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TABLE OF CO.TESTS.
First Ym:v.:
Hural Life, - - Bernard Hoiujhton.
Thouahts, Hmrtj Ward lieecher.
The jhimjer of the Hour E. P. Branch.
Judith, or The, Opera Box Etta. Scribe.
John o' the. Smithy.
Xtw.i of the Week. - -
Second Pace:
Editorial Paragraphs. -
Xarrow (iantje Hailroads C'hic.aao Tri.
Thikd Pa.k:
Criiijllrt. - - " "
Loral Xrirs. . -
Loral Xotieex. --------------
SlramjerK Guide. i
Foritni Paoe:
Where. She Wax Found Mrs. ffihle.r-
sleeve Lowjstreet.. '-. . t '
A question Answered, - - Mark Ttcain.
Meliiuue..
JOIIX O'TlfE SMITHY. ,
Down in the vale where the mavis sings '
And the hrwk is tiirnlnff all old-time weel,
From morninir till ni(tht the anvil rnips l
V hew John o'tlie Mnithy is lorjcintt steal.
M lord rides out at the castle-irate. i
Mv hulv is rand in parlor and hall. I
W itli meii and maidens to erinK waiti
jVnd .lolm o.the Smithy niut py4or all. ,
The Bishop rides in a coach and four, I
His grooms and his horses are fat and sleek;
lie lias lackevs hchiml and lackeys liel'orei
He ride at'a hundred guineas a week, i
The anvil is siiiKi"K its !ten ponnd ten," !
'1'he mavis piies from a hirkeii spray, i
And this is the son that lllls the glen, i
John o'the Smithy lias all to pay.
The smith and the daughter will pass away,
And another shall make the anvil riiifr ,
For the daily hreail and Ihe hixlden Krav; ;
Hut the prollts shall isn to priest aud king;
And over the wide world day hv day.
The smith shall waken at early morn,
Karh to his task iu the old dull way,
To tread a measure of priestly corn. .
And the smiths shall live on the coarsest fare,
With little that thev may call their own. '
While the idler is free from work aud care;
For the hest of all shall j;o to the drone.
And the smith complains of the anvil's son?
Complains of the years he's wrought and pined.
For the priests and rulers are swift to wroug,
And the ;uilh of Uod are slow to grind.
lint a clear strong voice from over the sea, j
Is piercini; the murk of the mortal night; i
Time is, time was, anil time shall lie
That John o'the Smithy will have his right:-
And those who have worn the mitre and l.rown,
Who have pressed him sore in laxly aiHlioiil,
Shall jierish from earth when the grist if ground
Aud the Mighty Miller has claimed his toll.
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DEAD 1!V THE ST 11 MKT.
A CITY INCIDENT.
Under the lamplights, dead in the street,
Uelicate, fair, and only twenty, .
There she lies,
Faee to the skies.
Starved to deat h in a city of plenty.
Spurned hy all that is pure and sweet.
Hundreds hent iiisin folly and pleasure.
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Hundreds with plenty, time and leisuve;
Leisure to seed Christ's mission heloiv.
To tench the erring and raise the lowly,
Flentv, in charity's name, to show
Tl'iat life has something divine and holy.
Boasted charms classical hrow,
lielicate features look at them now.
Jmk at her lilis once they could smile;
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Kyes well, never more they shall hegtiile,
Never more, never more, word of hers '
A blush shall liring to the saintless face.
She has found, let ns hoie ami trust,
Peace in a higher and lietter plaee:
And yet, despite of all ill, I wren.
Joy o'f some heart she must have been,; :
Soine fond mother, proud of the task, : - 1
Has stooped to linger each dainty curl;
Some vain father has liowed to ask
A lilessing for her, his darling girl.
Hard to think, as we look at her there, f :,
Of all tlie tenderness, Jove and etire,
Lonely wratehiug and soi-e heart-ache, j
All the agony, burning tears, !
Joys and'sorrows. holies and fears, s
Breathed aud suffered for hersweet sake. !
Fancy will picture a home alar, t
Hit where the life-giviug breezes blow,
Farfroai these sullen streets foplsome idloW,
Fancy will picture a lonely health,
An aged couple, broken anil gray,
fiueeiiug iiesme a oeo to prav;
Or lying awake 'o nights to hark
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f or a tint
g that may come m the rain and the
dark !
ijiollow-cyed voraan with weary feet i ,
JletttH-they never know j
She whom they cherish so '
. t Lies this night, aloue ami low, i
- - lead iu tlie street. . - i i
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
. At Home.
Oil Slonday tlie Slarsliitl of tlie District
of Columbia reeelveil tlie j union grautetl
i iw theaiseof C. 'i Bowiai, wbieh fcidalod
Inly 1. Tlie Marslial imiiiediately wrote
his release, and Mr. Boweu walked out
of jail in company with Mrs. lettigrew
King liowen. i
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'Hie Civil Service Commission having
adjourned till October, its niemlcrs not
resident in this eity have ljegtin to scat
ter for their homes. Judge Walker left
last nisrht for Georgia, and Mr. Medill
' this morning' for Chieago. Curti.?" ftrld
Cattell leave tor Aew ork to-morrow
morning.
Mr. Hartley, Acting Secretary of the
Treasury, stated to-day that he had no in
lormalion leading linn to believe that the
Secretary had withdrawn tlie new loan
. from the market, aud he regards v tlifei iv
IKirt as mischievous and ridiculous. T10
report was widely circulated here and hi
-M'vr xorK to-tlay. .,, ,.,
Ganeral Sherman left Washington Mon-i
day. He will not return to that city1
during, the) sununer.X iA urppoaitloti for
the absorption of live millions of tlie flve-
twentv loans of 18(i2 has licen made bv
prominent bunking house, and will, it is
thought, be soon consummated. An
equal amount of the new loan w ill be sub
stituted. . ' - i ..:
niirtv-eight thousand claims for bouit
t y arrears' for ray , 1 n vol vitig txto or ttii-ee
milliou dollars, are now in the office of
the Second Auditor of . the Treasury, of
which fifteen thousand will probably be
allowed. Theso' claims are the remains
of those rising out' of the late wttrV.i The
accounts settled lrom June SO, 1SC1 to
June 31), 1S7U, involved over !fl,424,(H)0,
000.
letters .received at the rostoflice De-
rmrtineut, lrom Dr. C. MacDonald. Su-
iei'iiiteudeiit of the Postal Money Order
."-.ystem ot the L iiiteil States, who is now
H Joudoii. for tlit purpose of4-ain-figing.
u Jioney unier ciysiem iietween tin
country and Great liritain, slate that lie
is meeting with success, and will proba
bly conclude his business sal isfactorily in
a lew tiays, wnen lie will leave lor Uer-
I'm, to make similar arrangements 'with
tlie postal mitlwrities ol tin- German! Km
pire. '. i , i i. . i . : .-. t .
The examination into the Ku Klux out
rages is stdl going on. On Mondav
Judge . Ji. Caipenter of Charleston
South (.Carolina, was nearly five hours be-
lore tne ku kjux conuinttee. Jle testi
lieu mat mere nail oeen Ku Klux out
rages in lMiitiims ot South Carolina.
These did not result from. hostility tq the
general government, nut were the nat-
jurat oiitnreaKs oi men w no nad no re
press through the forms and adiniuistra
jtion of the law. Tlie government of the
Aitate j,yas defective and venal. It had iu
!W!1 Ibe State debt to $11,000,000, and
imt u Miile of railroad, a foot of canal or
Rdtiix-iil house had been built.1 Other
ivitueis-ies lavebeen examined during the
wwk arUiil with various and varied re
sults. Ho two seem to agree in . regard
ta all the particulars. '
C'oimnissioner I'leasanton last week,
forwarded to President Grant a long let
ter, giving his view on his duties, as
chief of the liureauof Internal Keveune
and the subjects which couui unrtiu ids
direct control and supervision, and claim
ing that .-U'j'Oi-ding to law, bin jMJwer over
t he Internal JJtfvenue is as coiiipleti ": as
that of Secretary lloutwcll oyer tlie cus
tom Keveiuje, not however interfering
with divbiiFsiiieijfs, hi duty Jx'ing r-v M'
instruct ojluers, that the tax may be
faithfully aud promptly collected and
p:d inlo the Treasury, Sneb is lxliev'
ed to be. in brief tlie opinion of the Com
missionet', who asks the President to ob
tain the viewsof Secrete ry Uoutwcll con
cerning Ihe dillereuce between them on
the question of jurisdiction iu their-" re
spective dcparluients. The Commission
er leaves the subject, with I lie President.
If the latter shall decline, or prefers, not
to decide the question, he proposes that
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his, together with Secretary Bon tw ell's
statement, be submitted to the Attorney
General, and he will abide his decision,
whatever it may lie. It was reported. a(
one tiniemtr-Coiiriir8sioTIf Pleasantou
had resigned but the Tribune's Wash
ington Special gays that all such reports
are authoratively denied. ,-tnf.
Tlie whole history of Xew Yorkj-atKjl
it has IxH'il by no means an tiuevjewtful one
has furnished no theme which has called
out so many expressions of feeling' as
have the diliieulties now existing in that
city between the two classes of Irish citi
zens. Iu the politico-riligious plutse of
the matter but few are interested, since,
to Americans of to-day. it matter less
than nothing whether" William wiiipped
James, or whether, like the Kilkenny
cats, they "fit, and tit, and lit," until both
were utterly and entirely annihilated.
But there is a principle involved ia jlits
ontroversy Uie oriucjideof equal rjo-lifs
'or all. j '
ror some tune past it has lieen an-
nouueed that on Wednesday of this1
week the trangemen of New Yor and
Xew Jersey would appear in proceasiou.
and it litis been as openly known that the
at none Irish were determined that uo
uch display should take place. Tliee
men declarations tusui liotb sides liave
creatdd tile inos intense eciteirrent ppou
tne sunject, not only Hi JSew orki but
throughout the. entire country. The au
thorities of the city, bae, corrupt,! ud
and fearing to olfeud their coitstitueuts,
who would principally be touud In; the
ranks of the rioters, took uo measures to
inell the anticipated disturbances, fmt.
on the contrary, Superintendent of P0UO8
Kelso issueta Mitt order 011 Monday ilaet
forbidding the projiosed celebration IjcA
the Oranjieinen. This order produced
11 outburst of indignation among! 11
chisses, and on every side were heard ex
pressions of intense disgust at thie cow
ardly subserviency to mob law, exhibited
riy tne lammauy government. So intense
was the feeling iu regard to this order that
Governor Kaudolph of Xew Jersey issfiied
proclamation settinr lorth the !un-:
loubted right of all citizens to parade at
any time they might see fit, and assuring
tilt ( le.i linwnuin t-lmt- t-lha kit-tta tf Vmt T ..
(yi.Hvuld irotee't'ifhein agiinstatryas-
satut and attack, it need be, by the entire
torce ot the State. On Tuesday Goverpor
llollinau of New York also issued a proe-
unatiou revoking the ortler of Superin
tendent Kelso, and assuring the Oraugirv
nen ot protection to the extent of the lull
jxiwer of the State. AH parties continued
o make their preparations for the fcri
proaehing day, and a collision was bei-'
icveu inevitable by every oue. I m
Wednesday unoi nijig u early eiglrt
citx-iv crowds ot Orangemen were ew
ected around their headquarters, on tlie
corner of Twenty-ninth street and Eiglith
1 venue, wliere tlie procession was to start
from. Most of the men wore oraiisr
scans anuiiati revolvers ana swonls arxint
hem."' .- t .
At about half past ten squads of police"
negati to arrive to protect the Orangeinfen
from the mob, which was rapidly colletf-
ng. A great many arrests were niadeiu
the early part of the day among the riot
ers, anu upon every person arrested were
found arms and weajKHis of some kind.!
' Towards two o'clock the neighborhood
of the Orange headquarters became in
tensely crowded, and the police had miieli
iilliculty 111 keeping the mob within
bounds. About half-past two the Orange-,
men formed ou Twenty-ninth street, bp
low Kighth avenue, and at the game time
the Twenty-second regiuaemvunder Col.'
Porter, marched past and lormed in line
on Kighth avenue, where thev loadeu
with ball and cartridges. Next came tlie.
Sixth regiment, which took up a positioK
to the north of the Twenty-second. The
police were on tlje,easfc side ot tlie street,
and the military on the west. I
?5verai charges were made by the pq-J
iiu upon tne moil, out no very serious af
frays took place until the" procession
started upon its ronte at threeo'cloek. j
At Twenty-sixth street the Ninth res.
itnent charged the mob with fixed baycJ-
nets. several persons were killed anf
wounded, among them one woman. Cot
1' isk was shot through the ankle,.., QaiiA
Spencer, of the Ninth, was killed by hie
own men while.' firing a' volley into .the
rioters. 'Lienf. Pagei of the Ninth "regi
ment, and the. .advertising- agent of the
Granu opera,, iiouse, 1 wai imortall
wounded. .
Between Tweritv-fifth and Twentv
sixtu streetSTne'mon nrea 'Three siiots a
the procession Thfe militaFV eturnei
the lire, killing eight and wounding thir
iceii, two ooys ami a utiiy were siiot-4
Sixteen citizens anti three soldiers wer
killed coming down the , avenue. Attthe
corner Of Twenty-third street the 'i'ourtli
regiment tired npoutne- mob, killing aud
wounding twelves One policeman Wa3
snot dead,; t,.u. .. .!- t m
At the corner of Twcntv-Fourth Streei
the light was very severe. Over one huu-i
dredand fifty of the fnob 'vere' certainly'
uiiea anu.wonncieu. " Among the 1 troops;
Known to ne aKiiled IK'SKies thosealready
reported, area Captain of the Eighty-
iourtn, and two privates, and a sergeant;
01 tne jNiutii. , 1
as soon as tne riot oegan the stores tin
the upiier portion of flie city we're closed,
anu in jewelry anu some otner mores, val- j
tables were removed from the fitow mm-
dows. The numbers of tle.,JiUVed and
wounded diiriug tlie continuance of . (lie
riot cannot be tiow kiiowri. "Tlie buly
ones so far identified',areHiry C Page,
of the ninth regiment vC!iaries-'ieHet,
Charles liucklin ,aud ,. Mr. - Arciiibald.
Among the killed at the 10th precinct,
were a woman and child. The remainder
are supjMised to be rioters.
Up to jt'ritlay moriiiiig the hour of our
going topress-theycity has been patrolled
by heavy botlies ol'tixioj and policemen
and no further, serious trouble Jias.-tulsen
place. During the riqt many attacks were
liimlp bv tlko'ioiti boiii'i " mililo Vknililimva
and priVtrte'hofise'!;! e The' establishmefit
ot Harper JJrotlierB wairmong the nuin-lier-Tbesejeiiterprisiug
, publisluira hav
ing incurretl fh euuiity.of the Irislt.Cath
olics by the CarrCatiires uiibii'tlie Tamma
ny ring and its supporters which have
lieen published iu their Illustrated
i Weekly.
It is anticipated that further demonstra
tions will be made and that otlier out
breaks will take place, but the full luJiiLa
,ry force' of the State is now ready to quell
any distnrbjirt'ees that may arise. '
! The excitement in alt parte of the-court-try
is intense aiulilispatcliesaretoutiiiual
Jy being received .from every portion of
jtheunioti. .
! Among the other'results of tnis'religio
political fight, the telegrams announce
that the following is already largely in
circulation for signatures :
' Iu view "of the recent, and probable fu
ture events, the immediate organization
of a society to be known as "The Protest
ant League of America," with its head
quarters iu New York City, and affiliat
ed societies throughout the LTnitod Stated,
is recommended. For this purpose, and
properly to consider the immediate event
that gives rise to this suggestion, let pub
lie meetings lie called at once iu this city
and elsewhere. . The 'eiahng' -of JJonian
Catholicism are incompatible with civil
aud religious liberty.
. j France,
i Iii'l'Vahecithwe'hak but little trans
pired diiringthc past week to alter the
IMisitions of the various parlies. After
the crushing defeat which the Legit i-
matists received at the late elections the
Count de ChiindHivdisHiik a ittttftf in
iiounclng Wat1 lieM snotiUr rcHre from
H ance "111 order that his presence iu the
country may no longer give countenance
to agitation'' ami the dispatches announce
that he has shown himself to lie so far
sincere' as to hve actually -done so.' It is
generally lieheved that a portion of
the I'giiimatistSjWho were his supporters
will now attach thcniselevs to theKepubli
can party, (Jainbetta. w)pi is ayouiio; pol
itician, filfof lire andifliiisfa'si)T, has
written a letter rejoicing over the results
of the election, it is also reported that
Hheis about to take the charge of a news
paper, and has proposed to General Ford-
t a t n .it w j n Ei w r
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FAMILY PAPER,
! PAENTESVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO, SATURDAY, JULY 15,
kerbe to edit the military chronicle of
France. ; The, Municipal elections for
ParU wiu.be held ou the 26 inst. The
army!. ;. lias ? everywhere v voted ' the
Bepublican ; ticket: 'for. lie : as
sembly. It is proposed now . for - the
city of Paris to issue a loan to the amount
of six millions of francs, to be expended
in repairing th baildings,' monuments
and public works damaged or destroyed
during tlie eeige and afterwartls by pthe
Communists. Thiers, hearing that the
Pope intended to geek the hospitality of
France has addressed a letter to the
Holy Father assuring him of a welcome,
but strongly dissaading him from the
project. The letter is one r dictated
by- 'canrhras', and' wise", statesman
chipv'5"1 A ,K. commission of inquiry
has lieen appointed hy the Assembly to
examine "into 'the 'course pursued . by
Ooant Palikao white at the head of the
Government and National Defense j A n
ortlefcil Journal ' announces elections for1
tlie Council General to he held August
23tt Sixteen"- thousand Commniiists,
prisoners at Versailles, have been re
leased by order of the - Government but
sixteen thousand are stijl held, and will
be tried" in squads by the , Court Martial
which 'begine the 15th iiigt, jThe French
GovernmentTias, paid to Switzerland two
million francs as a partial eiuibursnient
for " the expenses ! incurred in t the
maintenance , , of ,' . , French soldiers
who ' took" refuge, , ou her n oil.
K; A "bill to disoIve aili battalions,, of tlie
National Guards tlixoughout .fcVanoe-. is
annonnced as about to he introduced into
the-Assembly." "'"' i .,;
. , lu those iliotricts widch : still continue
Jo he occupied, by the German troojis, the
bitter feeling engendered by Hie late war,
causes frequent. 4 quarrels- and. - disturb
ances between tiie inhabitants, and .the
foreign troops- The Geriuaus are oom
pelled in mauy iiietaneeto resort to the
most rhrorous measureR tn nncll theuo
;Outbreaka.;f .( . ,..n -,v ;i l j n
i-jiiesi ,aa vices enow tiiat tne urleans
Princes are, about to- pay, a visit to ithe
historian Guizot, ,t The government have
giveu notice that the TuUleries Gardens
willr ina short time, once more be thrown
open to tlie public. The effective strength
of the French army at the present time
has been found to be1 two hmidred and
thirty thousand men.' mie name of the
Baron llaussnran has-heen announced as
a. candidate: for oflice- at the municipal
election. ; It ia rumored 5 that THike De
Braiie -will succeed Farre in the Ministry
of Foreign - Aftair, and that ' Ancel will
take charge of tire portfolio now held try
JLeroy 1 1 M J De .Saint H i laine wi 11 replace
M. Jnles Simon in the Ministry of Public
Instrnetioiii'"' i t.n., - -!-'' i ,.
Hobert . Schenck'' aud daughter left
London oil Monday ' for , . Oxford,. , where
they have since beeuithei guests of Hon..
Montagne Bernard,"Trofessor. of , Inters
national Law of Oxford University, and
recentlj' Memlier of tlie Joint High.Coni
missioiu,';,, V.,.;;.;,,, t,L.i.,u
, s .The English erew? who are to compete
in tlie four-oarexl boat race on the Kenne
bee river with the St.i John erew", in Au
gust,, will sail on Friday next for Amer
ica, taking with thent a new boat forty
one feet long ui I eighteen and a quarter
incites broad, constructed' expreggly for.
the race. by , jKobert Jewett, -of . Duuston,
aid ,ivimed "England." i .Tlie 'names of
the enew are : . James Benforthj' stroke (
Janves PrcyT) John, Bright and Robert
Chambers.;::,. rli .--iiUi sum '
, ronj Jungiand out little ot interest- in
the , way .o.,netwsufhii8 come to ns du-
ring the past week. NjAccounte frbm tlie
British hop crop are unfavorable, and in
dicate that there will be but a small yield.
Tlie Prince and Princess of Wales: ; have
gone to Klssengeni 1 A tafe'humber of tliie
J tmes puoilsues a letter vtndicatiiig the
comluctoT United States Minister Wash-
bum. Hlnring the siege of Paris' by the
Versailles army, and stating in most pos
itive terms,- that Washburn was never in
favor of the Communists.-1 iThe' :tKoular
feeling in favor-of the new treaty is coiii
stantiy growing ambng'all ' classes, and
uie inqiressioii is gaining laor mat tnat
insttiunent has wiped out much of the
catiRC-for bitter feeling which has existed
for some time between that cotmtry and
ithiai: imttawt-ji .!'. . -:'
t-f9ri J' ;H'i-i&eBMiiiir.''ii ! '" ' " ' ' !
fte Spenceif'Giteett'saysl the' regular
-vairrioiuaLii; rcirucnianoil to '. Jl laitoe IS
poetpOnediititil after the complete evacu
atiOrr'of Trench' territory by ' German
armies. ""' i
The Klms'riir "Vili:uu nf I li.ri.',n- .IJ
tted Eins "on (Suuthty,, and . the.-oevasiou
was taken advantage ,if .by. the people of
tnat city, to institute a grand illumination
hi honor of the event. , . Ou. Tuesday tlie
'Saxon troops' who 'served .in the late war
made a triumphal entry into . Dresden.
It was announced that the Emperor Wil
liam made thej Crown Prince, of Saxony
Field Marshal pf the Enipire. .. ., ., t j-.it ,
"".ITie treueral .'feeliiifi thrniio-nonr. tho
GerniVui states Is one of quiet tlete ruiina
tioii.'he late, war -has fully shown them
their strength and given, them confidence
in their pwn resources.. .The provincial
correspondence stiys, tliat Germany - is
confidentMri her. Town, strengtht and
watches j-ith palinness ,aud t sympathy,
tne reueveiopmeni, oi x ranee, uer only
desire now1; is to bring about-as speedily
Us possible,-the fe-establis)iment of friend-
,j. The Czar Alexander of Russia, the Em
press Jlarit -. AJaxandrovatia and ' the
uraiHt uuKesVT laiumie ami Aiuxls are
at) iFredrieekstadtetiV a i ti of - Wnrtem
berg on the Lake of Constance. i I,- -i
Official advices: - froint Russia -tleclare
that the Grand Duke Alexis Alexandro-
yitehi. wllli certainly' visit this country,
and will probably arrlve; in September.
The squadron that is- to' accompany ' him'I
and which 'now"- Mes at Coiistratlt,' liuni-
tiere seyerat ottiie nnest vessels m the
Russian navy, -two of which are the frig-
; a tie Seyethtna - aiid the 4ron . -clad frigate
I Kniaz Pojarskyi ' The object of the Grand
i Duke hi deferring his visit was to escape
the heat of an American- summer, and at
fhesreeonimeiidation of Cataerv . the Rus
sian Minister at 'Washington; hi order
that hemight be tyresent at the next ses-
,sto off Congress, ami- inore formally test
atyl the amity that exists between Rus-
la ana the united States.'01" "'" v
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Tlie poliiUeal situation, in j Spain , still
continues in an. unsettled condition- . It
is. said that Serrano will resign the pres
idency of the Council of Ministers in case
of the failure of the budget in the Cortes.
On Tuesday that body had a stormy ses
sion wnicn lasteu until Halt , past two in
the afternoon. . A motion , , was , adopted
giving the Government full support in
its measures for the suppression of tlie
insurrection iijl Cuba.;;,! The, opposition
abstained from voting, The attendance
Of members is decreasing in, such .ratio
that apprehensions are t't'.t as to the . re
tention of a, quorum, more thau. a. few
days longer; '". Senor Sagetta has assumed
charge of the ."Ministry, of . Fhiance iu
puree or
1 The A
Lice OfMoret. .. ( ..' , .,;
r isl l AaitrU'. ' "
Austrian 'delegation has approved
of the estimates of expenditures for rais
ing tlie Austrian legation at Berlin to a
fnll embassy, Theidehnte tms the military
estimates i now m progress1. "me'Min-
rgtersot War repmis that Austria : IS' al
ready able to furnish un ' army' 'of "'six
hundred and lift v thousand men'.' '' Von
Beust, li a -speeeh i' supporting the'estl-
lfiatesv.said that now 'Wus Hie time for the
organization of an army without creating
mistrust, i :. i. if 'iii 7-.ii' "
,i -1 S'- '.il I
i'or the Pninesrvnic i fournal.j'1'1
I i,i-o BIHAL LIFE.
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il I'
V BV CtBSAUn UAIHUTOS.
' From one who hives to warble of ereeii
fields, and brooks of running cryslid, it
i.-l natural to expect a rhansod v about t he
country; apd to-day, its fI have escaped
-oii ipe ceaseless muse aim million pi
iriy city prison the conilting-rooin 1
can neither talk nor write of anything
eise.
DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, SCIENCE,
-1 love the country with a most en
grossing and strong appreciation. It
awakens my tenderest feelings and
sweetest associations. Delicious reverie
descends upon my spirit, as I walk
through the meadows and clover-lields
when the earth is white with summer,
aud glowing with beauty. To see the
wide landscape undulating around ine ;
to hear the sulidued murmurs of a siun
mer day that seems to intensity the qui
et that broods over all the scene ; to
wateh the loaded . wagons rolling on
ward to tlie gamer with fragrant bay or
nodding wheat sheaves embodiments
of Plenty to feel the delicate fragrance
of the heavy swaths as it floats around
you these . are sights and realizations
that are very pleasant to me, whose life
is spent far away from all such beauties.
We who live in cities, amidst heat aud
dust; who breathe an atmosphere of
vitiated odors aud begriming chimney
smoke, can best appreciate the tlelights
that ever attach to country life.
,i Yes, I love thfi country: My first im
pressions were formed amid its hallow
ed scenery 1 1 1 was cradled among the
hills; blue mountains melted iu the dis
tance from my bedroom window ; broad
fields, and woods, and rivers shone Iie
tween; the huge rains made melody on
the roof above me, and then I became
steeped in the passionate love for nature.
It lias never left me, and I rejoice as I
call back those pleasant times, when in
the casement of our seminary,' I rested
my telescope on my shnt-np Virgil, and
looked on" among the far-away hills, in the
lap of which the edifice was "cradled, and
saw the pretty girbs of the farm houses
whitening their long pieces of brown
linen, cloth-,, fresh from the loom pick
ing, raspberries in the green hedges,
-drawing cool. water in the swinging
oak bucket, to make switchel withal for
the ; swains a they came home for
their forenoon lunch, or milking their
balm-breathing cows in the golden even
tide. Those were happy days, and if I
got my Latin badly, and made blunders
m recitation, I got many a leaf from
tlie .book: of. nature, most deeply by
heart.- ;-n-. "'; -
, Rural life seldom fails to accomplish
one object it softens the heart. It
awakens the afi'ections, and leads to con
templation. .'God made the country and
man made the town. -1 In the former
there are no artificial wants, prejudices
or fashions all is cordiality, comfort
and peace, - We look abroad" upon the
solemn lulls, the --shining streams, and
rising woodlands,, and we feel that God
is there! His hand raised the rock-ribbed
mountain over its throne, and rolled
around it its crown of misty glory. His
breath fills the blue vault that swells
above, until immensity, as it were, is
visible; and His smile is shadowed only
in the sunbeams which traverse those
nbyssesof mystery. How majestic is
the coming of a summer storm ! We sit
at the window of some rural mansion to
which we have fled from the air and
heat of the metropolis, and see the far-off
clouds arise like giant forms against the
horizon, with spears of tire, ami robes of
purple and gold; then, ashy some sud
den alchemy, they melt info a mass of
solid gloom, from whose bosom the light
ning darts. its ; vivid chain, while its
source .: " ' - .
Hangs o'er the silent landscape, silent, dark,
Vmuninv. nml t-4ii-ihl. ' ...
Tell me not that the country is lone
some. It is rich with voices of comfort
and words of delight. It is a vast and
solemn cathedral, with w alls and roof of
azure'and. -gohl, utipillared and illimita
ble ; its floi es aretessalated with rainbow-
colored liowers, and silver streams,; and
living verdure. : It is a haunt wherein
to muse, and dream and lift the soul un
til the heart overflows in the religion of
its worship. : ; 1
., ; THOUGHTS.
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, .; BV HESKV WARD BEKCHEK. : '
Every man feels, and iiotstrangelv.
that there never were such experiences of
life as his owu. No joy was ever like our
joy, no sorrow ever like our sorrow. : I n-
deed, there is u kind ot indignation excit
ed in us when one likens our grief -to his
own. , lhespul is jealous of its experi
ences, and does not like pride to be hum
bled by the thought that they are common.
tor, though, we know, that the -world
groans and travails iu pain, and has done
solorages,'yetagroan heard by our ear
is a very uuterent thing lrom a groan ut
tered by our mouth . The sorrows of oth
er men seem to us like clouds of rain that
empty themselves in the distance; and
whose long-traveling tuuuder comes to
us mellow;ed and subdued ; but our own
troubles are like a storm bursting- right
overhead, and sending down its bolts up
on us with direct plunge. . ; . . ; i. . , .
But there have been human hearts, con
stituted just like ours, for six thousand
years. The same stars rise aud set upon
tins globe t hat rose upon the plains ot
Shinaror along the Egyptian hills; and
the same sorrows rise aud set in every age.
All that sickness cau do, all that disan
poiiitraent can att'ect, all that blighted
love,, disappointed : ambitions, thwarted
hope, ever did, they do still. Notatear
is wrung from eyes now, that, for the
same reason, has not been wept over and
overagain in long succession :since the
hour that tlie ,lated j pair stepped lrom
paradise, ami gave tlieu- posterity to a
w orld of sorrow" and suti'ering. . The head
Iearus new things, hut the. heart forever-
more practices old exiierieiiees. There
fore our life is but a new form of , the way
men have lived from the begiuning. . ..' ,
tv hen the landsman hrst goes down up
on the deep, to see what storm-ploughing
means, ..what turrows the wind: tlraws,
seedless and implanted, he feels in every
shivering nerve that never was -such
storm known before.. Now, he . bethinks
himself with hor.-or, there has come upon
the deep, a tury never till then let loose.
But the clouds laugh, and the winds know
that ten thousand tiiues.bef ore, they have
terrined just such inexperienced
wretches' Yea, long ere a ship dared the
central ocean, storms had navigated it,
nor failed to pursue their dreadful sport
ever since a keel crossed the perilous deep.
. i Aot j oiuy,,-arer sucti experiences the
hereditary .legacy , of..,; men, .--rolled
oyer and .over, and sent, down-'.in
succession,, upon, every , generation
but .' the 'methods..! by which i men
have, met fand conquered troubles, or
been slain hy it,are the same in every age.
Some have floated on the sea, and trouble
carried them on its surface as the sea
carries cork. . Some have sunk at once to
the bottom , as foundering ships sink.
Some have run away . from their own
thoughts. Some have coiled themselves
up into a stoical indifference. , Some have
braved tlie trouble and defied, it. ,. Some
have carried it xs trees do a wound', until
by new wood it cam overgrow, -mid cover
the old gash. A few in every age have
known the divine art of carrying trouble
its some wonderful food ; . as an invis
ible garment tliat clothed,, them with
strength ; as a mysterious joy, so that they
suffered gladlj-j rejoiciug in infinity, and,
holding up their heads with j sacred pas
sages whenever , times', were dark .and
troublous, let the light depart from tln-ir
eyes, that they might by, faith sec nobler
things than sight could ruacli.: i ,
, ; David has left no sweeter, psalm than
the short twenty-third,, It is but a mo
ment's opening of his soul ;but as when
one, walkiugthc winter street, sees the
door opened for some , one to enter, and
the fed light streams a moment forth, and
the forms of gay children ai'd running to
greet the coiner, and genial inusic souiids,
though the door, shuts ami leaves, . .the
iilft-!, lil.i.-l.- x-,.t if i-ii.ii.t ulmt lii.,L- .wr.iin
all that the eves, the ear, tin! heart, apd the
imagination has seen so in ;tuis psalm,
though it is htita moments opening ot the
soul,: is emitted truth of pence and conso
lation that will never be absent lrom the
world. , -tt . i , Ht i;
X What would be said of a pilgrim com
missioned to travel up and down the earth
singing a strange melody, which, when
pile heard, caused him to forget whatever
sorrow lie had And so Ihe singing an
gel goes on his way through all lauds,
singing in the language of every nation,
driving away trouble by the pulses of the
air which his tongue moves with divine
power. And there is just such an one!
It has charmed more griefs to rest than all
the philosophy of the world. It hi.s re
manded to their dungeon more felon
thought, more black doubts, more thiev
ing sorrows, than there are sands on the
sea shore. It has comforted the noble
host of the poor. It has sung eourage to
the army of the disapiointed. It has
poured balm and consolation into the
hearts of the sick, of captives in dungeons,
of widows in their pinching griefs, of
orphans in their loneliness. - Dying sol
diers have died easier as it was read to
them ; ghastly hospitals have been illum
ined; it has visited the prisoner and bro
ken his chains. It has made the dying
slave freer than his master, and consoled
those whom, dying, he left behind
mourning, not so much that he was gone
as because they were left liehind, and
could not go too. Nor, is its work done.
It will go singing to your children aud
my children, and their children, through
all the generations of time; nor will it
fold its-wings till the last pilgrim is safe,
and time ended ; and then it shall fly
back to the liosom of God, whence it issu
ed, and sound on,mingled with all those
sounds of celestial joy which make
heaven musical forever. -
For the Paincsville Journal.
THE DANGER OF THE HOI K.
BY E. P. BHANCH.
Tlie most deplorable of all follies is na
tional folly. Thoughtlessness in a nation
is a sure precursor of its destruction. The
utmost vigilance is necessary for the pre
servation of a free government. Nation
al ruins are invariably monuments of
national tolly. The history ot tne
world liears on every page a warning
and a lesson which we will do well to
heed if we desire to maintain intact our
present form of government. All along
down the shores of time lie these nation
al " wrecks, grim skeletons of former
greatness, whose bleached bones crum
bling to dust we cannot hide from our
sight if we would.
One of the most terrible of all these
national shipwrecks we have just wit
nessed in the old world. weiooK witii
the most profound astonishment upon the
fact that one of the strongest govern
ments on the tace ot the glooe, possess
ing, apparently, unbounded resources of
wealth and iiower, should DC torn uown
w ithin the short space of a few mouths,
and trampled under the heels of an in
furiated mob. ,
The emperor Napoleon a prisoner on
German soil ; immense standing armies
melted away; strong forts aud grim bas-
tiles razed to the ground; the luiienes
and the Hotel de. Ville ransacked by
brutal mobs ; collections of art that have
occupied years in gathering together de
stroyed in a single hour; gentle women
turned into infuriated amazons, with a
horrid thirst for blood and carnage; all
these are facts which may well cause us
to look with alarm to our own security
as a government.
Are ice in auy danger of dissolution ?
Is there no lesson in the woes of France
for us to learn ? Is not the Almighty
tracing on the wall a warning for us to
heed?
These are questions that demand tlie
most earnest consideration. , They are of
paramount importance to Ku-Klux bills,
reconstruction acts, San Domingo or ev
en the tariff" question.
It is the heighth of folly to undertake to
disguise the fact that the morals of the
nation are iu a deplorable condition, and
when the National conscience is once
stilled we shall have lost the corner-stone
of our liberties. It needs but half an
eye to discern that we are steadily drift
ing towards the condition of the French
people before the dethronement of Na
poleon HI. AVe see more and more dai
ly of that giddy, thoughtless, aimless life
which formerly characterized the French
nation. The Puritan element among us is
almost extinguished. That rigid sense
of honor and rectitude peculiar to Ply
mouth Rock has become so diluted within
tlie last three or four generations that it
is scarcely recognizable. Money-getting,
dress, and personal ease are the coutrol-
mg motives ot the present generation.
Count up the young men in this or
any other community, and see how many
of them have any higher motive in life.
Listen to the conversation of a circle of
young ladies, and see how naturally it
turns to dress and sensational gossip.
Look at the extravagances and indecen
cies in dress; at the rapid strides and
terrible destruction that intemperance is
making iu both sexes; at the gradual re
laxation ot the moral sense ot society,
and see if there is not cause for alarm.
Exhibitions are patronized uow-a-days
by ladies and gentlemen, that ten years
ago would have been compelled to seek
a garret in some back street, and per
form before an audience ot men and
boys of the coarsest grade. Drunken
ness is not uncommon among boys of
twelve to sixteen years old, and girls of
the same tender age irequently exhilnt
the most alarming depravity. Honesty
in high places is becoming altogether too
rare a jewel. Bribery and corruption
are permeating every department of the
government, in spite of the efforts of
good men to prevent it. The spoils of
otb.ee prove more attractive thau the
honors pertaining to it. The elective
franchise is nought and sola as an article
of merchandise. Lobbying, wire-puli
ng and intrigueirig control the politics of
the nation. i
This state of things is not peculiar to
any .particular political party. Indeed,
it is something which political parties.
as a rule, have left out of their delibera
tions entirely. Who ever heard of Dem
ocrats or Republicans , incorporating
temperance or comon honesty as a plank
iu their platform? Whoever heard of
a man being defeated at the polls because
ot ins personal lack ol integrity .-'
: Now the legitimate result of this state
of tilings is easily predicted. Unless the
nation is aroused to a sense of its danger ;
unless some means can be inaugurated
to resist and turn back this tidal wave
of corruption, it will surely overwhelm
us in a common ruin. We shall go from
bad to worse; a multitude of evils, worse
than those of Pandora's Box, will be
poured out upon us ; society will liecoine
more and more reckless ; more and more
vitiated. A passion forgayety and pleas
ure will crowd more earnest matters out
of sight. People will live for the pres
ent alone, regardless ot the past or the
future. Hie Christian Saliliath, ac
knowledged by our keenest statesmen to
be indispensable to the wellare ot any
iieople, will lose its influence over us.
Young men will begin to boast of atheis
tic principles, claiming them as the
index of a strong mind. f'Tho Bibh
they will tell us, "is a very good hook,
but it has outgrown its usefulness." It
will be cast aside with the last year
fashion-plates. From this point the path
leads down ward with fearful rapidity,
tuui tne end win not lie tar oist.nt. ,
, Does anyone say that these are the
words of a visionary, and that this is an
inprobable state of affairs? Go buck
and study the downward course of every
fallen nation since light first broke upon
the world ! Read tlie history of Nineveh
anil Jlanvlou ; ot Carthage anil Athens;
oi imperial itomc. and iMaguiliccut Par
is! "Tim history of the world is the
record of man's sins anil God's puuish-
inent. "
Have the sovereign people of Ameri
ca .a, stronger throne than that of the
Roman Empire? Our very eonlidcuct
may yet prove our desl ruction.
We cannot all'ord to laugh aside mat
ters of so grave an inqMu t. Manv of our
best and most lar-smhte I statesmen art
becoming uhii'iucd at our condition, and
are looking forward for means to check
our reckless and headlong career. Thev
need the cooperation ol trim men every
where. It is lar easier to stem the tor
rent, now than il will be when we shall
h'lVO reached the verge of the precipice
OUKNAL.
AGRICULTURE, AND GENERAL NEWS,
JUDITH,
OR
THE OPERA BOX.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF
EUGENE SCRIBE.
PAR M. LI BOSSET.
One evening if I remember rightly,
it was the end of 1831 there was a great
crowd at the Opera, for Taglioni was to
dance. The spectators had crowded
themselves on the steps of the orchestra,
and the extra stools furnished for the
friends of the conductor formed a sort of
barricade which I found it difficult to
surmount, amidst cries of "Hush, hush!
silence, silence!" from the enthusiastic
amateurs whom I disturbed. For when
Taglioni dances, one not only gazes but
listens. It seems as if the eye were not
sufficient to admire with.
I found myself in an awkward posi
tion, forced to stand amidst a group of
my Iriends whom l met there Dy ap
pointment, and who were too much
crowded to make room for uie, when a
yoking man rose and offered me his seat,
winch 1 declined, not wishing to deprive
him of the pleasure of the spectacle.
"it is no deprivation," he said "1 am
going out."
1 accepted his offer with thanks; and
my obliging neighbor cast a last look at
the stage before taking Ins departure.
For an instant he stopped, leaning his
back against the box of General Clapar
ede, and seemed to look for some one in
the distance. .Then sinking gradually
into a profound revery, he evidently
thought no more of retiring.
He was right in saying I did not de
prive him of the view ; for turning his
back to the stage seeing nothing hear
ing nothing he appeared entirely to
forget wliere he was. . I examined him
attentively. 1 It was impossible to imag
ine a face more handsome or expressive.
Dressed simply and elegantly, there was
something noble and distinguished m all
his movements. He seemed about five-
and-twenty. His fine black, eyes were
fixed incessautly on a front liox of the
second tier with an indefinable expression
of melancholy and despair. Involun
tarily 1 turned in that oirecuon, and I
saw that the box was empty.
"He expects somebody who lias not
come," 1 said "she has deceived Inm
she is ill or her father lias prevented
her, and he loves and expects in vain.
Poor voung teliow anu l watched as
attentively as he. I pitied him, and
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the door of tlie box opened ; but it re
mained closed. , . . , ., ... ; . ...
The ballette was about to end; and
while the inferior dancers were perform
ing,' conversation, as usual- proceeded
almost aloud. -Among other things, we
talked of Hobert le Diablq, which was
then in rehearsal, and was about to ap
pear in a tew days. My triendsmade all
sorts of inquiries about tlie music the
ballettes the situations and all the other
points of interest in relation to the new
piece, and begged very earnestly to at
tend the last rehearsal. . -A - rehearsal
seems so strange and wonderful to those
unaccustomed to it." J promised to intro
duce them, and we all rose up to go away,
tor tne curtain was aoout to tail. j& i
found myself near my unknown friend,
who still remained" motionless in the
same place,: I expressed my regret that
I had accepted his otter, anu my gratifi
cation if I could do any tiling to oblige
mm in return. . ,. ,
"You can do so quite easily," he-re
plied ; "I have just gathered that you are
M.Meyerbeer.". , .
"1 nave not tnat nonor ;. .
"At any rate you are one of. the au
thors of Hobert le Diable?" ...
"After a sort," 1 said, "I wrote, the
words." , , - i
' "Well, then," he rejoined, "let me be
present at the rehearsal to-morrow," '
"we are so little prepared as yet, that
1 canionly venture to ask my mends."
"T hat is one reason more lor my re
peating the request.", - ,
"And," I said, "I am delighted that
you nave repeaieu n, on inose rerms."
He shook my hand, and the hour was
fixed for tlie following day.
He was exact to ins appointment. We
walked for a few minutes about the stage
before tlie rehearsal commenced. ,. He
spoke gravel j', yet pleasantly and clever
ly ; but it was easy to perceive that it
needed an ettort to keep up the conver
sation, ; and that he was pre-oceupied
with other thoughts. Our goddesses of
the dance and ot tne song oegan to ar
rive one after another. ; Several times I
per -i"ed him tremble,' and once his agi-
tatie , was so great tnat ne nad to sup
port himself ou the side scenes. I be
gan to suspect he was a rejected lover of
one of our Clios or Terpsichores a sus
picion which his extreme .handsomeness
and his style altogether rendered bv no
means probable ; and in reality I was mis-
taKen. lie spoKe to no one went near no
one and no one knew who he was.
The rehearsal began. I looked for
him in the orchestra among the ama
teurs. He was not there ; . and though
the body of the house was somewhat
dark, I thought I saw him in the front
box wrhich he had gazed on so constantly
the night before. I was anxious to make
sure of this and at the end of the rehearsal
after the admirable trio of the fifth act, I
ascended to the second tier. Meyerbeer,
who had something to say to ine, accom
panied me.' ' We arrived at the box, of
which the door was halt open, and saw
the 'unknown with his head resting on
his hands. At our approach he turned
quickly round and rose up. . His pale
face was covered with tears. , Meyerbeer
was overjoyed; and Without , saving a
word, shook his hand most kindly, as. , if
to manic mm. rue unknown, trying to
conceal his embarassuient,, muttered
some words of compliment in such a
vague arid unconnected manner, that he
saw he iiad not listened to the perform
ance, and that for two hours he , had
been thinking of any thing rather than
the music. Meyerbeer whispered tome
in despair "The wretch lias not heard a
note!" " ' 5 ..'.;.' , -. . ,- .
AVe all three descended the stairs, and
crossing tlie large beautiful court which
leads to the Rue Grange Bataliere, the
unknown bowed to M. Saussaret, who at '
that time had the letting of the seats. , , .
I went to M. Saussaret. "You know
that handsome voung fellow who hits
just left me?" ' ' !' -
"M. Arthur Rue du Hehlcr No. 9.
I know nothing more.' He has engaged
a box on the second tier for this winter."
"He was there this moment," ! said. '
"Then he seems to use it in the morn
ing only, for he never goes near it at
night. The box is always empty."
And iu fact during the whole Week
the dtxir was never opened. The box
remained deserted. ; '; '
The first apjiearancc of Jlobtrt was now
near, and on such occasions a poor devil
of an author is overwhelmed with appli
cations for boxes and tickets. You may
imagine what time he has to attend to his
play, and the changes and curtailments
that may lie required, lie has to answer
letters and claims that xur in upon him
from all quarters, ami it is invariably the
ladies who are most exacting on ' such
nights, i "Ynu were to have got ine two
lioxes and 1 have only got one." "You
promised me No. 10, next to the gener
al's, and they have sent me No. 15, next
to Madame D. whom 1 detest, and w ho
casts ine into the shade . with her ' dia
monds.". I .-(--! . i -ti -. - -'
A first night is tlnuf when you' get
into scra)tes with your liest friends, who,
perhaps overlook" it' In a few days, if
your piece "takes,?' but who nurse' their
indignation a long 1 time if ' you are
"damned," so that you -are punished
both by them and the" public at the same
time. Misfortunes never come alone.
On tlie morning of the first night of
Jtolmn, I had promised a Imix to some
ladies, but the. manager took it away
from me to give It. to a journalist. l
complained. He replied, "'Tls for a
journalist, you understands a journalist
who hales you, but who lias promised
1871.
thanks to my politeness In giving him
your box to speak favorably of the
music."
It was impossible to resist an argument
like this and the box was giveu up. But
where was l to bestow my tair friends,
whose wrath was a much more serious
matter to me than that of the journalist ?
I luckily remembered my unkuown ac
quaintance, and went to" his residence.
His room was very simple and unosten
tatious, particularly for a man who had
a box at the opera."
"My dear sir," I said, "I come to ask
you a great favor."
"Say on."
"Do you intend to be present at the
first representation of Robert le Viable f
In your box, I mean."
He appeared embarrassed, and replied
with some hesitation "I should be very
happy but it is impossible."
"Have vou disposed of it?"
"No.'i
"Will you give it tip to me? you will
get me out of an awkward predicament."
His trouble seemed to increase every
moment. He could not refuse me ; and
at last, as if making a great effort to com
mand himself he said "I agree, but npon
one condition that you put nobody into
mat oox out men."
"Impossible, my dear sir, I ask ' it ex
pressly to accommodate some ladies."
He was silent for a while. "And
among these ladies," he said,- "is there
any one you love ?"
"Undoubtedly," I replied. :
"Then take the box," he said, -"for I
leave Paris to-day."
I made a motion expressive of interest
and curiosity, and he seemed to divine
my thoughts ; for he took me by i the
hand, and said, "you uo doubt perceive
that certain fond and sad remembrances
attach themselves to that box. I can
communicate them to no one. Of what
use is it to complain when one is misera
ble and hopeless, aud when it is all , by
his own fault?" i ,
That night the first representation of
Hobert took place, and my mend Meyer
beer achieved a triumph which resound
ed all through Europe., - Since that time,
many other events, literary, and political
-many other successes and many failures.
have occurred. I saw no more of ,M.
Arthur--! thought of him no more. I
had forgotten him. : " , - i
, ... A night or two ago,, I ..found myself
once more m the orchestra, at the right
side oi tne opera. it. was not to see
Hobert, it was to see thellwjuenois. Five
years had passed awas. .
"lou come late," said one ot my
friends, a professor of civil law, who has
as much "esput at night as erudition in
tlie morning, i -
"And you are very wrong in so doing."
added a little man dressed in black, with
a snarp voice anu a powdered nead, as tie
tapped me on the shoulder. i turned
round, and saw M. Baraton, the notary
ol my lainily. -." " :
:-"iou here: - l cried "and your
office " . ' -'. -: - ;
; "Sold it three months ago I am rich
I am a widower 1 anv sixty years old
I have been twenty years married, and
thirty years a notary l tmnK I am en
titled to a little enjoyment."
, "And he has now been a subscriber to
the Opera for eight days," said the pro-
tessor ot civil law. -
"Ay, to be sure; I like to laugh; I
like comedy, and so I have bought an
admission here."
' "And why not at the Francaise?"
" "Oh! not half so amusing as here
one sees and liears the most extraordina
ry things in the world. These gentle
men know everything there is not a box
of which they do not know the history."
"Indeed!'.' I cried, and mechanicaly
turned toward tne nox on tne second
tier, which had so excited my curiosity
some years oeiore. w nat was my
amazement! That night it was empty as
before ; and the only empty one in the
whole house:
I was delighted to have a history to
tell, and in a few words related all that
I have now told you. I was listened to
With attention ; my friends were lost in
conjecture the professor tried to recall
some ancient recollections the. little
notary smiled most maliciously.
"Well, gentlemen," I said, "which of
you who Know everytning can unrid
dle this enigma for us ; who can tell us
the story of that mysterious box ?" .
They were all silent, even the profes
sor, who passed his hands over his brow
as if to refresh his recollection of some
anecdote, aud would probably have fin
ished by inventing one appropriate to
the occasion, if the notary had giveu him
time. - ti
"Who will ten you that story?" he
exclaimed, with an air of triumph, "who
but I ? I know the whole particulars."
"You, M. Baraton?"
"To be sure."
."Goon, then goon," and we all drew
near to listen. "
, "Go on, M. Baraton."
' "Well, then," said the little notary,
with an important look, and taking a
pinch of snuff, '.'which of you was ac
quainted with ", . ,
, But at that moment the first crash of
the overture began and M. Baraton,
who piqued himself on not losing a sin
gle note, stopped immediately, and said
"After tlie first act, gentlemen."
i ' :.:-"
"Gentlemen," said the notary, when
the first act of the Huguenots was finished,
"Queen Marguerite has to be dressed
with all her maids of honor the castle
and garden of Chenonceaux have to be
got ready ; and the interval will be long
enough, I think, to enable me to tell you
the story yon wish to know." And after
a placid pinch of snuff, which gave him
time to collect ids thoughts, M. Baraton
commenced in these words :
"Which of you,' gentlemen, was ac
qnainted with the little Judith?"
' We all looked at each other, and Uie
oldest frequenter of the orchestra was
puzzled. -
"The little Judith," he went pn "who
some seven or eight years ' ago . was
brought out as a figurante, in tlie ' bal
lette?" ". . ' " ,
""Stay," said the professor of civil law,
with somewhat of a pedantic air, "a little
blonde who was one of the pages for the
Muette?" .
"She was dark," said the notary; "as
to the part you attribute to her, 1 have no
positive document on the subject, and
prefer rclyiug ou your ' immense erudi
tion." The professor bowed.
i "But, whether dark or fair, there was
one thing that nobody disputed, and that
was, that the little Judith was a charming
creature. And another jioint which ai
pcared undeniable, was, that her aunt,
Madame Bonuivct, was iiorteress in the
Rue Richelieu, in the. house of an old
gentleman, whose confidential manager
she had once becu ; some said his cook;
but Madame Bonuivct disdained the im
peachment, and went on, quietly plying
her knitting needles, and managing for
the different lodgers, while her niece even,
already began making conquests.
For It was imiMissible to hiss the jMir
ter's lodjijo without being struck with the
extraordinary lieatity of little Judith,
w ho was scarcely twelve years old. J Icr
eyes even then were the finest iu Ihe
world; her teeth like pearls; her form
exquisitely graceful; and whatever dress
she wore, she had the most distitujuv air
imaginable; aud to crown all, an expres
sive, clear and open countenance, with
something radiant and coquettish in its
very innocence. In short she gave prom
ise of one of those glorious combinations
of grace and Iwauty, enough to turn peo
ple's heads; and, as a jioet would say,, to
change the fate of empires.
People paid Madame Bonuivct so many
coin pi i incuts every day on the loveliness
of her niece, that she determined to make
considerable sacrifices for her education.
She sent her, therefore, to : a charity
school, where little girls were taught o
read and write an enormous amount of
instruction, the advantages of which
were soon felt by Madame Bonuivct her
self; who, in her caiaclty of iiorteress.
XTJMBERI.
had found it rather difficult to make out
the different addresses, and to send the
letters and parcels to their respective des
tinations. Judith took this duty on her
self, to the universal satisfaction of all
concerned ; and Madame Bonuivet being
now persuaded that with sucti an educa
tion, superadded to so much beauty, her
niece was soon to make a sensation in the
world, she. waited impatiently for an
opening. . . - , j
it was not long belore an opportunity
presented itself. -M. Rosambeatt, the
ballette-master, who rented one of the
attics, ottered to give little Judith !sotne
lessons ; and, in a few days, Madame
Bonmvet communicated in confidence-
to all the ladies of her acquaintance---that
her niece had been accepted as one of the
corps de ballet of the opera a piece of
news which ol course was spread fat and
wide, and flew rapidly from door to door
along the whole extent of the Rue Rich
elieu. - , , . , , i
Then, there was little Judith installed
at the opera, taking lessons every morn
ing ot M. Rosambeau, and coming on at
night totally unnoticed amidst ( the
groups of young girls, naids, or pages,1
as the prolessor justly observed a i lew
minutes ago. , 1
Judith was innocence itself, though
belonging to the stage ; for she had been
brought up in a respectable house, where
alt the lodgers were discreet Benedicks,
Her aunt, who was. as watehful as, s
dragon, never left her; accompanied her
to the theatre in the morning, brought
her home at night, and even remained
whole days in the green-room knitting
her stocKings, while her niece took le:
sons and practiced her steps. You won
der what became all this time of the large
house in the Rue Richelieu ; I can't exact
ly say ; but people believe that a friend of
Madame Bonmvet undertook all herd ti
tles then, in the expectation of the little
Judith making a catch-; for' you (are
aware, gentlemen, that no one: goes on
the opera boards unless with , the hopes
of making a catch gaming a settlement.
or however you choose to express (hat
great objectof an actress's ambition. In
this way they leave the stage they jare
rich they reform; and the good aunt :
for all pretty dancers, you may have (re
marked, nave invariably aunts ol ithe
nignest respectaDiiity marries ner niece,
now weaned from the vanities ' of itin
spangles and paste diamonds, to a flour
ishing stockbroker, or ",- .
"A retired notary," added the profes
sor.
- M. Baraton slirugged his shoulders.
"Of course," he said ; t'but at that tune
thoughts of such prodigious advancement
had never entered into the heads of either
Madame Bonmvet or her niece., Ambi
tion grows on us by degrees." ' I
"But Judith," I said "what ; became
of Judith ?". for I saw the curtain about
to rise." . I
"Judith ! I'm coining to her directly.
Madame- Bonnivet, in spite of all her cati-
tioiij could not, hinder her niece from
talking with her,; companions. In tlie
mornings in the green-room, and above
all, at !ijrht when they were on the stage
a region w here the aunt found it im
possible to follow Judith heard some
things that astonished her. -
One of the nymphs or S3'lphides, her
companions, whispered in Her ear "oe,
Jndith, look in the orchestra at the
right how hard he is looking at me."
"Who?" said Judith. . , i
"That handsome young man with the
cashmere vest, don't you see him?".
"What does it all mean?" ' t
"I've struck him." : '--in-
'Struck him?' said Judith, astonished
"Ha, ha!" said the nymph,, "what !a
simpleton you are. Girls, here's a curi
osity she never had an admirer !" 1 I
"All her aunt's fault," said another of
the sylphs. i .. .
"Indeed! well! if I had an aunt so
ridiculous, I would " j
"Hush, hush ; you know nothing
about it," replied the other, who seemed
a few years older ; 'she perhaps has se
rious intentions about little Judith, and
to keep her from the danger of lovers, is
going to give her to a protector.' " t
'She!' rejoined the others, 'she hasn't
wit enough to get her one. ; . Such good
fortune would be too much to expect. ; I
Judith did not lose a syllable, but had
not courage to ask anybody for an explanation.-
But she understood enough
to see that she was looked down upon,
and she naturally had an intense desire
to avenge herself, to humble her compan
ions, and fire them wnth rage and envy.
Accordingly, when Madame Bonnivet
informed her "on their return, with a
solemn face, that slie would introduce
her to a protector a noble and rich pro
tector her first sensation was one of joy
ful surprise ; and her aunt, who had not
expected such a reception for her news,
proceeded in raptures.
'Yes, my darling niece, an admirable
person in all respects a person who will
secure your happiness, and a provision
for your aunt; and indeed he can't do
less, after all the trouble aud expense
yonr education has cost me.'
Then the good aunt wiped away a few
tears; and Judith, who was moved at the
appearance of so much tenderness, only
ventured to ask w ho was the protector,
and how she had deserved such gene
rosity 'You shall know in good time, replied
the aunt, but in the meau time your com
panions will die with spite.'
This was the very thing Judith wanted ;
and great indeed was the surprise when
the intelligence became known in - the
green-room. ... .. . ..
'Is it possible? a creature like. that! a
figurante a chorus-girl, and I a first
dancer 'tis disgusting.'
'Quite right ! said the others ; she1 is so
good ; she deserves her good luck she is
so sweet and pretty.' . ,
And, in short it it had lieen a marriage
to a duke, they could not have made more
exclamations, or envied Jier advancement
more sincerely. , . . - .
And there could no longer , be, any
doubt upon the subject, when her aunt
appeared that evening in a magnificent
shawl of Ternaux. But who eould this
protector lie ? some rich old curmudgeon
some gouty old bachelor, or worn out
roue? But to an these questions Judith
maintained a prudent reserve one good
reason of which probably was, that she
did not know a syllable about the matter.
In a few days she had quitted the por
ter's lodge to live with - her aunt in a
charming suit of rooms . in the Rue de 1
Province a bed-room furnished splen
didly, and a boudoir so tasteful, so ele
gantly fitted up, that her aunt never
ventured to approach it she -preferred
sitting iu the dining parlor, or indeed
in the kitchen; she felt so much more at
ease there than elsew here. : -i
Hut day after day p.-tssd on, and no
body apieared, which struck Judith as
something rather strange; for Judith
was -without education, but not : w ithout
sense. Her candor ami f"rte proceeded
from innocence, not from stupidity; and
after thinking over her position for some
time, she would have given the world for
some one toconsult for someone to de
fend her against this protector whom she
did not know, and whom she feared and
bated: It is true, the only Itlea she had
formed of him was of an ugly old man ;
for her companions had p'ivp.'iretl her
for nothing else by their conversations.
She accordingly trembled and had almost
fainted with agitation, when ou the fifth
day, her aunt threw ohu the door ami
announced the expected visitor.
Judith would have risen to receive
him with proper resiioct, hut her limbs
shook, and she sank back upon the sola.
When at length she raised her eyes, she
saw standing liefore her a handsome
young man of twenty-two or twenty
three yeas of age, of a noble and elegant
appearance, who looked at her with a
kind and benevolent expression, liioue
instant she felt sho was safe. A jierson
who looked at her w ith so soft a smile
would lie her defender from all evil, ami
she could have nothing to fear.
"Mademoiselle," he said, in a calm
and resjiectful tone; but perceiving that
Madame Bonuivet was still in the room,
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he made her a sign, and she immediately
remembered she, had orders to give
about the dinner "Mademoiselle, vou
are here at home;' I hope you will be
happy; hut pardon me if I have the hon
or of seeing you but seldom other en
gagements will prevent me the pleasure.
l tlierelore lay claim to but one title
that of youf friend; to but one privilege
that of satisfying your slightest wish."
. tfiiuioi uiu not repiy , out- i ne Mealing
of her heart lifted up the light muslin
of her pelerine.
"As to your aunt." and tins he said
with a scarcely perceptible tone' of con
tempt, 'she will, hereafter he -at your
command ; for I wish to that you should
give your commands to every one here.
commencing with myself."
lie then went near her, and ' took her
hand, which lie lifted to his lips, and
seeing that the liaud still trembled
'Have I alarmed you? he said, lie assured
that I fehall never repeat my visit except
when you desire it adieu, Judith!'
And he went away leaving the poor
girl in a state of emotion which she could
not comprehend. All day long she
thought of nothing but the handsome
stranger with his beautiful black eyes.
She had not ventured to look at him, a ml
yet nothing that . he liad done, not a
movement had escaped her. She. was
uneasy, and lost her spirits; her com
plexion grew pale, and her aunt smiled.
, When tlie stranger was spoken of, she
blushed thedeeiiest scarlet, and her aunt
smiled again. . . ,.
But he returned nomore, arid she could
not ask him to return, e. What had she to
complain, of? apartments lieautifully
furnishedservants and carriage at her
command She had not a want in the
world! " ' ' 1 '
On the other hand, her companions in
the theatre, : seeing her; so . brilliantly
dressed, and so radiant in beauty, over
whelmed her with questions. But those
very questions made her half 'suspicious
that there was sometlung unusual, iu the
whole transaction that she was treated
with a sort of disdain ; and she avoided
the conversation as much as she could,
and never told her aunt even, how very
respectfully she had been addressed. One
night when the house waa Crowded, she
perceived tlie stranger in the royaP Imix
looking at her..,. She . nearly .screamed
with joy, and made a dancer , miss, the
proper time, who was just then whirling
a pirouette.
'What stlie matter?' said Nathalie, one
of her friends who held the other end of
a garland. - i. -
" 'Tis he! there he is!" -
Is it possible! Count Arthur de Var
leois, one of the 'young nobles of the
Court of Charles X., and moreover, the
handsomest of them . all!., :, You have
nothing to complain of with : such a
friend to see you every day.' .' f
Judith made, no- reply. She 'was too
happy. i,:Arthur, to the great scandal of
all who saw it, bowed , to her from the
King's 1kvx;( and lietter, still, when the
ballette was 'finished, just when she was
aliout to ascend to her dressing-room.
Arthur came to the side scenes, and said
quite audibly,: so as to be heard by t he
Lord Chamberlain, who had the "direc
tion of: the Opera 'Will you allow ine
the honor of conducting you home?'
'Tis too much honor for me,' stam
mered Judith, without "perceiving what
a laugh her answer excited. ' v
i 'Make haste theu. : I .will wait for you
ou the stage.' , , ....,.. ',
' She lost no time, you may be sure, in
changing her dress; and ori returning,
she found Arthur in conversation with
a group of fashionables,, aud,. with M.
Lubert, the manager, to whom he recom-
mended Judith very "warmly, and then
gave her his arm liefore them all; and
conducted her down the performer's
staircase, i s . " !
.At the door his carriage was- ready to
receive them ; they got iu, and, as it "was
cold, he pulled up the glass, and put her
shawl over her shoulders'. ; How beauti
ful she was-s-so glad so 'gratified ; but
the gladness did not last long. TI le d is
tauoe is so short between the Rue Grange
uataitere aim tne Kite tie Proveuee. ami
the horses went so fast! 'The carriage
stopped ; Arthur got out and offered his
liaud to Judith. . They went upstairs to
gether, aud arrived at the door of her
apartment. He rang the bell, respect
fully took his leave, and disapjicared.
Judith could not sleep. The conduct. "
of the Count appeared so rude. He might
at least have entered her' room, and sat
down for a moment. ' 'She knew very lit
tle, to be sure, of the manners of high so
ciety ; but she thought tliat would have
oeen more polite than to leave her so sud
denly at the door. She was feverish and
disturbed; and at daybreak got out of bed
aud went to the window to get cool.There,
before her door, still stood the carriage
with the fast gray horses; thev pa wed the
ground with cold and impatience; the
coachman was asleep on his box. ,,,, ,,
Excuse ine, gentlemen.' said the no
tary, when he had reached this part of his
story; "the next act is just beginning,
aud I don't wish to lose n word of the
opera when the curtain falls ' . . t , -'
. (TO BE COXTU.TKD.)
SOUTHERNERS IX URAZIL.
The story of the self exilexl Southern
ers, who at the close of the war, unwill
ing to live muter the old banner, sought
new homes in Brazil, is told at length in
the Times of Sunday, and is : a vwv sail
one. Ihe government of Brazil sent
iigents to this country, at the time men
tioned, to Invite emigration, and coloni
zation agencies were established in New
lork, Kichinoiid. bavanuah. .Mohlle n,l
Xew Orleans. ,. From New. York some
2,00o of the "rough-scttir' ,weutoiit,aiul
they, remaining in Rio de' Janeiro, in-
uiguratod an era ot crime, and finallv-
w ere sent homo at: the expense of the
Brazilians. The estimable emigranis.
however, composed mainly of Southern
iieople, went Into the interior ami were
speedily reduced to iNiverrv. A 'few'
managed to return, but the majority died
or were forced by necessitv Into a man
ner of life far iieiicath the social and bps
iness Htsitious held by them in this eouh-1
try. ' "lu a remote quarter of oue of thei
lowest precincts of the capital." savs iiu
MVS the writer, "Ms a rickety little build-
lug, lar interior in its filthy, slovenly ai
carauvc to Ihe vilest Sixth Ward grog-
gery iu this city. Over the door; of the
dilapidated hovel' is a siffn iu o-l-n-in.r
.i.vit.,io ..-.V..1..:.... li .! ,. :
miu i i.iiiiis uiu nationality
Of the owner beyond all question. Tlie '
sigu reads thus : 'The Dixie r'ree anil
Easy Concert Saloon.' .There, behind
the counter of that miserable Bray.il ian
drinking shop, surrounded by lewd wo
men, and lis'iising the commonest ua
five liquors to as vile a set of scoundrels '
as ever cut a throat, is all that remains of
a man who was once u might among his
pwplei-H man who has hvu the Mayor
of one of the principal chic of the i'ni
ted States, and also a prominent officer
iu the Southern armv. His stOl-l ilk i.itr
dissimilar from that of the oor" physic
ian. Wauu vU-spiur, and drink mid in'" Irs '
attendant evils have made, him what he is.
In the penal colony, of Ferdinand, de
Naronah are two or three gentleman
criminals' who were once resmi-te.1 .-til-
xcusoftho South, hut who, having lost1
all their worldly possessions iu the Cul
led States w ere ten) pled to emigrate to
Brazil by visions iff speedy alllucnee and
freedom from loll, and having these- bright
dreams as sntMlly disK-cd, eoncludTtl.
it seems, that honor was only a mite
more to lose, rccklesly plimged' , into mi
abyss of fraud and forgvrv, and, as a con-
- ni -ii'iiu iiijj n iiiiscranic
existence on tnu lonely iKland of Naron
ah -as Brazilian, ixuivicts;',' i-.The writer
coin-cis, uunni-i, siory WHICH U.-1K
had wide circulation to tlie effect that S
the daughter of one of the emigrants J
had been sold lino slavery to pay tliei
father's debts, There is iio taw in Brii
xil which jM-rmiks such transactions. He
concludes by saying that Brazil is a goo .
country for a rich num. but the wui.-V-that
a poor man can go to. 'V.
It Is but a step from companionship tt
slavery, when one associates with vice.