New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-09
THE TRIBUNE.
French Gayety.

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ri. Kind. where the prisoners would assemble
,.av arrange chains as the steps OF the scai'oid,
"a Zach take his or her turn in preparing how TO
I've ,be Guilotine the rest appauding or laugh
- according as the novice showed grace or awk-
~.,dness. In the time when every heart quaked
.i,h snrcipations OF the fearful pest that was
.,-cb;ng with colossal strides. over the civilized
,.rt Of the globe Cholera ballets and Cholera quad
,res were allthe rage at Paris. Every body knows
,,w ,bev treat the subject of suicide, but we have
xrer seen any anecdote on that subject more char
.~er;stic than the following, which we take from
,.Courrier Of the United States
+ seems there is talk Of making the Pont des
,,s lover the seineD free bridge. The old sen
nj who takes the toll on this bridge is naturally
,,,ossd TO the change He has profiered this ar
,,msn, against il: "Ofien" said he, uniortu
,.ys have given me their last SOU to obtain the PR
,sge of precpitating themselves into the Seine
ANN This aristocratic bridge. Think how many sui
,aes there will be when they do not have to pay
even asou."
This reminds u.s." continues the lively writer,
.Sa piouant adventure which happened lately on
The same bridge:
aItwas about midnight. The old sentinel saw
well dressed man pass without paying: he called
ou, and. the man not seeming to hear, ran after
him He finds him sobbing. his face bathcd in
,ears approaching the brink with every sign OF
despair as if abou, to perpetraie the fatal act The
old soldier, quite moved, forgot the toll. He drew
near tried to calm the poor man, and addressed 10
him consong words But the unfortunate was
obstipa,e in his determination to die. Al last he
suffered himself to be drawn apparently much
against his will, TO the other end OF the bridge
Only there would the kind tolman leave HIM alter
making him promise TO give up his gloomy purpose
Bat hardly had he passed the steps and found him
sell on the other side of the bridge than he recalled
hsssviour who, with amazement, found him glsgling
in the midst Of a group of young men who seemed
no, less gay than himself Ii was M, one OF
our wit,iest writers, who had laid wager that he
would pass the bridge without either paying the
ull or running Thanks TO his dramatic powers he
lad won. The sentinel received beside the toll,
ous for the kindness which had made him forget il.
and the parties took leave mutually pleased with
enc another
Yet how far this evity is from supposing heart
essness we well know. The French are the only
nation that will dance on the brink of the gulf down
which we plunge into the infinite unknown, but 1t
because their hearts are light, not because they
are dead or cold. They can bear acute but not per
ssen, pain.
With the following joke we have more symFa-
e oh af he
marriage relation as exhibited in their laws.
AN Enclishman of the most marked Britannia
exterior was walking in the Rue ST Honorc, with
The careless air OF man quite at leisure, when'
suddenly, man rushes up TO him. apparently much
hurried and agitated--" Sir, sill" cried he TO the
Engishman, d" In Heavens name, lend me your
cane" And why should lend you my cane r
calmly replied the son Of Albion d" That may
administer correction to my wife who has basely
deceived me. Quick, quick. or she will escape, as
she did two months since with her seducer. Your
cane, beg " 1t seems Just said the English
man with the same sangtroid, take it, and beat
her well"
As soon as he had obtained the instrument of cor
rction, he ran Off full speed the Euglishman fol
owed but deliberately, and in fact, saw HIM come
up with woman TO whom he appeared to give
some blows but the cane escaped from his hands
and while he was picking it up, she took flight to
he Eysan fields The pretended husband follow
ed ana both were out of sight in moment.
The Englishman turned his steps that way, has
,leang little this time, for he wished TO recover
@ cane, whose gold head was worth al least hive
handred francs, but he could find nothing OF the
outraged husband After having waited long
quarter Of an hour he said with his usual phlegm;
Aeis rascal but it was an ingenious trick.
Notwithstanding his admiration for the address o.
" thief be went to the Police TO see if he could re
over his cane
There iso,her amusing gossip from Paris, that thea
rsees bareits tseems that OF the principal sour
Ss Of adventure there al present is FROM american
taeits- Whoever knows. and in these revolutionar,
lne' there be many such, that relatives OF hi
have al any time gone out to America is constantly
expecting TO hear that these have died, leaving i'm
nense fortunes made in the New World TO their be
owed relatives in the Old. There are agents &c
oox up these SUGGESTIONS, and many ingenious
'fsnds and many comic denouemen,s follow
Two young sisters, named. like the twins ii
The Wandering Jew Rose and Blanche, are
nw waiting for such q succession. One of THEN
natives died in Louisiana without children. leav
ng fortune Of seven millions. Rose and Blanche
az the heirs apparent, bat the law has yet to decide
&C their claims Meanwhile they remain al worl
tie mllincr's shop where these brilliant hopes
Ncnd them VIII they remain with Madame Ba
sane, or become her best and richest employers
WI they have 100000 livres income or three franc
'eay = That is the question. Already the rumo
'oe inheritance has brought many wooers TO tn
pons Of Madame Barcnne in search OF the iulur'
'S''oHeires. under preiexi OF ordering caps ant
'0as's for mothers and sisters, the dandics, TN
vas pay them respectful court. We wish thes'
,SDs girls happier even, to their story than W.
'e Witnessed in many similar cases A man die
america II has been reported that he has
SAa 'srtune. How much beloved are these dea
- e'ean cousins, when they require no more an.
e oo''ears! The heirs present themselves a
01ce' VIVA, JOY their rights are recognized
are at the hight of happiness already the.
cousins money in their hands he left. the,
~ out few and triaing debts Eyes he was
an excellent man. so loyal, so honest % the,
soP praising him, till the sum Of the inhcri