THE WHOLE ART OF GOVERNMENT CONSISTS IN THE ART OF BEING II ON EST. J E FF E RS 0 N .
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OFFICE OF THE
Kradtlock's Defeat ISis Sash.
From an article in the New York Lit-
Taylor took the sash and examined ft at
tentively. It was of unusual, size, being
crary World, reviewing De Haas' Histo- j as larSe wucn extended, as a com
AT THE
.TSefffersoaiasi
l&cpuMicnit.
REGISTER'S NOTICE.
rv of Western Virginia, we cut the fol
lowing interesting account of Gen. Brad
dock, and some incidents connected with
his death :
" The defeat of Braddock in this bat
tle, as is well known, was his neglect of
the usual Indian methods of warfare.
He appears to have been a daring, un
doubtedly a courageous officer, of the old
" blood and thunder1' school; but his sac
rifice of the lives of his men and officers
was fearful. Mr. De Haas maintains, as
moh hammock. In the meshes of the
splendid red silk that composed it, was
the date of its manufacture, '1707,7 and
although it was. one hundred and forty
! years old, save where the dark spots that
were stained with the blood of the hero
who wore it, it glistened as brightly as if
it had just come from the loom.
'Upon the unusual size of the sash be
ing noticed, Gen. Worth who had joined
the party in the tent, mentioned that such
An
was the old fashioned style ; and that
an unquestionable point of history, that ! soldier's sash was intended to carry,
he fell by a shot from one of his own men. Lir necessary, tne wearer irom on tne
His memoranda of events are striking. Jbattle field- Ifc mentioned in the
"Tn flu mtiVs nf -Rr.irlrlr.rtlr wnw tven ' conversation, that after general Ripley
-V V " , m, ,. !wna .vnnmW nfc T.,ind' T.h 1,?q flnsh CC1ICDI CUCBt, UUG WUH
orotners Josepn ana x nomas naucett, or ; - - - -J". 7 earliest possible period in the spring. I
jrunccu; me nrbu a comiuisaiouuu uim tut: - - - alwavs plow eight inc
other a non-commissioned officer. Une LU ,uuai mm ".uu tuu u, ouu ua.
Andrew lt; ue was carneu- several miles, nis Doay
From the Farm Journal.
Old Farmer's ftHniliod off
P!;aiiliit Cons.
Mu. Editor.. Although not the season
for corn planting, I give you herewith
an account of the plan which I always
pursue, and after an experience of near
ly forty-eight years, have found uilder
all circumstances to produce the best
crops. Many year's observation, has sat
isfied me of the fact, that my system will
answer as well as any other in favorable
seasons, and far better during such an
one as that just passed.
I always make it a point, when prac
ticable, to put corn on sod ground, which
may be plowed in the fall, and with ex
cellent effect, but which should vc, at the
always plow eight inches in depth, then
snnw nnf. mv rrrrmnd vnrv do.pn Innvinor
.7. , . ,,,1 x inffliom rTmn FmcetM Hon Andrew" ue was carried several miles, nis noay ------- j e i r 15 xi
TBJOTICB is hereby given to all legatees ofjfcom, JiT swayin to aud fro between the horses, to the distance between the furrows three
- - and other persons interested in tne , -- ith him about ! which the ends of the sash were securely Icec; .corn eu aPP s?"
estates ofthc respective decedents and mi-vell and ; "en T woundod soidier no con-!Srains twelve inches apart. AY hero the
,, that the administration accounts of w voyanoo could be more grateful, or more gund is strong, the distance may be
following estates have been iiled m . !nnrnnr;ntP Mess. iuy ten-tootned narrow is next
the office of the Register of Monroe coun-1 "0 " . u f lor brokc fto admi. 1 brought into play, being fashioned as fol
ly, and will be presented for con firmation r J g ' e Braddoek.s .'ration, by saying he would not receive.13 :. ftc "ff " I1 ln
and allowance to the Orphans' Court to I Regardless ol Uen. braddock b posi ( j J itL rt,,.; Bmr;Sn 1 eight inches behind. This is care-
be held at Stroudsburg, in and for the a- j ;ve and toousli orders tiia ne troop, , fr t uT2 , fully drawn through the furrow, thickly
Uuiuu i ... . 1 .. . nAfnfmff f hn nnrn orrl f ho et nnrniif.
cam-
w0 luu lu lie m Luib uuiiuuiuu idi ma or &uv-
1 .i
wuu u.x.u-!, , . i i- j uk 1 j inmsnea. lie eiaDorated on tne lm-
ecutorof the last will and testament of P - ; " TT'lnn f nm;ff flMHn nfW liV.
rjnfnnr. of Middle ibmithlield t -
In.inn .-v ta In? lf.rW l.Al COW tT-hrH '-11. ill W II
J
fearing
lest the thus hon-
en davs, when, with mv twelve toothed
harrow I go over the whole, most tho
roughly covering the corn. The effect
of this last harrowing is to retard some
what the first appearance of the corn
(which, by the way is not an objection,)
grass.
through
Rudolph Ivintncr. of Middle iSmithfield
townsmp, deceased. . . ; . ,. x , . . . ; oredMaight discrace their namesakes.
First and fina account George House, J " " i We urgd his acceptance of the present ;
executor 01 tne last win ana nsumcntoi " iTe "ft" 7d was Bartlv and he said, finally, that he would put it ' D? uie waJ not an ODJ'
John House, of Hamilton township, de- Xhis afteard, Partly weeds and
ceased. ' ??' ?fme l0T UB upon ! if thL.L Am s Lt. m. i When about four mcheshigh, Igot
First account of Michael Miesner a d-, " c end of the campaign, he e furrows longthwyo with a shovel
ministrator of the estate of Ezra Bates, ' aud th"US SaVC th VCm WOuld acknowledge the receipt. I h tu 1S anotLer1 thblow to
of Hamilton township deceased. I S 1 tG tho above wemnv " Tho stirring events that have trans- the weeds and grass and when it has
First account of John Barry, adminis-i ad? 10 t0 the bl-a hfi bmai,ft fliq; rfimnrk llflvft ! reached the height of twelve inches I
trator of the estate of Walter Barry, sr., f ! added the laurels of Monterey to those ! pother and final dressing with
of Hamilton township, deceased. thQ National lntcMscnccr, v ho seems to f,,wp one of Harnlev's corn plows. This last
i .1 : , j. 1 1 ir
that sash, will insist upon his acceptance
' of it.
1 il . J1. .1. OITt
-it- , j c i a r t.- i. n nave neen laminar witn tne iaccs. Mueu
her administrator of the estate of Isaac mJ s remonng with his family
to uie west one 01 lue x'aucuits kuijl ;i
ScavroHaml Ulasuteaoii. j
This pair of anomalies livcl in ihe court of
the most anomalous of monarch, and in ani
age of anomalies, when tho most rigorous!
devotions and the most heaven-daring licen
tiousness, alternately and w'uh stated legular
ity, took the place of one another, and the
politeness and refined high-mindedenss ofchiv
alry were combined with atrocious wickedness
and brutal sensuality, and, us their name3
are mixed up with the History and Litera
lure o( the ago ol Louis tho 1-lih, a briof
sketch of them may bo interesting.
Scarron was born to high hopes, which
he blasted by the eccentricities of folly and
criminal indulgence, llis father was a, counr
sellor ol Paris, with an income of 5,000 Liv
res per annnm. lie married a second time;
and young Scarron became the object of the
hatred ofhis stepmother. He was intended
for the church; studied, traveled, took the ton
sure, became an Abbe, but, as was far from
uncommon at that period, he was foremost in
the wild pranks and libertine practices then
so fashionable. The length to which he car
ried these may be guessed at from the fact
that, in the Carnival at Rome in 1G3S, he min
gled in the crowds naked, in the character of
a Savage. But he was hunted by the mob;
and, to escape his pursuers, like Marious in
ilinturna3 he was obliged to eonceal him
self in a march. But with far different bodi
ly effects; for then only 27 yeras of age a
freezing cold seized upon him ; and he became
paralysed and delormed for life; so that as
he himiself says, in one ofhis letters, ult was
Gruber, of Polk township, deceased.
1 SAMUEL BEES, jr., llegister.
Register's Office Stroudsburg,
November 27, 1851. $
5luiitor's Notice.
In the Orpltans' Court of 3Tonroc County,
In the matter of the ac-"l September 25, blow to the
-(r,4r.t of Jatr.es H Stroud. iSal. lisc Court ' vo.nrs afterward T met. Tom Faucett. then
puaidian oUh.rv Prances I appoint Samuel ! us he toW jn tt(J lQtl Tq hm
Hunan, aud E en Bidrlv j S Dreuer, :u-;T ... , . J, i,,
ttinn. The said Ellen riiior to resettle , 1 Pufc the plain question, and received the
n.ririr is nnw HereasefL I i!ie said account ' Plain reply, I did shoot him.' I never4
and make distribution of ihe Estate of Ellen , heard the fact doubted or blamed,
"Since writing the above, the old chief
tain himself has passed from the living
to the dead. He died-'-a singular coin-
nublic house to the eastward from and
i near where Uniontown now stands. At
! tins man's lionse we lodged, about the
! 10tk of November, 1781, twenty-six years ! cidence on the anniversary of the terri-
1 ble event, the defeat of Braddock. But
and then it was made anything but a se
cret, that one of the family dealt the death
bntish General. Thirteen
dressinn; effectually destroys the weeds
and leaves the ground in a fine mellow
condition.
The advantages I claim for this meth
od are these:
First the deep plowing gives the roots
of the corn a fine chance to penetrate
I'iddjrIogan, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
auditor, s above staled, will attend to the
duties of his appointment on Friday, the T9tJi
day ot December nest, at 10 o'clock A. M. at
he officevf Diirmurk & Dieher. in Strouds
burg, when and where all.'jKsrsons jmeebted
can attend
SAMUEL S. DREHER.
November 27, 1&5I.
d&ministrator's Jfoticc.
The undersigned having been appointed
administrator of the Estate of William Hea
ter, late of L. Smithlield township. Monroe
county, decd, hereby notifies all those in
debted lo said Estate to make payment, and
all those having demands will present them in Braddock's defeat, and that both con
that
Faucett killed Braddock."
"Mr. "7atson (Annal of the Olden
Time, vol. 1. pp. 141S23) says, that in
1S33, he met Win. Butler, a pivate in
the Pennsylvania Greens, at the defeat
of Braddock. I asked him particularly
who killed Braddock 1 and he an
swered promptly, one Faucett, brother
of one whom Braddock had killed in a
passion."
" In 1829, Butler saw Faucett near
Carlisle where he had gone on a visit
to his daughter. The Millerstown (Per
ry co., Pa.) Gazette 1830, speaks of But
ler being there, and in company with an
aed soldier in the town, who had been
;uiv autlieniicateu lor seuiemem. u
HENRY SMITH, Atitn'or.
November 20, lfi5l.-fit
fteiv-Eorfe Importers & Jobhers.
FrIEEFtfiAM, HODGES & CO.,
53 LIBERTY STRElTT,
IiirrWEEJI BROADWAY AXD NASSAU-STREET,
.NEAR THE POST-OFFICE.
NEW-YORK.
curred in saying that Braddock had been
shot by Faucett.
A minister of the M.E. Church, wri
ting to the Christain Advocate, says :
'The old man died at the age of 114
years, in 183S, who killed Braddock.'
"The Newburyport Herald, of 1832,
declares its acquaintance with Daniel
Adams an old soldier of that place, aged
82, who confirmed the shooting of Brad-
a few weeks -nrevimm in Ins dearl, the n'n- the S01"to a Considerable depth, 111 Search
thor then on a visit to Washington, free- ot sltable Iood; Th.e aePth hicl tlieJ
ly conversed with the distinguished chief-, rea; secures them m a great measure
tain upon the very subject about which against the efiects usually produced by
wc have been writing. He said that the drought. A second good result or the
sash referred to was still in his possession, ' deeP plowing is, that m very wet seasons,
and at any time we desired it would have the over-moisture will effect the young
it shown. Knowing that matters of corn less tha where the plowing is shal
state pressed heavily upon him, we did low because, not being obstructed at a
not ask it at that time and thus, perhaps' dcPt1h of four or five inclies the llard
the onnortunitv has been lost forever :! Pan oeneatn, it nas a cnauce to smii sever
A A ml
certainly deprived of one of its most in
teresting features to be seen in the hands
of Gen. Taylor. During the interview
referred to he spoke much and frequent
ly of "Washington's early operation in
the West, and inquired whether any of
the remains of Fort Necessity could be
seen.
3
on
al inches lower
Secondly, the heavy harrowing, after
the corn has been six or eight dayspfan
ted, completely exposes to the sun and
air, the seeds of weed and grass which
have commenced germinating, and either
kills them completely, or so injures them,
that their future growth and vigor is re
tarded so much as to place them complete
pletelyat the mercy of the shovel harrow
and corn plow, with which the after dress-
mgs are given. .Again, the last dressing
A Fox's Revenge.
The Itev. J. Slurry, in his work
iic i, fn .
o J with tho nnrn n nw L'hjtis f.lio inol lrvtr nnrf li
II n 11 1 ill Pill ii - w ww... w II jlui. ..VAXVII J m k.
" An old and respectable man of the ' j ., . .
. at j. j n x1 , around the stalk, and in most cases the
county ot Montgomery, used frequently u i . c L i - i
, il c - l result is, a second set of roots which Give
to relate an anecdote or a circumstance . , . , , ,
which he saw. In his youth he resided , 1cna"CaSed Sr t0 gr0WmS Sta k and
on the banks of the Hudson river. One i t i i , i . M , T i
, , , , , By the plan above detailed 1 have rare-
day he went to a bay on the river in or-! .i 1 c , , ,
j i ,j , J ., i 1V, j ly, it ever, tailed to have an average crop,
dcr to shoot ducks or wild geese. When J ' . ' . c x, S'
, . , , i . , , even m the most untavorable seasons, and
1,. -rr i , . j, .i When the seasons, have been good, I have
yondshot. lie determined to wait tor them 1 1 , , . . , . ,, 'f
r , . , i T.r, , been led to think the yield to be fully e-
O approaen ine snore. u miu Biiung
there, he saw a fox come down to the shore
O 1 4-t- 1 m 1 J
ffiirii ill : i v nr iiiat npitr nnr
and stand some time and observe the
trecsc. At length he turned and went
"7"E are receiving, by daily arrivals fiom
Europe, our rail and u inter assort- dock bv one of his own men
merit of Rich Fasluonlle b ancy bilk and Mtl-. J3racdock wore a coat of mail in front, into the woods and came out with a very
nncry Goods. 1 which turned balls fired in front ; but he large bunch of moss in his mouth. He
I J inn', p iAf 1 i kfli n li f in ho I TOOP ' Imk r-ne-rA 4- It r ttt- itjihit f'T I rtTl f I ti J I
thorotighly to examine our block and l nces, . . J J excellent opportunity ot reading and re
and, as interest ooveuss, we feel confident , lounu Btoppeu m ironi, oy me uoac 01 , sanK uimseii, aim men Keeping uie moss ficcln up subject before nl
our Goods and Prices will induce them to Ee-jnail. The venerable William Darby of above the water, himself concealed, he .. J ' 1
lect from our establishment. Particular at- i Washington city, has recently stated to ' floated among the. geese. Suddenly one
tenlion is devoted to Millinery Goods, and tlie author that durino- his earlv davs. ' of them was drawn under the water and
As before remarked, this article may
be somewhat out of season ; but as the
long evenings are approaching, some of
your readers, who may think it worth
their while to test my plan, will have an
owing
many of the articles are manufactured ex-: i, i10f,r,i ; m,Ktllfl f.W.FmiPAt. Imd i lm fnv snmi nrmonmrl m tl.o sl.nro w5f.li
prcssly to our order, and cannot be surpassed klUed BraddocL It seems a generally i the goose on his back. He ascended the
i Christian Stouffeu,
Pine Farm, Manheim tsp., Lancaster co.
m beauty, style and cheapness.
, , . i ii 1 1.
Ribbons, for Hat, Cap, conceaeu iacc, ana mose oi mo
were disposed to applaud tne act.
Beautiful Paris
Neck and Belt.
Satin and Taffeta Ribbons, of all
and colors
Silks, Satins, Velvets, and uncut
for Hats
Feathers, American and French A
r lowers
Puffings and Cap Trimmings
Dress Trimmings, large assortment
Embroideries, Capes, Collars, Undersleeves
and Cuffs
Fine Embroidered Reverie and Hemstitch
Cambric Handkerchiefs
Crapes, Lisses, Tarletons, Illusion and
Cap Laces.
Valencienes, Brussels, Thread, silk, and
Lisle Thread Laces.
Kid, Silk, Sewing silk, Lisle Thread, Me
rino Gloves and Mitts.
Figured and plain Swiss, Book, Bishop
Lawn and Jaconet Muslins.
English. French, American and Italian
Straw Goods.
August, 28, 1851. 2m.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Has removed his office to ;his dwelling
house, first door belojw ithe office of. the
"iVIonrpe Democrat," and directly oppo
site S. J. Hollinshead'ls hotel, Elizabcthi
street,
settlers
bank and found a
tearing up of a tree.
hole, made by the
This hole he clear-
widths " At the fall of Draddock, Washington ed, placed in the goose, and covered it
with Capt. Stuart of the v lrginia (Juards, with great care, strewing leaves over it
Who's Hit ? If every body should
mind their own business, what would those
do who wave "no business'!" Why, mind
their " no business" to be sure. We re-
IT 1 . . 1
veiveis, hastened to his relief, and bore him from The fox then left; and while he was gone, Ul7 "one uiat evcryDouy ami an uiuir iwu
'ttiofioidnf l.tc ;irtv;rtc nfnof in flio fim lmnfor iinimi-ioi tiio rmnco pindod immediate, remote, collateral and real,
runnai , ,. , . , Annrs,nA nv!:nT. n fi, ..j voonu.fl n nm;t tlm Jssno "white, black, and pied will take this
i,oif on im.ir tha fn rn. tiling into serious consideration ana act
recent and melancholy interest. It pas- turned with another in company. They accordingly.
sed, in military conseanencc. into the went directly to the place where the
i hands of Gen. Tavlor. The curious his-! rroose had been buried, and threw out' 'Mvdear.' said an anxious father to
i I o -
sash worn by Brad-j They stood regarding each other for some shall be married, but I do not intend that
of his defeat, and in time, when suddenly the second fox at-! you shall throw yourself away on any of
Stroudsburg, Dec. 19, 1650.
tory is thus preserved by Mr. De Haas ; the earth. The goose could not be found. his bashful daughter, 1 1 intend that you
"The identical
dock at the time
which he was borne from the field bleed- tacked the other most furiously, as if of- the wild worthless boys of the present
ing and dying, recently passed into the fended by the trick of his friend. During day. lou must marry a man ot sober
Jiands of one of America's greatest and the battle he shot them both." j and mature age ; one that can charm you
jwith wisdom and good advice, ratner
A man who has a grudge against a than with personal attraction. What do
mature
most successful generals
" It appears that the sash referred to,
some years since became the property of suasage maker at the South End, Boston, ' you think of a fine, intelligent,
nlnm,i of XTntv OrJonnq. I rnn Jntn li? n1tro nf hii3?nfss t.hfl nth OP husband nf fiff.V ?
" After the brilliant achievements on day with a couple of dead dogs, at a mo-1 Thetimid, meek, blue eyed little daugh
the Kio Grande in 1846, the owner of the menfc when the shop was crowded with ter looked in the man's face, and with the
relic forwarded it to Gen. 6aines, with a customers, and throwing them on the slightest possible touch of interest in her
request tliat it might be presented to the i counter, exclaimed in a loud voice voice, answered, itmniaHuui
a;nn ...1. .i::.-,.i?L.il.nr liimcolf nn " 'PlinBA f.nrA rmlro r
that occasion. The old General prorapt
Jyr.seut it by a special messenger to the
commander in chief.
" The person who bore it thus speaks
of the presentation and interview. Gen.
These two make up the four dozen. I five would be.bctter, pa.'
see you are busy now, and will call for
the money to morrow."
It is estimated that the great coats
called "sacks" have saved millions of
The
with
ic washerwoman, who cut her throat dollars to mankind since thoy came into
a bar of soap, is likely to recover. I fashion, by covering up old clothes.
eeeclings of the estate to her own use, lived
upon a small pension from the Queen, and
the productions of his pen. Touched with
her destitute situation, and, notwithstanding;
his deformity, smitten by her beauty, Scarron
ollered to marry her, or to give her a dowey
if she choosed to marry another. She admi
red his wit, was affected by his attachment,
and moved by his generosity; and accepted
the offer of marriage to a man who she knew,
could never be to her a husband. They wero
married in 1G5 1 ; and she lived with him till his
death m 1GG0.
Her life, during her residence in tho house
ofScarron, when she was the bosom friend
of tho celebrated, or rather infamous Ninon
de l'ISnclos of whom James, the Historian of
Louis the 14th. says: "Her talents were
employed in the -service of depravity, a pros
titute from choice, and neither from circum
stances nor necessity," belongs to the scan
dalous Chronicle of the age ; and the portion
of it which follows such was the state oi.
European society, nt that period, both in
France and England, U essenMally interwo
ven with the history of Europe; though it
was even more scandalous, because more pub
lie.
ITJcattul Impulses of the Insaan.
The Physiological Journal, of a late date,
gives several singular instances of the peculiar
impulses of the insane, from which we extract
the following :
The Sieur f) , carrying on business in
ihfi OlinrllPP St f)pill I'nfi linrl Vnr cnmr
thus that pleasure deprived me suddenly of legs ! time) given UIimistukenbd evidences of men
wnicu iiuu uauceu wun eiejiance, anu oi i ..i,,:
hands which could manage the pencil, and the
lute."
The following is his own description of him
self: "1 have lived to thirty, if 1 reach forty,
I shall only add many miseries to those which
1 endure. ;ly person was well made, though
He frequently sent goods Ur.
parties without any order ; often went out w ith
out his hat ; and repeatedly returned laden
with children's toys and useless purchases
sometimes treating his subordinates with great
rudeness, and charging his head clerk, a man
above all suspicion, with dishonesty. Ma-
i .i: . l i . i .mi
fcnon; my uisoruer na& Mioneueu u sun more , (Iarnp i, wp ,.,-,,. hpNPir;n tilpfrnn)S.
by a loot. My head is a little broad lor my aciong of buaincsa paiIlted, to the utmost or
shape; my face is full enough for my body j her povverj hi3 eccentricities and offensive con-
dangerous : and by earnest and respectful at
tentions induced the assistants to bear with the
er exerting all her
to conceal from their
render a wig unuecessary; I have got many
white hairs in spite of the proverb. My teeth,
formerly square pearls are now of the colour caprices 0, their e ,oye
of wood and will soon be of slate. My legs ingenuitVj duy after duy
anu inigii nrsi luimuu mi ouiu-b uug.e, a-ier- t ,hPSn,i rpnlitv On nr nh,...t iU
dame D-
was awoue. an
wards an equilateral angle, and now acute j 3d ot May Mad
one. m y i nguuju uuuv .ui. auuuie : uuu , hour md fal by Q - ful SPns!rtion hl
my head always dropping on my breast ; tnc throat ad on hef hand tQ
makes me not ill represent a 1 rave go : ver the cause a,corlailied, with
mv arms shoitened as well as my legs, and
mv fimieis as well as my arms. In a word.'
1 am an abridgement of human miseries."
This was the man who became the husband
terror, that
i her husband, who stood before her, was aU
tempting to strangle her with a cord, of which
he held one end, while he regarded her with
a strange, wild look. At first she thought
o'theexquisitelybeaiUifulFrancaised'Auhigne; lhis hoib,e reait onIy. a ialucinationj and
who aitenvards became Marchionesie Main-! rnhhnf. hnr tn sf!,f sil
tenon the mi. tress, perhaps the wife of Lou-1 deceived 0n the table lav an open razor and
is Mth-and who for a long time, powerfully ' a istoL Comej mv beoved sa;j lhs
influenced the destinies of France and of Fu- j husband Wlth a smiie w.hic, ,na(je hi3 counle.
rope, biie was oorn in tne prison oi in lortm nance still more Iriahlful , "it is time to set
.1 II. IT - II
IG35 was three years elder than Louis, and
eleven younger than Scarron the daughter
of Constant U'Abigne, a Huguenot, but of a
rash, wild and dissolute character. She was,
however, baptized by a Priest; her father was
liberated from prison under an extorted prom
iseof becoming a lloman Catholic. Not choo
sing to fulfil it, he fled to Martinique, oarry
in with him his wife, this child, and his other
children. On the voyage, little Francaisa
was seized with a fever; was supposed to be
dead, and preparations were made for consign
ing her body to the ocean, but she revived.
The mother was judicious, for a while
kept her husband from his ruinous excess; and
the Martinique property was suliicient for their
support, but madame d'Aubigne being obliged
to return to France for the recovery of some
property, he returned to the gaming table
and lost all. His death iu lG-io led the moth
er and daughter home to France, destitute,
and young Francaise was committed to Ma
dum'du Villette, her father's sister! She was
a Protestant; wealthy, and Charitable, under
whoso tuition, the beautiful girl became a
protes'ant, and the dispenser of her aunt's ex
tensive charities. But her mothtr was a de
voted Roman Catholic. Anne of Austria, the
mother of Loi.is the 14th, was fond of con
versions of the decayed but noble Protestant
families ; and lha Countess de Neuillant
whose husband had been governor of Niort at
the birth of Francaise, and who had stood
godmother for her got the authority of the
mother of the French court to take the young
girl from her aunt, that she might become a
Catholic.
But Francaise was an obstinate Huguenot
she resisted alike allurements and punish
ments. She was made to give out the hay
and straw for the horses, to fced tho poultry,
and do all manner of menial offices, so that, as
sluv used to say, when in the zentii of her
splendour as giving the law of fashion to the
court of Versailles, "she commenced her reign
as queen of the farm-yard." Unable to over
come her determined adherence to Protestant
ism in this way, she was placed in the Ursnline
convent ofNiort, and became a Roman Cath
olic. Having publicly recanted, hr Prolestnnt
aunt refused her suppor'; the Ursuhnes would
not keep one who could not pay; Madame de
Neuillant neglected her. She returneil tn
share the poverty of hor mother; who soon af
ter died, a victim to care, sorow, and disap
pointment; and Franca se d'Aubigne was, left
at tho age of fifteen, without friends or pro
tectiors, hor only dowry buing her talents and
beauts.
She was introduced, to Scarron, whose
father, being exiled fir joining a party a
gainst tho reigning Minister, Cardinal Rtchu
Iteut atii hia stepmother impropriating Mio pio-
out on our journey. They expect us, for our
nuptials are to be celebrated on high, in the
moon. We shall leave our bodies here they
will give us others; and we shall rest.me our
own after a few days. Come, take away thy
hand, that I may strangle thee, to cause thy
spirit to depart! Seest thou, on high, all th
invited guests who pass!" At the same time
he directed his wife's attention through the
window, the curtains of which had been drawn
aside, to some light clouds flitting across tho
disc of the moon. At this critical moment a
happy thought occurred, as it by inspiration,
to Madame u . Appearing to enter into-
the maniac's feelings, she calmly answered,
"1 cannot, dearest, consent to go on high be
fore thee; and if we leave our bodies here,
without explanation, they will beb uried in the
cemetery, or, rather, they may be opened lor
examination." "Thou art right'" was ihe an
swer; "I did not think of that. I will just
go and write a couple of lines. We have no
time to lose, and thou must go first to put on
thy apparel.'' Providentially there was no
ink in the room, aud the Sieur D wa
therefore compiled to descend to his office on
the ground floor. Soon as he had left the
apartment, Madame D gently closed
and bolted the door. She then opened the
casement, which looked into an inner court,
and threw, one by one, several pieces of n-on-ey
at the opposite windows. As she had for
seen, one of these casements was soon openr i
by a neighbor, to whom she had confided the
state of her husband, and to whom she now
hastily communicated her danger, requesting
him to call the nearest guard to her aid. ill
soldiers were promptly on the spot, and for
cing their way into the house, leund the Sieur
D proceeding to break open the bed
room door with a wrenching-iron. It was
necessary to use stratagem to gain possesion of
this formidable weapon and secure his person,
as he had become exceedingly violent. His
arms and legs were then firmly liud, and, in
this stale, he was conveyed to the guard house.
Next day he was Liken to u lunatic asylum.
A poor emaciated Irishman having called u
physician in a forlorn hope, the latter sprea J
a huge mustard plaster and immediately clap
ped it on the poor fellow's lean breast. Pit
who, with a tearful eye, looked down on if,
said, 'Dochter, dochter, denr, it strike's mu
that it's a dale of mustard for so little male.'
Q&A Western pupr, spenWn; of a port
out his way, says ho Ix'gia,4 Helium the usual
privileges of talent. He hn? b?cn drunk lour
times within-the last week.
Why arc military r'fficfrs a! litem f; ?
They are so f nri of ti.Vii.ws.
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