Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02
NUMBER 27.
A FRENcH MARR1AoE.-'rhe Paris
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A FRENCH MARRIAeE.--'rhe Paris
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On the 2eth Of December last, a
town in the north of France was quite
en- fetc on account Of the marriage OF
Mile. Eugene D, the ouly daughi
ter of a manufacturer of the neighbor-
hod, with NJ. Charles v, the son
of wealthy merchant of Paris. The
marriage was one of prudence and ar
rangement rather than of love. ALI
the questions Of interest had been care
fully attended to, but the point Of mu-
tual inclination was totally neglected.
Every one seemed gay and happy ex-
cept the bride. However, the Ger emo.
ny took place, and a wedding banquet
followed, the whole being terminated
by splendid ball. The festivities
were drawing to close when servant
informed the bridegroom that gentle.
man desired to' speak with him on
very urgent, affair."; The bridegroom
went out, but did not return for the
rest of the evening The guests, one
by one, retired, but the husband still
remained absent and at last, long after
midnight, the bride withdrew to her
chamber. There she at oncce discov-
cred the cause of her husbands absence
for on table by her bedside she found
small parcel and the following note
from her husband
'Madame,--Ii l had no right, In
marrying you, to expect Sincere af-
fect,on, since we were but little ac-
quainted with each other, I, however,
looked for heart which had never
throbbed for another, and which might
by assiduity and tenderness, in the end
make my own. But long series Of
letters from you to another have been
placed in myhands, letters which prove
that, if YOU give me your hand, your
affaetion has been given to another 1
cannot, madame, accept sdch an ar
rangement, and as am unable to rend
asundel the bonds which have joined
US few hotirs since, I am determined
to protest, at least by my absence,
( against the union which l have con-
tracted, and the first day of your mar
riage shall he the frs also of widow
hood VIII ch will only terminate by the
death OF one of US. Adieu, madame,
for ever.'
The next morning the house of the
of the rich manufacturer was plung-
ed into CONSERVATION, for the bride
brile was found dead in her room from
the fumes of lighted charcoal. On the
table lay the parcel of letters transmit
ted by her husband, and near them the
following note:
'Monsieur,--It is I who am in the
wrong, and it is I, therefore, who
ought to offer reparation. l give
you the only one that is in my power
rest re to you your liberty, and l
exyire imploring your PARDON
EFrEcrs OF OPrUM.-The continued
action of opium as sensual stimulant
tends rapidly to the wasting of youth.
health, strength and beauty. Those
who begin its use at twenty may ex-
pect to die at thirty years of age; the
countenance becomes pallid, the eyes
assume wild brightness, the memory
fails, the gait totters, mental exertion
and moral courage sink, and frightful
marasmus or atrophy reduces the VIC
tim to a CHASTITY spectacle, who has
ceased to live before he has ceased to
exist. There is no slavery so complete
as that fthe opium -taker, once h ,bit-
uated t, his dose as Fictitious stim-
ulant, every thing will be endured ra-
ther than the privation, and the unhap-
py being endures all the modification
of consciousness OF his own dcgrad-
ed state, while ready to sell wife and
children, body and soul for The continu-
anee of his wretched and transient de.
light, transient indeed-:or at length
the utmost effect produced is tenn 10
rary suspension of agony; and finally,
no dose of the drug will remove or re-
lieve state of suffering which is utter
impossible to describe. The plersure-
able sensations and imaginative ideas
arising at first soon pass away-they
become fainter and fainter, and at last
entirely give place to horrid dreams
and appalling pictures Of death, spec>
tres of fearful visage haunt the mind
thu light which once seemed TO eman-
ats from HEAVIER is converted into the
gloym of hell. Sleep, balmy sleep has
fed forever-night succeeds day, only
to be clothed with never ending hor-
rors; incessent sickness, vomiting, di-
arrhea. aud total cessation Of the di-
ges.ive functions ensue; and death at
length brings, with its annihilation of
the corporal structure. the sole relief
to the victim of sensual and criminal
indulgence.
TAKE pains to correct the bIcmishes
of the mind, rather than those of the
face.
4 Peace is the evening star Of the soul,
as virtue is its sun, the two are never
, far apart.
: New STEAMER LAToNA.-The Red Bluffs
Beacon says
This magnificent boat, built by Captain