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Am! q!ic nilil-hii .1 iliiaiiis in lli
Aid niv heart p'-clioes Ih.- straijii tl
A .striin a muni nliil nn i -:cl a
All that 1 l...w iii-c -...ti,-:"
Mh ii-ill: IV. V.
thr Kxnrcs-j.
lavr
into the sittiriji-room to -water her
plants. Standing behind their blos
soming screen, slie showered the bright
drops upon them till their leaves hung
wet and glistening ; and while she
watched the colored rays of light glan
cing through the dripping water, a
party of merry school children came
running gaily by.
"What pretty flowers !" said one of
them, a gay girl of ten, who made A
my think of her favorite little sister
Sarah, whom she had left behind when
she came from the countrv.
And the children half-stopped, look
ing partly at the flowers, and partly !
a
answering its summons, beheld the lit
tle girl standing there.
" Why, poor child! what is the mat
ter?" she said kindly, taking one of
the tiny hands in her own and lead-j
ing her gently into the doorway
" what is the matter ?"
The child's face flushed painfully,
and Amy's tender" words brought a
burst of sorrowful tears.
but, with my permission, he would
wait till the appointed hour which
was then near at hand. Our conversa
tion was resumed ; and presently , he
asked my little ones to go to him.
They obeyed at once, albeit they were
shy children. This satisfied me that
the stranger was a man of kind and
gentle disposition. He took the chil
dren, seated them on his knees, and
" Oh, ma'am, he's dead!" said the 1 began to tell them a fairy tory, (evi-
child
. "My dear' little! girl," said Amy,
"who is dead?" - '
"Oh, ma'am, my brother," replied
dently of his own invention, and ex
temporised,) to which they listened
with profound attention. Indeed, I
could not help being interested in the
t.Amv'cvMtvcnl,f,l,;,l tKi.irtlnr.L- i llim uiai iue.no'
,.l,,ct, Inovc S.nllinrrK- Amvi"11) mi iu eu lUCIUSO 1I1UCI1, UHU uv
the child, "my dear brother Charley! i story, so fanciful were the ide.as, and
Him that the flowers were alwavs for ! i so poetical the language in which thev
l,lr.TK.
tlje- Kxi.ri.
itc hill.
ut.li at will,
lown :
i n i le i .il,e
wihili'.
luistcllancoiis.
tion, Jl:
wife wen
tT,''on a
And
lour tin- Ki'il, Wliittf :u!l I'.liie.
lowers in the Window.
""For tliie first timcj since 5-tS'comple
vrv Walden ami his
over their new Injure toireth-
a ci
W-4 house it
was wifih thu prettiest, hratest, best
'sirranji.c'J kitchen a voun'i; house keep-'
tld
er cm
mir-room
ful pari
ini: iipar
)11CC lllOff
tinj:-rooi
irrccn ai
pered w
liioice ei
II air
a young
a smile
"Lik
Ilarrv !
ervt bin
sit in h:
pleasai
ovciy morninii ea
Iiariu:n!f nicx ne
riy ixi
i .'.i.i
(lesire ; wiui tlie
L the brightest apt!
K the airiest aiid
DKMltS
Vnd when they had be
the hon.4e together, they
e. to the neal, ch lj airy sit
i, with its pretty carpet of
d oak, its deliea
lis- hung here an
gravmgs; its si.i
lurniture, where Amy's pld
fell -unoii irettv cane el
own favt
escritoir
her tiny
tlie win
chair It)i
up liesid
-,
rite pattern,.i be
v.-
- i i i
: iur tier uooks
work-table stain
lows, and the hi
her own especia
it ; and then her
to tite windows
tre open, witn tn
Is half-raised, aid letting m
..Tune- sunliirht, au
with I
turned
w h ich vw
net i blin
ic soft
June ai
flowers In the window.
fragrant
hand the eaii
vounir
j
Ju
ne.
clipped olf a knot of gay blossoms and
scattered them suddenly among the
childish group. There was an eager
scrambling, a merry laugh, in which
Amy's was not the least merry or sweet
a chorus of thanks, and the children
with their fragrant treasures divided
tiniong them ran on to school. Later
a little pale, ragged boy came by sell
ing Inciter matches.
''Do you want any matches, please,
ma'am?" he asked, looking at Amy
through the window where she was
sitting. - !
Amy's purse came out a tiny piece
of silver waslrawn from it, and she
placed it on tlie sill outside, while the
bov drew from his basket half-a-dozen
boxes of his wares, and passed them
up to her. As he took the silver and
put it in his pocket, "a little knot of
mignonette and heliotrope fell into Iris
basket. " For me; ma'am?" he said,
looking up wonderingly.
"Yes," was Amy's pleasant answer ;
31 nd the surprised look, the smile, and
the grateful "thaaikyou, ma'am," did
her verv heart fjdod.
And after this, many a little cluster
of blossoms was bestowed by Amy's
kindly fingers; now on a lame child
wjio came limping by on crutches; now
alonn with
rrm n it
fc- 'o O
Priest um-
tnost taste
liest sleep-
i '""'"
en all over
c.iine back
e : satm-pa-there
with
pie cottage
ased glance
airs oi ner
uitiiui iittte
ami papers,
ng between
f . i-
iriedieu
won't need them any more now!"
The tears were streaming over the
were expressed.
" The story ended, the stranger re
placed the children on the carpet, and
child's face like rain ; and Amy's own j approached- the table on which stood,
eyes were overflowing as she lifted j in a porcelain vase, a boquet of flow-
usi drawn
! . . .
hiii 1 1 1 litr eves
themselves,
ir snowv li-
1 the lovclv
e odors -of
ful hand of
and loving husband; had, had
the arralngement of everything in nd
about tl
witir a
wife's pi
is pretty little hojisihold; and
happy heart- herj
eased eycs,.glani
so satisfied, from one tfm
about lufr.
You likt' it, Amy ?"
k) it ?" said Amy
How pretty, hVv tasteful ey
tr i
This room
s evervthiii'r o ciinveuient and
t and the flower
mi m i 1 1
t low. hdw heautitul tlieM arc
TraTanjt - ? full "f blot An
Smilnnji he led her. tci the window-
to inhale their perfume
' " 1CSY s:Uil )-Kry
'love of flowers: and I
pleasure in arranging
tlie room so pleasant, do thev
watched his
b 15 so brijrht,
' to another
leisaid, with
Oh, yes,
that I shall
in the win-
: and so
I knew your
had so much
them. They
Ah,
ie young wife,
i
niawt
not?'
fct c. Dleasant ;mU hoincnkc.
how delicious! smiled tl
Hnircritts'to breathe their odors again
and again.
' " Anldi not only are thjcy pleasant to
us, Aniy, ' said the vqung husband,
"but tile sight of 'flowers blooming in
a winddnv is sweet to miny and many
a poor passer-by who sees, such things
rarely. I thouirht of ii while I was
placing tlicni there
Tenderly Amy kissed tlui kind hand
that held her own. " Dear Harry,"
she said, lovingly, "you think of eve
ry oner" i
"'And I thought, Aiuy," he contin
ued, "it would be so 'pleasant, that
whenever, as you sit in this'roopi, you
see little children, or poor people, such
as may often pass", going by and look
ing upj at the flowers in the window,
youwquld cutoff for them- some of. the
blossoms they may covet; So tnat
"perhaps our flowers miayUake some
other hearts as happy as ours."
, Treasuring in lier loving heart the
words (of her kind and thoughtful hus
band,
from tihe window. She remembered
them the next day, when Harry was
gone away to business
on a poor Avoman,
her baby, that crowed and clapped its
little pale hands at the sight of the
blooming treasures ; and again, when
a wan-looking milliner's girl, half-pausing
at the- window, looked with long
ing eyes at the flowers upon the sill
flowers that she never hoped to raise
in the dreary back attic where she lod
ged: that she never beheld iri the half
twilight of the sunless, silent work
room, where day after day, she was
drudging her life awav for a mean pit
tance to buy her scanty portion ot dai
ly bread.
The poor little milliner, carried her
precious flowers with Her as she 'went
to her day's labor, and dreamed over
them all day long of green country
1 .- i - -wl l.i'.-wl 1 A no 'cl'hna . .i m rl frn
sunshine that she might only see in
dreams ; and the baby played with its
nosegay with the delight w ith which a
petted child of fortune would have
welcomed its gilded and costly toys;
the little lame child forgot that he
was lame, -while sitting down on a door-
stone he leaned his head upon his hand,
and with curious eyes studied the mys
teries of every silken leaf and bud,
thinking how wonderful they were, and
remembering something he heard of a
kind hand that made flowers alike for
the, poor and the rich.
And thus, while Amy scattered flow
'erss she was also sowing seed. Among
her childish "pensioners," as Amy
jhalf-playfully, half-afl'eetionateiy call
led them, there was one who passed her
window nearly every day; a pretty,
delicate, almost frail-looking child of
some eleven or twelve years of age
a child for whose daily approach Amy
gradually found herself watching with
interest. She was poorly, plainly
dressed, yet clean ahd tidy-looking;
the faded hues and worn texture of her
garments being only equalletVty their
fresh and spotless look. Every day
she came by the window; and every
day she received from Amy's gentle
finders a knot of fragrant blossoms,
Amv only smiled as she gave them;
and this smile, with the little girl's
grateful look, and low spoken, earnest
thanks, were all that passed .between
them on these occasions. There was
not a day in which this child failed to
pass the window, not one day; let the
sun shine or the rain fall, she came
regularly, and never failed to receive
her accustomed gift of flowers.
Amy often mentioned this child in
her evening conversation with Harry ;
so that he came at last to make a point
of asking each evening if she had been
during the day to receive her flowers.
" Doyou not know her name, Amy?"
he asked thoughtfully, once.
No, Amy did not. " It is odd but
I never thought of asking her," she
"said. "I suppose it is because there
arc so many others who fome in the
them to those of her husband, who had
come out to the do0r.
"0, Harry Harry!" she said, tre
mulously. " Harry, hear her !"
"My dear," he said, gently, "bring
her in." And each holding a hand of
the child, they led her into the sitting
room. ..
There, with the rapid te'ars render
ing her wprds broken and painful, she
told the simple .story that needed so
little time to tell. It was her brother
Charley, who had been ill for so long,
and had died that morning;1 and she
had come to let the lady who had been
so kind to him know about it.
"M-J child," said Hai'ry, gently,
"Where do you live? We will go
home with you."
And soon the husband and wife were
on their wav to the dwelling of the
child. It was not far distant; they
had only the length of a fe streets to
walk, and in a Humble tenement, the
home of respectable and honest pov
erty, they found what they were seek
ing. A plainly, poorly furnished, yet
clean and tidy room, with a pale and
sorrowing mother weeping for the trea
sure she had lost ; and lying upon a
narrow couch in the corner, that ere
long he would exchange for one yet
narrower, the rigid form of the young
man the child's dead brother, the
widow's only son. "
The sheet, that covered him was fol
ded aside, discovering a pale and was
ted but beautiful and serene face, bear
ing the traces of a long illness, patient
ly borne; the heavy, geld-fringed lids
were closed -calmly over the lull eyes
the. fair hair smoothed away from
the pleasant: brow thai seemed yet. to
wear the smile it had known in life.
It was already arranged for its last
resting place. The thin white hands
were crossed upon the breast, and one
of them held a bunch of fading flowers
Amy's flowers. Their perfume lin
gered yet around the dead. He had
died with them in his hand, with the
request that they might go with him
to his grave with the blessing of the
dying breathing over the last of The
Flowers ix the Window.
An Illustrious Exile-
AX AUSTRALIAN' -S'.CETCIT.
A few years ago I made the acquain
tance of --an elderly lady, w hose hus
band, so far back as 1701), held an of
ficial position, both civil and military,
in the colony of New South Wales.
Many anecdotes she told me of cele
brated characters who had, in the
words of one of them, "left their coun
try for their country's good." With
most, if not', with all of these ""celebri
ties, the old lady had come in contact
personally, j '.
''One morning," she began, "I was
sitting in my drawing-room with my
two little children, who are now middle-aged
men with large families, when
a gentleman was announced. I gave
the order for his admission : and on
his entering the door of the apartment
I' rose -from my chair and greeted him
with a bow which he returned in the
most graceful and courtly manner im
aginable. His dress was that of aman
of fashion, and his bearing that of a
person who had moved in the highest
circles of society. A vessel had arriv
ed from England a few days previous
ly with passengers, and I fancied that
this gentleman was one of them. I
asked him to be seated. He took a
chair, opposite to me, and at once en
tered into conversation, making the
first topic the extreme warmth of the
day, and the second the healthful ap
pearance of my charming children as
he was pleased to speak ot ttiem. j
part from a mother liking to hear her
children praised, there was such a re
finement in the stranger s,. manner,
such a seeming sincerity instil he said,
added to such a marvellous neatness
same way, am
1 I
of asking so many
ers. These he admired, and began a
discourse on floriculture. I listened
with intense earnestness, so profound
were his observations. We were stand
ing at the table for at least eight or
ten minutes: my boys hanging on to
the skirt of my dress, and every now
and then compelling me to beg of them
to be silent.
"One o'clock came, but not thema
jor. I received, howeVer, a note from
him, written in pencil on a slip of pa
per. He would be detained at Govern
ment House until half-past two.
"Again I requested the fascinating
stranger to partake of luncheon, which
was now on the table in thenextroom;
and again, with the same winning smile,
he declined. As he Avas about, as I
thought, to depart, I extended my
hand, but, to my , astonishment, he
stepped back, made a low bow, and
declined taking-it.
"For a gentleman to have his hand
refused when he extends it to another,
is embarrassing enough, butforalady !
Who can possibly describe what were
my feelings ? Had he been the heir to
the British throne, visiting that penal
settlement in disguise, (and from the
stranger s manners and conversation
he might have been that illustrious
personage,) he could scarcely have,
under the circumstances, treated me
in such an extraordinary manner. I
scarcely knew what to think. Obser
ving, as the stranger must have done,
the blood rush to my cheeks, and be
ing cognizant, evidently, of what was
passing through my mind, bespoke as
follows :
" 'Ma dam, I am afraid you will nev
er forgive me the liberty I have taken
already. But the truth is, the passion
suddenly stole over me, and I could
riot resist the temptation of satisfying
myself that the skill 'which made me
so conspicuous in the mother country
still remain tome in this convict land.'
"I stared at him, but did not speak.
" 'Madam,' he continued, 'the pen
alty of sitting at table with you, or
taking the hand you paid me the com
pliment to proffer me yourself in ig
norance of the fact I am about to dis
closewould have been the forfeiture
of my ticket-of-leave, a hundred lash
es, and employment on the roads in
irons. As it is, I dread the Major's
wrath; but I cherish a hope that you
will endeavor to appease it,, if your
advocacy be only a return for the brief
amusement I afforded your beautiful
children.'
" 'You are a convict?' I said, in
dignantly, my hand on the bell-rope.
" 'Madam,' he said, Avith an expres
sion of countenance which moved me
to . pity in spite, of my indignation,
hear me lor one moment..
"'A convicted felon, how dare you
nter my drawing room as a visitor ?
I asked him, my anger , getting the
better again of all my other teelings.
"'The maior madam,' said the
i , i
stranger' 'requested me to De at ins
louse at the hour when I presented my
self : and he bade me wait if he .were
from home when I called. The major
wishes to knoAv avIio was the person
that received from me a diamond neck
lace which belonged to-- the Marchio
ness of Dorrinsrton, and came into
- CJ ;
my possession some four or five years
a0. jtt a state ball at which I had the
honor of being present. Now, mad
am, when the orderly who opened the
front door informed me that the Major
was not at home, but that you were,
that indomitable . impudence which so
often in the drawing-rooms of the
aristocracy of our country, took pos
session of me ; and, warmed as l was
with generous wine I determined to
tread once more on a lady's carpet, and
enter into conversation with her.
That muck I felt-the Major Avould for
give me ; and, therefore, I requested
the orderly to announce a gentleman.
Indeed, madam, I shall make the for
giveness for the liberties I have taken
fn this room the condition of giving
that information which- shall restore
to the Marchioness the gem of which
I deprived her a gem which is still
of expressjon, that I could not help
thinking he would torm a very valua-
should never think ! ble acquisition to our list of acquam
tlioiV T.imfs von i tances. provided he intended remain
knoAV. But I mean to ask her to- j rng in oyancy, insieau oi wuuug iu
mnvruv Tftirrv Pp'rharvs wo may be 1 the interior of the colony.
of use to'hcr, or to the family if they "I expressed my regret that the
tioo.1 lnln " " ! maior (my husband) Avas from home ;
1 . . . .. . I I...L T i.f ; - .1 xl. A T Ulrw
Another morning aw the pale little ; nn i meiuioneu mm x i-Apcucu mm
"iri comin" along earlier than usual ! at one o'clock, at which hour we took
ii..,0,: i..,(v ,i v! Uvrro : luncheon: and I further expressed a
4 . . -i. .- ..i . 1 ... viintni. ii-AitLi wimiin run itvliot imn!isisinn(HiI v. 1 am no Other
blue eyes heavy and dim witn tears. ,ulu' "",;r. , ,
Harry had not yet gone to business; , partake of the meal. Uith a very , man than Barring ton , the itet nous
1 A ,t-: nrottv smile (which I afterwards dis- nicknocket : and this is the hand which
di nv.1 ivmvi uiiii iuuu"utiui iius- xvmv was seiii; u uuuuu 1410 nuoi- 1 --- . ... ii . 1 . . .1 1 1 j e - i
Amy turned with liim at last ! band as he sat by her at the Avork-ta- covered had more meaning m it uian in its aay nas geuuj u.ui
U1C3 ui 1 auii iv ... j .. ..
fwhich were in my possession, under
lock and key, when fortune turned
her back upon me.'
" 4 Barrington, the pickpocket J'
Having heard so much of this nxanj
and of his exploits, (although, of course
I had never seen him) I could hot help
regarding him with curiosity ; so much
so, that I could scarcely be., angry
with him any longer.
"'Madam,' he continued, I have
told you that I longed to satisfy my
self whether that skill which render4
cd me so illustrious in Europe still re
mained to me in this country, after
five years of desuetude. I can con
scientiously say that I am just as per
fect in the art, that the touch is just
as soft, 'and the nerve as steady as
when I sat in the dress-circle of the
Drury-Lane or Covent Garden. s
UI do not comprehend . you, Mr.
Barrington,' I replied. (I could not
help saying mister.) i
"'But you will, madam, in one mo
ment. Where are your keys ?'
" I felt in my pocket, in which -1
fancied they Avcre, and they Avere gone.
' And your thimble arid pencil-case,
and your smelling-salts ? . They are
here. (He drew. them from his coat
pocket.) - S
" My anger was again aroused. It
was indeed, I thought, a frightful libi
erty for a convict to practice his skill
upon me, and put his hand into the
pocket of my dress. But, before I
could request him to leave the room
and the house, he spoke again; and1
as soon as I heard his voice and look
ed in his face, I Aas mollified, and
against my will, as it were, obliged to
listen' to him. '
"'Ah, madam, he sighed, 'such is
the change that often comes over the
affairs of men ! There' was a time
Avhen ladies boasted of having been
robbed by Barrington. Many Avhom
I never robbed gave it out that I had
"done so: simply that they might be
talked about. Alas ! such is the weak
ness of poor human nature that some
people care not by what meatus they
associate their names Avith the name
of any celebrity. I was in' power
then, not in bondage. 'Barrington
has my diamond ear-rings!' once ex
claimed the old Countess of Kettle-
bank, clasping her hands. Her lady
ship's statements were not true. Her
diamonds Avere paste and she knew it,
and I caused them to be returned to
her. Had you not a .pair of very
small pearl drops in your cars this
morning, madam?'
"I placed my hands to my carsj
and discovered that the drops were
gone. Again my anger returned, and
I said, 'How dare you, sir, to place
your hands on my face?'
" 'Upon my sacred word and honor,
madam,' he replied, placing his hand
OA'er his left breast, and bowing, .'I
did nothing of the kind! The ear is
'the most sensitive part of the human
body to the touch of another person.
Had I touched your ear my hope of
having these drops m my waistcoat
nocket Avould have been gone. It was
the sprsngs only that I touched, and
the drops fell into my left hand.' He
placed the ear-rings on the table, and
made another Ioav bow.
. " And when did you deprive va.Qx of
them ?' I asked him.
" When I-was discoursing on floricul
ture, you had occasion several time3
to incline your head towards your
charming children and gently reprove
them for interrupting me. It was on
one of those occasions -that the deed
Avas quickly done. The dear children
Avere the unconscious confederates in
my crime -if crime you still consider
it since I told you, and I spoke the
truth, that it Avas not for the sake of
gain, but simply to satisfy a passionate
curiosity. It Avas as delicate and dim
cult an operation as ever I performed
in the whole course of my profession
al career.
"There was peculiar quaintness
and humor and of action thrown into
this speech ; I could not help' laugh
ing. But, to my great satisfaction,
the illustrious pickpocket did, not join
in the laugh. He regarded me with a
look of extreme humility, and main
tained a respectful silence, which Avas
shortly broken by a loud knocking a
the outer door. It was the Major,
Avho, suddenly remembering his ap
pointment with Barrington, had con
trived to make his escape from Gov
eminent House, in order to keep it.:
The Major seemed rather surprised, to
fand Barrington m mv drawing-room;
but he Avas in such a hurry, and so
anxious, that he said nothing on the
subject.
"I withdrew to the passage, Avhcnce
I could overhear all that took place.
" -Now, look here, Barrington, said
my husband, impetuously, 'lAvillhave
no more nonsense. As for a free par
don, or even a conditional pardon
at present, it is out ot tnc ques-
five thousand a year, you ATouUnever
be able to keep those fingers jvours
quiet. . - 4-.
" 'Well, I think you are riglf , Ma
jor,' said the illustrious personsie. 1
" 'Then you will write that ler at
once r
" 'I will. But on one conditip,'
' 'Another condition.' V'ii. '
"'Yes.' -j . ' ' -'.
" 'Well, what is that conditio ? You
have so many conditions that Ji.begin
to think the necklace will not bSli forth
coming after all. And, if it be'ijot, by
ii
' 'Do not excite yourself lounger,
Major. I give' you my honor
" 'Your honor! Nonsense! tiThat I
want is, the jewel restored fio its
oAvner. i r .
" 'And it shall be, on coridiCin that
you will not be offended, grif rously
onenuea with me tor whatl hatpdone
this day.
"'What is that?' ; ,
" 'Summon your good wifei nd let
her bear witness both; for and i gainst
me.' '..;"' ;f -
"My husband opened tlie. di iwing
room door, and called out fBesHe !'
"As soon as I had made my pear
ance, Barrington stated the ca(!fi all
that had transpired with niin te ac
curacy; nay, more, heactcd th( entire
scene in such a Avay that it be ame a
little comedy in- itself; the schaa$ters
being himself, myself, and the child
ren", all of which characters hrepre
sented with such humor, that nj y hus
band and myself were several V&ies in
fits of laughter. Barrington, Howev
er, did not even smile. He afljted to
regard the little drama (and tbi I made
it the more amusing) ;as a,- veryenous
business. . ' .. & .
"This play over, my. husbah;4 .again
put to Barrington the question- 'Will
you write that'letter,at once ? '
" 'Yes,' he replied, 'I will; t I see
that I am forgiven the liberty! 1 was
tempted to take.' And seatirj j him
self at the table he wjrote : i
" 'JSIr. Barrington presents (Is com
pliments tOsMr.-,- and requests that
a sealed packet marked DNv lo. 27,
be immediately delivered to tli bear
er of this note. In ihe eventbf this
request not being complied, wf h, Mr.
Barrington will have; an .'opportunity
ere long oi explaining to Mr. -L- in
Sydney, New South j Wal!fes,iiat he
(Mr. ) has been guilty dM an act
x" : x 1 1 .-.i-
ui egregiuus luiiy.
thousand Italian volunteers inj defence
of Sardinia against Austria--is su
gesti e of liberty, ind by many of his
countryuren he is fevered, aliiiost as a
"Washington.. j ;, j j
On Louis Napoleon alternatively
the, Prince, the outcast, the fugitive,
the prisoner, the pamphleteer and the
Eniperor the ey is of the wprld are
now fixed, as upon an arbiter of the
destinies of Europe . j , -
Francois Certain Canrobet, Mar
shal of .France, Senator, Avas born.in
the year 1809, and belongs toj ah hon
orable family of Bretagne. . -
Baraguay d'IIiliers, it is announ
ced by the Niagara, will command one
of the divisions ofj the French, army to .
co-operate with Sardinia, and ;is there
fore of note in th4 present crisis. Ho'
Avas in 1849 military- governor, of
Rome and commatider-in-chief of the
French army in Italy, thought former
ly he had been alFrepch prisoner of
war in Porlchester, castle, and at a
time when no barjole Svas granted to
any prisoner, wnateycr migui pe nis
rank. " J 1 -:
Cunt Jacques Louis Cesar Alex
andre RandOn, Marshal of
formerly Minister!
and Senator now
France,
named as the Major General on the
Jfiedmontese frontiers was born at
Grenoble, on the 25th of March,1795.
Frances Joseph, Emp'erer of "Aus
tria who. has been so . energetically
preparing for war, in spite of his youth
and inexperience, and Avith the Napo- :
leon with whom h has to ileal, in con
nection vith the infuriated liberals of
Italy, has undoubtedly been actuated
by a "determiried jambition. , He was
born in August, 1830, and is conse
quently but nearly twenty:nine years
of age. He is the "son of th!e Arch
duke JFraricis Joseph: Ilia tjtles, be
sides that of Emperor of Austria, are
King of Hungary and Bohemia, King
of Lombardy and Venice, Archduke
of Austria and other minor titles. '
A California Hunter and His Pets.
A letter from an Francisco says:
"There is an old mountain guide and
trapper here of te Kit Carson and
Old Hicks school lpmed Adams, He
has lived all his Iifej among the Indians
apd wild beasts, and I belie vc prefers
their company. to that of white men.
"A few years ago old Adams took it
into his head to collect and tame a
number of grizzlyjbears, anjd before ;
vy-7 i y A ,. ' I uuu m iuiMy v utvwv V'- ;
"fourteen months passpipaway, sters, who got to love and Obey him !
when one morning mv husbantjreceiv- with the fondness ahd docility of span-!
ed a letter, from a gentlemanHri . the iels. Finally he came to San Fran
Colonial Office. He clapped h -hands, Cisco with his petst and has been on
cried 'Bravo ! and then read me as exhibition at a place Avhich the calls
i.2
the 'Pacific Museum.' He. has bears
Major Thl? great of all kinds, degrees, colors and sizes.
has been as goodies his One named 'Samlori,' weighs 1,700
is again in piftBession bounds, another lt200, and several
follows :
" 'My Dear
pickpocket
word. My lady
of her brilliants. Do whate?r you others from 80fto900. These crear
can for Barrington in the colowt but j tures he plays andj gambols AritK in a
keep a sharp eye on him lest htihould most remarkable manner. He has al-
come back and once more getnold of so a great variety of other California
that necklace.' rifv and Oregon animals equally tame and
fMv husband sen ; for Baiington tractable. Adams begins to 'tliinlc
to inform him of the jresult of Jhis let- that people here do not properly ap-
took an: opporjCTjaiiy: oi preciatc tne AvorKS oi v nature, wnicn
asking the illnsuianaji L if thire were is, perhaps, a fact, as bears are com
any other valuables jwhicml VouM mon in these regioas.'i andhais about
KC to restore iu mcugmiinuuo. mating AVltll HIS pet monsters tOrNeAV
" ' Thank yau noi Avas tltf reply. . x ors, and thetce to London' arid Pa-
k inrn are. iris iruci siuiurviiuu-ur- uo mav no !irr.nin timt; timv
tides in safe custody; at hom' but as will makv a sensatiJn, for never tefore
it ia impossible to sav what xitlv be in was such at)icure (Dxliibitedi-an old.
. . . .i a ? n .v i ... . . . . z j - '
he future, they had better- tojgjtbe pre- ironcKsome,i,lte ired monntameer, '
sent stana m my owuuau;. uciqsKin suit : romping
-f - uwini iMiiiuiws noH are reckoned the
fciiio xi en ox me iunc . .imosi terrioie in wiHforld. Tho gr
We condense the fpllowingketches ziy "t-aii wu u.u jhtful ' creature
of some of the leading men lfcthe im- to iook at, not onfy io,big yagt sjz0
pending struggle, in iJi.uropeur-v.om ya- ...vV r-:t uiie'an-
nous sources : i JL . imai. X s
Victor Emanuel II.. KiniAvOf Sar- " TZ .
.im?. ma nnnt.v 5int the - The way W spoil urns.
orv,v'ii: nni;nnwlT?iirnnA. A late writer and a responsible ohv
an Avar that Turkey did to tSe Urim- too, nas prepareu peverai y-;
ean, is one of the prominent:, vctors in the use of parents-motners mpariicr
tl,o m-ftt Hriimii nnn heinr dieted on ular WUO Qe8ire 19 maite vueir uauaw
the Eastern hemisphere. Oe House ters M accomplished ;" wc mean in th
of Sayoy, of which he is thcC??ead, dev modern definition bf the word. That
scends trom the oiauounts ?ai parol- tnese rtwipvs e-., -
, i.:-. , proven by nunarms m woras oi sor-
Thc latest news places General Ma- row and regret. Parents, read at-
mora in command oi tne oartmiaiar- iramey, m'v"
. . . i 4 i "
my, ready to co-
Napoleon, against
ma.
dy to co-operate, w'iih Loiiis ing: J ' j .
n. against Austria jt a mo- Be always telhqg her, from earliest
ment's notice. General amorais childhood what a 1 beautiful creature
an old and tried soldier, hen the she is. It is a dpitalway to inflate
Crimean war broke) out, ancT Sardinia. the vanity of a little girl to be con.
;mnfl the Western Powepi airainsf stantlv exclaiminit, " How pretty.
Rn9; and the Sardinian 5ntincrent Children understand such flattery
was raised, he was placed in?ommand, even when m" ihf nurse sf arms, and
. . - i l V t f lit.. . 1 1a iliinAfi in'iin in
rope. -s- iiirounu ivj'u
rn, Ai.rnnu i v Ti.iriin hs tifriir-1 pintJtptr ana ricn urcwe. ui uwi
m iry-i- o I -
cd in the quarrel 'very prominently. I upon her at once,
He is the Sardinian ambasf dor, and al adornments oi
ono of considerable distinC fion at thel ers, and nowers,
with all the artifici
flounces, and feath-
and curls. Fond-
and she came
ble: and neither of them knew the 1 was at the time aware oi,; ne learea
child was so near, till there was a gen- : he could not have the pleasure ot par
tie knock at the street-door,-atrdAmyj taking of the hospitalities of my table
unpledged, and in the possession of .tiou. In getting you a ticket-of-leave
one who will restore it on application, j I have done all that I possibly can ;
and, as I am a living man, 1 give you
fair Avarning that if you do not keep
faith with mc, I willuncfoichatlhare
already done. A free pardon ! WThat?
Let you loose upon the society of Eng
land again ? The Colonial secretary
would scout the idea, and severely
censure the governor, for Tecommend-
xou know, as well
accompanied by a letter in my hand
writing.
" Again I kept silence.
niMflflnml' be exclaimed, some-
AXCfcAUL. - ,
Tr,3 r a. i
present time. . j ness tor arcss wu( iuus wecym jtuui-
The firm Rtnnrl tken hfJonnt Ua-lineni cuaracvfrisnc, uuu; urn ubui i
vour, the Sardinian prime Minister, to the whole attcntibn of thi young im
compel the admission of tbardinian mortal, and be ai long sep towards
government to rcpresenuvcvu u;iuc ejwimit
proposed European PcaccCongress,
in? such a thing.
realized, in all, upwards of thirty-five ; as I do, that if you returned to Eng-J -lue name
thousand pounds, irrespective of those ! land to-morrow, and had an income of: di he who
and to enforce a recognition of the
importance of that Power mong the
great nations of Europe, Kls marked
him as a prominent man in &iewof the
impending war, and of , thejpari in it
wnicn it necessaniy assiguea mm. ne
was born in Turin, Augusi10, 1816,
and belongs to an ancient land weal
thy family of Piedmont. j
The name of Joseph Ma: y uaribair
i . ... : 1 - a. x
now commafvas me icu
Let her visit so much that she finds
no happiness at .home, and therefore
will not be apt to stay there ana icam -home
duties. It; is a capital thing for
a spoiled daughter to seek all her hap
piness in visiting, and change of place
and associates. jShc will thus grow as
useless as modcrp fashionable parents ,
delight that thei j daughtejrs should be.
Let her reading consist of novels of
the nauseatinghi sentimental kind.
She will be spoiled sooner than if "ho