition. Madame del—, a .t dung and 'hand some widow of five-and-twenty, who, on the 'first of April in that memorable year, had thrown off her weeds,. resigned hersell,tunong the rest, to . the reigning epideMie. One morning she rang for the lodge-keeper of the houNe in which she resided in the Chaussee d'Antin, and ordered him to. nail up at the porte-cochere.the universal bill, "Bless my soul l What running up . and down , l shah have of it !" eNclaii i ied, in petto yore, with a' piteousshitg, the seemingly dis consolate. porter, but Who inwardly rejoiced at the circumstance; for he, also, hoped to reap a golden harvest from. the' new comers. Arimporte, Andre," continued the charm ing young widow.--"irimporte ; let m y ' a: partment for. three thousand:francs, and you shall .have your commission of--- , let us see— five per cent., if to - a bachelor or widower; four per cent, if to -a married couple without any infantile encumbrances; .and three per centlif to a fiunily-and there_are five francs to drink my health." Alas! alas !" groaned the portelrettere 'Cerberus,,us he pocketed the silver 'piece, and promised,in a tone, of melancholy de voteriness, to do his best: - iliAt evening, the accompanied by berfentnie de ehlm ire, took- up her quarters in'a 'srnalF cottage near the village of Fontenay aux-Roses, out side the Barriere d'Enfer, and contig,tiott:i to the pretty Bois de Mention, where she rusti cated in. the full enjoyment of her independ ent _widowhood till the expiration of the term. • . , • On the 2d of Aug* -foPoising, Madame der - Y— returned to Paris,and drove to tier residence, believing that her apartment,which had been let by the. concierge, 'was vacated and ready - for her. . - • , "Madame," said 'Andre, 4 . the' gentlernan. has not - yet gone." -•- - . "What gentleinan, - Andre ?" • . • ' "The lodger, madame, Monsieur de . R--, a provincial gentleman, very' comme. Put.. Yet it is riot my fault, for I informed him, three days ago, that his time: was up, and that he. must go; but he :said to me that was all right ; it was his affair, and he would square all mutters. with madame:" ' " Go mid inform him, Andre,. that I have re turned,. and want, my aparffnent4 immea; atelV." - . Useless, madam—completely useless.— He's as . headstrong as a donkey ' • he would n't listen to me; 'tis with you alone he wish , es to confer." "Be it so, Andre. G? _before, and an.. flounce me." •. Madame received mOst graciotigly and politely by.theprovineial.ten ant,--whO thus - addressed her "You cannot conceive, madame, how com fortable 1 find myself ,in • this pretty apart ment,.and Vow -much I &Sire to spend in .it the remaining: time I have to stay in your charming capital: and I fondly hope :"y_ou will have the goodness - to allOw me so to•do. Whatever be yoni• terms, 1. accept them be fore •hand.l7 • To - this the - widow replied, somewhat sur prised, that she had no terms tO propose; that she wanted her apartment and must' have it. But greater still was her surprise when she heard the 'provincial declare nis de termination to keep it, even if it was neces sary to stand a regular siege.. 3fadame Y— endeavored; as gently as possible, to make him understand the impropriety , ofhis conduct ; but all to no avail, for the tenant pleaded his cause with grace. eloquence and wit. The debate became warmer and warm-, er, the gentleman losing, and the lady gam-• lug no ground:while Andre slipped away to his lodge; informing his better-half that the storm was gathering above. • At last,, after much.speeelifying 'on both sides, the gentle man, breaking a, pause of apparently deep riflection t spoke again : ‘.‘Vell., madame," said he,," there remains but one Way to ,arrafige our little 'spate, so as to enable - you to resume pos ession of your delightful residence without ustlng, ine from it" - " What is your meaning, sir r demanded the bewildered young widow, looking still more charming inher. amazerrient: " My meaning is this. madame : my naive , is Arthur-h-Baron Arthur de B I be. long • to an old and honorable family—am a 'bachelor, and two-and-thirty years'of age.— My estates, are worth five thousand francs year—but this 1 mention Out of respect to the-laws of business ; and despite the origi nality and queerness of my, conduct; Which may perhaps have offended you, 1 am con sidered a very rood-natured. - person ;;and 'up on the whole, I flatter myself I am a manful ly capable of Making - a - lady happy: Will you, therefore, 419 the the honor of accepting Inviiesul,- my hind, and trio fortune?" To this sudden proposatMadsme de Y-- rsplieil 4ith dignity, "Your lest is not in LODGIRGS TO• LET . . . . in very-good taste, sir, and i laugh at it, , • ," Seiious, most serious, !Tr deed—and, on the . faith Of beg yo u to believe it." "What, sir! you propcise ly that you may not have* partments!" • . • . i N. , "A little upon that accOu: still more-bet use of a :ma reason; for.among the man I have ; had the honor of la there is one I dared not me me now to confess it—l loy At this avowal, Madarae (...d to the eves. What litd., woula_itot have done - so, :p: the avowal came from in and wealthy man 'l,; Howe' in•goOd part, and laughed 4 . terlocutor ?" :i "You are.laughitei mad - er-- . "'Your folly provekestri sietir le Baron. ( really l c ", Nevertheless, Maclaine I am fully.master of rtii of as Much of it as remain, by intense passion.", .: " What,. sir! intense pasi " Yon forget, madame; living three long niontha in and, that your portrait,whh adorable likeness, is Baugh next room. It was the fire my.iitteittion on entering,a and - admired it every day captiVated by the .charna alone, for I am well aCqu merit in. every way,' yo qualities, and your-irrepr A man, however so• little in womanly affairs,' eat months -in a lady's apartn ing and studying many t. 1 hahits, her tastes, her, feel an acute, and perhaps an madame• ' and what I ha captivated my heart fore offer you again, and bin wer to know my fate." There was no boinbas the baron's lanffuaffe; it ;L i man Who had a ma r de up determin9.l to suce'eed, urged his suit, the less till at last the widoW ell turin and unmistakable must -instantly shift hiS c him his leave. and intiln same time that he!nitil ting foot in her residencl - , "Very well, 'madam will not return till von Ithe answer to which ] saucy smile;tind:a.toss i idently meant; " You • Monsieur IC Baron; lief invitation." " IlOwever, at.the end vitation teat sent, and t AS the widOw had Com , more, charming than e "What have I been -Madame de Y—L,--, - - to self in an arm-chair a 1 site to her. ." During my long-pending laws rangement" ' ' - " Why,. yes,. m ada neither pleased nor that account, as lac terest." . :" How so, if you p ." The fact is, the la ling hete with their p. owingits . 4 heavy and had myself, I have an " limb of the law;" a.- lesi Anglais, -have it. your plaintiff,- who i made use of my influ ' got him to forego his he made over tome It is thereforeran Oh But rest assured, in. cy and susceptibility plain of my procee forever qua.sird, ; and the baron looked th respeetthlly in the fa explanation. , , . Mad. de Y-,-.: but in spite of hersc forced to think of h room of. her apartm , venir of his sojourn-- music composed bi maxims, dm,. writ scrap-books. All, seemed most charn piqued her curiosit ant part of the 'fere,. •ened, other sentitn blossom.- •: : • Now it happen baron's invited vi. mother of a fatuity Y was in the cuniary reli4oll Munifident acniatio keep her and hers " You were4abss factress, but lihad with vont. husban : " - lay husband I eiacalated the widow.- " Ah,- madame, what an - excellent, what a. kind-hearted gentl man! Ah, how well you are mated, for yo suit each other, adniira bly. Yes, mada 1e, , 1 told - him every thing, and how kind, hol t Providence-like yen were. to me. lie see sto love , you very Much, and how could -t lit- be :Otherwise? Good: woman,' say yo r husband to-me madame, your benefaetr- - a is absent - for-the-time . be 7 ing . ; but ere she wentishe left•thiirviith-me for you ; 1 -snd , th ••• • n he put in nay,- hands a pocket-book 1 co tairting hank-notes-a for tune, madaine.-. I was loth -to . accept it at first, but he won d have and take it, although God knows you ye already done much kir Me and. niyl. $ $ r .fatherless children.: Ah, dear madame, how happy. you must he with such a husband!; . BLit .'tis only -- the just, re-. ward •of your e . .cellent•-heart - and Christian virtues. - lE(ay - I eaven bless And preserve you -both for.,, • - and years to come.."- - -- •-- - ‘. l Strange, st, Bilge, passing stranger-010% _the widow.; ," '.,•ttle• My, tedious latvßuit—•-• provide terimy poor widow and her children --.-leave some . 'ee• -of ~.himself everywhere: around met :ut men are such, iqueer char. acters, suet . on :bale,' 'novV•azdayii." :She re-, 'solved, hoWev ' ', not to speak :Vi -,the'-bitrit: -of:his - generous .;! i ucttesuids'her terW,el4-- &a.rful *she Might bettaritirireAtailit* at tko noide ! an ' . a: i 134' **What Aittvii;,: WROKO.," 6. 111 ow do is to adame, I am, in a gentlemen, I inarru►ge mere give ap my a- t, madame, but e overpowering , considerations ing before you, tion, but. alloir you." : -- de . "Y— , -7.- - - blush , Young or old, rtieularly when ung, 'handsome, .er- 2 . she took - it , utright pt her in- me, and hoyev7 Iv laughter, Mon uncit help it:?' I can assure you on, or at least , subdued as, it is i.ion 'at first sight!". hut I - have. 'been your apartments, h I now so is an i g, up there in the !t object that can't. l i d I have looked at since. Nor was I. of your beauty fainted "with yOur lir many superior lachable character. ie may be versed tinot spend . three lent without notie nigs. disclosing. her nus. 1 have been ndisereek observer, e disnoVered;. ha.s .'er. That heart . 1 ay wain your . ans. fanfaronade in was the resolve or his mind, and was But 'the more he he advanced is reified to', him. in due rihraseolog2,-, that he uartersthus giving lating to him at the it never think'of set- e e-l. withdraw. and uivite me to do so ;'' loartirig words was a f.the=_head which ev ,have loag , to wait, re receiving such an of a fow dayS, the in he-baron-arrived just acted -making herself r.- pprised of, sr 7" said . . le ill) it seated him= Voltaire right oppo y abSenee. you, brO't , it to an at - nimble' ar7 'e; but • you must be "ispleased with me on d only in m). own .in-- ease, baron ?” 1 . wyers' clerks Ni-ere cal ipers. every 'day_; and, protracted suit 1 once utter aversion to every our. allies, MeSsieurs • Beini - acquainted 'with , debtor of Mine,.! me over him,and soon ; unbounded claim; and -hat he called hisxights. between him and me. ante, that your. .delie4 [-hall never have to corn 7 Lugs. Your lawsuit is that's. all I!' Whereon widow steadfastly- but ,e, and gave no further ms somewhat Confused ; If, she •xas continually t-r ex-tenant.. In every .nt he had left some sou: .poetry,peticilling,songS, himself, thOughts and en in her all:atis and these gallant attentions ring to her; 'while they 1 • • and whenAhnt import ] 1 ' e constitution is awak nts soon come forth and ' •• r that the day after the fit, a poor woman, the to NNliorrk Madame. •de '4 . 1)4 of giving stated,,pe . to thank her for her last which; she said, would orever. ' • . . • nt, my too generous bone• the honor' of meeting hero • 77 i FRAZI,EA . 4t SMITH,; :. PUBI4..j-ir...R ' S . 77:Y91,. : ,,, 2:0,..,,,,4:6 stance soon came to light; and caused the baron to be invited suddenly and nervously to call a second time. This cireumstance vras:as' - A. young coxcomb, -Lee pold de imagining had in love with Madame de Y—, because living in the house opposite to. hers, _had Aanced now and then to see her at . the )balconytbe core.missing hlir all on a sudden at herce parture from her apartment. ;. After many days' anXiety, he determined 'upon writing her a billeidaitz, informing. her of - .his love, and stating that he would call that evening for an answer. Having-Written his note, he wrapped it'up in a small paper pared, and jerkedit over the balcony into the window. It.happened. that. the baron had just finished the•second -breakflist be bad taken; in the house, and was poring over be the when the pared dropped into the room:— He took it.uP,and finding no supetription, he opened it and read the following : . ".Charming neighbor, - for weeks atta weeks have 1 admired you from my window-seat opposite.. 0 hoW superlatively happy should I be were you to do me'the honer of admit ting.ine to your presence, and. allowing me to declare-myself and crave pardon .for my. presumption. At, eight . this evenin g I will call, ask -for adMission, and learn myfate.--; Till then, minutes will glide away like years from niy• impatient heart. :Farewell till then,. goddess of my adoration. - . LEorot.n. enure, and' the door wiis .opened to him by the baron_ in propria. persona. "Is Madame de Y at home ?" . "She is not .at hon4e, for you." " And pray, by 'what right do you ,refue me admission ?" . . " Methinks that right is very evident." • And you are here in her apartuient?" "True; but for the. time •,Veing it is my own." -• - . . • The dialogue went-rapidly on from cross words tau challenge ; and on the morrow duel took place in one of the coppice, woods of the Bois de Boulogne. • This time, Madame de had ,c - N'er.2i , reason, she thought; .for blaming the-baron's conduct; so another invitation -was. kent to him, Which he dilly attended' to. • j. " How is this. Monsieur le -Baron P. said the widow in tremulOus - and' reproachful•ae 7 cents---." exposeyonr . life with' such a pup py 7 ---alire: so useful, go precious f • 0 - truly, I cannot but think you more foolish than wisp." " I confess, madam, that I was wrong ; but I merely wanted to put the young puppy, as you justly call .him, in his right place., and save you. 'for ever from his' importunities. He scratched me, but I . gave him a gentle sword thrust-which -will - prevent him. from annqing you for some time sto .Come.— Was that not a service worth having, my charming landlady ?" , • Yes, but at suell'a price !—the - risk : of your own life and my reputation. - Gracious ! baron, what will myfriends think of mc atter, such 'an affair? You.have compromissd•tne terribly by. your generous, your noble, your magnanimous ConduCt." - " "fiS true, very true, dearliidY, and I now begin tt see I acted too rashly upon. tholm pulse 'of the moment; and_:,tlutt, in litet,. I owe 2 f - ou a . reparatiOn." Madame de y— A hon g .ht 89 likewise.—. " Well, my dear baron;" Said she, proffering her .baud, "since it is to be;:it , must be,so let 'it be—we are friends. 7 • • ' • ". And betrothed ones, my charmer," cried the enamored baron, fondik pressing`Ao: his lips the widow's lily;wbite4ingers., “And the marriage -day ? When l" ‘.() dear me! Mon DiO, what It manl In a month hence." And-the- compact Was Sealed.- ) THE PHYSIQUE OF CRIME. MERE is a certain Monotony and family likeness in the criminal countenance, which is at.once repulsive and: interesting; .reptil- , ' sive frOm its rugged outlines,- its brutal ex pression, its physical deformity; interesting 'from the mere • tact" of that commonness of outward. character, the expression- . and the structure and the style ofjfeatures heing .so' unnaturally alike,' as ito.suggest thatAliere must be.a common cause 4}t)rork, to produce upon these faces..sp remarkable a result.— What is this cause Is ri; mere habit of life ? Intellectual pursuits; is welt known,' nfli.•et tho character; even the Materiatfiirm pt the face; . why not criminal pursuits? No-person can be long in the habit of seeing masses oisrim- - inals together, without being struck with sameness of their appearance. Ugliness 'has' some intimate 'contTetion with crime. . doubt, (he excitement, the danger, the altern ative penalties. and keesseS attached to the . career of the criminal} make hiM ugly. A handsome face:is:a; thing rarely, seen In a prison, and never in a person who has been a law-breaker from childhood. Well-formed heads, round and massive,:deneting intellec tual poWer May be Seen occasionally: irk,,the jail; but a pleasing well-formed face, never. What does this ugliness'of the prisim-popula thafindicatel This that 6e-habit of crime becomes iu .a few years:ti fixed .organism, which finds expiteSsion even in the external And is not•such a fact - full of morals? Does not every one fed how iMportant it is —in the interests of society in the interest or the criminal hithself- - --that he -should.hodealt With. in the 'earliest' stage of his career, befi4e the evil that is in him hashad tin - M . 464i it self in the organization, to grOW fast In the. eVerdtardening granite? • A man who hat not seen masses of men.in . 1 a great prison eannnt conceive how hideous I the human countenance on become. Look ing in the front of these benches, one _sees Only dernons.' Moderately well:shaped heads and - intelligent countenances are ,very rare stnongs them. Occasionally the eye rests upon a. cranium - of a superior order—grand, in outline and•tinely2moulded ;.'the man ,be, longing to it no,donbt, has a History, if it could only be got at. But the 4w - it - Mass of beads and faces 'seem made mid .Ntamped nature, for criminal acts. Such low, misshap-- en brows,---;suCh animal 'and-sensual jaws--- -sueh dinning, ree ess or stupid I k--hard- ly seem to belong to anything that can by courtesy be tilled luman.—Dixon's-Idnf!on Prisons, . " The -Hartford Times states- that-the' , roots of the fallen Charternak "still licii"Snd `that at the distance Of about ten feet: from the ground,: on the sitinnpc k new shoot.. Any , thing:in Wenn& to this memento, si - fq%iirell to our thoughts and feelingsES interesting tri :tut bst= we' much feo, - lbst this king of trees is laid lo* 1:41 imift MEI / • El UM Perfection - of POlce MwithwV- In the last century, n merchant of highle spectibillty in Bordeaux had occasion to visit the metr9polis oacommerciat business, car rying - with , him Is" and money to.a. very large amount. On his• (arrival at' the gates of Paris; a genteel looking man opined the , do Or of his earraige, amid addressed this effect : • - • Sir ' !lave been waiting for you_sotnei. time. According to ray notes you were to, arrive at this hour; and your ;person, your: carriage, and your portmanteau exactl y an-. w ser ihe description I hold in my hut& - Tim` will' permit me. to hale thebonor of conduct ing matt to the minister-of police, Algonsieur de Sartinc." Thegentleroan, astonished and atarmed at this interruption. and stilt morose at hearing the/name of the 'lieutenant of the' policermen , tioned, demanded to ;mow what Monsietir de Stikine wanted With hint ; adding, at the same time, that he never committed, any offence against the laws; and that he could have no right to interrupt or detain him. •• The messenger declared himself - per&ctly ignorant of_ the cause of his detention; Opt ing at the same time, that when he had etm ducted him to AL de Sartine, he ,should have executed his. orders, which'were merely-Min isterial. . - - • -• • After some} further explimations, , the gen tleman permitted the officer to conduet--him accordingly. M. de. Sartine received him with great politeness; and, after 'requesting him to be seated; to his great astonishmerit, he described his portmanteau, and told him the exact sum' in bills and specie which.he lisad brought with him to Paris, and where he MILS to lodge, his usual time of goiag to hed, and a number , of circumstances,: which the gentleman had conceived could only be knoWii to himkill M. de Sartine having thus excitedattention, put this extraordinary question to him— " Sir, are you a man . of courage • ,The gentleman, -- still - more astonished at the singularitY of such- interrogatory ; demanded tire reason why he - put such a 'strange 'ques tion, adding, at the same time that no man ever doubted.hisoprage: M. de Sartifte replied— "Sir, you nrei? be:robbed and i inirdet ed . this night,! .11 you area -man of courege; you Must go to your hotel and retire to rest'at die ,usual hour; but be, careful that ,yeit dO not fall. asleep. Neither will it beproper :f or -- Von: - to look under the bed, 'or. into any'ef the'clOs ets. which are in your. bedchamber," which be accurately described., " You must place your portnianteau in .its 4 tisual situation near . yoor bed, and discovertio suspicion.;' Leave: .what remains to Me., If, .howeverc. you do libt feel 'year'couFatte;surteient -,to- bear you. out, I will procure a person Who Otall person ate you and go toned in your ste:ad.7 • After some further eiplanation,.which con vinced the gentlemen that M. de §artine's intelligence was accurate ir. every particular, he refused to be personated,' and formed an immediate resolution' literally. to folloW-Abe directions he had .received":- . -ne accordingly went to bed' at -his usual hour; which was II o'clock. - ' ' At half past twelve (the time Mentioned. by: M. de Saltine) the door of the - befichamber was opened, and three men entered with a dark lantern, daggers-iind pistols. The gen. tleMan r who of course was-, wake, perceived one of them to be his own seriant. 'They ri= fled his portmanteau , undisturbed, acid settled the . plan of putting liim to death.- The gen tleman hearing nit this, and not knowingby what means he was to. be rescued, it maybe supposed war under great pertur bation of mind. during such an awful interval of- su‘pense ; when, at the moment the villains were preparing to commit the horrid deed, four police officers,. aging under de Sar tine's orders, who wetle concealed under the bed and in the closets, - rushed out and seized the offenders with the property in their pos session, and in, the act of preparing to commit the murder. . ' The. e,onsegtienee was, that the perpetration, of the atrnciona deed was preyented; and suf ficient evidence obtained., to convict the of fenders. M. de Sartine's intelligence enabled him to prevent this horrid offence of robbery and murder=-which,.but for the accuracy of the system, would probably have been carried into execution.- • - 4 Another anecdote-relates to, the Austrian Emperor, Joseph the Second. That men= arch having, in the year 1787, fiirmri and promulgated a new code of laws relative to criminal and eiVil offences, and'having also; establkhed What .he concetied to be. the best system 'of 'police in Europe, he could scarcely ever forgive the French nation, inconsequence of the accuracy and intelligence of M. de Sur.. tine having been found so Much - superior to his own, notwitlistandin,q the imniense.Pains -he had btowed on that department of his government t , ) , , :'• A very . notorious officer, Who *as 3,,sub- ' ject - of the Emperor,, and who committed trocious acts o violence aid depreda tion o,t'Vienna, 'wag traced 'to Paris by the police established bY his majesty, whoorder % ed his antbasstrder at the , court of. France to demand that this_ delinquent should be deliv ered up to public:justice. # M. de Sartine acktiowledged :to the - impr. rial ambassador that the perrn hit inquired atter had been at Paris • .that,;' if it'weinid-he' any satisfaction he could infirym,hini,where he had lodged, and the different gamleg tubl es, and other places of infamous .resort, which he had frequented while there - ; -but , that he , was nuw goner The arohasffiniOr, after stating the aeentacy and correct Mode by; which the volice'.of Vi enna,Was conducted, insisted that the oft:ender must stilt be in Paris, otherwise the Eriverov could' not have commanded him to make such an application., -..— , ' -.. ! ...., M; de Sartine smiled at the - Incredulity of 'the. imperial minister, and made a reply to the following effect: -.- '. •'-' ~-. .- , : - . "-Do Ole , " the honor, - sir,: to inform the Ern perpr, your master; that the person he looks fro., left Parie ;on the .tentb, day. of the last month, and is now:. lodged, lodged, in a. back room, lookinm into it-gerden, in the third'atery - of a house,7No,,93 t in -,---,atreet; in ; his own cap,. ital of , l o tions. where his Majesty Wilk by sending" to the SPet,' bOittre ,f O . find him." it -.' *a s ' Itielatty tie the'. Freach'inittfitir of Hite - Mated.* -The grepetiKto his a'rifottish; meat fOund the delinquent iiiihe'hett4;and - ;hut' -lei I i B p at t m ent, , described ;,; , •wae, greet y mortified at, Wtit ProQt:g ilie*coicy It the :Tiffin+ noiiee;'w,t4h in n 6: of Isolionm even in vrenna;p4,44#i ' ei,iii. tOb'e - aoitillett eaperior to liiit' - 4ifflie r ` ',-tia1..:"..,i - ;•.: t. ,
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