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BY DAVID OVER.
frlrrt
Maiden ResolutJuu.
BT *.KY TTCK.
Ob! I'll tell you of a fellow,
Of a felh-w I have seen,
Who is neither white or yellow,
But is altogether green
Then his name isn't chsrruing.
For its only common <• Bill
And !■ wishes me to wei him.
But 1 hardly think I will 1
He has told me of a cottage.
Of cottage 'mong the trees,
And don't you think the gawkey
Tumblod down upon his knees!
While the tears the creature wasted,
Were enough to turn a mill;
And he hedged ine to accept him,
But 1 hadly think! wißj
Oh! he whi]>ered of devotion,
Of devotien pure and deep,
But it S'-etried so very silly,
Tlat I nearly foil ash-ep.'
And be thinks it would be pleasant,
As we journeyed down the hill,
To go haud-in-lraud together,
But I hardly think it will!
lie was here last night to see me,
And k ■ made so long a stay,
1 began to think the blockhead,
Never meant to go away.
At first 1 learned to bat..- biui,
Anil i know 1 hate bun still;
Yet he urges iuc to have him,
But I hardly think 1 nil.'!
I am sure I wouldn't choose hint,
But Ihe veiy deuce is in it;
For he says if 1 refuse him,
That he could u t iivc a minute;
And you know the blecsed Bible,
i'iawJy ays, we >mus'ui kill,"
So I've the matter over,
And I rati cr guess I will
The Old Wear itnd the ten Teat'.
BT arrcs O.VWES.
An 'i<i man, wriuklcd with many woes,
Went trudging along tnrough the wiatry
•now s;
'T was the thirty-firt of December, at night-
He had travelled l*r and was worn out quite.
The clock was just ou the click of twelve,
When the oid man stopp'd and began to
delve:
And be made a grave in the broad Wghway,
To he trampled opoa on the coming day.
Then in he crept, sud liai hardly strength,
To stretch himself out at his utmost length.
When the dock struck twelve—at the solemn
tone,
The old inic died a groan.
Just t ben a \ou!b-ame triiidng by,
With a holiday look and merry eye;
His hack was loaded with books and toys,
Which he tossed about to the girl* and law 8 *
fie gave one glance at the dead tod man,
Then iaughed stioud, ami away lie ran.
But when he coaaes back, let him laugh, if he
dare,
At the following lines wich are written them.
■ Beneath which here you view,
Lies Eighteen Hundred and Foriy-Ttro.
His grandfathers blundered so sadly, that he
Inherited only tiieir penury.
With a few little play-things he's left for hw
heir.
Who wi'lfrrlie awhile, and then die of care.
He lived, a wretched life, we're told,
And died at last, just ttcelvt months old
A celebrated clergy man was spending a
Sunday at iireenport not long since, aha
of course preached a sermon Returning
from church, he pissed i number of speci
mens of jocag Attariea amusing theaise.vcs
with a game of ma. files, rather intimately
mixed with fancy swearing
"!Uv boy," said the reverend, to an in
teresting youth of eight years, "ujj bov, 1
am quite frightened.
'>Ara yuul" answered Buttons, quite
naively , "tby the devi! dou't yon ruo then'
TITLES OF FIRJIS —One cf the best titles
of & mercantile fu-u we have ever seen is
"Call A Settle," whieh is painted in golden
letters oa a sign ta one of oar eastern eitiea. |
Customers are reminded every tium they
pass of their outsta ding accounts. "Neal
k Pray" is the title of another firm. But
the following „be;.c ill." "Tv-o attorney#,
aaja an old newspaper. "in partnership in
a town of the IJaHed States bad the name
of the firm, which wi-.s "Catchum & Cnet
um," in.fltribed in tha usual mannor upon 1
'heir office dt-c-n but as the singularity and
ominous ju*tspositinn of 'he v.-ords led to
many a roars# jclte from passers-by, the ,
mep tf hw -.ttcmpted to destroy m part
tu® ettectof Abo yjd-issoeuliob. by the (
sertiou of the -aitials of tafir Christian
Trm.cs, wbTch happened to" bo Isaiah and j
II riab- but Shis uiaao the -9air ten tiuitsj
worse, for tfie in spriptidi> Catohnni,
k U. Cbetaat." ,
A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, Ac., Ac—Terms: Two Dollars per annum.
Siaad from fender,
A QUEER STORY.
The following story was told as an actu
al fact by a sailor, who solemnly affirmed
that be knew it to be true. We have tie
story as be related it:
I was on board a slave ship bound to the
coast of Africa. I had uiy misgivings about
the business, aad I believe others had tberu
too. We bad passed tbe Straits of Gib
raltar, and were lying off Barbary, cce
clear, blight evoniug, when it came my turn
to take the helm. The ship was becalmed,
and everything was silent as the day after
tbe deluge. The wide monotony of water
varied only by the glaucings of the moon
on the crest of the waves, made me think
the old fables of XeptuDe were true, and
that Amphithrito and ber Naiads were
sporting on tbe surface of the ocean, with
diamonds in their hair. These fancies were
followed by tbe thought of my wife, mv
children and my home; and all were wildly
enough jumbled together in a delicious state
of approaching slumber. Suddenly I heard
above my head a lend, deep, terrible voice
call out, 'Stand from under!' I started to
my feet—it was a customary signal when
anything was to be thrown from the shrouds
and mechanically I sung out the usual an
swer, 'Let go/ But notbiug came. I
looked up into tbe shrouds—there was no
thing there. I searched the deck, and
found that I was alone. I tried to think it
was a dream, but that sound, so deep, so
slern, so dreadful, rung iu my cars like the
bursting of a cannon.
In the utoruiug, I told tbe crew what I
had heard. They laughed at me, and were
all day long full of their jokes about
Breaming Tom. One fellow among them
was most unmerciful ia Lis raillery. He
was a swarthy, malignant looking Spaniard,
who carried murder in bis eye and curses
on his tongue; a daring aud lordly man
who bcasied of crime as if it gave Litn pre
eminence among bis fellows He laughed
longest and loudest at my story. 'A most
uncivil gboat, Ton:,' said Le, *wncu such
seeing and fee'.iog, as well as hearing.'
T'ue sailers all joined with him, aud 1
ashamed, was glad to be silent. The nest
night Dick Burton took tbe helm. Dick
bad nerves like au ox, and smews like a
whale; it was little be feared on eart'u or
beceatb it. The eiock struck one. Dick
was leaning his head on the helm, as be
said, thinking nothing of uie or toy story,
when that awful voice again called out from
tbe shrouds, 'Stand from uuucrl' Dick
darted forward like an Indian arrow, which
tbev say goes through and through a buffa
lo, and wings on its way as if it had not
left death in the rear. It was an iustant
ot more before be found presence of mind
enough to call out, go!' Again noth
ing was seen—viotbtug hesrd. leu nights
iu succession, at one o'clock, the same un
earthly sound rung through tbe air, ma
king our stoutest sailors quail as if a bullet
shot had gone through their brains.
At last we grew pole when it was spoken
of, and tbe worst of ns never went to sleep
without saying our prayers. For myself, I
would lave been chained to the oar al! toy
life, to bare got out of that vessel. But
there we were, in the vast solitude ol ocean
and this iuvisible being was with us. No
one put a bold face on the matter tut An
tonio the Spaniard. He laughed at our
fears, and defied Satan himself to terrify
lum. However, when it was his turn at i'uc
belui, be refused to go; several times, un
der tbe pretence of illness, tie was excused
from a duty which all ou board dreaded.
But at last tbo Captain ordered Antonio .0
receive a round uoien of lashes every night,
until he should consent to perform his share
of the unwelcome office. For awhile this
was borue patiently, but at length he cahed
out, 'I may as welt die one way as the oth
er. Give me over to the ghost.'
That night Antonio kept watch ou the
deck. Few of tbe crew slept, for expecta- j
tiou and alarm had stretched our nerves up-
OS the rack. At one o'clock tba roice oil- j
led out, 'Staud from uuderl' 'Let gol' j
screamed tbe Spaniard. This was answer- I
el by a shriek of laughter, and suoh laugh- j
Ut'. It seemed as if the Ceuds answered 1
each other troiu pore to po: % and the bass ;
was bowled iu hell. Theu eauie a suddcu
crash upon the deck, as if our musts ant!
spars had fallen. We all rushed to Abe j
spot, aud there was a cold, still, gigantic |
corps*. The Spaniard said tt was luwwa j
from the s broods; a:.d when ho looked up- j
on it L* ground his tomb like a madman.—
'X know hinj,' gciay.nrd he. 'I s;ab**l hint j
aith'U cu beer's nail of t üba, -r.d drank h:s
I blood for breakfast.'
I We all ft.wid ugrn'st at th* ironitw. 1*
1 fearful whirrs "w* askei what should be
4 ** •*•••* * v ■- • • ■
done with the t;dy. Finally we agreed j
that the terrible "ght must be removed j
from us, and hidden in the sea. Four of j
as attempted to raise it; but human strength j
was of no avail—we might as well have !
tugged at Atlas. There it lay, stiff, rigid,'
heavy, and as immovable n if it had form
ed part of the vessel. The Spaniard was
furious; 'Let uio lift him,' said he,'l lifted
him once and can do it again. I'll teach
him what it is to come and trouble me.'—
lie took the body round the waist and at
tempted to raise it. Slowly and heavily
the corpse raised itself up. Its raylcss
eyes opened—its rigid arms stretched out 1
and clasped its victim in a close death grap- i
pie, and rolling over the sides of the ship,
they tottered an instant over the waters —
then, with a plunge, they sank together.— ,
Again that laugh—that wild, shrieking
iaagh—was heard on the winds. The sail- j
urs bowed their beads and put up their '
hands to shut out the appalling sound.
I took the helm more than once after, .
but wc never again heard iu the shrouus, j
•ritand from under!'
PIERCE PUNGEXT'S PEANUT'S—
HOOPS.
Little did Pierce Pungent think, when
he trundled his hoop sixty years ago. that
he was playing with the petticoats of a future
generation!—We had certainly beard our
Aunt Pearl say that the fashionable ladies
of her youtb bad certain whalebone expac- !
ders, but we maintain that the genuine Loop '
never has been io active operation before
now!
Boys iu olden time, spoke in the spirit of
prophcy, when they cried :
Couie with a hoop,
And come with a call,
Come iu your petticoats,
Or conic not at all!
Possibly the hooping cough may have .
been named after some fair one, whose damp
hoops, being nude of green wood, disagreed
with her, and gave her a cold. How beau- s
tifully also has nature provided a variety of
woods to suit that diversified sex, tfie female?
Weeping willows for widows! Oak for I
st'women' lin&ftatfoa i<tr neiies: fiue
for damsels! Crab tree hoops for old
ruaids! And so on! especially bamboo for
those dear g'rG who bamboozle u out of
our bacdeelorduin, and make us pay for the
operation!
We were deep ia the cogitation of the j
boop mystery when we accidentally met
with an vld friend who is oue of the family.
It was John Hoope, that capital Democrat. \
We brought hiiu suddeuly to his senses by
asking what he tkoight of the hoops 1
"A most respectable family," he replies;
"I belong to it!"
Putting tbe -luesiwi in a plainer way, lie
asked us into his little office, where he sits .
throned on piies of geld, like Fisher, the
pirate t* Mrs. Sipp;. He reminds iue of
Longfellow's verse.
•fokn Hoone w;s in his offi -e
A countieg of his money,
While, the pretjy ladies walked
Broad vay,
As sweet as ytllow honey?
When we wtresmted he thus comm meed:
"My dear Pungent, tbe origin of hoops is !
lost in ohscuriiy, no- is it possible to decide,
at this late day, wtether wonen stole the
hoop from the cask,or the eoopcr stole the
boop from the woroef Certainly, in tle dark j
ages, hoops were cofcilered as the natural ,
protectors of the wshiag tubes, barrels,
puncheons, and ever olker peeies of casks! j
It i3j however, a qeslion, whether t'uey
don't more effectual! dtfend a woman than .
they do a hogshead!
Our handsome yo'dg cordwaiuer whom
Beattie celebrated in hi minstrel thus;
Now, Edwin Broo'te,e was no vulgar
boy. &c., assures ns ttatiie wishes hoops in
the cellar, indeed anywhre except round a
young woman, thus u*i*ng the privileges ,
of a lover's arm! Bit ;o the tale our
murmuring Brooks rdas"
alone with a frty girl, she asked
for a kiss. Alas! tbe t> of Lading's ob- i
servatory might as well be done it! J could ;
not get within kissing dance! There the
stood, surrounded by h fortifications.—
No goose was ever inotermly secured iu
the centre of a jooseber bush than my;
fair friend, who, d -piteir wish to aid me |
iin the desperate en'.eqr, stood like a
Sevastopol with her Mtkoff-, Itedaps,
outworks, uzi chevaux fn*z! At last t
' the beautiful besieged, iter natural desire
i to meet ofe half way, hser balance, and ,
jas 1 aui a New Yorker i a Christuiu.sha j
\ rolled about ho room i.'u ixure! of lager
>A<r th a had tumbled oft stnud. As
I *ong ayr .
i "I tor a
At hot t. unlnx'p | "
Usfsfs she eonld si t>n her end." . i
Trundling a hoop do Abroad way, with e .
' . * i . . 4
BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY. JANUARY 9, 1857.
| woman iasbie, is a vast improvement upon
J the old game of our childliood. One man
i in speaking of his wife's petticoat, said it
miw>t have been raised like a barn. Another,
a lawyer, assures us that his daughter's
skeleton skirt is large enough for a small
law office. And tbeu Low fearfully made;
Why Mrs. Hoops's hoop is latticed, cor
nered, stiff, ned, ..ad Jowted iiko the frame
of the Crystal 'Palace. 1 I dou't see what a
woman wants with a husband, if she wears
uoops, for thej are her natural protector.—
A girl is as safe in her skirts as she is in a
convent. She caunot he mora *kut up freui
the worid if she were in a nunnery. Then
how are we to get along it) our thorough fares
with the women in full possession? Francois
Ravel has given walking up altogether. He
lives on flying leaps. Gown oilman Wild
practiced his famous summersault Ircm
FreetaoDt to Fillmore by jumping through
his wife's skirts.
Colonel McArdic assured Broughiuau the
other night at the Bowery Theatre, that a
dozen women in the fashionable costume,
marching aloug iu 6le or coimun, would a:
a distance, look like a regiment, and a but*
talion might easily retire and reform behind
a Belle of Broadway. And just fancy,
observes Colonel Harper, bow easily a small
detachment might he smuggled into un
enemy's town under a woman's modern
petticoat. What the wooden horse was tc
Troy, oue of these great v lialebone pettieoats
might be to some modern beleagured City.
As to a lover hidiug under a lady's skirt, it
would be a solitude for its easiness.
. It is a nice calculation, bow many square
miles a hundred fashionable ladies would
occupy, if they ever became squatters.
Our architectural friepd, Tbotuas, dc
■ dare* that it i* an improvement upon the
Lgyptaiu Pyramids. We, ourselves, hav<
I a niece whose circumference is rapidiy ap
preaching those of Babylon. The ancients
, considered a Sabbath day's journey tbret
miles, that is now about equal to walking
' once around a woman. We shall soon be
. compelled to have speaking trumpets to
. make the dear girts itcar our whispers ot
undying affection. Waikin# rm in arm it
fideutiaily informed thatUeuiu* the celebra
ted hatter, has turned bis unrivalled genius
lo the invention of an elongatiug auchor, ot
hook and eye, which will enable a poiite
gentleman to oftor his arm to a lady.
Prnsrrr CRKSMVLENAE UNDER DIFFI
CCf.TY. —The Springfield iMa-s.) Rr pub/tea
'says:—The'following} is a tuost remarkable
and praiseworthy ins'anne of what persever
ance and industry rightly directed are able
; to effect. Among the graduating class at
the last commencement at Williams College,
was one br the name of Coudit, from New
Jersey. The gentleman is a shoemaker,
• mutt ied, and has a family of fair ehildern.
! Six years ago, becoming senshle of the
blessings of an education, be cnntmtuced
learning the simple branches, tuch as arc
j taught jo our primary schools. One by
one, as he sat 0.1 his sboeicakef's bench, Lc
1 mastered grammar, atiihiuotfe, geography,
etc., with sotne occasional assltance from
his fellow workmen. At this line ite de*
' termtaod IJ obtain a collegiate education.
Without means and with a iuge family
! dependiug on him for support, ,e commen
ced and learned Latin sud Geek in the
' cveciugs, after his day's laba was over,
j under the direction of a friend and after
' the lapse of a year an d a baf, prepared
himself and entered the sophoOre class of
Williams College.
lie brought his bench and this as well
as his books with liitn. The siidcttU sup
plied i.iut with work; the fa]ty assi-teu
him; and with the fund for idigcnt stu
dents and some occasional instance from
, other sources, he was enabled* go through
the College course, and at ill same time
support bis family. He gradated ou hi*
birth-day, aged thirty-two. 11 stood high
in his class, and received a prt at cum
tuericeiuent. but declined. Athe f.trewol!
. . . 1
mcetiug of the class, in eonsidtation of his
perseverance, talents, and Chr'tun charac
j tvr, they presented him with a elegant sot
of silver spoons, tea, and tableeach hand
somely eugraved with nn approjiate inscrip
tion.
Mr. Conait will now entrr ft theological
semiuary at New York, and wl, no doubt,
make x faithful and popular rbister.
What young man in thiscouiry will ever
after such an example as tLi,ispair ofub
[ laining an educatiou!
I QRBSTTO.VS FOR DLIMANXG OCITIES.— I
' If a iiioft has nn angry boil f the tail,!
* which would be th* Best for * personal j
cafe*y- W bold on, or Ist go f
A country girl writing td.er friend 1
>svjtoi4no pcika, that the <heiug 'docs j
qot amount to much, but fh*tuggiag is j
. heavenly. * (
i •
THE OVAL CHAMBKIi
Ad American clergyman, *lm wrote an
der the signature of "Kwwan," in a volume
of travels in Europe, gives the following ac
count of a fearful chamber in the castle of
the Duke of Baden-Baden, in Germany:-
"We made a morning call at the new castle
of the Duke, which surrouuds tho bill, end
were shown through all its apartufcut..—
As if for our accommodation, he had just re
tired front his breakfast remit, that we
m'gut see the table at which a reigning
Prinee sipped coffee. We have stun the
breakfast room ami table of man J in Ameri
ca more rk£.!y furnished. The upper apart
ments wore qnite aa air of poverty, after
having seen those of Versailles, the Qifin
al, aud Turin. But the underground apart
ment; possess a fearful interest. With
lighted torches we wen t down into the cel
lar of the palace; thence by a spiral inclin
ed plane, we went down, down, until, bp a
door formed of one huge £a>, sad fitted to
its place with remarkable exactness, we en
tered a small oval room, perhaps ten feet in
dtauieUr, aud hewn out of the solid rock.—
The doer was shut behind us, and we were
buried alive under the mountain! A ray of
light eante ftu' above, and we could look
up as through a narrow ch'tuncy. A stone
was removed beneath our feet, and wc
could look down, perhaps, two or three hun
dred feet, and could see a little glimmer of
light upon a dashing current of water,
whose tuurmuring caaie unto us from be
neath, aud all ar'tiuJ the room were scats
cut out of the rock. Ar.d what was the
object and history of this awful room?
The little room above described was the
room of judgment, and the judges were let
down by machinery through the opining
above, if not guilty, the accused were
hated or feared, which made condemnation
even more certain than guilt.
When condemued tbcywerc commanded
to kiss an image of the Virgin in the apart
ment: in the movement they touched springs
which caused her to embrace them, and in
the embrace to pierce them through with
daggers. Then a trapw—- sprung beneath
in constat;; revelation by a stream of water;
by those knives they were cut in pieces,
and the tuuliilated fragments fell into tho
stream b.low.
'And there we were—receiving this awful
uairative in 'lie very apartment where these
atrocities were committed in the itatise vi
justice and religion, witu the tunnel above
us through which the holy inquisition de
scended, and with tha tunnel beneath us
through which the bodies of their victims
were let down for mutilation, so as to bo be
youd the reach of recognisance. Tor a mo
ment our blood ran cold, and we were filled
with horror. Oh, if those stouo scats, and
those walls of solid reck could spuk—if
: the injunction of perpetual secrecy were re
moved by Hint who upheaved the mountain
what au awftt! narrative they would give of
the scenes of treachery, hatted and bleed
there perpetrated iu the n*#fc of God and
religion. What waitings wore there uttered
i under the tortures enjoined by priests.
'The stone door swung open, and we. gro"
I ped cur way through a latvi iuth of ciuur
• bore and passages, dark as midnight, into
the:en ait. We were soon afterol the
railway for Fraokfort on the Maine, deeply
affuoteJ by tbq beauty and wickocftws ~i
Baden-liadcD, and thankful that its dtysol
feudal and papal tyrnrny were at a,c.id.'
A CLEAN SELL.
A shrewd countryman was in tarn the
other day, gawky, uncouth, and inocetit
enough in appearance, but m realty, witL
his eye teeth cut. Passing up Uatbant
street, through the Jews' quarter,he was
continually eueountercd with impottanitLs
to buy. From almost every store tucooc
rushed tut, in accordance with themn<ty
ing enstom of that street, to seixe uon and
try to force him to purchase. At Ist, one
! dirty looking fellow caught hitn by he arm
and clamorously urged him to beome a
j customer.
' *llave yoti got any shirts?* ioqucd the
' countryman, with a very imtotjent bk.
| 4 A splendid assortment, sir. Stein sir.
Every price, sir, ant! every styl The
■ cheapest iu the street, sir.* *
I 4 A re they clean?'
4 To be sure, sir. Step in sir-'
4 Tben,' resumed the count ryma with
i perfect gravity, *put raone, for yi need
f- H * : <
The Tage of the shop keeper mane iui
■ agined, as the countryman turning ou his
! heel. quietly pursued his way. —.■A.ij,;
—.■A.ij,; t,
A Stt.top I it. — *Coue here, b, aud
lei! nte what the four seasons are.'
Young prodigy angers; "Penp. mus
tard, salt, and vinjir: them a whatauitna
i u.w.ov# rciseUi wiifa.*' I
I
THE FOIIGED WILL.
A few years binee a man of high respee
tabjHij wi tried in England on ibe charge
of forging a will, in which it was discover
ed he had an indirect interest to a Urge
amount. Mr. Warren was the associate
prosecuting attorney, nud the case was tried
before Lord Desman.
'i'he prisoner b ing arraigned, and the
formalities gone through with, the prosecu
tor, with his thumb over the seal, he'd up
the will, and demanded cf the prisoner if
he had seen the testator sign that instru
ment, to which he promptly ansae red that
be hatL
And did you sign it at his request as a
subscribing witness?'
'I did.'
♦Was it sealed with red or black wax?*
' iVith red wax.'
'Did you see Liai seal it with red wax?'
'I did.'
'Where was the testator when he signed
and scaled this will?'
'ln bis bod.'
'Pray, how long a piece of wax did he
B£C?'
'About three or four iuches long.'
'Who gave the testator this piece of
waxV
•1 did.'
'Where did yon get it?'
'From the drawer of his desk.'
'llow did he light that piece of wax?'
'With a piece of candle.'
'Where did that piece of canu'e couie
from''
'I got it out cf a cupboard in bts room.'
'How long was that piece of candle?'
'Perhaps four or five inches long.'
'Who lit that piece of candle?'
♦I lit it.'
'With what?'
'With % match '
♦Whae did yon get that match?'
HJa the mantle shelf in the room.*
Here Warren paused, aud fixing his large
deep idue eyes upon the prisoner, he hel J
thc r&PlMun
ml} urcd lone:
'Now, sir, upon your solemn oath, yot
saw the testator sign that will—he signed
:t in his Led—at his request yoa sigucd it a
a sttosttil.jng witness—you saw him seal
'• 't witti red wax lie sealed it a
pic:e of wax, two, three or four incites long
—he lit that wax with a piece of cacdU
which you procured him from a cupboard—
you lit that candle by a match which you
found on thc mautle shelf?'
'1 did.'
♦Oner more, sir—upon your soicma Oath,
von did?'
'1 did.'
'My Lord—it's a wakes" ,
PERSONAL SKETCHES.
S. S. Goodrich in his recollecfions, recent
ly published, gives thc following striking
-sketch of that royal rake:
KINO OEORiiE IV.
But what of London in 1824? Kinj
George IV. was then ou thc throne, thou*! 1
lie was shy of showing himself in public, 3
chanced to sec him several times and uiret
to-advantage, at Ascot race-. This was a
royal cour- .-, and brought togeiher an iiu
i mense crowd of thc nobiiity nd gentry, and
as abundant a gathering of gamblers and
t! icklegs. For more than an hour his ma.
jc-ty stood in tbepavlllion, surrounded by
the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of York
>hc Marquis cf Artglesea, and other pcrson
ot note. Hp was a large, over fat man, t,|
a rather sour and discontented countenance.
A!! tlie arts of the toilet could not di-euisc
the writiiies oi nj*, and the marks of dissi
pation Slid dilapidates. His lip, were
sharp, his eyes a grayish bine, his wig
chc>tnut brown. H:s cheeks bung dutru
• pendulonslj, and Lis whole face seemed
| pallid, bioateo, au-i Gabby. Ilis coat wj,.
•' blue surtont, buttoned tight over the
breast; his cravat, a bage black stock,
scarcely sufficient-to conceal bis enormous,
| undulating jowl. On bis left breast was a
g!.tiering star, lie wore a common nat
the brim a little broader than the fashion.
Datfor the stat and the respect paid to him
he might have passed as only an over dres
sed aiiu rather sour old rake 1 noticed
that bis ecat set very close and smooth auti
, was told tlrot be was trussed attd brseed bv
stays, to keep bis 9esh in place and shape.
If was >.' id to be ti.e labor of at least two
hours to prepare him for a public exhibition
like the present. He was a dandy to tho
last. The wrinkles of hi? coat, after it was
oi, were cot cut by tho uiior, end careful
ly drawn up with the ueedic. fie had tip*
j gent, and walked badly. ! Imagine titers i
I were lew amoqg thc- thousands gathered tu
•bo spectacle who were -really ies happy
than his majesty, 'he uu'iiajehof three kpig- ,
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A LITERARY CCRIOSITY. — ID the collec
tion of Ouuut Lis Casa.s, at Pifh, there is
preserved a curious document—an attempt,
the first, perhaps the only one, of Napoleon
Bonaparte to write in English. The sets*
of this extraordinary epistle is not qui:
clear, hut the word?., as well as they eau
deciphered are follows;
'•Count lu C**as—-since sixt week 1 leant
the English and 1 do uot ajjy progres-, six
week do fourty and two day it might tir.ve
Icaru flviry word for day 1 know i; tow
UK usaoi *ni two hundred. It is the
dictionary more of fouiiy thousuud over. L
; uuuhi most ttrc.ily hour much oftenn for
know it ov {pindred and twenty week winch
do more two years, afier this you shall
agree ihnt to study one tongue is a great
labor, who it must do in the young aged.
Lorwood (Longwood) this morning the sever
March thurfday,ope thousand eight hundred
sixteen after nativity the year Jesus
Christ.
A PCZZLRD IRISHMAN.—Mr- OTlaherty
undertook to tell how many were at the
farty. The two Orqgans wis one, myself
was two, Mike Finn was three, attd-aud—who
the mischief was iimr, counting lit? €ng?rs
—the two Crogans was one, Mthe Finn was
' two, uiystif was three, and—he dad,- there
was four of c;; hut St. Patrick cotil3*r,t tell
tbp name of the other. Now its meseif
that have it, Mike Finn was one, the two
; Crogatis was two, myself was three, and—
j and be the powers, I think there was three
' of us after all.
I —a .
here, Jiui'" said a voting feliow
j the other cv-mg to an old soaker who had
evidentiy taksu a deep interest m a ilutil
Matters, and was still, with thepccdliHi oU
Ntiaory of those in h"? cooditon, e*wtfßrratiug
for another "smile" "Look-.s-bere, oid
; fellow' yon'H spoil your eonitipniou b\
this style of thing—better hi-ld up.*
"IWtitutimj he biowed"' #ai4 the old
; fellow, "4 have broke that-lnng ago!. Beeu
luing on the by-j*ws this six moo'hs."
' "I uon't care so much the bugs,"
•<. Mr. \\ oriuley to iaa head of the geu
u.l private family iu which he re.uie-,
1 ''hut toe tact is,'inarm, 1 Lai ml got tno
J I'iood to spare) you see thai yourself."