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m. MRS. HURON,
TAKES this method of informing her
friends and the public generally, that she will
s.lil continue to keep a Hotel in this place, a lew
doors below the .Monroe Rail Road and Banking
House, just across the street front where she for
merly kept. Her charges will correspond with the
hardness of the times.- Tlte house will.be filled
up in a stt|)erior style. She will lake the bouse ol
the 20th day of December, when every tiling wiln
be in complete order.
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Griffin, Dec. 9, 1844. 10 2m
THE KI2PI BLIP.
S. M. STRONG, Editor.
VOLUME 1.
Ml SC EL LA NY.
THU BRILLIANT Lbt’KKT.
CHAPTER 1.
It was ill the autumn of the year ISOO,
when ihe republican army under Ney,
Moreau, Y amb, Cyr, and others of its lira
vest generals, was pursuing its victorious
career, and laying waste some of the mast
important towns in Germany, the circum
stance that we are about to relate took
place.
The frequent want of stores, ammuni
tion, and money in the republican armies,
and the hope of plunder then so frequently
held out to the French soldiers as the re
ward of victor}, caused no inconsiderable
alarm in the breasts of the more peacea
ble inhabitants of those places which were
considered likely to become the theatre of
hostilities.
Among these, the inhabitants ol a Ger
man town of considerable importance—
and which for distinction we will call Eh
ristine—had ample reasons for their mis
givings ; the daily, almost hourly, ap
proach ofthc French being expected.
The family of Paul Kitunayer, a mer
chant, citizen ofgreat wealth, was amongst
those most agitated by the afflicting intel
ligence. His household consisted of his
wile, an only daughter, and a lew domes
tics in whom he could place confidence.
His daughter was the spring which regu
lated every action ol’tlie merchant's life ;
she was the apple of his eye, the sunshine
of his shady places; for her he had accu
mulated his wealth, that her rare beaulv
might win with it a station of rank and in
fluence; and now the hope of a whole life
time might be wrecked in a lew brief
hours.
His wife was the lirst to suggest a plan
for the concealment of their treasures,
their mansion was situated near the extre
mity ofthc town; and from it a secret pas
sage communicated with a bower in the
garden adjoining; from thence, in the
evening a man might easily steal unper
ceived to the adjacent woods; and there
she proposed that the merchant should, at
night-lime, bury his treasure ; or, at any
rate, that he should proceed through the
forest and deposii it with a relation who
was to be trusted, who would not he sus
pected of posseting so much wealth, and
who resided about two day’s journey from
l lie place.
For a time, Paul Ivinmayer resisted
every importunity ol bis wile. Who would
protect them should the anticipated attack
lake place in bis absence ? the domestics
were old and infirm, and the they would
be too much alarmed for their own safety
to care much for others not akin to them.
Bui when his wile spoke upon tlte future;
when she‘impressed on him that it was
wealth only that would be requited of
them, and that deprived of that, all for
which they had so long struggled would
he scattered in a moment, his resolution
gave way.
‘I go,’ lie said, ‘and I leave you in the
trust ol One whose all-powerful hand will
protect you; unless indeed, in his infinite
wisdom, he deems it fitting that the inno
cent should fall as an example and terror
to the guilty.’
Collecting till that was most valuable in
to it small packet, as the evening approa
ched, the merchant was prepared to de
part. One jewel only remained behind—
it was his own miniature, set in a locket,
with diamonds ol great value. It was his
wedding gift to Amelia, and with it he
hesitated to pari; and he placed it again
around her neck with the same fervorand
affection that he felt when he first presen
ted it. To her and to his daughter, the
namesake of her mother, he gave some ne
cessary directions for iheir welfare during
his absence, and taking an affectionate
farewell, be departed unknown to any
but themselves.
It was the evening ofthc fourth day af
ter the merchant had departed that the
roll of the drums, the shrill voice of the
trumpet calling to arms, and the tumult
among the inhabitants without proclaim
ed to the inmates of the mansion that the
enemy was fast approaching. The town
i was indeed, filled with Austrian troops,
but these had been so often and lately har
assed and defeated by the victorious arms
I of the French, that it was not without rea
son the citizens felt strong misgivings in
then prowess.
All chance ofthe merchant being ena
bled.to reach his house, or even to obtain
admittance within the town previous to
the termination, was now entirely shutout.
The wife had but little doubt that his re
puted wealth would not permit the house
to pass unmolested; arid after causing the
doors lo be barricaded, and the windows
and shutters secured, she proceeded with
her daughter to the innermost apartment
ofthc mansion.
CIHPTER 11.
On the return ofthe merchant, the
French army was evacuating the phee,
carrying with them the trophies they had
wrested from the conquered Austrians,
and a large supply of stores and plunder
from the devoted town. Paul's heart died
within him as he stealthily entered the su
burbs, and proceeded towards the place
of lus own residence.
Within the town all was confusion and
dismay; here were open storehouses, ri
lled of their contents, the very doors torn
! from their binges; there the trim gardens
lof the richer classes broken down and
trampled over; in the market-places were
PRO PATRIA ET LEGIBUS.
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1815.
groups ofthe middle and lower class loud
ly complaining of the excesses of both
Austria and France. Still l’uul stopped
not to join in the general outcry; his only
anxiety was his own home. A1 length he
reached his dwelling. With what a pang
of intense anxiety he rushed through the
open portal! The servants had evident
ly lied; the slairs bore the marks of heavy
I outsteps. Paul stopped not to examine
them, or he would have seen they were
traced with gore.
With the speed of thought he rushed
into their accustomed sitting-room, and
there a lion id spectacle awaited him. On
the ground lay his wile, stabbed through
the heart; one hand had fallen back as if
to protect her from the attack ofthe assas
sin. while the other grasped tighlly a few
links ol the slight gold chain lo which had
been attached the diamond mounted por
trait.
Ol his daughter there were no traces.
Louder did lie call, and wildly did he seek
first his own house, and then through the
whole ol the town, until it was wispered
abroad that he was mad; and so, for a
time, he was; hut anxiety brought weari
ness, and repose led to reflection.
How deeply Paul Kiumayer reproach
ed himself for not taking the miniature
with the other valuables, need not be re
lated, si uce he little doubted that his wife’s
resistance to part wilh it had led to the
laial catastrophe. One redeeming thought
only Hashed across his mind, that by its
agency—il indeed she hud not shared the
late oi lier mother—he might he enabled
lo discover the missing daughter. To
this end lie resolved to devote the whole
of his future existence; and alier ihe fu
neral oj his wile, he disposed of his house
the wreck of his household goods, and [ire
pared to travel; whither, ho knew not; hut
anywhere to lly from the scenes where all
his hopes of earthly happiness, had been
blighted liy the ruihless hand of the des
troyer.
‘And these,’ he said, as he turned from
his native town and home, ‘these are the
deeds perpetrated under the sacred ban
nerol liberty! Alashowis the divine attri
bute desecrated! How little, but the
name, exists in the bloodthirsty dynasty
of France!’
CHAPTER HI.
Shall we follow the steps of Paul Kin
mayer for 12 years: Shall we relate bow
lie travelled in strange lands, ever in the
wiike of the French army—sometimes in
disguise—how minute, but yet how cau
tious were his inquiries, and, alas! how
limitless? Shall we say bow llie bale man
grew grey and feeble, as though hall' a
century had passed over his head, in
scarcely more than a tithe of out? No;
for we could relate nothing that would in
terest llie reader —nothing but the patient
suffering of a bereaved man; hoping, but
hopeless, seeking, but finding not; until it
almost seemed that the faculties of tlte
wanderer hud ceased to embrace the origi
nal object ofhis mission: but they did not
—they only slumbered.
It was something beyond twelve years
after the scene related in our second chap
ter took place, that a Ftench officer was
reciting in one ol’ the principal cates of
Paris, to an eager crowd of listeners, tlte
particulars of an inglorious retreat from
Russia, of which he was ot.e of the lew
survivors, llis age could not have ex
ceeded thirty; but the dreadful hardships
ofthe Russian campaign had told tearful
ly upon his hardened features. War, how
ever, had not tamed, but had evidently
added to, a naturally ferocious disposi
tion; for he was detailing, with savage sat
isfaction, the horrid lor men is of the ene
my, already forgetful of the severities he
had just escaped, and lo which so many
of liis comrades hail fallen a sacrifice.
Among those who listened most atten
tive was a stranger, who sat, almost un
noticed, smoking in an obscure corner of
tlie room; an involuntary expression of
disgust at length betrayed him, and all
eyes were immediately turned to where
he sat.
‘l’ll wager a Napoleon,’ said the officer,
‘that the old German never smell powder
but on a review day; and never saw more
smoke than that which proceeded from his
own meerschaum.’
‘Better b others were like me; who, re
membering only that they arc soldiers, for
get that they are men.’
‘How!’ exclaimed the officer, starting on
his feet, ‘such sentiments here are danger
ous; but you Germans are ever mystical.
However, I’ll tell you a German adven
ture, so, garcon, another bottle of colt roti,
and then
‘Do you happen lo know the German
town of Ebristiex?’ inquired the officer.
The dulleyeof the stranger seemed sud
denly lit with a liquid lire, as he answer
ed in the affirmative.
‘lt was my first campaign,’ continued
the other; ‘my father had been one ofthe
bravest’ [he meant one of the most blood
thirsiy] ‘leaders of the revolution. Ilis
influence obtained for me a commission;
and, crowned with success, I found no
difficulty in earning, for myself promotion.
In the action I alluded to we were allowed
but two hours to make what pillage we
could in the town of Ebriestien before
we proceeded onward to greater and more
glorious victories. Well, there was a jew
eller ofgreat wealth, whose house, which
was jiointed out to me by an Austrian pri
soner, we entered, but in which neither
jewels nor portable valuables could we
find. The servants fled on our lirst eti
trance; the wife and daughter alone re
mained. The latter had locked them
selves in a room which we soon buisl
open; we demanded of them their valua
bles; the trumpets had already sounded
‘To horse!’ and l was preparing to' leave
the house, when a gold chain around the
neck of the elder temale, attracted my at-
U ntion. There was attached to it’
‘A portrait asked the stranger, in a tone
ol ill-concealed anxiety. ‘Don’t interrupt
me,’ said the narrator; ‘the story is droller
than any would imagine.’
The blood of the stranger came and
went rapidly, and, [lulling down his pipe,
he was observed, lor the moment feeling
about his pockets, as if in searthofsome
missing article.
‘You’re right; it was a portrait; and in a
most valuable setting. Provoked at ob
taining no booty, I demanded il of her;
she should have had the worthless minia
ture, but she was obstinate. I tried to
lorce it from her, but she resisted; nay,
more, she tried to seize a pistol from my
belt, ami, in the heat of my passion—l
slabbed her.’
‘Have you that portrait still?’ asked the
German.
‘I have; though it ha? been taken from
the setting, in which one of my own now
glitters. You said yoj knew Ebkistkin.’
‘I did, years ago.’
•And probably the original of this pic
ture?’ said the officer, producing it.
‘Well, well!’
‘Ah! is he alive?’
‘He is—to he the avenger!’ And be
lbre a movement was observed by the by
standers, Paul Kiumayer had, with fatal
precision, levelled a pistol at the French
officer, and shot him in the breast.
CHAPTER IV.
Mortally wounded, but not dead, he
who had braved the heat of a hundred bat
tles, and whom death hud spared that he
might make a more suitable atonement lor
his guilt, was carefully removed to a more
private apartment.
Paul, who might have escaped in the
confusion, did not attempt lo do so; and
he was, of course taken into custody, and
incarcerated in one of the dungeons ofthe
police.
The following morning he was led forth
for examination; the wife ofthe fallen offi
cer, he was told, would lie his accuser.—
But he walked with a firmer step and a
lighter heart than usual. One portion of!
liis mission-had been accomplished; he had
avenged his wile’s murder, but he had
found no traces ofhis daughter.
On reaching the place of examination,
he was commanded to stand forth, a
shriek—a long, agonizing shriek—was
heard, and the prosecutrix fell senseless
oj) the floor.
Restoratives were applied, and on her
recovery the cause of her agitation was
soon apparent.
‘it is my lather!’ she said, and breaking
through the crowd, she again lull senseless
iu his arms.
The impetus of her fall caused a lock
et to drop from her bosom; where it was
suspended by a chain. Paul Kintnayer
snatched it up. Yes, it was the same—
the same circlet of brilliants; but now it
contained the portrait of—whom?—of liis
daughter’s husband — the murderer of his
u-ife.
Passing her to one of the attendants, the
old man gmote his breast, and called
aloud in his trouble—
‘Was it for this thou wert preserved, my
beautiful—my pure!’
In consequence of the state of the wit
ness, the examination was postponed, and
the sameevening the dying man requested
that the prisoner, together with the chief
ofthe police, might attend him.
On their arrival life was ebbing fast.—
The confession of the officer was brief; he
admitted the murder ofl’aul’s wife, and
the justice of hts retribution: he further
eontessed that the daughter, being almost
a child, was carried away by the common
soldiers to the rear of the army; that she
was forced from the apartment previous
to, and knew nothing of, her mother’s fate;
and that, repenting ofhis act, lie had had
her conveyed to Paris, and educated at
his own charge. With her years her
loveliness increased; and she, knowing
him only as a benefactor, at last consented
to marry him.
This confession was attested and for
warded to tlte Emperor. Meanwhile the
friends of the officer came forward as
prosecutors, liis wife refusing to do so.—
The murder in the latter case was fully
proved, and Paul was sentenced to death.
On the morning appointed for his exe
cution he was repr eved, and suffered to
enter a monastery, where he soon sunk un
der a broken heart.
With his wealth, which was considera
ble, he founded a convent tor the ‘Sisters
of Mercy;’ and in the still beautiful abbess,
whose piety and benevolence so many
have, with justice, lauded and admired,
may he discovered the unfortunate daugh
ter ol Paul Kinmayer.
The Russian Government, in the king
dom of Poland, has issued an order, by
which all males, without distinction, are
henceforth prohibited from contracting
Marriages till they have completed the 30
year of their age.
SignoraCastellian, is now at St. Peters
burg singing I‘elore the Emperor Nicho
las. But a year or two since she was iu
Mexico, singing belbre the Emperor Santa
Anna.
C. CROSBY, Proprietor.
NINBER l<i.
j SINGULAR FATE OF A DISTIN
GUISHED MAN.
We find in the North Arkansas, anew
paper published at Butesville, Ark. a
communication stating some singular and
not generally known facts concerning the
mysterious death ofCapt. George M.
Lewis, one ol the two persons employed
by the U. S. Government, to conduct the
celebrated Expedition of Lewis & Clark,
in exploring the region West ofthe Rocky
Mountains. The writer is at present u
teacher in the Cherokee Nation, and says
that he is personally acquainted with the
circumstances which he relates. The ex
pedition, consisting of severity or eighty
persons, under the guidance of Lewis &
Clark was commenced in ISO 4 or ISOd,
and completed in about three years. Tlte
writer says that the remains ofCapt. Lew
is are ‘deposited in the south-west corner
ol Maury county, Tennessee, near Grin
der’s old stand, on the Natchez trace,
where Lawrence, Maury and Hickman
counties corner together.’ He visited the
grave in 1838, lound il almost concealed
iby branches, without a stone or monu-
I merit ol any kind, and several miles from
any house. An old tavern stand known
as Grinder’s once stood near by, but was
long since burned. The writer gives the
following narative of the incidents atten
ding the death ofCapt. Lewis, as he re
ceived them from Mrs. Grinder, the land
lady ofthe house where lie died in so
strange a manner :
She told that Mr. Lewis was on his way
to the city of Washington, accompanied
by a Mr. Pyrna and a servant belonging
to a Maj. Neely. One evening a little be
fore sundown, Mr. Lewis called at her
house and asked lor lodgings. Mr. Grin
der not being at home, she hesitated to
take him in. Mr. Lewis informed her
that two other men would be along pre
sently, who also wished to spend the night
at her house, and as they were all civil
men, he did not think there would he any
! impropriety in her giving them accommo-
I (lations lor the night. Mr.Lewis dismoun
ted, lasftmed his horse, took a seal by the
side of the house, and appeared quite so
ciable. In a lew minutes Mr. Pyrna and
the servant rode up, and seeing Mr. Lew
is, they also dismounted and put up their
horses. About dark two or three other
men rode up and called lor lodging. Mr.
Lewis immediately drew a brace of pis
tols, stepped towards them and challenged
them to light a duel. They not liking
this salutation, rode on to the next house,
live miles. This alarmed Mrs- Grinder.
! Supper, however, was ready in a few min
! utes. Mr. Lewis ate but little. He would
{ stop eating, and sit as if in a deep study,
i unJ several limes exclaimed, ‘lf they Jo
j)iove any thing on me, they will have it
to do by letter.’ Supper being over, and
Mrs. Grinder seeing that Mr. Lewis was
mentally deranged, requested Mr. I’yrna
to gel his pistols from him. Mr. P. re
plied, ‘he lias no ammunition, and if he
does any mischief it will be to himself,
and not to you or any body else.’ Iu a
short time all retired to bed; the travellers
in one room, as Mrs. G. thought, and she
and her child in another. Two or three
hours belbre day, Mrs. G. was alarmed
by the report ol a pistol, and quickly after
two other reports iu the room where the
travellers were. At the report ofthe third
she heard someone full and exclaim, ‘O
Lord ! Congress relieve me !’ In a few
minutes she heard some person at the door
ofthe room where she lay. S>he inquired,
‘Who is there ? Mr. Lewis spoke and
said, ‘Dear madam, be so good as to give
me a little water.’ Being afraid to open
the door, she did not- give him any. Pre
sent!) she heard him, tall, and soon after
looked through a crack in the wall, she saw
him scrambling across the road on his hands
' and knees.
After daylight, Mr. Pyrna and the ser
vant made their appearance, and it ap
peared they had not slept in the house,
but in the stable. Mr. I* had on the clothes
Mr. L. wore when they came to Mrs.
| Grinder’s the.eveniiig heiore, and Mr. L’s
! gold watch in his pocket. Mrs. G. asked
him what he was doing wilh Mr. L.’s
clothes on; Mr. P. replied ‘He gave them
to me.’ Mr. P. and the servant then
searched for Mr. L. found him and brought
him to the house, and though he had on
a full suit of clothes, they were old and
tattered, hut not the same he had on the
evening before; and though Mi. P. had
said that Lewis had uo ammunition, Mrs.
G. found several balls and a considerable
quantity of powder scattered over the
j floor of the room occupied by Lewis; also
a canister with several pounds in it.—
When Mr. Lewis was brought to the
i house, he opened his shirt bosom and said
to Mrs. G. “Dear Madam, look at my
I wounds. She asked him what made him
;do so? He replied, “11 I had not done it,
somebody else would.” lie frequently
; asked for water, which was given to him.
i He was asked if he would have a Doctor
sent for, he answered no. A messenger,
j however, went lor one, hut did not gel
him. He attempted to cut his throat, but
was prevented. Some ot the neighbors
were called in. He frequently cried out,
“Oh how hard it is lo die, lam so strong.”
He, however, soon expired. Major Neely
was sent for, and he and Mr. P. buried
I him, and took jiosscssiou ol his effects.
: Mrs. G. heard that Pyrna went to Lewis’
: mother, and that she accused him ol uiur
-1 derirtg her son; that he finally cut his own
| throat, aud thus put an end to his exist
ence.
I “I make,” says the writer, “no com
j meni on the above; it is all wrapt iu mys
; lery. 1 have heard that Captain Clarke;
j the worthy colleague of Capiaiu Lewis;
and others who were with them in their
, tour, were highly honored and handsomely
rewarded by the Government, while Lew
is was neglected, and that this had an ef
fect to produce alienation of mind. If
this be true, art* lliere not yet some living
who are acquainted with the fact?”
RUBENS.
Nothing inspires such a fatorable ideal
ot the disposition and general structure
ofthe mind of Rubens as his conduct
wards other artists; conduct the more wor
thy of admiration, as he himself, owing td
his great talents, wealth, and distinguish
ed connections, occupied a station in soci
ety at once honorable and important. His
doors were open at all hours, even when
he wa3 at work, to every artist desirous of
profiting by his aid or advice; and, although
he seldom [raid visits, yet he was ever rea
dy to inspect the works of any artist who
wished it: on these occasions he invariably
gave his opinion with candour according
to the principles of art; nay, he would fre
quently lake up the brush himself,- and
touch such parts as required it. In almost
every picture he was sure to discover
something good, and it seemed to afford
him real pleasure to acknowledge the
merits of a brother artist, and set them
forth on every opportunity. Upon being
told that Van Dyck, alter his return front
Italy, complained that the profits from his
works were not sufficient for his mainte
nance, he went the very next day lo him;
and purchased all the pictures which he
! Ibund completd m his atelier. The man
ner in which he conducted himsell towards
his enemies, and those who were envious
of his brilliant reputation, was as wise
as il was generous. The insinuations of
the painter ltomboiils, who did all in his
power to detract from his merits, he refu
iuled by his famous work, the Descent from
the Cross, in the cathedral of Antwerp.—
To Abraham Jansens, who challenged him
for a wager to paint a picture with him,
and submit their rival pretensions to the
decision ofthe public, he. replied, that this
was cjuite unnecessary, as he had long
submitted his works to the judgement of
the whole world, and he advised him to
follow his example. The slanderous de
tractions ol'Cornehus Schut he requited in
another manner, fie paid him a visit,
praised liis pictures, and, inquiring their
prices, declared that he would buy them
himself for the sums named; further, he
assured him, that in case he should ever
be without employment, he might always
reckon on his assistance. Van Uden, and
Wildens, because he was himself incom
petent to paint animals and landscapes,
lie replied lo the imputation by executing,
with his own hand, fout landscapes and
two lion hunts in such a manner as to si
lence the most envious. In further confir
mation of Ruben’s good sense and practi
cal turn of mind, an anecdote lias been re
lated by Sandrart. Brendel, an alchymist
from London, of celebrity in those days,
once paid a visit to our artist, assuring him
that he was on the eve of discovering the
phiolsopher’s stone, and offering to divide
with him the expected gains if he would
j advance a sum sufficient to prepare the
laboratory and the necessary materials.—
Rubens, alter listening lo him with pa
tience, replied, “Master Brendel, you
have just cotne twenty years too late; for
so long is it since I first discovered the true
philosopher’s stone in my palette and pen
cils.”—Dr. Waagen's Life of Rubens.
Press and Parliament of Egypt. —Tlte
printing office close at hand, where the
Cairo Gazette, in Arabic, is printed, is a
small insignificant establishment, which
would be nowhere remarkable but in sucb
a country as Egypt. The press, the tym
pans, tlte galleys, the sticks, the balls, Scc. f
were all ol a very inferior description, and
the forms appear to be made np in a slo
venly way upon the press itself. There
were hut few compositors or pressmen at
work but they all seemed rather expert-.
The Arabic manuscripts from which they
were composing, written on one side only,,
were such as European compositors rare
ly meet with—extremely legible, the line*
being wide apart, and the interlineations
and corrections very carefully made.—
The works which have issued from the
press —generally history and jjoetry —have
hitherto met wilh but little favor irons the
Arabs, whether the blame is to be attri
buted to their poverty or their want of
taste. Mohammed Ali’s authors meet
with, in fact, hut few buyers, so that the
records of their labors, piled up iu ware
houses, are abandoned as a prey to the
rats and mice, or to be decomposed slow
ly under the influence of the climate.—
The reason is obvious. No pains are ta
ken to adapt llie publications to the wants
aud predilections ofthe people, who care
’ little lo read histories which dare record
I no truth, ilfit happen to he unpleasing to
the Pasha, anti who have little relish for
poetry which derives its inspiration from
a state of society which has no analogy
wilh theirs.
“ Having passed through the apart
ments where the diplomatic scribes and
secretaries were at work, wc entered the
council chamber, where we were intro
duced to the president, a merry old Turk,
who laughed and chatted with amazing
volubility. The council, of which he is
; the chief, consists of a number of individ
uals, public officers,aud government clerks,
who assemble daily for the despatch of
business. Tlitg is what, in Europe, has
been denominated the se«ale, or parlia
ment of Egypt; but it is a parliament of
a very extraordinary kind. When tho
Pasha has anything agreeable to do, lie
docs it himself, without consulting this
wretched assembly, which, he well knows
would not dare to entertain au opinion dif
ferent from his ; but when application is
made to him tpr money, or some favour is
demanded, which it might be inexpedient