MI=ZiE FAA 1111 ncti(t.: ~,; inchi crt , Ft. 11134; 4 , ;1T 7,34! t . ll ' s ti",;i111 MI MINI InaltrErt=go:: WI" SUM MEI .TO WANDA , I stuarban porninu. Ali -17; 1851 i t g i tid :.,; n.tnj . _ Otiltb..eilnidtOr4 ttepOi!4:l' . ::: 1 T 4 . 8 0 71 ;i0/tE .. YgAO:....AND,:.I* , . „. • - IVow seventy years ae pass e d aay; ' z Sitide first I - dreir And here I -stand like brittle 'eliy; , Amidst the scenes of death. ' 11 i Likirsorne old oak upon the plain, rye stood the raging storm, , With limbs pMsenting.feebbtframe, ' -.-; ..4 , B,eteft of beauty's form. Wit 1 reS.tit Why am spa us. o gto ligg ~ I try'to yeas* WhY - 7 - .„ • *And yet no miswer•ean,l.givlL: • Sipco-ell born Sufficient then for me le kntw. ' , 'There is a God aboVe. t ' Wherwiltredeem frOM-sin'and woe; The children of his love. I An earthly Me'st pase,awaY. 'et , precious hope is given. „Although out bodies must decay, Our spirits meet in Heaven. AU scenes in life will min With change, - As time is passing on; And age can look and view bow strange, Those scenes are passed and gone. We struck oar fires with dint an feel Or borrowed from our neigh Now frictign matches make ns fe I Much saving of our labor. , Then thirty miles wextidged one day. On soot or oae horse-power; And nod , by steam we fly away, • That distance in an hour. ° When lightnings finsh'd, then all was fright, ' Amid the raging storm; But Franklin with his eimple kite, Taught us to shun the harm. And greater scenes are now unfurled, Dispelling days of frighening By sending nen , ' all round the world, And hurried on by lightning. When I look back on ronthful years; , And view life's scenes as then, that mightyprogress'now appears, In Three"-score Years and Ten. And stranger things will come, to tight, The coming seventy years ; _ Some youth that's now those scenes shall write; When that birth-day appears. Mormoz, PA. THE GRATEFUL MONARCH. tar Put 9 8. ST. JOHN. Pauline was an orphan, adopted by Some woo. thy citizen of the Rue ..St. Honors, Pans, who, hay. tng brought:her tiptn the age of sixteen, had plac. ed her in his shop—a perlume warehouse- 7 to dis. pease, -his goads it the-counter. WoMen in Prance are almost umversally,the practical heads.of mercial establishmentii. The mastel• of the house when he . does ;net lounge away in a cafe, play liards or circle half tlie day, or walk about like one living on his means, is =Wended to - -occupy a dig': nified and retired position, attending, not to sale's but to wholesale purchases. But such ,was not the case with M. Boulard, the -adopted lather of Pau= line. both he and his wife shared - the labors of of his shop together—he keeping titer books, *bite Pauline and Madame Boulard attended tO 10e de tails. The young girl was very pretty and very inodeit, and her presence contributed not a little to the speceiii;:cif the business. The good couple hav ing no childiert,of their own, had manifested their intetition 'Of making Pauline their helical, and this added to the "dioxin *hick 'hung over the perfa.; iner's store , Pauline had many . '} opera, a great rrOy,—as young ladiet„whp are pretty, modest; cif:luaus, are apt to have, especially. when rich: for , although the world is not hall so ielfith e ind wicked as 'cer. fain.persons fancy, yet a grain of interested love , *ill always peep out -among the *nein snitors.-t-- Twelovera were ch4illy - osigiduottelli their anon:. iioas r the.. One, tich "Shopkeeper of the tarnli intern ; the, other a pabriteheur. Both *Oki-Ong, ,Thlerably, good, loosing, and very devoted.in their Ottachmeanllind.4.rotild have: been , hard to say 4 i/bleb was the most deserving: Sentient Al exis. LapaMet Was rich, and Jean 'Prevost was tiber. It will readily be nndenstood that the parenit of Pauline would not , have hesitated in their 'choice; but they know only-of• The affection of Alexis; that of Jean'vras Concealed seen from hirnself. At.:ki r e tame often to the house under one pretence 'lkea,- anti was, .00146, favorably received; T he .' r highly 'flattered • el =his firefez;- -'' epee. Pauline liked his 'frank, open mannenr, alwaykireeted him with a &Mile._ Thetrettitir Z--one wb waxce,and shines by meana . .of ribbing tveoerti floors at rooms—came to the , bonsai's , the exercise of his tmde. Be always bored low' g yi Pauline, asked her briw'she, Wat,T.and - eyen„ert • her fete day . l4 brought 'a single 'rise; 1 7 ,hich-4 s . graciously. received . Jean waikalso aiommission4 er, and nth on errands, and often-came JO This , house to boy pednines, - soops,Cci.;lorbikemidtiY,, er, Who appreciating his henesty and, desire for w3rk, freely trusted him teidiluiebases- liow happriean was il-Pauline• only served_ him; and how gentle ;and4eitiectfut:refs his is:744l'4*nd hok Bute he cohceiitell;lils tiagpipess.if gave i him a geed 7 nalnnid,,Wordi Plaine .copid,Ecarcely be blind to itieopen loveaAlesis, or the concealed affection of die poor frolletiri but-heivenethis May , be,:she nothini, and appeared to notiee " net-' ther , . But youngtaplaraut hall ; spApFk iit1, ; (46,1 BOW lard, Iritilard had spoken to his wife, and his wife to their:On:o'oJ but the kissed bei - ridepted' the'so 'ff:i4llo4!Oi r, 5 9. pnb " ; .. .**Oi4 - wishealnordrtileoyer home, that the •wonby_twornan: was silent; and_po,s4U a•little stir orient; diecussion -al the meter.' ‘.' - - Jean, meanwhile, became sombre and thought ; - -. • -... .1 .. ;. t.- t 'I 1 ,41: . .. . - . s • 4' s • -, ---- .§nwoT.;;4 - f - 7.,,,:a ,- ;!!...i..iv; - ,_% - 1. - .7 - , - • ~:rs . ~ , 1 •-LE:, .k. 3 • r.. r ~1- , -.....;.1 ---- ~ . • 2 • t.--, • ...-;;•... 0;;.. ' ' • . ..' aItrOVIIZ4 A Ilmt34'bga. t'ect kt.•,--,i141-;:lit,t7l ...,:m.' . 3;i2.:}1:, I. ..5 1 1 , 4...*.1 '• -1 7 tl%rn:;:i l 'I'li: : n 1.. ..`'-''. ' ' ' ' '' ' ' ' ' ' ' 'l4l.4 V A T' ill 1::- t'' ' . (.; '." '' - ''''''''''' ''''''..." ''' - - ~ ". ' ~- w—F. ; . ,-; ; ~.,C, - '', . .. I'll ':"'.i,,lr -, -,-,. 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MASON N:i ...!;-:3-- 4-: - Ii.,I;; ..,::,.:-, 1.4',-I' ,- . T...'.4 , • ir•; .;%; . , PTIBLIMIEDISERY - BHtakl -- it - TOWANDA - - 1111ADIORD •VOUNTY BY'l .- WMEAIit ~a., . •:~...,:,~ ful'; he dared not even think of he'it'Paia; woiririnitf with iiiteertain'lneabs oi tiliood ' and so fir beneath' 'gut position ot•her he ISlvedt,4lad she beep an nnfriendediorphan, , with.; oral , home, he - wouldlia4e joyfully offered his Heart?, and the only, rooo6fiihati honest While 'thua, depressed , .anc,eventiiteurred W.hiak .drtneltantino vompietely, out: o f his thoiliht. One day he was !ent to wax the' floors' ?Ea house' near the Palms' Royal, t "the eiaihrtepts Of whief :irete. generally devoted to:thiPtettaure par ties Ofthe.courtiers., Jeart,mho was well known and trustedi a was told . to wax the 'flooi , of every Morn then unoccupied. - He obeyed, an rioota:found 'himself - in a chamber of luxurious appearance, sur rounded by pictures . which told of neat love and happiness. Jeart.had seen'tnem Whin before; but they had never affected hirii so much, and, forget , ling time, place, and his dttliZ, o he leaned on lhe stick which held the. wax, and , fell into a deep ,thought:-. Sudde.nty - he •was startled by yokes in the next room; ; a horrible sentence'caught his ear, and lustified his listening. Pale and , terrified, he l ' . .ifearkenedto•everlr wand, tug moved not'for fear of being discovered: He had discovered an awful and frightful secret? end he wits - a dead man if fotind'in that room, 0:Will-joined Wain:cot of, which allowed everything in the next to be distinctly heard. " What shall I dot" thought he to himself; " to. morrow it theYite ofLonis>—l have no time to 'Jean left the room dn tiptop, , and with the nt. most caution; then, descending :thwatairs, feigned to leave for dinner. No sooner sooner was he clear of the house, thin he made for the Prefecture of police, and, entering the hotel, asked to see the lieutenant. The servant, replied that , he could not be seen. It was tone o'clock, and- the fashionahle Paris diinier hour of that day—now six hours later. Not a iralrit dared distort:l'M. de 'telltale from his meal ; but Jean insisted, stormed; implored ; and at rest, as they seized hint by the shoulders to pitch him out, cried— "Do not . diive me out. I must see Monsieur tie Bellisle ; .the king's life is In danger !" • It was on the eve of St. Louis, 1753, and this king - was Louis XV. - The servants hesitated, hiok ed at one another, and an agent of police struck by the man's tone, bade them pans& " Go, repeat his words to Moneienr•l6 Lieuten ant," said he, " and show this person IMO his . pa vale cabinet.'., Jean, recovering his breath, followed his guide ; and soort•found' himself face to face with the meg: istrate, - whose' Mein was He "and.inquisitive, and even incredulous. H bade the , fivtieur iit down, and asked. him his, business in a somewhat petulant tons- 7 the i tone a .11;11111 : distaLbeil in the midst of his (Hither. " I come, Mr,"• said Jean, firmly, "to inform you of a plot against the king's life." rc I am infornied of such plots every day," re plied the , perfect, wifo was used to pretended de: nunciations from persona aiming at exciting anen t* and gaining money. 41 But let me hear the details." : Jean related all that the reader knowS, and ad. I did that the attempt on the king's )ife was to be made that evening at the reception on the occa sion of the eve of the ; fete of St. Len's, when it was usral to present the monarch - with; bouquets of floVere. Onit 'of thitie was to contain.a goiine aubde, that the king, on smelling.it, would tall as if struck With apoplexy. Bellisle looked at Jean. His mein was agitated ; he was profoundly-moved. Ate handsome and honest features were excited as if by deep indignation ; the pallor of horror was on his countenance. But the prefect of police, remem, bering the•pretended revelations of La "'rude and 'ether's; was still nut *holly convfitced. g' Are you sure," Said he to Jean, d that yon have heard what:you till mei Be careful. If you have.done this far a mere motive o f cupidity, and , invented a fable, you will pay dearly for it—the Bastilti for • "Put moon the rack .lf pia like," cried,. Pre: , vost; if it will not alter my words. I repeat, <the ,king is in danger, offer my life is security for my Wahl" Enough 4-4 believe yo 6. We will go together to Versaillea." ft was a very short,time .after,.whin ?A de-Bel li ale and Jean Prevost entered the' royal palace off' Versaillee'bythe Stairs of Oil f i tii de bid, and ar, .rivet eieretly . at the kirilea private apartments Every precaution was taken to. conceal, the pre.; sends of the minister of • police runts-the' courtier and rhea the corippTratora , Might gudia,_:ihts,dlicOVe.!: fy Ol the atrocious ~, ~. ..,,,„ . , Louis kV.„ received the ilentenant f ancl bad with him aloes and secret interview, In fact they par.' l hid 'only When', if ..o,o* - o , eioey,; - 4 toiaich _went inlothrillall Of: : Treatiesterrive the reMectial hOniage of all the foreign , avntrasitulori, princes and , tointierflorlicipitt this oecatiarn, ikere all' received in elite' Thilierititiaiiiiifitolfee joined Jeart•Pre= vest : , guattletl ,its,a, private , chateher, w ith„two ex:, einpfs, aeites.t doielt..lo 3t.hurriect hurried.meal, in which ,iiiinviteefthefrettder;tojoin4iito:tirithOin . 6dreilici.i' -'. , birtanichile t Lettial xy • Iled entered the Hall of T ' re: l 4_ii f iis ! *O l 4O ll -bilii o o i iP _: : 1 04' .4 1 00. m .044. i i n dig,, mi-ispirtmeni. i e llefore,lim'Sviis ihe.mag, pifteenfronnd Mollie :table gi*enAp'bentetLegtenit by iheitstitibgo OfNiniee,'old!,woo4 . '* , 4oolo4; !° , ie - 40# 1 °'?0, 1 i4 1 ::iirWEg i e ,i4, 1 4. 1 * OOP:M6!: on this occaaion _ny- ills !nnial laniilyi the grand! of,/ ficers , of. the, heaselaild; i. and i thei - -. m emhertr , o f Alm ' fdiplotinitic afp§;!4 i"'iiiif, , k v llijiliiii,s4l*o:o*:, 'li4 i., 17 i,01*04 : : ', P , :1:* " p!P i lOt 4:F940 0 ) 44v ~.tNi.T.i'o4 Fxspimulatihso9pc34lloao,illo•bluekvf, , ..tightlidsichislinwed viffltint ilirilliance: off.the. - .ditt mentleimt the'vieefea';v - thei)ll64oo,lgkricllffif 1 : i ..o!9iJ i tiis4lo:l4i4 " .o . o ') . ' mp4Z§tgoo , sppoifrift4 ~ -,*.lth.,,co4r.,,,;ww#o,n,swourdc;*e , shier s l vhicit , : Ililleteilifinin , d+weept ed seiei. 1 rensthrboutittilledificlOttalYthi:Madatiliktlerdni,V, lia4ouri'iiit'or' - oiiitt tik!i . ;raiiiiiii':4loo4*l* , sat open a stool between theni arict'ai her feet - . INBEIN ,-0 , :;„,4 ME MEISSIE .., , „.„. ..... . . ~ , I. Rie ° ,Aii. bLESS " *; - ii - W . NC '' : 'll ' • • f intoll'Arri " -qtr''Atrift.." '-1 I • r :•I'i' ~,:; 2-i. ii!,-, i.. , ' • ..• ' - .- -,-- •,,, -; -=_-_:....- 4 4' 4 4 - 4 4 '. .!.1! 12 ' ;,• •ii !2 • • 4 ' ' OE ~,Thoerernony commenced..., Shaking ifs was the custom, took the:bciuguets one by thank- Ingieviry giveliy - idiee'sPrightlY word.` Pretend. ing to play with . the'sPantel and to repress ita disereet caresses, ,he placed every. Web of flowers near the animal's nose and then laidrit - doim oiZ the trioSiao table: itadirnis o:Paiipaitour *ugh. "ed,lnt'hid her faighiiir - With her fan. , iheyfeel hurt,'? said she. in , ".ILis.,9our spaniel, countess," replied the king, gallantly.- „ 'The foreign Minister had prece dence, and bad presented all:their , bouquets. The members of the royal family came next; having courteously allow-. ed -the • diptoreatic , corps to proceed them. The king took the bouquet Irani the trends of the near e4 of the blood royal, wtio stepped back, bowing. He held the flower to the spaniel's nose ; the poor broteosniffied, reeled, and and dead ! Madame, de pont padour, turned 'pale; an wontil, have 'shrieked, but tbehing had warned herby a look. "Not.a word," whispered he; " it is :rtothing ! Drop the bolds of your dress over the poor animal. It has died to make true ,the saying, " son of c a king—brother of a king—never king t' The ceremony proceeded, Louis XV. completely conceatinphis emotion,• while Madame de Poin parlour smothered' her alarm • and curiosity. "aks soon as all was over, theiting retired to'his °ham ber and sent for the lieutenant of police; who at once was struck with his solemn manner. - i • "Am Ito arrest. the guilly,:sire 1" e i tr , " Yon werecorrectly informed, Bellisle. Last year. the dagger of Damiens ; -this time a bunch of flowers, and always from the lame (punier: I cannot, nor ought.l to punish. I order you' tci'le set hoot inquiring into this mystery. Where is die man who saved mel" 'l4 C 10843 at hand, sire,” replied the Lieutenant, who knew well whence the blow came, and 'also that it descended from two exalted a handl and f 4 4, too near a relative to be noticed. • " Bring hinfto me." ' • . "I am at your orders sire," and.the lieutettaittof police bowed. M. Bertin de Belisle. was far too honest a man to act as most of his predecessors would have done —used the diseovery, and kept all the merit to themselves. " I have brought this good man with continued Berlin; "he- is in the guanl-room, all confused and alarmed at being in a palace lb hi; rude working 'dress." to mach the better," said the king ; u itia at , least an honest occupation. Bring him in, bionsi.' our de Bellisle : I will receive him • better than I would a courtier." ttertin de Wish) went ant,otind returned leading the, frotteur, by the hand. Jean Prevost—bold, stout fellow though he was—trembled, held dovvn his bead, anirturned and twisted his cap in' his hands quite unaware that he was pulling it all to pieces. 4 Embrace yourting," cried Louis XV, with a grateful tear il•his eye; "this is your first 'reward." " Sire," said Jean, falling on his knees, -" 1 ask no reward but the feeling p f having saved your majesty. "Come hither," and the king , seized-him and kissed him on both cheeks. "T am unworthy of such boor." " What con 1 do. loryou 7" asked. Loofa XV., who was capable of,Tety good emotions. "1 ask nothing, site." 1, But 'l. insist. Whatever' you ask you shall have" " Hymn. majesty 'could give me Pauline," whit' pereil,..leala Prevost. • 4 i Qh, oh" laughed Louis XV, once more himself again : 4( a love afiail. Come, thefrotteur shall suito-night with ihe king whose lite huibu.s saved and jell his story. 13ellisJe, send a coach. for , him in he morning, or rather come-yourself. 1 . will. girl you further instructions about this matier.-:- Rdt silence my - friend, not`a i word." • • , the het:pedant pdliae retired, and ,Lonis , XV., ,who_was always= delighted - =with novelty and an tin. expected amaserhent, took the frotteur, just asnhe -Aas, to the Trianun, - Where - he - Vtiti to sop, with Madame de trimpadtaii—and therV; die! , • s epee of the beautiltd courtlavoridit, tinkle ,him tell hi?, story, which Jean did with naivete,. truth, and sirieerity,-which deeply intercetedi the-king, used' wholly . to another atmosphere: , : !lei! innnting I ill, after shaking Jean %iiirmly by, the hand, and Ju3kllng.h.private.cciaferenos with = Bellishi,- Yoti shall have it bonee ,irr,thapatk, toy friend, belt the Trianon...YOE) Shili:befhoitorsl ' . de ne r, with a hundred:6ii; niontroi - youri Itncievery tacillittgiYou ehglt htittg.llter Pool cfipet. Ushall.ihus never forgot you not the 'cause which compels inizeite!ia - stiiig gratitude?' - Nett learning, si,l l ,#,..iptiy:hii t iiii,3;,l 3 foi, ness of the day commen c ed ; ' and, while.,a..porter. was.taiiing down the stibnite of.the shop, AI-Bout:. lard ealfed.hisAvife and Paulinejritolialittleoffide. The . good thaa's' i ttir'wassiaye, eand l a tit!, annoy: ed.: ,He had,,R,One pot „the, previous evening, and loturited at a late hour. Pauline had long Ante re, tided to rest, but M.:llOulari-had-held- a long eon: e!atones Wi th :his Wife. Thoextellenttitizenspoke rith'aniinatidn, ottdltot'Whliiipf :anger, but dot before tit - 'Of lied J , Y • • - ..,E - '7=l; said: he, - triumphantly, tt she tan. . R qVitt Rita 'f'' et; p e a , -,-" IR r 41 substantial citizen = never! . 6 Pauline " in the, ;titanium &I y94ol,olo4l4o:Ygiuk autrxiage teas be deotded taLonceil same: ',hih' people stave troubled theirtselvsr+tititP,•Bitithat' tif • L" = l -1 should think—never mind; flue nut a fool, Bet el COursa ettonld wow" Ptaulioe , yO3 navel thisitrantieg dechiee) Twialosentare: et yet* ittPathlyetEkviil`tisinitr '&416141 if tif,P, 4 l*.fi.ifiktiff:*o 4 4Y,ti 4050°04. etel7. ', 1 13 actisa. root jeph", Etamfd ,A;1.,,: Li , ': ' ',` , •::Li., : .:' . .i'.r . ' : ..! - ;77 I,'.'i' . "•!;7:,, MEI 3 ME II t knew yon would forgi,e him, child: - But HOW you must ducitleftcalravtta otktr will between them. We have ouy ; wishes; but that is nothing— we htave , yoa wholly tinhiassed. Speak . .inat, like a good girl, and speak frankly:'' gi.Buttriy dOr ilittlei, yhive nti *ish la ,roar ",But, child you, must. -You sball know the rem. son another time. So, now, child,' you must Speak; out. .Which is it to tie- i -4t1 , .Z1S or Jean'?" " Mustspeak ) . now t' said Paulin, blushing. . • " Yes, Child," pit in Madame Boulard, a it is akt= solutely rieeessary."-:' • ' re Theiti - tlearpapa, dsar mamma, if it'a all !the same to yOu, i'like : • I knew,kr - eried the delighted Boulard. "Very rvell; And Pau line buried her pretty, blushing, pouting; face in ber hands. The perfumer looked at his wife, his wife look ed at him, and both cried, " I never could have thought it." ' 1 ( Bat,!"isaid Madamt 800 rtsignedly ) ,". per• hap* it's for the best" • • "Perhaps," replied Bodlanl,-with a melanchol.f shake of the head. "Oh, women, women !" , A knock came to the dbor, and then Jean Prevost mitered, so wet' dressed, so proudly happy, so handsome, that all started. "I come to - know my fate;" cried he; but , the • rogue had heard the last words of the old,couple through the half opened door. - "She •is yours," cried M. Boulard, " . thottglv what a poor fiotteur,can want with such a wife is more than I can.imagine." " I am not a poor)rotteur," said Jean Prevost; ti t am honorary heall gardener of the royal gardens - , of Versailles, with a hundred fouls of monthly in: come, and a house large enough to holt: us 41, if you will come and live - 1)0th, us, and sell your butti ness. That you may understand my sudden rise, I may tell you, my,new parents—but never repeat it—that t have luckily saved the king from the at. tempt of an obscure assn in, and !fiat Louis the XV. has shown his gratis de to the poor frrotteur." lc Monsieur Jean ' The young maa smiled; he had never been gall ed Monsieur be lore. " Monsieur Jean, here is my hand. We accept and are very glad, since Pauline loves you. It was for her sake we hesitated. There, take her ..;, and may.you both be as happy as We have been." And the old man looked. affectionataly. at his wife, eta at the young couple, who I.ad scarcely yet looked at One another. They were married, and they were happy. They went down to Versailles to live in the hobse this king gave their, and lived there long after Louis XV.'s death, the place being kept for them by Lou is XVI. Jean became gardener in reality ; and fur the eleven years that the king lived, he never wan ted a boquet of some kind when at his palace of Versailles; and lar more wonderful, he never for got the action of the fp:Wear nor ceased, to bear it grateful remembrance: At his• death there were two w,ho shed genuine tears, - and cast many a gar land on - his tomb—and these were Jean Prevest and Pauline hiti wile. Prom die Lontitut Times. Apts 19. TUE OILEAT ,EXIIU1111TION: „ . The Chryatal Palace is (lOW, for the second timai iti its brief history, emerging from chaos. First, it Struggled into architeetarid syrntrtetry and,rpropor lions born piles of timber and collecterlior its orderly constraCtion.;, Ita pillared aisles,.us ierrae , ed elevations, and its mathematical details and out: , lines were all- evolved from huge t . rtaseiettiof uitb• r i a t s, w hi c h . at 'nig spained to Teti , arrange/ meat. That conyersion Wes executetl tv,ithsspeed . ma success whir. 4, excited general astonishment.- Armies of glaziers And painters surrounded the an atomy of the vast fabpric with a_ vitreous. covering "and. decorated the interier. With' brilliant and well chosen colors,— Thii!grdleries were tit' up,. the rimer ing of the basemeriviaid, and the industrial' world in/cruet limits and divisions :barefrilly,i,leteitilined: - In ihiei early. !Mtge cf. its existence , when forges oc, cupied the centre aisle, when the ringing of- ham' mere, filled the ears, and reVerything'stertieit . riatigh and unlinished i lthe i Crystal Palace might 'ite.ertnik pared to a new , creatien—its Icaindatiorter hardly set tled,-its security doubted, vast unoccupied territories still remained, to be peopisdittudiwide fields ot fa r bor, to be, occupied. ; :Human industry , had foultd-1 1 World to , inhabit, bat it had not yet! takimqiosserg. atom , . -In' that iitiite'otirianeris teltti3 Orpar*lag.basee; anti seed in 1z0..t . Upon tttitling,:andl fill Wee Once ;mere • inT:coninpicin. :Chaos •snented tO i tittet come - egalti. "For gem the!takir ranglng:theseveet'pilee,Of "Materilit .WitliontitieCh•apparent eAect, new actors op-- petrel:l:Oß ecene.;. oliTery portion of , itle interi or, heifiteoectmente. • .Niiiionalities beinime ed 'T.#li - Manliul. , ,ap ;1' kali fin...hie property, and tbe whole iiiiiilableoirea of the bdildittg tk.aediapos-• of of Innis orderly:manner. Now oontributers Jae •gin in etilnestt to famish' atutaitoriitheif allotMerini; flawing made every . arrange their shellsondo crpmemnt-likev'so • Many baiter tlfeii: best "andliritlifeet' colors: „ "Tlioteciria -I°ill39fl N0i5.404.j0e45:;,:444 at3 ' invite, our:ieadere, in order'that they :.40€1441Pd. to 'accompany, us through ..thirbeihring. - W e prom. 4 nie not to-dig theM"ovitiiitetyin693l tho se inter" minable yaseagee, not to fie ate.a..eerey, bin lather. 41-414 : the active TiolitteAtifer eel:these; Mee becolna'Atietiectly devet-i.l Therti will be iMptoippoMmity . , betea mi j'Or the illOiihk:f ; ; *wit: 044.41Fei bat,4l,- • the ablef t fr.etureinoffniliabhsititefttet4itetheise:only • ` l. h e A l ViP;l94A r tlo# o t *CO Ovief.igi:o4;iwitAf: :4fitsWeiffai,fl4.Rit,ipProiCh*D • whole, promise to be most effcctivi. Itioptcroft's M3M=IM!IMIIIM 1 . Enan =MWMAiI EMS ISE IME ~;r"w`+7r.:.,. r ~.3l~J~.i:t~.7f." r '.' , •+f~a7+u:.Vt • .~:*ai „ i.~#,&;~;x ;,~ ~..t`.';s"",rm•,y.use.s.4uw~~i:-'_*~,~"~=.+'~t'%r~,F lEEE I r. MOE ,^:-.41 . :4.1. _,:,1,.. i •,,,::P ~?;12-'i: .i:...:. . . iicpistriari tapresentatiOn 'of Hots Majesty l ain iefains itri prornineint , rleSitfitif in' frontilttfirin entrinte; i'position anfottiniate " for the Ohinicter - of - 13iitiab art; and stilt mere so for die reputation of the artist; but'whichiespect fof the irebleeiippears'tO render unavoidable. • Other apeeimens 'of sculpture; p sesiing, withOne'of tird, , ,exeepticins, no' very ex - 'Ordinary merit,• fill uPtfitiapide towards the centre of the transept, where,' Within "a species'' of covere l fi test, workmen arebusily engaged in consiracting thigreat crystal feuntaitt. -Lururiating In•the pleas-, ant Coolness likely to be caused by thO Vicinity of this object stand the colcospl statues of the Dulie cif, Rutland and Dr. Jenner. ffiel Grace, executed in I bronze, stoops forward as if anxious' td-say some- 1 thing to somebody who is not' visible -, and fhe Ci vilian, sealed in d ponderous'easy chair, reminds I one strongly of that grekt fundamental law of mat- 'ter "that a body it rest will continue at rest," Mr. Owen Jones appeatsto bare disposed these gigann I tie objects more with reference tether eflettof large ) ] masses upon the eye in"such a position than for any other reason. They have placid - near them groups and single figures repTsentingclissical and mythol ogical subjects,—among them a charming little' statue of Puck, in which the fricky; froliCsOme and fairy character of the elf are most happily bodied forth - by the artist. ' From the transept down the eastern half of the centre aisle the eye is carried over a perfect lea 'of empty packing:crises, which tumbled out Of the tilt:. ferent foreign' compartments,' are swept 'away 'TOL' idly to the end of the building, where they disap pear in *agmris. In the midst °filth' debril riSe the organ and gigantic plaster statues of the French, the Austrian group of Mazeppa, their Prepa*ticins for. . :. magnificent' stained glass window,the"liin . ilini . group from Berlin , ' the glearliiiii'llorii Bavaria, and the borne from' Stuttgart!. The horses 'have not yet bad their tails appenclegto them, and theist are several bro'nzes and saides intervening between the larger objects, which Alf present's very strange ap- ` pearance. For instance, opposite Belgium there is a piece of sculpture representing Cain, his bands outstretched, and his ettande of horror distinctly V.l.Fl ble through a raised swathing of old nelispaia4 and green Cloth. Between The two sections of the Zollverem are tieveral castings of nude figures in ' zinc, the blue inerehrial color of which looks very odd. Bronzes of male and female forms are observ ed-standing erecti, their packing cases ,'' as if loth' to leave that obeli shit' attract public obseriatlok Tiro stags; too; m ghtbe obseryed yeaterday; rest ! big, in the shade o ;die 'Amazon group , with their horns lying on th ground. beside them, as ifteilfo - their comf The last object which catches the eye towards eastern end 'of -the nave is the legs and lower h4of a human fi gure, apparently ,making every e it to escape from the bnilclitig.— So precipitate a rtitreat are' the eitrernities perform ing, that we havd strong doubts whether the of the upper po In when completed will be suffi cient' to justify i,.,:' etentlon. Besides the o is which, to use an Americatr term] are 2, loca ed" in the - have, there are others which have. a tepporary usufruct of it,' and which thins€ not be oitid hi any tleicriPticin apPliCable ,' to thU present sta e of the interior. Yestattlny a , 1 bronFe lion, the a we of which were turned Out like, a dapcing, mast is feet; leitored `about one of the entrances to thirreneb Cempartment, as if there Was!sonie deal) aticiiitibil Safety` of lidniibing it Anie * her foreign . iviaiiiir barely'shelteredi*itbin its aiding a ver : fierce looking panther pr tiger, .we criniiot Unclean •to say *Well. Germany appears to share theap . .l Ifensibiir of theliew Y ork lferald as' to a rettolati , in England &if Year; or else arcade' ';, , encnchment i some Alive, : with . Russia on None 61(4 anal •Austri , on the other, ,She now:eithillits at one °(;ho aPpr tidies to her compartments from the hav a formida , it pieceill artillery moented and in gear for imai art I.e service. France, judging of what we see of her in the centre aisle, is less belli coSerbotitill•gliticat statelis typified, for only, theday batons iterday ehoge boiler was slowly moved on cell ficitir the *est end ofthe building intfrher space. But, Weird litig,er tcfci tong itrieetrei' ; ill . he centre a e, let ns pass through the different toMign comps Ws; where. e.oflectiOns 'of inter; .estingbnit ittrah iie Objectlitiegidni apitedt. The reaslei *ill parish with nit for ii mbineht' be ' fent that Mocker marble, daw - - !Aim the ipitirriii, o • used by Phydiaeard other great sculptors of ariel:: erit Greece. ''Afterbeiniciciaid`,fofiziany a cerititry . they-have recently bead opened ' . Once rriiii:e, uni t` arOttpecteil to supitty in - articfe'cif extensive ex= istirt. Natiire still-Yields the raVrtinitterial, - btif-th'e girlies who enuldlislittat ii i 3 gone,- and ' ne*,'''ar cipt that Week , which two men rereVati*ing late slabititi ordet'idiflorioits'inalitY; Wird!) , ' er c rything. , ..w)ltths ineritforr bee Veen 'sent' .frrOft the land'' wheie . 'ai,i,l'and enTenee,sibta liter /401 Anti- their' earlie,i and some of their loftiest inspirations, Italy will make ii fairerihili*llfiiii titiieCe;' . fitongli her' departmentjalso in;teitlitierktikfliffectionti. The sitechnetis Of wood Catlin '' and irimainent at fern' .lore from TnscanY'rire aitanlitinglY 'tine, anti'strike t 'e fancy, both trout the reparkable'ind inl/2nUte dClicacyol.exectitkin andiron) the pettect liaTmcs. , , • •..) ..:.1.— , ..x , }- , ' . l ny of the general design r , Afire iis ejewel case in Ittis•collection - which is a perfect gem itself;. what:. ever it !Iky' contain:'.. These'SPeeeettirnf 'carving come: prineitiollY from Fferenie'. I Rome iseotls„ as, its ehOicel Ceniribotions, some splendid mosaics, the execution and -fin ish 'of which make there hard- If (tiglingillgliable;•eicept'on ipintite ekarnhiaiieri, Omit 'eldhardle oil paintings.' Threii"ar tlfekt ill. ~ •--- :,••:•;',„,. I, 5 • • , • ' 41trael; gregattennolik 'r*ct,reprettent .an • evening 41 , 4 ioorninoftriew of art ancient- templeand• the • ,thirdis thrrhead'OSt..lehnitker one cif Ifieitireient , , feasters. I ''` ..' '• _ ,-, 1 : 9P h P. I <r9n.ch , eolibit!culr theiPlY P.Qr!OD.F/hi.k. .* yei-mifirea a ,prorpitentilisplay is the-collection. of bronzetv*hich Oterezecuted*ith ., atirpriiing, sell itandlistO .113OlgkiiigieViriC..x.*Ot,e1e4ropt. l ' iil***:rgr ii !;l.4 l li44* ;4ll / 2 m ith'iw,i*Oill'i'aioil• ,hroltspit-tr,, , ltretvevAlte:knighlo i met , meter -splendidly armed Or. nosetitalitiolfraotrohitiptnev , Ilea chargers . ' The Duke'bf Weiner= has !bused FZ'ZI • - - El !!2531 •ti f. ,r 4 '4- Mal MMM r",'T •:" . `2 4 '.NORMUM &to 110 I _ . e: 'net only withnitt injurjr, but even vratibk ; de. iiiterto improve his pain:mit, thrcing,hthe it" French artier. life,fs tie tenger the ". 'TI2EO4 I ' tut a hero of nobler Meat , eta- Cofeitha*" Minces' On theiTyerge_ of.a reci7a mese, of 2'sbining after, Napoleon receives no greater boner 6t unction ,from the artist's hands, rind mt equestrian stainelte "of hire which fignret epptiabelie Dote is etecated in prelileelk the same styles. 'The' Vete eiamined the - representation of himself d -day" Or two . agoi when . he'was making the roans' of ens building, and "expressed himself intieh 'pleased with it.- • • Rot, besides the warriors of the present age, these of times past are also remembered. tueltingbitrt, Bayard; stdd other knights of chivalric retrieve; for. Dishes subjects, Enid when the arnhentio thameleire of mediaeval warfare are eihattsitidohe heroes ofiroubadour lore and poetic tale ate duced. Knights • with gorgeous helinehl intfar mOdr, elaborately chiselled, recline' in the lin* graceful attitudes riponlelocks Which are maliels of gilding and ornament'; damsels, splendidly ittiredi ride forth upoir nimble - palfreys. The material 4'114 it and the showy equipments of generations • thitt have long passed away arwreproduced in Miniature for the decoration of our apartments, end we, - the wearers of broadeltnh, who clothe oteselve* in gar; meats of soffabte hire end hats of unsightly propov . tions, are tatight,to wonder at the ~: henges :whieb time and fashion cretite iti:the habiliments add put. saiteof :Mart: The Austrian display of &milord will be regarded. by all wilt: feelings of tmaittitect satisfaelitm. The admimlitni •whith' , lt in•; - 'creases every- day, • although-the arrangement of the enite roomels rick inote than half tompleted. ' Bat a hew attraCtion his arisen in the sculpture • room of theeollection. The works dart exhibited therein come almost entirely from Milani tund the' ereditof them belongit , therelore to Italy firth& than Atistritt. It does affect the mind wittrsotnepainfidi emotions; and some regret "for at country , to which Europe one's sO much, =to see her r genitus -in which is her chief glory, thus appropriated ivith her territory by conquest. No one esti enter the sculp ture rontri; and ieuthe - mttraortlinary.aterit ofsotnts of the works which lit contains, without wsornivr td feeling and some sense Of injustice. There is its the collectioia figure ofilithnuel. in Marble, which will, we are confinento l be pronounced a master. piece of art.. The eipre,ssionot exhaustion on the face of the boy—the attenuation of his frame, and the languid, powerless ',character- imparted In his Limbs by the manner ir>j which they are disposed, all speak their own 51°4. -Them are severaltither works of great merit, especially one. winch ..repte, Bearish Italian•matrou teaching her child for thou first time; to walk:-' The. German display begins now) likb those, ot other countries, to disclose pecbliar and uttractive features. Of these, the most remarkable is a col- - lection of stuffed animalx and birdS, grotiped io as to represent scenes from haulm, to reproduce into. mai form some of Sneyder's most celebrated pic tures, and to bring out the humorous tables bf the nireineike Fuchs, a very old work, and one of the first books printed in English by theCaxtont. The whole of this collection) r which: comes from Stint gerd, will be examined by the public with extreme interest and amusement. There is a group 01 owls protecting their young against.two *ea±els. .There is elto a battne of diminutive harts or rabbits by a large party or cittnnitenting weazels. .Then there is the story of the Fox, wbo inveigled a pbor- little timid puss to go home with him, and is seen lead her half reluctantly and half confidingly alohg. - The nettbrepresentation shows Master Reynard radio- • ' ing on his couch alone, enjoying with. Most comic dignity, and cotufort the sacred poetpratitlial•hottt of rest so •necersaary for sound •digeliibir. These :and - - many.other teepee in which animals ere made to play human parts with infinite ha:heti and yet re. lain throughout their distinctivb characteristic/Oval, we predict, tickle the fancies of old and young, anti draw crowds 4:4 visitors. - The -German exhibition of cutlery is in rapid process of arrangemsntii and promisee to be an atm lye and.nm.ey disposedcob , lection. . As to oar cousins frontacrosa (het tAtlantiei they are busily at work getting, their" notionein r These include a large collection of daguerreotype. - 'portraits, *filth May enable the.visitors of the Ex= '• bibition to.torm some idea of what tbn leadingrnert in the IL Stateaare like. ..Some misgivingsare en tertained as to the efiectiveness of the American • sho*,. founded on a variety of Causes.: -InShe. first place, thewait generalrsapertisiou and cannot! before iheLtenntvibutions were sent over, made • it •-• impossible to secure a high class and select chaise. • ter lorthe whole collection: Thenagain the Ameri• bans arenot Bb much ti mantrfacturing as -an ragrr. cultural community, and,- theirgreatness lies 'in their expansive energies. anit•in the scale upon which they de evety thing. ' lf, for they 'Could have brought over one ofihreir Mississippi steamers, and exhibited her in the Chrystat Palace, she would have astonished the inhabitants of the Wotht,,who inn ruher accustomed to 'rely on [retreat or tasteful execution within a small space than on light, rapid and - hasty construction ‘esten- • • /direly carried cat •• We-shall watch ` with interest -the further detrelOpmentof their portion-of the EK hibiiicm, tind.inthe meantime; as this: article hasp!. ready•ruti to a 'sufficient leng,thi• We *reserve for another occasion nisi acconnt nf the main attractions • nowmisible on the Itririslt•side of the EXbibillon.- • C* -1 , Homestead Kxernimion," exclaimed 1 .1118. 'Pertiligtemihrowing•tlatywthe e r a 'rive' 19 13111itk are &sine!) ex: emlif tile nitelves InDine i just when Thep' geese without any ForAision for cold nights." • Otri:"ikOtoil .diel.ike Um," .11,okt the .eotir whe9,4 l ,saft : tioinacoostiFititb 4 i .shait mixcaitba din aaiiiaptmo-grato!" ; ettynfiappine4 fo-bit; found •in'Ati - soefiv. , thtvdlublogilibtafn 3 : mitts il;ut 61" found in doing good. ' " ‘ "157 I MMI
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