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Tbe European War.
The following article from the New York
Herald will be read with interest at this
time:
To the peculiar facts and circumstances
of the lato ominous speech of Napoleon, at
Auxcrre, much more than in the speech it
self, the European kings and money changers
are justified in their acceptance of it
as a declaration of war.
First, the Mayor ot Auxcrre, in welcomf
ing the Emperor, tells him that "fifty-one
years ago, the Emperor Napoloon II was
received in this town with such proofs oi
dovotedness and joy that he retained a
vivid recollection ot them which ho cxprcssecf
on his death bed (at St. Helena)
in the most affecting terms," and that the
same devotion nf the town has no more
been found wanting to the nephew "in the
days of trial and adversity, than in those
of prosperity and triumph." Here is a
good foundation, ana tue Emperor builds
upon it He says to the Mayor : " Be
certain that on my side I have inherited
the sentiments of the head ofmylumiiy
for the energetic and patriotio populations
who supported the Emperor in good and
iu evil fortune." Hence he stands as a
party leader, rallying his supporters from
tho masses of the French people, the adherents
of the Emperor, peaoo or war,
against Bourbons, commercial conservatives
and intractable republicans. N xt In
tells his frieuds what is coming, in telling
them that they elected him to the FreiVli
Assembly of the republic of 1848, because
they knew that his interests were those ol
France and that "like the majority of the
t ' French nation, 1 detested those treaties of
1815, which some parties of the present
day wish to make the solo basis ot our foreign
policy.'1
This means war?a revival of the *gloire'
and 'victo ire' of Austerlitz?a revival of
the empire as it stood before its expulsion
and the humiliations infliotcd upon France
by tho Holy Alliance, and mainly through
the perfidy of Austria.
A financial war panic ?nstantly follows.
The shop keepers and stock jobbers of Paris
are thrown iuto a high state of alarm and
indignation. It becomes expedient to soften
down their apprehcusions. Hence the
semi official journals undertake to explain
that this dreadful Auxcrre speech was
perfectly harmless, aud that there was
nothing in it that Napoleon had not often
expressed before, liut, in additiou to the
suggestive circumstances detailed, it appears
that this speech, after its delivery,
was revived by the Emperor aud fbrwardeU
by him to the Monitmr, with instructions
f for its iaimcdiato publication, and that it
is a much stronger war manifesto as published
than it was as delivered. Tho conMln^nn
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VIUOIVU IO jUOUUDU| VIIUI litter ut'iivcnn^
the speech, considering the temper of hi?
audience and the Napoleonic France it
represented, the timo and the place were
deemed proper for a Napoleonic declaration
of war.
Hence the failure of the soothing explanations
attempted by the semi-official
journals of the French capital. The Kmperor
himself, meantime, having issued his
manifesto, has nothing more to say. A
word of peaco from him would suffice, but
*he does not speak it. In short, all things
being ready, he has given the signal for
war. The Faris correspondent of tlie London
Times says that the sentiments of this i
Auxerre speech "are the revenge taken ;
upon the commercial and bourfreoiacl?*sr?." I
the advocates of peace that the Emperor
I oannot "breathe freely" among them; but
' that he goes "among the working men and j
the peasants to find the true genius of
France." In othor words, the France of;
the Bonapartes and the empire is among |
the producing classes?the bone and sinew
of the French people. It is the France |
inherited by the first Napoleon from the
first republio and by the present Napoleon :
from the second republio. It is the empiro 1
by the will oi the people. Herein lien the
strength of Napoleon. It is the strength
<n .?
oi ine many aga-nat tbe few; of the m&ssos !
against the aristocracy; of Andrew Jackson
against the old United States Bank and !
the old Whig party of this country, and of >
Abraham Lincoln against the aristooratio
glare holding Bourbons of the South; it is 1
Caesar against Pompey; it is Napoleon'
against the Holy Alliance. j
The Emperor first proclaims his party,'
and then he proolaims war because ho knows
that his party will absorb all other parties
in Franoe in the revival of the empire as |
the armed dictator of the continent
THE IRON VAULT.
I live in San Francisco, and am a locksmith
by trade. My calling is u strange
one, and possesses a certaiu fascination rendering
it one of the moat agreeuble of pursuits.
Many who follow it, ate nothing iu
it but labor?think of nothing but its re
turn- iu gold and silver. To me it has other
charms than the money it produces. I aui
ca led upon, almost daily, to open doors and
peer into long neglected apartments; to
spring the stubborn locks of safes, and gloat
upon the treasure piled within ; and quiet
ly enter the apartments of ladies with
moro*L<fauty than discretion ; to pick the
locls of druwers containing peace destroying
missives, that the dangerous evidences
of wandering affection may not reach the
e>o of a husband, or father in possession of
tho missing key ; to force the fastenings of
cash boxes and the depositoiies of records,
telling ot men made suddenly rich, of corporations
plundered, or orphaus robbed, of
hopes crushed, of families mined Is there
uo charm iu all this 7?no food for sjrftcu
lution?no scope for the range of pleasant
fancy 7 Then, who would not be a lock
smith, though his face is begriuuned with
the soot of the forge, and his bauds are
stained with rust 7
But I have a story to tell?not exactly
a stiry, either?lor a tory implies the com
plcilou us veil us the beginning of u narrative?and
uiine is scarcely uture than the
introduction to one. Let him who deals
in things ot fancy, write the rest. In the
Spring ot 1856?I ihink it was iu April?
1 opened a little ahop on Kearney street,
aud soon woikcd myself into a lair business.
Late one evening a lady, do. detailed,
entered my shop, und pulling hum
beneath a cloak a small japanned box, requested
wo to open it. '1 he lock was cu
rioudy constructed, and 1 was all of an
hour in fitting it with a key. The lady
seetned nervous at the delay and at length
requested me to close the door. 1 was a
little surprised at the augircstion, but ot
course complied. Shutting the door, and
returning to my wo k, the lady withdrew
her vail, disclosing as sweet a lacc us can
well be imagined. There was a restlessness
in the eye and a pallor iu the check,
nowcver, wnicn plainly tola ot a heart ill
at ease, and in a moment every emotion tor
her had given place to that ot pity.
"Perhaps you are not well, madam, and
the night air is too chilly 1 said 1 rather
inquisitively.
I felt a rebuke in her reply : "In requesting
you to close the door I had no
other object than to escape the ulteutiou ot
persons"
I did not reply, but thoughtfully contin
ued uiy work. She resumed : "The little
box contains valuable papers?private pa
pcrs?and I have lost the key, or it has !
bocu stolen. I should not wish to have
you remember that I ever cauie here on
such an errand," she continued, with souie
hesitation, and giving me a look which it
was no difficult matter to understand.
"Ceitainly, madam, it you desire it. If
I cannot forget your face I will at least attempt
to lose the recollection of ever seeing
it here."
The lady bowed rather coldly at what 1
considered a line compliment, and 1 pro i
ccedcd with my work, satisfied that a and j
den discovered partiality for me hu<l noih I
ing to do with the visit Having succeeded
after much filing and filling, hi turning
the lock, 1 was seised with a curiosity to
get a glimpse at the precious contents oi
the box, and suddenly raiding the lid, dis
covered a bundle of letters, und a doguer
rcotype, as I slowly passed (he box io Iter
She seised it hurriedly, and placing the
letters and picturo in her pocke t, locked
the box, and drawing the vail over Iter ;
face, pointed to the door. I opened it, and ,
a* alie passed into tlie street, she merely I
whispered? ,4.?.en?ombcr !" We met again, j
and L have been thus particular in describ ;
ing her visit to the shop to reudcr probu
ble u subsequent recognition.
About 2 o'clock in the morning, in the
latter part of May following, I was awoke
by a gentle tap at the window of the little
rtoni back of the shop, in which I lodged
Thinking of burglars, I sprang out of bed,
and in u moment was at the window, with
a heavy hammer in my hand, which I usually
kept at that tiuie in convouieut reach
of uiy bedside.
VVhn'i t Kfirn ?fp T In/iiilrn/l Mtolnw !*/>
hammer, and peering out into the durkness
?for it was na dark us Kgypt when under
the curse of Israel's God.
"Hist I" exclaimed a figuro, stepping in
front of the window ; "upon the door, I
bavo business with you."
"hather pass business hours, I should
say ; but who aro you ?"
"No one that would harm you," returned
the voice, which 1 imagined was rather
feminine for a burglar's. *
"Nor no one ?hat can 1" I replied rather
emphatically, by way of warning, as I
tightened my grip upon the hummer and
proceeded to the door. I poshed back the
bolt, and slowly opening (he door, discov
ered tbe stranger already upon the steps.
"What do yoo want f T abruptly inquired
'I will tell you," answered the bame
voice, "if you dure opcu the door wide
enough for me to enter."
"Come in," said I reaolutely, throwing
the door ajar, and proceeding to light a
candle. Having succeeded, I turned to
examine the visitor He was a small and
neatly dressed gentleman, with a heavy
raglan around his shoulders, and a blue
navy cap drawn suspiciously over the eyes.
As I advanced toward him. he seemed to
hesitate a m ment, then raised the cap from
his forehead and looked me curiously in
ihe face. I did not drop the candle, but I
acknowledge to a little nervousness as 1
hurriedly placed the light upon the table,
and silently proceeded ts invest myself with
two or three very necessary articles of
clothing. As the Lord liveth, my visitor
was a la'W, and the same for whom I had
_,i .e - i 1 ... -
upc>'vu iiiu mi u uux nuoui a month beture!
Having completed my hasty toilet, 1 attempted
to stammer an apology for my
rudeness, but utterly fuiled. The fact is, 1
was confounded.
Stuilinir at my discomfiture, she said :
"Disguise is useless; I presume you recognized
me ?"
"I believe 1 told you, madsra, T should
not soon foiget your fuco. In what way
can I serve you ? '
"By doing half an hour's work before
daylight to-mo*row, and receiving five
hun ircd dollars for your labor," was the
reply.
"it is not ordimry work," eaid I. inquiringly,
"that commands so munificcut a
compensation.
4it is a la?or common to your calling,"
returned the lady. "The price is not so
much for the labor as the condition under
which it must be performed."
"And what is the condition <"' I inquired.
"That you will submit to being conveyed
from ai.d returned to your owu door
blindfolded."
T I n ? * *
meus ci murder, fcurglary, and almost
every other criuie to villainy, hurriedly
presented themselves in succession, as 1
politely bowed, and said : "I must understand
something more of the character of
tlie employment, us well as the conditions,
to accept your offer."
'Will not five hundred dollars answer
in lieu of un explanation ?" she inquired
"No?nor five thousand."
She patted her foot nervously on the
flour. 1 could seo she had placed entirely
tuo low an estimate on my honesty, and
I felt some gratification in being able to
convince her cf the fact.
?W ell, then, il it is absolutely necessary
foi me to cxplaiu," she replied, "I must
tell you (but you are required to pick the
lock of a vault, and?"
' You haxe gone quite far enough, madam,
with tho explanation," I interrupted,
"1 im not ut your service."
"As I said," she continued, "you are re
quired to pick open the lock of a vault,
and rescue from death a man who has been
Confined there for three days."
' To whom does the vault belong ?" I
inquired.
"My husband," was the somewhat re
luctant rcidy.
"Then why so much sccresy ? or rather,
how came a man confined in such a place
"I secreted him there to escape the ob?
scrv tion of my husband. lie suspected
as much, ai d cio4cd the door upon him
Presuming he had left the vault, and quit*
ted the house by the back door, I did not
dream, until today, that he was confined
there. Certain auspicious acts of tuy husband
this utternoon convince flic that the
man is there, beyond human hearing, and
will he starved to death by my barbarous
husband, unless immediately rescued. For
three days he has not left the house. I
drugged' him less than an hour ago, and
he u now ko cotniil teltf hfllliififd t)..? it-r,
r J 1 -..v. -..x/
lock may be picked without his interference.
1 have searched his pockets, hut
could nut tind the key; hence my application
to you. Now you know all; will you
accompany me
"To the end of the world, Madam, on
such an errand."
"Then prepare yourself; there is a eab
waiting at the door."
I wus a little surprised, for I had not
heard tho sound of wheels. Hastily drawing
on a coat, und providing myself with
the required implements, 1 was soon at the
door. There, sure enough, was tho cub,
with tho driver in his scat, ready for the
mysterious journey. 1 entered the vehicle,
followed by I he ladv. i ? ^on ns 1 was
beated she produced a heavy handkerchief,
which, by the luint light of an adjacent
street lump, she carefully bound round my
eyes. Tho lady seated herself beside ine,
and the oar started. In half an hour the
vehic.e stopped?in what part of the city
1 am entirely ignorant, as it was evidently
driven *n anything but a direct course
trooi the point of starting.
Examining the bandage, to see if my
vision wus completely obscured, the lady
handed me the bundle of tools with which
I was provided, then taking me by the
arm, led me through a gate into a house
wbicb I knew was of brick, and after ta
king me along a passage way which could
not have been leas than filty feet tn length,
and down a flight of stairs into what was
evidently an underground basement, stop
ped beside a vault, and removed the handkerchief
from my eyes.
' Here is the vault?open it," said she,
springing the door of a dark lantern, and
throwing a beam of light upon the lock
1 aeixed a bunch of skeleton keys, and
after a few trials, whicti the lady seemed
i 10 watcn witn the mo?t painful anxiety,
sprang the bolt. The door swung upon
its hinges, nud my companion telling me
not to close it, as it was sell-locking, sprang
into the vault. J did not follow. 1 heard
the murmer of low voices within, aud the
next moment the lady reappeared, aud
leaning upon her arm a man, with face so
pale and haggard that I started at the
sight. How he must have suffered during
the three long days of his confinement 1
"Remain here," she said, handing me
the lantern;" I will be back in a moment."
The two slowly ascended the stairs, and
I heard them enter a room immediately
above where I was standing. In less than
a minute the lady returned.
I "Shall I close it, madam ?" said I, placing
my hand upon the door of fhe vault.
"No ! no !" she exclaimed, hastily seising
my arm; "it awaits another occupant 1"
"Madam, you certainly do not intend
to?"
"Arc you ready?" she interrupted, im-'
I |/?v*buvij, uuium^ iuc nanaterciiiei to my I
eyes. The thought flashed across my mind i
that she intended to push me into the
vault, and bury me and iny secret together.
She seemed to read the euituicion and continued
: "Do not be alarmed. You are not
the man I"
"1 could uot mistake the truth of the
fearful meaning ot the remark, and I shud
dered as 1 bent my head to the handkerchief.
My eyes were ns carefully bandaged
as before, and I was led to the cab, and
thence dtircn home by a more circuitous
route, if possible, than the cue by which
we came. Arriving in front of the house,
the handkerchief was removed, and 1 stepj
pod from the vehicle. A purse of five
! hundred dollar* r.lnnnrt in mr- V.-n,l I
? r?- ... j
I and in & moment the cab and its mystcri- J
| ous occupant had turned the corner and 1
were out of sight.
1 entered the shop, and the purse of
gold was the only evidence I couid summon
in my bewilderment that all I bad just
done and witnessed was not a dream.
A month alter that 1 saw the lady and
the gentlemuu taken from the vault walk
ing leisurely along Montgomery street.?
| I do not know, but 1 believe the sleeping
t husband awoke within the vault, and bis
! bones nre there to day. The wife is still
a resident of >'an Francisco.
Tiie True Free Mason.?He is shore
n Tlion r. tliinn Ho * * " ?
I ? ??. aav iijvaut g uu 9VWICU 1U
the keeping of another. He betrays no ae|
crets in the keeping of another. He be
j trays no secret confided to his keeping. He
takes selfish advantage of oo man's mistakes.
He uses no ignob'e weapon's in j
! controversy, lie never s aba 111 the dark.
lie is not one thing to a man's face and
; another behind his back. If Ly accident
! ho comes into p?)sse?sion of his neighbor's
' counsels, he passes upon them an act of
, inetant obliviun. He bears sealed packages
1 without tampering with tho wax. Papers
; not meant for liis eye, whether they flutter J
. in at ma window or lie open before hitu in
, unguarded exposure, ar* sacred. He pos
, sesscs no privacy of others, however the
sentry sleeps. Bolts and bars, locks and
keys, hedges and pickets, bonds and secu
t rities, notices to trespassers, are none ot
I them for him. lie may be trusted, him1
self out of sight?nearest the thinnest pur;
tition?any where. He buys no office, he
I sells none, he intrigues tor none. Ho
would rather fail of his rights than win
; them through dishonor. He will cat honest
bread. He tramples on no sensitive
feeling. He insults no man. If he have
rebuke for another, he is straightforward,
open and manly. Ho cannot descend to
scurrility. Billincsiratc slanir don't lie in
his track. From all profane and wanton
words his lips aie chastened. Ot woman,
and to her, he speaks with decency and
respect. In short, whatever ho judges
honorable, he practices towards every man.
' mmm
Many attempts have been made to account
for tho intense bluo of tho ocean.
!t has been attributed to thj reflection ot
tho flrruamont, to the depth of water, and
to other cuuses which philosophical inquiry
into the subject bus shown no to be
true ones. At length we have a rational
solution of the problem. The real cause
oi mo Hjure ungo appears to bo salL W here
the ocean is salt est, there ti is bluest.?
Where it is freshest, there it is greenest.
A young Prussian officor lately died
whose heart was on his right side, with
the liver on the left, and other internal organs
correspondingly reversed. He bad
always enjoyed good health, and died of
irpbtw fever.
Jo*11 Billing*' Le?turi?l told
through the State of JUalhe.
I have just returned from the State ?f
Maine, I went through the State endwaysThat
is to say, from top to bottom, and lectured
as I went.
I like the inhabitants.
Everybody works in the State of Main*.
Maine is bounded just now as follows: On
the North by the Land of the deserters, on
the South by the great Atlautie saltwater
orivilege, ou the West by the Rocky
Mountains.
The best productions of the State it
wen and women. The women have more
in iigenous hair on their heads than vou
can find in the whole of the Middle States.
Everybody goes to bed in tho State of
Maine at 9 o'clock, P. M.
I lectured at Gardiner?at 9 o'clook an
dienco arose all at ooce, and bidding me a
fond farenell, said it was bed time. I took
the hint and stopped lecturing.
Bangor has something lew than one
hundred thousand inhabitants (about 75
thousand leas, 1 belief )
Bangor aint the capitol of the State at
Sresent. It has the best tavern in the
tate; it is oalled the "Bangor House,'*
and is kept by Shaw. He and I are cou*
sins by marriage (we both married females.)
1 lectured in Bangor.
The thermometer was 16 degrees leas
than zero, and the spectators couldn't ab>
sorb the lecture. The morning paper said
"sum liked the lecture and some didn't."
This put ma in miod of the parable in the
Bible, about the 10 virgins, they was affeo
ted in the same way, 5 was wise and 6 was
otherwise.
The churches in their outside appttrahe
are a compliment to the oause, 1 havn't ant
doubt the stockholders ate all of them 4th
prcof.
I was taken around the town by ifr.
Shaw (my cousin) in a delicate gig, pulled
by 10,000 dollars worth of natural txottilt
property.
Bangor and its clever people are morticed
into my bosom?they are tenants there
for life. If 1 ever go there again I shan't
f-:l a -*
Mil iu aee mem.
I also lectured in Dexter, in inland
town, about 15 hundred miles in a westerly
direction from the City of London.
1 gave a tree lecture, aud to my surprise
I had a full house. The hat was shored
around at the close of the services and
$300 (more or leas) was entrapped.
This place was named after the celebrated
trotting horse Dexter. Dexter oan
trot (in private) in 2.06. I will bet 60
dollars of it, and 1 ain't worth a cent to bet,
owing to a natural weakness.
1 likewise lectured at Augustus, the
capital of the State, and I had a fhll house
of beuches* This was owing to a tniaunderatandin?jn?M
? *'
? i?wui> kUC WWlQOTi
The people offeied to tarn oat if I woaki
find the umbrsllers, bat wt split on the
umbrellers.
i I could not do myself justice ?t Augustus.
There warnt but one lady present in
the hall, and me and the audience was all
the time looking at her.
| What au awful state of things it would
be if all the women and ladies were taken
out of this world, to their home up in the
skies! Woodeu dolls would advance 5 foot
in a week.
?- ?a e-e^M ?
From Sxrfto Noble.?Says a foreign
letter : Of all the romantic stories in the
Arabiao Nights, there is none more extraI
ordinary than the little episode that has
just occurred at St. Petersburg. Yon will
have noticed that an attempt waa made to
shoot the F.uiperor, which was fVustrated
by the prompt action of a young man who
Stood near the wrmLl L- ----?""
.... .. .ui.-uu auaSBlU. 1UH
young man, acting from a momentary impulse
in striking down the arm he saw
raised against hid sovereign, was afterward*
so frightened at his own rashness that he
rau nwny as fast as his legs could carry
hiui. lie was pursued and brought back
to the preeenco of the Emperor, at whose
feet he threw himself in a state of abieet
terror, u if he had been the assassin himself.
The Emperor raised him, embraoed
and kissed him, and proclaimed him a
Russian noble from that hoar. The romance
of the story is this : The new Bossian
noble, only fire minutes before ?u a
poor illiterate drudge in ? small hatter's
shop in St Petersburg. A week ago his
habits and daily occupation were of the
most vulgar and menial charaoter. To day
he ranks with the most ancient nobil\^of
the empire. A subscription was at ocoe
set on foot to provide him with means to
sustain his new dignity, and Dresenta am
flowing in upon him from every direeiioo.
His photograph is displayed from every
I shop window, prayers are said for him in
all the ohurohea, and a retinue of the CBar's
own servants are in oonstant attendenoe
upon him.
Franklin said if every man and woman
would work four hours a day at something
useful, want and misery would be banished
from the world, and the remaining nortaon
of the twenty-four hours might be leisure
pleasure.