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Josephine, the Adopted :
OR, THE CHIFFONIER OF FARIS.
“Look here upon this picture and on this.” —Hamlet.
Reader, however exalted be the sphere in
which Providence has appointed thee to move,
start not at the humble name which designates
the following narrative ; but remember that
the Chiffonier belongs to a very numerous class
of the inhabitants of that centre of European
magnificence, Paris ; so that in whatever di
rection you may cast your eyes, they will not
fail to light upon a Chiffonier of some kind
busily engaged in search of what has been
overlooked, or set at naught by his fellowman.
The Chiffonier, however, we have Io do with
1 at present is one of those well-known indnstri
els, who, at the earliest dawn of morning, and
ficqiiently at the hour of midnight, perambulate
the streets with a degree ot vigilance which
custom would almost seem to have render'd
instinctive. ’1 he name of the man vi as Jacques
du Bois, who had passed the best years ofhts
life in the army, having been called under the
drapcau at an early age. and compelled to aban
don the project ofa matrimonial alliance with
a vo.me woman to whom he was betrothed.
The object of his affections, we are informed,
“had virgined bis parting kiss,’ and passed
her days in determined celibacy, till Jacques
had obtained his discharge, when the nuptials,
though somewhat too late in hie, wcie duly
solemnized,
From chance or necessity, or from some
oilier cause, which we wid not take upon our
selves to record, the veteran had adopted the
profession ofa Chiffonier; and one morning
m tin-month of July, in the year 1808, as he
was (misusing b.is usual occupations in the
Faubourg St. Germain, at the early hour of
half p snhrce, ere yet the coming day had
chased ..way the uncertainty of twilight, and
the st im is presented the solitary and deserted
app. arm.t. e peculiar to Paris at that hour, a
young Woman glided out ol the doorway of a
house i i the Rue del’Universite, and beckon
iim to Jmpies with a mysterious air, made a
si“ , that she had something to say. The Cliif
fooicr, who was on the opposite side of the
street, iinmr diately crossed over, when the
von “ woman conducted him into the door
wav frrnn which she had issued ; and as soon
as llicv were in the passage, which, alter the
door was closed, was so dark that they were
miable to distinguish each other’s features.
•* Chill’mier,” said she, in a whisper, “will
you do me a service ?”
••That depends on what it may be,” replied
Jacques.
“ Have Ihe goodness to comcupto my apart
ment,” said slie, “ and 1 will explain to you.
She then led the way along tt dark and nar
row passage to the stairs, which Jacques, in
imitation of his conductress : ascended with
as little noise as possible,until they had reach
ed the fourth story, where they entered a room
situated at the back part of the bouse. There
was a bed in the room,Occupied by a female ap
parentlv about twenty.two years of age, sitting
up,ami givirg suck to r.n infant. The arrival of
the t h timber appeared to produce a momen
tary ah.rm upon the mother, who gazed upon
him with mi expression of sadness mingled
with <1 spair. The two females th n held a
cot Terence for several minutes, but in so sub
dued a tone, that Jacques was unable to dis
tim'ii’sh a particle ot the subject; the dec; and
fri (|um l sighs, however which accompanied
their wouls, convinced him that some impor
tant qoesi ion was in agitation. At length the
vomm person, who had not addressed a single
"a ord to Jacques since she had spoken to him
in the passage, suddenly quitted the bedside,
am! came tMvaids him with the child inlier
art: s, which she presented to him with a
look at once wild, supplicatory, and d< termin.
ed, uttering the following words, which seem
ed to c<.st her considerable effort. “ Aux en
tails trotives!” Jacques who was at first quite
at a loss to divine the patt he was called on to
take in what appeared to him little less than
a Itanlomiiie, continued motionl. ss and silent,
easting his ejesnow on the child, now on the
[ eisuTwho held it out to him, and lin n look
ing towards the bed, he perceived that the
mother had covered her face '.with her hands,
and bmied lu r head in the pillow, as if desi
rous to shun the sight ot w hat was going on.
Appearances were 100 strong to admit of doubt
i;i the mind of Jacques as to the facts, and lie
felt iitile desirous of undertaking the part as.
signed to him, when just at that moment the
siia, rising over the rool'of the opposite house
darted a sudden ray ofliglit through the win
dow <4’the room, and gleamed upon the soft
and balmy features of the child as it slept l .- not
is it 100 much to suppose that the silent elo
((tiei.ce of nature which those features convey
ed, found an echo in the heart oflhe Chiffon
ii r, wb se <ye seemed to gaze with admira
tion, perhaps with pity, on the beautiful infant
thus ..b.ii'.doned by its unhappy patent. “ Oni,
je lc vetix bieu,” "suid Jacques,taking his bus
k< t. half filled with liis morning's round, from
his shoulders,-uid placing it on the floor.
The principal difficulty thus surmounted, the
remaining arrangements were easily made.
’A c will not pause to inquire into ! lie mo
tives w hich may have weighed upon the mind
ofthe parenti if indeed she was capable ol
any at the moment) nor attempt to censure or
extenuate the act, whether it arose from vi
cions constitution ol socie'y, or from exet p.
tional depravity or weakness ; certain it is,
that not only in Paris, but in every oilier patt
of France, a receptacle is continually open for
the gratuitous support of abandoned infancy ;
the present, therefore, may be looked upon as
an instance by no means u common ol a moth
er induced to “ phtek her nipple from the bone
less gums” of her uflspring. and lose sight of
it probably for ever.
In one of those small streets, or rather alleys
which led out ofthe Rue St. Denis, in a garret
or mansardc of a house, principally inhabited
by lodgers belonging to the poor cluss of Paris,
was the humble residence ot the Chiffonier.
Jacques had, on quitting the Rue de i'Uniier
site, made his way home in as direct a line as
he was able, where he found h.’s wife, to whom
lie communicated the circimistitnces of his
morning’s adventure. The good woman re
ceived the iufaiit with maternal tenderness,
and having no child, she immediately agrecu
to her husband’s proposal ot tailing care, as he
said, (Ala yelile ntalheureuse.
The first years of the fuimdhT.g glided on
prosperously, and the little J( sophitic, lor such
was the name the honest couple had given her.
increased in health, strength and beauty ; and
.soon as her age permitted, she was sent to a
dav school, where she acquired the rudiments
of ordiuaiy cduciVion with icniiirkiiblc fa-ili
ly ; nor was it without a secret triumph that
Jacques beheld the unluldiag graces ol Ik i
“WHERE POWERS ARE ASSUMED WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DELEGATED, A NULLIFICATION OF THE ACT IS THE RIGHTFUL REMEDY. ” Jefferson.
■ mind and body, w hich daily and hourly <lcclar
led tin oh h (s, fin ding a lustre ovei his low.
ly habitation as sacred & as pure as the morn
ing sunbeam which played upon her infant
traits at the moment she 'mid been consigned
to him.
Such was the obscure lot of this child, de
prived of what are called the advantages of
an early acquaintance with society, but placed
beyond the reach ofthose prejudices whieii
often vitiate the original purity of nature, and
poison the better qualities of the heart at their
■ very source. From her childhood she had
I been accustomed to hear her foster-father re
count the history of I.is military career, and
her mind had thereby acquired a strong bias
in favour of martial glory, an admiration of’
danger and scenes of war; in fact, Josephine
became a genuine daughter ofimperialTnince,
and imbibed the full measure of that military
spirit which so deeply tinctures the national
character of both sexes in that country, and to
which thejliistory of the world p' es'enta no par
allel. On the other hand, principles rd' a mil
der, and indeed dilferent description, were dai
ly instilled into her mind by the uniform pre
cept and example <if her supposed mother, who,
never failed to accustom her sdopted child to
the regular discharge of those duties which
the Catholic € hutch so rigidly inculcates and
if the beauty of holiness consists in unaffected
devotion, and in the the absence of ostentation,
it was surely never more effectually portray
ed than in the parental solicitude of this poor
woman for the moral welfare of her protege.
It happened that Josephine, thus conducted,
went one morning to the Eglise St. AZmie, at
an hour so early that daylight had not com
pletely m:iiie its way through the sombre ais. :
les, when just as she was crossing her fore
head with holy water, placed as it usually is
against the pillar, net r the portico, a young
man, apparently about twenty years of age,
happened to catch a glimpse of her features
as he passed : continuing his way, however
a looker-on would have said that he did not
appear to be in the least affected by the cir- i
cumstances, but he had no sooner laid his hand |
on the door,than he turned round.looked i i the I
direction the two leniales had taken, and then,
as ifcorrecting an involuntary movement, sud
denly left the church.
During a period of severe! years, including
the last days of the French empire, and the
beginning of the restoration, Mons, le Comte
de V. who had retired from the army in con
sequence of habitual ill health, occupied an
apartment on die second floor ofa house ofthe
Boulevard du Temple. This gentleman, ah
though still in the prime of life, unmarried, and
belonging to one of the best families in France,
seemed to shun society to a degree of cccen.
tricity employing the greater portion of his
time in directing the studies of a youth, whom
some supposed to be his real, others his adop.
ted son ; and young Albert was in every way
worthy of that extraordinary period of the
Fiench history—a period in which the ener
gies of the whole nation, in arts as in arms,
seemed concentrated in one and the same pur-’
pose. That aspiring tendency to gigantic ef
fort and sublimity of conception, the peculiar
inheritance ol this epoch, was largely partici
pated in by this youth, who had prosecuted his
studies, in painting especially, with so much
success, that no doubts were entertained as to
his ultimate distinction. Bred, us he had been,
in the house, and under the immediate eye of
the Comte, his morals had, in a great measure,
escaped the pestilential atmosphere of Paris,
and when alone, his habits were of a more se
rious turn than is usually found among the gen
erality of metropolitan students. The reader
will not be surprised, then, that it was no oth
er than this youth who had caught a view of
the interesting features ot' Josephine, in the
place and under the circumstances we have
described. It must be allowed, that there
was little in the countenance ofthe young wo
man calculated to attract particular attention '
at first sight ; it is not the less certain, how
ever, that Albert had experienced a secret; and,
as it were, magnetic impression, which can
only be explained by the accidental circum. ’
stances under which the parties happened to
be at the moment. The youth was probably
raised above the glare of mere physical beau,
ty, and his young imagination had, doubtless,
no small share in attaching to tho mild and
supplicatory expression of her upturned eye,
engaged, as Josephine was, in an act of devo
tional exercise, the idea of something superior
to earthly being ; and this idea clung to his
thoughts, however tmconscio is of it he might
be, so closely, that every time the same image
recurred to him, it appeared to absorb his
whole attention. “ What a study !” lie inlcr
ntdly exclaimed ; “ what an expression ofser
aphic devotion !’’ Can wo wonder, then, that
Albert proceeded to the ehuich at about tl y
same hour a few days afterward j ? Is it ex
traordinary that he fell an intense desire to ob
tain asketch of those features which bis en
thusiastic lane)-had so quickly wrought up to
the beau ideal of inlellevlual expression ? He
had not long been in the church before the ob
ject of his search appeared. lie took care to
place himself in a position which enabled him
Io take a deliberate survey ol Josephine’s face,
and in proportion as bis eye ana!) zed each
feature, with the pleasure an artist exper.ences
when wrapt in the contemplation of a favorite
subjf ct, he became- more and more persuaded,
that he hail discovered a model he should vain
ly exptct to find elsewhere, carried away, as
he e videi.tiy w as, by the lull force ot these
convictions which are produced by the silent
(>[>eratioi;s of nature alone. at:d which, on this
j occasion, presented the whole traits of Jose
phine to his mi: d, renh te with beauty, with
j poetry, and with truth.
i The circumstances under which the poor
| gill was placed, presented little difficulty in
{ the way of Albert's desire of taking a caieful
; likeness, and he intended the portrait us a Stu
i dy for the exercise of the: best efforts of his
(pencil; losing no time, therefore, in the exe
; cution of his project, the painting was finish-
I ed in the courseofa few weeks.
But the 'urn w hich this circumstance had
imparted to the mind of Albert, gave a new
existence to his thoughts, and breathed new
life into his imagination, which appeared to
glow and fructify under the influence of a
power which he had evidently neither the will
nor the ability to control. Till this period he
had been more under the impressions of the
rules ol Ins art, than in immediate correspon
dence w itli nature, so that every time here
viewed the picture, it. seemed to breathe forth
some hitheito undiscovered bvau'y, some la
lent expression of poetic excel euee, which as
sociated itself witli what tie felt to be the ve
ry leflcelion ol intelligence.
It is necessary to remind the reader that
this production had been kept, entirely secret,
so "far as the Comte v\ as eoucerued, its author
considering it a chef d’ccuvre, having prudent
ly determined nut topteae:.'. it to iii.-pectio'.i
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till completely finished, and that as soon as it
had received the last touches, Josephine, to
gether with her foster parents, was to be ad
mitted to see it. On flic morning, therefore,
that the humble family presented themselves
in Albert’s room for that purpose, lie happened
to be engaged in a conversation with the Com
te, which kept him from his studies beyond
the usual time ; the servant, also, having re
ceived directions to admit them, not consider
ing it necessary to announce their arrival, the
young artist was quite ignorant of their being
pi esent.
“ The ancients,” observed the Comte, “ in
the extreme justice of their allegorical de.
seriptious, represented the arts hand-in-hand,
but painting and poetry may be considered
twins as regards their origin and effects, the
allrilmtes of either are precisely the same, their
mission is the representation of nature in all
her shades and varieties of form.”
“True,” replied Albert, “but unhappily
for the painter his power is slow in its develop",
mciif, and circumscribed in its effects, com
pared with poetrv."
“ Painting.” continued the Comte, “ mav
be con-’idered less prompt in the execution of
its productions, but I question whether we
ought to allow it. to be less comprehensive m
its expression ; for whenever there be a mind
to conceive, and an imagination to lend a co
louring to the subject more ideas may be
drawn out by painting tlian it is easily in the
power of words to express. But painting has
other and supecior qualities. It unquestiona
bly brings us more directly into the presence
of nature. Still, nature is not always consis
tent ; nor can her exterior form be invariably
I depended upon. One of the English poets, ol
whom 1 have read a translation, I remember,
says, “ There is no art to find the mind's con
struc'.ion in the face ;’ a truth I believe, which
few will venture to question.”
“-xndyet,” replied Albert, whose thoughts
had for some time been vibrating towards the
subject which was uppermost in his mind,
I “ there are features, and I have al this moment
such a set in my eye, where the mind seems
i to be shadowed out with such irresistable ex
pression. that it would seem almost sacrilege
to doubt their sincerity. For instance, sir—
will you step into my study 7”
The Comte assented, and had scarcely pro
ceeded half the distance of the. corridor, when
I he beheld the portrait of Josephine, which was
placed directly opposite the doer. It would
Ibe impossible to convey an adequate ilea of
I the scene which presented itself nt this mo- I
merit. The Comte stood amazed like one un
able to credit the testimony of his eyes. A
pause of several moments ensued, during
which the C( mte’s hand seemed to be directed
by some mysterious agency towards his bo i
som, from which he drew forth a minit.ture
portrait, which was a fac-smilc ol the painting,
and presenting it to the eves of the astonished
Albert, he exclaimed- with evident emotion.
“Good heavens ! what can this mean?” Al
bert started as he seized the hand oflhe Com
te, and recognized the likeness of the minia
ture to the [minting, and to Josephine, who
stood lost in amazement at the inexplicable
sensation which the Comte and Albert betray
ed.
There are moments of creative and event
ful import, conveying to the mind a volume
of convictions with rapid and mysterious pow
er ; and, oti such occasion, cause and effect,
with all (he details of intermediate reasoning,
flash through the imagination.
Such crises may be properly denominated
the handmaids of destiny, whether the inspira
tion which they communicate be of good or
evil tendency, whether regarding individuals
or nations. The genius of Albert had been
penetrated by a ray of intellectual light, which
bad called into existence a multitude of beings,
by its simple contrast with his imagination ;
and the effect produced on the Comte was in
no way difl’eiet.t, except that its tendency was
ictrospeciive.
The singleness of nature, and simplicity of
character, both of Albert and the Comte, were
sufficient Io exclude every suspicion of design,
or the existence of any previously concerted
plan ; in spite, therefore, of his amazement —
in spite of (lie inexplicable mystery in which
the latter incident was involved, it produced
no other conclusion in the Comte’s mind, than
that some happy concurrence of circumstan
ces, or sonic providential agency, had called
into the presence ofbeings, which had been
(he constant campanions of his thoughts, and
wliich had wound themselves up in his exis
tence. Nor were the emotions which he felt
those which proceed from remorse or horror ;
they were rather those ofa soul upon wliich
a bright and clear vision suddenly breaks,
|>r. seating no other objects than those to
.which the heart attaches itself with eager and
sympathetic ardour.
Ns the convictions of the Comte originated
from w hat had already a positive existence,
and were, therefore, in a great degree allied to
recollections ; so those of Albert had their
source in possibility, and were, therefore, more
oflhe nature of' prevision. In the one case,
objects had been displayed by the agency of
light itself; in the other, light had been pro
duced in rich profusion, us the ray w hich falls
upon the "diamond is sent back increased a
thousand fold and enriched with all the co
louring of wliich Nature is capable. And
what magnificent edifices, what stupendous
superstructures, have not. been called into exis
tence by the fortuitous associations of genius,
from causes, too, of lar less apparent impor
tance 'han we have here described: the im.
mortal system of New ton owes its existence
to the fall of an apple, and the genius ct Ros
seatt was callen into 1 f'e by its contact with
a simple flower, in the Bark of Vincennes.
linmcdiaiely after the extraordinary scene
in Albert’s study, the Comte retired to liis
apartment making a sign to Albert that, lie
wished to be alone. A few minutes after
waids Jacques was requested to join him,
when the following dialogue took place.
“Tell me, mv brave fellow, who is the
voting person w ho accompanied you here this
morning !’’
“My adopted daughter,” replied Jac
ques.
“ And how came the young woman to be
adopted by you ?”
“ She was placed in my hands by her moth
er.” ,
“ And were voti not directed to take the
child to the Founding Hospital ?”
“ Yes sir,” replied Jacques, with astonish
ment.
“ Enough,” added the Comte, “ here is an
order up<>:i mv banker lor a small Sum ot mo
ney for your immediate use. 1 request you
to allow your adopted child to come here to
morrow mon ing at this hour.”
Jacques received the paper with apparent re
luctance ; a -d, bowi ig to the Comte, kit the
room.
As soon as the Chiffonier and his family had
quitted the house, Albert was summoned into
the apartment of his foster parent, wnom he
found plunged into a state of deep reflection ;
so much so, that his entrance sectned unper
ceived, but his impatience to arrive at the so
lution cfthe mysterious appearances which
had transpired, induced him to awaken the nt.
(ention ofthe Comte. “ 1 believe you scut
for me,” said the youth.
“ I did. Albert : sit down, and tell me how
you became acquainted with the Chiffonier
and his family.”
Albert immediately related the circumstan
ces nearly as we have stated them, which the
Comte heard with evident interest and sur
prise. After the youth had answered the
Comte’s inquiries, the latter relapsed into his
previous reverie, and paced to ami fro in his
room for a considerable time, leaving Albert
in the same state of wonder and anxiety. The
remainder of the day passed on, and nothing
escaped the lips of the Comte which could af
ford the slightest clue tn what was passing in
his mind ; his conversation at dinner was re
served, and limited to the most ordinary topics.
It was evident, however, to Albert, that the
thoughts of his friend were abstracted ; in-
deed, the long and frequent intervals of reverie
which he remarked, denoted a total uncon
•sciousness of every enterior object. It was in
I vain that the youth endeavoured to draw out
. the usual communicative habits of his patron,
' and thereby gain some intelligence which
I might guide his conjectures through the inex.
phcable maze in which every' circumstance
connected with Josephine was involved. That
there existed some fatal secret to be disclosed
he felt convinced ; that it was intimately con
nected with the Comte, in some way r or other,
he could not prevail upon himself to doubt;
several times Im was on the point of reques.
ting another look at the mysterious miniature ;
but (he moment his eyes were raised towards
those of his friend fortbat purpose, the impo
sing seriousness of the latter awed him into
silence ; he th-refore determined to wait pa
tiently till time shou'd afford the wished for
denouement. Had Albert been a youth of an
ordinary cast —had his habits partaken of a
pty in" or restless curiosity, which is so incon
sistem with respect to the feelings of others,
as it is alien to that pious confidence which a
wi ll conducted mind is wont to have in the ul-
timate solution of events —he would perhaps
have, on leaving the dinner table, sought out
the Chiffonier's garret for the purpose of in
-1 quiry ; but such a proceeding, he could not
help feeling, was unworthy of'that frank and
implicit respect he owed to the character ol
the Comte, whom he had ever been accusto.
( med to reverence with more than filial attach
ment.
The hour of repose arrived, and the Comte
and Albert retired to their respective cham
bers ; the youth passed the might it) calm and
refreshing oblivion, the Comte in wakefulness
and reflection.
The following morning saw Jacques, his
wife, and Josephine, at the Comte’s lodgings ;
the eve of Albert brightened and his heart beat
quickly, why he pr. bably knew not; when,
being called into the Comte’s apartment, he
found the whole party there, and his friend
examining a pack of letters, from w hich be
appeared to be taking out There was a
breathless silence for several minutes, which
the Comte interrupted in the following
words :
“Inexplicable are the workings of destiny
—strange are the vicissitudes of human exis
tence and the ultimate consequences ofhuman
actions, ns will rppear by what I am about to
disclose.” Then fixing his gaze steadily up
on Albert, he continued :
“ At the battle of Wagram, my superior offi
cer, Captain , by whose side I was
fighting, teceived his death wound, and w hile
breathing bis last in my arms, he assured me
that the only circumstance of regret at the loss
oflil’e in the field of honour, was his leaving
an only sot:, till that moment dependent upon
him for support. 1 immediately made him a
solemn promise to adopt that son, and bring
him up ns my son.—Albert, you are the son of
that brave and distinguished officer who be
queathed me that duly.”
Albert, whose heart burst forth in a torrent
of tears, rushed into the arms of his -benefac
tor, exclaiming, “ Indeed, indeed, sir, you
have faithfully kept your word. How shall
I show myself worthy of so much gcucrosi.
ty ?”
“ Albert,” continued the Comte, “ you have
more than repaid my care ; I am proud in the
possession ofa son, who does honor to tnyself.
and promises to become an ornament to his
country.—ll I have hitjierto left the secret of
your birth unknown to yourself and to the
world. I have done s > trom motives w hich you
will know how to appreciate.
“ But bow shall 1 discharge the debt I owe
to you, Albert continued the Comte, whose
voice began to falter with the movement of
tenderness and satisfaction ; “ you have been
the instrument in the hands of Providence of
discovering my only child : and the daughter
ofa being whose lot has been hard, as will ap
pear fly these letters.—Aes, Albert, Josephine,
the apparent child of this poor couple—Jose
phine, w hose features you have so faithluily
depicted—is try lawful daughter!” Ashe
uttered these w ords, his emotion deprived him
of further articulation ; and instinctively
stretching out his arms towards Josephine,
who was seated immediately beside him. he
embraced her with convulsive rapture.
The scene, which the heart alone can eon
ceive we will not attempt to analyze ; it was
onc of those incidents ol real lite ol w Inch an
adequate estimation is impossible, and embel
lishment were superfluous ; a scene which
nature’s sulf will be proud to inscribe in the
fairest pages of her records, and ti iumphantly
point at “ for her own.” Let us. therefore, like
prudent dramatist, allow the curiain to close
over it, whi’e we prepare our last and necessa
ry act, which the spectator, however, is w ont
to arrive at by anticipation, and not unfre
queutly leaves the theatre, as though unwil
ling to allow' liis impressions to be effaced by
attention to representations of minor impor
tance. —11 merely remains to be stated that the
Comte briefly demonstrated, by written and
incontestible documents, the identity of Jose
phine. “ A few weeks previously to my de
parture for a campaign in the detachment ot
the imperial army, in opposition to the express
commands of my family,’’ observed the Com
te. “ I was privately married to the only
daughter of Madame de L , widow of an
illustrious officer, whose name is eorspicuous
among his country’s glories. It unfortunate
ly happened that Madame de L . paid the
debt of nature -almost immediately after I quit
ted Paris, so that my wife experienced an ac
cumulation of misery and abandonment winch
it is difficult to imngnie. Letter after letter
was despatched, informing me of her melan
choly condition. Such, however was the ra
pidity ofthe emperor’s movements, and the
consequent difficulty of correspondence, that
these letters did not reach me till my wife had
fallen a victim to her fate. Six days subse
i quently to her parting with her infant, she
' ceased to exist. Heaven knows what pains
I .have taken, what anxious days and nights I
have passed, in endeavouring to discover the
offspring of my beloved wife among the hun
dreds of children received at that trying peri
od in the Hospital des Enfans Trouves. I have
been able to collect these melancholy purlieu
lars reflecting my unhappy wife from various
sources, and tny feelings have been racked
with a degree of anxiety and regard which I
felt too well convinced would accompany the
remainings days ol my life; the bitterness of
destiny is suddenly, and, I may say miracu
lously, softened, and my heart is now relieved
from a portion of the weight which preyed
upon its peace.”
After the Comte had finished this recital,
which deeply affected the whole party, and
drew forth their feelings in sighs and tears,
the young Albert threw himself at the Comte’s
feet, on the one hand, and Josephine on the
other, Jacques held up his hands in the attitude
of devotion and gratitude, while the foster
mother of Josephine, who lad been for some
time on her knees, uttered a prayer of heart
felt thanksgiving to the Great Disposer of all
events in nudirde and fervent accents. The
Comt“, who formed the principal figure of the
group, contemplated the features of his daugh
ter with affectionate composure for several j
minutes without uttering a word ; at length, I
raising her to her seat, the rest of the party j
received the circumstance as a signa’, to resume j
their chans. j
“ I need not assure you,” said the Comte,
addressing himself to the Chiffonier and his
wife. “ I need not assure you how much I
am indebted to you for the honourable part
you ha e enacted, under the circumstances
which made you a parent to my lost child, nor
am I able, if indeed it were necessary, suffi.
ciently to explain to you my admiration of the
noble and generous feeling which give you an
indisputable claim to my warmest thanks;
you shall find, my worthy friends, that I am
not ungrateful tor the services you have ren
dered me.”
After an interchange of the most tender af
fection, Josephine and her foster parents sepa
rated for the first time ; and the Comte hav
ing embraced them with the most lively cordi
ality, they resought their honely but now
comparatively solitary mansardc. They had
not been at home more than half an hour be
fore Albert made his appearance, bearing a
letter from the Comte, which contained direc
tions for the receipt of an annuity of fifteen
hundred francs, which was to continue as
I long as both, or either of them, might live.
The union of Albert and Josephine is an
event which the reader will consider already
decided by the incidents we have related, and
the Comte consented to it without the slight
est reluctance ; a few weeks afterwards, there
fore, the marriage was celebrated in the pre
sence oflhe Comte, Jacques and his wife, at
the altar of that same Eglise St. Merri, where
Albert had first seen the features which he
then felt convinced—and that conviction was
in no way diminished—he could gaze upon
for every with rapture.
Our story must here close; the following
facts will serve to explain all the circumstan
ces of the sequel. A modest tablet appears
in Pure la Chaise, and not tar from it. anoth
er : the one indicates the spot where the re
mains ofthe Comte and his unhappy lady arc
deposited ; the other perpetuates the memory
ofthe Chiffonier and his worthy spouse. To
this spot Albeit and Josephine from time to
time repair, bearing in their hands each a
(hapiof, which they place upon the graves of
their parents and benefactors.
W.
A Christian Martyr.— Among the articles
a late intelligence from England, is an ac
count ofthe death of a woman of the Isbmd
of Madagascar, under circumstances which
place Iter name high in the rank of Chiistiun
marty rs.
It appears that the London Missionary So
ciety had been successful tn establishing the
means of religious instruction in Madagascar,
and that a number ofthe natives had embra
ced Christianity. In 1835 the Queen issued
an edict forbidding public worship under the
heaviest penalties, and in consequence con
verts were in the habit ot meeting on a retired
mountain for the performance ofthe duties of
the Sabbath, in which they felt themselves
conscientiously bound not to intermit. The
restreat of tins little band was not long since
discovcrad. and fifteen persons were appre
hended, condemned to perpetual slavery, and
their property was confiscated.
Their families were involved in the same
sentence excepting that they had the privi
lege of redemption. A conspicuous individ
ual among these native Christians was a wo
man named Rafaravavy, well known to the
government as an inflexible Christian from
the time she abandoned idolatry, which was
about 7 years before her death. In the sum
mcr of 1836 she was informed against as an '
observer of the Sabbath and a reader of the
Bible. She was then condemned to a fine
equivalent to halfher value if sold into slave
rv, and gave on that occasion a striking ex
ample of meekness combined tvith immovea
ble principle. In the summer of last year, a
box of religious books was found near her
house, and she was again apprehended and
imprisoned.
Iler property was immediately confiscated
and she was loaded with irons and kept for
several days, in the hope ihat threats and vio
lence would induce her to give up the names
of her companions. The attempt was vain.
She continued faithful, firm, and composed,
and was employed until the moment of exe
cution in prix iug for all around her, and ex
horting them to embrace tho true faith.—She
was put to death bv the spear. The best evi
dence of the sincerity of this woman’s con.
fission ot Christianity even to death, is the
fact, that she knew nothing of the fame oi
martyrdom and anticipated no honors for her
devotion. She acted on the broad principles
of her convictions of duty, and received cred
it for her integrity from any friends around her.
Iler age was thirty eight.—AictL Gaz.
The Enjoyment of reading.—-It is the
most gratify ing to uflect that there is not a lm- ,
man being endowed with health and the otdtn-,
arv condition of the human faculties, that max
not participate in what Str John Ilerschol ap
pears to consider the greatest of human pleas
tires. 11 is delightful to foresee, that when
the ■.• hole of society s’lal! be so ffir educated
Vol. VI—Ao 4.
n.i to derive pleasure from reading, mid when
hooks are its plenty as bread and potatoes, thrt
hardest woiked agricultural hi bun r ot mechan
ic, when lie goes home, after his day’s toil, may
plunge at once into the most intense enjoyment
ty taking a book. The most gralifyi. g cir
cumstances respecting this enjoyment are its
universality, anti its applicability tt» ol! ColtH*
tries, all ages, and to every human being in tfl
j erable health, and above destitution. Il is
equally applicable to the man whether in pros*
perity or adversity ; whether in pris*>n or free:
and. even to a certain extent, whether in health
or in sickness.--Another gratifying prospect
anticipated from the result of universal reartii'j;*
is universal improvment of worldly circuhF
j stances. L-t any taste become general, mid
the relation and habits of society will aceoino.
date themselves to that taste. The hours <4*
labor at present, tiff «rd barely lime for enling
and sleeping ; but when rending beCotnes n
necessary of life to every one—even the low.
cst class of society—they will be reduced s<>
ns to afford time for that enj >yment also.
Surely, if nothing else were to be gained by it
•system of national education hut the powers
ofcouf’erring so much happiness on millions, it
would deserve the patronage of every IrcnrVrt.
lent mind, and be worth) the adoption, alike of
governments pr .fessing -o be patermil or to be
representative. But the main object which
we have now in view, is to impress John
Herschel’s statement strongly <*n the mind
of the young mechanic, so ns to encourage
him above all earthly things, to cherish a taste
for reading in himself, and in all those with
whom he mnyhaveany thing to do.
Another point to «hich we wish to direct
attention, is the necessity, when a national
system ot education is established wf'adding to
every school, not on'ya garden, a workshop
for teaching the simple operations of the me,
chanicai arts, and a kitelu-u lur teaching the
girls cookery, but also u circulating library for
the benefit oflhe whole parish.
Heading.— Go into the houses of some of
our fanners, and you will find no newspaper,
no periodical of any kind, and hardly a book.
Ask such men to subset ibe for a paper, di they
will tell you that they have not time to read
one I But who is so constantly employed ns
to find no leisure for the improvement of his
mind 1 Not the funner, certainly for the long
winter evenings afford him several hours eve.
ry day which he might devote to reading c-x’
not the mechanic, f-r instances are
where the most industrious
tained to eminence in the sci<-u<r€i 'uerely by
giving their leisure to study.
One ofthe most eminent oriental scholars
ofthe age, is Prof, Lee> one °f fl* e English
Universities; and ,v«t all his education was
acquired during moments of leisure which
he found while a journeyman car.
penter.
The fact is. every man has leisure to read
at leiwt a newspaper, and those who plead tho
uunt. of time as an excuse for not taking one,
arc almost always the least industrious.
Nothing ought to induce the father ofa
family to do without a iiewspa[>er and renr
his children in ignorance. They will be loss
intelligent and respectable, and fir less likely
to succeed i i life than those who e: joy the
advantages of a good periodical.
NEWS FROM THE ANTIPODES!
Siam illuminated by a Virginia Printer.
We are happy to lay the following Lett( r
before the Irii tido of our Correspondent, the
Missionary Society, and the Public at large.
We recollect Mr Davenport well and it gives
us great pleasure to see one of our Ah’imii dif
fusing the benefits ol the Press, as the Truths
of Christianity on the other std-: ofthe Globe.
Richmond Enq.
“ Banckoe, Siam. July 10, 1637,
“Mv dear Sir—lt is even no v with pleas
ing recolk’ctio.i, that I recur to the period
spent in your services. Little did I think while
entering the office of the* Richmond Enquirer,’
that there I was destined to obtain infunnatiwii
which should have its tt-fluence on another
side ofthe Glob.:. How iuscruLible are the
ways ot Pro idencc! But so it is. Here (
am in the midst of hundreds of thousands of
Siamese, and Chinese, and others, wh > whilo
receiving with thankfulness the fruits ofthe
Press, are astonished at its operations. For
ag's they have been dependent on the slow, mi,l
tedious mul’iplicatiou of books by writing;
and he who wished to become acquainted
with the feelings and sentiments of his ances
tors,had to tax liis purse severe')'. But those
in authority, are at last beginning to open
their eves upon the improvement* <rf others ;
and their former prejudices against foreigner*
and foreign articles, is evidently giving Way
to a desire for information ; and many ofthuso
tn high standing, no longer question the sup»-r.
ioritv which Europeans or Americans have
over this nation in may respect.. —The I’rah
c aring or Minister of Foreign affairs, has now
in possession an old wooden press, « hich w.,s
borrowed of some Missionaries hero, i hat ho
might understand its operation, or make some
efl’oit in printing. Tile d< sirahlenesj of h iv.
ing a complete printing apparatus, together
with a fount of’ F. g'lsh type, was not long
since seriously talked ofund the fust favorable
opportunity that offi rs, may afford the gratin
cation of their wishes. Tho Prince C'mw
Far, v> ho was once thought to be the pr diable
successor to the throne, and who may yet
reach it, is constructing vessels on the Euro,
peun model, and is endeavoring to ranch hi*
mind .vith information calculated to benefit the
nation. lie is ;>r /:> -bly 25 years of age. and
speaks and writes E.igl sh tolerably well.
‘• file only merchant here now isa Mr. Hun
ter, a gentleman, through whose ins'rmmmtal.
itv the two Siamese youths were discovered
and sent about as a curiosity. This port is
visited by European and America', vessels,
and t.ie priticip u cargo they take away is su.
gar. The s >ii of lire country is very rich,
and might pioduee almost-my quantity of thn
cane, or tny thing else. The soil is principal.
Iv cultivated b\ the Chinese. wb»» compose,
perhaps ihlue-f’um ths of the whole popula
tint).
“The ;>rinti;’2 establishment under my
charge has m (t founts of Siamese, Chinese
and English type : Li these languages, th”
two first principallv, there have been printed
nearly a million three thousand pages oct.i-
I remain, dear Str, with much esteem. yours,
&c.
ROB’T. D. DAVENPORT.
American Missionary Io Siam.
To Titos Ri rc:tiE, E litnr Rtcmno.id Enq.
Va. U. S.”