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sought her pencil, and she scribbled on
the b.. k of one of our school-mate’s
letters, a continuation, or rather rever
sion of the same piece. It ran thus: —
A dreamer dropped a random thought,
’ Twas pretty but untrue ;
A passing fancy of the brain,
Which charmed because ’twas new,
It tell upon unguarded ground,
Alas ! it there became
A rooted error deep and strong,
An ever spreading bane.
The thought ‘twassmall,its issue great.
A plant of pois’nous breath,
Its seeds are walled tar and near,
might almost have fancied, that an an- |
gel s soul had accused her of sin.—
My father looked ii[> for a moment at j
her, the next, she was out of the room, j
u W I none followed her.
(Continue- , al , wpe ( t ,
ttvltrwTutyy ill till’ itllirlinj.
Pteparwl for the Southern I.iterary Guiette.
MAEKED PASSAGES.
AFFECTION OF BIRDS.
At Springrnount, near Clough, a
male bean goose, slightly wounded in
ment were bis eries that even the up
lifted hand of the murderess was stay
ed. and some members of the family,
w ith others of the household, hurrying
to the scene of uproar, the cause of the
bird’s anxiety was discovered, and the
intended victim set at liberty. This
was told to me in January, IbUS, and
no further attempts have since been
made on the fair one’s life, lit .Novem
ber, 1848, they were removed to a
new residence, w here they continue ap
parently as happy as geese can be.—
For several successive years after this
pair became associated, the goose laid
a full compliment of eggs, and sat on
them even bey■ id the usual time, the
to tile offender, struck him with his
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ring the last summer (1849) the goose ;
had laid a few eggs, but was too much j
disturbed by dogs to incubate them J
long. To the calls of his wild breth- |
ron passing over head the gander ha- \
bitually replied, and, in one instance, i
it was feared he had bid adieu to the ;
place, as be took wing and joined a j
flock high ill the air; but,after holding j
a little converse with them, he return- j
od like a true lover to his male. This
gander, perhaps iu right ot a higher de
scent than his associates who merely
“walk the earth,” at once, when put
xoh Xu turn l His tory of Irela nJ.
MAN AVITHOI WARNESTHE3S.
A man without earnestness is a
mournful and perplexing spectacle.— |
lut it i* ii consolation to believe, as we
must of any such ati one, that he is in
the most effectual and compulsive oi
all schools ; not only with the sad sub-1
Jimity ot the stars above him, and the
haggard vet ever teaming earth be
neatb bis feet, graves, bouses, and tem
ples around him, and the voices of ha
tied and pain,love and devotion,sound
in” in his ears, but also with a heart,
however weak and dull, essentially ca-
mysterious power to and him too 013.
[ Stirling.
HOW THE RIVER HAN.
“He tried to think, hut the river
would not let him. It thundered and
spouted out behind him from the
hatches, and leapt madly past him, and
caught his eyes in spite of him, and
sweot them away down its dancing
waves, and then let them go again only
to sweep them down again and again,
till his brain felt, a delicious dizziness
front the everlasting rush and the ever
lasting roar. And then below, how it
spread, and writhed, and whirled into
\ in one broad rippling sheet of molten
! silver; towards the distant sea. Down
ward it fleeted ever, and bore his
thougnts floating on its oily stream;
and the great trout, with their yellow
sides and peacock backs, lunged among
the silver grayling dimpled and wan
dered upon the shallows, and the may
flies flickered and rustled round him
| like water fairies,with their green gauzy
wings; the coot clanked musically
i among the reeds; the frogs hummed
I their ceaseless vesper-monotone; the
king fisher darted from his hole in the
bank like a blue spark of electric light;
the swallows’ bills snapped as they
twined and haw ked above the pool;
the swifts’ wings w hirred like musket
balls as they rushed screaming past his
head; and ever the river fleeted by,
bearing his eyes away down the cur
rent, till its w ild eddies began to glow
with crimson beneath the setting sun.
The complex harmony of sight and
sounds slid softly over his soul, and he
! sank away into a still day-dream, too
passive for imagination, too deep for
meditation, and
Beauty born of murmuring sound,
Did pass into his face.
Blame him not. There are more things
in a man’s heart, than ever get in
through his thoughts.”— Yeast.
DO NOT OO TO TAKTAKV.
The general scope of your letter af-
W Mi 1 ?’. b : a
pie. I’or Gods sake, don’t think any
more of “Independent Tartary.” What
are you to do among such Ethiopians?
Is there no lineal descendant of Pres
tor John ? Is the chair empty ? Is the
sword unswayed ? Depend * upon it,
they’ll never make you their king as
long as any branch of that great stock
j is remaining, i tremble for your Chris
■ tianity. They will certainly circurn
-1 eise you. Head Sir John Mandeville’s
I travels to cure you, or come over to
England. There is a Tartar man now
exhibiting at Exeter Change. Come
and talk with him, and hear what he
says first. Indeed, he is no very fa
| vourable specimen of his countrymen!
But, perhaps, the best thing you cau
| do is to try to get the idea out of your
j head. For this purpose, repeat to your
; self every night, after you have” said
! your prayers, the words, “lndependant
| 1 artary,” two or three times, and asso
! date w ith them the idea of oblivion \
| (’tis Hartley’s method w ith obstinate
memories,) or say, “Independent, In- j
dependent, have I not already got an 1
independence ?” That was a clever!
w ay of the old puritan’s pure divinity. |
My dear friend, think w hat a sad pity
it would be to bury such parts in
j heathen countries, among nasty, uncon-
I versable, liorse-belching, Tartar peo
i pie! Some say they are cannibals;
j and then conceive a Tartar fellow eat
i ing my friend, and adding the cool nia
j liynity of mustard and vinegar!
[ Charles Lamb's Letters.
Or tluirlO /air.
TV PE COMPOSING AND DISTRIBUTING MA- j
CHINE.
Fancy a round birJ cage made with
just 120 square wires, the spaces be- j
tween the wires corresponding to the j
120 different pieces in a single lbnt of
type, upper and IqWfyp Now j
J y ll ‘V ” \r~ r ’' c ‘ L - ■ o-kbvaWi;
; from the top to the liol% ni and the j
: upper part of the cage made to turn j
around on it j centre, notch by notch,
just the distance that the wires are i
apart. Now take oil’ the top halt and
slide, in the spaces between the w ires,
1 lines of type which you wish distribu
ted. The type must have nicks on
side corresponding to the wires, and
the spaces and quadrats be all turned
right side up, so that the line ot type
will be held in place by the wires.—
Now fancy that each space in the low
er part of the cage has a set of projec
tions peculiar to itself, and fitted just i
to the point where the wires were sev
ered, and fancy also, that each ditler
ent letter, space or point in the type,
tor distribution, lias its peculiar set of
nitche.s or indentations, adapted to one
particular space in the lower halt of the
cage and to no other. Now replace
the upper half of the cage with the
type in it ready for distribution, and
by means of a treadle move it round
notch bv nptch. As each type conies
over its appropriate space in the low er
half of the cage it w ill fall into it. It
cannot fall where it does not belong,
because its nicks do not correspond to
the projections which guard the other
spaces.
When you have distributed a fair
quantity of type you can commence
composition. This is effected by touch
ing keys, similar to those on a piano.
The lower half of the case is stationary,
and the lower spaces between the wires
being closed by moveable pieces acted
on by the keys, a single letter at a
time is thus let fall into a slide and car
ried down into line, types are
then set up in one long line, and by
constantly moving the treadle the dis
tribution is carried forward at the same
time as the composition.
The objection to this wonderful in
vention is palpable. The time neces
sary to justify the type, together with
the time occupied iu “playing upon the
piano,” leaves little or no gain. A
smart compositor would readily dis
tribute his type in case while he would
he [Hitting the lines of type in the pro
proper spaces. But it these difficul
ties w ere overcome, the confusion in
the type foundry from having one hun
dred and twenty different sets of nicks
in the types would be limitless —and
the expense almost endless.
[Cor. Sew York Sun.
THE YANKEES.
The correspondent of the New York
Sun , writing from London, says:—
Quite a rich scene took place last
week at the ’“ Fair .” The Queen gave
out cm Friday she would visit the Fair
the next morning at If o’clock, attend
ed by her ladies and gentlemen in
waiting, to personal/!/ inspect each de
partment, to receive information from
those severally in charge; consequent
ly, there was quite a gathering from
the West end, of nobles and citizens.
After a time, the Queen arrived at the
beautiful fancy soap stand from Phila
delphia, at each great corner of w hich,
stand in bold relief, the busts of
“Washington and Taylor,” with an in
scription on the head of each, viz.,
“ This is all solid soap.” The Queen
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seemed to doubt the fact, as a vankee
catch, and suddenly taking a gold pin
fr : om her dress, was about testing the
fact, by running the pin into the head
of Washington, when the Philadel
phian, seeing her object, placed his
hand between the pin and bust, and
w ith gravity and polite bend of his bo
dy, observed—“lt is the bust of Gen
eral Washington, your majesty”—
quick as thought, Prince Albert said,
w ith one of his usual winning smiles,
to the interested queen, “7/ was only
royalty picking at the brain of liberty.”
The next morning an order came from
Buckingham Palace for a box of the
Philadelphia fancy soap.
Another scene equally as rich hap
pened that morning. After the Queen
and Court had examined the great va
riety of American grain, and expres
sed her surprise at the corn hanging in
clusters from the stalks, the Prince re
marked : “America is indeed a second
Egypt; the land of promise, that
could supply the world with bread.”
Near the stalk of grain, a Yankee from
Connecticut had pitched his stand, ex
hibiting baskets and boxes of [latent
boot and shoe pegs, appearing at a lit
tle distance very much like grain. On
passing, the Queen enquired w hat kind
of seed it was. “Seed, inarm ; why
they are sole binders ,” at the same
time lifting his foot to show their
use. The Queen kept her gravity as
well as she could, but the Prince
turned to give vt-i tup a smjlr ’! -"W~
the Duchess ot S., with the other la
dies in waiting, dropped their veils
and placed their handkerchiefs to cover
their faces. The Prince asked how
they were made. “Why, sir,” an
swered Jonathan, “we just throw junks
of wood at one end. and the pegs come
out at the other so last, as to keep the
women folks busy enough. “Ah, sir,”
continued Jonathan, Connecticut is
quite a smart place for all such no
tions.”
A GRAND PIANO.
One of Erard’s Piano’s, in the Crys
tal Palace, is thus described: The case
is composed of tulip-wood, divided in
to panneis, formed by inlaid silver
bauds, relieved by others of ebony ;
the inlaid ornaments are of silver and
tortoise-shell, beautifully designed and
> richly engraved. The mouldings round
: the panels and medallions are of cast
| ormulu, both dead and burnished, and
| give the whole a rich but by no means
a gaudy appearance. The supports
I are particularly graceful, after the fash
i ion of caryatides; but in this instance
| the upper portion is semi-cupid of gold,
instead of the usual temal form; they
! are beautifully designed by Cavelier, a
French artist. It is said that the case,
from first to last, occupied nearly a
year in making; this may be account
ed for by the minuteness of the thou
sands of pieces of wood necessary to
be so accurately joined that the deli
cate grain of the tuiipwood should
run with the greatest regularity over
every part of the instrument. The
hinges are very peculiar, constructed
in such a manner that, when the instru
! ment is closed, no portion of them is
I seen from without. The extent of the
instrument is seven octaves, beginning
upon A in the third ledger line in al
tissimo. It is extraordinary that in
so great an extent such perfect equali
ty of tone should be preserved. The
upper notes are clear in the extreme ;
rtlie tenor portion rich and hfilliant;
w hile the bass possesses great power
and body of tone. It is said that the
cost of this beautiful instrument has
been to M. Erard nut much short of
£BOOO.
TIIE TIME REQUIRED TO SEE THE EXHIBI
TION.
Has the reader ever speculated on
the extent of travelling there will be
within the building before the entire
Exhibition can be seen ! We have
heard it estimated at thirty miles, and
we are convinced that the minimum
must be twenty miles. Yes: follow
ing all the many passages, winding
about the galleries, and seeing every
thing, will necessitate the perambula
tion of at least twenty miles. Think
of that, all ye who purpose “running
up to London for a day” to see the
Exhibition. It cannot be done, for
physical reasons; and it cannot be
done with any good, if the physical
reasons were not, from other causes
which originate in the very nature of
the human intellect. Our appetite for
admiration, for wonder, is as much lim
ited as our appetite for food ; and, as
with food, the richer and more luscious
it is, the sooner it palls upon the pal
ate, so the more w orthy of admiration
an object is, the sooner it exhausts our
admiring faculty. After an hour or
two at sight-seeing, the eye becomes
weary ; it does not report any faithful
image of the thing seen to the mind ;
and what it dees report, the mind can
not understand. Bodily lassitude en
sues, and the rest of the spectacle, be
it what it may, is hurried over with no
advantage to the beholder—with no
justice to the producer of the sight to
be examined. Hence, let no one ima
gine that the Great Exhibition can be
hastily seen. No one can see it tho
roughly in less than a week ; and many
weeks would be required to understand
and to appreciate all the wonders that
will be there exposed.
[Leigh Hunt's Journal.
ICE PRODUCED BY STEAM POWER.
Mr. Thomas Masters, of the Royal
Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street
London, the inventor of various inge
nious machines for freezing, has an ap
paratus at the Exhibition capable of
freezing upwards of 100 quarts of de
sert ices (six different sorts are produ
ced in the one machine) every fifteen
or sixteen minutes, of a perfect smooth
quality. The machines arc also made
to produce cylinders of solid ice, suffi
ciently large to hold decanters of wa
ter and many bottles of wine. These
cylinders are made in the form of cas
tellated towers, and have a very novel
appearance. The converting steam or
vapor into snow may also be effected
by this machine ; and in this way a
whole room may be easily cooled down
in the hottest weather. The patentee’s
smaller machines, of which there are
several exhibited iu class 22, are cal
culated for use in a small family or
bachelor’s chambers. The cost of turn
ing pure water into ice for slierrv coll
ier, cooling wine, and other purposes,
is said to be less than what it can be
purchased for at the ice stores.
(Original S
Forth* Southern Literary Gazette.
HORACE IN DESHABILLE. @
TO MY LYRE. > W
Supposed to be by Morris or Will is, the Cautor and £oj
lux of American Minstrelsy and Magazines. V
Ode zxxii.
If in the shade, in other hours,
Dear Lyre, in deathless vers we’ve sunjC
A harder duty now is ours
To carol in the Yankee
In Grecian strains we’ve sung of yofc^
By Lesbian Alcceus taught—the brave,
Who, whether he sought the steadfast shot, jO.
Or rock’d in tempest o’er the wave,
To Bacchus still attuned his lyre, \
The muses sought with deathless strait#
Or for the Queen of young Desire, *
And Lowell, ever in her train,
(Boy with the coal black eyes of lire,) Jf
Idtill sang, nor often sang in vain.
Lyre, that Apollo loved so well, m,
Best charm at Jove’s own banquets,—be
But pliant now to Yankee spell, M
And yield the power of Song to me. 1
Original tfenqj. \
For the Southern Literary Gazette. ¥
FRAGMENT 9
FROM THIS UNPUBLISHED BOOK ENTITLED
1> O U TIP OS. f
BY A VINT A.
17 'he Chapter worn Book IV call^
CRYPTODYSXYNETOAIYSTIA
* . TN-jrjoifA. *
Hurrah! Jf
Fools are always as wise as owns,
but the wise man knows when to play
the buffoon timely.
Crick—crack—jaw ! And what in
the name of thunder and tooth-ache, is
the utility, the meaning, the use, the
object, the signification, the intention,
the value, the sense, the notion, the
conception, the idea, the design, the
exponent, the etymology, the lexico
graphy, the composition, the resolu
tion, in short, the interpretation, of the
heading of this chapter?
Deep was the mystery of Pythago
ras’ beans, profound was the significa
tion of the EJusinian Mysteries, sig
nificant were the rites of Isis and Osi
ris—but only revealed to the approved,
the worthy, the well-tried initiated.—
The whole of this chapter’s mellifluous,
glorious, high-sounding- diflicult-to-be
properly-pronounced, initiative com
pound, can be easily and directly de
livered, elucidated, and expounded, by
a single, simple, obvious, and very dif
ficult word. What is it? It contains
tlie whole mystery of the book. It is
the very inmost key of Poutipbs. It
at once reveals the w hole intent of the
production, and gives the clew tc/every
preceding and succeeding Books Chap
ter, Section, Allegory, and Fable. It
is, therefore, not to be lightly pro
nounced, not to be irreverently uttered,
not to be rashly disclosed. It is the
most important, significant, weighty,
pregnant, explanatory, lucid, momen
tous word in the entire circuit, com
pass, and precinct of the work. Apt I
therefore, with the greatest ® ty,
. Im— .
J • !,
and caution, we shall proceed to utter
and disclose it—not at the present mo
ment.
§§ 2,4, 5, etc. You remember dis
tinctly where we left off in the last
chapter of the last book? Well—l
have no recollection of it myself.—
However, Eeclesia’s essence-bottle was
evidently lost, and she would be sub
ject to catalepsy so long as it was not
found. Poor thing! How her nose
longed, thirsted, hungered, pined, de
siderated, craved, tingled, titillated, to
its very inmost olfactory penetralia
for one sound, wholesome, refreshing,
reviving, odoriferous, genuine, sweet
smell of the lost bottle! She hunted
for it in J udea, in Antioch, in Ephesus, i
in Persia,in Corinth, in Judea, in Abys-j
sinia, in Alexandria, in Milan, in By- 1
zantium, in Rome, —but it was not to
be found. She strictly interrogated
Hernias, and Hymenseus, and Hermo
genes, and Phygellus, and Cerinthus,
and Dositheus, and Simon Magus, and
Ammonius Saceas, and Panttenus, and
Elxai, and Cerdo, and Marcion, and
Bardesanes, and Tatian, and Valenti
nus, and Basilides, and Praxeas, and
Artemas, and Montamis, and Adel i
phius, and Aquilinus, and Manes, and :
Ilierax, and Ntetus, and Sabellius, :
and Beryl!us, and Paul of Samosata,
and Novatian, and the Fathers, and
the Heretics, and the Schismatics,
and the Philosophers, and all the Doc
tors, and all the Fools, and all the
Monks, and all the Nuns, and all
the Popes, and all the Priests, and
all the Laity, mid all the Saints,
and all the Sinners—but the boscHe
was not to be found.
At last, Ecelesia had such a severe
cataleptic fit, that it was thought she
never would revive again. And there
we leave her in the hands of the Doc
tors, while they are putting to her
nose, and fomenting her, and plaister
ing her with, their diverse and sundri
drugs and medicaments, of Nominalis
\ apor, and Realis Quintessentia, and
Entis Tinctura, and Universals a parte
rei, and Universals a parte intellectks,
and I Lecce ity Drops, and so forth.
But meanwhile Scaramouch took!
himself off and applied to all sorts ot
Divination for the purpose of discov
ering where the last bottle was lying.
He tried -Eromaney, or divination by !
the air; Alectryomancy, or divination
by a fowl-cock; Aleuromancy, or di
vination by flour; Alomancy, or divi
nation by salt; Anemoscopy, or in-,
spection of the winds ; Anthracoman- j
cy, or divination by charcoal; Arith-1
momancy, or divination by numbers ;
Astromaney, or divination by the stars.
He divined according to Bactroniancy,
or by a rod; Bostrychomancy, or by j
the hair; Botauoinancy, or by plants;
Brizonaancy, or by nodding sleep;
Capnomancy, or by smoke; Catoptro
maucy, or by mirrors; Cephaleono
mancy, or Jj’ the head of an ass turned
around; Chartomancy, or by cards;
Cleidomancy or by keys; Cleromancy,
by lot and dice; Cymomancy, by
beans. lie tried the divination of
Dactyliomaney, by rings; of Daph
nornancy, by burning laurel-leaves; of
Extispiciny, by inspecting the entrails
of victims; of Geloscopy, by laugh
ter ; of Geomancy, l>y the earth; of
Geoty, by sorcery ; of Gynecomancy,
by women; of H;emomancy, by blood;
of Iloroseopy, by calculation of nativ
ities; of Ilydromancy, by water; of
Icthyomancy, by fish; of lveraunos
copy, by thunder; ofLampadomancy,
by lamps; of Libanomancy, by in
cencc smoke; of Lithomaney, by
stones. lie divined by Metoposcopy,
the lines in the forehead ; by Myo
mancy. rats; by Necromoncy, evoca
tion of the dead, by Nepheleraancy,
the clouds; by Oinomancy, wine; by
Oneirocracy, dreams; by Oomancy, j
eggs; by Ophiomancy, serpents; by |
Oplithalmoß-copy, eyes ; by Ornithas
■ coov J-o-ls- bv Parthenotriancy, vir
; by children ;
Pelotnancy, mud; by Pinacomancy,
tablets; by Psychomancy, evocation
of^souls; by Ptarmos-copy, sneezing;
by Pyromancy, lire. lie divined
moreover by Rhapsodomancy, verses
of poets ; by Skiamancy, shadows; by
Spodomaucy, cinders; by Sticomancy,
verses of Sybils; by Stoicomaney, the
elements; by Sycomancy, figs; by
Tevatos-copy, prodigies ; by Tetrapod
otnancy, quadrupeds; by Theolepsy,
exstacy; by Theurgy, celestial spirits;
by Tyromancy, cheese; by Uranosco
py,theheavens; by Xylomancy.wood ;
by Ylomancy, forests; by Zooman
cy, living things. And thus, having
gone through the alphabet ot Divina
tion, without discovering where the
smelling-bottle was, he cut three thou
sand three hundred and three and a
third capers, turned ninety-nine thou
sand, nine hundred and nine summer
sets, pulled his left ear three several
times, until it was elongated to the
extent of several hundred cubits,
tweaked his nose until it was as sharp
as a needle forty hundred leagues long,
anigiving a great cry of hullaballi
boShoohooyoosee, he went to sleep.
p-it the poor child did not enjoy his
slumber long, for he had hardly com
menced to snore like forty thousand
fulling mills, when part ot the extreme 1
tailfof a Dream brushed over his nose,
and before he had time to go back and
dream the beginning, in order to uu- i
derstaud this rude and sudden tail, the |
Dream vanished with ahull, without
even showing the end of its tail to
Scaramouch, and launching into the
~the Future, it left’
poor Scaramouch sitting bolt upright, !
! with his eyes so widely opened from
j sudden astonishment, that it required
j all the effort of five score of the strong
| est men of the court to close them
i again to any thing like a moderate do
; gree of openness. All of the Dream’s
; tail that he got a glimpse of was —
“Bugaboosmashed; Deisidaimon strip
ped, crest-fallen, chained, Squaddies
abolished, Doeumentum in the scales;
Pistis tri—;” but whether tried, tri
; fled with, tripped up, tricked, trimmed,
trinerved, trippled, triparted, or trium
phant,was more than Scaramouch could
conjecture. But the propnetic vision
j of that old scamp Deisidaimon being
j put down —of the humbugology of the
j Squaddies being abolished, and every
: true man, therefore, being his own
! Squaddy—was so refreshing and ex
hilerating to the heart of Scaramouch,
that he felt a comfortable and genial
I warmth in his inwards, which incited
him to proclaim his satisfaction in sun
dry voices and utterances.
lie cried in Hebrew, Anochi hanna
bi cither itto ‘hulum —l am the prophet
with whom is a dream !
He added in Arabic, Ma ya'lamu
taweelahu —no one know's its interpre
tation !
lie added, moreover, in Syriac,
Shma'u mis/una ’ v'lo thesthchalun va
c'hru mickzo’ v'lo thed'un —even if you
hear it you will not understand it, and
even if you see it you will not know
it!
He cried in Chaldee, ‘Helniaya basi
mirt yattirmin dubvsha— dreams sweet
er than honey !
And he added in Persian, Djan asa,
rahet amiz , summa gudaz, dil kitsha , er
kiigia teshrif awurdid—Giving-rest-to
the-soul, bringing-quiet, driviug-away
misfortune, exhilerating-tke-heart,—
whence have you come ?
He cried in Armenian, Usd amenain
desleanus aisorii, vetzitzus anoosham
dooteampsharjim—According to all this
vision, six times over am 1 moved with
gaiety!
lie cried in Turkish, Yu giizel oui
kou ki bana eriitt bir yiizel iimud getir
di—Oh! beautiful sleep that brought
me such a beautiful hope!
He added in Sanscrit, Savinrasotu
bhavirama/u —May the pleasure never
end !
He cried in Coptic, Parmeholj —day
of the announcement of good! and,
also, Marenhos —we will sing!
For lie added in Greek, Oudeis pa
pole town tun ton oneiron eide —no one
ever saw such a dream !
He remarked in Chinese, Ytsinpou
yen —ideas exhaust not words ! adding
immediately in Zend, aetahmi anhvv
yat as'lvainti, in this existing world,
indeed !
Having thus expressed himself in
the more learned tongues, he proceed
ed to utter his satisfaction, his thoughts,
and his feelings in the more usual dia
lects. He expressed himself in Mi.nt
chou, in Japanese, in the Kawi tongue
of Java, in Tungoosee, in Thibetian, in
Circassian, in Georgian, in Tigre, in
Amharic, in Sclavonic, in Albanian, in
Basque, in Romaic, in Tamul, in /Ethi
opic, in Pali, in Gothic, and a variety
of other tongues. After uttering him
self in seventy languages and ninety
two dialects, he felt so comfortable
that he incontinently made a sneeze.
But he had better have let it alone. It
was not a common sneeze; it was a
sneeze of remarkable power and sin
gular emphasis. It was, in short, a
sneeze of such prime quality, that it
instantly set all the jackasses in the
royal stables braying, which patting
the air in motion, set all the bells a
ringing, which produced such a concus
sion of the atmosphere, that fifty stee
ples uni thirty-five towers fell down,
i w inch produced such a fright in the
I royal kitchen, that seventeen thousand
pancakes just cooking tor the king’s
lunch. w'ere (nearly spoilt.-f-
Thereupon Dominie, chief butcher and
master of the blood-hounds, sallied
forth to chastise the offender. But
j Scaramouch perceiving what was in the
| wind, by a certain odour as ur.like
j musk and roses as possible, which Do- (
! minie always exhaled when lie was ex- i
cited and bent on mischief- —took a |
running start of nine hundred and a
half leagues, and with the impetus
j thereby acquired, jumped right into
! the Moon,and lit plump in the middle
of what shall be related hereaf
ter.
g. 3. Here is the proper place to in- :
trodues the word which explains the j
caption of this chapter, and gives the
key to those who understand rids book.
Api<rTo<pavtpa(it\aioTti)vooovupTCTotTtf)o'\oyy.
r im in imi i iiuiii iaini i mui ii— mi■—u—
,fur rig tt Currrspiiiirnrr.
LETTERS FROM “THE OLD WORLD.”
[bv a special correspondent.]
NO. 1.
Brussels, July 6, 1851.
Meters. Editors: You will, 1 fear,
think me presumptuous in attempting
to picture scenes that have been so
of* cu skillfully drawn. But 1 have
your own pressing request to plead by j
way of apology to your readers, and 1 [
am not unaware of the advantages |
which J, at least, shall reap from ac- |
\ ceding to your wishes, since I shall be
| compelled to be ever on the alert ,in
| order to observe and obtain that which j
; I may esteem worthy of the public i
j eye. The tongue of the traveller, who
! would inform himself and others, must
: be ever ready to make enquiries, his
ear ever open to replies he may elicit,
and his eye must maintain unwearied
vigilance, to arrest fleeting objects and
convey their impressions to the mind.
It is :n this way that he will form those
habits of observation, which may en
able him to contribute to the gratifica
tion of others. 1 shall feel highly
gratified if I have at ail justified my
self in my presumptuous undertaking
of that correspondence, with yourselves
and your readers, from the shores of
“the old world,” to which I now ad
dress myself.
The Arctic steamship, upon her last
outward voyage, bore one hundred and
forty passengers to England, of which
goodly number your correspondent
was a unit. Os the trip 1 shall say
very little. The weather was generally
very pleasant and the passage brief
and agreeable. During the evening
the passengers would assemble in the
saloon and play cards or chess, read,
converse or sing, as they desired. An
agreeable mode of passing the time
was making conundrums. Each per
son was compelled to prepare a conun
drum for the night, and in case of fail
ure, was obliged to sing a song or tell
an anecdote. I regret now, that I did
not make notes of some of the conun
drums, as they proved frequently quite
passable. Flirtation was carried on in
a remarkable degree, it not being un
usual with those affected with the ma
nia to, spend the greater part of the
night upon the deck, and indulge in the
soft nothings so attractive to lovers,
and which, it is strange to say, possess
a power granted to but few sublunary
concerns—namely, the capability of
deranging the memory in such a great
degree that time itself is forgotten.
Several very pretty poems were
written during the voyage; and lam
reminded th at I have come into pos
session of some lilies written by Martin
F. Tupper, a copy of which I send you,
who will probably beits first publishers:
A RHYME ON RETURNING.
Hurrah lor old England ! the happy, lair haven
We wished for by day and prayed for by
night.
Hurrah for dear England! that name ever
graven
On the hearts of her children in letters of
light.
Hun ah, for we honour and cherish and love her,
And count her the praise and the blessing ot
earth,
Wit'n no one but God and his angels above her,
And rich with the best oi humanity’s worth.
Yes , heartily join my American brother,
In echoing back to your homes in the west,
Our patriot love to this glorious mother,
Whose conquering sons in two worlds are
so blest.
Hurrah, as we near her we’ll lustily cheer her,
America, England, together rejoice!
The better you know her, you’ll find her the
dearer,
Then give her three cheers at the top oi your
voice.
And thanks be to God, for the homes we’re
longing
Soon to behold, and to know that all's well,
With dear loving wives and the little ones
thronging,
To hear of the wonders that travellers tell!
Yes thanks from us all, for llis bounteous mer- ,
cies,
Who hath kept us aud blest us alway ;
And glad shall we be when remembrance re
hearses,
How He hath been with us by night and by
j ay . Martin F. Titper.
Written an heard the Arctic, JuncS. 1851.
There are evidently signs of haste
in the composition, still, as coining
from Tupper, it possesses a degree of ;
interest.
The sea has, for me, few charms, and
even if such were not the case, l should |
hesitate to afflict you with any thing con-j
nected therewith, as so much lias been
said and written upon the subject; but ‘
in one phase I like flic mighty ocean
1 have reference to the rising of the sun
at sea. How feeble are all attempts
of poet or painter to portray the gor
geous beauty of such a scene! The
sun —a bright ball of fire—apparently
angry at being compelled to resign his
sceptre, even for a short time, puts
fprtltf a gigantic bursting
into View, covers heaven with
one flaming shield of brightness. Like
some ail-powerful master-artist, with
one single, sweeping effort—with one
mighty flush of light—he fills his ce
. lestial canvass with resplendent hues.
I In an instant, all variations of light
and shade are beheld; and there they
j abide, brilliant beyond description—
I the gracious smiles of a Deity; while
the rippling, dancing waves seem to
rejoice in their heightened beauty and
to look lovingly, confidingly, towards
the glorious palette, where the mighty
j artist has so lavishly spread those uu-
I rivalled dyes.
Arrived safely off the welcome Eng
lish coast, the first land in sight (to
me) was the Isle, of Man. After at-
I tending to some necessary business in
J Liverpool, i set out for London; but
j what are my impressions of Liverpool?
j Decidedly favourable. The people
seem light-hearted and joyous, and the
houses are many of them very hand
some. With Prince’s Park 1 was par
ticularly pleased ; in truth I admire
Parks amazingly, and wish they were
more common in America. In Prince’s
I Park, I saw the usual combination,
I here, of winding walks, arbours, seats,
grass-plots, beautiful flowers and shrub
bery, and a mimic lake with swans
upon it. Here 1 beheld the statue and
j monument in memory of the lamented
j Iluskisson, who effected the passage
I of the first rail-way bill through Par-
Lament, and who, attending the open
ing of the rail-way, slipped upon at
tempting to enter the cars as they be
gan to move, and was killed.
To one. who has travelled much in
the United States, it looks strange to
see so many police officers and soldiers
scattered everywhere, as is the case in
England and France. In the former
country, every few steps you meet a
member of the police force, each one a
very fine looking specimen of manhood
and all arrayed in a similar garb.—
They appear to understand their duty
well and to be respected by the mass.
In one instance, however, which 1 ob
served, such did not seem to be the
ease. I was on my way to see the Post
Office and Sailor’s Home, (the latter a
beautiful building.) and chanced to
pass a by-street, where two or three
hundred people, at the lowest estima
tion, were congregated, and who seem
ed to be much excited. In reality,
there was a vigorous combat going on.
And what astonished me most was this,
that the most active combatants were
females, but they fought most man
fully. During the few minutes 1 acted
spectator, a scene of indescribable con
fusion was visible. Fiercely and furi
ously the feminine warriors flung them
selves into the middle of the affray,
making free use of their nails and
tongues , as you may suppose; but as
tew males enacted parts, save as re
storers of peace, no bludgeons or wea
pons were used. A husband (appa
rently) would dash into the melee , seize
his wife in his arms, and bear her away
ail struggling and desirous of continu
ing the contest. The conclusion 1 did
not wait to see, and noticed that no one
save those in the identical alley,seemed
to be aware of the departure from a
peaceful demeanour; and this especi
ally was the result of my observation,
that police officers, though generally
everywhere, were entirely invisible at
the particular place. I pon continuing
my route, I, however, perceived two,
not fifty yards off, round the corner ,
quietly engaged in conversation. The
general hubbub and clamour of tongues
was so great (’twas the Sabbath and
consequently a holiday) that they had
not remarked this particular (mettle.
Wishing some information in regard
to the streets, my companion and my
self addressed those worthy guard!
ans and were politely answered and
informed aright. Thinking that they
no doubt were aware ot our native
country, and wishing to give them a
sly cut, I observed to them :
“\ on seem to be police-men and
able-bodied men, but you certainly
cannot be very much on the alert, to
let such a disturbance be created so
near you as that we beheld but just
now ”
“ W here? ’ was the quick rejoinder.
“Oh! just round the corner there;
only fifty people fighting and no police
man present!”
“ ’Tis nothin’; oh, ’tis nothin’,” said
one, trying to look indifferent; but the
other gave a dissenting glance and
! turned to depart for the scene of ope
rations. Stopping him, I asked half
unconcernedly:
And so its nothing, in your coun
try, for half a hundred men and women
| lo belabour and tear each other on a
| Sabbath afternoon, with the police al
| most in sight?”
I hey looked confused, as if wonder
i ‘ n g where we came from, and no doubt
! “ere surprised at our manner of ad
dressing “officers.” We continued our
way, and on looking back, saw them
approaching the uproarious scene.
It.was said of Foote, that when ask
j cd how much treason a man could write
i 111 Lnglaud without being apprehended,
| **e answered, “l do not know, but am
| trying to find out.” It is so with me.
| Seeing so many of these officials, 1 feel
a desire to show my disapprobation of
such a necessary exhibition as men
watching others all the time, that 1
sometimes venture just as far, in my
conduct towards them,as prudence will
admit—approaching even to audacity.
lam and of
a free and independent country, and
why may 1 not do as I please! This
same spirit of mischief may get rue
into trouble, but I hope not. There is
a strong spice of humour mixed with
audacity in my composition. To illus
trate. On my way from Liverpool to
London, the conductor, as we would
say, called on us for our tickets; and
for the better understanding of the in
cident, allow me to inform you, that I
occupied one of the front cars of a
long train, and that in all their move
ments on the rail-ways, the officials
make celerity the grand desideratum.
“Let me see your tickets, gentle*
men,” was the quick ejaculation of our
worthy conductor.
Feeling in my vest pocket for mine,
where I was confident I had placed it,
I found it was gone. All the others
j had produced theirs, and 1 became
j alive to the agreeable consideration that
j I was minus the proof of having paid
jmy fare. One pocket underwent a
thorough search, then another, and one
by one ail told the same story.
“Come, sir, I am waiting,” said the
impatient conductor.
I looked upon the floor, in my hat,
shook my newspapers and books, but
all to no purpose.
“Your ticket, if you please, sir;
can’t stand here all day.”
My companions now assisted my
search, and all began to grow uneasv,
whilst calling a soldier to fill his place,
the conductor passed on to the other
“carriages.” This good fellow thought
fit, with his swonl and red coat, to as
sume the bully.
“Show me your ticket, sir,” sternly
ordered he.
Not till then did I feel any quicken
ing ot the blood ; but fortunately feel
ing the vexatious little piece of paste
board under the lining of my vest, 1
gave my companions the wink,and con
tinued the search more assiduously
than ever, maintaining, at the same
time, a very anxious countenance.
“Sir, will you show me your ticket?”
demanded he with authority.
Again did I turn cacti pocket, knock
the bottom of my inverted hat, and
peer intently into the interior, feel in
the top of my boots, survey the floor
carefully, and obey the many instruc
tions of my (now eager) assistants.
“Show your ticket, else you get
out, unless you pay youi fare,” pierced
my ear, as the follower of fife aud
drum opened the door.
In great distress I assured him I had
my ticket; at which he smiled sarcasti
cally, and said “ that would not do.”
Recommencing the investigation, I
begged the impatient individual to be
calm, adding that my friend knew 1
had bought a ticket.
“You are unreasonable,” I told him;
“this gentleman will tell you I have a.
ticket. Don’t drive me out. You can t
doubt that I have paid my fare.”
“ Come, sir, get out.”
“ Don’t, I beseech you. Twill do
you no good to turn me out. Be easy
on a poor fellow, if you please! I’ll
find iny ticket presently—don’t be in
a hurry.”
Several minutes had now elapsed,
and his patience was exhausted. J ust
then tlie conductor returned, having
seen the tickets of those in all the
other carriages.
“Found your ticket yet, sir?” said he.
“Oh yes, found it sometime ago,”
answered 1, readily producing it.
“All right,” said he, (as the car*
moved off’,) slamming the door, wh’ist
my companions, bursting into a loud
laugh, made the soldier comprehend
the state of affairs. A long, silent, sui
len look, warned me that it would be/
dangerous to meet him by myself in
some retired place; but for that time
the fast receding cars calmed all my
apprehensions.
But l must not extend the length of
this letter, and will therefore make two
to bring me to Brussels.
Yours, faithfully, B. 11. O.
[Second letter next week.]
A Public Drunkard. —The King of
Daooiney, an African monarch, says a
recent traveller, keeps a drunkard,
feeds him on rum, and exhibits him at
the customs, that his emaciated ap
pearanee may shame his people from
making beasts of themselves.