The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-11-07

Nv fsItaring seeenfs 'foid a faie sincere
And as Nights mantle DER the sea was flung,
Despite mans fmness sprung the silent tear.
Oh, were happy couidI eall thee mine.
On thy soft bosom lay my aching head,
Round thy slight waist my loving arm entWlne,
And drink The living light thine eye doth she'd
As streaming from her sivery throne on high.
The moons beams lull the troubled waves to rest,
Wonld still the ceaseless throbbing Of my breast
It may not be this wildly beating heart,
In stqrless. cherries night must wasder on;
Il still must live, when life itself is gone.
But memory like the tabled ocean SHE'LL
Shall pour its soft sad muImuEs IN mine ear,
OF by-gone happy hours, and fondiy dwell
On al the scenes by love and thee made dear
THE TREMENDOUSLY. BY H. R. Addison
Inever recollect warmer enthusiast than Pro
lessor LeVden. When he spoke, he seemed 70 for
get all other worldly circumstances, al other sub
iscts, save the one engrossing topic on which he
was engaged. His eye, widely dilated, saw no OBJ
ject save the bright imagery created by his fertile
brain. His voice was imprisoned. Ills every
pulse beat high. The Professor, at the time lsPeah
Of was Just two-and- thirty, and ranked himself as
the very leader Of Gall and Spurzheim's energetic
disciples. On the subject of phrenoOgy he was
discoursing when entered the dining-room OF the
Baron Hartmann.
Il was a fine summer evening Strawberries
and other fruits decorated the. board. The we'll
iced Johannisberg and the celar-coolsd Laftte
stood temptingly on a table, around which abont
dozen young men, with the worthy Baron and
The Professor, sat.
1t appeared that, in the height Of his enthusiasm,
Ieyden had to please the company, examined
their heads. and with many wise looks pressed the
bumps which he declared to be the unerring Indi-
cations of the human character and passions. Some
unfortunate wight in company, however, had eVl-
IDENTIFY shocked the examiner by demonstration OF
wicked propensites, for he strenuousy refused, on
this OCCASION to pronounce upon the several organs,
declaring he g might give offence" he might be
wrong, indeed it might appear invidious; IN short
after making several similar excuses, the Professor
sat down in meditativesilence nor could he again
be brought to speak, and except upon the gen
eral merits of the system, a subject on which he
never failed to enlarge.
It's curious fact, that never in my life heard
the subject of pbrenology broached without laugh
being raised at IFS expense, which very naturally
annOys the supporters Of this theory and brings on
the Warmest argument. It was a discussion OF
this kind that probably had raised the fire which
flushed the cheek of Leyden on the evening OF
which speak.
The conversation had now taken a new channel.
dreadful murder had been committed IN the
neighborhOod of the Black Forest. A young glrl
had eloped from her parents some weeks before.
The companion of her fight was supposed to be a
young man who had been staying in the neighbor-
hood; he had disappeared about the same time
She had just been found savagely murdered, while
the supposed partner of her guilt had reappeared,
and declared that ne lau Wlt0 utIHCutly 6sCdpSu
from the hands of bandtti, who had, without any
apparent motive, seized and imprisoned him. TO
prove this he showed several severe wounds which
he had received in the successful struggle he mad
had with two Of the gang in his endeavor TO lDer-
ate himself. This story, however, appeared SO I'M
probable, tlgt no belief was attached TO It, and
the young man was hurried to prison, there to abide
his trial.
This sad story had been repeated with painful
minuteness by Carl Hofenon, a. handsome young
man, who had lately arrived at Baden, and whose
mild and gentlemanly manners had already won
for him the golden opinions Of all the society assem-
bled there No one was more pleased with him
than the old baron. 1t was even believed that he
ranked so high in the good old mans opinion, that
it was rumored he had proposed and was actually
accepted by Clara Hartmann, with the tull sanction
of her father.
As narrator. few could excel him. His vivid
descriptions lent life to his stories and when he
chose las on the present occasion) he could harrow
up the nerves of even the most apathetic, by de-
peting horrors in their most glazing, most appall
ing colors.
One burst of indignation, as he concluded, be-
spoke how truly he had interested his auditory.
thousand excavations were heaped upon the head
of the unhappy youth, WHO seemed plainly, neon
powerfully, from the details given by Carl, to be
the perpetrator of the bloody deed.
trII 90 to see his execution myself could en-
iov the death-tortures of such wrech ~ indig-
nantly exclaimed the Prince of Olsebach, young
Russian as he took a pinch of snuff, and handed
to his next neghbor his splendid box, which dazzled
the eye by the richness of the diamtnds encrcling
it. g IL such a wretch existed on my estates, d
have him raeked."
''And well would he deserve it; a eold-hearted,
cruel assassin % chimed in another.
" May he be punished in the world to come y
fervently calculated Carl.
8. Nay, nay" said the old baron, " that is saying
too much. 1t is true the man deserves an earthly
adj
against vice, my dear boy, to carry you too far .
And the old noble good-naturedly patted Carl on
the arm.
Thus various subjects were discussed and argued;
but during the whole evening Leyden spoke not a
word All last the hour for breaking up arrived +;
and according to etiquette, the prince moved ilrsL
Ere he did So he requested the return OF has snuff
box The person to whom he had handed it de-
clared that he had passed it TO the next, who IN his
turn denied all knowledge Of 1t, as did the rest oil
the company.
Every one had seen it, every one had handled it,
but none could now produce it. The room was
searched, the servants had not even entered the
apartment the door had never been unclosed, none
had stirred from the table, The affair began 70
wear serious aspect. The old baron ielt his honor
wounded but still hoped it might prove 70 pe an
i-tired pleasantly Under this impression ne rose.
s'Gentiemen, some person amongst you has,
doubtless concealed the box, intending thereby to
give our illustrous friend fright, and, IN good
faith he deserves it for thus careesslY forgetting 70
look after trnket said to be worth fifty thousand
forms; but, as he seems really uneasy about IT.
must beg the person who has taken it instantly tc
return it, and confess the joke"
And the noble affected to laugh. None, how
/ ever responded and Hartmann saw, with in
! creased uneasiness, that he must now take up the
matter more seriously.
NV friends, you cannot feel offended when
/ offer myself as the first person to undergo the
/ ORDEAL an ordeal I almost bush to saw we mus
/ all submit to. We must be searched None bu
/ the guilty can feel annoyed at this proposal.
4 Professor Leyden started up. By heaven! IL
sooner die~
Another was of the same opinion, and objected Il
undergoing such an operation, which, at the YER
! least, implied doubt.
Poor Hartmann looked ike ghost. He glancet
appealingly towards LeYden, who now rose.
g Let the door be locked he said, in grav
voice I" let it be well secured This was done
Now, gentlemen, you must either acknowledg
the correctness OF the measure / adopt, or !, tn
~ rfohf and