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4! '4 lit h W Vol. XIX. UNION. THE CONSTITUTION. AND THE LAWSTHE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY. THURSDAY, JILY -1, 1839. IVo; 97S. TU contersata of the visiter was so f..f.5uB, tha tlw'i rwUili! ., jw.Oed to m ,0J befa, bur ,u ("ghtUrself regretting from the bottom T fcet heart thai there should bm j, jastcaaa to git ii rue. rout man' too nark ia be to b pitied! g4 eh J herself; wiib conception a4 ,e,j. bduiee aueb h must ,ac. ulk u he A, bow c!I fc mun U awar of lb tud.erouta of hi. Mmf svt( k-eidy It mutt feci ii! And wbea lie bad ukea lea for id pii.t. hCr com. pan'tons would oot allow her ta finish th jest the had thought it Jc.: V. npi at hit SPf 0. Well. Clara, whai' in meP j Tie gentleman called again tf, r,eii S eking! if there ny thing do j tnocuirg. and dart wat jel mor pleat. Vnat nutU t atl;ar same, it ia a ltd u, Lim by dar-Iight than ah bad hirUeyed quotation." I been t he evening before, and Ijr no meant -H.mpb! I going to add, how. idieeiti.fird when brr brother toIJ her ever. iut ywr Irtead Helen baa tnad ! tbal 1 baj invited hi friend to rata a u-i ii v.w cu an racritcm : ic w wave ia wc uraur. MIla ia a ar S M t I l f rota lb Bahiaa Maaaeat. " A FOLLY CURED. IT KIM A. K. r. ECCauv, ni4 car I, mm Ma-, tVtb lis esaat p. all aaaaact tVt g ar i ) (A"ir . Stil brother Ned! jsl fi.tea here! ll.rrtcd t , Jonaa Jea im. eq-. i M'a Feoilj Juaaa Jea l,n, t! b! ba!ho vould baet. ff dreaaed ibat a f ir of Helra) Hcon'$ tu cmU onrfjr a aa itli atat a.airi. I k Jrnkioa well. He ia mm cti fttn, in abiliticf, and jet mme. line) .Il., .ad bat of oil tbal, ilia each aaiBf!" I ouM no4 marry A polio, en. iaiti wtiliKw'tNHt furie, it be bure a tisme lite il at." -AbeaB.' Voo we J not l.k ao quiziicl." j So obiir : . Vita Inev mj uoliona about name. r( a, Kdoard. 1 UtmigUt I hid cured you of tbrn !'" .., indird! 1 dot,' intend to be cor r.l, ao lopf aa hae rraton on my aide. Surd uanea k Juhnaon, Jackt'in, 'Ihom ana, lo aay notliinf cf Smith, (men, l)ion. and liiark tahirh ein be ao tea dity traced lo tbeir aoorcre. are m a trrtkra; Uiey are to eery fiarvrrtne. I'artenuf! what a word f.r an .lane rio f irl I aaprmae, if.cn. that ach aa IMinnt, and Slartimer, and Mongue, and Fi'J tJiia and St. that wau!4 auit yeor fancy belief. Nonaenar! an not n eiUy at to go te irnhy old noe!a fur r.ini. 1 rnuld ,a aoon think of teleeung V'.wd and l)oriniha and Ma!iaa for chiituan namea. 1 like thoat that bear eooieihine eonae )urntial in Uien aooietbing retpeculle anmUiine '.f liilrrtitit ihat'a l' word you are auiamed lo let itut-aitmrtlnng nf How aid and Jjdney,or Herbert oouJd do? bi! bar - "Etacdy, and Clara Catterl ran oat nf the room to etcape her brother rail Icry. We inn it rid her of iltie foible," re. mirkrJ E48mI, erattly, ti bit elurf aiter, Uenrue, who aa now at Imme fr the firt tin after Iraiinf it as a bnJe, aaJ who tat tnilin at tli eollo lty. I bad intended. Clara," taid Edoard, w intite my friend, William Deaenn, to aiait me thit tHaiiner,bitain now indue eJ i change my mind. Yu mean the young man who took half the honor front you al college, and who del i e red that oraiin to full of ee rr thing to beautilul aid original, which I adorned ao much when 1 read u lh very tame, and eluded that hi common prevent you from recti in him at he tie arrtea. Your etymological eli'd might mak ll.o dirajrf eable diacovery through it, that one of hi aneeatort waa the ton of a man nmed lien." (Mara looked a lull confuted You know I wouldn't mind that in your (riend, though," Notwithstanding, I thall not aubit him to your eondecentiun," telurned EJward a he left her. The next evening Clara and hrr aia t-r were aitting tige'.her in the parlor "'In duak, ere atart were lit or camll.-a brought." the Inter Imiking moaingly upon the . ij li!t, nml tite I'irinrr tlinughtletaly twanging lit r guitir, I'll play that old dra I. 'Day a of abtence,' for you, Uer," taid ahr; "I know you are thinking abut Henry, ain't youl" Aa the tpoke. Edward uahered a gen tlrmm into the room, introducing "my niter. Mr. Huntley an I Mitt Calvert my friend, Mr. Demijohn." ; Clara tat for a momml if thunder truck, and then gate nudg of unnit- takan iaipnrt to Orrtfodc, who with her utual lady-lik coinpnaur had commene d addretoing th atranger. "I wonder how he ran look !" thought ahe, "hit oice. at all event, doe a not tound aa if It pima out nf a Demiiohn." It waa ve ry roahidinu. and in hia reply to herait. ter particularly gracefuU )et elill he feared lo apeak. If it a word might bring Iter ill-anpprcitcd laugh altogether out with it. '""t -- At length th lamp wer lighted, tnd CUra eagerly turveyed the vWiler. II wat what her vouna lady friendt would have pronouncrd decideilly ery escel. lent looking fellow ; a phre ot coura Ino hackneyed to b taken j by her fat tidiou lint. Ilia featorea were remark bly hamlaome, nd wor an expression which proved h bump of mir:h cnnpi cuoua on hit well developed forehead bv no meant mianlaerd. and which should not fail to be attractive to a damsel aa vi aciou aa the one engiged in thu tcru liny. intereatitig man, taid ahe, and ah fell into a deep ludy. A ray of nor thot acrota ber mind. Perbape bit firat nam might b more agreeable. Sb queation cd Edwtrd accordingly. Nam again V returned be, raiting uit unger. tag rat) that: Ad Utile, dear Cer- niu. our oia iot eucrteded admirably. Uraaoo. enduted lb obrioaet omil I waa. eonvincrd that ah would ttadiv bat ahared it with bim: and now. thouzh of court th it not sorry that be ia rid of ( wbo would be?) I thiik lb whim pretly lairfy eradicated. Yo and Ho ry matt hurry back aa tooo at potiL!e, to ina;ruet the younger folke i th do. tiet of married life, for lleaaon ia nr. gent lo attuta them, -and in epit of my wtarr judgment, bat pertuaded our iti! aia, tbt at eighteen th it quit ad vauerd enough iw rram and yeara fjr their apprtbrnaioa and fulfilment. b ili ta J, eoo dortcd in perron th aearefa J rvag wbieh Ersett alon teemed to for Eraeti. But the whole of Brntaela hat merited at bit haada. The Three Friend of nru cl. A XAKIiTirr rOlXOEB OS FACT. Sitne vearaaeother reaidedatRrcttela dire youn men, aaed Clurie Daran. ' wat only thuucht ihat bo had added telf. court, Theodore da Yatmont, and Ernett dettruction lo bia ether Crimea; but, on a d 8U Maure, whoa friendship fur each j mora minute examination, a am Jl pune other waa of ao ardent a nature, that they Jiur waa detected on the breaa,immedi taara anll limn k. ik. t - 1 !.:., I 11 ' I. wat esamiaed ia vata. Tb young maa waa to b teen aowber. - Al th tuleraa inveatigaiioa which tool; fdae into lb wbul of thie Uagie a (Fair, cirenmaunce am out which tended Uongly to fix th guilt of parricide on th miein youth. A tenknife, mark. ed with bit initial, waa fond near ih aeen of tlaoghter cotered with blood. Tbi', to all appearance, wat th imtra ment with which the murdert had been commit trd. Rewarda wer offered for th apprtheoainn of young St Maure, and in th rtiimaiion of all mea b waa accounted a parricide, until, oa the aixih morning after ihe murdert, a aew tuia wat given to the affair by the ditcovery of ihv youth body in a at'gnant well in thoutkirta of iheeity. At firtt. indeed. aa no wound waa aeen on th body, it The latparablt$. Th firtt link whic'o bound thet youth together waa th renminbi cireumatanc of their having lam ear I hav an excuie for it j been all thie born on one da v, and. being w, Vlli inmwi Well, her i bia card. Clara e oat-he d it eagerly: "John M. Demijohn; forgiv nit, Edward, but really I can't belp laoehine! it ia all of good familiea, they bad been con ttant playfellowain chilJhood. had atud.eJ at the tare academy at tchoolboyt. and had becom membert of the time uni- verany in ilrir mora advanced year, toch a very abaurd name! you mutt'iThroughatlihetetUgetofihetrexitteaee, cor let t lliat yourtelf! Uhey had exhibited the tame unvarying j auectinn lor on another, and bad ditplay Ed w aid and UerUud both tmiled. cd great aimilariiy in their laatet, feeimgt. and puraurn. Un readmit manhood. Mr. 1) , for ao Clara arranged bia name in ber revrnet, aoon became do rueetieaied among them. Edward, a com pclent judge in matter of that kind, held hit Uteul and attaiamenta in high esti mation. Gertrude believed bim to b at tnperior in character at intellect, and CHara bcrtrlf thought bim the mott poU iahrd gentleman the had ever tern. i . ' . II arcwnpaniru uer muvic 10 ner ut moat taiitfariion, read exquisitely, waa moat tuitable to bit birth and pretentiont. an aomirabl iiorarman t in aiiurt, lie , l) Valmoiit, on t'le other liand, preferred Thit had well nieh been patted over at a trifling and acci- denial acratch. At th urgent entreaty of on turgeon, however, th chert wat thoroughly laid open, when it wat found that the heart bad been pierced to ita cen tre by a tharp int rument of exceeding mioutenett. in a direct line with the ex teroal puncture. Thit obtioutly bad been the eiuae of death. At the young man could not thut have tlain himelf,andthen conveyed hi body to the well, it became apparent in all tint Erneat de St. Maure alto had fallen a victim to the tame ronapi- racy which had overwhelmed hit parents. however, circumstancea led them.aa might jThit, at all e rents, waa the atrong pre lias teen expected, to adopt different jtumption; and to aatituctory did iha die cnoraea of life. Darancourl, the ton of jcovery appear to the authorities, that the an eminent ohraician. aelected th oro l.'d the ton in the urns eras with bit feteion ft the law at iha road to eminence parents, ihu clearing hit memory, at far and tetpeetabiliiy in the world. St. at they could, from the dreadful charge Maure, whose father waa a nobleman of jof bring a patricide. The agumentt ol decayed f triune, rhost the arrav a -Charlea Darancouil were chirflr instru possessed innumrbi aitractiona, and with these in view, th eooaequoncca may be futtsed. Mr. I) 'a visit bad bera lengthen ed lo better than S month, whan .one morning, when h had been idly trrew ing th key of Clara' guitar for torn minutet whilst ah tat working near him, be t lopped suddenly, and announced hit intention of waking bit departure th next day. Clara ttaited and endeavored to raise her eyea to hia f.ce, but they would not obey ber, and then aa ineffectually th attempted to speak. The gentleman rote, atruck the gui'ar agsinal the table till the springs vibrated; pi' ked up a ahectof muaio and threw il down a jam; opened hia ip aa if there wat something to be taid. bui did noltucceed ia getting it ou', and abruptly hurried from the room. "Oh! hew with Gertrude waa here!" half aobbed Clara. Gertrude bad left th wetk before. Edward entered. "Why, Claia, child.' exclaimed he, hat ia th mallei! Look I have eon up here; why, upon my word, tour eyea name mignt; are quit reus now cuij you nav ao Iml taste aa to tit with a gentleman in that irimf lei'e hear what aila you." Nothing, brother Edward." "It that all! Oh, then, I nred not concern mytrlf about you : I have rea ton to d to about tomrtliing cite, though. Demijohn intendt leaving tit to morrow, did he tell you to! Really, Clara, you aeem aa much agitated al my new at any young lady could b who had terious aspirations 10 become Mr. John M. Dem'j ihn." Clara buial int leu. Edward p?ued a moment, ami then went on. - "You don't usua y let my leasing distress you ao, Llara; 1 beg par Ion. But to our subject. 1 have not isked hiin ti prolong hit ety; I think it beat to all iw th pour fellow lo go whilst be ha a little remnant of hia heart to uka with hito, w hich would eertainly not be the cat if he remained tho captia:ing atudy of Irlteie and th fir.e arts to the rur nit of any rnsiti profession; and the circumstance of hia father, a retired culoitet of engineer, en.llcd the young rain, foe the iiin al least, lo indwlg hit tvatet in ih re-jn-ct. Lrneat d bl. Maure, al lh period whence ibis narrati take it date, bad not yel joined th army, but iha imperial mandate for Urusaelt wat then within the dominions of Napoleon) waa looked for d.ily. and Count Ie St. Maure and hit lady were Badly preparing their mind for parting with their only and beloved ton. At thit time it wat tbal Charlea Darancourl, w ho had been recently admit ted a member of the masonic fraternity, look an opportunity of suggesting to young St. Maure the propriety of entering the tame society. Daraticnuri't counsel was founded on certain stories told of soldier having fallen into the hand of the enemy, and hating been aaved by discovering a brother-mison in tome of the captort. Now, wbo know," rri?d the young barrister, with the ardour of friendship. but you, St. Maure, may be thrown into a similar situation, and may escape by the like means?" Though disposed to look upnn the mysteries nf masonry a auaelest mummery, St. Maure allowed himself to be peisusded by bit friend, and promised to undirgo initiation at an earlr dav. At the sa ne lime he would content only on condition of Darancoutt himaelf acting at tola initiator, which the barrister, however irregular the pro ceeding might be, professed bia willing ness to undrrtitke. During the Sunday immediately follow ing the day on which thit conversa tion took lace. Count de St. Maure' house waa observed In be ahul up by the neighbours. None of the imnaira, at leaat, were teen to iasue Irom il, though they lud r rcr bren remarkable for their punctuality in attendance on the rervicra of ihe church. The neighbour, however, merely concluded some of them lo be ill. Hut about eight o'clock in the evening Charlet Darancourl and Theodore de much longer with you. At it ia, I found Yatmont called, in order to spend a tocial . ..... . e 'i r....:i . ti.-;. I it necessary to giv litm a hint ol your prejudice! about name, and left him lo inter that of course hit case would be hoprleta. Edward! how could you!" interrup ted Clara. with a tob; "don't, I beg, think of my folly any more." I must and will. Clara, till 1 know you are cured ol it. So I am, indeed, altogether." Are yon turef quite turet" Dear Edward, lor pity's take, don't jett now. ? w . .tt. a "1 Have no opjectmn to ot ueving vou; but there are other lo be convinced of il betides myself." taid her brother becon ing through a window to hit guott, who immediately joined them; " and firtt of all, Benson, here my old friend Wik Itam Benton; don't get an pale, Clara; why, what frightena you f thia name ia not more frightful than John M. Demi john, ia it! You miy debate that point between yourselves, however, and in half an hour or ao I will be in again lo hear your conclusions." A week or two after, Gertrude rcceiv j a letter fro n EJwarJ, of which a pat- hour with the fa tti'y. Their repealed knocking at th door remaining un answered, they at length alarmed the neighbourhood. The door wa burst open, and, to the horror of the spectators, four murdered bodies were found in the various bedrooms- The corpse, whose throat were shockingly cut, were those of ihe Count de St. Maure, hi lady, and their two servant. It waa also found that a desk had been broken open, and plundered of valuable jewel, known ,lo have been there. On this appalling discovery. Daranconrt, whose friendship for the family waa well known, appeared at first paralyaed with grief. When he recovered from bia trance-like atopor, he ruahed from the house, - exclaiming, My friend! my dear Krneei! Where it mf noor friend!" Thia exclamation called the mind of the epectator. for iha first time, to the circumstance of young St. Mauro' absence. The uthnriiie were npeedilv called to the tpot, and among other atept taken, a tearch waa instituted for Erneat de St. Maure. i De Valmnnt, who retained much more pre o nee of mind than Darancourl had ex mental in procuring thi justice for hi departed friend. The young advocate ditplayrd in this eau-e all the warmth of sorrowing afTecii jn, and all the powei ol toreutic genius. No further light wat thro an on the fit of ihe St. Maurct, until tome week af'.er the tragical event. Several paper were then discovered in an escritoire by me late count a Drntner, wntcn threw a t!aik tu'picion on one of the most ami mate fuendt of the deceased on, I hen- dote de Valmnnt! It appeared bv the documents that De Valmont had fixed hit aflVctione on Emily Duplestis, beautiful young lady, who returned his pasion, in tpite of a iong-etanding quar rel between their families. Ernest de Su Maura and Chailra Darancourl had been De Valmnnt' only confi.lani. and ha assirleu In in in procuring interviewt with the object of his affection. . Being thut occasionally brought into contact with the young lady, Ernest de Su Maure had himaelf been inspired with a deep and unhappy pasaion for Emily Du pletsit. tie had confessed thi to Dar aticcurt, and had at the tame time declar ed hit resolution to root it out of hi mind, and to die rather than injure De Valtnont. But the passion had not been to easily overcome, and De Valmont had at length became aware of the truth. This led to a series of letters between htm and St. Maure, which letter wete now dis covered. In some passage! of these, D Valtnont reaaoned with trnest at Willi a brother on the aurjeel of hit misphced passion, while in outers Theodore used language, that now bore a most unfortu nate aspect. You know me loo well," said De .Valmnnt in one letter, "not to feel convinced, thai, independently of all other motives, an innite aense nf what is due to my own honour would urge me to inflict the most ample vengeance on the head of him who could avail himself nf my unbounded confidence to estrance from me the affections of my adored Emi ly. These, and other passages of the discovered correspondence, tdmitted of an inference to unfavorable lo Theodore de Valmont, that the authorities,on having the letters laid before them, immediately took him into cusindr. Various other circumstances of a disadvantageous nature eame subsequently into view. It was remembered, by those who had been pre- sent.how comparatively little emotion had been shown by Theodore on the discove ry of the murdered bodies, while Daran Cbsrlea D.rmeoort waa anrcmitting ia bia attempt to avttaia bi imprisoned friend under ihe heavy aflictioa of each a charge at this. To DaraaeourtTbcodor confided th task of Common kali eg th intelligence of thit accusation la Eatily Duplet!. The young ldy wat to dread fully aflVcied a to aink into a violent fe ver, during th raviegt of which aba re vealed to her parenta ih fact of ber hav ing not only loved De Valmont, but of ber havieg been recently uni'ed to I iw by a pritate marriage. Thie information, which aha did out gainsay on recovering partially from her illnett, had the effect of w idening the circle implicated ia thete dark transaction, tine th parent of Emily had the grief of eeein j her fat bound op with that of one on whom a rharg retted of th anoat atrocious kind. Tbeir pretiooe hostility lo the De Val montt the parent might perhapa hav readily got over; but there wat bow deep disgrace attending any connection with tit very nam ol De V almont. In cis eovery of the marriage waa therefore concealed. Tb morning allotted for De Valmont trial arrived. The officer went to hit cell to remove him, but lo! the place waa empty! The prisoner bad undermined the cell, and escaped by traling the prison wall. On ihe ubt lay letter addretaed to Mademoiselle Dutdetsit. which wa opened by the authorities, and waa lound to contain an animated and tolemn aeition cf the writer'e innocence. Bui, teeing cireumtmcet to bear tgaintt him. e had resolved (th letter taut) lo taka th only viasble mode of saving hi life. in the hop of on day proving hit innocence; and until this wit established. he never would return (he taid) to Brcttelt. An energetic tearrh waa made for Theodore de Valmont, but it proved frui'.leta. Thut wat justice azain baffled, at a time when il had fixed, in it own belief, on the true criminal. But Theodore a letter, which waa long and eloquenUv pathetic, made a deep imptettion in hia favour on many peraon. and anion oth er, on th (..irntt of htt wife, Emily Duplet!, or rather De Valmnnt. On conversing with their daughter, Uiey moreover learned Ihat 1 beodore had been visiting Emily on the night of the mur dert. aud had hurt hia right arm in rrort otf th garden wall of her father' house. Not knowing that Emily in her illne had revealed ihe mairiage, De Valmnnt would not betray the secret, and hence hia confuted anawert when questioned. at already mentioned. Knowing thete thin, Emtlv' parents longed for The ndore' return, which might now have been comparatively safe. But h could not be beard of any where. The parenta now contented lo the open acknowledge j ment ol their daughter' marriage with the benl Theodore, w hich content Emi ly had atrong reason for entreating from them. W hen Theodore had been absent tevrn months hit wife gave birth to a eon, for whom Chailee Daranccurl stood rpon sor al the font, Darancoutt on thia oc casion, after pledging to the mother and child, called on the guesta present to join him in drinking ' to the happy return of the abent father, and may hit innocence toon be established!" Strange t say, this wish teemed in tome measure fulfill ed, nt many days after it utterance, in a manner that deeply affected him who uttered it. A cart was stopped one night at ihe city barrier by one of the collector of the imposts. io contraband good were found in the cart, but, in the act of tearch, a small box fell off, -and waa cruthed by one of the whet!. The col lector assisted in gathering up it con tents, and while "doing to, picked up a brilliant diamond brooch The collector had bepn once in the service if the Count de St. Maure, and instantly recognised the brooch, which wat of great value, aa having belonged lo that nobleman. The carter wa taken into custody, and, on examination, stated that he hd been em ployed by a gentleman to carry trunka and various article of furniture to a coun try house about a mile distant from Bru tels. Being asked the gent'eman'a name, the man readily gave it as " Monsieur Darancourl, the younger, residing in the Grand Square." j Charlet Darmootirt wat ere long, at hit friend Da Valmont had been before court had ditpUyed ench agitating grief! him, consigned to a prison on the charge and horror. Ihides, De V almont, it now appeared, had been met and recognized near the scene of guilt on the night of lite murders. When asked to explain where he had been, De Valmont showed manifest confusion, and taid he had been visiting a friend, but positively refused to name that mend. And, moreover, a respectable female came forward, who averred that on the third or lourih day after the tragedy, ahe had washed a shirt for the prisoner, the right sleeve of which was clotted with blood. The explanation which De Valmont gave of thia circum stance waa confused, and improbable. On these grounds of suspicion, Theodore de Valmont was appointed to take hia trial for .the murder of the St. Maures, though no one could even imagine a reason for his having included the parents in that of murdering the Su Maures. The strange fate which had thus caused sus picion to fall on tho very dea-est friendt of the deceased, made the ease most re niaikable in the eyea of all men. Charlea Darancourl was brought fairly to trial. He defended himself with equal calmness and ability, declaring the brooch ta hav been given to him in a present by the Count de SU Maure. On the other hand. the Collector proved that the count had ever seemed to regard the brooch as the mo V, valuable ol hi family jewels, and had once refused iu in the witness hear ing, to his own son. There was, on the very face of iu an improbability in the notion that a man of small fortune, like the count, should giv away a jewel of such value as a mern friendly present. It was further proved that Ernest de Su Maer had b-ea last teen entering iha prisoner' , oa tit aigbi before bl dittppearanee; and on being called for ward to tell what they knew, Charles Darancourl three tervania were found ta hav keen all em oot of the way oa - rie errand, ow tb night ia qaerion. A chain or presumptive etulenc of this nature waa elablihed sgaioat Daran court, and. ia despite of tb talent with which be defended himaelf, b waa row drained la die for lb narder of th St, Maores. ' . ! Cbsrles Darancouil solemnly prieaied hi innocence, and continued to repeat th amnios during tb interval spent ia awaiting the fulfilment of bis sentence. The fatal day at length came, and the prirocer waa led out to the scaffold, to di an ignominiou death ia prraenca nf assemble thousands, who looked oa with strangely mingled feelings of pity and asiitfaetiun, caused by the ambiguous and mysterious nature of the case. The majority of the spectators eoolJ aol bring their minds to belie ia the commission of such wholesale tnordera by oce man, and that man an ingrnuoue youth and a dear friend of th sufferer. But th decisioa of ih law, though it could oot remove doubt, waa not to be opposed. When all was ready oa the scaffold, and eternity immediately before him. Charlea Daran court pulled from hi boso:a a l I packet, and handed it to the prieal in attendance, with direetiona that it ahould he given after his death to bis father. Th fatal cord waa about to be fixed, when a loud about arose from the po pulace, and the crowd was seen opening op to permit the pattige of a hertemart accompanied by aeveral aoldiert, "A respttr! waa the cry. Th populace, already excited by thit even,' were ttill mora to when they beheld th honcman spring to th scaffold, embrace th pri soner, and then advance to address ihem etves. It waa Theodore d Valmont! II tpoke at tome length to the multitude, telling them thaU on hearing of Daran rnurt'a condemnation, he had flown l. Parit, and had detailed the whole cireum - tlancet in the emperor, who had been thut moved to grant a respite. 1 knew my own innocence, continued Theodore, and I could not doubt that my beloved Iriend wat equally innocent with my eir. Our intimacy with the unfortunate deceas ed hat well nigh brought death on both of ut, fcr that intimacy ia onr ao'.e crime. The tvystery which hangs over thit tad atory heaven will clear op ia ita own good Hint. 1 he ahoote of th people rote joyfully on the air, for the word of De Valmont carried conviction with them. What were the feelingt of Charles Darancourl on being thua snatched from the crave? He tetained all hia calmnets. and merely ottered a few broken aen tenees, exprettir of gralitud to heaven for hit liberation from the charge of being murderer and a robber, lie then turned mildly to the priesu and requeated the restoration of lh packet. Th prieat wat about to comply wbea on of th attendant officera anatched it front Ihe holy father'a hands, declaring it to be his duty to retain and show it to bis superiors. The prisoner quietly remonstrated against this seixure of papers relating only to private famuy sfftirs. But the officer was obstinate. D.rancnurt and De Val mont were then eonteved to priaon, aa the tespite ordered, till the emperor's will should be further known. On reach ing prison, Charlea Darancourl immedi ately communicated with hit friends, and protested anew against the seizure of hia papers. The authoiities did not listen to his requetU . - Well might Daranconrt struggle fir the repossession of that fatal packet! Be. lieving death inevitable, Darancourl had there mad a confession and what a confession! A confession of fiv cool and deliberate murder effected by Aina without aa accomplice ! The following is an abstract of thai paper' content: Having formed a deep attachment to Em ily Dupletti. Darancourl had revolved to cut off both De Valmont and Erntat de Su Maure, at obmclea ia hi way. Ernest fell firet into bis power. This, victim came to the houseof Darancourl to be initiated into the mysteries of ma sonry, under pretenra of oerformin these, Darancourl had contrived to bind the young man so that he could stir neither band nor foot, and had ihen open ed th victim' dress, and thrust a knit. ting needle between tha rib into tha centre of the heart! Ernest de St, Man re died instantly, almost without a groan. Taking a key, by which the deceased let himself into hia own house at aighte, from Ernest pockets, and also a pen -knile. Darancourl then carried the body by a back road to a neighboring well, and threw ii in. He then hurried to tha Count de Su Mauro' a house, let himself in, and murdered the master of th house, his wile, and hia two domestics, whil sleeping in then beds, . Tha principal mouv for Daranconrt' . entering iha house was th lire, to gain pottion of a bond for 6000 franca, wbieh, out of his alender tneane, th count had lent th young lawyer, to prostcut hisjstu dies. The murder of tha servants, and. indeed, of , tha other vioiima also, was committed lest they should dUmrta him Ii 4 - i
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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July 4, 1839, edition 1
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