The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-11-25

Ths nsi8rH's ~ ard Jsrirfts ths fu, Al efs.un.
Beneath iils hatden's ss,fa ~ ii,,i sais, t.,ss
The surrounding holdings are all IL
harmony With the legends Of b,.con,
acc, II required but little effort of tl,,
Imagination to summon back the actor,
ia that shameful tragedy, 10 The ihrair,
upon which Il was enacted. | CLOSED
my eyes. and fancied that saw ih,
l procession move again through the nar
/ row streets, past the mighty cathedral
and 10y the church Of 81. Ruurn tu the
market place, where the soldiers and
citizens had gathered round the scnflold
The Bishop. that Bishop Of Bcau,ni.
upon whose head rest. lho blood Of Tie
youthful sufferer, is there TO witness bis
pitiiul triumph. The maiden mounts
The scnllold and amid the Sitting smok e
and the raging flames, that pure spirit
takes its flight To hravcn. The popu-
lace crowd around the funeral pile ~
the flames die away, and peer into The
embers fog some sign of the fair young
creature whose life had ended in the
agony of that dreadful death. The
prison, the scailold. and n lingering,
cruel death, Such was her earthly re-
ward. Who can doubt that her purity,
virtue, piety, and lofty patriotism recciy-
ed fitting rccompcnse in the better
world on high
There is no longer n market place
where The maiden suffered. The high
Norman caps now throng the square in
front of the great Cathedral; and even
on a Sabbath morning the visitor fnd,
crowd of buyers aud sellers there.
do not know how it may be with others
who have fingered in this quaint old
Norman city, but TO me the chief inter
est Of the place seemed TO centre in It's
connection with the tale to which have
referred. ] cared little about its mod
ern reputation as the Manchester of
France, Have we not Manchestcrs at
home; Its stately Cathedral, too claims
Il deeper intcres, from its association
with the history of the martyr, aud no
lover of the poetic in history can visit
the scene Of her triumphant death with
out having his sympathy with truth and
inslice ouickened into new liG.
The story of Joan of Arc need. no
poets lay 10 heighien its severe and
undying beauty; Neither was it in the
power of her copn,rvmcp to clond hut
for dav. by his ribald sarcasm the
fair fame of la ptceHc Je'O,,Lcoys
The tnrdy Justice which Time. ,br slow
but certain iudge. nt some pcriod rem.
ders. has long since h,cn accorded IN
her memory. Yet il /. the provinco
of Arr to immortolizn tho C,r,,s Of b,,
ideal bcnuty which pcrtoin. to such he.
role soul.. and the ucncl or ,hn or,i.,
the chisel of the scnlptor and III. men
of the poet and the historian have weII
por,raved the loy.linrss Of hor mind
and the beauty of lis earthly tnhcrno.
Gle.
In the Palace Of Versailles thcre
may be seen n stntue of Jonp. execnteJ
by Princes, of France NIni,
Duchess of Wurtemburc and daught.
or Of Lonis PLilipn.. whose d.,ib -,
the ooe of tvopty.six was ca 1ocnly Ia.
uis tb. ,r;bmo or RoyaIty IN
si,nnle and lovely vir,uo.. and ii, con.
cepiion and ex.rution If tbe worl do
infinite honor 10 lhe subi,c, and ,l,c or.
tist. VoItaire. to his shame be il said
has alone striyen to dra, the mcmotv oc
Joon down IN n level with HE raclle.s
and impions obscenity. Sboksneorc
SHARING The proindices az III. i'm. trca,.
her merely n. n .orceres. In SchI.
ier's noble drama. "Di, .Juncfrau Won
Orleans her character i nor,royed
spotle.s and serene. lifted beyond the
Mill soIGsL,,.. cI A. A.