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..4rOLEO.
ES APPEARANCE BEFORE THE COlfVEXTIOK.
BT JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.
The National Convention now prepared another
constitution for the adoption of the people of
France. The executive power, instead of being
placed in the hands of one king, or president,
wsa intrusted to five chiefs, who were to bo
elei Directors. The legislative powers were
e:--altted to two bodies, as in the United States.
Ths first, corresponding to the United State
Seaats. was to be called the Ccur.nl of Ancirnis. i
I: was to consist of two hundred and fifty mem- j the undertaking!" Naptkcn fixed thac eagle , gents disperse,! through every available lane
hen. lach of whom was to be at least fony j '-" v?on LIlR' hi'h fcxr coulJ racfct aaJ not ! tn,i aEd & r the foe was
jtars of age, and a married man or a widower, j 'i11 b'-fwI is au J PJUd- Perfectly ; and I nowhere to be found. Napoleon sent his divi
unmarried man was not considered worth v am in the LjlV,;t of npBsl.ing that whku I ; sion in every section and disarored the inhabi
cf a post of such responsibility in the service undertake." There was something in the tne 1 tant that there could be no re-gathering. He
cf the State. The second body was called the J ac l the manner of this extraordinary man, then ordered the dead to be buried, and the
Council o Five Hundred, from "the number of , which sceured for him immediately the confi- j wounded to bo conveys! to the hospiUls, and
members of which it was to be composed. It j dence of aU thc "embers of the house. His then, with his pale and marble brow as unmoved
correaponded with our House of Representatives, ' ?P5rit 80 C:l!m an(i imperturbable, ia the mi 1st of as if no event of any great importance had oc
tal each of its members was to bo at least thir- a scn,i 90 exciting, impressed them with a con- J curred, he returned to his head-quarters at thc
tv rears of aze.
Itt aconittauon wtsf-r superior to any othr ;
tach hud yet been formed. It was frauied by j
the moderate republicans, who wished to estab- j
lisa a republican government, protecting France j
oa tue on h.aJ frooi t.i- iovHlist-5, who w?jM j
re-esubllih the Lourb ni up.-a the t!rne, and :
in ;he other had fi-oia tlii rrii?rule of tbe vio- j
kt Jaeftbin. who wished to perpetuate the '
reign of terror. This constitution wss sot
down to the piiniitry ss.'emMies of the r-eui!e.
for the r adoption or rejection. It was accepted i
promptly ir. nearly all the rural districts, and i
wm adonted hv .Umn,.n 5n rt.
TLe city of Paris was divide.! into m'netv-Mx
Motions, or wards, in each of which, a in our
etc?, the inhabitant of that particular ward
3i?ajhl;d at the polls. When the constitution
wi tendtrcJ to these sevrnl sections of Pari-i,
fortv cirLt of them r.irp.l in it f-iv.-- iri.;:.
fo.-:y-six reieotl it. Th- JLa
Jacobins, the two extremes, united in the oP?o- j
rltiao.each party hoping that by the overthrow !
cf the Conveation, their views might obtain the j
presence. The Convention declared that the
m jorityof the nation had every where pro- :
tourJ in
tie prepared to carry its provisions into etfect.
The opposing sections now thoroughly aroused,
hegiia to arm, resolved upon violent resistance.
Tlii Parisian mob, ever ready for au outbreak,
jcined most heartily with their more aristocratic
lei-Jers, and all Paris seemed to be rousing to
ck the Convention. The National Guard, a
oiy of soldiers corresponding with the Amer-
Uin miStin tkn.t.l. r l. -. . . cr j
lar utiwruuiwreu, equipped
"4 drilled, joined promptly the insurgents,
Toe insurrection-gun was fired, the tocsin tolled, f
the gloomy, threatening masses, marshalled!
uie teauers. swarmed through th utrpoi
-acoavenUonwasinthe utmost sUte of tre-
paauon ; for, in those days of anarchy, blood
like waterj aQd Ufe haJ Qo 8acredneg3;
" WM nt mob of a few hundred
man . .1
Btragglmg .
with h C eurroun'J their Lal1
a forJnUK?' t0 brCEk tl,il','r'B19;', fcat I
01 rort7 thousand men, m
"Med by veteran generals, who had fought
oattlet of the old monarchy, with gleaming
umtrs and trumpet tones, were marching
5wa frou, aU quarterf of tbe cityf ,jp0B
Jiienet. To meet this foe, the Convention had
ita command but five thousand regular troops ;
menf f UQCerUia but' ta4t the7.' &e m-
or peril, might fraternize with the insur-
General Meuou
Llinia!
was appointed, by the
-on, to quell the insurrection. He
ul to aeet
enemy.
Napoleon, in-
lawedtt1111161'1 ia Passing scenes, fol-
. . .
nerv lnffi' ' no
Tiew fumeet SUch a criai3' 1 alarmed "
ambers and tho influence of his
of Tf.ai3tS' TT'1 fore them. Shouts
thr'T7 resoun1a from tue National Guards
jugh all the streets of Paris. They were
WuSJ eaib1JeDd bJ this triumph, and felt
to fiienUhat regula' troops wwuld not dare
re upon the citizens. The shades of night
vtKin0WBettliDSloWli over tQ6 itted city.
Poleon having witnessed the unsuccessful
the T t- Menou through the streets to
,v U'"'riw' ascending the gallery where
auoo was eating, viewed with a mar- j
tie trow and a heart apparently unagitated, the
scene of confusion there. It was eleven o'clock
at night, and thedcora of the Convention seemed
sealed. In the utmost alarm Meuon was dis
missed, and the unlimited command of the
troops intrusted to Barras. The office was full
of peril. Successful resistance seemed impos
sible, and unsuccessful waa certain death. Bar
ras hesitated, when suddenly he recollected
Napoleon, whom he had known at Toulon, and
whose military science and energy, and reckless
disregard of his own life, and of the lives of all
others, he well remembered. He immediately
exclaimed,
I know the man who can defend
U3j if oue cun jt j9 a yOXing Corsican
offi NWie,,o Bon-.parte. whose military
abilities I witnessed at Toulon. lie is a man
who will not sUud upon ccreinonv." Napoleon
was in the gallery at the time, and it is not im-
upen him, caused the suggestion.
Ko was immediately introduced to the Con
vention. They expected to see man of gigan-
; tie frame and soldierly bearing. lirus,iu.- nnd
1-t l
imperious, lo tueir surprise there appeared '
beforo thcia a sinal slenucr, pulc-faceu, smooth .
ciieekcd young man, apparently about eighteen ,
ycar3 of age. The president said, "Are you f
IT Aillll VU UU"-A
tion?" "Yes
to undertake the defence of the Couven-
ftloa - " 108 waa lue CAun 1'cn'"- reply. :
. Alter a ii;ouit a ccsiwuuii,
wac prcdiaeiit con- .
1 . - t -
' " 'Jl ,u- ",eua"tf OI
at d,
' -v'tifin t)fit tbpv irrrc ?n tJin r.rrcpnw it r.no '
.. ... j-.vv .
common power. .ue i-Ka-mgew aiew ,
word.S Xapoleoti said, "tine condition is
inJispensible. I mut have the unlimited com- ,
mand, enure! nnmDwlcJ bjr nj orders from
l" ..jutuu:i. u was lijiuuu ut ueoace, ;
:inJ ti,cl'
' " " 1 !
, ....
:ur.tr.cS3, cacr-y. &iA ua.auiuz re-
Tho
sources oi .;:pule-jn. were now most coi.spicu- J ,
'Jt - y '
llii Invvd. At .S il.iyns, about five miles j
l'r'" t'" tow.-rful pirk of artil- ,
lri consisting of fifty heavy guud.
- noIeoQ i
iustoutlv deM-itohe i Murut. with a oartv of
a
Jragoon's to take those guns, and bring them to
! t Tiiil f ti4 Thar w c .i i .. 1 1 ?- tl-j. m . n ta.l
v. "vi v.v. A r v l - A'.a -'J iac 4X1 V U I A
trooca but a few moments before a riartv cf in
fantry arrived from the sections, for thP im .
purpL. ?. The iusurgenu, though mere numer-
ous, dared not attack thc dracoous. and the cuns
were taken iu safety t j Nai,r,l-,., - .. .lis-i
poed theiu, heavily charged with grape shot, in .
a way as to seep ail thc avenues leading
to the Convention. j
Thc activity of the young general knew not a
moment's intermlion. ;
. . ""v"
ei-y,.d inspiring eourr.TC. He was well aw-e
- , r t "v" aware
of the fearful oddi against him; for with five
,v, i. i
thousand troops he was to encounter forty thou- '
en.l men. well a.!. w,n '
......... .
der etnctiencod officers. T icv nn it n I
siege him, and starve him to surrender. They f
f,,mKin .... v"I7
,r . , , , , ' ,. ; acquittal. He urged, and successfully, that as I of a comfortable home and the happiest of do
tops and chamber wudcw3, soon so thin out his ' . . . . .... . ... 1 .
ranks, tuat resistance would be hopeless. The
officers of the National Guard, however, had no
conception of the f rm, indomitable, unninching
spirit which they had to' encounter: They did
. . -
vi; i,o . . , i
the cki.ens of Paris. The Convention '
, , '
roused to a lively senie of the serious aspect of '
anairs, wuen in tne ciocm or nirtit e:irht nmi-
dred muskets were brouarbiin with anaburrdnf
aupp'X of cartridges, by order of Nr.polcon, to
ann the members as a corps" of reserve.- This
precaution indicated to them the fall extent of
nation of one who was intrusted with their de-
fence. As the light of the morning dawr ed
upon the city, theTuIleries presented the aspect
of an intrenched camp. Napoleon had posted
bis guns 39 as to sweep all the bridges and all
the avenues, through which an opposing force
could approach the capital. ' His own impertur
bable calmness and firmness and confidence,
communicated itself to the troops he comman
ded. The few laconic wards with which he ad
dressed them, like electric fire penetrated their
hearts, and secured devotion, even to death, to
his service.
. The alarm bells were now ringing, and the
generale beating in all parts of the city. The
armed boats, in dense black masses, were mus
tering at their appointed rendezvous, and pre
paring to march in solid columns upon the Con
vention. The members in their seats, in silence
and awe, awaited the fearful aesault, upon
whose issue their lives were suspended. NapoV
leon, pale and 6olemn, and perfectly calm, im
perturbable and determined, had completed all
his arrangements, and was waiting, resolved
that the responsibility of the first blow should
fall upon Lis assailants, and that he would take
the resj-vneibirty of 'ac second.
Soon the ene-
EMfflt OMM 30. 185L
rny were eccn advancing troni every direction,
hi -masses-which perfectly died thenarrow
streets of the city. With exultant music ax4
waving- banners, they marched proudly oa to
attack the besieged band upou every side, and
confident, from their overpowering numbers, of
an easy victory. They did nn Wicrc Unit tb
few muii teeole ' troopa of the Convention would
dare to resist the people, but cherished the de
lusion that a very few shot3, from their own
side, would put all opposition to flight Thus
unhesitatingly, they came within the sweep of
the grape-shot, with which Napoleon had charged
his guns to the muzzle. But seeing that the
troop of the Convention stood firm, awaiting
thwr approach, the head of one of the advancing
columns levelled their muskets and discharged
a volley of bullets at their enemies. It was the
signal for an instantaneous discharge, direct,
sanguinary, merciless from every battery. In
quick succession explosion followed explosion,
and a perfect storm of grape-shot swept the
thronged streets. , The pavements were covered
with tli m'inr!vl on.l fta .?.. ti; 1..
C uotu. iu? VVIUIU1U
wnvered the 9torm still continued; they turn
ed the storm still raged unabated; they fled
iouuer dismay in every direction; the atorra t
still pursued them. Then Napoleon commanded
his little division impetuously to follow the fugi-
lives, and to continue the discharge, but with
it t
i v u fcAns 4.utAAAiicr Jk uitac ncaTJ
diauK curuuires.
1 . T 1
KUQS rvercerata along tte streets, the insnr-
iuiiciirs.
,.How couIJ you gai J & laJ th33
lessy fire upon T0r Qwa craBt' , v
8oMier, he coo1 repHeJt t.;g but a TOach;n(, u
obey orJerg Th5s -a My SEaL) Lich T bftve
rreasea unon Farm." nlipniifT?v Vt-.i.ti i
pre93e,l upo
never cease-1 to recret the oi-nrrtnrf-n.l ti-il
. '
to Ior?ot' anJ have others forget that he had
, , , .. ... . .. .
nrr uouL'iri in; eireeis oi l ans witti tne r. ..i.i
p,., !..., i
J
r "--u uw govern-
----- vusavu iiinivr;, irum me ;
-uu.,.ew us executive. lut
a few monlhs f1"1 awa-v More NPleon, by !
moral power, wuuoui tue sacaums fa drop cf
blood, overthrew the constitution which his un
VltSlxi artillery had thus established.
Imme-
diatel'V ftlter tUe 1aelUng the sections. Napo-
.uuipuant.y receiveu y tt Conven
tl0n - II was hired, by unanimous resolve.
tUat 18 enerW ua,i a"l Republic. His
frieni Carra8 became one of the Directors, and
aPole(n appointed Commander-in-chief of
""l Intenor' and trusted with the
military defence and government of the metrop-
olis. Th8 defeat of the
iasurgents was the
, , " r ,""W'1U,M'
ad seemefl to establish the Republic upon a
t , , F
psrnianent foundation. Napoleon manifested
I- . nitinr , , - . . '
tue aatuni1 c.emency of L13 dispo3ltion very
strongIv in thi3 h f t rf .
. . .
When the j
n;ent;oa XCCUt(S Menon - a
trur' Le T'-Jed his cause and obtained his
t " uon unruticss, iney enouiu
not be punished, but that a vafl of oblivion
should be thrown over all their deeds. The
Convention, influenced not a little bv the Brririt
j of Napoleon, now honorably dissolred itself, by
JT TJTV past
caences. ana 3urr-n-3cring thc government to
t)e 1(ireccrT , . . , . , .
The situation o
Nr.p'etn now flattering
in the extreme. lie w?s but
M.ij.uTB rears
... .
cf ege.
Tho (iietiniiiiUVs.l c- . i. i i
miuica uc uuu ren- i
d
a
e!e
nencehehad now attnined was not a sudden
and accidental outbreak of celebrity. It was
the result of long years of previous toil.' He
was now reaping the fruit of the seed which he
had sown in his incessant application to study
in the military school; in his continued devotion
to literary and scientific : pursuits, after he be
came an officer; in his energy and fearlessness,
and untiring assiduity at Toulon; in his days
of wintry exposure, and nightj of sleeplessness
in fortifying the coast of France, and his untiring
toil among the fastnesses of the Alps. Never
was reputation earned and celebrity attained by
more Herculean labor. If Napoleon bad extra
ordinary genius, as" unquestionably he had, this
genius stimulated him to extraordinary exer
tions. - -
Immediately upon the attainment of this high
dignity and authority, with the ample pecuniary
resources accompanying it, Napoleon hastened
to Marseilles, to place his mother in a position
of perfect comfort. And he continued to watch
ovei her with most filial assiduity, proving him
self an affectionate and dutiful son. From this
hour the whole family, mother, brothers, and
sisters were taken under his protection, and all
their interests blended with his own.'
ercd; thc high rank he had attained, and the way to constant importunity, . Marg
tuple income at his disposal, gave him a very i bestowed all else she had in the world
vated posf-.on in thc public view. The enii- seducer," and her honor followed the res
The rwtct v i . .
, -vi. .iiBi;eoQ now occuuel wss
one of vast responsibility, demanding incessant
care, and moral courage and tact. The Royalists
and the Jacobins were exceedingly exasperated.
The government was not consolidated, and had
bUincd no command over the public mind.
JW-i filled with tumult and disorder. The
ravages of the revolution had thrown hundreds
of thousands out of employment, and staryation
was stalking through the streets of the metropo
lis, ll became necessary for the government,
almost without means or credit, to feed the
famishing. Napoleon manifested great skill
and humanity combined with unflinching firm
ness in repressing disorders. It was not unfre
quently necessary to appeal to the strong arm
of military puwer to arrest the rising array of
lawless passion. Often his apt and pithy speech
es would promote good nature and disperse the
crowd. . On one occasion a fish-wnmin if nn-
mous rotundity of person, exhorted the mob
with most vehement volubility, not to disperse'
exclaiming, "Never mind these coxcombs with
ic upa uieir saouiaers ; tney are not if
we poor people all starve, if thev can but teA
well and grow fat." . Napoleon, who w- , th,n
and meagre as a shadow, turned to her and
said, "Look at me, my good woman, and tell
me which of us two is the fatter." The Ama
zon wn completely disconcerted by this happy
repartee; and the crowd in good humor dis
persed. Tlie Xcwark Murder.
ACQUITTAL OF KARQAEET GAILBTTT.
The trial of Margaret Garrity, a young Irish
girl, charged with the murder of a man by the
name of Drum, who, under a long agreement of
marriage, had robbed her of her Tirtue and then
married another, terminated in the Essex County
Court, New Jersey, on the 12th inst.. by a ver
dict of yjt Guilty, some evidence having been
adduced tending to show that she was insane at
the time- of perpetrating the deed.
The following account of the parties and of the
murder, as given in the testimony beforo the
: r
ioe N. V. Times :
'-J about nineteen years;
....
"ioe rrisoner i
tKSc,eej cr
13 possessed oi
: ' v. ' '.: g personal appearance,
: .;.cr.s to beauty, and has a
' . - -s of temper, and liveliness
: . Tied to have made many
!':'vrent families where she
witnout
1 ;-
cnaracwr ir t
oi aispositv.-i,.
inentis t r ncr
has been at '
- , : i wo years ago a young I
' - me mechanical occupa- j
enitmrred of her charms
Irishman,
tion in Newark
and good humor,
so well in winnnij-
.-' ni in a short time succeeded
ihe girl's favor as to procure
a promise of ra.niage. Margaret gave her
whole heart to her lover. Their intimacy was
of the very closest. Night after night they met;
they spent their holidays together ; were recog
nised by their friends as plighted lovers; and
every arrangement for the marriage, save the
precise time, was definitely settled. Drum
availed himself of the confidence secured by this
state of things to temt the unsuspecting girl's
virtue. H used the ordinary arts of seduction
with the skill of a thorough-bred villain. The
affection won by the better side of his character,
was to be abused and betrayed by the use of the
most approved and diabolical methods. Its
very intensity and self-forgetfulness were to af
fect iu ruin. Immediate marriage, the picture
mestic ties, were held out as allurements. The
fivor of the seducer's love was pleaded; the
crime itself was robbed of its criminal apcct,
and as usual depicted as an innocent indulgence,
the evil of which, if any threatened, could readi
ly be prevented by a resort to the altar. The
Irish girl is notoriously tenacious of her virtue ;
and Margaret, clinging to her womanhood and
fair faiue, LclJ out Ions ainai the seductions
r i t ii i. i- .
wi i - otniriii o ij,cr i
, i l , v.. .1 i : .
uuuus iiutu ulis u t tuotiic uiuouiciKxcu
a ret had
upon the
t.
As usual, the grief and remorse of her latter
hours found no relief but in the reparation prom
ised by her marriage. She urged Drum to the
performance of his engagement. He professed
entire willingness, but postponed the ceremony
from time to time on various pretences ; and the
girl seems never to have doubted his good faith
until a fortnight or so before the final act of the
tragedy. She had become conscious that the
punishment of her frailty was at hand, and
nothing but the fidelity of her lover could save
her from disgrace. Friends told her that he was
devoting himself to another ; ' she refused to be
lieve it. She demanded an interview with him ;
he appointed a day for the performance of the
rite ; and left her to get her wedding dress rea
dy, and make other preparations for the happy
occasion. Again she was assured of Lis infideli
ty ; and calling at his lodgings, she forced him
to walk with her across the Passaic bridge and
resolve her suspicions. He no longer disguised
his ill-faith. He told her falsely that he was al-
ready married to a girl in New York worth $200
and that a union with his miserable victim was
therefore out of the question. Leaving her with
this, the poor girl was abandoned to despair, and
sought the rivet bank with the aim of ending her
troubles and shame in the death of the suicide.
The presence of by-passers interposed; and
calmer thoughts prevailing, she returned home.
For two weeks, Margaret's health continued
very steadily to decline. Without knowing any
cause for the change, her mistress and fellow
Servants ohsrl k a-rHana of mm ul
ness upon her, and were all the more surprised
from a knowledge of her supposed wed 'He jr. A
few days before the final event, the rumor that
Drum was to marry a girl named McGuire, was
brought to Margaret, and became current among
her friends. Her frenzy and grief wtre unbound
ed. On the afternoon of the 4th of August, she
was told that her lover had actually been mar
ried to this girl McGuire. She at once became,
if not actually insane, yet so far deranged as to
be the subject of remark to several witnesses
unaware of any of the circumstance?. About 7
o'clock in the evening she left Mr. Tucker's
house, and went down to the place where she bad
reason to believe Drum and his wife were stay-
i ing. Jr or two or three hours she hung about the
j neighborhood waiting the appearance of the
wretch who hd tnln 1.
bors remark J W tr.,; a
I shunned her, supposing her to be crazv.' At
last Drum and his bride came out. The night
was intensely dark, and Margaret followed them
some distance unobserved. She had concealed
her face by drawing a veil ciose over it- Near
the corner of Plane and New streets, her grasp
fell upon the arm of her seducer, and in another
moment long enough for the doomed man to
recognize the avenger the steady stroke of a
knife had sent him to his final retribution.
The alarm was given, but she had made her
escape. Reason appears to have returned with
the fulfillment of her revenge. The murder
was committed about 10 o'clock ; and a few
minutes afterward the went to her bed-room
trtld the other servants what she had done, threw
herself on a bed for a moment or two, then hud
dling some clothing together, told them she was
going to her brother's ia Brooklyn, and left the
house. The search for her was 5cccssful,
" " uuiiiuuiiuic ma. i me strong ieejug i
of sympathy with her wrongs on the part of the
public would have prevented any very energetic i
efforts to secure her arrest. Two days after- J
J -
ward, however, he returned to Newark, accom-
panied by her relatives, and surrendered herself.'
to thc authorities.
Tlie I'lagrue lu the Cauarics.
DREADFUL MORTALITY.
A correspondent of the New Orleans Ticayunc j tne pr.nts that inure-tcd nie wustkt repitScnt
furnishes the following account of the proffress I 'm6 JL illc.Meu of the sieti ing u.f.n. iu the
of a terrtnc epidemic at the Canary I6laods.
in nrst victims caugnt it wnue csning on the mainea at tho tku s alci. lhe pcid counte
coaet of Africa. Itwas apprehended that the ' nan.e ot the uncobsu us s:umterer ami! the
negro traders would bring the disease to Ha- j sarrounJilig rect, and the uneaay looks of the
Tana . poor cat who gazeu rutluliy at tne v.aves, would
" j make a gooa ujcct lor a picture.
The year opened under the most favorable i There are a thousand wed kuown stories and
auspices for the Canary Islands, their increase '' anecdotes conneitrd aith ti.e calamitous phe
in commerce and population being well known. nmeuon : Swn Try toucamg, and others rela
TU , a . . T. , , . ting t escapes uiute mircu oua. Husbands
The fine arts also flourished. But the destiny w.,f . ar. . j . t, ,
J . were aeparau a roai their wives, parents from
which for a moment seemed to rest from the ; their children. One of the nut attesting is that
persecution of these islands, which had date ! of ,nd,i party vhieh haa just letl tne little
from the time when they took the name of " the chuTC,h at Uet'u' alur assisting at the union of
... - ,, , . , I two lovers, iiic juvUu Kwcsuun advanced
unfortunate, again fell upon them with more . doyfn strt9t ZJbj a band of rustic
fury than ever. Before its terrible anathema, ' musicians. In the centre, surrounded by their
commerce was paralyzed, the theatres were ' frienas, walkea tne youtniui briuegroom auuhis
closed, consternation seized every mind, the in- ; iuiUinS prettiest gr: in the viUage.
. ... ... , . , Tuey UaU been attacucd in ckudhood. and ever'
habitants hid themselves, or retired to the coun one "sympathized in taeir nappies. The younl
. r ' vo ra- i
pair, replaced the hours of felicity of those once
happy people.
On the 6th of June. iail. th rff ;.i '
of the province contained the following: "The
wuu vi iiniw w uiB ieinci qi ias i a. mag, ;
in the Canaries, has informed the Suoerior of
. v t : ... . fa
uu rroTince, unuer uaie oi tne otn mat., that t
in the barrio of San Jose, in the city of the
same name, some cases of epidemic cholera mor-
v,n. v r.nnu .1 T . - , .
" 1 lulsi
precautionary
taken.
measures were ordered to be
For some months this infirmity had been pre
vailing in the city of Las Paimas. disrlavino-
hlseif in isolated cases. The faculty throutrh
ignorance or malice, classed it as malignant
quinsy. But the authorities, ascertaining that
many persons were dying, that the sick survived
but a short time, and that the corpses showed
black spots and were horribly disfigured, or
dered the Board of Health of the island, under
the strictest responsibility, to declare the na
ture of the epidemic. Then, with general ter
ror, the announcement we have alluded to was
received.
History does not record anything so sad as
the spectacle which tLe island of Grand Canary
has presented, and still presents. The best di
rected pen attempts in vain to relate such ntts
fortunea and horrors, and words would not be
sufficient to depict their intensity.
The epidemic now raged with such fury that
the inhabitants in consternation abandoned the
town, without caring for anything but their per
sons, to such an extent that they even forgot
the ties of blood. Death surprised them in the
midst af their flight, so that the roads were cov
ered with corpses, over which act a ter ,i
friendship, or of filial or fraternal love was shed,
; because terror had 'smothered every sentiment
exeept that of. preservation- -,As ik to b x
pected, the fugitive; . carrying with them the
fatal genu, infected the country, which became
tne tneatre of the most horrible scenes.
The beasts abandoned in the city. ie--:aLCi
mna i-ramni .
for want of food, and the decomposition of their
bodies, together with that of the human corpses
which remained unburied in the streets, vitiated
the atmosphere to such an extent that any un
fortunate person who might return; to the city
fell dead almost as soon as he entered a Lous.
However, this new contretetnp was stopped as
soon as possible by the energetic measure taken
oy tne woruiy -Military Uovernur, and by the
humanity of the second alcalde of the Ccrregidor,
and various young men, tuanv of whom fall vic
tims to their heroism.' " ' '
At last the supposition was confirmed that lis
epidemic was not the cholera, but the ttrriUe
plague of the Moors, it having been ascertained
that it was introduced into the island of Grand
Canary by the fishing vessels which frequent the
western coasts of Africa. The persons in the
island devoted to this traffic, numbering about
1,800, have almost all prished, as there remain
only enough to man a single vessel. According
to the declarations of the masters of the said
vessels, on all the western shores of Africa there
reigns a deathly pest which carries off thc in
habitants, the mortality being no great that
the corpses are strevn upou the eaith in in
credible numbers, and their decomposition aug
ments the influence of the corrupted atu.o
phere. As soon as the Commandant General of the
Province learned the abandonment of the city
of Las Palms s, he sent a portion of the gtrrison
of the capital to bury the dead, but the greater
portion of the soldiers were attacked by the
epidemic and died. In short, in order to give
an idea of the ravages of the pest, it is only
necessary to state that in two months 6,000
persons died in thc city of Las Paimas and
16,000 in the whole island. Up to the last dates
the plague had spared the towns of Agaete and
Fejeda.
The bishop is one of the persons in Grand
Canary who have contributed most to the alle
viation of suffering humanity. This holy pre
late and worthy pastor, with a resignation truly
evangelical, displayed the utmost charity, zeal,
and intereet in behalf of the unhappy people.
He was, and still is, untiring in traversing the
streets, opening his purse, giving spiritual con
solation, establishing a hospital in his own
palace, and in ministering to the unhappy vic
tims with his own hands. The brothers of
Charity and the youths of the hotpicio, imitating
this hero, who has acquired ettixal glory, end
who appears a messenger of the Most High,
lent all their efforts to assist the afflicted.
At the last dates, August 12th, the epidemic
raru to me country,
- .. -
Weill! nlscciiceai Ol an Alt fid Hrent
uiieu ii.e -w,U ciitr.j.Le i u.e
lk.ot-slt.ig, iu cwiter.and, wtjfcii the uituxttain
sWpptu, nd hundreds oi numan bejiifc, houses,
cuuu-itta, hciua ox' caul?, tunas kuu awivs,
were ouiicu in n . e uanuus. lue traces c this
(ire ivctiC, aj .-ttu 1. ju. me La.c ci i-iiv-iic,
are sj fresh, Uiat it is niincult to oelieve that it
did not toie place ytstci uuj ; the utter aesola
tion be:r.g Mui uiwv tuLiy marker by the con
tract w.tu the smiling tceues ariunU. One of
Imie ark be ktVt by t..e nCuse cat, wh.ch re-
uiauimucu IU ma UUUU LUQ LKHJUet UC mkirtdee.
About naif way aown the sirtti lived an old
dame, the village school mistress, a ho bad in-
f itcncu m iu.-r cuuunooO,
When they reavheu th door, the vcun- Lnde
vw-"o"s i irum mat o. ner cinij-kniou,
ua wui'r'rel him that the wouid be oack m
moment, ran mto tne nous toeaib.acc her old
preceptress. Duraig tht u.ouua. the catastro
phe too place ! 'lue ground u ideniy gve
way benva h the bndal party, eiuuds of autt
darkened the air, a torrent vt mad niiDgled with
stones and rubbish, came noting uowuirom the
mountain; and aU w us ruin and desolation.
The bridegroom escaped wuhout tny more se
rious damage than that of being thrown djwn
and stunned.
He soon recovered his senses, and freeing him
self from the rubbifh in which he was had' bu-,
ried, etaggtred to his feet, his bridal boquet 6X1:1'
grasped in his hand, and looked about for the
nouse into which his beloved had entered. It
was gone! ilvery trace of the village had dis
appeared ; not a vestige of the o'd fauuuar scenes
oi nis chiiuhood met tne eyes of the unfortunate
young man ; he ran wildly about from one heap
of ruins to another, cailiug louuly tor nis bride,
bur there was no answer. He interrogatod the
few individuals whom he met fljiug tuey knew
not where, or else iu starch oi tutir fritnua. ha
demanded ot them with irantlc getturea. wheth
er they haa seen his Katcheu; but no one knew
anything atxmt her.
For turee loug j ears the unhappy youa- raaa
continued his distracted search; no eUori Cotud
luduce him to desist, or win hliu away from the
fatal spot. Nigi o,d day, still carrying the
faded remains of the marriage boquct, nis epec
irai torm nibi be seeu wandenug among the
ruiLS, and his voice heard calling oa his iot one
now in accents of hopeless despair, and then
with wild and levensh anxiety as a rieam of
hope that, she would answer his cr:ea crossed his
disordered fraia. At length his restless foot
steps were heard no longer. Search was made
.or the untortunate br.degroom, and be was
found lying dead Uside heap of
worn fingers of his right hand clasped tightly
XK7 ,,- tiaiis ana discolored
Found his bride rtSt"