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THRIL1.1Na NAR1Arrva !

Il HE SAtEN9HEh.
a rHan1uta nAanAr1va /
by Thomas DeQulncey..
Author Of Confessions of an Opium Ea.er." d. DC,
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"our journey pass oser; but as / aDproacb
your city, that sepulchre Of honor and hanri.
ness TO my poor fntnily, my heart beafs 9Th
frantic emotions Never do see that yenera.
Die dome Of your minister from the forest. but
curse its form, which reminds me Of whit we
the forest. For leagues befprr We apnroac chrd
the city, this object lay before US in re}ief UPON
the frosty blue sky and still it seemed never to
tncrease. Such was the complaint Of MI 1{tt]a
stster Marianne: Most innocent child would
That II neTer had increased for thy eyes, but
| remained TOT eYer at distance! That same
hour begun the series Of monstrous indiRnities
which terminated the career Of nv iRfated
iamly. as We drew up to the city gates, The
ohcer who inspected the passports 6ndinx nv
| mother and sister described rs Jet4esses. which
IN my mothers ears {reased in region where
; Jews are not dshorored) always sounded title
OF dfst1nct'uh, summoned subordinate agent,
WHO IN coarse terms demanded his toll. We
presumed this to be road tar for the carriape
aod horses. but re were quickly undcceiycd;
small sum Was demanded for each Of nv a.
ters and my mother, and for: 50 many head Of
cattle. l, fancying some mistake. spoke to the
mar man temper9tely, and, 70 do him justice, be did
! not seem desirous Of insulting us, but be
produced printed board. on which. along
with the vilsst animals, Jews and Jewesses
were rated at 70 much lend. Whilst re were
: debating the .polnt the officers Of the gate
j wore = sneering smile upon their faces-thc
! nost!ll'ons we're laugh e together; aud this,
! 100. N the presence Of Of three creatures whose
I exquisite beauty, in different styles, ngrceably
t' their different ages, wouldhase caused noble
men to hare fallen down ind worshipped. Nv
mother, who had never yet met with anY flag
rant insult % account Of national distinctions,
! was too much shocked to be r@pabie of speak.
inE. ! Whispered to hc7 few words, recalling
her to her nat':7 dignity ofmind, paid the money
: ensi we drove TO the prison. But the hour was
paxt ut which NC could be admitted and as Jenes-
:, :es,mT mother and sisters could not be alIowedtp
SLY IN the city; they we're to 60 into the Jewish
4nartcr pnrt Of the suburb set apart for Jewsi in
Ing tolerat'y clean. Ny father, on the next
day, we found, to our horror, at the point Of
DEATH To my mother be did not tell the worst
Of what he had endured. To me he told that,
! driven to madness by the insults offered to him,
hc had upbraidcd the court martial with their
corrupt pfopensities, and had even mentioned
that oycrtures had been made to him for quash-
ing the proceedings in return for sum of two
millions Of francs; and that his sole reason for
not entcrtAing the proposal wus his dstrust Of
| those who made it. They would have taken my
money said he, *und then found prctext for
putting to death, that might tell no secrets
This was too near tue truth, to be tolerated; in
concert with tue local authorities, the military
enemies Of nly father conspired against him
witnesses were Suborned; and finally, under
some antiquated law Of the place, he was SUBJ
Jected in secret, to mode oftorture which still
fingers in the east Of Europe.
l. He sank under the torture and the dcgra-
datlon. !, too, thonghtlessly, but by natural
! movement Of flial indignation, suffered the
truth to escape me in convcrsing with my moth
CT. And She; but will preserve the rcgu-
lar succession Of things, My futher died but he
had taken such measures in concert with nlc, that
his enemies should never benefit BY his property.
Meantime my mother and sisters had closed my
falher's eyes; had attended his remains TO the
| grave; aud i'll every act connected with this
| last sad rite had met with insults and degra-
| datlons too mighty for human patience. Nv
mother. now become incapable Of self f-command,
| IN the fury Of her righteous grief, publicly and
i'll court denounced the conduct Of the magis
! tracy--taxed some uf them with the vtlest pro-
! posals to herself-taxed them as a body with
harinS used Instruments Of torture upon my
| Father; and, finally accused them Of colluson
With the French military oppressors of the dis
trlct: This last vas charge under which they
| q.'a;led for by that tine tile French had made
Themselves odious 10 all who retained spark of
patriotic feeling. Ny heart sank within me
when looked up at the bench, this tribunal Of
| tyrauts, all purple or liv1d with rage when
looked at them alternately und ut my noble
iuost1er with her weeping daughters-those so
powcrlcss, those so base!y vindictive, and locally
70 oSmniipotcnt. Willingly ! would have sacr'
mission to quit this Internal citr with MY pnor
female relations safe and undshonorcd But
| tar other werc tho intentions Of that inceuscd
1naslsiracy. Ny mother WIS arrested. charged
with some offence equal to petty treason. or
<'Hnda<sm n4ay"dtun.. or the sowing Of sedition;
was she to look for evidence: Here was seen
| tile want Of gentlemen. Gentlemen, had they
| been even equally tvrannical, would have re-
coled with stlunc from taking vengeance on
| ~aman. and what vengeance. ., heavenly
poscrs' that should live to mention such u
Thing! Aan that is born Of woman, to inaict
| upon woman personal scourylug upon tue bare
| back. aud through the streets at noon day -
Even for Christian women the punishment was
serere which the laws assigned to the offence in
question. But for Jcwesses. by one Of the an-
Gent laws against that pcrsecnted people. fur
hcasier and more degrading Punishments were
annexed to almost every offence. What else
could be looked for III city which welcomed
/ itK Jewish guests By yaluing them at its gates
as brute beasts? Sentence was passed, and tue
| punishment was to be inflicted On two separate
| days, with m interval between cacA-doubtlcss
| Il, ,prolonE Tue fortunes Of mind, hu: under
yalc 1'rctcncc Of alternating the physical torture
Three days utter would cu.nc the first day Of
punishment. Ny mother spent the time in
reading her native Scriptures; she spent it in
| prayer and in musIng; whilst her daughters
clung and wert around her day und Il. Gilt
gr"veiing III the ground ut the feet sf
any people in authority that entered their
mothers cell. That same intcrval--how was it
pussed by ne! No" snark, my friend. Every
man in Office, Or that could be presumed
To- bear tic slightest influence, every
vile. mother. sister, daughter Of such men, !
hcs'ssed morning. n"on and nj ght. | wearicd
them with my supplicatons. ! lu,nbled my.
creatures, knclt aud prayed to them for tue sake
Of my mother. b sought them that might
uhdcrgo tue punishment Ten times over in her
| 6tcud- and once Or twice did obtain the en-
couEaEen,ent Of u few natural tears--giycn more,
however, Us was told, to my piety tlnu to nv
: mothers deserts. But rarely was heard out
! with patience; and from some houses repcl1cd
With personal indignities. The day camc; l
saw MY neither half undresscd by the tue base
| officials; heard the prison CRATES expand |
| heard tue trnmpcts Of the magistracy sound
She had warned me what to do lud warned
! myself. Would SAcriiicc retribution sacred
and comprehensive. for thc momentary triunpl1
I over IN individual: 1fnot, let be forbear 10
/ look out Of doors; for felt TINT in that sclr.
Sanlc moment in which | saw tue dog Of IN cxp-
cutioner raise his accurael hand against nv mo-
t!cr. swifter, t!lan ttr lightning would ny
dagger scarcl his heart When | heard liz
rnAr Of the cruel mob, pauscd-endurcd- -i,r-
bore. stole out By by-Eancs Of tie city fron,
my poor exhausted sisters. whom left sleeping
n cnch others Innocent arms, into the forest.
! There | listened to the shouting populacc;
! there even I fancied that could truce my poor
mother : route By the course Of the triumphant
cries. There, even thrf, even then, made
o, silent forest thou heardcst tne when made
a vow that have kept too faithfully Mother.
{ thou art agcngea sleep. daughter OF ofJerusalen,.
| for at length tue opprcssor sleeps with thee.
And thy poor son has paid. in discharge of his
| row, the forfeit ofhis own happiness, Of para.
dire opening upon earth. Of heart as innocent
Is thine, and face as fair.
81 returned. and fonnl my mother returned.
She slept By starts, but she was fcycrish and
aEitafed: and when she awokc and first saw
nc, she biushed. as ii | could think that real
degradation Ind settled upon her. Then
| it was TINT l tnld her Of my VOW. Her
eyes were iambent with fierce light fnr :. mo-
I mcnt; but, when l went on more eagerly to
speak Of n,y hopes and projects, size called mt
to her-kisscd me, and whispered: @, II so,
my son: think not Of yenseance-think only Of
poor Bcrenicc and Marianne lAy, that Thought
,rat startling. Yet this magnaniu,ous and for
bearing mu.hcr. as knew BY the report Of our
one faithful female servant, had, in the morn
| ing. during her bitter trial, behaved as might