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WAS1IIXGTOX.
(Xj- The following sketch of the character of
Washington formed the concluding paragraph of
Mr. Wi-hster's late speech, at the celebration of the
Bunker Hill Monument :
There are few topics more inviting than the
influence of the new world on the old. The occa
sion forbids me enteiing ttpn it. Her obligations
to England for the arts for literature, and law,
and manners America acknnwhdgcs.a she ought,
with gratitude, and the people of the United States
descendants of English flock acknowledge wiih
filial regard, that under the culture of such men as
Hampden and Sidney, and other assiduous friends,
tho seed of liberty first germinated, which now
overshadows the whole land. But America has
not failed to make returns. If sho have not
cancelled the obligation, sho has at ! ast made re
spectable advances to equality. And she admits
that as a nation, she has a high part to act for the
general advanceme nt of human interest and wel
fare. American mines have fill d the mints of Eu
rope with prci h'un mel.'l; and the markets of the
old world have r ceived the richest produce of In r
climate. Minis and animals of beauty and value
have been added to European collections ; trans,
plants from tho traiis.-end.itit and uncounted trea
sures of our forests have mingled their gloiies with
t!u) elms and ushes, and clastic oaks of England.
But who can estimate the amount or value of the
augmentation of the commerce of the woild that has
resulted from Amciica 1 Who could imagine the
shock to the Eastern Continent, if the Atlantic
were no I ngr Iraveisibln, or there were no longer
American productions or American markets. A
m'ica cxerci-cs an influence, and holds out an ex
ample of still higher character, because of a po
litical nature. She has furnished proof of the fact
that a population, founded on equality on the
principle of representation is fully capable of ful
filling all the purpo-es ol government that it is
practicable ti elevate the masses of mankind to
raise thein to self-respect to make them com(etent
to act in the great duty of self-government. This
she has shown can le done by the diffusion of
knowledge and education. But, my friends, A
merica h:s done more. Amciica has furnished
Europe and the world with the character of Wash
ing, (fireot cheeiing.) And if our institu
tions had done nothing rise, they would have de
served the re-pect of mankind (Cheers.) Wisn
liiiToi (three long continued cheers) Wish
ivbtov first in war, fi.st in peace, and first in the
henr's of his countrymen Washington it all our
own. (EntbiiRiasiic app'anae.) And the venera
tion and love cn'oiisiied for him by the people of
the Ijiitt'd State are proof that they are worthy of
tucb a countryniin. (Renewed apptiUse.) I
would i in eituliy pit 'ho qui s ion to-day to I lie
iritcllig nt men of all Europe I will siy tit the
intelligent of the w h. le world wh.it character of
the century Mauds out ill the relief of history most
pure, most rrp-rtah'e, most sublime and I doubt
n .t 'hat by a sulf a;;. approaching to unai.imi y,
the answer w.iuld e WisinsiiTOX. (Cheering.)
That in inunient its-elf is not an unfit emblem of
hi character, by its upriitt)'ncs, its solidity, its du
rability. (I. on.; continued applause.) Hi pub
lic virtues mid pubiic principles were as fixed a
the earth on which that structure rests his per
s.m il in. lines as pure i.t the serene Heavens in
which its summit is lost. (Gnat applause.) Dut
iiidit d It is not ii n adequate i liiblem. Towering
tar above ibis column that our hands have built,
hi hold not by the citizens of a single city or a sin
pie State, but by all the families of man, ascends
the c.il'ssil grand ur of the character and life of
Wakiiimi rov. (Enthusiastic applause.) In all
i's c.: s'itueul p irts in oil its acts in all its toils
ii ilversal live and admiration, it is an American
production, (Deafening applause.) Born on our
soil: of parents born upon our soil never having
for a single day had a sight of the old world
reared amid our gigantic scenery instructed ac
cording to tho modes of the time, in the spare but
wholesome elementary knowledge which the insti
tutions of tho country furnish for all the children of
the people brought up beneath and penetrated by
the genial influence of American society part ik
ing our great destiny of labor partaking and lead
ing in that agency of our glory, the War of Inde
pendence partaking and levling in that great vie
tory of peace, the establishment of the present
Constitution, heboid him, a ltou ktiikii ax A
Mruicix. (Deafening applause.) That glorious
life
"Where multitudes of virtues passed along,
Eich pressing foremost in tho mighty throng
Contending to be seen, then miking room
For the multitude which weie to come"
that life in all its purity in all its elevation in
all its grandeur was the life of an American ci'i
zen (great cheers) I claim him I claim Wisu
itriTo wholly for America and, amidst the p-.
rdous and darkened hours of the night in the
midsi of the reproaches of enemies, and the mis
giving of friends, I turn to that transcendent
name, f r courage and for consolation. To him
who denies that our transatlantic liberty can be
combined with law and order, and the security of
properly, and power and reputation lo him who
denies that our institutions can produce any exalta
tion of soul, or passion for trua glory to him who
denies that America has contiibuted anything to
the stock of great lessons and great examples to
all these I reply by pointing to the chaiacter of
Washington. It is time that 1 fchould diaw this
discourse to a close. We have indulged in gratify
ing recollections of the past. We have enjoyed
the consciouness of present prosperity and happi
ness. We have pleased ourselves with wi II found
ed hope of the future. Let us remember as re
sponsible beings thai we have duties and obligations
reMing upon us, corresponding to the h'essings
with which Heaven has favored us. And let us,
to the extent of our power, with all the ability with
which we ate gifted, exert ourselves to keep alive
a just tone of moral sentiment to inspire, regard
for religion and morality and a trua and generous
lnvo of liberty, regulated by law, and enlightened
by knowledge and truth. Let ns remember the
great truth tint communities are responsible as
well as individuals tint without unspotted public
fa'nh, Gdelity, honor and truth, it is not in the pow
er of constitutions, forms of government, or all the
machinery of law to give dignity and respectability
to any political Plate. Let us hope, therefore, that
we may look forward, not to a degraded but lo an
improved and elevated future that when we die,
and our children shall all have been consigned to
the house appointed for all living, there may be a
7.ealous, a fervid love of country and an equally
fervid pride of country, in the bosoms of all lim e
who shall bear our name, or inherit our blood ! and
ages and .ies hence, when honored and consecra
ted age shall lean upon the base of that monument,
and ingenious youth shall throng around it, and
it shill speak lo them of its objeot its glory and
the great events which it was intended to signalizo
and to perpetuate, then shall there arise and
ejaculate fr m every faithful breast "Tiiask
Gon ! THAT I I ALSO AM AX AmEBICAS CITI-
The orutor here ceased and the heavens rang
with the shout of the vast multitude.
Before Mr, Webster reached his neat the Presi
dent started to his feet, and stepped forward, seized
Mr. Webster's hand, and shook it with great
warmth.
John Uandolph.
Mr. Randolph, in Congress, was an able de
bater, but had little influence as a legislator,
lie captivated and held in delight all who hap
pened to come in hearing ; but no one ever
eccined to think much of the cogency of his
reasoning. lie was never at a loss for subject
or words, but tho matter was scattered over a
great field. On one occasion, when he under
took to show to the old Republican or Jeffer
son parly, who had accused him of having de
serted their stnndard, that they had abandoned
their principles, lie spoke four days successive
ly. His appearance on the occasion, was the
oddest that can be conceived.
The first tiling that he did on obtaining the
floor, after the Speaker had responded to liis
claim to it by saying "the gentleman from
Virginia" the customary solution to all
speakers, was, very drlibcratcly and very cool
ly, provokingly so, to strip oil' his overcoat, to
lay aside his lint and whip, and then transfer
the bandana, which had previously adorned his
throat, to his head. Even after lie had thus
tied up his be.nl, and made other arrangements
for a seven or eight hours' speech, ho would
stand perfectly motionless, looking at thcSpcak
cr as if In? was waiting to have something more
said to him before he began. In this way he
was wont to take in many a Chairman of the
Whole, and who have had their knuckles well
rapped by him for interfering with his honor
on such occasion, much to the amusement ot a
crowded auditory. On a similar occasion and
on a stormy day, he had an unbrella, instead of
the everlasting whip, in one hind, and in the
other an orange. On obtaining the floor, while
expectation was on tiptoe to hear the exordi
um, which was generally spicy and amusing,
hecooly began to suck his orange, without re
gard to the feelings of the members. Who
ever the Chairman of tho Committe of the
Whole was, seeing the House impatient, he
reiterated uthc gentleman from Virginia."
All the reply or satisfaction he got was the
sententious" know it, sir .'" and then he went
on to suck liis orange, while tho whole house
laughed at the rebuke. As soon as it suited
his convenience to begin, the whole attitude
and manner wcro imitably fine. Ilia hair was
combed back and separated in front, something
like the fashion w ith which women part theirs
on their forehead ; the bandana was around his
neck, and the stirtont on. In his left hand lie
hold the umbrella, in the other the orange
Throwing forward his head, a little turned on
one side, three fingers of one hand grasping the
orange, tho other pointing to the Chair, he com
menced : "I remember, sir, ab-mt fourteen
years since yes sir, about fourteen years since
that tho gentleman from South Carolina,
(Mr. Ilagar) we were both then members of
this House set a popularity trap yes sir, a
popularity trap, which he baited with brown su
gar and moi7ifs( tariff project) but it caught
nothing, sir ! not that I ever heard of." He
then passed ofT in an attack upon New England,
Mr. Clay, and the other prominent members
generally, in his usual style of inventive, at
times amusing, scorching, and occasionally
instructing hia libteners. D. S. Dun.
Sickness and Death of Mr. Legnre.
The Boston Advertiser furnishes the following
particulars of the last illness and death of the late
distinguished Attorney (Seneral ; they will I e read
with deep and melancholy interest by the thousands
to whom his high fame and probity of heart and
his life were deservedly dear :
"It gives us pain to announce tho death of
Mr. Legnre, Attorney General of the United
States, and Secretary of State ail interim, who
died yesterday morning, Juno 120, at half past
five o'clock. Ho arrived in Boston early on
Friday last, somewhat indisposed, but very
slightly fo, in consequence of the fatigues of a
hurried journey from Washington even in the
latter part of the cveningof that day, after ha
ving attended the Mayor's dinner, where lie al
most wholly abstained from food, he complained
of a little inconvenience, and thought a night's
rest would quite restore him. But about one o'
clock on Saturday morning he was seized with
symptoms ol obstruction of the bowels, to some
degree of which ho had formerly been subject,
and of which the three last attacks had been of
increasing severity.
Dr. Thomas, an eminent Physician from
Washington, who was with the President's par
ty, and to must of whom he is, when at home,
the regular family physician, was immediately
called, and instantly present, being lodged in
the Trcmont House, where Mr. Lcgarc then
was. During Saturday no anxiety whatever
was felt about the case. On Sunday morning
early, though still no apprehension were enter
tained Dr. Thomas desired that Dr. Eigclow
might be called in. Dr. Bigclow agreed with
Dr. Thomas in his view of the case. He saw
Mr. Lcgare several times during the day'; and
in the latter part of the afternoon accompanied
him in a carriage to the house of Mr. Legare's
friend, Mr. Ticknor, in Park-street, as to a sit
uation more comfortable, quiet, and airy. Dr.
Thomas and Dr. Bigclow were both with their
patient till late in the evening (Sunday) and
again early next morning, agreeing entirely in
the course to be pursued.
Mr. Iiegarc passed a more comfortable night
than the one preceding; but in the forenoon of
Monday graver symptoms made their appear
ance. Dr. Bigclow therefore desired the atten
dance of Dr. J. G. Warren, Dr. Thomas being
absent at Lowell with the Presidential party
These two eminent physicians were with him
constantly, through the whole night, and until
after his death early on Tuesday morning. But
at no time during seventy-eight hours of its
continuance did the disease seem in the slight
est degree to yield, though various and unre
mitting efforts were made lo arrest it during its
whole progress.
Mr. Legare suffered occasionally severe pain
in the early stages of his complaint: but, for
the Inst 3(5 hours, though frequently incommo'
ded, he could hardly be said to suffer more than
once or twicp, and then only for a few instants.
Through the Inst night, and through even his
last moments, he was easy and tranquil ; and
from first to last his mind was clear, firm, and
perfectly composed. Knowing his constitution
al tendencies, he apprehended the termination
of his disease from a very early period, and
made every needful disposition touching his af
fairs, private and public, in case his anticipa
tious should be realized, llo desired, on Mon
day, that the unowned Despatches received by
him from England the day before should be d
livcrcd to t!iu President of the United Stalt-s,
together with all papers under his control he
longing to the Government, except such as are
in those departments at Washington of which
he was the head. This was done soon after
the President rcturncJ from Lowell.
The President, himself ill and in bed, re.
ccived them with great sensibility, and seemed
quite unable to reconcile Inmsell to the idea
that he and the Nation were about to sustain so
great a loss uf which this was to him the first
distinct warning. In all other points, both a
mid his sufferings, and during tho exhaustion
that followed them, Mr. Legnre was equally
tranquil and collected showing at each mo
nient the nltecttonatc spirit and the vigorous
powers which have, from youth upward, marked
his manly and noble character. He more than
once thanked God that, having left Washing
ton with great reluctance, he was dying in the
mere performance of his public duties ; but he
evidently felt no regrets, except when speaking
of a much loved sister, the only remaining
member of his immediate family, to whom he
had always been most tenderly attached. His
last words a few moments before his death,
and after hia external senses had partly failed
were of her. But so tranquil was the closing
scene that the friend in whose arms he rested
was not conscious that his spirit had passed, uu
til the attendant physician made it known to
him."
The Advertiser states that on a post-mortem
examination in the case of Mr. Legare it was
ascertained that his death was occasioned by
an internal strangulation, arising from the
tw isting ol the iutettine upon itself, at the big
mold flexure. His disease, therefore, was one
which precluded all hope of the successful ap
plication of remedies.
SrnvrPKD Pantaloons Is am. Ovnt. To
laugh at the mishaps of others, is not generally
accounted generous, yet there are occasions of
this character. Such was the case in this day,
when the wharf at the packet basin was lined
with travellers about to take tho packets, and
lookers-on, that a young man issued from one
of the offices', and approached the canal for
the purpose of giving an inkstind ablution. His
pantaloons were strapped down to the extreme
of the fashion, making the act one of no little
elTort and risk. The first essay to DHtnse the
inkstand into the water was a failure, while the
strain consequent on it caused a succession of
snaps and cracks, indict ling a giving way ot
some part of the strapped pantaloons. Gaining
his perpendicular again, the young man threw
a little more force into his genuflectivc effort,
but just as the object sought was on the point
of being gained, the strap?, unnblo longer to
endure the strains to which they were subjec
ted, gave way, simultaneously causing a nadir
dip of the head and a zenith dip ot the heels
and by the consequence, as neat a plunge into
the basin, of the body owning these head and
heels, as the most fastidious diver could desire
to see. It was done scientifically, and to the
delight of a large circle of spectators, who tes
tified their approbation by no chary use of lungs
and gestures. Soon, however, the submerged
one emerged to the light of day, and with his
first recovered breath, exclaimed; "D n tho
strops; d n the basin, and all those around
it." Let this bo a caution to those who are
well strapped down to beware how they ven
ture on experiments involving the possibility
of an involuntary bath. Rochester Daily Ad
vertiser.
A CxriTOL Joke. The Ixrd Chancellor of
Ireland having recently made an appointment
to visit the Dublin Insane Asylum, repaired
thither in the absence of the chief manager,
and was admitted by one of the keepers, who
was waiting to receive a patient answering
the appearance of Sir Kdward. He appeared
to be very talkative, but the attendants humo
red him, and answered all his questions. He
asked ifthe Surgeon-General had arrived ; and
the keeper answered him that ho had not yet
come, but, that he would bo there immediately.
"Well," said he, 'I will inspect some of tho
rooms until he arrives." "Oh, no, Sir," 6id the
keeper, "we could not permit that at all."
"Then I will walk for a while in the garden,"
said his Iirdship, "while 1 am waiting for him."
"We cannot let you go there either, Sir, said
the keeper. "What !"' said he, "don't you
know that I am tho Iird Chancellor 1" "Sir,"
said the keeper, "we have four more Lord
Chancellors here already." He got into a
great fury, and they were beginning to think of
thp strait-waistcoat for him, when fortunately
the Surgean General arrived. "Has the Chan
ccllor arrived yet !" said he. The man burst
out laughing at him, and said, "Yes, Sir, we
have him sale ; but he is by far the most out-
r.i''eous patient we have." Mr. O'Connell told
this anecdote in Dublin, at a public meeting.
Goon rii siM'.ss. There was born on board
a steamboat on a trip from Cincinnati to Pitts
burg, seven pigs, one calf, and one buby.
Kxeii.vMii:. Kditor exchange papers, mer
chants exchange bills, lovers exchange glances
and duelists exchange shots.
Di'.oukks in M i:anni'mo. Mean. To take a
newspaper and never pny for it.
Meaner. To refuse to take it out of the of
fice without paying up arrearages.
Meanest. To borrow it from a neighbor, in
stead of subscribing for it like a gentleman.
"When a broker exacts three per cent, a
mouth, ho is a screw, and ought to ho kicked
out of any unfortunate man's house." In thnt
cuse, tho person kicking is a scrta-driter.
'My love, you must lake the resonsilnlittj,'
as the man said to his w ife w hen the child be
gan to cry.
"Jim, do you believe iu ghosts !" asked a fel
low yesterday of another, who was taking a
brandy-and-rum julep at the Verandah. "No,"
replied Jim, "but I do in spirits .'" Pie.
Prejudice are said to be more difficult of be
ing combated, because, having no real founda
tion, you cannot opposo truth to them.
Co.M'NORl MS.
Why should aged men be generally wealthy 1
Because their heads are sileerttl ore (o're.)
Why is a pluiu-pudJing like a new settlement !
Ilecause there arc inisins' in it.
Why is the present century like an old maid
Became il't on the otlitr side ot hmy.
STEWART "THE WALKER,"
This most extraordinary man, who hns now
been dead upwards of twenty years, was born
in IVmd street, and educated at the Charter
house. In the year I7GH, he was sent out a
writer to Madras, and was employed as sec
retary to the Nabob of Arcot, and expended a
large sum in feiving official entertainments, by
order of his master. Within two years after
his arrivul in India, at the age of eighteen, he
determined on leaving his situation in the Com
pany's service, assigning as a reason, that he
was resolved to travel, the amor riilcmli being
irresistible that ho would see, ifhc could, the
whole world that he would unlearn all that
he had learned that he would become an Au
tomathes, think antl act for himself. In pur
suance of this resolution, he addressed a letter
to the Court of Directors, which from its ju
venile insolence and audacity, is preserved on
their records to this day ; in which he tells
them he was born for noble pursuits, and high
er attainments than lobe a copier of invoices
and bills of lading to a company of grocers.
haberdashers and cheesemongers.
Within a few weeks after, writing this epis
tle, ho took his leave of the presidency, and
began his pedestrian life. Some of his friends
lamenting his abrupt departure, and thinking
he might bo involved in pecuniary difficulties,
sent after him, begging him to return, and of
fering him pecuniary assistance. He replied
to their invitat on, that he thanked them, that
his resolution was taken, that his finances were
small, but adequate to his wants. lie prose
cuted his route over Hindustan, and walked to
Delhi, to Persepolis and other parts of Persia.
He visited Abyssinia and Ethiopia. He enter
ed the Camatic, and became known to the then
Nabob, who conceived an esteem for him,
which eventually in his latter days became the
means of his support, for the Nabob appointed
him hia private secretary.
A few years previous to his death, the House
of Commons, in order to spare Mr. Stcwart'a
feelings, granted him fifteen thousand pounds
to liquidate his demands on the Nabob. Quit
ting the Carnatic, lie adopted the mad resolu
tion of walking to Seringapatam, which he ef
fected ; when there, Tippoo, hearing that a 1
European had entered his city, ordered him to
be immediately arrested, and directed him to
appear before him at his durbar. He questioned
him as to his motive for coming to his kingdom.
He answered, "Solely a desire to sec it." Tip
poo told him he must consider himself as his
subject, and as such a military one, and he
must be enrolled in his army; and that as he
appeared a gentleman, he would make him, af
ter some tnctical instruction, a captain of se
poys. He became one, and was engaged in
several affairs against tho Mahrattas, and was
wonnded in the right arm.
He continued detenu of Tippoo's several
years, until Sir James Sibbald, then at Bomby,
was appointed by that presidency to settle the
terms of peace with Tippoo. Stewart availed
himself of the opjiortunity of requesting Sir
James to use his interest with his highness,
to procure liis release. This, with some diffi
culty, Sir James Sibbald effected ; and Stewart
set forward to walk to Europe. He crossed the
desert to Arabia, and arrived at Marseilles. He
walked through the whole kingdom of France,
through Spain, came to England left England
for America, through every State of which he
walked as he did through Ireland and Scotland.
On his return from Ireland he was nearly
shipwrecked ; and at the moment of being so,
he begged of some of (he crew, if they survived,
to tuke care of a book he had written, and in
tended to publish, entitled "Opus Maximum,"
a favorite work of his. His mental powers
were of a character unique in the extreme, and
perhaps w ithotit any approximation of simili
tude lo the thoughlsof any human boing. He
was the atomical philosopher; his defence and
demonstrations of which singular hypothetical
diM-triuc was so ably di-liucd and asserted,
that he could almost induce infidelity to be
come a proselyte.
llo passod his last ten yeats in the neigh
borhood of Charing Cross and Cookspur street ;
to be, as he said, in tho "lull title of human ex
istence." A Gim. A volume has recently been pub
lished in lAiudon, entitled "Serious Poems," by
Mrs. Thomas, from which we extract the fol
lowing lines, full of maternal feeling; of the
kind, we know of nothing finer.
"o a too I'll ur my nr.vn imavt, which was
ROU W ITH HIM "
"This little tomb was thine, '(a as horn with thee
V bich, toeing ure, i a cuiiitty."
hi it r sr. Proverbs.
When swonls are rusty, spades are bright ;
When prison tloora admit the light,
When granaries are full of corn,
The l mple'e threshold soiled and worn,
(irsss glowing where the lawyers talk.
When butrhirs lid and doctors wik
Then there are in my young and old.
And statinnm will the SUI Upli IJ
A Dollar a Day and Found.
A gentleman who resides in the vicinity of
the city, and whose early mornings are devoted
to the culture of a large garden which is attach
ed to his house, finding himself somewhat be
hind hand in his horticultural department this
Spring, accosted a tidy-looking Irishman, who
was passing his gate one morning, with the in
quiry if he 'would like a job !' 'Shure, sir, and
it's that same I'm looking ofther,' said Paddy,
in a rich brogue, which won upon the heart of
him by whom he was addressed, and who im
mediately replied, 'I ehal 1 want you four days
what wages do you ask for V 4 Why, sir,' re
turned the son of Erin, 'as I live a good bit a-
way from this, and my going home for meals
will bother me day's work, while an cxthra
mouth at yer honor's kitchen table is nothing
at all, I'll just come fur a dollar a day, and you
shulljind vie '
This was agreed to ; and as Pat had his rent
to pay next day, and wanted something for tho
chihlrrs, the gentleman paid him four dollars
on the spot, and the work was to be commenced
the next day. The next day however, and tho
noxt, and then the whole four days passed by,
and Tat was never seen at the garden or tha
gate!
It might have been a month after the occur
rence above related took place, when the par
ties meeting by accident in the street, Pat was
accosted by his former employer, in an angry
tone, with
Well, sir, and why the devil did you not
come to work for me.occording to your agree
ment !'
4Snure, sir,' said the Irishman, (with a re
spectful twitch at the rim of his well worn tile,)
'it's me3elf that was ready to do my part of tho
bargain ; but yer honor's at fault this time, an
ny how.'
'And pray how 1'said the other.
It's yerself 'ill not deny yer honor agreed to
give me a dollar m day and find me .'
'And didn't I givo you a dollar a day, and pay
you before-hand, too V
'Thruc for you ; yer honor did that same -ye
did give the dollar a day but yc did n't
find mo !'
'Find you, you scoundrel t I ransacked e
very street in town; but where tho devil wcra
youV '
'Shooting at Muddy Fond Woods, yer ho
nor! The gentleman gave Pat a dollar, and told
him to call at the garden when he wanted work
but to be sure to find himself. Boston
Post.
Tiik Contradictory Couple. 'I do believe,
he says, taking his spoon out of liis glass, and
tossing it on the table, 'that of all the obstinate,
positive, wrong-headed creatures that ever were
born, you are the most so, Charlotte.'
'Certainly, certainly, have your own way,
pray. You see how much I contradict you,' re
joined the lady.
'Of course, you didn't contradict me at din
ner time ; oh in, not you !' says the gentle
man. ,
'Yes, I d d, says the lady.
'Oh, you did !' cried the gentleman, 'you ai!
mit that !'
'If you call that contradiction, I do,' the la
dy answers ; 'and I say again, Edward, that
when I know you are wrong, 1 will contradict
you. I am not your slave'
'Not my slave 1' repeats the gentleman, bit
terly ;' 'and you will mean tosay that iu l'nck
buru's new house there arc more than fourteen,
doors, including the wine cellar !'
'I mean to say,' retorts the Judy,' beating
time with the hairbrush on the palm ofiior Inn.!,
'that in that house there are just fourteen doors
and no more.'
'Well then, says the gentleman, ri-ing m
despair, and pacing tho room with rapid strides,
'this is enough to destroy a man's intellect and
drive him mad !'
lty and by the gentleman comes too a little,
and pa-siu his hand moodily across his fore
head reseats himself in his former chair. Tli'ni
is a lung silence, and this tunc llio laJy bc
jiiis. I it pp. -.-ii to Mr. Jenkins, who sat next to Hi
on 'he kutii, in the drawing room, during tea.'
'Morgan, you surely mean V interrupts tin
gent Ionian.
'I do not mean anything ofthe kind,' answer
ed the lady.
Now, by all that is agr.ivating and impossi
ble lo bear," cries the gentleman, i .-touching hi.-
hunds and looking upwards in agony, 'sho i.-i
going to insist upon it that Morgan is Jen
kins !'
'IK) you take mo for a perfect fool V exclaim
the lady. 1V yon suptxrse I don't know tin
one from the other !' Do you suppose 1 don't
know that man in the blue coat was Mr. Jen
kins!' 'Jenkins with a blue coat 1' cries the gentle
man w ith a groan. 'Jenkins in a blue eoat !
a man who w ould suffer death rather than wear
any thing but brown !'
Io you dure to charge mo w ith telling en
untruth V demands the lady, bursting into
tears.
I charge you ma'am,' retorts the gentleman,
starting. 4with being a monster of contradiction
a monster of aggravation a a a Jen
kins in a blue coat 'what have I done that 1
fchould b doomed to hear such statements.