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VOLUME 11. sjjc jfriettii nf £lje jfntmhj, A Weekly Southern Newspaper, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY EDWARD J. PURSE. terms: Jwo Dollars a year, in advance, or Two Fifty if not paid within three months. subscriptions received for six months, AT ONE DOLLAR, IN ADVANCE. Throe copies for one year, or one copy three years, $5 00 Seven Copies, - -- -- -- 10 00 Twelve copies, 15 00 Advertisements to a limited extent, will be inserted al the rate of 50 cents for a gquaro of twelve lines or less, for the first in sertion, and 30 cents for each subsequent insertion. Business cards inserted for a }'eai five Dollars. £F°A liberal discount will be made to Post Masters who will do us the favor to act as Agents. Postmasters are authorized to remit mo ney to Publishers and all money mailed in presence of the Postmaster, and duly for warded a him, is at our risk. CF* All communications to be addressed (post-paid) to E. J. PURSE, Savannah, Gu. JOHN POOLE, PAINT and oil store, JVo. 11 Whitaker Street, Kotps constantly for sale White. Lead, Pure Nos. Ind 2 English. Ground Paints! Black. Yellow, Brown, Chrome Green. Paris Green, and Prussian Blue; Dry Venetian Red, Spanish Brown, Lamp b!ck. Yellow Ochre, Red Leal, Litharge, Paris. ind Chrome Green, Prussian Blue, Chrome Yel low, Umber, Terra de Sienna, Drop Black, and a wiotv of fancy colors ; Linseed Oil, Sperm do, N'catsfooi do, and Spirits of Turpentine; White Wash Brushes, Paint, Varnish, Graining and Ar tists Brushes; Window and Picture Glass of all qualities; Copal, Japan, Light and Dark Coach Varnish; Mixed Paints of all kinds; Paper Hang ings. Fire Board Prints and Borders. The above articles will be sold on reasonable term*. tir House, Sign and Ship Painting done in a- | workmanlike maimer, and at reasonable prices, oct 19 ly G. BUTLER, MASTER BUILDER, DEALER IN WHITE PINE LUMBER, York Street, Oglethorpe Square. N. B.— He is prepared to put in Iron fronts in Stores, £:c. ly oct 19 T. R. CLARKE, FASHIONABLE BOOT MAKER, Naxt door to corner Bull and Broughton-sts. •ct 10 ly A. PONCE, Importer and Manufacture r of Sr gars, No. 13 Whitaker Street, Keeps on hand a well selected stock of intpoited Segars ; also Manufactured Tobacco, Snuff, Pipes, and all other articles usually kept in his line of business, which he offers on the most reasonable terms. ly oct 19 SAM L. L. SPEIS3EGGER, TUNER A REPAIRER PIANO FORTES, # HAVING been engaged in the above busi ness for the last 35 years, Mr S. trusts that special references are unnecessary. Order* left with Mr 11. S. Bogardes,” Bull-st., Messrs F. Zngbaum & Cos., or Messrs I. W. Mor re(l & Cos., will be attended to with promptness nd fidelity. lm oct 12 W. A J. WYLLT, CABINET MAKER % UNDERTAKER, Corner of Broughton and Bull Streets, Under the Lyceum Hall. Coffin* of all kinds made of the bet materials, and furnished at the shortest notice. Also, uew and second hand Furniture bought tid sold, and repaired with dispatch. rt I*2 2 m N. ELLS, FASHIONABLE BOOT MAKER, No. 140 Broughton-t„ near the corner of Bull-st. oct 12 T J. S. SOLOMONS WILL contract to execute Plastering, of all kinds and styles, at the shortest notice. Residen President Street, next door to Mr B. Bhider'g. 2m oct 12 BOOK AND JOB PRINTING. GUO. N. NICHOLS, Ovens’ Building, opposite the Pulaski House,) SAVANNAH, GA. I* prepared to execute all work in his line, with neatness and despatch, and in a style not to be surpassed. Prices a* reasonable as any other establishment in iho citv. lv sept 28 JOHN F. SHEEN, fashionable tailor , Over J. M. Haywood’s Hair Dressing Saloon, OPPOSITE THE PUL ASKI HOUSE. Cutting, Mending and Cleaning done with neatness •n i despatch. Work made up us cheap as at any other establishment in the city. sept 21 J DE MARTIN, DEALER IN Fruits, Wines, Liquors, Sugars, PICKLES, PRESERVES and GARDEN SEEDS. —: also: — APPLES, ONIONS A POTATOES, When in season, received fresh by every vessel. —: also: — Oysters put up to order in from 1 to 10 gallon kegs. Corner of Bay and Whitaker Streets, JOHN OLIVER, HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER, GILDER, GLAZIER, &c., No. 121 Broughton Street, a few doors east of Whitaker Street, Savannah, Ga. All kinds of Paints —Paint Oil, Turpentine, Varnish, Glass. Putty, &c., for sale. july 20 EDWARD G. WILSON, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Conveyancer, Collector, Accountant 4* Copyist, Office under J. M. llavwood’s. t irn D.tv, Wednesday’ November 27th. JOHN MALLERY^ DRAPER AND TAILOR, No. 55 Bay-st. joining the City Hotel. Lvi tes the attention to his Stock of New and Seasonable Goods, now opening, consisting of choice READY MADE CLOTHING and FUR NISHING GOODS, comprising every article Gentlemen’s apparel. Algo, full supply of CLOTHS, CASS IME RES and V BSTINGS, of various shades and qualities which will be made to order in the most ap proved style, by competent and experienced Jtrkmen, warranted to give entire satisfaction, tnd at prices to suit the time* oet 18 to 1 iterator?, irienre aiA 3,rt, tjja J>anG dMtft Jfeonrij unit tjj? Jims nf fjje Bat}. MoARTHOR & MORSE, Manufacturers and Dealer* in PLAIN, JAPANNED & BLOCK TIN WARE, HOLLOW &. ENAMELLED WARE, STOVES AND COOKING RANGES, Lead Pipe, Sheet Lead. Copper and Zinc, STORE, 13 BARNARD STREET. All kinds of Copper, Tin and Sheet Iron Work, done in the best mariner, ut the shortest notice. 3P P> 21 lyr ALLEN & BALL, FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 112 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. J. M. BALL & CO., Commission t r c ft an t s, MACON, GEORGIA. ROBERT A. ALLEN, JAMES M. BALL, sept 20 Jy JONES & PAFOT, Shipwrights, Spar Makers, AND CAULKERS. Yard opposite R. & J. Lachiison’s Foundry. R. H. DARBY, rr jbc m ea _ Corner Broughton and Whitaker Streets, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. R. H. D. is prepared to execute all orders for Making or Cutting on reasonable terms mar 9 ly J. S. STURTEVANT, MASTER BUILDER, Corner Montgomery and Liberty Sts. All orders in his line will be promptly attended to, and faithfully executed. ly • june 1 JOHN V. TARVER, FACTOR 4- COMMISSION MERCHANT EXCHANGE WHARF, SAVANNAH, GA. RABUN & FULTON, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 207 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga. J. W. RABUN, R. L. FULTON, I. P. WHITEHEAD. LANIER HOUSE, BY LANIER & SON, june 22 Macon, Georgia. J. HASBROUC K & CO., \\ holesnle and Retail Dealers in CHINA, GLASS AND EAR THEN WARE, sepr 21 BROUGHTON STREET, SAVANNAH. S. Y. LEV Y, ATTO RN E Y AT LAW, Office, No. 185 Bay-Street. E. T. SHEFTALL, ATTORNEY A T LAW, may 25 . Dublin, Georgia. MEDICAL NOTICE. DOCTOR MOREL. Otßce No. 157 Brough ton Street. ts mar 23 FRANCIS WAVER, IMPORTING & COMMISSION MERCHANT, No 107 Bay Street, Savannah, Geo. PHILIP KEAN, DRAPER AND TAILOR, AND DEALER IIX READY MADE CLOTHING. Penfields Range, No. 98 Bryan Street, Store formerly occupied by J. Soufhtcell k Cos G. W HEDRICK, HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER, Gilder, Glazier, Grainer & Paper Hanger. No. 12 Barnard Street, South of the Market, IS always ready to execute all orders in his line with dispatch, and at the lowest prices. All kinds of mixed Paints, Glass and Putty kept for sale. lyr Dec 22 J. T. JONES, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN Double & Single Guns, liillcs, &c., West Side of Monument Square. SAMUEL S. MILLER, MANUFACTURER of CARRIAGES AND WAGONS, DEALER IN IIUIiS, SPOKES, FELLOES, tec. No. 140 Broughton St., Savannah. A SHORT, MASTER. BUILDER, Will Like contracts fur Building and Work in Masonry of every description. Cornet of South Broad and Whitaker streets. may 26 CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. The subscriber is prepared to execute with neatness and despatch all work in the above lino. 142 Broughton St. Two Doors \\ est of 1. W. MURRELL’S Furniture Store, june 1 ly I. SOLOMONS, Agent. CLOTHING, PIERSON & lIEIDT offer for sale CLOTHING, Wholesale and Retail, ut New York prices, No. 10 Whitaker Street. apl 26 DR. J. DENNIS, BOTANIC DRUGGIST Next door above L. C. Watren k Cos, Augusta, Ga. Keeps constantly on hand a choice assortment, selected from the best establishments in the United States, consisting of Emetics, Cathartics, Diapho retics, Diuretics, Expectorants, Einmenagoeues, Stimulants, Tonics, Astringents, Nervines, Alka lies, Alteratives, Rubefacients, anil Compounds for family use. Composition Powder, No. Six, Lobelia in its various preparations, ulso Medical Books. may 4 ALFRED HAYWOOD, CORNER BRVAN AND BARNARD STREETS, Market Square, Savannah, Dealer in Choice FRUITS, CANDIES. NUTS, ORANGES, LEMONS, APPLES, AND PO- I AIDES, Wholesale and Retail. First quality Thunderbolt Oysters, Fish, &c. Newark refined Champaigne Cider, and Albany Cream Ale, by the bbl. E3?* Orders from the Country, accompanied by the cash or City reference, punctually attended to a>i2 9 GAS PIPES AND FIXTURES. STRATTON & DOBSON, Having received an assortment of Chandeliers, Pendants, Brackets and Portable Gas Burners, respectfully invite the citizens of Savannah to call at their store, No. 72 St. Julian street, and examine the same 4t june 1 G M. GRIFFEN, HA\ ING purchased the stock in trade of jSrS 3L tFiclato M. Eastman, would solicits the con fe l fli i inued patronage of all the friend of the establishment. All customers shall be pleased with goods and satisfiad with prices. GEO. M. GRIFFEN. N. B.—Watches and Chrometers will receive the personal attention of Mr. G., as usual, sept 21 iflertfii “PRESS ON.” A rivulet’s song. “Just under an island, ’midst rushes and moss, I was bom of a rock-6j,ring nnd dew ; I was shaded by trees, whose branches and leaves Ne’er suffered the sun to gaze through. “I wandered around the steep brow of a hill, Where the daises and violets fair Were shaking the mist from their wakening eyes. And pouring their breath on the air. “ Then I crept geutly on, and I moistened the feet Os a shrub which enfolded a nest— The bird in return sang his merriest song, And showed me liis feathery crest. “ How joyous I felt in the bright afternoon, When the sun. riding off in the west, Came out in red gold from behind the green trees, And burnished my tremulous breast! “ Mv memory now can return to the time When the breeze murmured low plaintive tones, While I wasted the day in dancing away. Or playing with pebbles and stones. “It points to the hour, when the rain pattered down, Oft resting awhile in the trees; Then quickly descending it ruffled my calm, And whispered to me of the seas ! “’Twas then the first wish found a home in my breast To increase ns time hurries along; ’Twas then I first learned to lisp softly the words Which I now love so proudly— ‘ Press on !’ “I’ll make wider my bed, as onward 1 tread, A deep mighty river I’ll be— ‘ Press on, 1 all the uay will I sing on my way, Till I enter the far-spreading sea.” Itceased. A youth lingered beside its green edge Till the stars in its face brightly shone ; He hoped the sweet strain would re-echo again— But he just .heard a murmur, —“ Press on /” THE USES OF SORROW. On, grieve not for the early dead. Whom God himself hath taken ; But deck with flowers each holy bed— Nor deem thyself forsaken, When, one by one, they fall away. Who were to thee as summer day. Weep for the babes of guilt, who sleep With scanty rags stretch’d o’er them, On the dark road, the downward steep , Os misery ; while before them Looms out afar the dieadful tree, And solemn, sad Eternity! Nor weep alone ; but wherf to Heaven The cords of sorrow bind thee, Let kindest help to such be given, As God shall teach to find thee ; And for the sake of those above, Do deeds of Wisdom, Mercy, Love. The shild that sickened on thy knee, Thou weeping Christian mother, Had learri’d in this world, lispingly, Words suited for another. Oh. dost thou think with pitying mind, On untaught infants lefi behind ? J?dtrteii Calf. THE YOUNG ADVOCATE. Antoine de Cbaulieu was the son of a poor gentleman of Normandy, with a long genealogy, a short rent roll, and a large family. Jacques Rollel was the son of a brewer, who did not know who is grandfather was, but he had a long purse and onlv two children. As these youths flourished in the early days of lib erty’, equality, and fraternity, and were near neighbors, they naturally hated each olher. Their enmity commenced at school, where the delicate and refined De Chaulieu being the only gentilhomme among the scholars, was the favorite of the master (who was a hit of an aristo crat in his heart) although he was about the worst dressed boy in the establishment, and never had a sou to spend ; while Jacques Rollet, sturdy and rough, with smart clothes and plenty of money, got flogged six day’s in the wedk, ostensibly for being stupid and not learning his lessons —which, indeed, tie did not —but, in reality, for constantly quar relling with and insulting De Chau lieu, who had not strength to cope with him. When they left the acad emy, the feud continued in all its vigour, and was fostered hv a thous and little circumstances arising out of the state of the times, till a sep aration ensued in consequence of an aunt of Antoine de Chaulieu’s undertaking the expense of send ing him to Paris to study the law, aud of maintaining him their during the necessary periods With the progress of events came some degree of reaction in favour of birth and nobility, and then An toine, who had passed for the bar, began to hold up his head and en deavoured to push his fortunes ; but fate seemed against him. He felt certain that if he possessed any gift in the w r orld it was that of elo quence, but he could get no cause to plead; and his aunt dying inop portunely, first his resources failed, and then his health. He had no sooner returned to his home, thap, SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1850. to complicate his difficulties cbm pletely, he fell in love with Ma demoiselle Natalie dS Bellefonds, who had just returned from Paris, where she had been completing her education. To expatiate on the perfections of Mademoiselle Na talie, would be a waste of ink and paper, it is sufficient to say that she really was a very charming girl, witn a fortune which, though not large, would have been a most desirable acquisition to De Chaulieu who had nothing. Neither was the fair Natalie indisposed to listen to his addresses ; but her father could not be expected to countenance the suit of a gentleman, however well horn, who had not a ten-sous piece in the world, and whose prospects were a blank. Whilst the ambitious and love sick young barrister was thus pi ning in unwelcome obscurity, his old acquaintance Jacques Rollet, had been acquiring an undesirable notoriety. There was nothing real ly bad in Jacques’ disposition, but having been bred up a democrat, with a hatred of the nobility, he could not easily accommodate his rough humour lo treat them with ci vility when it was no longer safe lo insult them. The liberties he al lowed himself whenever circum stances brought him into contact with the higher-classes of society, had led him into many scrapes, out of which his father’s money’ had one way or another released him ; but that source of safety had now failed. Old Rollet having been too busy with the afluirs of the nation to at tend to his business, had died insol vent, leaving his son with nothing but his own wits to help him out of future difficulties, and it was not long before their exercise was called for. Claudine Rollet, his sister, who was a very pretty girl, had at tracted the attention of Mademoi selle de Bellefonds’brother, Alphon so ; and as he paid her more atten tion than from such a quarter was agreeable to Jacques, the young men had had more than one quar rel on the subject, on which occa sions they had each, characteristi cally, given vent to their enmity, the one in contemptuous monosyllables, and the other in a volley of insult ing words. But Claudine had anoth er lover, more nearlv of her own condition of life ; this was Clape ron, the deputy’ governor of the Rouen jail, with whom she had made acquaintance during one or two compulsory visits paid by her brother to that functionary ; but Claudine, who was a bit of a co quette, though she did not altogether reject his suit, gave him little en couragement, so that betwixt hopes* and fears, and doubts,and jealousies, poor Claperon led a very uneasy kind of life. Affairs had beenJor some time in this position, when, one fine morn ing, Alphonse de Bellefonds was not to he found in his chamber when his servant went to call him ; nei ther had his bed been .slept in.— He had been observed to go out rather late on the preceding even ing, hut whether or not he had re turned, nobody could tell. He had not appeared at supper, but that was too ordinary an event to awa ken suspicion ; and little alarm was excited till several hours had e lapsed, when inquiries were institu ted, aud a search commenced,which terminated in the discovery of his body, a good deal mangled, lying at the bottom of a pond which had belonged to the old brewery. Be fore any investigations had been made, every person had jumped to the conclusion that the young man had been murdered, and that Jac ques Rollet was the assassin.— There was a strong presumption in favour of that opinion, which fur ther perquisitions tended to con firm. Only the day before, Jacques had been heard to threaten Mons.de Bellefonds with speedy vengeance. On the fatal evening, Alphonse and Claudine had been seen together in the neighbourhood of the now dis mantled brewery’; and as Jacques betwixt poverty and democracy, was in bad odour with the prudent and respectable part of society, it was not easy for him to bring witnesses to character, or prove an unexcep tionable alibi. As for the Belle fonds’ and De Chaulieu’s, and the aristocracy in general, they enter tained no doubt of his guilt ; and finally, the magistrates coming to the same opinion, Jacques Rollet was committed for trial, and as a testimony of good will, AiUoine de Chaulieu was selected by the in jured family to conduct the prose cution. Here, at last, was the opportunity he had sighed for! So interesting a case, too, furnishing such ample occasion for passion, pathos, indig nation ! And how eminently for tunate that the speech which he set himself with ardour to prepare, would be delivered in the presence of the father and brother of his mistress, and perhaps of the lady herself! The evidence against Jacques, it is true, was altogether presumptive; there was no proof whatever that he had committed the crime; and for his own part he stoutly denied it. But Antoine de Chaulien entertained no doubt of his guilt, and his speech was cer tainly well calculated to carry that conviction into the bosom of others. It was of the highest importance to his own reputation that he should procure a verdict and he confident ly assured the afflicted and enraged family of the victim that their ven geance should be satisfied. Under these circumstances could anything be more unwelcome than a piece of intelligence that was privately conveyed to him late on the even ing before the trial was to come on, which strongly tended to exculpate the prisoner, without indicating any other person as the criminal. Here was an opportunity lost. The first step of the ladder on which he was to rise to fame, fortune, and a wife, was slipping from under his feet! Os course, so interesting a trial was anticipated with great eager ness by the public, and the court was crowded with all the beauty and fashion of Rouen. Though Jacques Rollet persisted in asser ting his innocence, founding his de fence chiefly on circumstances which were strongly corroborated by the information that had reached De Chaulieu the preceding evening —he was convicted. In spile of the very strong doubts he privately entertained respecting thejustice of the verdict, even De Chaulieu himself, in the first flush of success, amidst a crowd of con gratulating friends, and the appro ving smiles of his mistress, felt grat ified and happy ; his speech had, for the time being, not only con vinced Others, but himself; warmed with his own eloquence, he believed what he said. But when the glow was over, and he found himself alone, he did not feel so comforta ble. A latent doubt of Roilet’s guilt now burnt strongly in his mind, and he felt that the blood of the innocent would be on his head. It is true there was yet time to save the life of the prisoner, but to ad mit Jacques innocent, was to lake the glory out of his own speech, anti turn the sting of his argument against himself. Besides, if he produced the witness who had se cretly given him the information, he should be self-condemned, for he could not conceal that he had been aware of the circumstances before the trial. Matters having gone so far, there fore it was necessary that Jacques Rollet should die ; so the affair look its course ; and early one morning the guilotine was erected in the court yard of the jail, three crimi nals ascended the scaffold, and three heads fell into the basket, which were presently afterwards, with the trunks that had been at tached to them, buried in a corner of the cemetery. Antoine de Chaulieu was now fairly started in his career, and his success was as rapid as the first step towards it had been tardy.— He took a pretty apartment in the Hotel Marboeuf, Grange-Bateliere, and in a short time was looked up on as one of the most rising young advocates in Paris. His success in one line brought him success in another; he was soon a favourite in society, and an object of interest to speculating mothers ; but his af fections still adhered to his old love Natalie de Bellefonds, whose family now gave their assent to the match —at least, prospectively—a circum stance which furnished such an ad ditional incentive to his exertions, that in about two years from the date of his first brilliant speech, he was in a sufficiently flourishing condi tion to offer the young lady a suita ble home. In anticipation of the happy event, he engaged and fur nished a suite of apartments in the Rue du Helder ; and as it was nec essary that the bride should come to Paris to provide her trousseau, it was agreed that the wedding should take place there, instead of at Belle fonds, as had been first projected; an arrangment the more desirable, that a press of business rendered ! Mons. de Chaulieu's absence from 1 Paris inconvenient. Brides and bridegrooms in France, except of the very high classes, are not much in the habit of making j those honeymoon excursions so uni- I versal in this country. A day; spent in visiting Versailles, or St. ! Cloud, or even the public places of the city, is generally all that pre cedes the settling dou n into the hal> # # # O # its of daily life. In the present in stance St. Denis was selected, from the circumstance of Natalie’s hav ing a younger sister at school there ; and also because sire had a particu lar desire to see the Abbey. The wedding was to take place on a Thursday; and on the Wed nesday evening, having spent some hours most agreeably, with Natalie, Antoine de Chaulieu returned to spend his last night in his bachelor apartments. His wardrobe and oth er small possessions, had already been packed up and sent to his fu ture home ; and there was nothing left in his room now, but his new wedding suit, which he inspected with considerable satisfaction be fore he undressed and lay down to sleep. Sleep, however, was some what slow to visit him ; and the clock had struck one, before he closed his eyes. When he opened them again, it was broad daylight; and his first thought was, had he overslept himself? He sat up in bed to look at the clock which was exactly opposite, and as he did so, in the large mirror over the fireplace, he perceived a figure standing be hind him. As the dilated eyes met his own, he saw it was the face of Jacques Rollet. Overcome with horror he sunk back on his pillow, and it was some minutes before he ventured to look again in that di rection ; when he did so, the figure had disappeared. The sudden revulsion of feeling such a vision was calculated to oc casion in a man elate with joy, may be conceived ! For sometime after the death of his former foe, he had been visited by not unfrequent twingesof conscience; but of late, borne along by success, and the hurry of Parisian life, these un pleasant remembrances had grown rarer, till at length they had faded altogether. Nothing had been fur ther from his thoughts than Jacques Rollet, when he closed his eyes on the preceding night, nor when be opened them to that sun which was to shine on what he expected to be the happiest day of hie life! Where were the high-strung nerves p kS now ! The elastic frame ! The bounding heart! Heavily and slowly he arose from his bed, for it was time to do so; and with a trembling hand and quiv ering knees, he went through the O’ O processes of the toilet, gashing his cheek with the razor, and spilling the water over his well polished boots* When he was dressed, scarcely venturing to cast a glance in the mirror as he passed it, he quitted the room and descended the stairs, taking the key of the door with him for the purpose ofieaving it with the porter; the man, how ever, being absent, he laid it on the table in his lodge, and with n re laxed and languid step proceeded on his way to the church, where presently arrived the fair Natalie and her friends. How difficult it was now to look happy, with that pallid face and extinguished eye! “ How pale you are ! Has any thing happened ? You are surely ill?” were the exclamations that met him on sides. He tried to car ry it off’as well as he could, but felt that the movements he would have wished to appear alert were only convulsive; and that the smiles with which he attempted to relax his features, were but distorted gri maces. However, the church was not the place for further enquiries; and whilst Natalie gently pressed his hand in token of sympathy, they advanced to the altar, and the cer emony was performed ; after which they stepped into the carriages wai ting at the door, anti drove to the apartments of Madame de Belle fonds, where an elegant dejouncr was prepared. “ What ails you, my dear hus band ? ” enquired Natalie, as soon as they were alone. “Nothing love,” he replied ; “ nothing I assure vou, but a rest- O J 1 less night and a little overwork, in order that I might have to-day free to enjoy my happiness ! ” “ Are you quite sure ? Is there nothing else ? ” “ Nothing indeed; and pray don’t take notice of it, it only makes me worse ? ” Natalie was not deceived, but she saw that what he said was true ; notice made him worse ; so she con tented herself with observing him quietly, and saying nothing; but, as he felt she was observing him, she mfght almost better have spo ken ; words are often less embar rassing things than two curious eyes. ✓ When they reached Madame de Bellefonds he had the same sort of questioning and scrutiny to under- go, till he grew quite impatient un der it,’ and betrayed a degree <>t temper altogether unusual with him. Then everybody looked astonished ; some whispered their remarks, and others expressed them by their wondering eves, till his brow knit, and his pallid cheeks became Hushed with anger. Neither could be di vert attention by eating ; his parch ed mouth would not allow him to swallow anything but liquids, ot which, however, he indulged in co pious libations ; and it was an ex ceeding relief to him when the car riage, which was to convey them to St. Denis, being announced, fur nished an excuse for hastily leaving the table. Looking at bis watch, he declared it was late; and Natalie, who saw how eager he was to be gone, threw her shawl over her shoulders, and bidding her friends good morning , they hurried away. It was a fine sunny day in June; and as they drove alonj the crowd ed boulevards, and through the Porte St. Denis, the young bride and bridegroom, to avoid each oth er’s eyes, affected to be gazing out of the windows ; but when they reached that part of the road where there was nothing but trees on each side, they fell it necessary to draw in their heads, and make an attempt at conversation. De Chaulieu put his arm round his wife’s waist, and tried to rouse .himself from his de pression ; but it bad by this time so reacted upon her, that she could not respond to his effort?, and thus the conversation languished, till both felt glad when they reached their destination, which would, at all events, furnish them some thing to talk about. Having quitted the carriage, and ordered a dinner at the Hotel de 1’ Abbayc, the young couple proceed ed to visit Mademoiselle Hortense de Bellefonds, who was overjoyed to see her sister and new brother-in law, and doubly so when she found that they had obtained permission to take her out to spend the after noon with them. As there is little to be seen at St. Denis but the Abbey, on quitting that part of it de voted to education, they proceeded to visit the church, with its various objects of interest; and as De Chau lieu’s thoughts were now forced into another direction, his cheerfulness began insensibly to return. Natalie looked so beautiful, too, and the af fection betwixt the two young sisters was so pleasant to behold! And they spent a couple of hours war dering about With Hortense, who was almost as well informed as the Suisse, till the brazen doors were open which admitted them to the Royal vault. Satisfied, at length, with what they had seen, they be gan to think of returning to the inn, the more especially as De Chau lieu, who bad not eaten a morsel of *ood since the previous evening, owned to be hungry ; so they direc ted their steps to the door, lingering here and"there as they went to in spect a monument or a painting, when happening to turn his head aside to see if his w'ife, who had stopt to take a last look at the tomb of King 1 a ;obert, was following, he beheld with horror the face of Jacques Rol let appearing from behind a col umn ! ‘ At the instant, his wife join ed him, and took his arm ; inquiring if he was not very much delighted, with what he had seen. He attemp ted to sav yes but the word would not be force out; and staggering out oft he door, he alleged that a sudden faint ness had overcome him. T hey conducted him to the Ho tel, but Nataiie now became seri ously alarmed ; and well she might. His complexion looked ghastly, his limbs shook, and his features bore an expression ot indescribable hor ror ami anguish. What could be the meaning of so extraordinary a change in the gay, witty, prosper ous De Chaulieu, who, till that morn ing, seemed not to have a care in the world? For, plead illness as he might, she felt certain, from the ex pression of his features, that his suf ferings were not of the body but of the mind ; and, unable to imagine any reason for such extraordinarv manifestations, of which she had never before seen a symptom, but a sudden aversion to herself, and regret for the step he had taken, her prjde took the alarm, and, conceal ing the distress she really felt, she began to assume a haughty and re served manner towards him, which he naturally interpreted into an evi dence of anger and contempt. The dinner was placed upon the table, but De Chaulieu’s appetite of which he had lately boasted, was quite gone, nor was his wife better able to eat. The young sister alone did justice to the repast ; bat although the bridegroom could not eat, he could swallow in such NUMBER 36.