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WSPi'D Er 4,4 A CIRCULAR.
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11 -1 1 VM Co SLIM
Lostr! That word is the , requiein dill that
is brightt and best in our lives. "Blessings
brighten as they take their !flight," and no
hours Or opportunities are so precious as those
we hare lost. .No friends' so dear and 'treas
ured 'as those the 'grave and ,the'sods hide
forever from our longing eyes. N o piasures
so sweet as those we have already` drained
from life's chalice. No buds of hope so live
ly as those the returnless waves of time hall
borne from us.
- From the regions of eternal death, the rU:
ined spirits send up their wail of horrible ag
ony and the refrain ever is "losti lost 1!" The
man grown hoary in crime, look's back, with
a remorseful anguish torturing I him, npnn
the-noble aspirationrcheeked, the high reso
lutions broken, the confidence betrayed, the
sacred trust violated, and, as lie thinks of the
innocence and integrity of earlie'r years, his
pate tremhling, lips utter the knelf of-departed
hope and happiness;"lOst
,Our pathway may bo blooming bright with
flowers, wo may poisess God's! best gifts,
friends, the purest affections of 'warm, true
hearts may tie lavisbecturion us. With care
, Less- , steps, we may crush ont all the life from
the flowers that should have gladdened right
and sense with their beauty and • *a=
grance. In some hour of hasty anger, we
may wound the Mends we should "grapple
to' our souls with hooks of steel." and the
friendship of years be sacrificed toI the caprice
of a motnent. Listening to the promptings
of a -false pride, we mar cast aside the affee
"tilsn that has unspeakably blessed us, and
then how yearningly we stretch out our
bands for the lost.
Napoleon staked bettor, integrity, all
agaiitst glory. li'in ,, doms end principalities
werd in his gift, and the crowns of king., or
the mitres of . prelate., were- alike , his toys.
The thrones of the world trembled at the tread
of his-embattled legions. Ms eagle perched
uiian the hoary pyramids, bvside; the cum-
Kling ruins of storied . I'bilae beyond " far
Scene" and froze amid the snows of a Rus-ian
a - Inter. At Austerlitz, Lodi, and Marengo
" deedsa writ in gore." HO tore hit
self from tinging armeof Josephine;
teaching his proud heart to forget ;bow beau
a thing is woman's love, and on the
lone, island rack, a captive and an exile, the
wild. waves sang the -requiem of fall be bad
lost.
•
There Was a Storm on the ocean. The mad
waves leaped heavenward and then dashed
themselves into foam, in the very impotency
of wrath, Ath wart the clouds of i why lackness
the lightnings - leaped in villa flashes and, for
an instant, lighted up the wild waste of waters.
The sullen thunders boomed incessantly from
tire black battlements of the sty. A gallant
ship rode for a moment on' . the foam-crested
billows. and then plunged into the 'sallies be
tween—quivering as if a !ring thing in ter=
Tor, it aped before the Mast. It bore the
brave and the beautiful ; but, amid the raging
f the - fearful tempest and the demoniac war of
wind and waves, it went 'down with its pre
cious freight of human beings.
. At trstone universal shriek thoro rushed
Louder than the loud ocean, like the crash
Of echoing thunder; and Ihensll wai,hushod,
Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash
Of billows; but at intervals there gushed,
Accompanied with a convulsive splash - , -
A solitary shriek—the bubbling t-4
Of some strong swimmer in his agony."
OD the land there went up from a hundred
homes, shrouded in woe, the, wail of los?!
lost!
The bereaved wife knew that the pitiless
waves alone would sower he cry of anguish.
The son and brother had gone Ifecom the
homestead, with proud hopes kindling the
{lush of joy en his manly cheek; yet the
dark seaweed' made ewinding s street for his
coffinless grave. The betrothed maiden lis
tened vainly for the returning footsteps of the
lover ; who had gone down with the beloved
name rniniing with Lis last prayer. reacefully
they slept--husband, brother, loser, rig
in State in old ocean's coral halls, While the
cruel murderers smiled serenely in the mor
row's sunlight, unheeding the LOST. -
Tie 'Painter's Ettasp-t.
• 3
Michael Arlielo Cerinozzi .was :a Boman
painter, whit ved in the middle of the seven
teenth century. Ilis clever fainting of pasto
rals, markets, ' fairs and scenes of lows-life,
gained him the name of Michael Angelo
delle Bambocciate. Lie excelled ;especially
in the painting of battles, whence be was
also called Michael 4kt:lg-eh; of the Battle geld.
Michael Angelo had occasion one day to
paint St. John the Evangelist,bni his habit
of employing ridiculous and grotesque types
made it difficult for him to find a proper
model, and pursuance of his . Want be
walked towards Tivoli ,and called on Al
gardi, one of the most famous sculptors of
the - period,. to whom -he confided i his diffP
culty.
Giacinto 1' cried the sculptor, 'come
and show. yourself.' .
Giaciato wns a handsome, young man of
about twerity,cytho, for some months past i
had lived withy i Sigael Algardi,serving him as
iomodel. .
. am monger surprised, Al,gardi, that
our Roman ladies prat with such fervor to
the saints_turned out of your studio,' said
Michael Angelo,
the lad suits you, I'll make his over to
you with the greatest pleasure.'
Michael Angelo did not observe the singu
lar expression with which Algardi ntLeredtho
two tut words.
'Are you willing to-follow mel' he asked
the young man. -
Ara, if you'll promise
,to teach me bow to
paint.' I
'I wish you better luck with the brush
than with the chisel,' said Algardi.
„Giacinto, the eon of Giovanni Mandl, an
embroidery-designer, had hitherto manifested
op desire to attain a more elevated!positiorr
in art thee his.father, and if Algardii showed
him but little affection, this was partly caus
ed by the small advantage be bad !derived
from the lessons of the , greet, sculptor. Ills
conduct at the outset of his career nii,a pupil
of _Michael Angelo was not very faiorable ;
saes` covering -.a canvass with - caters, be
examined it with scrupulous attention, and
when forced to confes' s that his first trial bad
not produced a master-piece, he trampled it
under foot exclaiming •
far 7 c27,10e.13
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"WE JOIN TIME-INES TO NO 'PARTY -TEAT DOES NOT CADET 'TUE FLAG AND =MP STEP. TO THE MUSIC. OF Ind tiNIONj'.
NEttie curToN.;
'I shall never be' a great painter ! Yet,
he added„ in h Itivit voice, I must have fame
or money!'.
'For the space otamontb 6iacinto neglect
ed brushes and palette; to became taciturn
and morose. Each morning, as soon as he
had 'finished sitting for St. John, ho withdrew
.to some isolated spot, and remained there till
night, buried in sombre reverie*.
But after one of these solitary fits, Gilt
cinto reappeared in the studio with a. more
Cheerful> - Countenance , and energetically
commenced sketching the bead 'of a ma
-
''That's not amiss, :sel - lob:1 . cl Angelo ;
think I have seen. that bead some
where.'
'lf you had seen it, master,' replied the
young man hastily, 'you would-think this an
abominikble daub'
'lon young goose?—when I was your age,
also thought the madonna of my dreams
far superior to those created by my brush;
that was perhaps why I gave - op painting
them. Follow my example."
• But it was very apparent that Giscinto's
vocation was to paint madonnas rather than
scenes of.low-life; for regularly every Mon
day, after having speniSunday in wandering
about Tivoli, he rubbed out the madonna -of
the preceeding week and began ..a now one
instead.
Soule five or six canvasses had been used
in tills way, when, on Monday morning,
Giacinto again abandoned the palette and
relapsed into those fits of melancholy which
had latterly disappeared as they had come,
without apparent reason. Michael Angelo
noticed this sudden change, and was alarmed
by, it. In a visit ho paid to Algardi, Giacin
te's name having been mentioned; he could
not help saying reproachfully :
'That lad you gave me is a perfect mad
man r_
'l'e;, he'll come to a bad end shortly,'' . re
plied the-sculptor.
And he changed the suhject, as jibe wish
ed to avoid further explaations.
Itliehael Angelo then recollected the plea
sure wtsich Algardi had expressed do giving
up Giaciuto to him a 3 a model; coupling this
remembrance with the well-known selfishness
of the sculpter,who would certainly not have
parsed so easily with a hid who gave Mtn
satisfaction, ho became , mriouslv uneasy, and
by the time he reached borne, his mind was
filled with infinite apprehensions. An excla
mation which he heard by chance bronchi
his uneasittess to a climax, and struck terror
into his soul : •
'Money money ! even if I rob or murder
for it!
It was Giaeinto's voice.
Michael Angelo, containing himself with
difficulty, went straight up to the young mqn
and axid :
`Giacinto, get your thing; together and
leave my hcrese ibis very evening—not to
return bdo you undel•staud f'
master,' be answered ; and, without
making any further remark, set about mak
ing 'preparations for his departure.
Betleetsug on Girieinto's promptsubmission
nod the apparent tranquilly . with which he
left the house, Michael Angelo' was more dis
turbed than ever. Ile hastened to his bed
room, drew out from under his bed a box,
which be opened burriedly,. and ex
claimed:
t:Thank God!—the crime has not beep
accomplished. But,' thought be, 'may it not
be that, for the completion of his,crime, it is
indifferent to him whether he is inside or out
side the house, and that his plans are so well
laid that he feels sure of success P
To account for the anxiety evinced by
Michael Angelo, it must be eaplaieed that he
was not . used to have in his possession any
large sum of Money; but it had to happened
that only the week before several noblemen
had sent Lim - the price of various commis
sions. Our painter had not intended to -keep
these monies long in his possess.l4, as he
feared.. they would deprive him of his most
precious treasure—his cheerfulness. But at
that period, the only place in Rome in which
money ceuld be safely deposited, was _the
Monte-de-Pieta, to the use of which Michael
Angelo felt an invincible repugnance; be was
therefore awaiting some more satisfactory
opportunity; when the imminence of the
danger to which. he believed himself exposed,
-pointed out to hint the necessity of coming
to a decision, and' executing it promptly..
Ile remembered that, when returning
from Algardi's, he had noticed at some ribs
stance-from the main road, in a wild spot
surrounded . ' by rocks, - a dark and deep cave,
at sight of whiciLhe had exclaimed :
`fbat's the very place for a miser to bury
his
,treasure in I'
His resolution was instantly taken.
'Now,' said he, putting the box under. his
arm, 'let the robber come whenever he
pleases,- he will find neither the man nor the
money l'
The box was heavy, and the distance from
Rome to the cave about ten miles. It was a
beautiful night; innumerable stars twinkled
in the heavens; a cuul and perfumed breeze
bad succeeded to the heat of the day ; it was
just the time for a walk; and Michael Angelo
got easily over the first three. miles. In a
little time, however, heated by the exertion of
walking, our traveler began to feel the air
moist and heavy. •
Props of perspiration oozed from his brow.
ills legs felt Stiff," and he. was 'obliged to
slacken his pace. In proportion as be felt
tired,tbe weight of the box seemed to increase;
he passed it from under one arm to the - other,
and from shoulder• to shoulder, but only sue
deeded in inerruisibg his sense of general
fatigue. At last s 'yielding to the absolute
necessityof taking rest,be threw himself down
at the foot of a tree, exclaiming.:
'lf it were to save my life, I could go no
further I"
The night wus wearing away, the stars
were paling, the rosy tint of morning was
just peeping -above the horizon Michael
Angelo could not remain eternally under the
tree with his boi; some determination must
b e arr i v ed at. Just, at the spot where be
wl): sitting) the road - pasied at the foot of - a
bill, halfway Op the sides of which fragments
of rocks jutted out here and there, This.place
appeared to him much lent secure than tbe
cave he bad in slew, yet, as there Seemed
nothing better to be done, be determined to
bury his box there, even if he retested for it
in a few days „later, when be bet entirely
recoiered from fatigue. "lie therefore climb
ed, and not without - ditDmilty, up .tts a sort
ofseat formed naturally by a piece of rock,
undei wbieb a ' with the help of hie daggei, he
IMMEEEPi
MONTROSE, 'PA; MAY 26, 1859.
dug a hole in which he 'Placed the box; be
then covered it with earth,and overall placed
some tufts of grata in such a wity,asto deceive
the sharpest eye. • thismidne, heTegained the
highroad, and free frorn ,i hia burthen, tuined
once more towards Rome:
* As be left the bill; he was assailed by fresh
perplexities. Ile-reflected that his labors bad
no t been wholly 'concealed by the shades of
night. 'Might not some unknown witness
have watched his depart,re in order to pos
sess himself ofan' easy - .prey II This thought
came upon him as a prftsentiment; he baStily
retraced 'his steps, and there, on his - krises,
close to the stone which concealedhis trees
ure,gazing anxiously shoat him, Was a man.
It was Giacinto,,Brandi:
'I ace you, wretch!' cried Angelo.
Startled by theyoice,Giaointo did noteven
wait to ascertain whence it had come, hut
sprang up and disappea*waa path watch
led roiind the bill. •
. .
Michael Angelo burned to the stone; the
tufts of grass were intact; nothing had been
touched. - Tie breathed freely.
'The villain must have followed mo all the
way from Rome, and watched rely every
movement. What herrible depravity in - a
young man of twenty ,
Michael Angelo's perplexity was 'Slow great;
his exhausted strength would riot allow him
to return to Rome with the boy ; 'to return
without it was to bid his money an eternal
farewell. What WAS to be done Y 'Otte clime
seemed practicable—it was that of seating
imself on the Ague, spending his day there,
and at night digging up the box and endeav
oring to reach the city, where he would ha-t
en to lodge his money in that very Monte-di-
Pieta which, only the day before, had inspir
'ad him with such insurmountable antip
athy.
Michael Angelo bad -already passed two
hours seated uponthis stone, when he heard
a slight sound- a little behind him. ills firit
impulse was to spring up and seize his dag
ger, but seeing only a young girl who hastily
disappeared as if frightened by his menacing
gesture, Michael Angelo resumed his seat.
After a few minutes h‘saw the same girl .re
appear on another „spot, peering cautiously
throngb the bushes, and again disappearing
on finding herself observed.
After looking at her for a moment, be ex - -
claimed :
'ity hearensGiacinto's madonna!:
tlte.mystery was now completely solved ;
donbtless this bill wat the 'traria of brigands,
and Griacinto was Oise of them as to the
madonna, bet employment was that of
watching for travellers and giving. notice to
the band.
Michael Angelo, the dagger in his band,
held himself in readiness fur whatever might
happen.
Once more be saw the young girl reappear,
and this titiit<she did not endeavor to
conceal herself,_ bat, walked timidly up to
'What do. you ivantr he asked her,
harshly.
- - .
'Forgive . me, signor, she replied, with
sorne,besitation; 'if you knew what brings
me, I am sure' that you would speak to me
more gently.
'Once more, what do you want
want,' replied tae young girl, offended
by the, roughness-of his manner, 'I want you
to let: me look under that stone on wbich yon
aro sitting, to see if there is something there
which I want'
Michael sprang pp and looked atound
convinced that be must be surrounded by
b an dit4. ' but he was alcne with the young
girt. While gazing at her, last in amazement
at her . efilronterv, he taw her stoop down and
examine beneath the seat.
'Enougbr cried be,
i puabing, bey away;
na
warn you . that lan no very patient
litnnor:
It was now tho young girl's turn to bolos
amaze:nest.
'W4toin yoirtaeliie s for; signor P
'For a daughter of Satan, 111-disguised as
an angel. Are you not ashamed—you so
young and so beautiful—to follow so disgrace ,
ful a calling I'
The young girl's cheek blinked ecarlet,and
tears gathered in her eyes.
'I should be glad,' said Michael Angelo, in
a softened tone; to see in those blushes a sign
of spathe, and in -those - tears a symptoin of re
pentannet perhapf, my poor cbild,your heart
is not yet entirely corrupted; perhaps it is
not yet too late to save you, by snatching you
from the fatal influence of Gincinfo: •
l' exclaimed the young girl; rlben
you know all 1'
'Yes, 1 know all ; or rather, T have guessed
it Otis Giacinto's love and wicked counsdls
which have led toil astray,
`Giacinto l' rho cried, with Sparkling
eyes; qacinto is worthy of my love, and
lam proud of his; it is cowardly in you to
accuse him ' , sten he is not here to defend
*am here!'
It was Weed Glaciate, who suddenly
appeared as tto youbg girl uttered the last
words.
At Bleat of bite, . Michael Angelo felt cot
tale that,bie time bad come. -
'Whatever your ,number may. bei' be
cried, gasping his dag,ger e 'you and yours
make sure that I will sell my life very
dearly: -
giacirao looked with surprise at Michael
Angelo.
'Master,' said be, 'I am alono and un
armed:
'Unarmed 1-=-I can't seezldneath kho folds
of
.your cloak. Alone!--,these rocks may
Conceal many besides yourself.'
'Why,saxstur, whom do you take ruelorr
said the toung man in aura.. ,
I Wltom do I take you fir tr-why,
for—' • -
Bat Giaciato's countenance exptessed
- such perfect innocence; that, Michael Mtge°
stopped short. .
'What were you ',doing here before .day
light Pb. said, 'a nd whit firthe ineanirs of
tbis'glers conduct, mid the more than singu
lar manner In *blob she accosted.me•l How
is it; moreover, that you, hare reappeared 60
niexpeqtedly I What interest brings you
both to this Ache seat, under which you both
appear to be seeking something I' - .
Master,' replied Oiscintis, 'in the, present
`state of. things, Mystery is uselegs; '1 Wirt
Teresa:'
.
T
. 4 guessed mud); do ‘ yeii suppose that
I did not recognise in ` the signora the six or
eight madonnas which , marked your passage
through soy studio ,
I came here Sunday aftei §utiday,' eon:
•::
tinu4d Giacinto,itogaan uponler lovely face,
and I always returned -to you with the hope
that love, as with the stroke of a fairy-wand,
would suffice to transform' me into a great
painter; but, alas( I was forced to acknowl
edge that, as you had told me, wishes alone
will s not make au artist.' •
' Wherefore this impatiens `to -become a
great pain6rl'..asked Michael Angelo.
When I made known my love to Teresa 's
father, lie 'answered me—' I will only give
my' (laughter to a great artistorr a man who
has plenty of money:' -
• 'Now I begin to understand; slid Michael
Angelo.
The last time I saw Terms, she told me
her father had arranged a rich marriage , for
het; I returned home desperate, and seeing
that no lime was allowed mo to become il
lustrious or rich I msolved----' •
'ro take a short. out to fortune; said
Michel Angelo, "by following me lait night,
after I bad given you the dismissal which you
took so quietly V •s'
'Quietly, indeed,' answered Ohtani°, for
as Lwas about to tell von, I had resolved to
die-that I might not see this marriage, whiCb,
by depriving me bf hope, fills up the meas
vro my sorrow. If you see nurbere, it is
because I wish to takes last farewell of this'
spot, where I have 'been used. to meet Teresa,
and of this stone, which has been the safe de
pository of our correspondence:
Then; said Michel Angelo,'' when C saw
you stooping - this ihorning. . . l' •
It was to leave my last message—the let
ter in which I announced to Teresa my des
pairing resolution. A voice, *Mehl fancied
that of her father, called out to me, see
you, wretch'!'• This frightened . me, - and I fled,
carrying with me the letter, which I bad
not had time to conceal.'
and; interupted.Teress, 'it was thei hope
of finding a letter from disc:into, which
brought me here when youjeceired me, sig
nor, in so strange a fashion.
In the face of so perfectly frank and Fimplo
an explanation, it was impossible for Michael
Angelo to doubt any longer.
Well, my children,' said be, taking digit
hands, 'you may congratulateyourselyes upon
having made me pass a wretched night and
an uncomfortable day.
ilow so r
' I will tell you, another time; at present
we're something elso to 'do. Who is this
heard hearted father who refuses to make hi l t
daughter happy
You know him, master,' said the young
man.
do not remember, sicnork.to have seen
you anywhere bet in Giacintu's pictures,' said
Michael Angelo.
' I did not often leave my luni's room,
and my father forbade met° enter his studio.
I nro Algardi's daughter, signor. '
At that instant lt voice was heard which
Michael Angelo at olite recogniied, at the
sound of Which our, lovers turned pale.. It
was the voice of the sculptor.
I expected as much I" he cried.
_But before he could say any more, Michael
Angelo stepped up to him, holding. cut his
"One word, my.ftiend," ha said.
"You here, and Kith them, Michael Ange
lo I" be exclaimed. ,st
."These poor children stand in need of sup
port, and 1 have-made myself their advocate,'
said Michael Angelo. .
"I will never give my daughter to a Girl
einto," crieit Algardi.
"But have you not said that you will give
her to a great painter?
__ 'Well—and if I have I'
4 Giacinto will never do any"good, either
with Algardi the Sculptor, or Michael Ange
lo of the Battlefield ; I will place hirit wit
Lanfranc, who paints such lovely . VI rgi or?, and
I promise y.ou that he will be heard of-before
two years are passed.'
'Two years '=it will then be too late; my
daughter will be married in a week's time.'
'How many sequins does your future son
in-law possessl' asked Michael' Angelo.
'Three thousand,' replied Algardi.
'Olacinto can put down four thousand at
this moment.
There was a - moment of silence, during
which Algardi,
Giacinto and Teresa gazed
with inquiring looks into the fa'ce of Michael
Angelo, unable to determine 'whether he was
infest or earnest.
If that's the case, said Algardi at length,
love my daughter too well to refuse 'the
husband she herself
Michael Angelo stooped down, raked away
the earth from under the stone, drew'ont the
box and presented it to Algardi,
;Count I Thank *God,' he added, `the ° Mon
te-di-Pieta AI not have my money, and I
have found an investment for it which will
save me from furtbertrouble!
Whilst Algardi was handling -the money
to 11 . 85UT0 himself he was not the dupe of an
ill usion,Teresa and Giacinto gratefully pressed
Michael Angelo's band.
'l3y-the-by,' sa3tbe latter to Glaciate, 'you
shall carry the box hack ; it is only fair that
you also should - know how ulna it weighs.'
qc Capture of lirree.
Tie French,. army was preparing during
the campaign of 1800, to meet the Austrian
forces under the Archdlike - -Calories, in the
plains of Italy, and was traversing with al
most incredible difficulty and perseverance,
the stupendous Alps, which extend from st.
Il s ernard to Nice 'and Montenotte; encount
ering, hour bylour, obstacles so formidable
that neitgcr the courage of : the tropps, the
immense resources of the cimmissariat, nor
the - military 'genius of their leader, were en ,
4bled entirely to. overcome. thorn.
Nothing daunted, however, by either euf
flaring or fatigue, they toiled on, as if they
already..foresaw the indomitable will of- their
General4webief was 'destined to make them'
Masters of Milan and ‘Turin; to lead them to
Genoa, and to dictate hia.own terms of pees
Co his haughty rival at thebrittle-field of
Marengo4 - •
Within a few leaghes of Milan, in a hothiw
between two hills, and on the left bank of the
Dario Balthert,they at length name upon the
little Until and &dreier of Iviee; Which they
scarcely anticipated would - venture to dispute
their pastage even . for an instant, its fortifiers.
tions being almost nominal, _ and 'the nature
• of its positron rendering it impoisible that its
garrison could sustain a,regular siege, +.
They were, however, 4tt error; touropela;
Wonderfully adroit, and fanatically patriotic,
the Inhabitants of,the town, and the trisps
in the citadel, consisting only of four thous
and men with twenty-five guns,held the place
three entire days, against an army of ticrty
thousand lnen, commanded by three oil the
younger:t, but already three of the - best,
generals in Europe-13ernadotte, !damns,
and Lannes.
Furious to. "find himself arrested on - his
march,,by soinsignificant .an obstacle; Bona
parte--who had taken Alexafidria in a day,
and Miro in an liotir--:and who was, . more
over, anxious to poFsdss himself of a position
which would-faciliate his operations on Milan
—issued an order fOr the division under Tow
nes to make an attack upon the town and to
compel a surrender. .
A - battalion of the twenty-second demi
brigade, led by Gineral Cochet,first escaladed
the fortress and caned it at the point of the.
bayonet; When the French no sooner found
therriselvct in possession of the fifteen.teld
pieees which 'bud defended the earanee,than,
they turned their "Upon the-town, and operl
ed for their leghins a perilous s but unobstruct
ed path, along which they boldly advanced,
Singing the Marceillais. After three hours of
a struggle, as heroic as it t was hopelesi,driven
from the citadel, decimated in the.strleis of
the town:shot down on all sides when be
yond the 'reach of his entries,
Or cut down
by the sabres of those - by whom they were
overtaken in their flight, a few of the :Aus-i
Latin soldfers,and the mere handful of inliabit=l
ants who. had escaped the carnage,.- took
refuge, with the Austrian Adjutarit-Gen: I,
resolved to hold out so :long a, one of t. ern
.0, ,
shoutd be left alive. . •
In a few instants the residence of the InaVe
veteran was transformed into at actual,
fortress; , loop-holes were perforated in the
galls, barricades were hastily -erected, and
every energy was exerted to acdomplish an
-offensive defence. • '
Couchet was the first to enter Ivree, but he
was closely followed by Lannes, who sent an
officeraotl twobattalions of the twenty-second
to force the position of the enemy. ' We re
frain from naming this officer out of respect
to his family, several of whose members lave
since the event,which wo are abdllt. to record,
filled with lionot..to themselves an -- elevated
rank in the French army;: let it suffice that
Major who was 'conspienonala the
Republican - forces for hie headlong courage,
penetrated, at the head of nko of the battal
ions (by passing over the 'bodies of the forty
gallant fellows by whom his entrance was
opposedl into the' houie-.6f the Austrian
'General.
This dauntless man, after baying seen all
his-little garrison f9ll and-expire around him,
had armed himself with a hatchet, which be
wielded with superhuman energy against his
advancing foes; and as Major L—appeared
at the door of the room where he had taken
up his post, her•ainied so furious a blow at his
head, with the formidable weapon, to *Vet ,
he had already beconie'aicustotri, that, Lad
not the wary officer adroitly struck it aside
with his sword, it must have felled him to the
earth It was his closing effort, however ;
in the nett instant lie fell, and the apartment
was invaded by the French soldiery. -
Majoi L s wbo bad never during his
- fifteen years .of military service - even quarter
to an enemy, was 'already advancing toward
the veteran.to complete his work of blood,
when a young and singularly beautifulwoman
rnshnd out of a neighboring cbambei', and,
falling at his feet, and clinging to Lis knees:,
pale; dishewled, writhing and almost insane,
shrieked out in a voice of terror and despair,
from which all the tenderness of the woman
and the wife had disappeared • •
"Mercy ! mercy ! , Do not, - kill him.
He is- my husband, and the father of my
*had."
The Republican officerlooked down upon
her -without pity or emotion: . .
What had be to do , with the agonies and
the outcries of a %COM= ;In a second - be
bad her trust,violently from him ; and taking
one step= forward, had fired his pistol at the
bead'of the gray-haired veteran; , ,
The discharge of the weapon was echoed
a cry wrung from the very soul of the un
happy wife, -
"George,my child, where are you f Your
mother calls you—come.."'
_At the well-known moo, ajoyely boy of
scarcely three years of age, who,•a t a he saw
his father Call, concealed himself,pale and
trernbliog,beneath that father's bed,approach
ed his mother, ant having reaehea her side,
buried his face in the folds other Attest, as if
to Shut out the frightful scene around • him.
- But frenzied by despair, she plucked him
from his new hiding-place; and leading him
to Major geld s -in a tone as hard and
emotionless as though it had proceeded from,
lips of stone: •
"Coward,-your work is not yet done. You
`have still .hiesou to - murder."
At this moment loud acclamations were
heard frOm "without, and a French General,
surrounded by a group: of offieers, appeared,
upon the treehold of thh blood-stained apart
ment.
Major L-- turned pale as their' eyes met
his; but , the-young widow, as if suddenly
inspired, rushed toward the new coiner, ex
claiming t •
"Revenge him•-..--revenge me—"
"Calm yoursolf,liadaprie said the:goner/it
in in accent so low and gentle,* that it thrill.
cd through every heart; "I must understand:
what has taken place before I can pledge
yself to anything, War is a feartuLordeal
Cot a woman, and dpubly,ao for one so young
and helplesa as yourself." -' • •
•
_ lie bad scarcely ceased speaking, however,
when a heavy frown,gethered upon his-Brow;
and a dark light - shone in his eyes. AU be
saw revealed the truth at once; the
with his pistol hill grasped in his iron band ;
the disfigured corpses its white[hair dabbled
with blood; -the frantic women, ' careless of
all the conventioplities of sex; though-sur
rounded by a horde of intbleasisoldiery; the
thild o rel 4 eallini to his :father
to awake fann the dreamless sldepfroni which
there ii.no waking upon earth., After ono
rapid, eagle-like, glance; be understood all;
and at once felt that them ivai' room neither
for doubt nor justification. - eye flashed
as he crushed his glove in his clasped
_fingers,
and titthell abruptly .towird the murderer,
who stood before him, trembling,stupified,and
iitammering a few hicobeieritworda ofeiplan
alien and exam.
"You.are a coward, sir!" he exclaimed, ve
hemently ; "you 'rain dwtssinated Ji pounded
and defencekisit man—e brave sOldier--,-in
the presence of his wife, whp erred to you
for mercy. It was the action of a felon
't . `-rs ~cY%:yr ~..-e~ _ - c:..' ,~; "'_.,l^:y •: 7`~~.u~.r~
VOLUME )(Nil NuoilBtri.2l
"General
that he wa
"Can yo
brought agr
witneag to
wrongful(}_
maybe spar
murderer h.
beneath' the
"Genera),
duty in rite.
fmned,it.
27unce ticket
"Silence,
of the Gene
"A faller
Mend. Fa',
loyal soldiei• shOufd meet bia "foe; !Mt iosticktt
down an unarmed man; to murder is cold
blood one who is incapable of. resielolloo - -
Pahl it is tickenlog. You are, nci.lOng4i
'do
to 'set ptcitepublie, ; nor abitil you
'do inotherhoitr. Deliver to Me, =upon the
instant, your sword, yOur epaulettes,and yorti
decoratioii. From this moment
“you cease
to belong to 'the twenty-second
brigade ; you cease to belong to the army Of
Italy."
The`Maio locked up haughtily.
'General,' he exclaimed, steadily, but wit h
ihe concentrated emotion of One who wes
p 'the. bet terpertiolt of hil'existence,
"here is my cross and my sword,noiv ae
mend a court-inertial." •
"You shall have one, 'sir, you attentive
one,
oise,and no later than tc-morrow," was-the
rejoinder.
.Thep, turtling toward the Officers,' who had
ie6iirsd iithnt spectators -of this exciting -
scene, the 'G n tneral approached the corpse - crf .
the Austria soldiers, and removing his hat, •
,
said, iiolemnly• ,- • _ .
"Follow My example, gentleinen; , too •
much -honor cannot Le:). paid to the ranee.
brave." i
DurintOtia remainder of the frightful day.
'the young wjtdow condi:wed 'a prey to the
most agoniz i ng despair. After liming. seen
her husbanclilaid in the grave with
inarkeming ceremony :of a military faileral,t37i
unfortunate wenia'n-Who had lost in one hoer
all that she had, hived on earth, except her
child, fell into a perfect suite of apathy; that
apathy alike , of soul - and body, which . es.nSt
fatigue, which is iso i t terior,which is not mltd
nese, but Ch i a utter apathy of de , spair.- Not
even the tears or caresses of her son; the idol
of her maternal heart, could rouse- her
did not hear ibis voice, she did not felt
kisses upon: her lips;
.she was unconscious
that h is !ovum arms.wei•e clasped about . hel•
neck; Ithe -bi.esthed, 'hut that was all; he'r
inner life was extinct.
So long asisbe hid a hustiand to avenge, &
child to defend, She had retain,ed strongqi
and courage Ito -speak -and -to act •, but no*
that the assassin of' her husband had under - -
gone the. dispaca of; a public degradatrari,
while the prempt and fearful retribution 'of a
tiillunal threatened his lite,..she re
raethbereil only the immensity of her lop, Uri
depth of he beyeavement,lnd7She. yeas con- -
sequeritly more estolsishedshanwlairnoi_wheo;
early on the following morning, a rench
aid-decamp' Cattle to apprise thattheGeneral
in-Chief desired an interview with 'bee at flee
Town lila% in which ho bad tisblisbed his
head-quarters.
' Without the hesitation of a piom'ent the
newly-made widow took her child by the '
hand, who was pale and feeble .from terror
and want of rest; and then, lifting him iii
her arms, she followed the messenger with
a firm step, 'hat without having ipttered
. .
introchted at mice into theG eouncil-chan
her, she found herself in the midst of all the
most celebrated generals of the French army;
those reenWho were subsequently- to fill such
different destinies; and to leave upon the field.
of battle, or 'in the. intrigues of- courts,24
amid political conspiracies,soine their boaork
and otheinheir beads.
There were assembled Murat,' Ddroe, Len
no., Denis, Mathieu, Dunms, Idessena,firche,
Cochet, Bernadotte, and many :others who
were - sUbsequently to be'come famous' while
iu the midst stood the GeneralLhiChlef,
arms folded tightly acimpi his breast, and his
cies bent up s ob the ground. •
As the lady entered he looked toward her,
advanced in silence, and,led. ber. to a Seat,
passed hiS hand with a Cattaneholsiiiile over •
the fair curls of her Lop and. they commenced
a slow and measured walk from end to end
of the apartment. - . • ,
This sudden summons, • this Strange recap
tion,fand-the deep Silence Which . reigned a
round her, at first astonished, . tap e finally
Maimed the unhappy woman. . &vague feel
ing of terror stole upon her ; hut ai•alie.tiould
not articulate one sentence toinqpire.of those
with whom she had so stiangelY brought in ;
to contact, what she had to fear, Or whet to
hope. t .
,Suddenly the roll, Of a matlied dram tell __
upon her ear—a discharge .of musketry , fol.-
lowed it—and the report had no•sooner died
iway than the Generakin-Chief stood afotion , -.
less for an instant; and then approaching her,
took her hand, and led her tp - a window froill
which the looked down don the 1;101 . '1[10101y
close of a military execution. •
"Shrink nod ; Madame," he said,-„ai'with,
natural horrOr she averted hee.eye:f from the .
pitinful-spechrele; "the dealt roan hind yound=
er was's - French ofLfeer whom Isiscountrymen
and comrades , have ,dust ithot, for hating ;
in a town taken by assault, teuidered as
Austrian." . • ..
Ito paused, east a lightning.glanee eta! ,
the,
_group of oirmers around him; and died
added . :
tine at perfect libhrty to
„Oita Ivied
whenever you -may wish to do. so. 'ruled
the town must bo. full of , bitter ad& cruel
mernoriee,, nor is it,at. thiOnoment 4 fitting
residence for one so young,•and, pardon me;
as handsome,asyciurself. I shall ORO yo u
under the 'escort and proteetidii of General
Xesair, who will aiisvrerjor your safety to the.
Republic. ;Farewell, Macioce:l nil I ask - o f
you is, to tell the Archduke Charlek on your.
arrival in his camp, what justice You have
men rind' cipelienea in: the French &hitt
this day.! „
."A.nd the. name of, thy. z. preserier ! - - -of
avemer—that and My chtldinay reurembet
himin Oar-prayers !"
- The stern - soldier turned asidittorardonieift
and then,with a stutlierlandgriitiousederteiyt
he said; in a voice whichwas-Witiiiiihlit !Wit
steady. than iti,Sipt -•••
thank yen; Madani ;
those praiers from yod or , iiiditsteo4 - .8041,
'parts:. .
. .
"gasped the culprit, who fett
lust.. ,
deny the - charge • that I hikve
itist you? - Citt you pioduee one
prove that . 1 ?tare-accused yoii
- :;013 ! do it, fir •, do it, thattl
ed the than - Mof knowing that it
for fifteen yeAra been sheltered
flag of France."
I was OftiCted tot-performmy
of the enemy, and I bare per
die would Wive taken my life,and • •
,f hi& The gsime was= even otiei '
silence I' wea the item repi)' ,
foe shoeid be as,'sacred . 11301 ..
to .fito,e,,-qoa fel2o.lto.foc% ever t
-f .2.