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STJMMAHY OF NEWS
tb3 Week ending-March 21,rlS74.
For
Staulev writes to the Dady tms that attet
cxref.il invet"ii:atiii lie-is convinced Dr. Liv'mtr-stoiit-
is di.Mil. railiunieiit iv-assfiiibh-l nil the
tilth: the (Jueen's sjieeih lvfvrs to the cnutfhuaiiee
-f..i...i.llv clntions between England amlifuivii'ii
imwers. and alludes to the-inarriairi of the Duke
of lMinl'iuuh as a Jiledue of friendship. hrtween
,.-.. mrm Kim.hvs. Cat-list forces imiltjr (Jen.
s..l-.Urt enti red Olot without opposition. 4 After
Ion" deh.Ue in the Fiviitli Asscitihly .Thursday,
il, i..s.,'fi;:i'ii ottered lv the Lett, ceiisuilmg tue
i .mm.'ii; for its action in reference to the iioiu
illation of Mayors f cities, whs defeated-hjia ma-
ir.rif i t ( ,'aptai ii ii-neral J ovellar has suspend
t,l-T.'.i!!ii.ni(iilv the inautrnratinn id" the law exact-
:nV .m- t'oiirih duties -in irold, which was to tak
effect on the 1st of April; he has approved the law
mrJioriziiii the circulation of foreign doubloons at
517 and American piece xt $21. i lie troop
Jim Tamar arrived u Portsmouth on the tWai
jV.in the iold Coast, with the fusLiii.-is on boaiil.
Tl.,. hri-r In.histi v. hoia Santos, was run into
l.v an unknown schooner on the lHth, and stove
liVr Marhoard hid wal ks and hroke her stanchions.
From l.'ais a specie increase of twenty-six and
a (j'.iaiter 'million (fiaucs is announced. By the
steamer Mikado, from Sydney. N, SyW., February
l.i. tie' .!!. r.viiitr iiiteili-reiice li i-s been received: in
Victoria the work f railroad extension was going
on, and there w as every pros) ect of its cimtiiiuaiici-;
the Commissioner of iiiiilways v.:is coiistraineu to
promise a deputation which, wailed on him that a
survey f-hoiibi be made of an entirely new line
thr. uLh tiie I'pptr Yarra villages), which skirt the
iiit.'oi:i ent Aloine, .scenery of tl::;t district. In
New So.jth Wal.s exiy;.-ive lush tires have pre
vaih .l of late at jCy.imha. ivka. near Taivuttu: late
I-,:;, s have ctiised iiiioils and t'l eat l.iss of projrty
at
t
tlaud
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'iK-wiiviv in the liijiter district;
the military stores
is said. o er a ipi
money.'
in this colony now represent. It
irtcr of a aiillion sterling in
poMKSTIf..
" The Mavor
f Chic:'p rtfuseitia committee
f ladies ajVet.
of the ordmanctj ;tHoW!ntr saloons
.1 , . l . i .. . i : .
t.. L-....1. ,,'iiUi on i mi :iv: n was uiaiiiiv 11110.1 nil!?
isiie thai .'lie w a.-
eii'ii. and ne saei necotiiu uoi
,1
II" -31 1.1
lionortiMv 'veto the
teh-irrani says-that
bed tlie mail of S-.H1
ordinate e.-f A 'iehmond, Va.,
a colored mill driver has rob-
two hundred thousaiid dollar
itid drafts. U few of which he
in 1 lost ojlice order
llseii; Iltose recovereu nm efi""" i.-
L-d
.1 - ...1 , 1 lw. 1.. it. n-.. .1 to 1lln nu ll-
1. .... 1 .
t.,sJ. At Washington. Sencer. from the V ommerce
Committee,- has repoi t-d favoraiiy on the biji if
the House of Representativis ai.rojiri4tin
too f,.r the improvement of the (1011th if the Mis
sissippi1 river.: hut the matter w'ps laid over. A
w l ite woman; the wife of a coWed man named
.lam.-s Freeman. liviiiLT at Falmington. Conn.,
braii.e.1 her dailirhter. a-ed Ir1, 1utl1 an axe on the
lilth: jealousy was the causv.-lt is stated thatjhe
detective kili'ed bv the Younger 1 brothers, iu St.
Clair cmntv. Mo". Tuesday, b.loi-ed to the party
who wetit tVom'St. Louis privately in the hope ot
captiiritiirthe(iads Hill railroad rushers. A Shhi
ner niemorial cele'm atiou was parm'.paied in by a
l.irtre number of colored people in Savannah, via.,
M iivh I; a numhir of voued rclimis and hen-
ev'oleot societies asseni.b!el at1. 1'ljUipV church.
where addresses were delivered by several-colored
1(,n The Massachusetts democratic members of
the Legislature held a caucus to consvler the Sen-
atoi-liip: tiiere was a p-nei.n 00.-11.
hip: there was a p-neral mt rcii;iire 01 seim-
inents upon ueneial j.nncijiles. the ton- ol
marks bcinic almost universally in favd; of 1
tne re-
maKino;
a straiirht party .nomination lor r-enaior. im- mm-
Hiiruillouriica Wltl10i.ll (lectuill!.' upon a ict..o..o..
i
REVIEW OF THE MARKETS
For the Week ending March. 24, 1874.
i
1 tVKi:i ii . March IS. Cotton linnet: uplands
K-4: Orleans . Sales -JT..W0 bales, hlcludig
(HHI sjitH-ulatioll and export.
NKW VoliK, March l-. Cotton tirni lit Ihi'a
f,j Southern tlotir dull and lower; commm to
fiir t'Wtr'a :Tva 7 5mh1 to choice $7sll.
"Wheat dull; -Va'-! cents1 lower, with a limfcod de-
.... ...1 ..-..t..M liO i oi?i h shaie firm
er at f-vi for new western mixed:
..'.,.. e.,i? - Tm nentine steady it t
Fork dul: new
li ci 4l.Kosin
active at 's'2 4"- " vfninient. Ootids
stromr and actrve. i
WlIMrNuroN, March lr-. Spirits miict 4 4 .
'( Vude steiiillc at 1 lW for hard, and 2 IHJ lor yjlh.w
,Pp Kosin'djn. at 1 W for strained. Tar idull
J lVKKliio March I'd. Cotton aetivel and
firwe...uts of l.tHKl halw. including 4.K.)lnles
for Ovulation and pxport. L'ulaml, i't Inf
low low middlin-s. shipied February and M;-ch.
fid. Fplands, nothing In-low gooa ordinary,! oe
livenhle Mav-and June. td.
Ni w Yokk. March 19. Gold dull at llb
1 11 1 Government bonds are strong and but hVtle
doiM- Cotton dull and lower to sell at llVi'u
cents" Flour quiet and heavy-common to tir
-extra s:iXa?7-2,V. gl to choice. WdsU.
AVheat is dull-audi toil cents lower C on, uV-cha.,-1.
Kosin steady at ' ?r Pn
turpentine stealy at 4'J cents
mess slr 12. Beet quiet.
Fork firm ueiv
o. l. 1 Snirits turueiitiiu'
So sales i-eporttKl 44 cents bid. Kosm at 1 tfj
for strained: market tirm. Crude turjientme
Oil for velloxv dip and 81 90 for hard; marke
steady. Tar at ?2 25 ty bbl; market quiet. Cottou
at 14 cents. " .
Livkri-OOL, March SO.Cottow tirm; uplands
II Ml liltl.. a1! UIV14 '. j- - - .
l i"H0 V.:il; for snei'ulation and export. The
lr eans :U. Willi Mies ih.lo'.ow i, i...
din
sales for the oast week foot tro 115.000 bales; for
... .-...A a- 15 Hilll. o,.t- 71 '1 -
export u.w. ior spei-uiauou j...-".., "
Oik.) hales, of whkh 341,000 ace Ameriean: receipts
for the week 73.000 bales; -American 47,000 hales;
actual export H.1HX1 hales.
I sEv Yokk, March "20. Gold dull at 11 1.
(iovenimeiit bonds stronir and active. Cotton dull
fit. 10 J. Flour dull aud lower; common to fair t-x-.tra
6 SOi 7 20; irood to choice $7 25S f 11. Wheat
is beavr and lffii cents lower. Com is a shade
firmer, 'new western mixetl 55?. Rosiu firm at $2 50.
Spirits Turpentine tirm. Pork dull and nominal;
uiessei61"2fa16 2:.
WiLMlXGTON", March 20.; spirits turpentine
44 cents; market quiet. Strained rosin fl.So; mar
ket n trust. Crude turpentine, $2 IK) for yellow dip
, and 1 90 for hard; market steady. Tar 2 lo:
market dull and dtvhiunsf. Cotton, no wlea to
Home Circle.
MR. BUTTOXBALL'S VISION.
"Xow, Uncle Buttonball, I think vpu
are foolishly prejudiced about it."
Mr. Benedict Buttonball, commonly call
ed ''Uncle Ben," shook his head at Frank
orrall s levity.
"Maybe I am," said lie, "but we're not
to blame for our convictions. I can't help
mine, anyhow. And I couldn't aiiv more
marry in the face of my promise to Ileph
sibah, than I could join the Mormons !"
"Paulina l'ejjper is a pretty girl," said
Frank, meditatively, cleaning his nails.
"Ami a good girl, too. Although not
voune;."
"If she was, she wouldn't be suitable to
me-!-" said Mr, Buttonball, "I don't deny
that it's all true enoughs what vou sav.
But, youj)erceive,.I'm the ictim of cir
cumstance." . - "Circumstance be hanged !" ejaculated
Frank AVorrall, losing his temper at -last,
and banging ,the door behind him, as he
hurried out of the room.
While Mr. Buttonball again shook his
head, took his silver spectacles out of their
case, and unfolded the newspaper.
"Poll)- Pepper would make a nice wifer
he thought to himself. "As plump and
round and fresh-colored as aSeptember
peach, or a cabbage rose; anil a woman,
too, that thoroughly understands house
keeping. I almost wish I hadn't promis
ed my dear departed llephsibah never to
marry again T But it's all past ami over,
and-it can't be undone, more's the pity !"
And resolutely, dismissing all shadowy
speculations, Mr. Buttonball plunged into
the three-syllabled tides of a political lead
er, iu the llophn Clarion Progress. n
"Isn't he a fool !" said Dorothy Martin,
petulantly jerking her needleful of worsted
through the square of canvas she was em
broidering. "And is he really so super
stitious about breaking the promise that
unreasonable virago of a wife exacted from
Limf;
"Unquestionably --he is," said Frank
TVorrali, screwing and unscrewing the top
of Dorothy's ivory needle-case. "I suppose
he actually belives that my Aunt llephsi
Lah would haunt Lim, if he married, again,
without her express permission. For a man
of ordinary - intelligence, Uncle Buttonball
is superstitious."
"How?" questioned Dorothy.
"Oh. he sees winding-sheets in the can
dle, believes there will be a death in the
family, if a dog chances to howl under the
window, and would sooner cut off his right
hand than begin haying, orgo on a journey
on a Friday."
"Frank !" hesitatinglv began Dorothv. -
I "Well?"
"What sort of a woman was your Aunt
IXephsihahf You know I never saw her.
She died before I came to Hopton to live."
"A little, fat woman, with spectacles,
and a brown fore-top, who always wore
brown giugham, and talked through her
nose. I forgot, though she li'ail a mon
strosity ol a cap, with a lnil two inches
wide all around it, and a colossal bow of
snail-colored ribbon perched on the very
top a guy of a cap, only tit for a scare
crow." i -"Not at all like Pauline Pepper," said
Dorothv. '"And Paulina really likes Mr.
Buttouba.ll and she needs a home, poor
thing. Not to speak of Mr. Buttonball's
evident admiration for Paulina. It would
certainly be a match, if "
("If it wasn't for dhe departed Mint in
snuff-colored ribbons," said Frank,-witli an
irreverent imitation of his Uncle Button-
ball s eculiar intonation Avhen speaking of
his deceased wile.
For Aunt llephsibah had ruled Mr.
Buttonball with a rod of iron during her
life time, and it actuallv seemed as it she
were determined hot to '"let up" any after
she was safely screwed down into her eoihn.
"Poor Paulina," said Dorothv, looking
thoughtfully out into the bleak November
skv, where leafless boughs were tossing to
and fro in the moaning wind, and stray
Hakes of fluttering snow betokened a com-
iii"- tempest.
"And poor Uncle Buttonball," echoed
Frank Worral. ""Upon the whole, darling,
it looks like a hard case.
"Past eleven o'ebxkT said Uncle But
tonball, looking up at the clock over the
rims of his silver spectacles. "Well, I
hadn't an idea it was so late. And snow
bur and Mowing like all possessed, and th
wnid howling down the chimney fit to set
a man's teeth on edge. Just such a night
as poor llephsibah died four veers ago, and
bless me !" with a slight, cold shiver
down his spinal column. "If it ain't fhe
20th of November the identical anniver
sary of the sad event. Poor Hephsy,"
folding his hands and looking thoughtfully
into the fire; "I hope she's happy 'in, the
other world. She never took much comfort
in this, what with flies, and dust, and poor
kitchen help."
And then Mr. Buttouball tell into a doze,
or a reverie he never could be quite cer
tain w Inch from which he was aroused by
the old kitchen clock striking twelve.
"3Iidnirht ! It ain t possible V cried
Mr. Buttonball, chilly, uncomfortable, and
superstitious. "And the fire e'en a-most
out. I guess I'll rake it up and go to bed."
But as he rose with a sort of rheumatic
fetiCuess from the chair, the door leading
from the buttery creaked slightly, a slow,
ieavy footstep souuded on the floor, and,
tokinsr around with startled and dilated
eves, Mr. Buttonball beheld the departed
itepbsibah.
Hephsibah herself, with the identical
fore-top and brown curls, the frilled cap and
th bow of snuff-colored ribbon, while a
pair of green spectacles (Aunt Hephsy had
bedn subject to sore eyes) gleamed at her
surviving relict like emerald moons.
'Benedict !" spoke out the quavering
and nasal voice. "Benedict! Benedict!''
(It Mas always so, Uncle Buttonball re
membered, in all . well authenticated ghost
stories, the summons was distinctly enun
ciatedjthree times.)
"TV w well, my dear," stuttered Mr.
Buttonball, holding tightly to the arms of
his chair lest his teeth should chatter him
off from it. -
"I have brought a0 message from the
other world, Benedict," solemnl' uttered
the Presence. "You want to many again!"
"X not if you object to it, my dear,"
faltered the shaking widower. "I I
that is -"
"Peace ! Disturb not the voices of a
higlier sphere !"
"No, my dear, I won't," said the submis
sive husband.
"Peace, I say !" (Ilephsibah's old way
of putting him down, without a loophole
for argument), "and listen. You are ab
solved from your promise to contract no
second marriage. Ycu arela free agent. My
eyes are opened now to muSifthings, among
them the folly ofjny earthly jealousies. G o,
marry whom you! will, and my blessing rest
upon your bride ) The word is spoken,
the oracle is closed."
JMowly the brown-gmghameu lorm re
treated backwards, with gleaming spect
acles and uplifted finger, through the but-
terv door, into the back kitchen, while
Uncle Buttonball sat staring and transfix
ed with an agony of superstitious terror.
, "He has reallv asked vou to marry him,
Paulina!"
"Yes, really,'1 said Paulina Pepper, her
blooming face all smiles and dimples
"And I'm so edad ! Because there can't
be any harm in owning it now, Dorothy
dear I did like him ever so much !"
"He's a very nice old I mean middle
aged gentleman," said Dorothy Martin,
demurely. "But I thought he had deter
mined never to marry again."
"Oh, that's all settled," cried Paulina,
looking complacently down at the red
shine of her garnet engagement ring. "He
11. 1
thinks he has had a vision that his de
parted wife appeared to him, and released
him Irom his vow.
"Dear me ! said Dorothv. "How very
strange."
"Of course the dear fellow must have
been asleep and dreaming, though don't
you think sol '
"Undoubtedly, said Dorothy
"For what are you laughing
t, dear?"
Paulina Pepper broke oil' to
.-5
a v.
"NotlniiiT. notuuur; only it seems so
ridiculous that, in this age of the world
people can believe in irhosts!'' cried Dor
othy, giving way to a hearty peal of laugh
ter, as she caught up her embroidery am
hurried out of the room. Frank Worral
followed her.
"Dorothv
said he, "it was you
"What do vou mean
"The-ghost."
"Prove it, if vou can !" ciied Dorothv
saucilyi And that was all she would ever
admit.
; But Benedict ' Buttonball and Pauiiu
Permer were ma-rried at Christinas, ami live
happy and serene, except that Mr. Button
ball is on the um vive tor a second aniiari
tion, when the anniversary of the 20th o
November airain rolls around. lie believes
lie shall see llephsibah again. Dorothv
Martin is pretty certain he won't.. We shall
see w hich of the two is .correct.
An laze "with Diamonds.. Mrs. Astor,
the wife of the hundred millionarie of Xew
York, appeared at a party given at her
Fifth Avenue resilience one evening last
week, at which she literally blazed with
diamonds. On each of her shoulders she
had four stars, the size of silver half dollars,
made of diamonds. Her hair was set thickly
with. diamonds, and her head seemed aflame
with them. There was a diamond", band
eau upon her brow. She had diamond ear
rings, and a diamond necklace of magnifi
cent proportions. Upon the two sides of
her chest were two circles of diamonds
about the size of the palm' of the hand.
From them depended lines and curves of
diamonds reaching to her waist, around
w hich she wore a diamond girdle. On the
skirts of her dress iu front were too large
peacocks wrought of lines of diamonds.
There were rosettes of diamonds on her
slippers. - There were diamonds, large or
small, but in every variety and form, all
over her dress and person wherever they
could be artistically placed. She present
ed anVxtraordiiiary, dazzling spectacle. A
connoisseur in precious stones, who was
present, says the diamonds she wore could
not have cost less than a million dollars.
Wokhs of Approval. The ability to
find fault is considered by some people as
a sure siirn of superior insight, when in the
majority of cases it is only an Judication of
shallowness and ill-nature One ueserves
as much credit for seeing the Tueritsxof a
picture as its defects, for finding out the
lovely traits in a character as for lying in
wait for its imperfections: indeed, he who
steadfastly and on priuciple determines to
see all the good there is iu any person is
that person s greatest lenefactor, and can
do most to lift him up into what he might
be. Following this vein a little further, if
we love our friends not only for what thev
are, but for what thev are capable of being,
our very love wilt assist in transfonning
them into the realization of the ideal for
w hich we love them, and thus the constant
outpouring of our affections toward them
will act as a perpetual lever, lifting them
nearer and nearer the realization of their
desires. Let no one doubt the truth f this; it
has been proved by practical demonstration
Let us not be charv of complimentary
and appreciative utterances, but forgetting
self and remembering those dearer or who
should be dearer, iu assuring their happi
ness and success, most surely secure our own.
Love rules his kingdom without a sword.
TIIE EMPRESS EUGENIE.
Correspondence of N. Y. Herald.
Eugenie-Marie de Montiio was born at
Grenada, Spain, on the 5th of May, 1826,
and is consequent! v, though no one would
guess the fact from her face, forty7 eight'
years old. Those who believe in the om
ens of dates will note that the oth.of May
is one famous in Bouapartist annals, for it
is that on which rsapoleon I. died. How-
ever, when LiUgeme was uom,
nothing
seemed more improbable than that she
would ever marrv a crowned head, ior her
mother did not occupy the brilliant posi
tion which court biographies and memoirs
would have us think. Her maiden name
was Kirkpatrick-Closeburn. She was de
scended from a $coteh family, and was
married to the Count of Montijo and Teba,
who was a grandee of the first class, but
w ho had not much money. For some rea
son, too, the Count of Montijo soon tired
of his wife's company, and the pair were
separated long before the Counts death.
With her two daughters for Eugenie had
an elder -sister the Countess then travel
ed from country to country, and spent some
years in London, where she lived in re
tirement,1 and went little into society. On
leaving London, which, it is said, she found
too expensive, Mine, de Montijo returned
to Spain, and resided for about three years
in different parts of the Peninsula, her
place of predilection being Seville. But
towards the year 1S45, she came to Paris.
and some documents found at the Prefect
ure de Police, under the Commune, brought
to light the following queer notes about
her: "There is staving atXo. 45 Hue St.
Antoine, in a rather shabby apartment on
the third floor, a Mme. de Montijo, who
professes to be the wife of a Spanish gran
dee. Her style of living is modest, and
she receives no visits from ladies; but three
or four times a week, a number or gentle
men, principally foreigners, come and spend
the evening with her, and play cards. It
is presumable that they are attracted as
much by the beauty of Mine, de Montijo's
two daughters as by the wish to gamble."
On the margin of this police note the Pre
fect of that tiiue, M.Delesscrt, had writ
ten: "Find out whether Mine, de Montijo
is really the w ife of a nobleman;" and on
a paper appended to the above was this
brief statement: "Mine, de Montijo is re
ally what she asserts she is, the wife of the
Count of that name, but the couple were
virtually divorced three years after marri
age, and the Countess professes to live on
her jointure of 10,000 francs a year." The
word "professes" was underlined in both
notes, and it is evident that the authorities
supposed the foreign lady derived the lar
ger share of her income from the mainten
ance of one of those private gambling sal
oons which have at all times been com
,mon in Paris. Wl.ether this was the case
or not need not be conjectured; but it it
v ere a fact, it would entail none of the dis
credit which attends the encouragement of
gambling in other lands, seeing that the
f'rench look upon games of hazard with
wondrous respect and affection.
As to the note about the beauty of Mme.
de Montijo's daughters, nothing that could
have been said on this head would have
been exaggerated, for they were both love
ly to an astonishing degree, and were,
moreover, known as "fast" girls but not
fast in any evil sense. They were ,well
guarded by their mother, aud had all the
virtues and modesty of well-bred young la
dies; but they rode a good deal, dressed
exuberantly, and, in the flying excursions
which thev .made now and then to frpam,
they delighted iii bull-fights, masked balls,
and other amusements of a dashing kind.
It was during one of these excursions that,
being at a bull-fiirht one day, the two pret
ty Montijo girls were seen by. the -.Duke of
A.lba, and this circumstance led to a very
romantic passage in the life of the future
Empress of the French. The Duke of Al
ba was immensely rich, and bore one of
the finest names in the kingdom. He was
also vomir. handsome, amiable and charm-
g in every way, so that it was an exci-
tin? day for the two sisters when he ob
tained an introduction to their mother, and
began to visit at their house with assiduity.
He came every day, aud would sit for
hours and chat. In the evenings he came
again, and wherever the Montiios were to
be seeu, whether at theatre, promenade or
party, there was the Duke of Alba dancing
attendance on them, and exeitiiiff fine
storms of jealousy in the breasts of other j
Spanish young ladies who pined to wear j
his coronet. For a long time, however,
there was no telling which of the two sis- i
ters he preferred, and the point was solved
only on the day when he proposed to the
elder one. Eugenie, who perhaps loved
the Duke, or who perhaps had simply r.s
pired, after the manner of young ladies all
the world' over, to make a dazzling marri
age, was cruelly wounded by her disap
pointment, and, in the first burst of grief,
tried to commit suicide. You will not find
this little episode in official histories; but
Ilis a true one, nevertheless, and well
knovyn to"all who are versed in the private
chronicles of society. Eugenie swallow ed
poison; antidote was administered in
time;" but the drug left a trace behind it
in the shape ofaconvulsive twitching of
the mouth which nas not disappeared to
this day. Eugenie could not then foresee
her imperial destiny, bntxthe time was rap
idly, approaching when shewas to eclipse
her sister in a way as startliiigxas it was
unexpected. Thanks to the wealth and
rank of the Duke of Alba, the posirkm of
the Montijos was now very different fkun
what it had been previous to themrjnagev
When Mme. de Montijo returned to Paris,
she hired a mansion in the Champs Elvs-
s. and became a regular frequenter of
the parties given by the President, Prince
Louis Napoleon, at the Jbdysee.
And so it befell that at a ball given by
the President at tte Elysee, some nights
onlv before the coup d'etat, Eugenie mot
her future husband and Emperor. The
sorflewhat romau-
tic: Louis .Napoleon did not care much for
the crush of ball-rooms, and he had chosen
a propitious moment to escape with his
irieml Edgar ey, the Duke of La 31osk- ropes, slung as tar as possible into stings,
owa, into the Elysee gardens, when he hoisted up with cranes with three-fold tack
came suddenly upon a radiant, blushing les, and lowered into the steamer's hold
girl, who was trying to do up her hair a-
lone, opposite a glass in the conservatory,
Her hair had come down during a waltz;
and the crowd being too great to' admit of
ner reacmng rue nuues iressmg-room sue
nau gimeu iu meie, uopiiig to uu unooset-
,cci. uuuia .rtuuii-uii, sct.iiiS utri . loii -
. . . 1 I , . . . X - , , - I..... . , , . , I . .i l
rassmeni, gaiiauuy gave uei ms ami, anu
A n. ..ii 1 ! J
led Her around to tne dressing-rooms, ana
nom ma., uay i wo u umiuui icgaiu u-
j. il.. !....,.:. I 4- 1 il. r., : i.. I
UlCCll Ult 1 lC&liinu aim UlC lail hUilii"Ui.
The attentions of the Prince to Mile. En
renie were thereafter marked and unceas
ing so much so that, finally, Mme. de
Montiio begged a private audience of the
Prince, and informed him that as his at-
tentions to her daughter had begun to ex-
cite public comment, she had formed the
intention of leavinsr France. Napoleon
asked Mme. de Montiio to tarrv twenty-
four hours, as he might then have some-
thinr to sav to her, and he immediately
acquaintedliis ministers w;ith his determi-
nation to marry Mile. Eugenie. Notwith-
standing their opposition to the mesalliance
the I'nnce was inexorable; on tne nu or
December he was proclaimed Emperor; on
tlie aurd ol January tne coming jnarriage
was officially notified to the French peo-
pie; ami on tne iut n ot J anuary it was sol-
emmzed at jNotre liame.
It is certain that the Emperor never re-
pented of his choice. Eugenie possessed
alt the charms ot manner and person whicu
can adorn a throne; and blessed tne mi-
peioi s lue wiiu a bweci aim icuuei aui-u-
- i:r. j. t i i i
ion.
Love asd Selfishness. Selfishness
is death. Think of one who has no throb
outside ol lnmselt: is he not entomoed in a
grave darker than that of earth? The mo
ment one begins to love, if only a dog, he
begins to live. To love something that
is different from one's self a flower, a star,
a human soul what power is in it, w hat
stir of all the faculties! Oh! the manifold
life of love! How it tlows and streams a-
wav on every side, in love of father and
mother, brother and sister, husband and
wife, and friend, and little children, to the
tiniest speck m toe grandest orb. YY e re
ioice in all th'ugs. Every sound is a de-
lijrht. I he verv worm beneath our teet
thrills us. We are alive all over.
'There's not a throb, a thought, a sense,
But opens to God's nuigiiificeiice."'
AVe cannot know this life until we expe
rience love. How sweet and deep it is; to
what heights it leads, to what amplitudes
it conducts, to what knowledge, purer visi
on, beauty and ecstacy! Feed the body
with a thousand pleasures, and it is the
same dead tiling always. Only the -spirit
is capable of a multiplied life, and to the
loving spirit the very stocks and stones o
pen into avtfnues of glory. Love is the
magician's wand that shows the secret rich
es of the most barren spot. It is Allad
in's lamp that compels the finest ministries.
How weak we are when we are selfish!
How strong -.when we are loving, how va
ried, how manifold! It is, indeed,
i . tin lini.l "i vw"k
blessed to efive than to receive: ior ivin?
3s the most receptive of all acts
8. We ffive
from the finite, but we receive from the In
finite. Love is creative. It is continual
ly producing, unfolding, enlarging, sweep
ing into new forms of beauty and power.
Selfishness withers, compresses, annihil
ates. It is the grave. Love is resurgent,
triumphant, immortal, unbounded. It com
prehends all, assimilates all; achieves all; in
a word, it is life.
Anecdote of 'Mrs. Chief Justice
AYaite. In Cincinnati they tell a little
story about Mrs. Chief Jsstice AVaite. A
bout three months age, before. Gen. Grant
had broached Mr. Waite's name to the
Senate though General Hillyer says Mr.
AVaite was always Gen. Giant's first choice
but before anything was thought of the
matter by the AVaites, Mrs. AVaite wrote
an article on cookery to the Cincinnati
Gazette. The article was signed '.'Yankee
Cook Girl." It was full of sound suggest
ions on the cookery question, and replete
with good advice to housekeepers. 1 he
article from the "Yankee Cook Giil" at-
tracted so much attention that finally a
rich old w idower in Cincinnati wrote to
Sam Reed, the editor, that he would be
p-lad to enve the "lank.ee Cook. Lnri' a
situation not as a servant, but she might
preside over his household. In, fact, he
offered marriage. Mr.Tieed had to reply
in a paragraph that the "Yankee ' Cook
Girl" was not in the market, she having
got a situation injt neighboring city. The
people of Cincinnati don t know even now
that the "Yankee Cook Girl' was Mrs.
AVaite, the sensible, practical wife of the
new Chief Justice, and that her new situ
ation is to be the highest in the land the
chief mistress in Uncle Sam's household of
law and justice.
Love teaches asses to dance.
Love, knavery and necesity make men
good orators.
Love, thieves and fear make ghosts
Love without return is bke a question
without an answer.
Love vouf friend with his faults.
Love your neighbor, but don't pull down
the fence.
Lovers' purses are tied with cobwebs.
Lovers' quarrels ai-e love redoubled.
T ...... 1 . ! r 1 i ci-rc t ci fiAar-oiJ
Love arose from tlie foam of the sea, but
it ends m the ausi oi me earcu.
t 1 1 F it
Love, cherished, is a breath of fragrace;
love, insulted, is a storm of fury
7 -.. V -.1,1 T
Ltove aistnroeci me couuen 1 ine gou,
-w -i- V 1 1 il ?T J it, 3
and opened Pandora's box upon the earth
Love fixed the siege of Troy, and lit the
funeral pyre of Dido.
Elephants at Sea. The hoisting into
the air and lowering elephants into the
hold is not only an unusual sight to most
men, but also a strange experience to most
elephants. They were lashed with strong
like bales of cotton. When m the hold
they w ere placed in pens built ol strong teas
timber baulkes, bolted to the ship s side to
prevent them from breaking loose. The fear
iue aiunnus suueicu lUK
uuueiwe.n, auu uv vwucumg tur lJW .
I . . . . . ,t I ..i.i - 1 1. 1 1 1 1 r- t 1 1 rrAv n-na vlirv milin. 1
iui, .,Hlo i.... tv...
n- , i .1l A ll... .lBm,nt
lesi. xeais unburn uo u tun u Wuut-
enances ana tuey loaieu w itn m. , uiu.
uV i.cu. uwi g
l.-l.l 1, . 1 .t.-., t ,,-l.,..l. c.m.ln.l nr I
uuui, on; uuliuui ui im,u
il i ,.-L 1 1,1 l.4- -.-.n I
men to buuiu upon. ,? uurium -
timid fnrrvnlA V.lmih'liit netn.il v tainted, and J
. ...... .-r j , ,
asuiUU"Ut,lunmriiiauaim iiicuy il"1
gal-
Ions of water.
c" 11 m)Ll luai .luo
. . -I , , 1
animals got into a curious habit of occasion-
got into a curious naon 01 occasion-
ally evidently with a preconcerted signal
setlingto worKiocKiiiguiesmp nom siue
... . i i .i i . e.
to side, by giving themselves simultaneous-
lv, a swinging motion as they stood ath-
wart the ship, the vessel rolling heavily,
as if in a seaway. This they would do for
fa spell of an hour or more, then desist for
several hours until the strange Ireak toos.
them again. When they reached port they
were ncustea out u tue m iu aim swa.u u.
shore; thirty-five thus safely landed without
any acciuent at an. ueii iue weiu ic-
leased from the slihgs it was a supreme
moment ior me mauout no as ai ay s
on tne eiepnant s necic irom me ume 01 us
touching water to letting go. As the word
was given to let go, each of the elephants,
ej.tlier Irom tne ligntness ot insiieaiiai ue-
ing treed irom ms noaung pion, or noiu
.;i, .,.f n- u. i i
us uwu wdgut, c a.v "u- u. .,,
lightness of heart, like lightness of head,
causes elephants and men to play pranks,
-plunged down deep into the water, the
mahout on his neeld The anxiety on the
face of the mahout, just one secoud before
the plunge was a study; so, too, wasitwhen
elephant and man rose W the surface again,
the former blowing wafer, from his trunk,
and the latter from his nose. Calcutta
Englishman.
TnE Fortune-Teller. A fresh, bud
ding girl, trembling with emotion, evidently
liAUUiui" iiuuci iiiircii man fJN? iii"'j
was
introduced bv the servant into the crreat
fortune-teller's study.
"Oh, madame !'' exclaimed the
girl, "you who read tne iuture, come to my
-1 1 1.1 l A . i
help F
Madame Laourmand looked intently tor
some time at the tremblinjr, fawn-like fig
ure, and, after ask ing a few insignificant
questions, she said, in an impressive tone
" 1 on have fled irom our lather s house!
"Alas! yes !:'
"It was love that induced you V
"It was."
"He entreated vou to follow him f
"ItlstrueP
"So much for tlie present, then, my child!"
"But the iuture, madame the future!
"The fifftire ! This is the future : He
will leave vou; abandon vou to infamy and
poverty; leave you to die of shame and
'-l'rt" j
father to his srrave !
, .7: .
cmuJ l"e mcii iici, 4m,u
to flow, and the feverish excitement of pas-
sion abated, the sorceress ordered her car-
nage and conveyed the girl home.
A few days alter the fortune-teller was
sent jfor to Receive the thanks of the father
for savins: his child from a liLertine's infam v.
As she was taking her leave, tlie now
happy young crirl kissed her hand, and,
gazing thankfully and wonderingly in the
face of her benefactress, said :
You are, indeed, a prophetess! .Nothing
is hidden from vou the present, the future. '
"Xo, mv child, I am not a prophetess,
nor a witch. But I am a mother, and the
instincts of a mother's heart inspired me."
A gentleman was visiting a farm-house
in England when a horse came to the door,
unfastened the latch with his month, push-
ed the door open with his nose, and enter-
J ed the room, where the lady of the house
was sitting. : bhe knew what he came tor,
g0t up-ami put a lump of sugar in his
month. The horse then backed out of the
room, shut the door, and marched back to
the bam-vard. The ladv said he often
came in this way for a lump of sugar.
The taixe of A Hvmx. Two Amcr-
icans one a young man, tne otner o er
lortv were (inn King ana playing at cams
in a rarnbling house in China. AY hue the
older one was shuffling the cards, the young-
er began to hum, and finally sung m a low
tone, but quite unconsciously, a hymn.
The older one threw down the cards on the
floor and said : "Harry, where did you
learn that tune! 7 "W hat tune! hy,
that one you have been singiug.'' The young
man said he did not know- what ho had
been singing.
peated some
learned in the
Harry',"; said the older one, "come, here's
w hat I've won from you. As for me, as
God sees me, I have played my last game
and drunk mv last bottle. I have misled
von. Harrv. and I amsorry for it. Give
me voui- hand, mv bov. and say that, for
old America's sake, if for no other, yori will
quit this infernal business. Colonel Kus-
sel II. ConwelL, who was then visiting
China, and was an eye-witness of the scene,
says that the reformation was a permanent
one.
; T 1 3
only to be admired
Is moral courage
I . 1 a n mltAtSroiva
when it operates 10 uue s" 5 .
1 tr Awn niirnni mifh ;
Love subdues
felon's heart.
evervthin!? except the
But when the older one re- memor'. (having .lost the pamphlet con-
of the lines, he said they were j taiuing the account of it) one of the most
Sunday school. ''Come, I interesting thines I saw: It is a grape-vin
Correspondenee.
FOR THE GAZETTE.
Reminiscences of a Sojourn of Many Years iiL
the Yarjous Kingdoms and Empires of Europe.
. Xo. 10. " ...
Editoks On as fine a morn
ing as one can ever see hi London, (for a L
hue day m London is a rare tuiug,) we took ,
the cars for Hampton Court, the renowned
residence of Cardinal TV oolsev about fif-
teen miles from London. Wo (as I havo
BDokeL aiul wriam in the future mav oft-
oiiKiwhnlr n thn n nri Pt'mo iiiiv tint I
L - - - 2 -
, , , hh traveluiff compan-
" ..y.,, v.. , , , ......
on from Pmladeiphia ) soon reM;liea t
destmat on. and I can sav that no ilaco in
' . . . . i
l'rnno tvbih . T vJcJt",! nn ur irftor.
esting to me, except Westminster Abbey
. T ... ' J
f7 7 -
anU tke lowen ilcr0 dwelt tne son ot a
1. ,k TOM L,,...,,;., l.
MH.v,Ul,Ji IXXJ HDW A I OUl UUOLUlllt Ulll UU"
came the verv head of the Catholic Church.
-n , , , , , . f y
. . b d :i.:m;
ur thfl ilis. first ffrw odvmnpnn.t
f M . debaucll and cSnfinement in the
stocks at Leamington, was his appoint
ment as domestic chaplain to the Arch
Bishop of Canterbury. After various oth
er appointments he becatne chaplain to
Her.ry VI I., aud was afterwards presented
to Hfnrv VIII. lleurv conferred verr
manv;honor!, u Woolsev, and at length
;i . UntvT of Stat;.. Just at fLis
. . i nurfivt flnw Af elo.
-o n , lll.0fnl,vtti!. tlov .iro i,lirictLa.
yond numler Although there is a space
- - ertnnft -n w wwim tho timo nf
Wnnli,.v 'i T, Becket. vet ther
. i mWflll-s;milaritv in the lives of the
, ; n so tlid Becket stand LTh
i a
. tl f of 1enry 1 1. both found favor
with the Pope, and both
at
length
grew
into disfavor with their sovereigns, had
their riches confiscated, and went down la
sorrow to their graves
Hampton Court! four hundred years
ago there" glided over these very floors
Kings, Queens, Princes, Dukes, Lords,
Cardinals, Arch Bishops and Bishops; here
were passed the da s of a prelate wuo.se ret
inue was said to contain from 800 to 1,000
gentlemen and kinghts, and who kept 300
beds for distinguished visitors from all
parts of Spain, France, Germany, Holland,
U11V Elllll ijllt lillltl. JL LLJ 1XJVI& V BLXim
of thisi beautiful mansion have never al
tered in all these ages. The floors are
veneered with oak and chestnut each
piece about the size of one's hand. A per
son can stand at one end ot the building
and look through countless suites of rooms.
To gti to the extreme end of the palace.
one must pass through every one of theso
roomsp wiiicn are very large ana uign
pitchod, and have a very sombre appear-'
ance. I To some it ,may appear insignifi
cant, but I was forcibly struck with the
beauty of perspective .produced -.by door
way after doorway until it was lost in the
distance. Hampton Court contains 1,900
pictures, many of which arc battle scenes;
hundreds and . hundreds of old, dry, black-
looking ran Dykes; many productions of !
"F'h.t ni till articrc hm-wlroila rf nbl d n 7 nrr
. . f anJ QwQn amftudr f
relations. The most interesting thing to
, r x..- . . t
uc seen in tne way oi me mie arts m lva-
ptiael s "Uartoou s, wiiicu iiang. m a very
CoMpicnoa8 place. I saw none of WooWs
M Jaid thdt of Anne. Eilch KSi3
& of 1)atcli.work mjul(J
. , , , , f he , 0ueen The r-
tie age8 of these renowned quilts were
folIovvs: Elizabeth's 300 i
years,IMary's 175, and Anne's 150. Age
and lousr exposure to air have done their
work, for each quilt is hanging in tatters;
the vast numbers of bits look so tempting
that the valet de chambre remains m tho
room till the last one has left, and not even
turns his back on the bed while visitors ate
present. There are many other objects of
interest which would be too tedious to men
tion,
acres.
The building or palace covers many
I must sav that I did not like its
exterior: as for its order of architecture, it is
difficult to say what it is; the palasters are
Ionic, laud the remainder is Doric, or looks
iike it Tj.e building is too low for the
space that it covers. The grove or park
m some respects is verv unnatural look
ing; the trees are in ro s, and trimmed to
the very .top, in such at form as to produce
an arch. The grounds are beautifully kept.
There j are vast numbers of orange and lem
on tree;; in immense boxes, and theso bores
are placed on wheels, and can be moved at
nleasure. This immense court, that waa
once the resort of ivinga ana tueens, was
never a place of residence Ior them, and
now jt is occupied by hundreds of old . la-
tue pensioned widows, mothers anA
sisters of formerly distinguished men. , I
wa!j told that there were even some of tho
lower grade of nobility residing there., I
onc old lady taking an airing, who
WM gaJd to le a Duchess.
the risk of leing considered . tediouf,
t iieTe ilescribe. as M tdl as I can from
pianted by Queen Anne 150 years ago.I It
J j3 trained to run horizontally; the stem was
four feet from the ground, and was, at
the time I eaw it, about two feet in diame-
ter and 300 feet long. It lias no branches
noT or touchinir the cround; it is kept
J ve trimmed, and the stalk is run horiz-
ontally inside tho long glass-honxe which
js built over it far protection. Thi3 house
;s 325 feet lone,- 8 feet wide, and 6 feet
igh, and is bnitt of the best heavy flint
fflass.Trhe temperature within is kept very
rcnlar, and the house and vine are both
t cmiositiesi the iattci. gelding,, it is
I i
1 .- - m ..m t m
. - ayerae crop
01 Jtu Dushels of
300
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