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SELECT POETltY.
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SHU AS LOVLLY.
Sbe was lovely, site was fair
As mild ns oumnier even ; ,
i An angel from a spirit bright,
A iiHr thut dropped ftom Heaven.
(Well she was!)
AiuUh! ihoso bright and lustrous orbs,
Tliat burned with holy fire
Those auburn curls, lhat lovely brow, .
None, none eould but admire,
(Well they couldu't.)
And oh! that light and graceful form,
So like a beauteous fairy,
(Perhaps we'd leave off the F,'
Ami tlien it would be airy.)
(Well it would!) ' ,?
I knelt before her, and I swore
I'd have one burning kiss;
She said "Go wah your face ;
You can't enjoy audi bliss!"
(Well she did.)
I felt just ihen as if 1 h'd dropt
From Chimbmazo's summit:
1 felt mp budiliii); pnioii cropt
Mure beauty couldn't come it,
(No sir-iii:E )
Antl did I quickly snatch my hat,
Without a ihoiiuht of kissing?
And did I ever, after that,
Cuino up amontr the missinp?
(Idid'nt do nothing else!)
Bicgrttpljical. .,
From tlie London OWrver.
LOL.t MO.TEST!in IIICLEX OF Tlir ACT.
The Helen of the age is most assuredly
Lola Alontes (ti ts Betsey James, alias the
Gricliiin von Lamlsfelt, alias Mrs. Huald.
As lar as can be gathered from her dark
history, her first public act was alleged
adultery, ns her last is alleged bigamy. In
the interim, what a variety of phases did
she not witness in life. Lola llontes was
a perfect beauty some six or seven years
since; indeed when she came out at her
Majesty's Theatre, in 1842, her loveliness
was. surpassing; but this is to anticipate
ht'r history. At the present moment she
may be some thirty years old, or there
abouts; and as regards her personal ap
pearance, though she is still handsome, she
can no longer lay claim to the title of
lovely.
The career of Lola Montes, or rather
Mrs. James or Mrs. Jleald, has been roman
tic and extraordinary. In all human pro
bability, she is an Irishwoman. Site was
married in Ireland to an Irishman ; and
statements have been at various times made,
to the eflect that site is a native of the sis
ter country. The family of James is a re
spectable one in tint county of Meath: and
it seems that in July, 1S37, she was mar
ried to Lieutenant James, of the East India
Company's service, one of that family.
Her maiden name was Rose Anna Gilbert,
and the marriage took place at Month, in
Ireland, bhe accompanied her husband to
India, and returned to Ireland in 1S41 or
1842. From thence she came to this coun
try, and a leral separation took place be
tween her and her husband. The cause of
that separation was an allegation of adul
tery with a Captain Lenox, a member of a
Devonshire family. Judgment went against
her in the Consistory Court, by default.
She did not appear in person, or by proc
tor, to the suit instituted by her husband,
and the judgment was a divorce a mensa ti
tioro, which was prayed on the part of the
. I ,T ni . i ... . i .
piuiiuin. anoniv alter mis, sne appeared
at her Majesty's Theatre, under the name of
.Lola Montes a Spanish balayrina. Her
incompetency as a public dancer, however,
was evident on her first appearance; but
added to this, she was recognized as the no
torious Mrs. James by a prince of . the blood,
and his companions of the omnibus box. -The
result was, that her beauty could not
save her from insult.
To avenge ' themselves of the director,
hit. Lumley, for some pique conceived
against him, these chivalrous Englishmen ot
the higher classes hooted a women irom
the stage. Lola Montes appeared only once;
afler that she never came on the mimic
scene again, t torn r.ngland, where she
tangled the virtuous Earl of Malmesbury in
a delicate kind of newspaper correspon
dence an assertion having been made in
public that she visited that pious nobleman
at his own house from England she pro
ceeded to Paris, where her beauty and her
daring soon introduced her to a circle more
distinguished for its intellectual power
than for its self-denial or integrity, viz :
the journalists in the pay of the lata mon
archy in that country the Girardins, the
Beauvailons, the Alexandre Dumas's, the
Michael Crevaliers, tt hoc genus omne.
With one ot these individuals she formed a
close connection, which was severed by his
death in a duel, Dtijardin, if recollection
serves aright, was his name, and that of bis
slayer is Keauvallon. - Th trial that ensu
ed, upon which that "black fellow" Dumas
was exr.mined, disclosed a tissue of infamies
as surprising as it was hyrriMe to contem
plate. The man was actually inveigled
into this encounter (or the purpose of being
murdered; and murdered he was accord
ingly. Lola Montes inherited all his pro
perty, including a chief share In a Paris
newspaper, which he edited himself; She
was present is a witness at the trial in ques
tion, which took place at Rouen ; but noth
ing transpired to implicate her mediately'
or immediately in the cause of his death.
It ia presumed that the parted with her
shares of the Paris journal, for she soon af
terwards quitted Paris, and the next place
in which she was heard of was at Berlin,
Here she came in contact with the police
in character'utic manner, ; .t j
At a military review near Potsdam, she
attempted to break the line of gendarme!
who kept oft the crowd of spectator! from
the kins doubt If ss she had design on
the maudlin monarch and smote a police
men with her riding whip. The Prussian
tyrant could not with any show of decency
imprison her for five years in a fortress
the penalty of this ofll nce so he ordered
her out of Prussia. She was next heard of
in Uavnria, where she ran a career of splen
did guilt for two years and upwards. It
terminated, however, in the practical de
thronement of the aged monarch of that
country, who had become infatuated with
her charms. Her own exile and ruin
speedily followed. The King of Bavaria
built a splendid palace lor her in Munich,
and bestowed upon her large estates and a
patent of nobility; but she played some
terrible tricks with his people such as
hounding her pet bull dos asainst no-erl
priests, coming to issue with the Jesuits,
anu generally carrying all before her with
a high hand. To the English who courted
her favors she was very attentive, and ehe
was known to be hand and glove with at
least one correspondent of a London mor
ning journal, resident at Munich. When
Maximilian was dethroned, it was with
great difficulty Lola escaped. The mobs
would have torn her to pieces if they had
lain hands on her. As it was, they wreck
ed her palace. She was ultimately de
ported to Switzerland, by command of the
new king, where she joined her ancient
lover. Why and wherefore they again
separated is a mystery at this moment -."but
to the surprise and amazement of the Lon
doq, public, she was announced in the jour
nals as resident in this metropolis. Great
was the desire of "tuft hunting" John Lull
to see her to see tlm woman whom he
had driven ofThis own stage, but she kept
close for a period. ' It is said, however, that
her courses were not the best; nnd that, in
consequence, she was insulted and mal
treated by two ahandoned females, well
known to the moral youths of the fashiona
ble world, in this most God-fearino- coun
try. .
She relumed to London with an income,
as she stated, ot 2,000 a year. She was
quickly visited by many of" her old friends,
and among others, it is said, by Lord
Brougham. She declared her intention to
get married, and in a few days Mr. Ileald
was introduced to her, and, after a verv I
short courtship, a marriage took place.
Tho friends of Mr. Heald were indignant at j
sucn a connection, and iSnss Heald, his I
aunt, originally appointed his guardian by
tho court of chancery, deemed it expedi
ent to make inquiries into the rurnor that
the former hiittirirwl if trio Inrlv l".lfl n 1 I f.a
TI l. .f.l.i '..-...' !
j ii.- lesuii ot mat inquiry lea to tne prr'?"it
proceeding. A warrant was obtained .for
the arrest of "the Countess" on a char "i- ot
bigamy, and on Monday morning the was
taken into custody at "her house in Half
Moon street, Picadilly, just as she was!
about to get into her carriage. She was
taken to the station house. At tlie station
notise in ine street sne coolly pulled out
a cigar, and apologizing to the superinten-
icuuriu ur inspector lor notnaving another
to ofTer him, proceeded to smoke it with
the utmost unconcern. At one o'clock on
the same day she was conducted to Marl
borough street, where she underwent an ex
amination before Mr. Bingham, the sitting
magistrate. She entered the court, leaning
on the arm of Mr. Heald, who was permit
ted to have a chair beside her. She ap
peared quite unembarrassed, and smiled
several times as she made remarks to her
husband. She was stated to be 21 years of
age on the police sheet, but has the'lnok of
a woman of at, least 30. She was dressed
in black silk with close fitting black velvet
t.. n.l . . .i" .. .
jacket, a plain white straw bonnet, trimmed
with blue, and a blue veil. In figure she
is rather plump, and or middle height, ol
pale dark complexion, the lower part of the
features symmetrical, the upper part not so
good, owing to rather prominent cheek
bones, but set off by a pair of unusually
large blue eyes with long black lashes.
Her reputed husband, Mr. Heald, is a tall
young man, of juvenile figure and aspect,
with straight hair, and small light brown
downy mustachtosand whiskers. The nose
being turned up, gives him an air of great
simplicity. During the whole of the"pro-
ceeuings, ne sat witn ine countess's hand
clasped in both of his own, occasionally
giving it a fervent squeeze, and at particu
lar parts of the evidence whispered to her
with the fondest air, and pressing her hand
to his lips with juvenile warmth. Lieut.
George Trafl'ord Heald is a son of the late
well known Mr. George Ileald, of the
chancery bar.
LAZY BEAVERS.
It is a curious fact, says. a trapper, that a-
mong tho Beavers there are some that are
lazy, nnd will not work at all, either to assist
in building lodges or dam, or to cut down
wood fur their winter stock. The industrious
onea beat these idle fellows, and drive them
away ; sometimes cutting off a part of their
tail, and otherwise injuring them. Tho 'Pa-
resseux' are moro easily caught In traps than
the others, hnd the trapper rarely misses one j
of them ' They only dig a hole from the!
water running obliquely towards the gurfacc i
of the ground twenty-five or thirty feel, from
which they emerge, when hungry, to obtain
food, returning to the Vame hole 'with the
wood they procure to eat the bark. They
never form daws, and are aomeliraes to the
number of five or seven together) all are
male. It is not all improbable thai these
unfortunate fellow have, as is the case with
the males of many species of animals, been
engaged in fighting with others of their sex,
and after having been conquered and driven
away from the lodge, have become idler
from a kind of necessity. The working Bea
vers on the contrary, associate, males, females
and young together. tidubon, tf Packman.
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A ousnei or wneat wheighmg ity-two
pounn, containj a.ii wu kernels.
t'OH TIIK
IlAKT.
Ml IIDEK OF
, The, correspondent of the St. Louis Repub
lican writing from Palmyra, Mo., where the
above case is in course of trial, furnishes tlto
following statement made by "Wise to the
Court, through his counsel : ' '
I think it was in the summer of 1848 that
I first' became acquainted with Thomas B.
Hart in the city of Sl. Louis. I was then
living in said city with my family. I had
occasionally seen said Hurt before any inti
macy grew up between its. The way of our
jiuiinacy was this: Hart was in tlio habit of
visiting soma nieces of tny wifo's step-father;
they (iho girls) in visiting my family,
brought Hart with them, and so the acquain
tance and fiieuilsliip (as 1 thought)' of Hart
with my family beiran. Purina; last spring,
while, myself and wife, were boarding in St.
Louis, at h placo with which we were not
entirely satisfied, Hart knowing that fact
camo to me, professed to be a friend, arid
asked me tu dim; with him nt Mrs. Mudgo's
hi boarding house. I did so on his invita
tion more than once. I was pleased with
the table, and ho set to piirsuading mo to
bring my wife and board at Mrs. Mudge's.
I believed that Hart was acting from motives
of kindness to us, and never having the
sliilhtest suspicion that Hart lmd a base de
sign upon my wife, or would do me or her
the least injury, even if in his power, and
not thinking of any such thing at all, about
the 30th of May last myself and wife took
rooms ut "Mr. Mndgt's. After boarding
theie about three wunks, I determined, in
i),.. ...i, ..r l i . ., , .
... u ..i jinn-, mm owing to me cuolcra
then prevailing j tlui cj.lV) u, Vii0 mv w;rCJ
we having no children living, to tho country,
to my brother's in tlio county of Marion; and
in the latter part of Juno' accordingly wo
went to my brother's.
After remaining some week or ten days, 1
roturncd to the city, and resumed my busi
ness as clerk in the post office, leaving my
wife with my brother's family in Marion.
I met Hait on my return, and he seemed to
vt'r' friendly, and I thought of nothing to
tho contrary ; 1 believed ho was a iruo nnd
sincere friend. Hart left St. Louis about the
3 1st nf July, and when leaving informed me
he washing to farroltnn. Illinois, to remain
a week or two ; ntul L bei:i2 a clerk in the
post oii'nie, he reque.;ed me to send his let-
"' I'"
pnr"'s to that pl.ice. H.ut, before
h left, h. ' as I un.l'.rio.).!, a dignity
i;li suun'of th'.' lv;u !. ;s a:i.! had iXU0 f-
feihl
the !.iiid!ujy wink- 1 was ubsi til l';nia
ltln '"'""'ing hi.nse. Thy w,no speaking
""f'ly of him, and nude some remark in
exeuao fur his ot .i.Lut. A Ui.l v remarked in
reply to me, that I was lakhm the part of a
man I did not know thnt ll.itt would ruin
me or my wife, if he could. I replied that I
hud too much confidence in my wife lo en
ter'ain any fears on that subject. The lady
then said that 1 did not know all that was
going on ; that when I was at the office,
Hart spent the most of his time with my
wifi.', and that I would find out some day
that Hart was my enemy. I replied lhat I
could not entertain the idea for a moment;
nor did I believe lhat Hart would do me an
injury if ho could. . On the day after Hart
left town, and while the mail was making
up, 1 discovered a letter addressed to ".Miss
H. Sapho, Palmyra, Mo." The singularity
of the name, having lived then several years
and been often there since, and having known
of no Buch a person and believing that I
knew the hadwriting, and remembering the
remarks of the lady, a dreadful suspicion
took possession of me. ... . . . , .
I. then remembered of Hart receiving a
letter, two or throe day before, from Pal
myra, and near which place my wife hud
been loft. I became very much excited to
know more, nnd determined to open the let
ter. I did so. It disclosed lo ine the fact
011 actual correspondence between Hart
and my wife, and that Hart, instead of go
ing to Carrolton, had gone to Qniiicy, 111,
My feelings on reading this letter wore such
us uo human language can describe. I left
iho office and wandered, about tlie city for
some time, then went to my boarding house,
paid my board, and called to see a female
relative of my wife, to whom I named the
subject of my distress, She reminded me
that I hud no evidence that my wife had
written to Hart, though she was greatly ex
cited and mortified ut what told her I did
not show her the letter of Hart. This letter
was dated July 29, and will be produced in
evidence. 1 next resolved lo go to Marian
county and procure the balance of' the cor
respondence, and send my wife home to her
roldtious.1 Before I left 1 wiote a uotu to the
pot maMer at St. Louis,. e.y,iir..hul ciroorfl
stuncc called , uiu from thq i.-ity, for a I'vw
days, when I would return and explain tho
reason. About the time for the departure of
a boat up the Miwisippi, I went on board Iho
Kate Kearney bound fur j Marion city j wbon
within a short distaiice from Palmyra the
hack driver said to ine, "Juhn, whd was that
man who came tip' yesterday j a gentleman
from St. Louis that had a letter for yonr
wife!" I asked him whal sort of a man he
wast He replied "that he was a large man
with beard or whiskers, or something of that
sort.: I told him I euppowd it was some ac
quaintance from St. Louis ; but ray , feelings
by po means were as' indifferent a my lan
guage; the thought was quick ia my mind
that the man was Hart, and I felt Very bad.
After driving far her, I questioned the hack
man again as to the kind of man, when his
answers increased my fears that the man was
Hart
CASE OP WISK,
jMyai.lct was1 How of the most painful
nature to intercept any letters which might
be in the post oliice, and with as much calm
ness as 1 could assume, I asked him to drive
directly to the post office ; he did so. 1 ask
ed for letters for tho liamo of Wise ; the post
master nauutul me several, two ot ttifitn in
the name of Wallenstein,' saying, "do you
want these ? your wife has been asking for
this name." I took the letters, opened them,
read thorn partly, hastily, and under more
excitement than I ever before experienced,
I put them in my pocket, started tip the
street wild with despair at tho Consciousness
of tny utter ruin phrenziod, without know
ing what I should do. 1 pasod up Main
street until 1 disoovered that the backstrap of
my pantaloons was bursted oil", nnd having
no suspenders, I hurried across the street lo
a tailor shop, where I was acquainted nnd
had it sewed on. As I crossed the street ob
liquely, I saw Hart sitting in front of Over
ton's Hotel; and from the contents ot the
letters, and from what I knew of ihe char
acter of the mnn for desperation, I thought I
say that a collision of a personal nature was
inevitable. I could riot mistake the object
of his being here. I knew his manner of go
ing armed, and strength. 1 knew lhat if 1
approached him on Main street, he could see
me long before 1 could get tip to him, and
have a decided advantage over me in the
contest which I saw and knew was inevita
ble; this advantage, under the circumstances,
I did not feel that : justice nr honor required
fne to give him I thnrefoio passed along
tlie back wnv around Mis. Burrs ami around
Overton's. As soon as I reached iho front
door of tho hotel, Hart looked me full in tlio
face. I presented my pistol, sprang upon tho
pavement and fired upon him. t am awurc
that a witness lias stated that I shot while
standing upon the door sill; but in this he is
mistaken, as I distinctly recollect that I was
on tho pavement and Hart looking tno full in
Ihe face when 1 died, 1 believed he was not
hurt, and sprang forward and struck him
over the head several times with the pistol ;
but fearing that ho might still obtain the ad
vantage of me; und expecting to 'receive tlio
fire of his pistol every moment, I drew my
knife, and in a manner of which I have no
distinct recollection, pursued the fight until I
conceived it nut of his power to h arm me.
Fiom tho time I npuned the letters at the
Post-office in this place until tho fatal en
counter was passed, my mind was in the
greatest possible excitement. The magni
tude of my injury, and the fact that my de
stroyer was unexpectedly so near m. ready
to wreak a further vengeance upon myself,
tilled me with sentiments of horror and dis
tress which I have uo power to describe. I
recollect, during tlie time which intervened
after reading tho letters in the Post Office
and tho catastrophe, but few things. The
one thought of my wrongs, my enemy, and
the inevitable necessity for tho collision
which had to ensue, inflated my mind and
drove me furiously along. Afler iho fatal
encounter, several persons asked mo why 1
did it; I answered them as well as 1 recol
lect, in substance,' that he had injured tne
more than I had injured him 1 still think
so. I had rather ho had alain nio than treat
ed me as ho did; I did not feel that I could
live with safety under his power. A witness
has stated lhat I said in my excitement, "1
came here to kill him." I may have so said,
but am very certain that when I left St. Louis,
I had no idea of seeing Hart in Palmyra, uor
did I suspect he was here until the conversa
tion with the gentleman driving the hack.
The foregoing is a full statement of ull
the important und material facts deemed ne
cessary. I have omitted lit") names of indi
viduals when I could, out of kindness to
them.
A Sew kind of in:i:sr
An esteemed friend, in whose recipes Wo
have great confidence has kindly furnished
us with the following for making cheese:
Boil good white potatoes, and when cold
mash them till not a lump remains. To five
pounds lhospreared, add u pint and a half
of sour milk, and us much salt as may be
deemed necessary lo season the mass. Hav
ing worked it well, let it be carefully cover
ed from two to four days, according the state
of Iho weather; then work again make
the cheese ihe size you like, and dry them
in the shade. After they have become suffi
ciently dry, place then in pots or pans, and
let thetri remain a forthnight or mora. In
this way cheese of an excellent quality may
be made, and what isof uo small consequence
will keep for years without ihe slightest de
terioration from ihii effects of age, provided
it be kept dryj A friend who has had ihe
pleasure of eating, rheuse prepared 'in this
manner,' speaks'Of it in' high terms. W.
SpiVif of the Age.'" ' ' " ' ' ' ' '
The Rtv, 11bnr Collman of Massachu
setts, favorably known to the Americau pub
lic by several works on agriculture, and more
latterly by his "Familiar Letter from Eu
rope," expired at Islington, near London, on
the 17th of August.' tie had taken passage
In the Caledonia, and was to sail for home oh
thel8th. ' " - ' 1 ' ''
. Female Gamblimo, A number of lady
boarders at .Saratoga were upon the race
course the' other day betting with great appa
rent interest,' and it is said lost considerable
sums of money. ' ";l ' '
; '1. '. ' - - . .. , ,i ,i, . ' ' . . : , i
It is said that, the Erie Railroad is now
earning at the rate of $170,000 per month ;
and it is expected that the month of Sep
tember will shew incrrsssd receipts.
From Sliarpc's Magrixine.
A JOTJRSEY LRUM LIE1.E TO AIX-L.t-CHAP-I'ELLE.
I arrived at the coach-office just as they
were pultini: the horses to, procured my
ticket, and was putting it in tny pocket,
wnen a by-stander rather significantly said,
"You liar! better read it, sir." ' I took his
advice. These tickets, for the convenience
of travellers, were printed in German and
French. I found I was to occupy the
fourth seat in the vehicle, and strictly for
bidden to change places with my fellow
travellers, even if such an arrangement
should be agreeable to all parties. This
despotic military discipline was a sufficient
indication of our nearing the territories of
his Prussian 'majesty, Frederic William.
However, when once snusly ensconced in
my corner, the tyranny of his majesty gave
nw but little concern ; I fell fast asleep,
and enjoyed as fine a nap as it could fall to
the lot of any man in a land of perfect lib
erty. It was about three o'clock in the
morning that is to sav, daybreak when
I awoke ; tho rocking of the carriage so
soothing to the drowsy had ceased, and
my slumbers broken. At first I anticipa- 1
ted some evil the loss of a wheel, a horse
fallen down, or some unfortunate accident.
1 advanced my head to the carriage win
dow ; all was right ; there we were, alone,
brought to a stand on one of the most beau
tiful roads I ever saw. 1 took my ticket
from my pocket, too see if I could gain in
formation as to this rather unusual method
of travelling. iVot a word: but as there
was no prohibition to mv holding conversa
tion during the journey, why, I turned to
my neighbor, and akedhim if we had been
thus stationary for any Icu&rth of time.
'About twenty minutes," was the reply.
"Twenty minutes!" I exclaimed. "Pray,
sir, may I, without indiscretion, ask what
we are doing hero !"
"We are waiting."
"Oh ! wo are waiting. And pray what
are we waiting for ?"
"Tho hour."
"What hour?"
"The hour when, by right, we enter the
town."
"Is there, then, a fixed hour ?"
"Everything is fixed in Prussia-"
"But supposing we happened to arrive
before the hour ?"
"The conductor would be punished."
"And if after 1"
'Punished the same."
"That's well looked to at any rate," was
my observation.
"Everything is well looked to in Prus
sia," responded my neighbor.
I bowed my head in token of assent.
Not for the world would I have differed
from a yeutleman who was so thoroughly
impressed with the superiority ot the laws
and ordinances of his country; independ
ent of which, he had been too complaisant
in answering my many questions to admit
of my wounding his feelings amour propre.
I saw that my silent acquiescence to his
opinion had gratified him ; so I ventured to
resume the conversation, by inquiring the
precise hour at which alone wo had the
privilege of entering Aix-la-Chapelle."
"Thirty-five minutes past four in the
morning."
"But if tho watches and clocks don't
agree ?"
"Watches and clocks always agree in
Trussia."
There must bo something more than
meets tho eye, thought I, in this said king
dom of Prussia, when even time seems reg
ulated by dictatorial edict. Really puz
xledi I begged an explanation.
"The conductorr," continued my com
panion, "have a timepiece placed before
them in the cabriolet, which is secured by
a padlock, to prevent all touching of the
works to suit their convenience. These !
are regulated by the clocks cf the Message
ries, and by them the moment of arrival at
each town and village is ascertained, to
our final entree at Aix-la-Chapelle."
"With all these precautions, how hap
pens it," I continued, "that we are obliged
to be waiting hero, on this bowling green
of a road !"
"I suppose tho conductor, liU yourself,
sir, fell asleep, and during the time the
postillions pushed on at too great a speed,
and now they have to pay, for time oi'cr
npcnt.n "Oh ! if that's the case, I will profit by
the halt, get out of the carriage, and look
about me a little."
"You cannot get out of a diligence in
Prussia till the end of your journey."
I was nearly tempted to utter a deep and
bitter imprecation against Prussia and all
who belonged to it. J, however, suppres
sed my anger, and begged to know what
were those ruins I saw at a little distance.
"It is the castle of Emmaburg."
"And what is the castle of Emmaburg?"
It was there that the adventures of Egin
hard and Emma took place."
"Indeed!' Do, pray have the kindness
to change places with me for a few tnin-
ntes, so thnt, at least, I may new it from
the window." . '
"With great pleasure would I comply
with your request, but wo are furbiddeu to
change places in a public carriage in Prussia-"
. ! .
"Confound Prussia!" I exclaimed, my
patience completely worn out. Instantly I
recollected myself, and apologized for my
indiscretion.
'Oh! dose Frenchman always chatter,
chatterdare tongue neber still,, prowled
forth a fat German, without v unclosing his
eyes ; and these were the first words he had
uttered since we started.,
What is lhat you say, sir ?" asked I, not
half pleased at his observation.
. "I did say Oh ! nothing, nothing!" .
lYou had much better go to sleep agin,
sir," 1 said to him ; "and if it is your habit
to to dream aloud, I recommend its being ia
your mother tongue."
The German began to snore.
" Postillions ! vorwarts yorwarts
cried the conductor.
Crack, went the whip, at full gallop the
horses; I tried to get a peep at the poeti
cal ruins, but a sudden turn of the road cut
oil all view.
At thirty -five minutes past lourj to a
second, we drove into the Court of Met
sageries at Aix-la-Chapelle;
AX ARGOTEXT AGAINST EARLY MAJU
. .,. RIAOES.
A writer in the National Intelligencer, no
liccs a communication from the Richmond
Republican, signed "W. W. Y.," in which
early marriages were advocated and presents
"the other sido of the picture," at follows:
"Says W. W. Y- 'All know, or should
know, the opinion of the good and wise
Franklin upon this subject, who was a warm
advocate in its favor.' Perhaps Fnnklin was
philotdphicaUy right in his opinion, but facts
go lo prove that he Was pracrftaiy wrong.
For instance, gentlemen, 'all know, or should
knov.-,' that the children of very young parents
are generally deficient in Strength of body
and mind, and commonly die young. 'All
know, or should know,' that Franklin wai
the fifteenth child of his father, and the
eighth of his mother; and more still, he
was tho youngest child for Jive successive gent'
rations on his mother's side, from whom
more than his father, he inherited his emi
nent talents. Pitt, Fox, and Burke, were
each the youngest child of iheir respective
families. Daniel Webster is ihe vounsest
by a second marriage ; so also was Lord Ba
con, whose father was fifty, and his mother
thirty-two years of age at his birth. Judge
Story's mot her was forty-four at his birth ;
Benjamin West Was the fcn(t child of his par
cnt: nnd Pr. Doddridgo was tho twentieth
child by one father and mother. It is a pro
verb that 'tho youngest children are the
smartest.' And why? evidently because
the parent are mtvture in mind and body,
and consequently transmit a higher Older of
mentality lo their offspring. Does the intel
ligent fanner expect health and luxuriarit
crop when he seeds with dwarfish green corn
or unripu potatoes ! And why not bring in
requisition as much science and common
sense to propagate 'tho human form divine
as 'potatoe? and cabbage ?' Grant that early
mnrriaies would obviate 'much of the vice
and wickedness which is now almost unai
voidable,' is not the remedy worse than the
disease if it be means of bringing into exisi
tencou race of puny ill-formed, children, a
majority of whom die before they arrive at
maturity? Put the evil does not end here.
Those who do live transmit their mushroon
constitution to tlieir offspring-, and thus most
etrectually are tho iniquities of the fathers
visited upon the children.' "
THE C01RTIV.
Zekel crept up unbeknown,
An' peeked in thru' the winder,
An' there sol Utility all alone,
'iih no one nigh to hinder.
Agm' the chimbley crook-necks hung,
An' in amongst :em rusted
The ole Queeu's'arms lhat gran'ther Younrf
Fetched bac!: from Concord busted.
The walnut logs shot sparkles out,
To-ward the pootiest, bless her;
An' leetle fires danced all about
The chiuy oil the dresser.
Th.? very room coz she was in,
Looked warm from floor to ceilin,'
An: she looked us rosy agin
E. t!t" apple she was peelio.'
She hee'd n foot, an' knowed it, tu,
A rasping on the scraper,
All ways to tmeu her feelings flew,
Liko sparks in burnt up paper.
Ho kiir o' I'itered on Ihe mat,
Some doubtful on the sekle;
His heart hept goin' pitty pat,
But hern went piny Zekle.
MY Lizzie.
I knelt before my Lizzie's feet,
In all the anguish of despair,
And vowed my true affection there.
She ened, in accents 'short and sweet
'1 ou whining tool resume your seat;
What ar' you 'bout a squattin' tharV
MIODERS.
A. young Tipperary widow, Nelly MuPheej
t think he called her, was courted, and actu
ally had an offer from Tobley O'Shahe on the
way to her husband's funeral. 'She accep
ted of course,' said Grossman. 'No she didn't
said Smith. Tooley, dear,' said she; 'ye're
too late ; for four weeks ago it was, I shook
hands wi' Put Sweeny upon it, that I would
have him in adacent lime after poor McPivee
went anunJcrboord.'
. 'Well,' said Grossman, 'widows of all na
tions are much alike. There ' was a Dutch
woman, whose husband, Diedrick Van Pronk
died und left her inconsolable. He was bu
ried in Copp's Hill. i Folks said that grief
would kill lhat widow. She had a figure cf
wood carved,. lhat looked very much like her
husband ; and placed it in her bed and con
stantly kept it there for several month, in
about half a year she became interested!
in a young shoemaker, who took the length
of her foot and finally married her. He
had visited her not more than a fortnight,
when the servant told her they were out of
kindling stuff, and aked w hat should be done
After a pause, Ihe widow replied, Jn a very
quiet way: 'fliaype it in wen enough now,
(o phlit up old Van Pronk, vat ish op sbtair.'
, Qcici Tkaveuikg Mr. Fuller of the Mil
waukie Sentinel, lately made the trip front
Mllvraukte to (he city of New York in nxt4
tvo hours and a half, running time. That' f
tSDce is tbo'jt 1 100 milt.