, 1859-05-27

BY Thomas DeQuIncey.

rery pivbt after nv mother ind been committed
to the Jewish burning. ground, c7mc an officer
tearing m order far ne to repa;r to Vienna
Some officer in the French armr. hayinp
watched the transaction respecting mr. %.
rents, was filled with shanle nnd crsef
He wrote statement Of the whole to an Ans.
TRAN officer Of rank. nv fathers friend. Who
obtained from the emperor an order cluiniu.,
ME as Il pape of his own. and m officcr in thee
household service. o. f,enyensl what A neu1cct
that it did not include nv sistersl However,
the next best thing was TINT should USE nay in-
fluence at the imperial court to ret them passed
to Vienna This did, to the utmost OF nv
power. hut seven mouths elapsed before saw
tile emperor. II my applications crer met his
eye. he might readily suppose that your city,
my friend, was "a safe place az nnv other for
my sisters. Nor did l myself know all its
dangers. At length, with the emperor's
1eare Of absence, l returned. And what
and tiic ever faithful Rachel had died
The poor sisters c'nging together, but
now utterly bcrcft Of fricnds. knew not which
way to turn. In this abandonment they fell in
TO the insidious hands of the ruftiau miller. Nv
eldest sister. Bcrence, the staaelest and noblest
Of beauties, had attracted this ruffian's admire
tion while she was in the prison with her mother
the imperial passports for all, found that Ber-
enice had died in the villains custody; nor
could obtain anything beyond legal certif-
cate Of hvr death. and, finally, the blooming,
laughing Marianne, she also had died-aud 0f
a1lcton fer thcloss Of her sister. lou my friend,
Lad been absent upon your Travels during tue
neither my father nor my mother. But you came
in time to take under, our protection, from the ab
iorrcd wretch the jailer my little broken-he,rted
Marianne. and when sometimes son {Aucieta
that you had seen me under other crcun,stan-
ccs, In her it was, my dear friend, and in her
failures that you saw NINE
little, in the wav Of lore, which way turned,
but in the way of hatred cared everything. ]
transferred mysef to the Russian service, wi,ll
the REV Of ginning some appointment on the
Iylish frontier, which might nut It in nv power
to execute my vow Of destroying a1l the 1nasls-
tratcs Vi your CITY, War, however, ragcd, aud
carried me into lar other regions. Ii CEASED,
ration would see it relghted: for the disturber
Of peace WIS prisoner forever, and all na~
tions were exhausted. Now, then, It became
necessary that should adopt some new mode
for executing my vengeance and the more so,
because annually some were dying Of those
witom it was my mission to punish. 4 voice
cended to me, dav and night, from the graves OF
nv father md mother calling for Vengeance be-
fore it should be too late. took my measures
thus. Many Irws we're nrescnt af Waterlon
From amongst these. ali irritated against Sapo
Icon for the expectatiDns he had r1,sed. ouly to
df,annoiut. by iii. ereat assembly, Of Jews at
Paris I sniactcl c;,,hf ,rhnn, + kn1,r f,p1;urf,
"a mr,, hardened III military c1pcriencc a"ninst
t},c moyemcnts Of ,,ity. With these Is nv
LearIrS. t hnnlcd far somc time in ynnr for
.st hrfnre oneu;,,c mr. rrou1ar canDnairn. nntt
/ nm sur ri,cd tI,nt ron did mi heaT of tLr
death which met the executioner- /
mean who dared To lift fls hand against nv
fnrest: and l slew hiEu. ! talked with the
wretch. az strauver at first. upon tue memo
rable case nfthp Jewish laJy. Had he reIentcd.
had he EXPRESSED communication. J mirht have
rclcnted. But fur otS,crwisr: the dor. moi
dreaming Ia whom he spoke. exultcd: he
- lint whv rtncat thr Villains wordss /
,.ut lin n n;ccas Vcr, I did this. Nv ournt.
c,nsad ~ i'; natr;cnist" s.nara,n;, at th.s mi.
Inn. Tbrv assumed ,},e College dress, AMI
nSw ,n.rE tlo solnt;on nf tl,,t mystery wh;cE
,ns,a snc1' .'ernI.x viz, - smnt,. ~ stndents ,ro
nj; hal IN ,,ns,,sn;cteJ admission at nm,
hrusc Just t',cp tl,erc wns coomon
practice. rs you viii remember. amongst tLc
;n"-r1at IL n rntcrinr hGusr. in the academic
,irrss and yi,h tl.e facc masked. THIS uracticc
x,,h.;'t4.J evc, ,,ur;n~ Tia meet ;ntcnse oi,rn
iran, thc ,nnriarcrs. f,r fhe dress ~ tLc s-u,
dent. was xut,,,osed fl brinr nrotection a1onr
,r;fh It l.rt eren after sus,sicion lad ennnrct
cd itscif viii tlis dress it was sufficient TINT
>,,nuId amman ed 1T the f,rad nf te mask
% .rs tn insurc % them fr;eudy ~ recenton % ia Hence
il,r fncilty with which death wa, inflicted and
,i,at unaccountab,. absence Of any motion to-
wards nm alarm. took loId Of nv victim. and
l,. lonk,.,1 :t mo with sn,;inv securiiv Omr vel
ions were hid uuler uut academic robes: aa..
,yen when We drew them out, ut tie moment Of
nusd onr gesture. IN he mart Of the 1,uu,,,
mlmc We were performing, lid / relish thjs
| nbnsc If personal confidence in ulyselfy No
1Mt1,ei + mi ,rriryrt far lis tirc,ss;tr. hn,
nv nutLcr' a phantom not scen with bud;jy
eyes. but ever prrseut to nv mind. continually
| assembled before u,e and still | shouted a|uud
n mr. ,s,ounded victim. .1'h;s cnurs frtrn tLc
Srmcss. ms Honnd of mounds, no % r"n ren,rmsrr u tr
tie jcwess whom YOU dislonorrd. und tllc oaths
wIlicl, van broI,. in order thut YOU mi.,|1t dis.
| ,,nnnr her md lin. ri,,htrous law Which you vim
iatrj. md the cry If anguish from her stn which
| Won scoard ut.' Whn was. what / avenged.
] uud whom. / ,nadc every man aware. and rycry
If the eases need not renrat. One ar two
| ! vas OBLIGED. at The bevinnin~. to com.
| nit 10 mr. Jews The suspici1n wus tlms. from
1;,c t;rst turned ,s;,)e h,. thc notori.+v ,,f mr.
| presence. elsewhere bnt | took care tLat nou
suffered WIN Ind mt either bpen nnou thc
,-m;itv list of n,n,;st ratc* Vim coni. arrd ,}e
mothrr or of fho.p wbo turned o,sav viii,
I Ac{lTn Ei1nnllG8t16n
ION,
ait plcasca God. however. ia n]acc a michty
,c,nntnf;nn in ny naf}, which ,nsyhf hux,. 7,e1
.uad.d me- to torc1o ali fl,onvh,s If veurc,1,c.
Ia forget mr. row ia fnr,rt ii. yo;rcs ,gi.icl in
vukr,i mc ftpu, tie ,,rarc. This was Nar,ar.,
| I;chenfcin,. All, how terrific nrncurei III,
t1utv If Ilnody rrtrihutior affcr li.r nn,el:.
facc and nn.rcl's yo;cc hol cal,nc,1 ne
With rcsuect In hrr ,rran,1fu,her strnnue il
i, to nrntion. tint never did mr. innocen,
wife app+ar 30 loyciy a. precisely n The re}a
tinu oi ,rnnd. .dau,,h,er II hn,nf;f,t was hc,
I;1;E. ;,,,o"oca ~ h.r Au rt ~
;,n .,';;,r ro~,i,ne,;"ns .ssnc;...1 ,r;,t, 1,;,
t's i... ~. 't IT, s:'s;i,. Will, WILL nna
,natha,"s,;,1 ~ ! dai."aJ ,,,,n;sh,na:, oS ~. ~
ins, ard f,r h;a c3';,5's lrnr. ,ra.ia - ,ar .'
nardopr; h;,n-n.v ! Ind rrsoivrd ~ do so
nsn ,,rco , H., % ;.d 'es"n. d'e ,.,,;nn;. ~ m =,
,n.sarJ. <h;s mn s,ore ,t,t ha s.r1,,'i aacn,';
sh @ w I'll nm ren nt "uniu ,n aeSo,
m;cl,t l,r oIsii.cd ~ ;ncin,,e Har.nrct - ~ Il r.
,n;, unlcss aIharcd ~ H., or;r;r,l sch.nn
| rhan ! r;a1,1e5 far c;rr,,,,sts,,ca, ar,,",
III. ,n,n "';t1, ,"o,,entsrr u nn,ra- '0I. H.
tIr nrht t;xed nn was ono r T., vh;cl
J." had % r.,eon n ~ rno% +hat ~ nv "M; ,sf
ia,n,r t,o J;x;n;,E of ;n;',roa ~, ;s'a ~" w.. tt
,,i".a;n,- ~ ea,,'.,,r .ant,, ~ ~ NV ~
IHrnet nass any, t1, roa",;on ~ 'nf ~ a"I
t,.,n, -, r. ,,'os 1 ,.i nexeS ,e eeson :" a''
- tt,.! MI, - ' 'a1 ~ s.sa.e e'.an
',ha hnI I,o,, .a. ',';ar. au" =" .a T, .aos
no e>, nsa S W. se. ~ .AsuMnE Hes ane -
a, ta,,s. me 81; e-h; r.. susSso i ~ ur.oal
" ,"stcrod ~ "r'et r"d. UT: raiho scaseS
'nor. and ,nnro "s ,ha nat;... ta<,;, ~ hesss h
trcr %enoces he e ~ ris" ,o~,rds =. ~" e su
cn,;oncr Th;ncs ynra s,c ~ snse. XIV -. -
..';.,r..os ~, "1te a.n ,n nspee' tna' ~
'':E11.s.'Ss pn. ] snuea ena 10 'hc scene
to rr t u onsa ~ t., esson 10 ep nom
, ~ voh, p"oi nouSe ~ luz Je"lsh qaraIef Ano'
WY. ""tI ts " aoSs ~ NJ naa n'ssen arrange
Taa et net ~. n9u 9 .ds unna9ps Gounsefas1oag
,1e % n,3,os. nF ,nr ; ,!,e a snal u s
so1e pu' ~ ~, S'anusst'ne !ness3aHe W