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TU CONSlJAlfcUS U F
TALES AND SKETCHES.
THE DESTINY OF JOSElHIE.
The history of Napoleon has yet to be
written, and written' liv an American. The
world has been amused with fables of the
man of destiny, which have been transmitted
as on heir-loom, until they reached him
who sits upon the throne of France, and is
pleased with the title, "the man of destiny."
This title, though a favorite with every
class of Frenchmen, undoubtedly arose with
the story of Josephine, and through her at
tached to Napoleon. Though her simple
story is smothered by the more brilliant one
of her husband, yet it was known that, long
before Napoleon's admirers claimed him the
great destiny he accomplished, it was a '
common story in Paris, what we are about
to tell.
It was while almost a child, that Jose
phine, in some of her wanderings with her
school fellows, came across a vagrant gipsy
or fortune-teller. The woman, attracted in
jome way toward the beautiful child, insist
ed on telling her fortune, even against her
will and without reward. She told her she
wonld be very soon a wife, a widow and
afterward Queen of France. The prediction
itself was common enough, but as simple as
it was it had its cflect upou Josephine, who
immediately embraced it as fitct, and could
for a long time think of nothing else.
When the fulfilment ctiuie to the first part
of the prediction, it of course strengthened
her in the belief of the rest, and even when
in prison under sentence of death, and when
her bed was taken from under her at night
because she was to die in the morning, tuidc
her friends have coumge, it would not be so,
and that she would yet fit upon that throne
then in ruics beneath tho bloody feet of
Hobespierre ; and when the jailors in prison
called ilium her to name her mitids of honor
that tiny might be ready wheu she was
queen, she did so, and her nomination was
liimlly fulfilled to the letter.
On" that very night Robespierre fell. Had
his downfall occurred one week earlier her
liusl.tttid would not have been one of his
victims; had he lived one 'lay longer, she
would have been another of them.
There was little lapse of time between her
liberation from prisou and her marriage to
Napoleon, and it was by the influence that
the exerted tliut she was appointed to the
command of the army of Italy ; after which
she .puth that led them upward was clear and
open, until the destiny she had insisted up
on was aecoinplibhed, and the crown of
i" ,tucu upon her-uend.
But there was one thing more that Jose
phine hud foretold to herself, which was the
uttfr l)rs'o.r that power and rank to which
MISCELLANEOUS. 1
apt'enranv atH toe
:n,..l linvimr a sui
cuutfu and syoipiomam i
VOI X- 31 E
V- hare injured themselves by a eertain prse'iea
ige.Hu when alone, a hahit fluently Uar,..d
, , 1v 1 -ompanions, or at school, the effec a of
hiel,. nltri.fi, tel., even -hen .Wcr and . no
. 4 .anJ..r. IllRrrlftffO lOTTH!H'iw. - "
I,!, mind and body, should apply "'.(hit
What a pity that a young man. tha hoi.a of bii
u thi d irling of his parents, sbouM ho matched
" a! i prospaet ? and enjoyment of lite, by th. ,
V .i.t-iattnt from the pa'h of nature .
are tbe most
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:kt, bef.ra contemplating
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,S dipa r a""! filled with th. melancholy r3- ,
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she hud t;'l'n .'o wouderfully elevated; and
while she brooded over tins, lie who was
her lonl gathered new power and yielded to
nw ambition. b tried to crush it, and
point out what f-houla be Lit true aims; but
Ua now was n emperor and Jisired to be
the founder of a new empire. j
How well her instinct taught her th-l the I
time whs rapidly approaching when iluit
ambition would make him put her awny.
Then ciiine the close of tlw campaign of
1800, and she saw that the hour was ap
proaching nearer that was to reveal both
their lutes.
There was no longer the confidence of the
j past let ween them; no longer tbc seeking
i of sympathy and advice.
! It was the 20th of November, 1800, and
' the court was espec ially gay in honor of the
visit of the King of Saxony. Jotcbhiuu eat
at the window of her boudoir, looking out
upon the river, when she heard a step at
the door and rose to receive Napoleon, who
caught her in his arms with more of the
olden time embrace than 6le had knewn for
months. She led him to the sofa on which
she was sitting, aud seated herself by his
side. For a few moments there was silence,
and theu he spoke.
"Josephine, you Have been weeping. Are
you unhappy ?"
"No sire ! not with you."
"Xor.sfnce! Josephine, why do you call
mo sire ? Of late you are making these
forms overshadow all our happiness."
"Then whv should they uot be forgotten
by both ? You have now reached the point
of ambition tlmt should content you. Will
you turn the unquiet god from your bosom
j and study only the good of France uud your
) own happiness ?"
'You misunderstand me, lady," he said,
nnieklv risins from his seat, and leaning
against tne winaow. i am aeemiig uuiu-
lug tor uiyseil, out gce&iug treuuius
France."
it for France, Napoleon 'she said, draw
ing close to his siue, and tuking his hand in
bers, "that you would put away from you
on v a true wife, nut a true menu i
The Action Iletween the Kenratarse
and Alabama.
CAPT. V'lNBLOW'i Okficial RKroiiT.
The Cotton Jinirnul is indebted to Mr. 8.
C. Hartwell, Capt. inslow s clerk, for a
copyofCapt. Wiuslow's official report to
the JNavy Jjepanmeni, oi me action uei ween
the Kearsarge ana Alabama, cow published
for the first time, by permission of the Sec
retary of the Navy :
U. 8. Steamer. Kkarsakoe, Esolisii )
Channel, July 80, 1864. J
Sir: In obedience to instructions of the
Deportment, I have the honor to make the
following supplementary report of the action
between the Kearsarge and Alabama. On
the morning of the 10th ult., tho day being
fine with a hazy atmosphere, wind moderate
from the westward, with little sea, the posi
tion of the Kearsa,c at ten o'clock was near
tho buoy which makes the line ot siioais to
the eastward of Cherbourg and distant
about three miles from the eastern entrance,
which bore to the southward anil westward.
At twenty minutes after ten o'clock the
Alnbnmo was discovered coming out of the
western entrance, accompanied by the Cou
ronne (iron clad). Phud, in au irterview
with the Admiral, assured him, in the event
of au action occurring with the Alabama,
that the positions ol the snips should lie so
fur off shore that no questions could be ad
vanced about the line of jurisdiction.
Accordingly to perfect this object, nnd
w ith the d uble purpose of drawing the
Alabama so fur off shore that, if disabled,
she could not return, I directed the ship's
head seaward ond cleared for action, with
the battery pivoted to starboard.
Having attained a point about seven miles
from the shore the head of tho Kearsarge
was turned short round and the ship steered
directly for the Alabama, my purpose being
run her down, or if circumstances did not
warrant it, to close in with her. Hardly had
the Kearsage come round before the Ala
bama sheered presented her starboard but
tery and slowed her engines. On approach
ing her at long range of about a mile she
opened her full broadside, the shot cutting
some of our ri'i?inir and coinc over and
alongside of us.
Immediately I ordered more speed ; but
in two minutes the Alabama had again
loaded and fired another broadside, and fol
lowing it with a third without damaging
us except in rigging. We hud now arrived
within nine hundred yardsof her, and I was
apprehensive tlmt another broadside, nearly
raking as it was, would prove di-.astnU3.
Accordingly I ordered the Kcarsare sheered
and opened' on the Alabama.
The positions of tho vessels was now
broadside to broadside, but it w as soon ap
parent that Captain Semmes did not seek
close action. 1 became theu fearful lest h1
ter some tifrhtinc. that he would asfiiin make
for the shore. To defeat this I determined
too keen full speed on, and with a port helm
tti run under the stern of the Alabama and
rake, if he ditl not prevent it by sheering
and kceoim? his bioadside to ur. Ho adopt
ed thia uuiiIq as a oreveutive, and, as a con-
seouence the Alabama was forced, with a
full head of steam, into a circular track du
rifio tlm pmriKTLMiient.
The effect of this maneuver was such that,
at the last of tho action, when the Alabama
would have made off, she was neur vo mile
from the shore; ar.d had the action contin
ued from the first in parallel lines with her
head in shore, the line of jurisdiction would
no doubt have been reached. .
ti... trin nf tho Alabama from the nrst
was rapid and wild; towaid the close of
. . i 1. ,..,.- fin
the action her Tiring oecaiue ucm-i.
men, who had been cautioned against rapid
ririn.T without direct aim. were much more
deliberate; and the instructions given to
point the heavy guns below rather than
i,nva Hi. itrT line and clear the deck with
li.rl.ro- one, were fully observed. 1 had
ith a nort helm to close in
w ith the Alabama, but it was not until just
tf the action that we were
i a tn nan pniDe : this was avoid
cd, however, by her surrender. The effect of
the training of our men was eviuciu,
every shot from our guns was telling lear-
; fully ou the Alubaina, and on the sevent i
I PAiiitinn nn tilt circular track she winded.
setting fore trysail and two jibs, with head
in shore. .
ti,.r .r,w.ri vtn now retarded, anu oy
winding her port broadside was presented
tn it. wiiii i.uiv two uuns bearinir, iiot bav
in ho.. n r1iI. as I learned afterward, to
shilt over but one. I saw now that she was
ut nnii .,,i.r,.v ami a few more euns, will di-
i,r,,.,iif down her thin. I was un
a v s,,u, uivhii. - -- I .
u aar.rtfli.. whflther tbev iiaa keen
nuiu vu tio-w -
shot awav. but a white llag
IOI-
in England or France, after the action. It
is known that the Alabama carried a crew,
officers and men, of about 150 into Cher
bourg, and that while in the Southern
Occau, her complement was about 170, but
desertions had reduced this complement.
The prisoners state that a number of men
came on bonrE at Cherbourg, and the night
before the action boats were going, to and
fro, and in the morning strange men were
seen who were etationcd as captains of the
guns. Among these three was one Lieuten
ant (Sinclair) who joined her at Cherbourg.
The Alabama had been live days in pre
paration. She had taken in 350 tuns of coal,
which brought her down in the water. The
KearBarge had only 120 tuns in, but as an
offset to this her sheet chains were stowed
outside, stopped up and down, as nn addi
tional preventive and protection to her more
empty bunkers. The number ot the crew
of the Kearsarge, including officers and sick
men, was 103, and her buttery numbered
seven guns: Two 11 -inch, one 80-pounder
rille, and four light 82-pounrier guns.
The battery of the Alabama numbered
eight guns: One 08 of 00001b., one Im
pounder rille, and six heavy 83-pounder
guns.
In the engagement tho Alabama fought
seven guns and the Kearsarge five, both ex
ercising the starboard battery until the Ala- '
A lieutenant in tho 8th Illinois Cavalry,
a regiment which has had numerous encoun
ters with both Moseby's end Stuart's Cavalry
gives in a private letter, the following ac
count of an open fight with the celebrated
Virginia guerrilla :
"You ask, 'are wo after Moscby 1' Yes.
We keep him in hot water most of the time.
Saturday afternoon, six companies) were or
dered out ou a scout, under Captain Lincoln
to go to Upperville, Va., to move some ne
gro families a few miles from camp, and we
were skirmishing continually, front, rear,
and both flanks. On our flunk and rear,
between us and ramp, we could see a column
of rgbels of about a hundred in number,
while in every direction could be seen squads
of men from six to a dozen, who were pretty
careful to keep out of carbine range. Some
were bold enough to come up close and try
to entice us to charge them iuto tho woods,
where they could cut us off with superior
numbers, but after one of their number was
shot and one horse wounded, they desisted
from such endeavors.
"At Upperville, on the plain made mem
orable by two of our most successful cavalry
fights of the war, in November, 1802, and
Juno 1803, between Pleasanton an Stuart, in
both of which we figured conspiucously,
Moscby gave us what we have hoped, longed
and prayed for an open field, hnnd-to-haud
btima winded fising her port battery, with fight, dipt. Wing's squudron was sent over
one gun and another shifted over.
The collateral events connected with this
action have already been laid before the De
partment. I enclose a diagram showing the track
across the plain to get tho negroes ready
Part of Moseby's command charged him,
He, seeing them approach, formed to meet
them, and sent back word to Capt. Berry to
support him. Wing reserved his tire till the
which was described during the engagement ! enemy were close upon him on a full charge
!y the rotary course ol the vessels, i have when he ordered, 'r ire I drop carbines and
the honor to be.
Very respectfully,
Your ooedient servant,
JNO. A. W1NSLOW, Captain.
Hon. Gidkon Welles, Secretary of tho Na
vy, Washington, D. C.
IMcnpPori'aptiiiu Ilndffcr nnd two
Koldis'rst Irons the Kebela.
A correspondent of the New York Tri-
I'tne, writing from near Cedar Creed,
November relates this adventure of Capt.
draw pistols! Forward I' and counter
charged them, cutting them in two and
drivin" them to tho woods. He only had
; 05 men, and they 118.
! "I had charge of fifteen men of my com-
j pany as rear-guard, and, while galloping
; over to where the fighting was, I observed a
, heavy force of rebels approaching on my left
: flank and rear had lust time to form my
' men together when they where upon us. I
v-ft , naa no nopes oi stopping over a iiunurea
j specimen of my regards, and perhaps attract
the attention ot some ot the ot her companies
As we open-
Badger with guerillas :
Captain N. D'Evereux BRtlcer, acting as- ; making for the rebs in front.
sistant adjutant general of Powell's cavalry ' cd with our carbines at fifteen rods, we stag'
division, left General Torbert's headquarters, gered them just a moment, when they camo
near Cedar Creek, on the morning of the
2d instant, to go to Winchester, accompan-
at us, showering cold lead as they came yel
ling, on a dead run. We had attracted
ie.1 hy only two orderlies. A large train . liieut. iori.it s attention, wno was charging
heavily guarded, had left but an hour be- . for the front with part of B and C. He
fore, and the Cuptain, being well mounted formed and waited for us to disperse on his
thought it prudent euough to attempt to flunks, when, just as the rebels were close
overtake it. He came in sight of it a half upon him, he belched forth h fire itself
iniic ahead of him, near Newtown, anr". saw . in their faces. Sergeant Hupp, my orderly,
a dozen cavalrymen riding leisurely a l:t- ' came down on the their flank with the rest
tie distance behind the train, and apparent- of my company, having heard my firing,
ly acting as rearguard. He bailed thera as i and the day was won.
lie approached, and was answered in a ! "It was a close hand-to-hand encounter.
friendly way. When seeing them dressed We were so mixed up at times as not to be
this, my aiarmea sti oss w.u u. . '. ,.erved
ml believe that I have offered no protest to nre w.!"er..!.;
our
not
not only a true wile out a iru. mem. , iu displayed pyer tho ftern,
TLt oft W guns fired to leeward.
Ara vvue r..irvri TWO UUIlUies llliu
more than elapsed before she again opened
on us with the two guns on the port side.
This drew our fire again, and the Kehrsarge
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Was immediately sieameu suwu ' J
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bOUR & FEED STORE,
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ariii i fr .a I. d ji-ti' -
, .ubK)rlbf wpeetfully iff"" th. puUU
B? kTLi MMunUj os hand at hi. nw
Valley Railroad
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all kind, of t wid by tb U- , Au
v- .V,.,.. i. all Btaafaauurod a hi w JUJia,
Tl f, 1 !w .nnra.
vi uiMVV.I. F.H. Cleveland. Ohio.
Man years'' PHeDc lo tb. galvaui.lng bu.j
oi I .uabl. ai. to Ww th. abov. .taWm.nl In all
partloular.. C. LEFFERTB,
No. 100 Beekmao Su-eet
luAl
Cloth- Wring by
WT. . r?.. k. thai it will do. Ilia
'raonoai "'". i,..w at
,up; -l"laaU U taeta
nraotloal working.
obeap; i
work or at rt
duty too
ana war. -T"-,r-.; .hn ka.a u.
Lu.taalA 1 1 H idlb uuraui. r i
vour will ; but, O, sire, examine well your
haart before you act. '
He ttood silent while she was speaking,
and then, with his face turned full upon the
streaming moonngm, ne urew uj u
hand. She went on.
"And O, sire, believe me, that tnougn i
m to leave vour throne and your side, i
hall nsver cease to love too deeply for my
own peace. Therefore it is that l pieau you
... . .... . I..l'...n
Will Ionic well into your ncuri ..tunc j
yield your future to bad counsel."
ww . , ,.1 r 1. .. upinil, m ann
lie drew quiuKiy irum m
walked to the centre of the room.
You cannot sympathize witn me, ma
dam 1 I act only with reason. The good ot
the individual must yieia to tue guou ui
France. Farewell V
"Stop, tin 1" ana jowpumo e.cP,..
quickly across the room and caught hie arm
drawing him as she did so again to the win
dow: "Do vou tea that star!" and she
pointed to one that shone wuu mw
irigbtneaa. That is my destiny py u yu
k... riu.n Tn it evaa nromised a tnrouo.
Through me you have accomplished it; i part
m and vou fall. Yes. fall to die in
sorrow, neglect, and exile. Remember thu,
Napoleon and rememrjer ineae wurus v. i.
:r .... i.i. .1.. .. Viac nn words
lb la us. lav. vu i....t im. www. -
of taine can prevent."
Napoleon cased almost In terror at ner
who stood like a prophetess, looking out
with eyes of fire upon the heavens, ana men
with a heart clouded almost to sickness, he
turned awsy, and left toe room wuuoui, a
Ten days psswd before he had the nerve
to strike the blow that broke tbe golden
chain that bound them, aud from that mo-
. k. .fiurwurri confessed at St. He-
i '.v,. r.n r.f Nanoleon began until he
died broken besrted exile upon mid-ocean.
Th Home or Dakim. Wkbsteb. Marsh.
Held, tbe home o the great statesuian, gave
a unanimoo vote for the country 4 for
Low for raking,
The white flag was still flying, and our
fire was again reserved. Shortly after this
her boats were seen to De lowering, aiui an
officer in one of them came alongside and
informed us the ship had surrentlered and
was fust sinking. lu twenty minutes u"
thi time the Alabama went down, ner
mainmast, which had received a shot, oreak
ing near the head, as she sunk, and her bow
rising hi"h out of the water as her stern ra
pitlly settled. The fire of tho Alabama, al
though it is stated she discharged 870 oi
more shell and shot, was not of serious da
mage to the Kearsarge. Some thirteen or
fourteen of these had taken effect in about
the hull and sixteen or seventeen about the
waste and rigging.
The causualties were small, only three
persons having been wounded ; yet it ,is a
matter of surprise that so few were injured,
considering the number of projectiles that
i,mu hnar.-i. Two snots passea vuruuuu
the ports in which the 83 s were piacea,
.hi. i thicklv stationed around them,
one taking effect in tbe hamnioclc netting,
. (Via At
MH rtn ntner mnnu iuiuuuu iub mv "m
.U AnnAB iA AUle. V6t DO ODC W&S UU. WW
of the guns being only knock
. . J l .U 1.. aa 1. m u .
ed down ty tne wmu oi mo
supposed. The fire of the Kearsarge, si-
thotif'h only 178
charged, eccordi
.mini wm tnrril
v ....
killed and wounded eighteen men, ana dis
abled the gun; another bad entered the
coal bunkers, exploding and completely
blocked up the engine-room ; and Capt.
tummx atate. shot and shell bad taken ef
fect in the side' of bis aael, waring large
boles by exploion, and Ids men were every.
ftrlowB.
" .Z'."'.: -Ua o the Alabama, no cor-
a r oa kiv.ii. a
J m nrcbxj tn ibere, rtbsr
in our uniform, and wearing the Gth Corps
badge, a Greek cross, he rodo unsuspicious
ly up among them, ur.d found himself and
his men in t he hands of the guerillas. With
revolvers at his head, he was prevented from
making any alarm, ahd was immediately
run oil into the woods, and robbed of his
despatches and everything valuable which
he had about him, and hurried away into
the Blue Iiitlge Mountains, in company with
nine more ot our men, who had been taken
at different times.
"All right," said the Captain, after they
had robbed him, "I supposo you will now
parole me, and I can go home aud vote for
Little 3Iuc. I liavo long wanted a furlough
from this horrid and unnatural war I
Not much," replied the Johnnies; "we
aro ordered to hang every oincer we can
catch now-a-days, in retaliation for our men
who have been shot as guerillas, lou will
swing from a limb of that tree to-morrow
at daylight, and, ny u d, saltpetre snail I
save you from it."
"Wo would do it to night, but for the
fact that our officers are not here."
"But," replied the cool Captain, "you can
do much better with tne than to hang me.
Next Tuesday is election, and if Little Mac
should be elected there will be 'an immedi
ate cessation of hostilities,' and we oiay be
able to fix up things. It will at least be
equal to a newarniy to you to get a three
months armistice."
This remark led to much discussion, and,
with tho aid of a little apple brandy from a
neighboring farmer, and a pipe or two, the
conversation soon became exceedingly friend
ly and confidential. While one of the
rebels was speaking, the Captain quietly
wispcred to one of his men to pass !he word
around among the prisoners to which a sig
nal front him, ami make a dash upon the
guard for their escape, 1 he men needed
hut a winK to lie Kfieuiy alive lo tne enter
prise. The prospect of a winter at the Lib- 1
by was not inviting. Thev had been rob
bed of their clothing, were hungry, and hud
but one drink, while the rebels were already
half tipsy. As the evening advanced, the
revel rose. Durkness set hi, and story fol
lowed story, and joke ufter joke, many of
them attributed by the Captain to "Old
Abe, the baboon," kept the party in a roar,
own; thoUtird drew near to listen, and one
of them staggering up to the Cuptain, with
his musket in one hand, slapped him on the
shoulder with the other, and stuttered out,
"Captain, you're a hell of a feller." t
"1 ou re another," saia tne iupiam. as no
seized the musket, and, planting his big
foot in the rebel's paunch at the same in
stant, doubled him up, ami tent him wheel
ing into the large tiro in iront oi umi, to
tho trrcat confusion of the rest of the guard,
. . . . . . , .: ...T.I
who instant v rustica to ins reuei wiiuuuw
tliinkini? of what was intended.
"Upon them ! ' shouted the Captain, and,
suitiug the action to the word, he instantly
sent the ball from his captured muskut
through oue of them, and the bayonet
through another, and with one bouud iuto
darkness escaped,
His men were no more adroit, and, taking
advantage of the confusion, they dashed
unon tha surDrised rebels, snatched their
muskets from them, and killing three of
them on tho spot, wounded several others,
aud every man ol them escaped unuuri.
Cautain Badger has uot yet arrived within
.. . . i
our lines, out most oi uis uieu are in, uuu
ablo to tell our own men. Moseby attacked
with about three hnndred men. We had
two hundred men and officers. They took
a drink all around in the woods before start
ing, swearing to 'use up tho d d Yankees.'
When they attacked iu our rear it was one
of the most critical moments I ever witness
ed, and but fortlie heroic fighting of the
men we would have- been annihilated, as
as they camo in on all sides. Wing was in
the thickest of the fight, with nothing but a
riding vhip whiped a reb over the face,
and made him surrender. Delany goes
righ in among them with impunity. Cor
i a tower of strength good for twenty
common men.
"In chasing them I had to get out .of the
way to one side and let the rebs pass ;
couldn't tend to both front and rear at once.
Our loss was four slightly wouuded And one
man taKen prisoner. They left on tbe held
eleven killed and mortality wounded, and
had some twenty or thirty more wouuded,
who rode away. e also took mno ol them
prisoners. There were thirty or forty horses
killed and wounded. Our boys are highly
elated. Jloseby s men are picked, you know,
They have been shy of us since their defeat,"
llR.IS.n.VIIM.
Next to being a bride herself, every good
looking young woman likes to be a bride'
mam. wedlock is thought by a large pro
portion of the blooming sex to be contagi
ous, and much to the credit of their couruge
fair spinsters are not at all hfiaid ot catch-
ng it. rcrhaps tnu theory that the allcc-
tion is communicated by contact, is correct.
Certainly we have known one marriage tn
lead to another, and sometimes to such ser
ies of "happy events" as to favor the lielief
that matrimony, as John Van Bureu might
say, "runs like the coolers. '
Is there Buy book entitled "Rules for
Bridesmaids", in secret circulation nuiong
young ladies? It seems as it there nit.t be,
tor all the pretty hench woman act precisely
alike. So far as official conduct is conceru
cd, when you have seen one bridesmaid you
have seen the whole fascinating tnl;u.
Their leading duty seems to be M treat tho
bride as "a victim led with garland to tho
sacrifice." They consider it necessary to
exhort her to "cheer up aud stand by.'' It
is assumed, by a poetic fiction, that she goes
in a state of fearful trepidation' to the ulter
and upon tbe whole would rather uot. Her
fair aids provide themselves with pungent
essences, lest she should luint at the "trying
moment,' which between you and us, read
er, alio has no more idea of doing than sho
has of flying. It is true she sometimes telis
them that she should sink into the earth,'
and that they respond, "poor, dear soul,"
and apply the smelling-bottle ; but she goes
through her nuptial martyrdom with forti
tude, nevertheless. ;
Iu nine cases out of ten the bridegroom
is more "flustered" than the fragile and
lovely creuture at his side; bur nobody
thinks of pitying him, poor fell wl All
sympathy, compussinn, interest, h concen
trated upon the bride, and if one of tho
groomsmen does recommend him to take a
glass of wine before the ceremony, to steady
his nerves, the advice is given superciliously
as who should say, "what a spooney )ou
are, old fellow."
Bridesmaids may be considered as brides
in what lawyers cull the "inchoate" or in
cipient state. They are looking forward to
that day of triumphant weakness when it
shall be their turn to be "poor dear crea
tured," and Preston salted, and otherwise
sustained and supported, as the law of nup
tial pretences directs. Let us hope they
may not be disappointed.
Ridiculous Bets. At every important
election there are certain fools who delight
iu making their follies public, by indulgiog
in ail sorts ol absurd bets, in the city ot
New York, at the recent election, several of
such bets are recorded. For instance, "A
gentlemen iu Twenty-third street who, for
his faith in McClellan's popularity, will have
to make an equestrian tour of the Central
Park, some Sunduy at noon, arrayed in
crinoline and all the other feminine "tilings."
To comply with the terms of another bet, a
gentleman in Forty-first street will have to
drive three of his horses, tandem, attached
to an oyster cart, from tne Battery to Ma
comb's Dam. A third gentlemen, who lives
n Brooklyn though, will have to wear for h
year a beaver hat two leet in height and
seven incite in the brim ; he win run an to
hat before his purgatorial period is over.
Literature. Alexandre Dumas, the
roniancier, author of "Monte Cristo," "Les
Trois Mosquetares," and something iesstban
a thousand other works of fiction, many of
which are well known and have been exten
sively read iu the United States, intends
leaving Paris in the latter part of December
or the early part of January for New York.
It is the intention of Dumas to travel about
four months in the United States, aud he
goes with the avowed purpose of writing a
book, but whether a book ot tact or notion
he does not state. He w ill take wilh him
a private secretary and two translators, and
intends having lus worK published snnui
t
report that be is safo in the mountuius, and
carefully working his way through by night.
n a iii o vi s,nw i . . . b i i : i
178 projectile, bad been die He belongs to ithe BUi wwry.
ordinii to the pri-ior.i.-i' f.e- i wis organized from tho 44th Onio Iifantr
terrific One shot alone had I alter two jeut' wv. , ' CaT
rect account 1
which
try
Cap'
tain Badger was promoted trom the rant
He ia a relative of the late Senator Badger
of North Carolina, and was a student at
Antinch College. Ohio, at the commence
ment of the war. which position he left
together with bis brother Joaeph, now first
lieutenant, to enter tbe ranks as a private
anldu... His lovaltv was sufficiently attest
ed on his late trial at Dayton, Ohio, for an
alleged riot, in which a ScCstb preae at that
aneously in New York Paris and Loudon
Dumas is an enthusiastic friend of ourcoun
try and her institutions, and, as he is au
author whose books are probably more ex
tensively read now iu Europe than those of
any other, living or dead, It is perhaps a
little important that bis reception and treat
ment while in our country should be such
as to strengthen rather than diminish the
tuvorable impression which he has oi us ana
ours. Dumas is a dark mulatto of most un
mistakable hue, with hair considerably crisp
ed. He is now about sixty years of age,
and is one of the finest looking men iu
Europe. He it a rickless, extravagant man
nuancially speaking, receiving an immense
Income from his works, penning irom tw
to three hundred thousand francs a year, al
ways in debt and always borrowing. He it
a man of great bonhnmmie and kindness of
heart, and gives away large sums of money
every year to artists, literary Hohcmiant an
pcor deviit ot every ciiscription,
The M arriage Fee. The late Dr. Boun
ton was once disputing with a farmer about
the ease with which a ininieter tarneu u
money. Now said the farmer, "when you are
called ou to marry a couple, you never ex
pect a sum less than three dollars tui. wr
a few minutes service." "Pooh I" replied
the doctor, ' I would agree to give you-Psii
of my next marriage fee for a bushel of po-
- .. , , . v . M i . r 1 1 1
tutoes. ' Very wen, sail mo lariuvi, '
take you offer, and send you the potato."
A lew days aiwrwarus, iuc uutmr w wu
ed ou to splice a couple at Dogtowo, a place
about, four miles irom wuere ue uveu. tiuou
the ceremony was over the bridegroom said
to the worthy minister, -neii parson,
s'pose I must iork over something for your
tioubje. What say you to taking one of my
terrier pups I The best breed, 1 tell you, in
the country. Shockin' uiee to have in the
bam. Worth full five dollars and I s'pose
a figure 8 would do for the splicer eh f
The doctor took the pup with Joy. The
joke was loo good, he hastened to the far
mer saying ; "Now, friend here is tuy fee
bow bball we divide it t" The tanner relish
ed tbe joke well, that be ItwiaaseJ tUv
I'Otautsj lo hall duf iMhrla.
Mum.br, toe Railroad Murderer,
Tried and Cohvicted. By tho last Btea
mer from Liverpool, we learn that Muller,
the murderer of Briggs, has been tried, con
victed and sentenced to death. A strong
effort was made to prove an alibi, but it
failed, end the wretched man will undoubt-
:dly sutler the death penalty. Ihc case haa
excited more interest in the civilized world
than any homicide since theBurdell murder.
The scene iu the railway couipartmeut; the
time ; tbe brutality of the circumstances ;
the small sum realized bv the murderer: his
fight ; tbe pursuit and capture ; his rendition
and sentence have all been combined so aa
to make tbe affair one of striking diatnatic
interest. The insignificance of Muller him
self is the only drawback to tbe sensational
character of tbe caie. It it impossible to
make a hero out such a fellow, though, with
skilful manipulation, au enterprising play
wright might touch up his characteristics
so as to make the central figure of the drama
interesting. He was sentenced to be Hang
ed oa tbe 14th, Monday last.
I'aK Jist Sa a During the last winter a
"contraband" came into the Federal lines in
North Carolina, and was marching up to tbe
officer of the day to give an account of him
self whereupon tbe toliowing colloquy ensued.
"What a your name I"
"My name's Sam."
"Sam what I"
"No, Sah ; not Sam Watt. Tse Jist Sam."
"What's your other name t"
"I hasn't got no oder name, Sab. Tie
Sara dat's all."
"What's your master's name I"
"I'.e got no niasaa now ; mass tunned
away jab 1 yah 1 I'se a free nigger now."
"Well, what s your lather s ana mothers
name I''
'I'se got none, Sah neber bad none. I se
jist Sam nobody eUe."
"Uaven t any brothers anu siaicr i
"No, Sah 1 ntber had none. No brudder,
no sister, no fader, no muoder, no tnassa
nothing but Sam. Wlm you set Sam, you
H4 all dtr is vf tjs."
Thetis' to the Baste." A Hibernian,
fresh from the green isle, having sufficient
means to provide hlmtelf with a horse and
cart, (the latter a kind probably be never
saw before.) went to work on a public road.
Being directed by the overseer to move a
lot of stonet near by and deposit them in a
guliy on the other side of tbe road, be forth
with loaded bis cast, drove up to tbe place,
aud bad nearly finished throwing oft bis
load by hand, when the "oosa" told luui
that w as not the way he must till or dump
bis load at once. Paddy replied that be
would know better next time. After load
ing again, be drove to the cbstm, put bis
ahouider to wheel, and unset the cart, horse
anu all into tbe gully. Scratching bis head,
and looking rather doubtful at his bore be
low bim, be oberved, "Bedad, it's a mighty
expeditious Watv, but it must be thrjto' 19
the battel" " '
A rw pats Aoo a young aud pretty girl
stepped into a store where a. sprue, youou
man, who bad len long enamored ot btr
i.... .. -n.,i suMir ai.MMi oeuiuu luvi vuw-
ter selling dry goods. In order to remain a
long as possible, sue cueapsreru siwumj.
At Tast .be said : "I believe you think 1 au
cheating you." "O, no," said lhj coungsUr,
"to we you are alwaysow." Wall," whis
pered the lady, blushing, at tbe laid, aa m
phai va tb wold, "I woaiu M MJ SJ
ioh UigliUig, If y.. w M w .'. '
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