Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-10-08

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F., retired "a set regular pries, for all heir Ion
boards! 1swoar, they are greater Dumskul
lh9n the angel -
When human beings get exaerera'ed, the
have ore relief; they car commend those VII
offend them to the Devil. But The Devil hin
sell has no such resource and whenever h
gets angry, a portion Of the passion enters hi
own breast and stings him to madness.
Whl'e lie was tputterirg and swearing, an
fixing his eye full Of fury and fire on the sky
bis enemy, he saw 4 dark sperk in the clouds
lhls speck grew larger and it drew nearer
and the Devil began 10 stare. Why, is it pos
slb'e! 1t was a man ; y CHRISTIAN, no doubt
armed cap-a-pit. with the rad cross on hi
breast, falling from the sky
N matter who he praised :" shouted th'
Devil, jumping for joy. ats all right. now
my Christian man is coming! / corld no
prevail with those cursed saiuts, but tho dew
is in il, if can't do what | please with
man"
At Ibis momen'. Phcopin, borne gently to.
ward the shore. put his feet on the ground, as
related in The last chapter.
Seeing the old man, who still looked Ike q
slave by the side of his burden, PGcepin walk
ed towards bIln and said,
"Who are you, my friend and where am
II"
The Devil began to whimper again. "You
are on the borders of the Red Sea, my lord,
and | am The most miserable Of wretcl,es.'
And he went on TO tell the Same story that he
had previously repeated TO the saints, ending
with an urgent request that he would assist
him TO raise the bag.
Ptropip shook his head.
any good man. yorr story is Incredible
"Fair sir, who have Just tumbled from, the
clouds" replied the Devil, "if my story is in
credible, your manner of arriving here is more
So"
"That's a fact" said Ptcopin, mrsine.
What then :" said the Devil "if nv
mtsfortunes seem unnatural, is it my fault :!
| am but a poor, wjtless creature, who has
not sense enough to make up Il lie. Ny rom
plants must needs correspond to my advcn.
tureF, for | can tell only a plain story. As
the meat is, so is thsfsoup."
81 assent to all that" said PtcopiD.
We'll, them" continued the Devil, "what
harm a can it do you, young and valiant sir,
10 aid a poor old man in placing this sack on
his shoulders !"
This argument seemed conclusive 10 Ptco-
pin. lie raised the bag from the ground
without the least difficulty, and steadylne
it with his hand, was about 10 place it on the
old mans shoulders, who bent forward 10 re-
ccive it.
One minute more, and The decd would have
been done.
But the Devil has vices, and they are his
ruin. He is, like all mankind, disposed to be
greedy. At this critical moment, it occurred
to him that he might as well add PGcopin's
soul to those alrendy in the sack. TO do this,
however, he must first kill him.
Accordingly, he began in a low voice TO
summon an invisible spirit, whom, in rnia'e-
rjons words, he commanded TO do something
Everybody knows that when the Der Il
holds a conversation with other demons, he
speaks a jargon half Italian and half Spanial.,
ond ne occasionally puts in few Latin words.
This fact has been proved and clearly es.tab-a
1IFied on many occasions, and parsit dlarly
on the trial Of Doctor EUgenio r ,rralva.
which was commenced at VaiIa9 d on The
tenth Of January, 1923, and suita ,lg termina-
ted on The sixth Of May, 1881, y Y the al to-da-
fG Of the Doctor aforesaid.
Pecopin knew a great ISanv things and,
among other thlngF, he understood the Ian
guage Of the Devil.
Now, just as he was piacing the sack on
the old mans shoulder, he heard him whisper,
" Bamos, nan cierro occh1, rerbera frnppa, u
echa Ia piedra.".
THIS came ur on Pccopin like a fash. A
suspicion eros ed his mind and raising his
eyes, he saw an enormous stone that some
invisible rJwer was holding at a distance
above hlr head.
To sp ing back, touch his ~talisman with his
hp.d, draw his poniard and cut open the
sack with violence, was for Ptcopln the work
OF a moment.
The Devil gave a loud cry. The released
escaped by the outlet, leaving their
crimes behind them in a corrupted mass, that
by the laws OF affinity now attached itself eter-
nally to the Devils shoulders. Ever since
day, Asmodeus has bsen has been hump
backed.
Besides, when Pccopin threw himself back,
dropped on the Devils foot and broke il.
Ever since that day, Asmolsus has been
Pecopin was afterwards greatly prosecuted
by the Devil. The latter took him ont to hun.
ono night, and kept him a hundred years
He then let him go home to see his Baldour
whom, he finds a very, very old woman-his
youth still preserved by his amulet. He flies
her sight; and in the bitterness OF his disap-
pointment, tears off his garments, and acct
IDENTIFY his amulet, when, in an instant, he be-
comes a withcred old man Of 1875 years. That
night he died.
DUELLING.-Here are some very pretty re-
marks on duelling, by Marshall, of Kentucky
the man WHO lately wounded a calf, the
personal property of Col. Webb.
! have said repeatedly that I meant not to
discuss the code Of honor. There are some
persons out Of the church who condemn the
duel as a remnant of barbarisn, as at war a.
like with positive laws and rational morality,
as the wickedest and least excusabie mode OF
homicide, for it always implies deliberation,
malice and revenge. There are others who
believe that when society, either by its insti-
tutioDs or its manners fails, or is unable to
protect individuals in their personal rights,
that thew have the rioht to nrotect themselves