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AY hen the Great Book is opened, and the good deeds are read, may the good over balance the evil in his "account, that he may enter the "Sailor's Snug- Haven," there to ride at anchor through the long, eternal day. "dome about mo, mate?,"' lie said, "for I'm a mind to tell you how-Will Seaford found his fortune. I knowed him well, mate's no man better, and lie were a man and a messmate to the very backbone. It would have done you good to see that face on deck, when they piped all hands aloft in a storm. It always did me guod to see him out there on the weather ear-ring, working away as cheerfully as if he had solid ground beneath his feet rather than a.-loot-rope, while the sea ' boiled below, and tin; great rollers leaped up eager-to 1c:u- lii hi from his hob!, lie was as hand some a young chap as you would wish to see, with black, curling hair, black eves, chivks as rosy as a girl's, and mighty mus cles! 1 often thought he had no right at sea, and was born to better things; but lie loved it. Mates, when yon see a smile, on a man's face in hours of danger, then make up your mind that you've got a good man to stand by you -when danger threatens. 'Our 'old mini' was a good captain. 4 Taint often you sail under a better one than old .Jack Yenner, of the Arethnsa. AVe had been two. years on the whaling grounds, and were coming home full to the hatches; and, on the way .back, we stopped at Iloiitdulu lor sea stores. AViien the last load had come on board, the old man went ashore in his gig, and when he came back he-had a passenger in j the stern sheets, the neatest little clipper" these eyes ever see his darter she were a. bcautv, bovs! AYc sailors mav be rough and ready, but we love the name of wom an, or we are no true sailors. Will Sea ford was pulling the stroke' oar in the cap tain's gig, and his eyes were fixed upon her face in a mute, adoring way, and. I .f knowed his billet had come. It was rough in a foremast Jack to think of falling head over ears in love with a girl like that the 'captain's darter, too: but he done it. She seemed to like his looks, too, and when we sent the 'whip' down to get her up the side, , Will -as the one to help her into it, and Veil her what to do. JHcr uncle had been United States (jisul at Honolulu, and was going home in a month or so, and she wanted to go back with her father. I don't go much on consuls, mates; they don't give a fore mast hand any show, as a general thing, and I know one man I d like to knock in to the shape of a slush lump some fine day, and that s the consul at Honolulu now: 1 wish he was condemned to sail forever in a 'lime-juicer' and eat ship biscuit and 'salt horse' to all eternitv. But Milly A'enner's uncle was a good man; he couldn't have her father's blood in his veins and be very bad. AVe -sailed next day and headed lor the Cape, and 1 never seen a gal take to the sea as Milly did. All day-she'd sit on the fork'sel, in the shadow of the sail, or else on the quarter-deck, looking out for sails and watching for the wonders of the leep. Dolphins, porpuss and sword-fish" the sea; albatross, Mother Gary's chick- es and gulls in the sky everything V'ased her. And Will used to watch Ue whether steering his trick at the wu'l,. or 'working in- the tops until I bon jjmi .0, it. " e knowed vou now nigh onto two yeaivVill Seaford I says, Vnd I didn't know .-jU wag a CUSSPd fool, until this blesseSlinit what d'ye look at that gal fur. "V0 lished up to the eves but did not epeak. " 'Aforihe mast, Jack a able seaman at best U jarcs tQ look at tlie captain7s Y darter in that -n ay ought to be kicked from the stern post to the figure head of the old Arethnsa. . I wouldn't speak this way, Will, only I love you, and don't wantr to see you making a fool of yourself.' " ' I suppose I am a fool, old Dave,' he says, 'or such a mutton-head as yon never would have found it out. So you don't think I'm good enough to look at the cap tain's daughter?' " 'You may be good enuff in my opinion and in the opinion of the rest of the crew, but these captains ain't in the habit of marry in' their darters to chaps that have dipped their hands in a slush bucket.' "He laughed, and went on with his work ; and, one night, after the aid man had turned in, and AYill ought to have been in his hammock, I saw her standing by the lee rail, with her head mighty close to his. I were mad, I tell yon; but it ain't in me to peach on a mess-mate, no matter what he does and I went forward, thinking what a fearful keel-hauling AYill would get if the old man should come on deck, and I felt some one brush by me, and there were the old man close behind them. The gal guv a scream, and Will drawed hisself np and looked like a king, while the captain opened his mouth and kinder swore a little. And when old man A'enner let himself loose, he could make a dead calm at sea by swearing. It took all the wind far his breath, and made things smell of sulphnr. " 'Go below,' he said, shaking his fist under AVill's nose. 'I'll teach yon to sneak up on deck in this way, you swab.' u 'Don't sav anything you may have cause to repent, Captain Yenner said AYill coolly. ' I was going to speak to you to-morrow, and tell you I loved your daughter and wished to make her my wife.' "I don't wonder that Captain Yenner could not speak, hut just stood and glared at the boy as if he would eat him. The cool impudence of the whole thing drove him half-mad, and he could only point to ward the fork'stel. "' I'll go below if you wish it," said Will. ''Milly don't speak a word until we run into port, and then I'll explain. I- "Crash!. The squall was upon us. The sticks came down about our ears, and a great sea swept the deck. Every mar, even the lookout, had been so busy watch ing the muss that thev did not see the sipiall creeping up, and it took us by sur prise. The old man grabbed a life-line and roared to the man at the wheel to let her go before the wind, and we righted, coming up out of the foam with clean swept decks. But, as we looked, neither AVill . Seaford nor Millv were anywhere to be seen. The terrible sea which had come aboard had swept them away, and we lay in boiling water, making little wav with the weight of the top hamper hanging over the mizzen sail. "Captain A'enner was a man and a sail or, and his first thought was to cut away the dragging wreck, and save all the lives lie could. Then, for nearlv half an hour. we Tan before the squall, when it ceased as suddenlv as it had begun, and we had beaten up towards the spot where AYill "Seaford and Millv.. were lost. All night long we cruised about, sounding a fog horn, firing a gun and then waiting for the hail which we hoped might come. .'doming came and found us near the place where the sea was covered with the stuff from the deck. The captain came to me with a glass in his hand. "'Dave,' he said, his rough lips quiver ing, 'go aloft and look. If they are gone I shall never forgive myself, forj had I been attending to my duty, this could never have happened.' "I took the glass and ran up into the foretop. Three times I changed the ele vation of the glass and swept the sea. As I began the fourth round I saw a black spot tossing on the waves, four or five miles away on the lee bow, and hailed the deck. The order was given, and we headed for the black spot. Nearer and nearer we came, and I could see that it was one of the spare topmasts which wel -kept stowed on deck, with something on it. Nearer yet! At least one human being was clinging to that spar, and, as I looked, a hand was lifted and waved in the air. On we went! The ship seemed to creep, and yet she was going ten knots. Ten minutes later we backed our topsails, and a boat went down from the davits, and what a cheer went up when AA'ill Seaford and Milly were found clinging to the spar! He had lashed her firmly with a rope which he grasped as he went over board after her, and, all through that weary night, he had cheered her with words of comfort, until he saw the Arcthu sa bearing down under sail. "Milly was sent to her berth, but he was none the worse for it. That night he had a long talk with the old man, in the cabin, and the captain came on deck with him next morning, and piped all hands to muster. " Mvr men,' he said, 4 1 have to intro duce Mr. AYillis Seaton, the son of the owner of this craft, who has shipped him self under false colors. Your messmate, ill Seaford is no more. "How wo cheered him and what a time of shaking hands we had! He had ship ped for the love of adventure, an' by do in' it, had found his fortune. Of course he married Milly; for what was sheer im pudence in a foremast Jack was very grat ify ing in AYillis Seaton, the son of the richest man in Xew Bedford. He'd have given me a shirrlong ago only J ain't iool enough to take it. Jbigut bells! Time to turn in." Yon can't tell mnch ahont the girls now adays, they are so like a good newspaper capitally made up. To see a girl as she really is7 you must drop in ou her un expectedly. As some one has remarked, the way to find a girl out is to call swhen she isu t m. 'E0SS031, THE BEAU." AYho has not heard with delight this old Southern ballad ? Tlie authorship of it has been claimed by hundreds. Like most of our Sonthern songs, it has "a quaint history of its own." Col. Sparks, who began the practice of the law in a small town in Mississippi about the year 1826, in a recent letter to the Columbus (Ga.) Sun, gives the original version of the song and its true author. Among the citizens of the place were the original characters, one of whom was the hero of the. ballad, and. the other thp minstrel who made it famous. "The first (says Col. Sparks) was a school-master, who was quite old and had been teaching in that neighborhood for over forty years. His name was J ames Rossom. He was peculiar in habits. On Monday morning, neatly dressed and clean ly shaven, he went to his duties in the old school house where two-thirds of his life had been spent, and assiduously devoted himself to the duties of his vocation until Friday evening. On the morning of Sat urday he arrayed himself in his best, and devoted the dav to visiting the ladies of the neighbood. He was a welcome guest at. every honse. This habit had continued so long that he accqnired the sobriquet of "Rossom, the Beau." The other's name was Cox, who was a rollicking, good fel low, and the best vocalist 'I ever knew. He was in song what Prentiss was ir. ora tory, and they were boon companions both died young. Cos was frequently at ray office, and upon one occasion whilst he wa"s there, Rossom walked by the door, and his age was apparent in his walk. Cox looked at him, and, after a pause, turned to me and remarked in quite a feeling tone, which he could assume at pleasure, and its eloquence was indescribable : "Poor, old Rossom! Some of these sunnv mornings he will be found dead, and then he shall have a noble funeral, and all the ladies will honor it with being present, I know.' Soon af ter he left the house, and being in the hu mor, I seized the ideas and wrote the fol lowing doggerel lines. Soon after Cox returned and I handed them to him. lie got up, walked and hummed different airs, until he fell upon the old Methodist hymn tune, in which they have ever since been sung. I have always considered Cox more entitled to the authorship of the song than nn-self. "Hundreds of lines have been written to the air by as many persons, and almost is manv have claimed the authorship ot the lines; but this is of no moment. I claim no merit for my lines, but everything for Cox's singing them. I have seen them draw tears from the eves of old and voung with the feeling he threw into the song : k , Now, soon on some soft, sunny morning, Tin? first thinr niy neiarlitxirs shall know, Their ears shall be met with the warning Come bury old Rossom' the beau. Jlr fri.'iids then so neatly shall dress me In liiien. as vhite as snow And in my new coffin phall press me, And whisper : Roor Rossom, the beau. And when I am buried, I reckon, The ladies will all want to go; Let them form at the foot of my coffin, And follow old Rossom, the beau. ' Thon'tnke you adozen pood fellows,. And let them all stasrjrerinc: iro, And dig a deep hole in the meadow, And in it toss Rossom, the beau. Then shape out a couple of dornieks l'l.K-e one at the head and toe, And do not fail to ncratch on it Here lies old Rossom, the beau. Then take you these dozen pood fellows, And stand them all round in a row, And drink out of a bg bellied bottle, Farewell to old Rossom, the beau ! Thk CnmsTirAS Tree. The size of the Cristmas tree depends on the number of presents it is to be laden with; for a Sunday-school one or sometimes two trees of quite large size are procured. They may be of pine, hemlock, cedar, arbor-vitfc, or spruce; any evergreen of suitable shape will answer the purpose. The tree is usu ally set in a box and firmlv fastened in place. The box is covered with white pa per or muslin, ' prettily decorated with greenery, and serves as a resting place for presents too heavyo be hung ou the tree. Pop corn strung may be gracefully twined in festoons on the tree; ornamen tal balls of various colors of shiny surface come on purpose for decoration, also small wax candles with tinv candlesticks which are fastened to the tree with wire; also miniature flags, cornucopias of brilliant tints and filled writh candies are pleasing to the children, f Effffs from which the contents have been carefully removed mav be covered with bits of gilt paper cnt from the band of envelopes, with flowers or fan cy shapes cut out of calico or silk or any highly colored material, and pasted on- these suspended from the limbs add beauty to the tree. Bed land scarlet apples look well. The presents are labeled with the name of the person for whom" they are in tended and hung npon the tree." Ihc dis tribution takes place after the feast which it crowns and closes; the lighting of the candles in the tree giving the final effect to its beauty, before the gifts are removed A Youxo Majt at his AYoed. The other dav Bishop Haven took an unfair ad vantage of a gushing youth at Maryville, in Marion county, Iowa. The Bishop was dedicating a Methodist church and solicit ing subscriptions for it, and a certain young man whispered that if a certain voung la dy in the congregation would marry him he would give 500 to the church. An(! the Bishop spoke it right out in meeting, and the young lady announced that she was willing. THURSDAY, DECEMBER I 7 ' i ' : ' TEX iEAKS AGO. A Heretofore Unwritten Chapter in the History of the War A Yankee Account. On the 13th of October, 1863, the Pro vost Marshal of Williamsburg, Lieutenant AY. AV. Disosway was shot dead by a sol dier named James Boyle, whom he had ordered under arrest for disorderly conduct. The murderer was immediately seized, i roned, and pending his trial, ednfined in Fort Magruder, an extensive earthwork a bout a mile below the town of AVilliams burg. About this time word was brought to the headquarters of the Union army that Rich mond was practically defenseless. The regular troops, it was said, had all been sent to th fronty and only a few home guards kept watch over the city. An attack was immediately determined on, and the scattered troops were drawn together for that purpose. A brigade of infantry, three batteries of artillery and four regiments of cavalry comprised the expedition. They were moved cautiously and rendezvoused in the woods on the road leading from Yorktown to AVilliamsburg. Then they pushed on, a general order hav ing been read to the troops informing them that they were to move on to Richmond. There were the strongest reasons for be lieving that by being cautions, bold and expeditious, tho cavadry could enter Rich mond, liberate the prisoners confined in Libby and Castle Thunder, capture Presi dent Davis and the officers of his govern ment, seize the treasury, destroy the vast depots of supplies, burn the bridges across the James, and otherwise weaken the de fenses of the city. Certain officei-s and squadrons were assigned to perform certain portions of the work of destruction, and Capitol square was designated as the gen eral rendezvous, when the work should iave been thoroughly accomplished. On the 2nd or 3rd of February, the murderer Bovle, whose trial had been for some reas on delayed, escaped in the night from his nson at lort Magruder,. through the con nivance of one of liis guards. Search was immediately made in all directions, and ev ery possible effort made for his recapture. But all exertions were fruitless. In the meantime the expedition was pushing on Jo the point of its destination. Uo divert the enemy's attention General Sedwick's corps had leen thrown across the Rapi la and had engaged a large portion of Le's army, and the "raiders" were urmolested. At daylight on the morning of the 7th of February the infant ry reached Bottom Bridge, within thirteen miles of Richmond." It was intensely dark when thev reached there, and a earful rec- onnaisance showing that the bridge had been stripped of its planking, it was re solved to wait until daylight. The strict est oiders were issued against lighting fires or making unnecessary noise, and pickets were thrown out in all directions. Ihe condition of the bridge caused the more sagacious officers no little uneasiness. They saw in it an evidence that the expe dition had been discovered, in which event surprise was impossible, and success doubt ful. The army rested on their amis as pati ently as possible, waiting and watching tor the first shimmering of dawn, full of confidence and hope. But, alas! by the Inn light of the coming day the outer pickets discerned a long line , of shadowy figures filing down the road, on. the oppo site bank of the stream, and taking posi tion to oppose the passage of the bridge. An old earthwork, which had been thrown up by McClellan during his Richmond campaign of the year previous, soon shield ed them from tlie view, and, as no enemy could be seen through the mists which hung over the little valley, when -the balance of the aimy came np the reported discovery of the pickets was not believed. 1 he brigade was speedily mounted and put in motion. But scarcehT had the ad vance guard crossed the biow of the little hill ami commenced the descent toward the mined bridge, when a puff of white smoke was observed bevonu the stream, instantly followed by the deafening boom of a cun and a wild shriek of shell. That cannon shot destroved in an instant all hope of surprising Richmond; and being too weak m numbers to hope for a success ful assault, the expedition was reluctantly abandoned, and the troops, w eary, disap pointed and disheartened, returned leisurely to uliamsburg. For a long time it was a matter of pro found wonder how the secret of the expedi tion was carried to Richmond. Men of high rank were suspected, and more thau one staff officer was dropped from the rolls because of a suspicion that he might have imparted the information so valnable At last, however, the facts came out: and herein is the really curious part of this chapter of the history of our late war. Boyle, the escaped murderer, had obtained his liberty just as the expedition was col lecting. From the guard who connived at his escape he had learned the prevalent rumors of a contemplated dash on Rich mond. In his flight, which was toward the threatened city, he gained more infor mation, and reached Richmond soon enough to give timely alarm, and strong detachments from Iiee's'army were hurried forward to defeat the movement. By such a singular circumstance was Richmond saved. Bovle enlisted in the Southern service, bat of his subsequent life nothing is known. It is possible that ne yet lives. and mav learn from this paper the injury he inflicted upon the country he betrayed The State Temperance Alliance of Cal ifornia has determined upon the establish ment of a cold-water political party. He that walkcth with wise men shal be wise; but a companion of fools shal be destroved. i 24, 1874. Chinese Domestic Life. Thev have a large screen before the door-wav, 'which gives privacy sufficiently for their need. The window sashes are closed either by a sort ot jalousie or thin matting. They do not surround their domesticities with the same mystery and secret precautions with wmcu we envelope these proceedings in Europe. Unman nature, they argne, has to sleep, and here is the mat upon which it stretches itself. AVhv conceal it! It also wants to eat, and it satisfies i ts fin- petite, no matter how many eyes are gaz- l"nrr 'Poll "U,: 1- , insr a vjimieae ;uu. you are nun- gry, and he will immediately fetch his fire, his cooking utensils, his provisions, and cook under your very nose. He has no idea of concealing his operations in some ar-away back region like tho kitchen. He squats down anywhere, makes a fire on or in anything a basin, dish, pan, or pot there is no limit to his invention. He will cook in the middle of the street, or in the centre of his quests in a rfst.nrnnt. LTpon one occasion, when on board a innk. I observed a man cooking his own and neighbor's food for days together in a tub, and an earthenware saucer containing the charcoal. AVonderful creatures thev are. these despised Chinese, with a deftness of hnger and ingenuity and patience unsur-sun.- passed by any nation under tho Temple Bar, Hollos-Hearted Sextimextalism. The following incident shows the differ ence between practical benehcence and maudlin sentimentalism : Eugene Sue used to visit, almost daily, one ot the most fashionable ladies of 'aris, Madame de- and hold forth in icr nclily lurnished boudoir on the condi- tion of the poor. "Do vou ever relieve their distress!" asked Madame de , at the close of one of these harangues. "To a trifling extent," answered Sue; "but though my gifts are always small, they are always cheerfully bestowed. I give one-fourth of my income in alms." That afternoon as he left the Cafe de aris, where he had been eating a costly dinner, an annareutlv old woman, clad in ags, accosted him, praying for charity. "Go away," was the stern reply. "But I am starving give me a single copper to purchase bread with." "1 will give vou iu-charge to a nonce officer, if von thus annoy ine. "lou will?' said the beggar, "and yet, Monsieur Eugene Sue, you are the man who writes about the misery of the poor you arc the workirigman's champion you are "Who are you!" exclaimed Sue. "Madame de ," was the reply, and the distinguished lady left the novelist to ns reflections. r A Pleasaxt Life. French journal ists must be expert swordsmen, for they never know when they will be challenged to a combat. One well-known Parisian editor says that last year ho fought in eleven duels, and that ho can show7 on his arms and face half a dozen ugly scars from wounds he has received in different encoun ters. These duels are seldom fatal, and the first drop of blood is counted for satis faction. "I am an old fellow," says Cowper, in one of his letters to Hurd, "but I had once my dancing davs, as vou have now; vet I could never find that I could learn half so much of a woman's character by dancing with her, as by conversing with her at home, when I could observe her behaviour unobserved, at the table, at the fireside, and in all tho trying circumstances of life. AVe are all good when we are plea sed; but she is a good woman who wants no fiddle to sweeten her. Peruvian Superstition. An un heard-of crime has recently been commit ted in Alamanza, a town about a league to the southwest of the capital of the pro- ince of Congaho. On tho 16th of An gust, the Indians were celebrating Assump tion dav, and, in order to worthily sol emnise the occasion, they determined, with the Justice of the Peace at their head, to slowlv burn to death an unfortunate citizen named Mariano Lurcamay, who enjoyed the unenviable reputation of being a sor cerer. They seized their victim and drag sred him to the Plaza, where thev bela bored him with sticks, put him in . stocks, and finally, after covering him with straw, they set fire to the mass. Daring the whole of this they were cheering and shout ing. They then left theirvictim burning and retired to the house of" the Judge to make merry. - About a couple of hours afterwards Uie J udge remarked tuat sor cerers died with great difficulty, and that it would bo necessary to return to the square and examine tho victim. This proposition received the consent . of all, and on reaching the square they were sur prised to find Lurcamay yet living. The Judge then seized a knife, and exclaiming. "After this operation you will not escape," cut the throat of the poor wretch, and or dered that the body should be left to the dogs. So soon as the man was evidently dead, the mob returned to its revels. A traveler who happened to pass by gathered the remains, and after giving them bunal informed the authorities at.Congalio. The Sub-Prefect. Dr. Miranda, announced that ho intended to reward the criminals if thev would voluntarily visit him. Bv this ruse he has been able to capture the J udge, Mariana Perez, and seven others, and they are safely deposited in the prison at Chus- cbin. CallaO Comercio. If a person in a house on fire has the presence of mind to apply a wet cloth to his month or nostrils a passage can be ef fected through the densest smoke - wituon any serious inconvenience. ! ! THE LAST SCEXE AT SEDAN. . A writer in a London cotemporary has contrived to make a letter, concerning Se dan and the historic meeting there, rather interesting. The chief point, of course, is a description of the little room in the wea ver's house in which Napoleon and Bis marck conferred. At this moment its fur niture is w hat it was on that day a round table, two chairs, a few ornaments upon the chimney-piece, and a press in the cor ner. The conference was carried on in German, both parties to it speaking very low, says the weaver's wife, who was left in the outer room. Then Bismarck rose to go away; the weaver's wife warned him a bout the narrow stair-case, but ho sprang down the stairs like a young man of twen ty, and for three hours" the Emperor was left by himself in the little room. He sat at the table with his head in his hands. General Lebrun came to see him in the in terval, bnt he would not speak to him. He seemed literally overwhelmed. lie told the woman to shut up all the windows, and sat quietly there till Bismarck return ed. AVhen the Prussian Minister came. back he was in full uniform." A guard ac companied him, and from this little cot tage, into which he went an Emperor, Na poleon departed a prisoner. But before ie left he hanced the woman four twenty iranc pieces. "Ho put them into ray own lands," she saTs, with an excusable sense of pride. They hang now in a glass rame over her chimney piece, three bear ing the head of the Emperor, and one of Louis XArII. The. weaver's wife has pro- ably made a neat little fortune. She has been offered $100 each for the Napoleons, and, of course, refused it would be selling the goose with the golden eggs. She, has been tempted over and over again, chiefly y Americans, who have offered enormous sums for the table and two chairs. One German seated himself in the Emperor's chair, entertained her in conversation, and all the time was tearing out pieces of" the straw which made the seat of it. Bits of the paper off the wall, actually shavings off the legs of, the chair have been taken away, but experience has taught tho own er caution. Russian Ladies. The characteristics of the Russian type of feminine beauty arc an extreme fairness of complexion, gray- sh-blue eves, blonde or chesnut hair, and a certain embonpoint, arising from the lack of exercise and the life in-doosrs, which is compelled by a winter lasting seven or eight months. Thev suggest the idea of Odalisques, whom the Genius of the North eeps confined in tho tropica! atmosphere of a hot-house. They have a complexion of cold-cream and snow, with tints of the leart of a camelia like those over-veiled women of seraglio whose skin the sun light has never touched. By this extreme fairness, their delicate Features are render ed even more delicate; and the softened outlines form faces of Hyperborean sweet ness and Polar grace. 1 he Russian wo men, in society, seem to make less dis play than the men, as the uniforms and urt-dress of the latter glitter with gold lace and embroidery, and with jeweled decorations. Yet the simple robes of the ladies are composed of the costliest fabrics, fastened with the rarest gems; and their dazzling skins, and flashing diamonds, and gleaming pearls, and flowing draper- ICS, match, m effect, the heavier splendor of the masculine attire. I heir " simplicity pays homage to-the Empress, who prefers elegance to ostentation ; but vou mav be sure Mammon loses nothing by it. Like their sex everywhere, thev know how to make gauze more mostly than gold. "Arerts" is tho word now applied in Eng land to persons who change their faith. Convert being in some cases too respectful, and pel vert in other cases not respecttul enoucrn. tue Daroansm is neiu 10 ue justifiable. A canal boat was passing under tho bridge in Syracuse as the locomotive was crossing above. The engineer dumped pan of live coals, which fell into the mat. A load of hay and staw afforded good com bustible material, and the boat was entire ly consumed. Correspondence. FOB TUB GAZKTTE. Kemiiiisecnces of a Sojourn of Many Teare in the Principal Empires and Kingdoms of Europe xo. XLIV. Messrs. Editors : Some of the chnrch es of Europe are very rich. I he chnrch in Munich called Franen Kirch e, which, in French, would be JSotre Uame, (I give it. in " French because every one knows what it means) is by no means good look ir,ff either interior or exterior vet it is 0- - . .... .7 - T . the most popular church in the city, it is not exactly the court church, j'et, on al most all state occasions, this church is the one selected for the ceremony. It has one great centre door and two other large ones This great centre is opened when the king is expected, and no one oat tue King is al lowed to pass through. Alter ne uas pas sed out it is shut, and not opened again nn til some other such occasion. In this church, to the right of the great altar, is a l.ircrn recess in the wall, with iron rods made into a frame. All around tlm re cess, by the iron fence, is hanging in ev prv snot where any thing can be hung little gold, silver, brass and tin hearts lambs, doves, and every little trinket that rem lie thought of bits of ribbon, lace silk, images in wax, gold, silver and tin T have gone into the "Notre Dame in' Mu nich and tho churches in Italy, and spen hours in looking at these little objects. winch have been c ven bv the poor as - o " WHOLE NO. 72 thank offerings to! God for his mercv in sparing and preserving them from sick ness, death and some great affliction! ,Tr -priests" (for there are dozens belonging each church) in the goodness of their hearts accept tlnwn and hang them in that conspicuous place in order to satisfy tlie donors. Sometimes the contents of thos.,. ittlo rooms are very valuable donations or offerings of the rich to the Alrgin Ma ry. Uimng Jjent one . sees more in Eu rope than at any other time. I remember to have seen in this same church (Notre Dame) old men and old women crippled, gonty, blind and deaf all coming during the three last days of Lent to a largo half- mgshead of water that has been blessed. into which each one dips a rag or sponge ana applies it to tlie ahlieted part. Hun dreds resort to this sacred hogshe: rshcad on sticks and crutches bearing mugs, ers, bottles, bowls, vials everything that will hold water in which they carry to their homes the "holy water." Just over his immense vessel of water is a small box having a hole on ton. This box is placed on a level with one's chest, and is intended for contributions. I noticed that tho most of those who got the water drop ped in about one cent, w hile others did not drop in anything. I saw just ontsidb the same chnrch (and I have seen them at the doors of other churches) old women with bits of charred wood, which they of- erea lor sale. v hat virtue there was in. them I am not prepared to say. I have seen, during the last three days of Lent, at the church Notre Dame, Lanrette and other churches in Paris, one or two women with long rows of candles, very small wax candles, placed in one end of a board, which takes the place of a candle-stick. These old women always have one" candle urning, (lighted with a match perhaps I do not know) but when vou show her thio one that you wish to have lighted, and will give her live or ten cents, she will light it with the one that is already burning. Some of these women make considerable in this way: I have seen them have as manjy as from twenty -five to thirty burning at onetime. Those .who pay t!?have them nirnt are persons that have ldwteither le- ations r friends. All through Europe (or, ratheivdn the countries on the Rhine, arfd in Bavjiria, Austria and Italy,) each has its samt's lav as St. Mark's dav, St. Luke's daA etc. T. wo days before this "saint s day " .jiTita tliA rdmwli Vinrrina t a ortvt on nltoi?. or instance : if that Jctc day comes on Monday, all during, Saturday and Sunday f . they are busy erecting a great altar and! laying platforms in one of tho pubhe squares. AV-heu everything is finished and! the next day arrives, no one is allowed to do any work, and the 'whole-day is kept holy. At the appointed hour tho proces -sion is formed at the church, and moves on from the church to the square where the altar is erected, and where mass iasulemn- lzetl, I have always been astonished to see that there are seldom any genteel look ing persons m the procession or on the square, ihe genteel members ol the church are never present. , At the eleva tion of the host every one is on his knees, and many prostrate themselves full length on the ground. In some Catholio coun tries there have been difficulties with strangers on account of their not taking off their hats. I never could see any causo for giving offence, because it would bo much better, if a person cannot take off his hat, not to be present; besides, it is Ins du ty to conform to the customs of the coun try in which he is residing. It is a common thing in Florence and other citits in Italy to see a man in tho streets who wears a surplice and rings a little bell, and you can always tell that he is followed by the Eucharist. All one has to do (if he does not wish to kneel and take off his hat un til it has passed bv) is to turn into some other street or to turn back. I was with another gentleman in one of the large churches in Areniee, when we heard the usher striking his staff on the marble floor: I looked and saw four surpliced men hold- . t -r- ill it "IVI-'j. ing the liaiaaeiiinno over mo Jucnansr. There were in the procession an arch-bish op, bishops and many priests in the crowd which was coming towards ns. The man who Wf.s with me, instead of going to tho extreme end of the chnrch, or kneeling, ran out at great speed. I thought he looked more contemptible than if he had knelt." There is a peculiar custom in Flor ence and other cities in Italy. One mora- ing we were preparing to go into the coun try when our landlady stopped us, and begged for the keys of our rooms, saying that there would bo two men there ! during "the day who would want to sprinkle our rooms. AYe objectedfor the reason that we did not want our rooms sprinkled. She begged hard, and assured us that if wo "did not al low it, it might give her trouble. At last niy friend w ith me agreed; Jbut We both remained in town to see what it meant. At last two men, wearing surplices, came- one with a vessel of water and the other with a mop. They sprinkled jthe rooms, at the same time chanting something, and when they had finished we paid them tho small sum of ten cents at which they ap peared well satisfied. - I well remember that one morning in a:i Italian city where I was residing, ou my wav from breakfast I heard someone call- and on looking around I saw a man in a surplice after me. lie commenc ed jabbering Italian and shaking a small wooden box at me, and I thought I could understand something abont a-letter. I was delighted $ see him, for I had not received a lettrroni home forsoine time; but just then an acquaintancjb came up and told me that the man was not a letter carrier, but was begging for the church, and that once a month some ten or twelve of these men were sent out, two and two, to beg at every house and of every indi vidual. , oyaguui:. -7 J-
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