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As din the embers bo the hearth, i
And OTT the Shot the shuJows fill, j
; And or .-eps the chirping cricket forth, .
And ticks the death -watch in the wall?
* form In youder eliulr, ' '
That grows beneath the waning light? 1
There are Uie wan, sad feature*?titer?, I
i, r Xh? pallid brow, and lucks of white! ,
F * * ' !> '
My Father! when they laid thee down, ?
And hooped the cltty upon thy breast, ,
mHcft Utee sleeping nil ?k>ne,
Upon thy narrow couch of rest, '
I know not why I o?uld not weep?
The eoothiog drops rt fused to roll; <
And oM.ihnt grief ie wild and deep, j
Which settles tearless on the soul!
\< ? ' III.
Hut when I saw thy vacant chair? i
Thine Idle lutt upon the wall? ,
Thy hoofc?the pencilled passage, where
Thiee-eye had rested last of all:
The tree boncutll whose friendly shade,
( Thy tWfinbliuj feet hud wandered lortli? '
Tfco very prints thosu feet had tnodo j
. When lust tlioy feebly trod tlio earth}?
iy- iv. I
And thought, White cnuuth-M nges fled, I
Tlfy vncotit seat woul 1 Vaoam stand? I
Unworn thy hat, thy bunk unread, |
Utiiieed thy footsteps (rum the sand?
And widowed, in tins cheerless world,
'The heart that gavo its love to thee? '
: Torn, like a vino, whose tendrils curled <
Mure elosefy roan J tho falling tree! I
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Old Father, then, for her nnd thee, '
Gushed madly lortli the searching tears,
* An?l oft, and loug, and bitterly,
l Those tears have gushed in later years}
For, as tire worl I grove cold around,
And things take on tlieir real hue,
'Tie sad to learn that love is found
Alone above (lie stars with you.
Savannah, Gu., IS I'd.
CATHERINE 7TF~WURTEMBERG
ROVAI. LIFE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTCIIY.
Au act of graceful lioinago has recently
been paid lo tho memory of Catherine of
Wurlemborg, the second wife of Prince Jennie
Bonaparte, and tho mother of Napoleon,
who has cf late attracted so much attention
in tho European world. Tito heart
of tho ex-Queen of Westphalia, enclosed in
mi urn, tins been deposited in the tomb of r
the Emperor Napoleon,at the Invalided. It j
is, as has beon well observed in the Times, y
"the heart of a noble woman, of one whom f
no entreaties of her father, tlio King War t
temberg, could induce to abandon her bus ,
band in his days of adversity, and who ,
clung to him in evil and good report to the ,
hour of her death." Tho circumstances of t
her life are so full of deep ami touching in- ,
terest, that we trust our readers will uoi
unwillingly follow us in some of the passages j
of her changeful jtnd eventful career. .
At lire commencement of the present t
century, the ancient palace at Slultgait j
was the peaceful and happy abode of the ,
ducal family of Wurlemberg, whose posi- |
tigu, although high enough losecuiefor them ?
the homage and respect v> hicli aro due to the i
princely houses of Europe, 3 ct seemed not j
lofty ot-.ough to expose tliern to the politi- ^
cal dangers so often entailed on the 111010 t
elevated turd ambitious potentates of Chi is \
tcudora. The great sociul revolution, howover,
which had shaken continental Europe
io its ve/y foundations, cumo to disturb tire (
tranquil bappiuess uf tlio Wurlemberg
family. Napoleon the Crcat, now seated j
firuily upon the throne of France, re.-olved |
that a crown should also encircle each of ^
his brothers' brows. The throno of llollaud
bad been bellowed upon Lucien Bona- j
parte; Joseph was the King of Spain; and
a new kingdom?that of Westphalia?was j
about to be formed for Jeroino.
There was, however, one serious obstacle
en the way of litis latter ui rangeiuent: Je- j
romo had, in defiance of his biother'a wish.
<03, wedded himself to an American lady, ?
who had recently presented him with a
son. Napoleon was seriously displeased at
this union, and refused to acknowledge it..
validity. Jerome, warmly attached to his
wife, came over to Europe, nnd, throwing *
himself at the Emperor's feel, besought his
pardon, and earnestly entreated him to re- t
ceive his xjtouoe as u member of (ho Imperial
family. This request was rondo at an
sintoward moment; for Jercine's interview
with the Emperor took place at Milan in
1805, just after he hud grasped the iron
ciown of tho ancient Kings of Lombard)', .
hearing this proud yet beautiful device:
* r Doi lire 1.1 diodt;
the la toecn.
It was at this proud indolent of his life ,
that Jerome asked hirn to receive a plebei
an sister from Republican America. The (
request was indignantly refused. Jerome i ^
shed tears of passionate idTcclion as he em ' 0
braced his wife's portrait, and swore never ; ,
to give her up for any paltry conMderu
tion of earthly grandeur, lie, however, i
lacked the tirnrnessaud resolution by which i
the Lonaparto family were so eminently
characterized; and, when the temptation of i
a kingdom, with its power and its pomps, ,
was held out to his dazzled vision, ho
gradually became less vehement in Iris denials,
and tinally yielded to the will of his
imperious brother. His wife was abandonfcd,
his offspring dbowued.aud Jerome stood
alone, a weak and guilty man, ready to |
sacrifice honor, affection, and duty, upon
the base altar of earthly ambition.
And now. who is to he his partner upon f|
tho newly eiccted throne of Westphalia?
Napoleon turned Iris glance toward Wur r
temberg, which had recently been raised to j
the dignity of a kingdom, and whose sovereign
was now degraded into a satelli'.o of j
Imperial France. Tho Princess Hoy a I had j
just completed her twentieth year. Fair in ,
person, and amiablo in disposition, this ..
youthful Princess possessed, nevertheless, ?
tar more firmness than her royal parent, |
and *ho resolutely expressed her aversion ?
to the proposed alliance, regarding Nupo
*)eon as the direst fee of her native Germany;
while at the samo time she fell her .
maiden dignity deeply olfeiided at the
thought of being espoused to a man who,
in her estimation, was already married to
another. Vain, however, were all her 10 [
monstrances. Slio wns compelled to bow '
beneath the iron will of Napoleon tlio
Great, with whwtn her father was at this w
timo closely allied, and before many w
t;vvnths bad elapsed she found herself wedded
by proxy to Jerome, King of West- e
pitalia, and had entered the conlines of d
F At nee as the acknowledged sister of its a
Impei ial ruler. a
She was obliged,in compliance with coil HP I
etiquette, to part on the frontiers with all her a
Gentian attendants, and to advance alone in c
a foreign country, surrounded indeed by a o
brilliant retinue, but with no familiar face f<
to meet her saddened gaze; no sweet sound it
of home voices to soothe the bitter feelings tl
of her heart. With tho characteristic firm11
ess of her disposition, however, she gatli- 1
red all her cotuago to imot tho trying cir- r
iumnnaceA of her lot, aud??etotd resoivqd
hit a<> lull-lulu glance il)ouId betray . the
liudeu cuuflict of lier heart. A* *ho drew
tear to Paris, the whole Current of her beng
seemed to be changed; tho usual kindiucsa
of her manner became pettified into
i proud and fiigid bearing; and while alio
was studiously courteous to her attendants,
jer evident constraint gave a disagreeable
expression to her couuteiiauce.
it was ou the '20th of August, 1807, that,
it an early hour of tho day, she found her'elf
almost in sight of Paris; but it being
Napoleon's pleasure that she should dot enter
his capital until evening, she was conJucted
by his order to ltaiuey?a charming
country residence, once the abode of
royalty, but now tho possession of Junol,
l.tuc d'Ahrantes, whose wife was commanded
to receive the Princess with all the lionur
due to her elevated rank. The dulchess
received h r at clemi toilette de cuur ou the
[?ian<l paistyle of thechateau, and conducted
her to her own apart mentis where a repast
of tiie uiohl costly doteiiption was prepared
for her refie?huteiit. Shu courteously
iii?inie<l 011 Madutue d'Ahrantes and her
friends partaking with her of breakfast; arid
the aiiiil^itiou with which she talked might
liavo bojn^TCn a mind contented with its
lot, but that tho rapid changes in her countenance
revealed only too clearly the inward
conflict of her heait. At one inoinon', licr
features wen- suffused with the deepest crim.on,
and at auotliur they became livid with
i deadly pallor.
Tho afternoon was tilled up with a drive
dirough the forest of Potidy, dining which
lie Princess still exerted herself to appear
pleased with the efforts made for her amusement.
Next cnrnS the grand affair of her
oilet, which seemed t<> Madame d'Abr.m
es u in tiier ui mo titmo-i importance at
11"s critical moment of the l'lineess's life,
ille anxiously awaited her appearance in
,!io saloon l>ef<>re dinner. What was her
li-may on beholding the royal brido enter
ho apartment clad in a style of old fas lion
ed magnificence that might have suited
tor grandmother, but which was ill befning
the court of iho Tuilerio* in 1607. The
listeria! was a blush moire?al that time
juilo out of date?cut up into a scanty nar ow
fiock, with a short round <pieuc, exacty
resembling a beaver's tail; the sleeves
rery narrow and very flat, looking as if her
irms had boon squeezed into them: ami
hen tho shoes pointed, as if they had been
nude some centuries ago. Around her
leek hung two low* of pearls, fiom whence
vas suspended a miniature of Jcro no, so
lumsily set, that it swung about at each
novement of the wearer.
In spile of an antique costume, tho uplearauce
of the l'lincess was pleasing and
iltractive. She is described to us as ''of a
i fair and fresh complexion; her beautiful
ighl hair and blue eves hatinoiiizing well !
villi the graceful and dignified turn of her
lead, and she entered the apartment with
is much princely self-possession as if she
iad been attired under the diiectioti of the
tnperiul coijJ'eur and moideste?jeisona
[cs of such importance as to bo remember
id even now, under tho uatnos of Char>onnier
and beroy."
Before dinner was announced, Catherine's
ignuuon uccame so ovnieni to iter hostess,
hat the latter ventured to ii..juiro whether
night had occurcd to disturb her royal
ugliness. Catherine, in teply, expressed
ier wish to l?o informed a few moments beore
Jerome's nriival, so that tho might ho
rrepared to meet him. This was promised;
iml while the Princess thanked Madame
I'Abrautes for her kind readiness to obligo
ier, "tiie burning blushes on hor cheek torealed
no pleasing emotion, but the pasiouato
nain of an indignant woman's
reurt."
"The dinner," Madamed'Abrantes writes,
'was dull, and even mournful. The Pi in
ess was restless and agitated. Having
isked ber twice which she would prefer,
aking coffee and ice in the park, or in the
jrand saloon, she seemed suddenly to roeillect
herself, and looking at me as if she j
earcely understood the purport of my ?juesion,
replied? ,
" 'J list as you please.'
"Wo quitted the table at half past six,
ind, feeling anxious to satisfy the Princess's ;
vis lies, I went to iuquite whether there
vas any symptom of Jerome's approach. ]
nst at this moment a cloud of dust became
i.-iblo on the road from Paris, and several I
ariiages were seen to outer the poplar j
venue. I hastened to inform the Princess
hat in a few minutes the Prince would :
nako his appearance. Willi n faint atcuipl
to smile, she thanked me for my
dndness; but her appearance really alarm !
d nie; for, in a moment, her whole count-nance
became of a deep purple hue, which
ras immediately succeeded by the cold,
'lunched Color of death. She seemed.
lowover, to summon all her lesululion, ami,
ising from her seal, advanced, with one of
ler ladies in-waiting. to the g< and saloon, to
wait the Prince's arrival. This apartment
ummunicaU-s at either end with the luu-ic
aloon and hilliaid room, from both of
i I licit it is separated only by pill us, so that
re who sveio a--einhied in the billiard room
mild see all that pa-sod in the central sa
oon.
"Catherine of Wurtemberg seated herelt"
near the chimney, having by her side
n nun chair, iutended for the Prince. The
loor of the music saloon opened, and Jo
oino entered, followed by the oflicers of
lis lionsehohl, who remained in the outer
hamber, while the Prince advanced alone
uto the saloon where Catharine awaited
liin. She rose up, advanced a step or two
owards him, and saluted him with much
;raew and digiity. As fur Jerome, his asiccl
vnt that of a boor, who looked as if
ie hntl coma thero because lie was ordeied
r? do so. Ho approached the Princess with |
n air of brusqucric an I mala he.
"After a few words had been exchanged
etwoen thein, she pointed to the chair hoido
lier; and a brief conversation ensued
bout her journey. Hefure long Jerome
one up, and, in (ho (one and stylo of a
ourgeois, said to her:
" My brother is expecting us. I do not
dsli to delay the pleasure ho will havu in
relcotning you as his sister.'
"The Princess smiled, and bowed ncquiscence;
but searccdy had Jeroino with
rawn from her presence, when slio fainted
w ay. We carried hor to the open window,
nd bathed hyr temples in Kuudt Cologne.
n a few moments she recovered herself,
ltd attributed hor indisposition to the exessivo
heat of tho weather; hut 1 understood
nly too well the bitter contlicl of womanly
jeling and of royal pi ido which was raging
i poor Catherine's breast, not to guess at
lio true cone other indisposition."
When Madame Junot announced to the
'lincess thai her equipage was ready, she I
oso up, and, gracefully thanking hor for i
l'
A
her kind hospitality, eiud that she was
ready to depart.
What weio the desolate feelings of poor
Catherine's heart daring this twilight drive
from liaiuoy to Paris, no humaa being
knew, uor what wore her miserable anticipations
of tho future that lav before her.
On her arrival at the Tuileries, she found
tho whole Imperial family asceuihiod to receive
her. The Ktnperor advanced as far
as (lie grand staircase to bid her welcome.
She etttempted to kueel and krse his liaud,
but he hastened to raise her up, and, after
embracing, conducted her into the saloon
of the throne, where her presented her to
his assembled" family as their sister and
daughter. She was immediately surround'
ed, and caressed, and tieated from that moment
as a sister of the Kmperor.
Such was the opening no nes in tho wedded
life of-Catherine of Wurteuiberg. Need
it be added, that ber after path was one be<
set with thorns rather than strewed with
Oowers! Forced to Irostow hor hand upon
a man from whom sho instinctively shrank,
as being, iu hor opinion, already espoused
to another, the unhappy Queen of Westphalia
had not even the poor satisfaction ol
1 being treated with respect by her royal bus
band. Many were llio humiliations which
she suffered at tho Court of Cassol, and she
bore them ail in silenco. Faithfully did
sho strive to fulfil the onerous duties of her
positir n, and never was a single murmur
suffered to escape her lips. The only hap
py moments of her crowned life were those
in which she clasped her infants to her
nrinsj although, perhaps tho name of Napoleon,
which had been bestowed upon Iter
son, ofter brought a pang to her heart, aa
reminding hor of him ihmugh whose insatiable
ambition a hopeless blight had fallou
11 'ion her otiioiinrr life.
~l "I t?
TJmo pii^sW ou. The eventful tears ol
1814-To elap-ed. Napoleon had fallen
and those modern dynaslio*, which had
ilouri^hcd in the sunshine of hi> power,
wore withering away beneath the shadow
of "tho Holy Alliance." The Queen ol
Westphalia had taken refuse, with her
children, bctieir'i her father a roof. Jerome
lul l joined his brother Napoleon in Pari*,
on his return from Llha, and had carried
with hint thither all tho baubles of royalty,
in tho hope that, at no distant day, ho
1 might unco more appear in public with
! these insignia of power. In this expecta
tion, however, he was quickly disappointed,
I and, on tho evacuation of Pari*, bo retired,
with tho army, beyond tho Loire. Ilis sit
ualion being now a very precarious one, ho
gladly accepted a refuge in the Chateau ol
l>ouy, where, under tho assumed name
of Carnicr, ho was hospitably entertained
hy M. Oururd, lite eminent financier
Owing to the frequent presence of military
men, who were quartered in the chateau, ,leroute
was obliged to remain .secluded in his
own apartments.
One day, in a moment of ennui, the ex
I monarch opened a trunk, took ottHtis royal
i robes of stale, together with the many brii
lianl orders which had been bestowed upon
hiin iu his happier days, and clothed him
self in all the magnificence of royalty. JiM
as his splendid 'oilel was completed, the
door of his apartment opened, and M. Ouvrmd
entered. Tito discreet financier was
astonished at such an act of imprud nee on
the part of his guest, and fearing that a
repetition of his folly might betray Ins secret
to the whole hsitsohold, and thus Involve
thy family ir political danger, h. counselled
Jerome no longer to delay lii-> escape j>tit
of France. On the following morning, ho
fore daylight, the deposed king w:i* on his
way to lite caelum frontier, whence he lta>
leued to Stuttgart, and, entering in secret,
his father in law's palace, besought hi* wife
to procutu for hint a welcome in the home
oi lier childhood and youth. The I'rincc**,
mindful only of her husband's foilorti p
silion, welcomed him heartily to her apart
meats. The news of his arrival, howoer,
quickly reached the ears of the King ol
Wuitcmberg, whose political position made
him bhiink from communication with any
! of lite Kanaparto family.
| On the following inoruing, therefore, lie
signified his pleasttro to the ex en that
her husband must forth with quit his palace,
as he could not harbor beneath his root
, one ol a proscribed and outlawed tatnily,
pointing out to Iter at the same time the
example of Maria Louisa, who had c<>n?ciilI
ed to a separation from iter husband, lie
also expressed bis do ire for an inlet vuiv
with his daughter, thai she might 1< at it his
wishes mote etuphaiicaiiy from his own
royal lip*. The Princess Royal immediate
ly addressed to her parent a reply, which
merits a place in lite anna's of all those na
lions wlteie wotneu arc Counted worthy ol
honor as w\-!l as of love. It wits in lite following
tet ms:
"Siiik: Your majesty has summoned me
this morning to votir presence. For the
first lime in my lite 1 hnvo denied myself
the pleasure ol obeying your c >ininniid>.
Knowing the subject of the inteiview, fear
.1 : *i ji*
iii^ mat. mt iii11111 tv.it uoi suiiitneiiiiy collected
l<? *|Kj;ik of it, I venture hoie to mitold
the motive* tit my coinlvcl, and tu
in.ike nn appeal to your paternal atloction.
Your majesty has been lightly informed;
I yea, sire, 1'iiiiee Jerome, your . m ill law,
my husband, and tho lather of niv children,
ib with mo. 1 received hint fioin your
hands at a time w lien his family reigned
supreme over many kingdom*, and when
| his own hrow was encircled with a crown.
I Tho hands impose ! at flist by policy have
since been strengthened and continued by
the feelings of my own heart; and he is i n
dearer to mo now, in the hour of hi* adver
sity, than over ho was in tho lime of power
and prosperity.
' Marriage and nature impose duties
which cannot ho affected by the vicissitudes
of fortutie. 1 know these important duties,
and 1 desire to fulfil them. I was once a
Queen, and am now still a wife and
| mother. Although raised liv fortune above
W.uvi men, V? ?; arc Oil Oil Oil IV lilt) III'WO to
l?c pitied A will at vaiiauco with our
own may influence our destiny, but there itjiuwcr
cea*o?, for it can by no mean* afloct
tlio obligations wliii'h I driiio l'lovi lcnce
line imposed upon u.s. The hu-hand wbo
was given to me bv <jnd and by yoursell
?the child whom I have homo in mv
bosom?these are now a part of my very
existence. With this husband I shared
a throne; with him I share exile and misfortune.
Violence alone can separate mo
from hint. Ibit oh! my father, my sovereign!
I know your heart?your justice and
the .rectitude of your principles; I know
xv It at those principles have ever been on the
subject of domestic duties. I do not ask
your inajesty, out of atV-clion toward me,
to make any change in the line of conduct
which has been adopted in conformity
with lliu determination of the most mighty
sovereigns of Europe; I only crave your par??
?" ? * s
mission thai tnj husband and I may remain
near your person.
''But oil! my father^ my sovercignl if this
boon i? denied us, lot us ut least be assured
of your favor and kindness befoio we set
out for a strange laud. Without some
(iroof of your paternal love, I can scarcely
iud courage to ap|>ear iu your presence. If
we must depart til once, let u*'|>oar with us j
at least the assurance of your affection as j
well as the hnpo of your protection in happier
times. Our misfortunes will surely uuo
' day have an end. Europe will not always
command our humiliation: it will not always
t delight in degrading princes who hnvo
been recognised by former treaties, and who
< ura allied to tho most ancient and most illustrious
houses in Europe. Is not their Wood
mingled with our own? Pardon me, iny
father and my sovereign, for having thus cxl
pressed myself, and deign to lot me kuow
i that this Icllur has not been received with
displeasure. Believe me, dec.,
i > Catiiekikb."
, This touching and noble appeal could
I scarcely fail to melt tho hoait of a father;
but political motives were at that critical
f period far moio powciful in the breast of
monarch* than the gentler voice of domes
tic affection. The Prince-* of Wurletuborg,
i together with her husband and son, wero
II obliged to quit that Fatheiland to which
' she was so tenderly attached. They took
refuge iu the Papal States where they lived
for ninny years, under the numo of Puke
i and Puchc-s of Moiitfort. They chose a
country habitation named Casino Azzolino,
near tho river Trenlo, which forms a limit
between tho Uoiuau and Neapolitan States,
i Even here, however, they could not c-capo
the humiliations which wero at this time
the portion ef lire Bonaparte family. They
were prohibited by the King of Naples
from entering firs dominions, and so rigidly
wero his commands enforced, that the counter
Gonurala, a uieco of Jerome's, having
ventured one. day, iu a giilish ficak, ti?
cross the Kiume Trento for the sake of enjoying
a ride in tho Neapolitan territories,
she narrowly escaped being seized by tho
i Neapolitan soldicis. who were t>ln.-<'.!
:o guard ilie bridge. The young and ardent
counter ??? exceedingly indignant at
thia curtailment of her liberty.
"^VajK'Icon's niece," exclaimed she, dwelling
emphatically upon this word?*,Nnp ?knit's
niece is not ntado to hu\o her walks
dictated to her; she is not a vassal of any
sovereign'"
Titc l>uko and Duchess of Nfontlort had
all tho difticulty in the world to calm her
anger, and to prove to her the necessity of
submitting to tho ucgocerou- restrictions
imported bv the King of Naples. As for
Catherine of Wurtemberg, she pursued the
even tenor of her way, treading in the same
p tth of duty and affection tintil death
ch sed tho earthly poition of her career.
A Doo Sronv.? A friend of our* who
indulges in dogs, has two of the canine
species?one a cross between the Russian
and terrier, and tho other a Newfoundland.
A bustling, busy body of a ben had stolen
a nc>l in the barn, and brought out a brood
of a dozen chickens. When found, they
were placed with ll.eir careful mamma in ..
' largo trough, safe out ot harm's way, a*
[ was supp x"d. lint t1 e lerrior d g came
round, ami heating the chicken-., pu< pe.i
into tho hex, when the lien pecked it him.
"tru cker than tt' Ket-z.-r?for mi- Ii was
the namo iti which iho terrier tif-ncrtid in
joiced ?seiz d h? r bv tho head and c it
^liart It. lUflf l' l?f.. i fr A. I 1 * - -
j . V/Ml KICUM, ll'ttTCYUC,
pioko<] hor up, and a J ministered the in-eos
j?;try iciircdiea in mi,!i I'.ec., lull ail hi \ till.
Slio was "pt.t surgery.1' Hut <>n g iMg
l?:ick to llio chicken*, he 1 mini Jack, the
Newfoundland, cnsiotisced m the box, with
tli ; chickens iie-tk'il in tlio Jo: g li.i.r ol im
o i:s .nit] neck; .111 ! for sewiul tint h - j?m
sisl; 1 in his euro of the broo 1, until .1 cage
was made ftir thcin, atui ho was r?*ltovv.?U <>f
, hit duties by llie little girl of our fiietnl.
Hut the st try is I'ot all told. While
1 Jack was acting so motherly a part bv the
, j chickens, K.?ezcr, in emulation of >0 - glial
; a virtue, uinLilook to perl-uin the Mime
I fcrticc for a couple ot pigs ?the only aim
| vivoit of a litter which their u 11 tooling
j mother ha.l devoured?and ho growled at
Jack, if lie caino round, in a most piai*e
worthy manner. IJut the pigs died. "Lot
th dca 1 bury tlicir dead,1 -aid K ci -r, .m i
left them in disgust. Hill Jack, true to his
more limn porcine iusliuct.s, cam 1 them
away and gave litem a dogly 11 well a- a
hogly burial, and they have remained undisturbed.?Xitshu-.i
TcUjrujh.
Divisinu.irv.? A small taper will illuminate
the atiuo.-p tore to the distance of
t >ur iiii!o?; yet tiiu luminous ; articles which
til! that wide concavity cannot amount t<>'lie
5.0UUlh part of a grain, which lu.iv bo
the whole consumption of the wax in I ght,
> smoke and ashes. Animated matter likewise
cvhihits, in many instances, uwonder
ful sub I.vision. I ho unit of a codll-li,
when ifbegina to j vitrify, has been comptt
ted to contain a billion of perfect insects;
so that thousands of those living creature*
could ho lifted on the point of a n,die.
Hut the infusory nniinalcules di*i>iav. in
their structures ami functions, the most
iransccmluut attenuation of matter, The
vibrio undolo, foim.l in duckweed, is cotuput
1 to lie ten thousand million times
smaller than aliemp seed. 1 lie vibrio /in
coin occurs in vegetable infusions, everv
drop containing myriads of thoso oblong
. points. Of lite in mas yclaltinos /, discovered
in ditch water millions appear in tiie
tield of a microscope, ['laying, like the sun
beams, in a single drop of Inpiid. Insects
have been discoveiod so small a> not to exceed
the lO.OOUth pail of an inch; so thai
I 1,000,000,000,000 of tbom might he contained
within the space of one cubic inch;
yet each animalcule must coiisi-t of patts
connected with each other, with vessels,
with fluids, and organs necessary f.?r its
motions, for its propagation, dec. 11 >\v inconceivably
sm ill must those org ins b?|
and yet they are, iiinpioslionubl v, comp <*ed
of other paits still vnnllor, and still further
removed from the perception of our senses".
A Km si new s r I*'Ac r.?The last New
\ oik Independent, a paper which serves
(rod -and Mammon, being the organ of
I new light religion and of the "commercial
agencies" (espionage houses) in New York,
publishes a list of the moicuntile failures
ami suspension* lh.it look placo during the
, previous month in all quarters of the country.
The number is eighty-six in all; ami
only cloven of them are doing business
hoiitli of Mason d: Ihxon's lino. Ibis is a
significant commentary on the persistent misrepresentation
by the Black Uopublican papers
of the business habits oi Southern nierI
chants.
ft
The Kihok* ot Oaulvo.?A corraspoi
dent of tho N(ow York Journal of Con
merce, writing (Join Florence, describes tl
linger of Galileo, in tiro Museuio, ue fu
lows:
The walls are itilnkl with marble an
jasper, and the ceiling is painted in fresc
representing several of tho principal even
of the philosopher's life. In the centre
the room is tho statue in marble, an
around him are busts of his most di*?ti
1 guished pupils. .Several ylasa ca*es stnni
ing against the walls uiu tilled with the v
> rious instruments he used in his daily hIU
ioa. Among lliwiu are two small telescope
not larger than our modern spyglass
I One of thee is thai immortal glass Wil
| which he lirst discovered the phases of V
iius and the satellites of Jupiter, and d
monstiatcd to the world by actual observ
lion the great fundamental miooiples of (I
Copcrnieaii system. 1 lot?k?r?i at it wil
iuoio reverence than I felt when taking
I my hand the sceptre ami sword of one
the greatest monarclis the world liM ev
I seen, h was to men pJea?anl symbol
' that mind which looked calmly an 1 stea?
| ly at the truth, and admitted it without r
! instance to Ins inmost soul. How few i
| his time (and their number is not as gre
in (ho nineteenth century as some iinnj
inc.) who wore willing to lot their gla
sweep over the heavens and view as In
what it certainly revealed.
Olio of llis filiwrn HlrrMilllirnii.1. M.I..!../
( bv some one from his collin, is also prefer
cd licro in a glass bottle. Such u ret
'i would bo moro honored by a decent buri
' than by the exposure of llio deformity <
dc.ab to the admirers of the Iiviiu* inn
, Kven if it could bo turned into a finger
| scorn pointing to the inquisition which o|
posed their darkness ! ? his tight, I shott!
I still say, "bury it out of our sight'.'' Tl
relics of dead philosophers and of dea
' -uiiiU ttre equally r?tfk>; inefficacious in in
! parting worthy conception* of their fonin
possessors. Superstition may cling to tliei
; jih a treasure. Intelligence and religi<
both summon us to communion with tl
I spirit that knows no decay or death.
Wo (plito agree with the writer in :i
that ho says of the disgusting nature of In
j man relics. Hardly any tiling can bo tnpi
| otFensive.- Yet wo confess that the lliijgi
j <>f Galileo may bo regarded with somethm
of the reverence with which tho devoi
Catholic looks at the bones of saints ail
martyrs. It is the very linger with whio
be pointed, when, after his compulsory r
1 inincialioii of the gieat truths w bicli he ha
discovered, he Mii.1, "but it moves."
? ? - ?
JcxiL's" Liirn.i s. ? I in; National Intel!
gencer copies from tin- Hubliu Universtl
11 l"lt.? .... I .. . . I.. .. -
.. ? ............?..uru ?
tielo touching llic identity of Junius, a my
terv which scorns destined to exorcise li
ingenuity ol" the uiUof Kn'gl it 1 till tl
end *?f titno. According to the preset
writer, there have been thirty five eand
dates tor the authorship, and a huttdn
books, a d a vast number of article* ha*
i been written by men desirous t<? |> >int ot
the retil author. Tlio liuhliu Scribe cm
! ten Is that Lord Chatham was Junius, an
lie certainly makes out a strong ens
though, to our in>!, it is clear from li
? ?
own reasoning that vvlii.c Ch unani tun
li.iie boii at.d jit 'li. lily was Junius, in tl
. leas, the g* tie al s, ami, above :!
licne, vindictive an ! ttiereiie-* xpit.i of l!
; L'.'c ; w - ;h, . ; ><|o. .* and piao c
J ; 'i S r I'll. Finite! s wliL it ??*- -m
! C!i tlLiin s cum ptioti in the tr- si marten
spvuneiis ol cpt?i<>inrv invective vvhtv
have ever app arc I ill the English tough
riitro ts b\it one link wanting in tl
eh .in by which Lord! ii iih nn is ijentilh
. s the an h >r of Jun-ti , and that is, he w;
not a go.. I wtiter. Sir l'hiiip Francis, *.
the contrary, v\ is as nkilled w uli the pt
' as Ch album with the tongue, t'h iih.u
, was his p.iti u and his p laical li: n
Francis was in the liiibit ?>f reporting li
1 .sjiccohes, and it is stated by one antlnuit
toiupofid inaiiy of die in. It is conccdt
by t he vv liter that >.r l'liilip Francis m;<
have h 11 hi i tiv Iniadr I ;> >.in Is a year i
the W ar utli ? c.\c uige 1 for a situation
i In iia at ten llioti ami a year, on a hint fa
t'iiolhntn to Loi l North, that if join
! Ft .nets were sect away, there would be :
end to Junius, llo was cut away and tl
letters ceased' Lord Om.liatu remain*'
but the letters were not coutinu-d! I I
head and the hands vvcio repainted; tl
one was in England, splenetic, fiery ai
powerful as in \cvilli; the other was in 1
j din, clutching the i n ill* u?ainl a year, ai
' ?the sec ct?which, h vvevor much its e
posiirc might have enhanced the litem
f.uuc of S.r i'iniij* Fiaiicis, would ha
brought mill upon ti e towering crest
Chatham, his bcticliict' r and his Iriend.
Uklios or N.vimli. ?* in ihk Locxkk.A
Furis correspondent of thu New Oilca
1 ica v imo thus vv lilt's*.
" 1 ho next most attractive, I may ?a
ilccply iuteicsting, feature of the I. >uvic,
the Salic lie Id imj :ic:ii - a larg*- room *i
voted exclusively to the articles used by tl
Emperor Napoloou vvhile living. Atuoi
tlie.se tire different suits enliie of c >at, va.
and tiown-i.s; his baddies, swords, glov*
lilies, pistols and dagger; the coat lie vvo
at the battle ol Manage, the stirrups ai
bit of his biidh: tl-ei in the battle ut W
terloo; the hats lie vfoie lu the campaij
of 181 1 and during lii> cxilo in St, Helen
his itnpoiiai crown and robes; the puck*
iiaudkcicliict he Used on his dctiit bed
St. Helena; a lock ot his hair, with that
his .*.<n; his willing desk find arm-chair,
gut ami green velvet; the bod lie slept tip*
liming several of it is moat memorable cm
paigns, llic Hindi oak table, (one toot 1
lluee,) which ho eat from in his eampaigr
his mathematical instrument*; his lavoii
hooks; his clu'vi hoard; his watch, Moppi
at twenty live minutes past t;ve; liis can
hi-> camllc*tick*, (line gold,) with thecu
dies ;ts left, iicaily consumed; his go
t-niilbbox; hreakiast ?ei vico, all of purogol
with black handles, except the s into
which are gilt I'iitna, his carver and foi
his toilette s t, all gold; his perfume h?
lies, with some of tin* contents still in thei
and many other reminiscences of the gror
e l interest. llio two hats we saw had e<
denlly seen hard jcrvicu?the rims, whT
had been taken ho'al of by the hand, heir
very greasy; the lint ho wore when in exi
at St. Helena is a round one, shaped exn<
ly like those worn at iho present day, e
cept that it was soft, like felt. this oi
was exceedingly soiled.
A plain and unschooled man, who lit
received his education principally benaa
the open sky, in the field, ami llio ford
and who had wielded the axe more tin
the pen, whilst speaking of children, '
marked, w ith Into and beautiful simplicil
"The Utile chip* are nearest the heart*
+ m ^ - ?
1
? *.
namn?imMMaBi
?. I At a p?tty Wai i? Hr?To?k village, a ' ' A
a- ; blusbipg gaUant oo tbe witeeee sfaud w*?
10 "put tbrough*1 hi* previous Sunday nigbk's .
I- experience as follow*: *jTLawyer?Wbqre
were yo? on Sunday
id evening last!
o, Witnera?At the Methodist church, air.ts
J^wyer?Where did you go after church! Vwn
of j Witneea?I went down Centre street. '
id | Luwyer?How far down Cent re street did * ij.
you (go? '
J- Witness?T went to C street. ITiC
?- Lawyer?What bouse did you go to on
J- C street! vlAI
! (, Witness? Well, I went to?I went to? wfl
s. j well I don't know as I'm obliged to tell
11 where I went. . pOl
o- Lawyer?you are obliged to telf?so out *
e* wtili it.
a Witness?I weut to?Mr. lliggius's.
ie Lawyer?How late did you slay! CXj
lb I Witness?1 staid till?well about ten the
in I o clock.
of ' Lawyer?Wherft did you go then! gJjj
er Witness ?Didn't go anywhere?I stayed
of : to Mr. Higgins'e. W1
li- ! Lawyer?flow late did you stay?
? | Witness?i stayed till?tilt?I guess
in about eleven o'clock.
at Lawyer?Yes; and where did you go
? JIhen!
s* i Witness?Didn't go anywhere?I stayed ?
'? j at Mr. iliggitis's?li1' .bout half past eleven, tilt
Lawyer?Well, nnd whore did you go!
'd Witness?I went to?I don't kuow, sir, *^
v- j as I atn obliged to tell. RAj
ie j Lawyer?You are obliged to tell, sir?
?1 i where did you go? ACl
of i Witness?I went to?well T didn't go
ii. , anywhere?by special request, 1 stayed all
J]ljms,,l! be
Id All is sugar to the vain?even the praise "Tv_
ie , of fools.
'd : It is ever the least in talent that become bn
" I malignant and abusive. ?
L'r | Miss Kiin O'Line arrived in town ye*ler11
, d .v, ia company with X. 10 Did Hoop,
i <1
ie
Why is a person approaching a candle
]j like a man getting oil bis horse' Because SOI
j. lie is going to a light. ?
r?. | The highest perfection of human reason CHI.
pr I is to kuow that there is an infinity of truth i OtJ
g(beyond Ms reach. j m
u: A Dutch in in thus describes the New I Otf
<1 Yorkers: "Kino people." bay* lie, "dey go * ,
h about der Greets all day, sciieating each DC]
u odcr, and dey c.dl dat pnsine-a."
An exchange piper says the most digni *
tic I, g! imous and lovely work of nature is 3.11'
w > nail?the next, man?and thirdly the |
|'v lieikshire pig. Oil
"l believe, sai 1 a very tall representative. yy|
, "tli it I am one of the tallest member* o
the lI >uso." "Yes" a 1 ied a fellow-repre- WC
s?rtalive, "and the s/immeW, lo).n
it An Irishman lohi of a tight in which
i there was bnl nno whole nose left in the Vc
I crowd, "anj th ?l belonged to tho lav ket- _
... ' Pi]
Jt Ii is folly to think that you can make _11
11 pork out of pig iron, or that you can bo
' come a shoemaker by jutl drinking -berry I Stc
colder*. _
The eldest mnemonic curio-it\ is that ?!
' i a woman, who noier knows Iter own age,
but know* to half an hour that of her tie
" male friends!
An lri-h gentleman lately fought a djiwJ WW.,
j with I - intimate friend, ! cau-a be jw?-o 't.-'s ?
!y ted that lie w is tx.ru without aidiir. , .
*j, ":i 'd* brick. i r .
e You cannot fathom y.Qr mind. Tlerei- A.
j a well of thought theie which lias no b<?l k*j.
,,j torn. Th more you draw from it tho mote ,v(
:i, ! clear and plentiful it will l>o. \V.
>u i A w.man has suggested that wh>'ii men I'll
break their hearts, tl i- the same a- wh-n 'hj
o } a lobster breaks one of his claws?aaothei
i. sprouting immediately, and growing in its R
is | place. OK Tj
V. I V C ? .. - 1) ? ? ?
i.i >'11111 i i .viiimmiskb.?a moiling ini
torni'tii being preached in acountrv churclf, ti?
.til fell a weeping but one man, who being n
" j a ked why he did r.ot weep with the rest? *1
111 "I be >ug t<> another parish." i
ML ?uis, the well-lwlnveJ," eaid tho priest
I i-i .... OOODtl
t wliii announce I tlio death of Louis the rif- ?uf vs
j icenth, "sleeps in the Lnd." "If such u in th<
I mass of huincs* and lust." growls Carlyle, *?yine
in roplv, "sleeps in the Lord, who, think '
'e , i i invar,
ll0 you, sleeps elsewhere! ' varyi
i A Sixiii i-au 1 'vino IIkqi k.st.?We find V''""1
n-| the following in that sober and truthful
nl sheet, the S?len? Observes: Au old man dy ,vl at
t- ing in lJosloti recently, was asked if he n;<-iln:
n would have a dergyman sent for. lie re- i*1 '"J1
vo ijitestc I to see |fov. Dr. Coiver, who called I
of upon liini acordingly. The sick man said: ' ,
"I have j.ist sent to r.e.pie?t you to keep medic
those confounded cats in your vard quiet I>r
- i to ni'lit.'' ' Lern '
atrely
" | A I* a it ai.i.i:i..?Of the grost loss of life >i is t
on the Central America the Philadelphia ruoni
v, t? . . uw*<"
Press says: ,jt
'1 iio onlv parallel within our memory is wj,.',
tl it ot the Auiphitritc, lost off tho c-m-t of Tar i
Franco over twenty-five years ago, with lr!/i *
^ about eight hundred convicts on board, who '/ "I"'
pori-hed hi a sudden squall, the greater
" ' part of litem l?oiiig handcuffed and linked
I two and-two with fellers, and unable to Wnyi
" make anv effort to sate themselves. 1"r
a- * 1 try, t
n ~ m " , 1 tried
Man Lost in a Co km Field not Found ??v it
.t' I'mii. ink Fourth Day.?(Jreat solicitude plain,
kl was created a short time since by the ah
Ul* sence of our old friend Daniel S. Morrison,
, j* of Hot Spring county. Ho lias a very re>u
m.irk iblo field of corn, and walking do--,, ni.m,
one evening to see what damage tho toons dweat
jy ! wcio doing, chay.cod to slroii too far from
|S. the fence, became lost and bewildered '"s,,,
(w <?i mi; or.inen-o growth of corn, llo wan ; ,.;nc \
L.,| .ou?l (thrco days, subsisting (luring (hut j die *i
1 lime <-n green corn, llis negroes bccom* j ,rn a
?! alarmed about liiin commenced a dili,jt|
gem search, and found him on the fourlli ^rtP#
1,1 (lay. lie was then busily engaged in rub-!
,,t h'"g bui dry sticks together t<> make tiro, ^ ^
j.. tin- green raw corn having produced an un>t
, pleasant sensation in his stomach, lie j l'OT
n- thinks ho would have found his way out j
|t. tho third dav, but ho got into a patch of Th.
rj. IUack Republican beans, and then gave up. j tbi
c|, j [ Li file A'oe* (?4r*.) Gazette. JP
!? "Woodman Spark that Trmk."?"Let
;t us pause, says Miss Cooper, iu her Rural n |
'* Hours, "to couul the days, the months, the
ie years let us remember the generations ^
that must come and g<>, the centuries that j)f.must
roll onward, ere the seed of this year's \v.
td cones shall produce a wood like that just i K.
ih prostrated. Tho stoat arm so ready to Kb
laiso the axe to day must grow weak with \
?n ago, it must drop into the grave; its bone ^p,
o- and sinew must crumble into dust long be- j *? y,
fore other trees, tall and great as those, |
shall again occupy the same spot.n
- -* * " ' * *
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E rmTF^OE
w j 999 ' A v. vj . :1-4-m?
LIVER PILLV. I
-? ? - r <* a
Ukm bmmt ?r?r ,. ^
They are not Tccotft-*. J
tided as Universal
ire-alls, hut simply far
iat their name purits.
The VkrmipugEj for
pelling Worm* from
! human system, has
lo been administered
th the most satisfactory .
ults to various animals .1
- ** ? j
3ject to Worms. '
The Liver Pills, for t1
i cure of Liver Couiint,
all Bilious . DeNTGEMENTS,
SlCK HEAO^ %
y* -v,5
IE, &C. -+*'l
Purchasers will nl#^??
particular to ask for
G. McLanc's Ccicited
Vermifuge and
ver Pills, prepared by
L.mWcj ^
,e proprietors, PittSrgh,
Pa., and take no
ler, as there are various
lcr preparations now
fore the public, purrting
to be Vermifuge
d Liver Pills. All
lers, in comparison
th Dr. McLane's, axe
>rthless.
The genuine McLane's
rmifuge and Liver
lis can now be had at
respectable Drug
:>res.
FLEMING BRO S,
60 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sole Proprietor*.
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- ilt' t"'* riii- u> w lit in ?u *>rm-i
l?e
by
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tdi.i.&h>n. " "
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KiS.VN A N ORRIS, Cniotitilie, * m
UN H. IIKNBY, !<aMrcne?il1e, M ?
F. FKA'VI" A (JO., Nrwberry, " "
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.7 11 _ Ij
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IE COM 1'l.r.TK CI'KE or COLO 118, COLDS,
rLVKNZA, ASTHMA, UROKCIUTI0, 8FITor
ni.oOTi. Jk AM. OTHER LINO COM*
UNT.S TSNDISO TO CONSCMPUOM. J' Wl
% ^ ^ M M
s pr?-nnr?tiiiu i? griting into ueo nil over no
v. Tlx.* uuint.roos Utters we receive Irum
irious agent*, informing us of euro-effected
i*tr' immediate neighborhoods, ?rrant ns in
; ti i> <>??e ?.t the Lks?, il i.c>t the very beat.
i Medicine now before the public. It alma*
moli/ t eliccea,und not unfreyuently curea tAa
coral eaars. When all other Congli preparative
foiled, this ha* relieved the patient, as
gi?!*, ureters iu Medicines* and Plneieians,
9ti(v. A>k the Agent in \<>nr neareat town,
hn* been Kin experience ol the effects ot this
me. It ho l.v* been selling it for any length
e ho \?ill tell \I'll
IS TilK BEST MEDICINE EX TANT.
ow we give a few cxtraets from letters we
received lately regnrd'mg the virtues uf this
inc.
S S. Oalin, of Knorvnie.Ga, says: I bar a
raing your I.iter icart and 7\ir rery exten>
.'/i mu jracliee for three ytara paat, and,
pith i iteaaure I at ate my beliefin its sura.
I T OX ftR AX I. OTIIV.R AtTICUl Will witch /
ipiaintfi, for which it la recommended."
-.-is Kitiitcrxld & Bennere. writing from
v?ville, N. C. any: "Tie I.ieerwort and
a becoming daily mere popular in thia Cairn'
so w?: think jr?Ti.T mi. All trio hare triad
mn in commendable teimnoj it, and tay it f
i/ beneficial tn alienating the complr.intoJot
i it n recommended
>sr>. Fitzgerald & Inutiers, writing from
ie*vill<-, N. C., say: ' J'he Lirerwort and
a becoming daily more popular t n thia Caun
t\D ?f TIIIVK JltTLV SO. All W ho hoOt
if apeak in commendable terme of it, and
it very beneficial in alienating thi cam*
f* /or which it i* recommended.'1
r Agent in Pickens Distrie', S. C., Mr. 8.
oKall, assure* us '"that he uara ft with great
if in his own family, and reeommenda it to hit
bora." lie gives no instance of a Nrpro wo.
111 Vicinity, who had been suffering with
>o of the I .nogs for years, attended with set
eough, who was relieved by the Liee??ro?
far. . , .j
i ll arc the good reports we bear of this Milk
rom all parts of the Sooth- For a report at
jrprising cures it has performed is the >Vest
tid Northern and Eastern States, we would
' the suffering patient to read the pamphlet
i Accompanies each bottle. To all we say,
hope, hare hope'
TRY THE MEDICINE!!
; II AK.1ED II ME A SON
vare of Counterfeits and Bat#
Imitation* !
(ffruiiu- Article is signed A soars* Kmiii
? engraved wrapper around each bottlo,
co $1 per bottle, or six bottles for $5. Mi
saloatid retail by SCOV1L A MEAD.
OhxrUiflt,, bet Conti and St. I.??oia, N. O.
.if A?cmtb ros tii* Sormra* Stater to
all order* nn<l applications for Agsnfio*
bo addressed.
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