Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 148, Vevay, Switzerland County, 12 September 1834 — Page 1

J'EW SERIES IVO. i, PRINTER'S RETREAT, IXDIAIVA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1S34. VOL. III. JVO.

T h c .11 a i d o 1'Orl e a ti s . The 6th of January is said to be the birth day of Jeanne rf'Arc, commonly called the Maid of Orleans. This extraordinary person, whose exploit firm one of ihe most brilliant adven

tures in modern history, was the daughter of Jacques d' Arc, a peasant residing in the village cI'Dnmremj, then situated on the western borrler of the territory of Lorraine, hut now comprehended within the department of the Metiso. in the north-eastern corner of France. Here she was horn according to one account, in 1401, accordingly another, in 1412, while other authorities give 1-1 lft as the year. She was one of a family of three sons and two daughters, all of whom were bred to the humble or menial occupations suitable to the condition of their parent?. Jean, whose education did not enable her even to w rite her own name, adopted at first the business of a seamstress an I spio-ter: but afier some lime she left her father's hou-e and hired herself as a servant at an :nn in the neighboring town of Neuhhattan. line she remained for five years. From, her childhood she had heen a girl of a remarkably anient and imaginative cast of mind. Possessed rf great beaut v, and formed, both by her personal al tractions and by the gentlenoss, of her disposition and manners, to be the delight of nil w-ith w hom she associated, she yet took but little merest either in the amusements of those of her own age, or in any of the occurrences of life. Her first, and for many years her all absorbing pass ion. was religion. Before she left her native village, most of her leisnie hours were spent in the recesses of a forest in the neighborhood. Here she conversed not only with her own spirit, but, in imagination, also with the saints and angels, till the dreams of her excited fancy assumed the distinctness of reality. She believed that she heard with her ears voices from heaven; the archangel Michael, the angel Gabriel, Saint Cathaiine and Saint Margaret all

seemed at different limes to address her audi r ,.ance- Un we 241" ot May, 1 430, while trebly. In all this there is noihing inexplicable; or! roicK,l.v fighting against the army ol the Duke

even uncommon. The slate of mind described has been in every age a frequent result of devotional enthusiasm. After some time another strong sentiment came to share her affect ions with religion thatj ol patriotism he stated Y ranee, with which , ... j Lorraine, though not incoporaled, was intimate ly connected, was, at this period, deplorable in ep ora the extreme A foreign power (England) clai , ,. v, " '. ?tjrnty ol It, ir,r,!, in nr. ...ed the sovereignty tnal po-session of the greater part of it, and had garrisons established in neatly all the principal towns. The Duke of Bedford, one t f the un- ,!.. ,fll VI t-: I'l.' 1 1 . -!.! in Paris, and there governed the country. J ' t ' 1 as regent in the name of his young nephew. Vbe ! i i .f n i. .1... - .-i .i r ukco, uurgunuy, me mosi powenui vassal oi the crown, had become the ..II.. 1 . ! -i.y anu Mii-iiui.!,, ill im .nitininn.in.n-ii. vnaues X .., loe r . i - : .1 - . - g -1 t i-n .i 1 ir!;......n ........ .... .........j ...v. object of the national attachment, w as a fugitive, I contineil lo a narrow corner ot uie Ringuom, anu ' ; I..! .. .I.... eon, r. n.f.n .f I... ' " ...... I IUIIIS C tl V llrt CUtllC JlUl null l. l 11.3 ICIIIillUIII resources. These events made a great impres sion Jeanne. The village of Domremy, it appears, was almost universally attached to the the cause of Charles. In her eyes, especially, il w as the cause of Heaven as well as of France. While she lived at Neufchateau, she enjoyed betttr opportunities of learning the progress of of human affairs. Martial feelings here began to mix themselves with her religions enthusiasm a union common and natural in those times,

however incongruous it n.ay appear in ouis jliuc m;,rti0 box just an epitome of the Slate Her sex, which excluded her from the profession house! It either belongs to a rich man with of arms, seemed to her almost a degrading yoke. snUg ijcas Gf an establishment, or to some which it became her to disregard and throw off.j thriving carpenter. A man never built a She applied herself accordmgly to manly exer-,i,0U5e so ffC unless it were for himself or cises, which at once invigorated her frame, and ifor money. added a glow of finer animation to her beauty .1 You have guessed right. It belongs to a In particular, she acquired the art of managinglyoun carpentcr, w ho has one of the most ca

rter hoise with the boldness and skill of ihe most.pab c CCnteel w vesin the world. In a qu ckL .,r.n..i:.i,p,i ravul.er T - ci . ii i. c . r , t accomplished ca alter. perception of beauty and (acuity for tasteful

It was on the 24th of February, 14 20, that j Jeanne nrst presented nerse.r ueiore rvins ; Chailes, at Chm-m, a town lying a considerable distance behm Otleans, on the south side of the I.oire. She w as dieted in male mure, and ar j med from head to foot; and in thi iijruise s travelled, in corsipan- with a few iiuiividna

whom she had persuaded to attend her, one hun-ibis knavery. His wife was a coarse, lgnorcired and fifty leagues through a com.iiy in;ant womap, and a termagant. Never was

po?esion of the enemy. She lobl his Majesiy that rhe came coromis!onJ by INaven, to restore him to the throne of bis ancestors. There can be liHle doubt that Charles himself or some of his advisers, in the desperate state lo which his affair were reduced, conceived ihe plan of turning the pretentions of the enthusiast, wild as they might le deemed, to some account Such a scheme was not nearly so unlikely to suggest it-elf, or so unpromising, in lh.l age, a it would I e in our; as the result which followed in 'he present instance abundantly proves. At thi present time the town of Or lean-, the principal place of strength which stilt held out lor Charles, and which formed a key to the ordy portion of the kingdom where his (way was acknowledged, was presed by the benieg ing forces of th English, and redveed to the mo hoi-el-s vxtrfmilv. Some weck were - - - i -spent in various proceeding intended lo throw arom I ihe nlertrise of '.m Maid such show of diine it miction might give ihe requisite el feet to her appearance. At last, oa the 23h of April, mounted on htr white (teed, and with

i her standard carried before her. she dashed for

ward at the head of a cenvoy with provisions, and in spite of the opposition of all the enemy, forced her way into the bt leagured city. This was ihe beginning of a rapid succession of ex plaits which assumed the character of miracles. In a few sallies she drove the besiegers from every post. Nothing could stand befoie her gallantly, and the enthusiasm oflhose who, in fol lowing her standard, belived thai the invincible might of Heaven was leading them on. On the 8th of May, lite enemy who had encompassed Ihe place sinre the 12th of the preceding Oclo her raised lb." sieoe, and retired in terror and disorder. From this date the English denomin ation in France withered like an uprooted tree. In a few days after followed ihhe battle of Pai lay, when a great victory was won by the French forces under the command of the Maid, over Ihe enemy, conducted by the btaeand able Tal hot. Two thousand five hundred of the Eng !:sh weie left dead in the field; and twelve hnn died were taken ptisoners, among whom was !r.e liinf id himself Town after town opened its ga'es to the victors, the English garrison re tiring, in general, without a blow. Oil the iGth of J iily. Khcims surrendered ; and the follow ins day Charles was solemnly consecrated and crowned in the cathedral there. Having now, she said, fulfilled her mission, the Maid of Orleans petitioned her royal master to suffer her to return to the quiet and obscurity of her na live village and her former condition. Charles' entreaties and commands unfortunately prevailed upon her to forgo this resolution. Honors were now lavishly bestowed upon her. A medal was struck in celebration of her achievements, and .letters of nobility were granted to herself and to every member of the family. Many gal lant and successful exploits illustrate her suhsequent history; but ihese ve cannot stop to enu merate. Her end was lamentable indelibly disgraceful to England, and hardly less so to I r- a. a ..-.a s - - - .... Burgundy under Ihe walls of Compeigne, she was shamefully shut out from the city which she svas defending-, through the contrivance of the governor, and being left almost alone, was, after performing prodigies of valor, compelled ... . , . , ,- ,, ,. - rurgh into w hose hands she tell, some time after "Isold her for a sum of len thousand livres to the p).,)..! nf Pf-flford. She was thn hronrrlit In . , , c b li ouen. and tried on an accusation ol sorcery. .. . ,. ... 1 . 11 7 l.Mlllliaill.C7 11 I Vl I I. IC'UIICU U III iljder to procure evidence of her guilt, exhibit a jcourse of proceedings as cruel ami infamous as any recorded in the annals of judicial iniquity; nil on I li ?f II h nt Al a v 1 A I . . ip tvas ton ton - w . , - - - - ------- .... , i . . i. . . i. : n . i : , ei 'o lie iniiiitu hi me fiase '.miiiis; u ims time, no attempt had been made hy the ungrate ,-, . tvrtrlhle.5 .nioce w horn she had restored , krone, lo effect her liberation. In the mun ofher ca :, 0li, je?, , he fominino softness of hern!l,,irc ,esumed its han, ,hat s,ifi m- h be sw ay, and s-he pleaded allowed lo live. But , ,- j , ,- i i her protestations and entreaties were alike in 1 vain; on the follow ir.g day the. horrid sentence was carried into execution, tn the market place of Rouen. The poor unhappy victim died conr ageously and nobly, as she had lived; and the name ofher Redeemer was the last sound her lips were heard to utter from amidst the flames. RUN-AWAY MARRIAGE. Whose house is that with white capped chimneys, black sashed w indows, and a nice arrangement, she is a trtlle above him; but hi minu anu cti.iiav.ici sou is ma con. u its a simple ard natural superiority, never tuibing the harmony of happmcts. Iter (utiter w as an odd, ill-tempered man, who grew immenely lieh by the sale of flour, and lost lit all in the payment of penalties incurred by th' re a mot e singular m-tance of superfluity of wealth united w ith a n.osl ultrr ignorance lot its use. Minors and chandeliers glittered in the parlors, while the family ale with their! domestics from one common dish on the kilt lien table; the artists were paid twice the va lue of their portraits by people w ho requested to be taken in blue attitude. That their little daughter Susan should have been gentle tempered is not surprising, for the poor child had been frightened into meekness; but why the scion of such a slock should have been fair and graceful, it is difficult to say. Yet it w as so and the prettiness and timidity of the little creature attracted the attention of a maternal uncle, w ho being a childless -widower, fostered her with care and kindness to which she had been totally unu sed. When she was fourteen years old her uncle died, leaving her a fortune ol eight thousand dollars, lo be paid on her wedding day. About the time her lather was disco vered in several knavish practices, find be gan to tremble for his ill gotten wealth.

Worse llian lie dreaded came upon hirn;while tire other should ride with him disguisand the fortune of his little daughter seemed ed in her cloak and bonnet, all that could save him from utter poverty. About h:s!f way between there and ProviDestitute as these parents were of natural .-if- dence the parties" met. Old JCromwcll seized fection, it is not strange (hat they should re- 'the Bridegroom's horse hy the head, while his solve to sacrifice the happiness of their child 'enraged wife proceeded to use ihe whip about to their own selfi?h views. Lest her eisht iher supposed daughter. In the meantime

thousand should attract admirers, the poorthe real bride and her'altei-dants swept by. i

gnl was shut up in a chamber and forbidden to read any books', lor lear they should (ill, her head full of romantic notions. Fate, how ever, will somelimes overrule the nicest calculations of man. Susan had a fine head of soft, glossy brown hair, w hich site took much pleasure in arraying neatly. When she was about fifteen years of age, it chanced she one day left her comb in the parlor, and returning in haste to net if. with her hairiallinrr.ilmost to her feet, like an ample drapery of . . . . i ... . . o

lcrsian silk, young Mr. Blanchard, the hest;sprang to their chaise, and were out of sight carpenter in our village, happened to be there in a tangent. mending a door which Air. Comwell had j Few objects could be more ludicrous than broken, in one of his fits of rage; he glanced ! Cromwell and his w ife, thus left alone and at the blushing girl, as she darted out of the. 'exhausted in the middle of (he road and far room, and by way of flattering her mother, j from their own home. Both looked heartily observed, " Your daughter has beautiful hair, ashamed of their defeat; and there was a mo-

" llrr hair is no concern of yours, civil answer, (lie young man probably would ' j l t i v ii never again thought of Susan Comwell and her beautiful hair, but now thoughts just flit-j ted through his mind, how delightfully provoking it would be if he could get up an interest in the harshly treated daughter. There seemed, however, but little prospect of his obtaining an opportunity; foi Susan was kept more closely imprisoned than ever and lest her hair should again attract attention, her father tied her hands behind her while her mother shaved it close to her head. A year passed, and Mr. Blanchard saw Susan but once; and that at her chamber window. At the end of that time there was a school established a quarter of a mile from their dwelling, in which lace-working was taught. Old Mrs. Cromwell had, as she expressed herself, long ''hankered artera white wiggered wail," but it was contrary to all her ideas of economy to give the price usually asked at the siorcs. It was therefore agreed that Susan should attend long enough lo work such a one as her mother desired. To avoid danger, she was never allowed to leave home until 10 minutes before the school commenced a written account of the time she arrived was once a week demanded from her instructress and the horse-whip faithfully administered, was a sure consequence of a tardy return to her father's dwelling. How, with all these restrictions, j'oung Blanchard managed lo see her, to inquire into the hardships of her forlorn condition, is'a mystery; but love is more noted than the Yankees for patent inventions, and never yet was known to be at a loss to eiTect his purposes. It was one bright Saturday in June the ippointed time of Susan's return had long elapsed, and she was not seen in her homeward path. The horsewhip was prepared, and Ihe loving parents sat "nursing their wrath (o keep it warm" for a full hour. Still no Susan appeared ! A domestic sent to the school house, returned, with the tidings that she had not been there. " The jade has run away," exclaimed mc mother; and forth the father sallied to wreak his vengeance on something. His inquiries were all fruitless; for so far did Yankee goodness of heart overcome their natural pronencss to communicativeness,

ma am. "llrr hair is no concern of yours, 'ment s silence bclore termagant summor.ed Its face bears evident marks of beauty of (hat I know of,'' replied the furious beldam, jhcart enough to ask, 'Where do you suppose beauty decayed, but not obliterated. It is Human nature is certainly strangely perverse, 'our horse isf 'Gone to Providence lo be mar- plain "that it has seen its best days, but equalin some cases. Had it not been tor the un-!ried. von old fool!' replied he, throwing his I v evident i it that it wa9 the Dridc and or-

that no one would tell the truth, though half; horses, ran against the pillow, and it swung (he village knew that Blanchard's chaise had back and forth. lie saw it move, he was been standing at the school house door wait-1 frightened, and he thought it a ghost as big incr for Susan's arrival and before the alarm 'as n eiant.

(was given, they were, in all human probabili- , h , . . Ve , V, husband and wi fc ! ' , husband and wile! At last one old gossip, who prided herself upon being the first to led the news, placed

dis-jhcr arms akimbo, and, in lm face, with the

most provoking air of exultation, exclaimed,

" ha, 7.ur, Mr. Cromwell, what a tub of sudz solitude. Its power isalikc supreme over the you arc in! Don't you know Susan has gone! weak and iron hearted. At one time it is fo Providence to be married?"' "Gone lo caused by the (lilting of a single thought Providence!" shouted he. He said no more .across the mind. Again, a sound will come, but slamming the door after him, went to , booming across the ocean of memory, gloomy his own house as if steam had sent him there, and solemn as the death-knell, overwhelming A large black pitcher, from which he and jail the bright hopes and sunny feelings of the his laborers had drunk beer during many a 'heart. Who can describe it, and yet who has haying season, was standing on the corner of j not felt its bewildering influence? Still it's

tli2 table ( romwell, in the blindness ol his, rage, mistook it for his wife's favorite black c at, and exclaiming, " scat!"" he gave it a blow that shivered it into ten thousand atoms. "What's (he old pitcher done?" asked the virago, surprised at such an unprovoked dis play of hts strength: " IN one ol your busi ness, it is broke, and I am glad ol if; il it was whole, I'd break it again Here's a pretty spot of work; and it all comes by your worth - less lace veil. Susan has gone to Providence lo be married!" " To be married V screamed his mate "Let's be up and after her!" The horse was harnessed to the chaise with nil speed; and in len minutes they were on (heir journey (o Khrode Island. Mr. Blanchard had seen the. probability of pursuit; and had therefore made arrange ments (hat his wife should return with one ol the young men, who attended as witnesses,'

'and rode at a rapid rate until they reached

(he residence of nir. Blanchard s father. 1 he bridegroom's companion was a man of powerful muscles. While he kept his furious antagonist occupied, Blanchard touched the whip to his fathcr-in-Iaw's high mettled steed, which pursued the road to 1'rovldence as if he had been pursued by the evil one. The combat was now equal, and seemed like, to continue lonrz, but the voting men availed themselves of a temporary pause. ment s silence before termagant summoned hvhip on the ground with a force that made : . t ii . i . . - . . . the neighboring cows stop grazing, A passing stage took up our discomntted travellers; and Susan for many months found a happy home in her husband's family. Mr. Comwell was very refractory about the eight! thousand; but was iinaiiy compelled to pay it.:

" exation and shame have finally induced j And they who sat out with it, in the morning him to leave the village for Kentucky, and'of life, whose motions were ns active, and Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard have for several', whose principles of vitality if that may Le years occupied the dwelling you pointed out called so which animates a clock were as

to mc. GHOST STORY. A rhost is an imaginary beirtsr. a sort of a spirit, that some foolish people suppose lo walk about at night, wrapped up in a white garment. Now 1 need not tell you that there are no such things as ghosts, and nobody need ever expect to see what does not exist, reopie may meet with things they do not exactly understand, and at night, amid the darkncss, or by the wavering light of the moon, they may fancy they see strange things. 1, will tell you a story which will show you how people may be deceived in this way. A boy went out to the barn one night to find the horses. lie entered at the great door, and as he was going across the flooor, some thing soft and white seemed to meet him; it then drew back, and came toward him again. He was alarmed, and ran toward the door. He looked again and saw the while object moving to and fro. He fancied this to be a ghost, and thought it waved up and down, and seemed to threaten him. He ran to the! house in a great fright. lie told his father that there was a ghost in the barn: that it waved to and fro, that it was white, and as tall as a giant, and seemed to him to have horns as long as a man's arm. The father got a club, his son Ben got a pitchfork, John i took a hoe, Lben the rake, and the mother at j the head of this force, with the broom in her j hand, marched out to the barn. They opened the door, and put in a light, and cautiously : looked round. And there, suspended over the floor, was a white object, but not a ghost. It was only a white pillow, suspended by a rope, for a swing. Some of the children had been swinging there, and had left the pillowin the swincr. The boy who went to find the SADNESS. There is a mysterious feeling that frequently passes like a cloud over the spirit. It comes upon the soul in the busy buslle of life, in the social circle, in the calm and silent retreat of a delicious sort of sorrow: and like a cloud dimming the sunshine of the river, although causing a momentary shade of gloom, it embraces the beauty of returning brightness. A Good Rttort. They tell a pleasant story of one of our naval officers, who had charge of a navy yard, and who had never signalized J himself on lite ocean. In walking through 1 the yard he met a ragged boy with a basket J of fragments of wood, which he had picked tip; and being r.ngry with the intruder, In jgave the basket a kick, and set it adrift. The hoy began to shout, and cried out, "Gi' mc my basket! Gi' me my basket!" The officer gave an order "Let the brat have his basket." When it was handed him, he refused to take it, saying, in (he midst of his sobbings. 'Let him keep it--lethim keep it! 'Tis the fuit pr'ue he ever look!"

TRIUMPH OF REASON OVER BIGOTRY. The young duke of Fri'-ta, a new convert, requested baptism, which was preparing, hut is he put his first leg into the font, having u luckily asked where they supposed hi? late rood father was an exemplnrv prince; ?;nd

ihe unfeeling pi ic?t bluntly replying why. in !.clt to be ivrc! Radbold was so shocked, and nof proceeding further w ith the ceremony, inquired again, concerning sore old ancestor of eminence for virtue, although ignorant of christian obligation receiving (he same unqualified answer then that all xvere danmcd he drew his leg quickly out of the water, protesting he preferred, in the next world, their company, to that of men so harsh and intolerant. OLD CLOCKS. I love to contemplate an old clock one of (hose relics of by-gone timet that ronv; down (o ns wrapt in veneration, telling their (ale of simple yet touching interest. IIow erect and prim it stands in yon corner, like some faded specimen of maiden antiquity! j - nament of its day unrivalled among its companions. How many eyes have watched the even tenor of its ways, as it moved on in the never ending, yet still beginning journey of the hours. Hours! aye, years have gone by, since that aged monitor of time first started on its course. strong where are they! Do they yet linger in the walks of the village? Can they be seen under the old oak tree, or at the door of the cottage? I see them not there; yet there : stands the old clock, clicking blithely and patiently as ever. The voice and footsteps arc silent of those j who journeyed up with it to the full period ol a good old age. A new race lias sprung up, long and far removed from the other; an 1 as they too watch the progress of the old clock, their hours are fleetly passing by, and time with them will soon be at a close. How impressive then the lesson taught by that old clock, and the simple inscription on its dial plate "Tcmpus fugit." Dwaut Marriage. On Tuesday last, fhe marriage of the dwarf exhibiting in this town, Don Santiago de I03 Santes, to Ann Hipkins, whose parents reside in Livery street, took place at St. Martin's Church. The Don is 48 years of age, and about 23 inches high; and Miss Hipkins is 28 years of age, and about nrhnc Ki rrVi TVio Row lf r Pnvn norj formcd the marriage ceremony, and the High Bailiff had the honor of giving the lady away. The bride and bridegroom were brought to the church in a sedan; and, as might be expected, an immense crowd of people assembled, which it was found impossible to control without the aid of the police. Binning' ham, England, Adi A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. An liish soldier once wailed on his commanding officer, with what he termed a very serious complaint. Another man," he said, "upbraided him that he was not married to his own wife, whom he accused of being no betfer than she should be, and called her many names besides, which he would be anhamed to mention to his honor." 4 Well, my eood fellow,1 answered the officer, 'have you any proof lhat 3'ou are legally married?' ''Faith, your honor, I have the best proof in (he world." Here the soldier took off his hat, and exhibited a cut skull, saying, "does your honor think I'd be after taking the 6atne abuse from any body but a wife?" Prtttv Good. Tip was a tipler when we knew him. lie was in the habit of lounging about ihe bar rooms, taking every oppsitunily lo get liquor fiee of expense. It was his peculiar way, when a glass was mixed, and ihe back of Ihe purchaser turned, to drain the glass and slipslily off. The hostler had called for a glass of brandy, when Tip came in. lie immediately thought of a trick, and left his biandy upon the bar, while he stepped to the door. On returning, he saw the glass empty, and exclaimed, 'brandy and opium! enough lo kill forty men! who drank lhat poison 1 had prepared?' Tip was frightened ' I, stammered he. 'You are a dead man,' says Crush. 1 What shall I do,' said Tip? 'Down with a pint of Lamp l)il, answered mush and down went the pint of oil, and Tip not only got over the poison, but tippling too. In the King of Saxony's library at Dresden is a Mexican manuscript written on human skin! Its a calendar, and contains some fragments of the history of the ices. In 1786, M. de Villelte published a volume nfhiswoiks on paper made from the bark of Ihe lime tree, Kt the end of which are twenty specimens of papers, fabricated from m many different vegetables.