Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-09-08
From the N. .. Picuyune.
THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT.
Ga, THE BURIAL on LEE MINIAruRE.

bled US TO form OF their character, whcth
er correct or otherwise, is, that they are
a people Of deeper thought and more in
tense feeling than the world give them
credit for-ihat beneath the bright and
bubbilng waters on which the buoyant
vlvacity OF their tempers floats, there
is deep under current where the finer
affections Of our nature, though conceal
ed from vulgar gaze, live and are borne
along in the warm and gushing eddies
of the heart.
A few shrot months since, in another
city than this, we became acqua inted
with Lieut.. l.. He then tenanted a
small room-he now occupies a still
smaller place IN the ST. Louis street CO.
metery. There rest his mortal remains :;
he died on Thursday night Of yellow fe-
yer. He-was a small man, Of some six
ty years OF age, and in the prime oflife
must have been vigorous and muscular.
A hie OF vicissitudes and hardships had
Impaired to his appearance an iron, an
age rusty tnge, and if war left its scars
of honor on his brow, the trou bles OF
cheQuered life left their deep traces on
his cheek. Before The sickness which
so suddenly attacked HIM, his clothes,
thoughold & threadbare, were worn with
a taste which told of the gentleman in
difficulties. The breast of his blue
frock, brushed almost TO whiteness, was
oInameuted with short piece Of red
rIband, having a narrow black border
This was an insignia Of the honorable
service which he had rendered his coun
try. II was conferred on him by Napo.
leon, and 1t was memorial which he
regarded with the cherished ardor OF
gallant Frenchman, When he walked
he carried light bamboo. tasselled cane,
and was accompanied by a pretty,
thoughtful looking French terrier, The
only living thing which followed his
fortunes. tie was a man Of naturally
fine taste and varied intelligence. He
delighted in drawing particularly sea
scenes, for in the naval service Of his
country his life had been spent from his
boyish days. Having been long a pris.
'oner of war in England, he learned our
Renacular language, and spoke it with
an engaging accent and considerable
correctness. When we became acouain.
ted with him, we were temporarily STAY
lng IN house occupied exclusively by
Frenchmen, he alone, of them all, I'M
Outstanding or speaking the English
language. This, OF itself, might account
for the intimacy which sprung up so
suddenly between US, but so quietly po-
lite was his manner, and so instructive
and interesting his conversation, that
he would attract respect and attention
under any circumstances.
His life, for he more than once ran il
over Tor US, was succession oc interest
lng events and startling incidents-a
series OF dIssolylng scenes, in which Joy,
grief, glory and sorrow-bul never
shame-aPpeared on destiny's canvass
with raPIdlty fatal 10 his peace OF mind.
AT the age of twelve he entered the
French navy as ''middy;" was, with
has ships crew, made a prisoner at the
battle Of Trsfa gar-Ihat British victory
which caused Admiral Nelson his life
while yet boyj was conveyed to Eng
land and kept a prisoner of war in one
OF the seaport towns for some years. =
lie contrived, after acquiring a know
ledge of the English language, TO effect
his own escape and that Of his more aged
comrades in captivity; escaped to France
Imparted valuable information 10 his
government; entered the navy again
distinguished himself by his bravery:
was rewarded by Napoleon with the RI
band of the Legion Of Honor: retired at
ihe peace on a small pension; married a
wife whom he loved; and had by her an
only child-a daughter-the inheritor
soG all her beauty and all her virtues;
got a government appointment in Al
giers, where he lost his beloved wife
with the cholera, and where her beaut
IN picture in beauty and purity, his dar-
4lng daughter, was accidentally and I'm
fortunately drowned. Unable to with.
stand the retrospection Of these scenes,
where, an the society Of his wife and
child, the only truly happy moments of
his life had been passed, he resigned his
situation and Quilted Algiers. file re.
turned TO France with his mind in
mourning-his heart darkened by sor-
row. But even his native country, for
whose fame he so often periled his life,
and whose national glory wasthe idol
OF his youthful wOrship-even France,
with all its greatness and all its gaiety
was 10 him cherries and unntrsc:;5;,..
lie was - 4, but no longer Of it. And
although friends assayed TO cheer him
aPd ecquaintances to amuse, the frosts
OF misfortune had so CONCEALED the more
Joyous and happy impulses Of his nature
that all efforts to dissolve his grief were
unavailing.
Then lOsfhed he IN his native land to dwell
Which seemed 70 him more lone than Efsmlrs sad
cell"
With the hope Of benumbing, If not ban
fghfur ~ fhQuuhfe Of the mast and dis.