.A m m ta n Uoluutccr
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BY JOHN Bi BRATTQN.
VOL. 38.
TUB FOREST TREES*
ar buzz cook.
Up with your heads, ye sylvan lord*.
Ware proudly in the breeze,
For our cradle band* and cofltn boards
Mdit come from the ftrest Irdcs,
We bless ye for your summer shade,
When our weak limbs Call and tire;
Our thanks are due for your winter aid,
When we pile tbo bright log Are.
Oh! where would be our rule on the sea,
And the fame ofthe sailor band, '
Wore it not for the oak and eloud’trown'd pine
That sprung on the quid land?
.When the ribs and mists of the good ship Hvd,
And weather the gala with sate, .
Take Ais alas* from the tar who will not give
A kullh 19 tba (bteil trad.'
Ye fond to life Us earliest Jojr,
And wail ou its latest page; -
In the circling hoop for the rosy boy,
And the easy chair for ago.
The old map totters on his way
With footsteps short and slow.
But without tho stick for hie help and stay
Not a yard's length could he go.
The hazel twig in the stripling's hand
Ifath magic power to please;
And the trusty atafTand slender wand
Are plucked from the forest trees.
X LOVE A SMILE.
Move a smile, a gentle smile.
. That wreathes the lip in joy,’
That Indidates a merry heart, -
Exempt from base alloy.,
I loss a smile, a Careless smile,
' To bear that burden, grief;
To penetrate the gloomy heart,
, i And yield it quick relief..
i love m smile, a Joyous smile.
Importing love is there;
Excluding thus,the gloomy light
4 Ofsorrow and despair,
<. I love a smite, m merry smite, . .
. An emblem from above,
~ That plays around the nectared tips,
- The light and 111% of love.
I love a smite, a pleasing smile,-
. Unclouded.free from care, -
To light a'gay and happy heart,
• That joy may nbstie there. 1
jm-jccllnncou/j.
MARIE' LOUISE DEFENDED.
From )Lamar(lne’s History of the Consulate
and Empire*
Maime Looks was liltlo known to the Parisians,
and but little beloved in France. Borno away from
Vienna as a trophy of victory, conquered more than
courted, .succeeding, in the hero’s couch, the still
living Empress Josephine, whoso Creole graces, np
parent,goodness, and light-hearted disposition, made
her, even with these defects, moro popular.with so
light and superficial a people; a stranger , in the midst
efFrahco, speaking its language with timidity, study,
iog its fanners with embarrassment, Marie Loniao
lived in seclusion, like a captive amidst Iho official
circle with which the Emperor surrounded h«r. That
court of beautiful women, newly, titled, anxious to
repress every attraction except that of their own rank
and high favor, allowed nothing to bo known of the
new Empress, except thd simplicity and awkward,
ness natural to one who was almost a child, and
which was calculated to render her unpopular in her
own court* That court was tho haughty slanderer
of the young Empress. Mario Louise took refuge
in court ceremony—in solitude and in silence against
the malevolence that acted as a spy on her every
word and action. . Intimidated by the fame, by the
grandeur, and by the impetuous tenderness of tho
ravisber, whom the dared not to contemplate as her
husband, it is unknown whether her timidity per
milted ber (o love him with unrestrained affection.
Napoleon loved her with reelings of superiority and
pride. Sho w*« the blazon of his affiliation with
great dynasties; she was the mother nf his son, and
the establishment of bis ambition. But though ho
exalted no favorites, less from virtue, than conslilu.
tionsl disdain, he waa known to have patting prcdl
lections for some of the beautiful women with whom
Ae was surrounded. Jealousy, therefore, though she
dsrc not accuse her rivets, might have chilled the
heart of Mario Louise. The public were unjust
enough to require from her (ho most passionate and
devoted love, when her nature could only inspire her
with duty and respect for a soldier who had merely
recognised in her a hostage for Germany and s
pledge of posterity.
This constraint obscured , her natural charms,
' clouded her features, intimidated her mind, and do>
pressed her Heart. She was only regarded as a for.
sign ornament attached to tho columns oflhe throne.
Even history, written in ignorance of the tralh.and
influenced by the resentment of Napoleon’s courtiers,
has slandered this princess. Those who have known
ber will award her, not the stoical and theatrical
glory which peoplo required of her, but her natural
qualities. She was a charming daughter of the Ty
ro), with bluu eyes and fair hair. Her complexion
varied with Iho whiteness of its snows and tho roses
of its valleys; bor figure, light and graceful, its atii.
tude yielding and languid, like those German maU
dens who seem to look for the support of some manly
heart. Her dreamy glance, full of internal visions,
was veiled by tho silken fringes of her eyes. Ilor
Hps wore somewhat pouting,—her bosom full ofslghs
and fruitful affection; her arms wore of duo length,
fair and admirably moulded, and foil with graceful
langour on her robe, as If woory ol the burden of her
destiny. Her neck habitually inclined towards her
shoulder. Bhe appeared of northern melancholy
transplanted Into tho tumult of & Gallio camp. The
pretended insipidity of silence concealed thoughts
delicately feminine, and the mysteries of sentiment,
which wafted her in imagination far from that court
to her magnificent but rudo place of exile.
Tho moment sbe returned to her private apart*
menu, or to tho aolitudo of her gardens, she again
became essentially German. She cultivated tho arte
of poetry, painting, and music. In those aooom
mania, education had rendered her perfect, ae if to
console her when, far- from her native land, for the
absence and Iho aorrows to which sho would one day
be exposed. Ih these acquirements sho excelled; but
they were confined to herself alone. Sho road and
repeated from memory the poetry of her native bards.
By nature sho was simple, but pleasing, and absorbed
within herself; oxteinally B 'knt but full of internal
feelings; formed for doofesliolove in an obscure des
tiny; tut, daxxled on a throne, sho felt herself expos,
ed to the gaxo oflhe world as iho conquest of pride,
not the love of a herb. She could dissomblo nothing,
either during her grandeur, or after Iho reverses of
ber lord; end this was her crime. The theatrical
world, into which she had been thrown, looked for
the picture of conjugal passion In a captive of vic
tory* Sho wee too unsophisticated to affect love,
when ehe only fell obedience, timidity, add resigns.
Hon. Nature will pity, though history may accuse
her.
This is a truo portraiture of Maria Louise. I
wroto U in her presence ten years afterwards. Sho
bed developed at that period, during her liberty and
hsr widowhood, nil Iho hidden graces of her youth.
They, wished her lb play a part; tho actress was
wanting, but tho Woman remained. History should
Award her—what a partial verdict of Napoleon's
courtiers refused—pity, tenderness and grace, • • *
She had been condemned for not having been tho
theatrical heroine, of an affection eho never felt,—
Overlooking tho feelings of a woman, her accusers
forgot that the heart will make itself heard even in
Jbe drama of such ah unparalleled destiny; and if the
bout is not always a justification, it io at least au
.'excuse. Justice should. Weigh Such oven
when the condemns.
Marie Louise never loved Napoleon. How could ,
she love 'him ? He had grown old in camps, and
amidst (he toils of ambition: abo -was only nineteen.
His soldier’* heart was cold and inflexible.as the
spirit of calculation which accomplished his great,
ness. That of (he fair Gorman princess was gentle,
timid, and pensive as the poetic dreams of her native
land. .Shohad fallen from the steps of an ancient
throne-ha had mounted upon his by (ho force of
arms, and by trampling hereditary rights underfoot.
Her early prejudices and education had taught her 1
to consider Napoleon as the scourge of God, the At
lilla of modern kingdoms, (ho oppressor ofGorraany,
the murderer of princes, the rayngcr of nations, the
incendiary of capitals; in a word, the enemy against
whom her prayers had been raised to Heaven from
her cradle in (ha palace of her ancestors. She re
garded herself as a hostage conceded through fear
to tbe-conqueror, after tho ungrateful and tolerated
repudiation of H wife who had been the very instru
ment of hi* fortunes. She felt (hat she liad been sold,
not" given.’ She lookcd upon herself as the cruel
ransom of her father and her country. Sho had re.
signed to her fate as an immolation. Cast clone and
without a friend, Into a court composed of parvenu
soldiers’, revolutionary courtiers, and bantering wo
men, whoso names, manners sad language were un*
known to her, her youth was consumed In silent
'etiquette. •
Even her husband’s first addrosabs wore not calcu
lated to inspire confidence. There Was something
disrespectful and.violent in Ms affection; ho woun
ded even.whon ho sought to please. ; His very love
was rough and imperious; terror interposed between
him and the heart of his young wife, end oven the
birth of an ardently desired son could not unite such
opposite natures. Marie Louise felt that to Napoleon
■he sue only a medium of posterity—not a wife and
a mother, b,ut merely the root of an hereditary dy.
This master of the world .could not boast
oven the inherent virtues oflovc—faith and constancy
to one-woman ; Ms attachments wero transient and
numerous,'. He respected not the jealousies natural
to .(he bosom of a wife; and though he did not openly
procloim hisamours like Louis XIV., nolthcr’did ho
possess that monarch’s courtesy and refinement.—
Tt}£,moat nqted beauties qf his own and of foreign
courts were not to him objects of passionate love, but
of irresistible, transient desire; thus oven mingling
his contempt with his love. ' Napoleon’s long ami
frequent absences; his severe and minute orders so
strictly observed by a household er spies, instead, of
friends, chosen rather to control than to execute. the
will of the. Empress; his poltishncss of temper on his
frequent abrupt returns; morose ond.melancholy after
experiencing reverses; (her only recreations being
ostentatious, tiresome, and frivolous ceremonies;)
nothing of such a life, of such a character, of such a
man, was calculated to ipepiro Marie Louise with
love. Her heart and .her imagination expatriated in
France, and remained beyond (heßhine. The splen
dors of (he Empire might have consoled another; but
Mario Louiso wsa bettor formed for the tender at
tachmcnt of private life, and the simple pleasures of
a Gorman homo.
THE EDITOR—By ono.
Tito editor is the dupo of destiny. His lot was
knocked-down to him a bargain, and it tdrns out
to be a take in. His land of promise is a mountain
stuffed will) thorns. Ills laurel wreath is a garland
of nettles. His honors rosolvo themselves into a
capital hoax; his pleasures are heavy penalties, his
pride is tho snuff of a Candle, tits irawei bultulum**
ofemoke. Tho editor is iho moil ill-starred man
alive. He, and Jio alone, a thousand pretenders
about (own notwithstanding, is indeed tho identical
martyr, commonly talked of os Iho most ill used
Individual. Ho seems to govern opinion, and is, in
reality, a victim to (heopinion ofolhcrs. Ho incurs
moro (ban nino-tonths oflhe risk and responsibility,
and reaps less than ono tenth of tho reward and rep*
ululion. The defects of his work ore liberally as
signed to him, tho merits aro magnanimously im*
puted to his correspondents. Ifa bad arlicia appears,
Iho editor is unsparingly condemned ; if a brilliant
article bo inserted, anonymous carries off*the culo
gium. Tho editorial function is supposed to consist
in substitutions of 11 if it bo," for it is, and tho inser
tion of Iho word however, bore and to impede tho
march of fine style. Commas and colons are the
only marks ho is reputed to make, his niche of fame
is merely a parenthesis; he is but a nolo of admira.
lion to genius; his'life is spent In ushering clever
people into deserved celebrity; ho sits as a chariot
eer, outside the vehicle in which prodigious talents
are driven to Immortality. It is hie fortune.to in
sert si) his contributions in tho temple of glory, and
to exclude himself for wsnl of space. He always
hopes to go in, but expires unblessed at last. He
bestows present popularity on thousands without
securing posthumous renown as his own share.—
His career in this life Is a talc of mystery “tobe
continued in ohr next." Ho is only thought of when
things go wrong in the Journal. Curiosity • then
looks out,iho corner of his eyes, and with brows and
lips pursed up, queriously ejaculates “who is ho 7"
If by-chance, praise instead of censure should bo
meditated, the wrong man ia immediately mention,
od. People are only certain of their editor when
they are going to cowhldo him. Is thcro a bright
passage or two in an indifferent article, you may bo
sure that they are not indebted for the polish to the
editorial pom Is (hero a dull phroso or harsh period
in some favorite contribution? Oh! the editor has
altered it, or neglected to revise the proof! 'But if
(ho editor is abused for what ho inserts, he is twice
abused for what he neglects. It is a curious feature
in his destiny that If he strikes out but a single line
of an article, whether In poptry or prose, that very
lino Is infilllbly the crowning beauty of the produo.
tion. It is not a little odd that when lie declines a 1
paper, that paper is sure to bo far tho best thing the
author ever .wrote, Accepted articles may be bad '; >
rejected ones are invariably good. It is admitted i
that judgment is exactly tho quality which the editor
has not. An author is praised m a review, ho ls
grateful to an individual writer, whose name ho has
industriously inquired for; an author ia condemned .
In a review, ho ie unspeakably disgusted with (ho ;
editor. Week after week, month after month, the |
said editor succors tho oppressed, raises up tho weak, ,
applauds virtue, exalts talent; he nens or promulgates
the praise of friends, of their books, pictures, acting, |
safety lamps snd steam paddles, but from the cata
logue of golden names hie own is an olornal ab.
sonlco. ■
The Man of Honor.
Tho man of true honor ever forgets an intuit; or,
ifremomberedt it ia only with the kindness of a su
perior mind looking above (ho shafts of envy. True
honor gains nothing by feeding tho spirit of oonlon.
(ion; for if once that evil is harbored, it is sustained
by the sacrifice of every just and manly principle.
Tho gentle rivulet becomes a torrent when tho elo<
monte contend; but when tho tempest has pasaod,‘the
waters contract to tboir.former limits, flowing, with
moro freshness and adding now beauty to (heir pro*
gross. So tho elevated mind, if ever disturbed by the
malice of ignorance and.envy, *iko that iiU)e|slream,
soon regains its wonted gentleness, and fools tho hap.
pleat for tho tost. True honor acknowledges itself
in rags as well as in costly raiment—U'needs no cow*
erlng—most beautiful when undisguised. It exalts
itself in all conations, for it Is ol Us own creating.
The world would bo its arbiter, and false distinctions
of society would restrict it to high station ; but tho
world would have boon made to worship it
clothed in the garb oflhe lowly. Detraction has no
blemish for it—it abides all Worldly tests.—Henry.
Didn’t “^akb."— At a recent moellrtg of a palish,
a solemn, straight.bodicd, and exemplary deacon,
submitted a rojporl, in writing, of the destitute wid
ows and olhors standing in need of,assistance In tho
parish. 41 Are you sure, deacon, 1 * asked 'another
solemn htolher, "that you embraced ail thowidows?! 1
Ho said he believed he had done so; but. if any had
been omitted, tho bmlulou could be easily corroded.
‘ OUR COUNTRY —MAY ITAZ.WAYB DXRIQHT— 80. RIGHTOR WRONG ,OUR COUNTRY ”
CARLISLE, BA-, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1851;
HQW LONGFELLOW GOT A WIFE.
It has boon so often paid that in Hyperion arc
to bo found tha leading Incident? of (he author’s life,'
that it will not bo ont : of place if wo Insert here the
genoral belicf of hie readers. 'Thcro is something
romantic in it. . Tho Dublin University Magazine ,
in review of Mr. Longfellow’s .works, says; ;
' ** With Hyperion t (he public hafro been for some
lime familiar; but it is not generally known that in
this exquisite little story nro shadowed forth tho
loading incidents of the pool’s life; and that ho him
solfia tho hero of his own romance. We shall give
tho facts as they have coma to our .knowledge?, end,
we aro assured they will not fail to interest our
roadors.
** Abont tho year 1837, Longfellow, boingongaged
in making the lout of Europe, selected Heidelberg
for a permanent winter residence. There his wife
was attacked with an illness which ultimately
proved fatal. It so happened, however, (hat some
time afterward (hero oamolo tho 'same romantic
place a young lody of-considerable personal attrac
tions. Tho poet’s heart was touched—ho booamo
attached to her; but (ho beauty of sixteen did not
sympathize with tho poet of six and thirty; and
Longfellow returned to America, having lust his
heart, ns well qs his wife. .Tho young lady, also an
American, returned home shortly afterward. Their
residences, it turned outj wore contiguous, and tho
poet availed 'himself of (he opportunity bfproßoca.
ling his addresses, which ho did for a considerable
timo with no bolter'success than at first. Thus
foiled, ho sot himself down, and instead, lilco Pe
trarch, of laying stage. : to’tho heart of his mistress
through tho medium of sonnets, he resolved to write
a whole book—a book which-would achicvo tho
double object of gaining her affections, aiid of estab
lishing, his own fame. Hyperion was (he result.—
His labor and his constancy ;wero not thrown away
—(hey met their due reward. The lady gavo him
her hand as well as her heart; and they now reside
together at Cambridge, in (ho eamo house which
Washington- mqdo‘ hiehoad quarters when ho'was
appointed to tho command of.lho Ainoricon armics,
Thcso interesting facts wero communicated lo op
hy a vofry intelligent American gentleman Whom
wo had tho pleasure of mooting In tho aamd place
which was the scone of tho poet’s early disappoint
ment and sorrows.”
Philosophy of a Carpet-Bag,
' Among the moat common street sights is that ofa
gentleman hurrying along towards railway or river,
bearing with-him a little carpet-bag. So common is
it, that it fails to attract the’slightest attention, A
lilllo carpol.bag is no more noticed than an umbrella
ora walking stick In a man V hand ;andyot, when
rightly viewed, it it, to our thinking,' an object or no
ordinary.interest. We Teel no envy for the man on
whom has devolved the, charge ofahoapofloggogo.
The anxiety attending such properly outweighs tbo
pleasure of ila possession, But a man with a Jlltlo
oarpcl-bag is one in ten thousand,- Ho< is perhaps
tho moat perfect typo of independence extant, lie
can snap his fingers in the face of Highland porter
extortionate.' No trolling urchin is idle enough to
solicit, tho carrying of. so light a burden.' While
other passengers, by coach or railway, are looking
after trunks or trappings, ho enters and has (ho beet
aoai. Ho and his “ little all,” neVcr- pari-company.
On arriving at their destinationjtlieyard off with the
jaunty swagger of unencumbered bachelorhood, la
contemplating a gentleman, with a, farpot bag, wo
are struck, to a certain cxlcnl. wTlh' an idca of dij
thero is enough : (o indicate jUarits attended to and
c omCorlt supplied. No man witk-n lidfa oarpal.bag
in his hand has Ms last shirt <?q his back. Neither
is ilprobablo lhathlS board can suffer from slovenly
overgrowth. • •
When ho retires at night,'the presumption is that
it will bo io the midst of.comfortable and cosy night
gear. A little oarpcUbag la almost always indicative
of a abort and pleasurable excursion. No painful
ideal of stormy soas or dreadful accidents on far off
railway linos are suggested by it. Distance is some
times poetically measured by a "small birds' flutter,"
or “ two smokes of a pipe," or some such shadowy,
though not altogether indefinite phrase. Why may
not lime, in like.manner,bo measured by two shirts?
A gentleman with a little carpol'bag may bo said to
contemplate about a couple of shirts'absence from
home.
A Prlson Soene la Mantels*
Judging dv Appearances. —The number of fa
male prisoners is very small in comparison with
the men. At one particular washing-tub stood
foot women. Our Conductor spoke to one of them,
this facing a sign, to us to notice them. Two look
ed mp, and, fairly beamed with smiles; one a-tall,
and rery'handsome young girl, continued to wash
away with downcast eyes. I felt a sorl.of delica
cy In stkHrtg at her, her looks wore so conscious
and modo'al.: A' fourth, a fat, ill-looking old wo
man, also never looked at the visitors. The two
who smiled had remarkably agreeable faces; one,
wlili good features, and a very mild expression;
the other, a small woman, and though with blooms
on her cheeks, a pertain, Sad, anxious expression
about her eyes and mouth. Of which of these
four women yvero we to hoar a fearful history rela
ted 1 The only one who looked evil was the fat
old woman. , .
As soon as wo were in the court, our conductor
said, *‘Now, what do you say aboutthoso womcnl”
“Three out of the four,” we remarked, “are the
only agreeable faces we have seen- in the prison;
and, judging from’this momentary glance at their
oountenanceq, we should say could not be guilty
of much crime;'perhaps the fat old womon may bo
so; that tall young girl; however, Is not only hand
eomo but gentle-looking.” “That tall young girl,”
replied our guide, “ was iho ono who, a yoar or
two ago, murdered her follow-servant, and,oulting
the body, buried it in the garden; the little woman
next to her, some two years since, murdered her
husband; and, the handsome, kind, motherly-look
ing woman who stood next,.destroyed her ohild of
seven years old. The fat woman is in only for a
slight ofibneo! So much for our Judgment of phy
siognomy .—//owsMoW Words* J
lIOw TO CURB A COLD.
Of all other moans of curing colds Tabling is (he
most efioqlual. Lot. whoever has a 1 cold eat nothing
whatever for two days, and his cold will be gone,
provided ,ho la not confined in bed, because by ta
king nd cirboh into the system by food, but consu
ming the surplus which caused his disoaso by roma.
ving the causa. This will bo found more effectual if
ho adds copious water drinking to protracted lasting;
By iho timoa person has fasted one,day and night
bo will, experience afreodom from pain and a clear
ness of blind, in delightful contt&at with that mdnta)
stupor and physical bain-caused by colds; And
how infinitely better is Una method of bteokidg up
colds than medicinoal 1, ,
NATIONAL CIIARACTttIUgTXCI.
Tho Now York Times translate! thefollowing
portion of a political ohatoolhm from " It FischitUoJ*
an Italian pnpor published at Tiiriri: ' " ''
'' Questions—Who lb the lightest man in tho world?
Answer.—The Frenchman.. . ' ■
Who la tho heaviest?—Tho Gorman.
Who la the moat serious 7—Tho Englishman. f
Who ia tho moat vivacious 7—Tho Swiss.
. Who lq tho moat humble?— I Tho Russian.
Who ia tho most Polo.
Who Mho proUdcsl?—The fiHHniard.
• Who la tho lazleat?—Tho Turki ‘
Who ia tlio widoat awake?—Tho American. .
Who ia the sleepiest?—Thq.lloUqntal. ..v
Who ,Ims all thoao virtues and vices mixed 10-1
1 golhor t—Tho Italian,
Tho Sword and the Press,
-The following beautiful extract) illustrating in
a poweiful; manner the advantages of printing to
mankind, is from an essay by Thomas Carlyle, ift
the. “British Review,” published nearly twenty
years-ago, when that somewhat noted writer cloth
ed his ideas in plain English and hisworks could
bo read without the aid of a Glossary, and under*
stood without an insight into the mysteries of
Trancondentalism;
“When Tamerlane had finished building his
pyramid of seventy thousand human skulls, and
was seen standing at the gate of Damascus, gilt*
taring in his steel, with his battle axe on his
shoulder, till the fierce hosts filed out to new vic
tories and now carnage, the pale .looker oh. might
have fancied that nature was in her death thrones;
for havoe-nnd despair had taken possession of the
earlh-Mhe toon of manhood seemed setting in seas
of blood. Yet it might bo on that very gala day
of Tamerlane, that a little boy was playing niner
pines on the streets of Mediz whoso history was
more important than that-of twenty Tamerlanes.
The Kham, With his shaggy demons of the wilder
ness, 'passed away like a whirlwind,’ to be forgot
ten forever; and that Gorman artisan has wrought
a benefit which is yet immeasurably expanding it
self, aud will continue to expand itself, through
all countries and through all times. What are the
conquests and expeditions of the whole corpora
tions of captains, from Walter the Pennyless to
Nopoloon .Bonaparte, compared with those mov
able types of Fatisll Truly, it is a mortifying
thing for your conqueror to reflect how perishable
is; tho metal with which ho. hammers with such
violence; how the kind earth will soon shroud up
his bloody foot prints; and all (hat ho achieved and
skilfully piled together, will be but like his own
canvass city of aeatnp—this evening loud with
life, to-raorrow all sttuck and vanished—*a few
earth pits and heaps of straw.’ For here, as aU
ways, U continues true that the deepest force is the
stiUest; thfttf as Ih.tbe fable, ; iHq mild shining; of
the sqn x shall silently accomplish what the fierce
blustering,lfslho tempest in vain essayed. Above
all, it Is ever to keep in mind that, riotby material,
but by moral power are men and their actions gov
erned* How noiseless is thought? No rolling
of drums, no tramp of squadrons, or immeasurable
tumult of baggage wagons attend [ls movements.
In what obspure and sequestered places, may the;
head be meditating which is one day to be crown
ed with more than imperial authority I for kings
and emperors will bo among its ministering serv
ants; it will rule hot over but in all head—and
with these solitary combinations of ideas, and with
magic formulas bend tho world to its will! The
time may come .when Napoleon himself will be
bolter known-for his Jaws than his battles, andihe
victory of prove loss momentous than
I the opopingjof ifle .first Mechanics’ Institute,*’,
GERMAN WATERING PLACES. ,
A European correspondent of the St. LoutiflZe*
publiearif speaking of tho German watering-, places;
says: —■
YOuare.dwaro that the fashionable occupation*
(t cannot oall it amusement,) of all IhoiwalAiioor
Baden, Carlsrhuo, and other fi - aj r *iwwtof*w*i4i
positively-Mgbte* mmtiy of your grure *lay al homo
readers. Of coarse, a . groat number-of what tha
French call misfortunes, but which wo should calf
crimes, arc the consequence of this high ploying.—
Only last week ol Carlosrhue, Tissard, a man who
has. repeatedly won a hundred thousand dollars in a
night, blew out his braios because ho had a run of
ill luck, which if .il did not ruin him ho thought
would dishonor him. Ills adversary was a lady, a
German Countess. Thoy hod played lhirty*ono hours
without stopping, except onco to toko a cup ofeof
fee. Tissard lost every time; at last, when (ho lady
won from him nearly four hundred thousand francs,
ho oroso .from the tabic, and In tbo calmest possible
manner risked her to excuse him a-tnoment. The
lady bowed, sod Tissard loft the room. His com
panion am] adversary waited in vain for him to
como baoV, and finally sent a servant to seo what
was the antler, . Tbo door of the gambler's room
was locked, and after repeatedly knocking,lho oor.
vanl bccajne alarmed and called tbo landlord, and
the door was broken open.
There lay Tissard on the floor, with a buifol hole
through! hia heart and a pistol by his aide. On (bo
(able nd*r him was a letter envelope addressed (o
the. Countess, and containing, in bank bills, the
money slid had won from him. It ii said, but I
don’t vouch for tho (ruth of it, that (ho remark of
tho Countess, when she heard of this suicide' of Um
noted gambler, wds, “ Well; at least, ho might have
told mo ho was never coming back, and not have
kept mo wailing hero so long!” Such is tho fash*
ionoblo world, All the finer emotions of iho heart
become absorbed in tbo selfishness and Indifference
which pervade high society.' Just so Modamo do
Sovigna tolls us with .regard.to Duke of
Orleans' unfortunate cook. Tho royal dinner passed
off that day,as if nothing hod happened, and tho
guests spoke of Valel as (hoy sipped their wine and
laughed and jokod about his sad end,
The frequenters of (ho gambling table of Baden
I Duden, had (heir annual incident last week also. A
I Russian, Princo Bouhcghir, broke (ho bank two
days in succession, a thing which has not occurred
for lovers! years. The Princo began by slaking a
Louis D'Or, and in ton passes broke tho bank, gain,
ing from 130 to 195,000 francs. Tho saloon was
immediately evacuated; half an hour afterwards the
doors woro again opened. Tho noxt day tho. Prince
again broko tho bank, winning about 127,000 francs.
One of Ids adversaries lost 50,000 francs. Tho next
day (ho Prince gavo a dinner to his friends, winch
oosl him about 2,000 francs, and the next left for
Wiesbaden, declaring bis intention of breaking the
bank tlioro also.
Marriage in High Life.
The Now Orleans Picayune contains a humorous
aocounti in a letter fromNiodrigus, ortho marriage
of tho Prineoas Adelaide Clotilda Louise Sqiissboe,
ililor of tho so-called Mosquito Ring, to * sable geo.
Ueman, familiarly called" Jim.”
" The royal palaoo was tastefully deobrated with
highly scented hides., Every preparation being made
for tho celebration tho,Princess entered the palace
hall unattended, except by her pet goat. Ilor boaii
tiful black hair, greased With pdsstim fdt, hung in
profusion over her shoulders, and contracted.finely
with her splendid dress, which was made of coflbo
sack. On tho middle Anger of hot right hand sho
wore a rich and costly tin ring, made from a‘ear*
dine box. Tho gucite Wcro all assembled, butthe
happy lover had not arrived. Tho princess be.
bamo, Impatient and wont to seek him. She found
him playing marblbs. She accosted him thus: "Jim,
weddon all ready on you no cum I” Jim replied
that Vhe had ourh to thb elusion not to marry, cos
if ho did Victory wouldn't givo her no more pen*
shun.” Tiro princqss woa terrified; but a lucky
thotiglff struck her. "Jim,” said sho, " bimoby my
buther-die, then you'll bo king.” Tho words had
their,effect. Jim threw his arms around tho nock
of tllo princess; their lips met; the sound that fob
lowed ■ was like that hoard pulling a bdll out of tho
rairo." i
A llint to Buoksmiths.—Tho cutting.of bars of
iron br pipes with the chisel is a laborious and tardy
process. By tho' following modo tho same end is
attained, morn speedily,\eaaily and neatly. Bring
llio Iron 10, a wlillo hoati .anil then*. fixing it in a
viob, apply tfyoooipmbnsaw, which, without being
turned on the edge, or injured in any respect, will
divide as easily as if H were a carrot I
The Shop Girla of Paris*
The following is aqexliact from “French Glean
ings,”bylke Marvel, arid is a fair specimen, of
the sprightly slyle..which pervades the whole
work:
“But if.it be good philosophy to bear meekly
with the cheatenea of the shopmen—lt Is doubly
so with the shop-girls.
: “The high-heeled.shoes, and high head-gear,
(hat turned the soul of poor Lawrence Sterne, nave
indeed gone by, but- the Grisette presides over
gloves yet and-whatever she may do with the
heart-strings, she makes tho pursestrings yield.—
You will find her in every shop of Pans, (except
those of the exchange brokers, where are fat, mid
dle-aged ladies who would adorn tho circles of
Wall street,) there she stands, with her hair laid
smooth as her chcok, over her forehead—in the
prettiest blue muslin dress you can possibly Jma
gine—a bit of narrow white lace running around
the nock, and each little hand set off with the same
—and a very witch at a bargain. Hewho makes
(he shop-girls of Paris bate one jot of price, must
needs have French'at his tongue’s end.
. “There may be two at a time, there may bo six,
she is not abashed; she has the same pleasant
smile, the same gentle court’ey for each, and her
eye glances like thought from one to (he other.—
you may laugh, she will laugh back; you may
chat, she will chat back; you may scold, she will
scold back. She guesses your wants—here they
are, (he prettiest gloves (she says) in Paris.. You
cannot utter a half sentence but she understands
the whole; you cannot pronounce so badly but
what she has your meaning in a moment. She
takes down package’upon package; she measures
your hand, her light fingers running over yours—
Quelle joliepeliiimain /—she assils you In putting
a pair fairly on; and, *How ,many pair does Mon
ster wish H .
* “ ‘But on<y ah, Monsieur is surely joking. See
what pretty colors!’ and she gathers a cluster in
her fingers; ‘and so nice a fil l’ and she takes hold
of tho glove upon your hand.
“‘Only two I ah, U is Indeed too few; and so
cheap! only.fifteen franca for tho six pair, which
is too little for Monsieur;’ and she rolls them in a
paper, looking yon all the time fixedly in the eye.
And there is no refusal; you slip the three pieces
of money on the counter, she drops them into a
little drawer, and thanks yon in a way thatenakes
you think, as you go oiit, that yon Kavo-been pay
ing for the. smiles and nothing for tho gloves.”
A Itard Law fpr.plonoy .Changers, Ac*
Odo of thqlaws whlcb'Solon incorporated into
his system was obtained directly from Greece—that
which compelled every man, at certain' times, to give
to • (he mogislrqta an account of-himself and lbe
mode by which he gained his livelihood. This law
mast have .answered a good purpose among (he pa*
ticnl and obedient Egyptians, or (he Athenian legis
lator would not lmvo ventured it.with his more mer
curial country men. Wo are not particularly advised
how they submitted to it; and (hoinformation is the
lose important ,to us, as the sagacity of modern
Slates |ias. prudently omitted this in their codes
is it to bo apprehended that our legislatures,
State 'dr National, will revive a statue so Inconveni
ent •tkdvmbhrrasaing. We may, however, imagine,
that if, the assembled wisdom of our republic? or its
oompPOsni ti Ibeir duly to look slier
ronowal of lßat o/d law, whftt a flattering there
would be, as various professions should hear the
blind scptc-holdor calling them (o the conrossionsl.
What anxious gloorp, would spread over the counte
nances of those whoso meads of livelihood are too
profound a problem for solution, even by themselves.
From, (he .old lounger, who has grown grey while
frittering away his life in small talk, to tho compla
cent youth just entering on tlio samo dawdling
course, his father's Industry having absolved him
from Tooling tho necessity of any culture, save (bat
of the . most inconsiderable moustache, (hero would
bo one-universal remonstrance at the indignity of
being supposed capable of earning their own broad.
And like the panic among tho money changers,
when they wore scourged from tho temple, would bo
the consternation of 1 their successors, as Wall street
and State street should.bo summoned to judgement.
In those arenas oflrregular things, do men from all
pursuits assemble, to struggle with (ho chances of
fortune, and,' impatient of (bo slow, legitimate melh
ods oftheir usual vocations, endeavor to consummate
an act of justice, l>y-anticipating tho reward due to
merit, tho merchant comes up from the wharf, to
sco what osoi bo.dono in the fancy lino, to compen
sate for tho ill success of tho last voyage. 'The
lawyer slips down from his office, to hold consulta
tion with the broker. ■ Tho doctor lots the patient
wait awhilq, to sco how fees can best bo invested.
And ovoni (ho demure clergyman may bo soon, look
ing Warily about him, his purpose, doubtless, being
to obtain materials for the next sermon on the
(ransitorinoss of human affairs, and (ho vanity of
laying up treasures on.cartb. Before tho first dread
reckoning day, IhcVo. Would bo an impulse given to
navigation) in (ho attoriiptta to escape the direful in.
vosligatlon. There would bo back-water in (ho usu
al current of emigration,, and (ho old world would
bo flooded by pons of the Puritans flying from per
secution. ‘Dill our, rulers, in'enacting, such .a law,
could not well exempt themselves from its operation;
and, in this comfortable conviction, thoro is abun.
donl security that it will remain among the things
which have been,—//uni’s Merchant *s Magazine,
Iron and Steel*
Stool is iron passed through a process Which is
called cementation, (ho object of which is to impreg
nalo it with carbon. Carbon exists more abundantly
in charcoal than in any other fusible substance, and
the smoko that goea up from a charcoal forgo Is car
bon Ih a fluid stale. Now, If you can manage to
confine that smoko, and pul a piece of iron into it
for several days, and heal the iron at the same time,
it will become steel. Hosting iho iron opens its
poros, so lhal lho smoko, or carbon, can enter into it.
, The furnace for Ihli purppso Is a conical building
of brisk, in Iho 'mlddlo of w-Mph ore (wo (roughs of
1 brick'or stone, which holds about four tons of bar
iron. At Iho bottom is a largo grate for (he flro. A I
layer ofoharooal-dast is put upon the bottom of the
(roughs, then's Uyor of,bar iron; and so on alter,
nalcly, until (be (roughs are full. They are then
covered over with clay, to keep out (ho air, wh)oh<
ifddrhitted, would prevent the cementation. Fire is
then communicated (b the wood and cool with which
(lib furnace is flllod, and continued until (he confer
slon of the Iran into steel Is completed, which gene
rally happens in about ojght or (on days. ; This is |
known by blisters on the bars, which the Workmen !
occasionally draw obt In order to dotorminb. ‘iVhep 1
the conversion is completed! (he fire is (hen left to erf I
out, and the bars remain in (he furnace about eight
days more, to cool, ;;
The bars of steel aro then .taken out, and either i
sold SB blistered steel, or drawn to a convenient sire, |
when it is bailed (filed steal. German steel is made i
out of this blistered stbe), by breaking the bars into •
short pieces,. and. welding them together, drawing I
them down to a proper .size for use.
A Witty Explanation.— iVo have hoard tho fql.
lowing ozcellent and very pretty anecdote'of a lady
in Burlington, Vermont, At a meeting of two or
three neighbors, a few days since, tho conversation
happened to turn upon iho unpleasant pro'plhquity of
a slaughter house to a certain' quarter of tho toWn,
whereupon ono of the.ladies present remarked that
tho trade of a butcher was Certainly a very dirty
bno, and that it Seemed strange to hor that men
could pursue a calling, that muat bo so offensive to
thbolfaQloriea. 1 "Oh,” said: the willy Mt«:O., "I
supposo they care more for the dclUra lhan they d»
for the scxNTo I”— Bottoh Pott. 1 '
AT S2OO PEEAMDJL =
KQ/SS.
; ©DTBfI aitiy isun**
Health] is .getting to bo vulgar, and it confined',
principally to servant girls. No “lady 1 * nan possibly
plead guilty to *< being well/* without losing catte.
Spinal complaints are jittt now hi tho atoendant—"
no femalo being considered “good society** who pos-r.
808808 sufficient strength to raiso a smoothing iron. .
Evert body likes modesty and haloa brass,
yet everybody encourages tho latter and loaves (he
former to lake care of itself. Modest merit! wha(
is it worth? The moro n man has of it, the 'poorer
he is, in this age of rivalry and' hurabuggery. Ho\
would slarvo to death on such fodder, as that capital,
procures.
It is said that, tho lady who causes a gentleman,
to loose his eye sight, is bound to marry him. The
ladies knowing this, arc determined to furnish (hem*,
solves, with husbands, for they make divers feiforis'bft
pul out the oyes of the males with the. l!ps r of thei.r
parasols. Wo shall all bo blind pups before long, if.
the ladles don't “hold up year sou ihades.ffp.* ;
A Democracy is when the sovereign power is in'
Iho hands of the whole people. The term Democracy
is derived directly from Iho Greek word I)etnCs,«!g-'i
nlfying the people.
Life and Death. —Some men make a womanish,
complaint, (hat It is a great misfortune to die before'
our time.. 1. would ask, what time? Is it that of
nature?. But she, indeed, has lent os life, aswodo,
a sum of.money, only no certain day is fixed for psy*f
ment. What reason, then, to complain, if she do- .
mands U al pleasure! since U was on (his condition*
yon received it.—Cicero.'
, What’he Wanted.-— A fellow was doubting whe
ther or not he should volunteer to fight (he Mekt
cans. One of tho flags waving before his ejres beari i
ing the inscription, “ Victory or. Death,’* somewhat:
troubled and discomposed him. “Victory is a very,
good thing,” said ho; “but why put it victory,or
death 7 Just pat it,”aaya he, “victory or cripple/
and l’j| go tbell” • ‘ • ’ -
*Mr deah, what shall we name bob?* ‘Why,ho*l :
band, I’ve settled on (he name of Peter.’*.. K>h,don% : t
he replied; *1 never Hked Peter, for ho denied (it*
master.’ *Well, then,* replied the wife, ‘what naan
do you like?’. *1 should like the dame.of Joseph/
*Oh not that,’said his better half, *1 can't bear Jo-,
soph, for he.denied his mistress!’ ‘ .
<£yto know how bad you arc, you must become,
poor; to know how bad other people are, you must
become rich. Many a man thinks, it is .virtue' that
keeps him from turning rascal, when it Is only a filjl.
stomach. Bo careful and not mistake principles forj
V , ~
Some folks think the biggest newspaper is.always
the best* Wise people ihoao—about as sensible MK
(he fellow who turned uphfs.nose at your
sized woman, and bragged that he meant to have,a
biggerwife than any other man within two hundred
miles. , .I.;.:/-
- .fl3*A lady, recently, in speaking of bar husband*
who had failed ip the poultry business, said that h«>
had beep heavily engaged Inmercantile speculations,
in Tuikoy, and had been unfortunate. ,
(T/’lt ia the bubliog spring which flows; gently,,
(belittle rivulet which runs along, day and nighty,
by tho farm house, that Is useful, rather than lb*,
swollen flood, or tho warring cataract.
* Tnc object of all ambition should bo to be happy.
at home. If we are not happy there,, we
happy elsewhere. It is thtf best proof of the virllfta"
©fa nmnycTToJe *«yp.r
To take Ink oirr or Linzh. —Takeapiece ottkjf&f
melt it, and dip the spotted part of Uik IlnMk intolho 1
(allow; llto linen may be washed, and (he itpota wilT
disappear, without injuring the liaen^~Jßa.jwpfr.
Two country attorneys otortaklng a wagoner off*
the road, and thinking to crack a joke on bim.aataii
why his forchorso was so fat and tho rest so leant
The wagoner, knowing them to be limbs of the law,
answorod--“lhat bis forehorab was a tfaer
rest wore bis clients."
"Winr, Doctor," said a sick lady, “you art giving'
mo the same medicine that you are giving to my*
husband. Why is that 7" ** Ail right," replied IkW/
doctor, "what Is sauce for the gooae Is sauce for Ibar
gander."
The Hackensack Bridge Is completed, and the ears
between Philadelphia and now York now run tests*
larly over it.' The completion of the w6rk was t* l* l
ebrtlcd by an onterlsinment for the workmen, firing
of cannon, Ac. ’ • ; .
Tiis Brussels carpets woven by power looms
New England, excited a groat deal of attention at
the WorldVFair. None have .ovok beep, woven by
power looms in England, T
OCpTho Now Orleans Correspondent of the Na
tional Intelligencer, states (bai Judge Csrfr, of Naf-‘
ohitochoz, has been offered tho appointment of Cbtt*'
•ul to Havana. .
A Monk, nam'od Riralto, mentions In : uksHuon
preached in Florence In 1905, (bat spectacles fold,
then boon known abopt twenty years. Thlr wouldi
place tho invention in the year 1285. , 7 ,y
In Iceland, ifa minor.commita in offence, the pa*
rents are arrowed, end unices (hey cin satisfactorily
prove that (hoy have afforded (he child all necessary
opportunities for instruction, (he penalty of theoflmb.
falls upon (hem, and the child is placed un'det lh*
slfublion. 1 ■ * 1 ' ;
Dr. Johnson compared plaintiff and defbhdant In ;
enaction of law, to (wo men docking their heads In '
a bucket, and daring cadi other to remklntho longest?
underwater*.
A Soldier was sentenced to hatro his e'afU ctll off;
After undergoing Uto brutal ordeal, he wee escorted *
out of the courtyard to lira luno of the Rogue’s.
March, lib Ihbn turned, and in mock dignity thus]
addressed tho musicians: “Gentlemen, IbankyoUl
bull haio ho Amber- need of your service*, for I ■
have no ear for music I"
A Monkey Hunter.'— A French paper speaisofa *
gentleman who has gone largely Into' the bioalifty*
trade. He has just returned to Medsah after * loH^y,
> hunt, in which he has taken by.an ingenious, pro-,
ceoding, of bis own invention from 95010 300 moo-*'
keys o?nil ages.and sexes, with which he is about
embarking for Franco.
Tub “ Lone Star Order."— This,pi thVtiile df*r
newOrdtr recently.formed iri the couth, Rr (hp‘pur
pose of extending the area of liberty, Gy' Which'
wd prbaumo is' mbant tbd engaging in conquests
miUr in character to that .of the Lopes expedition., ,
Theiik is nothing, pofrr than 1 hondsly—nothing
aweeter than charily—nothing warmer than,lore--/
nothing richer than wisdom—nothing more steadfast
than. uith. These united in one roifld.Torm the
purest, the sweetest, the warmest, the richest, the,
brightest and (ho 'most steadfast Aapjrineos, . , ’
A writer in the Boston Daily Advertiser
satiifdolPty evidence that tho Greek. mapuooript#
pretended to hare been recently discpvkred by
monides, are a humbug. On ooP of thbrit’ owM 4 '
dispovered th?.Parisian watermark, although cUhn-’
Ing to have been os ancient as the days ofHpmuv i
Tue bio guns which worn oast for South Carolina,
at tho Tredegar Iron Works, pear Richmond, wptf *
tiled a few adys ago, under the inspection of one
Major Gardner.’ The firing was kepi up all daWthG
guns made h great deal of noisd, but, aoobWlrig (ft' 1
the Richmond Whig , did hot produce a very grokth
impression upon. Hie Virginians.'
broker without mopoyi is a fcood deal like a
men with a good set of teeth, and nothing lu.eaL—
Ho Is willing to bite, but whtfe is ths goods to do
it on? ••• .* •* «•"
Jttylf you oap get a man’s thdughtd fodftlsfjalai
what is right, you may trust do wnal.tt WfW>
U ho have a right principle.
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