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THE IITTLE NEGRO-BOY.
V. here s" the millions that have come and gone
From earth f-o vast eternity's long year,
Breathing a little hour of restless life
Then voyaging upon a common bier
Man's last plain vehiclo from time aud strife 1
And what is said of all that endless thronr.
What of their lives, their eteds, tk'ir hist'ry all,
Who knows them now, who recollects their names,
Or what or where of them, save that the pall
Has hung upon, their silent, lifeless frames.
A'l, all is vanity, and we that now
Glory in youthful strength aud manhood's prime
Oblivion's common shade too soon shall find,
T.o soon shall sink beneath the wave of time,
Our nameless dust wide scattered by the wind.
Thou, little bey, whose being was begun
In n-wise ur.Hke all the world of man,
Whose breath Goil imparts, and who bore
In thy dark faco h'S image, though the ban
Of tyrant brother's granted theo no more
Thou too art passed that but once trodden bourne.
And death, not more thy victor than the rest,
lis seated his triumph on thy little brow
And quelled the untold pangs within thy breast,
And kept with thee his never broken vow.
What if to thee no transient honors came,
No wealth enameled thee,nor wealth bought friends
Crowded thy couch to see, thee lorn and die
Dentil by an equal lot doth make amends,
Ui.chaias t'-iy soul and gives it wings to tly.
Soon we, the few that knew thee, shall no more
Repeat thy name, and seion may-hap forget.
That ere thou wast, the living, not the dead
Engage our lives, an 1 all our minds arced
Upon what is, and will be far ahead.
. 7lut what have others, what can we possess
M-.-ra than to thee already has len given ?
TTi9 prospect of unknown forgottenness
The tempting gljries of a purchased heaven,
Whorj souls are- valued more an:l color lcs3.
Sleep, little boy. Thou hast a mother's teat's
Upon thy shroud, and bitter, purs and hot,
V rung from her heai t as ever yet have fell.
Sorrow for a:! abundant tears has got
And pours them scai.liug from the same deep well.
S',J5;p when archangel vee? shall ronse the world
Ti-.y little ear will s.naich tlie vital sound,
While prouder heads would fain sleep on for aye
And crave the sad seclusion of the ground
Then opt thine eve to an eternal day.
S. C. W. oa 'Thello's Fbie.vd.
Elcnbl urr:, duly 2Pth 1S53.
THE FLAG 0? OUR UNION.
BY GEORGE P. MOBBIS.
'A song for our bv.iner?" Tho watchword recall
Which gave the licpul lie her station ;
"United we stand; divided we fail!"
It made and preserves us a natkn!
Tho uuion of lakes, the union of lauds ;
Tho union of States none can sever :
The union of hearts, the uni n of hand ;
And the Flag of the Union for ever
And ever !
The flag of the Union for ever !
What God in his InSuite Wisdom desigu'd,
And armijd with his weapons of thunder,
Not all the earth's despots and factions combined
Have the power to conqueror sunder!
Tha union of lakes, the union of land i
The union of States none can sever;
The union of hearts, the uuion of hands.
And the Flag of the Union for ever
And ever !
The FKg of our v.n'on for over !
3HisrrIiniircii5.
Wolf Nurses in India.
Stories of wild animals that have acted the
part of nurses towards infants accidentally or
purposely exposed, arc to be met with in ev
ery part of the world, and among races of the
niobt wildly distinct character. It was a fa
vorite legendry origin for a great hero, the
founder of a nation or an empire. The stag,
tho bear, the dog, and many others figure in
these traditions; but of all, the wolf is the
most remarkable and the most frequent to be
met with. What truth there may be in the
old etory of Romulus we shall njt attempt to
decide. Sjthc reality, however, underlies
the wildest fictions; and we have, at this mo
ment, before U3 a very interesting account of
observations made in Northern India, which
may be worth the consideration of some future
Niebuhr or Arnold. They were conducted
by a distinguished Indian officer, whose name
were we at liberty to mention it, would be an
ample guarantee for their truth and accuracy
one, too, who has possessed unusual oppor
tunities for obtaining information from tho
wilder anl less known parts of the country.
In ike following notice we shall use his pam
phlet largely and without scruple, since, from
lUt having been published in a provincial town,
it has ecareely attracted the notice its very cu
rious subject deserves!
The wolf in India is looked upon, as it for
merly was in Northern Europe, as a sacred
anitrsj. Ahno3t U Ilindoof have a super
stitious dread of destroying or even injuring
it; and a village community, within the boun-
An account of Wolves Nurturing children
is their Dr.. By an Indian Official.
riymouth, 1862.
dary of whose lands a drop of wolf." 8 b'ood
has fallen, believes itself doomed to dis r lo
tion. The natural consequence is, that in
the districts least frequented by Europeans,
these animals are very numerous and cestri c
tive, and great numbers of children are con
stantly carried off by them. Only one cl .ss
of the population, the very lowest, leading a
vagrant life, and bivouacking in the jungles,
will attempt to kill or catch them. Even
these, however, although they have no super
stitious fear of the wolf, and are always found
to be well acquainted with its usual dens and
haunts, very seldom attempt its capture in
all probability from the profit they make of
the gold and silver bracelets and necklaces
worn by children whom the wolves have car
ried to their dens, andwhose remains are left
at the entrance. In all parts of India, it ap
pears, numbers of childreu are daily murder
ed for the sake of these dangerous ornaments.
The wolf, however, is Fometimes kinder
than man. In the neighborhood of Sultan
poor, and among the ravines that intersect
the banks the banks of the Gomtce river,
this animal abounds; and our first instance
of a "wolf nurse" occurs in that district. A
trooper, passing along the river bank near
Chandour, saw a large female wolf leave her
den, followed by three whelps and a little boy.
The boy went on all fours, apparently on the
best possible terms with his fierce companions,
and the wolf protected him with as much care
as if ho been oue of her own whelps. All
went down to the river and drank, without
noticing tho trooper, who as they were about
to turn back, dashed on, in order to cut off
and seeure the boy But the ground was un
even, and his horse could not overtake them.
All re-entered the den; aud the trooper then
assembled some people from Chandour, with
pickaxes who dug into the den for about six
or eight feet, when the old wolf bolted, fol
lowed by her three cubs and the boy. The
trooper, accompanied by the fleetest young
men of the party, mounted and pursued; and
having at last headed theiu, he turned the
whelps and boy (who ran quite as fast) back
upon the men on foot. They secured the boy
and allowed the others to escape.
The boy thus taken was apparently about
nine or ten years old, and ha I all the habits of
a wild animal. On his way to Chandour, he
struggled hard to rush into eviry hole or den
he passed. The fight of r.-grown up person
alarmed him, and he tried to s'eal away; but,
he rushed at a child with a fierce snarl, like
that of a dog, and triod to bit 3 it. Cooked
meat he would not eat, but he seized raw food
with eagerness, putting it on the ground under
his hands, aud devouring it with evident
pleasure- Tie gmrvoA ftiixriij if unjr iMin-rir;-
proached him whilst eating, but made no ob
jection to a dog's coming near aud sharing his
food. The trooper left him in charge of the
Rajah of Husonpoor, who saw the boy imme
diately after ha was taken. Very soon after
wards he was sent, by the Rajah's order, to
Captain Nicholett's, at Sultanpoor; for al
though his parents are said to have recogni
ze 1 him when first captured, the' abandoned
him on finding that he displayed more of the
wolf's than cf human nature.
He lived in the charge of Cnp'a'n Nicho
lctt's servants nearly three years; very in of
fensive, except when teased, but slill a com
plete animal. He could never be induced to
keep on any kind of clothing, even in the
coldest weather and on one occasion toro to
pieces a quilt, stuffed with cotton, and ate a
portion of it. cotton and all, every day, wit'i
his bread; When his food was placid at a
distance from him, he ran to it ou all fours,
like a wolf; and it was only on raro occasions
that he walked upright. Human beings he
always shunned, and never willingly remain
ed near them. On the other hand, he seem
ed fond of dogs and of jackals, and indeed all
animals, and readily allowed tbem to feed
with him He was never known to laugh
or smile, and was never heard to speak till
within a few minutes of his death, when he
put his hands to his head and said it ached,
and asked for water, which he drank and died.
Possibly had this poor boy lived, he might
gradually have been brought to exhibit , more
intellect and intelligence; but almost every
instance seems to prove how completely the
human nature is supplanted by the brutal.
The next is still from the neighDorhood of the
Gointee. In March, 1818, a cultivator who
lived at Chupra' about twenty miles of riultan
poor, went to cut his crop of wheat and pulse,
taking with him his wife, and a son about
three years old, who had only lately recovered
from a severe scald on the left knee. As the
father was reaping, a wolf suddenly rushed
upon the boy, caught him up, and made off
with him towards the ravines. The people
of the village ran to the aid of the parents,
but they soon lost sight of the wolf and his
Prev-
About six years afterwards, as two Siph
abees, from Singramow, about ten miles from
Chupra, were watching for hogs on the border
of the jungle, which extended down to the
Khobae rivulet, they saw three wolf cubs and
a boy come out of the jungle, and go down to
drink at the stream; all four then ran towards
a den in the ravines. The Siphahees followed,
but the cubs had already entered, and the boy
was halfway in, when one of the men caught
him by the leg, and drew him back. He was
very angry and savage, bit at the men, and
seizing in his teeth ths barrel of one of their
guns, shook it fiercely The Siphahees, how
ever, secured him. brouzht him home, and
kept him for twenty days' during which time
he would eat nothing but raw flesh, and was
fed accordingly with hares and birds. His
captors then found it difficult to provide him,
with sufficient f.xxl, aad took him with suf
ficient food, and took him to the bazaar, in the
village of Coeleepor, to be supported by the
charitable people of that place until he might
become more humanized. While here, his
miserable condition elicited the sympathies
of a woman of the neigborhood, who thought
he might be reclaimed by care and attntiou.
and perchance his parents might at some fu-,
ture time recognise him
She took him home to her village, where he
still remains, but, as in the former case, his
human intellect seems to have all but disap
peared. The front of his knees aul elbows
had become hardened, from his going on all
fjurs with the wolves, aud although he wan
ders about the village during the day, he al
ways steals back to the jungle at night fall.
He is unable to spak, nor can he articulate
any souud distinctly. Iu driukiug he dips
his face into the water, but does not lap it up,
like a wolf. He still prefers raw flesh, and
when a bullock dies, and the skin is removed,
he attacks and eats the body, in company
with the village dogs.
Passing by a number of similar stories, we
come to one which is iu many respects the
most remarkable. About seven years since,
a trooper in attendance upon Rajah Hurdut
Siugh, of Bondec, on the left bank of the
Ghagra river in the district of Bahraetch, in
passing near a small stream, Faw there two
wolf cubs and a boy drinking. He managed
to seize the boy, who seemed to be about ten
years old, but was so wild and fierce that he
tore the trooper's clothes aud bit him severe
ly in several places. The Rajah at first had
him tied iu his artillery gun shed, and fed
him with raw meat, but he was afterwards al
lowed to wander freely about the Boudee
bazzar. He there one day ran off with a
joint of meat from a butcher's shop, and an
other of the bazaar keepers let fly an arrow at
him, which penetrated his thigh. A lad, na
med Jauoo, servant of a Cashmere merchant,
then at Boudee, took comp.issiou ou tha poor
boy, extracted the arrow from his thigh, aud
prepared a bed for him under a mango tree,
where he himself lodged. Here he kept him
fastened to a tent-pin. Up to this time he
would eat nothing but raw flesh, but Janoo
gradually brought him to eat balls of rice and
pulse
In about six weeks after he had been tied
up under a tree, after much rubbing of his
joints with oil, he was made to stand and
walk upright. Hitherto he had gone on all
fours. In about four mouths he began to
understand and obey signs. In this manner
he was taught to prepare the hookah, put
lighted charcoal on the tobacco, and bring it
to Janoo, or to whosomcver he pointed out
He was never heard, however, to utter more
than one articulate sound. This was "Abuo
odeca," the name of the little daughter of a
Cashmere mimic, or player, who had once
treated him with kindness. The odor from
his body was very offensive, and Janoo had
him rubbed with mustard-seed soaked in
water, ia the hope of removing it. This was
J.inp fiw ww 1'ionth.s. (lurins -h!eh he was
still fed on riee and flour, but the odor did
not leave him.
One night, while the boy was lying under
the mango tree, Janoo saw two wolves creep
stcathily towards him; and, after smelling him,
thev touched him, and he pot up, instead,
however, of being frightened, the boy put his
hands upon their heads, and they began to
play with him, capering about him, whilst hi
threw straw and leaves at them. Jauoo tried
to drive them off, but could not; and becom
ing much alarmed, he called to the sentry over
the guns, and told him that the wolves were
going t-j eat the boy. He replied, "Come
away and leave him, or they will eat you also;"
but when Janoo saw them bgin to play to
gether, his fears subsided' an I he outinii'i'l
to watch them quietly. At last he succeeded
in driving them off; but tae folljwing nig'it
three wolves canu and a few nights after,
four which returned several tiuKS. Jauoo
thought that the two which first came must
have been the cubs with which the boy was
f mud, and that they would have seized hi:u
had they not recognized him by the smell.
They licked his face with their tongues, as he
put his hands on their heads.
When Janoo's m aster returned to Lucklow,
he was, after some difficulty, persuaded to al
low Janoo to take the boy with hiiu. Accor
dingly, Janoo led him along by a string tied
to his arm, and put a bundle of clothes ou his
head. Whenever they passed a jungle, the
boy woull throw down his bundle, and make
desperate attempts to escape. When beaten,
he raised his hands in supplication took up
his bundle, and went on; but the sight of the
next jungle produced the same excitement.
A fdiort time after his return to Lucklow; Ja
noo was sent away by his master for a day or
two, and found on his return that the boy
had disappeared. Ho could never be found
again.
About two months after the boy had gone,
a woman of the weaver caste came to Lucknow,
with a letter from the Rajah of Bondee, sta
ting that her son, when four years old, bad,
five or six years before, been carried off by a
wolf; from the description given of the boy
whom Janoo had taken away with him, she
thought it must be the same. She described
marks corresponding with those on Janoo's
boy; but although she remained some consid
erable time at Lucknow, no traces could be
found of tho boy, and at last she returned to
Boudee. All these circumstances were pro
cured by the writer of the pamphlet from San
aolloh, Janoo's master, and from Janoo him
self, both of whom declared them to be strict
ly true. The boy must have been with the
wolf six or seven years, during which she must
have hud several litters of whelps.
It is remarkable that no well authenticated
instance has been found of a full-grown man
' who had b jen nurtured in a wolfs den. The
! -writer of the pamphlet mentions an old man at
Lucknow, who was found when a lad in the
Oude Tarae, by the hut of an old hermit who
i had died thare. 113 is suppose 1 to have been
; taken from wolves by this hermit, and is still
called the "wild man of the woods." ''He
! was one day," says the writer, "sent to me
at my request, and I talked with him. His
features indicate him to be of the Tharoo tribe,
, who are found only in the forest. I asked
1 him whether ho had any recollection of ever
I ha-ring bocn with wolves? He id, "the
wolf died long before the hermit." I do not
feel at all sure, however, that he lived with
wolves.
In another instance a l id came into the town of
IIasanpoor,"wh had evidently been brought
up by wolves." II 3 wis appireutly about
twelve years old, was very dari, aud had firr-t.
short hair all over his boly, which gradually
disappoarel as he became accustomed to eat
salt with his foo l. He never spoke, but was
male to understacd signs well. It is not
known what eventually became of him.
These are doubtful cases; but in the former
instance there seeitis no room for questioning
the facts. Our reS Jers. nowevcr, must julge
for themselves. At all eveuls. the subject ap
peared to us so full of interesting suggestions,
that we hardly think they will quarrel with
us for bringing it thus briefly under their no
tice. The Emperor Nicholas.
The Emperor Nicholas, born July Cth, 1790, is
now fifty-seven years of age. Tall in suture, im
posing iu ine;r, and endowed with uncommon
beauty of face, he was what is called "La Phy
sique de son nile" the figure for his part. He is
truly the montrch iu his appearance. His gait,
wiiich is l.eavj and rather stiff, certainly is want
ing in grace, kut denotes strength a:id power.
His smile is wljning. his voice sonorous and plea
sant, liis fexures aie regu'ar and combine to
form a face a mxlel of beauty of the German type.
His eyes alone, which are large an 1 prominent,
have something sinister in their expression, an.l
when o ue looksfull and steadily into them, all
the charm of his beauty disappears. Sober iuhis
tastes, moderate in his passions, aud desirous of
eiif ireiug in litary discipline by the power of his
own example, he sleeps upo.i a e.mip bed, eats m--dc.ately,
with no regarl to choice of f hkI, drinks
but little wine, and tnsf mlxel with water, ris-s
e.i:lv an 1 latiors har-I, tu u!i unfj tunat-.v with
little discernment. The iniu'Te Jeta.ls of miliU
ry costume, parades in i review.-, i.bs rb much
more of his time than ti.e weighty affairs and ma
terial nj- jaities of the Empire. Up u the for
mer, he bestows hours; moments oiilv he devotes
t the calls of real dutj aiul to t pics which might
bring him re d glory. The longer one dwells
upon his character the m.re evident it is how
strangely a mistaken ourse can mislead the finest
qualities. He gave a most appalling proof of his
rare c lergy of character in a circumstance which
occurred at .St. l'eterslui g duriu? the Polish war
of 1831.
While tho cholera was raging there at that time,
the Lnver clashes in scrne way took it into their
heads tliirt th-f epidemi-? was generated by poison
thrown int) the wells by Poles. The ruiijor at-taiu-id
with ci r;c. sn! the peasants, to the
number of some fc0,0(W, cn i wild with rage, pa
raded the streets, assassinating every foreigner
they met. They assembled finally in the i'la. e
Sieimaia, an I with frightful cries of fury an 1
drunkenness, ir,c:iaced the Capital with rebellion.
This was so much the more 1 1 be dreaded, as at
moment then, -i-rt t.o tro .ps at. band. While
the riot was on it i highest irc n aim iij- excite
ment most dangerous, the Emperor was so il ap
proaching, accompanied by a single Aid-de-C'amp,
and fi llowed hardly by a hundred 0ss;icks. He
nvv'-d on slowly and very steadily through
the incensed mob, to the very centre of the insur
rection, tnd there lo -king steadfastly around,
with un lau.it.. I g:V53, he cried, in tones of thim
dr: ' D urn ujwu your knn-'s! Upon your
k:iec-i a-k par i v from your G.kI you r.v.rt ex
pect n :ne from'!' c!"
Tiie inline iS2 preitige which surroundel Nicho
las at that time, cembii.txi with such an exhibition
of daring an i courage, together with the eflei t of
the migiity and sonorous vi he struck the insur
gents witu siu ii awe that ti.ey with one accord
knelt down, and ottered n j resistaue'e, while a fe-w
ef the C ssacks seizsl an I hound many of their
number, I .a.le 1 them like so manv animals into i
b -ats, by which tliey we:e tr nsruTted no oue
k:i 'ivs wiitrc. The rest dispersed in terror, i n i
t;.c rell ioa was quelle! ao it 1 y e..eii.iiuii.ent.
Did the Sovereign in this moment cf biiccess
draw any instructive lesse n from thut s?r:ie ? D'd
he learn that masses may be governed by moral
jwwer as well as by brute force ? Not at ail. On
ti.e contrary, he drew the cou.lusion that they
mu-t :i!wys lie ruled by terror; ;;i:.l the idea re
mained strange to his mind as I ef re, that if
his pe iplj wassiill ia its infancy, and the chati
sement of the rod ther f ,re sometimes necessary,
it w;is his imperative duty, as a father, to make
that childhood as happy as pissib!c. lie h.is
spent his mighty energy of character in theatrical
shows, netvr ctpph.ye.l it against monstrous f.bu
.r.'S, r in giving a moral and ccouoitiie'al tendency
t his alliums! lati.m. He has rather played with
h s power than lab.ired with it for the accomplish
ment of grand beneficiert end-i. Thus history
shall speak of him as a great actor or comedian,
who might have been a great man but fjr the
want of a true underst.m ling of the idea f good.
Yet his conduct 011 the occasion referred to the
finest act of his life, when sea fr.m his own
poiiit of view, areuscd the cuthusi'ism of all who
oehcld it, evea my own. who feel rather reluc
tant tj confess enthusiasm up n such a subject. 1
must admit that I was struck with admiration, a
confession I make the more willingly, as it may j
buv.ni te attest my impartiality when I act the j
part e.f the .Slace m the tram of the triumphal.! j
Cesar, crying: "C.e-sir thou art bitaman!"j
The desire of accuracy in my sketcV.es forces me
to follow the above nnecdte with one of an r.pjwv
site character ''le revere dc la medaille."
On one occasion the Emperor's frowns and the
contracted muscles of his face announced an ap
proaching outbreak. No cl udof sedition had ri
sen alxive the political horizon, no sign of public
tumult appeared, and Prince Delgorowsky, des
cended from the princely house which founded
the city of Moscow, who was with him, anxiously
awaited the thunderbolt of Imperial ire. "What
is that ?" cried the Czar to the Prince in the aw
ful tones of the Place Siennia, and jointed to a
spot upon the table cloth ! The Prince remain
ing silent, and respectfully retiring, the Emperor
as little touched by the respectful submission of
the courtier, as formerly by that of the ja-asauts,
kicked the Grand Ecuyer of the Court, the most
important personage of his suite, and one of the
first dignitaries of the Empire.
His private life is as full of contradictions as his
public the natural consequence of an utter want
of any s lul basis founded up in sound moral prin
ciple. He is an affectionate father, yet tyrannize
over his children, who fear aud shun him. He is
a go;d husband, yet keeps mistresses and exhibits
them to his C nut, as if defying any one to attempt
to oppose his fancies. At one time he is kind aud
humane, at another harsh, cruel and inflexible, as
the fit takes him. He n-jver excuses the slightest
different of opinion, yet full e.f forbearance for
those guilty of vice and crime, and for every kind
of corrupt baseness. He will forgive tho highest
degree of moral turpitude in his favorit, yet pu
nish the smilkt nrdi-tion of his prconc'iv-
cd notions with imphiral le severity. Ivnic.-t;c
afiection, friendship, 1 ,ve ,f country, fidelity to
religious or p. liti. ;il princij le, are all m:uy
crimes in his eyes, wl en at variance with his
ideas, or when they became proofs of iijdeinleuce
of character in th'jse who cherish them. How is
it possible to g veru a community, whatever its
uatme, from which all seeds f vitror and pn-at-ness
are crushed outind the only means employed
are .such as ttnd to corrupt and de.-troy it ? Yet
this idea is the kev to ti.e kvsl!m of Nicholas.
'i'his system will vet
work out ti;c punishment of
his pride a fact t b ' rc 11 ret led. for this man I.a.1
every advantage nc c.-.s..ry to civi le Lua to
pursue an opn.si'e course. 1 'ate phi el him up n
a bight t-o 1 fty f .r l.im the prin--i;.'e of despo
tic authority has bad its d:ty ; he could onh rai.-e
it nT-i u by evil me;in-, an 1 these in the' cndruu. t
work out his destructit n.
Many o ourrr nces in his private life arise in ir:y
memory, which illustrate the contradiction, el
which I have been speaking.
Thus I saw him refuse a slight commuUtion of
the sentence of a political officer, notwithstanding
the earnest entreaties of the Empress, and the bit
ter tears f a distracted mother, and uboi:t the
same time I myself heard him litter, in It-half of
a favorite, words too memorable not to bo record
ed here.
(ien. Iiibikoff, now Minister of tho Interior,
then Goveruor-Gctieral tf three provinces, had at
the head of the Court of Qiancery a man who mv
toriously plundered without mercy, the inhabit
ants of these three provinces;, but who paid for his
privileged robltry in the charms of his wife, who
liecame the General's avowed mistress, with the
full con-sent of the complacent husband. When
this shameful transaction reached the ears of the
Emperor, he expressed the deep interest he felt in
the condition of more than 4.000,000 of his sub
jects, iu the remark : Let him alone!" adding,
iu allusion to the intimacy letwe.-n me General
and the Chancellor's wife: "Wc must overlook
something for our friends !"
Thus, as may be imagined, corruption froes on
apace, without let or hindrance. The following
proef of this, I fel sure, wdl hardly lie credited by
my readers as having occurred in one of the so
called civilized courts of Europe.
The Empress wishing to present some mark of
e.-teem to the famous singer Itubini, procured a
watch richly set w ith diamonds, which she ex
hibited at an evening party at Court, to the ge
neral admiration of those prisert, among whom
was the Prince of Prussia, her brother. After the
splendid jewel had been eiuly examined and ad
!nired, it was handed to the Marshal of the Court,
to be presented to the singer. Two days after the
Prince .f Prussia, meeting liubini in the street,
inquired of hiiu how he v. as pleased with the gift
of the Empress '? Upon Liuhini's taking it out
the Prince saw to his astonishment only a com
mon gold watch, the enamelled one having ap
parently melted away in the hands of the cour
tiers. S.tti-T rvnm. ill's illn-trr." forr-ii.K- n.r n.....r.
thai uiicon trolled owt-r tends tiO'viTfullv t, evil.
An energetic character aiul stiong will may at
tempt to check the current, but in vain. P.ut
there can le no harrier set to the gnidual uevilop-ni.-iii
01 l'ii 1 not... ana inquiry, lor inese are nc
cssarijy the instruments of despotism.
The Enic-ror Nicholas is destined to become a
lesson to the wor'd. that the unity of ail the mate
rial forces of a nation, the concentration of all po
litical power in one h:inu, combined with the ener
gy of will inL.r'.i.t in a character carved from the
living ro k,are not miiiciei.t to preserve and save
from destruction a principle subversive of liberty,
morality atid the dignity 'f humanity ; that a 11a
fi :i even, still in its infl.n y, must be ruled in ac
cordance wiih the laws of gradual emancipation
and development : that it is imjtossible to force a
people ino a rer..i.'rade course, and that no mau
can have p wer sidfi' i.-nt to star the laws of Pro-
ifM.cice in th ir siu-uv ai.-l i:d'ad'.b i " .rreaS.
-t the
1
present momcii , -K-r a
Ion;
cf
thirty yenrs, we see the Emperor of Ihis-ia forced
to risk :ul his changes for the future m-. n a singh
card, with a'l the interests of morality, humar
progress, material improvement and civilization
against him. Let him su.fer one serious de-feat
and he is lost ! What hr.s placed him in tt.ir
position ? Skill? GreatT.css?
A Curious Hail Zoad in Paris.
One of the most interesting sights in Paris
and one that n American cvir thinks of visiting,
as he probabiv nevr r hear 1 of it. is the Railroad
fr -m the H irr.er d' J"n:" r to Sceaus. It is but
seven mil s I mi.', an I v.a: hull, a an ettpr;nient
upon a new system of w heels. The en jine. tend r.
and hindnvTst car of the train, are fcrnished with
oblique wbie's, under the ordinary upright ones.
Where the inck is straight iocsc ..o :.i.t i.:ii''!i flu
rail but at the curve they come into play rat-ling
along t:
edge oft'.
e ra;
and
preventing
the train from rm.nii.g o.T the track. The road
was therefore made pi-irc-ilv tortuous, and most
sudden and seemingly dangerous Wuds were in
troduced at frequent intervals. The two stations
nrc circular, at id the train, as it receives its pas
sengers, is doubled up into a ring .O feet radius.
The sma lest curve upon the road '.8 feet radius,
and over this the train goes at fid! spec I. The
corners of the cars are cut off, tliat the vchiilcs, in
following the curve do let infringe upon each
other. S-eanx is upon an rr.:i;nec, which as
cends siir.iilv- with something ! ke a mile f
track it l.v goin;
ffot. The invention
; 111 ai!vanre
which bv wav,
hundred
is ten years
old has proved praeth a 'ly very successful but
it has n "ver been applied to any extent.
500 Wives Wanted!
Marriageable girls are quick in theMinr.c j-ota
market. We quote from a letter in theUoston
Daily Advertiser: "Several leading and weal-
thy citizens of fcaint Paul have married ludi
an squaws aboriginal ladies, jxrhjipsl ought
to say. These matches Oi'e caused less by
romance than by the noeessity cf having a wife
and the scarcity of white women. When there
is tin importation of the latter coiumoditv
froiu the East, it is eagerly seized. I heard of
a gentleman from our part of the country who
came out to settle with his three daughtres
In two weeks he was alone, but his family was
increased by the addition o two Bous-in law.
Prize Extraordinary. The Jacksonville
Ill.'Constitutionalist" of the 1th hasan ac
count o the exorcises at a late "exhibition
01 tne remaie Acaaemy 01 tne town. 1 nzes
were awarded to several of the young ladies
tor excellence in clnlerent dercrtiuents of stu
dy, and the performances closed by presenting
the following prize: "To Miss IS. Iline; for
Meekness of diFposition kind-heartedness and
affection 31 husttand Mr. Austin Rockwell
C7The young lady with 'speaking eyes," baa
become quit hoarse, iac.nsoqven'of ningtbem
ik much.
ARPJVA1 0' THF AFRICA.
ClxHcra in Velerthurg. olitn's i'ft-cJ:-iimtion.
lUittlr at the Ilnulr.
It is now ccnSrmed thai the r.ussi.ins l.ave r-ct-ived
counter 01 (it rs, :.n 1 will not qt.it Y Hitachi.
The Austraians have fi r the prtsei.t, entirely
relinquished the iutentkn to peaceably occupy
the principalities.
It is believed that all the emi.ler German State
will adhere to the Austro Prus.-ia1.1i cent-nti n.
The fvt-hng in England with resjiect to th
new complications is decidedly untasy.
There has U-cu scue fighting on ti.e Dnule.
Tin Turks, under Omar Puaha, in person, after
severe fighting, l.ave o-pturod the Paiiul e Island
and tie city of Giurgevo, which they t.ew
Omar Pasha says that the P.ussi..ns lost 45,000
men during the unsuccessiil tiegeof bilistr-a.
The details of the Spanidi insurrection a-e cou
llie'tir.g, but it is certain that the int-urg nts main
taining themselves, although the country duett not
ris in tiieir favor. :e report says the rel-l
were ictrratiiig towards Andalutia, nn 1 the Capi
tol was tranquil.
Private despatches from paia state that Mida-
i r'ii.H.iice l in favor f the insurgents, and
tha Valencia w.idl hortIy follow.
flotilla of Frencl anil English boats have suc
ceeded iu destroying the Russinn works at the Sa
!:na inouth of the Datiule, after a sharp resist
ance. It was rumored tl.at ft sscret Russian Dit !' mat
had arrived in London, but the report was not ge
nerally credited.
Ou the firnt of July there w ere 400 casea c f cho
lera iu Petersburg.
lioiLoosE, July 12. Tho reception of the Em
peror, who arrived at seven last night, was i.ioet
gratifying ; everywhere he was almost hef. '.ily
cheered ; he was in excellent health end fq.irits,
and appeared highly delighted with his warm re
ception ; he was in plain clothes. The Emperor,
after his arrival at the Hotel du Nord, apjareJ
at the windows, where he received one. of th'
bursts of fix-lings so rare except in Old Eng'.nm:.
At nine o'clock, he took a drive on the port in a
carriage and pair. Not a soldier or p.be ilivx:
attcuded during the day, save to keep order si
the entrance of the railway. The Euqxiror Uhty
reviewed the troops intended for the lialtic. 11. s
Majesty delivered an address, which was most ei
thusiastically received. The first division nmic! -el
for Culais immediately afterwards and will em
bark on Friday.
It apjears certain that the Emperor ht-i this
morning taken the wh le of the Hotel de Brigh
ton for a month, to arrange the embarkatr u t f
a second army corps of 30,000 men.
The troops left for Calais in high glee, singing,
laughing and bhouting. The following is an ff.i
jial copy of the Emperor's address to the troops :
"Soldiers :
"llussia having forced us to a war. Franco h
armed 500,000 of her children. Fliglai.d 1 is..? cal
led out a conni durable i.ut.dr of Ler tns. Te
day our troops and armies, uhitd ia tVit- -mno
cause, dominate in the Baltic as well t i,s ,h
lilack Sea. I have selected you to 1 tut- fir.-t
(wir.- r- - ... Vi.a "-egions of the Jirth.
English vtssels will convey you tlieic nuique
fact in history, which proves the intimate nllir.n-.
of the two great nations and the Srr; rc- V:tl n
of the two governments not to nlstiiii: io ,
sacrifice to defend the right of the v wl. , li e I.
ty of EurojK? a. id the national lienor.
Go, my children ! Attentive Eurcpe. . j m.y
or secretly oilers tip vows f. r yor.r trinr.-ph : "sr
country, proud ef a struggle v. hich 1 ::! ! hi t a t:.
the asrgressor, accompanied you 1. .'!. i;ete.i
vows; aud I, whom imperious d'tt.c. r.-t: . s.t-:l
distant from the scene of event:;, r-i.a.l l.i v.
eyes upon you. I shall be r.lleto sry "'i "
worthy sons of the crnquoror -f A'.ioter.'-r, i;
Ejl-.11, of Friculatid and of JLoshcva.' God rr.ay
protect you !
Ii-iiid. a-e! pre-k.nged khouU of 'Vive :'I.u.T"c!
-eur!" and other 1-yr.l cries, Allowed tl u rd-'rcas.
ElovJCext Kxthjct. Tl.e wa is the 1-rgit
of cemeteries, and its sluniberers tlet p h
out c monument. All gtave-vrrds in rther
!pda show symbols of distinction betveen 'L.
rreat and the small, the rich nnd tl.t! pr;
but in that cm t-tin cei ietery the kin -"-ni the
clown, the prince and the peasant are ail nliLo
undistinguished. Tlie waves red to it i
the same requiem song by minstrelsr of h:
reean is sung to their ons. ')c'r tl :r i !
juains the same storm lats, and tin. tciuc s--o
shines, and there uuclarked, the wor k r.-.d t'
jiowcrfnl, the plumed and u:d 'i:Ted. w;
sleep on utit:! awakr-ned by the snr. . t:ir
when the sea will v.iil give up it dead.
Can't Endure I r. An old maid was her
to exclaim, while sitting at her toilet the othj.'
day, " I can be. r adversity, lean t-ncounf '
hardships, and withstand the changes of tick 3
fortune but, oh, to live, and droop, and die. T-e
a single pink I can't endure it, and what a
more I won't!"
(Xf-A facetious boy asked of hi playmate, why
ti.e boss of a hardware store was like a boot
maker. The latter, somewhat puzzled, gave it
up. Why, says the other, "because the. one sold
the nails, and "the other nail the eouIs."
j)tJ-The IVtn Transcript says Iracrn Oyri'
Fester has Ik en appointed principal art.st for til
ling the new organ of St. Pauls with breath. It
is said and vt have n' t l.' tird it contia....c
that the dcaeoa is accustcnjcd to go "behind t.
organ ili't Mow it. '
rT7Thc women of the South have commcrc.d
an effort for the purchaso of Mount Vernon, to Ve
fvT ever kej.t for the nation, aud to l-e pn-t-m cd
sacrol as a place of pilgTinmge. Ihcy wi.i apj r-z,
to their sisters in all parts T the country to
them in this patriotic work.
CO-A sad accideht occured iu Va'M-- n. I aks
couuty, Ohio, on the 4th. Two men hu: tiicr
eyes blown out by the premature .;.-.- ha.-'-- -
auvil, which they were using in hvU of r. kuwjv.
WwThe merchants nd isr.nu'iict-.'T-rs. -f
Louisville, Ky., are petting up a ti n ti at
they will have published ?r.d ir. ,ih t"d by t!.-
citj" council, in Europe Shook sfctliiii; tonh ti i
inducements which that city offers to emigrant.
"Fambo, why am s locomotive LultMntLlE
abed-hug?"
"I gib dat uji before you sx it.
"15ecsu.se it runs on sleepers."
A Gkntlemak was pron-. nadiv.it a fasLt'-n-ablc
street with a biigt.t tittle Lev ut his fide,
when the fellow called cat:
"O, IV. there goes an editor!''
"Hush eon!" said the ktberl! "d ;l it nsai
sport of the poor man God nry knows
vou xcv cme tf trI.
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