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Original: Poetry.
' "'i i'i For tka Araerlean
BEAUTY'S HOME AND COMPANIONS
i v -Urn in I be) eparkljiui re,
; ' The iuby lip mid fheek
Noi in ilic loifheuil hmh,
Would t for Ileum y a-elt.
The f'iriTi till faxe anil vrncp,
Wuh nyitmietry cnmpleie,
Camipver ihe placi-, ..
. j . Where Beauty holds her seal.
Thia lovely maidfn acorns,
Tu rptirl in rinulHta lair,
Or tu UKuuine ib lorma
That ifrosser lit'j-'Cta wear.
Her phi pi r is I tie mini!,
Her homb lh ininofl soul,
, Where like a queen relined
She sways with lull control.
Affecliim i hrr friemi, ',. .
True Innocence her umde,
And in her aweelly bletul,
The viiiuea nil Hllied.
In avmpHiby a dove,
Thai montua its rapiive male;
In Geiitleneca mid Love,
Like her at Merit's aie.
Alidal heaps of glillerina gold,
Her lowliness remains ;
When tiiilitrence crows (mill,
Her spirit ne'er compiuTuf.
Perenniiil and pine. '-
The bliss iIihI she imparia,
. T niiMcelids in value lar, ...
The ".ems of ineuiiiiie miir's.
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I
August. 15, 1854.
3futcvC3ttng Sktclj."
NELSON S LOVE.
Lamartine's Memoirs of Celebrated Char-
aclers, has, in the memoir ol kelson, an
episode concerning the Ijimerl beauty mat
once enchanted him. Tracing Nelson
through tbe rarly stages ol his rapid and
signal success, the author leads us to the
centemplation of his "lalal attachment" to
Lady Hamiltnn she who was "at first the
Aspasia, and afterwards the Herodius of
her a"e." Here is a description bow this
wond-rfu! woman emerged Irom obscurity,
and blazed on the world :
LADY HAMILTON'S YOUTH AND, FOItTl'NES.
HT only name was Emma, for her fath
er remained always unknown. She was
one of the children of love, of crime, of
mystery, whom nature delights to over
whelm with eilts in conipensanon tor ine
loss of hereditary claims. Her mother was
poor farmer's servant, in tne county of
Chester. Whether she naa lost ner nusnann
by death, or, like Hazar, had been aban
doned by her seducer, she arrived unknown
and reduced to bery', at a village in
Wales, tbe Switzerland ol Lngland. bhe
carried in her arms a female infant of a
few months old. The beauty of both at
tracted the simple mountaineers of the
village of Hawarden : tbe stranger picked
np a livelihood by working for the farmers
and gleaning in the fields. .
The . marked and noble features ol Iru'
child served to propagate the rumor that
her birth was illustrious and mysterious ;
she was said to be a daughter ol Lord Hali
fax. Nothing afterwards, either in her
fortune or education, give color to the re
port. At the age of twelve she was recei
ved in a neishboring family as children's
servant. The frequent visits ol her master
and mistress to London, where they reaided
in the house of their relative, the celebra
ted engraver, -Boydell, gave her the hrst
idea of the impression her figure produced
ou the ciowd in public places, and a vague
presentiment ol the high loiiune to wnich
her beauty would exalt her. At sixteen
she made her escape from Howarden, a
field too obscure and circumscribed for her
expanded dreams, and engaged herself in
the household of a respectable tradesman
in London. A lady of superior rank,
stnii'k by her appearance in the shop, ele
vated her to a nigner position in sernnioe.
Almost without employment in an opu
lent family,. Emn. a gave hersell up trie
perusai ol those laminating romances which
create an Imaginary world for the love or
ambition of youthful minds, she frequented
the theatres, and imhihed there tne lyst in
spirations of the genius of dramatic expres
sion, of action and attitude, which she em
bodied aftetwards in a new art, when she
became the animated statue of beautv and
passion. Bring discharged by her mislress
tor iiitie household negligence, her grow,
in taste lor the theatre induced her to seek
a situation in the family ol one of the man-
ager. The irregularity and freedom ol that
establishment, the constant intercourse wilh
actors, musicians and dancers, initiated her
in the subordinate mechanism ol the dra
matic art. "She was then in Ihe flower of
her youth, pnd the full -perfection of her
beauty. ' ' ' ' '
. Her lall and tlegant figure equalled in
natural grace, the studied attitude of the
most practiced figurantes. Her voice was
oft, mellow, and capable of expressing
deep tragic emotion. Her countenance,
endowed with susceptibility as delicate and
varying as the first feelings of a virgin mind
was, at the same time, pensive and dazling.
All who saw her at that period of her lile
agreed in describing her as resuscitation
of Psyrho. Purity of soul, transparent
through the elegance of Jvature, surround
ed be'tt even in her dependent fruition,
vrilh a respect which admiration dare not
overleap. She spread fue without being
nlangted io .lhe flame hersell ; her inno
cence found saHruard in he excess
of her beantv. Her first fall was Dot a de.
scent to vice', but gliding into imprudence
mm a vieldin? nature'. -
A voung countryman of the Tillage of
Howardeft, son Ol tne nrmrr
. ..vlirm to her mother, wasteixed
i. . nr.eranr: and carried in fettera to tbe
Beet it anchor, ta tbe Thimt. Emma, at
SUllY.' NQUTllUiiBEKLi) UUUisTy, PA.; S A'l UilD
tbe entreaty of IhV prisoner's se'r, 'icconWf!
"T " "i "'P to im-
ptpre the- liberation U pother, ., Won
by Ihe beauty of the la,r auppliant, he lis-
her Irom her low though honest slat ioh.
overwhelmed her-with shameful luxury,
lurnisheu a house lor her, supplied her with
masters in ev. ry ornaitienlal f ecomplish.
ment, boastlully displayed his conquest in
public, and leit hr, when the squadrnu
sailed, exposed without sah-guarc tu new
seduction.
One of his friends, bearing B noble nnn.e,
and possessed of a larire fortune carried off
Ihe failhless Emma to an estate in the coun
try, treated hrr as bis wife, made her the
queen of the hunting parties, f-teg, and
balls ; and, finally, growing tired of her at
the end of the season, left her in London,
rt the mercy of chance, necessity, and
crime. Thrown back Irom this golden
cloud on Ihe hard pavement ol the metro
polis ai. d depreciated in Ihe eyes of her
former protectors by the publiri'v ol her
adventures, Emma was received by night,
and in rags, under the care of one of those
infamous procuresses who carry on the
trade of s-duction. Accident alone pre
served her from infamy, . The woman who
ban given her shelter, struck by the natur
al grace and modesty of her demeanor, and
astonished at her overwhelming charms.
introduced her as a natural miracle to a
celehraled physician, eminent lor his admi
ration ol female beauty.
This was the well known Dr. Graham,,
(ihe inventor of the celestial bed,) a volup
tuous and mystical quack; who professed to
and lo possess some profound intelligence,
respecting Ihe secret of nature, by which
means he had acquired a suspicious and
faniaslic reputation. Dr. Graham loudly
expressed his admiration at the sight of the
young orphan, aid liberally rewarded her
introducer. He received her into his own
house, publicly advertised that he possessed
a rare example ol the efficacy of his species
to produce the perfections of life, beauty,
and health, in a human being, and called
upon the incredulous to come and convince
themselves by looking on on animated
image of the goddess Hvgeia. -At this ap
peal, addressed to licentiousness ralher than
science, Ihe disciples ol oraham crowded
mysteriously to his ampithealre. The un
fortunate victim, of her own charms ap
peared clothed in transparent garments, in
the costume of a divinity ; her covering
scarceiy concealed her blushes.
I he pride ol the physician, and the en
thusiasm of the spectators, burst lorlh in
loud acclamations. Painting and statuary
had never before presented living nature.
Painters and sculptors vied in rivalry to
copy Irom this divine original. Among
them, Homney, one ol the leading artists ol
the day, produced many duplicates of ihe
same lovely countenance. He painted the
lair hmma as the goddesses of Ihe heathen
mythology, and und.-r the attributes of Ihe
leading heroines of poetry and the drama.
These portraits, being engraved, multiplied
throughout Europe Ihe features of the un
known beauty, homney,. like Appelles,
s "bdued by C'ampaspe, became enamored
of his model, and carried her oflT from Gra
ham as an exhaust lets treasure of art and
fortune. He sold for their weight in gold
her portraits, either as the sprceress, Circe,
or as Innocence holding a sensitive plant,
and astonished at the motion of the flower.
This anonymous publicity, at the same
lime protected her modestly. The produce
of her attitudes which she received Irom
Graham and Romney, enabled her to live
in London in the shadow of ' respectable
retirement. The celebrated Madame L"
hrun, artist in ordinary to the Queen of
France, Marie Atitionette, painted her at
this time as a D icchaute, and carried Iter
f atures over to France. A young Cng--
lishman, ol the illustrious House'of War
wick, Mr. Greville, nephew to Sir William
Hamilton, Ambassador at Naples, discover
ed Emma in this obscurity. Passion made
him believe in her virtue; he loved, and
endeavored to seduce her.
Whether she really desired to redeem
(he errors of her early life, or preferred an
honorable name to a laige fortune, she
steadily rvtisted his solicitations, and was
only won oy a promise of marriage as soon
as the consent of his family could be con
quered by perseverence. They lived as
man and wile during several years.. Three
children followed this secret union, and
nothing for a lime disturbed their happi
ness. Emma, always graielul and warm,
hearted, even at the expense of pride, sent
for her indigent mother to reside with her,
and treated her with respect and kindness,
in spite of her servile condition.
In 1789, alter Ihis interval of domestic
happiness, constantly interrupted by the
remonstrances of his relations, Greville,
deprived ol his salaries of office, and pressed
by accumulated iletd, hesilaled between the
necessity and sorrow of racing ofl the wo
man be considered his vt'il'e. Their mutual
grief at the prospect ol separation, poisoned
the last days of their intercourse. At this
crisis, Greville uncle, Sir William Hamil
ton, arrived ii. London He was unmar
ried, master of a large fortune, and intended
his nephew for hit heir. But hi aristo
cratic consequence revolted from the idea
of acknowledging as bis grand nephews the
children of a prostitute, He relused either
to consent to the marriage ol Greville, or
to pay his debts, the nephew saw no re
source, but in the intercession 01 hi mis
tress. '
Emma, at his suggestion, attlfed herself
in the garb of her infancy, and, in a stuff
gown and straw hat, waited upon hi uncle.
She threw herself at his feet, confessed ber
lault, shed tear a persuasive they were
genuine, appealed to the tender pledge of
her love, and besought Sir William tp par
don the lather and mother, lor the sake of
the unfortunate children. Her triumph
was more tigoal than she anticipated. Tbe
old man, fascinated by feature and accent
wbicb (urMssvd all b bid ooi ox,
or listened fo,r viihJ-r in the tlaMitt master
i piece ol Athenian m.inarvr of o the Vo-
j lupluous. boards of Ihe Jtalian omra house,
yielded to . the wucUqiw whi' h had eh-'
Chained his ii phVw. The same love which
ne nau relused to understand, revenged
'sell by reducing him to tbe thraldom ol
Grexille. r -( , : , ,,(,...
The beauty of Emma overpowered him,
and, like one seized by midden rnadness, he
forgot, afier Iwo or. three inter iewe, his
age, hi rank, his, repugnance In matrimo
ny, her obscure birth and irregular Jile, the
mutual afl'eclion long subsidi tnr between
her and her paramour, the liviue. rileritre
of their, love, ihe scandal and infamy of a
traffic in female t harms; and finally, pur
chased the possession ol the Venal beautv
by Ihe discharge of his nephew's embarrass
ments. Thpv Were nrivatelv married in
London, anil Sir William hastened back to
Naples with his prize, leaving his union
undeclared.
Her beauly dazzled Italy, as it had pre
iously fascinated England. But the-
knowledge of her avocation , as a model,
which could not be concealed, and rumor
ol (he shameless bargain between (he uncle
and nephew, preceded her to Naples. The
ambassador, (o (rifle these reports, and re
establish his idol, was compelled to (be
ceremony of a public marriage. Scandal
disappeared belore the rank and resistless.
charms of Ihe young ambassadress. She
was presented at Court," and at the first
glance, won the admiration 8nd enthusias
tic attachment of the Queen. ' i .
lo say Ihe least, it is generous lo believe
that Nelson did not know the charming
Emma's antecedents. His spontaneous
love arose (or Lady Hamilton, to all ap
pearances as distinct a being as could be
conceived from the ragged wanderer as
London streets, or Ihe woman who sat as a
model of a Circe or a Bacchante. This
enchantress exerted a stern influence over
the conduct of Nelson so stern, thai il left
deep and everlasting shadows on the splen
did fame of the hero.
ANGLIKG FUR A HISBAIND.
FROM THE FRENCH
Mine. D , who tesided at Clinton, was a
lady of Ihe strictest character, and oT a heart
proof against all allurement. She prilled
herself upon her great insensibility, and her
profound indifference, had repulsed all those
gnllunls who had ventured to offer their ad-
resses. The country was for her vendible
retteal; she shunned re-uiiiuus, and was on
ly happy in sulitade.' The charm of a cho
sen circle, Ihe pleasures of tho woild hail tor
her no attraction, and her favorite recreation
was that of angling an amusement worthy
of nn unfeeling womiin.
She was accustumed every pleasant day to
station herself at the extremity of Ihe lonely
lidund of Cnalon, and there, w ith a book in
one hand and her line in the other, her lime
was passed in fihiug, reading or dreaming.
A lover who li.ul always been intimidated
hy her coldness, and who had never ventur
ed on a spoken or written declaration, sur
prised her ut her tavorite pursuit, one day
when he hud come lo tho island for the pur
pose nf enjoying a swimming bath Ho ob-.
served her for a limn lime wiiliuut discovery,;
and busied himself willi Ihinkiim how he
miuhl turn to his , advaniaue this . lonely
amusemeul of augting. Ilia irveiiea ueie so
leep ami so foilunuie lhal he nl In si list upon
the defiled plan, a novel expedient, indeed
yet they are always most suece-sliil with
such women as pielend lo be iuiuluerablH
The next day our Hmnrous hero relumed
to the island, studied tbe jikiuihI, made his
Hirauiiemeuie. and when Mme. D bad
reiitimed her aucuslomeil place he clipped
awav l a reroute tt 1 1 I reined slit Her, luulal.
ler haviug divesied himself of cloiliing he
enleied Ihe eiienin. An excellent swimmer
and skllllul diver, he misted lo his uequaue
iHlenis for Ihe su -cee ol his enlei puce. He
.wain to the end of the island with the
greatest precaution, favored by I tie chances
of the bank and the bustle which hung their
dense fuliaue above the wateis. In his lips
was a note folded and sealed, and ou arri
ving near Ihe spot where Mme. D. was eii
ling ho made a dive and li-ihily seizing the
hook he attached lu il his letter.
, Mine. D , perceivivg the movement of
her line, eupposed that a tisb wa biting.
The young muii had returned a he came;
he had doubled the cape which extended
out iulo Ihe water aepeialiu", ttieui fi oil) each
nl her, and had regained his posl wilhoul ihe
least noise in his pussageutider the w illows.
The deed was done.
- Mine. D- pulled in her line, and what
was her surprise to observe dangling upon
ihe baib of her book, not the expected ehiuer
but an unexpected leller I
! This was, however, , Uiflitig, and ber sur
piise became stupefaction when, ou. detach
ing the traiicfixed billet, she read upon the
envelope -her name 1 ' ' :
So then, this letter w hich ehe. had hehed
up was addressed to her!
This was somewhat miraculous. Cne wa
afraid. Her Ironbled glance crntiiiizeu tne
surrounding spare, bat there was nothing to
be seen, or beard ; all wa till and lonely
both ou laud and water.
Slie quilted her eat, but look away tbe
letter. A soon a she wa alone, and close
ted With herself, and a soon a the paper
wa dry a paper perfectly waterproof, and
written upon whb indelible ink she unseal
ad the letisr and commenced iU perusal
A declaration of loe I cried ba at tbe
words. . What insolence I ,
piill, tbe insolence bad coma to her in sueh
an, extraordinary manner thai ber cuiiosity
would hot suffer ber lo treat this letter as she
bad so many other pitilessly burn it with'
cut a iedii;.
OFFICE, MAHltET-STREET, OPPOSITE
A Y, SEPTEMBER, 1854."
. No, slie read it 'qhiie through. '' The lover,
whtf dttfei'hfl note from (he bottom of the
rivei', hail skitlfuFly 'edopted ihe allegory,
am? Introduced himself as a riroterqiie inhab
itant of the' waters,' iThe fable was graceful
ly' miiiaged, and wilh Ihe jesting tone which
he had adopted was mingled a true, serious,
ardent sentiment, expressed wilh beauly and
eloquence. ( . ,, . j., ;
: The e.ext day. Mme. D
1 li (il !!
returned to ihe
island, not without, emotion and some trace
nl tear. Mie threw her line with a Item
nling band, ami shuddered ns, a moment lif
ter,, alio perceived ( ihe movement of the
hook. . '
Is il a fih ! Is it a letter t '' '
ll was a leller.
Mme. D was no believer in magic,
still there was something strange and super
natural in all this. ., j'....'
. She hail an idea of throwing hack Ihe letter
into the stream, but , relinquished il. The
moat stubborn and hanshly woman is-alwava
disarmed in ' face of that strange mystery
which rnptivates for Imagination. ' " .
Tills sepond letler was more tender, mori
passionate, more charming than the first
Mme. D re-read it several limes, and
could not help Ihiiikinr'ahnut the delishtfnl
merman w ho wrote such bewitching letters
On the subsequent day. she attached her
line to the hank, and left il swimming in the
stream, while she withdrew lo a hiding plane
upon Ihe extremity of Ihe island. ' She
watched for a long time, but saw nothing -
She returned to the place, withdrew Ihe line
-and there was the letter!
This lime an answer was requested-'' It
was, perhaps, premature, yet tho audacious
request obtained a full success. The reply
.vas wiitten afler some hesitation, and tho
hook dropped into the stream charged wilh
a letter w hich was intended to say nothing,
niid affected a sorl of badinage, which was
nevertheless a bulletin of a victory gained
ovei Iho harsh severity of a woman until
then inapproachable.
Mme. D had too much shrewdness not
to guess lhal her mysterious correspondent
employed, instead of magin, ihe art of a skill
ful diver. Scruples easily underslud restrain
ed her from thai portion of the bank w here
she was sure that the diver would emerge
fstim ihe water.
6ul this game nf letters amused her.
First !
il pleased her intellect, and then her heuit
wns interested; finally her feelings, and bar
curiosity became so lively (lint she wtote :
'-Let us give up this jesting, which has
pleased me for Ihe moment, but which should
continue r.o longer, and come with yourapl
opisa lo Chaton
The lover answered :
"Yes, if you will add Hope." ,
The inexmable lady replied
"If only a word is necuessary
lo decide
you, be it so ! , , , ,'
And the word was written.. , .
The young man appeared, and was not a
loser ' The gift of pleasing belonged to his
person ns much as to bis style, and he had
made such rapid progress untler "water that
il, wna easy lo complete his conqriest on land.
Thus Mme. D caught a husband with
out wUhing it, and in spile) of the vow w hich
she hail taken never to marry. Holding ihe
line, she had been caught by the IWl.
. A DOLLAR OR TWO.
W ith callous step, as we tread our way I
through i
This iutncaie world as oilier folks do,
.May we mil on our jutiriirty. be able lo view
t he benevolent luce ( a dollar or Iwo;
tor un excellent Hung
Is a dollar or Iwo ;
No fiieud is so true '
As a dollar nr. Iwo ; :
Tliioueh eoiiiiii) or town
As we pMt up or down,
No passport u aood
As a dollar or two. .
Would yon read yourself out of the bachelor'
u,eW' . r r . . .
A ...I ,1. I ... I nf a t,n, .liviiiltv aim.
f.itu --" - ,
V .Iav. h ra-dv th- handsome lo
. .lu -
Although it would cost you a dollar or Iwo.
.Lnvo'a arrow am lipped
With a dollar or two ;
And alfeiuioii is gained
By a dollar or Iwo j
The best aid yon can meet,
In advancing your sou, '
Is the eloquent chink ,
Of dollar or two. , (
Would yon wish your existence with fail It lo
imbue,
And enroll in the rank of the sanctified
few. . ;
Tu enjoy a good name and a well cushion
ed pew,
You must freely eome down with a dollar or
two- i' '' .
The gospel is preached , , .
Fur a dollar or Iwo, '
And Siilv.it ion is leached
By a dollar or Iwo ;
You may sin at some times,
But the wors( of all ciimes,
Is lo find yourself short
Of a dollar or two.
A Sessibls; Boy. A miserly old lady kept
an inn. Une day a lamiaoed aotaier , caned
on her for something to eat. Some bones.
that had been pretty well picked, weie,
placed be fur a him. After finishing his din
ner, little con of Iho landlady noticing thai
the solJier found il very ditflcoU lo make
om much of a dinner, ant soma money in
h hand a be stepped: out of, ihe door
When bis mother came in be asked, her bow
much it wa worth in pick these bones.'' j
"A hilling, my deat," said the old1 lady,
expeoilng to receive Ihe money.' .'
"I thouehl o," replied thm boy, 1'and; I
fira tbt oli ntJJer a biHtrtg' far doing ."
r
" - ' fHxtmetrVom the Life nt Jeflerem.)
Ma. jcrrs-rtsiosr as a lover-pesisosjL
DESCRIPTION Of HIM. I -
Willi Mr Jefferson, the lover succeeded
the schoolboy in the due and time honored
order, laid down by the "meatancholy
Jacques." ; The only record, of this affrir is
lo be found in a series of letters addressed
by him to his friend pHge, commencing im
mediately after he left college, and extend
ing Rt' intervals, lhronjf.li ihe two siicceding
years. These are to be found at length in
Professor Tucker's life of him, and in the
eengress edition : of his correspondence.
They possess some interest perhaps, in rela
tion lo their subject mailer,' but most, as the
earliest specimens of their author's episiola
lory writing,' which have been preserved.
Though they display something of that easy
command of langiiHge that "miming pen"
for w hich he was afterwards celebrated,
they exhibit no peculiar grace of style oi
maturity of lhoutht. Perhaps, however,
these would scarcely be expected in the
careless, off hand eflusions of boyish inti
macy. It causes a smile to see the. future
statesman "sighing like a furnace" in n first
love ; concealing, after the approved fashion
of student life, the name of his mislress
under awkward Latin puns and Greek ana
grams, to bury a secret which the world of
course, was supposed lo have a vast interest
in discovering: delightfully describing hap.
py dances in his "Belinda" in the Appollo
(lhal room in the Raleigh tavern where we
shal' soon find him ac(ing so different n
part) vowing Ihe customary despairing vow,
that "if Belinda w ill not accept his service it
shall never be offered lo another," and so on
to the ed of die cliaplei, in Ihe well beaten
track of immemmprial prescription. The
object of bis attachment was a Miss Rebecca
Burwell, (called Belinda as a pet name, or
by. way of concealment,) whom Iradition
speaks or as more distinguished for beauty
than cleverness
Mr. Jefferson's proposals seem to have
been clogged wilh Hie condition that he
must be absent for two or three years in for
eign travel before marriage. Whether for
ihis, or because her prefejence lay in a
different direction, Miss Burwell semewhat
abruptly manicd another man in 1 764.
Mr. Jefferson was genernlly, however,
ra,h-r a favorite with the other sex, and not
without reason. His apperanae was enga
ging. His face, though angular and far
from beautiful, beamed with intelligence)
with benevolence, and with the cheerful
vivacity of a happy, hopeful spiiit. His
complexion was ruddy and delicately fair;
his reddish chestnut hair luxuriant and silken.
His full, deep set eyes, ralher light in color
and inclining most lo a blue or blown, ac
cording lo the light in whir h they are viewd,
were peculiary expressive and mirrored, as
the clear lake minors tbe cloud, every emo
tion which was passing through his mind.
He stood six feel Iwo and a half inches in
heighth, and though very slim, his form was
ereel and sinewy, and his movements dis
played elaslibily and vigor.'' He was an ex
pert musician, a fine daiicer, a (lashing lider,
and there was no manly exercise In w hich
he could not well play his part. His man
ners were unusually graceful, but simple and
cordial. :; . : : '
: Hia conversation already possessed no in
considerable share of that charm which, in
afier yeaiss, wa so much extolled by Iriends,
and to which enemies attributed so seduct
ive itn influence, jn moulding the young and
wavering to his political views. There was
a fiaiikuess, earnestness, and coidialily in
hia louet a deep sympathy Willi humanily,
a roiilideut-e in man and a sanguine hope,
fulness in Ins destiny, which irresieiubly
won upon the feelings not only of Ihe ordina
ry heaier, but of Ihusa grave men "whose
commerce wnn ;ne wonu nail led (hem lo
form less growing estimate of it of such
men as I he scholar-like Small, Ihe saaciuus
Wythe, the courlly and gilied 1 Fauquier
Mr. Jefferson' lumper was genlle, kindly,
I ' . ' "
""'! ii...y nan aiiyiuiug
if - I r : ii.. i i ...
j of that, warmth w hich in ihe usual ronvunii-
laril uf ulTcotious and sympathies so ardent,
it had been subjugated by b..iituul control
Yet. under its even placnlil-, ihere was nol
warning these indications of calm self-ieli-
ance and courage which all instinctively
recognize and neaped.
There is not an instance on record of his
having been engaged in a personal rencontre
on his having suffered a personal indignity.
Possessing ihe accomplishments, he avoided
the vice of ihe young Yirgiuia gentry of
the day, and a class of habits which, if not
vices themselves, were too often made, the
preludes lo them. He never gambled. To
avoid importuuitie to game which were
generally accompanied wilh betting, he,
never learned to distinguish one eaid from
another; he wa moderate in the enjoyment
af Ihe table ; to ttrong drinks be had an
aversion which rately yielded lo any circorrf
siances) his mouth was unpolluted by oaths
ortobasco! Though he speak of enjoying
"the victory of a favorite horse," and ihe
death of Ihe fox," ho never put but one
hotse in ttainrng to run, he never run but a
ingle race, and he verv raiely joined in tbe
pleasant excitement he knew il to be too
pleasant for Ihe aspiring aiadent of tbe
chase. Wilh ucrr- qualities of mind and
cbataoter, wiib tha favor of poweiful friend
and relative, and even vice-royally, (o urge
him onward, Mr. Jefferson wa not a young
man lo be lighll- regarded by (he yountf or
old of eilher ex. ' He became of age In 1T61.
' Lousiana has over nine million of aoiea oi
onapprtfprlatad jfcbtle land-
THE POST OFFICE
OLD SERIES, VOL. -H, KO! 4?;
THE EjATK DEFIilVCfc OF aiMSTttlt.
Silistria; Tliursdaj;, July 6, 1854. Tha
first Impression which Silistria make upon
any one accustomed tu the fortrtsse of civil
ized Europe, Ir one of amazement at that
place being a fortress at all; the second lm
pressioii i, that being a fortress, its woik,
such as (hey are, cannot be any seriocs obsta'
cle to the proceedings of a besieging army.
.1 had Ihe good fortune or finding the town
and works in the exact state in w fiich tbe
Russians led ihem after the siege. Vigorous
a has been the defence of the Turks they
are by far more energetic in repulsing the?
attacks of an enemy than In repairing Ihe
damage done by that enemy's batteries,
Some of Ihe woik were almost untouched,
while others presented to the eye nothing
save a confused heap of ruins. The chief
and most interesting point is, of conrso, the)
Amb Tabla, an which the Russians spent
their chief strength, which Ihey shelled In'
cessantly and attacked almost dally with
stormingeolomnsof enormous strength, while
its foundations were uplifted by mines of
prodigious extent and power. The Arab Ta
bin is a simple earthwork of very moderate
dimensions, and high in front and flanks,
cpeu at Ihe gorge, and defended by six pieces
of artillery. Of these cannon ihere were on art
average but two in use, for the rest were tU
ways being dismounted and repaired. "So I hat
as far as artillery goes, the Russian storming
columns upon the Arab Tabia were kept at
bay by two guns from that woik, but these
were served with a real,-readiness and des
patch that told upon the enemy worse lhan a
whole buttery tinder usual circumstance
would have done. ' But Col. Geach. the com
mander of ihe artillery, who conducted the
defence of the town, and with whom 1 dis
cussed Ihis subject, maintained that the ar
lillery, though an important elemeht in the
defence of the place, could not have availed
to save it. Tho Arabs, Nubians, and Arn'
outs, and their rifles, w ere Ihe chief defence,
and tho restless activity and the unerrfng
airti of these gallant men terrified the Rus
sians moid lhan the fire of the artillery.
They lay in the rear of the Tabia, and in
small ditch at its left ffank, where they fiau
dug holes in the earth, and then they kept
up an incessant fire upon tho advancing col
umns of the Russians, singled out and killed
their officers, and spread terror and confu
sion in their ranks. How (bese biave fellows
fared, and what they lived cm, God only
knows. Certain it is that they had scarcely
and food and refused to tuko it when offered .
On moro than one occasion sheep and Calfe
were sent from the town lo feed (he defen
tiers of (he Arab Tabia and Ihe Arnont ditch.
bul each (ime they sent Ihe animals back,
saying they wefe too busy to think of cook'
ing and ealing. Tho care which (hey look
of (heir guns and rifles was marvellous. Dor
ing the heaviest tains they managed lo "keep
the powder dry." The Russian storming
columns were frequently unable to fire a shut
while Volley afler volley was poured into
iheir ranks by Ihe lean brown men (hat lay
at the rear of the Tapia and in the Arnoul
ditch.
1 have not yet done wilh the wonders of
the Arab Tabia. The Russians, in order Itf
di-lodge the Arnouts from their ditch, carried
their own trenches within a few ards from
lhal paltry defense, which was formidable'
only because the bravest men that eveflivej
held it. So near Vas the Russian ditch, that
Ihe engineers threw tho earth by shovelfuls'
into the Arnont ditch. This was effected
with nil enormous loss to the besiegers. On
one occasion a Major Ernmena. a giganlio
Hungarian, issued from the ditch leaning on
the pole uf a wagon, and challenged the
Russians in Ihe other ditch to corns out anJ
fighl him. They accepted the challenge by
taking hold of one of bis h'gs, and endeavored
to drag him into the quarters. But tho Arn'
nuts took, hold of his other leg, and pulled
him in their direction, while Major Einmenrt
nllerly unconcerned, flouiished hi heavy
pole and laid it on 'he Russians. Skull were
cracked and bones broken whenever that
formidable weapon descended, and Ihus be
ing fieed from hia "assailants, the Ainorit
drew Major Einmena over. That gallant
officer's life was saved ou this occasion, only
to be lust on another.
Three days afier the Tarlanie combat in?
Ihe Arnuut ditch, the Russians dispnched
two of iheir formidable storming columns f
eight bataliuns each against the Atab Tabia,
and by Ihe mere fphysical weight of thesa
masses forced Iheir way in. A hand lo band
engagement ensued in tbe interior of Ihe Ta
bia, when the Tuiks fought with the fury of
madmen and ihe -agilily of serpents. . The
Russians meanwhile songhl lo secure the can
non. Puihaps tbey meditated a retreat, and!
wished tu carry off at least some trophies
fiom Silistria. They had ropea with them,
which they tied to one of the pieces, and
then commence pnlliug it thiougU the era'
biasure into the ditch below. Major Em'
man saw the attempt, rushed up to the gutr
and held il back. A Russian officer, almost
equal iti 1120 aud strength lo tbe Hungarian,
attacked and wounded Major Einmena, just
as be wut culling ihe rope. . The I o strong
men tbeu turned agaiusl each ether. Tbey
fought and fell. , When the Atab had driv
0 ihe Russian baok aaJ cleared the Tabia,
the iwo antagonist were found dt, by Iba
ida of tbe gun. '
T TaoTTca Our-TaoTixD. "Do you
keep matches," asked a wag of a retailer.
"O yes, all kind," wa tpa reply.
"Well, then, I'll lake a Uoltiug match."
The teiailer Immediately banded hirn. a
tix cf Brarfdeih' pill.
ftunrury, une 54. liSfi