New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-12

AAAoSubhVht Sihu III tuo pitLuICbVut
costume of the period came down to the
shore to greet the dark-visaged ecclesiastics OF
Geneva. Bidding them welcome to the new ssy.
hm of the Faithful, with hands and eyes raised to
heaven, he uttered long harangueful Of piety and
JUNCTION. I" His discourse finished, he led the way
TO the dining-hall If the redundancy of spiritual
aliment had surpassed their expectations, tho min
listers were little prepared for the meager provision
which awaited their temporal cravings; for, with
appetites whotted by the sea, they found them
selves seated al board, whereof, as one Of them
complains, the choicest dish was dried fish, and
the only beverage, rain water. They found their
consolation in the inward graces of the COM
mandant, whom they hkened 10 the Apostle Paul"
For a time, everything went on swimmingly. All
hands, not excepting the ministers and mobiles, la
bored with pick and shovel to finish the fort. Ser
mons, prayers, and the word of exhortaticn followed
daily in close succession. Viilegagnon was always
present, knechug on o velvet cushion brought after
him by a page. But he soon fell into controversy
upon points Of faith. Among the emignnts was O
;wigof theology from the SOrbonue, between whom
aud the Geneyan ministers therO arose fierce war
Of words. The questions came up, whether 1t IL
lawfulto mix water with the wine Of the Eucharist
OF mako the sscramental bread Of Indian meal. The
fort was filled with the braying of the disputants
There was no end OF factious feuds and c,iques
Villecagnon took sides with the student. Between
them, they hatched out new doctrine, equally re-
pugnant TO Geneva and TO Rome.
This nondcscript heresy gave fresh impulse TO
the strife. The pg-headed obstnacy of tho Cali
yinists chafed Villegagnon 10 fury. He also be-
gan 70 feel that he was in false position. On one
side, he depended on the Protestant Coigny; on the
other, he feared the Court. He might be reported
ga a hereto by tie Catholics In tho colony. AT
length, be received letter from the Cardinal Lor-
raine, which led to his reconciliation with the
Church. He confessed tha, ne Rad been deceived
in Calvin, and pronounced him frightful hereto.
His despotic nature now found full scope, and the
ministers reduced nearly to starvation, found
themselves under an intelerable tyranny. lie
finally drove them from the fort, aud forced them
to biYousc On the main land, at the risk of being
butchered hy the Indians, until they could be sent
back 10 France in o vessel which was loading with
Brazil wood In Che barbor. Having dispatched the
minister's ne seized three of the moro jealous CAL
vinsts, dragged them 10 the edge of rock, and
had them thrown into the sea. A fourth was
spared es being tailor, his services could not be
dispensed with. He then warned the colonists, In
a solemn assembly, TO shun the heresies of Luther
and Calvin, threatened that ali who proietsed them
should share the fate of their three comrades and
at the completion of his baranguo feasted the
audience in token oi triumph.
The back.robod ministers, meantime, Jared i'll
on their dismal voyage. The crazy vessel in which
they had embarked drif>ed slowly on the way.
Storms fell upon them famine stared
them in the fsce their provisions failcdi
their water casks were empty; tossed
on the wilderness of waves, they sank almost 20
despair. Torturedby the psngs Of hunger they de-
youred the Brazil wood with which the vessel was
laden, deyoured every scrap OF leather, Singed and
ate the horn oflsnterns, hunted rate through the
hold aud sold them 10 each other 81 enormous prices
Before they reached the coast OF Brittany they
were 90 reduced iu strength that they lay stretched
out OIL the deck scarcely able 10 move LIMB. la
addition 20 the perils Of tho ocean, they bore
sealed letter from Villegagnon 10 the magistrates of
the first port a, which they might arrive, denoun-
cling them as heretics and worthy 10 be burned.
Happily the magistrates leaned to the side Of Re-
form, and frustrated the malice of the military CON-
manaer. villegagnon himself soon sailed for
France leaving the colony 20 its fate. which before
the close Of 1853 fell into tho hands Of tho Portu-
gucse. They set upon them in force, battered down
the fort and slew the feeble garrison, or dispersed
them 10 miserable refuge among the Indiana
Thu. ended tho first attempt at Huguenot colo
uization in America; Spain and Portugal made
good their claim 10 the vast domain and tho sub
seauent enterprises Of the French are portrayed in
a delightful narrative which We are loaih 10 leave.
Among the French expeditions TO Canada de-
scribed by Mr.. ParkmaR, was that in charge Of
Poutnncourt aud Lescarbot, the romantic features
Of which arc reproduced With vivid and faithful
pencil. " LcscaIbot Was no common man. Not
that his abundant gif 4 vorse-making was likely
10 avail much in the woods Of Nov France nor yet
his classic lore, dashed with II little harmless
pedantry, born not Of tho man, but Of the times.
But his zeal Lis good sense, the yigor of bis under
standing, and the breadth OF his views, we're "a
conspicuous ns hid quick wit and his lively fancy.
One Of the best o. well as earliest records OF the
early settlement OF North America is due 70 bis
pen; aud II has been said with truth, that he was
no less able 20 build up colony than 20 write its
history" The expedition sailed from Rochelle IN
May 1906. "Of the Azores, they spoke supposed
pirate. For tho rest, they beguilei the voyage by
harpooning porpoises, dancing on deck in calm
weather, aud fishing for cod on the Grand Bank.
They were two months on their way, and when,
feyered with eagerness TO reach land, they stoned
hourly for the welcome cry, they were involved IN
impenetrable fogs. Suddenly the mists parted, the
sunlight shono forth and streaIned fair aud bright