New York Clipper (Apr 1863)

*■ THElTRICAt JODRiNAL. TUB nUSIOIAII'B BJliDBi IS'. SnSo to her.treBses Wght IwVoM the breew a»t bow, ^•a Suilo to btr dtoi^liid obeek. ind on ber modest bnw. |ti-'»i]niIotoberire»twJilinbto»ndeoUg^^^^ . S^'a modo to bet wilst bo ml*!!, wbaro enues lU unite; n^VmnBb to ber lltUel band. ib*t wanders to snd ft«, moBlo to bar aylpb-Uke iann, wbareyoi abe mi^ go. fSM'imTUlo to bw Je3t, so apilgbtljr and amtTt> .' .. fSn'imiBlo to boriUent mood, beyond the retob of art; . naa'i fflOBio to bar tear, that oft la abed for otbw'a^o, jSnt't muslo to ber tender algh, that Iotb alone oan know. ast'B mnalo to ber bhub, that eonntleaa obarma bedeA, ', •hn'i mnalo round ber loTely anna, and on her beantloo^ neck, am') mualo to the air Bbe breathes, that J07 will e'er Impart, Qua'jstuto on ber honey'd tongne, and moelo In her bean. THE BIVAL. SINOISS. A BTORT OF TJSB LTKIO BTAOB. BT IBEODOBE B. FAT. ^length ibe nigbt came, and an Naplea crowded to the opera dhwrQambrloa, the moat powerfol, the most gifted, the moat Mgnod and dazzltogfanlolrioe^ that had ever ravished heart, f)a», and breath, Cram the flery-aonled InbaUtants of that oel'. Anted city. The entboslaam of the BeapoUUna tor moBlo, tm; fit mr olnmmBtances, Is toconcelvable to the people of a ooUer duiet bnt Oambrlca bad excited It beyond ItsSif. Her flgnre—■ M, ermmetrlcal, and conunandlng—recalled Oleopaira or lee. Her featnrea were sweet and noble. On ber queenly Hof dlKnltjsatentbroned; and all the lofty and tender passlona nrtrtflocted to tnm firom ber olasalo and .erer^lpqaent face. Itreyes, endowed with the power of maglo, carried with OTery |!iBMk ttie highest emotions of poetry and mnslo. The pnblio mdupped her. Bbe was an empress—a goddess. Her emlle aalBianshtoe through the mnlUtnde. Her step across the ittfi caused a stir ot delight Her Restores, like those of a mhetcBs toterpretlng to mortals the ungoage of Heaven, made bpolus leap and the heart heave In the bosom; and wbon, all oi^tBtlo, her snperb and awfOl form, foil of Inspiration—astatne tijond the chisel of Angelo or Pmlteles—her ooonteDance a ouUbitaUon ot all that Itoaslnl ever Imsgtoed or Baphael drew i-«tien thos revealed, a magnt^oent vielon, before tne nnnnn^ tmd and expectant faces, her wondertnl yolae. ponred forth Its nhme—nov.to a stream gentle as the mnrmiuing. zephyr.and detr as the voice of the Umpld biook, nowatoriUng as the heave iltke ocean or the fall of the cataract, and at length'terrlblo as tendden thunder and rapid as the Ughtntog when It darts hs heaven to earth, from earth to heaven—it was cn^ons to lUaiait'the tempest of deUght, tho horrlcano, the earthquake; lUeh Involved the aoBombly and overwhelmed the. perftitm> Boes in s obaos of frantic acoUunatlons. Ousbrlca was on Italian.. 'With her llrst breath sfte had in^ |bU Are from the sun. Had she boon bom in Nova -Zemblal bosom bad held a lioait ot passl(in.. EnthutUam, for ^ood Ka'e»V'.«f.<^itov«itk'hee^t^^ 1; 'Xaucation might havejnodl&M. her Impetnims dlspo^ II ccufd net have chilled It utterly. Bnt A«r education I air ottheyofth bad hevqr cooled her blood; sbeknew not ftl^vful solemnity ot BoVtnde. She had lived always to the ttne of public obsorvAllon, and gtiaffod the totozlcatliig dranght iDoibllcapplause. It badbocome toher a necessarruijaent. a lutii demand of ber naturo. Without It she would have have Ued like a rose without light. It was ber air, ber snnsbtoo, FtrnaiBBbe had been the meet potent atlrattlon to her fairy IkiaBlcil world, In Infancy sho had danced as a fay or floated Minaniol amid murmurs of deUght As time ripened her tarn, and touched it with tho sedadng grace of gIrlh6od, sbe kldiziled mortal oyos as sylph, naiad, or prtocess; and when Blangth, years, rolltog like summer hours:over the rose, had CDly expanded her Into mere bewildering loveliness—hod only tnkined new hnd more dangorouBpower-^e bad queened it a It indeed, a veritable enchuitroes. : Aided by all the maglo of poetry, patottog, music, and xo> jluiM, now amid the gorgeous story of oriental lands, now lend* Eg on the warm dreams of the bnrntog sonlh—now spell-bound nUu <kr-gone days of Arabian fable—to tho sober Inhabitants im outward earth sho was only known as the h'erotoe ot these JWlBcent pbantasmagorla. Adoring fUne, and dwelling amid abeans as the eagle near tho sun, she bad little sympathy w, or knowledge of, the common earth. Wealth was gath> *M by her as if it floated to the streams, and fell, like manna nsttitplato. Bbescarce knewambltlon; for she was on the ■toimoitronnd." The world was below her—mankind at her M-and, at the sound of her voioe, they bent or rose like the MMneathtb'o trident of Its monarch, She was the embodied jeunotthepost—sbe became, In tnm, each passion—she was WRlestess of Natnre-a creatnn haU>()ailh]y, halftdlvlne; Ha nohad not seen dambrloa, had seen nothing.. He who had Mlitard her bad not lived. It was a bright lite that she led— wilnible appearance forever greeted bylhonsandi and thqns- BUWtlh tumnltnouB rapture—her rising upon nations, like wof Aurora, whose approach chases the shodaws, and over> 9n«di tho sky vrith rcay light. ^Vpooibla night, after a long absenoe/ehe was to appear In her The Neapollbtna atteilded for athonaandlhtlmefo ^ the wonders and witness the trlnmph of their qaeon of vOeieoond Character of thepleoowas enlisted to* young i^uswho had trembltogly.ventured to mate her debut on this ^Jgng. Her Wmple and sweet taste, the quality, extent, and Jjjwoihor voice, had ipore than once igatoed a word, of con. gwijung encouragement frum the despotio mistress of song. !{*dU not come on till after the entrance of Oambrlca, by 'TJwB, at Well as by the audlonoe, her nnpietendtog efforts, hw nnnoUoed, But soarcalyhad ; nf^'S'ptca taonolf, when a murmnr of anrprlse ran ibrough h^-i^^'^' ^"thtog mbre.uollko Oambrlca oouldba lmag> ibViiIS '°'*''''J'8enuou8, modest, and ipirilvdbweTa her |d, ~Ve, and countenance, and so wonderf&l was the ImpreS' -^oTMiea by hrr appearance, oonflrmed and deepened by her ^ •M grace, that, as If by preconcert, an audible snd unl- tSiiT. was heard, and a general stir «^"'t'£rta<>ftholinio. As If afraid to glvo uttentaoo to iJSi'iSJJJP"'*'n the usual monnBr, the audlonoe remotoed for loofaixiA to behold a heay> this oeleetlal visitant utter relink her to their mtods her qew difficult ^^^cgiiiea witb a taete, esse, elmplloUyi and power, tot ox- iJJJjMiot equalled by Oambrlca hotiBelf—a elartlod "Bravo I . uttered to the tone of one thrown off his guard by rap. ^i Dioke the spoil of silence, and such petls bunt forth'as I troinblo to Its fonndatlons. nie pertonnances tri— ^''0 audlenco rose in a body. 'Bandkeroulelis, 01 tS' r""' Waved In tbo air ftrom tho nigh dome to the fbel ^ue lovely being, herself aslonlahod at the lamnltshe had cuMi^l'*' SToen toom, heard these omtoons aonndi, ^ nil tho boards tremble under her feet. Bho hestened forth,- J^noiB an unobserved retreat beheld the slgbt-blaaUntf^ew M^nTU, potent with oU tho spells of grace, youtb, beatify, g*. W. !*?.'!• conjured up from no one know, where—jalsett l&e 4J?JMulMormod from tbo deep-mounted upon her'pbdestol' rrjniig her snored wnnd-and wielding vrilh a bond, yesterday J^jynd unknown;'• all her thunders. »rom tho lips of the r^wtfla, too, she heard - nndlsgnlsed raptures, sancttonlng, T^B on the triumph cf this new and aU-resplefadent Anemy.. CtI'* '"h the oontlnual and slmitltaneoas pcals—each gjietoedabclldlreotarherownboad. Her breslh foiled— •™>(lth forsook her limbs—rags snd despair lllled her H£.P»»l»eod her efforts, and painted themselves on ber St BMil"*!; " happened that the opera shadowsd forth a Ulo L^unUko tho Midf^ of tboao toleresia and emotions which tbns brought toto action, and that the two eom- bore rote ^oh gavs a fittal Uloitiatton ot the downfkll of long nooMktnt aaUtlmi ttton lh< tuiiig-«{|,|''litHif ^ lOTCUflritar,'*! '*' ; . ' r'ti^'<-i^ , ■ \ J"*^ ^ ^ e«t««a .of;tS» ai«lt<!n. The very dusinillltude between her and OkmbHo; ffimTllsl^ itopetnstohersnoasss. Vor'tbeflntHmsiaeWdlldaiMerelMd that nature had other gems than tiut' Whloklllley- lutd'WOTn to theecclnslonof all others; and, with the oaprloelor which they are celebrated, they were prepared in an tostent'to throw aalde that of which tney betiamb weary. After Oatbrioa, Uarlna pleased by tnoe of novelty and oontrasL Her very faults were a rellet She was like the sighing of a flute, after the blast of the trumpet, Bbe resembled silence and odor-brsathtog jnoonllght, sfter (be brightness of the "gaudy and remoneless day." . Oambrlca fUt that the sceptre was sUpplig iton her hands. The applansos. which she subsequently recemd were not wbat they had been. Bbe wont from tho stage, after bavto'g lost all Inspiration, trembltog, desperate, as If an evil spirit had- taken' possesalonof ber... A large mirror bung in the grsenrooqi. She gaeed at henelf to it. Her ooontenanco was haggard—her features dark and heavy irith jusslon—and to throw the last shadow over hergloom, st this inopporfnne and miserable cio>i ment,sheQeteoted a wrinkle on her brow, and upon the sable and glossy hair parted over her forbead, two or three Unes of White.' It Is thus - that mortality breito upon the aapiratlonB of earthly dreamers. .* . . The onrlaln fell, bnt the audience remalnsd, and with vehement glamors, demanded the manager. On bis appearance, a general ory ex^^reased the wish that uurlna should receive an immediate .engagement aspriaad«nM.' de ready caterer for thelr.pIeaiK nre asqnlesoed, of .oouney dsllfbled to find a new treasure. Heavy rounds of applause olTered a parting tribute to the newly risen star, and then nigbt, calm and quiet, 8ettled*over Uieglit': terlnabay ^d half •rlalmcnntiins, the sllant ahore, and the- sleeping cliff' For some day* nothing was talked of but Uarlna, Howoapri- olous la the popular Jiidgment I how utterly It wlB Iw ravished to.day with thatwhioh to-morrow will b; flung by and fbigottani Oambrloa's. name was now scarcely heud,' bnt as the preoanor of an tovtdlouf comparison. Uarlna filled every hiaart Uarlna 'was uttered by every Ilp. Uarlna ms the the theme of evaiy o<jfc.ovory atreet, every square. ■ ,• "How unlike Oambricar" was the nngrstefbl exolamatlon. "Ahljviierina, •Vhashadharday,"criedona. - . "She was good, but she is terribly poMtt,*'said another. - "For me,''^orled a third, "I always knew aha was over^rated." "A sunflower by the roae,'^ said a fourth. . j' . "loo large—too round—too tall—too heavy; hw hair too Uaok —her eyes no softness," added a fifth. "Then," said the first, "bow over dramatic I Weare-ploysd with a style too studied and v^uptuotu. Mature is too elirixh rately improved npon. Hothto^IafttoiiseU Bhemaybeihe first of her school, but the sohool of Uarlna Is the first - Did yon observe ber attitude lasttilgbt when she drew the dagger?" "Tes, a flahwoman going to fight" "Sbelaagreat stoger, though,"ventoradaUttladandy,who had not heard Uarlna. "Certainly, very great: bnt, then, she Is always the saine." "And what horrid (aces I" These strictures were general. They were the first that 0am* brlca had ever enconntered. They feu on ber heart like Uva. . Agato the night oame, and the theatre was besieged by sin en* tbuslasUo throng. Equipage after equipage dashed no, Forty after party of bewildertog Hem and ■'"^""g shoulders hastened in, Eaoh seat was filled, the alslas.wers crowded, the lobbies overflowed; all the nobill^, fkataion,soiance and loveltoeas, for- tunate enough to socnre places, were «aiijimiiif<l, Bounds of ito- patlenoe arose. Never had there been a more'brllllani audience. In a small private box, over the stage, to fnll view, sat Oam- brica alone, a spectotor.of this, eventful hour, dressed to a style atemly Blmple--a robe.of vrhlte. On her 'uncovered head no ornament out ibe raven hair parted over her brow. It was ob- served Jhat once or twice her dark eyes flashed, and that her ohook was pale and grave. I'.'f oor Oambrica 1'^ whispered many, "h$r day la over." Uarlna appeared. Notherfohdest'frlendshad dared to pre* dloteo dazutog a triumph; ShewoS trebly successfOl—as the loveliest creature that ever wis seen; as the moattouchUg, noble, and pure octrees; and as a atoger, transcendent over all her pre- decessors. Hervoicawasajphenomenon...Sufihaonehadnever before been beard by mortal eon, Bbe haiself had not known all its deep poweiB—Ite dlvtoe reve^tlcns,. As she proceeded in her role, at each instant subduing, eleotrlfytog her.bearers, their enthusiastic applause arose to an exaltetionIndeacribablet and when she had thrice song the finale, and each time more xavIsbl|^^Qi*^mud8oflig^iue w'eie blended into ^fns'ooi^^ r^Sfseen onl^ sS'^ufSS^^^^^'^^SitS^^SI^ii&Sr ^ wreaths, flowers, laurels and roses, wexe ahowsred down afrher fSet. ' ■ •.if-^.'^ , ■',. . ; Bho stood sUont trembltog, ovtrwiulined, to the presonbe of theee thundering tbousapds, her bona on her heavtog bosom, her eyes bent modestly and gracefully to the ground. Few slgbto are more Btrihtog than tho totoriorof a spacious theatre, completely crowded, around, above, row bebtod row, clrole after circle, tier over tier, an amphitheatre of heads, the floor, the amplo walls, swoytog with a sea of (hoes, alive'-with, human totellect todd with burning eyes, from the stage lights back to the recedtog oolumns, melttog into vague masses up to the golden roof, and these thousands of awakened mtods con oentratod upon one oieatore, worshipped like a deity I Next to e Boman oration came the half unearthly triumphs of the opera. Oambrica arose, attracting attention, and for a moment the stormy roar abated. The dethroned queen lifted her :tall fignre and turned her eyes npon the agltoted multitude. In her hand,' and resting npon the bolustrsae, sbs grasped a massive'wreath of eve^UvIng green. "Oenerous Oambrloal" oried a voice, "she wlH award the wreathl". The most lively applause followed this suggestion, proolaiminj at once that it ires magnanimous and just and the Ups of tbou' sandseohoed—"The wreathl" "The wreath I"' There was titan a moment's aUence. ° "Let her advance!" w*a heard distlnotly to .ovary part of the house, to the silver tones of that wUl'kttown 'voloe. Uaiina, her<lashes glittortogwith tears, her oheA fluahed, her bosom heavtog with delight advanced a »w steps and bent-her beautlfnl head to. an atlunde sweet aa Psyche beftns the mother of Love. That Inn majestloirasralsedalofb llie wreath was oast;. A chaos of applause greeted 'ite fkll; bnt high, shrill, and audlbli above the roaring thunder, pierced the shriek of that lovely vlotlm. ■ . - > ; r -■ • . Uarlna fell dead upon the .boards oilnsaned with h«r blood. The fatal wreath was poiMiedited. . She ballavad Ihai^ notwjtbtteniHng her bMotr. har iA. I tJuSilbr hupSo^^aS; A raCAVno AtfTBVTUBB. llnValB, _ BTCLiBENOB ATlBBBr. I^r«« sighed morefor i«t biam' , mam vWfhewlatefof M«,li»lliedotit one evmlng. to *rt«<m IS?wiS S 2tri'SnS»y%2^JKiteffi?,S'J^£S2^ Itojeourse?^' * ^ ^ ?^'?!??^'i.^?n4Jn«<!ri»><Hl to the books ot cat. &>tmilnSS. ' Italy is the land of poetry, even In lis crimes, •literal'(Mt, ot recent occurrence. - . Thetooldentls BTAANQBB'B OR&VB. How beantUtal—how holy—are the fie'sh, pure emotions of childhood; the light-hearted laugh—\)ie bnrntog tear—will follow each other as sinfUyasttaeolcuds and'snnshlneof .a summer day.. I oan remember that when a child, my heaM would sadden and my eyes fill with tears at the moaning of the autnhln wtod, or the rustltog of the fUltog leaves; then agiU 'the ssme eyes would smile, and the same neatt would leap at the whisper of a kind voice, or at the glad song of a bird. It was during my bkth py ohildlsh yean; that an tooident occniired whloh I am about to relate. '^. •". ' A stranger came toto our little village—sickened, and died; none knew him, nor whence he oame, and none oared; And thus, in the prime of msnbocd, to the veiy hey day of bis youth, he went dovm to the tomb; his cone, unknorvn, nnfoUowed, snd unmoumod, was laid by stranger hands to Ite last narrow rest- ing place, to a^quiet cornir of ohr old church yurd. '• Iwas very Sonng, but the Impression It .made on me can never be erased; le subject haunted me; I could not sleep for thtoktog of It; the moment my head pressed the pillow, tn6 form of tho dood stranger would rise before me, and I thought I could sSe his home, and the many young and happy faces that had often greet- ed him there I then tho Joyotts features would change, and grow wan and pale, and the: bright eyas would-sadden, and I could poroelvothatthey were dlmmod with tears; and there wu one among them paler tlAn all the rest—sue never spoke, and I oculd not see ber weep, but ber meek eyes seemed forever pleadtog •for the lost I longed to visit the stranger's grave, and on the next Babbatb, when I wont to church, I stole toto the yard alone, I knew the narrow mound—it was unlike, all the rest, for not a alngle blade of the soft grass which covered the others,- rested upon It ^ It vres a glorious day to mldsnmmor; tbe blue sky was nnsnad- owed by a stogie olond,- save hero and there a soft, feathery streak, which seemed llko tbe smoko Of-tooense offered by tho toemtog earth to the smiling heavens. I gaied around mej' at the foot ot tho grave was a hedge of briars, ahd the berries, rich and ripe, werehongtog to graceful elueteis fMm thedeapnreen stems, and tbe velvet grass orodnd and beneath Uy feet was thlOkly dotted irith irild flowers. I gathered tho young buds, 4na scattered them over tbe dork earth which formed tbe home of.thestrangor^Iwept} there w«re both tears ond flowers, a. ohlld'e Blmplo offering to tbe unknbwn dead. I bad soareely dried my eyes bofbto I hoard tho voico of my mother at toy elde; service had oonuntaoed, and slio catai'e to Boek me. - Bho ashed me lid queitlonsi bnt it was erident the had witnessed my orleT Bome fewyearS had pussd, and Imaby, many changes, sad and sotoowfol, have taken plaoe, ahdmany bitter, burning tears have I shed, to isu sorrow, atoo* first I wept to sadness o'er the i^gw'sgtav*.. . Fir and bemlookof a centnry's growth met ovarbesd, md formed an archway radiant vrtlh frostwork. Allwaadarkwithto; bntl was young and fearless, and, as I peered toto an unbroken (mK,thatrearedltsalf on the hordei»ef the stceam, I laughed 'With very Jcycusness; ntywUd burrabrang through the ment woods, and I stood listening to the echo thai reverberated agato and agato, until all vrw hushed. • * Suddenly a sound uose —It seemed to mo to come (Tom beneath the lee; It sounded low and tremulous as first; untU it ended to one wild yell I was Mpallsd. Never before had snob a noise met my ears. 1 thought It more than mortal; so fierce, and amidst such an un^ broken scUtads, it seemed as though a fiend bad blownablaat from an infernal trumpet Presently I heard the twigs on shore ^raok s* though from the tread of soose brute animal, and the blood nshed back to my forehead with a bound that made my sun bum, and I felt relieved that I had to contend with things, earthly, and not of sspiritdal nature—my eneiglea returned, and I looked aboift me for some means of escape. • • * • As Itpmed my head tothe shore, I could Bee two dark ohJeote dasfatog through the undarbuah st a.pace nearb' double to speed Ha my own. By their rapidity, and the short yellrthat Ihey g^jlknew at once that these were the much dreaded grey I had never met irith these »nim.i,f^ but fMm-the dssariptton given of them, I bad.veiy little pleasure to maklhg their ao- qualntanoe. Their nntemeaUe-fieroensss, and the.untiring: strengtbiwhlch seemapart of their natare,rendar«dthenioh]eete of dread to (very benighted traveler. • I There was no time for thought; so I bent my head, and dashed madly forward; Nature tnmsd me towarda home. The light fiaksaof snow spun from the Iron of my skates, .and I was some distance from my pnrssers, whan their fierce howl told me I was stfll their fogittve, I did not look back; I did not feel afraid, or sorry, or glad; one thought of home—of the bright faces SwalUng my return—of their tears if they eihculd never see me sgato, and then every energy of body and mtod were exerted for escape. I was petfecUyathomeonthetoe, Uaay-were the days that I had spent on my good skates, never thinMnj that,- at one time/ they wonld be my only means ot Bttt^. Every half-mtonte, an .alttmate yelp from my ferocious followers, made me only too oartata that they wen to close pursuit. Nearer and naarar they oame;I heard their l^tpattenng on the ice nearer still, until 1 conid feel their breath, and hear their snufldtog soent Every nerve and muscle to my frame was stretched to the at^ mcst'-teaslon. The trees along the shore seemed to danoe in the Dhcsrtato light, and my brato tamed 'with my breathless speed.'yststUl they seemed to hiss forth their breath 'with a aotmd tnHy herribte, when an tovoldntary motion on my part turned ideont of my course. The wolves olosa behtod, unable to ttopv and u unable to tnm onthesmoothice, slipped and feU, still going on frr ahead; their tongues lolling o'nt their white tnaka during from' their bloody months, their dark, ahsggy breasto fleBoed with foam, and as they passed me, their eyes glared, and they howled with (toy. . .The thoightflasbed onmymtod tliatt>ytbls-means I ocnld avoid them, viz: by turning aside wheneverthey oame too near; for they, by the formation of their feet are unable to run on the ice exceptto a etralght Une. ' At one time, by duaytog my. turning too long; my sanguinary antagonists came so near uatthey threw the white foam over my dothea as they sprang to seize me,-and their teeth plaabed. to- gether like tbe spring ot a fox trap. Had my skates failed for one instant, had I tripped on a sUdk, or caught my foot to a fissure to the ice, the story I am now telltog would never have besntold. I thought all the chances Over; I knew where they wonid first take bold ot me if I f^; I thought-how long it would be iMtbre I died; aiid then there would be a search for the body thst would already have ite tomb; for oh I how ftot mania mtod traces out allthe dread colors of death's jilctnre, only those who have been near .the grim original oan telL a * a ' But soon I cams near the house, and I my bounds—I knew thsto deep vOdces-^rouBed by the noise, bayed furionaly from their kennels. I heard their ohatoa rattle;, how I 'wished they would break them I and then I should have protectors that would be peeiB to the flerceet denizens of the forest The wolveSL. t^tog the htot conveyed by thS- dogs,, stopped to their mad ooreasv ud, after a momenvs < oonslderatlon, tamed and fled. <..vntehc4.ibeiu nnia their dusky forms disappeared over ^ nelshlMrlng hill. Then, .taUng off my akatos, I wended, my way ftA^ hoas»wlth fe eUnga which.gy j»^tor/hna^ed- than f^axflil'i;reatiiras thU foUvwe^kme-so.dlosi Eennebao, ■ '.- ■. - -■• f As an appropriate appendix to the-above, we win quote thi snbjotoed pgruous tocldento to the IJfe of Bishop Bsscom, whliAi cocorred when, to early lifts, bis "olreult''-embraoed the vrild and uniettled (Mstlers of 'Virginia, Eentuoky, and Ohio:— "He was once followed siveral miles by a large panther, which tbreatened at every bound tosprtognpon bin, and item whloh be w^ rescued by rosohtog tbe cabto of a settler. At another time, he had gone some distance (Tom the house of a friend, where he vras stopptog, toto tbo forest where to was lytog quletlyperustog a book, and nnconsclous of all danger, under the broad-sprea4f ing branches of a tree, when he heard the voice of a man crying toUm to lie still tUl he fired, on the peril of his life. Qnioklv glanctog hlB eyes to the direction whence the voice proceeded, « saw his trisnd, with .his rifle elevated, and pototing towards the branches of the-tree tmder which he'was lytog. Perfectly fkmUiar'vrith bachwocde life. Dr. Baseom knew that soma dreadfnldangerwasbovortogoverhtoi, and with tbe least per- ceptible motion of his body, he Instantly toned his gaze np- wwd, when he sawabovo him, a maJestto panther, whlsitog his toil, and Just ready to leap upon him, This was a feorfld mo- ment I What nerve he rbqnired to retain his self-possession, and thus nfie his life I for the Isfst motion on the part of Dr. Bascom woidd have hastened the rortog of the panther, and sealed his fate forever 1 And to that leartul moment, when death soemed'toevitoble, with a self-control and oonrage truly wondor- (nl, to lay perfSotly quiet till the keen crack of tto rifle wsa, heard, andthe ferocTcus beast pierced by the unerring ballot the backwoodsman, fell lifeless by his side." monlsl agent Her name stood high upli) the list of the fii£ ostegory—one of the rarest flowen ot.the tnatrlmonJsl bonqiisL At that period our agent protected a handsome yo«ng fdW. who desired nothing better than snob s msteh'as this. -nS agent pointed Us finger to the yoonjg Llllolsel'<MIe((iiTi4ni: Be wrote at the same moment to his oorrespoadaot, put blm toto the secretor-the affair, sent him three tbonaaDdfrsics to mable him togive a baD, towhiohwaa tobe tovltedallthafiowtB of tho town. . . ■ , at the correspondent's honae, like afrlend who makoMvliSlm? j",™ld<>d, amearod at tto baU and danced vrith r letting off to her honor a whole artillery of comp tog espedallv npon hte qnall^ as a stranger, to «ie city; he was completely Ignorant of th ,e knttft, with whoio to had tod &e hnplneato diuMi'tot iSSji'^'??*'^'?"^ *'*8** eyes, he had neter seen oMM* nured snob hair, he had never seen such pstridan bands, ncft. a fleriblowalrt, such prottyfeet snob perW grace, Ao^ ... After the flrrt contra dance, he sollcfied the fkvor of a wa|l&' ttea a pOlk^ then a zaazourka. then a schcttlshe. He shdiral Umsalf during the whole eventog so comptetely devoted toite ytong girl, tfiat the latter, re£cttog tLt^e goodSoSS !!SS^'i5!5-°lS^«***^**.i? thempmtog.and wnaequiSiSr at lost fHiB had found the Ideal of her dreams, the enthnslssito Werther; the 81 Prenx of Platonic love. . ' ^-^/ev days afterward; the young man obtatoed, thnmoh tb» ktod Offices of his friend, the correspondent, an toviteUimto tto ulrees of the parante of the young glil, and tte Paris agent haa Jnn received a letter from his oonaspondant at LlUs. whlA reads as follows: ' "Ui Deob Bra:—Tho gome is bagged. leslerday I condaots^ the shepherdess tq the altar, and to-day I pocketed my six Bandfi«nes." • " . . ^ ~7r And ttotis one way to which young girls are booAhtand-aU to France, withiutthelrknowing it—Arti /ater. HOW .GIRIiB ARB BOUGHT AND BOLD UT KAIl- RIAOB IN FRANOB. 'ybu know how airibtly yotmg glr)s- are guarded to France under the eyes, of .their parenn, and how cbmpletely their personal todeptfidence is. poorlflced to "propriety'- and tholr parent's will. A jgentleman who lately visited a matrimonial offloe to tids olty, with a view of obtalntog sh toslght into the openUens of the system, gives some toteresttog deialls to regard to It The world, it appears, has to general t false Idea ot these esteblishmente, st least of this one. It Is generally believed that tbecbietof the estebUsbment keeps niiderkeya tottailon of ladles ttot sre made to trot aionnd. under the eyes of tbe vleltor, who stands to tbe position of the sultan ready to throw the bandkorchlet Bome supposo that they arc permitted to see the ladles who wish to many, through a key-hole, or some, other form ot unsuspected bull's eye. On the contrary, nothing la more simple than this estebllshment nnd at ttie aame time nothtog le more complicated than lis wheelwcrk. Tbe women have lltUe to do to these operations, nearly edl the bustoess betog accomplished between men. In the conjugal, comedy, of which tbe chief ot the estebllBbment to the manager, the women play their part without knowing it Thus, be has oorrespondcnte In oil the large towns, fie Is to rolatldh wlth all, or nearly all the notaries In Franco, who keep him adrised of the difforcnt heiresses whose affairs they manage. The chief, orraDgos theee holrceses by dlvlsionB, according to tbnlrdto- porttoco, nnd ho protends that he la tho Suly man In'Ftan'ce who. can say, approximately, eaoh year, tbo totel ot the suited wealth otthe lielTOBsesot the empire.. ' . •..> '.■ A geatleman wishes to get married. He is a lawyer, an agent era merchant He presente himself tothe ohie't ot tbe matri- monial estebllsbmoni, who demands first to know wtot are bis preteniloiis, After bis visit'tho flrat duty ot the agent Istf sodk tofomiatlon on tho character and position of the candidate, and If tbese nro satlBfactory, ho appotote a now'rendet^ous, and propoBts to his client different ladles. (The ladles, yon'will ro- colleot, ate all tho time Ignorant that they are tho object ot a speonlatlon.) 'When tho parllea come to terms, tho matrimonial agent puts a plan In operatldn to bring the lady and gentleman together, and hearrives at thte resultnatnrally, without the lady evaranBpMitlngttotsbe 'lsa puppet moved by a tbread-to the tonds of a matrimonial agent .u ' If thob'olress lives to tbo prorince, the sgeht addrvSsos a letter to his -corrcepondcnt who oan always flna a means of-bMngliu these two noknoim todlvldnals Into each others presence. A soiree, a boll,, an aeoldentol meelbig at the house ot a third fiarty—there aro many occnsloiA of nnlitog these two stars, dos- toed te Bhtoe to tbo same flrmsnent Once In 4he prosonco of the object, tbe rest Is the.gentleman's own bustoess; bo must put his tuont to play. If the fish bllos, it to a goto of time for the SEpnt to elopln, and through the agency of the notary, make for'the pretendsnt Ibe cffldal demand, as is the ouslom m Franoo; tor the hand of the lady. And thus the agent acoom- plisbos without the knowledge of the world or ot one holt of Ins partloiconcomod, a high eoolal mUeloni eiflce It to tjiatof ren- lerin* ndoBle happy and propagating tbe speUee. ' Hu^lfl u example ot the m^mor In which those matriages are bwugbt about The aflWr occurred to, tho Department of theNbrd. At UUo there lived, three montto ago, a handiome wnngSl, whobad a fortune of sto hundred tbousindfttuies to bttlow on a huBban4 of her obclcb. All the yonng meii of tut Mutay todsuStet^ to reach tto heart of the heiress IBBAUITy OF. THB raSANB. There Is no end to the false impressions and delusions 1 which, tto mtod. may -to affected.. A physician was onoe c^Ilsd to see a man laboring under the fkncy ttot he wsis conveitsA toto a tea-pot: and when the pbyslolui endeavored teridicula him cut of the idea; hit todignanUy replied, <t ank a'tea-pot^ and forming a semlchrde with one arm, plaotog - his hand -npoa lUship, beBaid,:"there ls the handle;" and thrusttog'out th« other arm. ••there to the spout" Uentove believed tbensetvss converted toto barrels rolled along the street One case-to r^ corded Of a man who believed himself a dock, and irould' staaS for hours at the head of the stairs, oltcktog with hla fongiia. A respectable tradesman to England, even fended himself met^ morphosed toto a seven shllUng piece, and took the preeantlte ot reqnsBttog as a ptrttcnlar ISvor ot bis friends, ttot if .hlS'wilh should present him to payment ttot they would not glvediaa|B 'for him. Soma tove supposed ttot many armed knlghte wo* totottlewlthto them. Aseacaptoto to Fhi&del;^ilSk le "ed for many years ttot be hod a wolf to hlB liver.. Aaad>, man to the Pennsylvonte Hospital believed ttot hewaaonoaa calf, and mentioned the name of the buteher who killed ■iaa, and the stall to a Philadelphia market on which his fleah'waa sold preriouBly to his animating hte present body. Onemante* lleves his legs, made of butler, and 'with the greatest canttoa avoids firs; another Imagtoes them to to made ot gins, and with extreme core wraps them to wooden boxes when going out to ride, A prince of Bourbon often supposed blmseU tone ■ nlant and taktog Us stand In the garden, would Insist upon betog watered to common with the plante around him.- A French gentleman imagtoed bimselt to be dead, and refBsed to eat To prevent bis dying of starvation, two peisons were Intro* duced to him to tto obaracter of lllnstrions dead lib tiinimw; and they tovlted blm, after some conversation respeotlngr tb«. world of shades, to dine with another dlstlngnlshed but d» ceased'person, Uarshall Turnme. The lunatla accepted'tUa polite toviteUon, and made a very hearty dtoner, ■Eveiy idqr while thte fancy prevailed, It was necessary to tovlte him to thai teble of seme ghost ot rank and reputetlon. 7et to tto'cbmmoB aflairs c( life, Uie gentleman' was not tocapadteted from attend- tog to hte own toterests. -■ ' .' '. ' . ' ' — . '-■'-,;.. iyflgjiljUf.-.-i^inr,'. dlsboslUon of tbe nstlvss.of the forest ai>d)Ilve&>., In much tormony, freqhehlly employtug^thsm toiroir i and down thilato,'aa-he had occasion;- One stonr taqotr^'t the name of Blobear, tod hls.wigwam at no great dlstanoaioem'' the Oolonel'a.dwelling, and was often lher& .Tto OoIondL tovtog occasion to visit some distant shore of tho lake, emmnM BIgbear to row him to hte canoe. On .their return; they PSSsiMI near a high, yet sloptog ledge ot rods, on which tey an lat> mense number ot rattlesnakes asleep and basking to tto p "f», The Indian gave a penetrattog look at the CoL, and thus en> aaired: •■Baymun lovefnn?" ••Tes," was the reply. ••WeO, len, Baymun, have fun; mtod Indian, and bole a glum." So he rowed along silent and, slow, andcutacxotcbed bUoK ficom ■ bnuch of hazels upon the bank. •'Bteady, now, hole a glan^ Baymun," said he, os he olspped the orotoh astride the neck ief a serpent ttot was asleep dose to the edge ot tbe water. "Tak* um now, Baymun; hole fass." Tbe .CoL then took hold of the sttok, keeptog the serpent 'down, while BIgbear tied up • little sack of powder, pntttog one end -of a slow match therem. He thon mode It fast to the snake's tall, and touchtog fire to tlia match, gave orders to "let nm go," at the same Hme pn^btof the canoe off flcom the shore; tto snake tolng liberated, m^wlsS away to hte den. The Indian immedtetely theh stood up and clapped Us hands, maktog aa loud ataolse as posribls, and tbna roused the serpents, who to a moment dtesppeued. "Nov look, Baymtm, new Ipok—see fun," said be; and to about ■ mtoute the powder exploded, when thero was; to be sure; fttn slive. Thesnakes to thousands covered the ro(to, all Usstaig^ rattling, twlntog, tvrirltog, and Jnmptog to eveir way .Imag^ toable. OoL Boymond burst toto a loud laugn ttot echpied across the lake, pleased alike with tbe snooess'ot the' trick, sAA the Ingenuity ot the aavage's toventlon. Bnt BIgbear, from tha beglnntog to the end, 'was grave as a judge, not moving, k musde,and tovtog net the least show of rIslbUty'ln hte coii^ tenanoe, TUa te truly obaractertetlo of tbe Amerfban- AboHg^ toes; wtot causes the greatest ezdtebUlty ot langhter to othoL has no effect upon tlum; they remoto sober, sedate, and fixsd as a bronze stetne. They may love fun, but never in the ^msIW cat degree exUblt ttot ounoter to their looks. '' ^IRITIOISn BtaliOW BTAXRB. Julius Oosar'wss called selzer from Us toring levied dlsttaw '' cn the whole world, took possession and seized all the land;. - houses, furniture, and people, and so became sole piopristor . - and manager of the universe; to potot of faot'heflogged41cn> '- allcn^udholdtherodreadyforgeneratlonstocome. TUsstatB ' ot things is not approved of by two gentlemen to long dothes-^ most curious dreis; they are rolled up in several yarda of whUar osllco, and walk abont the strsCte, vrithout tot or cap, Uto Bln^ coat boys; tho dresss of the whole Is llko Byron's poem, longaiUI loose, In order' to show tbe dasslo fold; which all enlightehtA/ people admire eo much. One ot thesetodlvldnstets nalned Biii* ms, and the other Casslus. Tboy ore colled Praters, and Itoy merit tho tltlo, for two more telkatlvo people never lived: they telk about the Impropriety ot totrusUng the management of tw lane an estebllsbmont as tbe globe to ope person, and after ooo* - BuUing a few moro people to long olotli. It Is determtoed tosaaA. Umluto the next world by cutttog him up as a dish fCir tbe goda on tho recommondatlon of Oriitus, tbe i)retonded friend of .Ote> - ear, and ot thU wrotebed murderer we aro told that Natursmt^t stand up and say to all tbe world, ■•Tbls was a naa.". I.lhtoK * monster would have been much nearer the mark, andsothepai»>. do think, for tbey ore all driven out of Bome, and Mrs. Bmtoa sleft behind. Bbo,.of course, Isln ttot state ot mind 'as'ladlsa do not wish to to who love their lords.. Jolloi bar Isdy^s ;knald« Is ber constant attendant and one day Julia Bees. hen.«)flM '-. . - atont tiie room, tooonea alarmed, and runs for asslsisnce, aliav during her absonce, PortU swallows tho lire-And dies: 'Isnt'lt ...'; horrid t It is a tragody, and of course tboy all die, and the enr- tato falls on nothtog but dead bodies. One of' themost stiftinf teeldente to tbe piece tea dock, although ite lnl«>dnctIanlB.>r -' no means well timed, because docks weM not toown tluj"; '. • thirteenth eeniurr A. D.i and tho period of the nuyteflfVT**'* . . before the Christian era, and oonsequentiT It takes pUMtetiaas - Uitnii. All this you see, Busan, I know, from havlM'hwJ» JJf oral cdtaoaUon. Wbatis a liberal education f WbyTMUfsW: to a Free Bcbool, and gotttog Isnmlng tor nothtog; aridu uaiia not a llDcial education rdon't know wtot te. >,„ ..,-.. -: . .' THBUo»tt»TSAO»;atWestB«ld,Milsa,,whliihJ»^'^^ , to tbepublto on Ootebar 6,186J, te to be snsteUedttoi ysaj)«i« j. . soma first otess irote are Riposted to takepl»«*"«"fl»r '') <'■<> i^^m up for sale, we perceive. Uou at •TatleteaU's," N. MKSiifrarinDframaisvmlllass^tol SOflr «OCTSr»0 la .W. been suffering tnm a severe iOfh^ to able to attend to his regnlsr douss-