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THE CROWDED STREET
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Let me move slowly thtough the street
Filled with ail ever shiltim: trsln,
Amid the sound II f ch•pa that beet
The murmuring walke like nutumu fain
Vow fwit the figures Mille
The mild, the het ee, the stormy Nee—
Some hrh4ht with thnu..rh thous smiles elm] ROW°
W her, serret tens s e lilt (licit trace.
The) pass to thil, to ,trite, to rem:
To hail iu which the fi•ast Is spread
T‘,bautlwrs trhere eh. futlerml guest
le the deed
And some 10 happy homes repair,
IVhere 4.1111.11 en, 111,,,i 11 g chuck to cheek,
\Vitt, mute or I•SM'S n bull declare
Thu ternl, they cannot rputtk.
And some, who walk in calmness here
Shall ~ h ddder as tlu•j reach the door,
iVbero-11131, wlie 111/14Y their dwulling dear,
Its 110,, ia, its light, is Sees till mare
Tout h, xith pale Cheek and tend, frame,
A 11.1 Lint , . lii Chino ('3O,
0,11 Lllllllllil.lll .Itrly ;lama,
th- pally io the t to die?
Kern son of Linde, lib ;or brown!
Who is flutt,inii w thy snare)
Thy g n ldeu ha - tuneq, they 110 W,
the glitti•ring, spivs in etc)
Who of this ,ronvil to eight !Alan trend
The donee daylight gloom a...a in T
Who sorrow (o'er the untimely &out'
15 ho writhe it, throes of mot tat pain
Some, finning ntrurk, shall think how long
Thu cold, dark house how slow thu light;
And some, who flaunt amid the throng,
;Than hole in dens of Si1:11110 to night.
Enill, Tillers his tusks or plrusures rill,
They piss and herd viol] other not,
There in al o then
. 111 llii Liege love and bounilleiin thought
These struvullog the of life Milt seem
In Irnynartl,ainllesN c011 . 1,e tellq,
Art. ead P . 40 mighty sti ram
'll3st, to Its spy., iltett ,114
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TEIE NOVICE
1 hi rfil i n (1011 of at :isterhnod
The events I ant about to relate took
place at Puris, in the reign of Louis the
Fifteenth; all excepting the natucs, or
rather title,, of the parties—fin• their first
1111 W(5 are tlfuse w luck actually belonged
to the actors of the drama—being literal
ly true.
The Count de Villeroi, a noble of high
descent and great fetidal po , :-e ,, ions, had
an only daughter, Henrietta, who, almost
in her childhood, evinced so decided a
vocation for a conventual life, that, before
attaining the age of sixteen, she entered
upon her noviciate in the convent in which
she had been educated. Returning home,
in consuquence of a severe illness, a few
months after, she met at her father's, Ad
rich, Viscount de Mornay, a young man, I
her equal in hiith, fortune and endow.
meats ; a mutual attachment ensued, and
they were on the point of marriage, when
M. de Villeroi died, leaving his daughter
under the guardianship of his only sister,
the Marquise' de Chamillart:
This lady, still young enough fur eb
quetry, had,-unfortunately, imbibed an
attachment for de Mornay, and in revenge
for his neglect of her charms, resolved to
separate the lovers ; an opportunity for
which purpose unluckily offered itself in
his being appointed secretary to an em
bassy at the Court of St. Vetersburgh.
The Marquise immediately placed her
niece at the royal abbey of Paffthemont,
Rue de Grenville, in PAris; the abbess of
\villa convent was nearly connected with
her fnily, and joined her heartily in en
deavoring to induce the fair novice to in•
crease the already large number of illus
trious ladies of the house of Villeroi who
had attained the, highest honors of the
.church.
The Marquise adopted the further pre
caution of sending to the abbey of Pan
then-tont, partly as companion, partly as
Attendant, upon her neice, a tenant's
daughter, Eugene Latour, whose voontion
for a religious life she well knew, promis
ing that if she succeeded in inducing
Henrietta to take the veil, she would her
self furnish the money required for her
entering the,,titne convent, in addition
to this, annoymnas letters were dropped,
by unknown hands, into the apartment of
the fair maiden, announcing that Adrian
was on the point of marriage to a.Russian
princess; and the marquise showed pom
rnunieations addressed to herself to the
same effect; so that.poor Henrietta, hear;
ing nothing from her false lover,..and as
sailed on every side by persuasions 'and
Arguments in favor of a religious life, was
at last driven to resume the dress and
duties of a novice, and to annonnee her
intention of becoming a mut as soon as
the requisite forms could he undergone.
• Although, however, the marquise had,
to a certain .point, succeedetiriii her end,.
one of the means which she employed
had completely failed her. Eugene La
tour, an affectionate, honest-hearted girl,
had, with the quick sympathy of youth
toward youth, become unfeignedly attach
ed to her young lady, and seeing at once,
and the more strongly from her own
deeply seated religious feelings, that poor
flenrietta's vocation was the result rather
of disappointed love than of deep devu,
Lion, and distrusting, most justly,the good
faith of the marquise, who seemed, to hem
sense of simplicity, taking too much pains
to establish that which, if true, needed .
not such reiterated proofs, suddenly de
manded her dismission and her wages,
and set forth from the Rue Grenelle, de
termined, if possible, to get to the speech
of the Viscount. de Mornay.
Whether her pilgrimage might not
have conducted her to St. Petersburgh,
there is no saying, had she not, luckily,
bethought herself of repairing to the ho
tel of the nobleman in whose suite Adrien
had visited the court of the Czar, where
she immediately ascertained that the sec
retary of the embassy had been unable to
encounter the severity of the climate, and
had beck sent for medical advice to his
chateau, near Lyons.
Hither the faithful girl repaired, hus
banding, as best she could, heiown small
means, and performing--partly on foot,
and paftly by the aid of good-natured
travelers—a journey whose duration and
difficulty can hardly be adequately esti
mated in these days of steamboats and
railroads. She found the Viscount de
Mornay, as she expected, sick rather of
grief than of disease. A similar system
deceit had been practised with respect
to him ; and he, when Eugene made her
appearance in his apartment, fully believ
ed that Mademoiselle de Villeroi,to whom
he had written repeatedly, without re
ceiving any answer, (letters which the
marquise had taken good care should
never reach the convent,) had already
taken the veil.
The tidings which his unexpected vis
itor had to tell him gave him new life
lie immeoiately despatched her to the
Princess l'otocka, the Ru ss i an wif e of a
Polish nobleman, and the friend in Paris
upon whose aid he most confidently re
lied, and proposed following himself as
soon as his health would permit.
Eugene arrived at the Hotel Potocka
on the very eve of the profession. _The
fourteenth of March was the fatal time,
and this was late on the evening—even
ing, do I say ?—befre the necessary ex
planations had taken place, it was deep
in the night of the thirteenth ; arid the
princess, as her only chance, resolved to
set forth at once on her search for the
archbishop
he archbishop was, hOWever, nowheril
to be found. All that she could learn
from the drowsy Swiss porters of the pa
lace was, that he was either in retirement
at the seminary of Saint Mag,loise, or he
was gone to pass the fife of St. Bruno
with the holy fathers of Clart'reux in the
Rue d'Enfer, or he was r, sting himself
at his country house at Con(lairs sur
_ . . _
Botlled and disappointed, the princeso
drove back to her hotel. She retired to
rest, after giving Eugene to the care of
her attendent. But, as her love of jus
tice, her hatred of perfidy, and her affec
tionate pity for its amiable and innocent
victims, made it impossible for her to
sleep, while any 'means to prevent the
int dilated injury was yet. untried, at seven
11=131
clock Eugene was summoned to the
carriage, and they drove to the abbey.
"Let me see the abbess as soon as pos
sible,- was the message sent
The answer, as :night be expected, was
a positive refusal The abbess was oblig
ed to be in office at that hour in the
church. She then asked if she might
not be permitted to ewer the convent to
reveal something to her of the greatest
importance 'File reply was :
"Ity no means, except by permission of
the Archbishop of Paris'"
And now, almost in despair, the prin
cess re-entered the carriage, and estab
lished herself at the door of the:churn,
there to await the arrival of the prelate.
The clock struck eleven, when one of
the servants of the princess forced his
way to her carriage.
"Madame," said lie, hastily, "the arch
bishop entered by the cloister door; he is
already at the altar, and the ceremony is
going to begin."
The princess and Eugene shuddered
when they beard this intelligence, but
recovering her presence of mind, the
princess wrote a few lines on her tablets,
and then ordered her valet to make way
for them through the crowd, and conduct
her to the sacristy without losing a mo-'
went., giving Eugene, in the meantime,
to the care of another servant, desiring
hi in to see her safely seated in the church.
Never had a more brilliant assembly of
royalty, nobility, and persons of varied
claims to distinction, been gathered to
gether on such an occasion. 'rho pride
of the aunt had led her to make the cere
mony of her niece's profession as impos
ing and dignified as possible.
11l did her sparkling dress, however,
accord with the deadly whiteness of her
cheek and the languor of her countenance.
as she awaited, with the firmness of de
spa.t ,
the opening of the gates of the
choir.
As she rose front her knees, a sound of
loud murmuring was heard at the bottom
of the church, among the servants in
livery.
(f Turn those footmen out!" cried a
nobleman in a very loud voice; but they
were already departing unbidden, tor they
were bearing out a young man who had
tainted, but was recovering, and strug
gling to remain where he was. Thh , -
circumStance drew lienrietta's attention
to the spot, just as her aunt was leading
her to kneel-before the observant prelate,
She saw, she recognized her lover in the
now passive youth whom they were bear
ing away, and who uttered an " Oh
Dicu !" which thrilled to her very soul;
but the angry pressure of her arm by' hoi
enraged and alarmed relation, recalled her
to herself. What an expression of inter
est, love, anxiety, and agony beamed from
her glistening eye, as she turned to kneel
at the feet of the archbishop.' But when
there, when the awful moment really
came, she felt that the ceremony must
go on, though she would be a wretch for
life. Neither that look of agony, nor
that of humble resignation which suc
ceeded, was lost on the benevolent pre.
late, who was holding in his hand tablets
enamelled in gold.
"Sister," said he, in the kindest tone,
"what is your age ?"
"She is nineteen," cried her aunt.
"You will have to answer me, madame,
by-and-by," replied the archbishop ; and
he put the same question to Henrietta
again.
"I am just turned seventeen;'' faltered
out the blushing novice.
"In what diocese did you receive the
white veil ?"
"In the diocese of Toul."
a Flow in the diocese of Toul ?" ex
claimed the prelate, in a very loud voice.
"The see of Toul is void ; the bishop of
Tool has been dead these fifteen months,
and no one there can be authorized to re
ceive novices Your noviciate is null
and void, young lady, and we refuse to
receike your profession."
He then .rose from his seat, resumed
his mitre, took his crosier from the hands
of an acolyte, and said, addressing the
assembly :
" My very dear brethren, there is no
necessity for us to examine and interro
gate this young lady on the sincerity of
her religious vocation. There is, at pre
sent, a canonical obstacle to her profes 7
sion .
_,to . any Juttkre impe44tuent,-,:we
reserve to ourselves the means to ascertain
whether any such exist. In the mean
while, I forbid any other ecclesiastic what
ever to assume the power of accepting her
vows, on pain of interdiction, su,pension
and nullity, and this in virtue of our me
tropolitan rights, according to the bull
Cll7ll p r , o• 17n us."
When he had pronounced these words,
a sound, as of approbation, was heard from
many parts of the building, but thd pre
late instantly sung, in a grave and solemn
voice : " Adjiao 1 . 071. 710StrU771 in nnmine
;"
.and turning to the altar, lie
proceeded t o givethe benediction of the
hide sacrament, while ILenrietta, scarcely
able to support herself, was led to the
nearest scat, where she hid her face in
her hands to conceal her varied emotions,
among which tliaLkfulness was predom
inant.
Mearvime. though the considerate pre.
late, in order to avoid a public exposure
of the nefarious proceedings of the mar
quise, that lie might. not disgrace a noble
family, had taken advantage of a violation
of firms to annul the ceremony, that lady
found i erself it) despised and avoided in
the circles in which she had hitherto
moved, that she was forced to quit Paris;
and, on pretence of illness, she set out, to
travel in a foreign land. And in a Imppi/
marriugc terminated this ROMANCE OF
REAL 1.11,E.
The Man with the .Umbrella..--
Among the many grave thoughts and
sad reflections that I must haunt every
wind in this trying criSlA — uf our country's
history, there are the broadest gleams of
mirth, and the brightest streaks of humor
lighting up the darkest pictures It is
well to grasp these, to keep up the healthy
balance of mind by weighing, them against
the depressing influences now
,surround
ing us. Strolling through tl , e wards of
one of our military hosp:tals, a man at
tracted my attention by the genial glow
in his eye, and the peaceful expression of
his lip, among the pale, contracted faces
around h min. I stopped involuntafily
" You are wounded ?" I said, seeing
the large box that enclosed his leg.
" Yes, sir, pretty well cut, up. Lost one
arm, you see,'' and he pointed to the ban
daged stump, " but the doctors think they
can save ny leg."
" What do you do lying here all day ?"
I asked " Ilare you plenty to read."
" Well, yes, sir, there's a plenty of
books; but you see I was hurt in the
head, and the doctors don't like me to
look steadily at any one thing long."
" I cried, astonished, " how did
you contrive to get hit in so many places
at once r
Well it wasn't exactly all at once.—
You see, we were ordered to •kneel and
fire, and a shot took me in the knee that
was up. It hurt some but I eased it
down till I was on both marrow bones as
neat as a parson, and I peppered away at
'etn as it was as handy as saying one's
prayers. I won't say, sir," and his face
grew earnest, " that I didn't whisper a
God care for me,' as I knelt in the same
way I knelt long ago at my mother's side.
Well," arid his face lighted again, " I
was hard at work, when a crashing ball
rock my arm off here above the elbow;
I thought I was out of work for that day,
but 0110 of the boys lay beside the with
his leg off, and he offered to load and hold
the musket up if I'd aim and pull the
trigger.* So I pegged away at the reb
els till a rascally fellow cut ma in the
head, then I went down ; but I held out
as long as I could, like the man with the
umbrella."
His eyes danced at the. last sentence
in a very tempting way to a lover of a
good story.
"What man with the umbrella ?" I
asked.
" Well that was when we first went
out, sir, down on the Baltimore pio-nie,
as they call it now, though there was lit
tle thought of pie-nits or any other pleas
ure when we started from home.. It ain't
exactly fair to make fun of a follow, and
then call his-.nano, so' I'll just say his
was- Stuith-r-it's a good -sort of a name,
and has served men ; before when they
wished to hide_ their might one. Smith
had a dainty way with hint that was all
his own,. Ile 'handled his musket as if
it was made of spun giros, and he was
afraid of tneaking it, and, he ground arms
its if the cobble stones were tender feet
-with violently inflamed corns. However,
*The whole sketch is truo In Incident, but Ws Is
, fset gloved by witn•sso 3.1
CARLISLE, PA., FRIBA DECEMBER 16, 1862.
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,
we got along with him pretty( well till
starting tiriv. Then Smith iis.s discov
eredf to have a long slim bundr"done up
in newspaper. In vain the c tporal no
ticed it and ordered it thrown way every
time he passed. Smith concealed it and
we were off Some of the men noticed
that Smith walked rather peodliarly, but
many of the men were too fulflif bad li
quor, and this stiffness in S7.lith's gait
passed unnoticed. It was net till we
reached the ears that it was discovered
that Smith could not sit down. A fa
vorable moment occurring, (it . was quite
dusk,) I saw him draw forth from the leg
of his trousers the long slim bundle I and
tie it to his musket.
" Soon after our arrival in ThiltimorA rt
we were ordered out on dress parade, ands
knew we were to march through the
streets to awe the natives by 6. sight of
our military grandeur. Smith .was radi
ant. He had a white shirt with 'a bosom
and a dickey, his hair smelt of pomade,
and his face of scented soap. •Alis white
gloves were of fine kid, and his boots of
patent leather. The da3i was oloudy and
just as we drew up in line, a fine driz
zling rain began to fall. Suddenly in the
centre of our line,. a fine, silk u'inbrella
went up, over Smith's head.
"'Put down that umbrella I' growled
the corporal.
No answer from Smith.
" 'Down with that umbrella; cried the
orderly sergeant.
No answer still.
"'Who the duece is that,' cried the
captain, ' down with that umbrella'
'Excuse me, eaptajn,'._said—Smith,
f.but it Will ruin my clothes t9.Tet them
wet.'
"'Put down that umbrella,' thundered
the major. _ .
"'But, captain,' said Smith, 'these
ain't Government clothes, they are a suit
1 bought myself', of the finest cloth. I
can't wet them.'
" By this time we were all in a perfect
roar of laughter. Peal after peal of per
fect shouts were heard all along the line,'
and the colonel rode up., In a minute
he saw the fun.-
" 'Put down that umbrella !" he shout
ed.
"'I won't,' said Smith, getting des
perate.
'"What open insubordination,' cried
the colonel, biting his lips to keep from
a roar. ' Corporal, put that titan in the
guard . house.' •
" Sir, they walked him off, umbrella
and all, and the next day he was called
up lit fore his whole company;
_Captain
G. threatened hint pretty hard, but he
vowed he would not walk out, it:lr thtrain
in good clothes without an umbrellas; and
finally he :Vag- broken and• sMtiliditie‘r;l,(:;
cause he defied all rulea and regulations
for the sake of his cherished umbrella.-
1 guess it was as well. I'm afraid some
of the life we've led since would have
gone hard with him."
" You have seen hard service ?" I
asked.
" Pretty fair, sir. We
mond siticeithe — hattre — of Fair Oaks, and
they treated us roughly there."
Rough ! My blood chilled at the
stories he told me with his well opened
blue eyes looking frankly into mine, and
his handsome mouth smiling in all his
pain.
"Are you sorry you anlisted ?" I
asked after the pause that follows an in
teresting recital.
Sorry !" The blue eyes fairly blazed.
" I went fur this," and he struck his
stump, " and if my country wants the
wreck that is left, I will go again. While
God spares my reason, all that is left is
lbr the good cause."
" Chalk Your Bobbins."
Everybody knows that old Sir Robert
Peel, father of the late Prime Minister of
England, and grandfather of the present
Baronet, made his money by cotton spin
ning. In the early part of his career his
business was not remarkably extensive,
but suddenly he made a tremendous start,
and bO . Oll distanced all his rivals. lie
grew immensely rich, as we all know, but
we do not all know the lucky accident to
which he was indebted for his enormous
wealth.
In the early days of cotton spinning
machincry;a great deal of trouble used to
be caused by filaments of cotton adhering
to the bobbins or tapes, which then form
ed portions of the looms These filaments
accumulating soon clogged the wheels
and other parts of the machinery, and
rendered it necessary that they should be
eleared,whieh involved frequent stoppages
and much loss of time.
The great desideratum was to find out
some plan to prevent this clogging of the
cotton, and Sir Robert, or Mr. Peel, as he
was then, spent vast sums in experiments.
Re employed some of the ablest machin
ists in the kingdom—amongst them James
Watt—who suggested various corrections,
but spite of all they could do, the incon
venience remained—the cotton would ad
here to the bobbins, and the evil appear
ed to be insurmountable.
Of course these delays seriously affect
ed the wages of the operatives, who, on
Saturdays, generally came short in pro
portion to the amount of stoppage . during
the previous days. It was noticed, how
ever, that one man always drew his. full
pay—his work was ,always-accomplishod
—in fact his loom never had to stop,
while every other in the factory was idle.
Mr. Peel was informed of this, and know
there must be a secret somewhere. It
was important thatit should be.diseover 7
ed if possible. •
The man was watched,,buk all to no
purpose; his -fellow- workmen tried to
"pump" him,, but they couldn't; at last
Mr. Peel sent for the wan in his private
office.
Ile was a rough Lancashire man—un
ablel to lead or write—little more than a
'mere animal. lie entered the "presence"
his forelock, arid shuffling on the
on th e e ground with his great eldinsy
wooden shoes.
“Tiolg,” !mid Mr. Peel, '" Ferguson,
the overlooker, tells me that your bobbins
are always clean--is that so ?"
" Ee's AJneter 't be."
" Well, Dick, how do you manage it—
have you any objection to let me know."
" Why, Master Pill, 't be a soart o'
sacret loike, ye see, and if oi told, Cothers'd
*pow as moth as oi," replied Dick, with
grin.
" ONurse, Dick, I'll give you some
thing a tell me—and if you can
make all the loh,ins in the factory work as
smoothly as yoprs."
" Every oneln 'etn, Master Pill."
" Well, what, shall' I give you ? Name
yovr price Dick, and let me have your
seovet."
Chick grinned, scratched and shook his
greathead, and shuffled for a few min
uteslr while Mr, Peel anxiously awaited
his reply. The cotton lord thought his
servant would probably ask a hundred
pounds or so, which he would most will
ingly have given him. Presently Dick
said ;
" Well, Master Pill, I'll tell you all
about it if you'll' give' me--a quart o'
beer a day, as long as I'm in the Mills—
you'll save that 'en."
Mr. Peel rather thought he should,
and.quieldy agreed to the tern's.
" You shall have it Dick, and half a
gallon every Sunday into the_bargain."
" Well then," said Dick, first lookin ,
cautiously around to see that no one was
near—" this it be,'' putting his mouth
close to Mr. Peel's ear, la; whispered.
" Chalk your bobbins !”
That indeed was the great secret. Dick
had been in the habit of furtively chalk
inn his bobbins, which simple contrivance
had effectually prevented the adherence
of the cotton. As the bobbins were white
the chalking had escaped detection.
Mr. Peel was a sagacious wan, and saw
through the affair at a glance. Ile at
once patented the invention—had "chalk
ing" machinery contrived, and soon took
the lead in the cotton spinning depart
ment. This \ vas the fltandation of his
princely fortune. It is but right to ad.l
that he pensioned off. Dick handsomely.
A Schoolmaster ,in Minnesota
A. friend of ours from Pennsylvania
visited ijoodhue county, Minnesota, last
fill, in search of-a se,hunlmastcr's berth.
After traveling on foot lOr several days,
without seeing a , inglc sellout house or
even being able to scare up a school trus
tee, .he one afternoon appn)nehed a log
cabin and a large pile of pumpkins, near
which was an " intelligent lookinpi farmer"
engaged in fashioning an ox-yoke: llis
appearance indicated that he might possi
bly be a man having authority in the cd
ucational transactions of his neigh borlioud.
'Under this pleasant Impression the itiflow
ing conversation took place, whirl c,,n
veis an idea of the Wanner in which cd
ucational matters are " done up" in air
of the corners of our American " back
woods :"
" Good afternoon, sir."
" I have been traveling thron:rh your
Country for the purpose of securing, if
po , sible, a situation as school teacher
Can you inform we where the president
of your school board resid e s ?"
" r 1 schoolmaster
, you he ? Don't know
where our presidakt's shanty. is—don't
know whether he's g.‘0t,,,0ne."
" What wages du your people pay
school teachers ?"
" What wages ? Really, young man
I can't say. Hare, you wade a 'claim
yet ?"'
"No, sir ; r don't think I shall make
one. Do you think 1 could ;.,pct a school
in your district if 1 should wake applica
tion ?"
" Really, 'don't know. Reckon not,
though. Kin you drive oxen ?"
"No, sir; never did any farming or
teaming. Educated for a school teacher
in Conemaugh township, Somerset coun
ty, Pennsylvania."
" Yeas. Kin you maul rails ? Great
chances for sich bizoess over in the Nor
wegian settlement "
" No, sir; am not accustomed to per
form such severe manual labor. Perhaps
you can tell me where I will find your
school district superintendent? Ile could
inform me whether. your district needs
wore teachers ?"
" No, young man, I can't. To be
p'inted about the matter, we don't have
no schoolmasters in these parts, nor school
trustees, nor no district superintendcr, as
you call him. All the settlers is busy
with their claims, and don't have no time
for sich onimportant consurns. An' let
me recommend you, if you don't know
nothing else than to keep school, and
don't keor about making a claim, an' can't
drive oxen or maul rails, to go back to
Somerset county an' stay there. People
come to Minnesoty to flit land an' make
money, 'cause they see it's a great coun
try. Booklarnin's no good, and we don't
want no schools. We want entorprisin'
men !"
" Yes, I see," replied, our exasperated
friend: "This is a great country, and
you might have added, in Oho words of
Gen. Ogle, of Somerset county, 'lt isn't
all fenced in yet.'"
"
And there the colloquy ended. Our
friend, in high dudgeon, left the intelli
gent looking farmer" and the Territory,
strongly impressed with tho - conviction
that Min nesotais " no great shakes" after
QM- A Dori GENERAL.—When the: Gist
Regiment loft llarriAnirg last Fall. one of the
officers took a*lendid litiledpg will iim It
soon become a great pet of the regiment and
also of the brigade. It has•been through all
the catePaign, from Rausuiciko Island to An
ti6tatn, and is novr,mte and Round, vv;th th e
regiment, opposite `Fri•derioksburg,
HAD Him Yoshi.—A waggish curate over
heard the schoolmaster giving 'lessons in
grammar. "Youcan not place a the singular
article," said the preceptor, "belore plural
nouns. No on . o can Sax a pigs, a women,
a
" ' , Tonneau)," cried the curate; lithe prayer
book knOws better than youcl should think,
or it wouldn't teach me to gay a men."
Mr. Beokford and the Duchess of
Gordon.
The memoirs of Mr. Beekford, publish
ed after his death, convey an anecdote
:representing his whimsical character as
'not unsusceptible of having a certain
"method in it," and that to a very fair
purpose.
"I once," said he, "shut myself up at
Fonthill to be out of the way of a lady—
an ungallant thing to any lady on earth
but her to whom it occurred. You must
1 well remember the late Duchess of Gor
don, as she was the continual talk of the
town for her curious mercenary ways,
land mode of entrapping men with her
`brood of daughters. I could have served
no other lady so, I hope-1 never enjoy
ed stt much. At that time everybody
I talked of Mr. flock ford's enormous wealth;
!everything about me was exaggerated
'proportionately. I was, in consequence,
a capital bait for the Duchess—so she
thought; I thought differently. She had
been told that even a dog kennel at Font
hill was a palace—my house a Potosi.—
What more on earth could be desired by
a Managing mother for a daughter ?
might have been aged and-imneeile—no
matter, such is fashion's philosophy. 1
got a hint from town of her intention to
surprise me with her hard fare at Font
hill—a sight [ could gladly dispense
with. 1 resolved to give her a useful
lesson. Fonthill was put in order fur
her reception with cverythia4. 1 could
cdevise to receive her magnificently—not
I only to receive her, but to turn (he table
upon her, for the presumption she had
that I was to become the plaything of her
purposes. The splendor of her reception
must have stimulated her in her object.
I designed that it should operate in that
manlier. 1 knew her aim—but she little
thought so. My arrangements all being
wade, I ordered my major riot/to to say,
on the Duchess's arrival, that it was un
fortunate—leverythi tug being arranged for
her Grace's reception, Nr. Beektord bad
shut himself up on a sudden, away he had
:it tunes, and that it was more than his
place was worth to disturb hitn, as his
twister only appeared when lie pleased ;
Rebidding interruption, even if the King
came to Foothill I had just received a
large lot of heoks—nothing could be more
opportune. I had them removed 'to the
MOWS Or which I 11101 'Olken possession.
The Heelless conducted herself \‘'ith won
derful equanimity, and seemed lunch stir
pri -ed and gratified at what she saw ;mil
the nude of her reeeptien—just as I de.
sired she. ho, ti ; o100 to
haVe are 10r a son In law. NV hen she got
up in the inorning,, her first question w a s,
'Do you think Mr. Beekforil will be visi•
ble today ?' •I .cannot inform.yeur Grace
11e. ,- .l<foi.trs movements ,no so Nul.y
uncertain —it is possible. Medd your
Grace take an ail in : , in t:ii• park--a walk
is the gardens?' 1:1(1')11111I,
I hill could sopp!y w !wide tioi most of
(whetting her appetite still moro. My
master or the retennoiles to the 1 tuelless
(lid not know what to Make Of his Inas
! ter, the Dnehess, or 111: emu position.—
'Perhaps Mr. Beckford will lie visible to
morrow,' was the Duchess's daily eonso
'lation. To-morrow and tibinorrew came
and went—:no Mr. Beeklbril. I lead on,
determined nut to see her. Was it. not
serving a w,onan or such a coarse nature
,pilte right ?"
-hc remained seven or eight days,
magnificently entectained, and then went
away without seeing hint. She was very
angry, and raid of him in her t age things
too scandalous to have escaped any wo
man's lips but her own. Think of such
a woman's vengeance—such a woman as
the Duchess was, \did never suffered any
thing to stand in the way of her objects!
—Book of _Thy.s.
Russian Discipline
Having found a German friend in the
head•physician of the military hospital at
Riga, I accompanied him one morning on
his visit thither. On the way he told me
how difficult it was to elicit from the icon
the, real. seat of their complaints, as every
ailing in the upper part of the body,
whether in the head, back, or stomach,
they call pain in the heart; and those in
the lower parts of the body, pain in the
leg. Having arrived at the hospital, all
the patients that were able to do so array
ed themselves in•a row, dumb and stiff as
if on military parade. "How do you feel
to-day, old man ?" asked the doctor, of
the first, " fly heart pains,'' was the ex
pected timid reply. "Tongue out," said
the doctor, und out it was. Turning to
the next, the same question, same reply,
and same tongue operation. More than
thirty in the row underwent the same
medical inquiries and process. I was
about leaving, when my friend told me to
look round. To my utter astonishment I
saw the whole lot still standing in military
attitude, with their tongues Wide out !
We looked on awhile, when' the doctor
gave the word, "tongues in," and all the
articulating organs vanished in an in
stant. My risible faculties were so ek
cited by the ludicrous scene, that it was
some moments after we were in the open
street ore I could, rather reproachingly,
ask my friend how he could play such a
trick on the poor fellows. " You must
not judge," said he, "by exceptions I
merely wanted to show you to what extent
the blind spirit of discipline prevails
among the Russian troops. Nor are the
fellows," added ho, " the worse for the
joke; on the contrary, they believe that
the cure is greatly promoted by keeping
the tongue out in the presence of the doo
tor, the longer the better," •
A BOY who had stolen some apples, was
forgiven for the rather ingenious - manner - in
which he excused himself. The sebe"h" s
ter asked hint what he had to say'fo• himself;
the urchin replied:
" The apples were Tom's ; I don't knoW
how he tot them; and now there mine, and
ho dou't kilow howj dot; them." ,
OF ALL the vanities and fopperies, the
vanity of high birth is the greatest True
nobility is derived from virtue. not Iron
birth. Titles, indeed, may be purchased;
but victuals the only coin that makes the
bargain valid,
„ „ • . ,
Garibaldi and the American War:
Some time ago, Garibaldi wrote to the 'Halted
Stares Connsul at Vienna expressing his will
ingness, if free and recovered from his wound;
to enter the Federal service. , At the time the'
genuineness of the letter was doubted;
and a Garabrildinn in London wrote to Varig
nano on the subject. The General's secretary
replied as follows: "Garribaldi being a hu
mane man, and who never denied his noble
soul, could not. have answered otherwise to
one who asked him to offer the power of his
mind and arm, in order that he might solve
the 0 ordion knot which unfortunately involves
and ravages America. In explanation of this
letter, what your great English people have
wished and carried out, the redemption
(manumission) of slavery In the island and
dependencies of your Crown, Garibalda wishes
and wills the same because the clanking of
the slaves' chains is abomination to his high
and true hearted wife, and wherever there
are tears to be dried he is always eager and
ready to help the oppressed. Not Caring to be
called filibuster or rebel, he SVIiB going td
Rome to cause to vanish from that place of
human gardeur, and scatter to the winds (be
inside imposture which keeps enslaved so
numerous a portion of mankind In America he
does not see a question of commerce, but a
human problem MS be solved He cannot
think without great emotion, that in a laud
where, as an exile he was honored with the
citizenship, thero are human beings sold, by
auction like sheep or horses. thinks and
trusts that the Federal Government will
abolish slavery. This, he says, is their duty,
and it will and mast he their decision. Such,
then, is the explanation of the note that
Garibaldi has written to the American Am
bassador When the General is autliteiently
recovered to travel, he intends to visit you id
I. nidon, when you will hear the earns front
his own lips."
Crit tot:A STolty.—The Bank of Eng
land, says an English paper, possesses
sine singular traditions and experience.
We heard, the other day, an anecdote
from an authentic source, although it re
lated to something that happened many
years ago—before the lifetime of the pre
sent generation The directors received
an anonytivius letter, stating that the
writer had the means of access to their
bullion room. • They treated the mutter
as a hoax, and took no notice of the let
ter. A more urgent and specific letter
failed to arouse them, At length the
writer offered to meet them in the bul
lion-room at any hour. They then com
municated through the channel he had
indicated, appointing sonic "dark and
midnight hour" for the rendezvous. A
ch , putation front the board, lantern in
hand, repaired to the bullion-room, lock
ed themselves in. anti awaited the arrival
„r the mysterious correspondent. Pune
timl to the hour, a noise was heard be
low. :' : 1011C boards in the flour were with
out mucli irouble displaced, and in a few
the Guy Fawkes of the bank
stood in dm midst of the astonished di
rectors ! His story was very simple and
straightforward. An old drain ran un
der the bullion-room, the existence of
which had heroine known to him, and by
moans ur which lie might have carried
away enornoois swim. fnquiry was made.
Nothim.: had hero abstracted, and the di
rectors rrw:,rtiv,l the ingenuity of their
ationyinou-3 correspondent, a working man
who had be( o emplo}rd in repairing the
servers, by a present of eight hundred
pounds.
ItEMAJ:I( A BLE LA KES IN PORTUGAL.
—On the top of a ridge of mountains in
Portugal, called Estralla, are two lakes of
great extent, and depth, especially one of
them, which is said to be unfathomable.
11/1t is chiefly remarkable in them is,
that they are calm when the sea is so, and
rough when it is stormy. It is, therefore,
probable, that they have a subterranean
communication with the ocean ; and this
seems to be confirmed by the piedes of
ships they throw up, though almost forty
miles front the sett. There is another ex
traordinary lake in that country, which ) ,
before a storm, is said to make a frightful,
rumbling noise, that may be heard a dish
trance of several miles. And we are also
told of a pool or fountain, called Ferven
cais, about twenty-four miles from Comby,
that absorbs not only wood, but the light
est bodies thrown into it, such as cork,
straw, feathers, etc., which sink to the
bottom and are never seen more. To
these' we may ad 1 - a remarkable spring
near Estreme, which petrifies wood, or
rather encrusts it with a case of stone;
but the most remarkable circumstance is,
that in summer it throws up water enough
to turn several mills, and in winter is per
fectly dry.
tirs)„..cleneral Rosecarns is chary of giv•
ing passes. A lady lately approached
him, and began with a pitiful story in re
gard to her " poor, dear sick uncle."
" I condole with you madam." said the
General in that quiet way of his. "
It
is unfortunate that uncles will sometimes
get seriously indisposed. I, too, have a
dear afflicted uncle."
" Then you can sympathize with me,"
sh© snid
" Ycs, madam, I do, and when my Un•
cle Sam gei3 over his present serious in•
disposition, I will give you a pass."
It would of course be an anti-climat
which would rain the story to relate what
tho lady did. -
ros,Those who are most ready to make
a fuss'about other people's want of mod
esty, are often they who are themselves
most obnoxious to rebuke. Thus, it was
a shrewd girl, and not devoid of true
modesty either, who remarked, when
other girls were making fun of her short
skirts and white hose, and affecting lo be
muoh shocked at the exhibition thereof
at a party; "If yqu'd - only pull your
dresses about your Tiecks,,where they
ought to be, they'd be us short as Mine I'
She was not troubled-any more.
Au amusing_aditptation—of- scored-
poetry is told of a good . old lady, who,
when told that the salvation of the coup•
try , dopppils Olt the Den - tomtit, party, ex'
elaided
011.1.00, on what ft . llenilitr thrcp.d
everlmiling thlngn."
oar When is a plant like a hog ?--=.
‘Vhen it begins to root. When it is like
'A soldier? When it begins to shoot.--;._
And when is it like an editor? WhOnit
begins to blow I
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