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From the London New Monthly Magazine and
Humorist for May.
LUNACY IN FRANCE.
I bad long desired to visit the most celebrated
private Maison des Foils; an opportunity
at last presumed itself under very favorable
circumstances. About five miles out
of Paris, near the banks of the Seine, is the
small village of Iviy, pleasantly situated,
#caltn, and almost sequestered. The Seine
was so swollen by the late rains, that the
more direct route by its t?ido was inundated.
and v c drove a circuitous route. The Octo- j
bcr morning was very bright and beautiful;
we were invited to breakfast at the asylum I
by its master, Mons. Esquirol, celebrated;
for the successful treatment of his patients,!
and his able writings on the subject. Airi-j
ved at the gate opened on a winding gravel i
path, at the end of which embosomed in |
trees, was the mansion, which consisted of a
large rcz-de-chaussce, containing a spacious
salon, with various instruments of music,
card-table3, chess and backgammon. Adjoining
was a large billiard-room, which opened
into the salle a manger. All these apartmcnls,
&,c. were for the convalescent
during the day only; tliev slent in a sennmio
_ - - - v i - i? i
dwelling. The higher story was occupied
by the family of Mods. , the nephew
and assistant of Mons. Eqnirol, consisting
of his wife and three lovely children. This
\va3 tho principal mansion, though it formed
but one of the seven buildings comprised in
the establishment. Another of these was
tenanted by convalescent ladies, and a third
by gentlemen. Each patient had a salon j
and bed-chamber, in which not even the
English, and there were a few of our countrymen
here, had any cause to sigh for their
native comforts; there was so much real
comfort in the interior of these rooms?situaed
in the mi Idle of the gardens, with many
trees around, the windows looking only
on pleasing objects, on beds filled with flowers,
&c. In tho avenues were swings and
various out-door amusements for the patients
The wife of Mons. , and her children,
dined every day with the convalescent in the
sallo a manger, it being the opinion that their
presence and company had a sal tary ami j
so-thing induction on the patients. The
swe t children and theirjmother wore perhaps
rather hazardly seated, in the midst of so many
partially and half deranged people, yet
no accident has ever occurred The latter
are not allowt d steel knives; they use silver;
and each guest is carefully attended by his
servant, who stands behind his chair.?
The company consists of ladies and gentle-j
men; a more gay and cheerful party i* not
often met with. "You would not think "
said Motts. E. to whom they arc much attached,
"that it was a table of mad people."
Pure wine is not allowed being greatly dillutod
with water; animal food sparingly, vegetables
and fruit freely, in resp. ct f dress,
manners, <Sr,c. this i? any thing hut a rep ast
of mad peoples; each guest is well, and some
are tastefully dre sed. An air of politeness
is studiously maintained.
We first entered the hall of the edifice alloted
to the men; it was a curious display of
geuuemaniy derangement. \\ hocvt r doubts
that it is very possible to be genteelly mad,
would be convinced by a few minutes' observation
in this room. The maniac, laughing
wild with wo ?the pale moping misanthrope
?were not there. A.Spauninrd and an Englishman
sat among the French?the former
was the gravest, and the latter the saddest of
the party.
A gentleman^of Brittany, of an ancient
family, was one of the most interesting?
about thirty, handsome, of a florid complexion;
the quick and suspicious glances of the
eye alone indicated mental disorder. Politics
and fanaticism combined had turned his
brain: he had a good post under the government
of Louis Phillippe; resided in Paris;
and bid fair lo rise to an official situation,
and be an ornament to bis family; for his nbilities
were very good, as was evident even
in bis mad conversation. About three years
since he went home to Brilauny to pass a tew
weeks with his f.nnilv thou mnfo oil
j | nv/j *wa u am iiv i ? v
Carlists, he was a vehement Philippist.?
Daily disputes arose between the parents,
and his son, and his brothers; they were
sometimes aggravated to mutual wrath and
bitterness of feeling; he heard the king derided,
and contemned every day; ho was but
one among many, for his family connect! >ns
were all Carlists. His mind was at last affected
by this continued strife with his relatives,
and he returned to Paris, with embittered
feelings and a clouded fancy that did
not however incapacitate him for his office,
lie soon after fell in with the St. Simonians,'
attended their societies, imbibed their
views at which he eagerly grasped, as it
they contained a solace and support for
his fleeting intellect; they only augment
cd its delusions; and in a few months hie
family were obliged to convey him to the
care of M. Ksquirol. At the end of the
year he was sent forth, cured; went to
Paris, Contrary to the advice of the former,
and resumed his situation. The St.
Simonians were ruined; Pere Enfatuin in
prison; ami their extravagances no longer
exposed to dange the restored maniac; but
the far more dangerous excitement of politics
was in full force, and beset him on
every side; he again became the partisan.
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a mi uuy juuvimis in our vi?i 11 uuie mansion,
he went mad in the gardens of Tailerics,
in some political discussion, and was
instantly conveyed by his friends to his
former abode?perhaps for many years,
for a second visitation or relapse is more
difficult to heal than the first. He was
now the orator of the madman's hall; hit
religions fanaticism seemed to he forgotten,
it had never been so strong as bis popolitical,
which was the sole theme of his
declamation. St ated on a lofty bench
that looked like a rostrum, his right hand
gently waving, and two or three at intervals
listening to his words, this nnfortu
rin !r? trixtilfi !*' ? ??<-wl
,?.tv j unri^uiMi aiunij uuu U15UIICI*
Iy ou his fcvorite topics.
His manner, nor his matter, seemed to
interest his companions. It is a sad and
lonely feature in this mental malady, that
it has no companionship: a deranged person,
however calmly or even cleverly he
may tilk, can rarely interest any of his
fcllow-sulIVrors in his own loved subject;
lie cannot-impart on them any sympathy
in his own wild or well sustained enthusiasm.
This was the first morning of the returned
Philippist in his desolate home.?
At time, in the midst of his declamation
his quick, anxious glances around seemed
to denote a consciousness of his infirmity;
yet it was evidently a luxury to him, tho'
lie spoke to careless ears, to talk about
politics: a Spaniard, standing with folded
arms at his side, alone listened with attention.
"Has he been long thus?" I asked
of the latter. With a sweet smile the
dark-httircd and calm Spaniard told me
the history of the other's derangement,
how long he had formerly been here, &,c.
''And yourself," I said, "have you been
long here?" "Six months ago," lie answered,
"I as afflicted with a complaint
in the chest," (laying his hand gracefully
011 it,) "and came here on account of the
great healthiness of the air; there is nothing
else the matter with inc."
There was a young man of twenty years
of age, with a mild and intelligent countenance,
who walked continually up and
down the lia'l, talking softly at times to
himself, and making signs with his
w i r"
oil his forehead 4>r 111 the air. Devoted
hv his parents from early life to the priesthood,
lie was cent very young from his
home to be educated, made a rapid progress
in his studies, and was contented
with his destination, for he was very strictly
brought up, and as yet knew nothing of
the joys and allurements of the world.?
His parents congratulated themselves on
their son's temper and prospects; they
had two other sons, and could not afford
to establish the youngest also in business
or in profession. The mother was what
rarely now exists in French families, a
ilevoted Catholic, cleaving to her faith
rigidly ami fondly; from his infancy she
had dedicated her yoniigt>st-born and favorite
child to the church. About two
years ago ho was allowed to come to Paris
to pass a few weeks with his nuclei he
formed an acquaintance with two or three
young men who visited at the house; they
accompanied him to the various sights and
lions of the city. All was new, brilliant,
and beautiful to the student, whose feet
should never have been suffered by his parents
to approach the walls; the warning
of Esquirol to his convalescent patients
to go not or tarry not in Paris would have
saved the young recluse from inexpressible
misery. His companions by degrees
led him to scenes of gaiety and indulgence;
by degrees he loved them. lie felt that
the power of this world wn? greater within
him than the powers of the world to
come. It was helpless agony of mind.?
lie returned to his home, and after a Ion#
conflict told his parents that he dared not
become a priest, for he was sure he could
not live a strict and holy life, and that it
would never be in his power They were
astonished at these tidings which did not,
however, move them one jut from their
purpose; the mother was even more inexorable
than the father. It was strange
how she strove, with tears, prayers, and
warnings, to'turn hack his feelings, and
desires to their former eoursc; and when
she saw il could not be without a cruel
violence to her son, she tormented him
by her reproaches, and made the iron enter
deeper into his soul. Pity, love, sympathy
from those he loved, might have
done much, but they were not oflered to
him, or if oflered, were so mingled with
regrets antl suspicions, that their halm
was taken away. His countenance was
ingenuous and candid, fresh colored, with
x light blue eye; it had nothing of the
nonk or of the cloister about it. Thf
experience of a few weeks in Paris had
taught him the secret of his own heart
which he had not known before. He had
; long lcokcd forward with joy to a cotin>
try life, to the duties of his charge, firs'
as a cure and then as a vicaire, for I is fu?
mily had influence in the church; he loved
- that life and those duties still, hut In
, shrunk from the lonely, compauiouless
i lot. The anguish of his mind was more
than he could hear, self-condemnation was
: not wanting; from his earliest life he had
. been the child of his faith, of its ceremoi
nials, its terrors and its rcquirments; he
, could not cast them off at will ? he could
not wrench their long influence (roin his j
. memory and fancy.
t Reason at last gave way, and the)
i wit-icut'u oioiuci saw nur sun luuen to a
, mad-house.
Passage of the IU:p Sea.?The route
of the Israelites, and the place where thry
crossed the Red Sea. are tints discussed in
J the "Incidents of Travel," by an Amer>!
! can.
"Late in the afternoon, we landed, on'
; the opposite side, on the most sacked1
spot connected with the wanderings of the |
Israelites, where they rose from the drv;
hod of the sea, and, at the command of j
Moses, the divided iva'ors rushed together, 1
overwhelming Pharaoh and his chariots,
and the whole host of Mgypt. With the
I devotion of u pious pilgtim, I picked tip a
i shell and put it into my pocket as a nte-1
j morial of the place; a id then Paul and I, J
| mounting the dromedaries which my j
I ruide had brought down to the shore in
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j readiness, rode to a grove of palm trees,
I cllftrlinrr oT !? ??! ifnloi* n??llo.l
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Ayoun Moussa, or the fountain of Moses, j
I was riding rarelessly along, looking behind
me towards the sen, and had almost
I reached the grove of pahn trees, when a
large flock of crows llew out, and inv j
dromedary, frightened with their sudden
whizzing, started hack and threw tne twenl
ty feet over his head, completely clear of;
his long neck, and left me sprawling in ;
the sand. It was a mercy I did not lir.ish
rny wanderings whete tlie children of Israel
began theirs; but I saved my head all
ho expense of my hands, which sank in!
, the loose soil up to the wiist, and bore
the warks for more than two months at"-!
tcrward. 1 seated myself where 1 fell;
;and, as the sun was just dipping below the j
hnrrizon, told panl to pitch his tent with j
the door towards the place of the miracI
lilouc passage.
I I shall never forgot that sunset scene,
and it is the last I shall intliet upon the
| reader. I was sitting on the sand on the
very spot where the chosen people of God
i after walking over the dry bed of the sea,
stopped to behold the divided waters iv;
turning to their place, and swallowing up
the host of the pursuers. The mountain*
ion the other side looked dark and por|
teutons, as if proud and conscious witnesses
of the mighty miracle; while the sun j
descending slowly behind them, long alter
it had disappeared, left a reflected
brightness, which illumined with an almost
supernatural light the dark surface
of the water.
"But to return to the fountain of Moses.
1 am aware that there is some dispute
as to the precise spot where Moses
crossed; but, having no time for scepticism
on such mutters, I began by making
i up my mind that i>?is wan the place, and
i then looked around to see whether, nes
cording to iHc account given in the Bible,
. the face of the country, gnd tlie natural
'landmarks, did not sustain my opinion.?
1 remember I looked up to the head of the
! guld, where Suez or Koloum now stands,
and saw that, almost to the very head of
! the friilf. there w.m n Jiinli r.-iiwrn ni mnnn.
tains which it would ho necessary to cross
?an undertaking which it would he physically
impossible for 600,000 people,
men, women and children, to accomplish
with a hostile armv pursuing them. At
Suez, Mosc3 could not have been hemmed
in as he was, he could go oil* into the Syrian
desert, or, unless the sea has greatly
changed since that time, round the head
of the gulf. Cut here, directly opposite
to where 1 sat, was an opening in the
mountains, making a clear passage from
the desert to the shore of the sea."
shopping.
Politeness is verv essential to the right
transaction of that great business of woman's
life, shopping. The variety af;
forded by the shops of a city renders people
difficult to please, and the latitude they
take in examining and asking the price of
roods which fhev have no thnmrht of
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buying, is so trying to the patience of
those who attend upon them, that nothing
but the most perfect courtesy of demean*
or ran reconcile them to it, and then it is
hard enough to hear. Shopping in the
country is quite a different thing; it is a
serious business, despatched with all convenient
speed, at the end of a long ride
1 or walk, and if the country store does
1 not possess what they want, you must
1 take what you can get, and make the best
1 of it. Instead of being assiduously wait'
ed upon and pressed to buy, you can
' hardly get the busy owner's eye or ear, or
! find out the price of the articles you rralIv
wish to purchase; the customers on a
' fine day arc so numerous, and the atten
dance so scanty. There is very little
' pleasure in such shopping; and very few
of tlic temptations which belong t<> what
passes utrdet this n unc in a city, when i'
is often a favorite p istitne of young l.tjies.
It furnishes an excuse, in their opinions,
lor entering all the finest shops, ami lo -king
at all sort of pretty things. They
like thej consequence, which they fancy
they derive from being the purchaser of
some article, which is to them a great affair,
and to which they attach so much
importance that they will spend hours,
and walk miles, to get a particular shade
of color, or the precise form and texture,
on which they had set their hearts. Too
much time, am too many thoughts are
often lavished, in this way, on trill* s;
and the tiuly conscientious would do well
lo set bounds to their fancy in this respect,
and to have some consideration for those
who wait upon their caprices. If, when
you wish to buy a pair of gloves or a belt,
or a bonnet riband, you go into twenty
stores, and tumble over the goods in each,
and take up the time, and try the patience
of twenty people, think how dispmpoitinned
is the trouble you give, to
tin want in question.
Some persons behave in shopping as if
no one hud any rights, or any feelings,
but the purchasers: as if the scjlers of
goods were mere automatons, put belling
the counter to do their bidding; they keep
them waiting, whilst they talk of other
things with a friend; they call for various
goods, ask the price, and try to cheapen
them without any real intention of buying.
A lady who wants decision of character,
after hesitating and debuting till the poor
trader's patience is almost exhausted, will
beg him to send ihc article to her house
for her to examine it there; and after giving
him all this trouble, she will refuse to
purchase it without any scruple or apology.
Some think they have a right to exchange
articles at the place where they
were bought. whereas, tlint nrivilecrn
-> ? ? I "o
should ho nskcd as a favor, only when
you see a good customer, and then hut
rarely. For the sake of buying a common
calico dress, some girls will run
through all the dry goods stores they can
find, tumbling over a counter full of
printed goods in each; asking for patterns
at every place, and yet not making up
their minds to buy either. They are so
puzzled by lite variety they cannot choose.
Now, would it n t he far better to confine
yourself to two or throe stores where
you are known, and where you ran rely upon
what is said, and where tlicv have but one
price? It is a great mistake to suppose that
you can get things cheaper for dealing with
persons whom you can b at down in their
price, for such persons always begin with j
asking as much more an they moan to abate
of a customer who is of that habit. W hen
you have quite decided on the price of goods
you prefer, asking a pattern of that to see
if it will wa>h well is very improper. If
your dealings arc confined to a few places,
and to persons u ho know you, you c.?n with
a better grace allow them something to wail
upon you in vain: but, when you have given
strangers much trouble in showing you
goods, none of which suit you, you should
make it a point of biiyug something else befo
e you leave the s ore. There arc certain
articles which can never > ome amiss to a
woman, and it> which there need be very
little choice, such as tape, thread, pins, etc.
Any little purchase, with a civil expression
of regret for the trouble you have given,
will save all unpleasant feelin?, and is the
best return you can make for wasted services,
If you are habitually attentive to the
convenience of others, you will lie on the lert
to prevt lit those who attend upon y? u from
op< ning m??re parcels of goods than is no
ces-ary; you will als ? he careful l ow you
handle nice {roods, and will not tumble hem
over cart It s ly; you will not try on gloves
without asking leave to do so, nor then,
without great care not to injure those you
reject.
Be in the habit of calculating for yourself
the amount vou art! to pay, instead of
blindly paying whatever you are told is the
sum due; always look at the change you rcct
ive, and satisfy yourself that it is right,
before you put it into your purse. If two
persons agree in their calculations, it is most
likely they arc correct; but without this
check, you may pay u ore or less than you
owe; for tenders in shops olten make blunders,
and a dollar given away in mistake
may deprive you of giving it in charity.
I cannot imagine any one of a highly cultivated
mind and full of useful occupation,
with a just appreciation of the value of tune,
and of the true end of existence, being
fond of shopping as a pastime; to such, therefore,
1 would say, if you would eucoiiomize
time and money, never go a shopping with
girls of your age; never look round a store
to sec what there is to tempt you to useless
expenditure; but, when you have ascertained,
at home, that you rea'ly need some articles
ol dress, make u;> your mind as to the material
and the cost; and then go either alone
or with an experienced friend, to a wellknown
st? re and make the purchase. If
you afterwards see something that you like
better, it will not trouble you, if you haw
learned to attach much importance to the
subj ct, and would rather wear sonn tinny
loss becoming, tha;i spend your tiin-? in al,
the stores for the prettiest pattern.
Always remember that a store is a publ c
place; that you >;ro speaking before, and of
;
[ tun to strangers, and there fore, there should
be a certain degree of reserve in all you do
and say, never carry on any conversation
with your companions on topics that have
nothing to do with your shopping, and do
not speak or laugh aloud; hut despatch your
business in ? quiet and polite manner, equal
ly removed from haughtiness and familiarity.
Sometimes, in pressing yon to buy their
goods, your shopkeepers will become too
talkative and familiar; silence and seriou3nessare
the best checks to this; and it should
always be met t?y calm self-possession. If
you have good manners you will very rarely
meet with impertinence or rudness; when
ladies complain of being frequently annoyed
in such a way, it is a sure sign that their own
deportment is faulty. Self-possession and
self-reliance are the result of a well-discipled
mind and cultivated manners; and a
person possessed of them will always bo
equal to the occasion; their looks alone aro
sufficient to repress insolence. If a slight
impertinence produces a great deal of agitation
and embarrassment, a temptation is felt
to see how a greater libeity will be borne,
'and. therefore, if you cannot so far command
your nerves and your feelings so as to
meet such a thing in a calm and dignified
manner, you better not venture out without
the protection of your mother, or some elderly
friend.? Ynifiij L ulics' I'riend.
The following is from the Mobile Examiner.
If the advertisement is not all
a joke, (and if a joke, it is a very silly*
one) what a poor eliieken-liearted ''atomy
of man" this Romeo must be ! lie baa
the blue devils! and lias not energy
j enough in his composition to rouse him
and bid it fly, with society, labor, books,
|amusements, all before him. lie wants
t to get married, sweet dear soul! Mobile
'is full of beauty and loveliness, willing to
'make a worthy fellow happy, and he has
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| not the confidence to npproacn ana 'accept
11?o good the Clods provide /" "(Jet
'thee to a mincry," Romeo, and play the
woman, but disgrace your sex no further
by playing the "sick girl" in breeches.
What girl of spirit could endure such a
Shcepfuce. Here is the diffident gentlemen's
proclamation :
TO THE I.AMES.
A gentleman, aged about twenty-three
years, who has for some time past been
'laboring under that most disagreeable of
'all complaints, ''the blue devils/* wishes
to unite himself to some accomplished
land fascinating young lady, whose age
1 may be between seventeen and twentyone.
The object of the advertiser being
to procura a lively end agreeable companion,
wealth is of no importance, as he
feels confident he is able to provide for a
good wife in good style. lie is opposed
j to going through the regular routine of a
I fashionable courtship, though be is willing
to admit, such a course won' ! !> less proj
traded here than elsewhere, lie loves to
{live in good style, is f tid of amusements,
and will strive to his utmost, to make I?is
li?inu> hlnncmtl *tii<! n <i rAi>;ihln anil ^luilllfl
'lie lie so fortunate as to obtain one) his
wife happy.
j the obovc is sircerr, the writer
wishes no jokes played upon him. Comi
municutions on the subject, addressed to
i tHc undersigned at the oflice of the H\1
miner, through the Post Office, living the
1 residence with directions !' r an interview,
[or arrangements for corresponding, will
ho happily and promptly attended to.
The utmost secrecy is promised on the
part of the undersignt d, and the same is
I looked for 011 the part of his correspondents.
ROM ro.
I Conflict with a Catamount.?The
Lakeville, (Ohio) Jutirnal gives the following
case of material courage as a re.
cci\t occurrence. A iiuiuber of CataI
mounts had come over the Michigan
boundary, and caused great terror among
the Farmers. On*- of them entered the
window of Mr. Israel ilawkins, which
had been left open, while his u ife was
engaged in another room, and had crept
to the cradle, where a babe six months
old was sleeping, before lie was discovered.
The mother on perceiving him,
seized a broad-axe which lay upon the
hearth, and commenced an attack. The
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ursi oiow stunned without injuring tne
beast. lie recovered, sprung upon tho
woman, and throwing her down, tore her
left arm severely. She contrived to rise
on her knees with the animal clinging to
her, and struck a second blow. The edge
of the axe penetrated tho skull, and laid
the monster dead upon the floor. Her
husband came home shortly after', and
found her lying prostrate and exhausted,
with the catamount stretched at her feet,
and her two oldest children weeping over
uer. The woman was considerably injured
but the account states that she is
recovering rapidly. Her arm and side
acre badly torn, but she received no dangerous
wound.
Letters from Stuttgart), state that an ex
'ciiMve nublishiiiir house, known as the
Magazin ties Clussiques, have purchased
?t a large price, a manuscript from Bul?
h it, the celebrated novelist. He is un"
engagements not to publish the work
in English for a ccrtn.:n number of years.
) It's said to he a kccu lalirc oil the follies
of the nrcbci)'. era.
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