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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1867)
®I)C lUcchln Constitutionalist. BY STOCKTON k CO. OUR TBftll. The following art the rate* of Subscription: Duly, one year flO 00 Wisely, one year . $3 00 Dreamtime. Alone, I watched the dying day, I see it* tint* of orange paling; And junt beyond the rufiled bay, Gray mist* the purple hill* are veiling ; Upon the roof weird finger* pla>, And all the winds are full of wailing. Life’s open hook before me lies, And as I turn ita leaves back, faintly The picture# of the past arise, ’ Strange forms go by—appareled quaintly; Sweet voices whisper, and dear eyes Shine aa of old—divine and saintly. Once more I hear the gentle rhyme Where falling leaves still waters dimple; Tiie wood’s 1 ,w murmur and thechinie Os silvery streamlets as the whimnle, And live again the golden time Os childhood’s joys—so pure and simple. What p-etty pebbles paved the creek, Tiie dear old creek by mullierries shaded 1 There the shy frogs played hide-and-seek Through lijies—with sweet spices laded; * And our wee shadows seemed to speak From whispering wavelets, as we wa led. What leagues of nectar wooed the bees To buckwheat hills or dales o r clovert What twit eiing birds on blooming trees Cooed tenderly, and.played the lover! While Time with odorous breath of ease, Told the delicious idyl Overt We reckoned then oath year a ga n.: Now, they are counted with our losses; fc>harp thorns and thistle* give us pain, Where then we trod spring’s velvet mosses; Then, of our flowery garlands vain, And now, weary with our crosses. J gathered w'hl flowers yesterday, But somehow flowers have lost their sweetness, Some qu ill were startled—even they Seem to have lost their old discreetness, And only hopped beside the way, As if they had no need for fieetness. But when I see the children meet, Flower-laden from their plays returning : Care trampled by their heedless feet, Their trustful »ouls all shadow spurnirfg; The>r hearts wild with impatient heat, And hope> bright tires within them burning; I kuow life blooms the same, but I S mll breathe its old-time fragrance—never 1 The dreary now—the dear gone by, The bridgeless floods of sorrow sever, Ah, me 1 how wistfully I sigh For dreamtime lost—and lost forever I The Coquette's Glove.. Ah, little glove 1 ah, little glove, llow many hearts thou’st broken I llow many times thou’st talked of love When not a word was spoken I What faithless signals thou hast made 1 What cruel kindness granted I What buds of promise! caused to fade I What seeds of sorrow planted I How s'rong thy unsuspected strength, Thou mite of a magician, Leaning, as thou ha-t ever led, From pleasure to perdition I How oft thou’st lured poor mortals on, By some concealed attraction I How oft, too, like fair Circe’s wand, Thy touch has caused distraction 1 How many are thy charming crimes, Thy guilty fascinations, Thy virgin virtues, modest signs, Mere mocking machinations I Most dangeitrus when most demure, Most wicked when most winning. Thou mak’st thy trusting lover doubt If such sin can be sinning. Thy viet m keeps thee next his heart, Long after thou’st deceived him, And fondles in his breast the dart That of his joy bereaved him. * He’ll lioving stand ’ta ixt love and hftte, His dear tormentor nursing ; Will curse tiie for his cruel fate, Vet kiss thee e’en when cursing. A Song—To Mine Old Wife. BY THOMAS SOARS. Time only makes her love more dear, Her smiles of kindness more express, Her age with finer thoughts me cheer, When sorrows my poor heart oppress. Time tells upon her rosy face, Its bloom out plays another part, With deeper glow and richer grace Goes now to waim her older heart; Sweetheart still e’er until I die, Mine old wife, one year younger than I. Time only sweetens to mine ear For counsel glean’d from pious love, Her voice still warbles soft and clear Os song and wit and jowel’d store. Time but more sweetly pales her eyes To charm my house with voung orbs bright— Ni le km and ones, all earth’s dearest prize, Bear her bue eye®, with sparkling light, - Sweetheart still e’er until I die, Mine old yifo, one year younger t an T . Time deeper sets her virtues rare. Like costly gems, when richly wrought, My home the idol of her care, st.ore for old age her constant thought. Time warns me of a last “ good-by e,” On stream of life flow pure and clear, To cheer “onliUh” beyond the sky, I’d love her there as we 1 as here; Sweetheart still e’er beyond the sky, Mine old wife, one year younger than I. How Strange It Will Be. BY FLORENCE PERCY. • llow strange it wit be, love-how strange when we two Shall be what all lovers become— You rigid and faith ess, I cold and untrue, You thoughtless of me acd I careless of you, Our pet names grown rusty with nothing to do, Love’s brght web unrsve!led f -aud rent and worn through, And life's loom left empty—ah, hum 1 Ah, me ! > How strange It will be 1 How strange it will be when the witchery goes Which makes me seem lovely to-day ; When your thought of me loses its coulcur de rose ; When every day serves some new fault to disclose: When y ou iind I’ve cold eyes and every-day nose, And wonder y on could for a moment suppose I was out of the cimmon-place way ; Ah, me! How strange it will be ! llow strange ii will be. love- -how strange when we meet With just a chill touch of the hand; When my pulses no longer delightfully beat At the thought of your coming—at the sound o‘ , yonr feet; When I watch not your coming far down the long street; When your dear, loving voice, so thriilingly sweet, Grows harsh in reproach or command; Ah, me! How strange it wili be 1 How strange will it be when we willingly stay Divided the weary day through; Or, getting remotely apart a* we may, Bit chilly and silent, with nothing to say, Or eooly converse on the news ot the dav, In a wearisome, old married folks sort of way 1 I shrink from the picture—don’t yon ! Ah, me 1 flow strange it will bp! Dear love, if our hearts do grow torpid and cold, As so many others have done ; If we do let our love perish with hunger and cold, If we dim all life’s diamonds and tarnish its gold, If we choose to live wretched and die nnconsoied, ’Twill be strangest of all thing# that ever were told As happening under the sun 1 Ah, me 1 How strange it will be 1 (Frankfort Correspondence of the Boston Journal. * The House of Rothschild. It! Origin and History— The “ Red Shield”— The Power and Wealth of the Rochschilds— Their Operations with American Bonds—The Rothschilds and the Pope. THE RED SHIELD. Come with me to the eastern part of the city —theold town—where you will discover scarce ly a sign of modern architecture. The streets are narrow; the houses lean towards each other from opposite sides of the way, as if they were friends about to fall into each others arras. *lt is the Jews’ quarter. The door ways are crowded with women and children— all bearing the unmistakable features which, the world over, characterize this historic peo ple-rejected of God, despised ol men, perse cuted as. no other nation has ever been. Scat tered everywhere, ydt retaining their nationali ty, endowed with a vitality which has no par allel in the human race. We turn down the Judengasse, the Jews’ alley, from the chief thoroughfare of the mo dern town. In this street, one hundred and twentj'-four years ago, lived a dealer in old clothes, who had a red shield for a sign, which, in German, reads Roth Schild. It was in 1743 that a child was born to this Israelite. The name given to the boy was. Anslem Meyer, who also became a clothes denier and a pawn broker, succeeding to the business of his father. By degrees lie extended nis business, lending money at high rates of interest during the wars of the last century, managing his af fairs with such skill that Prince William the Landgrave made him his banker. When Na poleou came across the Rhine, in 1800, this clothes dealer was directed so take care of the treasures of the Prince, amounting to twelve million dollars, which he invested so judicious ly that it brought large increase to the owner, and especially to the manager. The banker died in 1812, leaving an estate es timated at $5,000,000 —not a very large sum these days—but be left an injunction upou his five sons, which was made binding by an oath given by his sons around his death bed, which has had and still has a powerful influence upon the world. The sons bound themselves by an oath to follow their father’s business together, holding hi 6 property in partnership, extendiug the business, that the world might know of but one house of the red shield! (Rothschild.) The sons were true to their oath Nathan went to Manchester, England, as early as 1797, bat afterward moved to London. Anselm re mained at Frankfort, James went to Paris, Solomon to Vienna, and Charles to Naples, the five brothers thus occupying great financial centers. Nathan, in Loudon, nmassed money with great rapidity, and the same may be said of all the others, the wars of Napoleon being favorable to the business of the house. Nathan went to the Continent to witness the operations of Wellington in his last campaign against Napoleon, prepared to act with tiie utmost energy, let the result be as It might. He witnessed the battle of Waterloo, and, when assured of Napoleon’s defeat, rode all night, with relays of horses, to Ostend, went across the channel in a fishing smack—for it was be fore the days of steam—reached London in advance of all other messengers, and spread the rumor that Wellington and Blueher were defeated. The 20th of June in that memorable year was a dismal day in London. The battle was fought on the 18th. Nathan Meyer, of the house of Red Shield, by hard riding, reached London at midnight on the 19th. On the morn ing of the 20th the news was over town that the cause of the allies was lost, that Napoleon had swept all before him. Rngland had been the leading spirit in the struggle against Na poleon. The treasury ol Great Britain Las sup plied funds to nearly all of the "allied powers. If their cause was lost, what hope was there lor the future ? Bankers flew from door to door in eager haste to sell their stocks. Funds of every de scription went down. Anselm Meyer was be- Sciged by men who had funds for sale, but he was uot in the market, he had no desire to buy. lie too had stocks for sale; What would they give ? But meanwhile he had scores ot agents purchasing. Twenty-four hours later Welling ton’s messenger artved in x Loudon; the truth was knowm The nation gave vent to its joy; up went the funds, pouring, it is said, five mil lieu dollars into the coffers of this one branch of thejhousc of the Red Shield! Though Frauktort is comparatively a small city, though it has no imperial court, it is still a great money center, solely because that here is the central house of the Rothschild and other bankers. The house of the Red Shield is the greatest baukiug house of the world—the mightiest of all time. Its power is felt the world over—in the Tuileries of Paris, in the ministerial cham ber of Berlin, in the imperial palace at St. Pe tersburg, in vi.e Vatican at Rome, in the Batik of England, in Wall street, State street, aud by every New England fireside. The house of the Red Shield, by the exercise of its financial power, can make a difference in the yearly ac count ot every man who reads these words of mine! Though Anselm Meyer has been half a century dead; though severrl of Iris sons have to the grave—the bouse is the same. The grand children have the spirit of the elill dren. The children of the brothers have inter married, and it is oue family animated by a common purpose, that the world shall know only one red shield. ’ AMERICAN BONDS. The house, at an early stage of the American war, took hold of the United States bonds. Ger many had confidence in America. England strove for our ruin, but the people of the Rhine believed in the star of American liberty. Fifty years of peace had been long enough to bring wealth to this land, and so with every steamer orders were seat across the Atlantic lor invest ment in American securities. It is supposed that Germany holds, at the present lime, about three hundred and fifty millions of United States bonds, and it is said that there have been no less than fifty million dollars profit to the bankers of Frankfort on American securities since 1863! The great banking-houses here make little show. The transactions of the Rothschilds amouut to millions a day, and yet the opera tions are 'conducted as quietly as the business of a smhll counting-house. You can purchase any stock here. Passing along the street I noticed bonds of the State of California—of several American States —of the United States bonds in Dutch, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, French—bonds of all lands—of States, cities, towus aud companies. The re ports of the Frankfort exchange are looked at by European bankers with as much Interest as that of London or Pari*. Erlauger, the banker, who negotiated the rebc-1 cottou loan, and who fleeced English sympathizers with the South out of fifteen million dollar*, has a house here. He has just now taken hold of tiie new Tunisian loan, but hi* management of the rebel loau has brought discredit upon his house. The power of the Red Shield was felt by Prussia last summer. The Prussian Govern ment demanded au indemnity of great amount, twenty-five million dollars, I believe, from the eitv of Frankfort. The head of the house of the Red Shield informed Count Bismark that if the attempt was made to euforce that levy he would break every bank in Berlin ; that he had the power to do it, and that he should exercise the power. Prussia had won a victory at Kon nigratz; she could sweep away all armed op position; but here, in the person of one man, she had met an adversary who had the power to humble her, and she declined the contest. A much lower sum was agreed upon, which was paid by the city. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MOBNING, JUNE 19, 1867. THE ROTHBCHILD9 AND THE POP*. For fifteen centuries the Jews have been cursed by tLe Pope, aud persecuted by the Ro man Church. There is no more revolting chapter of horrors in history than that of the treatment of the Jews at the hands of the Pon tiffs. In all lands where the Roman reHgion is dominant, the children of Israel have been" treated with barbaric rigor—allowed few privi leges, denied all rights, looked upon as a peo ple accursed of God, and set apart by divine ordination to be trampled upon by the church. In Rome, at the present day, the Jews are con fined to the Ghetto; they are not allowed to set up a shop in anjf other part of the* city; they cannot leave the city without a permit; can engage only in certain trades; they are compelled to pay enormous uses into the Pa pal treasury ; they are subject to a stringent code of laws established by the Pope for their special government; Jhey are imprisoned and fined for the most trivial offenses. They can not own any real estate in the city; cannot build or tear down or remodel any dwelling or chauge their place of business, without Papal permission. They are in abject slavery, with no right whatever, none, except upon the gracious condescension of the Pope. In former times they were unmercifully whipped and compelled to listen once a week so the Christian doctrine ot the priests. But time is bringing changes. The Pope is in want of money ; and the house of the red shield has money to lend on good security. The house is always ready to accommodate Governments. Italy wants money, so she sells hir fine system of railroads to the Rothschilds. The Pope wants money, and he sends Iris Nuncio to the wealthy house of the dispised race, offers them security on the property of the church, the Gompagne, aud receives ten million dollars to maintain his army and Impe rial State. That was in 1865. A year passes and the Pontifical expenditures are five millions more than the income, and the deficit is made up by the Rothschilds, who take a second security at a higher rate of interest. Another year has passed and there is a third great an nual vacuum in the Papal treasury ■of six million, which, quite likely, will be filled by the same house. The firm can do it with as much ease as your readers can pav their sub scription to the Weekly Journal. ' When will the Pope redeem his loan at the rate he is going’;* Never. Manifestly the day is not fir distant when these representatives of the persecuted race will have all the available property of\he church in their possession. Surely time works wonders. The Fall in Flour. —The prospects of a good crop of winter wheat has au effect upon the flour and grain trade,which is remarkable. Prices are falling, and why? Because the stock on hand was really much larger than the necessities of the republic required for use, and it was held up at high prices, much be yond the sura it would have produced ii sold at value, iu the hope, as many suppose, that there would be a failure in the crops of this summer, and that the high prices which were demanded could be maintained through a con tinuing scarcity. Os course it follows as a re sult of the decrease i ‘n the price of flour, that it was not trom scarcity that it was maintained, at high rates. Ifr was kept up by combination, and for the purpose of speculation, aud not in consequence of such a demand as might legiti mately increase prices. It is falling now, be cause it is becomiug evident that this unnatural tension cannot be maintained longer, and that the immense yield of the new crop wili so re plenish the market that the, most desperate combination of speculators could not stand up against it. It is said that many losses have oc curred in the grain trade lately, and that it has become so hazardous that bankers refuse to loan upou grain stocks, unless upon very wide margiu. We presume that there will be the proper and just sympathy wi h all dealers who have been prostrated by causes arising out of the ordinary course of business which they were unable to control, but where the disaster is to be attributed to their own greediness, aud is caused by a desire to enrich themselves by extorting large sums of money from the com munity, there wrill be no pity for them it they do fail, and every emotion of that character will be justly due to those whefsuffer. [Philadelphia Inquirer , Ith. A Novel *1 elngraph Suit. —The case of Prather, Wadsworth & Cos., of Pithole, Penn sylvania, against the Western Union Telegraph Company, was commenced in the Supreme Court, before Judge Noah Davis, yesterday and the claims of the plaintiffs certainly make the suit altogether a novel one. It seems that on the 12th ot August, 1865, a swindler named 1. F. McCarthy delivered a dispatch to the Western Union Company, and one to the L rated suites Company, purporting to come liotn the Key Stoue Bank, at Erie, directing the phintifts, bankers at Pithole, to pay cheeks to r. F. McCarthy to the amount of S2O 000 Os the amount SIO,OOO was paid to McCarthy, and an equal amount, as it is claimed, was H^ set L l ,° credit j)n the books of the plain tiffs. McCarthy, having obtained the SIO,OOO, found it convenientto leave for parts unknown ; and soon after the departure the swindle was discoveied, but the. whereabouts of the swind ler has ever since remained a* mystery" Al though the dispatches forwarded by both lines were the plaintiffs instituted suit against the Western Union, ignoring the united States Company entirely, for purposes best known to fhems.elves." It should be un derstood, oi course, that the legal proceedings were instituted before the United States Com pany had become absorbed iu the Western Union. Tne amount sought to he recovered is the amount paid McCarthy—slo,ooo. The case is one full of interest, involving more than ©ne entirely *uew as to the responsibilities of telegraph companies. [Buffalo Courier, sth. Increase of Catholicism.—The Presbyte rian Banner, of Pittsburg, publishes the fol lowing statical article, showing the increase of Catholicism in the United States. The Banner laments the fact, and thinks it can not be viewed •with iudifferenee. It says : “ A reference to the'census of the United States and to official Roman Catholic statistics iiirnisbes tue following results :* ! . n £3oou r population was 12,866,020, ol which 4w < U(X), or one twenty-ninth ol the whole, la D Catholic*. Iu 1810, population 1<,069,5ck>, Roman Catholics 960,000, or oue o'l'loi's-ft 1 iv l^e Hi 1850, population 23,191,876, Roman Catholics 2,159,000, or one- Iu 1869, population 0i,").,<21 Roman Cathojjcs 4,400,000, or cue seventh o. the whole. The astoundiug fact is repealed that the Romau Catholic population a tittle more tuuu doubles itself every ten yetir?. At tiie same rate ot increase, that element at our next census in IS7O, will be about one-fifth of the wno.e. Surely this is not a circumstance to be regarded with indifference. * * * * * 44 Not foncseore years have passed since there was not a solitary RoYnan Catholic Bishap in the U nited States, tue first See, that of Balti more, having been erected in 1799. Now 7 Archbishops, o 9 Bishops or Right Reverends, i \ er i Reverends, 3,833 Priests, 72 theological seminaries .more than 1,400 schools and col leges, with 30,000 pupiis and nearly 3.000 church edifices, valued at about $27,000,000,- attest not only the growth of Romanism, but also its facili ties for still greater developments.” Appropos of the New York'street bridge, the Brooklyn l nion classifies the crowd that clusters around the corner of Fulton street and Broad thus: 44 One-half of them stare up the 6teps; the others step up the stairs.” Foreign. The people of Europe don’t believe in a per raauent peace. They place no confidence in the ability of Baron von Beast to reorganize the shattered fragments of the Austrian Empire.— They snspect Count von Bismarck ol ambitious designs against the territory of Denmark aud Holland, and they put no trust in the good faith of the Emperor Napoleon. II France were only satisfied, there would be more hope of a long peace. But France is notoriously dissat isfied with recent events, and the public believe that the amicable settlement of the Luxemburg question was merely to gain time, in which the Emperor could be polite to his royal visitors, aud continue his preparations to fight them.— “ Having made peace,” says the Patrie, “ let us fight!” The only questions are, When ? and fetr what ? It is supposed that France and Prussia will next quarrel about the non-observ ance of certain articles of the Treaty of Prague, and that France and Austria will make common cause against Prussia. If reports from Paris may be relied on, the Emperor Napoleon is about to strengthen him self, politically, in anew direction. The cor respondent of the London Sunday Galette says that the Princess Metternich was about to give a grand ball to the Emperor and Empress, rfnd that she had obtained permission to invite to it persons who have not been presented at the Imperial Court. There may be nothing in this circumstance, but as it js to be presumed that the Prineess would not invite persons who could not .be introduced at Court if they de sired it, it is sageiy surmised that a tardy recon ciliation is likely to be effected between the Emperor and the old noblesse , between whom and himself there has always been a coolness. If should succeed in alienating them from the “legitimate ” heirs to the throne and attach ing them to himself, his chances of founding a dynasty would be greatly improved. European exchanges contain sad accounts of the mental alieuation of the Archduchess Charlotte, “Empress of Mexico,” as they are careful to add. What bitter satire is implied in the flattery of this empty title! The poor Archduchess would no doubt be only too glad if, by relinquishing her claim to Imperial hon ors, she could obliterate the last three or four years of her existence, and forget that she was ever an Empress, though not in the sad form in which forgetfulness now threatens to come between her and her past life. Under the stress of the painful symptoms that accompany her mental troubles, the committee who have been eutrusted by the Emperor of Austria with the administration of her affairs and her personal charge, have proposed to have a con sultation of eminent European alienists, nam ing for the purpose a French, a German and an English physician. There is, however, little hope of her restoration. I From the New York Times. Hungary. The Coronation of the Emperor of Austria as King of Hungary—lmposing and Curious Ceremonies—Great Enthusiasm—The King Proclaims General Amnesty for Political Of fences. * . ' Pesth, Hungary, Saturday, June 8. The Emperor and Empress ot Austria were to-day crowned King and Queen of Hungary, with midmval pomp and splendor. The sun rose clear and* bright, but was ob scured by passing clouds, which, by some, was considered as a premonition of the future of Hungary. The city was crowded with visitors from all parts of the world, and was splendidly deco rated. The Ambassadors of all nations having diplomatic relations with Austria, except the United States, were present on the occasion. The condition of the Empress Mathilde, or of Maximilian, the late Emperor of Mexico, did not interfere with the ceremonies, neither did Kossouth’s recent letter diminish the popu lar enthusiasm on the occasion. Ihe coronation took place at Ofen, across the river Danube, and the concluding rites in this city. Eight hundred Hungarians and Austrian no bles, bixty peeresses, a hundred diplomatists and thousands of strangers witnessed tbe cor onation. The scene was mairnifieent. Bishops of the Roman Catholic £,nd Latin churches as sisted at the ceremony. The costumes displayed were gorgeous. The Emperor was anuointed iu the ancient robes, crown, mantle an shoes of St. Stephen, the first Christian King of Hungary. The Empress was anuointed under the right armpit. The special mass sung by the Imperial choir from Vienna, was composed by Listz. After the coronation, the King knighted sev eral Hungarians, and then rode in person to Pesth, where he took the oath, in which he promised to reconquer tiie ancient limits of Hungary. The pageant far exceeded any thing described by Groissart or Sir Walter Scott. Nothing like it has been witnessed for centuries, and, in all probability, they will never be repeated. The coronation ceremonies were closed by the King riding up a mbund of earth formed of soil brought from the different departments ot Hungary, and waving his sword at the four points of the compass, at the same time solemn ly swearing he would defend the Kingdom against the world. There was imnjense cheering from the as sembled multitude during the periormance of the rites. _ • There is a grand illumination and banquet to night. At the banquet Peers act as servants. The Hungarian Diet voted a hundred tbou saud ducats as a present to the King and Queen! There was the greatest excitement and enthusi asm displayed. Ten Archdukes were present. The Austrian Prime Minister, Von Beust* was conspicuous. Mons. Doak was absent. M. Androssy crowned the King and Queen. A general amnesty for political offences has been proclaimed. France. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE CZAR. Paris, Friday, June 7—A. M. The' Moniteur's official account of the at tempted assassination of the Czar of Russia is very short, arid confirms the facts as stated in the reports of last evening. It says that the shot was fired at the carriage, but does not say it was aimed at the Czar. It further says that tbe ball struck the head of the horse of the groom-in-waiting, who was ridiftg at the door of the carriage. The weapon burst, and the crowd arrested the man. The police were obliged to save him from the rage of the popu lace. The prisoner says his name is Beregouski, a nstive of Volhymia. Le Droit confirms the report that the pistol burst, and says that the intended assassin is a Polish mechanic. On Wednesday he bought a double-barrelled pistol, it further says "that his motives for the deed appear to he political passion and personal hatred of the Czar. It is believed that he had no accomplices. The Gaxette de Tribunaux says that tbe groom, seeing the menacing movement, caused his horse to hound in between the assassin and the Sovereigns. The ball passed between the Emperor Napo leon and the Grand Duke—wounding a lady op posite. The blood from the horse’s head spirt ed on the uniforms of the Imperial party. The second shot burst the other barrel of the E^’JL n . and tften tb€re were shouts of “ Vive 1 vtvp le Cxar ” from the crowd. On being questioned, the prisoner said that became *rom Belgium two days ago to kill the iD itßa account L ccount of ‘he affair, says that the man states that he had no accomplices • eD A ,re prej i ß of P: ‘ ris in condemn ing the attempted assassination. The ball which took place attheßussian Em bassy last evening was a magnificent affair. The Emperor Napoleon and Empress Eu genie, as also the Czir and his sons, were pres ent, and were warmly congratulated by those present on their fortunate escape. Maximilian. A PEN PORTRAIT OP HIS PERSONAL CHARACTER. The New York Tribune publishes the follow ing sketch of the private life arid personal char acter of Maximilian, said to be from the pen of an Englishman who was for many years a resi dent in Mexico,, and claims to have enjoyed the special confidence of Maximilian. At a time when we are all anxiously awaiting to hear whether the Liberals have taken his life or not, this pen portrait possesses peculiar interest : Maximilian is rather above the middle height, well proportioned, with powerful high square shoulders. In face he is decidedly good look ing, having regular features, light hair, long side whiskers and moustache of the same color, a small mouth and excellent teeth, with a good’ tempered smile perpetually on his countenance. He has light blue eyes and a most benevolent and amiable expression of countenance. In dress he is always scrupulously neat, a black frock coat, light colored pantaloons, white vest, and a small black neck-tie usually constitute his morning costume—while in the evening, at dinner parties, receptions, etc., he wore the usual evening attire of a private gentleman. He very seldom donned uniform, nor was it often worn at receptions. When occasions of state rendered it necessary, he would appear in a plain- dfess of a general of the army. He was very fond of the Mexican costume, always adopting it when on horseback, or in company, also when traveling. His manners were perhaps what procured him so many friends in Mexico, for, whatever may have been asserted of the unpopularity of his cause, there can be no doubt but that he was very much beloved by a large portion of the population of all classes. Always polite and kind, no matter what the rank of' the per son addressed, he had that charming gift of set ting them at their ease immediately be begau to converse with them. Should they be Indif ferent linguists (he usually talked in French,) he was always patient, and would help them out if necessary, never-permitting them to be uncomfortable by noticing any little mistake. The Empress Carlotta took very great pains to cultivate the Mexican ladies, rather a diffi cult task ; having her own drawing rooms for the ladies only, she endeavored to bring all classes and factions together, to introduce ra tional and useful habits and amusements, and frequently triecL to persuade them that if they devoted a littleness time and money to dress any trivolous amusements, and a little more to works of charity and benevolence, they would be much happier and much more respected.— She set theni an excellent example on this point, spending immense sums from her pri vate means on all kinds of charities, public and private; nor was money the only thing lavish ed ; the poor and sick were frequently visited by her, often accompanied by her royal hus band, and scarcely a day passed without their jointly visiting some charitable Or other insti tution for the public good. In point of education and scientific acquire ments, Maximilian has tew equals, and very few superiors. He is complete master of teu languages, including English ; be is also very deeply versed in astronomy, and all sciences connected with navigation, on several of which he has written some very clever works. His great fault, and which has no doubt been the cause of many of his failures, is that he is essentially a theorist, totally without any prac tical system and living half of his time in a bygone age, he is sadly deficient in the very necessary staple called common sense. In point of morality the least that can be said is that Maximilian is a good, sincere Christian, and a hightoned gentleman. Any action savor ing of insincerity or nntrnthfulncss would have been looked upon by him with indignant horror. He is as pure and innocent minded as a child, and could never be persuaded of deception and j insincerity in others. He frequently said tbat if lie could not govern the Mexicans by love he would not do so at all. He is devotedly fond of his wife, and since the news reached him of her severe illness he has never been the same man. It has always been a subject of regret with birn that be bad no children of his own, and his and the Em- ; press’ fondness for them induced them to adopt j the toung Prince Iturbide, son of the former i ill-fated Emperor, intending, if their reign in j Mexico had been fortunate, that he should have | been their successor. Fow the Burmese Kiss.— Clung Loo, a na tive Burmese, who has been educated in (his country, and is now delivering lectures in Vir ginia, dressed in native costume, in tbe course of his reroarks at Marshall rcceutly imparted the following information, which may prove in teresting j,o some: “I notice the ladies of this - couutry sometimes .paint to improve their com-. plexion. They do so with us, using for that purpose powder made from a species of fra grant wood. Kissing is unknown among us as practised in this couutry. Our language has no such word as kiss. The corresponding endear ment in Bramah is to press the lips and nose closely to the cheek of the fair one, and inhale the perfume. To ask for a kiss we say, 44 give me a smell.'' ” . ; Glad Tidings. —Through the kindness of Capt. Finney we have been fivored with the perusal of a letter from President Hazlehurst, date.d Philadelphia, 30t,h ult., and containing cheering intelligence relative to our contem plated railroad. Tbe rumor afloat, a day or fwo ago, ttyat the cargoes of iron for the road would not be delivered, receives a finishing stroke from Mr. H.,s communication. Tbe Ocean Wave and tfie Tasmania will soon be •here, discharging their ponderous burdens upon onr wharf. Capt. Finney is also in re ceipt of letters from two different bouses in New York, giving encouraging information, the details of which are two lengthy to lay be fore our readers, as we are on the eve of go ing to press. Suffice it to say that the evi dence of our soon hearing the “iron horse” snort in our midst, amounts to a moral cer tainty.—Brunstcick Courier. j Neck, and Other Ties. —Prettiest neck-tie | for a lady —the arms of her baby. For the Melancholy—Jolli-tie. For the Poor—Plen-tie. : For the Dull—Varie-tie. Fdr the Solitary—Soeie4ie* For the Mean —Liberal-tie. For the Inebriate—Sobrie-tle. And for the Infidel—Pie-tie. " The Philadelphia Weics says: General Wra. j Patton of Towanda, Bradford county, Pa., j who will be remembered by many of our read ers as an effective stump speaker at the last election in this State, has announced his deter mination to go South on a stumping tour, in the Conservative interest. Gen. P. proposes to follow on the track of Wilson and Kellev, and will no doubt give the new generation of voters something to think of besides confisca tion. VOLt.2S. NO. 25 Was Martin Luther Insane ? ’ DR. FORBBB WINSLOW'S OPINION. In a will case recently tried in London, two physicians named Williams and Wood testified as to the alleged insanity and testamentary inca pacity ol Mrs. Ann Thwaytes ; but not content with the Thwaytes case, went a step out of their way to declare that Martin Lather was insane. Exactly what Luther had to do with Thwaytes will case does not appear, but the evidence of the doctors rouses Dr. Forbes Winslow, as eminent medical authority in England, to offer a defense of Luther. As everything that Dr. Winslow writes and has interest and value, we copy the principal part of his letter to the Pall Mall Gazette. “Luther never was, in the right medical, psychological and legal signification of the term a lunatic. It is an abuse of language to Impute mental disease to this distinguished ecclesiastic. It is true that, in consequence of severe bodily indisposition, aud as the effect of an over wrought brain and nervous system, he suffered from a transient-illusion of the sense of sight, and imagined that the devil appeared to and conversed with him in the middle of the night. ‘ His logic,’ say 6 Luther, 4 was accompanied by a voice so alarming that the blood froze in my veins.’ This aberration of visiou was similar in character to the occular spectra that so often follow the administration of chloroform, Indian hemp and opiuHi, and which are so frequently seen associated with temporary attacks of de lirium and puerperal fever caused by a poisoned state oi the blood. These nioraenterv and fugi tive eccentricities of sense cannot with any re gard to philosophical accuracy, be designated as insane delusions. Luther may have fancied that he not only saw the person of tire devil, but actually 6poke to his Satanic majesty. Tta reality there was no fixed or abiding impression ot this khid on his mind. A delusion in legal phrase- . ology is a persistent iieHefin some extravagaut and irrational idea, out of which the patient can not be reasoned, and the absurdity of which he is unable to perceive. .If a person suffering from a transient attack of illusion of the senses is reasoned with as to the bona fide character of bis mental impressions, h3 will, except in far advanced conditions of brain disorder, at once acknowledge the existence of a disturbed state of the visual organs. 4 ' Had any sensible physician pointed out to Luther tiie probable physiological connection between a disordered state of the stomach, liver, aud over-excited mind and brain, and the devil which be conceived had appeared to him, I en - tertain but litlle doubt that he would have. immediately exclaimed, ‘There is no euch thing,’ and have laughed heartily at the ridicu lous absurdity of the fancy, and without hesita tion have admitted that he was suffering from a perversion of sight. Had he, however, persist ed in maintaining that he saw and spoke to the devil,-and it was found that no argument ad dressed to his reason, or course of physic ap plied to his body, had the solutary effect of dis lodging-the absurd idea from his imagination, then the presumption, I confess, would have been in favor of the theory of big lunacy. “ Coleridge, when referring to this period of the Reformer’s lile, says he was a martyr to great physical irritation, caused by his unremit ting mental activity aud sedentary habits. It is evident, he says, that Luther suffered from severe nervous irritability, the common effects of indigestion and intense thinking in men- of a recluse mode oflife. This, tedded to a revivifi cation of the impressions made upon him in early life and fostered by the theological system of his manhood, is, according to the distinguish ed writer previously quoted, sufficient to ex plain all his apparitions and nightly combats with evil spirits. 4 1 see nothing,’ says Coleridge, 4 improbable that in one of those unconscious half sleeps, or rather those rapid alternations of the sleeping with the hall-waking state which is the true 4 witching time,’ ‘the season wherein the spirits hold their wont to talk’ the fruitful matrix of ghosts—tbat in one of those moments . of slumber into which the suspension of all thought, in the perplexity of deep thinking, so often passes, Luther should have had a full view of the room in which he wa6 sitting, of his writing-table, and at toe same time a brain image oi the devil vivid enough to have ncquired-'an apparent outness , and a distance regulated by the proportion of its distinctness to that oi the abject really impressed on the outward lenses.” Differences in the Share of Feet.. -The New York Hide and Leather Journal notices a few of the differences in thfe shape of the pedal extremities of people in various sections of the country: Shoes made for one locality are not adapted for all. For instance, a broad shoe, wide in the shank, is best adapted to the.Eaeteru tefide, a narrow sole meeting with but little favor. Rhode Island, though .the smallest State in the Union, can "boast ol having some of the big gest teet that ever trod sole leather. The Mid die States require slimmer shoes, and higher iu the instep, than the East. The Instep grow's ' higher as we progress Southward, commenc ing with Virginia, and the loot shorter and more plump. Rarely, afthe North, does a man wear less than a No. 6, running up in the scale of sizes to No. 11; but, at the South, many a full sized mau wears 4’s "aud s’s, and seldom over 9’s. The ladies ol the South have confessedly al ways had the smallest and prettiest fee: of any race in the world. Russian Workingmen.—ln consequence of the rumors of a reduction of the Russian" tariff, eighteen thousand workmen addressed a letter to the Government in Bt. Petersburg inquiring what foundation exists for these rumors Thq Finance Minister, in his reply, says that he does not sympathize with the free trade views of M. Matjnari. He does not desire a red no tion of the tariff. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, replying to the same Inquiries, declares that he sees no necessity- to reduce tLe tariff in favor of foreign countries, although each a re duction might improve the relations with foreign Governments. The question of the lowering of the tariff would therefore remain uninfluenced by political motives. l Cherokee OfRCUiT.— The election of judge for this circuit, the candidates being Judge*Mil ner and lion. J. A. W- Johnson, It will be re collected was contested—the latter gentlemans contending he had "obtained a majority of the votes. The returns, however, from quite a number of tbe precincts were iufohnal and upon a review of tbe whole Gov. JeLkins his decided that Judge Milner received a majority of the lepil votes returned to the Executive office. — Southern Recorder. An attendant on Beecher’s Church in Brook lyn, finds fault with o portion of the choir for “ hilling aud cooing” during service, and says that the deportment "of some of the young ladies and gentlemen is -disgusting to right minded people. During prayer and the reading of the Scriptures “they chatter, giggle, sidle up to each other with a familiarity out of place in the parlor, and doubly so In the house of God. Sometimes one or two seem to get Into a temporary 4 pet ’ with the organist, and sit off looking daggers. Then the process of recon ciliation, with its billing and cooing and glanc ing, and.final restoration of good.humor, fur nish sufficient visible flirtation to piece out a chapter of Miss Braddon’s nonsense.” Plymouth Church is not alone In its gl^ry.
