, 1874-01-11

1u0htH Vices. H1AY Oe attributed LDEI uLttI luOId
corruption into which he ultimately fell.
] TO sooTHE THIS MELANCHOLY,
to divert this e7an,ti By an t1noeasing round O
| novel amusements and dissipationB, Was tht
task which Pompadour undertook,, an
was the means b which she held ne
her life The secret Of that empire is contained
| in sentence-shc rendered herself indhspensa
! bic 10 his mode Of life. Upon these diversion:
| were lAylshed millions wrunE from q starving
| people. To provide entertainments, the 1ngo-
| nuity of poets and artists Was put continually
! upon the rack each one was more curious AM
costly than it's predecessor but tue king had
no taste for art or literature, and the novelty o1
the thing once exhausted. it became wearisoms
to him. To divert his melancholy Belle Vue
was built, private theatre Was es-
tablshed at Versailles, balls. 'feasts,
| petit soupers we're given and still the demon
| within him craved fur new food. intellectual
| and artistic pleasures we're soon exhausted. and
then diversion had to be found il vice vlcc, mol
! only as it luxuriated in courts and in the bear
monde bur as it testered IN tue CUTTERS and al
love In one Of the suburbs OF Paris the1e was
! low tavern kept by one nampouneau, whose
ccnyiyial disposition and coarse wit attracted an
| enormous custom to his houae. By and By his
| celebrity reached even tothe Court. Eureka
"A .;EW Pleasure
to divert the royal spleen! Mobiles, princes Of
| the blood. oven ladies' OF the court disguised
themselves, and paid visits to the gay caOafef1er,
| obscene nit, and to carry them away for the do
| lectation of their royal master. Far from deslr-
| ing to conceal their relish for such uNcourtly
pleasures, they openly blazoned it to the world,
aud the cnrbdretie,. for 3 season, became
the fashion-ths rage. Ills songs and Say
ings we1c in every noble mouth, male aud fe-
mae,-hls name was given to every new FASH
! ion,-clothes, furniture, sauces, dishes, and
they alone were looked upon with rid!c11le who
had nothing Ia Hampoahe0u And When tue
.]S 11rnE
we're sent out at nght to scour the human sew
e.s Of Paris. to collect their filth, 10 collect
stories Of debauch and yle anecdotes for tho
King g morning amuaeEont!
When her faded charms rendered her no long
or an object of passion, and the wretched woman
WAS pursued, night aud day, by tho tormentlng
fear OF rival suepiantiny her. she resorted to
the horrible expedient Of seeking out for her
loyer
NEW 3l1sTREaSE9,
carefully selectiuS tlem f1om all inferior rank
Of society. and such whose influence could only
be transitory Then came the establishment of
the Pare aux Cerfs, that most hidcous scandal OF
Ecanlalous reign. The daughters Of tho citi-
zens. some scarcely more than children, were
continually abducted and brought to this place,
where the King. rs pretended Polish noble IL
relative Of tho Quecn). visited them. No young
girl possessing any claims to beauty was safe
from the raids of his pauderers, who wore ever
in search Of new y1ctln1s.
Think OF the lfa OF this woman, busying her
self in every affair of State, ever rack1ng her
brain to invent now diversions, new vlccs TOR au
iucurable eunui, and ever pursued By the phan-
tom Of coming rival who should deprive her Of
the fruits OF her tolls. Ambition and retribution
divided her soul between them. Well might che
eav. ''My life has been perpetual fight.
The ennui of Louis XV. IS said to have cost
the nation .ooooo nm
This sum is perhaps IN exaggerated one but
even an approximation to it il terrible to- think
of. For besides these costly Pleasures there
we're tho burdens imposed by years Of ruin
ous war The effects Of this en0r-
nous expenditure upon the condition Of the peo-
po is thus terribly described iii one OF the
''Want Memorials which we're sent in to Pom
padour from all parts Of the country after the
peace OF Aix-la- Chape!lc. II cannot" says the
writer, represent the wfetchedness that reigus
in this Province. Tho earth yields nothing.
b1ost of the farmers, unable to live by the pro-
ducts Of their lands, have abandoned them.
Some have become hegGers, and others soldiers;
many have gone away to foreign countries. 4
hamlet which before the war supported ], 500 in
habitants, eau scarcely furnish nccessaries
for 600. Cattle have diminished in
proportion with men. Tho country is
lages where labor is still carried on men do the
work OF oxen." Another writer writes thus !:
" The subjects Of the King diminish every day
in this Province soon there will Sa no longer
any inhabitants. have desired the cures Of the
different parishes to furnish me with Lists of
baptiems and bur7a1s, and the number OF the
deaths exceeds the number of the living but Of
fifty Of the Kings bjects there are scarcely
two who navo bread to eat. Others die from
want. Marriage is almost unknown. and the
children that are born are the offspring OF de-
baucaery." =
ltiots broke cut in the streets Of Paris, and
gaunt furnished wTetches pursued the Kings
carriage with cries Of
BREAD! nREADi"
But tha co11rtieTs eloscd his ears ngninHt these
cries, and were assiduous only in efacins from
his mind those dark images. In the Gallery at
Versailles was picture representing Roman
Emperor giving bread to the people, and this |
was removed iu order that tho King might not |
be reminded of the wants or tho popu1ace. And |
he and his companions feasted and reyeled. and |!
the sale Of corn Tas monopoly, and people |
died Of want in the Streets
after us the del1ge:" said Pompadour, pro- |
photical1r. Verify the clouds had long been
gathering. Scores Of years before ele or her |
royal lover came into the world, the groans and |
tears Of the oppressed and their cries for JUSTICE
had been rising from earth to heaven and erok- |
ing Divine wIath. With Louis NV. began this |
storal -gathering-with thoso long, deHoating
and upon the masses a ter1iblo
i1critnge OF suffering tn he transmitted from
father to son. To complete the labor that Richie
lieu had commenced and upon tho ruins of tho |
feudal System to erect an absolute aud ir1espon
sible monarchy, was the leading aim OF tho Grand
life. In the splendor of his Oriental
Court henobillty became more gilded butterflies |
2 portion Of the trnppings that set off his own
but having no yisaltv apart from
him. The mobiles, By their constant attend
from the pcasantry, who we're ground down to
support their extravaganza ut Versailles thus |
Tho best tics Of the feudal system, those ties
With in the old days rendered the interest Of