Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-03-13

beard upoa its pavement. Snutty coal heave
now lhroag, and sweeps as black as Burp Jare,
where round the csacha~ crowded white GLOW.
Is beaoz; the ha'oeg of Blenheim have sure dere
o to the Ffenc1. aud pIats of campaigns g.
)" foFtrcsses are succeeded by the Buferie de Cas1l
While the Partisan Engtsh i,l ALT the eierar
. kivoii, and Place Venddlne, the Fronch have he,
e their separate quarter, Ike the Jews, The r,aSne,
OF London. A bronze statue in The centre of III
place, Is all that is left OF ancient ~fen'itity.
Cur guests were, besitp myself and oomnrr:er
a grave and pretty Engiishwoman. a French cir
raw from Marttnic", ns'ned Laura. Of ~inte!liger
. face, innocent Of all acquired knouledee. and Of
B 1a]tt!e aud simplicity altogelhet unknown Il
these civilized countries. who, her mother ,yjp,
III, was Left, with a blaCk ser, ant, 10 our f4zrc,
for the evening; and fnll'y, our laaaladv, with
club OF a son; she a pretty easy Frencbwaman
'~uticitg, Of herself, for all the Ordinary pnrno
ses of social 8ntoriainmeut. End now, @ .rTuse
your duty is to record our generation, which i
Rcliikeiy otherwise to reach the ears 81 posieri
~ UuEsr the influence or common p,!;tnnca7
aud q scoa deal of champagne, we began BY say
log the ~ciVtiless things Imaginable of oue another,
countries. Eng!iih beauty tnd virtue had frs.
their lanegyric; two Qualities, sstl NJ Bs5ou
which s0am peteeTsr'y to accompany zach Other
the first loading us into temptation. ind lie sec.
ond Furnishing us for the sin Of being trmpied,-
lilo recognized the fidelity of English women to
their husbands, hn. Of The write itself he pToces-
Sod hinselfhot greatly the adutirer. 'As for a faith.
fol Wife said ae, unless married to tho, i:,ros.i-
hlty, q constant husband, ! know nothing half 50
disagFeeabie. Your time and attention ae Der-
petusi'y taxed. to requiIe her raes:s and aTectiot;
ard your honesty. too, for you musl lie, play tia
hypoeIite, aud practice o'her means Of dece;t-
Stay onr late. then she ia in he pouts at your re-
turn. "A pretty time Of nights .auy body CONF
pany' | SUPPOSE and ends with MI adusohl.ion
for you 10 stay out altogether, with other atica
complimentary passages; or ~seniing tho servants
to brd, she waits alone, snd after allowing ven d
cold bath q, The door appears herself q caDdlc in
her hand, in solemn night gown epd cap, opens,
and then r~e.ifos. as if walking in her plero, and
taking no reply to your civilitics. O tie lust
goJI What a pest, now hat | think of il, You
ktieta wha. Insignificant ca;aes may disturb the
harmony Of a menGge. Domestic h~ainipe.. il d
delicate and tender flower, end the sIigb,cs; csiils
may wither it. But let her have q little affsir Of
ga'lantry on hand, nh, ma foj.l you scarce Gould
imagine bow an.iable, all at once, she becomes,
SO gentle IN her 'eproaches; so inJulgeni in your
neGiecsS OF her, especially your absence; and %
attentive to all The delicate duties and kinduessl
When you r~etttfo, toward midnight. or later, ton
your cards, your mistress, or other necessary
amusements, there she is, Anticipating your rs
turn, to welcome you at the door: $50 glad Won
haFe come home; : where did you 60, my love,
this EVENING" i hope you have enjoyed your.
self come, tell me all about it, And then. with
her dear ii'tle fingers, parting your locks across
your forehead, she ~itnprints a burning tiss, q kiss
warmed iut0 love by tine ~auxieties oil the evening,
upon your brow. All, cher ami, take nv advice;
have never any thing to do with a faithful an.
You will pine away under the slow FIRE Of hef re-
p%tnocles, and die at last, a martyr TO hcr virtue.
In France, where there is no scandal, opprobious
either to husband or wife, snd where decent sp-
peaFanccs are preserved, ~irfdeIiiy is no more a
vice, than stealing was at Sparta; and from the
total absence Of jealousy, we are not only exempt
from e'opeinents, divorces, and the disbnnorsbse
COMPOSITION Of damages. and the 6chqt, in trials
and newspapers, Of criminal conver sation, bat
very numerous and artrncious crimes are prayen-
ted, Whoever heard of a horrible Cgfenrno.rts
or Aureus, sta;nad with a husbands or brothers
blood, in Paris? Here examples were related, in
Illustration, of French foTbearaice. Il have beard
Of one married Frenchman,' said The Baron, who,
bsving surprised a careless lover with his wife.
was indeed incensed even to demand saliafaciiou,
but after the lapse Of some weeks, being :nterro-
gated By a friend on the subject. only said, An,
oui, Monsieur; | called him to account, and all is
settled to ry wish. He apologized like a gentle
mar.
The English lady opposite looked grave, which
hext broughtthe discourse upon this quality, SC
peculiar to the English; Directing, and my COM
panion defending II, ID en- excellent trait of the |
national character, and showing much learning
on he subject. fanghtef he treated as a species
Of incoutihence, indicating moral weakness; OBJ
that weak and silly persons we're most
TO 1t. II was often. he sail. the ex pres |
sion Of the male VIOLENT passions. We have The
e~at;rical, hys.erical. and idfofic faueh.-
On a wise man face, it delracts from his wisdom; |
on a FOOLS, it enhances the degfea Of his siotidity.
L saw alaushihg fool says our best poet, and a
good Latin authority says, 'Rtsu jnpsto res inpe- |
tor est nuiia.' Philosophy, Religion, Wisdom, |
Prudence, aud all the virtues. are painted with
faces: while all the Foliies and Friyolities
are Sinking jades; and Laughter himself, With |
%grimaces, holds his sides, as in a cit of
cholic. Both Bacon and Shakespeare recommend
O certain air of GOODNESS and resolve, DIG necessary |
10 respect. Homer exetnp.s the gods from this |
infrmity, and a modern divine, I think With good
reason. asserts that laughter is an effect of origi-
nal sin,' and that Adam, and even our mother |
Eve, did not laugh, until tie Fall. He limited, |
too, at the accidents which occasionally befal per, |
sons Of both sexes, from immoderate Laughter:
how Anacfeon was CHECKED 20 deala in sw aIIow- |
ing d grape seed, during a hearty laugh; and how |
Pope Somebody, in seeing on ape put on The tiara, |
in imitation of His Holiness, died of laughter, and
finally, he remarked, tia, WAsnixaron laughed
but rarely, even in youth, aGd during the revoiu- |
ton, not even smiled.
D Because replied /, 'there was nothing in those
days to laugh st,'and then | ventured to cite some
authorities ia favor, of respectable persons who
were subject to this affection. Even eourily
Chesterfield INDUCED in 9 smile; and If)eminded
of Homer's .inextinguishahla' in heaven; of
OH sutridees.' and of numerous poets |
Who bad signalizCd smiles among The dlvines
sraces of the human countenauee;a and why should
We might have been tempted to run our pen
through certain sentences in This conversation