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ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JULY 31. 1872.
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VOLUME XX
Our Spri
IS NOW in 9tove, and we would invit<
assured that we cau please both as t
we desire to say that we have more and
heretofore kept, embracing a large varie
SPRING AND SUM
iu >viuv;u v* c ?uuiu
In theso "hard times to live" we have
great'y to the "creature comforts."
We intend to keep always "FULL Ui
G-rocer
ao. a ura
April 10, 1872,52?tf
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WE ARE NOW
STGOK OF SPRING
Embracing a variety of Goods 1
Dress Goods of all
WHITE
EMBROIDERIES, LACES, Tfi
Kfotio]
Also a full line of Ladies', ]
CASSIMEEES, HATS. T1
in Endles
^Together with Millinery Goo
.Trimmed and Untrimme
Also a Fres
Confect
Tine Old Ha
"With a Choice Collecti
hardware, Crockery, and man
All are respectfully invited to call and
McDonal
April 17,1872,1?if
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BEOlcave to announce to the public
and ready for inspection ; it is LA
They call especial attention to their
White Goods an
THE VARIOUS DEPA
- Staple aii Fancy Dry Goods, Ha
CROCKERY ANI
GROCERIES, SADDL1
nro all full and complete; all of which
MILLER
April 10,1872,1-tf
KAPHAN
AT THE WELt-ENO1
PROCLAIM in tones of Thunder to ;
that now have on hand for the pr<
tiouably low prices, in fact, most demor;
A CHOICE, RARE AND I
HEADY - MAI
Very cheap and of the very latest style
rope are "all the go" in America.
They have also,
BATS, CAPS, BOOTS A
OSNABURGJ
And everything eise, wuicn me musi m
Eveu the most economical person in alJ
iictly ' suited to their mind."
April 17, 2872, 1-tf
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3STO- 4 GEAI
Our Country friends, may not all of I
A FULL LINE
$acon always the best,
Flour of various g
Syrup and
Lard
All of which we will sell at the low
Feb. 14,1372, 43?tf
ing Stock
) all to call and examine the samo, feeling
o quality and price.
better goods in their line than we have
ty of
MER DRESS GOODS,
icially call their attention.
on hand many articles that will contribute
>,f in the
y Xjixi?!
k EDWARDS,
nite a nge.
OPENING OUR
AND SUMMER GOODS
iever kept by us before?such as
L the Latest Styles,
GOODS,
limes, HOSIERY, GLOVES,
as, (fee.
Misses and Gents' Shoes, wi
ES, COLLARS and CUFFS
>s Variety.
ds, Ladies' and Misses' Hats?
A. "PlnwftrR n/nd "Rihhons.
3h Supply of
ionaries,
vanna Cigars,
on of Family Groceries,
iy Ihings we cannot mention, '
examine our Stock and Prices.
d & Haddon.
DADriDTSA^r
.IvvAJJLiav JL
that their STOCK i.s now IN STORE
RGE, VARIED AND COJUfPLETE.
Goods,
id Embroideries,
RTMENTS COMPRISES
rtae, Boots, Sloes, Hals, ClotMnj,
) GLASS WAKE,
ERY AND NOTIONS.
will be sold low oil a cash basis.
, & ROBERTSON.
& SKLARZ,
i?N DENDY CORNER,
ill the World and tlie "rest of mankind'
jsent SPRING season, at most unques
Eilizingly ruinous rates.
:lecant assortment of
)E CLOTHING.
js which prevail in all the Courts of Eu
ND SHOES, DOMESTICS,
5, DRY OOODS,
stidious and cultivated taste could desire.
L.of Abbeville, cau find bargains just ex
It &> Co.,
TITE RANGE.
1iem know, th&t we keep
OF GROCERIES,
rades,
Molasses,
in Bbls. and Cans,
Sugar of several qualities.
Coffee, Rice, Salt, &c.
-est market prices.
Work and Wait.
A husbandman who many years
Ilad plowed his fields'and sown in tears,
Urew weary with his doubts and fears.
"I toil in vain! These rocks and sands
Will yield no harvest to my hands;
The best seeds rot in barren lands.
"My drooping vine is withering ;
No promised grapes its blossoms bring;
No uirds among its branches sing.
"My flock is dying on the plain,
The heavens are brass?they yield no
rain ;
The earth is iron?I toil in vain !"
While yet he spake a breath had stirred
His drooping vine, like wing of bird,
And from its leaves a voice he heard:
"The germs and fruits of life must be
Forever hid in mystery,
Yet none can toil in vain for Me.
"A mightier hand, more skilled than
thine,
Must hang the clusters on the vine,
And make the fields with harvest shine.
"Man can but work ; God can create;
But they who work, and watch and
wait,
Have their reward, though it come late.
"Look up to Heaven ! behold and hear
The clouds and thunderings in thy ear?
An answer to thy doubts and fear."
He looked, and lo! a cloud-draped car,
With trailing smoke and Hames afar,
Was rus ing from a distant star.
And every thirsty flock and plain
Was rising up to meet the rain
That came to clothe the fields with
grain.
And on the clouds he saw again
The covenant of God with men,
Re-written with Hi's rainbow pen :
lid i x; 3 K L L r *1
oueu nine aim Harvest simn nut inn,
*\nd though the gates of hell assail,
My truth and promise shall prevaii."
THE REHEARSAL.
From tho German of Eliso Folko.
Tho 3d of November, 1698, in Ber
lin?the residence of tho Elector of
Brandenburg, sovereign Duke of
Prussia, Frederick III., and his wife,
Sophio Charlotte?was a veiy stormy
day. The vain and sleet that a high
wind drove through tho streets?
which, two centuries ago, were very
unlike those of tho proud capital of
to-day?admonished old and young to
seek shelter withii.-doors. The streets
wore, indeed, nearly deserted; thuso
only being abroad whoso affairs did
not admit of delay.
It was in the neighborhood of the
30 cauca riaing-nouse, mat on inis
stormy da}', about four o'clock in the
afternoon, an elderly man. accompa
nied by a tall, slim boy of some six
teen years, both closely wrapped in
their mantles, walked hastily from
house to house, looking anxiously at
nil the windows and doors. They
both seemed weary and cold a* well
as wet. tor the boy would every now
and then stamp his feet, and draw
his mantle still tighter around him.
' Let mo inquire yonder at that fine
house; it can do no harm, at all
events." said the boy; "the capell
mci3tcr" (music-director) "must live
there. The house answers tho de
scription exactly."
^ /mi J ??rv 41\ama i C n*nnf a
?1 Ull, iiiijunu ti j v u iiuiiu nu,
and see yourself laughed at for your
pains," answered the domorganist
(cathedral-organist), ';Do you sup
pose any Italian musician ever lived
in a palace like that? Would any
sane man ever think of looking for
me, the domorganist of Halle, in a
house like that? .And why should
this Italian bo better housed than one
of us? Have I not served God and
St. Cecilia year after year, and not
written a note for the world, and do I
not still live in three little rooms in
the rear of the cathedral, where the
sun shines daily hardly an hour on
mv sninet. and the ceilincr is so low
v r ^ # # o
that I can reach it without getting on
a stool. IIow, then, should this mu
sic-maker get to livo like a prince ?
That would be harder to endure than
a false treblo on a broken organ
pipe."
During tho delivery of this long,
grumbling sermon, the boy had asked
the old servant, who opened the door
in response to an energetic rap with
the big iron knocker, if tho court
music-master to the Princess Sophie
Charlotte, the Italian, Marc Antonio
Buononcini, lived thero.
"Yes,'' replied the old footman, in a
somewhat hesiting tone; "but my
master can see no one now, as he has
a rehears.il at this hour. ]3o so good
as to come again to-morrow. You
are, I take it, only musicians?"
' Well, j'cs, wo aro just what your
master is?only musicians," smiled
the boy. "Never mind if he has a re
hearsal?announce us. Your master
knows we are coming; indeed, he
wrote us to como to him to-day. We
come a long way?from Halle, on the
Saale."
The old servant again surveyed the
young stranger from head to foot, and
seemed by no means displeased with
his appearance. A pair of large,
proud eyes looked him full in the face
with the hopeful confidence of youth.
"Well, come in, then. I will an
nounce you to my master. Will the
old grumblen there come in with
you ?"
"Certainly be will; and let me tell
you, sir, this old grumbler, as you are
pleased to call him, is a very distin
guished man at home in Hallo," im
plied the boy; and, turning to his
companion, he called out: "This is
the house, Herr Pomorganist?como
in.!''
With a mien in which his astonish
ment and displeasure were alike visi
ble, the domorgaoiet of Hallo entered
the house, which, certainly, in com
parison with tho better rcsidenccs of
little provincial town, bad a
ncely appearance. The servant
ieved the callers of tlieir wet man
3, and then disappeared, leaving
sm in tho anteroom. The room
s comfortably warmed by a mam
th porcclain stove, and sufficiently 1
lited by a quaint lamp that hung
m the cciling. Tho furniture was
pie and elegant; on tho -walls hung 1
eral handsome engravings, and in
i corners stood four marble statues,
'This is shameful!" cried tho dom- i
;anitit, as he took off his vest, thrce
nered bat, with such a violent jerk
to bespatter tho face of the Venus t
Medici and the breast of the Apollo "
Belvedere. fi
L'Jio boy, on the contrary, gazed at I
surroundings with almost breath- C
i astonishment, until a eiac-uoor
:ned, and a melodious male voice
led out:
Entrate, entrate, signori!"
)d the threshold stood a tall, hand
le, richly-dvossed man, of some
ng more than forty years.
Tho domorganist, Christian Lc
echt Zaehau, ?f Halle, don't under
od Italian, or his pupil eithe,"
lied the old organist, in an angry
e.
Well, then, if I must, I'll speak as
I as I can in your guttural Ger
n, Signor Zachua," returned the
lian, smiling. "1 trust we shall be
A if
15 tu liJUftU UUIBUIVCO UIIUUI91UUU, IX
just at this hour, for I shall havo
isk you to excuso mc until evening,
easi. I am in haste to go to a re
xsaI."
What kind of a rehearsal?'' asked
organist. "Will you not permit
to be present?"
Well, yes, I think I may, although
rarely ad mi t spectators," answered
jncneini, after a moment's reflec
1. "I am teaching my new opera,
Trionfo del Parnasso,' to a very
set little troupe of artists, who, es
ially the ladies, are somewhat
iled, and havo to be handled with
at delicacy. I dare not keep them
ting a momont." lie said this in
-range admixture of German and
lian, accompanying his jargon with
rt i nrnri/to I fimiln knf trnnarn kin
ui6Aivai oiuiiUj uuau iuu
morganist did not attempt to in
paet. "You will, therefore, excuso
if I leave you now," continued
^noneini, "till you got warm and
e taken some refreshments, after
ich Giacomo will come with you to
riding-house, where you will find
with my little troupe. I must ask
i to bo very still over there and
ak to no one ; but after the rehear
wo will be all the merrier."
To be frank with you, I have not
ic altogether on your account," ex
ined the domorganist of Ilalle;
y chief errand, as I told you in my
er, is to present my pupil here to
may hear him play and givo him
ess to her musical library, and
haps, also, permission to produce
10 one of his compositions, a mass,
example, in her chapel. They are
so bad, I can tell you, and it is
e some one heard them besides the
f>le of our little old llalle. I was
1 that the shortest way to accom
ih my object was to come to you,
[ that is the reason 3-ou see mc
e. As for 3Tour Italian music?
n !?I don'L think much of it, I tell ii
i plainly." t
Cut I should like so much to go to f
rehearsal of your new opera," in- t
posed th? boy, enthusiastically. C
, home I never hear any foreign p
sic, and yet I know j-our masses, d
1 also that you have written a beau- 1
[1 opera ?'Polifermo.' Ilerr Zachau s
)ws your masses, too. IIo has not d
f so poor an opinion of Italian mu- d
as ho pretends, for?" j<
'Hold your tongue, sir!" interrupt
Zaehau. "Boys, in the presence of c
er people, should speak only when i
y arc spoken to. I, too, will go to a
i rehearsal; it can do me no harm, j
t, if I live a hundred years, I shall j
Tim TrM*if? o hor flifiVironl.lr fnr nil I i
it. It will do you no harm either, 1
rust; you are too thoroughly groun- I
1 in the principles of the true
iool." r
'Well, then, 3Tou will follow me, af- ]
you got warm. I will write you ,
tass, and, after tho rehearsal, I shall (
ablo to tell you when you can take ,
ur pupil to the princcss. But then ]
li must be prepared to do your best, \
r boy, for Sophie Charlotte herself ,
lys better than many an old, and ^
tainly better than many a young f
[ former; besides, she can detcct (
jry error in a piece of music by (
irely glancing at it." \
fhe old servant brought wino and <
icheon. Buononcini gave him di- <
;tions to briug his guests to the <
ling-house, wrote his name on a card I
d handed it to Zachau, and then 1
rned to go with a cordial "A rive- <
rci." <
At the door ho turned and said :
"Bo sure, young man, you don't '
1 iu lovo with any of my actresses ;
me of them are beautiful, but re- 1
imber also that some of them are as 1
ngcrous as they arc beautiful. And i
en they are forbidden frnit?fruit j
at such as wo are not allowed to ]
_ _1_ T> j mi
jck. x>u on your guara r 1
After Buononcini had gone, the do
)rganist turned his attention to the '
icheon ; ho did not spare the fiery i
xlian wine, and urged his young i
rapanion to follow his example, j
10 boy, however, was too much oc- 1
pied in examining the contents of
o room, to think of eating and :
inking. How different from the
tlo dark room in Halle, where, for
ven long years, he had practised the 1
ano, and been drilled in tho art of
mposing' There, there were no
sy-chairs covered with velvet; no
bios with gilt feet; no mirror in
Inch ho could soc himself full length;
io piano with an- inlaid cover; no 1
ilock supported by a Cupid. Here a
he room was brilliantly lighted by a c
inmbor of wax-candles in silver- \
ranched candlesticks. How often I
lad his eyes pained him in tho dim t
ight of his master's old lamp, when e
le wrote his sonatas and motettos I And I
hese piles of music, so clean and nico- c
y arranged in a largo, upright case, ?
hat stood on one side of the room! r
Lt home their music was stowed away \
q nooks and corners.
"I feel like breaking every thine r
lere in pieces," said Zachau, after r
aking another survoy of the room. ?
Is not such extravagance as this sin- I
uI? Can a man, who lives liko King i
Jelshazzar, write music fit to he heard? a
Jome, let us be going ; but, drink your 1
pino. There is danger that the mu- t
io we are about hear will give us the c
olic if wo listen to it with empty \
tomachs." a
At this time music was much culti- t
ated at the Prussian court. The a
ccond wife of the Eloctor Frederick c
I, Sophlo Charlotte, a Hanover
rincess, was passionately fond of t
lusic, and had called about her a s
umber of distinguished artists. She t
a! r nlnrfa/] U/\ A n n rJ 11 A m*-. n
Ul&Uil JJILV^ CU LliU [JIUIJU UUU llttijJ u
lost admirably^and, under the diroc- t
ion of the amiable and accomplished t
Lttilio Ariosti, even made considera- v
le progress in the art of composition, t
t wals said of this gifted princess that a
rhat sho would, she could and did. t
ls proof, it is stated that she learned a
talian in threo months so well that f
ho learned Gregorio Leti, who heard 1
er speaking with an Italian, asked if e
he understood German ! Whatever
he undertook, she prosecuted with t
hat energy and determination that c
nmmnnflo nnitrorcnl arimlrotinn P
Among her greatest admirers she I
umbered the celebrated philosopher 1
jeibnitz, whoso extraordinary genius ?
he alone, of all the ladies at the elec- i
oral court, fully appreciated, as she I
lone was capable of comprehending s
is thdories. In reality, Sophie Char- t
jtte cultivated music as a sort of re- r
ixation after more severe mental la- t
or. She would often sit by the hour a
nd listen to the singing of the young- b
r Buononcini, Giovanni Battista,
rhom at such times bis brother usu- t
lly accompanied; and the playing of t
er favorite, Corelli, the young Eoman ?
iolinist, seemed to have an indescri- 1
able charm for hor. How often, af- f
era day of hard peicntific stndy, she 3
rould send for Ariosti and Corelli, {
nd have them play some of their i
1- ^ ! _ ? J jvin /% M.% It AM M U A 0
[Jiuiiun^ unuto uuuic uui tiuu iuu *
lombers of her little family circle I 6
Ijw often would she scud, lute in the t
vening, for the two Buononcinis and e
eg them to oblige her with some fa- <
onto aria, or to go through some e
,e\v scoro with her, when she would t
suaily play the accompaniment! t
'he elector, on his part, took ploasure i
11 affording the princess every means f
his power to cultivate her favorite
rt. In the ha'l of the riding-house,
y his orders, a small stage, for pri
atc representations, was built, on
irhich the ladies and gentlemen of
he court appeared in concerts and
pcra. Near the orchestra stood a
ostly French piano for the exclusive
sc of the electress. The musical li
irary of the princess was the largest
n Germany, and every artist who had
lie honor to be known to her had
rce access to it. From far and near
he worshippers at the shrine of St.
Jecilia journeyed thithor in order to
trofit by this privilege. It was his
lesire to open this musical store
iousc to his pupil, and to have him
ec something of the world, that in
Iunpfi i.hn Homorcranist Zachau to nn
lertako the?in those clays?long
ourney from Halle to Berlin.
The rehearsal of Buononcini's "Tri
info del Parnasso" in the hall of the
iding-house was half over when the
trangers arrived. They had just
)aused to give the musicians and sing
irs a few moments' rest, and the va
ious groups that had formed on the
ittle stage presented a pleasing and
jrilliant picture.
Tbe 3*outhful companion of the do- <
norganist was completely dazzled. :
2e retreated to an obscure cornor, ;
ind gazed, with astonished eyes, at
me figure after another, while his
naster, undisturbed by the tittoring
lis strange appearance caused among i
.he elegant assemblage, looked about
tvith perfect unconcern. Zachau ap
proached the piano, at which a lady
sat before an open scoro. The musi
;ians ot tno orcnesiru tauuu m ? duuu
iistancc from her, somewhat nearer
the stage, in conversation with Buon
jncini, whose stately person and rich
20Stnm0 made him the central figure
Df the group. He noddod a wclcome
to the two strangers when they en
tered, and then took no furthor notice
3f them. On the stage the perform
ers had gathered into little knots, or
walked to aud fro engaged in familiar
chat.
"Herr domorginist," whispered the
boy to his master, who had stepped
up on the platform where the piano
stood, "did you ever see such distin
guished-looking singers?the ladies
particularly? How beautiful and
stylish they are!"
"Neither their beauty nor their
3t.ylo is for you to gazo at," growled
Zoi-.Kon Minnie hero and stick your
6060 in this score, and koep your oars
open. Thoy will begin again direct
ly."
Bat, although tho obediont pupil
approachcd tho piano in compliance
with his master's command, his eyes
would stray into forbidden paths.
Thero was a boautifnl young girl on
the stage that especially attracted his
attention. Could she, perhaps, be the
celebrated singer, Rogina Schocnhals?
But Fraulcin Suliocnhals had not been
represented to him as being particu
arly attractive, and ihis young gii
vas a fanltloss beauty. Sho wore
Iress of rich rose-colored taffeta, an
lad rose-colored bows in her powderei
iair, while her feet were incased i
he most delicate little high-heele
ilippers that could bo imagined. An
he elderly lady at her side, in gree:
lamask, had somothing so dignifie
md commanding in her mien I Th
nen all looked as if they might bo ho
rassals, although they wore embroic
sred coats and waistcoats, and cai
icd cavalier swords. Another grouj
learer the piano, also attracted hi
ittention. A bevy of pretty wome:
lad gathored around a tall, elderl;
nan, who wore the costume of a ca\
ilier of the court of Louis XIV, H
istened and replied to the youthfc
)eauties wit the case and grace tba
ibaracterized the renowned school t
vhich he evidently belonged. Wha
t buzzing of voices! But they use
ho French language exclusively, no
i word of which the young listene
inderstood.
And when he finally approache
he piano in order to glance at th
core, his attention was arrested b;
he pleasing manner and distinguish^
kit* of the lady, who sat nearly befor
he instrument, engaged in converse
ion with a middle-aged gentlemac
vho stood beside her. He was richl;
lut plainly attired in black, and wor
. large wig, the long curls of whicl
lung down to his shoulders. Hi
trongly-marked feature and massiv
orchcad-denoted ^he man of thonghl
rhe lady was evidently much intei
sted in what he was saying.
"How rich these peoplo must bo I
hought the astonished pupil of th
lomorginist. And then he fixed hi
iyes on the man in black with th
?i<rh forohend who snnlco with t.h
ady. There wa3 something in th
fcntleman's mien that had an irresisi
ble charm for him. flow he wool
lave liked to know what they wer
laying to each othor I Love-makin
hey certainly wero not?the gentl<
nan's manner was too respectful fo
hat, and then his face wore such
erious, almost melancholy, exprei
ion I
"Look out now?they are going t
)egin 1" said Zachau to his pupil, a
rho same time pulling him not ovei
jently by the arm to rouse him frot
lis reverie. As ho spoke, he steppo
orward, so that he obstructed th
jianist, who now turned toward tb
nstrumcnt and struck the first accorc
'achau now thought only of the mi
tic. Great as bis contempt was'fc
he Italian school, what ho hear
ioon excited in him the liveliest intei
581. The second act began with
tort of introduction that had som
olerable difficult passages. In one <
,hese the lady at the piano made
nistakc, which rendered it necessar
'or them to begin anew, but she wc
io more successful the second tim
,han the first?again she threw th
>rche8tra into confusion.
As the musicians paused, a voic
vas heard to say, in an emphatic an
iomewhat rough tone, "My bo
mnM An hnftnr. thon t li n t I TMlrt Tlfl<
lage is too difficult for a womaD.
VII oyes were instantly turned towar
,ho worthy domorganist of Halle
or tho voice was liis?and his pupi
vhose face was suffused in scarie
Vnd now the lady at the piano ale
,urned slowly toward the tall provii
iialist, and fixed her large blue ey<
)n him with a smile full of soul an
;entlene38. ?
"Then your son shall play it for m
f ho will," said she, gently, as sh
ose from tho piano and stepped 1
>no side. "Where is the lad ?"
The youth came forward withoi
ipsitnf.inn. His handsome face hn
changed color again, and was now p;
!er than usual. He bowed graccfull
to the lady, brnshed his long dat
hair back from his forehead, and sea
3d himself silently at the piano. F<
a moment the notes, 'tis truo, presen
ed only a blurred and indistinct ma
Lo his bewildered vision, but no soo:
er did the tono of the orchesti
reach his ear than his nervousness di
appeared. He struck the first accoi
with a sure and powerful hand, at
then played on with the ease and cal
of a master. The troublesoMe pa
sage now went smoothly, and he co
tinued to plap the difficult score :
though it were an easy cxercise. I
came quickly to tho aid of the sin
era when they seemed to need assij
ancc; and when the tempo bccan
quicker and the melodies and passag
more complicated, he played asthou^
for him there were no difficultly
He camo to the assistance now of tfc
instrument and now of that, now
this singer ana nuw vi Him, un
Buononcini, apparently unable to co
tain himself, cried out:
"Santa Maria, the bo}' Ib a wonder
The performers paused and look<
at ono another amazed. What
prodigy 1 Everybody crowded aroui
bim. Now he could have had a no?
er view of tho faces that a few m
ments before had absorbod his atte
1 ' 1-! L.
tion, yet he iookcu omy at uib inttbu
A hand touched his arm gently; 1
recognized it; it was tho hand of t!
lady who had been at the piano, ai
held a little bunch of flowers she hi
worn on her bosom.
"Take this, and with itmy thankf
said tho lady, her eyes moist fro
emotion. "You aro a great artist
the world will some day hear of yc
?You may well be proud of such
son my friend," she continued, turnii
to tho domorganist, "and I thank yi
for bringing him to us."
"Unfortunately, ho is not my son
ho is only my pupil. I have broug
him horo that he may be presented
the Princess Sophio Charlotte."
"What is his name ?"
"George Frederick Handel. He
come from Halle, on the Salle, and is
the son of a surgeon-barbor."
"Will you recommend mo now to
the princess ?" inquired young Handel
of Boononcini, as soon as ho could
make himself heard.
"That will not be necessary, my
child; you have sufficiently recom
mended yourself," said the lady who
had given him her place at the piano,
"lam Sophie Charlotto, and I learn
to-day that I am far from being the
performer my friends would make me
believe I am. I thank you for this
valuable lesson, Herr Domorganist?
it shall yield good fruit for your pu
pil, yes, and for mo, too. I shall
expect to see you to-morrow noon at
the castle, when young Handel shall
play before the elector; then we will
consider further with regard to him.
Signor Buononcini, these two gentle
men will, of course, be your guests as
long as they remain in Berlin. - Good
evening, gentlemen."
And now, aftor this short saluta
tion, it seemed as though the son,
surrounded by rose-tinted clouds, Lad
disappeared. A brilliant suite gath
ered around the electress; the ladies,
and oven some of the gentlemen, of
the little troupe, to young Handel's
surprise, accompanied her. ' Even the
serious man in black followed her.
All disappeared like a dream. Zachau
and his pupil gazed after the retiring
singers almost stupefied with amaze
ment. The former was the first to
recover his self-possession, and, touch
ing his young companion on the
shoulder, he said somewhat abruptly:
"Come, come, boy, an electress is only
a woman, after all! You did bravely.
Buononcini himself could not have
a Tvw'nAAAfl io A?i/)anf_
UKJLKJ Usj buvL XUC puuoyoo ID 0?iU?UW
ly pleased with you; and, to win the
favor of the women, is to more than
half win the battle of life."
"Well, my little tr&upe pleased yon,
did it not ? Now you can understand
why I dare not keep them waiting,''
said Buononcini, smiling. "A more
aristocratic troupe no capellmeister
ever had: an electress at the piano,
and, among the singers, the Duchess
of Courland, her charming daughter
Maria, her son Prince Frederick Wil
liam, and my distinguished country
man Antonio Tcsi."
"And the elderly gentleman dressed
like the courtiers of Louis XIY?"
asked Handel.
"That was the first chamberlain to
the electress. Francois de Jeancourt.
Seigneur de Villarmel et d'Ausson.
Bnt see?there are half a dozen dis
tinguished people, who are waiting
to congratulate you. There are Tosi
and Corelli; the tall, serious lopking
man just behiod them is Ariosti; the
one at his sido is my brother Giovan
ni Battista."
These gentlemen approached, and
praieed the youth in the most eulo
gistic terms. The enthusiastic Corelli
embraced him again and again, and
criod out in his broken German :
"He will be recognized an the mu
sical genius of the agS! A future full
of gold and laurels lies before him 1"
Zachau was radiant, for the admi
ration evinced for his pupil could not
have delighted him more if the pupil
had been his son. "And still," said
ho, finally interrupting them, "you
have no idea, as yet, of what he is
capable. You mu9t see some of his
sacred music; there is more in the
boy, I trust, than a simple player."
An hour latjr a right merry supper
party was assembled at Buononcini's.
Late in the evening, the domorgani9t
of Ilalle on the Saale, forgetful of his
deep-rooted prejudices, even toasted
Italian music, and then, well pleased
with himself and the world, and
flanked on either side by his host and
his pupil, retired to his chamber. At
the door, after the "folice notte,"
young Handel detained the Italian a
moment, and asked:
"Who was the crentleman. dressed
in black, who spoke so much with the
clectress? Is he, perhaps, her phy
sician ? lie looked almost as though
ho might be."
"You might be farther from the
fact, my young friend," answered
Buononcini; "he is at least the phy
sician of her soul, for to him Sophie
Charlotte goes with all her cares and
doubts. He is, unquestionably, the
most learned man in the world. You
have cortainly often heard him spoken
of at home?his name is Leibnitz."
The following day young Handel
played before the elector, and pleased
him hardly lees than ho, the previous
evening, had pleased the electress.
He played selections from the compo
sitions of his master. Scandelli, Ora
zio, and ScaleJJa, and then some fan
1 iL.
tasias irora mumuy given uy tuu uieu
tor. And the princess also played, to
the great delight of young Handel.
When she had endod, ho was load in
her praise?it seemed to him that he
had never heard any thing so charm
ing; but the electress smiled at his
enthusiasm, and seemed to doubt the
correctness of his judgment. "Let us
hear," said she, "what your master
thinks of my playing."
"Guadigste Frau Churfurstin," said
the domorganist, "I think your play
ing is really wonderful for a woman.
indeed, l would never nave douovcg a
woman could learn to play so well."
Later in the day, young Handel sat
at the dinner-table, quite near bis no
ble patroness. The conversation soon
turned upon music, a theme which
seemod to lend to every feature of the
handsome youth an additional charm.
And renon Sophie Charlotte inquired,
in the kindliest mdtinor, after his pa
rents, and with regard to his first
studies, he told her of everything that
concorned him most nearly?of tho
little trials of his boyhood, of the ob
stacles that had beset his path, and of
his hopes and fears rogarding the fu*
ire. He told her how his father &ad
stermined on making a ,lawyerlir of
im, the youngest son, and forbade
im. spending his time witlr'jnusic.
hen he pictured to her the" iottase
esire of his early boyhood 5 to leira
>me instrument, and his delight when.
b found aft old piano, that hadObe
nged to his grandfather, in the gar
it, on which he practised every even
ig, until his father fouftd him there,
to midnight, half frozenj howy from.
us time iortn, ms rattier not only ?
>ased to oppose his wishei^titftTJJen
aced him under the dircctiqffitf?Xt>.e
>morganist Zachau..
Zachan heard nothing of all these
mfidings; he sat 'at the other end of
te table, between two of theyonng
it and prettiest of the eleotrtafaila
es of honor, Franleins von Pollaitz
id Schlippenbacb, who took %im.
iverely to task for his ioW estimate
: the female intellect -
Nevertheless, his wrtnkied features*
ere radiant with ^od-htts^or.,
rould this have been -the case if ho
id heard his pupil tell the :riHriWs8
dw he longed to visitItaly^itho'land
P song," and had heard.
Leave that to me; I will" see that
our wish is gratified V IV
u. ; 'VtMi-J
After dinner, Sophie Chw^)^^?|id
> her young guest: "Now go with,
uononcirri; he will show you TttVrau
cnl library.. There yo^sft^otfoe
ad rnmmage as muchasyoji
tog as we succeed in keeping -you
naong us. .Should you want to play
lere, you will find a piano expfrewfly
>r your use. I will follow in jf IHtio
hile, that I myself may ehowryou
ty choicest treasures; Herr Xieibnitz
ill accompany'me."
T -i?- L. TT i.l i
jjaicr, vy uvu jruuug xiuuuei -ugu; ?e
)me better acquainted with th&$&
rated savant, in speaking to l>im<)f
lis first visit to tfie tonsicktiifittify,
hen Sophie Charlotte herself J&olwd
76r some of the old maju
im, he exclaimed, in 'ths onj
i1 his admiration: 1 " ,
"Is it not wonderful ??
now every thing P nol
"And yet how desirous,.
dow, and how industrious
tore 1 answered Leibnitz:1 u
ie why of every thing?,
wn eex. she certoinlytta'il&jtar
inal in knowledge, ^nc
inch sunshine may be yoore n _
ireer, believe, ray young fHtfrid; yen
ill meet with nothing so bright, ao
inny, or so invigorating, as her,, an
alio smile."
Leibnitz was right TMs feHeflsb
turn in Berlin was, perhaps, ; the
rightest and happiest period; in the
fo of the celebrated compose^ of
The Messiah." * nT
tmt * "-pa*
Beading SpBCTACLBs.-r-An- 'Ind
ian, seeing persons reading witih
loctaoles, went to buy a pwjr.foi
ble himself to read. He tried se^e
Eil pairs, and told the shopmfcii "tfe
Duld not road with any of theme. $<l
"Can you read at ail ?" a^ked.the
aonman. , ;,
"No," was the reply; "if I codld,
o you think I would be such?a gooao
3 to tyiy spectacles?"
Not Afraid.?A little thing in a
abbath-school was asked by tier
;acher if she said her pvaycrs night
nd morning.
"No, miss, I don't."
' Why, Mary, are yoa not afraid' to
o to sleep in the dark without asking
rod to take care of you, and watch
ver you till morning ?"
"No, miss, I ain't: 'cause I sleep in
be middle."
The Quaker City lost 310 children
om cholera-infantum last week?the
lrgest rate the city has ever known,
:om that cause. .
One Missouri editor says of another
hat "his cars will do for awnings to
ten-story wholesale hog-packing
stabliehment." * -
The St. Louis city attorney lately
ad to pay a fine of fifty dollars for
oming late to court, and ten dollars
aore for not sitting down when told
o.
Felix G. DeFontaine, Esq., tho
'raceful writer and accomplished
ournalist, is now connected with tho
slew York Evening Telegram as its
aanaging editor.
The modern Faro has fbund ila
Sed Sea in San Francisco, in tho
hape of a black-eyed girl whc> wins
>1,000 nightly, and has broken several
tanks in the city.
A yonth of Franklin, Ohio, calcu
that. dnrirr* t.hfi r?n.st. fiuo r#>?irs
io has walked 13,256 miics in visiting
,ho maiden upon whom his affections
ire centred.
The Texas Pacific Railway is to bo
1,515 miles in length. For 250 miles
t is to be an air-lino, and in a stretch
>f 815 there will be bat six bridgcyj.
A Kansas Radical editor, when- ho
leard of Greeley's nomination, wry
tensibly gave np his paper, got may
ied, and went to worK in /lis father
n-law's saw mill. /
A fungus, which grows on the cal
careous rocks of Florida, is said to
possess narcotio properties, and to be
lsed by the natives to some extent
\ substitute for. tobacco.
To jump into the bins of grain ele
rators ana be suoked down the spout,
9 a style of suicide developing out
f^est, whioh laughs at probes and
itomaoh pumps.
Two sisters have eloped from B'.r
in, Prussia, with a young man whom
;hey are both in lovo with, aud wjioin
hoy both intend 10 marry when U:ey
'eaoh Salt Lako, which is their dev -
iation.