The Arkansas advocate., 1831-07-06

ed abroad that the CheYailCrS s clock
 formed one of the rare ornaments of the
 Boudoir of the unfortunate Marie An.
 toincttes When he was asked how much
 1t cost, he evaded the question with ad-
 mirable casuistry. sAh, non, ami. he
 would say with sincere tristesse. the
 French revolution produce some terri hie effect: II was great sacrifice; 1t is
 worth fifteen hundred franche guinea.
 That, and the dog, and the monkey were
 worth to the Chevalier, l5.000 dollars.
 for he realized this sum in few years
 from foundation of few pounds of sugar and peck of hazel nuts.
 Snch was the chevalier du B--c in
 hls magazine; and he was perfect il-
 lustration of the French character of that day, which could accommodate f. self to any situation in fife; it enabled
 the Minister of Marine to become, like
 Bedredden, pastry-cook, and young 1 isgallte, the present King of France, a schoolmaster in Switzerland. But this lsoniy one side ofthe picture: du B-c, when he closed his shop and entered into society, was the delight of his au- dItory. He was an accomplished sehol- ar, possessed the most polished manners and habits of ssla vieIle eour.'' He was younger son, or as the French people call lt, he was the sseadeto of a noble
 family. He had travelled much, and
 observed profoundly. He had been to the ''lIoly Land," not exactly as palm CT, but being "attache la legation
 francaisa at Constantinople, of which his relation Sauf Boeuf was the head. he took the opportunity of travelling through as much of Asia as was usual y examined by European travellers.- Such was my early friend du B--c. to whose instructions and fine belle let ters requirements, l am indebted for some of the most tfnalloved enioYments of my life, by opening to me some ofthe richest treasures of French l.erature; and such was the man. whom the sons of Orleans found in frontier American village. do not remember the definite destination Of the interesting strangers; but certain 1t is, that the chevaler du B---c induced them 10 while away much longer period in Pittsburg than could have been their original intention. He proposes 10 introduce the travellers to Gen. N, whose house was always the temple of hospitality, where he was in the habit of dining every Sunday, and at whose table and fireside the un- fortunate em{gre was sure to find hear ty welcome. The General at first re- ceived the proposition with coolness; he said he had been soldier of a revolu- tion, the intimate of Rochambeau and Lafayette, and of course entertained a feeling of the deepest respect for the memory of the unfortunate Louis, not as monarch but as a most amiabie and yirtuous man. He cinsistetl that no good could spring from the infamous exeiter of the Jacobins, the profligate Egalite. "Mais mon General, Said the chcvalier, with a shrug of the shoulders, and a most melancholy contortion ofhis wrin- kled ieatures,) ills sont dans Ia plus gran de mlsere ct ills out etc uhasses comme nous ntresparcesvalains sans culottes." The cheyalier knew his man. and his bon homme prevailed upon the General. sEh! bien! chevalier, allez rendre nos devolrs aux yoyageurs, ct qu'ils dinent ches nous demain." The stangers ae- cepted the courtesy, and became inti- mate with and attached 10 the family of the kind-hearted American. The charms of the conversation of the Duke of Orleans, and his various literary at tainments, soon obliterated for the mo- sae,t tic horrible career of his father. from the minds of his hearers. If my boyish recollection is faithful, he was ra- ther taciturn and melancholy; he would
 be perfectly distracted from conversa- ton, sometimes for half an hour. looking steadfastiy at the coal fire that biazed in the grate, and when reused from his reyerie, he would apologize for his breach of ''bienscance.o call one of the children who were learning French to read to him. On these occasion have read to him many passages, selected by him from Telemaque; the beautiful 1 manner in which he read the description of Calypso's Grotto, is still fresh in my memory. He seldom adverted to the scenes Of the revolution, but he eritics- ed the battles of that period. particular 1 iy that of jeEnapPc, with such tiescrim- l nation. as to convince the military men of rittsburg, of whom there were se-
 yeral, that he was peculiarly fitted to
 shine in the profession of arms.
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