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SONG &
ISIS WALTER.. Span
Where all
!Wtanni
FiNam, his
Wart*..d ,
Where tai
• • Sound
, Where •
the lover rest,
he fatessever ;
rue maiden's breast,.
or ever? •
inigh groves deep and high,
the far billosr ,
ly violets sdie
lie willow,
. 1 be his pillow:
trodet. !
Soft - shi
..TherA-th
Cool st
There. wtf
• Scarce ,
There th •'
! Parted
Never agl
Vever, I
••;,;.
eve!,
I . the summer day,
ream§ are laving.;•
Ile tbe.tempest sway,
. re boughs waving;
L reef shah thou:take:
for ever, i•
.in to wake, . •
0 never!
0 never! • , , ,
Wheres.l
Ile, th.
eon
Ruin, •
In the !o-
Borne
Where,
With
• .There
all‘the, traitor rest,
dee:el - tet t?
d win malden's breast,
nd leaVe her!
t battle,
wn by the flying,
ongles wars rattle ;
'owls 'of the dying,
. • 11 he be lyiug.
x shall the ogle flap
f.tise-hearted
Iblood the wolf eball lap,
be parted. ,
d dishonor sit.
grave ever;
'hall hallow it,---
0 never! •
, 0 never!
oo'p
tier wit
'UL
Wr• - •
r Ere ar
f.
Shiune •
By his
BlMng
) H, Never:„
Never;
Portland Tmuscript
Backbone.
From-t
• To dress and sit arid walk genteelly
• To how with easy graike,
To. speak in aecenbi sot and mealy,
, . To Atehr , studi eil free—
These and like goodly gifts , and grace,
Are welenough: I' own ;- - •
• - ,.. 4 9,8ut what o want in this soft age
Is )bone, ackbone,, • •
• A heart.to eel, a mind to think •
.1 • Despite ach base control,
A tongue .t speak; a hand:to work
'The put -- ose of the soul—
Bi- these' a al 'other Goody tokens•
It may be surely know,u '
If this, or hat , Within his body
Has bon., backbone. -
lEEE
to that's all a man, -
.ds up straight and strong,
the plain and simple right
not yield to wrong, •
whir thin tinttnbling hand
one hi. own;
d thing itr l eny body
backbone.
Who ma i
- Who-lodes
• will
Who;deals
• T.ciever.
41! a ple.!
.
4i)VBi(ei - eilos
I*:
lz the London Times.
AC NEWTON:'
OE
SIR .1
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Themnmo idea of Newtun is very, vague.
In writil2g,to tie earliest ut his biographers,
POpe expresso(, a desire to hac'e'soine ..", me.-
moirs;and - eharfieter (if him ash private man."
The' desire might - i-till he expressed. - We
have no, imim•ey with Nvwton.. Few per-
o describe the - charactet ; of the .
more, than this—•—tht_;,',iie.,w'ai;
and that he Was imper
4. to int9piclity,
ion of the latter characterest t ic
1 Story of t pti
he.'phOosoer•and
Diamond."• 'Thl4 is not say'.
yet the half of it is ine.4riect.
ariesof Newton described, 'him
inifnrttrbableon
scTs, if a4;ed
man, could sa%
exceedingly ;Icy
turbable ainio:
the- agocry ihal
, his little.drk
ink much, andi
•
The ei;)tempin'.
• as any thinpb
elisions. - I,otike declared that lie was'`' a nice
man .to deal with;' but "a little too apt,' to
raise in hiingelf suspicions where there is,no
him;
- i
ground.' FlArosteed alwa,-s `°found n
siduous, ambi ious, -and lexcessively covetous
or praise and i tpatient of . ontradictiOn."
,Whiston d ..crimes hint as ofially impa
il
tient, .and (..f h i e most fearful,' cautious, ,and
s icious - te per' that he ever knew. ' VAL
embe gives he French idea of him when he
says : .." In ugland" people • were content
with_Newtprel being, the greatest ger.ius_ of
his age ; in Fianee one would have also wish
, ed him to be ' miOle." If Newton was re.-
ally unarniabl s ; it was chiefly ane i3 ative, un
amiability-. e was unsfreial, he was reseri
edi he was-ab ent, he Ar,as silent ;in the course
of five years is secretary, liumphrey• 7.',....w
-ton, never sa • him laugh But once, and !_that
1 1 1
once, it was i poss4e - to comprehend why ;
worst of all t a Frenchman, he. had none- of
thei-O graces= not, like Fontenelle, begin
a treatise on lastronNny by , saluting-a lady
and- cornparirl i g the beauty of day toe• blonde
__ and the beauty of night to a brunette.'' 'lke
only quatitics r in Newtop that were positive
ly anarniable were, his suspicious t l emper And
his itnpatienacp of cent radict ion. All 'else was
hegative. LI , goodness, even was negative,
- with the excedo of his piety and ( lieracity.
iHe was good bee Use he was passmtliess.;
n- 1
' . and he was talit lov able, because he was void
to Pozotion. . . _
. Bishop Buroet says 'that •Newton hai the
• toitiy, st gold he-everknew.. Vie canwell'he
' - sieve it so. N eu•tonteas utterly unworldly,
And the unworldliness of the man.who was
,cont4A - to pace, about his chailtber alo his
"trim Iltittgl r ilen from morning. to
_bight,
save when he turned out far half an b&nr to
see it - 1117 body would listen to him' as Lh
. &Wan Pyofessor, must have rather astonish
" ed the bustling, courtly Sc:i>tch bishop. ~.E T hes.
tie-was-pure-as a child ; his niece tells us that
- be broke an acquaintance.of the greates' trim.
• timacy with Vigani beettite, the Italian client
' ist told him same lobse story of a nun.—
*. Bishop Burnet's rermirk, however, is true:in
a m'ltilt title .striegent sense than, perhaps,
be ever contemplated. Newton had the whit
' est spul he ever ktiew,'simply beCause his l
.etnottonO.natjire wa.s.'the sheet of white pa- 1
. per whiit the metaphysicians 4) . f that Teriod 4
were continually talking about. ' 1
... Sir Da - rid lirewster has done his best to
prove the contrary,,' lie even fancies that be
as discovered Sir Isaac in Icore..o Sir 'lsaac
_ .-in love :—it is incredible-=it is impos.sible.
•;Fancy the gedate Lucasian Proles .; t.. . re
`i,,, s
ing Lady:-Norris like one of those fops ';''''''' 4 :
- " Pr,"e4Y fellows,?' whom Steele. shortly fter..
. . wardAttliiied in the 'Faller. '', " Can you re
solve to wear a widow's habit peipetbally ?"
' . 11e rwrites.' " Whether your ladyship should
- t'n' , . oo lastantly in the melancholy dress of is
widoW, or flourish once more among the la
dies "—that is the:question, and that' , is the
style of courtshiti which Sir. David,/wlth his
pia e'l'se LA all his brilliant= repnta
tion,F_SltelhOtft Loa philottepher SOH was
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fixed on :one ideathe increase of gravity in
versely as the square '-of .the 'distance. Sir
- Lsitac,‘'.twe make bold to Say, nevirhad a
thought of lode.
hi comparison with ,Newtoritnele Toby's
behaVior to tie Widow.„Wadno Waslhe ex- "
Creme of gallanft l y and lieettiousness. It
must be remerOberpd that Newton was agod,.
and Alexande'r thelgreat ysed to ray, that two
:—he might ba;Ve said thre4- , -things remind
ed trim that lie was a mortal, and.vot a - god
—love sleep, and food. These three things ;
proved : the divinity of ISir Isaac,' for he nev
er spent a thought on love, took very little
• sleep, and as for his dinner, he never eared
• for it and often never ate its '" He kept nei
ther dog'nor cat in his chatober,":says Hum
p • rev Newton, t• which inadewell for the old
wotnan, his bed maker, she faring much thi3
better fur. it,- or in the mot fling she has some
times found" 'dinner and supycksscareoyl
tasted oc.Whic •; he 01d . .' woman has very
pleasantlY and munipingly gone away with."
While speakingpf food, we inay.- mention, '
in pasing; as . a oset-ofT to thtk negations of
Newtpn's animal and emotional nature, his
own physical enjoyment. He 1 iked fruit, and
could eat a a
b
any quantlty of it.. .As It,
...rtrwe
find his se/Nolook,L4pending his money
op cherries ; and.i9arMalttde. This latter. taste_
seems 't i o-f*edrrown with him, for he' was
si.waysivery- fund of - ,,a smakl roasted .
for supper. . He was fond of neat...
Dr. ...Johnson, :Ind ,used ,to
Water for his. breakfast inst, , ,
pies; to(. - ;„ appear to.have
of his ;,o'ne of his letters exhiiiits him longing
after 'eider 4 and - making great endeavors to
F. ecuresomegrafts , .ftFlgenuinercd streaks."
Perhaps it 'was otce of those Ctrore : d "red
streaks-.! that falling from, the tree suggested
the systern of the NyOrld—the -Univeniality . .of
law .
the efgra-vitatton.:
.other enj , kmentS,„Newton had none which
were not purely intellectual. ' - Even as kboy.
he never j to :J in the games and ainuseNents
of his Ci3l ions. ~V.e
.:find hii ` n making
dials, and aterelocks ; ataon
the day cif the great' 4,(4.11115f 14158, when
Cromwell was drawing his last breath in
hitehall,' and , Goodwin - - - ; st-4od , hy his bed
side; assuring 111111AF:it his soul ','was safe, and
Bate, Went soft and sad from - rooin,to room;
and the trees . in St. James ' s Park were.- I.lp-,
rooted..by the tempest. Newton. in hig six-
teenth year,was limiting abort in the gale to I
I
measure theforee (Odle wind. In intire ad-I- I
-varited . years his,-amuseincnts were•itillmore '
s'eve're. •When . \ weary tif-%is other studi es ;
the. ditTerent!Al ealeulti-; and the. irregularities
'of the moon, lie •:" refresh , ..ll hitn, ,, elf" withi
,
Oiron,olo,Ty and all t the dry &tails of lust rums -
Olympiads, and the expedition of fine Argo
s-,
twits:.
With sueh.pleasures it will eurpris
lug that we return
. to. negation, and .sav that
I.histe-thetie4l . nature was . utterly.iilatil:. , * Ile.
Ihad a perfect.horreir•of poetri7 , , and . would
have eehoed the sentiment of I;is-fri'erid Bar
!Tow; that it is an ingenioUs kind of non-, -
I sense.' 'lle' show . ed•his regard forseuipture
1 When he said of his friend, the sEil'44l4„Peni-
I. brokei that he Was ."-aJOyer of stone dolls.l!
• And
. .hk opiniim of painting is - expressed in
su nne , .4(•te which Nv'e do not profess to corn :
pr,hend., bat which, tirvording the terprei
cation sggested by Sir David Brews er, - itn4
plies that he' conidcred pictures .not ing but
"dirt.''.• •
As 'welloi•pk firtiter into Newton's, charrici,
ter, aye find everywhere. t e same absence of
color,' the S'aine' Whiteness'that Bishop Burnet
observed. ;One • curious specimen •ofit • is
presented in . a letten of •ad vice . O . his young
~
friend, Francii'Aston,.who was ibout to set
out On his travels. -- .• ._ -
. " Jr -
you bee. affronted,' Wrote the philos6-
pher, - ' l ' it is better in et./brraine country ,to
pas sit by in - silence. or With a •jeSt, (hough
with some dishonor, than to endeavor reven g e';
for in 'thelrst ease, your crOit'aric'er . the
worse when yon return into England, or come
into other company that have not heard ‘t
the-qUarrel. jut in the second ' ease,`ymt
may bear the marks of„the quarrel while you
live, if you•ontlive it at all. Here is a lily
liver with a vengeance—d*Nsttading his young
!friend from as 'ciGtf-t .el on the ground, not. - ot
- high Christian principle, but. of uturianly fear.
If the truth m ust be :spoken, Newton was a
cowarth It.is the most amusing thin; toread
'how frightened he was- to face the public,- n.
He .could 1 - .0.7er i(iity. This was
partly . - the result Jisposition which
made hirri shrinl cistn but partly
also it. was .41,1e' t ilf-absorbed and
unsociable nature that was all in all' to•itselfl
,and felt no need'oAhumatt.sYmpath?. When;
:Shortly after_ writing the above letter to rrati
cis' A -ton, 'il k ; was as(ed fur permission . td
,pnbilsh one is papet:s in the L'hilosophic , a
Tiansactioias . , hegaVe his 'consent: oil condi
tion that his name should be: withheld.' --
"For I see not," he. si.rites;" Flult ; there is
~.
desirable in publicesteetn,..where Lam able
to acquire .it and
_maintain it. ) It y.ould *per
haps, incrLfase ,iry acquaintance—tthe 'thing
- which 1 chiefly study to
,decline." This ap 7
palling self absorption is without. a parallel in
the-history of the human - mind.. „After hav
ing been embroiled in a tt4fling optical dis
cussion 'With a Delta- phystet.f, the name
otLitius, he writes' as follows, to one 'O'f his'
friends i l" tsee fhaye Made mysella slave
to philosophy; but ifL.,get„ free:of Mr:Lit - Ts'
bUsitiess.r.skl resolutely bid adieu to it etes.
flatly. excepting :- what I do for My ' private
Satisfactica,pr leave to caine out after me."
That sentence . , represents ISir Isaac to the
life. •I.' . • : 1 - ' .• •
',. All his Pursuits 'ere fib his own . private
-sad : slit/A.lOn:- • he shunned ti ankind ; and there,
is not, vie ofhis discOve that, would ever
haVe., : been publi,;lied if it ' Mit been drag;
l i t
Led into the light by.hisTriends, while he,look
ed tin, fretting and muttering at the intrusion.
'Of him', it may be Said with truth ; what was
never truly.said of Milton. f ' His - soul . was,
like tt:star, and divelt apart." 1 - . 1
-Dwelling_tb - us apart, and :viewing witbsih
.gular apathy:ail that irken.'ano4t prize, in _pub.
liepteem titufprivtte sympathy,,it was natu
ral
ritr-thst Newton 'should look with ithcial 'cow
. .
t apt on all e objects oti ) ltutnan ambition.-
4 ...„
ve; he. nee ad not ; bon 'r he sOght, not,;
ve all th, go he despised weal* Slast4r
of the Mint, money -Ltd mi s - eharm .for hitii.
Apeculum meta, for his :, r i efiectin jolt:Sock
was to_ him the most jileci4us oft - tal :The
bursting of t soap- bitbble, I when.
, esttins LIS
-etiterimenta.on color,. gave Vm me eeoneerfi
than : the I6ss of 40,000 fle'''tilit -
rating .91: ;
if t e
the. ? Soigh.Sea.B.Ublile.: Ilis indi -. nee was
extends...lJ to . bit latest biVapher ;.. who has
not, otitideseended. to hint St the 01... ' Sir
Isatie
_thanght. pion) (Wallas, spriirm
d 6 G
-
•'••Et gip
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iwince
as
boiled•in
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een a fac'orite frtiit
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than of all the ingots t. the Miut and all the
diam'ondi in t Amste ion.. He parted with 1
his monry fieely- 7 -solfreely, indeed; that his
a l
TraiographerS.iha4 re arded it as a proof of
singular, generosity.- It wailiothing of, the i
-kink; it wasitto More getierosilian is 'the 1
act of the poor, sav c *who . gives way hies- !
'tirnable,treaiures for . glass bead \ or a piece 1
of mihor. . 1 . I t, ~, .
-- What Cared-he fdr wealth? He had nit 1
' 7'
interest in hittnaa imj; he had no: sublun-1
pleasuies, Which money could •purchase,_ eit-,;
cept pippin* aid re 4 'streaks, Hu gave it. 1
away to anybody wifasßed hint for it. In
one of his absent fits he had - his pocket. pick
ed of more 4han 42 1 ,000, and suspected' a 1
nephew of the celebritted \. Whist9n ; he inadcbl
no:efforts Or recover bis bank kills; and when
, _
_,.ei ins bank i t _ _
, _.,
;irkedhoidinueh*he had lost, olnly 7 replied :
li,
as.a young\gavareei cant red along the un•
dulating road leading tit, the
,castle of Doti
Too inucth" He was so far imposed upon
Fernando du Estrella,' which stood upon an
that he paid.£ooo for an estate in Wiltshire
eminence.. overlonklng the silver Guadalquiv - -
worth only half of that sup he ho was told that
er.`, The -caValier war handsome as Well- as
he might viiate his argain in equity,. (indite
b
y s x e i r l i rin ani t m he al r ‘ i i e .h i i i c es s ‘li o o f h b i e sa tr t o ti d re e_ an o d n t e o
deelined ' thit ;trouble; 6 " I have seen," says
honest Htipplirey Newton, ''. I have seen a •
seta!eboit rd box
ainst. - thoi•e finelv-forflied,slendei9mbed horses, fearlv,..ast.:. . '
, the , „ pi , n ‘4 . i i,, d l O ~::, imi in his study s e t...tg; l ess, as . one might su p- which Andahiiia „,Lis Su faini*s--showed,ithat
he belonged tea noble Brill, ' ~Don Alphon
pese, than r.OOO giiiteas . in 'it, crowded edges
so Gonzales was, in factNhe " e of the
Ways,- Whether thil!' was suspicion or care- .
1
lessneas F cannot say; perbaPs to try.the ft- Principal. grandees of Valencia, . a expected
delity of th.-.:e. about_ him." • . . - soon.to call. Don-Fernando fitthpr i by lead:.
It . was' ,ertainly 1 carelessness ; , but poor ing, to the,hymeneal altar his yoUngeat daugh
,of
Humphrey) (how vividly he remembers it ter..
His heart .brat; high, as the tower
_all !) felt.sorelyte4ted. when - he, saw, "as the old hidalgo's castle ruse before him, and
'; one.might sup l'—for he was. n honest in imagination he anticipated liteinoment
when the lovely Inezjwould be fol4;ed in his
to countpliem—"riO less than one oumnd
guirie:w"crowded - edgs /7 ewa.-," and ,i -was a arms. . '• •
N t.,
help to his;•fidelityct i o bekve that ‘the trial
'.HisAdisappoititmetyt- and griel'rna l y be im,
agined, Wrien, on reaching the castle, he found
was. intended by - his] Master—his master, to
whom, wheh,at tt e- Pon- Fernando. indulging in the wildest . la
heini-of the Mint, a Duch-.
esscall in vain Offere , k£6,ol:lo. At one period mentations, and the enire household. in con-.
of his Srhu ewton gave some studyfusion, • owing
„to the' disappearance of the
i 4 h i
to alegi,ehly au we ighe suppose, fr . uin one bjeet!of MS attachment, who was ' believed
of ilie.ente - letter
i 's in t e to Francis As-
I n
to ave been carried ,4a' by RoderigoZurbar.'
- band of brtgands, ,
ton, fr.Oin Wit ch we I 1
ave alrerely quoted, that San,tht. oroeious chieflisc
heletd . thought of,. t ansniutation as a means who had long infested that part Of.th eotin
try, and who had lately increased in .nur-'4l
i •
young friend to inqu e.on the. continent about •_
begs
e
A money s 'making. He recommends' his jj
bers -end audacity, iiwing;,N the disturbed
transinutation - 4he.s - . i ' being the.riverSt lucif-
state
_of the twtry, coSw.equent .upori rthe
ertels,and Many tiniesluciprousexperiments, r war then raginebetween the 'Christian men.
too. in - philtifsophy .. .'.', .',! • f • •( arch of Valencia , ittl iAbdurrahinan;thellos.
This letter, howeve'r, .it must - be - r
- , ,-.
em .em, hen king of Co -m
ova. • That orning ) , hile
.
•walking in' the garden, she was seized by two
beret], .was writlen not. long,before his Cir•
cumstaneeS we eh as triiiVe him some of the ruthless and, and the deinesties,alarm;
ilrou ' -
anxiety, a nti l he A cjijeid , to escape. his week r,ed.i..,y her cries, beheld a troop of, 'Mounted
and armed Men galloping southward with - the
It pay ittents as rr tuber of the Royal -So
.One of them Ilkne before
eiety. If ever he tl ought of money-Makin*, Peed of the wind.'
it waionly t.o . pay• hi -frugal buttery hook,bu v him a terpale, whom , they recogniied by her
putty forliiis lenseS mid oranges "for hiS" sir- white ga inents, as the young mistress: -. .
ter, • ITe_g4‘es an, • his money without:' cur, . - Don Alp so was' overwhelmed with
corn; he was even itTensivt• 11,m. taieraiity, j grief• . and disnna by this intelligence; but
a handfulsz;krrepressibl e . energy of
-ate quarrtiled with pei-sons 'who r e fused his ii o waS a young - man, of dituntle t i,is courage and ,
per:re. Think of it Isaat takingcharacter, and he soon
dashed the tear drops from - his ties, and re-
of ~i iineaS I -at :rand( tot out of his pocket i and
mciunted. his Andalusian steed, determined
offi. r ring it ita a fee o_a illysician like Chcsel- 1
',deii. • '
• S - . • - ' to rescue his
.beloved ipez or periSh in the '
~e
I , aitempt, ~ He yea alone ;he emild
We have not sij anything of the eoritro:
force sufficiently ntim- , '
versies whichhonght.Newton into isontaet.,l 5n) 1 4" . ,"" ) 9 14 ed
414 to warrant hiln in, att _ ing the, brigatid",*.
with his fellownieti., and , out, his manliness tol
riving to. the . hidalge's vi • awing gone to
the . test and we m4t leave it-to others to ad . - I
just all the' misroset)k ,detail 4 ofv authorship the Yaleneiatt camp, and - a wea -- fOrce would
(filly serve tii attract attention, tic! . place Zur
, and copy-Wright whieh these Controversies iir-
Unran.on'his guard. Thu sun was declining
, volve:. - Bet it is blipossible to, pass witliout
: when he left; the castle, and the corkl trees
reprehension the tit tininess .with which New
threw their.broad sadows across. te road.
ton treated his
_r pponents Ilevgens ' end
, The gobbet band ha n d 'retreated tewa h rds. the
. Hooke, Leibnitz at d . Flanisteed: ' It is a just
S . antir, and frOm - the distance between Pon
•,..t
retribution that N wton's et:rouse tilartheory
, ernando's - ca.stle and the .supp,os d -haunt of
of light has succun bed before the undulatory
theory ,- . dek.nded - * •
.}ltii - gens and --Hook; tilt% marauders, he concluded - that they must
'...
that his lawoftrocr !e 'refraetionh halt somewhere for the night.aS been Ats- 1
placed 'fur Ym tear .moments, I he 'heard that he rubbers
-byhat of I uygens-;that thi ,theory of d -
At .various places Where he rein his steed
1.,
the , inflexion-of li,ht .has been for , otten flit.
' w
.1 - Tooke's ;; and th his method of
.fluxions, I l'ad passed, that way, Navin„ it them a
which raised the g`eatest din of all,' has beenl•• •ritili z y, lady, whose. .descriptiorrep responded
S
that-of the lovely, Inez du. E trella. .It
‘ implanted by the iffitre.ntial calculus of Leib- I
1.7 ith
jijiz. •
May
. one thing in these controversies I wanted about an .hour to midnigh when he
.We May be proudtbf ,) . .ewtori. His' jealousy, learned, atiin.roadside wine, house that they
waseibsiird, - all generositY. :was forgotten ; -had stopped there; .at • nightfall; and taken
but he never thicended ..to the atrocious some refreshment, when their horses •had ex-'
frauds which . disdraced his opponents, Ber. hi bited .e very symptoin of fittigue.l - This ren
noulli, Leibnitz, a d Wolf.
11 , , - deredi it extremely probable that they halted
- Such ii,l4' Newt n, as a man. Glorious in soh afterwards for the night, and the young
his'intellect, With- ,a . piety rather intellectual . : eavalier_rode forward with the caution neces
than devotiOnal, lt, was a stoikwithont the e• siary for the accomplishment of his .pi,tr
• . - : I
merit- of a. stoic, f"r he had no feelings to con, pose. '
the fps umnil :sem ' ilneient
tend ivitli. - v lt is !ery. 'saddening 4o find con
thethat-
two' Most spl 'ndid names whi4 eoence
can . ,i)tubsit , or ire!. k * tr.!, men so , der tent in .
their moral., natti i , s as Lord Bacon 'a d. Sir vept ore e ore- trn,an in an adjacent thick=
P ov resenti b v, r h . a _ :
et t ulonbeams IreVaaleci to Mm the pre
-. settee of armed' men. - He immediately . 'slip-
IsaaaNeWtoti:-.„ I the former we find 'a a. - peel offhis ho, et, the:better to avoid °bier
-1
cation, and leading the animal by the bridle,
itive moral obliquity, which - would 'awaken.
_pity wer4:it not j s'ned to so majestic:an in-'1 crept along the - et z nivent -wall,: by ~,which he
tell - ea that it exci ea terror-and despair of hu. (
was effeetinilly4creened. The night was so
man nature. In ' a latter we find sirfrply a I calm and still, that i the voices of the bivouack-.
ing robbers were borne to'his `-tears by the'
vacuum, iron Intel ett'ori every side surround. !
ing .and .inaintai :itig the-tremendous . gap 1
. breeie, and the foliage of_the evergreen oaks within. - We haw no desire: to moralize Tin ',made a lovv - mn rrntiririg, above Which he heard'
thellict. .We hi L ye simply ende.s`vored to .1 at intervals the plaintive notes of some. dis
give! a Aithful r nof - Newton's , taut nightingale.. 1 ' .. . ,
presentation, r s.
character, elievii 'I; ,that possible.good can I While revolving in his mind various plans
- •
resultfrom the - (thlS'prne - flatteries Which are for the rescue of lnez , he was equally sue-
hedped, on his nae‘ •en the cotempora
iles of,Nvi
eton h:l le hi as god, they de
eiap•ed In brilliant,phrase, kat e ,vas not a
nigh . . , 7`
il
Nyerri
,-: • 61—•--... , : - -.
Let a man / eol it liirle'air in ,his Mouth,
and , whit is' that'?. I Let Napoleon twist it,
i
betweeti his lips; ' rid all the world is af mar;
give it to Fenel' n, • and he '
shall -sor. man
age it withitis to :gil'e that there shall lie eve
rywhere- peace ; t - is but a little, agitaed air
that, sets.ail mat, -ind in mot' . Illwe i 'smild
live without air ',6 ' could not talk, Sing, or'
dear any souuds ithout it. -There -Wo, lit be .
"ablazingsun in ' black Sky—there would be. l
everywit4e an a fut silence. There is less l
air in the' upper t an .in the lower - regionlrof
:the Atmosphere; the bottoin crust of the air
is of course, deti4st„ ,Stiussure fired - a pinto
on the summit Of Mount Blanc, and the e
port
waalike the snapping of.a stick. Th . .re
is a well at Ftuldif;hree,htredr,ed . palros deep ',...
throw a stone down it, and the noise it - make
in its deScent will be like the'firing"of .'park
cannon., It goeSidewll among dense air, and
-also it reverbera* When a Man speaks, he
strikes air -with htta throat and mouth as a
stone strikes writer, and Trout his tongue - ris
from the:stone spread undtilating eireles,Which
e.„,
may 'be chceke :atid beaten back In the
course; as it is w tti. the waveeo(bound. mad ::
by the
,stone to
_filing down, a well,.?atbr t .
back and furious ylroultirlied..
.At th castle'
of,..Sittonetti, n r tillan, orieJoiv note of mu
sic will begets. . . neert ; for *the note is, ech
• Oed to arid fro hy i the great wings of the build
ink that reflect - d'Multiply iklighted.candle.
Sound is in fact, ; elleeted Just,as, lightisi and
- may - be brought '' triteinAhe same 'way to a
focus, • .. • ~ .
...
' A word spoi , :
in the foe% f one 'ellitem,
will . be beard h tba 'beak of* opposite et-.
NOS hundrois Ofirerde 1111** -1 Saah a prni•
nuoixiivo..iiimerus ~Li- A ,14R.- . v l'4.i4D
,wocpklLai47 - - -.t
ROSE_TITITRSDAY, FEIIRU:ARY 21, 1,856:
3 OP THE AIR
ciple wasi . : , trated oddlylin thegreat'cliurch.
of Agrikentum, in Sicily., •he architect_
perbapiqntv . itionall),--built several confes
sional ellipses, in w*hr, whoever stood . , heard
the secrets. whispered to tte•priFst A , hor
rible amount,of scandal sprang up in town ;
nobody's sins were safe froin getting into un
aecimtablepoblieity.- The church soon be
ame suchia temple of truth that nothing was ,
left to be liidden in it; but at, last, by chance,
a discovery_wah Made of the chaiacter ofithe
tale-telliiiii`stones and the walls had theirlo"
ear sto pped.
t. i E BArlDrrs eArrrvic.
A ; -------
I
TI4OI-was shining brilliantly aticive one
of tho fai st landscapes of t! Soutkof Sp dn,
. -
prised and delighted' by hearing * the - 'dulcet
tones of her voice lon the other side_ of the
convent Wall.Skiving ibeweiling her ab
duction, and as she sore of the griet lend
despair of Alphonso and her father, her - voice'
was
,inferrupted* by obs. The young caval
ier now re,colleeted that Inez had a cousin': in
-this convent, arid the next moment he heard
the voice Of the fair recluse, gently soothing
the wretched object of his attachment. He
looked, up; directly above where he stood teas
a semi-circular aperture in the wall, and the,,
cousins seemed, by 'the pund of their voices,
to be immediately, below this spot. To. put
his. foot in the stirrup and then to stand p
right.on the back of his steed, was the w -
of a moment ;• he,,looked• eagerly into
convent garden, film the; aperture which ff
been , described, and beheld Inez and r
'
•
'lnez!' said he ' in' a low voice; and • e
lovely girl started, and wed wildly ar n
Whence...came thit 'voice?' 'said she, s
she cling treniblingly to the arm of her tau
in. •
Inez V. repeated the .young cavalier, and
the two dark-eyed maidens looked up,dh'ect
ed by the sound of his - voice, voi atuNrecognize'd
I
him immediately.,
•
`Don Alphonse!' exelaimedlnez, clasping
I •ier small white hinds: t_Oh,.lly.,;Alphonstr!
the robbers arc hand, and if they
find you here they Will take your life:
I have come to rescue you,' retprned potr
Alphonso, hike sworn to restore you to
youLfather, or perish in the attempt.- Are
Ithere no Means by which you can reach this
opening - 1'
' _'The gardener's -ladder I' exclaimed the . '
nun. cousin !-hdlp me to car - -
ry it! ' .
The niaidens disappetind among the 'shrubs,.
and in a ivw minutes reterned v earrying be
tween them the serdeiges ladder; was
. . .
, .
ju4,,long enough to eachi to thei.o .df t e 1
wall: . . Inez'.4.9 ascende4 the
. ladder, an she
we's received. in 'the srms ot Don Altihonso, (
who Jpressesi• her to' hiS 'heart, she tamed')
round to bid her chi in, adieu, and found her.'
on the top 'of the ladder, loOkifig'through, the
arelied,aperture,
.1 ..' - • • 7 . .-: : -.
. ' Farewell, dear Cousin, V said Alie, -- folding
the dark-eyed nun in ber:zirms; and then. her
'lover seated her•befute him, And turned his
Itortes head in the kli - fectiOn lef her. father's
castle. / - a .
N • gel4t.
He advanced slowly, for he Wished' to
quietly away from the bivouac of the rob- .
bers before.urging his steed to a gallop. In
• a4few niin,utes a' sket bikwas firedond a
. wild uproar se' among the trees, under
ii sti
wtkh the rohbers. had been sleeping or talk
ing. ," . •. • L.: . > .
' We, are diseovered Vfs. ' Alphonso,, and
":spurVng his horie i ,the . it i . imill bounded.•for
orward'and galloped' ; in 4 . direction of Don'
Fernando's - castle with. the speed of a hunted
.
deer. `
.; The clatter .of .artns . and the fi4ce cries
Which followed the Si4ixwery that Inez 'had
, , escaped, told then.; that t:l\e„,robbers were pre
paring for pursuit, Land the-. terrified maiden•
clung closer to herildver as the sounds re-Ab
ed her ears. .Iu the swiftness of Alphonso's''
• steed was their sole Chance ot ' escape. The
: young'eavalier Tooke hack, and by the light
Vibe moon saw the fierce band of Roderigo
Eur r haran mounting their horses ; in a few
minutes therlatter i of horse's feet rose in their
rear, and Alphonso urged his own' tchincreas
ed'exerticirii•to Maintain the lead. On flew
the Olant steed ionvine_ the fierce mar
auders\in puriuit.' i There was eiejternent
in the. 4 . it that:caused tl e od to rush
swiftly thrbugh the veins of on Alphonso, ,
1 ni i r o
arising Dorn -lie rapid motion, the charm, of !
nioorljght, and \ the, extremity of the
_peril '
from which he an 21 his companion fled. The 1
devotedness of his' attar hThent to Inei, his un
quailing courage, and \ the precious faculty of
Coolness in the prsenc&,of danger, rendered
hirii confident of carrying ut. Ids enterptise
to a sucbessful issue, mid. ev .r and t anon, n's
they fbAr along the road„ he v.'hisperes.l love
and aglent hope- 'to the ,d . 3rk-eyed maiden
whom the suppcirtil before l him.: \ .
:But events are !in the h4id of Go Man
may make the ,b i est arrangements' lo
_which
human wisdom aid foresight are capable. but
\
when all is done and success sewns certain,
the merest trifle Mill frii;trate his end.avor4,..,
and crush his holies. A spark of fire. d fall
;.
of 'snow, have de4troyed the ambitiou. hopes
of a conqueror and all the cherished plans
of aggrandisement that had. beeri 'nursed for
years: A stuns ithrown, a pistol ,fired at
critical knoment, has precipitated revolution
that ta‘ie exercised a powerful influence op
the ..destinies of -nations. . .The thoughtless
mat :call this chance, but the thinkino. Chrii
,tian iet.xignizes iii these apr4ent chances .the
controlling hand *,,of Previdepce. I
A mendicant, :who had ,` lain down at the
foot of a tree by ibe roadside, was awakened
by the clatter 'pi* the horses' feet and the
shouts orthe puisuing' roblier,s, . and startiirg
in terroremergedsosuddentfupon the moia
light maid from the deep shimliiw of the cork
trees' spreading ',boughs - that the horse of the
fugitives was frightened,and rearing up,plun'e
ed so violently quit Alphonso and Inez were
thrown upon theground, Fortunately,neithf•l
er of them . Wag : injured, but the steed was
,no sooner liberated kom the rider's control
Than he galloped off ft . & a seed which rend
ered the thought of'eatehin he animal futile.
Alphonse was net ain to despair or -to
lose time in deliberat . n, when every mo
meet was of the' t utraost value. One glance
-he cast behind him, and then caught Inez up
-1 in his arms, and bounded down a 'narrow
path which led t',o a wood. Had. the, - night.
been dark' they inight-have - e - cliVed, but the
robbers, thouthithey had lost ground since
the start, .owing to the wearied condition of
their horses, were - still near,. enough' to ob
serve the . aceidenixor the 1110011 , ` was • high,
and threw her pearly lustre over the road.
A loud- shout, or rather',yell, of triumph' from
the road, impressed 'upon the fugitives the
%emcee conviectin #.1.:.t ihoir lair hope was
gone ; and looki . ask they . saw the rob- -
tiers leaping fr. their horses, and bounding
~
down the narro , path.
:' Lost ! lost ri mur,tnered the pale burden
of the young r i eavalier; and' the ipereased
heaViness with i which she leaned upon his
shoulder told hint that she had fainted. '
'Alphonso did not yet despair, big made a
desperate effort did
reach the worm._' It Gwas
in vain; Inez eneumbmlld his flight, and the
robbers now gained rapidly upon him. Only
one course remained to him- 1 ;-to die in her,
defence. Withicountenance pale as her own
but With lesolucion impressed in every - fee
hire, '-lie placed'her on the ground, drew his
sword, and standing over her, prepared " for
Aerate the 'Aerate enmhat. The hist robber, who
4e
ea u he, pielleeii through, the arm,_but,the
next. moment till a dozen of the band attack
ed him togeherond his sword- *as struck
from histhand hia arms seized and bound be
hind
him ith a', cord, and the unconscious,'
Inez lifted romithe ground. ,
i - • •
' Who art thou rsolunanded -9,,.dark, ath
letic ru ran;
- hMter dressed than the -others,
mho ti peared tt - i be their chief. :
- ' One who we i tuld have ; died - to save .yon
.maiden'ifrofn ,stch profanation," 'replied Al
phimso,l following 'lnez with his eyes, as she
was borne away by two of the robbers."'
.. ' Thy l l name ri.thundered_Zurbaran, stainp
lug his foot I. ,
'Bork Alphniso Gontiles,' he replied.' -
' ' GrOod,' said the bandit chief; ' his father
1
is rich enough 4P pay handsome ransom;
bring hlm along, comrades.t. - ,
Resistanee *mid have been ineffeetual,and
he wished, tnorklover, td( bts near Inez as long
as he 4uld. Ife himself, therefore,
to be led up to 'the hilt, and on regaining ti, ,
sad, Itoderi Zurbara n :took.- -- before
g i i
hi ianihis jade steed (a eavalied lie
w'sa ' made toitini, unt another, behincreone of
tie r tiers to 'whose belt he was secured by
.a cord, rt n additional, precaution against his
escipe.! _ ,The robberS. turned their horses'
heads tfswardshe convent, and Ines now gave
herself tip4:ir I st, for the robber captain bad'
',sworn that;she shbuld be ' his mistresii, and
now dettared t the would not lose sight_of
her until his m 'with d
in retire; ,was rsacbed.
i t
They had ridd some distance. when a halt
was ,01Ied,',the Ire nof Which 'was present.
7 \
ly explitined byt th ounding -of a trumpet
7
and.thkappearan e o a largo body of Moor : .
.
ish ea vtil qr.; , ..,--
' t' Brtik and _Efate: is cried Roderigo Zur..
baron, and;' soutemar the 'robbers:: suoctied ,in
8.14440 f; 9pt 1Z oT them !Awe c_sur.,
OM
• • /I , e r • 4'
PRA lER & SMITH ,PVBLISIXERS----,1 . • X,-
1
rourkded by the Moors and Made prisonv.s.
. Inelwas thken away . from -her abductor,
and the arms of Don Alph* being - - un
fiound, they„jyere pladed on horseback, and
taken.with the captive robbers - to the Moor.
ish cilm . ., To be in the hands .of the infil
Moor: was,to - ' the mind of the; a late as •
dreadful as tjiat from which she had been res
cued ; A.bdurrahman was, in he..,prehen
sidn, a beina' to be dreaded as m s Rod
eri`l7.ZurCaran. But her lover was' of a •
i g te
san ne temperament, and saw in this
I•chan of circumstances an interposition of
ProVidence in their behalf; moreover; his
mind hakreceived the illumination of the
sun .of knowledge,• and he.'shared not the
hOrror with which the Istoslems were gener
ally regarded. He kneW that, the Spirit a
chivalry .animated the Moorish kings as fully
as the moot illustrious knights of ChriSten;
dom, and longed tor an interview with 'Ab
durrahman as much as Inez dfeaded • it.
When they reached the camp, howe'ver,
L the Moorish monarch bad not Open, and nev
er hi'd the hours passed so wearily as they
did that Morning to poor Inez. At, length
the martial reveille told her that the4amp
was attir, and coffee was brought to her by a
young negress, of which she. partook „and was
much refreshed by the exhileratiug bever.
. An.„.hoer afterwards a flourish of trump
-4 7
annoinced that A bdurrabrnan had entered
e tent of audience, and an officer of his
household came to conduct her to his
pres
ence:
Pale, and trembling With, her eyes bent em
the ground; and her soul calling, on the Vir
giti for suceur,the maiden found herself staud 7
before the dark-vitAred:ltbdurrahman..-.—'
"r loveJiness.ell - cited an ejaculatory - expre
sion, of admiration from . the Moorish mow :
arch: and the steadfast gaze which he . fixed
upon her recalled the color• to her pale cheks.
How earnest though, maiden, in the hands
'of those marauders 1' be inquyed. .
-' They attacked. my, 'father's eastle, sire,'
replied Inez:. 1 His retainers are in the camp
of the King of Valencia, and there . was none
to :resist them.' - ; ', . . • . t
'And the cavalier with theer said
,Abdur
rahmati.. -` ' IS he thy lirother 3 . , •
.. . •
, I .have no brother, sire,' returned Inez, a
deep blush suffirsing her cheeks, and:greatly.
enhancing 'her beauty. '' The cavalier whom.'
your majesty's soldiers 'found 'in 'the power
4f the ilibk',era, is he. to. whom I am affianced:
Abdurrahman's brow was ~clouded fo(a
, moinent, for he had hoped to win the milid- •
en s tor himself; the:glow upon her. cheek, her
doWTst eves, Auld him"„that she ,Joved .- Al : -
/ -, k,- v ,
plidiAS
,:and he Was too jenerons to think
. of
detaining her, against her. will. He Clapped.
his handsXand on ••a slave' appears g, corn
inandsd hi' to \ bring the Christiart into his
in
presence.A lions° bo - wed low as he 4p•
proached the rielkcarpet on_ which. the Moor
ish king was seated, and took i the hand :Of
Inez,' Who instinctivay drew.nearer 'lb him; .
. ,
as if furl: protection. \ - - ,
•
"t- 'Christian,' said Abdurrahnian; . .!by the
laws of war thou-art My prisoner, butiorThe
sake -of this maiden 'I _give thee . libettY.- 7 -
Tliou, too, maiden, art free • Allah send thee
happiness." . . .
. .
'lle ighed as he'thus -relinquished 'his fair
captive, who cOuld . scarcey.: believe that :the
'man Who had been so Rural an object-of dread '
to her'Could be so generous: ~ .Alphonio ",e3: 7 ,•
prek-ed his sense of the MootiShling'S,genc
- rbsity l on behalf of Inez and - himself, but Al;
durra man•cut short his tank's by 'clapping
his hands, and•giving orders for-the now 14-:
py par to be conducted bY.tin escort of 'eav
alry
,tO the castle of
,Don . Vernandtiy:. de :Es
tralla.l ,• , ,
. . ,• r • . . '
' - Rod er igo ZUrbaran and his band were com-.
.pelledtto embracelslamiSin; and serve in: the
; MooriSh l'grty, as the only means • Of saving
their lives. Inez and her lover reached her
1 father l ',s castle in safety, arid were, shortly af
ter united.; but the -lovely( bride never !for.
got her 'fear-inspiting adventures among,the
robbers and the Moors, and- years after rela
ted tol hei• children the .heroism of their fath
er, and thegenemsity of . A.bdurrahman, : .
- 11
L C:OPTED AND COFFEE POTS.
r,
" sty dear friend,". said ti.- Aoctor ' old
~...,.--#1 .. , -
rbg hi!':: „cup in his left hand thu,trib and \ ore.
•
fingcr with the other three fingers stretched
out over the rest of the table," I never inhale,
the fragrance of coffee without thinking of the
old fa'sponed coffee-pot, or, Madame Follet,"
as dqtr.. Miss Bremer used - Ito call it. 10-
you-know, sir'—and 1 suppose you know iy,,,.
Cverything, do you know, sir;theie are a great ,
manviiold fashioned people in the world!
W: 7 o.replied the-filet was,not to .be diSputed.
"Old-fashioned people, .sir;. old-fashioned
in dresa, in speech, in politeness, in idea% in
everything. And, sir, not long since I had
occasion to visit two old ladies, sir : .1 went
do . wn!stairs to the basement - dining-rdom; sir;
withont ceremony, sir ; and 4 these - il found the
antiquated virgins - over their . cofle, sir ;land
in tit 4 middle of the table there •was the old
fa4hioned tin cofTeeippt, sir, seonkd as bright
4-4 sand could makb it, - with a great big, su.
perannuated spout, \and a great,. broad-backed
handle, sir, and a great big, broad bottom,
sir, as broad, sir,
as . the top of the great bell
croWned hat I used -to wear, when..l Wein to
visit 'them as a spruce -young . buelc, .in the.
year ;eighteen hundred' and twenty-one, sir."
Here 'the Dilor's,specticles fairly_ glistened
again;
li Well, Doctor !" I •
Well,
t . "S i r," replied Dhetor:Bushwhacker, "there
was Plenty of silver in thecupbeard, plenty ;
great' pots and coffetyurno of solid metal; sir,-
with imassive handles:to match t but they
'were Iso old fashioned as to - prefer the old,
scoured;broad bottomed tin pot, sir„and
•
with reason , ' too, for. l, , .k :
1 ,
'° g ive us the reason thereof; Doctor , ifion
~ .
pleaso. ,, -
.
" IVell, eir, one-ortiOsisters apologized
'for the coffee pot % a still, wean sort of co' ..
a ch4vedky Cor.gtant use, -and said the rea
. son .74vhy they.diwnk "their coffee out of that
potoias because it never seemed- to taste so
veil Out of anything else. .
" . Why VI Er4ly enough expled, sir.;
we try make coffee in a silver ra, and
when e pour it from_ the vessel in which it
7
is mil e into another, we lose half the amma,.
,air,--- 1 Coffee is of most delicate and choice fla
vor, ;'
w rt very few know hew to Make it 'Or
to'u '.: it. The, proper s way to ,toake gond
eofi'en, sir, is to ; roast W Carefully in a• cy lin.
d6r Over a charcoal fit*, until. i is . A light
brosiGColor; then the , eylinder abould be ta.
ken off the fire and 'turned tontlY- Until the
berrit are tboronghly cooled:_, Ihebeat part,
of th &COM is ditadpottniolr l ,by Ebtabcesie
ME
~~
~.
)
/`..}
• . -
■
nable practice . oc..,,turamg - out the coffeenn •1
au Open dish simtrborr aeit,is roisted.-: i Why,
sir, ',anybody can see that 4.4 e finest part - of it
esearies; y . _ • n melt it sir, hi.eY#ri crack
and come of-lhe
.houSg..• When icivliail; I
should i: pu n a mortar a - heat toi "fs)ar
.der:.l ~le co - : , mill only
. 9ratilint theist*ln
but a zc. - pounds soot the;eissefithtUoit
Then, ' •- . ti_it in an, old-O kned' i tin !i -
pot, pour n , 9 hot Niatey,t,.itand it over . -
/ 2
.tir e , not ;. et; et 'it . , simmer g r ently:,ji
your - i too h t it,'..ill burn the CO
T
,oil t. - •Th
en, ir, take Madamelvollet
rn.
,froth f fire` - stand di the table, and if
.want,' au\ aPprciative Triendi send, for ui k e 1"
... . .
t": . ' . ACROSS THE ISTllittrits - ' -
That devoted4nd ad v t lturous traveler
. . .
public be.nefacto,. hqLe, Idohn; - I,..§tepb.
r wasOrler of 'the projt. - .Ws 'Of thePauSinz rai
_____ bc,
road,: Which.may . e • eonsiderecf: .- - thel pion • -
in the great ( . 2 interoceanie - lcorantericht 'ente
prise; to be perfected-11-the' coniteuctioti .
the'propsed,shipkeatial;. - .-: - .Theroad wasp,
gun in.
_Decentber, 1850,.st..Chagrei,. buil
eastern terminus was,afterWards ftsed.at . ;-:
pin Wall, eight-Or nine: miles:northeast of
grew, which : has -superior: advantages With
sp.to the approa from the'seit on(' Oth
circumstances: .It. as . _flially. completed
LH
Panama, on the P cifipja AlailCe --ol.,ifort
:nine miles, from . an.to ocean, - 'tannery..
1855, at a cost of a . I' fiver $4,00,1 1
0,411
aecerdingto:Ctilonel ..Tot.t ;: , the.' chief en
neer:. Before the - completion - of this
passengers crossed the . Isthmus on - inules,i,
: copying several .days • in the toiji4mte . '
dangerous journey. TheY now ' 0.10 . .it' .
railroad in fyur . hourfOolOn rir.eOunt.' a! 7
defective condition of tbS Pacific:ter : Minna
the toad-,.and ,the want - Of suitable whar
for Abe direet. shipment OF goods, .it - ifi lint ,
suited fdr the carriage of ' heavy freight;- ':!, 1 1
Joacl is owped ,by. a ;Ne el'. York:Company,
Its firture oWners : hip. Will 'I depend iipo'
willing nes s of the' Government-of NwGr
ada, to. wyely tile ' - con - ratfy . tre,e.r- b
belongs, - t eOntinuetheprivilege tempts
ly granted by 'the pre ent .COntract,.'w
cistipulates that New.Gr 4- a d s can redeem
~ ;
privilege after twenty years fr . ifut theds
the ,Completi IT of I.he - road, • oWpayinen
' 45,006,0.00. 'lf it , ...shotdd.tiorthen
.r.vall i
Of this stip lation, it, J ean reedeeM- - -if, for
-090,0 04 er the llpse.; of ten :Years ,t at
• not th or
. $2,000,0 after 'Jibe laps
ten yearS2 e; givin , in. each' case,
Year 7 i-notie - its i n 'eriti!4 to' redee
' There are five propose rOdies I fir;
.tbe
reanal ; the - fitsk;from . o , up, -,, ~,
1
.r eanot
I Caribbean . sea; up th an ;nail river, a.
Lakolticaragna,..and tl erice to the'Paoifi
different routes; the'S : od,lteivsa the.
1..0
Inds. front diagree or ue - i•tO -Bello to •
ma; . the third, from - th mouth of 61 - the.
:ct Ratzaeoaleo to 'Tehuantepec ; the .: fo
from the• river
.Cheesta, : olOng the. Atrato
the Naipi, one of its liiiitelteri, and the
canal to CupiCa bay on the flaetfic •:;:'. An
- fitth, across ;the isthmti - F 1 of..Dariert:,'' A
tempt _to explore: er4er-ieute,' by w .
chucanaßuObay, by firrps uriderth
taOn of the - United
. Atats,..in 1854, fail.
try, ?kith' tnueh suffermirand the loss o
Aral:ill-es. : It is - genelry snpposed,tha
• route 'by- Vut.„ of I:,ake icarag,utt4 tbe .
.rprnetic4ll)lokrie . j The s t of the tang- .
ilonsly estiinited at fr nr)- i x: O- thirty
- lions of d011a4,- ,-- lf, h l.Vey :r, as, son*
r• to
Supposed,' it should - to ny\ • Mei - e*ce . '
amount, tbeOutlay wt uhrbe most full`
tifiedly'.. the imeot.nse dvantages a 4
_
from into the. comrq*c e of - .tlie?sw - orl.'
-.gradt was made- by Niter** -.in .1.: •
A - ..70r-rieliu4 - Iranderkilt - and
.others; ' of ,
York, tor the . e,onstruCtion' of a_ennal - th
, that . . State:lM t'theciwork basitiot yet b
iferbiken; . though the rOute -has been- sur - I
It waster .joint' protection of the..cO
plated : Canal - by A is route that' Great '
and the:United States conebided ; in : 18 '
play toti-Buhirey treaty, utideratood . .b
Clayton as putting an lend to the domi
Great- Britain , over he
,Afosijuito '..
' ThiS-con:struction ii,:.... wever, denied
.. '
.13-ritisk.doviturriept; - 1 and practically
-110
tined 'by thseontinned \ possession of tts, •
Of Sam Juan, the Propei.Atlimtic te - .
Of
: the canal,. which wa..selix.d i by. the.
4 th a t . . Groye tnmOnOti. 1848,under.- th
text pt su pliortingWlVATitoriiii.. iieitt
- Mosquito ltino ee ' . The contintiedt t.:On
3 f this pori s .by : the British,' in i., Fellation
4111er ivan .eoristroeticiit-' o
..f : - the above.
- , ~
tioned . treaty, wouldigiveitttem.. - the
.Control. o proposed canal, - -if - bui
Whether'Or riot - thigl occupation ''shat I
trove is 'a vexed, quail - on, to be: he'reaft
Cid& by, English and American -itatc-
4 OLD DAN ITO* TNN
X very curious illustratieworprogi
l india was
,rurnished it , me, Onasday,...
my sojourn with Mr. Place. -;We wei
ing togethei . in his bungalOw;„).i:lien a W
,ing .11indot - . ) 1 minaretm
cae iil4 wit
,mandolin, and requqzted permission
.upon the verandah and :play: for up.
i Iw_ as hearing somet.6l ,t
idian airs', and.,rny host ordered hint ti
'during dinner. He iuned the wires
',Mandolin, esteroperiied a prelude; whi
'Seim very &mil*.paha ges, Sita r tO in
plate astonishmenti.- began' singing. "
1 6f the way, -Old - Thirt. Tucher i l'
man seemed to enjoy my surprise,
, I ldwed up his performance with=; : Ob,
!flak"' "Buffalo Gals '1 and othe'll, ehoi
opian melodies, all; oflwhich be Sang
,w
minible.spirit•and co*etness; -/ ' ,
• . I addreastik him' in English,. but fi
the did: ot understa •• - ord itt Oct
and had no cvnceptiiin if the nature
'songs he bad given us,
i , He . L ind hea i
' , English o ffi cers sing th. , at Madfas,,
Indebted entirely to ` memory for 'i
kid 'e tti _
i rle i ;andworda. 1
. .. .
, It.mras viuri' to ask Ira for hisnittivel
airS ;, be,was fascinated . with the spirit' ,
national music; 'end - t.
,A( tic
With a grin 1
fight which waVery amusing, 'i
i ttni,
I ; . of skill he-elevea Wit ." litaprooli se
;;guerre," but his pion neiation of Frew
i xot quite stierAssful. ,l . '' ' ':. 1
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-I. have heard - Spatoh boatmen it
mus ofiraniima_singi g "'Carry Ide li s
old VirgitinY,r and Arab lir !P 4 ,. * l3-
, of Alexandria hirnitnng " .voy *KIN
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