Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-05

How HIv.s NAY UELP THEIR HUsBAHDs--A brief
.sc5 OF The lae Madame de LamaytjDe has inst been
published in Parl5, which tells the world something of
,, domestic life. Il aPpeaTa that she copied with her
land all Il 81. DE- Lamariiuc8 wOrks except Les
Jr0Gdus.' All Of the copy" supplied to The print
-E II mr. hand; she kept TIE poets manuscript
.-a|,otUs treasure, which she knew po5terit7 would
r,Ua highly she did lie wrote the pam Joce-
5r 10 q large album which he used for an account
b. :. ! he diverse face Of the leaves contained the
accounts of tie aocrers III lis viaeyards, the reverse
coveted with poetry. After the poem was con-
Pred and negotiations with publisher were carried
uccesaia issue, LaGlagtGe pointing TO the album
BE- mounted his 0Orse 10 make Que Of his usual ex-
a59CS asked his wife to 9eUa i the printer. She
Itced aud, seng at first nothing but the accounts
the labOrers IN tue Wing yard, thought there must be
N stake. She examined farther, and found the
rgrsa lace OF every leaf contained JOceIyn." She
uctd aLd took the album to her secretary, end res
uaty ST TO work to copy the poem. H. de Lamar
ue thought bis work IN the publishers handg until
* 0tccr|aId when, as they were sitting down to
.1a1as', sh2 gave him the album and the unbIotted
manuscript OF "jOcelyn.' The poet was so deeply
lChd lhut he took LCa and wrote the three deTica-
TRY slroPnes 10 maria Ann Eliza, which are to be
t1od On the inst pago OF that WORK. She copied all
" HI de LaEaStne's correspondence. She leaves
great many letters scattered the hands of friends
Tlca NJ DaTgaDd, 1t is said, s collecting with view
publication. They are represented az written with
G-at talent
still greater service vas performed by the vita of
-iC William Napier, in the composition of his great
TGk ca the "Ii!story Of the Peunsuia. War" Ia the
Lie o Sir William, recently published in LondoU,
vt u0d al interesting aiUs0n to her admirable zaal
@ll ~0ai:g. Nleu the mmeudU mass OF King 10
ssn correspondence taken ct Vttoria, was placed in
ny hancs, l vas dismayed at finding ii TO be huge
ctttIon Of letters, without ORDER and in three lar
slges one Of which did not uOder8tani. Many. al
So Slt IL very Grabbed and ilegible characters es-
FtCaiy those of J0sephs OVID whiting, which is nearly
IS GihcQlt 10 read as Napoeans The mos important
documents were IL cipher, and there waa no key Des
PulEg OF any profitable examination OF the yalua-
ys materials, the thOuguC crossed me OF Civ
@g up the work. when my wife undertook first to
51Hga he letters oy dates eDd Subjects next to max
at1 q eI,reLcep ra1slatiDg aud epitomzing the COL
's Of each and this, without ne5ec;ing for az in
5aUt the care and eda; alton of very large lam ~ she
e.ced II IN such a eiInpe ADD comprehensive manner
Gat II vas easy 20 ascertain the original document IN
i" moutnt6 she also undertook 10 decipher the cor.
:Foniencc and rot only succeeded, but formed kay
the wGcie, cstecing the Dulis and stops and 81
tcur4eiy, that when IN course OF time tha Original
~ vas placed Ia my hands, there polhing to earu
ha'lHS mentioned ibis 10 tho Duke OF Wellington be
7med q! trst ucCciuIogs observing must ntan that
slt had mate out the contents Of some letters 5IYera
3ii"ps Id dole this Ter him. he said but none baC
ever Made cut the nuils or formed key adding q
Sy-id have given So, GOO to any person who @oulc
Lave done ldat for NE Ia the Peninsula"