The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1853-11-03

spect, perhaps, TO the tongue. He al
lowed Soule to depart without once
thinking of recommending me to hi:
kind regards. really had, however
atthat epoch, great need of that branch
of safety. | had just arrived from the
depths of my distant province, anc
with the baggage of Bias, that Ole
time enemy of custom-house officers
Alphonse Rabbe, in his poverty, had ex.
tended to me the only hospitality which
it was in his power to offer to me.
was the sole partaker of his modest re.
pasts, and | labored in his cabinet, al
wearisome translations, from O'Clock
in the morning till II at night. Rabbe
had discovered in me an exclusive
aptitude for translatlons; and he was
promising me an honorable place, next
to Desfontaines and Bitaube. He did
not dream, therefore, of recommending
me to Soule as contributor TO his Jour
nal: and much astoniShed was he to
hear from me the strange proposition
which | thus made him:
"Give me letter of introduction 10
NJ. Sonic"
After little hesitation he gave me
the letter, and at o'clock that eve-
ming ran to rue des TournelleS, 81
1t was frightful weather remember
the snow was falling like white de-
luge, omnibusses were not invented at
that time reached Soule'S clothed in
ala basler from head TO heels, and Slitf
with cold, as an orange tree trans
planted in December to the Marais de
Paris, rue de Tournelles. Soule re-
ceived me with the greatest kindness.
but truth 10 tell, he didn't quite conceal
a slightly ironical smile upon nv men
noning what pat: Of the country came
from. At tha, time thirty writer's from
the same region with myself had not
vet arrived in PATS, and it was nv mis-
fortune to bear all alone the weight of
the smart epigrams that were uttered
at the expense of Cannebiere and the
MiStral. Soule overlooked that, and
asked me to write him a trial article
| forthwith set about the grave work of
writing an article for the Noureau main
jaune ; | copied it three times, and
ornamented the definiiive manuscript
with drawings done with the pen. re-
presenting, in my best style, various
fantastical birds: and on the morrow,
at 2 P. NJ, | made my way to the bu-
rpau of the lnnrnal, rae Croix deS Pc
tits Champs. 81 There were FIVE per-
sons assembled IN the editorial cabinet
Santo Domingo, Leon HalevY,
Lucasson. and an author of unpubl!sh |
ed ira gedies. At the moment entered |
his poet, who has continued unknown,
was declaiming a TRADE of Asdrubal |
That seemed to me very imposing. II
was the final recitation. Some one |
was recounting to the Consul Nero.
after the battle Of the MetauruS, the
leteat Of Asdrubal and the fall Of his
bloody head in the Carthagenlan camp.
soule addressed divers wicked compil- |
nenls to the tragic poet, and the latter
ell to offer himself as a rival candl-
late with VI. de Frayssinous, Bishop OF
1ermopolis, for place in the Academy.
Vow was come the solemn moment
or myself Soule asked me if | had
'rought my article presented it to
i'm with a timid and icy hand. My
'sSay was entitled Horace Thur
'oule read aloud; and he read it very
rel. Santo Domingo and Leon Hale
Y paid me some compliments upon the
ccasion. My article was printed the
ext day, and Soule assigned me fix
d salary, which in my own eyes,
onng debntante as was, constituted
le forever more a millionaire.
The relations of Alphonse Rabbe and
oule had become very intimate. The
'ain iaune was showing tendency to
ombat. the young school which was
bringing up beneath the rays of Messrs.
Iphonse de Lamartine and Victor Hu- ;
o. Alphonse Rabbe, who passionate
: admired these two poets, aud knew
Y heart their earlier verses, wrote
,mantic article for the Main jaune, |
nd Soule inserted it Notwithstanding c
lie earnest opposition of some Of his
,lleagues. About this time the cele- |
-ated critic Hoffman, was devoting
1 hebdomedal, tetrastyle article TO T
10 author of the q Orientales,n and
as pursuing him with his pleasant
bes. One of the celebrated journals d
the day uttered the following phrase
nong others, in critical article on
. de Lamartine's @Childe Harold :"
Methinks see a numskull of monk c
ring 10 touch the ! Sre of the great d
IRON !" The canvass of Gericault, re- o
esenting the Wreck of the Medusa." c
as at last placed in its frame, and a
US did they salute it: "Oh, the pro- p
ess of painting clayis usurping the d
ace of color, and brooms of the T
inter's brush w Rossini was appear il
9 above the horizon, and the masters
art thus wrote with regard 10 him: 1;
u. Rossini will labor in vain, and he il
II never be anything more than ta
all speech-maker in music" And a Sc
'graphy prepared by four celebrities
the day contained this prodigious d
rase: "At that date, NJ. Rossini had W
bIished Othello,' Semiramis,' and OF
7eral works even weakerthan thesew it
ID they were exclaiming on all sides tu
It taste was lost in France; that OF
re was no longer to be found here