The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-25

FRENCH VIso0uNr RAISING CABBA0Es IN
New JERsEY.-We yesterday received com.
munication, written in the French language, re-
counting very romantic and interesting histo-
ry OF member of the old French oblesse, whom
the narrator, himself a marquis, recently found
living in quiet retirement and humble obscurity
ON little farm in New Jersey. We can do no
better than append Translation Of the letter
OF our aristocratic correspondent, and invite to
it the attention of our readers in both hemis-
pheres The letter is literally as follows
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
SCOTCH PLAINS, July 20, 1856.
Being rendered traveller by causes wncn must ut
pretsnt ain known only to myse have crossed toe
ocean and commenced to travel, silent observer
through your beautiful country whose great dssuss
are longer cealed In the otas
of the future, but every whete revealed formu
aoe indiscrson escaped-voluntariIy, doubtless from
the bsh fpEeres in which the IRE sistbls sovereign
ne However to abandon the pompous and inflated style
of the needing phrase and dowa to toe simple
and hstnrAl style Of narration you ,hins propr
to In The columns OF your journal AID 10 your Ian
gusge the following facts which nring to your kpo xege
theie facts, although rcurscr,ed within the limits of
individual existence will not the less offer terest
and lesson Tor all your readers naturally curious to
srn and to seze in passing ons OF those thoussai &C.
centric incidents OF which the vcisstudes OF human
life often -alas, too ofAn-present the spectacle.
On the bghisnds overlooking the village OF Wssthsd,
New Jersey, and from whence the eye t.sng in pros
the immense plain, covered With It's yerdant forests
forming natural and original barriers to the
Enaseibtowp, Rewars, and up New YORK bay, lives
Apoor farmer already respected By tho nha oitsnss OF
name Of "ths This foreigner dwelling there
since about yesr sgo, and is proprietor & chMmns
little farm q thirty two Acre, which be himself Guilt
Yates with the aid Of single BOY. There nosh'vg to
distinguish this man from the common grade Of far
mers, kept, perhaps his working c'eth's which are
.al AL hu
the duet Of the fields. Quantua madtus 40 lilo iec.
toye,-(Hew changed from that Hector) But stay: l
v you ia lew words the governing fa;ts In
French man, born Of one Of the mott noble families
Of France, so noble that It's anseat inss nav given
ries-he Of the family (ths Pavilion de Marsan)-
this man, this farmer, turning the soil with his o.n
Dor Of bis hands, day the Polytechnic s,hoo Of
Pars an officer, the age Of IS years After having
Of Antwerp lie was fsnt at the hsaa Of a company Of
the Island Of Madagascar with the mission
% his
fully fulfilled his mission he then visited the lsand Of
Bourbon, Por doheIry in Indis Senegal in Africa and
Wlsp to Bis family title, he thought to have added
another titlehat Of having served his couny1hs re.
tfat lave b. made to him BY government In whose
political opnicns be does not participate lesit'mist
By as wen =: BY descent he nI.~
ard became, 81 different epochs, one Of tho principal
editors, sometimes OF la Cayenne, OF Bordeaux; some.
Ia Gazette, Of lyon som,t.mss Of the QaSsidenne, Of
Paris eli leei.imst journals. lis writings had great
INTO ,hs csmo Of their aaysrsrses sssides his political
articles 10 has produced literary articles perfect IN
taste charming in sty o. an style o. poss
car Senegal NC give interesting and curious sketches
the customs, manners and religion Of the families
or tribes whom he has himself visited. There ID short
glance at the life of this manthis farmer The year
is4s arrived the republic forced him to y he came to
por,ed the greater part Of his funds failed Disguised
with the world, Disguised with lfe disguised with every
Ting he bought Nth me hsss remnant o. avs SaOps,y
ed and which he Ia obliged to cultivate Tor livelihood
Chance alone led mo to discover the retreat OF thus
man had gone to spend some days on the estate OF
an american gentleman friend Of mine. One morning
vet out toward the mountain turned, and had be-
fore Of the rnes beautiful panoramss OF Amsr
ca. small white house attracted my attention. there
French culivation-Aelds Of maize fields OF pota-
tated before the little man who received he has
longer the Of form day he ia no longer the
man sought by the most fashionable ladies OF Par Ae
and broad brow stll bear the impress Of noble and
ehivahous past Imagine to yourself this msnmslrea-
other "a than lie vssoun. Henry % Msrssn.
you publish this article and 1t falls under the eye
Of shy Of the journalists of Paris it win produce
through the publicity it will receive, prodgious etec
OF ssonsbment among the old friends and colleagues
the viscount well in the literary fashionable
world. G. DE G.
And so the representative Of the noble house
of de Marsan-probably the last of his race
has silenced within him the aspirations of am
bition, and devotes his faculties, not to war, OF
diplomacy, or love, but to the raising of maize
| potatoes, apples, peaches, and, Of course
squashes and pumpkins ! Well, we don't know
but that he has made q sensible move,s 1t is fal
safer than, and quite as honorable as, he aiding
columns Of Zouayes at Sebastopol. But let no
| over much. We warrant there are scores 0
pretty New Jersey maidens who will undertake
to put him in good humor with it and himsel
again. His lot is only that Of many famou,
spirits of the Old World. Not far from his pre-
sent abode Joseph Bonaparte passed some year,
Of exile. 1t is a good example, that, for the Wis
count, albeit coming from one Of the Napoleo,
dynasty. Some Of the Muras family, too
settled in Florida when France was no longer
an eligible place to live in. This is an hos
pitable land, which opens its arms to legitmists
Bonapartists, and republicans alike. The OLD
aristocracy and the ouprier Of the Faubourg St
Antoine in turn seek the shelter Of our institu
tons: and they seek it not in vain. We have
had Garibaldi candle making on Staten Island
We have the old Governor Of Comorn, General
| Ujhazy, raising grapes in Texas. We have
John Mitchell raising cattle, with prospec! Of
fat negroes, in Tennessee. And if we we're to
try to name the presidents and magnates of the
South American republics to whom ge have
from time to time given domicile, our memory
would not supply half their names. And when
the time ripens, we may have Prince Albert
engaged in the pork trade in Cincinnati, King
Cliquot competing with his German subjects in
producing the sparkling catawba, and heaven
knows what other funny changes among their
compeers 1t is topsy. turvy world; but they
who, like the viscount de Marsan, light on their
feet in the United States, may we'll felicitate