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THE VERMONT PIIffiNIX iSD V Kit MO NT KKl'CllMCAN IS PCBLUnilD F.VKHV SATCnlHV MORSINO it DlU'l'TIiHUOUO, VT. Onlco No. 1) Urnnllo How, Uwliirll'a Modi, t Opposite llrattliboro House. TKKMBi flOt) per ycnr $1.60 In advance. So deduc tion from the almve prices will hereafter l made encept to fulfill existing contracts. CIIAS. CUMMIXBS, I'ltMLlirr. Gnis. 8. 1'xoCTT, Printer. TWBNTV-KOUKTIl VULUMU. TlllllU OV NKW 8KII1ES. BUSINESS CARDS. HII.I.IAHI) HAM-, CCTLKK'S 11L0CK,. . . . MAIN ST MIATTLKB0110. WIXJ.ST' Cl.LlBKIll SL1TB ill) WoOD ll.D TlOLK.', Vtltll TltK NKW 8TYLB ClVlllOS. XT No Bar KiMt... Closed luvnrlnMynt 10 r.M. J3I 3mZI W. L1LI.KV, I'KortusToa. V. W. HOIITO.V, M. II.. PHYSICIAN AND SUUGliON, No. 3 lllnlii V HiilMliiK. UllATTLEBOnO' IT. n. si, ruxKiiocsEn. it co jFoftoactiCughnti onun(B(on MERC II A NTS, 81 SECOND STUKET, MmVKEN OLtVK AND LOCVST, ST. LOUIS, 510. R. M. KLSKHOrtIH, W. A. MCK.KRM1X, It. t. 1UTTI.K, K. V. LAMB. H. M. I Sc CO.. n 111 n.tvanc on shipment to their earreijv.iiH.enU In New Orleans, New York, Ami lUmtoiu LOCK II ART IIAUHETT, Manufacturer of, ami Dealer In, GuiiMf PNtoU, Fowllns I'Icccm. Atumuiil- Kcialring done at short notico ou fiivonihlo Unn. Shop opposite the American House, ... BKATTLKliCJHO, YT music: music n The "ilrnttli'boro Comet IJiitnl" ere jircvartfil lo funiNh MUSIC on all occ.iIoih, if the latest mid most piular characu r. Adilrrss I. KWIS S. maaiN'9, Clcrl, wr CIIAS. C. ELLIS, Leader. Ilrntllclioro. Vl. Hi M. AYEUH, M. I)., Eclectic 1'Iij-mIcIiiii nttil Surcou. OVVIC E, No. li, EM.IUT STUKLT. Two Door Went of ... - KBYKHK IlOt'SK J. II. Sc V. II. KSTKRUUOOK, Mdimf.tcluars aiul Ik-uUtj hi Cmplrc Stntr. Victor, StftMvnrl unit Crnmrr VnIIy Cooli Sloven, Pnrlor nml llox Nloifi tin (I Hot Air Piinmec. AUu: rins, Cultlvutori", llaA HcniiHr, Churns, Iron Sink, llusslanml Jigllbh Stove l'liv,nitt all Umlsof buiwe Furnitur.', Japan and Common TUi-wure. iYo l Exchange ;oc;(....mtATTLi:no.io, 1. IIEUSTIS Sc 11UUXA1', HnrucMH, Triiiilt, ViiIImp Sc Col In r Mniiufnc iMrcm mill Cttrri:iKc TriniuitTi. Repalring Articles In the abo e business nunctually attemteJ to Main-St., OrrositB Amuhcan Horse, llllATrLKlHJKO, T. J. F. Hevstw. J. V. IUirur. A tt KXA N U Kit, II. PIKK, Manufacturer of 1Ii1111ih l'nlriu Ijrver Kiirm nml ClcyGatc nml Cloili UoariU lor IiieKiii And Dealer In Lum'HT, HUN of TIinlM-r, ChiplioanH, Slihiyles, A'C, manufactuml and furuNhetl to order. WIST WAUDSHOKO, T. hi C. CROSS, M. 1)., lMijicImi mill Siirxt ou, OrriCB SKAK J. CLARKd IHVQ ATOKR. Such Domestic MeiUclncs a I have proved valuat-le in my ira tlce ilurlnB the nt ten years In Uullfonl ttnd LeytUn, kept uu hand ami dhj-t'iiih.'U at lay oihee. I'urp Mutter for Viiccinutlou. dami:l kkki.ogg, Atloriiry nml Counsellor nt Iar, lKcmoud from Saxtou'ii KUtr to llrattlehoro, Yt. ZZT OlTlce over the Savings Dank. FLAGG Sc CROSliV, Attorne) h nml ConiinellorM at Lntr, W1LMINUT0N, T. 8. P. KLACQ. I. M. CROrtBT. JAMES V. CAKPKXTKK, Attorney Sc Cuuiiellor at Linr nml Solicitor In Cliuncery Baxton Hlver illage, Itucklnghara, Yt. CIIAS. X. IJAVEXrORT, Attorney Sc Conntellor at Lmv Sc Solicitor In Chaiicery, WILMINGTON, YT. ISRADIjEi Sc KELLOGG, AtlorneyM Sc Comirllor at Law Solicitor in Clinncer). Office opiwsile the Drdttkboro Hoiue, KUATTLKDOKO, T. 3. O. BHAULLT. OKO. D. KKLLUM. 11UTLER Sc KXOWLTON, AltorncyH mid Cotutitcllor-i nt Lair Office two doorj Wct of the IUuk. JAMAICA, AT. 3, R. ELTLIUt. D. L. XNOWLTUX. ESTEV Sc KATIIAN. jK-aki'J In all kind of Mnrblr. Granite, Slnlr. Sonn-Stonr, $cct Twodoon SouUi of the Dnd0-e, Maln-Bt,, D U ATI LK UOKO, T II. x. nix. Attorney Sc CounrlIornt Lnw mitl Solicitor n naiieery, WIIITINUIIAM CKNTKK, T. WOODCOCK Sc VINTON, l'nper Maiiiifacturcr-u JTT AH kinds of Printing VnH.r ma le to onh-r. Cafh paid rr VtUtc ana urowu iwgi. iti.Aiir.ituiu, i a. E. CROSHY Sc CO. Yt liolosale Dealers In Flour, G r n i n nml Produce No. 3 Wake' Muck, .... DRATTLLUOUO, VT. JOSEPH STEEN A. SON, looIM'HerM, PublUlicrM mid Stntlonem, Corner of Main and Ul,sh fctrcets, DltATTLKUOKO, VT. JOSLI I! 8TKLS. J. I HANK. ItTLKV. CIIAS. V. ICM.IS, Uooli-Illitili r Si HiaiiU Ilooli Slimurnrtiirrr, Ilrlck IJIock, three door, alxjre the American llouuo. UKAnl-KHOKO, VT. S. l'IKK, IlIFLK SIAKKIl & GUNSMITH, Will enicutc all ordrri in hi. line, eitlur fur MAKING Oil UK I'AIKINU, wlilch muy be viitru,ted to hi. care. All wurk HurranU'd to uivu hitlHraclloit. Shop on Blnjt-Strtct, 2 doori II tit of Cma -Strut l MlATTIXllOllO, VT. s. a. sionsrc ti co.'s UVKIIV faTAHLE, III llio rrnrof llio llrnttlrhoro House, Mux SrttUT, liltATTLUnOKO, VT. FAVKTTI3VIM.K IIOTKI., Y. tl. UNAVl', riioi'RifcTOB, Nmuuke, Vt. 3Tr The test accommodation, for Travelir. and VLltor.. Uootl BUUin connected nil!) the nourie. K. V, OKOSS, SI. I)., l'lij.iclnu mitl Siirxrou, QL'ILl'OllU CKNTItE, VT. WSI. S. HOUGHTON, Hnriic-H, TriiiiU mul Vnli.o Sltniufuclurcr, AND CAItUIAGi: THIMMi:it, I'UTNKV, VT. 1", SIMONDS, ' Manufactvirer and !KuU'r In I..uliua, ticnt., Miisen, ChlUtreui an'i noy. 1)ool, Sliora, fJnltrr. nml lluliljtn, Onioiite the lVt Offlce, Main Street,,... llKATTLKUOItO. J. V. HOI.TON, Ai.oll.ociirr "nil l)ru);al-l And Jealer In Patent Sle.lielnr., MAIN SSTlllXT llllA'lTI.KnOUO, VT. L. G. MEAD, ATTOItSIIY AND UOUNSlIIXOll ATI.AW.practlclus In the Court, of Vermont and New lUmoshlre. O-Aqikt or nn.L'J'A'.l i-ir Imuranci Company, n& A!.0, AH-ut to procure l'enitlon,, and Uountjr lAiid, Couioilio.iouer for the Hlate. of N.w York aud New Ilaiuo- T. II, l'KSSKNIJKN. a' km;uai. i.vsukanci; AGENCY Oillce VVlllUton'a Stone Uloclt. The luiMcrlber li. tin asency of the VT. MUTUAL Hut: l.NSUIlANt'i;Cl)ll'ANV, xllhaUol.ltal ncenlinK $1.300.. tXV...A,"'.tl"!B1'lllN""KUnilliANDllAll!NKINSUIU ANCt tUMI'AN V,ituck) tilth a Capital of tl60.(K( Si a lurse uriilmi und the UIMVAV illtK I.MiUHANUK tX)MfANV, (.lock) with a Capital of loo duo. II. 1. alio pnnnrttl tj cf. feet liuurauc.', If dralred, In the .17TNA l.NSUHANUJi COM. l'ANV, Ilarlfonl, aivl Al I.A.N II U JTlltK AND MAIIINKCO., rrovidence. IVraon. vUhluir to lumro on nroiiertr will do well to call on liiin before cnectlmr the .auie. Inauranceon UHIS may alio be effected with him In the NATIONAL Mt'K INM'IUNCK COMI'ANV, 'or an term and to any amount notexa-vJlDirflU.UOOutonerlsk. y, H. fKKNP:N. DruUkHiuro, JuUUaty Otli, 1357- VOL.. XXIV. POETRY. Til M SVC A MORES. CT J 0)1S 0. wniTTIRR. In the ouUkliU of the filiate, Ou the river' winding shores, Stand the Occllental plane-tree, St und the aiu lent pjrauioruA. One long century hath been numbered, And Another half-way told, felnce the runtl lrloh glwuian Droko fur them the virgin mold. Deftly ret to Celtic muxlc, At hU violin's sound they grew, Through the moonlit eies of rummer, Making Anifhlon's fnhlo true. UUe again, Ihou poor Hugh Talent! 1'sjts In jerkin green along, VVltli thy eyjs hrlui full of laughter, And thy mouth as lull of song. I'loneerof Krin'n outcasti, With his fl Idle and bis pack; Little dreanml tin vlllagn Saona Of the m) rUds at his back. llovr he wronht mIHi cpadu and flddlc, Ivlrud L tliy, and sang by ithjht, With a hand tlmt uwvr wearied, And a heatt forcitr Ugtit. Still the (ty traiUlon inlnglM With a record g ravo and drear, Like tho rollick air of Cluny, With thu solemn march of Mear. When the llovtrcr. whlto with blosioms, Made the street May woodland glad, And the Aronli by the rlvvr Lighted up the swannliig thai. And the bulging itits srpt thoretrard, With thrlrhilrrr-ti leil haul, MlJ't th shoiiti of drlpplnj timbers, Ho was urnlft of tbein all. When, nmonn the Jovltl hukurf, Ive stole In at Lilror's side, With the huty tlrs of Knland, Soft hi L'ultle tt easurrs vied. Song of loto and walling Ikt-wike( Aud tho niwrry filr's carotivj Of the Ked Vox of Krlu, And the woman of Three Cows. By the blaiiug hearths of Winter, l'lcopaat recmed bis simple taUtc, Midst the grimmer YorMilre legends, And the mountain ui) tin of Wales. How the ml In Purgatory Scrambled up from fate forlorn, Ou St. Kevin's saekeloth ladder Sljly hitched to .Satan's horn. Of the fiddhr, uho, In Tara, Hi)eJ all uljlit to ghost of kings ; Of the brown duarf. and the fables, D-inlng In thttr moorland rlo, ! JolUef tcf our blrdi of slng'ng, lVt he loved the Hob o-llnk. ' Hush' he'd ), lho tipsy Mrloi ! "Hear the llttlo frlks In drluk " Merry-faeed, with spade and B ldlo, Kin Ring thro the ancient town, Only thN, ff j-oor Hugh Tslvnt, Hath Tradition handeI down. Not a tom bit grave difclobc-1 J Httt, If jet hi spirit walks, TJ beiirth the tm he planted, And nhen lk.b-o-Lincoln talks! Urevii meiuorlsls of the gleeutin! Linking still tho river thorvs, With their shadous cast by sun-set, HUnd Hugh Talent's sycamores! When the Father of hi Country, Thro thi north-lund riding came, And the roofs were starred with banner, And tho stee ph-4 rang acclaim When each war-scanvd Continental, Iioaving smithy, mill, and farm, Watvd his ni'trd sword In welcome, And shot off Ids eld King's-arm filoly pasxci that august Presence, Down the thronged and shouting street; Village girts, ns white as angels, Fcattetlug lloffirs around Ids feet. Midway, where tho plane-tree's shadow Deepest fell, hi rein he drew ; On his sUto'y bead, ur.covered. Cool aud soft the vuit Mind blew. And bo stood up In bis stirrups, Looking up, and looking down, On the hills of Uold and silver, Himmlng n. und the little town- On the river, full of sunshine, To th lap of Keenest valrs, Winding down from wooded headlands, WUlowtkirtcd, white ulth sails. And he srtlJ, the landscape sweeping Slowly nlth bU uuglovej hand, 'I bate s-eu no piospect fairer In thii goodly Intern land," Then the bughs of his escort Stirred to life the cuvalcado ; And that head, so bare and stately, Vanished dow u the di ptlis of shade. r slnee, In town and fann-bou-te, Life hnth bad Its ebb and tlow ; Thrice hath parted the human bar ret To Its garner, green aud low, But tho trees the gleeman planted, Thro tho chauire. cbangulru stand J As the ni Artie calm of Tadmor Mmks tho d-ert'4 shifting saud. Still the level moon, nt lislng, Silver's n'cr tach htatily shaft Etlll beneath theui, half In shadow, f loglrg, gUdcs the ple&surocraft. Still lie n eat h them, arm-enfolded, I) re and Youth together stray ; hlle, iu heart to heart beats faster, More and more their foet delay. Wheie the uuctent cobbler, Keesar, On the ojieu hlll-flJe wrought, Singing, as he drew his stttcbes, Holies bis Cerman master taught rMoging, with hU grey hair floating Itouml his rosy. ampW faco ; Now a thouand Saxon craftsmen Stitch aud hammer la bU place. AH the piutoral lanes, so grassy, Now a:e Traffic's dusty streets ; From the llbge, grown a city, 'at tho rural grace retreats. Dut, still green, and tall, and itatety, On the river's winding shores, Stand the Occidental plane-trees, Stand Hugh Taluut'a sycamores I National Era. MISCELLANY. JJAYAIU) TAYLOR. IN NORTH ERN TCUROPH. Stockholm, und it. AapecU. CorrciiKindence of the Ncw.VorV Tribune, Stockholm, Mny 1, 1857, Tho .Swedes ar" proud uf Soltkliolm, and ju.t y so. No Kiirnprnn cnpil.il, ext-t'pt Cimsianti. noplt!, can hu.tst melt pifluiTwpto beauty of posi tion, and notiu tvliMcvvr nflbrdi to gteat a ranuti of iliifiiiin jet vvor-loTcly aspects. Traveler arc foml ot'utlliii" i, in iho iinitativo nomoncla ture of commonplace, Iho ' Venice of the Nortli" but it i no Venice. It is nut that swan uftlic Adriatic, Binging her OcalU-.oii,' in the purple junsct, but a Northern eaglet, nestcil on the islands anil rocky shores of (he pa'.e-arecn Malar Lake. Tho Slarf, or city proper, occupies three iil.ind, which lie in the tnuulli til" llio narrow sirait, by which the w.itctsol'tho lake, after hav ing come a Inindtiil nnlcs from thu wisiw.tnl, nn I waihed in llirir vnursn the thoivs of lliiltt'cn hundtetl ijIarnN, pour lhcmi'lvi' iut" the otilrr archipelajjn uhii li is cl.iiincil by the IldltL- Su.t. Ou tho largest ol'lhcu l.-lamU, ncroulin to tra dition, Ague, King of Sweden, wat str.inaleil with his own golden chain hy the Finnish nriiifw Skiolfn, whom ho had taken prisoner. Thu wn sitteen hundreil vc irs ngn, and a IIhiiis tcid years later linger Jarf, on thu s.nuu spit, built "If slronghnlil which w.u thu seed oul uf which Sto. k. ho'm has grown. This island and tho adjoining HMnrhnlin, nr Island of tho Knights, contain all thu ancient his toric landmarks of thu city, and nearly nil of its nuiet lemaikablo buildings. Thu towers of the Slorkyrkan ami tho lliddarhulm's Church lift tliemselvct high into thu air: tliud.uk red mass of the JtitUhriin, or House of Nobles, and tho uliite turrets and quadrangles of the pcuiicntiary are conspicuous among thu old white, tile-roofed blocks of houies; while, riiing abjte t'ic whole, the must prominent object in every vietvol Stock holm, is the .Slot, or Hoyal l'alace. This is one of the nohlrslroy.il residences in Kurnpo. Stand ing on nn iminen-.e basement terrace of granite, it, fraud quadrangle of between three and four hundred foot square, with wings (rcscmblim;, iu general tloign, the I'itti l'r.lace at Florence,) is elevated (piilc abote llio reit of tho city, which it crowm as with a mural diadem. The chisto and simple majesty of this edifice, and its admi rable proportion., are a perpetual gratification to thu etc, which is always drawn to it, as a cen tral point, and thereby prevented from dwelling on whatever inharmonious or unsightly features ihere mav be in the general view. Splendid bridges of granite conned the island with 1 lie northern and i-outhcrti suburbs, each of which is much greater iu extent than the city proper. Thu l'alace fronts directly uioii the S'unlin, or Noi them llridge, the great thorough fare of Stockholm,-which lead to the Square of Uustavus AdolpliU'', (Linked on either side by thu uilaeeol the Crown l'linccnud the Op 'ra House. 1'hc northern suhutb is the fashionable quarter, containing all thu newot streets and the hand some private residences. Tho ground riset gradually from the water, and as very liltle at tention is paid to grading, the sheets follow thu undulations of thu low lulls oter which they spread, ri. ng to tho Miiidnullsou thaouierheighis and unking into the hollows between. The KNithcrn suburb, however, is a smglu long hill, up tho kteep side of which the bouses climb, row after row, unlil they reach tho Church of St. Catbrine, which ciowns thu very summit. In front of ihccily (that is eastward, aud toward the llallie,) he two oilier island?, connected by bridges with the northern suburli. Slill beyou-l is the Djurgaid, or Dcer l'ark, a singularly pic turcsnuo island, nearly the whole of which is oc cupied by a public park, and the summer villas ortliu wealthy Mm kliolmers. ltaiiitur.il advan tages are superior to thou of any other i.uk in Kurope. Kten now, when there is scarcely a sign of Spring, in cliff of gray rock, its rollins lawns ofbronu grass and its cnerable o.ik, with their iron trunks and .-narled, contorted IioujIk, with blue glimpses of ire-free water on all side., attract hundreds of visitors daily. My SnedMi friends all say : "You should sec "Sti'ckholm in Summer I You have passed the "worst part of the whole yu.tr anion us, and you "now leave, just when our line days begin !'' I need no nssuransu, however, of the Summer charm of thu place. In those Ions, t-oldcn even ing,, which give place lo nn unfading twilight, when tho birch i a if twork orsitver and green, and the meadows are sown with the bright wild llowers of the north, thrsu labyrinths of hnd and water must bo truly cn'.hanliug, Iiut were tho gloris of thu Northern Summer increased (en fold, I could not live where Biicha prito be paid for them. Until within the past ten days the weather has licen of tint kind whic'i aggratates one to thcl'issofall pitiencc. Dull, raw, iloudy skies, an air which jieuotrates, unnercs ami de presses, mud under foot, alternating with Mushy snow in short everything that is distgreeablts in Winter, without its brisk and bracing quali ties. I bate been in a state of hcmi-siekiit-kslhc greater part of the time, and aller finishing the record of my I.apland journey, have fell neith er the inclination nor the ability to eivo vou mv imprcs-ioin of Stockholm, until the unfriendly season wasoter. A traveler cannot be too care ful, lest hu color his judgment with thu hue of sensatiors which spring entirely from some pe culiar mood of mi ml or condition of body. A I shall also return to Stockholm after visiting Nor way this Summer, there is much which I shall leave unsaid until that time, contenting myself, at present, with noting what is most peculiar in the external appearance of tho city and in its so cial life. The street of Stockholm are, witli but two or three exceptions, narrow and badly paved. Tho municipal regulations in regard to them appear to bu sadly deficient. Thoy aro quite as filthy us those of Now York, and you will therefore have some idea of their horrid condition. A few trot toira have been recently introduced, but even iu tho Drottiunggatan, the principal street, they niu barely wide enough for two persons to walk abreast, Tho pavements arc rough, slippery, and dangerous both to inm and beast. I luc no doubt that the great number of cripples in Stockholm is owing to this cause. On the other hand, the houses are models of solidity and .la bility. They are all of stone, or brick stuccoed over, with staircase of stone or iron, wood Ic ing prob bited by law, and roofs of copper, slate or tilcs. In fact the Swedes have singularly lux urious ideas concerning roofs, spending much more money upon them, proportionately, than on the hiiuso itself. You even see wooden shanties with copper loufs, got up regardless of expense. Tho houses aru well lighted (which isquito ncc twarv in the dark streets,) and supplied with double windows against thu cold. The air-tight HussHii stovo is universal. It has the advantago of keeping up sullicicnt warmth with n very small supply of fuel, but at the expense of ven tilation. I find nuthing yet equal to the old fashioned fire-place In thi respect, though 1 must confess I prefer the Ilu'Man stovo to our hot-air furnaces. Uarficis aro very commw in Sweden, in the houses of the poor as well as tho rich, and thin thu dwellings have an air of warmth and comfjri which is not Ibund in Germany and oth er pans of the Continent. The arrangements lor sleeping and washing aro tolerable, though scanty, as compared with England, but thu great cleanliness of Swedish huusci make amends for many deficiencies. The manner ofliiing here, nevertheless:, is not cry agreeable to the stranger. There is no hole, except Kalin's where uno can obtain both bed and meals. Thu practice is to hiru looms, generally' willi the iirivile"o ofhavinc your eoll'eo in tho morning, and to get your meals nt a restaurant, of which there are many, cueap anu not parueuiariy goon, j-.v en Davison', tho best and most fashionable, b.n but an ordinary cuisine. Knnnu are quito dear particularly, at piescnt, when thu Diot is in sesMun anil the city ciowded with country visi iui. -aim me inclusive expenses' oi living aru equal to Herliu and greater linn in Ruis. I find that it coit just about as much to bo stationary here, as to travel with post horses in tho North ern provinces. The bwedes genorally have a cup oi coiieo on gelling out ot bed, or before, a substantial breakfast at 'J or 10, dinner at 3,and tea iu the evening. The wealthier families dinu an hour or two later, but thu crowds at the res taurants indicate thn nriivailinr, time. Dlnnnr. and frequently breakfast, is prefaced" with a tmorynas (butter goose,) consistingof anchovies, pickled herring., cheoso and brandy. Soup, wnieii is generally sweet, como3 In the middle and sometimes at the end of dinner, and the un iversal dessert la preserved fruit covered with whipped cream. I have had occasion to notice the fondness of tho Swedes for sugar, which BRATTLEBORO, YT.: AUG. some persons seem to npp'y tonhnostuvery dish, except fish and oysters. 1 have often seen thorn sea-on crab toup with powdered sugar. A fa vorite dish is raw salmon, very slightly salted a great delicacy, they say, but Flnvc not jet been hungry enough In eat it. Meat, which' is a'l'indant, i rarely properly cooked, and game, of which Swiden has n great variety, is injured by being swamped in sauces, lie must bo very fastidious, hnwetur, who cannot live nasablv veil iu Stockholm, especially if he has frequent ' invitations to dinu with private families, many of' wiioutiiavo very excellent cooks. As it people thu Swodes are very hospitable, and particularly so toward foreigners. There is perliapH no country in Kuropo where travelers arc treated with so much kindness and allowed so many social privileges. This is fortunate, as tho conventionalities of the country aro moru rigid than thu laws of tho Medes and Persians Nothing excites greater scandal than an infrac tion of tho numberless liltle formalities with which ll.u descendants of tho honest, spontane ous, impulsive old Scandinavians havp, somehow or oilier, allowed themselves to bu fettered, and were not all possible allowance made for the si ranger, hu would have but a dismal time of it. Notwithstanding thesu habits have become a sec ond nature, they are still a false nature, aud give a na'tifnlly stiff" and constrained air to society Tbo Swedes pride themselves on being the poli test pcOilu in Kurope. Voltaire called them the "Frenchmen of the North," and they aru great ly Mattered by the epithet. Hut how much bet ter, to call themselves Smtlcft to preserve the fine, manly characteristics of their ancient stock rather than imitate n people so alien to them iu blood, in character and in antecedents. Those meaningless social courtesies which sit well enough upon the gay, volatile, mercurial French man, seem absurd air-nations when practiced by the tall, grave, sedate Scandinavian. The intelligent Swedes feel this, but they are iow erlcss to mako headway against the influence of a Court which was wholly French, oven before IlHruadottc's time. "We arc a race uf apes," said one of them to me bitterly. Gustavus III. was wholly French in his tastes, but tho ruin of Swedish nationality in Stockholm was already rommenccd when ho nteended the throne. Stockholm manners, at present, are a carious mixture of English and French, the latter cle ment, of course, being predominant. In cos tume, the gentlemen arc English, with exagger ation. Nowhere aro lo lie seen such enurmous ly tall and stiir, black chiinnoy-pots (misnamed hats,) nowhere such straight-cut overcoat, de scending to the very heels. You might stick all the men you sec into paste' oard cards, like a row of pins, so precisely aro they clothed upon tho same model. Hut when vou meet ono of these glim, funeral figures, ho pulls off hit bat with a politeness which is more than French ; he keeps it off, perhaps, whilo be is spoaking ; vou shake hands and accept bis invitation lo en ter bis house. After ) on are within ho greets you a fecund lime with thu same ceremonies, as if you had then first met ; ho says, "7ak for tist!" (equivalent to: "thank you for the pleas ure of your company the last time we met!") and, after your visit is over, you part with equal formality Al dinner the guests stand gravely around the taMe with claqied hand, before sit ting down. This is repeated on rising, afler which they bow lo each other and shake hands with the host and hostess. Formoily they used to say "I thank you fur the meal," a'custom still retained in Denmark and Norway. Not lung ago the guests wcru obliged to make a subse quent visit of ceremony lo thank the host for his enlei i.tlniiielil, nutl lie n, utilti-utl lu invito ihcm all to a second dinner, in consequence thereof; si that giving oue dinner alwavs in volved giving two. Fortunately the obligition was canceled by the second, or the visits aud dinners might havo gone on alternately, at infi nitum At dbv.ers and evening partios, white gloves and while cravn's am invariably worn, atid gen erally white vests. Tho same custom is observ ed at funerals, even the drivers of the hearse." and carnages being furnished with resplendent wiuie giovu ior tne occasion, t nave a notror of white cravats, and take advantage of the trav eler privilege to wear a lilack one. 1 never could understand why, in England, where the boundanc of easle arc so distinctly marked, a gentleman's full dress should be his servant's liv ery. The chimney-puts aro no protection to the head in raw or very cold weather, and it has re- imred no little courage in mo to nnncar in fur r felt. For a week or two the curious, suriiris- eu, scrutinizing ioiiks oi ine inuiiiiuuu were rant er annoying, but they seem at I ist to havo set it down as an incuinble eccentricity. "I wish I could wear such a comfortable hat," said a Swede to me; "but I dnre not ; you are a traveler and it is permitted, hut a Swede would lose bis po-i lion in society if he were to do so." Ano'hei gentleman i iformud me that his own sister nt fused to appear in the streets with him becaus. he wore a cap. A former English Consul great ly yhoeked the people by carrying homo his owi maiketing A few gentlemen liave inilepeut!ene( enough to set aside, in their own house, some n the more iliagreealile features of this conven tioualism, and tho success of two or three, who have held weekly soirees through the Winter on a more freo and unrestrained plan, may in the end restore somewhat of naturalness and spon taneity to tho society of Sto klio'm. Tho continual taking on" of your hat to every body yon know, is a groat annoyance to iho Eng. li-h. A lift nf the fiat, as in Germany, is not sufficient. You must romove it entirely, and hohl it in tho air a second or two, before you re place it King Oscar once naid to an acquain tance of mine, who was commiserating him for being obliged to keep his hat olf, the whole length of the Drottning-jatan, in a violent anuw slorm ; "You aro quito right ; it was exceeding ly diagreeabl., and I could not belli wishing that instead of being King of Sweden, 1 wefje King of Thibet, where, according lo litre, tho polite salutation is simply to sticn out your tonguo." Tho consideration extended lo for eigners is, I am toltl, quito withdrawn after limy become residents ; so that, at an Englishman in foimed me, Stockholm is much more pleasant Iho first year than tho second. Tho principle, on tho whole, i about the samo which govorns English, and most American society, only in Sweden its tyranny is more severely felt on ac count of the French imitations which havo been engrafted upon it. Speaking of King Oscar reminds mo that I should not fail to say a woid in favor of this lib oral am! enlightened monarch, Th-ro is proba bly no King in Kurope at present, who possesses such extensive acquirements, or is animated by a more gonuino tlcsiro for tho good of his king dom The slow progress which Sweden lias mado in introducing needful reforms is owing to thn conservative spirit of the nobility and tho priesthood, who possess half tho legislative pow er. I do not beiievo thero is a greater enemy to Progress than nn established Church. Oscar is deservedly1 popular throughout Sweden, and I wish I could beiievo that Ins successor will ex hibit equal intelligence and liberality. I havo scan all the mcmbors of thu Hoyal Family fre quently, and unco had an informal self-presentation to tho whole of them. I wat descending the stairway of Ivahn's Hotel ono afternoon, when a tall, black-boarded, 1'reneliy gentleman coming up, brushed so close to me in tho narrow passago that ho received tbo full benefit of a eloud of smoke which I was ejaculating. It was the Crown Piineo, as a servant whispered to me, but as my cigar was a genuino Havana and ho is raid to bo a connoisseur of the article, thore was no nnrm tiono. As 1 reached tbo street od gracefully in answor to my greeting. Tho Princess Eugenia, a lady of 27 or thereabouts, uoor a dragoon dished up, preceding thu car riages containing tho Hoyal Family, who were coming to viowi Prof. Ensler's panoramas. First, tho Crown Princess, withbarchildren: .ho bow- 1, 1S57. wills a thoroughly cheerful and amiable fae'e, came noxl and nodded, smiling. With her was tho Queen, a daughter of Eugcno Il.'auh.ttniis, a handsome woman for her yens, with tho dark hair and eyes of hor grandmother, Josephine. King Oscar followed, at thu head of a company of officers and nobles, among whom was his sec ond son, Prince Oscar, tho handsomest young man in Stockholm, lie wore his Admiral's uni form, and made me a naval salute as ho passed. I ho King is about medium bight, with a sym metrical head, a bold, finely-cut nose, keen, in telligent eyes, nml a heavy gray mustache. There was something gallant, dashing and man ly in his air, despite his 57 years. lie gno me the Impression of an honest, energetic and thor oughly accomplished man, whereas the face of the (Jrown I'unca, though goou-nntureu, seetneu to me weak and irresolute. Prince Oscar, I should say, possesses all his father", talent, and I could not help wishing that the order of his birth had been otherwise. I asked for permis sion to visit the King the other day, but lie is at present too ill to receive any one. Ho sent me, however, a very kind message, through llaron I.agcrhcim and Mr Schrocder After speaking of tbo manner of Stockholm, I must not close this letter without saying a few words aliout its morals. It has been called the most licentious city in Europe, and, I have no doubt, wilh the most perfect justice. Vienna mty surpass it in tho amount of conjugal infidel ity, but certainly not in general incontinence. ery nearly half the registered births ate ille gitimate, to say nothing of the illegitimate chil dren born in wedlock. Of the servant-girls, shop-girls ami seamstresses in the city, it is very safu In say that scarcely ono out of a hundred is chaste, while, ns rakish young Swedes have cool ly informed me, a large proportion of girl of ifspect.'iblu parentage, belonging to tho middlu class, arc not much belter. Tho men, of course, arc much worse than thu women, and even in Paris ono sees fewer physical signs of excessive debauchery. Here, the number of broken down young men, and blear-eyed hoary sinners, is as tonis ling. I havo never been in any place where licentiousness was so opened and avowed and yet, wliero the slang of a sham morality was so prevalent. Thero are no houses of prostitution in Stockholm, and the city would be scandalized at the idea of allowing such a thing. A few years ago two were established, and tho fact was nn sooner known than n virtuous mob arose and violently pulled them down I At the restaurants, voung blades order their dinner of the female waiters, with an arm around t'leir waists, while tho old men place their hands unblmhingly upon their bosom.. All tho baths in Stockholm are attended by women (generally iniddle-agod and hideous, I must confew,) who perforin the usual scrubbing and shampooing with the greatest nun chalence. One does not wonder when he is toltl of young men who have passed safely through the ordeals of llerlin and Pari, and fiavc come at la-t In Stockholm to bu ruined. This, the most vital of all the social problems, is strangely neglected. The diseases and exces ses which it engender are far muro devastating than those which spring from any other vice, and yet no philanthropist is hold enough to look the question iu the face. The virtuous shrink from it, the vicious don't care about it, the.godly sim ply condemn, aud tho ungodly indulge and so the world goes on, and hundreds of thousands go down annually to titter ruin. Which is best, a city like Stockholm, where Prostitution is pro hibited, or New York, where it is tacitly allow cd, or Hamburg, where il is legalized? Let some one with more time anil more ethical abil ity, niuwer; my tiuslness here is simply to make statements. It is but fair lo say that the Swedes account for tho largo projxirlinn of illegitimate births, by stating that many unfortunate females come up from the country tn hide their shame in the cap ital, which is no doubt true. Evert, thing that I havo said has been derived ft out residents ot Stockholm, who, proud as tdiey are and sensitive, cannot conceal this glaring depravity. Tho pop ulation of Stockholm, as is proved ' by statistics, has only been increased during thu last fifty years hy immigration from the country, thu number of Heaths among the inhabitants exceeding thu births by several hundred every year. I was once speaking with a Swede about these facts, which he seemed inclined lo doubt. "Iiut," said I, "they are derived from your own statistics." "Well," bu answered, Willi a naive attempt lo finl somo compensating good, "you must at least admit that thu Swedish ttati.lics are as exact as any in llio world!" l)runkcnness is a leading vice among the Swedes, a we havo daily evidenco here. Six years ago the consumption of brandy throughout the kingdom was nine gatlont fur every man, woman-aud child annually ; but it has decreased con-iderably since then, mainly through the man ufacture of leer and porter. "Dujertkl ol.'C (Bavarian hear) is now to bo had everywhere, and is rapidly becoming the favorilo drink of the people. Sweden and the United Stales are fast proving thu fact that Lager Deer is more effica cious in preventing Intemperance than any amount of Prohibitory Law. Hrandy-drinking is still, nevertheless, one of the gieatesl euiscs of Sweden. It is no unusual tiling to sec boys ot twelve or louneen taKo their glass ol liery ym Ul before dinner. Tim celebrated Swedish punch, made of arrack, wine and sugar, is a un iversal evening drink, and one of the most in sidious ever invented, despite its agreeable fla vor. Thero is a movement in favor of Total Abstinence, but it seems tu have made but little progress, except ns it is connected with some of the new religious ideas, which aro now preached throughout the country. The Gotht Canal is at last open, and I shall leave in a few days for Germany and England, before visiting Norway. I havo much more to say of Stockholm aud its life, but I shall be here again for a week or two next October. My present stay of two months and a half has been devoted principally to studying Swedish, and at tending the gymnasium of Prof. Branting, the succcasur nf Ling concerning all which I alia 11 have sopicthing to say. n. T. TROUBLES IN A PRINTING OFFICE. , jiv r. k. n. Tho printer's c'ork stood leaning against his desk iu the counting-room, oue hand supporting an aching head, and tho other grasping a par cel of unpaid bills. His reflections weru any thing but pleasant, as ho thus paused, after a long and weary task in turning over tho leaves of his ledger tu nsccitain which ones among the thousand and one names found therein, whose accounts ought to be paid, and llioso ho thought most likely to pay their bills mado out and pre sented. Now the matter of makingout and pre senting bills was a rather particular kind of bus iness, aud no onu know it better than the afore mentioned clerk, for hadn't he presented bills to those who took offence and withdrew their pat jonago? and didn't an instanco of this descrip tion happen only Ibe day before, when Jones wouldn't tako tho paperany longer because ihey demanded their pay quarterly in advance! and didn't Smith give him a regular 'blowinp up, in a wholo sheet of fools-cap, because a lull was sent to him byinistako? Mislakos will soino times happen, ovon among printers. The bills already made out weru quito numerous, and tho sum total of tho various amounts claimed by them would moru than cancel all llio demands then pressing upon tho ollico. Hut let us reveal liia thoughts as hu again resumed tho task of counting up the accounts to bo paid nut, 'Let me sec to-day is Friday, and to-morrow ends thn week, and with it comes a task as usu al, on Saturday, of paying oil tbo hands. Bill wants eleven dollars, Jim seven, Charley fifteen, Dan five, Tom twenty, and four apprentices thrco dollars apieco. That will require seventy dollars. The papor-makcr, Cotton, Hagg & Co., twonty-fiye, Pulp & Sheet thirty; that makes No. 31. fifty-five dollars more, and ono hundred and twenty-five dollars In all, that mutt bo paid to morrow night, and only firo dollars and ten rents in tho drawer now. Hut stop, hero Is. a bill of ten dollars mure for gas. That must pa paid up. surc-r-it has been due some time. Opu hundred and thirty-five dollars, and only fivo to start on. 1' His countcnanco wore a troubled look as he paced up and down the floor, studying a diffi cult problem whero to get thu money. A hap py thought struck him, as lie again referred, to the job order book, and found charged thereon the sum of fifty dollars, duo that very day, from aii extensive wholesale firm in Pinchville, Nolo paper, pen and ink wore immediately brought into requisition, and the following 'dun' made out and dispatched to tho post-office : Messrs. Hich & Slew: Enclosed please find hills for fifty dollars, which you will obligo us much by romitling im mediately. Yours, Jamks Needy. This done, the cleik again looked over tho parcel of bills which ho bad previously laid asidu for more weighty consideration, and soliloquized as follows I 'Heru is a bill of twenty dollars against Scale,' Weight & Co., Grocers, that must be paid with out fail lias been duo two weeks. Delaine k Price, also, owe us this bill for twenty more Wu advertised ibeir dry goods for six months and no pay yct Hide & Felt, leather dealers, ten more, long since due. Mason & Son, plas terers, owo five dollars for advertising 'hair for sale.' Shoemaker &i Co.. eight dollars, Stc.' Being satisfied that tho bills contained no er rors, he started out of the office to collect. Hallo, Weight, pay this bill only twenty dollars been due two weeks must have mon ey very much in need bands to pay olT to morrow, and nearly two hundred and fifty dol lars yet lo raise.' eight listened very attentively until the clerk paused, then with a smile replied : , no tunus in to-tiay, pay io-morrow.-Aflcr the clerk had passed on with rather a downcast look, ho muttered to himself 'pay when I get ready,' Clerk then entered the splendid store of De laine & Price. Proprietors not iu thu clerks knew nothing about the justness of the bill; think, however, it is too high. The disheartened clerk waits fully thirty min utes, but nn proprietors come. He leaves with a troubled look and quick nervous step. Hide i Pelt comes next on this programme. 'Good morning, Mr. Hide pay this bill of ten uonars you agreed to pay to-day you know.' Yes, I recollect now, but really I had quile forgotten it, and have no money by me now. I will call in this evening, however, andsettlo up.' Clerk knew this to be a mere expression of language, and passcil on moru puzzled than ev er. Mason, the plasterer, however, hailed him from the third story of a now block across the way, antl offered b'im three dollars on his bill, if he would just step up there. Of course the clerk almost flew up to leceive the three dollar note. It was his first receipt since leaving the office, so bu continued on down tho street. 'Pay this bill, was repeated perhaps fifty times wilh refusals, smiles, frowns, curses, &c, ho finally returned to his counting-room, but with a much slower step than when he pas.-ud out. Poor luck, indeed. Twcnty-tivo dollars and no more, was all he could rai-e. Upon his re turn, howovor, be Ibund a number of subscri bers waiting to settle their bill. One forks ov cr without any comments. Another grumbles uvcausa ins paper noes not come regular. Clerk apologizes and thinks Uncle Sam mostly lo blame for this. Mr. Twist said a dunning letter had been mailed in his paper when be had paid in advance, and if thev could not do l.mi. ness better than that, they might keep the mon ey anil paper too. Mr. Small of Smalltown, sam no uiu not agree lo pay until tho end of the year, anil he would thank them not to tlun hiui unlil the year was up, but if they would throw offa fair per cent., be would pay down. Boy cnte-s with letters from tho postoflice. Subscribers will all leave except one inquisi tive Yankee, who bcthcred tho clerk with unim portant questions for nearly an hour. Letter opened somu contained small amounts of mon ey, somo on private business without paying pos tage and ono enclosing twemy-five cents, re questing them to send tho paper as long as the mitiicy lasted. 'Only forty dollars yet,' repeated the clerk, a ho finished counting trio contents of his bills. 'Hut here comes a man with a fat job, or I'm no son oi a propuet. 'Do a job of printmg right off! Two sheet imsler for the Warbling Minstrels wanted on this very night to send off to Play-.-ir-vill by the cigiit o ciock express 'O yes, certainly,' replied tho clerk. Tho printing was dune, and a bill of twentv dollars made out. During the absence of the clerk, the posters posted ofT under tho arm ol the agent, and no bill paid eilher. Three davt liter iho clerk saw this man and politely asked him to 'pay this bill.' The man know "nothing about it, and of course paid no such bill. Twenty-one dollars gono on one job 1 Saturday arrived and the toor clerk was sad ly distressed, as not more than half tho amount ot tho required money had been received. Messrs. Rich &Slow replied they would pay soon, but could not that day. The gas man came in with a pitiful face, and said: Pay this bill ' 'Cannot pay you to-day ; it is impossible. Como in on Monday." 'Impossible I' repeated the man of gas ; 'it must be paid to-day, or ' 'Or what,' demanded the clerk, a liltlo riled. 'We'll stop your supply of gas.' 'Don't do that, for God's sake. Here is tho amount of) our bill.' Evening came, and tho poor printers had to go homo with onlv a portion of their earnings, niiuuugu tinny ttouar were uurruweu ut cua ver & Co., the bankers. MonAL. No ono should hesitate lo pay the printer his tint s. No class of men work harder, or more dilligcntly,nnd to withhold it when duo, is a sin of which no honest man should bo guil ty. Toledo Blade, HORSE RESENTMENT. We seldom met wilh anything which so ex actly tallied with our own experience, as the following passage from tho now novel of "Laven gro," by Geo. Harrow : And it came to pass that, as I was standing by tho door of tho barrack stable, ono of the grooms came out to 1110, saying, "I say, j oung gentleman, I wish you would give tho cob a breathing this fine morning," "Why do you wish me to mount him V" said 1 ; "you know ho is dangerous. I saw him fl ng you i(T his back, only a few days ago." "Why, that's thu very lliing, roaster. I'd rathor fee anybody on hit back than myself; ho dues not hko mo ; but to them ho docs, he can bo ns gentle as a lamb." "But suppose," said I, "that ho should not like mo ?" "Wo shall soon so that, master," said tho gruom; "and if so be ho shows temper,! will bo the first to toll you to get down. Hut there's no fear of that; you havo never angered or in sulted him, and to such as you, I say again, he'll bo as gentle as a lamb." "And how came you to insult him," said I "knowing his temper as you do." "Merely through forgetfulness, master. I was riding him about a month ago, and Laving a stick in my hand, I struck him, thinking I was on another horse, or rather thinking of nothing at all. Ho has never forgiven mo, though be- AD.VEKTISEMENTS. Fon one squ.rc of 12 lines or leu nonpareil type, (tho eni. Ion ,Ue tud,) tlireo Insertion, til for ech sutitcqifn Krtlon SO cents. The number of InHrtlon. mint Iw ma- ' on .11 mlrcrtbicmenU cr thej will bo continual until ordered out. Contracts will be made lth ndnrlltcrt by the col umn or fractional rrtl thereof, at liberal rale.. Trnr in advertising to bo paid In advance, Yo all Itobate advertisement., execj tin- notice, of applies Hons to sill real estate, $1.60 each for tbreo ni.rtlons. roiTACti Tits VtavosT rinzjix Is sent Into nil the tov . ..f Windham Countr free or pojtafe. To any part of ttih t t out of Ihl. County, for 13 cents per year) elsewhere 29 e- n i nr year payment. In aU ca.es tn be made quarterly .11 ' Mroncc. ftmi that time he was tho only friend I lintl In the world -K I should liko to see you on h in, master." "I should soon bo ofT him ; I can't ride." "Then you are all right, master'; there's 11 fear. J rust him for not hurting a young gen tleman, an officer's son, who can't ride. If a 011 were a blackguard Jdragoon. ind'cd, with I'-ii spurs, 'tworu another lliing ; as it is, ho'll ti .t you as if he wcro Iho elder brother that loves you. Hidol he'll soon teach you to ride, if toj Icavo the matter with him. He's tho hestjridiua master in all Iruland, and tin gentlest." Tho cob was led forth. "There," said 'ho poom, as he looked at him, half admirinilv, bair sorrowfully, "with sixteen stone on his b i.-fc. ho II trot fuuiteen miles in ono hour ; avith vmii nine stnne, somo two-and a half moro: ny.'uinl clcara six-foot wall at tbo end of it." "I'm half afraid," said I ; "I had rather ou would ride hint." "I'd rathor so, too, if ho would let mo; but ho remembers iho blow. Now, don't bo afraid, young master ; he's longing lo go out hims I. . lies been trampling wilh his feet thrco ti ,v -, and I know what that means; he'll letnnybo ! rido him but myself, and than'c them ; hut to ,.10 bo says, "No you struck me." "Hut," said I, "where's thelsaddlo?" "Never mind the saddle; if you aro ever to bp a frank rider, you must begin without a s 1 1 die; besides, if ho felt a saddle, ho would th'nlj npn't trust him, and Icavo you to yourse'l " Off went tho cob at a slow and gcntlo tv too fsst and rough, however, for so inexperienced a rider. J SOun felt myself sliding ofT; tho am inal preccivcd il, too, and instantly stood stone still till 1 had righted myself; and now t!iu groom came up : "When you feel yourself .0 tng," said he, "don't lay hold of the mane, lb . s no uso ; mane never yet saved man from f dim r, no moru than straw from drowning ; it's his side, you must cling to wilh yourcaltcs nnd feet, ii:l you learn to balance yourself. That's it, pnw abroad with you J I'll "bet my comrade a twt of beer that you'll bo a regular rough-rider by tho lime you come back." And so it proved : I followed thu dircctwi's of tho groon, and the cob gave mo every as-' -tancc. How easy is riding, after Iho first tinr l ity is got over, to supple and youthful limbs; nn I thero is no second fear. In less than two houir. 1 had made the circuit of tho Devil's Mounhun. and was returning along the road, bathed 1:1 perspiration, but screaming with delight: uo cub laughing in his onuine way, scattering fo . 11 and pebbles to the left and right, and trotting al tho rate of sixteen miles an hour. Oh. that rido I that first ride I most truly it was an epoch in my existence : and 1 still loo!; "hack lo it wilh fcclim of longing nnd regret. Pcoplu may talk ot first love it is a viry agreeable event, I dare say but give mo the flush, and triumph, and glorioussweet of a fi -t ride, like mine on tho mighty cob ! My wh V framo was shaken, it is true ; and during r- u long week I could hardly move foot or hand ; but what of that ? Hy that one trial, I had be jcome free, as I may say, of thu wh le cqui ie species. No moro fatigun, no more stillness nf joints, after that first round the Davil' Hill on the cob 1 It was ihus that Iho passion for the equne race was first awakened within me a pass' in which, up tu tho present time, has been rather on the increase than diminishing. It it no blind passion ; the horsj being a noblu and generous creature, intended by the All-Wiso to bo tins helper and friend of man, to whom ho slat.d ncxt in tbo order of creation. On many oc a sionsof my life, I have been inn h indebted 0 the horse, and have fuund in him a friend n ut coadjutor, when human hclpand sympathy w.oo ipot to Ihj obtained. It is. therefore, natural enough that I should lovo tho tho horso ; bur the love which I entertained for him has alwav -been blended with respect ; for I soon preceit . d that, though disposed 10 be the friend and help er of man, 5io is by no means inclined to bo 1. s slave; in which respect he dilTers from the do... who will croueh when beaten; whereas, tb horeo spurns, fur he is awarn of his own worm, and that he carries death within thu horn of hi heel. INSANE NOVELIST. jjjTho editor of tho Pittsburg Journal writes to "his paper a descripiion of a visit to tho Penn sj Ivani 1 Insane Asylum, at Harrisburg. Among tho inmates is Charles Fenno Hodman, Iho nov elist, his interview with whomjliu describe as follows : ''1 return for a moment to tho men' wards. Loitering behind my companions, I (bund Dr. Curwen formally intro hieing them to a patient r-ho had just eaierged from his chamber., lie Ha tall, spare man, moving heavily, with a slum ling halt of thu right leg, and supporting himself with a cano. A mass of long thick hair tlroo 1. in disorder over a nohlo forehead ; thu eye -dark and deep, and sweeps over Iho visilors with a quiet power, altogether unlike madness. The iose is large, somewhat irregular in outline, but finely cut about tho nostril, which is cxpendtd and rounded with grace and strength, indicative of talent, if not of genius. ' "Ho remembered an excursion in the eadd.i over Coal Hill, which he shared with tome oight ir nine young peoplo, and of which ho made brief mcntiun in his book of peisonal adventure published soon after. I tried his memory by re producing a compliment be had thero rccnnlett ot a spinteu young lauy who was ol tho parly 'accompanied by a pair of oucen tike eyes.' lii countenance grew radiant with a positively swee smilo as ho ejaculated, 'Ah, yes, Miss S How is .Miss S ?' f did not tell him be for got that that was twenty-four years ago, bu ova led a reply. I might havo told him that Mis 3. had been a wife and mothertweuty years ngo. a aild had long sinco passed away. I might havo 101a mm, mat ot Hie eight or nine young people who composed that gay and happy parly, bu n ftco aro now alive, and one of ibem is in a mad house, tho other feobic, infirm, and almost on o!i! man. 'Ahi, for them, and death, and care, What shadow. oVr our puth ye Mug. But I did not- Let him cherish hispleasant de lusion. Indulging tho trickof his memory, which is a blank as to recent event, but singularlt faithful as to tho far Past, I allowed him imcheck' ed to send his respectful regards to Miss S., to Mr. W. R., aud others who aro in their grave ."This is Charles Fenno Hoffman, tho nulho. of the melancholy household I His disease is 01 a peculiar form, and Dr. Curwen tell mo, pre scnts the only instanco ho ever met with uf nal lunciation of four Benses touch, taste, smell and hearing. Tho most distressing indications tu' liis disease are exhibited iu the fancies that some body is touching, or pressing or pinching him ; or that ho sees persons and objects which troub le and disturb him. A trace of the aberration is apparent in his reminding mo that our last muct iug was many more than sixtoon year ngo, and with a sudden turn, forgetting tho lapso of lime, to mako a polite inquiry after a young lady's health, as if ho had parted with her bat yester day. Tho casual visitors will fail to detect tra ces of insanity in Mr. HolTuian, but will ordina rilv bo pleasantly impressed by his elaborate no hteness and couitly demeanor. Hi interval ol perfect tranquility are rare, but ho is ai rarely much excited, and nover violent. I hear with great regret that thero is almost no bono of any permanent improvoinont in Ihocaso of Mr. IIolT rain, and that our best expectation for him can reach no higher than that ho mav long survive, bathed in pleasant dolusions of thu memory, to do the honors of tho house, nnd sadly tn remind the visitor that betweon tho towering intellect and helpless insanity thero 1b but a thin parti tion, wliich a breath may abrade, or a blovr break down forever I" B I sill In v . as tl ' t. 1 I. In