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OUR $ wsx 3 &fo& | 3 orttmt ^ raWeru . Henry Clay . ( jlay has breathed his last . His political * kD \ i 3 o » any ^ S * ear 3 ° ^ unrewar de < I patriotic S ^ " ' , are ended , and he sleeps with the many great ' $ '* % of tbe American Republic . To every pab-: s tn
•^ -pcv— compromise . was warml y attached lo ^ ^ : e of Freedom and of Progress ; but he -was ^^ iu that stern and unbending determination si nt nothing less tfc . au tbe truth , that nnaeviat-: aita c ' iaicnk * ° Principle which characterised the ^ r » en of antiquity . MVitlsout doubt , he was warmly attached to the ., ^ - Truth , Justice , and Liberty ; hiB refusal to . ¦^' d-fan ! the prejudices of any party of his coun' % & . hu' 1 hisenthusiasm in favour of South AmeiiTi-aini Grecian Iudependencc sufficiently prove it ; ¦¦ r-i' « iUs (! Yer descended to the little excuse , the ; . ; ' j : , ,-. xpe < Jien -y of the weak-minded and unprin-W »\ , attempting to servo the cause of right , by ^ V . nlr 'Vioug against wrong , ana bargaining with
Sties ' , to procure toleration for truth . Born and "* ' ^ . « t « i in a sluve state , it is the more honourable t !; Vhe ; i'l , and to his heart , that he was capable of >^ tins the fetters of the iniquitous ideas by which £ 'niK'l had been warped in childhood , and that he 7 ? wnerous enough to protest against slavery—that "C'Yiess sin against Jlumauity—and to labour for i je ijestructionof the atrocious and degrading sys' . & , But it would seem that he was too generous . ^ So just . In his case excessive generosity was not U > -ix a failing , but it was a crime ; for it prompted ^ a to make terms with injustice , instead of aiming its immediate and complete overthrow and
exter-^ ation . Henry Clay was born on the 12 th of April , 1777 , H : < nover county , Virginia , consequently only three bTS nfter the Declaration of Independence , and in the , . t » which was to produce some of the first champions ' -i jfmrnors of the American Confederation . His % Includes the whole era of his country ' s history , tem the doubtful contest of a revolted colony and ^ formation of the Union to the present exalted ^ . jitiou of its prosperity and power . For upwards '" . ; f , f ; T years he had taken an active part in public , « j ? . " At tbe early age of twenty he began to ^ Sse tbe law with success at the bar of Lexington , t ' lha State of Kentucky , which he thenceforth [ Lira as his own . __
£ vea then , though but a youth , he became a ranusellor of the People by addressing his fellow jjiens from place to place in favour of providing , in * 4 r State Constitution then about to be formed , for ^ Gradual Extincti on of Human Slav er y througb - k : their State—a suggestion which was over-rulefl fe short-sighted egotism , but which , had it prevailed , hM have rendered Kentucky ere this as wealthy , Lalons and powerful as Ohio now is . Fifty years
; vr , tbe i- evision of that Constitution afiorded him a tpportuuity of reiterating his convictions on this ill tkaie , which slave-holding selfishness again Ttr-ralod . "While this decision is deeply to be re-; a : e ! i , the cause which enlistB and retains such an [ :: oja ! e can never be j ustly deemed hopeless . Kentakr will heed more profoundly the voice of her ts iiiastrious statesman , now that it is hushed for kin death .
hi it may have been that m thus advocating the ikd extinction of slavei'y , he failed to awaken j snopathy in the minds even of tbe unselfish , for savery was an injustice—a crime—to speak of its : kal extinction was unjust and criminal . "With so and injustice no honourable-minded man can s % m : « ko any compromise . And if it was ¦ re ly in matter of expediency to be abolished—if a a caarse was preferable—it was only natural atthe slave holders should fiud it most expedient to $ se abolition , and to uphold the * domestic institui ' The next great topic which enlisted Mr . Clay's ithfsl energies was the foolishly arbitary Alien and i > t : on Laws .
voided by hi 3 strong instinct of sympathy for asomand " hatred of despotism , Mr . Clay enlisted tbe support of Jefferson , and contributed by his jalar eloquence to the zeal and almost unanimity sevriihthe West supported Ms election and admiaalioa . The War of 1812 also found in Mr . pone of its earliest , heartiest , and most efficient
inpiOUB . living served with distinction in the Legislature of stocky , Mr . Clay was chosen in 1806 to the U . S . bte to fill a short vacancy , and was soon after l&cted for a longer vacancy . Retiring from that k ha was chosen to the House , whereof he was Mediately made Speaker , a compliment never paid U&y other new member . Thence until 1825 , when accepted the first place in the Cabinet of Mr . pas , Mr . Clay , with scarcely an interruption , [» tbe master-spirit of the House , in which lie | = fe& an influence entirely without parallel . Whe-§ 3 as presiding officer , as a debater , or as a
practi-; ffgislator , that House has known no other mem-- ' -riio could be fairly pronounced the equal of ay Clay . 3 s conduct of the State Department was able , SiSed , and efficient , and several of his State Papers « ta ap in that capacity , are models for just senti-| t and concise energy of expression . j ' ttiring to private life at the close of Mr . Adams ' s & he was thence called to the U . S . Senate in W ~ remaining a member of that body , except Pg a brief period of voluntary retirement , to the p f bis death . That he exercised therein an in-P » rarely conceded to any legislator , and still
? rar"l y to a minority member , is undoubted . ' ' bis speeches in the Legislature , though , such ^ ocd for him great influence with hi 3 brother ^ tors and the people of the time , are not such as *} uiie for him fame or honour for posterity , in •^ nence of their being grounded upon expediency toaijiromise , and not upon principle ; their influ-Ntcnded no farther than to tbe hour when they [• spoken , and to the circumstances which called P forth . Henco the great body of his speeches , P have rarely been surpassed in gpgency and ferpf illustration , in fitness to tUe occasion and hi argument , will be rarely flausulted by future
Uions . kever may have been his faults , Henry Clay > wavered from his faith in the principle of e % ity of the people , and in his hatred for des-^ History had taught him , that the greatest C ^ for a free people was that of their becoming ! with a brilliant tyrant Hence he ever * ii 3 voice against the popular folly whenever ^ Wed a disposition to bestow admiring praise . 2 a citizen conspicuous for qualities other than d ' & patriotic abnegation * . Witness his noble
^ herein , 1818—19 , he arraigned at the bar of l ^ aad the country , the outrageous usurpation •? £ r by Andrew Jackson , in the unauthorised ^ and conquest of Florida , then the undisputed "• ™ a nation with which America was then at S . speech by a civilian , in , exposure and L" ^ ion of the tyrannies and crimes of a victo-LJ" idolised military chieftain was worthy of > f a = e ° ^ any republic , ancient or modern . K $ " ever ^^^ to love and honour him for his I . , Patriotism in psrnnsino- and resisting- tbat
KjBtt of republics , a bliad admiration of miaim ement ^^ disposition to varnish ov « r 15 ^ n \ of conquefors . When such exposures ¦ , y , tha Public ear unheeded , theu is the comm ^ h Teffi to oecome *^ e P y of some mad » . j . ' ^ -grasping Cesar , or assassin Bona-¦^ Bt a- " Clay ?^ S hi 9 P oIiti cs or party a ^ v 4 } ^~ 5 i is among the most success . H '* Vr -j ° * tne ^ t generation . Five candidates ¦ Wjc r cy wete iQ the field—all belonging to H ^ sofrt c V ™ ? ef 1 iat time—three of them mt i . " th e existing Dflmopratift
administrationhd ^ L Secretary of State ; Mr . Crawford , Se-1 ^ J » 5 Mr . Calhoun , Secretary of the Navy . r : u' ° , tffo , Mr . Clay was Speaker of the K j ; ral Jackson was a U . S . Senator . Be-1 V 3 ^ ewascast , Mr . Calhoun retired p 0 Z f threw his strength into the | nej J [« Jackson , whose friends thenceforth PCI Y'ce-President ; yet no oae ever I * - « wo with having formed a corrapt coa-
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liKon . Mr . Crawioid « aS prostrated bv a severe and lingering illness , whereof be died a " year or so afterwards ; Mr . Clay received not quite votes enoucjh to carry him into the House , and was virtually constrained to support either Mr . Adams or General Jackson , with both of whom he had been at variance , but far more with the latter . He supported Mr . Adams , as La Fayette testifies he had told him in confidence , months before , that he would do if compelled to choose between him and Jackson ; and this has been persistently represented by his enemies as a desertion of Democracy S Hereupon he has been stigmatized as a Federalist , and hundreds of thousands who would otherwise have su-ported him , have therefo re united in hunting him down through the last twent y-five years . r 5 t - - Mr . Crawford « as urush-ar , ^ w n ^ cv ™
Henry Clay in the National Councils was from first to last instinctively an advocate of all those measures whereby a nation is strengthened by inward growth rather than external accreation . He sou » ht national greatness and glory through the facilitation and cheapening of internal intercourse , the creation of new branches of industry , the improvement of national resources , rather than through the devastation of forei gn territories and the dismemberment of neigbouring countries . Of that system of policy justly known as * the American System , ' he was one of the founders and has been foremost among its untiriug and efficient champions .
Although calumny and misunderstanding of his real character has prevented his elevation to tbe Presidential chair , it is not for a moment to be doubted that ho was at least as much worthy of that honour as many of tiiose not better intentioned , or possessed of a better policy , who obtained it . Yet he would not , perhaps , have been disappointed , for disappointed he undoubtedly was by his want of succrss , if he had cast aside his fatal tendency to compromise , and appealed to the people on the broad ground of principle and universal justice . Henry Clay ' s illness has been long and painful . Although his death had been almost momentarily expected for some time past , yet those in attendance did not even on the morning of his decease anticipate tbat tbat sad event was so near .
During the preceding day and night , he seemed to breathe only with the greatest difficulty , and evi . dantly endeavoured to communicate some wish to those about him , but from his utter prostration , scarcely anything that he said was satisfactorily understood . It was on the 29 th of June tbat his death took place . On the preceding afternoon there appeared to be a giving way in Mr . Clay ' s system . Imagination attributed it , in some degree , to excitement produced by the enthusiasm of the Ratification Meeting . At night he was calm , but his mind wandered , and in a low , distinct voice , he named his wife , son , and other relatives . Eev . Dr . Butler offered his services to watch during the night , but they were deemed unnecessary .
On the morning of the 29 th , Mr . Clay was perfectly tranquil and exceedingly feeble , and showed a disposition to slumber . About half past ten o ' clock he asked for cool water , which he was accustomed to take through a silver tube . On removing the tube from his mouth , he seemed to have more difficulty than previously . He turned to his son and said , * Don ' t leave me . ' Soon after he made a motion to have his shirt-collar opened' and added , 'I am going soon , ' and Berenely breathed his last . Although hourly expected , the news of his death produced the most intense sorrow in New York , which city has always been prominent in its attachment to the Great Commoner . All public business was suspended ; flags of all nations and in number innumerable were half-masted , many public places were festooned with crape , and a Budden silence fell upon all the City like a pall .
In other towns the melancholy intelligence produced the same universal sorrow and gloom , and similar manifestations of regret at tho death of the great statesman weve displayed . Immediately his death was made known , tho Senate and House of Representatives adjourned from respect for his memory . Messrs . W . Riymond and Co ., of JTew York , received an order to forward to Washington a sarcophagus , or what is styled " Fisk ' s Metallic Burial Case , " for the inclosure of his remains . In addition to the adaptation of these cases for the preservation and transportation of bodies , the one provided on thi 3 occasion surpasses , in richness of style and finish , anything of the kind ever produce 1 in America .
The material of which the case is composed consists of a composition of metals of tUe most indestructible character —the shape resembling the outlines of the human body , and so joined together ns to be impervious to air or water ; cnvoloping this is rich folding drapery of black cloth , conforming in shape with the case ; the handles , tho faceplate , the plate for inscribing the name , with the other plate ? , are of massive silver , beautifully wrought and chased , haviDg appropriate emblems , among which appear wreaths of laurel and oak , with a full-blown rose and sprig of oak
, with its acorns detached from their parent stems , showing the work of the fell destroyer . The inside is lined with rich white satin , tastefully cushioned , quilted and bound with silver cord . The whole appears--Je , although rich and beautiful , still plain and appropriate . ^ . On the day that intelligence of Mr . Clay ' s death reached New York , a meeting of prominent citizens wa 3 held , and steps taken to send a very large Delegation to Washington to attend the funeral . A national subscription has been opened for the purpose of raising a monument to his
memory . Faalty as was Henry Clay , America could ill afford to lose him now , for amongst her present statesmen there is not one who is a whit less tainted with expediency ; and she has certainly bad not one who had a greater love for justice and truth , had not the natural sentiments of his mind been dwarfed and obscured by the degrading policy of Compromise .
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THE COUNTESS OF RUDOLSTADT . [ Sequel to " Consuelo . " ] Br George Sato . THE UTSTBRIBS OF THE INVISIBLES . The two costumes which the neophyte found displayed in her chamber , were a brilliant bride ' s dress and a mourning garment , with all the distinctive signs of widowhood . She hesitated some moments . Her resolution as to choice of husband was taken , but which of these two costumes would externally testify her intention ? After a little reflection she put on the white rohe , the veil , the flowers , audthe pearls of a bride . This attire was pure in tastt and extremely elegant . Consuelo was soon ready ; but on looking at herself in the mirror framed with the threatening sentences , she had no longer an inclination to 9 mile as on the first occasion . A mortal paleness wa 3 on her features , and terror in her heart . Whichever course she had
resolved to take , she felt that there would remain to her a regret , or a remorse ; that a soul would be broken by her desertion ; aud her own experienced a horrible anguish in anticipation . On seeing her cheeks and her lips as white as her veil and her orange flowers , she feared for Albert anil for Liver . ini equally , the effect of so violent emotion , and she was tempted to put on rouge , but she renounced the thoughts at once . " If s » y face lies , " thought she , " can my heart lie ? " She knelt by the Bide of her bed , and hiding her face in the drapery , she remained absorbed in sorrowful meditation until the moment when the elopk struck Midnight . She rose immediately , and saw an invisible , with a black mask , standing behind her . I know not what instinct made her presume this to be Marcus . She was not deceived , and yet he did not make himself known , but only said to her , in a gentle and sad voice : " Madame , all is ready . Please to cover yourself with this cloak and to follow me . "
"AM BaidConsneio , aBshe wrapped herself in the black cloak that was presented to her , " this Cagliostro's hood !" " There is no Cagliostro here , " replied Marcus , " and our mysteries are neither treacheries nor impostures ; do not bind the hood over your head , it is not yet time . " Consuelo followed the invisible to tbe extremity of the garden , to the place where the stream lost itself under the verdant arcade of the park . There she found an uncovered gondola , entirely black , similar in every respect to the gondolas of Venice , and in tbe gigantic rower at the prow , she recognised Sari , who crossed himself on seeing her . "Am I permitted to speak to him ? " asked Consuelo of her guide . " You may say a few words aloud , " he replied .
•• Well , then , dear Karl , my deliverer and my friend , " said Consuelo , who felt a thrill of delight at seeing a wellknown face once more , after so long a seolusion among mysterious beings , " May I hope tbat nothing serves to lessen the pleasure you feel at finding me again ?" " Nothing , signora , " replied Karl , in a cheerful voice ; " nothing , if it be not the remembrance of that which is no longer of this world , and which I fancy I always aee by your side . Courage and contentment , my good mistress , my good sister ! We are here as ou the night when we fled from Spandau !" This also is a day of deliverance , brother , " said Marcus . " Come ^ row with that vigour and address with which you are gifted , and let the prudence of your tongue equal the strength , of your arm . This does indeed resemble a flight , " addef he , addressing Consuelo ; " but the principal deliverer is no longer the same . "
As he pronounced these words , Marcus offered Consuelo his hand to assist her to the cushioned bench . lie Mb her tremble slightly at the allusion to Liverani , and begged her to cover her face for a few moments only . Consuelo obeyed , and the gondola , urged by tbe robust arm of the deserter , glided rapidly orer the gloomy and silent waters . After a short interval the exact length of which Consuelo ' s disturbed BUte of mind did not permit her to ascertain , ehe
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heard a noise of voices and instruments at some distance and received , without altogether stopping , the slieht shock ae of the boat touching the land . The hood which had covered her fao ? fell back gently , and the neophyte Seed she was passing from one dream to another , m she contcmpiiUed the fairy spectacle before her eyes . The bark wa 3 gliding along a sloping bank , covered thickly with flowers and fresh herbage , while the wide expanse of the river was as it were on fire , and reflected long colonnades of light on its glassy surface . 9 nX en .- ? f u lo ' s eye 3 had bEcome accustomed to this sudden light , she was able to fix them upon the illuminated lap-vle of the palace , which rose at a little distance and mirrored m the lake with magical splendour . This elegant eilince , the outline of which was relieved against the star-lit sky , these Iwrmonious voices , this concert of instruments tnese open windows , through which , between tho curtains ot purple glowing in the light , Consuelo saw a olit . ™* . ™ ~ r „ . ,, ~
tnrong of men and women richly dressed , sparklin » witR embroidery , diamonds , gold , and pearls . She stood uo in tiie uoat , which was drawing nearer and nearer to " the chateau , and , suddenly excited by the chorus of Handel—Chantons la gloire De Juda vainqueurshe forgot nil else , and mingled her voice in the general tide of harmony . But a fresh shock of the gondola , which , gliding close to tho bank , sometimes struck against a branch or a tuft of grass , caused her to fall . Obliged to clin <* to the first hand which offered itself to support her , she tlien for the first time perceived that there was a fourth person w the akitf , a masked Invisible , who certainly was not there when she hail er . terod . A large dark grey cloak , falling in lon <; fi ^ is , a broad'brimtned hat worn in a certain fashion an indiscribable something in the features of this mask ' through which the human physiognomy seemed to sneak '
our . . above all , tho pressure of tho trembling hand which would not release her own , told Consuelo that the man she loved , the Chevalier Liverani , such , as he had appeared to her for the first time on the lake at Spandau , was beside her . Then the music , tho illumination , tho enchanted pnlace , the intoxicating fete , and even the approach of the solemn moment which was to decide her destiny , all was effaced from Consuolo ' s memory . Agitated , and , a 9 it h ^' w OnqueII 8 d « i . su P erbu ™ n Power , she fell hack hST T * n ° CUSb ! ° ns of the S ° ndoIa by the si <* e of Liveiam itie other unknown was standing « t the prow his back turned towards them . Her long fast , the narrative of the Countess Wanda , the dread of some terrible denoue-S 2 n ' iesu c , pnseof thls fet 9 > al 1 overwhelmed Consuelo ' s sueimii She was no longer conscious of anything butthe hand of Liverani pressing her own , his arm around her waist m readiness to prevent her leaving him . and tl » t
™ uycuarm which the presence of the beloved object sheds even upon the very air we breathe . Consuelo remawed thus some moments , as unconscious of the glitterng scene as if it had withdrawn into the deepest night -no tef , AT . !? thln ^ t the warm breathing of her lover ai > d the beatings of her own heart . Madame , ' said Mareus , suddenly turning towards her "do you not know the air they are now BlnriiS 3 ™ idyou not like to stop and ifsten to that mfgnfficent 11 1 know not what the air aud voice may be " reDlied Consuelo , absently ; "let us stop or go on as you please » wr y ° " " # , T > , that fine voioe which issingfng a Venetian air ? " asked Marcus again , surprised at the immobility and apparent indifference of Conauelo Pardon me monsieur ! " she replied , somewhat im-E ? ifthl ? o te 1 '' alled ADZOletOJ ' ' tbat fal 8 e "' *> " Do you not wish to see his face ? You are perhaps mistaken . From this you can distinguish him perfectly , for I can see him clearly . He is a very handsome young
"What is the use of looking I ( I at him ? ' returned Con-SySmJ ' " W ™ * am quUe Sur ° that he is Marcus took Consuelo ' e hand gently , and Liverani offering his , they assisted her to rise and look through the open window . Consuelo , who might perhaps have resisted the one , yielded to the other , and threw a glance upon the handsome Venetian , who was at that moment the centre of attraction for more than a hundred women , who gazed at him with admiring looks . " He has grown very stout ! " said Conauelo , seating herself again , and gently resisting the efforts of Liverani , who attempted to take back the little cross , which he succeeded in effecting . " Would you not feel some pleasure in talking to him ? If we should enter this palace , and they should ask you to sing with him ? " '
"If it be a trial , " said Consuelo , with some sharpness , tor sue began to observe Marcus ' s perseverance " and as I must obey you in all things , I will yield myself willingly to this . But if it be for my pleasure you make this offer , I should prefer to decline it . " "Am I to stop here , my brother ? " said Karl , giving a military signal with his oar . " Pass on , brother i" replied Marcus . Karl obeyed ; and in a few moments , the gondola , having crossed the lake , shot beneath a thick bower . " Liaton , Madame ! " said Marcus ! " Do you not hear the applause of the audience ? Yes , that is indeed tho clapping ot hands and acclamations ! They are enchanted with what they hare just heard . This Auzoleto has had great success at the palace . " 11
They do not know him ! " said Consuelo , brusquely seizing the flower of a magnolia which Liverani had just gathered , and thrown furtively into her Jap . She pressed the flower convulsively in her hands , and hid it in her bosom , as the last relic of undying love which a fatal trial was about to sanctify or break for ever . The bark at last touched the shore at the junction of the gardens and the woods , in a picturesque spot , where the river flowed among rocks aud ceased to be navigable . Consuelo had but little time to examine the wild landscape which was lighted up by the moon . They were still within the wide domains of the palace ; but art was only applied here to preserve nature in her primitive beauty * ; the old trees planted by chance amidst the glossy turf , the gentle undulations of the ground , the surrounding hills , tho dashin
>» cascades , the troops of bounding and timid deer . Here a new personage arrested the attention of Consuelo : this was Gottlieb , who was seated carelessly upon the handle of a sedan chair , in an attitude of calm and thoughtful musing . He trembled as he recognised his friend of the prison , but at a sign from Marous ho abstained from speaking to her . " You forbid this poor fellow , then , to preBs my hand V said Consuelo , in a low tone to her guide . " After your initiation you will bo at liberty in all your actions , " he replied in the Bame tone . " May I not know at least , " replied the neophyte " whether he suffered persecution for my sake after my flight from Spandau ? Forgive my impatience . " " He did suffer , " replied Marcus , " but not long . As soon as he learned of your eaoape , he boasted with artless
enthusiasm of having contributed towards it , and his involuntary disclosures during his sleep had almost proved fatal to some of us . They attempted to shut him up in a madhouse , as much to punish him as to prevent him from assisting other prisoners . It was then he fledj and as wo bad our eye upon him , we caused him to be conducted hither , where we have since lavished every care upon his mind and body . We shall restore him to his family and his country , when we have given him the strength and prudence necessary to labour usefully in our work , which has become his own , for he is one of the purest and most fervent of our adepts . But the chair is ready , madame ; will you enter it ? I will not leave you , though I intrust you to the sure and faithful arms of Karl and Gottlieb . " Consuelo immediately seated herself in tho ohair .
which was closed on all sides , and only admitted the air through a few chinks in the roof . She then ceased to see what was passing around her . At times she perceived the stars shining , aud thus judged that she was still in the open air ; at others she saw their light interrupted without being able to distinguish whether it were by buildings or by the thick shadow of the trees . The porters walked rapidly on in the most profound silence , while she endeavoured for Borne time to distinguish by the sound of their footsteps whether there were four or three persons accompanying her . Several times she thought she recognised the footsteps of Liverani on the right of her chair : but this might be only an illusion , and , moreover , she felt that sho ounut to try not to think of him . When the chair stopped and was opened , Consuelo
could not avoid a feeling of terror , as she saw herself beneath the portcullis of an old feudal tower . The moon was pouring a flood of light-on the court-yard , which was covered with buildings in ruins , and filled with persons dressed in white , who came and went , some alone , others in groups , like spectres . The black and massive archway of the entrance lent a more fantastic and transparent blue to the distance . These restless shadows , some silent , others speaking in a low voice , their noiseless movement over the long grass of the court , the appearance of these ruins , which Consuelo reoognised as those into which she had once penetrated , and in which she had Been Albert , made such an impression upon her , that she was seized with a species of superstitious terror . She instinctively looked around for Liverani . He was indeed with Marcus ,
but the obscurity of the vault did not allow her to distinguish which of the two offered her his hand ; and this time , her heart paralysed by a sudden sadness , an indefinable fear , did not inform her . They threw her cloak over her dress , and drew tbe hood around her head , so that she could see all without herself being seen by any one . Some one then told her , in a low voice , not to allow a single word , a single exclamation , to escape her , whatever she might see ; and she was thus conducted to the extremity of the court-yard , where a strange spectacle did indeed offer itself to her eyes . A bell , of a faint and gloomy tone , was summoning the shadows towards the ruined chapel where Consuelo had formerly sought refuge against the storm . This chapel was now illuminated by wax tapers , disposed in systematic order . Tho altar appeared to have been recently erected ;
it was covered with a pall and decorated with singular designs , in which the emblems of Christianity were mingled with those of Judaism , as well as with Egyptian hieroglyphics , and various cabalistic signs . In the middle of the choir , which was enclosed with symbolic columns and balustrades , was a bier surrounded by taperB , covered with cross-bars , and surmounted by a . death ' s head , in which burned a blood-coloured flame . Towards this cenotaph waa led a young roan , whose features Consuelo could not see ; a large bandage covered tho half of his face : he was a candidate , and appeared overcome by fatigue or emotion . He bad one arm and one leg naked , his hands were tied behind hie back , and his white robe was spotted with blood . A ligature round the arm seemed to indicate that he bad been just bled . Two shadows wared torches of lighted reBin around hiB bead , and scattered clouds of Bmoke and lighted sparko over bis
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face and breast . Then there commenced a singular dialogue between him and those who presided over the cere " mony , and who wore distinguished marks of their various dignities , which recalled to . Consuolo that which CagUoatro had caused her to overhear at Berlin between Albert and some unknown personages . Then several spectres , > vl 10 were armed with swords , and whom Ehe heard called the Terrible Brothers , stretched the candidate upon the flans pressing the point of their weapons against his heart , wHilo several others began , with a great clashing ot swords a desperate combat , some pretending to prevent tho admission of the nevr brother , treating him as perverse , unworthy , and a traitor , while the rest declared that they fought for him in the name of truth and acquired righ t This strange scene produced the effect of a painful dream these threats
upon Consuelo . This struggle , , this magic faith , the groans which the young adolescents uttered around the bier , were so well simulated , that a spectator not previously initiated , would have been really terrified When tho godfathers of the candidate had conquered in the dispute and in the combat against thmr opponents , they raised him up , placed a poignard in his hand , and ordered him to walk straight beforo him , and to strike whoever should oppose his entrance to the temple . Conauelo saw ho move . At the moment when the nowly -initiated , with arm uplifted , and in a sort of delirium , approached a low door to which ho was directed , the two guides , who had not quitted their hold of Consuelo ' s arm , led her rapidly away as though to conceal from her the sight of some horrible spectacle ; then , drrwing the hood over her face , they conducted her by numerous turning ? , and among ruins over which she stumbled more than once , into a place where tho
most profouud silence reigned . There they uncovered her face , and Ehe found herself in tho large octagon apartment where she had formerly witnessed the interview between Albert and Trenck . All the openings were this time carefully closed and veiled ; tho walls and the ceilings were hung with black ; wax upers were burning in a particular order , differing-from that of the chapel . An altav in the form of Mount Calvary , surmounted with three crosses , concealed the large chimney . A tomb , upon which were dispose a hammer , nails , a spear , and a crown of ^ horns , was erected in the middle of the room . Personages , dressed in black , and masked , were kneeling or si tting around upon a carpet sprinkled with silver tears . They neither wept nor si / jhed ; their attitude was that of austere meditation , or of deep and silent sorrow . Consuelo ' s guides made her approach almost close to the bier ; nnd the men who guarded it having risen and arranged themselves at the other extremity , one of the two thus spoke : —
" Conauelo , you have just seen the ceremony of a masonic reception . You have seen there , as here , an unknown faith , mysterious signs , funeral imageB , initiatory pontiffs , a bier . What have you understood by this feigned scene , by the 3 e trials , so terrible to the candidate , by the words which have been addressed to him , and by these manifestations of respect , love , and grief around an illustrious tomb V
"I know not if I have ' understood aright , " replied Consuelo . " This scene agitates me ; this ceremony seems to me barbarous . I pity this candidate , whose courage and virtue have been submitted to material trials only , as if physical courage were sufficient for initiation into a work requiring moral courage . I blame what I have seen , and deplore these cruel forms of a gloomy fanaticism , or these childish experiences of an outward and idolatrous faith . I have heard obscure enigmas proposed , and the explanations which have been given , to the candidate appeared to me dictated by an unbelieving or a brutal catechist . Nevertheless , this bloody tomb , this immolated victim , this ancient myth of Hiram , the divine architect , assassinated by jealous and avaricious workmen , this sacred w ord lost for so many centuries , and promised to tbe initiated as the magic key which is to open to him the gate of the temple ; all this appears to me a symbol not without grandeur and interest , but why is the fable so badly woven , or why does it admit of so false an interpretation ?"
" What do you mean ? Have you listened attentively to this narrative , which you treat as a fable ?" 11 This is what I understood , and what I have previously learned in the books which I was desired to Btudy during my retirement : —Hiram , the conductor of the works in the temple of Solomon , divided the workmen into chases which received different salaries and possessed unequal rights . Three ambitious members of the lowest class resolved to participate in the salary reserved for tho rival class , and to force from Hiram tho word of command the secret formula which served to distinguish the companions from the master at the solemn hour of distribution . They laid in wait for him in the temple , in which he had remained alone after this ceremony , and posted themselves at each of the three outlets frem the holy place , they prevented his departure , threatened him , beat him cruelly , and finally assassinated him , without being able to wrest from him his secrot , the fatal word which was to render them equal to hiawelf and his fellows
privileged . Then they carried away his body , and buried it beneath the rubbish ; and from that day the faithful adepts of the temple , the friends of Ilir . im have mourned his fatal ond , havo sought for tho sacred word , and rendered almost divine honours to his memory " " And now , how do you explain this myth ? " ' 111 meditated upon it before I came here , and this is how I understand it . Hiram is the cold intellect and governing science of ancient societies , whioh are founded upon inequality of oondition : upon the regime of caste This Egyptian fable corresponded with the mysterious despotism of the hierophants . Tho three ambitious members are Indignation , Rebellion , and Vengeance ; those who attempted to seize their rigUt by violenco are , perhaps , the three classes inferior to tho sacerdotal class . Hiram assassinated is Despotism , which has lost its power and preniqe and which has gone down to the tomb , carrying with it the secret of governing men by blindness and superstition " 11 Is it thus , indeed , you interpret this myth V
" I have read in your books that it was brought from the East by the templar 3 , and that they made use of it in their initiations . They mush , therefore , have interpreted it somewhat in this manner ; but in baptising niram the Theocracy , and the assassins , Impiety , Anarchy , aud Ferocity , the templars , who desired to subject society to a 8 pecies of monastio despotism , mourned their impotence which was personified by the destruction of Hiram The watchword of their empire , lost and found again , was tbat of association or craft , like the ancient cite , or the temple of Osiris . This is why I am surprised to see this fable still adopted in your initiations to the work ot " universal deliverance . I am anxious to believe that it is only proposed to your adepts as a trial of their intelligence and courage . " b
" Well , wo , who did not invent these masonio forms , and who , indeed , use them but as moral trials—we , who are now the companion ' s and masters in this symbolic science since , having passed through all the masonio grades we have reached a point at which we are n * longer masons , at least as the word is understood in the common ranks of the ord « r-wo conjure you to explain to us the myth of Hiram , as you understand it , that we may pronounce unon your zeal , your intelligence and faith , the judgment which will stop you here at the door of the true temple , or which will throw open the sanctuary to you . " " You ask me to tell you the word of Hiram-ific lostword . It is not that which will open the gates of the temple to me , for this word is tyranny or falsehood . But I know the true words , the names of tho three doors of the divine edifice by which the destroyers of Siram entered , to force their chief to bury himself beneath the ruins of his wort
they ate Liberty , rraternity , Equality . " ' Consuelo , your interpretation , whether correct or not reveals to us the nobleness of your heart . You are therefore excused from ever kneeling upon tbe tomb of Hiram neither shall you pass through th » grade in which the neophyte prostrates himself before the image of the remains of Jacques Molay , the grand master and the grand victim of the temple , of the soldier-monks and prelate-knights of the middle ages . You issue victorious from thissecond trial as from the first . You can diecern tbe lying traces of a fanatic barbarism , still necessary as formulas of trial to minds imbued with , the prinoiplo of ineaualitv . Rempm .
ber , then , that the freemasons of the highest grades aspire only , for the most part , to construct a profane temple a mysterious shelter for an association elevated to the highest rank . You understand their purpose otherwise , and you would march directly to tho universal temple which receives all men to one faith , to ono law . Nevertheless , you must here take a last stand , and prostrate yourself before thfiStoJa ? " ad 0 reChrist ' ™ ° gniSein U » J 2 ™ £ * £ ** & . ?» ^ once more , " replied Conlwith firmness but
sueo , ; " you have deigned to open my eyes to lofty truths , in teaching me to read your secret books . Christ is a divine man , whom we revere as the greatest philosopher and the greatest saint of ancient times We adore him as much as it is permitted to us to adore the greatest of masters and martyrs . We may well call him the Saviour of men , in this sense : that he Wht to those * rf his own time truths of which before the ? £ KX # glimpie ? and which were to bring to humanity a new er-T « f lioht and holiness . We may well kneel before Kmagefo ^ . - Od i ^' i ? . c « at ?( 1 «* a prophet , such fne £ mt dub
*»« f » ucu » mono ; we adore God in him , and we do not commit the crime of idolatry . We distinguish tho divinity of the revelation from that oftherevSr Icon sept , then , to render to these emblems of a" ^ et ernally illus trious and sublime aacrifice , the Uom . ge of pious Stude and filial enthusiasm ; but I do not believe that t ? e £ 2 word of revelation was understoodand DroclaimnTwLmn , of Jesus '*> time for it has not nt tSSS ^ SSSi upon earth . I expect , from tho wisdom andf faith S his disciples , from the continuation of his work through seventeen ages , a more practical truth , a more comnlete > annlfo ? tionof the holy word and its fraternal docWne I « 3 t the development of the Gospel : I expect sompfhi ™ Z ? 1 in equality before God ; I expe iffl IESSiSJ " Your words are audacious , and your doctrinal . »« f ,, n of danger . Haveyou well reflected ? 5 ffiJKtadK nave you calculated the misfortunes which your new faith will heap beforehand on your head ? Da vZ IVLltl *
world and your own strength ? Do you know that we are as one against a hundred thousand in tbe most civUised countries of the globe ? Do you know that attbeloriS in which wo an living , between those who render to the sublime revealer Jesus a gross aud injurious worship and those , henceforth almost as numerous , who deny bUSalon and even his existence-between idolators and atheists there is no room for u » to breathe the a r of Heaterm £ ™ in the midst of the persecutions , the moofirto ^ thXtl and the contempt of the human speS ? Do you knov ? that in France , at this very time , Rosseau and VolSire are almostequal , ProBcribed : the religious andSeunbdtevffi philosopher ? Do you know—yet mor « fontr ., 1 - «! i .. « ( nllefid fact Mlit from theTepKf ffi " they proscribe each ether ? Do you know that you are about to return to a world where all things will conspire toahake your faith and to corrupt your mind ? Do yon know , fa
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snort , that you must exerciso your apostleship in the midst 01 Perils , doubts , deco'nions , and sufferings ?" -,.. 1 am resolved to do so , " replied Consuelo , with down wpport mo "" pIaciRSher haadon hsr hewt > " May God ConSi' ^ H ?' J" >« l » ter , " said Marcus , who still held ub £ , S «> e hand , " you are about to bo subjected by 11 ich w 7 , r rftl f Uffe " ' not t 0 mftke trial of y ° » itb ' in £ c , im f n ° l 0 ngerd 0 ubt ' bufc tofortify ie - Ifci «« ofc worlrf ? , ^ ? "pose , nor amidst the pleasures of the BtreniJfi , ' 1 sonow and tears - thafc filith 8 rows and ful eSnn' ° , - Ou feel 8 ufficient coura « ° b ™ Painiui emotions and , it may be , to combat terrors ?" rait m 5 . K S 0 ' ^ if m - v soul Tvin Profit b ? ifc . 8 ul ) - jectedly 7 wil 1 ' " rcPlied Consnelo , somewhat deanSl ' ietoreilX-1 Visible s be S an to Mmove khe carpet was roUeS in ° o ono of t hP n r ndeU lbc bier - The bier St * SS » ?^^ 3 aS 2 S S ^ W ^ i ^ 'E-M-S
J'UMLth ? m brother 8 » " returned Marcus . " You are lure among the Invisibles , your equals in rank if you persevere an hour longer . You are about to bid them adieu here , to meet them in
again an houvintho presence of tlio council wh . TT 0 chl \ - ° tooro whose voices they never hoar , Bw . ™ theyneTer «*• Those you will call your tomnnti T ^ are , "foreign pontitts-tlie spiritual and thSK w ° f Our temP ' - we shall appear before d ^ m . S ? y ™ Wlth unc ° vered faces , if you are firmly th& «« t 0 / f US afc th 0 ( ' oor of the sanctuary by K v ™ W terT 8 trewed P ath which herc yawns beneatu your feet , m which you must walk alone , and with no 7 c t 9 }? th ? n 70 vir own courage and perseverance . " * ., « A . r * taIk in ifc > ifit must be . so . " replied the neophyte . S ' -fl !? . 1111 . i ' wh :: ch You announced so sevevo , is it then inevitable ? Oh . nw brethren ! von wnnM hob
, aouMicss , tnflo with the already over-taxed reason of moW « ? P rol ' ? ldfa S WOInan ? Tou ^ ve condemned th « ™ 3 f ° , along ? st ; and ' though emotion . has stilled 5 Sl ^ , ? i i . ngorfor sevml hours ,-1 feel mvself physi-Jm w I know not if Ishallnotsink beneath the task Inf ! ^? , 11 me ' Icare but litfcle . I s ^ ear to you , JmI" ? . b 0 dy should auffer and < > ' but d 0 "ot you oonfi « w « f M * a "lor m , ° wardicaj which i « after all but a £ ? ? iL naturo ! TeI 1 rae that y ° u wLl 1 forgive me if I display the weakness of a woman . nrovidedAhft wZ L .
morea to consc onsness I have still the heart of a man " ™ ? r i 2 blld repHed Marcus ; ., « M-. w « uld ra her " that you should con ess your weakness than sdek to mislead us efve ! I ? -f neSS - ^ consenfc / if you wff it , 2 give you a guide , one only , to assist and succour you at need m your privilege . My brother , " he aided , addressing t !« S ! e roher ^ aui ' had remaine ( 1 d « "ng this con-« * ffcl ? 2 near the door , with his eyes fixed upon Consuolo , t !! S * hand ° f y ° ur , 8 iBt 6 r . ™* «« mdBet her by the sub ' terranean passages to the general rendezvous . "
« wiuTouTot & 2 o m p a m - C 0 n 8 Uel 0 ' * ilderCd ' "Ifc is impossible . You can have but one ouide and he whom I appoint is the only one I am iStSto ' gJS •^ & i ?^; ^ . s oMMi 0 ' * & ^ ! 'J ° V efuso the arra of a brother and friend ?" I refuse neither his sympathy nor his interest ; but I shall go alone , " " Go then , noble daughter , and fear nothing . She who descended alone into the Fountain of Tear 8 at IUosenber ? , she who braved so many dangers to find tho concealed grotto of the Schreokenstein , will without difficulty penetrate the recesses of our pyramid . Go then , like the youne heroes of antiquity , and seek your initiation through the trials of sacred mysteries . Brothers , present her the cup , that precious relic which a descendant of Ziska brought among us , and with which ws conseorate the august sacrament of fraternal communion . " Liverani took frcm the altar a roughly worked chalice in wood , and havim * filing
it , presented Consuelo with bread . "My sister , " said Marcus , " our fathers , tho martyrs of tho hsabonte church , thought that the intervention of impious and sacrilegious priests was not of equal value in the consecration of the august sacrament with the f . ure hands of a woman or a child . Communicate then with us here , while waiting to take y » ur seat at the banquet of the temple , where the grand mystery of tho supper will bo more fully revealed to you . Take this cup , and drink the first . If you have faith in the act , a few drops of the beverage will be of sovereign strength to your loly , and your fervent soul will bear your whole being onwards upou wings of flame . "
Consuelo , having firBt drunk , handed the cup to Liverani , who had presented her with it ; and when ho in his turn had drunk , he passed it to tho rest , of the brothers . Marcus , having drained tho lust drops , blessed Consuelo , and iuvileil the assembly to pray for her ; he then presented the neophyte with a small silver lamp , and assisted her to plaee ber feet upon the upmost rounds of the ladder . " I need not tell you , " he added , " that no danger threatens your life ; but tremble for your soul ; tremble less you may never arrive at the door of the temple , if you have tho misfortune to look behind you but once . You will
halt Beveral times in various places ; you must then examine everything which presents itself to your eyes ; but as soon as the door is opened before you , pass though it and do not turn back . This , as you know , is the rigid conditions of the initiations of old . You must , also , according to the ancient rites carefully preserve the florae of your lamp , the emblem of your fai ; h and zeal . Go , my daughter , and let this thought inspire you with superhuman courage ; what you are now condemned to suffer is necessary to the development of your mind and hesrfc in virtue and the true faith . "
Consuelo cautiously descended the ladder , and as soon as she had reached the bottom it was withdrawn , and she heard the heavy stone fall with a loud noise and cloBe tho subterranean entrance above her head . ( To be Continued )
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Authors are like asparagus-there is nothing good aboufc them but their heads . A . notice of a recent Bteamboat explosion closes ns follows : —" The captain swam ashore . So did the chambermaid . She was insured for 16 , 000 dollars , and loaded with , iron . " Women are like fruit : those that fall of their own accord are generally tainted and good for nothing ; but those that will not fall without a good deal of shaking , are sound , and worth having . Growikq Potatoes by Steam . —The steward ou board a United States steamer has produced s veral crops of excellent potatoes by the following mode of cultivation : — 1 He procured a common crockery crate , abu-tdel of straw , 1 How came that oven in such a greasy mess ? " > aida tired fidgety spinster to her maid of all work . «• Why look you missus , " said the poor confounded Cambrian , " the candle fell into the water and I pub it into tho oven to dry . "
. Woman Executed by Burking at Doblin . —A gentleman is still alive , or was so very recently , who saw the last ; woman who was burned in Dublin at the place of public execution , which was where the handstfme and fashionable street called Fitzwilliam-streetnow is ; and I am acquainted with a gentleman whoso kitchen fireplace was as nearly as possible on the spot . —Ginietain " Notes and Queries . " fcoKETHiso worth Ksowwo—The " yard" U d r . ' ved irom tho Saxon word gyrd , or girth , Ibeing originally the « lro « mffence of tho body , until Henry I . decraed that ifc should be the length of his arm . Inch from unoia , or twelfth . In 1006 , when William the Conqueror began to reign , tho penny , or sterling , was cast with a deep cross .
bo tbat it might be broken in half as a ^ aV-pe ; ny , oria quarters for fourthinga or farihings . —Kelly and n few eyes of the potatoe , and went to work farming it on board ship ! The process of cultivating is this : —Fill your crate with alternate layers of straw and the eyes of the potatoes , commencing at the bottom with aliyer of about six inches in depth of straw , and then a lajer of the eyes , tho eyes being placed about two inohos apart over tbe surface of the straw , then another layer of straw on the top . Keep the straw always damp , and iu about two months you will nave about fourteen dollars' worth of sound good potatoes , of the ' first water . '" —American Paper .
Rank at its Tame . —Many were the recontre 3 between Will Speir and the Earl of Eglinton , who condescended to familiarity with him , and in return allowed th « sume latitude of expression to the wayward Will . The vagrant one day made a demand on his lordship for a bottle of ale « 'Deed , Will , giu ye ken it V replied the earl , " 1 have not a farthing in my pocket just now ; but just gang in there , to Leehe Paterson's , and I'll tell her to gi ' e ye \ and I'll return in a few minutes and help you to drink " The earl , faithful to his promise , returned in a short time and taking a seat opposite to Will , « Ye may be a proud ' man this day , Will , " said his lordship . "An' for what ?" queried tho wit . " Sitting drinking with an earl ., ' " Hech , hech , man , great cause to be proud , sitting beai ' de an earl that hasna a bodle in his pouoh to bless himsel' wif . " The Bishop asd the Foxhunting Parson . —Bishop Blomfield was a very young man when he first oame into the diocese of Chester , and some of the older clergy rather
presumed upon this . There were at that time many ambfig ' them who would cross the country , and take a uve-barrea gate , as if it were that fortieth article of whioh Theodore Hooke spoke to the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford . Tho bishop one day met a number of these black-coated Nimrods . The scene was not far from Manchester . After dinner some of the old incorngibles persevered for a long time , with marvellously bad taste , to talk of their dogs and horses , aud nothing else . His lordship looked grave , but was silent . At last one of them , directing his conversation immediately to him , began to tell him a long story about a famous horse which he owned , and ' which he had lately ridden sixty miles on the North-road without drawing bit . " It was the bishop ' s turn now , and down came his sledge hammer with alltheforceofaBteamKjng ine . "Ah , " ho said , with the moat cutting indifference , "I recollect hearing of the same feat being once accomplished before , and , by a strange ceg £ ra ? ' < *" * ° " " - * W S
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 17, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1687/page/3/
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