Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-05-27

Inc ladies nave preserves tneir dominIon---any
where else you may consider them nothing;
you may forget 70 bow TO them, or TO admire
them, TO salute them and 10 respect them, in
the great walk OF the Iuilerios. This walk
is inaccessible to tine Loyelace of the Boule-
ward de Grand. the dandy of the Bots de Bou-
logne, and the frequenter of the gallery at the
opera: ii is as positively closed against them
as against waisicoats and helmets. Here
the women protect and sustain each other:
they only look complacentT upon those who
deserve it by the respect which they pay TO
them. Here matchmaking mothers bring
their daughters. and the young uen come to
see these very daughters. The wife is accom-
panied by the husband, but the gentlemen
make their appearance even while he is with
her. In word, what little there is left Of
chivalry and courteousnes, ofrespect amongst
men and reserve among,t women. Of inno-
cence and youth and simt lefty and conjugsl
love, in the Partisan word, has taken refuge
here"
NJ. ARAso,
"That high tower, proudly erect upon its
base, connected by long avenue with the
garden of Luxembourg. is the Observatory of
Paris. There lives and ragns, in contem-
plation unhappily disturbed by political dis
cords. M. Arago himself What singular,
incredible life! TO follow at the same time the
course ofthe planets above and the movement Of
popular passions below; to have ones head
in the clouds by the side of the stars and ones
feet in tumuts; to predict the arrival of the
comets wandering through space, and to suffer
ones self to be led by popular favor, that
wind which blows at random---such is the two
fold life of M. Arago. To this two-fold life
OF day and night he only is equal---no other
person has sufficient health, strength, and cou-
rage. thoroughly to accept this double labor Of
the scholar and the tribune. II is beautiful
kingdom, however, this Observatory, where
the only query is about the sun and the stars!
1t is delightful life, spent in being the first to
listen 10 all great discoveries! And how is it
that such man has ever allowed these sub
lime heights to become the ante-room Of the
Chamber Of Deputiesl"
THE FRENCH PRISON LA FORCE.
81 have visited one Of the most frigh.ful
prisons in Paris, called La Force. This pris-
on was formerly the hotel of the dukes de la
Force, noble and illus,rious house, much
faiies, you noJ sec, md Stripped oe is- TN
cient grandeur. Within these walls have
dwell the greatest lords of French history
At that time all was Joy, pleasure, in ,reach-
erous prosperity around these famous noble.
men; love, ambition, poetry, painting, and mu-
sic, all the fine arts, were eager to attend their
proud masters. Now, this palace Of opuence
and grandeur is nothing but dirty abyss, filled
with darkness, confusion and grinnlng Of teeth.
II is no longer house bnili for men; it is an
iron cage made expressly for wild beasts. Shut
up within these formidable walls, the prisoners
are seen variousy occupied; this one fis lying
with his face on the ground, medltating theft
and murder; that one in feverlsh agitation,
turns and returns necessarily in his melancholy
enclosure, as if he sought chink TO escape; a
third roars with laughter, whilst clenchIng his
fists with the commissions Of rage. All the fe-
rocious desires of the tiger you will find with
out trouble in these terrible figures; but these
viles, of criminals have never known remorse.
and this is why hesitate TO call them men.
But what is most melancholy in this sad place,
is to see in the side Jail, not men, not even
young men, but mere children. Unhappy be-
ings! they were early brought 10 this abyss
some from an imitation Of parental example,
others because they have never known moth
er's kiss; the largest number from having at
an early age frequented those immoral shops
lowest possible sum, their lessons OF nfamy
and vice. One Of the managers of the pris-
on, grave man. with much Of that serious
good sense which is acquired By the contem-
plation Of SO. much misery, said TO US, i am
thankful TO say have nothing TO 10 win po-
etry or theatre; ] never saw meloarama pay
cd twice in my life; do not knew the name
of single acto: or actress. FOR twenty
years have been shut up in these walls, my
self more prisoner than all the prisoners
committed to my care; but, know, as well as
those who take the creates. interest mime Ea!'
ter, all the faults and crimes that are rep
resented by any piece that has great run
at the theatre. Every time that these unhaP-
by children arrive here in unusual numbers,
say to myself Assuredly they have just been
extolling some great crime; and l am never
mistaken. For instance: since our men OF
genius have begun TO give TO the greatest VII
lians wit, grace, gaiiy, good manners, all me
appearance Of well educated men, every day
there come to me fine little gentleman IN black
coats, whose cravats are most carefully neo.
who wear hair rings, write love-verses upon
the walls, and talk of their good fortune, just
in the same way as the Duke de Caumont de
la Force, whose hotel they now inhabit,
would have talked in former days. Or else,
the actors amuse themselves in their theatres
by exalting beggars they laugh at The fright
fol holes and sanguinary spols OF their cloaks;
they strut about insolenily 10 the garb oil GAL
ley-slaves And this is why my young BAN
dts, hardly released a first time,' return to me-
covered with rags and wounds. When they
first came here they made verses; on their.sec-
ond appearance they talk the vilest can, that
ever was invented in their cellars by the Typ
sizes, the Jbandlui, the lePers, The hyPOcrltes,
and all The frighifuI inhabitants Of the Cour
d.s Miracles. This cant is such beautiful