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and I obey . " But however resolved we may be to carry out passage obedience , we are not the less curious , and M . Mallet put question after question to me ; it was for me to inform him as to the . quality of the passengers he had taken on board . At each of the names already popular , or at any rate known , which 1 cited to him , he interrupted me by exclamations of surprise . By degrees hebecame thoughtful , and the conversation dropped .
Such was our first interview . I brought away with me , however , the assurance tlwb the precise order for departing had not yet arrived ; and M . ivlallet promised me that , before weighing anchor , he would think of some means to satisfy our demands . On my return to-tin lattery , I almost found a solution . M . the admiral-prefect lud at last deigned to reply . In his lettter , addressed to the representatives of the I ^ oirci and to myself , he announced that all oar letters would be sent to the minister of
marine , who undertook to send them to our families . As to answers , he did not know where they could be addressed to , at least it was not on board the Duguesclin . These cutting words were very indecent . In accordance with the turn affairs were taking , we would be at Cayenne long before one of our words of advice could reach our families * and God knows at whatspot , or in what circumstances , we might receive the expression of their encouragements , or of their despair . M . the Yice-Admiral Lablanc recognised us at least as political prisoners , but , from the manner in which he executed the ministerial instructions , it could ba ssen that this was for him a very poor recommendation .
After weeks of this infernal life on board the Dugueschn , every day expecting to sail for Cayenne , a change took place n the intentions of the successful criminal , ftomc only of the prisoners were transported , others were allowed to remain in France under the surviellaiice of the police , and the others were condemned to expulsion . Durrieu , who had been sent to the Maritime Hospital , at Brest to get cured of the diseases consequent , upon the horrors of the prison-ship , was amongst the latter categofy , and he chose England for the place of his exile . The exiles departed with the sympathy and the
"blessings of the whole population . " The indignant crowd , " says Darrien , " covered the quais , and courageously cxprossecl , in spite of the numbers of the police present , those vows , whose approaching accomplishment will be a reparation for the oppressed , and a chastisement . for the oppressors . The English boat parted slowly before the saddened looks of the spectators . The exiles waved their hats , and cried : ' Vive , la Mejpublique / ' The same cry echoed along the quais , even to the extremity of the mound . It was at once the
sweetest consolation of the adieu , and the surest hope of return . ' Atrocious a ? were the crimes of the coup d etat in Paris , they were even exceeded in atrocity and cold-blooded cruelty in the provinces . It should never be forgotten that in precisely the provincial districts of the Republic where Louis Bonaparte ' s strength lay in the election of December , 1848 , there was made tho most determined and unvicldin" - resistance , to the coup d ' etat in December , 1851 . Yet , though these' Bonapartist peasants of 1848 , ware in 1851 shot , imprisoned , transported , or exiled by thousands , Bonaparte boasts
from these places an almost unanimous approval of his acts ! Was there any proof needed of the falsification of the suifrage on the plebicite , this in itself would show it . It is monstrous to suppose that a population , few of whom had not lost a friend or relation by death , transportation , or exile , would willingly put themselves under the heel of the man by whose orders all these atrocities ware penetrated . We will conclude with the following examples of the means by which Louis Bonaparte " saved" society , avid gained the love and admiration (?) of the provincial population : —
DECEMBK 13 T CSLMiiS IN THE PROVINCES . In the Puy-rle-Dome , Lieutenant Despiar , and tho Procureur de la llcpublique , iTonteli searched in every corner of the mountains for the loyal and courageous Dr . Lachamp , of Thiers . Lachainp was one of those condemned to Cayenne ; for three days he had with five hundred peasants , armed with sythes and hastily-forged pikes , kept the police and the troops at bay . After wandering two whole months in the snow and ice , overcome with weariness and rheumatism , he had sought refuge with a poor villager in Super . '' You will have 2 OOf ., " said D esiar , to an old farrier , " if you point out his retreat . " " I have been a long time in the world , " said the old man , indignantly , " but this is the first time I have been insulted . You are not
rich enough , yon , or any one else , to buy my conscience ! : > The execrable offer , always accompanied with the ignoble temptation of money , was made to all the assistants , and all replied with the same withering indignation . In despair , Monteil , shaming a beggar , beat beneath the weight of years , and scarcely able to move , cried to him , " Tell us , where is that rascal ! " The beggar replied to him , ' There are here no rascals but yourselves and those like you . I believe in God , and I pray him to bless M . Lachamp , and every honest man who lovas the unfortunate . " They threatened to put him in prison ,
to shoot him , or run him through with their sabres , and he only escaped by reason of his erdreme age . But the poor tavernkeeper was arrested for his crime of devotion and hospitality ; he is now at Lambessa , at Neuvy , whore the physician , Charles Couy , had given tho signal of resistance , the Republicans only yielded after many cruel losses , to forces twenty times superior . The soldiers of the perjurer thus celebrated their easy victory . A baker , Alexander Dugue , lay weltering in his blood , struck with four balls . The soldiers perceived him , ran to him and amused themselves—I can find no other word—in presence of their officers , by piercing him with their bayonets . Thev
hoped to drag from him complaints and lamentations . Dugue uttered hut one cry— Vive la Eepiiblk | ue ! " The rage of his tormentors increased ; they continued pricking him with their bayonets , but without despatching him . The amazed populace claimed his body ; it was refused . They resolved that in his dying moment she should writhe upon the ground before all , nrcscn ' tinn as a spectacle-his death rattle and his last convulsions . And daring this time , do you know what they did , these conquerors ? They drank the wine of the victim , jesting at his martyrdom ' s They got drunk at the house of his young wife , who had hunted Blood before the wine ! It was , at least , a variation of the
orgies and massacres of the capital . At Paris , it was wine before blood ! Another citizen , a proprietor , named Chavane , is discovered in Ms own house . A second time they make a sort of piercing and dissecting him with , their sabres . His hands , which tried to shield his wounds , were nothing hut shreds and pieces when the steel entered his heart and intestines I An old man of seventy had two of his sons—two children—amongst the defenders of the constitution . The soldiers could not find the father ; they massacred the old man 1 In this same town of Neuvy , a citizen , Theme , returns home on the 9 th of Decem
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^ er , alone and without arms He is seized bound to a tree , and shot , in the presence of the authorities of Cosne , who commanded and expedited the execution . His wife , who had already attired herself in mourning , went to embrace him before his death , amidst outrages and the most odious sarcasms . When he was quite dead , the drunken soldiers threw him on a hand-barrow , and wheeled him n . v / a / 7 , insulting his remains , and spitting in his face . I stop ; I think I have said enough for Europe to judge and condemn . If I wished to fill a whole volume with atrocities and crimes , I should only have to choose amongst the facts I possess by twenties . But no , I must leave
them to the horror they inspire in every nook and corner of France where they have been accomplished , and where their remembrance will nofe be lost , I hope . Out of respect for Europe and history , I must not contribute to extinguish ^ beyond the narrow limits of their departments , the hideous local celebrity of the executioners . The immense and complicated crime of December has a name , moreover , for Europe and for history —It is called Louis Bonaparte !
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THE MAGAZINES FOE SEPTEMBER . " Magazine day !"—what a charm the words once had It was a monthly era in our existence , and eagerly did we anticipate the intellectual feast of dainty fare , ' snuffing the smell of new paper afar off , and deeming it sweeter than the fragrance-of morning flowers . Those were the days when magazine literature flourished in all its meridian glory . When glorious old Christopher North was in his prime , " and was wont to let loose upon 11 s sttch golden floods of eloquence in those unparalleled criticisms of his in the passes of "Old
Mony . " When , with ihc combined strength of Oarlyle and Thackeray , and Maginu , and rattling , rollicking , racy , roystering " Oliver Yorke , " Frazer was potent enough to make a reputation from whom it chose to exalt , as in the case of Harrison Ainsworth , of whom it is said they lauded into , notoriety at the instance of Lockhavt , who suggested that they should try and see how far the public would be . gulled } yy them , and how far they could make a celebrity where none was deserved . Those were the days when jolly " Bon Gaultier ' illuminated the pages of Tail with his exquisite parodies and tumultuous mirthfnlncss . Alas ! the chamre ' twixt now
and then ! It ' s dreary work to wade through the magazines now . Old Ebony seldom wears a smile of mirth , or a ndiance of genius . It would seem to be going the way of the old "protection . " Now and then ' the veteran ' Christopher kindles into somewhat of the clden lire and splendour , but the flashes emitted by the mountain are few and for between . Frazer has little to commend it in general ; Kin-gsiev keeps it alive with his vigour and freshness ; his grand pictorial writing , and fine touches of characterization ; ' and sometimes from some other hand we meet with a delightful article . Tho Dublin University is not altogether devoid of life . Tait lias
none no great things yet under its new editor . Altogether , there is a general dearth of talent in magazine literature ! Blackwood for this month contains a fine criticism on Milton ' s " Paradise Lost / ' by Professor Wilson , the man pre-eminently filled to take the altitude , and appreciate the qualities of the great patriot as the poet . " Hypatia , " the new tale by Kingsley goes on sparkingly in Frazer , and there is an interesting paper on " Neglected French Authors" iu this magazine . Chamfort is tho author expatiated upon . From his " Thoughts and Maxims" we select the following : —
" After ho had learned tho details of the Battle of Eamifflos Louis XIV . exclaimed , God Almialityhas then forgotten all that I hare done for him . " ^ " The most rational word that has been said on the questions of celibacy and marriage is this : Whatever decision you take you'll repent it . Fontenelle , in his latter days , regretted he had not married . Eq forgot ninety-five years passed in careless wdifferanc ? .. "
Golburrfs New Monthly has nothing of unusual interest . There is a lengthy paper on D'Orsay , with a number of letters of the celebrity , which , whatever they may say for him as a scientific man , yet fail to place his character in a more loveable point of view . The following note to a paper by Kelly Kennyou , is curious : — .
HANDS AXD FEET , The description of physical formations given in the text are generally received personal peculiarities of Norman extraction and nothing is more generally accepted than that the small hand and foot arc the characteristics of gentle blood This opinion ir , not unmixed with error . Small hands and feet were common to the whole race of horsemen , and not to their chiefs alone . They are Scandinavian peculiarities . The museums in some of the northern capitals in Eurone , possess swords used in the time of the sea kings , which have ^ handles so small as only to admit hands of a very diminutive size , and these swords were the weapons of the hardy hands who accompanied thtfr leaders as half-pirates , half-soldiers . From such historic records as we possess , the Norsemen were of agile figure ; yet we are also told of certain Saxons who were of equally elegant proportions When Harold , son of Goodwin , was at William the Norman ' s court , he was admired for his fine figure , and they might have thought htm & or man . It should be remembered , too , that at the Conquest many of the low station emigrated * to England , and on their arrival assumed the importance of squires and nobles who in their own country had really been grooms and Lutes and they had doubtedly the peculiarities in question , "ft is aVact " equally true , that the . Saxon nobility had large hands and feet and jJulwer says that these characteristics ' may yet be traced amongst some of our oldest noble families who are now directly sprung from the ancient Saxon blood . Large hands and feet are common to the Teutonic tribes , ami as the ancient Faxons were Teutonic , this physical distinction has been transmitted
through many centuries . An ingenious writer has ' letelv written ekuorateiy on tho formation of tho human hands " and has clashed the various conformations , common to particular races fhe Celtic are more elegant , having long taper fingere , and that snape is associated with an imaginative mind , hence possessed by the highest order of poets and artists The broad palm , short , obtuse , truncated fingers , are Teutonic , which he terms t . 10 spatu a , conformation . It is the spatula form which is common to the Ango-Saxon race , to that race -which £ I strange chance ot Providence , is peopling the earth and sni ^ ing its language and religion tomC ^ U iomto iCSml ^^^ X ^^ l /^ £ >*¦ t ** & rs ^^
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Tait has a middling Variety of middling < irti » i select the following fro ! » " Day with SV ^! " ** *« WANTED A CHANGE OF SITUATION BY ONE WHO HAS ENOUGH OP IT . " D " I gave myself up as lost , as a matter of couk p n , i was kneeling there , I just said , ' God help my p 00 / S as ] children , ' and waited for the lion to spring . He came ™ 1 ^
slackening his pace hj degrees , and at last , when he i 1 y ' twelve feet off , he stopped , and sat down on the around Ml Ut looking me full in the face . I sat down also , and looted ? i ° - tj 111 return , fixing my eyes upon him and staring as hard ™ T , When I was at school , I had read that the lower anim \ ls , not endure the steady gaze of a man ; - and although T ( say that my experience had ever confirmed this- o ^ nim , - ? llot enrred to me to make the trial with the lion vJf ? ~
don't think it had much effect upon him . Now ? nd th , would shut his eyes , or look round to one side or the ah but that was all . Presently he Jay down , with his paw * 1 ' up under him , and his head resting upon the ground " evl ? like a cat watching for a mouse . At the same time he 1 y occasionally licking his lips , as though he had just finish 7 * meal . I saw at once what the rascal ' s intention was H ! 1 1 just been feasting on some animal he had killed , and wi * hungry . But he had made up his mind to have me for hU ^ meal ; and , as lions like their food fresh killed , the scorn 11 i was keeping me until he had digested his breakfast ' \ K * that an agreeable predicament for a Christian man . ? " Tho U f sat for hours . I tried to load my gun , but at the first mnfiil ? f
made the old scoundrel lifted his head and growled as nu " ' to say , "None of that , my boy , or if you do l \ " if f ! ? persisted , it was clear that he would have heen mmi me \ J the powder was in the barrel . Re was a huge old Mlo 2 think the largest lion I ever saw . Once a troop ofVpW no suddenly by us . The lion rose- to his feet in an instant taTi half round , and looked at them ; but I suppose the cirni ' rascal reflected that a bird in the hand is worth two in th » l 7 * for he turned back and lay down again , grumblm * ? nd shy ;? ' harder than ever at me , as though he meant to say ' Yon my line fellow , I have lost a zebra through you ' ' and ™ ? mean to make sure of you . " At last the night came ' TiiIV
. > lay quiet m a shaggy mass a ! ew yards from me . l ' k « ew tw he was wide-awake , and that he distinctly saw evervinoM r made . Occasionally I could see his eyes turned toward- m shining like fwo coals of fire . My last hope was now th <* 1 » remaining perfectly silent and motionless , I mHit tire him oni ' or keep him from attacking me until soraethkg ' lmppSnM Th I night was chilly ; everything around me was as silent as te grave . I had been forty-eight hours without food or sk-n ? dont think 1 could have held out m that condition through th night . It wbs too much for human nature . Two or ° 1 , !! hours after dark hs lifted his hoad and looked at m * W W
to growl . ' Now ' thought I , < the tims is W ' SZ his lect and growled louder , all the while looking at meV thought . I . hraced myself up for a strati- w h mv I' my left hand and my hand imndkerchSS % $£ * f ^ notion of endeavouring to thrust the gun crosswise into hi * mouth , and then getting my right hand down his . throat T * was a poor chance , but I meant to die game But in a f » - minutes , the lion , to my surprize , became quiet again , and ^ do-. vn ; he did not he down as before , but kept his hon ] stretched forwards me , like a cat intently examining * ohject . At length he got np then crouched , and I saw clearly that he was ge tmg ready for a spring . At that moment I heard a loud yell behind me , and saw thin * around
every mJ lighted up by a blaze of fire . The yell was ^^ br a in " , or two and all at once somebody , looking as thoVh his heM aiic sdonlders were in a blaze , eamo running in between mean he ijon . Tno brute gave a tremendous roar , more in frffi fl b ? ° ff > to the darkness b
^ S . ^ ^ . was Apollo with the fire . The bkze had g ^ Z " ^ httle fellow had two or three lighted brands ^ each hand Z was flourishing them about his head , and dancing and wlurS round m a fmimc way like a littio demon , thou-h to inn \ m then , he seemed more than an an ? el of lio-ht » J
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ri J i fi 1 + W 17 - Clat ¥ S hs " Travels in South America , " we find the following opinion of the Brazilians , as to the cause and origin of the . blackness of the skins of tho Negroes , as far at least as tradition goes . The lower orders of Brazilians consider the isegroes to be the most inferior in the scale o , hnnwuibcrngs , and their belief as to their original formation is not a it Jc singular At the time , say they , Sf the creation oi Adan , featan looked on and formed a man of clay , but becommg disgusted at the blackness of everything he touched , heaetermmed to wash the being of his creation white in the nvci Jornan ; on ma Hearing' the river , its waters retired , lcav-SiSl ^ ! P ? i - t ! ^ blMk nmn On tli e wct ^ « wllic ] l on ^ f ? l Ot lllS iG 6 t ' ancl the Palras of Ms hand * accounts for the whiteness ot those parts . The devil , in a stow Z ^ T ; s creatl 0 n on the nose ' ty wfcfchthe MZ 11 . 0 ?? a Tf accomPlisl ^ cl . The Negro then beuqcd ^ S ??? hS J . ? PfRented that no bl ^ ne could bo V Z tt iT' P V i \ Satanic majesty , somewhat pacifl ^ i ° ! f- liead ' ^ heat of Ms hands ciricd &fnl iV f ™ Y £ . v lri th ( i P ^ nt dav . Such is the fanciful idea of the Brazilians respecting the origin of the black
THE DAY OF WOMAN . It was the dewy morning of the world ; It was tho spring-tide of the human race : A gold and green-ringed spotted snake was curl'd Annmd an imant ' s neek in fond embrace ; The iiul-inaned lion lay beside the lamb ; wt * 7 M , T pailther in £ rera bowe ™ V > a » to a milk-white fawn the fosfcr-dam-And woman gathered Eden s odorous flowers .
It was the purple evening of the world ; At evening time there shall be blessed light ; f Wood-red banner by fair Peace was furled , Anil brotherhood ' s claspcdhands with rings were brigW » iVxen s homes woyc beantii ' ul and rich and high , And earth was bloomy through her grassy leas , And over all there was a solemn sky—And woman . sat with children on her knees , It was the purple evening of the world ; At evening time there shall be blessed light ; f Wood-red banner by fair Peace was furled , Anil brotherhood ' s claspcdhands with rings were brigW » iVxen s homes woyc beautiful and rich and high , And earth was bloomy through her grassy leas , And over all there was a solemn sky—And woman . sat with children on her knees ,
It was the scorching noon-day of our star , not tropic summer suns oppressed the cartli ; -I he beams ot chivalry , like lances far Weam d o-cr the battle-field of blood and dearthl he knight lay gasping through his steel-barred helmllic squire-lay white in death and stern in prideinc king had fled Ms saddle , and his realmunt woman watched her true-love ]; m » ht linaide . it u > the scorching noon-day of our star , not tropic summer suns oppressed the cartli ; -I he beams ot chivalry , like lances far Weam d o-cr the battle-field of blood and dearthl he knight lay gasping through his steel-barred helmllic squire-lay white in death and stern in pride—Inc king had fled Ms saddle , and his realmunt woman watched her true-love ]; m » ht linaide .
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62 THE STAR OF FBEEDOM . Sewemseh 4 , lgfo
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 4, 1852, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1694/page/14/
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