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The accounts of the storming ofMagdala,
which some of the American papers pub
lish from their special correspondents,
ibow that the capture of that rocky for
tress was effected by Irish soldiers, who
fought with the headlong valor of their
race. Even some of the English papers
condescend to praise them, ihe Hants
Telegraph states that the three men who
first forced an entrance into Magdala
were Irishmen —namely, No. 3,691, Drum
mer Michael Magner; No. 949, Private
James Bergin, and Ensign Connor. Mag
ner is described as a “ diminutive” Irish
man, who has been 14 years in the army.
During the assault he “ left his regiment,
ran up the hill, and made a clear breach
through the stockade, followed by Bergin,
and subsequently by Ensign Connor.
How many victories have Irish valor in
scribed on the banners of England ?
How many wrongs, outrages, and insults
have England inflicted on Ireland in
return ?
The Orangemen of Newry have made
a presentation of a timepiece to that lo
quacious nincompoop and bigot, John
ston, of Ballykilbeg, which suggested to
him in his speech subsequently to advise
the brethren to “ regulate all their hours
by William’s (the Third) clock; and,
above all things, when the hour points to
twelve, to remember the 12th of July,
1690.” “ They must tell the Govern
ment, no matter who may he Prime Min
ister, that they cannot afford to disregard
the Protestant voice of Ireland.” He had
received an invitation to attend an Orange
meeting at Waringstown, which several
Roman Catholics had signed. He could
not say whether there would he any fur
ther prosecutions at the next 12th of
July. “ The Government,” he imagined,
“ would, if they had it again to do, think
twice before sending Johnston, of Bally
kilbeg, to prison.” Three firebrand
parsons, who, we suppose, had no spiritual
duties to attend to, spoke on the occasion.
Madame Rachel, of enameling notoriety,
who drives a profitable trade in London,
by making ladies “ beautiful forever,”
has been committed for trial on the charge
of obtaining £1,400 from a very foolish
widow named Borradaile, on the under
standing that she was to get her married
to Lord Ranelagh. Madame, whose real
name is Sarah Leverson, shammed sick
ness, hut was compelled to appear at the
police office, and will have to find two
bails in the sum of £I,OOO each, or /re
main in custody until her trial.
An English baker, named Ablart, lias
been fined £2 and costs by the Newport
magistrates for adulterating bread with a
solution of carbonate of lime.
The authorities of Queensland did not,
it appears, pay much attention to the
Duke of Edinburgh’s comfort during his
recent visit. A correspondent in the
colony, writing to one of the Londou
papers, says : “ I think I told you how
our officials, with an obstinacy and want
of sense which would be incredible if it
were not true, took the wretched young
man up to a place called Jondayon, and
there gave him a second-rate feed at eight
o'clock at night, and brought him back
early next morning. There is nothing
to be seen at Jondayon except a huge
uninterresting plain, and in order to give
him his dinner they had to erect a tem
porary building, which at last did not con
tain a bedroom. He had to sleep at the
railway station, and blankets were bor
rowed from the nearest public house.”
The following notice was given by Sir
J. Gray in reference to the letter of the
Irish prelates, which appeared in several
of the London journals on Monday, in
cluding the Times, Star, Post, Ac It
is believed that Lord Mayo will reply to
the letter, but in what time is yet a secret:
Sir John Gray—To ask the Chief Secre
tary for Ireland if he will place on the
table of the House a copy of the letter
addressed to him during the present
month by the Most Kev. Dr. Leahy,
Archbishop, and the Most I?ev. D. Derry,
D’A.fm in reference to the negotiations
opened oy « _ ant w ; t .nthp Pre
late tor the granting ot a charter 'a
Catholic University in Ireland, and a
copy of his reply thereto.
The Grape CRor.—The Courier de
Bourges says : “ In the memory of man,
there has not been seen in the centre of
France, so precocious a grape crop as
there is this year. In the year
which is as far back as can be remem
bered, the vine has not been known to
flower before June. This year it com
menced cm the 20th of May, earlier
than ever before seen. At this time, the
grapes are perfectly formed and well ad
vanced in size. The young vines promise
much As things appear, we may ex
pect a quality of wines this year rare and
exceptional.''
Definite. —A shoemaker, intending to
be absent for a few days, lamp-blacked a
shingle with the following, without date,
and nailed it upon the door: “Will be
home in ten days from the time you see
this shingled’
The Confederate Dead.
They sleep. Go not to Rome nor Greece,
For history knows no nobler race
Nor song a prouder name ;
Thy landscapes are a book for thee—
That pompous Ca-sar did not see,
Or even dare to claim.
What hill lifts not its head to fame ?
W’hat field no Ivanhoe can claim,
Or Phillips’ dust enshroud ?
Can War wind up a lairer blast,
Than that in which they breathed their last,
Or wake again as loud ?
They fell! but, falling, they have won
W hat, living, we can never own—
Both peace and fame—their boon ;
Can hoary age, or tyrant’s reign,
Bind fast in cold oblivion’s chain
A name to glory born ?
No anthem may to them arise,
No muffled note steal through the skies,
No dirge fall on the ear ;
Their reqtiiem is the morning breeze,
Their tribute is the falling leaves—
A people’s silent tear.
A tear—'tis all that we can give ;
Thy country with thee ceased to live,
Thy banner with thee lies;
For, orphan thou—save to reason,
No nation lives to call thee son,
Beneath the broad blue skies.
Then sleep. Can trumpet’s wild alarm
Disturb the Bpirit’s quiet home,
Or death’s low slumber break ?
W T hat soul shall quit his narrow cell
On earth, the wondrous tale to tell
He slept ’mid Shiloh’s quake ?
Can War e’er lift a darker front.
Or Battle’s cohorts stronger mount,
To roll the besom on ?
Shall Mars roll down with heavier stride,
Than when on Death he sat to ride,
And called the earth a tomb ?
Then sweetly sleep, oh, living dead!
No monarch’s scowl nor Emperor’s tread,
Can turn tliy name about;
Repose on laurels thou hast won,
While Valor claims thee for a son,
Until the stars go out.
No sentinel ’round thee treads this beat,
Or whispered tones watchwords repeat,
Or tell of coming foe ;
For Death alone is watchman there,
Who halts the lightest thought ala’’,
And bids it silence know.
[Exchange.
DEATH OF SAMUEL LOVER.
By telegraph, from Dublin, we learn
that the veteran artist, poet, and novelist,
Samuel Lover, died in that city on
Wednesday, the Bth inst. Sam. Lover,
as he has been familiarly called for over
half a century past, was born in Dublin
in the year 1797. He enjoyed the ad
vantage of good family connections in
that city, where he early became a “trump
card” in society, through his versatile
powers of amusement and varied aceom-
plishments. For several years he settled
down in his native city as a painter of
portraits in miniature, a branch of art in
which he excelled. He also painted fan
ciful pieces of genre in water colors,
some of them illustrative of Moore’s
lyrical productions. While thus en
gaged, he was appointed to the position
of Secretary to the Royal Hibernian
Academy, an office which
rily filled for several years, and he was
a regular contributor of miniatures and
sketches to the annual exhibitions of that
institution. All this time young Lover
figured very extensively in Dublin so
ciety, which was then, even more than
now, noted for the profuse and convivial
character of its hospitality, Among those
who were conspicuous in the same circles
with Lover, was the late John Jones, at
that time an architect, but who subse
quently became a sculptor, and attained
to some eminence in London by his por-
trait busts. Jones was an admirable
raconteur and personator of Irish char
acter, and it was well known among “ in
siders” that, to his creative mind, Lover
owed many of the quaint monologues
that were long afterwards made use of by
him in his public entertainments. Nota
ble among these was the famous sketch
wrifA i felt cl 'often ‘ Ifcard in society,
from Jones and Lover, and which was
indisputably the original production of
the former. Among his other gifts, Lover
possessed to some extent that of impro
vising, and in this he often made good
hits, although, in common with most im
provisatori, he was occasionally open to
the charge of having gotten up his
” impromptus” beforehand, He figured
excellently at the fancy balls of the Ro
tunda, especially in personations of Irish
peasant character of the rollicking stamp.
On one of these occasions he made his ap
pearance, in the course of the evening,
got up as a spalpeen in a partial state of
intoxication, as if on his way home from
a Fair. He sat on the floor, and soon
had around him a circle of amused lis
teners to a ditty in which he brought up
pointed allusions to events and people of
| the hour. One of the Alleys was then
Lord Mayor of Dublin, and as he, with
'his lamily, paused to listen to the singer,
BAS-BBSI sl* fSI IS©lHr]flL
the latter, without the least hesitation or
change of measure, went on with—
«• Through lanes and through cross-alleys I’ve had my
way to steer,
But no more crosses will I meet, for there’s no cross
Alleys here!”
Hits like this were not of a very high
order of wit, to be sure, but with such
like and its characterizations he made his
way socially, until by and by he was
persuaded to try how his peculiar talent
would take in the London market.
To London, then, he went, and speedi
ly threw himself into literary life, writing
both words and music for songs senti
mental and songs comic, many of which
have taken hold of the popular fancy, and
are likely to long survive their author.
He wrote novels, also, all of which are
now torgotten, save in their adaptation
to the stage. Encouraged by the success
of entertainments given by him, in which
he introduced the old monologues and bits
of character so well received in Dublin
circles, he essayed the stage, in, as the
writer thinks, but does not state for cer
tain, an adaptation Irom one of his own
stories. His essay as an actor was a
failure, as he was adapted neither by
voice nor physique for making a hit upon
tlie stage, and he at once abandoned it.
In 1847, being then fifty years of age,
he visited this country, where, and in
Canada, he produced his entertainments
with tolerable success. Those who heard
him here will remember him chiefly by
his singing of such popular lyrics of his
own composition as “ The Angel’s Whis
per,” “The Fairy Boy,” and “Watch
ye well by Daylight.” Without any |
pretension to voice he infused into these
much pathos and feeling, though he
always sang with better effect in pri
vate circles than in the large public
halls, to which his voice was seldom
equal. “ Handy Andy” is the novel by
which Lover was best known in England
as here. Another story of his, called
“ £ s. and., or Treasure Trove,” was a poor
ly conceived and loosely executed pro
duction, and was forgotten almost as
soon as it appeared. In the early days
of Punch, Lover was an occasional con
tributor to that periodical ; and he also
worked for other London publications of
the humorous class, with both pen and
pencil—one of his accomplishments being
the production of croquis with which to
illustrate his own writings, as well as
those of others. His writings must have
been scattered through a vast number of
periodicals during a space of nearly half
a century. For the last ten years Mr.
Lover had enjoyed a pension of £IOO a
year from the British Government.
[ New York Express.
Marriage by the Pope —Full Ac
count of the Ceremony.— -A letter from
Rome gives the following pleasing de
scription of a marriage in Rome by the
Pope :
The marriage of the Count of Caserte
with Countess Trapani, came off on Mon
day, June Bth, in the Sala Begia, arranged
for the occasion as a chapel, at half-past
seven in the morning. Weddings always
take place early here. Before the com
mencement of the Mass, the betrothed
were led up to the altar steps by the
master of the ceremonies, the princess
being accompanied by a maid of honor;
the Pope, who had previously been kneel
ing at a faldstool before the altar, then
advanced towards them, and preferred
the formula, accepting their mutual con
sent, to which they answered a distinct
Amen. The fuur cardinals, Panebianco
(Grand Penitentiary), De Luca, Monaco
la \ aletta, and Grassellini, created while
the kingdom of the Two Sicilies was not
in its integrity, were witnesses to this
act. The Pope then blessed the nuptial
ring, and handed it to the bridegroom to
confer on the bride, and the illustrious
pair were then led back to a seat outside
the precincts of the altar, while his
Holiness began the Mass pro Sponxis.
AbJlifiJjnd of the Lord s.Prayer he again
over them the prayers of the nuptial
benediction. After this, he continued the
Mass, and, in the course of it, sent them
the Pax to kiss, and gave them Com
munion. At the end of the office, the
newly married, again kneeling before the
altar, he poured out on them the sublime
Benediction which the Church connects
with the Sacrament of Marriage; and
then, sitting down, addressed them on the
sanctity of their new relation. He spoke
in warm, feeling terms of the Royal
House of Naples, and eulogized the
Spanish and Italian peoples, expressing a
hope that God may be pleased, ere long,
to deliver the latter from their present
miseries, and that the wine-press of
wrath in which they are now suffering so
terribly may be shattered to pieces. He
then read the last Gospel, and laying aside
his vestments, knelt at a faldstool, while
a Mass of thanksgiving was said by his
Chaplain, at the conclusion of which, the
princely pair, kn eling at his feet, return
ed thanks for the favor he bad conferred
in officiating at the ceremony. His
Holiness accepted these expressions with
his accustomed goodness, and renewed his
congratulations and good wishes. The
bridal party was subsequently entertain
ed in the apartments of the Vatican, and
then descended to pay the usual visit to
the shrine of the Apostles.
Specimen copies of The Banner of tiie
South sent free to any address.
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