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10 LITERATURE. Three Novel*. PIUJDENOR PALFREY: A Novel. By Titovas lIAILRT ALDJUOU, I'J TOO., pp, 311. Cloth, $1.60. Boston : Juntos 11. Oigood k Go. MOBE RTANSs A Simple Statement or the Hinoulaii Facts or His Oabk. 13y William M. Barks, Author of “Inside: A Chronicle of So* cession," ole. • 13 mo., pp. 317. Now Yorks Hurd k Houghton. TKMI’KST-TOSSED: A Romance. By TnEonona Tilt ok, 13 mo., pp. 000. New York; Sheldon ii Co, When Mr. Aldrich puts his pon to paper wo aro confident of a work of refined literary merit. Whether it bo sung In musical numbers, or writ ten in the plain language of prose; whether it bo a brief talo, comprising but a Dingle strange and startling episode, or a history that ruus through years to its completion, it will bo euro to havo an exquisite grace, a piquant humor, and a delicate'finish. Mr. Aldrich has given us this certainty through an unvarying experience of neatly twenty years. Since 1855, when, a boy of 10, ho produced the dainty poem, “Baby Doll, 1 ’ up to the writing of “Marjorie Daw," something like a year ago, ho has not once dis appointed or weakened expectation by bringing forth an unworthy composition. Equally in viting themes havo not always been the subject of his attention, but the treatment of whatever ho has touched has boon invariably symmetrical and artistic. This is a record for which ho and the public may bo grateful. If genius bo rare, art Is equally so,—that art which is puro and true; which strives for no dazzling, meretricious effects, but follows Nature, and is over hoatbful and humble. “Prudence Palfrey" is the second attempt of Mr. Aldrich at an extended story. The first, “ The Story of a Bod Boy," may bo called youth ful in moro senses than one. It had a child for a hero, and was written for.young readers, and yet no grown-up book for a grown-up audionco will over bo published by its author .surpassing it in beauty and atlractivencs. Wo question If it bo nut too good to bo a thorough success. It is intended for immaturo minds, and yet its merits aro of on order to bs appreciated only by a cultivated taste. Tito flue edge of Us wit, tbo elegance of its phraseology, and its woudorfully adroit turns of expression, will bo apt to bo in a measure lost upon a childish render. But tho practiced oyo under which tho book may chanco to fall will revel in those gems, which havo not their equal in any volume yet contributed to American Juvenile literature. “Prudence Palfrey" is a typo of tho Now- Englaud novel, of which wo havo had sev eral admirable specimens. The earliest was Judd’s “ Margaret." and the latest aro “ Her Wedding Journey" and “Lovo in tho Nine teenth Century." Neither is in any wise a copy or an imitation of the other, and yet thov have a strong family-likeness, for each is a faithful transcript of New-Englaml lifo and character. Cool, fresh, simple, reol pictures of Nature and humanity as they havo developed in tbo oldest and most cultured portion of our country, there Is nothing sensational, exaggerated, or un natural, m their onliro structure. Photographs are not more honest and roaiiatio. Veracity is their virtue aud their charm. There is not much of a plot In this last novel, as there w not in any of the school to which it belongs; but what there is is mado tho most of. Mr. Aldrich has a peculiar gift at concealing the denouement of a storj’. Until tho lost moment ho generally succeeds in covering up every duo ~l oto lutiqii of tho knot ho has tangled. Bkilltully reserving for tho final page or two the satisfaction of bis reader’s curiosity, ho has it under command to tho voryoml. liivonuouth—the quiet, finished sea-const town, whore tho main part of tho story is located —is Portsmouth, N. H.—the native village of tho author—under an alias. Mr. Aldrich has a fond ness for the sleepy, old place, giving it what dis tinction he cun in bis novels. It was tbo scone whore his “ Bad Doy " was situated, and wo may suppose ho has transferred its very atmosphere ! Into hja romances. Wo scrupulously avoid the Unkinduesa of lotting any reader into tho secret 1 of Prudence Pollrey ; ,r to tho author should bo secured tho sacred right of this commuuica n*inVn,Vof Prudence herself that I no lo\oner maiden nus over tripled aorooo tuo t pages of fiction. Aud she is none too ghostly or 1 too good " for human nature’s daily food," but 1 is just tho frank, hearty, unaffected, and refined I damsel whom wo may meet over and over any day, in just such towns among Now England 'ls, or on Now England’s shore, as Ports h, or Berkshire, or Concord. are other portraitures in tho novel as t hers. Parson Wibird Hawkins, nausea from tho scene, loaves with ■nomoir of saintly unselfishness good Ralph Dent aud his boasting no heroic virtue*, ”o coidially honor. In Lave their being in ‘'>ns as if they had *t now, in tho - moiu, There Jlfo-liko ik quickly as ho k us a frngiant u and purity. Aud , nopbow John, though aro manly men whom w ihort, tho whole cirdo who the book are as natural oreatu lived tbolr day, or wore living, litllo secluded town of Blvormouthi “Moso Evans,” according to the ilatemont in bis dedication, *• was wru moments snatched from the profession ttbu. tli© chief business of bis life." Books which m hurriedly put together, in tbo odds and eudd of time loft by an engrossing vocation, are not wont to posßOeß great value, and tbo present is no ex ception to tbo rule. It boars witness to the un favorable circumstances in which it was com posed. Rude, careless, slovenly in stylo, it is & good deal of a trial to make oufc*tbo meaning of tbo bulk of Us sentences ; and, as for tbo con nection between paragraphs, tbo render must often content himself with a failure to discover Tbo criticism to which the stylo of tb© work Is amenable may bo applied to its plan and charac terization. The outlines of all tbo figures are broken, meagre, and shadowy. It is impossible to picture any one of them distinctly before tbo oyo. One can, perhaps, got a partial imago of Gen. Throop, the chivalrous Southern gentle man ; and Moso Evans, by a considerable draft on the imagination, may bo made to stand out in fair relief; but the rest of the fragmentary characters bailie every effort to invest them with a definite human semblance. A reader likes to bo thrown upon his own re sources, occasionally, for tbo filling out of an 8 unfinished sketch, or tho completion of a bold, direct suggestion; but to build up au entire ro mance out of disjointed pieces and most uncer tain hints, is a vexatious business. The author gets small thanks for involving us in such toil. Had tbo coucoptiou of “ Moso Evans,” tbo hero who gives name to the book, been thorough ly carried out, it would liavo boon effective. The . Idea of a man having tho glorious beauty of nu Apollo, ami tho trust, aud truth, and innocence of a child, is inspiring. Wo have met with it be fore in romance, but it is always welcome, It only remains that it should ho made plausible and possible to tho imagination, to convoy entire satisfaction. If Mr. Baker will free himself from tho cares of his profession, and constitute the writing of a hook tho first object of his life for tbo time being, ho may ho able to sketch for us a “Moso Evans" whom wo will gratefully accept as the ideal man, perfect in body and stainless in soul. In turning over tho pages of “Tempest- Tossed,” by Theodore Tilton, one suffers au un usual fooling of pain. It reflects in every part the character of its author. Tbo weaknesses which have impaired tho success of his career have proved the ruin pf his f hook. Brilliant, gifted, winning, beyond most 'men, ft seemed at' one time as though every honor possible to the writer and tho orator was within the reach of Ill ton. But au excess of romance—that fatal vice of the imagination—lias blinded and bewildered his judgment and corrupted tho integrity of his Intellect. It is not his motlvo or bio principle that is perverted; his heart is always right, hut his reason plays him lalso. Nothing that lias over transpired concerning him is more astonishing than this book. That n man with a sane intellect, with any degree of clear, sound sense, should* have composed so mawkish a work, is most surprising. The wild est improbability onwiaps every circumstance, and a sickish sentimentality enfeebles ovary character. It is not a study of human nature, but an exhibition of tho weakest traits of the author. It is tho dletilled essence of Tlitonism. We can but hope ho will bo tbo stronger and tho wiser hereafter for having drained off into “ Tempest-Tossed ” so much of tho foolish aud flighty element in his nature. TI»o Fur West. ACROSS AMERICA; mi, Tint Giikat Wkbt and the Pacific Coast, By Jambs F. Rusliko, Lute Brovci Ihigiullor-Oenerul, U, 8, V, I'Jmo., pp. 60J, Ntw Ymu : Hheidou A Co. In Ibe summer of 1806 Gon. Dueling was ap pointed to inspect tho condition of tbo military dupots and pouts in tbo Btatos and Territories of tbo Kncky Mountain slope and tbo Pacific coast. In tbo execution of bis olltco bo was occupied about a twelvemonth, and traveled over 15,000 miles. A third of bis journey was performed by etago-ooaob, by ambulance, or on horseback, and tbo remainder by railroad and steamor. Most of the routes bo paused over have boon traversed and described by Bowles, lUobardsoD, •*' .*• *“ ’ *- U.«.««■ w.ltnwi wlm ItliVA aconory nad ciporlono® that 'tho ovorlnml traveler. Yol a portion ot (Jon. Rußllng’n tour ponoltnlea replane mldom ontorod oy tbo moro plenauvo-nookor, and aomo uouroca of Informa lion woro 6pbn to him which nro not couoridlV ncooßPlWc. lo thoeo clroumatauccs hio book is indebted for Ur main Intorosu At tho time Gen. llnsliug tsrftssod tho Platon, Gon. abornnm was miking a tour of tho Indian country, endeavoring from personal observation lo gain an umtomtandlnK of tho right and tho wrong of tho Indian question. Our author was profient at several of tliu councils hold between tho pig Chief ami tho Utcn, and gives an in -5vJ e sr>i l of tho particnon both bides.' Of Kit Carson, tho fatuous frontloismnn, who acted ao Qon. Sherman's jmido, Gon. Iluulinjr mites i .Wo found him In log quarters, rough but comforta ble, with his Moticim wife and hull-brood children atouud him. We had expected to rm a tunnll am! wiry rnnn. wcutborboutim and rcllccnl 5 but mot a medium- Rizeil, rather el<mtlnb, llond.aud quite (alknllvo person instead, Ho rotialnly boro the murks of exposure, but none of that extreme "roughing It” that wo had an ticipated. In ago be seemed to be above 45. Ills bond was a remarkably good one, with tho bumps of bonovo lonco and affection welt developed. Ills eye was mild and blue,—tho very typo of good nature; white bis voice was sympathetic as a woman's. He impressed you fttoncoas a man of wire kindliness and charity, such a* a truly bravo man ought always to be. Ah simple as a child, but brave aa a lion, he soon look our hearts by storm, and grow upon our regard oil (be while wo wore with him. , . The Utcn seemed to have tho greatest possible confidence in him, and invariably called him simply "Kit." Said Bbermau, while at Garland, "Those Rod-Skins think Kit twice to big a man as mo. Why, Ida Integrity is simply perfect, luoy know it, and they would bollovo him and trust him any day before mu. The old aphorism, “ Evil communications cor rupt good manners,” ia excellently illustrated in the following extract from a doßorlntion of a Utovillago: Dogs abounded everywhere. Each wigwam sefemed Jo have a goodly supply, and tho Tiling* at l.irue a brigade besides. They wero small, vrolflub-looldng curs, aa a nils, and tbe most vociferous and Incessant yelpors I oyor listened to. Thoy had no regular barr enly a wild yelp, like their savage ancestors, tbe oxyotea of the Plnfoi, It Is only iho civilized dog that * bays doop-mouthisil welcome,"—that has a full, open bark;" and this he loses when ho relapses to savagery again, There wus no moving anywhere about the village without having n score or more of (hem yelping at j-our heels; but this scorned to bo the extent of hoatilo Intentions. When they became rather noisier ibnu usual, some passing squaw would daeh at them with a stick and a shower of "God-dams,"and that would scatter Ihom for a time. Most of our liuVaiiH hero learned to swear thorough oaths of the Border, and always swear In English, as they huvo no corresponding words la Ihclr own lan gnngc. In describing cavalry, thoy put the thumb and forefinger of 0110 hand on the palm of tho other, and then move them along in Imitation of a gallop. In speaking of ox-trains, they stretch out their arms and say, " Whon-Haw I Oit J" But when thoy come to imilo teums, they invariably speak of them oa"God-dnmsl Go long I" because of the copious oaths our teamsters hurl at them. Indeed, the average Indian alwava •ponka of the donkey is 0" God-dam," and thinks that tho correct name. Sam. Coleridge’* “JPhnntanmlon.” PHANTASMION; A Faint Talk, By Sara Colb-' iudor. With an Introductory Preface of Lord Cour.- JiiDoK, Lord Ohiof-JiiHilco of the Court of Common PJeaa. 12m0., pp. 348. Boslon: Roberta Bros. This longest continuous composition of tbo giftod Sara Coleridge was tho product of tho en forced luisuro on a sick bod. It was published iu 1837, iu a small, expensive, and anonymous edition. Under those disadvantages its circula tion was limited; and, when the edition—of only 250 copies—was exhausted, it was Buffered to re main out of print. The book is now revived, on tho belief that the largo circle of appreciative readers who have come to understand the fine genius of tho author will he grateful for the op portunity to become acquainted with her oulr work of fiction. J It is a pure product of the Imagination, a elmplo fairy talo, with tlio characters Lately sketched In, and no attempt mtmo to intrmlo a moral. But its spirit 1b fresh ami pure, its stylo Ib clear, chaelo, and atronz, and ita fancies nro vmd, picturesque, and delicate. Added to those literary excellencies, thorn is a Borina of ex quisite lyrics woven m with the narrative, of exceeding beauty in conception and vornitlciuion. |koy l J s ceon * a great variety of delicate and dinlcult measures, which aro managed with ex treme grace and Blull. As a sample of the n .,n ho "portful mouth 0 f May: 1111 her music Ulen away, tvi .f e . a , r D 0 hallo: wm. H lO S OW#I, P her heart, Ji 1 ' 0 ., 111 , 0 f «Brank blooms ure uhrrt 0 or tho turf which thou dost tread, thy trace* follow, f author’s ‘ten in In (bo odor* wafted round ‘ Echo , '■> tlimnujr then; yirot beeches browse,-. 6n the buddm,. deor to ronso; Hone shad come broken boughs Bcatiered leaves ana-. 'thee. Shall uot now betray Sylvan deer, on branches fed, 'Mid the countless branches bred, Mimic branches ou thr head With the rust are springing J Smooth them ou the russet bark, Or the stem of cypress dark, From whose top tba' woodland lark Boar* to heaven singing. I’oeras. POEMS. By Crlta Thaxter. Iflmo., pp. 18 8. How York; Bird k Houghton. A VOYAGE TO THE FORTUNATE ISL ES, Etc. By Mrs, 8. M. B. Watt, Author of “A, Woman’ll Panins.” 32m0., pp. ISO. Boston : Jau,os It. Os- good k Co. Mrs. Thaxtor discerns tho poetry at Nature with a penetrating vision. Tho many years when, as the daughter of the light-ho.uan keeper ou tho Isles of. Shoals, she lived aUf o of singu lar Isolation, trained her to read tho swift and constant changes that pass over l.ho soa, aud earth, and sky. Deprived, for tho most part of tho companionship cf human boiicgs, outside tho circle of her father’s family, she lemruod to make frionds of tho stars, tho clouds, the waves, tho storms, the flowers, and tho birds, and to inter pret their speech as it iff uttered, in color, in form, or in sound. This unwritten language of animate and inanimate things sbo has set to strains of beautiful melody. Tho cry of tho curlew, tho note of the swallow; tho scout of tho rose, the hue of the buttercup, the flush of the sunset. the roar of the tempest, the dewy, sol emn silence of tho midnight, art. all reproduced in her song. Every hour of tho day, aud every phase of tho seasons, has offered her a picture, which she has repainted with a brush "dipped in tho dyes of Heaven.” Tho beauty of litre. Thaxler’a verse has found wide recognition, and this now and enlarged edi tion, comprising upward of sixty pieces, will bo welcomed by many readers. Tho now volume of poems by Mrs. Piatt has boon daintily printed. AU that tinted paper, and open typo, and bits of artistic engraving, could do to render them attractive, bns boon done, Thoy themselves are moro trifles, reminding one of the pluy of soap-bubbles, as light, and thin, and evanescent. Thoy have lino meanings, per chance, for the poetic sense; bub they aro too tenuous to bo grasped by tho ordinary obtuse mind. We do gather from them that Choir author has lost her youth, and is sensitive to tho fact*, that she is blessed with children and dotes upon them; and that she loves to murmur her fancies in smooth-running rhymes mid measures; but, bevond this, wo have gained nothing from her volume. Its value and importance elude us. Prayer. riUYEU AND THE I'KAVKU-QAUGE. My the lUv. Makk Hopkins, D. 1)., lUiuo,, pi). «. Now York. Dmld k Mend, £u bis brief essay in answer to tbo views of prayor publicly Indorsed by Prof. Tyndalli Dr. Hopkins argues that God answers tbo suppUca lions of men as tbo human parent grants tho petitions of bis children. If tho petitions aro proper in tboiusolvos, and suited to tbo Divine Will, they meet with a favorable response. If they ask for wbat is foolish, vain, or miraculous, they aro denied. The prayers of tbo good and the evil ark board by God allko, as au earthly father attends to tbo needs and requests of both dutiful and umlutlful children. Mut prayer cannot bo subjected to a solonllflo test, as It Is governed by no Immutable laws, such as rule physical phenomena. God answers nravor as lie sees lit. Ithj an act of freewill, THE CHICAGO DAILY TttlitUftEs bio. It la In the province iVib supernatural, above tho tPAIm of Ilxcd Jaw ami physical flclonoo. without uniformity amlnocoßsU.v thoro can be ho Holontiflo teat, “and tho value of pravor can bo tented by us Just as tho value of asking can bo lasted by cblldrou, and in no other wav.” Dr. Ilopklno defines a miracle ns a physical effect in which a law of Nature is overcome by a direct not of will. Aa by the Intervention of will {nan can change the curronta of Nature,—turn ing, for lUHtnnco, the Jlow of a stream backward by moans of a dam,— bo, by a superior and mvis bio manifestation of power, Qod can adjust In* flexible laqs in order that they shall work out chniiEOß ami results in accordance with His will and thb prayers of men. There is nothing in those argumonlß to which the scientific man wilt object. Granted that prayer is not always answered, however pure its purpose and reasonable its petition, ami the dm* cession is ptnuticnlly ended. Tho scientist will naseit that, when a miracle ia entreated, it can not, according to tho lawtt of (bo universe, bo permitted ; and tho Christian will declare that, if it bo not granted, it 1b because Qod dooß not choose, though He Ih abmiduutly able to do bo should the act conform with ilio justice and wisdom. Concordance to Slmlcsponro’e Poems. A CONCORDANCE TO SHAKSI’EARE’S POEMS S An Indux to Evkrt Woun Thkrkin Contained. ■by Mrs. Hoiuoa Howard FunNunu. 8vo„ np. 422. Philadelphia: J. B, Llpplucott k Co, Whut with the now Variorum Edition of SUak spoaro's dramas, and this Concordance to hts minor poems, tlio works of tho Bard uf Avoh are receiving, at the bauds of Mr. and Mr. Frirnosi, tbo noblest/trontment. Tho high terms of praise which have bebu invariably used in sneaking of tlip Variorum Edition ate appropriately applied to tho Concordance under notice. Tho work is one of tbo most exhaustive of its kind. Every word in the pooma id recorded m the index. Tho drudgery of uttihpilatiim has boon immense. That nothin# might ho lacking to tho complete ness of the result, the poems thoniHolvca are reprinted at the end of tlio volume. They ocou- Ci pages, while tho Concordance UIIb 303. Though there may bo a queotiou whether these pooma, despite their Intrinsic value and their ox a ted authorship, wore worth so hoavv an expen diture of time and pains, there can ba 110 deny ing that tlio index'has boon prepared in the t most thorough and satisfactory nianu<m Thft volume is published m an elagndUdllldll, Unl foim with tho Variorum tihakopfeari. Anolhbb ftottlc by julca Vorne. MF.RTDIANA: Thb Advi;nturi:b or Timnk En- UI.tSIIMKN AND TIIBRC RUSSIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA. v 4 ®* ' >bnk. Translated from tha French. - ”* { b Numerous Illustruiious. IJimo., pn.231. Now lork: Scribner, Armstrong & Co, Tbo brilliant imagination of Mr. Vorno is still fertile, ami bo continues to produce with unabat ed rapidity romances of wonderful growth and marvelous dimensions. It will bo strange if In time bo does not overstock tho market, for bis wares nro of a sort that, aoouor than all others, sato tbo mental requirement. For torna weather, however, liko tho piosont, his books should bo welcome as Ice-wulor, for thov have tbo power to transport tbo mind quickly and happily to far-distant regions, whore it for gets diacomfort in an absorbing suivev of tlio must amusing and ingenious adventures. It does not matter whom Mr, Verne couvovb bis reader,—whether to the moon, the centre of tho earth, or the wilds of South Africa.—tho train of events be sots iu motion is equally curious and interesting. thaws Passed nt (ho Last Session of tho Illinois JLetriwlnturc, STATUTES OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. OP GENERAL IMPORTANCE. PASSED AT THE AD JOURNED SESSION OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1 H73-’4. rpuhllshed by Chicago: E. B. Uyora, Law Bookseller. 03 Washington street, U74, . Mr. Myers publishes this volume to supply the Immediate wants of the public until such time aa the Itovlscd Statutes are published—which ho thinks will not bo before October or November, As Mr. Myers has had tho advice of some of the host legal talent of the Slate to guide him in tlio selection of tlio laws to bo published, it is to bu presumed that nothing essential has been left out of tho compendium. Tho book is cub- Bt&utially bound, and printed in clear, large type. Illinois ICovlsod Statutes, THE STATUTES OF ILLINOIS: An Analytical Compilation op All tiik Oknkral Laws ok ttik bl-ATK IN FojlCK AT TKK i»HESIJNT TIMB. Official ami Sthiidard, by Act of tlio Legislature. 1H18—1874. Lotted by William L. Orobs, CounaeUor>ut-Law. Secouil Edition. Vol. III.; Acts of 1873*"4. This volumo coniplotus the rovision of the HUiiois Statutes, containing all the revised acta passed upon by the Tvrouty-oighth General As sembly, Ronltu llcceiTcrt. NORTHERN BALLADS. By Edward Anderson. Hipiuvo I'Jmo.. m), 02. New York: George W. Ccirieton * Co. THE LOO OF* COMMODORE ROLLIKGPIN: His Adventure* Afloat and Ashore. By John Cah ter. With Numerous Comln Illustration*. 12m0.. W». 258. Now York : G. W, Carleton A Co. THAMES VALLEY SONNETS. I.—WINTER. flow Jnrc'o that thrush looks ou tbo bare tborn-treo I A awurm of such, three little mouths axo, Had hidden ih the leave* aud let none know Save by the outburst of their minstrelsy.' A white lluko boro and there—a munv-lily Of last night'* frost—our nak*xl flower-bed* hold; And for u roeo-flowerou the darkling mold The hungry redbreast gleams. Ko* bloom, no boe. The current shudders to Its ice-bound sedge; Nipped In their hath, the stark retd* on© by one Flash each ila clinging dluiuo.ud lit the sun ; 'Heath winda which for thin Winter’s sovereign pladgij Shall curb great king-iaoetn to the ocean's edge Aud leave memorial loroat-klugs o’on.brownw II.—SI'IUNO. Soft-Jittered la the now year's lurablng-fold, And in the hollowed haystack at Its ride • The hbopherd lies o’ nights now, wakeful-ttywl At the ewes’ travuiliug call through the dark ooVI. The young rooks cheep ’mid tho thick caw o’ the old ; And near unpeopled stream-sides, on thr ground, By her spring-cry the moorhen’s nest is found. Where the drained flood-lands flaunt their marigold. Chill are the gusts to which the pastures cower, Aud chill the current where tho young reeds ala nd As green aud close ua the young wheat ou laud; Tot hero the cuckoo and the cuckoo flower Plight to the heart Spring’s perfect imminent hour Whose breath shall sooth you like your dear* me* hand, —Dante 0. Rossetti, In the London Athenceum - A Parisian “ISabblt” JJcalcr. A little old man in blouse and foil hat, at-one of tho tables, is pointed out to mo by thapolics mau as one who, in addition to r«g-piokliig. deal* in questionable rabbits. Ho is known nu the Pore Jacques, and is regarded as a person of some importance in tho rag fraternity. I aj)- proach Pero Jacques and engage him in conver sation. He has become expansive over his wine, and mokoa indiscreet revelations touching Hio rabbit business. Twenty years ago he siuunod ourt dressed his rabbits, and people bought them without asking any questions. That was tho bon icinps, and if it had continued ho would be to-day a man of independent for tnuo. But tho journals and inquisitive people got to talking so much about cuts in connection with rabbits that a long season of dullness fol lowed as a consequence. Tho newspapers wont so far as to figure up how many rabbits wore brought into Paris each your, and how many were consumed, aud thoy made it out that twice as many wore con sumed nu wore brought in. Ho felt for a time as if the business was ruined, for there after tho rabbit purchasers demanded tho head of tho rabbit as a guarantee of the genuineness of tho animal. But ho was equal to the emergency, lie gave on extension to his commerce by mak ing an anangomont with all tho cooks ou hia rag-heat to bay their rabbit-skins on condition that tho heads should bo delivered with them. Thereafter lie was enabled to furnish to skepti cal buyers die rabbit-hood with tho dressed cat, and everybody was satlsfled. He sold the ani mals to the small out-of-tho-wny restaurants, ns anile, whoro thoy wore made into gibololtos. Tho cut entire yielded him one franc, and they to whomiie sold the’flesh usually got about two aud a half fiance out of tho animal when turned into gibolottcs. Tho business was fair, but tboru was moro competition—especially since the Com mune, under which some peoplo hud learned to out Hie cut with pleasure, knowing him to be out. It is hardly necessary to add that tbo Pero Jacques was obliged to conduct Pin business In mystery in view uf provisions contained in tho municipal regulations against tho sale of certain kinds of meat, especially ihuso employed in the niaiinfactuio of sausages, Italian choose, and pot-pies, all of which ufo comprised in the gen eral ward charouterie. Considering the vigilance exercised by tho authorities over the preparation of such aliments, one can infer that the I'oro Jacques was obliged to observe much discretion in the disposal of bin feline flesh; It was to the interest of buyer ami seller to, keen the com merco secret, and so fur the Pore uad escaped detection. M. Jimmies thought it was an injus tice that under the Republic a iqa'ii could not eat oat moat if ho wanted to, and ho solemnly pro tested against such tyranny.— of i'nrifl," by Mborl Modes} in Galaxy for ieb* SPARKS OF SCIENCE. KXTrNnmnrthi'd tints on sniPi'dAnn; Dr. liohupport, oif N6w Orleans, proposes tho following ingenious and apparontly-praotlcal method for extinguishing - fires on shipboard : At glvou points lu tbo bold aro located ,boxOß conlMuing, marble-dust and carbonate of lime. From tho deck o load pipe communicates with those boxes. When a fire is discovered In tho hold, diluted sulphuric acid is poured Into tho pipes, and, coming in contact with tho lime ami niaruo-du-st, creates a largo volume of carbonio non! gas. which is fatal to fire. As this gas is heavier than air, it would remain in tho hold aud ollootually smother the flames. NEW REMEDY FOR CHOLERA. During tho late oholora-opiclomlo in Vienna, a now remedy, called camphoreln, was used with groat success in tho hoopilals. It is prepared by passing chlorine gas into pure turpentine oil until saturated. Tho result is ft thick, heavy, oily fluid, of a brown color, and with a sltong smell of chlorine. It is freed from muriatic acid by washing with water. Tbo rouiodv is applied by placing a portion in a fiat vassal, and hold ing it to tbo patient to Inbnloi Tbo results at tonuiug ibis method of treatment are regarded an indicating that oil of turpentine is the host absorbent of chlorine gas, and that, therefore* it can bo employed with advantage in operations Olid Casbn whore chlorine is to be evaporated in largo quantities lUON-MANDFACTUhINd IN RUSSIA. Russia abbunds lu iron oro, ond has developed considerable iron-manufacturing industry, baaod wholly upon cbaroo&t as fuel. Tho waste and ultimate extinction of bor foroats aro provontod by a system of cheeking thorn off into districts and cutting tho timber in each district at flxod intervale. Tbo time generally allowed for tho growth of wood for fuel is sixty yoare; but on tbo lands of ouo establishment in tho central ru ral rogion, tho forests nro so mapped out ns to allow eighty years forrogrowth. This establish ment oxpects to bo able to make, from tho char coal of the surrounding forests, K.QOI) tons of iron annually, without diminishing its sources of funh PERILS OP THE SEA. A rotum recently presented to (ho British Parliament shows that 1,000 moro seamen were drowned in 1813 than in the year previous. The deaths in the morchaut-mariuo was in tho ratio of two by drowning to one from disease or nat ural causes. Fourteen mon wore drowned in tho merchant-service to ono in tho uaval-aorvico. For overy man of tho homo population who suf fered a violent death, eighteen seamen wore killed or drowned. While 2,231 sailors wore drowned by shipwreck, no loss than 1,032 woro washed overboard or otherwise drowned without the lons of tbo ship, Jt is curious that sailors can Lo found to man tho shipping of tho sens when their lives are subject to such au excess of peril and hardship. < SEA-SICKNESS. 11. Pcllorin lately read a paper before the French Academy, combating (ho generally* accepted theory regarding sca-sickncss, namely: that it is duo cither to a congestion of the brain or to a commotion in tho abdominal viscera, caused by tho motion of the vessel. Ho attrib* utea tho malady to a deranged circulation of tho blood, produced by tbe alternate rolling and heaving of tho vessel. Tho result of this can not bo a congestion of tho brain, which is de prived of some of the blood necessary to main tain a stimulus. Tho sensation in acrt-sickncss peculiarly resembles that felt immediately after blood-letting, when the patient; sits or stands, viz: a disposition to vomit, or actual vomiting. M. Pcllorin mentions, in sup port of this opinion, the fact that persons who are liable to sea-sickness experience its effects in a much slighter degree when they are in a horizontal position,—tho relief thus affoirt od being like that which is produced in tho samo position when a person is in a state of syncope. LIGHTNING-HODS. Prof. John Wise recently road a paper on “ Lightning and Thunderbolts ” before tbo Franklin Institute, Philadelphia; in which ho expressed tbo opinion, deduced from extended observations, that tbo lightning-rod is utterly useless as a protection from tho thunderbolt. “If tho rod,” bo remarked, “could do-what is protended, viz.: draw tho surcharge of electrici ty from the cloud silently, disarm it of its force by drawing it in a silent stream to the point of the rod, not a bolt should ovor descend upon u building in Philadelphia, with its thousands of rods peering toward tho cloud-region." Tho only defense from tbuudoruolt, according to tho Professor, that has yet been proved ef ficacious, is the metal roof. Tho greatest dam age done to a building thus protected is tho puforation of tho motat at tbo point whore tho bolt strikes; and this is, in the heaviest dis charges, not over from a half to an inch in diameter. From a series ol observations extend ing over a quarter of a. century, the Professor has noted no difference in tho mechanical ef fects of a thunderbolt striking buildings with or without rods, save that nearly all tho cases of igmtiuu were presented by buildings having lightning-conductors. THE CEYLON rHAHL-nsIIEIUES. After a luj-eo of eleven yearn, Ceylon Una again a pearMUln ry, but this time on u small ncale, there lie* lug only about '2.01)0,000 oysiora to Hah, which aro on timatcu to produce a net revenue to the Goveru ueut of XlO.OUO,— lixchanite. Tho coabt of Coylon Ims boon from the earliest times tbo chief locality for pearl-fishing, llm favorite point is n bank almost 20 milou long, 10 or twelve miles from shoro, opposite the villages of Coudatchyand Aripo, on tbo northern coast. The season of tbo fishery begins with roomary, and lasts about tbroo months. The revenue de rived from It by tbo Government in 1857 was about -£20,550. Tbo work of fishing is done rapidly, for the best divers cannot remain longer than eighty seconds under water, and few aro able to exceed sixty, The greatest depth tlioy descend is 13 fathoms, and the usual depth Is U fathoms. The shells which yield the pearls are sometimes a foot in diameter, and are-generally about h inches. Tbo Coylon fishery baa been in active opera tion for at least 2,000 years, and tho accumula tion of shells along tho Condatchy shore averages i foot in thickness. The place itself is ex ceedingly barren and dreary. Pearls are not tho only precious product of Coylon, Its gome have boon celebrated for ages. Sapphires, rubies, tho oriental topaz, garnets, amethysts, cinnamon stone—a variety of garnet,—and cat’a-oyo—a kind of quartz, having a pearly appearance and a fine play of light,—aro abundant, especially in tho alluvial plains at tho foot of tho hills of Saffra gan. Tho value of tho precious stones annually found on tho island is estimated at .£IO,OOO. In 1853 a sapphire was picked up which was worth mo;ro than iII.OUO. BTISIDLAK*rB. Vriion American!! speak of inebriation, It in taken for granfed they allude to that form which is produced by whisky, nun, beer, orpin, a« those are tho stimulants in popular use among the Englleb-Bpoaklug pooplcu. But there aro other substances aa potent to flro tho brain ami consume the body as are tho vinouu, malted, and alcoholic liquors to which wo are addicted. Tho tfurks and Chinese resort to opium to procuro the delight of intoxication. The French And ex citement and oblivion In a glass of absinthe. Tho Russians and Kamlschatkans put themselves into a state of delirium with a pill of moncho moro. Tho Arabs, Persians, Indians, and Egyptians lapse into happiness through a dose of hashish. The South Americans bewitch their senses by chewing tho loaf of tho coca; while the natives of Africa go into a kind of fromsy over tho smoko of burning oauuabis saliva. Opium, No one need bo told that this in the dried Juloa of the poppy. 'lwo species of tho plant aro oul-'* tlvatod for tho sakeof tho product t the J’apaver aomnifemm , which has rod or violet-colored ilowors, and tho J'apavev officinale, whoso blos soms aro white. Tho former variety Is generally cultivated in tho mountainous portions of tho north of India, and tho latter in tho plain of Bengal. Although tho poppy is grown in many parts of India, tho chief opium district lien on tho Ganges, and covers an area of (100 miles In length by 200 in breadth. Opium is also largely E reduced iu tho Asiatic provinces of Tnr oy, in Egypt, and in I‘oralii. A very good quality of the drug is produced in Europe, ami in the low lands of tho Southern States. Tho opium manufactured in Turkey has the highest value, Tho methods of using tho drug, by eating or smoking, and tho peculiar phase of intoxication which it produces, aro so well known as toromlordouoription unnecessary. Next to the Chinese, the largest consumption of opium le by the Burmese, and the inhabitants of the Malacca Islands. But, if statistics may bo trusted, Us use is alarmingly on tho increase among various nations, from tho number of vrhlob wo cannot except our own. The baleful drfolr willed* tfeflflM undst tills SATURDAY JUNE 2t>, 1874. nFimo, nml wlinnn iibo Is fnßt hQcdiriiriK&mUionnl vloo of tho French, wan first concootod, sotad sixty, or seventy ydara ago, by Dr. Ordinaire* a French oxflo who had taken’ rofugolti Swltzor- Inml. Ho extracted tho liquid from tho horb Artemisia absin!hinm t vrhicli be raised in bia garden for medicinal purposes. Tlio Arlomislas form a genua in tbo natural order Compoaitro. They aro noted for their tonic, bitter, and aro matic qualities, and have been employed in medicine from the remotest antiquity. Tho wormwoods are tho most celebrated apoclos, de riving their Ennllsb name from their use as ver mifuges. Soutliomwoood, a fragrant apooios, Is used on tbo Continent in making beor. Tarra gon Is famous for Us excellence la pickles, and In tho medication of vinegar. Absinthe is subtle and pernicious in tho high est degree, affecting both tho nerves and the brain, and working peculiar harm to both. 'Ar tists, writers, and men who’ task their minds to exhaustion, lly to it for recuperation. It is said to bo tbo source of inspira tion 'to many of the brilliant lit terateurs of France. It hastened tbo death of Eugene Sue, and brought to au untimely gravo Alfred de Musset. Tho plant from which absinthe is distilled has grown to bo a crop of groat commercial impor tance. Immonso fields aro devoted to its cul ture, and largo buildings to its manufacture. Tho principal soatof its production is in Nouoba lei, Switzerland. Tho use of nhsintho is not limited to Franco; Consumers are found in the United States, mid it is hlblod that they aro more numerous than would bo suspected* , Hashish Is (ho Oriental name of a stimulant which is pro duced from tho Cannabis Indlca, or Indian hemp. Various preparations of the plant aro employed for purposes of intoxication. A favorite mode of extracting its active principle Is by boiling tho tender loaves, and flowers in water, and oil. Evaporating tho water, an oleagi nous extract is left. In Bengal, tho plant is cut when In fiowor, and dtiod, and put up in bundles for smoking. When tho loaves and seed-vessels aro chewed, they are called bhang. It is said that it whs while under tho influence of bhang that tho Se poys of India committed their atrocities. Dr. Moreau, of Tours, who has written an elaborate work on hashish, thus describes tho excitement which it produces: (, It is really happiness which Is produced by tho hashish ; and by this I imply an enjoyment outiroly moral, and by no means sensual, ns wo might ho in duced to suppose. Tho hashlsh-cnior in happy, not like (ho gourmand nr tho famished man when satisfying his appetite, or tho voluptuary in tho gratification of Ids desires ; but like him who hoars ((dings which fill him with joy, like the miser counting his treasures, tho gambler who is successful at play, or tho ambitions man who is intoxicated with success.” Terrible suf fering follows an overdose of hashish. Insanity and death nro not infrequently tho result. Tho Krylhroryion coca is a shrub which grows on tho Eastern declivity of tho Andes. Its dried leaves aro chewed with powdered chalk; unslaked lime, or tho alkaline ashnn of tho quinoa ami certain other plants. Tho effect upon tbo nerves is very stimulating, and much resembles that of opium. It also lessons tho appetite, and enables tho consumer to undergo greater nod moro protracted exertion than ho otherwise could. The Siteros who transport travelers across tho Andes on their backs carry little bncra of it with thorn, aud. by its use, sus tain their strength. It has boon employed by tho Indians of South America from timo Im memorial, and was extensively cultivated bo foro tho Spanish conquest. Its uoo has extended into Brazil and tho countries on tho banks of tho Amazon. It is supposed that about SO.- 000,000 pounds of tho dry leaf are consum ed in tho yoar, and that 10,000,000 of tho human raco nnrtnko in the indulgence. An excessive use of tho coca induces a miserable ruin of body aud mind. Is the favorite stimulant of (he Russians and Kanitschatkaiis. It is a specie of mushroom, which is gathered in tho heal of summer ana dried. It. is taken in tho form of a pill, and creates an intoxication similar to that resulting from ardent spirits. 37m JJrlrt, which is universally chewed by tho natives of the Philippine Islands, by all (he tribes of the Malay race, and in pails of India, is loss dele terious in its effects than most of tho drugs which are used lor their exhila rating effect. Tho name hotel is applied to several species of popper. Borne of them aro extensively cultivated, as the Oha m'ca ]!etle, C. Siraboa, and C. Mnlamiri. They aro climbing shrubs, with leathery, heart-shaped, or oblong loaves. Tho loaves are sprinkled with moist quicklime, generally obtained by calcining shells, and wrapped about slices of tho arccu nut, tuo acrid fruit of a palm. Tho effect of the Sarntion is narcotic and intoxicating. It ex iles tho mouth when first used, and deadens for a time tho sonso of taste. It also stains the tooth black and dyes tbo saliva red. It is so pungent, or peppery, that Europeans do not readily become habituated to it; but tbo con sumption in tho East Indies is enormous. Mon and women, young and old, indulge in it from morning to niglit. A Malay is scarcely ever without his betel-box, which one presents to an other as Europeans do thoir snuff-boxou. Pulque, tho favorite drink of the Mexicans, is obtained from a species of tho Agnro,'or Century-plant, which grows everywhere in tropical America. Tho plant is cultivated largely on tho table-lands of Mexico. Just before it flowers,—which, in its native soil, occurs in its third or fourth year,—tho inner leaves aro cut out. leaving a hollow, in which tbo sup flows, with littlo intermission, for a year or a year ana a half. Tho eap is regularly gathered, and at first has an agreeably acid taste. In thocourseof throe or four days It passes through a process of fer mentation, which leaves it with a fetid odor, but a pleasant, vinous flavor. This in itself has tuo power to inebriate, and is drank in vast quanti ties ; but there is also manfuotnrod from it a very iutoxicatlng brandy, which is in great re quest. The Mexican Government derives an im mense revenue from tho juice of tho Aguro. In three cities it amouuted to XTG0,497 in a single year. COMMERS-LIEDER. [The two following compositions aro noted German university Rouge, They contlnns to be among (be moHt popular and characteristic of Gcnimn convivial lyrics. The drat Is Interesting as a specimen of minor Kry of the third great German dramatic luminary, second has often been credited to Charles Lover, thu Irish novelist. Tho original, however, may bo found In tho collection of '‘rather” Glelm, a Pruawlan Ivrlet, who during tho lust century arrayed tho many victorlcHof King Frederick tho Great In tuneful num l,oi b. —John ll'. Il’eWemc.ver in the Xetc York Jfveniug DEATH.—DV I.KSBISO, Yesterday, an I sat drinking, Druthers, and eat lonely thinking— Can yo draw my mlnory?— Death did como to vUU mu I And tho spootro, hony-Jolntcd, Stonily to tho hour-glim pointed; “ Follow,'’ quoth he, “Daochus’ slave, Slip with mu Into tho grave." 11 Death,” I faltered, in my Borrow. “ Why to-day. and uot to-morrow T Sen, the gpblot’s lilted for thee : Drink, nor ever think of me.” And ho raked the sparkling nectar, Drunk It, like a collegu rector, • * Hero in to tho pluguu 1” ho cried; I'Jacud the goblet down beside. Oh, how happy this Intrusion I Dut the respite wun delusion: Quoth he, *' Simpleton, thy cheer Shull nut long detain uu here.” “ Death," I said, “ I'll bo thy proctor; Lot mo practice as a doctor; Spare mo amt I’ll pledge with win# Half my patients shall bo thiuo 11 “he it bo; live on forever," Quoth he, “ and forsake me never; Kiss until thy Ups shall shrink; Quad until they lire of drink." i* Death, with Joy thy speech hath thrilled me, And anew with Itfo has filled me; hy this cup of purple wluo lam thiuo,forever thine." And In Bacchanal enjoyment Blind my momenta hud employment; Lovu and winu shall ho with me Henceforth through otorulty, porr. Ann sultan,— ut olxim, The popo—his life is free from cure; Of Peter’s pence lie Ims his share. Ho quaffs tue very best of wine: I wish the Pope's cstuio wore mine. But no 1 he Uvea In wretched hilt's; He knows not woman’s glowing kUa; jjn nits atone in prison-homo; 1 would nut bo tho Popu of homo. The Rultnu dwells In revelry; « His hulls aro tided with mimitrolsy ; His luiurls mimhor nluoty-nlno: 1 wish ths Hulun’s lot weco mine. hut, no 1 he’s not a proper man, Accordant with his Alkorim, Ho never drinks the praise of wlno : The Suhuu’s fato shad not bo miuo t But Pope’s sud Sultan’s life Is one— Hu happier state beneath tho sun ; Their dual natures give to me : Half Pope, half Sultan, I would be. Gome, mslden, let your kisses rule, For now I’m Sultan of Htumhoul; Gome, brothers, let ths brimmer foamj And I wdl bo tuo Pops of homo. Jifonchomore FAMILIAR TALK. itktn MILItNBIWi In Paris thoro aro now nlrto mrinfrtamfllrtrffiind sis milliners of tho masculine pdrsuaXion, each of whom is at tho head of a largo establishment. Thoy aro all gonllomon of unusually rofluod manners ami luxurious habits. They novor go abroad without a carriage, and aro always attired hi faultless costmno. By uniting taslo and tact with a business-faculty, they nro rapidly building uponvlabloropulatlonsaud fortunes. Istboreuot a lesson for ladies In th'oir career? It Is a little curious that, while women ore venfnflrig Into vocations hitherto monopolized by tho stdngdr sox, men should turn tho tables upon thorn, and, taking up trades which have been doomed their exclusive prerogatives, quickly coin wealth and fume out of the undertaking. Does not this tend to show that there is not aorauchdlfforeDco between tho masculine and the feminine Intellect after all; that tho groat disparity noted In their Inclinations, pursuits, and achievements, is more the result of education than of Nature ? nooiiEFOtvr's marriage. A short timo before the sentence of banish ment was executed in tho case of Henri Roche fort, ho requested permission to visit (ho mother of his children, who was then lying on her deathbed. Tho woman was of low birth, and possessed few personal attractions ; hut sho was faithful to tho man sho loved, and dovolod in hor attachment to their offspring. Tho world felt an emotion of sympathy when it was an nounced that, In this farewell Interview botWoon Rochefort and tho woman who had for years sustained tho closest relation to him, bo had givon hor such comfort And restitution as was In his power by marrying her. It was an Incident in his wretched history upon which men could rolled with a fooling approaching tenderness. Biit since tho escape of Rochefort from Now Caledonia, ho has. by his own voluntary disclosure, dispelled whatever halo of purity enshrined the deed. “Thopoorcroaturowimtod tho nuptial benediction," ho declared, “ and I could no moro refuse her tho satisfaction she asked thou 1 could bavo refused her a cashmere shawl. Because sho was sick, I made the sacri fice.” It was not thou the prompting of a manlv Impulse in his own breast which led him to this late act of reparation, whoroby tho con stant, though humble, companion of a lifetime was raised from degradation to tho dignity of wifehood, and their children were given a lawful narao; but it was a nacrifico of moaoulino pride, or of sincerity, in pronouncing vows which Ins heart belled. M, Rochefort has rudely severed Ids one claim to a kind thought from mankind, by tldsconfosslon. Tho tlmols surely approach . Ing when the world will regard tho sin of loving, I*‘ not wisely, but too well.'' ns much of a blight on the name of a man as of a woman. THE imiTISU JOCKEY OLUII. Tho Jockey Club is ono of tfao most exclusive and aristocratic institutions in tfao British King dom. Tho privilege of membership is as much sought by tfao sportsman as is tfao Order of the Garter by tfao noblomnn of long and proud descent. Tho Club holds lit annual session at Nowmnrkot, in tho month of May. Nowspapor reportors aro excluded, and its proceedings are never printed. Tho races which take nlaoo un der the patronage of tbo Club aro hold on tbe heath near Newmarket,—tho best racing-ground in England. Tfao races used to bo as exclusive as tbo Club could render them. Royalty and no bility wore made welcome: but tbo hotting fra ternity wore, os far as possible, precluded from attendance. Tbo largo, old-fashioned house near tlio end of tho main street in Newmarket, which tho eons of George lU.—tho Prince Regent and the Duko of York—made thoir headquarters when they enmo down to witness tlio run, is still pointed out. In tboss good old times the scions of Royalty would rurablo down to Nowmnrkot iu their gilt-and-crirason coaches; but, tu often as not, got so gloriously drunk over night as to be unnblo to occupy the grand pavilion erected on tbo “Hoath” for thoir nso during tlio course. Latterly tho rowdv element has invaded Now markot, and Admiral Rous, President of tho Club, and bis follow-jockoys, find, to thoir dis gust, that tho soono on tlio Heath cannot long sustain its otogaut ami oxolunivo aspect. Tho Income of tfao Jockey Club is X15.0G0. Tfao horses in training for tho Ascot, Derby, and Chester Cup and Goodwood courses, havo thoir first trial at Newmarket. Indeed, it is tlio high school of tho turf, where a process of natural selection goes on, tfao inferior stoods being elim inated, and tho best ones put m order for Derby and Ascot. SANTA ANNA. Gen. Banta Anna has returned to tlio City of Mexico after an exile of eighteen years. lie is living in tho plainest style, and receives guests without ceremony. Ho is now 70 years of ago, having boon bom iu 1708. His face is full of wrinkles, and his raven hair has grown scanty; yet his carriage is still erect and martial, and his whole appearance that of a man not beyond CO. A correspondent of the Alla California has re cently paid a visit to the old soldier and ex- Presldent, and narrates the conversation held during the Interview, “I have returned to. Mexico," said the General, "because my native country has too much attraction for mo. When I was asked abroad, * Why do you long for your ungrateful countrymen?’ I answered that I wanted to bo buried whore my lost foot was resting. I now fool as if I had come to a foreign land. Already, at Vera Cruz, wheu asking for an old friend, I was invariably an swered, ‘Dead!’ A whole generation haspnssod over mo, and, like the sands of tho desert, the years are heaped on my head. I mot on tho road an old man with a white hoard who was my god child iu 1822. I have become a stranger to all parties. I have no ambition. lam astonished at everything I now see in this country; but I hone yet to find a last resting-place." These are sad words to fall from tho lips of tho man who is acknowledged by his country men to bo tho bravest soldier and tho ablest ruler they have had. Santa Anna was but 24 years of ago when, at the head of tho Mexican troops, he helped Ids country to throw oft tho Spanish yoko; and, on tho downfall of tho tyrannical Itiubldo. who had established an Im perial rule, proclaimed Mexico a Republic. He is chargeable, during the following twenty five years, when ho was President or Dictator of the Republic, with nnjustitiablo cruellies in sup pressing certain insurrections, with an unscru pulous greed of wealth, and with a boundless ambition; but, by his gallant notion iu tho field and his sagacious measures in tho Cabinet, ho succeeded in quelling (he successive civil wars that threatened the dissolution of tho Republic, and in giving greater dignity and strength to tho Government limn it has since possessed under any of its rulers. In tiio interview with Santa Anna from which wo have already quoted, ho minted tho following curious story about his lost log: It will be re membered that it was iu a gallant and victorious action against tho French invaders at Vera Cruz, in 1837, that tho General received a bullet in the leg, which rendered amputation of tho limb in evitable. “Regarding my foot," saidHanla Anna, “ I must mention that 1 behoved it lost when tho rabble took It from tho tomb on the (ilh of De cember, 1811, and dragged It through tho streets; but yesterday n lady came to see mo, telling mo that her husband, who was un old Colonel of tho Mexican army, had preserved it, and recommended her to return it to me if 1 should over come back to Mexico. lam expect ing this gift to-day at noon. 1 consider this con duct tho more praiseworthy because tho gift might have been made in 1853 when I was Pres ident; but thou sucli uu action would have been considered adulation." Santa Anna had scarcely finished these words whon tho Indy arrived with the promised gift. Tho General opened tho box, and oxnminod tho rciio with interest. Tho foot was well preserved, having boon perfectly mummiUcd. MIIH. SOUTIIWOUTU, A Washington correspondent gives some par ticulars concerning tho popular novelist, Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworlh, that will not bo with out interest to oven such renders as decline to rango themselves among tho admirers of her pe culiar talent. Mrs. Boulhworth was bom in Washington in tho year 1818. Sho was the daughter of Oapt. Charles Novitt, of Alexandria, Ya. Her early life, ae described by herself, was peculiarly sad and gloomy. At tho ago of 21, she was married to a cruel, improvident hus band, who, in two yoars' time, douortod her. leaving her, “ a widow in fact, not in naino," to support herself and Infant son. She became a teacher in the public schools and a writer for tho periodicals, working for both at starvation prices. In 1810 she attracted tho attention of Gamaliel Bailor, editor of tho National Era, tho only Anti-Slavery paper south of Now York. Ho engaged her to wrlto a serial etory which should run through two or throo numbers of tho Era, Tims she began her first novel, “ Retribution, ’* which proved tho stopplng-slono to her future success. Sho has written the pa« tlioilo circumstances under which this tale was composed, and wo eoimot do hotter than to ro neat hor own words. Wo And thorn la Hart'o r, A 'ricftn Literature ”« •••■»" Inadequate to our comfortable sub & “fe f 7°.^ SBssr-Jsar/ssS fluoVlJo' hi. tal In ' ™li. Would suffer no one to moro mm hut .T*" i?i no ouo eiHo could do ho without |mtu k J il* , * pain, Tima my time wan paused between Uouimj . ;j tog and (sohoolheoplug, mv child's «ick-t>w and my literary labor*. (rho limn detert*) to writing wm tho hour* that ihbhld h’afd boon nlvou to sloop or frosli air, It wan too much fn| mo. It was too much for any human being. My health broke (limn, I wan attacked with frequent hem* orrhogo* of tho lungs. 811111 persevered. I did my best for my house, my school. my nick child, and my publisher. Yet neither child, nor school, nor pub* Usher, received Justice. Tho child suffered and com* plained ; thfl patrons of tho school grow dlmlisfled,— dunoylntf, amt Hordotlma* Insulting mo ; and, as foe tho publisher,' ho would reject whole pages of that manuscript which was Written amid grief, and pain, and toll, that he know nothing of< It was indeed tin very melee of the “ battle of Life." I whs forced to keep up struggling when I only wished for death and for rest. But a bright morning dawned upon this night of sorrow, Hor littlo boy recovered, contrary td her own nud tho doctor's opinion. Her story •was a success, ami, on its conclusion in tho AVo, was Issued in bookworm by an Inllmmtlal pub lisher, and received with groat favor. Friends came about her, sympathy was freely offered, and sho who was so lately 111, alone, ond penni less, found herself in possession of abundant moans, honor, friends, and an occupation tho ougbly congenial. Since then slid has written, in nil, thirty-two novels, which bring her an an nual income of SIO,OOO. Her books do not oc* onpy tho highest rank, but It Is safe to say tho* enjoy tho widest circulation of any published ia America. Mrs. Sonthworth owns a pleasant residence In Georgetown, where she still pursues her literary nock. In person, sho Is tall and straight, wits ft sympathetic, expressive countenance, and a look of greater ago than she has really attained, After reading the account of her early trials, no one will begrudge her tho ease and iudopnndonoa she has honestly won by diligent and unaided effort. CONGREVE. • Tfao witty dramatist, Congrovo, wrote fats first play, “ Tho Old Bachelor,” which won a remark ablo success, wfaon fao was but 18. iloucioaulft nearly paralleled tills youthful achievement by writing “Loudon Assurance” wfaon fao was ID. Tfao latter comedy still holds its place on the stage, and has a prospect of enjoying a pro longed popularity. Boucicault received XCOQ for tho play, and, thus encouraged, wont oa producing dramas with astonishing rapidity. When fao was 22. ho wrote “Old Heads and Young Hearts,” which, with “Love in a Mazo* and “ Colleen Dawn,” ho considers, in a literary point of view, tho finest plays fao fans written, Congreve's second venture in tfao field of tfao drama, “The Double-Dealer,” was a failure; but “ Love for Lovo,” wfalcfa no published when ho was somewhere noar 25, brought him wealth and fnmo. “ Tfao Mourning Bride, a tragedy in blank verso, brought out two years after, was also an immense success, surpassing even his comedies in tho favor of the public. But, mooting with disappointment m tU4 reception of his next play, “Tho Way ol tho World,” Cougrove left tfao theatre in disgust, His moans wore now ample enough to allow ol bis affecting tfao fine gentleman,—appointment! having been conferred upon him in tbopublii service which yielded him an income of XT,2ofl por annum. Spoiled by bis prosperity and th« fiattory of society, ho wished to have bis author ship forgotten; and, when Voltaire once waited upon him, said ho would rather bo considered a gentleman than a poet. Voltaire rebuked bins by replying, “ If you had boon merely a gontlo man, 1 should not have come to visit you.” Congrovo contracted a close intimacy with Henrietta, Duchess of Marlborough (daughter of tfao great Duke), sitting daily at her table, and assisting her in the management of her liouso bold, On bis death, in 1720, be bequeathed to bor tfao bulk of his fortune, valued at XIO,OOO. Tlio Duchess possessed immense wealth of her own, and stood iu no need of his gene rosity. It would havo boon more properly bestowed upon Mrs. Bracegirdle, tbo act ress, with whom Congrovo had maintained an alliance (luring manv years. Tiio Duchess in vested X 7.000 of Couprovo’s bequest in a dia mond necldaco, after she had honored the pool’s remains with a splendid funeral. His body lay in litntu umior tho ancionk roof of Jerunnlom Chamber, and was interred in Woftmiustov Abbey, Tfao pall was borne by the Duko of Bridgewater, Lord Cobhara, tba Earl of Wilming ton, and other men of high position. It is said that Her Grace further manifested her regard for tbo deceased poet by having a statuo of him in ivory, which moved by clock work, and was placed daily at her table. Sbo also bad a waxen imago of him, whoso foot wero regularly blistered and anointed by the doctors, as poor Congrovo’s foot had been during his suf ferings from the gone. A monument was Greet ed to tlio memory of tho poet in Woalmiustof Abbey, at cbo oxpeueo of tbo Duchess. Congrovo was born of a good family, at Bard soy, Yorkshire. In IGGU, and died agod 09. Ho was educated in Ireland, whero bis father held a military position. THE MAIDEN'S LAMENT. The setting sun glided her soft brown hair, And mellowed Uuj gloom In hor himlusnt eyeSL Then reddened wltn blushes her bosom fslr. And sank in a blaze of luxuriant djui. Yet tho sun comes up with tho coming morn, And the West will dame again, as of yore; But a hope once set is never reborn, Aud a heart that is broken is dead evermore. So tho maiden moaned with tho moaning trees, And lifted wot eyes to tho rising moon, And whispered her woo to the whispering breeze,-* She must wear her spring bat till the end of June, —Cincinnati 'J'imtt. Old Inhabitants, From tho Ilanerstown (hut,) Friendly Visitor, Mr. George Castator. living with. his son of tills place, is 110 years old. He stands 6 foot 8 inches high in bis slippers, is but very Ilttlo bent, measures inches around his cheat, aud is 2inches aorous tho shoulders, has a fait bead of hair and a heavy board, which bo keeps closely trimmed. He is full-faced and jhnv uot tho general emaciation usual to extromo old ago: has several tooth in a good state of preservation; his eyesight is remarkably good for bis ago, though ho cauuot boo to road; bis pulse is moderately full, regular, seventy-eight per minuto; breathing full, regular, eighteen per minuto, except at times ho shakes all over when tho breathing is interrupted by a kind of sighing. Ho has a good appetite, but oats only two meals a day, taking breakfast at 8 o’clock aud dinner at 11; taking a nap from 2p. ra. till 4; be sits up till 9p. m.. when ho retires for tho night. Is very regular iu bis habits; ho cannot talk much, but cun bear quito well; his speech seems to be interrupted from a spasmodic affec tion of tho vocal chords. In tho last throe years ho has lost tho power of locomotion, not home ablo to got out of his room for two years, though ho is ablo to got from his bed to a chair where he sits near the window, cross-legged, with arms folded, chewing his tobacco, and looking out upon the busy world, reminding one of old Father Time himself, superintending tho opera tions of busy, perishable mortals. Cut this out and save it: Mr. Castator was a very temperate man, neither drinking spirits of any kind nor chewing tobacco; ho was a very robust man, fond of horse-racing and all kinds of athletic sports; never had but one attack of sickness, which was not serious; never took medicine hut ouco; ho commenced chewing to bacco at tho ago of 90 yours, since which time ha has become very nervous, aud failed iu every way much faster than before. Bloomington (fmf.) Correijumtlenee of tht Louisvlllt Courier-Journal, Living near Bloomington iaour venerable old frioud, William Ross, who, according to Ida own account and tho family record, was born at Guilford Court-House, North Carolina, May 17, 1750 ; conaoquoiitly in 115 years old tho 17th of last mouth (May). Father Ross is in splendid health, visits Bloomington frequently during tho pleasant weather of summer, kills squirrels with hie rillo, chops wood, works hlu own garden, and occa* slonatly follows tho plow, and says ho fools us young ns ho did a half century ago. Father Boss was not in the Revolutionary War, but was an oyo-witness of tho battle of Guilford Court-House, North Carolina, and makes no claim to having boon a member of tho military family of Qon. Washington, or of over having seen tho Qouoral. Ho has voted for ninety-four Years, hut does not romembor how many votes ho has oast within that Urns, but must have boon well on to 200 times; and has invariably voted tho regular old Democratic ticket, and novel fails to pay his taxes. Ho is certainly tho oldosft muu in the United States, if not in the world. —Virgil D. Parris, a member of the Twenty min oml iwonty-Biith Congresses from Mains, died at his residence iu Paris, in that State, oa Saturday. —Rochefort was deeply touched by tho Now York Jlcrald'a adhesiveness, Enumerating tho attentions of Us representatives, he adds: •‘And in thoir kind sollolludo fur everything that con cerns mo, they woro good enough to describe tho anxiety 1 am in to seo in London my poor wife, who, as you know, died just before i [ef( for Mow Oslo doula."