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k : . . .. ' - - ---- f . - ; Published by J. H. & G. G. Myrover, Corner Anderson and Old Streets, Fayetteville, N. C. '( ) 1 , 13 North Carolina Gazette. J. II. & G. G. 3IYUOVER, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1874. i NO 4Q . - i " - . 1 , I - i i - i , . - - - i tmmm i -- : . ! TERMS OFS UBSCRIPTIOX One yi ar (iu advance) sis mi iiths, " Tlir-e " " ..82 no 1 21 Home Circle. - CLUB RATES t o riip'n s (cnt to one aililrcs) with an extra copy g 22 50 JO " ' " " " " " 40 110 4d " " " " " 75 00 - .( tt ti tt n awl a premium of a fine cliromn. value ?25 90 00 I no copies (sent to one aililress) with an extra copy anil a premiiini of a tiue fhroino, value 40 " 150 00 . RATES OF ADVERTISING :' One siiuare (0 hues solid nonpareil) one insertion 1 (0 .. .. " . . two i 5o " ; " " " " tine month 2 5 " " three 5 0 .. six " so0 , " " " " " twelve '-' 15 Tineradvertiseinrnfn cliared In proportion to the ahove rates. Sieeial Notice 25 per cent, more than regular ail vertisementw. News Budget. '"Knowledge is rtiWCr." Arixtorratrs. 1 SUMMARY OF NEWS For the Week ending May 12, 1S74. 1'oitKir.x. It is averted that General Eiio lias aiwt ell four Carlist brigadiers for treason; It is also naiil that Don Curios will shortly issue a new pro clamation to his troops; General Manuel Concha has been appointed ( Jem-nil in-Chief of the liepuh lican army ot'the North: ".During the bombard ment of lVilhao hy the Cavlistfl one hundred .and fifty citizens were killed and wounded by shells which fell in the city. The London Banking Association has appointed Mr. Tyler, one of the olhVials of the Hoard of Trade, to examine into the condition and prospects of the Erie railroad com -pauy.-'-The steamship Circassion. at Father point from Livei'pool. reports that 011 the 1st of May she-encountered the steamship Linda from 'Liverpool, on tire, and took oil" the crew in lonjri t nle 4-2 west. tAt Havana, the Captain General bus issued a .decree ordering the formation of - eii.'ht battalions of colored militia. Charles Jean Liu u-v Jho Frencji -olitieal economist, is dead. 1i)MKST1C. At Memphis the river has fallen '2 inches and n fteady tall is hoped. Theo. II. Schenck, "of the Utica Jlcrahl, died Tuesday night from aSphixia. At Philadelphia, a child six yei-s of atre, bitten a month ago, died of hydrophobia on Wednesday. At Washington, in the Senate, Sh'er , man from the Finance Committee lias reported a hew finance, hill. Haxter's oflicers refuse to obey the writ of hahent corpus for the production of the Supreme: Court .ludLres; the ground taken by them is that huiaski county is under martial law; Bax ter huf ordered a duplicate, of the State seal, which the Hrooksites captured from the express ottice; a ... - ,1 1 ... .1'! . T. .1 ! . genera! military air prevails iH'ie. 1 ne imua, 01 the American line, sailed on the (ith for Liverpool witli ti cabin and "201 other passengers; her cargo includes V'.'O huphe's corn. New York contribu tions to the Louisiana sufferers amount lo a total of over SI r,00. '1Mb municipal election at Iiulian- . itpolis. May G, was' one of the most hotly contested ever held in the city and the vote the heaviest ever polli'd, resulting in a victory for the Democrat, or Aufi-'I'einperatice party; the Democrats elected 9 of V. Coii'ncilmen, the count standing thus: Dem -' oc'ruls 10. KepViblicaiiM 10; the Detnwrutic candid ate -for Mayor was also elected; this is the first time in eighteen vent's that this city jhas been und er Democratic control; the Temperance ticket was fTecJed at .Tert'crson-, I'eru, Mnnsie, aterloo. An deribn. Wabash. New Albany, Franklin. Angola Minnesota and Crawfo.-dsville. -The U. t?. Senate is di-H-iissitiir a motion to reconsider the vote by " which the bill to facilitate the exportation of dis rilled spirits and amendatory ''f sicts in relatioji '"thercl". w:is jiasseil: the llouso in. discussing the Cenl'etumii bill and the vote will be taken soon. The ) :.iiig of the Mobile Agricultural Fair was irrand W!'i!)i! expectation: Visitors from all parts i' the r-'niJ!-y were in the c'fty. am) th"Us?inds visited lb" inairuinVent grounds daily: on tbe Tth 'ol. C. C. L:m'Min. President f the Association. lelivcr".l tL.'addivss. aud i; is th.mirht li.blT,cr-.-oiis were mi t.-ie ginuiids. as the weather was S.eaiit'iful. A rotiVettfion of Cotton Exchanges lias been called at Augusta. (Ja.. t'..r.liiwe 1.1; the'ob- ii-1 -7-t:'-bh.i! r-'Hfa- Oi ie.u, s Exchange i.i-.-i is t' .-'Vif ;;!:!,'. atn.n l-ioii- rr ihe trad-: -th ia.nes "'o r'ueet d. !;',' es 5.' e!'i i-IlT re. " nnvinv of the ma For the Week ending 1Lzy i',H sVtlY COtiolJ 12. 1S74. "Home is the Sacred Kefuge of Our Life." iJrydcn. THE GIPSY'S PEOPHECY. It was in the year lS22.tbat I visited the" prisons of Rome. Among the unfortunate creatures brought hitlitfr by distress or guilt, I observed in the corner of a dungeon a young female seated on a handful of straw, nursing her infant. Her complexion was swarthy, and in her large black eyes glowed the fire of the sun of Italy. The relics of her apparel indicated that previous to her imprisonment she had worn the garb of a Roman peasant. Her expressive physiog nomy and her bold look seemed calculated to excite cunositv. I annroaehed. nnd begged her to relate to me .through what misfortune she found 'herself in a place of such horror. .. ''St. Francis P exclaimed she; "what in terest can the narrative of my extraordin ary misfortune have" for free and happy people! My name is Maria Grazia. My mother lost her life in giving birth to me. My father, devoted to, his own pleasures, and caring but little about my education, placed me, while yet very young, in a con vent. The older I grew the more irksome this kind of life became to me; for my in clinations, my disposition, and the vivacity of mv character, all seemtd to urjre me on to a futurity full of trouble. f "A circumstance which I never could account for had powerful influence upon my fate. On some particular occasion, a gipsy woman was admitted into the convent for amusement. All the sisters were al lowed to hold their ears to the tin speaking trumpet of the old sibyl, who moreover?- gave to each of us a slip ot paper, on which was written what the hag termed the decree of Heaven., Thrice did I go to her for the purpose of enjoying the like favor, and thrice the oracle became mute. This refusal of the old ijvoman excited partly my curio sity, i begged, I entreated, 1 1 wept; at length the gipsy was moved by my tears! "You insist upon it, unhappy girl,' said she; 'well, then, knowktfiat vou will be the wife of a robber, who will murder your lather, and that vour hair will turn rrav in a dungeon.' "At the age of fifteen such predictions made no very deep impression. J laughed heartily on the subject with my compan ions, and loaded the old prophetess with ridicule. At night, however, when I was alone my mind became, against my will, a prey" to apprehension. . 1 passed the hours in anxiety and painful reverie; the predic tion of the fortune-teller incessantly haunt ed mv waking dreams. "Mv father took me out of the convent, but onlv to shut me up again with an old house-keeper at .the country seat, about five miles irom lumie. One night the weather was verv tempestuous. I could not sleep 1 fancied that 1 heard a confused sound of voices under mv window, which looked in to the garden. I awokeimy Aju, who never went to bed without her weanon. w hich wa. a lai'o-e. carving-knife. Present lv We hean the outer w indow shutter broken open. We concealed". ourselves behind the curtain; 1 bad armed mvself w ith the knife. A pane ot the window was out, and a hand was "intruded through the aperture to unfasten the catch which secured it. 1 Seized the ii!i;ortuRitv. anu struck so encetive a Mow that the hand 'drooped to my feet. A sigi of aovmv and sound of footsteps succeeded and then all was- ipiiet ag.-nn. . -At da vl ircali 1 rep.-tirew to Ei r relafed-uiy-adventure to my itti V ( nYv t my ci irl.i i .',:!- of n t liiv :el a!-)-.. .-!!. w. Alll"!." iu ! a. rrvii , am i ill- uns OX ni". ati I IV iie, here 'at lier: lie I me leave this time ..1 years I was, or imagined that I was, happy. Une evening, liowever, be returned iiome, pale and perturbed, his garments torn and spotted with, blood. In broken sentences he told me he was obliged to de- end his life against assassination, and charged me to observe the strictest silence respecting this mysterious occurrence. I could not help trembling, but not for him; my soul was shaken by melancholy fore- l l: i? Trr i i - i ii i -TT" uouings oi a tunerent f ina. a noma cream terrified me; I awoke. At the same mo ment my husband was also startlpd out of his sleep; his convulsed lips several times pronounced the name ot my father: the re collections of that gloomy prophecy envel oped my senses m darkness. 0,j myj un- hannv lather ! (). mv still more Wretched husband ! The former had actually attack ed the latter, having probably been appris ed of the real state of the case, and desir ous of withdrawing me from so disgraceful a connection. The agents of justice were soon in search of us, and we escaped with difficulty to the mountains 'There my husband bethought him self of his former comrades. He sought them out, discovered them, and a cavern of banditti was now my dwelling. His com panions welcomed him "with joyi, but he had violated one. of their laws, which for bids any of the members of the band to marry, and enacts, that if a woman should fall into their hands she shall belong ex clusively to the captain. Xo sooner had the latter set eyes upon me than he rudely lnsistedupoiv his right. His daring hand had already grasped me, when a ball from my husband's pistol extended the wretch on the ground. Disliked as he was by the band, his fall was a signal for a 'shout of joy from his comrades, who unanimously elected my husband as their leader. "t?otcompletely was t possessed by that wild spirit which must have been betrayed in my looks to the gipsy at the nunnery that I was quite proud of myj husband's elevationJ I now wrapped myself in the coarse habiliments of a -peasant, of which these rags still cover me, and with equal courage and pleasure accompanied my hus- bamhm his expeditions. 1 owns and vil lages rang with his exploits fa'te at length overtook him. He ffil in a conflict with the horsemen who w e're sent against us and discovered our retreat. At the moment when I saw my husband drop, I sought shelter'in a cavern formv infant; there was I; seized and dragged into a dungeon,, where I anticipated with horror the fulfilment of the latter part of that fearful prediction." Suehvvyas the narrative of Maria Grazia, the widow of the bandit chief. In pity for her situaly. I offered her some pieces of gold, but she refused 'them, at the same time caressing her child, which had fallen asleep on her bosom. Polite Pickpockets. Among the English-Visitors to Paris during the gay season of the new year were several pickpockets, who were, however, in most cases, received by the police of the festive city, so that, as the American poet sings, "the subsequent. proceedings I interested them no more." There were some of the elite of the English practitioners-' who are, however, rivalled, if not excelled, in dexterity and ubiquity by their French compeers. The following story is told of the latter by a French jour nal: .A physician, officially connected with the prison of La Force and much beloved by his light-fingered patients, perceived on leaving the Varieties one evening that his pocket had been picked and that his opei'a glass was gone. Next flay, on-meeting the denizens of La Force, be expressed hisdis- ue at 1 1 to occurrence. n i i i even hi r-iiture, winch was so-. in ruitror- !l ncrwar.it ins liri-igr;. . suitors there was a .young ;i',;- ot wti.'so h.-iiid.-onie fi-a- . -iliifnc'l bv a del'.cafe pale- g:,ve !ii!'!,.M-!f out tW a ' Flofeli- triird his : i iu ;: .-ling, i-u'eoii- it u-;.s said, of a siigbi Woiilid ad received ;n an atiau'oi honor. .1 -it a u ii i atiiia.o.e manners Metis well.. Ma .-1 : T n : i a dei ay ! '. iiiijti'ession upon nu ll ill verv T 1 sam lie. i or von to sav l ata popular among fon. but 1 am treated just us others are. . Some of : your friends contrived to relieve me of my 'opera-glass last night, at the Varieties." "T'lmt was only because thev did not kndw you, doctor.", replied a prisoner. ''Who was on duty at the Yav- i icUes last niglit. be lnquireu. turning to a eomgade. The answer was given in a whisper. "Vou shall have your glass to morrow,"" In- added. Next day a person called vm the physican'swife. "llere." said he." "ai-'e till the opera-glasses stolen two- TIIE WALRUS. In the clear water we sight a small Nor wegian fishing-smack making easy way, and from the sounds that come booming over the hollow sea from time to time, we conclude that their sport is excellent. The mast-head look-out now sights the walrus in the distant waves; while a boat is being prepared we satisfy ourselves with a hurri ed view of the gambols of these strange beasts. There they are, tumbling over and over in the water, enjoying the calm, or basking in the warm rays of the sun, lying listlessly on the ice. The water is clotted with their great black grizzly-bearded heads, with trenchant tnsks-18. inches long, as they rise and sink on the little waves. To reach them it will be neces sary to haul our boat, and all the needful appliances for the chase a good mile and more over the intervening ice; and as we settle clown to our w7ork, wc think of the journey the Swedish Arctic men propose to themselves, and wonder Will they ever ac coiiiplish what they are about to attempt. At last we are at the water's edge and we launch our boat. Everything is carefully Til adjusted, and our seats are taken. We pull down the lakes of water, our thoughts full of the coming sport. Presently we come upon the herd, and we row gently toward two, great fellows floating on the water; to all appearancej they are asleep they are almost touching each other but as these animals are highly endowed with intelli gence, it is just possible they are holding sweet converse together. The herd, observ ing our motions, draw near to us as if to warn their companions of the danger; but we hold steadily on, and when quite within range, by some unaccountable failure, we miss our aim. Ho the whole pack vanish out of sight like seals iu a similar advent ure? Not a bit of it. The walrus shows no fear, but on the contrary, the herd comes charging down upon us wjth awful looks and threatening growls, the older ones bel lowing out their defiance, and all rearing half out of the water, splashing the surface with their flippers as they come. Their heads are truly horria-looking; the muzzle, projecting somewhat, is furnished with thick masses of coarse, beard like bristles, their eyes start wildly from their heads, and the two slightly curved fangs, sharp pointed are seen protrtlding from their distended jaws, as if the beasts were determined to rend the boat s side asunder whenever thev get the dreaded opportunity. The harpoon ers dissuade us from firing at the crew of the sea-devils, not "sea-horses," as th'ey are called. If struck in a vital part they sink like lead, tail foremost to the bottom. In such a place it is hopeless to recover th carcass, and wanton destruction of a walrus is not-to be thought of. We wait, witl feelings strained to the utmost tension; as we cannot divest ourselves of the seeming necessity to guard ourselves against the threatened attack of so formidable an en emy; and while we wait -impatiently for the adjustment-of the clumsiest gun in use at the present day, or ever used in the chase of any animal (we mean the harpoon' gun) the whole herd, having found, perhaps, that our first attempt to injure vthem was a fail ure, on a sudden changed about and fled with the speed of phantoms. A chase is always an exciting affair, but a chase like this is hopeless. In spite of all our efforts, we find it impossible to come up with the fleeing- walrus, although they tantalize us bv showing themselves between the ice, just out of range, every now and again. We never come within range even lor ti long shot, and no harpooner that values his reputation would risk a shot he is not sure of. From "The (, 'afc tcf to the I'oh- 1 ion. (.From the Louisville Courier Journal. THE EMOTIONS. m m A French ove! in five Skips. SKIP I. GRIEF. It is Alphonse; elegant form; exquisite manners; ditto moustaches, both of which are waxed. He haunts places: Bois de mlogne Les Trois Freres BaL Ma- bille; dances like an angel a French one; and he has ha! 11 mille francs de rente J?2 It is riches too that cheer Alphonse, But he is not happy; his tender heart is bfase; it beats no more. His last "grandc pas sion" eternal was consumed in three days! What shall he do, the desolate Al phonse? He sips "eau sucre" on the Bou levard des Italiennes. His slender and e motional legs recline on three chairs. A starving woman approaches; bread for her self, for her child. The heart of Alphonse is moved. He has bought violets for five sous. He presses the bouquet into her hand and is gonej. Ah, monsieur, she ex claims. She appreciates the noble and sublime charity. I It is a ray of sunshine from the past; the emblem of modesty has fallen upon her soul. She is redeemed through the caresses of these modest flow ers. She falls insensible upon" the pave ment, and her last sigh, mingled with the fragrance of violets, ascends to Heaven. Xoble Alphonse ! SKIP II. JOT. It is Mathilde! Eighteen; hair, eye brows, waist, and things the idol of her parents. Desolate parents! They have parted with her to him. How shall he forget their first meeting? It was at the altar, the wedding day. Oh del ! He is stout; he is fifty; and his hair alas ! she has never seen it; she can only caress the curls of his wig but she is the Countess de Sang Froid. Her heart has not yet beat; it expects to. She will meet Mm, that adored ideal, in the whirl of fashion -at the ball. Oh, del! Oh, rapture! per haps his arm will clasp her waist; he will have eyes; he will look. "Oh, nion enfant! Oh, mon idol tres adore! I can- listen to him: is it not mv right? I am married I am free. SKIP III. RAPTURE-. He has come ! who but Alphonse ! He loves her oh iov ! He adores her; her heart beats. Oh, mon Alplwnse'trcs adore He is on his knees at her feet; he presses her hand; she is his angel Parisian angel; never will lie rise until he comes who? The Count! he apologizes for intruding; well bred Countess; she forgives him; presents monsieur; monsieur is delighted; Count en chanted; both embrace; eternal friendship; touching; madame weeps emotional. To her husband: Ah, mon ami, how' tenderly I must love you. SKIP IV. AXGUISII. LIFE IN RUSSIA. climate appear to us to be a humbug. Ent orfit nam ta nannninM, r . WHAT TJ. S. MINISTER JEWELL HAS TO SAY I , ;V , . lUt c uuuy uikcs oi mmseu. so in tins wa more diamonds worn mat niglit tnan uauiuo iuoluci, au jujcu w orn a. before at one time, as they came from couW not (rcG her way through those r; three empires of Germany, England, ging waves. But Johanna was tall at e ! i a ! . i Ve M -en ,er. wit a bis , and we were 1! 1 ! -11. W! 1 ! a 1 :.! !;. Corn 1 reals U'W i ui.d. but 1 1..--! .j - -steady - at 7" lv ;it 10, U'ci liTS. il? 10. Hect .in! 1 !'.';. I..-V, c .i..;ur; -o i ii th. ii- h..- ioiunedstK anil t I--a-.i s:.- and e:a 1 v. us n ere. s I i 1 i 1 1 ' niicla ; he c; lav a h lier oar inavr a wi el sarcastic. ilv change 1 t ho .tciuier voice was Distrcs 1,' -Ke'it age 'my husband oyer, his looks harsh, and his i-d - at his tuel- rb nights ago at the Var' 'on; the doctor s. '1 so. the obliging pick her, restored; the others to their cases, disappeared.! V JLdt. Guzrffe. dies. Please to point ie lady having done pocket handed it to ind Sn'P.i5oi:x Singer. During the per formance of "La Favorita" at Kimiui the audience that night encored Palenni, the tenor, iu the scene where Ferdinand breaks his sword in the presence of the King. But. this gave offence to the authorities, and the Sub. Prefect sent the tenor a message that he must sing "Only because it is a present from the lvhig," instead of tl words. "(Jnlv because von arc th with tears, altei? 'ied. rorlv -HiCs.v run-!- ' oO .-i. tn ai. t urpeiit; new rat- Vi. : ' ''' ", ' . . plv. s c;ia llfV.ll-'i,. ...ven.nu.jit oo.j.ls steady and considerable doing. Cotton jui. but th-in at l-S cts.- Southern Hour dull ami ilcchmiiil conitnontotair axu a so .T !?7 '-V: good to choice s7 er.VSll. . Wheat heavy nnd Va'l rents lower, with sales at -SI 0 1"'- 0r fi,v "inter red western. Corn dull at rlii cents for ju-w westeni mixed. Kosin steady at ,0a Spirits turpentine steady at i. 4041 cents. 1 orb atlvnv mess 817 V2i. li-ef quiet. Wilmington, May 6 Spirits turpentine ,t. market eteadv at ?Mt cents tor Southern packages. - Kosin Strained at S"2 25. Extra Xo '2 at s2 30: ' market' quiet and steady at 2 25 for strained. Crude turpentine 83 5U for Virgin. S2 c for yel low dip and 1 85 for hard; market steady, lar 2 00 y hhh; market steady. Cotton sale to report; market nomiiially unchanged. Mav ".--Spirits turpentine 3H ctnts Kallo for Southern packages; market quiet and steady. "- Rosin No sales to report; market quiet and steady at $2 25 for Strained. Crude turpentine S3 50 for Virgin. $2 85 for yellow dip and $1 5 for hard; market steady. Tar 2 00; market sfrwiy. Cotton No sales to report; market quiet. May 8. Spirits turpentine 36 cents per gallon for Southern packages, market quiet at the de cline of i cent. Kosin Strained and No. 2 $2 15; Noi 1 $3 00. Crude turpentine $3 50 for Virgin; 82 85 for Yellow Dip, and SI 85 for Hard: market steady. Tar S2 & bhl market steady. Cotton --market farm at lof cents. .fat. U mi d von know who I am.' lleer lb, on recollect that .night w S.e.u you i-eut- 'oti"the'h;itid-of tin unknown pi-rson who i would 'have, penetrated into your chamber.'" i .Well, that hand ' w as mine.- .Look- here. I .'Hismutilau-'d ana but too strongly con i tinned his story. 'l had seen vou,' he continued, 'and was canriyated by your beauty. I deter mined to carry you oil", With two of my comrades 1. ventured to climb up to your chamber window, prom the reception which vou gave ijie, I retired, but learned the next day that to you alone 1 owed the loss of my hand..- Shame and rage at be in"" thus baflled by a girl of sixteen awak ened within me the thoughts of revenge. I came under an assumed name to Home; my friends, my artifices, my gold, accom plished the rest. You are now the wife of a robber.' ' "At this word a feeling of horror seized my soul. Nevertheless, whether it was owing to the flexibility of my disposition to the prediction of the gipsy, to that secret fondness for romantic adventure to which the heart often but too willingly resigns itself, or finally, to the hope of bringing back, by the power of love, a stray soul, dwelling yet in a youthful body, to the track of virtue in 'short 1 threw myself at the feet of my husband, and implored him with tears, not to cast me from him. Mov ed bv my tears and my resignation, he clasped ine to his bosom, and for three . i -iT.. .1 . r i.. ge oi tneu sex. in tne nem oi uress, as to (inalitv, material, trimmings. A Ti-:XAs li:i.i,r.. -The editorial corres pondeuce of the -Jialtimore. A))i''riri- con- clailes that Texas ladjt arc fully up to the. aver; both laces'aint till tne iittie et ceients uiai gf .to make up the lady's toilette, they are evi- enti'-as expensive to husnauils ami lati rs as their sisters, at the North, and are (iua.llv.as profuse in the. display of line jewelry, diamonds, ch;ins, bracelets, etc. The dress 'of a young Jhdy who rode with it he gossijjing editor through the Texas wihis was of black silk, closely lifting, with sprays of flowers, w orked with black beads, across the breast and slightly over the shoulders. Her dress was close to the throat, and a stiff whittj standing collar, turned down at the points, was enriched by a blue silk scarf, worn precisely as a gentle man wears a cravat, tied m a bow in front. This gave to .her fine form an exipnsitc finish, whilst her clear complexion and the healthy bloom on her cheeks were sufficient to soften the heart of an anchorite. On leavingthe car she slipped on a tight fitting blue coat, which showed off her form, if possible, to better advantage. She wore her hair, of dark brown, high up on her head, looking as' if it were all genu:ne, and the picture was finished off with a neat black hat, trimmed with lace, and a small os'rieh feather wound around it. In short, this Texas lady, just as she was attired in travel ing costume, with her bright and sparkling eves and conntenance, healthy and bloom ing complexion, exquisite form and grace ful carriage, would have created a sensation on Broadway. prevnm King." Palermi refused to modify text upon the: next performance, and as a consetpience of his disobedience he was arrested at the close of the opera. Ibu next day a deputatiou'FoTtTte. audience went to the residence of Ithe Prefect at Forli on behalf -of the tenor, and came back iu triumph With an order to set. him free. Madam is unhappy. The count per ceives it. ' He begs her, implores her for the cause; but in vaiu. Ha! he sees it at last: 'tis Alphonse. They love each other; and he, the husband, is the fatal obstacle. One tender kiss; one embrace; he rushes from her presence; yes! she shall be hap py; pan oficharcoal; the noble heart is for ever still. v Anguish of the Countess; she will weep for him. Ah! her good friend; her husband; martyr to friendship; never will she cease to lament him. Detested Alphonse. Her heart beats no longer; it isla mausoleum that incloses the image of the Count. Ah! how she loved him; nev er, never, never, will she cease to love him her lost idol, her treasure. skip v. -IiEMOKSE. The Cixr of Amusements. One of the Paris journals publishes? some interest ing statistics connected j with the theatres of the French capital. -I During the year that has just passed, no less than three hundred and eight -new, dramatic pieces of every kind have been' produced. There are. at present in Paris nffy-sixtbeatres of different categories, and one hundred and four cafes concerts. Seven new theatres have been inaugurated during the past year, namely, the Porte Saint Martin, the Renaissance, the Fantaisies Pigalle, the Folies Bobino, the Theatre Labourdon nays, the Salle Retiro, and Frascati. Nine theatres were obliged to suspend operations within the same period, namely the Italiens, the Menus Plaisirs, the Folies Marigny, the Chatelet, the Nouveautes, the Labourdonnays, tho Theatre Saint Pierre, Tivoli, and the Athenee. Of these several aie in full blast again. Despair of Alphonse. She will not see him, that adored Mathilde. She will not permit him to mix their tears; no, their tears shall never mingle; vainly does ne write; iu vain he paints die miseiy 0f lnS bleeding heart. He is frantic ' he is resigned! "Pis another illusion per due. Saintly martyr to love and 'friend ship, he will respect her sorrow; lie will importune her no more. What shall he do to bring peace-tb his own lacerated heart! He Hies to the BalMabille; he dances fran tically; 'tis the dance of a broken heart; 'tis the dance oi OeatL; madly he swings hi partner; he upsets their vis-a-vis; a quarrel; "blows to a French citizen!" a challenge; they light; he falls; his tomb is in Pere la Chaise. Who bends over it in agony and grief? That veiled woman 'tis she the desolate Mathilde; she calls him from the tomb, and Alphonse replies not.:, Probably because he is dead. She falls, and her sweeping skirts cover the touching and no ble elegy chiseled on the cold stone; 'tis this: "Alphonse-Sebastian-Victor- T o u t -Cumr. Victim de l'honncur.v Moral dry your tears it mav not be true. about it. we get alonsr and on tbo urhnlft find th climjitA not. bod Tin T bl- tf AWM . A letter from Ir. Jewell, United States Dont bclieve I'sllould want to 'd Minister at St. Petersburg, gives the fol- life here though. lowing story of life iu that country: At ' ; . one ball at the palace there were 2,500 JOHAXXA SEBUS. guests, 1,900 of whom sat down to supper . Tne Poet Goethe tells a sad and beat at 2 o'clock in the morning, and 600 took fjf"1 stoi7 and it is the more sad and beat their lunch standing. It takes 45,000, "ful because it is true, of a young girl, J candles to light this palace for a ball. At l""na Sebus, who, in the year 1S09, wlie this ball there were more royal persons than tue sea broke down the dykes and ove I ever saw together before. The Empress flowed her native -village, proved licrso of Russia, Crown Prince and Princess of worthy of a great poet's song. Prussia, Prince and Princess of Wales, Johanna, or Joanna, as we would ca Crown Prince of Denmark the above are her, was only seventeen years old, but t all of Imperial rank; of roval rank -there one in tho village had the noble spirit an were the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, xmct courage of this strong, true-heartc all the . Russian Grand Dukes and Duch- Sn I ' esses, Prince Arthur of England, and fifteen When the waters rose around the hou or twenty princesses from Asia and Europe csj an( tut waves came up to the vei besides. We had had a separate present- door-steps, Johanna knew there was r ation to them all previously. They all longer safety, excepting on tho hig danced and mingled with the crow'd. The grounds near tho village. But how wei new married Duchess of Edinburgh, in they to reach those high grounds? Tl whose honor the' ball was given, wore the water was nearly knee-deep, and rising celebrated Russian diamond necklace estim- ery moment. Tho roaring and gorging ated to be worth $20,000,000. The Empress' the waves and wind was heard in every d dress was trimmed with solitaire diamond rection, arfd the', dyke was' giving wa; buttons, each one of which was worth $50,- Piece b7 Piecc? before tho rushing floo 000 or $100,000. All the imperial ladies 'Every moment the danger increased.- wore diamond crowns. It is thought there There was no time to hesitate, w ere more diamonds worn that nirht than Johanna's mother, an aged womai ever the three and Russia. It is of no use to trv to de- strong. She took her old mother in h scribe the scene. A week afterward there arms and stepped boldly into the floo was a small and select ball given there to Tlie waves dashed against her, and si one hundred guests. At this time the sup- pressed on. Her neighbors, a mother at per was laid in the large hall, which is ab- three children, seeing her leave them, we out 100 by 350 feet, and forty feet high, seized, with a sudden terror. Not unl Forty palm trees, t wenty to thirty feet high, this moment did they know how mm had been brought from the greenhouse; tuev depended on the brave Johanna, tl round each was built a table for ten to twen- onl7 person to whom they could look f ty- guests; eight thousand candles-lighted counsel or help in this, hour of peril, this room; so we sat down to . supper in a After a. word or two of encourageme real palm grove. It was magnificent be- to uer mother, who trembled as she sa yond description. This is latitude sixty, the tlie waters boiling beneath her so ter same as that of Greenland. My near to her Johanna turned . to h Speaking of green houses, we visited one neighbors and called to them to. fly to t the other day for trees and shrubs, ferns l"11 close by, which was 3'et; dry, at and cacti only, not flowers, which has 30,- would afford them safety for a time, ai 000 varieties 'in it, and 70,000 pots or speci- assured them she would return for? them mens. All the corps diplomatique are in- soon a she had placed her mother on t; vited evcrv winter. There appears to be mgh ground. "And my poor g?at,"- 6 no end to the money this court spends on cried, as she heard her favorite fbleatii such an occasion. This of course is seldom after her; "take him with you Doi done. The Emperor is a splendid man, leave him to die. " c . verv polite, and for that matter so are thev As soon as. she reached a place tf safe! all to us. There is little or no middle class J ohanna set her mother on the ground, ar in Russia. The few live like princes. The without a. moment's pause, turned to hut many work and live like slaves. Very fine back through the ever-deepening " wat and handsome teole are tlie nobility; very Hev old mother cried Jwt : - - low and degraded are the working classes. "-."Oh! where are yon going? The pa But it is vastly improved under this Em- Ms washed away! Oh, my daughter! w peror, who is really a just and good man. pou g m ai oreauiui nooa again r Russia has its own code of morals, I suppose, "Mother, they must be saved !'f said J which the people live up to. From our I hanna, as she plunged, into the water, rklt of view there are no morals here, this time; more than knee-deep 'i-i -ii a i l x uey an cross inemseives on going past a church or shrine. There is a shrine in ev ery house, in the presence of which no one can wear his hat, not even the Ji.nrperor. So inside a Russian door hats off a car penter's shop, saloon, or palace, it's all the s"e understood so wellj although it, same. They keep Lent rigidly. Circnses now coverea ny water. "1 ho waves das and theatres are full on Sundays except in ed against her, almost knocking her ov Lent. '"''''. and dashing her from head to foot. There are over sixty "proswicks" Or fete last she reached the little hill where days in the year on which no one will work, hacl left i her neighbors. But almost Sunday is less cared for, though generally this moment the dyko gave way; a re no work is done on that day. Drunkenness deluge rushed in sweeping over everythi is more common than in any country in the before it, and around the little hill sc world. Common people 'drink all the boiled a turbulent sea, rising above "bodka," they can get. Their food is a black, highest point. .'"'' sour bread and cabbage soup mostly. As the great waves roll over the grot But they are a good-natured, laughing on which they stand, clinging in'tcrror race of beings. There is but little social each other, Johanna's poor neighbor a life here, though in fact not much visiting her children cannot keep their foothc as we do it of evenings. So much social in- They are washed away and' disappear tercourse comes from our schools and reli- neath the raging flood. As they sii gious affinities, which are entirely lacking one of the children seizes the goat by in this country, that it makes the difference horn and drags him down. Thus, all 1 very marked to an American. The French Johanna are lost. language is almost as much used as the Johanna stands alone, still firm t Russian more so, in fact, in tho higher strong, but the waters are rising and nsi around ner. - . ; Who is there now to save this no girlf She has many friends and mf lovers, hut no one of them comesnear I now. Nothing conies to her but the & Nowhere can she see The dyke was now on the point of gi ing away ?. entirely. ' A hill of water see: ed roaring and foaming towards the v lago. But Johanna pressed on over the pa The Christian who toils faithfully in the Vineyard of his Master, but who seems to have achieved nothing for His glory, should not be discouraged, for he knows not what the end may .be. Oh, 4t is a sweet consolation we can take to ourselves that perhaps many little deeds performed in the cause of Christ, may le read out at the last as bright records of our faithful ness and constancy on earth. Eat to live not live to eat. Mothers' Prayers. A lady prayed for her daughter thirty-nine years without receiving any answer. At length she came to die. Her death was the means used for her daughter's con version. The daughter became a most eminent Christian, much used in the turn ing of sinners to Christ. One hundred American students, who were converted, met together to speak of their conversion. Ninety of them traced their blessings to their mother's prayers. At another meeting, in England, nearly one hundred who had been blessed of God said they had praying parents to pray for them when children; the majority of the petitions began, "A "mother as'ks prayer, etc.;" only one or two, "A father asks prayer," etc. - . f Many a one has learned of late the bless ings of having a praying mother. We trace every blessing to God's fathomless prace. Still, he is pleased to use means. and he says, "For all things I will be in-. quired of. Christian mothers, pray on God an svvers prayer. Most of the Government oflicers speak English also, and more than half the Russians I meet. All the young ladies speak it, as they have all English govern esses. English and American books are in all first-class libraries, Russia having but angry waves comparatively little literature of its ,own. a ooar. Law and order here arc as much respected She casts one look up to heaven, t as with us. While the Emperor appoints then thewters surge fiercely against 1 and she is gone. actlv what he likes, still he governs bv and Now nothing is to bo seen wber i through law. The knout is long 'since village stood but a wild waste of watt abolished, and trial by jury is regular and with here and there a steeple or a t rising aoove ine noon. , f But as the survivors gaze upon wide-spread desolation, the thought of brave and beautiful girl who gavo' life for others throws a deeper gloom uj the monrnful scene. - J And even when the waters subside t the land reappears, no one who . kii Johanna can be glad. They weep for and cannot forget her. ' This is a sad story of a noble g Only those who have read it as Goethe tenderly and dramatically tells it in poem, "Johanna Sebus" can appreciate true pathos and force. St. Kidholas M azine. i ' ;afe. It is no heathen country by a long ways, but the'Greek of orthodox church isstrictic its discipline and thorough in its organiza tion. ( ; Di vorce is almost impossible. Prisons are few. Capital punishment is unknown, ex cept for attempts on the Emperor's life. All Convicts are sent tkSiberia, tho worst to work .in the mines asd others on the land. Their families can go with them if they like, so that country is now full of pretty good people of this kind. This nation is grow ing rapidly in allthe directions of national greatness. Edneation is being pushed slowly but steadily. Most of the people I see can already read and write. But the rich being so rich and the poor so very poor makes progress very slow. The police re gulations are perfect, though people drive through the streets as fast as ever they can go. Those on foot have no rights which the carriages are bound to respect. Handsome black Tartar horses go past one like the wind with little light harness, no blinders, and low, light sleighs or sledges, as they call them. Nobody goes out a minute here without being fully wrapped up in furs, and no one sits a minute in the house with them on. In this way they never appear to take cold. In no other way could they live in this very changeable climate. Not one of us lias had a cold this winter. So all the stories about this being 60 bad a The Home of the Brontes. A v tor to llawoith, where lived tho Bro sistera, writes: The parsonage, a plain, long horase with its walls of dark gi stone, its small-paned windows, and roof of heavy stone flags, stood in its lit garden surrounded on throe sides by 1 churchyard, where countless stones p claimed how many there had been had toiled up the hill of life and "each his narrow cell forever laid" had at 1 found rest at the end. The honse was markable for nothing save perhaps for extreme neatness and spotless cleanlint its bright windows with their heavy wo en frames, glistened with care, and -door-steps and flag walk, scrublied wl and pure with.-pipe-clay.
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