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SHtTtUhity;
Cnhltul Words.
O breathe their not in passion’s hour ;
Let silence chain the tongue—
Lost by tbeir c jid unfeelingne&s.
Some gentle heart be wrung.
Speak kindly—let no word of lliiue
Distress another’s heart;
“Tig easier far to make the wound.
Than to withdraw the dart.
Speak kindly to thy mother child;
She needs thy kindness now ;
The light has faded from her eye.
Ths beauty from her brow.
Spunk kind to her—be strong to guide
Her bark o’er life's dark wave:—
Beware! let not her head go down.
In sorrow to the grave.
Speak kindly to thy father now:
His eyes with age are dim :
He needeth now thy utmost care—
Speak kindly unto him.
He watched o'er thee when thou Wert weak;
% He is all weakness now—
Speak kindly: let no works or deeds
Bring sadness to his brow.
Speak kindly, sweetly* to thy wife,
Whoever thou may at be;
Remember that she left her home.
Her happy home, for thee ;
Remember that she left her frienda;
With thee alone to dwell:
She gave her heart's best love to thee,
O guard it, guard it well
What if her eye has lost its light,
And her fair cneek its bloom—
What if her brow so radiant once,
Now blossoms for the tomb I
ilay she not love thee now, as much.
As on her bridal morn ?
Then speak not coldly to her, now.
Because her youth is gone.
The rose may w tlier on her check.
The smile of joy depart;
But love dies not —it ever holds
A blossom in its heart
Speak kindly to thy husband, wife—
Speak kindly to him now ;
Cbaac now the shadows from hie heart.
The sadness from hia brow; _ .
Thou kuowest not the many cares
That on his pa.hway throng;
Help him to battle on through life:
0 help him to be strong.
Speak ever kindly to thy friends.
Speak kindly to thy hies;
These thou mays; win with gentleness,
With kindnes* fetter those.
Speak kindly to the erring one,
let not thy heart forget
Its own deceit; —Speak kind to him.
And thou mayst win him yet.
Speak kindly to thy brother man,
Help thou to liear his grief;
Remember one kind word from thee
May yield him much relief;
Bear thou his burden —weep with him,
And. when he smiles, rejoioe,
Speak kindly—much of happiness
Dwells in a kindly voice.
Be kind to pU, be kind to all—
To sisters, brothers, friends;
Much, much of ’.bine own happiness
On kindliness depends.
We are like kindred blossoms, wreathed
Around our parent stem;
Our Father is sc* kind to us.
Let us be kind to them.
Tbe W its and Women of Paris.
Hope Chapel, on Monday evening, ]
was crowded long before seven o’clock (
to hear Madame Lola Montez deliver j
her second Lecture.
She entered at, o’clock precisely
and was received with prolonged ap
plause, She commenced by stating that
the French wits told a laughable story
about an untravelled Englishman, who,
on landing in Calais, was received by a
sulky red-haired hostess, and wrote down
in his note book that all French women
were sulky and red-haired. \\ hether he
ever corrected his first impression is not
known, but it is supposed that he did
not, as untiavelled Englishmen seldom
corrected first impressions. (Applause.)
Aristocratic Englishmen knew nothing
of France, as they merely got letters of
introduction to the haul ton of the Hotel
St. Germain, and it was well known that
except an old mumniv from the Pyra
mids of Egypt, there was nothing so
shrivelled as a French noble. The lady
next alluded to in the three classes of
nobility now in France, which were the
Buonapartists, the Legitimists and the
Orleanists. The present Emperor ob
-1 tained his throne through the jealousies
of the two last named parties, but when
the Due d* Bourileavx would die, the le
gitimists and Orlcanists would consoli
date under the young Count de Paris,
and then Napoleon, who was already
convinced thereof; would have his throne
terribly shaken. This probably caused
Napoleon to cultivate the friendship of
England, as that country owed no good
will to the old Bourbon family. Intel
lectual beauty went far in France, nor
was it uncommon to see an old lady of
50 win the heart of a young man. Au
old actress of GO, named Mine. De Mars,
won the heart of the Count de Moray, a
young and handsome man of 2G ; and the
lecturer had seen him hanging over her
, chair as if he would dissolve in sighs,
(applause) and yet this lady even in her
youth was not beautiful. Other ladies
I
dwere alluded to, particularly Mademo
aalk Dejaxat, who, whan young, had a
MACON, GA. MARCH 12, XBSB.
• young nobleman to wait upon h *r Jitilv
| with a valuable present as a compliment
_ to her genius ; one daj he came without
111* ikual pru.|i|. ilUil sAiu. iu l‘rfH*‘Ui'4 of
her company, that he should bring it
every other day, “ Then sir, said the wit,
I come only every other time. 5 ’ (Laugh
ter.)
The lecturer referred to the literati of
j France, as compared with those of Eng
| land and America and quoted Byron,
who said he looked for a cider-cellar to
j keep him from ennui. Could the noble
j P°et have only known Duiuas, Victor
f Hugo, Marie and others, he need never
have gone to a cider-cellar to get rid of
i Dumas was the most brilliant
1 and fascinating man in conversation she
i with, he was not only the boon com
panion of princes, but the prince of boon
companions, (applause.) He once bor-
I rowed five francs from an old lady to pay
i his cab hire ; the lady ollerod to lend
him a hundred if he wanted them, but he
refused. She then sent him some pre.
serves, by waiting maid, and he imiue
) diately gave the maid the five francs
I which he borrowed for his cab hire and
j walked home, (applause.) Another time
he met a poor man in the street and hav
ing no money went to a celebrated bank
er and gave him a bond for 100 francs
upon the first book he should write,
which 100 francs he gave to the poor
man. Whcu in company and a creditor
is announced he runs away from him like
a Mexican lancer from an American foe
(laughter.) flis very marriage was an
act of flight from his creditors, for he
married a woman of light'character, be
cause her father, to whom he was indebt
ed, offered to forgive the debt on that
condition. He once came in and caught
a strange gentleman giving his wife a
kiss, and merely exclaimed, “ good hea
vens, and without being even obliged to
me’ (great applause and laughter,) and
ne went on arm icit vue jiau
phise on the subject, (applause and laugh
ter.) Dumas once told the lecturer that
if he received a literary invitation he
would come to America, and she was
sure he would come here if such invita-
tion were extended. (Applause.) Some
excellent anecdotes of Rouget, De Biau
vais and Samson, who was an actor and
tutor of Rachel, were told, as also of
Jules Janin, the critic of the Journal des
Debate, a man whom no one (not except
ing his wife) loved, but who was, never
theless, a most excellent critic. In
speaking of art, the lady said every one
in Paris was an artist, even the cook,
and instanced Monsieur Constantine, a
Portuguese noble in exile, so celebrated
for making artificial flowers. He would
put the real flower in a glass of water,
and the artificial one in another, and
should a lady tell the difference the flow
er is made over again. One day, in
passing the pout de neuf, the lecturer
saw a sign, which announced that the
person within was an “artist in blacking
boots.” (Laughter.) The most nota
ble person in Paris was Madame de Du
devant, alias George Sand, now aged 50.
She went about in man’s clothes, and
thus was not only enabled to pass unno
ticed, but was able to collect incidents
for her novels. According to Dumas
and Guizot, she was the most masculine
mind of the present day. Throgh the
folly of her relations, she was early mar
ried to a fool, (laughter ;) but she left
him in disgust, aud afterwards found a
friend in a novelist named Jules Sandot.
who first discovered her genius, and
caused her to write. It was in compli
ment to him, she assumed the name of
George Sand.
The lecturer once asked Madame Sand
who was the greastest pianist, Liszt or
Thalberg. She replied that Liszt was
the greatest pianist in the world ; but
that there was only one Thalberg. The
latter was like a river smooth and placid,
the former like the same river lashed in
to foam. (Great applause.) If Liszt
came to America there was no doubt he
would be a favorite, particularly with
the ladies, to whom he was so attentive
and gallant. The lecturer defended
GeoTge Sand from the calumnies circu
lated concerning her, and spoke highly
of the American authoress, the late Mar
garet Fuller Ossoli, who had the nobili
ty of mind to defend her, in her excellent
work of “ The Women of the 19th Cen
tury.” The lecturer related an anecdote
told by Madame Dudevant, of an old
shrivelled Countess who came in one
morning during the cholera in Parts, and
complained bitterly because that disease
had reached the nobility. It was very
well, she said, when it was only prevail
ing among the people, for they were
justly punished for their sius by its rav
ages, but now it had gone among nobili
ty it was horrible.
The lecturer next alluded to Professor
Tisaud, who had witnessed the downfall
of Madame Roland. Charlotte Corday,
and Robespierre, the fall and restoration
of the house of Bourbon, the rise and fall
of the house of Orleans, and the return
of fbc Bonaparte family. TTe now lives
with his old wife iu Paris and had on his
card the words—
PuovEocon Tit*f* Anr,
Devil street.
To this man, Lamartine owed most of
ideas for the. history of the Girardins,
and, though very old,'he still lectures to
his pupils. Madame Montes next said
of Eugene Sue, that though a great free
thinker, he was honest, sincere and tiuth
loving, and long would it be ere Paris
could fill the place vacated by his death.
Returning to Paris, she spoke of it as
better than other cities for its disuse of
masks and disguises. In France vice
Went almost naked, while in England and
the United State it assumes the garb of
a virtue, and almost of religion : indeed,
the difference between the ladies in
L ranee and those in England and the U.
S. was more in appearance than in reali
ty. (Great applause.) She would on
ly speak of ladies, for much morality was
not expected in meu. In Frauce, how
ever, the surveillance was very strict, iU
most oriental, and a woman who would
let her daughter walk out with a young
man ruined that daughter’s character for
ever. A courtship must take place at
opposite sides of the table, and any show
ot affection would not only be considered
absurd, but improper. “ I wonder,” said
the lecturer, “ what would American
girls say, if they were obliged to court
at arm’s length, and in presence of Mam
ma at that.” (Applause and laughter.)
But after marriage the Parisian girls
made up for lost time, for with them
marriage was a complete emancipator.—
In fact, a French wife was purchased, and
affection had nothing to do with mar
riage. Sometimes, however, the daugh
ter bought her husband. A marriage
was actually broken off in the presence
of the priests, because the father refused
find"placed* Indus garden*;’ tKe"indignant
lover refused to marry the girl without
it. An old washerwoman, too, had be
throthed her daughter, only 15 years
old, to a barber, offering a dowry ol 500
francs; but having changed her mind,
and announced her own intention to mar
ry, the barber refused to have the daugh
ter. In France a woman never made a
faux pas with a person inferior to herself.
In England one may hear of a lady be
ing captivated by a black face, and in
America a lady may run away with her
father’s footman. (This supposed allu
sion to John Dean and Mary Ann, caus
ed considerable merriment.) The lectu
rer next descanted upon the pleasures of
home to a woman ; a merchant had his
counting room more at heart than his
wife’s affection, and this was as true in
the Fifth Avenue as it was in the Fau
bourgs St. Honore in Paris. The lectu
rer spoke severely of the pride of dress
exhibited by the women of the Unit
ed States, and said that such vanity
and wish for dress, would lead to im
morality, or history was false. A young
girl was once asked by a youth in Paris
whither she was going ; she replied, ‘no
where.’ “ Then,” said he, “as we are
going both the same way let us go to
gether,” (laughter.) Oh, how many poor
girls are going no where, and young men
with them, who have no kind voice, no
good Samaritan to say, “ sister, we must
all go somewhere, (great applause.)
The poor of Paris were the best of
poor ; they cracked their jokes over a
crust, not one in ten was legitimately
married, but they were contented ani
mals, (laughter.) The invalids of Paris
were the okl soldiers of Napoleon the
Great, who believe that he was still alive
and would come back ; they trained
dogs (aristocratic dogs) and taught birds
to sing, perhaps for a penny a day, and
they sat, (some without arms or legs)
and told of their battles and the deeds of
the “little corporal, (applause.)
Society in France was very accessible,
particularly if a man had a good coat, a
good hat, a pair ot varnished boots and
the manners of a gentleman. Scandal was
not acceptable. One might take a bud
get of scandal into a drawing room, but
it -would not be received ; the hearers
would say, “all this may be true, but I
have found these people most correct at
my drawing-rooms.” And this was not
the result of a sympathy for vice, but
real politeness. France was a place,
where, if a person could not live, he was
such as Sbakspear said, ‘ has no music
in his soul.” The lecturer said she lov
ed Paris notwithstanding all her faults.
When Stern spoke of the Recording An
gel, shedding a tear which blotted out
the record of the oath, he spoke *in a
mauner which indicated the affection she
felt for this loved city, and “ oh,” con
cluded she, “if there be another tear in
heaven’s charity,” I pray that it may be
dropped upon the sins of Paris.”’
LOLA MONTEZ ON GALLANTRY.
This lady delivered her third lecture
at Hope Chapel on Wednesday evening,
taking for har subject “ Gallantry,” Tha
house, was, as usual, crowded, many of
the audience being of the softest sex.
The lecturer opened by stating that a
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carry us back to the Creator of the world,
for she believed the first thing man be
gan to do after his creation was to make
love to woman. (Applause.) Christian
and Jew agreed on this, and as for Jupi-
ter, so notorious was he for love making
that his Juno called him Cupid’s whirle
gig; this propensity, however, has des
cended to others. The time of Kings as
well as subjects, have been whirlegigs of
Cupid. Aicibiades, Demosthenes, Cae
sar, and even Napoleon have been cele
brated for love making. But gallantry,
as the lecturer would speak of it, had its
origin in chivalry, and the knights swore
to defend the rights of women and take
cure of the widow and orphan, so that
whatever duties the knight had to per
form he never forgot that he was the
squire of dames and the protector of la
dies. The homage of the knight of chiv
alry was chiefly inspired by the lady of
his affection, woman being considered the
highest incentive to gallantry and chiv
alry. In this connection she spoke of a
Danish Knight, who having lost his chin
in the wars refused to return, because
he thought the Danish girls would never
give him a kiss with the battered face.
(Applause.) In old times there was no
talk of woman’s rights or woman’s
wrongs, for he that had not gallantry
enough to win a woman would be con
sidered but half a man. In those days
to be a servant of the ladies was no mere
figure of imagination, and to be loved
was no idle pastime. (Applause.) A
woman was listened to like the Spirit of
the Woods, so that when chivalry be
came the ruling spirit of the age she was
revered, as well as loved ; and never were
men more constant to the ladies than in
<n'{Tearing that‘her Vntglii nad survived
his honor, exclaimed, “ l should have lov
ed him better dead than alive;” and a
lady who was reproached for loving an
ugly man, said that he was so noble, so
chivalrous, so valiant and so brave, that
she never had time to look at his face.—
(Applause.) Several anecdotes concern
ing the tournaments were next related,
showing that woman was the presiding
star at these games ; for the words, ‘Val
iant knights, fair eyes behold you,” was
the stirringcry which inspired old knights
who conld no longer take part in these
tournaments themselves. The compul
sory services rendered by knights to la
dies, and the gallantry of knighthood in
the early ages, were next touched on,
showing the resemblance between knights
and troubadours, the first class serving
the ladies.with their swords, and the lat
ter with their songs. In the literature
of the troubadours the devotion to wo
men was most prominent, and in this
connection the lecturer quoted some beau
tiful verses to his lady love by the trou
badour, “ Guido Calcanti.” “That, la
dies,” said the lecturer, “ was the way
they made love in the days of the trou
badours.” She next related the well
known story of the poet who loved a la
dy, whose husband killed the lover, tore
out his heart and had it served up in the
1 shape of venison for her to eat; having
: asked her if she liked it, she answered
, that it was delicious, and he replied that
that was not wonderful, as it was what
1 she most delighted in, and showed her
the body of the murdered man. She
fainted, but recovering, said—“ that it
was so delicious she never would eat any
other food,” —and immediately precipi
tated herself from a precipice and was
dashed to pieces. Other very interest
ing anecdotes, concerning troubadours,
were related, which were very favorably
rec jived. In one instance—that of Ma
dame de Touray—her lover who had of
fended her, was not to be received into
favor until a hundred knights and a hun
dred ladies who truly loved, should ask
her pardon for him. This sentence was
accepted,—but the lady died before the
conditions could be complied with. One
of these lovers said he never committed
a fault against his lady-love, except to ex
tinguish the candles to hide his confusion
and the tears which rolled down his face
while contemplating her beauty. What
would a man of such modesty be thought
of at the present day ? (Applause.) —
The Lecturer continued to relate anec
dotes concerning troubadours—all of
which tended to show how woman was
worshipped In the olden times, and the
degeneracy of the sterner sex, at the pre
i sent day, as regards gallantry.
In concluding these sketches of the
I troubadours, she quoted one of them who
said, that it never was true love which
asked from a woman more than true vir
tue would permit. (Applause.) “I am
, afraid,” said she, “ that our modern beau
will think our troubadour an old fogy in
; love matters.” (Applause.) The reign
I of gallantry, even so late as the times of
Charles the Second, ware nest touched
on, and specimens of the love poetry of
that day were quoted, aud most favora
bly received. Next, she spoke of the
gnll.nt.j. —WioW w*. u Li f. „ „
man’s honor, and, in this connection drew
comparisons between Charles the 2nd, and
Louis the 14th, which were much to the
discredit of the former. The beautiful
Madame De Valliere was one who lov
ed not the king but the man. When at
last she took the veil, the text chosen for
the sermon on the occasion, was a curi
ous one for the Queen to hear—
“ And he who sat upon the throne said
I will renew all things.”
And for Madame de Maintenon who
was scarcely less beautiful, the text
was—
“ Hear my daughter and, the King
shall admire thy beauty.”
Indeed all those beauties of the French
King’s Court might be compared to fair
flowers growing in a morass. (Ap
plause.) Ihe gallantry of Spain was
next, alluded to, and particularly lauded.
In J ranee and England there was no
such thing as true gallantry. (Applause.)
In France it was too light, and in Eng
land the only people who could be gal
lant had turned into tradesmen, leaving
the nobility as silent partners behind
them. Gallantry in the United States had
turned the head of poor John Bull, who
was fast becoming a money-getting Yan
kee. (Applause); for instead of exer
cising devotion to woman. Englishmen
are making telegraphs, building ships,
&c. Still this age had its gallantry, but
it deserves no higher name than coquet
ry or flirtation. The gallantry of the
United States was then favorably spo
ken of. Here a man takes up a lady’s
fan even before it reaches the floor, will
hand her a glass of water before she com
pletes the sentence which asked for it,
will speak of how well a lady’s dress be
nserres ih'ciitfTdoni,’ , Wii I {>d jcaibus iA‘ ntr
beauty, and ten to one unless she is well
skilled in the ways of man that does the
business for her.
Lord Chesterfield once made this im
pudent confession, “I will own to you
under the seal of confession, that my
vanity has often made me try to make
women love me for whom I wouldn’t
care a pinch of snuff.” “ There,” said
she, “is the confession of the king of
modern gallants for you, but women can
play at that game as well as men, (laugh
ter,) for 1 have known gentlemen, who
thought ladies in love with them, who
would not give a pinch of snuff for three
acres of such men—(laughter)—yet in
this game poor women generally come
off worst, for their feelings are natural,
while with men it is reverse. ‘ Oh, how
they will swear they love you, that they
dream of you night after night, and that
your smile is like a sunbeam to them. —
All this is very well ladies,” said she—
(laughter)—“ but it is an abominable lie
—(laughter)—the true lover will never
approach a woman with such flattery, but
will treat her with the highest respect,
and believe me, girls, that the gentleman
who speaks to you in that manner, is not
going to blow out his brains about
you.”
The Poles were a very gallant peo
ple ; the lecturer had known them to use
a very pretty lady’s shoe as a drinking
cup, and once in a storm she saw a num
ber of gentlemen take off their coats and
form a mantle for a lady, which kept her
completely dry.
The Emperor Nicholas was the most
gallant man of modern times. In other
Courts of Europe the ministry formed
alliances for their monarch, but not so
with Nicholas, —he went round all the
Courts of Europe to select his own, and
at length having found his beau ideal in
the Princess of Prussia, he one day hand
ed her a piece of bread with a ring in it,
telling her if she would have him to put
the ring on her finger. She did so, and
that was the way Nicholas popped the
question. Notwithstanding his gallant
ries he was affectionate to his wife, and
she had the good sense never to appear
jealous. (Applause.)
King Louis, of Bavaria, (applause)
was one of the most gallant monarchs, as
well as the most refined, poetic, and high
toned gentleman of the old school of
manners, and the cleverest of Europe.—
The lady passed a high encomium on this
monarch for his love of art, and said
that in Europe he was known as the ar
tist king. When he voluntarily resign
ed his crown, it took him but an hour
to resign that bauble, but it took him
many days to resign the patronage of
the fine arts. The lady spoke in high
terms of the poetry of King Louis, and
his ability as a linguist. Rarely indeed
was there so classical a monarch as Lou
is. It would take half a million such
men as his son now on the throne to
make one such as Louis. He had a
small prix dieu in his room, which was
actually worn thread bare. He was not
• man for dress, and indeed for alovenli-
ness in that article he would beat one of
our most celebrated American Editors
to pieces. [Tremendous applause, which
n-pciuea sevtrai umes.j ane lady
continued to speak of Louis as the most
gallant man in the world—nay, one who
paid the highest tribute to beauty, and
spoke of platonic love as a noble feeling,
but which could not be appreciated by
the vulgar herd ; for a dog or an ape
would have as much an idea of it, as
those who could not understand it them
selves. [Applause.] In the United States
gallantry was at a discount, when com
pared with business, —not that there was
not enough of courtesy in America, but
it was done in a business like manner.—
Indeed, the Yankee, the lady thought,
would be considered a dull fellow, who
could not win the heart of a lady, make
a thousand dollars, and establish a bank
with $3,000,000 capital before break
last, [laughter] probably lose them
all before supper. [Laughter.] Our
own noble countryman, Dr. Franklin,
received a letter from a lady in France,
who wished him to remain with her a
day or two, and he wrote the following
letter in reply :
‘lf Dr. franklin was engaged to go to
I aradise at eight o’clock in the morning
he would put his journey off until four
in the afternoon, for the sake of having
more conversation with such a charming
lady.’ [Applause.]
A gentleman whom the lecturer knew
undertook to laugh at this letter, for its
bad French, hut the lady informed him
that she knew many French gentlemen,
who would forego a visit to Paradise it
self for the sake of a beautiful woman.
The lecturer concluded amid much ap
plause. The next lecture will be deliv
ered op. Monday. Subject—“ Strong
Minded Women.”
lieanfns lanrarila Fui'li OHipi*
sion of the late Statue Inauguration, at Rich
mond, Mr. Robert Morris of Kentucky, being
called upon, recited the following admirable
poem:
The jolts of life are many,
As we dash along the track;
Its ways are rough and rugged,
And our bones they sorely rack.
We’re tossed about,
We’re in and out,
We make a mighty bother;
Far less would be
Our pains, if we
Would lean towards each other l
Behold yon loving couple,
Just started for a life I
What care they (or jolting,
That happy man and wife!
The cars may jump,
Their heads may bump,
And jostle one another;
They only smile,
And try the while
To lean towards each other /
Woe to the luckless traveler
Who joumeyß all alone:
Welleaid the wise Salomon,
“ Two better is than one.”
For when the ground’s
Most rugged found,
-And great’s the pain and pother;
He cannot break
The sorest ache
By leaning on another.
There's not one in ten thousand
Os all the cares we mourn,
But what if ’twas divided,
Might easily be borne.
If we but learn,
When fortunes turn,
To share them with a Brother,
We’d prove how good’s
Our Brotherhood,
By leaning towards each other l
A Startling Confession.
Mordecai Paine, a saddler doing busi
ness in North Ninth street, was called
home from his work-shop on Saturday
morning, by a messenger who brought
the melancholy intelligence that his wife,
Barbara, had taken arsenio for the pur
pose of committing suicide, and was then
at the point of death. He hastened to
her bed-side, and found her in more ago
ny of mind than body. She declared
that there was something on her mind
which she wished to confess to him be
fore her departure, with the hope of ob
taining his forgiveness. Mr. Paine, with
great emotion, desired her to go on with
the disclosure, adding that she might be
sure of his forgiveness before she had
made kown her offence.
‘ Ah, Mordecai,’ said she, ‘ you re
member our large white pitcher was
broken some time ago; I pretended to
you that the cat broke it, but it was false
for I myself did it.’
‘ Oh, my dear,’ said Mr.Paine, ‘don’t
concern yourself about such a trifle. I
had forgotten the pitcher, and it matters
not how it was broken.’
* There is another matter,’ said Mrs. P.
after some hesitation. ‘ The six silver
spoons which I made you believe were
stolen by the Yankee clock mender, 1
pawned them to raise money to pa}
the mliliner for doing up my pink satin
bonnet.’
* Never mind it my love,’ said Mr.
Paine, encouragingly.’ ‘ I hope heaven
will forgive you m freely e I do.’
3VO. SO.
“ After a short pause Mrs. P. began
again:
‘ Your best razor which you missed
utsc suuiuiei, miu maue so much to do
about, I swapped it away to a pedlar for
a tortoise shell comb.’
‘ The duce!—well, well,’ said Mr. P.,
recollecting himself, ‘that is all done
now, and can’t be mended. Think no
more of it.’
‘ I could not leave the world with such
a thing on my conscience,’ replied the
fair penitent.
‘ Go on, go on,’ cried Mr. Paine ; ‘ I
told you that 1 could forgive everything
at such a time as this.’ Mrs. P. resura
’ ed:
‘ You remember our boarder. Simeon
Drake, who ran up a bill for six weeks,
and then went off in a hurry without pay
ing a cent. He and 1 had agreed to.elope
together; but he changed his mind at
the last moment, and ran away without
me.*
‘ Fire and fury ! do you dare to tell
me this V cried Mordecai, in great ex
citement. ‘ But, as you are dying, I
won’t reproach you. i’ll leave you now
to settle the affair with your own con
science.’
‘ Stay and hear one thing more,’ cried
the repentant Barbara. ‘ The dose I took
this morning was intended for you. I
put it into your coffee, but, in my hurry
to get the thing dune, 1 gave you the
wrong cup and took the right one my
self.
‘ The devil fly away with -you, you
jade !’ roared Mordecai, as he flung him
self out of the room. In the entry be
met the apothecary w r ho had sold Mrs.
P. the fatal powder. This medical man
had heard of the commotion at Paine’s
house, and suspecting the cause of It, he
came to administer hope and comfort to
the afflicted.
‘ Don’t be aiarmed, Mr. Paine,’ said
he, ‘ the drug I sold your wife was noth
ing but magnesia. I judged that she wish- *
ed to destroy herself, and I tricked her in
this way to save her life.’
‘ You swindling rascal,’ shouted Paine,
‘ how dare jmu cheat a customer in that
And with this exclamation he violent
ly ejected the astonished apothecary from
his front door. The man of the physic,
suspecting of course, that the poor Mor
decai was deranged, sent two officers to
provide for his safe keeping. His rela
tion of the preceding dialogue, however,
soon obtained his discharge.
Philadelphia Press.
From The Commissionaire.
A Parisian Story-Ette.
A young soldier of four and-twenty, a lieu
tenant of artillery, has just married a bank
er’s daughter, with 500,000 francs of dow
ry.
Lieutenant of artillery I Not a bad rank.
Napoleon bad the honor to bear it, and the
grace to remember it.
At the Conference of Exfurt, during that
congress of emperors and kings, become the
simple satellites of Napoleon—one day bt
table they were speaking of’ the old German
ic Confederation, and especially of the fa
mous Golden Bull of Rome. Its date was
asked. There was a moment of silence ; no
one remembered it. Napoleon spoke—
“l3s6”.
“What, Sire!” cried a courtier king;
“you know our history so well! When has
your Majesty found time to study it ?”
“ When I was a Lieutenant of Artillery,”
said the Emperor.
The v. o.ds produced a singular effect among
those princes all born to the thrones. Na
poleon perceived it, and repeated:
“ When I had the honor to be Lieutenant
of Artillery.”
Well, although the grade is a nice, one, our
Lieutenant of Artillery did not think it
enough to win the hand of Mademoiselle
it But ole day he was foiiowed by an el
derly gentleman, tall, thifi, and blessed with
a large, pointed nose. This person follow
ed him into the Gymnase Theater, seated
himself beside him, and drew him into con
versation. The acquaintance was made.—
The long-nosed man visited him at his quar
ters, offered friendship, aod one fine day said:
“I am interested in you—have a lively
friendship for you. I must have you mar
ried.”
“Nice proof of friendship,” said the officer
laughing.
“My dear friend,there are marriages and
—marriages. What would you say to 500,-
000 francs of dowry, with expectancies?”
The officer ceased laughing. In brief, the
lrng-no-ed man introduced him at the bank
er’s. The officer pleased the daughter. Tne
father shrugged his shoulders when a mar
riage was spoken of; but the man of the nose
gave f.ueh excellent accounts of the young
soldier, covered up his wild oats, exaggera
ted so well his merit and bis virtues; had so
many resources and ingenious stratagems
at hand, that—the marriage took place soon
after.
The Lieutenant was astonished at such
singular devotion, such a warmth of friend
ship. The day after the wedding, the long
nose called to see him.
My dear friend,'’ said the bridegroom, ‘T
shall never forget what you 1 have done for
me. I shall always hold you in remem
brance. My wife is charming; I am des
perately in love with her.”
“ And the dowry ?”
“ That spoils nothing. But fancy my hap
piness ! I would gladly have wedded with
out that”
“ Come, come Ino nonsense. W hat should
I have done ?”
“ How—you ?”
“ You spoke of remembering me—
“Oh 1 Can Ihi ve the pleasure of render
ing you pecuniary ice?”
“Certainly. A service for which I will
give you a receipt. You will do me the
kindness to pay these acceptances, signed by
you, amounting to sixty-three thousand six
hundred and eighty-two francs sixty-five
centimes, interest and expenses included. I
could have arrested you or attached your
pay, which would have canceled the debts
in about three or four thousand years. I
preferred to have you marked. Was it not
better
The lieutenant came down from the clouds.
This friend, benefactor, was not an angel,
only a creditor!