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The Trinity times., 1855-06-02
The Tomb Of Lafayette.

Mr.. Levison, of the n. O. Picayune, Gu
ring his recent visit to Paris, visited the grave
of Lafayette. lie writes an interesting ac-
count of his visit.
CATER much inquiry, we found it in the
private burial place attached to a convent, in
a very retired part of the city. The ground
upon which this convent stands was bequeath-
ed to the sisteYhood of Lafayette together
with q sufficient sum Of money TO endow the
institution. On entering the gates and show
ing our passports to an elderly man who
seemed to be the porter, We were politely
asked into the lodge, and every attention was
paid us. They appeared to be pleased TO have
Americans call and see the tomb.
The porter led us through well -cultivated
garden to an enclosure filed with flowers
where the sisters study botany, etc, then
turning into burial place surrounded with
high walls, he led us to the most remote cor
ner, and showed us the simple slab that COW
cred the honored remains Of Americas cher
ished friend. There had been a party of a.
mercans there the day before, and they had
left a token of their affection in the shape Of
beautiful bouquet, the sight Of which glad
dened our hearts.
The tomb of the Mlontmorencies, and the
eldest of the French nobility are in the same
grounds Layfayette's is about the simplest
we found among them. 1t is only broad,
oval, dark, marble slab, upon which is his
full name, with all his initials, the time Of
his birth and death.
We were permitted TO enter the chapel on
our way out, aud here we found the celebra-
ted red nuns (of whom we had frequently
read) at their post. There are four nuns,
dressed in red cloaks, over white serge, and
a red hood, who are constantly at the altar,
night and day. These are relieved from
their prayers every two hodrs. They never
allow the light on the altar to be eXtinguished
from one years end to the other. While
they are at the altar, they are praying for
the souls of those who fell in the revolution
in the year ninety-eight. The chapel is very
plain, and the seats look much used, We
met one or two sisters as we passed through
the garden, and we thought we had never seen
more innocent and tranquil looking faces
anywhere. They seemed perfectly happy
and fully contented with their lot. Before
leaving, we purchased a lithograph Of the
tomb, dedicated to Americans, which we
found on sale at the portcr's lodge, and is
now framed and hanging in our sitting
room"
The Trinity times., 1855-06-02
My Confession.
(From Dickens Household Words.)

had always been passionate boy. They
said | was almost fend at times. AT others
] was mild aud loving. My father could not
manage me at home; so ! was sent to school.
| was more fogged, both at home and at
school, than any one | ever knew or heard Of.
1t was ncessant nogging. 1t was the best
way they knew Of to educate and correct me-
remember to this day how my father and
my master used to say, they would flog the
devil out of me- This phrase was burnt at
last into my very being. / bore it always
consciously about with me- ! heard it so Of
ten that dim kind of notion came into my
mind that ! really was possessed of devil,
and that they were right to try and scourge
it out Of me. This was a very vague feeling
at first. After events made it more definite.
Time went on in the old way. ] was for
ever doing wrong, and forever under punish
ment-terrble punishment, that left my body
wounded, aud hardened my heart into stone.
/ have bitten my tongue till it was black and
swollen, that might not say repented of
what | had done. Repentance, then, was
synonymous with cowardce and shame. At
last it grew into a savage pride Of endurance.
| glored in my sufferings, for ] knew that ]
came the conqueror out Of them. The mas
ters might fog me till | tainted but they
could not subdue me. My constancy was
greater than their tortures, and my frmness
superior to their will Yes, they were forced
to acknowledge it-I conquered them: the
devil would not be scourged out Of me at
their bidding but remained with me at
mine.
When look back to this time Of my boy
hood, | seem to look over a wide expanse Of
desert land swept through with fiery storms.
Passions Of every kind convulsed my mind
unrest and mental turmoil, strife and tumut,
and suffering never ceasinc,-thi is the pic.
ture of nv youth whenever | turn it from the
dark wall of the past. Bat it is foolish to
recall this now. Even at my age, chastened
and sobered as / am, it makes my heart
bound with the old passionate throb again,
when | remember the torture and the fever
ofmy boyhood.
! had few school friends. The boys were
AFRAID OF me, very naturally; and shrank
from any intimacy with one under such a
potent ban as |. ! resented this, and fought
my way sayagely against them. One only,
Herbert FeIrars, was kind TO me: he alone
loved me, and he alone was loved in return
Loyed-as you may well believe bov Of
warm affections, such as | was. in spite Of ali
my intemperance Of passion, isolated from all
and Stunned by all--would love any one such
as Herbert lie was the Royal Boy Of the
schools the nobest the loved Of all--mas-
ters and playmates alike. the chief Of all; cle-
yer; like young Apollo among the herds
men; supreme in the grace and ygor Of his
3awning manhood. | never knew one 50
unselfsh-so gifted and so striving, 50 loving
and So Just, so gentls and so strong.
We were friena.,-last, firm friends. The
other boys and the ushers, and the masters,
zoo, warned Herbert against me. They told
LIN continually thai should DO him 10 good
The Trinity times., 1855-06-02

drew the gauzy drapery round her head. 1t
fell about her soft and white as foam.
knew now where had seen her before, lying
as now with her sweet face turned upward to
the sky looking, as now, so full of purity
and love; calling me then to innocence as
now to reconciliation. Her angel in her like
ness had once spoken to me through the
waves, as Herberts spirit now spoke to me
in her.
This is his portrait she continued, open
ing one OF the cases.
The darkness gathered closer and closer.
But | fought it off bravely, and kneeling
humbly, for the first time was able to make
my confession. | told her all. My love for
Herbert; but my fierce fury of temper; my
sin. but also how unintentonal; my atone
ment. And then, in the depth OF my agony,
| turned to implore her forgiveness.
Il do,' she said, weeping 'lt was agriev-
Gus crme-grevous, deadly-but you have
expiated it. You have repented in deed by
self-subj ugaton, and by unwearied labors OF
mercy and good among your fellow men.
do forgive you, my friend, as llerbert's spirit
would forgive you. And in gayer tone,
my beloved husband, who will return to me
to-day, will bless you for preserving his wife,
as bless you for preserving me to him.
The darkness fell from me as she kissed
my hand. Yet it still shades my life; but as
a warning. not as q curse--a mourniul past,
not a destroying present. Charity and active
good among our fellow men can destroy the
power of sin within us and repentance in
deeds--not in tears, but in the lifelong eff
forts of a'resolute man-can tighten the black
ness of n crime and remove the curse of
punishment from us. Work and love: by
these may we win our pardon, and by these
stand out again in the light.
The Trinity times., 1855-06-02

The Dublin Nation contains a horrible
picture Of the condition Of Ireland, from the
pen of Mr.. Duffy. lie says:
mo words printed in Il newspaper or
elsewhere will give any man who has not
seen it, conception Of the fallen condition
Of the west and south. The famine and the
landlords have actually created now race
in ireland. ! have seen, on the streets Of
Galway, crowds Of creatures more debased
than the Yahoos Of Swiit-creatures having
only distant and hdeous resemblance to tu-
man beings Gray haired old men, whose
IDIOT faces had hardened into a settled leer
Of mcndicancy, simiuus and semi-human;
and women flthicr and more hardened than
the harpies, who at the Jingle Of a coin on
the pavement, swarmed in myriads from un-
seen places, struggling, screaming shricking
for their prey, like some moustrous unclean
animals. IN Wcstport the sight Of a priest
on the street gathered an entire pauper pop
uation, thick as a village market swarmiDg
around him for relief Beggar children,
beggar adults, bcggars in white hair; girls
with faces gray and shriyellcd, the grave
stamped upon them in decree which could
not be recalled; women with the more touch
ing and tragical aspect Of lingering shame
and self-respcct not yet Affected; and among
these terrible realities, imposture shaking m
pretended fits 10 add the last touch Of horrl-
Bile grotesqueness 10 the picture have
seen these Horrible sights, and they are burn
ed into my memory forever. Awayfrom The
town. other scenes Of unirnagnable horror
disclose themselves. The traveller meets
groups, and even troops, Of wild, idle, luna
tic looking paupers wandering over the coun-
try, each with some tale Of determination To
tell. If ho penetrate INTO a cabin, aud can
distinguish objects among 9Th and darkness,
Of which an ordinary p.gsty affords but q
faint image, lie viii probably discover from a
dozen 10 twenty inmates in the but-th~
elected cottiers-custcrin9 together, and
breeding pesuience What kind Of crea-
lures men and women become, living In THIS
dung heap, what kind Of children are rear
ed here TO grow up !nto u generation, have
no words " paint
The Trinity times., 1855-06-02

Con FIsmMT.-N young man who has en-.
loyed the sport of fishing on the banks Of
Newfoundland furnishes the Batavia On. Y.)
Spirit Of the Times the following sketch Of
m0ciHs operGRdi:
Fish here are all caught with hooks, md
are taken from the bottom. Each fisherman
has a strong line Of from sixty 10 seventy
fathoms in length to which is attached lead
of cylindrical shape, weighing about five
pounds. This, Of cou'se, is tho snker.-
From this proceeds The ''penant," which IL
cord about twice the size Of the line and il
about three icet IN length. To the lower end
of the pcnnact and attached to it by small
copper swivel is the "crait," which IL -mnll
stout cord about two and "A half feet IN length,
having three strips Of whalebonu laid around
it p the middle where it is attached 10 tho
swivel Of the pennant. The whole is scrfed
or wound with tarred twine. On each end
Of the craft is = small swivel, into which tho
pauging Of the hooks is attached. The whale
bone serves to keep the hooks about n foot
apart, 80 there il little danger Of their be-
coming entnnglcd with each other.
The men arrange themselves on tho
Windward side Of the deck, throw over their
leads, and unrec their lines till the lead rests
on the bottom with the down pitch Of tho
vessel, and, with nippers drawn on their fin
gers to keep the line from cutting them, they
lean over the bulwarks, patiently pwaiting
bite, which is kno@n by u slight jerk on tho
line.
They then give a sudden pull, in order 10
| hook him, stand back and haul in the long
line. hand over hand, until the fsh is hauled
up 20 the surface, wbcn he II taken on deck,
unlocked, aud thrown into a square box,
which each man has fastened by bis side,
called "kid." The hooks are then baited
aud hove over again, and the fisherman,
while the line is running, picks up the iish
! caught and cuts out his tongue.
Towards night the fish are counted out
from the kids, each one separately, and
thrown into a large kid near the main hatch,
called the dressing kid" They are count
cd aloud as they are thrown along, aud each
man is required to keep his own account,
and to report to the skipper at night, who
keeps a separate account for each man on
the lop-book. The dressing gang, consist
| iup Of a ''throater" a "hcadcr," a 'splittcr,h
and "A SCATTER" now commence dressing
down. After passing through the hands of
| the three they assume somewhat the shape
seen IN market. They are then passed down
| between the decks to the saller, who puts
/ them up in kenches or layers, laying the first
tier On the bottom Of the hold and building
up with layers Of salt and fish tlll the kench
| reaches tie desired height. The decks aro
thcn washed down, sails taken in, aud ths
! vessel anchored lor the night
The Trinity times., 1855-06-02
Better Fed than Taught.
BY ELIZA COOK.

Let him look about who wanders,
And he'll surely find
When he notes where fortune squanders,
That she must be blind.
Gilded Ignorance will jOstle
Poor Wit from the WALL
While brute Wealth pursues its wassal,
Worth waits in the hall;
And when such strange things confound us
Well may come the thought,
oh how many are there round us,
Better fed than taught
When we see a stately madam,
In some lofty place,
Proud as any child Of Adam,
OF her worldly grace
When we hear her lips inveighing,
Bitterly and long,
Against some lowly sister, straying
In the paths of wrong
When she breathes the loud decrying,
AS no Christian ought
Charity keeps gently signing,
Better fed than TAUGHT
When we find a Priest who groweth
Greater every year,
Taking Corn that Labor soweth,
When It's in the ear
When we see his heart get thinner
As his tithes increase,
Snatching from the helpless sinner
All he can of fleece
When we find such men deiamng
Creeds with mercy frought,
Tell me, who can help excalmlng,
Better fed than taughtP
When we see young man leaning
Idly on his gold,
Large in speech, but small in meaning,
Out Of danger bold,-
When wegsee him rude to Weakness,
lnsolent to Age,
Trampling on the words OF Meekness,
With braggart's rage,
When we note the revCl vision
OF his brain distraught,-
Wisdom sneers in cool derision,
Better fed than taught
When some little miss or master,
Fresh from desk and form,
Manages to spread disaster
In a household Storm
When they cry for moons above them,
And for chimney bricks, =
When they cling to those who love them,
With most tilial kicks
Let us brand such olive blossoms
As wise people ought,
And hang this label on their bosomE,
'Better fed than taught
Good sooth! we must mend our manners,
One and all and each,
Or shame will leap tc plant her banners
In some moral breach.
when prosperity's broad table
Yields US all we ask,
Ills to make us strong and able
For some duty task;
Let US feast, and let us render
Goodly deed and thought,
Let our lives bear this addenda,
Better fed than taught
The Trinity times., 1855-06-02
Shortcomings,

The countless stars, how gloriousy,
How witchingly they shine
And they bring strange thoughts and fancies
To this wondering heart of mine,
For think, as | look on them
With their pure and holy light,
OF the many, many different scenes
Disclosed to them tonight.
First, my fancy leads me onward
Where, in calm and trusting rest,
n little babe is sleeping
On its gentle mothers breast;
And me,hinks the stars are smiling
On the picture bright and fair,
As fondly and caressingy
She smooths his golden hair.
Next, see q beauteous maiden,
Der her cheek blush is spread,
As she Listens to sweet words Of love,
And meekly bows her head;
While the stars look down in gladness,
Like soft loving human eyes
AS all silently and peacefully
They twinkle in the skies.
Now my fancy bears me swiftly,
Far away from land to roam,
Where a noble ship sails proudly
O'er the oceans sparkling foam;
And the heart of many wanderer
The quiet stars hath blessed,
For the vision they have brought him
OF the home where he shall rest.
But oh, how much more gloriously
The blessed stars can shine,
When they bring to any trusting heart,
As they have brought to mine,
Glad thoughts Of HIM who made them
OF his mercy and his love;
When they raise the sou from earthly scenes
To purer joys above!
So thank you, gentle teacher,
For the lesson ye have taught
OF His watchful care and kindness
And gladden. in the thought
That he who guides your movements
With his strong and holy arm,
VIII forever keep his children
From all danger, sin and harm.
The Trinity times., 1855-06-02

THEoLoGIcAL SpEcULhTIoN.-. The Cleye-
land Herald, commenting upon the late dis
course about the disposition and temperature
.of hell made week or two since by Father
Walworth, "a Catholic reylyalisD in Brooke
lyn, N. y, says:
'cThe temperature Of he'll has exercscd the
speculations Of very many diyines, but we
think the talented and eccentric Burchard
most take the palm for a glowiHg illustration
Of the question Burchard once passing
near furnace with a theological pupil, stop
ped and Qazcd into the white heat Of the
melted iron. Said be, in his deep, solemn
musical voice. 40 you wish 10 know how
hot he'll isl I'll tell you. Hell is 50 much
hotter Than that fiery furnace, that supporting
a being who could live n he'll should jump
thence into that furnace, he pouid l'ceze u
death u fUe mtHutes.'
The Trinity times., 1855-06-02

ALEXANDER DuMAs.--This celebrity is !hus
described by a correspondent Of the New
Orleans Plcayune, writing from Paris, Feb
ruary ist:-
had not seen Dumas before in four years,
and was surprised to observe the rayagcs
time had made since then. Age begins to
show ITSELF and he looks more muIatto-like
than ever saw him. lie is tall man, be
ing not less than six feet in height, rather
disposed to be fat, especially about the face,
where hanging cheeks and double chin, attest
sound slumbers and good dinners. lie is
the very reverse Of the picture Of an intel
lectua man. If you wcro 10 sec him IN
Camp, or Canal street, you would set HIM
down as a muatto barber. His hair now
sparkes here and there with grey, has
that abundance, and length, and slightly
woolly curl, so common among bright mulat'
to barbers lis forehead-O, phrenologists,
lis less high thau your little finger is thick;
he may be said to have no forehead. His
lips arc thick and sensual and now, deep
lines are plowed on both sides Of his nose
In the street he does not look 80 dark rs he
seems to be in the house, and his hat conceal
ng the want Of a forehead, gives his face
more mind than it appears to have when il is
not 80 screened. lie was dressed in pepper
aud salt pantaoons and paletot; the paletot
was trimmed with green silk, stitched!
The Trinity times., 1855-06-02

GRAPmc.-Mrs Swsshelm, in the Pitts
burgh Gazette, thinks that the sterner sex
had better devote their attention TO their own
ridiculous fashions in dress, rather thar 20
find so much fault with the ladies'. The peu,
tlemen of Pittsburg must be rather comcui
looking set, if Mrs. Swisshelm's portrait Of
them Is correct. She says:
Here, for two winters, they have been
stalking about, looking for all the world like
so many pumpkins with two corn stalks
stuck in tho blossom end and a bit Of stem
left on the other--n coats just the length OF
farmers wamus, a half yard too wide,
stuffed out with waddng, and drawn up
around their eurs-sleeves like meal sacks,
and pantaluons as tight as fiddle strings. To
see them handle their drum sticks in this
outfit was natural curiosity. This winter
the stilt-like supporters mysteriously dsap.
pear; pantaoons are invisible, and coats bid
fair to rival ladies' skirts in the sHblime art
Of street sweeping.'
The Trinity times., 1855-06-02
InXcnfnr of RniIronds.

Ilowitt, of the Peoples Journal, gives the
following sketch of the inventor, who, up to
May, 1896, had been neglected in England:
about half a century ago-the exact year
is not known-there was born at Leeds,
England, man named Thomas Gray
Scarcely anything is known of his early his
tory. He was, we believe, a poor collier boy,
and being very ingenious, he conceived the
idea of facilitating transportation of coal from
the Middletown co,liery Of Leeds, distance
three miles, by means Of a sort of railway,
which he had constructed Of wood Upon
this his cars moved at the rate Of three
miles and a half per hour, to the great NOR
rment Of a wise discriminating public, who
laughed at tho idea OF railway, as seme-
thing very visionary and as the mere sug-
gestion of laziness. Magnificent visions Of
future railways, such rs arc now stupcndous
realities, loomed up before him, and he be-
gan to talk in public of a general system Of
iron railroads. He was laughed at and de-
c!ared a visionary moon struck iool. But
the more Gray contemplated his little rail-
way for ccal the more firmly did he believe
in the practicabllity and irnmcnse usefulness
of his scheme. He saw in it all that is now
realized, and he resolved in spite of the ridi-
cuc, the sneers and rebuns that were heap
ed upon him, to prosecute his undertaking.
lie petitcned the British Parliament, and
sought interest with all the great men Of the
kingdom; but all this had no effect except TO
bring down on him wherever he went the
loud sneers and rldlcule Of all classess Still
he persevered, and at length engaged the at
tention Of men of intelligence and influence,
who finally embraced his views, urged his
plans, and the result is now before the world.
Thomas Gray, the inventor Of railroads, who,
not longer ago than 1920, was laughed at for
even mentioning the idea, still lives in Exc
ter, England, in the full realization Of bis
grand and noble railroad schemes, for which
he was declared insane. How much has the
world been benefited by his insanityg
The Trinity times., 1855-06-02
RATES or ADVERTISING

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The Trinity times., 1855-06-02

The LONDON ILLUSTRATED NEWs.-A corr
respondent Of New y ork Tribune gives some
interesting statistics of the London press.-
We make an extract from his letters:
The paper used by the Illustrated News
is all made at a mill in Hertiordshire, be-
longing to its propretors, Messrs. Cook 81
Ingram.
by the way, the manner in which this pa'
per originated and the disheartening features
OF its early publication, may be worth notice
here. Cook 81 Graham, who resided az
Nottingham, were propretors of the quack
medicine, called "Parr's Life Pills" To in
troduce these into public notorety, they print'
ed and gratuitously circulated several mill
| lions of a small pamphlet, protesting to cons
tain biography of "Old parr," with few
wood cuts, representing some of the more
remarkable events of that worthy's life "a
They determined, to give it yet more EXTEND
ed circulation, to have il stamped as a newsl
paper, to secure its free transmission through
the post. AS they were maturing their
| plans Ingram (hmself printer) suggested
that it might serve their purpose TO COM
mence it merely as an illustrated newspaper,
and subsequently use it for putting the pills
| The first and second numbers appeared. and
did not seem to have hit the public taste -
Before going to press with the first form 81
the third number, the proprietors met TO dis
cuss their ways and means, aud had nearly
determined to let their publication drop. But
it was eventually agreed, that as the type
was set up, the engravinps completed and
the stamped paper ready, they might as well
let No. 3 see the light. This was on Thurs.
day. The next mornings mails brought
them large orders from newsvenders &c, IN
the country-nearly sufficient TO pay expen'
ses. The paper was kept aAoat; within eN
months it had become good property, aud
now yields nett income Of not less than
| .C25,000.
This well-known illustrated journal has a
large circulation upwards Of Tao, 600 weekly,
NoTIoNs OF BEAUry.-The japanese woA
men gild their teeth, the Indians paint them
red, whilst in Guzurat the pearl OF the teeth
to be beautiful must be dyed black, The
ladies of Arabia stain their fingers and tocs
red, their eyebrows black, and their lips blue.
| In Persia, they paint a black streak roun
| the eyes, and ornament their faces with va.
rious figures. In Greenland the women coll
or their faces with blue and yellow, whilst
the lIotentot women paint in compartments
of red and black. lIndoo females, when de-
srous Of appearing particularly lovely, smear
themselves with mixture of saffron, tuner.
ic aud grease. In ancient Persia an aqulme
nose was often thought worthy of the crowns
but the Sumatran mother carefully tlattcu.
the nose of her daughter. An African beau
ty must have small eyes, thick lips, aud "A
large flat nose.