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~~ . N nls THR REVIVAL IN FRANCE, The Grand National Pilgrimages. ‘Our Lady ‘of Liesse and the History and Traditions of the Place. ‘The Pope’s Brief--He Denounces the Results of the French, Revolution of "89. a Large Assembly of Roman Catholic Priests at Grenoble. "The Pilgrims and the Rail- way Companies. ‘FRENCH VIEWS OF THE PILGRIMAGES, Ligssg, Sept. 7, 1873. The number of pilgrims now flocking td the shrine of Our Lady of Liesse, from all parts of. Europe, is so large that special arrangements have been made for pilgrims by the railway companies, ‘The Orleans Railway has agreed to diminish its tariff forty per cent for the conveyance of pilgrims im groups of not less than 100 or more than 150, traveiling by the ordinary trains at the same time. Special trains for groups of 500 pil- grims, or any greater number, are provided on the ‘most moderate terms possible. THE EASTERN RAILWAY has agreed to diminish its tariff fifty per cent for each group of fifty pilgrims and to provide cheap special trains for every 400 pilgrims. The Western Railway has agreed to make special arrangements for each pilgrimage done of the line. The North- ern‘ Railway has azreed to diminish its tariff fifty per cent for each group of ten pilgrims, and to pro- ‘vide special trains for 400 pilgrims. The Paris-Lyons Mediterranean Railway has agreed to diminish its tariff filty per cent for each group of 100 pilgrims, and to provide cheap special trains for'400 or more pilgrims. The Southern Rail- way has agreed to reduce its terms fifty per cent for each group of fifty pilgrims, and to provide special'trains ior groups of 500 pilgrims. The Or- leans-Rouen Railway has agreed to redtice its tariff fifty per cent for groups of 100 pilgrims, and to pro- vide special trains for groups oi 500. The Dombes and Southeastern Railway has agreed ¢o reduce its tariff fifty per cent for groups of 100, 150 and 200 pilgrims, and to provide cheap special trains for groups of 400 pilgrims. The Charente-Saintes Railway has agreed to provide cheap special trains for groups of 500 pilgrims. The _ ENORMOUS EXTENSION of the French pilgrimages may be Judged from the fact that 375 Roman Catholic clergymen have Tecently joined the organizers of the movement under the auspices of the Bishop of Grenoble, and dave solemnly vowed “to consecrate all their efforts to propagate the movement of pilgrimages da France.’’ Moreover, the Council General of the pligrimages have been to Rome and have obtained ‘the benediction of the Pope upon their work, and @ long list of persons, eminent in Church and ‘Stave, are doing all in their power to aid the re- gigious revival, which is the most noticeable fact of contemporary history. The MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF PILGRIM- AGES ate the following priests and gentlemen, whose names have been privately communicated tome :—- Director—The Rey. Father Picard. President—The Viscount of Damas. President—M. Bournisien. Secretary—The Rev. Father Germer-Durand. Treasurer—The Duke of Chauines. Below are the names of the councillors: ‘The Baron d’Avril. The Rev, Father Bailly. The Rev. Father Bazin. ol ‘The Count de Bonneuil. The Abbé de Bonniot. The Abbé Bouguereau. Dr. Gourteaux. . The Abbé Duhamel Gaillard. O. Kerrind Hyde Lemaire. ‘The Rev. Father Marie Menard, The Rey. Father Mousabré. The Count de Narbonne-Lara, ‘The Rev. Father Oursel. Toe Baron de Plinval. The Viscount de Ruty Sorin de Bonne, ‘The Abbé Tilloy de la Villesboisnet, Each of these personages represents very large sections of society; and there is hardly any con- siderable town in France where a pilgrimage has not been set on foot by some or one of them. The National Assembly of Versailles has also taken an active part in promoting pilgrimages; and, what is still{more significant, many of the wives of influential Deputies are seen among the pilgrims. Ihave obtained a copy of a letter from the Pope to certain French Deputies on this sub- fect and here is HE POPE'S LATEST BRIEF UPON PILGRIMAGE. {Translation.) To our dear sons, Lucien Brun, G. de Belcaste!, Count of Abbadie and Baran, and to all those Dep- uties of the National Assembly of France who, with the object of consecrating themselves to the heart of Jesus, have organized the CEREMONY OF SUPPLICATION at Paray-le-Monial. PIUS 1X., POPE. DEAB Sons: Health and apostolic benediction. ‘We have not doubted, well beloved sons, that ‘there would arise again in Frauce, alter the long shadows of error were passed, the sun of justice, 80 8000 AS We perceived that it was manifestly pre- aeded by this most joyiui dawn. It is that which, by its presence, has aroused this nation trom in an admirable manner; that which ha: attracted the people; that which has attached to itself all those eager crowds by in- so that a kingdom might be + ml eng agit «made of them for the Son of God, * yey, weu veloved sons, have been ied very sweet Mother; you have gon Him and placed yourselves with confidence under His protection, and already ‘you voluntartly consecrate to Him your persons, your whole possessions and your country. + There is truly a spectacle worthy of men and faa li those serried legions o! Christians who, eny incitement irom ecclesiastical author- s sila only to its great joy, and under its moder- pry al action, crowd spontaneously into the sanc- w to ask pardon jor having kept themselves so long separated from God, and to present to Him that contrite and humbled heart whose petitions are never denied. When we remember that the origin of all evils has come from those who, at the end of the last century, having obtained supreme power, imported the horrors oF & new law aud propagated the ‘Actions of an insensate doctrine; whgn we remem- ‘ber that ithas come also trom 9 perverse employ- ment of power of armies, whence have pro- ceeded, with the ete overthrow of the polit- ical order of Europe, a® those seeds of disorder which, every day spreading further, have little by Uttie brought the world into that state of commo- tion which never cae we feel an extreme joy in bate! that the return of France to God begins with splendor, and by those who have been deputed to occupy themselves with the affairs of the people, to propose laws and to govern the commonwealth publique), and by those who, placed at ‘the head of armies, on land and sea, re-create the strength of the nation. ry ‘This agreement between Law and Power to ren- der homage to the Most High, to whom belong wisdom and force, foretells a future when the reign of error shall be soon destroyed, and when, conse- ently, the cause of evil shall be extirpated to fs 3 it gives at the same time the hope of a perfect organization of things, of a solid tran- quillity, and of a full restoration of the greatness and of the glory of France. For He whois great by judgment and by justice will give gence and firmness to those who Him with @ perfect heart, and He wit with munificence His gifts of grace upon @ people who have consecrated themselves to ‘Him and who bope in Him. ‘This is what we augur for you, this is what we for your country, well beloved suns. In thi as an earnest of Heaven’s help and as @ testimony of our paternal affection, we grant ‘with all our heart, to each of you and to all France, the Apostolic benediction. n at Rome, near St. Peter, the 24th July of the year 1873, of our Pontificate the twenty- eighth year, PIUS IX., Pope. ‘The Pope's brief is not # brilliant composition from a literary point of view. It might be easily JARBSA Alo sidiowle by meomlc writer, Jt MA ate NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET dently drawn up by clerkly persons, who are ac- customed to tink in Italian or Latin, and whose writings have none of the epigrammatic terseness of the French idiom or of the strong piain sense which usually lies on the surface of good English. But whosoever penetrates beneath the clothing of the Pope’s thoughts to the thoughts themselves will find @ grave dignity and @ sublime faith in them. Moreover, when a comic paper Ras made its comic readers laugh at the Pope’s brief, what then? Sober thinkers—the statesman who is worthy of the name of statesman, the historian of the present age, all persons who, are seriously dis- posed to consider the existing circumstances and immediate prospects of the French people—will find no food for jaughter in what is passing now. A TALK ON THE PILGRIMAGES, I breakfasted this morning with a party of French geatiemen—ail piigrims—who had retired from the hot strife of party politics, and who looked upon the case of their country with eyes purified by time and suffering. One had been a peer of France in the now distant reign of Louis Philippe; one had been a Bonapartist genera!, who fought under MacMahon at Magenta; one had been re- turned tothe National Assembly which -held its sittings at Bordeaux, and a fourth was a country gentleman who had been solicited to hold office under M. Thiers, but had reiused to do so, There were five or six other persons present—some insig- nificant enough; some who had made their names resound in the world of art and letters, It was a mixed company, and I turned the conversation upon the question of the pilgrimages. “What are the interest, the social and political meaning, the ultimate object and aim of these pil- gtimages ¥” I asked of the ex-Peer of France—a man not unacquainted with the diplomacies, and who in person had a strange likeness to M. de St. Aulatre, a French ambassador and publicist of some repute a generation ago. “Sachez le bien" (understand this clearly), said he:—‘The destinies of France are indissolubly united with those of Rome and the Papacy; and, as & political majority of the French people committed the incredible folly and crime of betraying and abandoning the interests of Rome, it is only by devotion and prayer that it will obtain pardon from God, and that it may still possibly save the Holy See from iurther humiliation, There need be NO MISTAKE ABOUT THE AIMS AND HOPES OF THE PILGRIMS, They have nothing to do with the current pelitics of Versailles. They rigorously abstain from inter- meddling with them. Their watchwords may be told without arousing the attention of the secret police, and M. Rouher is as little menaced by them as M. Gambetta. The Church, our spiritual mother, is persecuted in the person of her chief, whom we venerate as the supreme pastor, the common father of all the faithful, the infallible oracie of truth. We pray to God for the end of this persecu- tion and for the triumph of the Church over ker enemies, In so doing we only preserve the grand- est traditions of Catholic France. France, which is our temporal motier, has suffered disasters and miseries without example in our nistory’” (Ldon’t think we can quite say that, my Lord; but you think go, and most of your countrymen hold the same opinion), ‘‘aud she 1s afflicted with in- ternal diseases which threaten to exhaust her vitality. We pray to God jor ner health. Herein is the secret of this magnificent movement of pil- grims. Itis French, it is Catholic. We obey the two noblest sentiments which can dominate human life, THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE LOVE OF COUNTRY, FalTH. AND PATRIOTISM.” i I have long declined to feel surprise at anything; but as this peer of the July monarchy ceased speaking Itook inward note of the remarkable ehanges which have lately occurred in French thought. If he and those with whom he acted had felt and reasoned thus in 1830 or in 1860 there would have been no July monarchy and no Franco- German war, This nobleman’s speech was in fact @ general cancelling and stultification of his whole political career. Men do not speak thus unless they are in earnest. “The idea of the pilgrimages,” observed the Bo- Dapartist General, making the sign of the cross, while apparently lifting his hand to his mustache, “was born of our deleats, We feel grievously humbled; and that military glory which was most dear to us, as a nation, is departed trom us. Our overthrow followed close upon the aflictions of the Church; and these pilgrimages, these prayers to the God of batiles and of mercy, are permitted to teach us that we need not yet despair. After the worst disasters which our country has ever suffered one single thought has suddenly come out of the hearts of our people, Catholic France, led to peni- tence by misiortune, has turned spontaneously to her whom Christians invoke under the name of THE MOTHER OF MERCY and the Refuge of sinners.” “Thave carefully followed the movement of the pilgrimages since their first commencement,” said the country gentleman, ‘ana I have done what I could to further it. Ido not pretend to say that I have done much, but I have been astounded by the rapidity and extent of its development. First, there were only local and individual mantfesta- tions of the new spirit which had bégun to anunate the French people. A few persons only felt a want to pray for guilty and humiliated France, They repaired separately or in little groups to the priv- ileged altars of . THE MOTHER OF GOD. Gradually this devotional feeling spread to whole populations and took a completely national char- acter. Never since the time of the Crusades and of Joan of Arc has @ manifestation of faith been seen so universal and so bold, Religion has once more taken possession of the highways of pleasure and commerce and put them to its own use, that Piety may hasten more swiftly to prayer and sac- Tifice.”” “THE BISHOP OF ANGERS,’ remarked the ex-Peer, ‘on being asked what was the use of pilgrimages, since peopi¢ could pray with equal fervor at home, replied that ‘among all the practices of Christian devotion there is none so salutary as that of pligrimages, Goa,’ declared this prelate, ‘has appointed cer- tain stations or resting places for faith, where His grace Operates with more efficacy. In like manner as He has opened here and there in the earth urees of life which spring to cure oyr bodies of sickness, 80 He has made healig placed for our souls. The shrines to which pligrims resort are THE HOT SPRINGS OF PIRTY—SPIRITUAL BATHS, where hearts can come to be regenerated, and whence languid faith may draw fresh energy.’ We areinsore need of cure, The disease from which France has suffered is far worse than mate- rial roin, She has been afflicted by theories of gov- ernment not only foolish ,and absurd, but abject and anarchical, and which, carried into effect, have plunged her by turns into stupid despotisms and then into equally senseless riots. “Mon ami,” he continued, ‘trust the experience of an old man who has had some opportunities of observation, and who has passed the last quarter of @ century in the study of history. Nations are amenable to justice as well as individuals, There is a divine PUNISHMENT FOR NATIONAL CRIMES ag well as for private misdeeds, and the chastise- ment which overtakes nations is stern and infal- lible, Sometimes it seems as though an individual escaped from an earthly reckoning on account of his offences; @ nation never escapes, because a nation has no eternity, It rises, it flourishes and It falls, to mse no more. It merits rewards or punishments during its existence upon earth, ‘When it sins as @ people it must explate its sins as @ people, and offer reparation for its fauits upon pain of being swept from the surface of the globe, as were Nmeveh, Babylon and pagan Rome. The sin of France is that of having ovstinately denied the power of God, and of having propounded the monstrous theory of the absolute sove- reignty and independence of guman reason.” When FRENCH GENTLEMEN TALK OF PILGRIMAGES inthis way it becomes worth while to inquire whether they do not overestimate their importance from @ national point of view, and also in what precise degree the general mass of the French people are taking part in the movement, Now, the following facts are based upon ac- curately prepared statistics which have been com- Municated to me, and they show the number of pilgrimages organized within the last month on! ¢ Bishop of Lavai has instituted an ecclesias- ‘tical commission, presided over by M. Boudry, Vicar Oi PC Has diocene te golleck the LORNA YOM Linst. @ Laval, Mayenne and Chateau-Goutier for the pur- pose Of making a pilgrimage to OUR LADY OF HoPE, at Pontmain. More than 200,000 persons have visited this shrine. The bishops of Arras, Limoges and Cambrai have organized a pligrimage to Amettes, Bevween 30,000 and 40, sembled, under their guidance, relics of the blessed Benoit Labre. The crowd was 80 great and so densely packed that the Bishop of Limoges preached to it from an improvised pulpit, set up in the midst of some neighboring fields. The bishops of Agen and Sts. Claude have issued. pastoral letiers to the faithiul in their di recommending all those who are unable to go on & pilgrimage to a distant surine to proceed to the shrine nearest their homes, The Archbishop of Bourges and the Bishop of Nevers, Archbishop elect of Aix, have panels blessed the work o1 the pilgrimages and expresse their ardent sympathy with 1. The Bishop of Aire has ven his especial bene- diction to the pilgrims of Paris and Lourdes who visited the shrime Oo! St. Vincent de Paul. They were 5,000 persons, ‘The Bishop of Perpignan has given his benedic- fas hs the numerous pilgrimages wich have visite OUR LADY OF. FONT ROMEU, the most celebrated sanctuary within his diocese, pte Peat Heid < ponies bas expressed his com- pprdval of the pilgrimage movement, and has designated the brine of - OUR LADY OF GOOD NEWS and five or six other churches within his dio¢ese as places to which pilgrimages Can be made under his archiepiscopal biessing. ‘The Bishop of Vanes bas given his blessing and encouragement to the pilgrimages. At Lous-le- Sauinier, the hermitage of Montclel, has been designated by the bishop of the diocese as an ob- {et Of pilgrimage; at Dole Our Lady ot Mont Ro- land has been named, At St. Lupicin, Poligny, Midges, Arbois, Sans ancient sbrines have been reopened to public devotion by ecclesiastical au- thority, To give an approximate idea of their signification it is proper WO add that no less than 10,000 page visited the shrine of the Virgin at Font Komeu on the night oi the 2d of July last, be- fore the general movement of the “Month of Pil- eri 8”? had began, The Bishep ot Gap recently preached a sermon at daybreak to an immense multitude of piigeuns, who bad assembied to worship at the shrine of OUR LADY OF LAUS and who had passed the night in D age and fast- ing. The shrine of St. Radegonde at Poitiers, to which .oca) pilgrimages have been made for more than thirteen centuries, has attracted pilgrims from all parts of France within the past month, Canon Saladin and M. Costes, Vicar General of Rodez, have organized a large pilgrimage to OUR LADY OF CRIGNAC under the sanction of their Bishop. The Bishop of Jarentaise has organized a iarge Pilgrimage at Albertville. Bishops Magnin Gros and Mermillod have promised to be present. Two thousand pilgrims under one parish priest (the Curé de St. Didier) have made a piigsimage to the shrine of OUR LADY OF PUY. Numerous pilgrimages have set out from Lille and St, Omer to the shrine of Our Lady o Miracles, and to the sarine of Our Lady of ‘Treille. ‘The Bishop of Beauvais has led an immense con- course of the taithiul to the shrine of STE, ANNE OF CHIRY, near Noyon. . Two thousand six hundred pilgrims have gone, under the guidance of their Bisnop, from Nimes to Lourdes, ‘The shrine of OUR LADY OF HAPPINESS, situated at Vigan, in the highest habitable point of the Gard, has attracted 2,000 pilgrims from Arréze, Rochebelle, Vallerangue, Dourbies, Lannejols and Camprieu. An enormous concourse of pilgrims inscribed their names for the piigrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Boulogne. The Archbishop o! Rheims and Alby, the bishops of Cahors, Carcasonne, Dijon, Marseilles, Pamiers and St. Brieuc, with the principal clergy of their dioceses, have added their names to the promoters oi the pilgrimages, and publicly announced their intention to take an active part in the work. Ten thousand pilgrims visited the shrine of OUR LADY OF GOOD MEETING, at Agen, on the 22d of July, Seventy thousand pilgrims visited the shrine of St. Hubert, yn Belgium, on July 14, 16 and 16. ‘the Papal Nuncio, the bishops of Namur, montpeller Litge and Luxemburg were present, ae tl Cet Aieaw is clearly spreading from lands) o land, * On the 17th inst. the pilgrimages of tne Catholic workmen’s clubs (cercies ouvriers) will resort in thousands to the shrine of OUR LADY OF LIESSE, led by the Bighop of Tarbes, Captain de Mun and the Marquis de St. Vallier. Onthe 18th inst.a pilgrimage from the diocese ot Rheims; on the 19th pilgrimage. from the diocese of Beauvais, and on the 2ist inst. a pilgrimage from the diocese of Soissons will also arrive at this sanctuary. These pilgrimages will include the populations of Jergnier, Laon, Coucy, Noyon, Roubaix, Lille, Carvin, Douai, Somain,’ Busigny, Bohatn, St. Quentin, Amiens, Armentitres, Longean, Arras, Lillers, Bethune, Noux Maubenge, Hautmont, Aulnoy, Villers-Cottercts, Coucy-les-Eppes and Choques. WHAT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH BELIEVES ABOUT OUR LADY OF LIESSE, The history of this iamous sirine may be briefly told. It need not be taken from any black letter book: or monkish chronicle, but from a sober docu- Ment presented to the Sacred —— of Rites by the Bishop of Laon and formally APPROVED BY THE SOVEREIGN PONTIFF for insertion in the Breviary upon the ist July, 1858. As tt may go a long way to explain the devo- tion which the Catholic world has paid to this sanc- tuary for about 700 years, 1 purpose to record, as barely as possible, the fac's with which it deals, and which are confirmed not only by constant tra- dition, but by authentic monuments now in exist- ence, THE LEGEND OF OUR LADY OF LIESSE. About the middie of the twelfth century three noble brothers of the race of the Franks set out for Patestine. They belonged to the illustrious house of Eppes, and enrolled themselves in the Order of Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, One day, while trying to repulse an attack of the Saracens, they were taken prisoners near Ascalon, and bound with chains. The ruler of Eeypt employed threats and caresses in vain to induce them to change their religion. When foiled he had recourse to a new test of their religion, more delicate, but not less terrible. He sent his ewn “daughter Ismérie with orders to subdue their constancy in the true faith. The knights spoke to her oj Christiani:y, and the Suitan’s daughter was converted. she wished to behold an image of that Virgin afary of whom the prisoners spoke witb so much praise. Alter fervent prayer, as the tradition relates (especially observe Pope and Bishop), eer re- ceived from heaven a statue of the Holy Virgin. At this sight the Princess, impressed in an ex- traordinary manner (again note Pope and Bishop), declared herself a Christian, and formed a design with the knights to escape from the country of the infidels. Heaven came to their aid. From the banks of the Nile they were aay sade together with the miraculous statue, to the plains which surround Laon, and near to a fountain on their own prop- erty. Their unlooked-for return caused such great joy im the neighborhood that their vassals determined to build a church to commemorate the event and to honor the miraculous image of the Virgin. It was consecrated by Barthélemy de Vir, Bishop of Laon, under the name of Our Lady of Liesse, Not long aiterwards the rumor of numerous miracies, the SPECIAL INDULGENCE arr BY THE SOVEREIGN NTIPF, the rich and namerous Feng of princes, at- tracted hither all the peoples of France, especially at Pentecost, to honor the Virgin Mary as a source of grace, and hither came great kings with an in- numerable post of pilgrims. This extraordinary Cohcourse of worshippers has continued to these our days. Therefore the Sovereign Ponti Pius IX., moved by these considerations, gave his solemn assent in the year 1857 to the coronation of the miraculous statue of Our Lady of Liesse, under the title of “THE MOTHER OF GRACE," and a commemorative festival will be celebrated Pade ay i under the same title, in the parish of Our Lady of Liesse. This bold, curt statement of certain facts is all that the Roman Catholic Church has to say, ex Cinna respecting the shrine of Pur Lady ot jesse. WHY THE ROMAN CATHOLICS BELIEVE IN THE LEGEND of Notre Dame de Liesse isa very different ques- tion, Some modern and medieval miracles puzzle one @ good deal. Many of them are certainly as well attested as those in the New Testament, and if we disbelieve the one we have not much logical standing ground for accepting the other. CHRIST'S MIRACLES WERE SIGNS, and in the New Testament they are described as symbols of moral power in the heart, and pernaps that is why we are more Inclined to believe tn them. They can often be reconciled with patural laws familiar to us, and are frequently declared to have depended upon faith. If MATBRIAL TESTS ARE APPLIED TO THE LIESSE LEGEND it will be found to bear them tolerably well. The Frankish house of Eppes, one of the most anctent, noble and powerful in Picardy, possessed large and fertile Jands in the neighborhood of Laon, among others the estates of Eppes, of Marchais and of Coucy-les-Eppes. Three brothers of tms family were among the Crusaders. The eidest was called Knignt of Eppes, the second Knight of Marchais, the younger bore the name of Knight of Coucy. These three brothers were in- terred in the church of the ancient Abbey of St. Vincent of Laon. ‘The names of their estates are not imaginary. Eppes, situated about four miles to the southeast of Licsse, still possesses the visi- ble Fuins of its ancient castle. @oucy-les-Eppes is the railway station of Notre Dame de Liesse, on the line of the Ardennes, and has some remains of a feudal stronghold, Marchais ts about a mile and @ half to the south of Liesse. The old castle, situated on the highest jut Of the modern park, is now overgrown bya jorest of pines. The new castle isa splendid edi- ice, built by Cardinal Lorraine, Archbishop of heims, to receive Charles IX., King of France, luring his frequent pilgrimages to Our Lady of jesse, After having long remained in the posses- jon of the Guise family it was seld vy the late ‘Count de la Mare, the present Prince of Monaco. ‘The facts natrated in the Liesse legend, however they might startle a fellow of THE ROYAL ASIATIO SOCIETY OF LONDON, . OOCUEEGA Ay Re Udita WAGE 4R9 MR * sented an. appearance somewhat different to its resent aspect. It was during the interval be- ween the frst and the second @rtsade, under the reign @! Foulques 01 Anjou, THE FOURTH CHRISTIAN KING OF JERUSALEM. The town of Ascaion belonged to the ruler of Pernt, and was the nearest Saracen town to the frontiers of the Christian dominions, The crasaders and the infidels were constantly skirmishing round it, and its capture was the most famous achieve- ment in Palestine of the Plantagenet King, Richard Courde Lion. In one of these skirmishes the Knights of Eppes were captured. The Saracens, who were always beaten at hand-to-hand fighting ip the open country, caught them by an ambus- cade, and took them first to Ascalon; then, for ater security, as they were men of note, to iro, in Egypt; and it was perfectly in accord- ce With the custom of the time that @ resolute and crafty attempt should be made to induce them to renouuice their religion. Tne Knights of Eppes, when first interrogated by the Sultan's daughter, told her that they had no picture or image of the Virgin; but that u she would bring them wood and carving implements they wouid endeavor to make such a resemblance as would atleast give her an outline or primary idea (grossiére idée) of ji e THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN. This was a very natural reply of these Catholic gentlemen to their jailer’s daughter. They were willing to do what they honestly could to satisiy her wishes. ‘The Princess, impatient for the fulfilment of this promise, hastened to bring them the tools they re- 5 Gaal aud went herself to their prison to bid them hasten their work or because the young men’s 0rsip Was new and pleasant to her. They sat down to labor with a good will; but hands accustomed only to guide the lance made slow Bs hed ‘with the chisel, and they began to Jear that, in their anxiety to oblige a beautiful woman, they had made too light of .. THE NICE ART OF THE SCULPTOR. Several persons among my personal friends have fallen into similar mistakes, It is so cheerful to answer loveliness Promptiy:—“What 1s possible is done; what is impossible shall be done.” Alas for youth and pride! Alas tor wayward beauty! I fancy that these Knights of Eppes spoiled much gore wood and cut their fingers considerably as hey gazed discomfited on tne ciumsy, tunny, humpbacked, topsided things they made, and com- pared them with the masterpieces of gieat sculp- tors’ hands which they had in grand cathedrals, At last they prayed, prayed aloud, and implored the assistance of the divine Mary and her crucified Son that, by their all-powertul intercession, cun- ning and dexterity of hand might be given to tnem to accomplish the desire of the Eastern Princess, and to give her some idea of the Lady of Mercy. ‘They were poor fellows, very miserable, very thin from fasting, but assuredly with that Frankish wit and spirit, 80 frail and yet so haughty (as though forever crowing under protection), which has in all times and places won the compassidnate kind- ness of women who love most those waom they most succor, | dare say the Princess, a large eyed, dreamy woman, watched the strange and merry warriors who talked to her so pleasantly, while they cut their fingers and prayed by turns to do her bidding. At length they fell asleep, exhausted over their — looking blocks of wood, and had agitated reams. But when they awoke they saw belore them a completed image of the Virgin; and around it was a glory ot light, which may have been @ sun- beam. It is possible that they may have or that one of them may nave worked in his sleep better than he could have done awake, Such things have happened, and there is nothing impossibie in the supposition, They very naturally agreed, however, that a miracle bad been accomplisied tor them, and they prayed with passionate iervor to the celestial image. The Princess came to see them by times in the morning, and was, perhaps, not a very critical judge o1 art. “NOThE DAME DE LIESSE" IS REPRESENTED AS A NBGRESS, which does not say much for the knights’ handi- work, However, she was, of course, satisfied with 80 much devotion and obedience to her will; and when the Knight of Kppes who was the eldest of the brothers presented her with the miraculous image the woman’s heart went out to him and she professed herself a Christian, If they at all resembled their pictures the tnree young Cru- saders must have looked very handsome in -their suits of glittering mail, with the red cross on their breasts and the jewelled belt around each of their tunics. The youngest of the kmghts, too, seemed to have haa a graceful knack of kneeling. Alter the conversion of the Princess they all four prayed together to the divine image and called it “Our Lady of Liesse.”” Then the Princess became conscious of the serious nature of the step she had taken. To remain in the power of her jather was certain and ignominious death. More- over, her conversion was perfectly sincere and she began to see visions and to dream dreams oi the Virgin. She therefore resolved to effect the escape of the knights from Egypt and to accompany them to their own country, With this view she took the prudent means of collecting ner jewels, which were the best part of tie current coin of those times and which enabled her to overcome all dificuljes, Her miraculous ‘voyage to France may, ther , have been noth- ing more than anotner ‘ical _proef of the amazing power of bribes discreetly offered to official F801 3 ns. ‘Thus much is historically certain—the Princess Ismérie came to France with the Knights of Eppes. She was baptized by the Bishop of Laon, lived @ life of great s@ctity and died unmarried, possibly because she would not choose between the three brothers, The kings of France—and kings have usually good sources of iniormation—made such frequent visits to Our Lady of Liesse that it came to be dis- tinguished as “THE ROYAL PILGRIMAGE.” Charles VI. went there in 1414; Charies VII. made several pilgrimages there ; Louis XI. appeared there twice as a pilgrim: Francis I. made a pilgrimage to Our ly of Liesse on the 28th August, 1526, to re- turn thanks for his deliverance trom the prisons of Charles V.; Henry IL went there June 13, 1554, The pilgrimages of Charles [X. to Liesse were so numerous that the Castile of Marchais was rebuilt expressly to receive him. Louis XIII. made two pilgrimages to Liesse, the first in 1618, the second in 1682, Louis XIV. made three bi ie ee one in 1652, one in 1673 and the last in 1 This was the latest of the royal pilgrimages, but the shrine has never ceased to be an object Of pop- ular devotion, and more than THIRTY THOUSAND PILGRIMS assembled for the coronation of the miraculous statue, Which took place on the 18th August, 1858, MIRACULOUS CURES began to manifest themselves at Liesse at an earl; period. Jean de Marly, who wrote in the fliteent! century, declares that they were of daily occur- rence in his time, and that the church was full of the crutches of cripples who had been healed there, These miracles are attested by an enormous mass of contemporary evidence, and it may be, therefore, interesting to cite a few of them, 1, Nicolas de Vervius, possessed by devils, was delivered irom his affliction at Liesse in 1666, where BERBLZEBUB PUBLICLY AVOWED to Jean de Bours, Bishop of Laon, that the Virgin Mary had deprived him of the aid of twenty-six of his ‘companions by obliging them to come out of the unhappy man’s body. 2. Nicolas Frahaut, of Boulogne, was cured of a morta! wound by the intercession of Our Lady of Liesse in 1608, 3, The wife of the Lord of Gratereau was cured of a pleurisy in 1611. 4. Mme. de L’Orme, wife of the Treasurer of France, was cured of a cancer in the breast in 1620, 5, Mme. Royer, wife of a tradesman in Paris, was cured of an issue of blood in the same year. 6. Jeanne Gautier was cured of paralysis in 1653, 7, Claude D’Apitte miraculously recovered her speech in 1654, 8, A musket ball which had remained ten years in the body of Viscount de Tincourt, and which no surgeon had been able to extract, came out of it- self, upon prayer being made to Our Lady of Liesse, in 189 634, 9. Jeanne Martin, an impotent woman, was eured in 1637. 10. Captain de Hale was cured of a wound in the arm, after mortification had set in, in 1639. 11, Charles Constantin, a blind man, suddenly recovered his sight in 1640, 12. Maréchal D’Estrées was cured of the stone in 1654. 13. The Town Council (not imaginative persons generally) of Amiens and other French cities de- clare that their deliverance from a fearful pesti- Jence was due to the intercession of Our Lady ot Liesse in 165%, and went tuither to offer up prayers and sacrifices at her shrine, 14. The Marquis de Trouville recovered from a mortal wound in 1669. 15. The Queen of Poland rendered thanks to Our Lady of Liesse for the birth of her son, Alexander Sobieski, in 1671. 16, Jacques Benoit, @ coachman, of Paris, was cured of paralysis in 1681, 17. Marguerite du Fort recovered the use of her eyes, Which she had lost for six years, in 1687, 18. M. Fleubet, Firman Martin and Marie Locré were delivered {rom imprisonment in 1695, 19. Mme. de Rambouiliet was miraculously cured of the elfects of a dangerous fall by prayer made at Liesse in 1704, 20. Two Dukes of Bourbon, a Prince of Condé, a Prince of Ligne, a Duke of Vendéme, the famous Duchess de Longueville ; Henrietta, Queen of Eng- land, and Anne of Austria, all attest the benefits derived irom a pilgrimage to Liesse, and the birth Of no less a personage than Louis XIV. 1s said to have been one of them, Modern miracles are far more numerous; and whereas at Lourdes { do not remember to have met with any inhabitant of the town who person- ally declared to me that he had been miraculousiy cured and supported the statement upon trust- worthy evidence, at Liesse | have met with sev- eral such persons. ‘The historical cures I have cited are taken from a countless list of similar cures contained in the registers of the chapel at Liesse, and either they Toust be accepted as true or no evidence of any historical fact whatsoever can be received without doubt. SUICIDE BY DROWNING, The body of Henry Empting, proprietor of a lager beer saloon, First street, near North First, was found in the river, foot of South Fourth street, Williamsburg, yesterday morning. Empting, who had been suffering irom the efiects of over-sti lation for a lon; o'clock on Tuesday night, and nothing was rd of him until his body was found in the river. He was a man of propery: being owner of the building in which he kept his other real eytater 4 BRUTAL EXECUTION. Hanging of James Connor, at Liverpool, for the Murder of Gaffney. A TERRIBLE SCENE. The Rope Breaks When the Drop Falls and Precipitates the Culprit on the Platiorm, Fight Minutes for Conversation After the First Execution. alah oh BH “DISTRESSED.” CALORAFT (From the Liverpool Mercury, Sept. 9.] James Connor, who was convicted at the last Liverpool Asstzes of the murder of James Gatiney, im Mill street, Toxteth park, in this town, on the night of the 11th ult, was executed yesterday morning within the precincts of Kirkdale Jail. THE CINCH" STANCES OF THE MURDER are simple and ¢..«ly teld; they contain only the sad story of the wasted life of a young man, whose untimely end, it is tobe feared, is traceable to drink and debauchery, Previous to the night on which the murder was committed, Connor had been on the “spree” for some days, On Monday, the 11th ult. he was at the Cambridge Music Hall, Mill street, where he remained until the close of the performance, when he leit the building. While in the hall he observed & woman named Mary Ellen Shears, the wile of a ship steward, and asked her to have some drink, but she refused, and as the audience le!t the build- ing he followed herat afew yards distance, At the junction of Jackson street and Mill street ho accused her of having stolen some money from him, She denied the accusation, and remarked he was mistaken, whereupon—without provoca- tion, it was said—he struck her twice with his hand, which caused her to fall, and call for the police, Ubserving this, Gaffney and a companion named Metcalf, who were on the opposite side of the street, crossed over to Connor and Mrs, Shears toassist her. Gaffney asked Connor why he struck her; Connor made no reply, but took from his pocket a clasp knife, opened it, and plunged it inta Gaffney’s neck. He was about to give him a blow with his hand, but Metcalf, to prevent his doing turther injury, knocked him to the ground with his fist, Conpor immediately got up again, however, and, picking up the knife, struck Metcalf with it, but fortunately the weapon oa 4 Gut his clothes and did not wound him. Then he walked away, but after he had gone some distance he was caught by two men and given into custody. In the mean- time Gaifney bied protusely, and as soon as assist- ance could be procured he was removed to the Southern Hospital, where he DIED THE FOLLOWING MORNING. It was found that the wound was such as would be caused by the knife found in the possession of Connor, and that it had penetrated the spine, TERRIBLE SCENE ON THE SCAFFOLD. The execution of the condemned man was fixed to take place at elght o’clovk yesterday morning. There was some doubt as to who was to be the exe- cutioner, it being sald that Calcrait had “retired from business” and that some one else would per- form the disagreeable task. This at first Appeared to be the trutn, or rather there seemed a proba- bilixy of there being no executioner at all, for Culcraft, who had been engaged, did not arrive at the jail until a late hour on Sunday night. Connor retired to rest at the usual prison hour on Sunday night. According to the testimony of those who had charge of him he slept soundiy. He Tose at about half-past five yesterday morning, and at six o’clock was attended by the Rev. Father Bonte, who administered to him the last sacra- ment of the Roman Catholic Church, Afterwards the condemned man partook of a hearty breakfast and then again engaged in prayer with the Kev. Father Bonte. At a quarter to eight o’clock the bell of the prison church commenced to toll, The condemned criminal was pinioned just before eight o’clock in the small room under the chapel, which he has used in the day time. He submitted to the pinioning with the greatest composure, assisting those who did it. As the clock struck eight the rocession was formed, headed by the Chief Warder, ichard Heslop, the prisoner following, with Father Bonte and Cajcraft, the executioner, on each side ofhim. Then followed Turnkey John Pred and Warder William McEwen and the under sheriff, Mr. Deacon, and the Governor of the Jat!, Captain Gibbs. ‘The condemned man walked with a firm step to the scaffold, and evidently paid no heed to the service which was being read in an impressive manner by the Rev, Father Bonte. On getting opposite to where the representatives of the press were Connor cast his eyes towards them. In an- ster moment he was at the foot of the scaifold, le MOUNTED THE STEPS BRAVELY, walked straight on to the drop under the cross beam, cast his eyes above at the fatal noose and then looked straight in front, smiled pleasantly and nodded to two warders who were standing & short distance off. His coolness never for a mo- ment seemed to forsake him, and there was a bra- vado about the whole affair which gave an addi- tional horror to the proceedings, the condemned man being apparently the least moved of those restnt, Calcraft drew the white cap over his face, placed a strap round his legs, bid him a fare- well by shaking one of his hands and adjusted the Tope, and in another moment the drop fell. Un- fortunately THE ROPE BROKE and the strands of the broken end flew in the air, ‘The condemned criminal fell on to asecond plat- form, which was fitted two or three feet lower than the treacherous .trap-door upon which he had stood. He remained in an ads ke eee ie except that, being pinioned, he fell to the edge of the platiorm., Some of the officials immediately at- tended Ge the unfortunate man, but a pair of steps had to be procured bejore he could be got out of his position and placed on to the upper part of the scaffold, ‘The Rey man uttered exclamations of pain, and, on being got to the upper platiorm of the scaffold, the white cap was drawn above his eyes and he was placed on a chair. CALCRAFT WAS MUCH DISTRESSED at the accident, and, as he moved about the scaf- fold, holding the broken rope and examining it, he trembled and was apparently greatly agitated, The warders were also unnerved by what had hap- ened, After the first exclamation of pain the con- demned man said to the warder who was assisting him ffom the lower platform, “What do you cail this’ dp you call this murder?” and afterwards he said, ‘You should let me off after this; this is surely enough.” The mark of the rope round THE POOR FELLOW'S NECK was plainly visible, at one part there appearing to bea cut, from which blood was slightly issuing. While Connor was seated on the chair and prepa- rations were going on to make sure of his death at the next attempt, Father Bonte engaged his atten- tion by reading the prayers to him, ooping to him and directing his attention tothe book. The prisoner at first did not heed the priest, remark- ing, ‘I have not got over the pain;” but he after- wards looked at the book and responded once or twice, “Lord have mercy upon me.” A fresh rope having been brought the condemned man viewed it with the utmost concern and remarked, “1 STOOD IT LIKE A BRICK THE ¥IRST TIME.’ Observing that the executioner was ready, he ‘ot up from the chair, placed himself on the Stop, and, his arms being only pinioned at the elbow, stooped his head so that he might reach the whe cap with his hands, pulled the cap over his face himself, and then assisted Calcrait in placin the rope round his neck. This being accomplished, Caicraft once more drew the boit, the door fell, the prisoner seemed lifeless for a second or two, | and then a few fearful struggles of the body and lower limbs told how much he suffered, He was a lithe, well-built man, and he appeared to die hard, The first time the drop fell it was two minutes past eight o'clock ; the second time the bolt was drawn it was ten minutes past cight, so that it took just eight minutes for the second preparation, ith respect to the breaking of the rope, no fault is ascribable to the officials of the jail; neither does it appear that the executioner Was to blamg. For @ number of years CALCRAPT has been in the habit of bringing his own ropes, although they were at one time supplied at the jail, Caleraft, on being asked as to the rope, said he could have staked his life upon it, and at first denied that the rope itself broke, but stated that it was the noose which became unfastened. All doubt as to the rope breaking was, however, set at rest, as aiterwards the loop at the end ol the noose was picked up by one of the warders, that being the part which had broken off. It was said by some that the rope possibly broke On account Of a too great Jength of drop being given to the condemned man. That, however, it was explained, could not be so, inasmuch as the fall was only eight inches. It was contended that it could not also be said that Con- nor was aheavy man and that the executioner nad not made allowance for his weight. Although tali and weil butit, bis frame was somewhat slight but he possessed well-developed limbs and masc! When weighed in prison his weight was only 10 stone 1 1b, THE SECOND ROPE mM was supplied by the jail authorities, and was —e thicker than the one brought hy warn, ales only seemed al pda jad at Ay foto je A mn at the prison close , et hitch Ris occurred before during that ated for the execution @ riod, At the hour appol Ldheag hy uy. to 13 . tho condemned man had received from his mot * Was handed to the reportei ‘woop, near Sheffield, Sept. 6, 1873. rer to your letter of the 31 very glad you tee! your position, aml see how necessary itis you stiould spénd the short time you have to live im reparing to meet your God In the next world. Oh, my lear son, { pray that He will be please! to accept cur rein His great mercy and forgive you of nd [hope we shall meet in Heaven. You ute your spirit up and believe in the jesus. Christ, and He will not desert you in the hour ot need. L should have been to sce you, but aim so poorly. I am under th doctor at present. ‘Hoping this will fd you as ell as es may allow, 1 must now wish you goodby, and may God, in His great merc Among His chosen in’ Heaven’ is Believe me, your loving mother, After hanging an heur the body was cut down and an inquest held. AN OLD UNITED STATES SOLDIER ABROAD. = bpialiaentiss His Advice to His Comrades Contempiat- ng Foreign Travel—The Value of » G. A. R. Badge in European Countrics. ANTWERP, August 25, 1878. To THR Error ov THe HERALD:— I received recently my first copy of the world-renowned Henaup, I have perused with pleasure its valuable and well edited columns. It Appears that, with the HewaLD before me, 1 am hundreds of miles nearer to my adopted country. Notwitnstanding my being born and reared here, E cannot, alter aten years’ sojourn in the United States, adopt the ways and manners of the people and the country. Simply to hear English spoken L go sometimes, whenI can find a surplus of six cents in my pocketbook, to drink a glass of beer im the Hotel d’Angleterre, at the Exchange or at the docks. On Sunday I went for the same purpose to the English Episcopal church, No. 30 Rue des Tanneurs. The minister here commenced his prayers by invoking the grace of tne Almighty upon the Queen and the royal family ot England, Three young ladies who occupied seats Opposite me shrugged their shoulders when they heard this invocation; but .when the minister added, ‘and also upon the President and the peo- ple of the United States,” a graceful smile, like only American ladies can smile, followed imme- diately, It is unnecessary to mention from where these ladies came, : Many strangers, especially Americans and Eng- lishmen, visit the city. They are, 1 presume, mostly rich; but well they may be, as they are most royally cheated out of their greenbacks and sovereigns, In a third class hotel an Englishman demanded and received a beefsteak and a bot- tle of common Bordeaux wine, wherefor he paid eight francs, when the ordinary price is only two and a half francs. In proportion ail are over- charged by clothiers, hack drivers and commis- sioners, Any one who travels on the Continent has only to speak English to pay twice or thrice the value for all he buys, the Americans being re- garded as millionnaires who can afford to pay tt. When I arrived in this city I spoke a patois ot Flemish and English, and, being compelled to buy some clothes, | had Nandsomely to pay for my “patois,” notwithstanding my declamation that Iwas only a poor pensioner and a Belgian, like they were. En routeto Antwerp I have passed through Eng- land, and since my arrival here I have been in Ger many and Holland on business for a society whereo! I am a member. It is incredible how much the prices of eatables have increased in these countries and all over Europe since the late Franco German war. The prices of meats, bread, otatoes, butter and eggs are higher here than mm he United States, It is past all belief how the working class can live here on their small wages. He who has his ‘‘béllyful,” of whatever food it may be, 1s considered a happy man. Ibelleve that Ger- many is one of the worst countries of Ku- rope ior what concerns the _live-making of the workman and the absolute power of its government. [ am not surprised ta see all the Germans emigrate to what they call “North America” (United States), the freest and the most prosperous country of the universe. Visit all the countries of the earth, you will find but one America, with @ chance for all and every one. Foois are they who quit it expecting to do better under another climate, Having lost a foot in the United States Army, and’ being unable to work or find any occupation, I wag compelled to seek a refuge in one of the “Soldiers” Homes,” which imposed on my self-respect jor this- reason—I returned to my native country, thinking that my pension would be sufictent to live here, and that the small knowledge I have of the Eng- Mesh, French and Dutch languages would aid me to- obtain some occupation, but I find myself cruelly Mistaken, as my pension ($18) is insufficient, and it is impossible to find occupation here for any one who has renounced his native country and has been disabied in his adopted. I would advise -all pensioners, even those who are compelled to live in a ‘Soldiers’ Home,” to stay where they are, and should a free workingman think to return to Europe he would do much. better to put aro around his neck or throw himself into the Nor' River or the Mississippi. T have caused already the departure of a dozen of sturdy workingmen to the United States; so you see, Mr. Editor, that when, as cripples, our services are not longer required at home, we end still render the country some service on the Conti- nent. Walking through the streets of the city, I noticed numerous military and civil gentlemen wearing somewhere round the vicinity of their breasts rib- bons and crosses; 80, said I to myself, “Pete, those men who wear these things of distinction have never in their lives smelled war powder, and = who have lost your blood at Petersburg and jeft your bones somewhere around the Arkansas River, have you not a8 much or more right to wear something of the kind upon your small stomach?” My jealousy and pride were pricked. I opened my trunk and found there stowed in one of the corners my badge of the G, A. R.; I had it immediately gold-plated, and the nexs Sunday I paraded the streets, just as the high mass was over. The first crowd I met with ex- claimed, ‘That is the ‘Cross of the Legion of Honor*® of the Holy Father’ (?) ; another said that it was that of the Sultan of Turkey; but still greater was my ambition whena sentry came at a “shoulder arms.’ Of course I returned him my nicest salute. My greatest 1ear was to meet with an Americar who should have exposed me; but if wey. saw me they have had the good sense not to do it, which favor I expect from your charming readers, should they in their fature rambles meet with my humbie self, Who, then, will presume to say that a “badge of the Grand Army of the Republic” is useless? & live now on the pride derived from it, which has revented me from throwing myself into the cheldt, Salut fraternele, P. VAN DELL, Marché aux gants 19, Antwerp. LIFE IN ENGLAND. PEPSI ER NLA: Heartless Case of Breach of Promise Damages £350. From the Liverpool Mercury, Sept. 9. At the Sherif Court, Preston, yesterday, the Under Sheriff and a. jury sat to assess damages im acase of breach of promise and seduction of as heartless @ cnaracter as one could possibly im- agine. The plaintiff, Sarah Cragg, rather good looking, is the daughter of a large farmer at Hut- ton, near Kendal, and the defendant, John S. Clarke, is the son of @ farmer at Slainbank Green, near the same town. The courtship commenced so long ago as 1860, when the plaintiff was eighteen and the defendant nineteen een of age. The detend- ant first met the piaintif at @ bail at her ancie’s, and soon alterwards he began to pay her marked attention. In 1863, while away from home, the plaintiff received the first letter the defendant bad ever written to her. It was avery commonplace production, and simply intimated that the defendant could not attend certain ball he had promised to go to but he signed himseif “Yours ever, J. Ciarke, ’ d at the top of it there were seyerai verses of poetry addressed to “Her Liove.” The courtship contmued without anything worthy of note until 1865, In June of thas year a sister of the plaintiffs was married and the Getendant was at the ceremony, In the evening of the same day the defendant, under a selemn promise to marry the plaimti? at Martinmas, suc- ceeded in seducing her. She was living at thia time at Maidenhili, and when she found sie was enciente she returned home. The distress and anxiety Of mind which she suffered in conse- quence of her condition brought on @ mis carriage. Instead of the deiendant keeping his promise to marry the plaintil, = he continued to excuse himself on one pretext or another until October, 1660. He then told her that the farm was his own, and that he would marry Ner in the spring of 1s67. She believed him, ang again improper intimacy took place, and in due course a child was born. The defendant, when ap~ pealed to, refused to marry the poor girl, and she Was at length compelled to affiliate the child. Am order was made on the defendant, and they did not see each other again for over eighteen months or more, In 1872 they met at Kendal, at the market, and the defendant urged the plain- tir to allow him to renew his acquaint- auce with her, as he would come into session of the ‘farm in the spring of 1873, and was desirous of marrying her, He said sne had been brought up all her life to farming pursuits, and he thought she was likely to make nim a good wife, She refused to have anything to do with him at that time, but in April of the same ear. When they saw each other again, he renewed iis protestations, and she consented to bis again writing her. He told her that he had £1,000 inde- pendently of his mother (his father being dead at this time, a8 alsO Was the lather of the plait), and that ne had suMcient for them both, It was then arranged that the marriage shou d take place in the spring of 1873. Im May, 1872, they were together at a circus in Kendali, and on returning to the home of the plamtifi they foued the family gone to bed. Dlicit intercourse again fouiowed, and another child was born, Arrangements had beeu made for the rion of the parties some months before this event, but the we bi never took place, lack flag was hoisted at the 1 sentence of the law was | and a week or two after an affiliation sammons had paige ce posal eaigig ate