lEM gittsintrO Gaittte, THE GAMESTER'S WIFE. This rare, because pleasing passage, in the domestic history of a gamester (we do not mean the' having a wife too good for him —which muitbe the case with all gamaters whose :wives : are' good for anythingbut , the , agreeable surprise which she had pre , ,paredihr hini against his downfall) y is re 'lated . by Goldsmith. in his life of Beau `Nash.` It looks, says Mr. Leigh Hunt, like a page out of one of' Fielding's novels: At Tunbridge,. in the year 1815, Mr. J. Hedges made a . very brilliant appearance; he bad been married about two years to a Young lady of great beauty and large for tune; they had one child, a boy,.f on whom *Ahoy bestowed all that affection which they could • epare from each other. He knew nothing of gaming, nor seemed to have the least passion .for play; but he was unac . quainted with his own 'heart: he began by degrees to bet at the table for trifling sums, and his soul took fire at the prospect of im mediate gain; he was soon surronnded by sharpers, who with calmness lay in am bush for his fortune, and coolly tdok advan tage of the precipitancy of his-passions. His lady perceived the ruin of her family approaching, but, at first, without being able to form any scheme , to prevent it. She advised with his brother, who at that time was possessed of a small' fellowship at Cam bridge: It was easily seen that whatever passion took the lead in her husband's mind, seemed.to be there fixed unalteiebly; it was. determined, therefore, •to let him pursue fortune,, but previously take meal ure to prevent the pursuit being fatal. Accordingly, every night, this gentleman was a constant attendant at ihe hazard ta hies; he understood neither the arts of sharp-, era, nor even the allowed strokes of a con noiseur, yet 'still he played. The conse quence is obvious; he lost his estate, his . equipage, his wife's jewels, and every other Moveable that could 'be parted with, ex , cept a' repeating watch. His agony, •up in this occasion was inexpressible; he was even mean enough to ask a gentle .man who sat near to lend him a few pieces, in order to turn his fortune, but this prudent gamester, who plainly saw; there was , no expectations of - being repaid, refused to lend a B ing, alleging a former resolution against en ding . Hedges. was at last furl. .', . our wi continuance of , ill.success, and `:pulling out his watch,asked if any person in the company would set him sixty guineas upon it. The company weresilent; lie then demanded fifty; still no answer; he sunk to forty, thirty, twenty; finding the company still without answering, lie cried Out, "By heavens ' it shill never go for less !" and dashed it against the floor, at the same time sitempting to dash out his brains against the marble chimney-piece. This last act of desperation- immediately excited the attention of the whole'company; they instantly gathered round, and prevent ed the effects of his passion; and after he again became cool, he was permitted to re turn home, with sullen disconcert, to his - wife. Upon his entering her-apartment, she received him with her usual tenderness ' and satisfaction; while he ansWered - her • caresses with contempt and severity, his disposition being quite altered with his mis fortunes. "But, my dear Jemmy," says his wife, "perhaps you dont know the news I have to tell; my mamma's old uncle is dead, the messetiaer is now in the house, and you knoW his estate is settled upon you.' This account seemed to increase his agony, and looking angrily at her. he cried,—"There you are in wrong, mydear; his estate is not,. settled 'open me. " "I beg your pardon, says she, I really thought it was, at least you always told me so." "No," returned he, "as sure as you and I are to 'be miserable here, and our children beggers here after, I have E o!cl ihe reversion of it this day, and have lost every farthing I got forit at the hazard table." "What, all ?" replied the lady. "Yes, every farthing,” returned he, "and I owe a thousand pounds more.than I have got to ray." Thus speak ing, he took a few frantic steps 'across the roorn. When the lady had enjoyed : his per plexity—"No, my dear," cried she, "you _have lost but a trifle, and you owe nothing; your brother and I have taken care to pre vent the effects of your rashness, and are, actually the persons who have won your, .fortune; we employed proper persons for .this_purpose, who brought their winnings to me. Your money, your equipage, are in my possesison, and I here return them to you, from whem they were lately taken. , I only ask permission to keep my jewejs, and to keirryou, my greatest jewel, from cinch dangers for the future." - Her prudence had . the proper effeel, He ever after retained . a sense'of his fOrmer follies, and never played • again,., even for amusement. Horrlble_History of a Glutton. Grenadier Tarare, who died recently at Florence, was one of the'greatest gluttons inalCrn 'times. - He' devoured in the . -course of tWentk-fohr botirs - a quarter' of • beef; &breakfast; prepared-for ten or twelve persons, he-would - despiteh• in a vez i t'fek , minutes Ife; ate • limestones, corks, rand early eveiything tbat fell into his hands A 4yorite focd,of his were• snakes, which. ;; Le relished better: than the fattest eels. Me..deyoured,the largest snakes he , got 'hold :of alive, withoutlleaying anything oftbem. When he was once exiiployed as.sistint in hospital; he seized a large tonicat; and was "'already occupied in tearing it alive when Dr. - Lorenzi, chief surgeon of the army, was sent for: Tar* held the cat by the neck and. tail tore .its lay with his teeth, • higrthe blood, and soon leaving nothing of it except the bones; whereupon he gnawed, like a beast of prey, at_the skin, to the hor ror of the hospital assistants•who Witnessed the repulsive scene. ' These assistants slild .gity had seen him drink with the' utmost "- avidity the blood of patients that had been bled, and others caught him in eating pieces out of the - corpses at the charnel hove. .When finally appeared that this cannibal had devoured „the whole. corpse of a child, he was dismissed from.' the hospital, where lie filled everybody with unspeakable horr ror.. He died; twenty-sit years old, of" a' putrid diarrhee4 'resulting frau( mortiticti tion of his bowela: •, . • ' , TAA:v Inexhaustible reservoir of apho rums, the 'Talmud supplies the'follqw/nX?, -Which have been only recently translate 4; ,; For mane who has, been ruined by w 0 ,:," wen, there is no law and no judge.' , • When the axe already touches thy still hope in a God's saving grace. Mang the' sweetest' grass' round as pleti' 'neck it will still go and wallow in the mire. • .''When - the jackal'haa'hia day,,make him a Be who rents one garden, may eat birds; Who rents many, the birds will eat him. Eg below your means,: dwell according to your means,' but spend on your wife and children above year means. • , First understand, then argue. • Man was created on_ the last day; even the gnat has a More ancient lineage. -Ho who throws out: suspicions, should at . Attlee be suspected himself. Death of a Revolutionary Soldier's Widow —Six Generations of Her Descendants at the Funeral. To the Edi'ors of the New York Ecening! Poet: On my last Saturday night's visit to my country residence at Valley Forge, FA„,, the firat words from all the children, etOter the uual welcome,. were: "Ght good oldgrandmother Posey is dead;and we are all invited to the funeral. She died on-Thursday morning, and was one hun dred and two years and ten months old, and might have lived many years, longer if she had not received a: stroke. of palsy whichlearried het off suddenly: - None of us expected she .would die for many years yet, she appeared so well. Here followed a long account oftheman ner in Which the good old lady had within a few weeks entertained-the - family= by the recital `of some of her remembrances of Washington and his army while encamped upon those memorable grounds - during the severe winter of 1777.8. She told how herself and mother knit stockings for the poor soldiers, and how, the army being in need of horses, her father let them have all his; and she remembered the exact amount her father received for each, and the kind of money the quartermaster paid him with. Her father was intimate with Washington, and frequently spent the evening at the . General's quarters; Up to within a short time, she frequently visited the same old quarters, which are in perfect order, and now occupied as a dwell ing. She would tell how hard her mother worked all one day in preparing bread and butter, while she distributed it to the tired and hungryloldiers as they passed her fa ther's house on their .way to the battle of the Brandywine, a short distance from there. Her - husband, .Micagia Posey, who was much older than hermit; was a Revo lutionary soldier, fought under Colonel Bull, was Wounded and taken prisoner, and after enduring many hardships was ex changed. After the war they were married, and lived happily together until his death, which occurred forty-one years ago, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. While attending the funeral services of our aged friend, we were forcibly struck by the character and appearance of the mourners. The ch:ef of these were those of hex children who were living, except. one daughter, aged eighty, too old- and feeble to attend; next came - white haired grand children,followed by great-grandchildren, many of them quite grey; after these a large -number of great-great-grandchildren, grown to man and womanhood, with several of their children, these last representatives the last at the funeral. Mrs.. Rachel Posey had ten children,. eighty-one grandchildren, one hundred and nineteen great grandchildren, thirty-three great-great-grandchildren. Victor Hugo Francis Victor Hugo, the son of the nov elist, writes as follows to a weekly paper of New York-city concerning his father's forthcoming novel The papers have, announced that the au thor of Les MiEetables is about to publish a romance entitled Quatre vingt treize, and a drama entitled "Des Jumeaux." The truth is that the romance Quatre-vingt treize is not begun and that the drama "Les Ju mean; ' begun in 1839, was interrupted in the fourth act, and so left for twenty-nine years, Victor Hugo (allow me to speak of him as though I were not the most respeet ful of his sons) is concluding at this mol ment a romance in four - volumes, the scene of which is laid in England, while the action paages at the conclusion of the seven teenth century and at the commencement of the eighteenth.•• The few initiated who have seen this new work predict for it the same success which was enjoyed by Notre • Dame de Paris, and Les Miserables. ,I am not sufficiently impartial to confirm or to contradict a prophecy that is gratifying to me. Vi tor Hugo is now writing the con cluding, chapters. You will - probably have the-opportunity of seeing this new romance in the course of the winter. What is its title? The author himself; as yet, does not know. He is hesitating between two4itles, which, hitherto, have pleased him equally. The first is L'Hoinme qui Rit (the man who laughs); The second is Par Ordre du Roi (by order of the King.) The first title gives the best idea of the book; the second is the hest resume of its action. The first is the most philosophical; the second is the most dramatic. In my coming letter Imay be able to inform you which of the two has been selected. NEW Yong. Is indignant at her prospects in the way of a grand Italian opera. The Times sums up the situation quoad Maple son, thus : “Tietjens and Kellogg, both members of MC. Mapleson's troupe, gill un. doubtedly be 'mere, and every lover of music will heartily give them welcome. The company . who are to,support these artists is formed of material also *cure& from Her Majesty's Opera, but It is such as' Mr. Mapleson would scarcely venture to send to Manchester, Bublin Liverpool:: The tenors, for instance, are said to . be Ferensi and lifilterini, - both of whom were dead failntas at Dtury Lane;" the first.as, ..Raoalin the lingenots,i- and the second at the. Puks in: Rigole t to. ' -Very" different ,these trom-Monzini or Franschini, the two 'greatest tenors now alive. Mlle. Sinico is s r poor substitute for Mild. Trobelli,•and to an with the rest An exception must be made in favor of Mr. Buntleyj who,' of course ' will undoubtedly add to the renown of the troupe. He is an admirable baritone —4ull voiced as a vocalist, and 'nitelligent as an Belem But, atter all, can such a coin pany fulfill the expectations that are formed of it Y. We think not : especially, whenit la. remembered that the ochestra and chorus. will have to be 'picked np' on this side."' 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