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A WEEKLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, ETC.
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Vow. IL ‘ PORTLAND, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1839, No, 44. ;
POETRY. And was f only dre
ae
ing ?
“but you, St Maure, may be thrown into affound that the heart had been pierced to its -
. = ber — SS Yet now my blissful slamber’s broke, | similar situation, and may escape by the like |centre by a sharp instrument of. exceeding mi-
roth anse . Still hea’ > beamine : goa? . ¢ : .
ee DYING min oe Still heav'n is on me beaming. means!” ‘Though disposed to, look upon the/nuteness, in a direct line with’ the external
And now, my long-loved harp, adieu, _taysteries of masonry as a useless mummery, | puncture. This, obviously, had been the
The Minstrel’s hour was com
~ and on his couch Thy aged friend is dying ; | St Maure allowed himself to be persuaded by |cause of denth. As the young man could not
The dving man lay stretched in calm repose, His lengthened course on earth is through, j his friend, and promised to undergo initiation {have thus slain himself, and then have convey-
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His aged form wasted, and shrunk —ill seemed To other realms he’s hicing, jatan early day. At the same time he would|ed his body to the well, it became. apparent to
Fit tenement wherein so pure a soul T) ‘erthe hills ofthe W [coment only on condition of Daraneourt him- all, that Earnest de St. Maure also had fallen
is mig is high-aiche i sun o'e e 8 : . Fee : A wee . + , 3
As his might dweil. His high-ached brow, which | Hignild te i i im fa oun self acting as sole initiator, which the barris-/a victim to the same conspiracy which had
sti smild, pale, beams is throwing ; : . : ee ni:
estill i 1 And Lik I ' " \ Co Iter, however irregular the proceeding might|overwhelmed his parents. This,at all events,
signs it he age ike him, must seek my res: : . ai : twit
Bore Nvehe pad heen nob whough on nee To the world of Spirit a _ be, professed his willingness to undertake. was the strong presumption ; and so satisfac
° — ste ew rits g. ’ 3 : . . : r .
Had ploughed it feplyy and’ stern Tine had swept ' § During the Sunday immediately following |tory did the discovery appear to the authori-
Youth's freshness from it, was richly mantled ° y el. ¢ ,
By tl ' tI k b h 1 hy fi : In life's dark wilds, to. thee alone | the day on which this conversation took place, | ties, that they laid the son in the same grave
2 reverend locks which loosely flun, nn ; . 7 : . . .
Theit cov'ving Wee it; — and hfe fading ive To cheer my path, ‘twas given, Count de St Maure’s house was observed to| with his parents, thus clearing his memory, as
; s _ ‘ ye, 5 i 5 . . . a .
Which erst had brightly flashed, lit up by flame Aud now my soul with thy lasttone, 6 Liye hat up by the neighbors, None of the|far as they could, from the dreadful charge ot .
OF high-sonled Inspirations, naw was closed Would wing its way ‘ linmates, at least, were seen to issue from it, |being a parricide. The arguments of Charles ,
gh-souled Inspira ; 3 closed. . . 3
around him friends were gathered — gazing on The Minstrel ceased ; the trembling harp strings though they had ever been remarkable for|Darancourt were chiefly instrumental in pro-
In silent sadness there ; — nor e'en a groan, bushed | their punctuality in attendance on the services curing this justice for his departed friend ‘The
Nor word, nor sigh, nor breath, was heard to break | Their soft and gentle notes 5 witk that ast tone, lof the church. ‘The neighbors, however, young advocate displayed in this cause all the
The solemn hush of stillness ; — and it seemed His sual had sped its way to heaven, Fr, | merely concluded some of them to be ill, But} waruth of sorrowing affection, and all the ;
As if the parting soul close commune held re Soames about eight oelock in the evening Charles| power of forensick genius! :
With the etherial world, and was e’en then SELECTED TALES. |Darancourt and ‘Theodore de Valmont called| No further light was thrown on the fate of '
Foretas: fits hoiy joys, and bli = ~ |. . : pete . q
Foretasting o| 1S Moly Joys. and Diss THE THREE PRIDNDS OF BRUSS DLS)! order to spend a social hour with the family. |the St Maures, until some weeks after ‘the :
Go calin the Minstrel lay, But soon tne sun, — | Their repeated knockings at the door remain-|tragie event. Several papers were then dis-
Laving in gold the bill-tops of the West, Some years ago. there. resided at Brussels |; ign . a leovered i “e | 3 ‘
° ars ag balled a See's ling uuanswered, they at length alarmed the/covered in an. es tore by the late count’s
Jave signa surting day ; and then “ee y : Shar arane z The ; wa
Gave ral of departing day 5 ind then, three young men, named Charles Dat ancourt| neighborhood. 'Che door was burst open, |brdther, which threw a dark suspicion on one
As if sume seraph note from yon bright world mn - . | Belg pen, 3 |
Ss. lod t n heaven, had struck his exr, Pheodore, de Valmount, and Ernest de. Sr. /and to the horror of the spectators, four mnur-|of the most intimate friends of the deceased —
ome melody from heaven, had struc! “ Moartmes fe fie . dine ce tenn . : i 7 ne "
‘ " oti , Maure, whose friendship for each other Was] dered bodies were found in the various bed-/on Theodore de Valmont, It appeared b '
And woke the memory of otier days, . : | DI y
The harper roused hine, and.with voice still smooth, of so ardent a nature, that they were general- jrooms. Phe corpses, whose throats were|these documents that de Valmont had fixed ‘
; tithe of Th senuradle. . . ‘ . ak : ie
ly known by the title of The Lnseparadies, ~| shockingly cut, were those of the Count de St\ his affections on Emily Duplessis, a beautiful
Phe first link which bound these youths togeth- | Maure, his lady, and their two servants. It jyoung Jady, who returned — his passion, in
was also found that a desk had been broken |spite ofa long-standing quarrel between their
| open, and plundered of valuable jewels, known | families. Earnestde St. Maure and Charles
Though faint, and tecble, called to. those around,
“Oh, bring ny harp, my tried aud faithful harp, " | ’
That Lana weep its long-leved chords once more, |€f Was the remarkable circumstance. of their
Ere yet [ die.’ 'Twas quickly bronght—and then | having been all three born on one day, and be-
Aa nerved by some unseen, yet mizbty power, ins all of good funilies, they had been 6°9- to have been there. On this appalling discov-| Darancourt had been de Valmont’s only confi-s 4
: ety , : n avte' sin ehj t ied ¢ . . . . : . r
His thing pale fingers o'er its strings he flung, jstant playfellows ia childbood, and studied at lery, Darancourt, ‘whose friendship for the| darits, and had assisted him iu procuring inter-
Aad touéhed its thrilling cherds with that same | the same academy as
school-boys, and had) funily was well known, appeared at first par-| views with the object of his affections. Be- :
; "alyzed with grief. When he recovered from ling thus occasionally brought into contact with
their more advanced years. | Through all) ys trance-like stupor, he rushed from the | the young lady, Eraestde St. Maure had him-
these stages of their existeace, they chad eX-/ house, exclaiming, ‘My friend! my dear Ear-' self been inspired with a deep and unhappy
rying affection fur one} nest! Where is my poor friend!? ‘This excla- passion for Emily Duplessis.. He bad con-
anorber, and had displayed great similarity in | wation called the minds of the spectators, for | fe dthis to Darancourt- andhad at the same
each-! . , Sede . . :
Ou reach- the first tune, to the circumstance of young Stitime declared his resolution to root it out |
instances led Maure’s absence, The authorities were speed-| of his mind, and to’ die rather than injure
them, as might be expected, to adopt different ily called to the spot, and among. other steps Theodore de Valmont. But the passion had
J pot, & I
skill . (become members of the same university
That magic skill, with which in younger time, |
He woke the swell of witching melody,
And held the lst'uer’s ear, and soul enchained.
jhibited the same unv
His low, soft voice kept measure with his harp,
And thus he sang:
thei tastes, feelings and pursuits
“1 have dreamed, | have dreamed. — Far away
. ing manhood, however, circu
Ju the realms of you starry sphere, °
Wuer
ight comes not — but « golden day
Shines consta:uly brilliant and clear, courses of life, : Daraneourt, the son of 4 ‘taken, a seareh was instituted for Earnest de} not been so easily oy¥ercome, and’ de Vale }
Lhave wandered free, jcmuent yhysiciau, selected the profession ot) St. Maure. De Valmont, who retained much jmont had at length become aware of the :
Asa bied of air, jthe law asthe road to eminence and Fespes- more presence of mind than Darancourt had truth. | Phis led to a series of letters between |
Through the joy-dressed Gelds tability in the world, St. Maure, whose fath- jexhibited, conducted in person the search for| him and St Maure, which Jetters were how \
Of that world so fair, er was @ vobeman of decayed fortunes, chose | Parnest, But the whole of Brussels was ex- | discovared, In some pass of these, de :
: se : ! the analy as st suitable to his birth and pre- janived in vain, The young man was to be} Valmont reasoned with Earnest as with a!
I have dreamed, have dreamed ; — end 1 heard tensions e Nalmont, on the other hand, | | *
seep nowhere, |
brother on the folly of his misplaced passion,
while in others Theodore used Janguage that
now bore a most unfortunate aspect. You .
know me too well,” saidde Valmont in one
nony Hoatiog round,
Riel ha
As tke seraphs “ fanned” their harps and stirred
preferred the capxivating study of letters and |
the fine arts to tle pursuit of any positive
profession ; and the circumstances of his fath-|
er, a retired colonel ¢f engineer:
At the solemm investigation» which took
place into the whole of this tragic affair, cir-
cumstances came out which tended strongly to
The sweet-toned wires in holy sound.
Enchanted and fixed,
1 lingered to hear 7 » enabled the fix the guilt of parricide on the missing youth, letter, not to feel convinced, that, independ- 4
* Those. heavenly strains young man, for the the atleast, to andulge A penknife, marked. with bis initials, was ently of all other motives, an innate sense of i.
Which burst on my ear. his tastes mn thi Pespec ; found near the scene’ of slaughter, covered what isdue to my own honor would urze ine {
Hertel damon jure relies, fh 0 agpnrcn mostionn ie enn me |
Bright angels hovering o'er me ; the army, but the imperial Mundate (tor Brus- | men va ve " ue the tpurders han a head of him who could avail himself of my
Arrayed in robos of such gorgeous sheen, sels was then within the domuions of Napo-fonee. towards & N offered i, unbounded confidence to estrange from 08
As mortals ue'er saw delore tne. leon) was looked for daily, an& Count “de St appreheusion a young St. Maure, and in i, the affections of imy sdored Baily" The {
Though dazzled, I gazed Maure and his lady were sadl \eparind ' na estination of all men she Was necoulted @}and other passages of the discovered co
On those robes of light, oe oy Were SAY Peparing their | parricide, until, on the sixth morning after the pondence admitred of an inference so ur
And treanbled with awe, minds for partag with their only Nid beloved | inurders, # bew turn was given to the aftairfvorable to. Theodore de Valmoar, that the i
Ata scene sv bright. son. At this time it was, that Chares Daran- by the discovery of the youth’s body is a st: tathorities, on having the jetters laid before :
, court, who had been recently adinittel a mem- nant well il the outskirts of the city. At first them, immediately took ‘him’ into’ custo ly. :
An angel spoke, and I bowed me down, ber of the masonic fraternity, took an PPOT-| indeed, as vo wound was seen on the body, | Various other cire umstances of a disadvantas :
At the. sound of his god-like voice ; tunity of suggesting to young St Mauy the | was only thought that he had. added self-de-| ceous nature came subsequently into. view,
Me bet a and eral wena propriety of entering the same society, ‘Da-| struction to his other crimes, but, on amore }it was remembered, by those who hal be en
nd he said, , , "ey
TC HE re D 5 certal : .
rancourvs counsel was founded on certain Yo" ininute examiation, asmnall puncture was de=
ries told of soldiers having fallen to Del rected on the brea ty immediately over th
hands of the enemy, and having been saved heart. ‘This had well nigh been passed over
Thy troubles are o’er, J
And soon sve shall wing +
Thy soul to its home,
present, how comparatively little emotion had
been shown by Theodore on the diseove eof
he murdered bodies, while Da urt hack
: To its God, and King.’”. by discovering a brother mason a an o ys a trifling and accidental serateh. At th: displiyed) much agitating grief aud borrot. !
. sen "3, 6 i. s. a . . . .)” . .
the captors, Now who knows, one the Ugent entreaty of one surgeon, however, the Besides, de Valmont, it wow appeared, had
Thus, tous, methought, the angel spoke x— | young barrister, with the ardor of friendship, elyst Was thoroughly laid open, when it was been inet aad recogaizsd ucattae Oo: OE
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