Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-05-21


and to toss about in my bed overcome bY the
excitement OF the scene / had witnessed
leit tnat had not acted prudently 4 knew
not whether the man had been killed or not
Ii he was murdered, [ could not inform against
my friend for felt that was the cause of
.ne ueed and yet my conscience told me that
ii dld not, should be a particf7,s c,t minis
| second IN the hideOus murder. Imagine nv
ieehngs-the strange connections which were
stirred IN my breast. as thought on the Incl
dents of the last night. On that same day,
determined to return to New Orleans-to. .leaye e
the scene OF that drama. in which had acted
50 strange part. 1 took lesve of my kind
hostess, aud heard the sweet daughter sigh Of
adleu L was soon lost In the lsbyrinth of
society In the designations of the city endeay-
or'ng TO drown every thought OF the whole
transaction.
Five Years passed away / had sought q
respite everywhere from my rcmOrse but in
valn L hHd never. rs yet. met him whom
considered a murderer At last. hy Soma
strange attraction, | determined to visit the
scene of my adventure. Things were scarcely
changed. A residence had sprung up here and
there, but the principal features of the place
were the same. Here was the house i'm " Which
had soJourned during that cyentful summer
Here was the house in which the horrible
tragedy mad been enacted; everything was
unchanged. L met Il boy ON the road from
houses The names were familiar L deter
mlned To call "H my gOad former hostess
AZ rude4p the avenue of dark ma.nOlias
the first person I met coming forth from the
house was the fair daughter. pale as the wild
lliy, which nestled ON her breast as i'm former
times. She saw me and started; her whole
countenance changed, and she sank faintine Ia
the ground In moment was doing all I
could 10 restore her to consciousness She
revived, and 1 supported her as she entered the
house. L remained with her through the eve
nlng, and felt that she had loved me- and had
been faithful to her affection for so long time
never suspected il before, and when / left
that evening. it was but to return daily TO her
whom had learned to love and cherish for
getting everything else in the all-absorbipg
passion
1t was the day after this unprecedented
visit that | sat with her on the yerandab
nearly lost among the balmy evergreeGs A
lady and gentleman were announced: and
felt my heart leap in my breast when heard
the name OF those whom | had not seen for so
long: There was no way Of retiring. and 4
could not advance. lie had stepped forward :;
our eyes met, and, with q most affectiOnate
greeting. felt myself inclosed in his embrace.
l endeasOred TO disengage myself for had
Degun TO hate him. whom l sill considered a
inurderer But few words Of explanation
served to dIspel the mysteries of that night
When he reached his house, with scarcely an
effort OF vOlitiOn. he rushed to his wife : apart
ment. The stranger was there. Without a
moment 5 thought, he struck him to the floor
1t was the exclamation of his wife which told
him that he had perhaps slain her own brother
But the young man was merely stunned. and
soon recovered. when the three went on tour
through Europe. The brother had lust returned
from visit to the North. 1t was the passion
OF the husband which prevented recognition.
How great load did the knowledge of these
facts lift from of my mind. l sued and OBJ
tained forgiveness for the results of my idle
amusements; aud FASTENED to supply by nv
sweetheart. whom soon married, companion
most amiable and lovely, instead Of-my broken
telescope II / ID
GsorgetOorn College,
PARAGUAY MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
From the pen of the traveller who comInuni-
Gates to the New York Commercial we extract
some very interesting notes of the way thew do
things in Paraguay.
NUDE TABLE WATERS
shortly after my arrival at AscunciOn I
was invited by Senior } to dinner, and haviD,,
accepted the invitation. | went on the follow
ing day at the late and fashionable hour os 9
o'clock. Several friends were assembled for
the OCCASION; but ut the table | was placed be-
tween two of the Misses j.. young blo6Ininc.
(for most Of the females Of Ascuncion are yeTy
fair,) and, without doubt, very pretty women.
Cues, then, my confusion. to find tbat we were
waited on ut the dinner table by N half a dozen
boys and girls, little slaves. all perfectly nude
Their lveries had cost nothing. their shoes
and stockings had cost nothing. not one Of them
had dressed for dinner; they were one and NIL
IN st0tU 19tRF4. At first [ fidgeted in nv
chair, and threw furtivo glances around;
but seeing every ono on either side of me, ill.,
cluding my fair companions, IA composed as if
the most rigid dccOrum had been studied. /
gradually recovered my serenity. and learned
thenceforward to know that whatever has be-
come the custom of the country. Is never sup
posed by the people tO have anything Oafy,e in
it How are We in truth, the creatures of
habit got go accustomed to these unclothed
attendants, during my sojOurn in Paraguay
and COrienteS, that on my return to BuenOs
Ayres, L thought there was great affecta i'm
dressing out the same class of servants there
from top TO toe.
CONVERSATION.
As the body is left loose and unrestrained by
dress in Paraguay, so the conversation of ali
classes is the most unsOphisticated in its CON
struetlOn that cGn be magned. There ist,o
eircaInspection, no subtilty, no mode of speeeh
by which one thing is made 10 stand for anolh-
er. At dinner, or any other occasions. right
before their daughters, the parents sometimes
give dissertations on domestic medicines dc,
which makes stranger blood run cold, but
which they discourse about with all the voiu-
bility Of clever mothers, in their maturcr years,
who have raised large family by dint oi their
constant application to The system of the doctor
and to which their daughters listen as gravoTy
through the details as if they were hearing
counsels on the Improvement Of the mind
-s NIGHT HAEIrs.
10 the principal streets of the city, long and
e1ntnuous corridors are built, which run along
on one side Of It. The principal shopkeepcfs
and merchants, who inhaLit this part of This
town, very warm nights Of summer convert
these corridors into common bed rooms The
portable beds Of these citizens are drawn out
and ranged along the covered way; and it was
curious to see them, az you passed along to-
ward ten o'clock at night, preparing for bed,
and some already enjoying their lepOse Some
were to be seen sitting on the side of their
stretchers, yawning. or smoking their cigars;
Others undressing with the greatest Sqng troid;
here one snoring, there one cOnyeTsng with
his next neighbor-and every one unconscious
of the Oddity of the scene in the eyes Of
stranger The same custom prevailed more or
less through the city, beds aud stretchers OBJ
structing The way in every direction. Very
HUE police Is exercised in ASCENSION, but such
thing as robbery or theft committed during
the night Is unheard of, and, in fact, such se-
cuHty was felt and enjoyed that people rest
fl..asRf a