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======= THEBE’S not a look.
Tlirrc’s not a look, n word of lliilie,
1 My soul linilieVr forgot:
T |,ii ne’er liaol ind a riuslrl "bins.
Nor Iby lo, ' k '' K raccfu ^ ,wl "*>
Which 1 remember uol.
There never yet a murmur fell
From ilint beguiling tongue,
Which did not, wilb a lingeimg epcll,
{i„„ n inv clinrined nennea dwell,
Like songs from Eden sung.
Ah! thnt I could,nlonce, forget
All, ull that linuni me an—
And vat,thouwilching girl,—and yet,
To dm were sw eeter Ilian to let
The lov’d roiueinbrnnce go.
No, if this slighted heart must see
Its lailhlul pulse denny.
Oh let it die, remembering thee,
And like the burnt nrninn, bo
■ Consum'd in rorett
^MISCELLANEOUS.
[rROM THE METROPOLITAN FOR SEPTEMBER,]
the BltlUIANT LOCKET.
A Tide, by J. E. Carpenter, author of “the Ro
mance of the Dreamer," etc., etc.
CHAPTER I.
It was in the autumn of iho year 1800, when the
I republican army under Ney, Moreau, Lamb, Cyr
I and other of its bravest generals, was pursuing its
I victorious career, and laying waste some ol ihe
J most important towns in Germany, that the cir-
I cumiiances we are about to relate took place.
[ The frequent want of stores, ammunition, and
money, in '.he republican armies, and tbe hope of
plunder then so frequently held out lo tbe French
I soldiers as the reward of victory, caused no in
considerable alarm in the breasts of the more
peaceable inhabitants of those places which wero
considered likely lo become the theatre of Itostili-
**• , _
Among these, the inhabitants of a German
I to»n of considerable importance—and which for
I distinction we will call Ebristien—Itad ample rca-
Isons for their misgivings ; the daily, almost hour.
I ty, approach of tbe French being expected.
I The family of Paul Kimnayer, a merchant citi-
| ten of great wealth, was amongst those most agi-
I tsted by the afflicting intelligence. His household
consisted of his wife, on only daughter, and a few
douieelics in whom lie could place confidence. His
daughter was the spring which regulated every ac
tion of the merchant’s life; she was the apple of his
eye, the sunshine of his shady places; for her he
hid accumulated his wealth, tlmt tier t aro beauty
might win with it u station of rank and influence ;
sod now the hope of a whole lifetime might be
I necked in a few brief hours.
His wife was first to suggest a plan for the con-
I ceelinent of thoir treasures. Their mansion was
I.shilled near the extremity of the town, and from
I ill eecrel passage communicated with a bower
iothe garden adjoining ; from thence in the even
ing, a mail might easily steul unperceivcd lo tho
I adjacent woods; and there she proposed that the
Merchant should at night-time, bury his treasure ;
or, el any rale, that he should proceed through tho
forest and deposit it with a relation who was lo be
trusted, who would not be suspected of possessing
■orauch wealth, and who resided uhout two duys’
journey from the place.
For a lime, Paul Kinmayer resisted every im
portunity of liia wife. Who would protect litem
should the anticipated attack take pluce in his nb*
setteeT Thedomestice were old and infirm, and
they would be loo much alarmed for their own safe,
ty to care much for others not akin to them. But
when his wife spoku upon the future ; when she
impressed on him that it was wealth only tliut
would be required of them, and that, deprived of
that,all fur which they had so long struggled would
be scattered in a moment, his resolution gave way.
"I go,” he said, “and 1 leave you in tho trust of
One whose all-powerful liund will protect you ; un-
Isis, indeed, in liis iuftnilu wisdom, he deems it fit
ting that the innocent should fall un example and
terror to the guilty.”
Collecting ull tliut was most valuable into a small
packet, as tlie evening approached, the merchant
•••prepared to depart. One jewel only remained
behind—it was his own miniature, set in a locket,
with diamonds of great vulue. It was his wedding
gift to Amelin, and with it ho hesitated lo port; ami
he placed it ngain around her neck with the same
fervour and utFeciion tliut lie felt when lie first pro.
i **nted it. To her and to tiis daughter, the rmni".
“ke uf her mother, he gave some necessnry ui-
-tions for their welfare during hits absence, and
dng an oflectionato farewell, he departed un
known to any hut themselves.
It was in the evening of the fourth day after the
"Mrchant departed that ihe roll of the drums, the
•hril! voice of the trumpet calling lo arms, and tho
tumult among the inhabitants without, proclaimed
hi the inmates of the mansion llmt the enemy wus
ksl approaching. The town wus, indeed, filled
•ith Austrian troops, hut these had been so often
•ad lately Imrrussed and defeated by the viclorous
| *'rns of the French, that it was not without reuson
kittens felt strong misgivings in their prowess,
all chance of tho merchant being enabled to
Much the house, or even to obtain admittance with
in the town previous to the termination, was now
entirely shut out. Tho wife had but liltlo doubt
(hit his reputed wealth would not permit the house
I 10 pass unmolested ; and after causing the doors to
■>« barricaded, nnd tho windows and shutters so
ared, tho proceeded with her daughter lo the in-
I Mer,I >usl apartment of the mansion.
CHAPTER If.
On tho return of the merchant, tho French ar-
m y was evacuating the pluce, carrying withthomlhe
trnphies they hod wrested from the conquered Aus-
j loans, end a large supply of stores and plunder
I from the devoted town, l’uul’s heart died within
| him ts he steultluly entered the suburb**, nnd pro.
towards the piece of Ids own residence,
j, ”hhin the town all whs confusion and dismay ,
Inure were open storehouses, rifled of their con-
I *nt$, the ve r y doors torn from their hinges ; there
I '• trim gardens of tne richer classes broken dow n
uud trampled over; in the tuarkut pieces were
gioups of tho middle und lower classes, loudly
complaining of excesses of both Austria and
1‘ ranee. Still Paul stopped not to join in the gen
eral outcry ; his only ntixicty was his own homo.
At length lie reached his dwelling. With what a
pang III' intense anxiety he rushed through the open
portal! Tlth servants had evidently fled ; the
stairs boro the marks of heavy footsteps. Paul
•lopped not to cxnmino them, or he would have
seen they were traced with gore.
With the speed of thought lie rushed into their
accustomed sitting room, nnd tlioro u horrid spec,
luclc awaited him. On tho ground lay his wife,
stabbed through the lionrt ; one hand had fallen
back as if to protect lior from the attack of the as
snssin, while the other grasped lightly a few links
of the slight gold chain to which had been uttached
lit*diamond-mounted portrait.
OI his daughter there wero no traces. Loudly
did he cull, and widely did lie seek, first Io his own
house, and tlton through the whnlo uf the town, un
til it was whispered ubroad that lie was mad ; and
so for a time, lie was ; hut anxiety brought weari
ness, and repose led to reflection.
How deeply did Paul Kinmayer reproach him
self for not taking tho miniature with lite oilier val
uables, need not he related, since he little doubted
that his wile’s resistance to part with it hud led to
the fulal catastrophe. One redeeming thought
flushed across his mind by its agency—if indeed
she hud not shared tho fato of her mother—he
might ho enabled to discover his missing daughter.
To this end he resolved lo devote tho whole of his
future existence ; and after the funeral of his wife,
he disposed of his house, the wreck of his house
hold goods, und prepared to travel; whither he
knew not ; but any where tu fly from the scenes
where all his hopes of earthly happiness lind been
blighted by tho ruthless hand of the destroyer.
"And these,” lie said, as he turned from his na.
tivu town and home, "these are the deeds perpetra
ted under the sacred banner of liberty! Alas! how
is the divine attribute desecrated ! How little,
but the name, exists in the blood-thirsty dynasty of
France.
CHAPTER m.
Shall we follow tho steps of Kinmayer for twelvo
years 1 Shull we relate how lie travelled In strange
lunds, ever in the wake of the French army—some
times in disguise—how minute, hut yet how cau-
tious were his inquiries, nnd, alas ! ho.v fruitless 7
Shall we say how the halo man grew grey nnd lee.
hie, as though half a century had passed over his
head, in scarcely more than a tithe of one ? No;
for we could relate nothing that would interest the
reader—nothing but the patient suffering of u be
reaved man ; hoping, hut hopeless, seeking but
finding not; until it almost seemed that the fucul.
lies of the wanderer had ceased to embrace ths
originul object of his mission ; hut thoy did not—
they only slumbered.
ft was something beyond twelvo years after the
scenes rolated in our second diopter look place,
that a French officer was reciting in one of the
principal cafes of Paris, to an eager crowd of lis
teners, the particulars of the inglorious retreat
from Russia, of which he was one of the few sur
vivors. His age could not havo exceeded thirty ;
but the dreadful hardships of the Russian cam
paign had told fearfully upon his hardened features
War, however, had not tamed, hut had evidently
added to, a naturally ferocious disposition ; for he
was detailing, with savage satisfaction, the horrid
torments of tho enomy, already forgetful of the se
verities he Imd but just escaped, and to which so
many of his comrades had fallen a sacrifice.
Among those who listened most attentively was
a stranger, who sat, almost unnoticed in an obscure
corner of the room ; an involunlury expression of
disgust at lengtlt betrayed him, and all eyes were
immediately turned to where he sat.
‘‘I’ll wager a Napoleon,” said lite officer, ‘‘that
the old German never smelt powder but on a re.
view day; and never saw more smoke than that
which proceeded from his own meerschaum.”
‘Belter if others wero like mo ; who remember
ing only that they are soldiers, forget that they are
men.”
•How !’ exclaimed the officer, starting to his
feet,‘such sentiments here tiro dangerous ; hut you
Germans are ever mystical. However, I’ll tell
you a Gorman adventure so, garcon, another hot*
tie of coti roli.nnd then
‘Do you happen to know the German town of
Ebristien 7’ inquired the officer.
The dull eye of the stranger seemed suddenly
lit with a liquid fire as he answered in the affirma
tive.
•It was my first campaign,’ continued the other ;
■my father was one of the bravest’ (ho meant the
most bloodthirsty) ‘leaders of the revolution. His
influence obtained for mo a commission; nnd,
crowned with success, 1 found no difficulty in earn
ing for myself promotion. In the action alluded
lo we wero ullowed but two hours to make wliut
pillage we could in the town of Ebristien before
we proceeded onward to greater nnd more glori
ous victories. Well, there was a jeweller ofgreut
wealth, whose house, which was pointed out to me
by an Austrian prisoner, we entered, hut in which
neither jowels nor portable valuables could we find.
The servants fled on our first entrance: the wife
nnd daughter only remained. The latter had lock
ed themselves in a room which wus soon burst open;
we demanded of thorn their valuables; the trum
pets iiud ulrendy sounded "To horse !” and 1 was
preparing to leave the house, wlienn gold chain
around the neck of tho elder female, attracted my
There was attached to it’
Paul, who might have escaped in the confusion,
did uot attempt tu do to; and he was of oourm, ta
ken into custody, and incarcerated in one of the
dungeons of the police.
The following morning ho was led.forth for ex
amination ; the wifo of tho fallen officer, he was
told, would he Ilia accuser. But he walked with a
firmer step und a lighter heart limn usual. One
portion uf his mission had been nccuinplislted ; he
Iiud avenged his wife’s murderer, but lie had found
no traces of hia duughter.
On reaching the place of examination, he was
commanded to stand forth ; a shriek—a long ago
nizing shriek—wus heard, and the prosecutrix loll
■enseiess to the floor.
Restoratives wero applied, and on Iter recovery
the cause of her ogitation was soon apparent.
‘it ia my father !’ she said,and breaking through
ilie crowd, she agnin fell senseless in his arms.
The impetus of her fall caused a locket to drop
from her bosom, where it was still suspended by a
chain, Paul Kinmuyer snatched it up. Yes, it was
the same—the satno circlet of brilliants; hut now
it contained the portrait of—whom!—of his dauglt-
’s husband—the murderer of his wife !
Passing her lo one of the attendants, the old
man smote his breast and called uloud in his trou
ble—
‘Was it for this thou we it preserved, my beau
tiful—my pure!’
In consequence of the state of the witnesses, the
examination was postponed, and tho same evening
the dying man requested that the prisoner, togeth.
er with the chief of the polico might uttend him.
On their arrival life was ebbing fast. The con
fession of the officer was brief; he admitted the
murder of Paul’s wife, nnd the justice of his retri
bution ; lie further confessed that the daughter, he.
ing almost a child was carried away by the com
mon soldiers to the rear of the army ; that she was
forced from tho apartment previous to, and knew
nothing of her mother’s fate ; and that repenting
of his act, he had hud Iter conveyed to Paris, and
educated at his own charge. With her y ;ars, her
loveliness increased ; and she knowing him only as
a benefactor, at last consented to marry him.
This confession was attested and forwarded to
the Emperor. Meanwhile the friends of the offi
cer came forward us prosecutors, his wife refusing
to do go. Tne murder in the lutter case was fully
proved, and Paul wus sentenced to death.
On the morning appointed for his execution he
was reprieved, und suffered to enter a monastery,
where he soon sunk under a broken heart.
With his wealth, which was considerable, ho
founded a convent for the "Sisters of Mercy ;’ and
in the still beautiful abbess, whose piety and be
nevolence so many have, with justice, lauded and
admired, may be discovered the unfortunate daugh
ter of Paul Kinmayer.
Anecdotes oT Napoleon.
Br A correspondent of the new mirror.
attention.
•A portrait V asked the stranger, in a tone of
concealed anxiety.
•Don’t interrupt me,’ said the narrator ; 'the sto-
rv is droller than any one would imugine.’
The blood of the stranger camo and went rapid
ly, and putting down his pipe, he was observed for
tiio moment, feeling uhout his pockets as if in
search of some missing article.
•You’re right it wus a portrait; and in a most
valuable selling. Provoked at obtaining no booty
I demanded it of her; she should Imvo hud the
worthless minialuro. hut she was obstinate. I tried
to force it from her, hot she resisted ; nay more
she tried to seize a pistol from my belt, and in the
heal of tny passion—for H was no time for reflec
tion—1 stabbed her.” , _
'■Have you that portrait still 7' asked the Ger-
mB i[ | m vo ; though it has been taken from tho sit-
tino.in which one of my own now glitters. You
said'you knew Ebristien.’
•I did years ago.’ .... .
‘And probably the original of this picture 7 said
the officer, producing it.
• Well, well !’
•Ah! is he alive 7’
is—to he THE avenger !’ And before a
movument was observed by tho bystanders Paul
Kinmayer had, with a fstul precision, levelled a pla
in! at the French officer, and shot Inm in the
breast.
CHAPTER IF.
Mortally wounded, but not quite dead, he who
had braved the heat ofa hundred batllea, and whom
death had spared that he might make e more auila*
bln atonement for his guilt, wa» carefully removed
lo a private apartment.
During one of the great reviews which the em
peror held in the court of the Tuileries, a very co-
mie recognition took place betweeu the drummer
ofa regiment uf the line, and a general ofthe guard,
who fifteen years before had been bed-fellows :—
I speak ofthe drummer Castagnet, and General
Gros, both well known by the whole army. Na
poleon had a very particular friendship and esteem
for the latter. “Gros," said he, “lives in gunpow
der ; like the pike in the water, it is his element.’’
The original munnor in which this officer was
promoted to so elevated a rank, ought not to be pass
ed over in silence. At the same time I should say
it would havo been difficult to find u man more
worthy of being pluced ul the head of a brigade of
grenadiers of the old guard. The soldiers loved
him,nnd said : "He is u perfect trooper.” Ido
not know that the soldiers could have made o great
er eulogy on their chiefs.—Gros merited it in many
respects. He was not quite thirty-six ; tall, well,
made, and his face was masculine and handsome.
To all these advantages he joined that of a strong
sonorous voice, excessive generosity, and a valour
which delighted itself in the midst of danger. Un
fortunately, ho was not very lettered, and had a way
of expression peculiar to himself.
Gros, who was only a colonel, commanding the
chasseurs of the old guard, happened tu be alone,
one morning, at St. Cloud, in one of the little sa
loons contiguous lo the emperor’s cabinet.—There,
not knowing wlinl to do, while waiting impatiently
for the aid de-camp to come and introduce him to
Nnpnleon, he stopped before u Psyche, and regard.
d himself with complacency, pulling up his collar,
adjusting his epaulettes, and exulting in the regu
larity of his person and costume. The satisfaction
caused him by his examination, led him by degrees
to compliment himself upon it.
Ah! my cadet" said ho, measuring himself
from head lo foot, “llteru are few built and rigged
like thyself. Wlial a pity thou didst not make thy
ric a-ric (rhetoric) as the major’s little white beuks
say, or that thou hadsl not learned memaliques as
by emperor, who esteems tltee, wished ! Thou
woutdsl have been general now—”
You ure !” suid Nupuleon, slapping him sud
denly on the shoulder.
During the short soliloquy of Gros, the emperor
hud entered the little saloon noiselessly und uuper.
ccivod ; lie had overheard him, and seized ihe oc
casion to name him general of the guard, and so
much the better, as it was to tell him of his nomina
tion that lie had sent for him to St. Cloud.
A short time after the day of the review in ques
tion, Cnstagnel the old comrade of Gros, found him
self in the court of the Tuileries, placed in the first
rank of tho drummers of the forty-fifth regiment
of the line, whose right lay near the gate of the ru«
de i’Echelle. From the testimony of his colleagues
M. M. Officers of the hide, Castagnet, provost of
puns, and dancing master, was, Leside a Satan of a
buffoon, and very amiable in company. Castagnet
learned that General Gros was to give the regiment
iho preparatory glance uf inspection, before the
Emperor came lo make thnt of Ihe master .Can.
tngiiel burned with the desire tu see once more this
officer-general, with whom he had formerly lived
in the greatest familiarity.
As soon as the superb drum-major ofthe forty-
fifth perceived General Gros, advancing on horse,
buck, he found himself anticipated, for the general
stopped heforo him, and in majestic attitude in front
of the subordinates, to whom, turning to the right
uud left without moving his body, he spoke as a
farmer to the little chickens he was feeding. He
fluttered,cajoled,andaboveall recommended them lo
ucttogetlierwlienthe moinentof making themselves
Iteurd should cumo. As to Castagnet, his heart
heal violently ; he rested himself on his left leg ;
ho twisted his drum-slicks in his hands, as if they
had been a chocoluto mill; moreover, he tried to
compose n compliment for his anciont comrade.—
Now, ns soon as the general lunked towards him,
he quickly raised his hand to his schako, and, in a
voice of counter-tenor, harangued him thus :
"Eh ! nom d’un now !—is it you, my general!—
Look at me, iliun ; it is the hufToua of Relintintin,
with whom yuu havo drunk more schinicle than
there is broth in the porridge-pot of the invalides.
How is your heslih 7 Do you not remember me 7”
At the first words, and still more from Csslsg-
net’s voies, recognized his old bed.fellow, volunteer
like himself in a Lmmillion ol patriots from i'Aude.
He jumped precipitately from his horse, fluog him
self in the drummers arms, emhraeed him with e-
miRion. and replied to him by prossing liL hand in
a way to crush his bones.
“Very wolf f very well ! my old Caslagi.el, nnd
you 7”
“Like the ancionts of tho camp do In Lui.o, but
not so well as you, my gcnerul ; for it seems you
ore fine at present! That is the reason you had
furgulten Castagnet a little. For myself, ulways
rolling, ns you see, while formerly you partook
with me de quoi to fill my pipe.”
While saying you are fine, Castagnet took off
(he general’s lint, and utiMuremoniously put it on
his own head.
Gros laughed, as all who witnessed this scene,
nnd without seeming tho least angry at Ihe boldness
of the soldier, took his hut again, remounted his
horse and said:
‘Conte and see nto to morrow after tho morning
roll, you shall see that I always havo at my lodg
ing the bouffarde of friendship, and ihe laisst toi
fuire of consolation.”
“1 shall not fail my general, although what 1
have lo tell you will be only something laughable ,
because at present, thanks to the little toys of the
little corporal, (pointing with pride to the star spark,
ling on his breast,) the blague is complete, and one
can gnrgle instantaneously uftur the healing, when
ono’s throat is too dry."
During this burlesque conversation, Napoleon,
after having traversed ulong the first files of the
guard, and prepared himself to enter the Carousel
by one of the lateral grilles, cast his eyes in that
direction; he thought he distinguished nt the ex
tremity of'tlio line u soldier with a general’s hat on
his head.
“What’s the meaning of this, General Gros 7”
cried lie, in a severe tone, nnd frowning angrily ;
"is n scone of the (Juruivnl going on here 7”
The general took off his hat, and pointing tho
emperor to a drummer standing motionless in the
ranks, he replied, with his accustomed freedom :
‘•Sire, it is an old friend, one ofthe bravest sol
diers of Snrnlirc Meuse, who loves to jest with his
chief sometimes, to make his comrades laugh ; 1
givo him to you for u solid trooper, who has never
hud cold in his eyes before the enemy.—Such as
you see him, sire, he lias ulrendy rolled his victori
ous drum in all tho countries possible in nature.—
He is called Castagnet; it w us lie who beut the
charge with one hand before St. John d’Acre, be
cause Ito Imd the other shot through by the ball of
an Arab at the commencement of the shaking."
Napoleon loved discipline, but bravery still
more.
“Ah! nit!” said Ito, shaking his head, “that is dif
ferent !” Then addressing himself to the drum
mer. he added in that accent with which ho enchant
ed his soldiers :
‘•It was you who was the third lo enter into St.
John d’Acre. I am very glad to renew acquain
tance with you—General Gros,” he continued, "1
tlmnk you for presenting me to Castagnet.”
Thus saying Napoleon raised his hand to his hat,
and slightly lifted it.
At these words, at this gesture, the countenance
of the drummer became purple ; his mustache
stood erect on his upper lip ; he replied awkward,
iy :j
"And I also, my emperor, I am fluttered—inde
finitely—”
"It was you too, if my memory is good,” resu
med Napoleon, “who gave proof of presence of
mind anil courage so admirable at the combat of
Montebello, in saving the life of your cutnman.
der.”
Tho scarlet of Castagnet’s face turned blue.
His eyes burned like two carbuncles, ho replied, still
lower than the first time :
“A little, my emperor, always the same stuffi"
"Gros," added Napoleon, "from this evening yi
take this man with you ! He is of my guard, ami
if ho continues to be well spoken of, 1 will udvance
him.
"And you will do right, sire," replied tho gene,
ral, “for Castagnet alone can make more noise Ihuu
a whole par], ot artillery fired off together.”
Napoleon, followed by General Gros, -spurred on
Marengo, and entered the Carousel. An instant
after he mude Marengo, with healing sides und
nostrils covered with foam, advanced a few steps.
He raised hisarm, shook his hand above his head,
and immediately was heard a roll of drums,
growing louder und tender like thunder, then slop,
ped all ut once.
A regular firing of guns succeeded throughout
the whole line. At the command ofa single voice,
all move. Thon, the countenance of the emperor,
lately so pale, so impassible, coloured and became
animated ; he settled himself in his saddle, and
cast a triumphant look to the aid-de-camp of the
king of Prussia who seemed absorbed in the con
templutiun of this magnificent tableau. It was be
cause Napoleon remarked the undulations of tho ea
gles on his hamters ; it was because lie perceived
his soldiers advancing slowly, but in perfect order;
in a word, it was because the defile of his guards
was going lo commence, and because the specta
cle never hud its like in the world.
Anecdote of Dr. Young.—As the Doctor was
walking in his garden, at Welwyn, in company with
two ludics one of whom ho afterwards mar
ried. the servant came to tell him a gentleman wish
ed to speuk with him. ‘Tull him,’ said the doctor,
‘I ain loo happily engaged to change my situation.’
The ladies insisted that he should go, as his visitor
was a man of rank, his patron, and his friend. As
persuasion, however, had no effect one took him by
Ihe right arm. the other by the left, and led him to
the garden gate ; when finding resistance was in
expressive manner for which lie so remarkable,
spoke tltn following lines :
‘‘Thus Admn looked when from tho garden driven,
And iliiib disputed orders (tent (rum llcaven,
l.ikr him I go; but yci to go am loth ;
Like him I go , (or angels drove um both,
Hard was bin fate, but mine atill more unkind«
Ilia Eve went with him, but mine atuya behind.”
Prejudice.—The following forcible nnd beauti.
ful delineation of prejudice, is uscribed to Hughs
Worthington, n late English divine, to the celebrat
ed Dr. Price. “Prejudice may he compared to a
misty murning in October.- a man goes forth to an
eminence, and lie sees at the summit of a neighbor
ing hill a figure of apparently gigantic stature, for
such the imperfect medium through which he is
viewed would make him appear ; he goes forward
a few steps and the figure advances towards him—tfie
size lessens as they upproach—they draw nearer,
and the extraordinary appearance is gradually but
sensibly diminished ; at lust they meet, and per
haps the person he had taken fur a monster proved
io be his own brother.
A Blazing Thought.—A correspondent of the
Broklyn Star, writing from the Niugaru Fulls,
says“The tpruy which rises from the horse
shoe full to a grout height, 1 think contains a jet of
hydrogen gas, nnd I regretted much that I had not
brought a hall of plnlinium sponge, which I had pre
pored with a tube and with a pole to place in this jet
thus igniting the gas and producing a blaze
which would surpasa in the splendor of its great
hydrogen wall on the Great Kanawha; The fulls
would make a splendid bonfire; and if I am right in
supposing a column of hydrogen to puss upward
from this cataract, the blaze would be almost per
petual.”
Won’t take twenty Dollars,
Some waggish students at Yale College, a few
years since, wero regaling themselves at the “Ton-
timo,”whon un old farmer from the country enter,
ed Iho room, (inking it for a Bar room,) and inquir
ed if he could obtain u lodging there. The old fel
low who was a shrewd Yankee, saw at once that
he was to lie made the butt of their joke, hut quiet
ly taking off Ills hat, and telling a worthless little
dog he had with him, lo lie under the chair, he tuok
a glass of the proffered beverage. Thu students
anxiously inquired after the huultlt of the old man’s
wife and children, und the fanner with affected sym.
patliy. gave them tho whole pedigree, with numer
ous anecdotes regarding his furm, stock, &u.
•‘Do you belong to the Church 7" usked one of
the wags.
"Well,I suppose you would not tell a lie,” repli
ed the student.
“Not for the world."
“ Now, what will you take for that dog 7” point,
ing to the farmer’s cur, who was not worth his
weight in Jersey mud.
“1 won't tuke twenty dollars for that dog.”
“Twenty dollars ! why, he is not worth twenty
cents.
“Well, I assure you I would not take twenty dol.
tars for him."
"Come, my friend,” said the student who with
his companions wus bent on liaving some capital
fun with tho old man. "Now you say you won’t
tell a lie for the world, lei me see if you will not do
it for twenty dollars. I’ll give you twenty dollars
lur your dog.”
"I’ll not tuke it.”
"You will not 7 Here, let me see if this won’t
tempt you to a lie.” added the student, producing u
small hag of null dollars, from which he commenc
ed counting numerous small piles upon the table.
Tho furmor was silting by tho table with his hut in
his hand, apparently unconcerned.
“There,” added the student, “there are twenty
dollars, all in silver; I will give vou that for your
dog."
The old farmer quietly raised Iris hat to the edgo
of iho table, and then us quick aa thought scraped
all the money into it except one half dollar, and then
exclaimed :—
I won’t take your twenty dollars ! Nineteen
nnd a half is as much ns the dog is worth; hu is
your property !”
A tremendous laugh from his fellow students
showed the would-be wng llmt he was completely
“rowed up,” nnd tliut ho need not look lor help
from that quurter ; so lie good naturedly acknowl
edged beat. The student retained his dog which
he keeps to this day as a lesson to him never to
attempt to play tricks on men older than himself,
nnd especially to be careful how lie tries to whee
dle aYunkeo farmer.— Yah Literary Magazine.
IIow the People got R ich ia Good Old Times.
Among the must lucrative speculations at that
period were Government contracts. Supplies were
often wanted for the army and nuvy in a gruul bur-
ry ; celerity we all know must be paid for, and fre
quently it was, in more ways than one. A capital,
isl had then all the due advantages of wealth. Be-
sides that, he could scramble together such sub
stances as might represent the piovtsions or cloth
ing, arms, ammunition, cordage, tackling of any
kind,, which the public service appeured to requiro,
he had ample means of securing the interest of
those who were appointed to inspect his supplies,
nnd these men, whatever might ho their sins, cov
ered them with the most devoted gratitude. For,
us 1 have often heard my father and his friends de
clare. could it muko any difference lo people whose
trade it was to he shut at, whether they were pois
oned or starved or a little reduced in condition be-
forehand? If a ship wero lost through being ill-
found, sonutural a consequence was only an anti,
cipution of some other accident ; and it was really
lurd to expect of a contractor tliut bo should Turn,
ish good materials (or this absolute waste, when any
trash would serve to be cust away, and the differ
ence might go where it ought, into his pocket. It
is the province and privilege of geniuH to cut its own
royal road, und my father wns of this aristocracy
of nature. He hud luken a large contract fertile
supply of beef and pork to a fleet destined for an
important expedition, and had given Iteuvy securi
ties for its fulfilment. The principal supplies fur
such victualling were drawn from Ireland. Having
the foresight of Mercury, with the industry of Her
cules, lie absolutely forestalled and monopolized all
the salted meat that could fur sometime he drawn
from that country. The fleet wns anxiously ex.
peeled by the Ministry to sail ; my lather pul off
the fulfilment of his contract to the last moment ;
nnd, at the moment it ought lo Imvo been comple-
Led, he broke it. The Ministry were furious with
their friend und supporter ; threatened as if they
Iiud their Attorney General ami the Court ol Ex
chequer and all other means of revenue, political
nnd financial, to hurl at him in their wrath. VVliat
wus that to my father 7 I have already said tlmt
lie was a man of courage. They might talk of
Ireuson, os they did ; ho knew the law ; a breach
of contract was no treason. They talked of impris
oning. “Pooh! my breeches pocket !” said my
vuliant father. The Ministry descended from the
imaginary to the real : they could see the securities
lor the full penalties. “ Of course” replied my fa.
tlier, "hot os I have some character to lose as a man
of business, yuu will find that the inonoy is already
paid at the proper office, and my securities are dis
charged.” The Ministry felt they were done.
There was the fleet ready to sail, manned nnd offi
cered, but where wero tho pork and beef 7 Ready
lor shipping on hoard tlml fleet at ten minutes' no.
ttco, provided they were puid for at a proper price.
-My lather wanted nothing hut wliut was fair ; the
market value of his goods. He requested, too, tlmt
ii Ire did uol serve his country at such a crisis,
when he wns the only man who could do it, tlmt
lliu ill founded aspersions which Imd been cast up
on his patriotism and his honor should he withdrawn
lie wus nut particular on this point, lie stood too
high for tnat ; out. as lie knew they must do it, he
might Imve it into the bargain Accordingly n sub
paid lo do work of tlmt kind, did it ; the provision
wus shipped, the fleet sailed, my father pocketed the
money; his securities lauded him to the skies, us u
man ofthe most careful punctuality, and declared
they would bo hound for him to any umount; every
body else thought they prudently might, as lie Imd
greatly increased his fortune, and upon the strength
uf this accommodation of wealth and its purtner in
trade, respectability, my lather set us tho bunking
house of Bugges, Rags, Carrydot, und Co. Of this
firm Bugges was considered the foundation, Rags
the financier, and Currydul the resident working
junior. Co. was, as usual, a flourish ut tho end of
the signature. —Illuminated Magazine.
• A Sailor’s BRMtvaLuec**—It is so old figure.
4ivs sdage, and one lh« truth of which io every day
illusltated, that “the book okovW not be taken by
its cover.” We saw it eiwm|>Hicd yeetsrday, In a
manner which cooelMaivolf ptwvod tho troth of the
proverb.
Passing along tho Levee, nearly fa front ofthe pub-
lie aquare, we noticed^ crowd collected, and fnereafc-
ing out near the river. We followed in the wake
of others, and found » poor laboring man lying in
excrucinting pain—Ihe effect of a confusion ht his
body und limbs, caused by a hogshead of hardwuro
rolling over him. There waa a great eympnthy
expressed by the bystanders Dvr tha A ptouv
looking individual advised that a clergyman be sent
for ; another recommanded that he be taken to the
Chanty Hospital in a cab, and offered a picayuno
10war is defraying the expense ; and a third talked
of having him taken to an apothicary’s shop, to be
hlod. But iiow was he to get there t This did not
require long for deliberation, for an honest Tar,
with a tar.ry trowsers and a taw-paalin hat, shoved
his way into tho crowd, and crying out, “Bear a
Imnd here, messmates—gently now," he at once sot
about putting ihe wounded man on his back, and
with the help of one or two others, having placed
him there, lie sung out,"Belay there!" and-added,
“Now, if there’s any hand here that knows the
soundings in these waters, let him put his helm
up for the doctor’s, nnd I’ll crowd sail after him—
heave ahead!” and with this off he started with his
burden on hie back, apparently determined to find
out a doctor, whether lie was pilotted to one or not.
This net was, indeed, characteristic of poor Jack,
who, while hu uppears utterly regardless of his
own com forts and recklessness of his own privations,
is sensitively alive lo the wants and misfortunes of
olhcis, when it is within his power lo relieve them.
And though his eye nev.r blinks to danger, nnd
his heart never throbs to fear, both are susceptible
ofthe quickest and most sensitive emotions when
distress or suffering makes to them an appeal.
How long the unfortunate sufferer might have been
left lo writhe in pain, had not the promtitude of
Jack interposed, it ia hard to say. There wero
some present who seemed so methodical that ivu
believe they would move for the appointment of a
committee of three to-make arrangements for his
removal, as a preliminary step lo it.
As the honest sailor “dialed" off his load we could
not help exclaiming, " God bless poor Juck ; he
knows how lo do a humane act without seeking
any other approbation than what his own conscience
bestows.”—N. O Pic.
Important to the Ladies.—One of the first
Parisian dyers is quoted as the authority for the
following recept for cleaning silks : Quarter of a
pound of soil soap, a leaspounful of brandy, a
pint of gin, all well mixed together. With a sponge
or flannel, spread Ihe mixture on each side ofthe
silk without creasing it; wash it in two or three
waters, and iron it on tite wrong side, it will look
as good as new.
True modesty blushes at every thing that L cri
minal. False modesty is ashamed of every thing
unfashionable.
The Tongue.—There are but ten precepts of
ihe law of God says Leighton, and two of them so
fur concerns the outward organ and vent of the
sins there forbidden, are bestowed on the longue
(one in the first table, and the other in the second)
—us though it were ready to fly out both against
God and man if not thus bridled.
Pilhtigorns used to say that a wound from the
tongue is worse than a wound from the sword for
the latter affects only, the body, the former the
spirit—the soul.
It wus tilt* remark of Anacharsis, that the tongue
was at the same time the best part of man and his
worst—llmt with good government none is more
useful, and without it none more rnischievious.
But rliaave, says Dr. Johnson was never soured
by calumity, and detraction ;. nor ever though it
neccssury to confute them, “For,” says he, ‘‘they
are spurks, which if you do not blow them, they
will go out of themselves - ”'
We cannot, soya Cuto, control the evil*tongues
of others, but a good life enables ustoduspisu
them.
Slander, snys Lacon, cannot make the subjects
ofit cither better or worse. It may represent us
inn false light, or place likenesses of us in a bal
one. But we are tile same. Not so tho slander
er—the slander that he utters makes Aim.worse,
tho slandered never.
No one says Jerome loves to lellhi tale of scan
dal except to him who Iovob to hear it. Learn
then to rehuko nnd check '.he detracting tongue, by
showing that you do not listen to it with pleusure.
No ouu secs the wallet on his back, says tlio
old proverb, alluding to the fable of the traveller
with two packs, the one before stuffed with thu
faults of Ins neighbors—the one behind with his
own.
It was the maxim of Eutripides either to keep
ilrncc or lo speak something belter than silence.
—New York Observer.
Fatal and Romantic Incident.—A most dis
tressing; arid melancholy tragedy occurred in Wil.
cox county, Alabama, on Saturday, the 14th inst,,
the particulars of which, as far as published, wo
find in the following extract of a letter lo the Mo
bile Herald :
W. W. Rives, Esq., a young and promising law.
yor, was killed by Dr. Tail, under the following
circumstances :
Young Rives Imd sought and won the affections
nf the sister of Dr. Tail, but Ihe marriace wns
strenuously opposed by some of the young Indy’s
family. Last Saturday was, however, fixed for
the wedding day ; und early in the morning. Mr.
Rives, accompanied by a friend, rode lo the liou.o
of liis intended bride. As he was entering tho
house hu was met, in apparently a cordial manner,
by young Dr. Tail, who requested him to tako u
short walk, as he wished to have a private conver
sation. They went a short distance from the
house, and in a few minutes the report of a pistol
was heard, and Mr. Rives seen coming towards tho
house, shot mortally in the abdomen.
I forbear to give the minute details of the fulal
rencontre,us told by Rives before his death. Ho
lingered about two days, and gave full particulars
oi the homicide ; but as Dr. T. will doubtless be
taken, uud a judicial investigation bring all the facts
•o light, 1 think it best lo forego the melancholy re
cital.
Dr. Tail lias fled, but he cannot escape the
vigilance of justice. He is well known—was for-
meriy assistant surgeon in the United States Navy
—is a man of great wealth, and heretofore has
stood high in the community.
Mr. Rives was a most worthy young man. The
young lady evinced her devotion to him. by marry,
ing him whilst on liis death-bed, and, while lie lived,
gave those ministering attentions which none hut
tlie Imnd uf affectionate woman can bestuw.
The letter udds :
The ubove is hut a meagre sketch of one of (lie
most sad and romantic events 1 ever heard of.—
There are incidents connected with the whole uf.
fair of the most singular kind. From all l can .
learn, it was a cowardly, premeditated murder.—
Tail first bent Rives with a stick—Rives look it
from him, and then Tait shot him near the nevul
with a revolver. The bride ia young, luvely,
wealthy, and ardent in her feelings. Rives wns
wealthy, and, it is said, was every way worthy the
girl; but the mother and brother opposed, even af
ter the father gave his reluctant consent.
Gambling.—Let every young man avoid all
sorts of gambling as he would poison. A poor
man, or a boy, should never allow himself to toss
up a penny, for a half of thia is often Ihe beginning
of a habit of gambling, and this ruinous crime of-
ten creeps on by degrees.—Whilst the laboring
man is minding his work, be is playing tbe best
game, and is sure to win. A gambler never mukes
any good use of his money, even if he should win,
he openly gambles the more, and he is often re
duced to beggary and despair. He is often tempt,
ed to commit crimen for which hit life ie forfeited
to his country, or perhaps he puts an end to him
self, and to his miserable existence. If he wins,
he injures a companion, or • friend. And Iiow
can any honest msn enjoy money gained in such a
way 7
No Doubt.—An advertisement of cheep shoes
snd fancy articles, in an sxchangs paper has the
following note bane i “ N. B.—Ladies wishing
those cheap shoe*, will do well to call soon, as they
will not last hog.
