Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 1, 1873, Page 7

~ i -eaid. “by " Mr. DIl - R iy - Thi THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY; JUNE 1, 1873. LONDON. Reminiscences of John Stuart A Distingnished Groap of I’m,onx‘th Ones - Frequented a Unitarian Chapel. Sunday Billiards and Week-Day Skit- tles---Beer in Politics---John - - Bright: ; From Qur, Ouwn Correspondent. . Loxpox, May 10, 1673, JOHN STUART MILL. o largo s place’did the United States hold in fhe esteem of Mr. Mill that his English friends were sometimes jealousaboutit. . Not more than » fortnight ago, in referring to the revelations respecting Mr. Colfax, &c., he expressed the hope that public ‘morality wag higher in the * West.” Chicago excited- his’ fraquent surprise. He was not insenzible'to, thée deficiengies of tha Republic. - He 'spoke with a smile of. the eco- nomio_fallacies which obtain eo considerable & ground there, and .he rogretted what, seemed. to him tendencies toward _centralization of power. But unquestionably Mr Millregarded the United Btates as'the” great country of the future, and the-hope and salvition of an cver-populatod Europe. - : . The papers deal freely with his public life, and thelt Gomrients testify to his endrmous infld: ence. "Some porsons imsgine that Mr. Mill's Parliamentary career was injurious to his fame; ‘but this will not be eaid at Iater day. ' He was in advance.of his time,—that i3 all. Yet his friends rejoiced when he decided to retire from the House. The late hours did not suit him, snd there were scarcely a doZen men in the ‘House with whom he had any sympathy. It was amusing to note thé look of curiosity on tha faces of. tho country membeérs as they tumed round to stare at him whon he first spoke on the subjoct of womso-suffrage. They weroinnocent oF Mill, and. didn't’ kuow what to make of him or of his ‘subject. A little Iater, they got to be proud of quoting him on their side. Mr. Mill's voicé, thongh thin, was sharp and clear; and, if his memory had -not some:- times played him false, he would havé been an extremely effective speaker. As it was, I had learned t0 look fo him, i the House of Com- mons, with sométhing of spprehension, for ‘more than once I had seen him stop and feel for aphrase. He was frequefitly overcome by sleep, nd one of the funniest. sights I havé witnassed in Parlisment was due-to his. fatigue: . Mr. Botwverie wes speaking, and, in tho course of his argament, feferred to something that had been “Now,” " continued be, ‘“there is' the honorable member -for ‘Westminster, one of the most distinguished members that have ever sat in-this House; I appesl to him {and here the speaker turned it Mr. Mill's direction] whether—Oh!" and there he stopped. Mfr. IGII was sitting at the end of & bench, his head on his breast; in & de- licious nap, and, a8 Mr. Bouvérie spoke, uncon= scionsly nodded a reply. -The House. laughed a good deal, but no one had tho courage to -touch 3Ir. Mill on the shoulder and wake him np. ) ‘Despité his slight, pare figure, Mr. Mill waa & ‘capital walker, as some who have visited him at Avignon almoat raefally recollect. T:ord Amberly, I believe, was dead beat after one of Mr. Mill's good walks of some twenty miles, though the philosopher was ready for more. The dinners at Blackheath were looked -forward to by his iutimate frionds with an e ta~ tion which no other entertaipment will create In them again.’ Who else ‘can bring together that circle of thinkers, differing widely in -all’ but a love of philosophical research? The world of serious and accomplished minds for the moreut seems beggared by the death of this il- : A DISTINGUISIED GROUP of persons conspicuous by their Tank, or emi- nent by their qualities, might have been seen on Bundsy mornings, ot Yery many years ago, in a comfortable chapél, & littls like & drawing-room, situsted in one of fhe streets running down to the Thames from the Btrand. - The Rev. Thomas Biadge, the Unitarian minister at Essox-Street Chapel, certainly addresged such an sudience as no’ other. Dissenting mirister in the, cotntry essed. Inlnegm ].ixlm gT fllxe sm;tlv:ga e carringes of the Earl of Lovelaco, o Byrom, the Earl of Zatland, of Mo Justics Byles, of Mr. Justice .Crompton, and of _half-a-dozen members of Parlis- ment. Lady Lovelace was regular in her at- tendance, though she ‘became annoyed by the stating of strangers, who, having heard -of her habit, camo to the chapel in order that they might say. they bad seen Byron's only child. Death hag broken the circle np. The white- beaded, blue;eyed old man, who was at Ada's” bedside in_her last illness, and who was often e medmt:; (Of Lady Brrows nover. charil 18 In Ve, AN b Jisteners have folncd him. Ledy Byron's ‘troubles are over, and her daughter's ear was silerit when Mrs. Stowe endeavored to sully with ineradicable stains the memory of one of the most brilliant of themen of genius Eng- lish pootry can boast. Even the son, who eat ‘Deeasic in the-old-fashioned pew, by.his mother's side, has ‘ended his strange. caroer; sod, thongh he still Jives, and is devoted as ever to philosophical pursuits, the Earl of Lovelace 8, in a meagure, retired from the public life which it is in his power to adorn. Lord Zetland and his eccentric Countess sre dead ; and the Beuch has long been dagrr‘l)ved by death: of the #gervices of Mr. Justice Crompton. Judge Byles Is living, but he does not sit upon the Bench. Earl Zctland, who died -on Tuosday Iast, was & curions compound. He had's strong liking for theology of the Ohan- ning type, and, when he heard & sermon which pleased him, alwsys persuaded the preacher (to the Reverend gentlemsn's gad pecuniary ex- Derience sometimes) to publish it. But tho Ear] when out of theology, was the head of the Eng- lish turf! - He was one of the most “honorable imen that everlived ; and, while he :and the late Lord Derby were eo active in sporting matters, everything was done to conduct horse-racing in anhonorable way. What Free-Mason, again, is ignorant of the name of the Grand Master who succeeded the Duke of Sussex, and who, for twenty-aix years,wasin that distinguished office? Ho was sctive aléoin hissupport of numerous philanthropio institutions. He wis not wanting certainly in moral courage, for there is searcely ® Peer who dares to do anything o vulgar se ty attend a Dissenting chapel. Lord .Houghton is the doscendant of & Unitarian family, and, be- fare Mr. James Martineau resigned, wasseen in Little-Portland-Btreet Chapel occasionally ; but Lord Belper, who was in the same position, cut the chapel when he wasmade s Pear (not befora), and is now connecting -himself withthe Church by.the marrisges of_his children with the off- #pring of Bishops. Nor is the exmgb peculiar fo Peers. 1Xfr. Motley, the great historian, was, I'believe, a Unitarian at Boston ; but he never ent near them in London. - . . = . - "SUNDAY BILLIARDS AND WEEE-DAY SKITTLES"— A GLUB DISPUTE. “The proceedings of the clubs, a8 a rule, are ‘regarded as private, and the press rarely alludea tothem; but sometimes the ggfetica i8 broken, ad then there's & fuss. The Reform Club isin abother about & Sabbatarian fie ion, and the $ublic have got to know of it. 0 billiard-room. Of the Club is situated hearly at the top of the Emme building, and is little used on any day. :} from the establishment of the Club,—up-. of thirty years' ago,—the room has been gonnn the Bundsy, though there is no atten- b;fll there on that day of the marker. Asamat- s 0f fact, the room 18 deserted on the first day of it '@ Week, not half-a-dozen members havingused, 1 during'the last twelve months. Perhaps there, nnmflumely twenty members who were aware, uatll the olher dsy, that it waa However, it ‘&P'&m 8ir John Murray, & Scotch Presbyterian, o hus chambers at the Club, and is there & leal, happening one Sundayto be.in the 1" gy o e gt S ! eclings will be im: “’“Yu(:f , Jour readers. © ris fret step was to -p{ R th e Committes; but the latter replied hagobgy Bad 0o power fointorfore, and Sir John o '_he_gler the matter before the members fa x‘x,lj: at the approaching genaral meeting. other o d, after garenqnzly -conferring. vrifi: o :Beotch mombers, and with gentlemen hmfiy T a0 Bold the ' strict view. of ‘Sun- st "fimfi'&e. (20a, the remlt. bus boon the , Evangelical ., news- ;;."f“ . Honce the bother.” Ata lsncefi.ng of.tha ks m’ tho Ohairunan was Lord Ebury, g e Incarnation of aristocratio feableness, painful sgsociations of his own a Peer |° with Sunday questions,—a bill which . hq introduced into the House of Cehmnnuao:’:\z: sukject having lod to serions Tiots, - -It appears thisf Bir John Murray, who " spoke in- excellent ;:x:g;r,ty nrgfd upohfinbin &mthéri-‘x:embm thé aty of ‘respec “the feel £ who.d;"n ro\':? of B?mzhy bflou;. DH:h ::: supported by one or to mombers, and £ others, who ratoricd it B Yormroni s g0 near the root, and that his feelin Dot be disturbed -if ho- stayed - dows :ZZEE and s Romen - Catholic-. member - pro- tested againat the assumption that bill- iard-playing - on " Bunday ' was wrong, &c. When thedivision was taken, abouta dozen Yoted for Sir John Murray's proposal to close the ‘room, andmore than 100 against it. The Record says he intends 10 leava the Club. - Meanwhile, the public-house party, who are always on tlie look-out, have caught up the case, !mcl are arguing in this wise ey The publichouse {8 not only thé poor man's club; but his only cellar,—the only place ha hns to resort to it wants a drop of beer, s bit of ip; or to see the newspaper. Now see whist our hgu tors, and, indeed, the upper classes, have retsinod {or thelrown gratifics blon or necessitics. They may goto thelf cubs agy da, order. ererything fo n hour on the Lord's eat - and . drink - they or’ fancy; they can,—and we suppose ..a t “majority 20,24 8o inclined, plsy cards or billiards, &c., Just aa i¢ sults them. ' But what haa this class ordained for the lowor arders? The public-house, 88 I have gaid, s the -only collar the poor man has, -If he is thirity on Bunday morning, ke may get at home tes, and perhapa milk. If he requires more, his only other ‘beverage, except at stated hours, is water which has been,conveyed,under ground oheek by jowl with the sewer, the gaa<pipe, and (il okrth that is Isden with impurities! How i1 he allowed to amuse, hims No. Theso are the restrictions modern legislators aro imposing on tho lower classes, and they wonder, when the upper classes play cards and on -Sundaya st their clubs, that the poor grumble becauss they may Dot even play ekitties or bagatello on a Weck-day. If Mr. Gladstone’s Government is upset at the next eloction, it will be by o BEER_AND THE CIURCH, ospecially beer. Itis of no use for the chict members of the Ministry to vote and speak, as did this week. Against the ‘‘Permissive the whole mass of Republicans of country have it finnly in their heads that the Liberal chiefs aro ready to sacrifice them to the teatotalers. As the isolated elections in France all go to the advantage of the Republicans, 8o those in England continue to be for the profit | of the Tories. This week.the Liborals have “publicans turned tho scalé. ‘The Liberal mem- ers are .unfortunately for most teeto- talers are Liberals in politics, and, though they cannot seat il inst tha publicans, the; can unseat him if a Conservative 18 in the fiel The average Liberal M. P, dotests them. They are new-comers in the political field ; this “ Per- misgive bill” is an erican - notion ; -it-is an imitation of the Maine law, and is contrary to the favorita mottos and_{exis of the Liberal . party: But the men are fanatics. If he doesn’t ‘Promise to vote for their massure; they. will ab- stein from voting, or put up a man Tt ne swnfia of - their " own: the pill, let him .xnot expect - & single vote from any puoblican, or from the nu- merous class who frequent public houses. Beer will carry the day. Beeris 4 better cry for the Toriesthan the one given them in *‘ Coniny Pl i Our Young Queen and Our Old Constitution.” ‘The Foreign Minister, tke Colonisl Minister; the _Home' Minister, the Minister of War, all of them have reason to tremble at the sight of a glass of boer. Even - % . AB. BRIGET is beset by the serious clssses, who wantto compel everybody to give up drinking beer: Ho has alweya been .s good friend of the temperance cause, but he is opposed to giving over the rifhk of prohibiting the beverages of ‘s possible -minortity to a majority. M. Bright may, perhaps, be spared for past services, ‘but_ the “water-drinkers call out, “No sur- render! ” and they will play havoc with the elec- tions,. ‘Mr, Bright is a strong _supporter of the existing Administration. He eays it is the most honest Government England ever had. When the diséstablishment motion. comes an, he will spport it, however, despite the opposition of the Governmont. Mr. Bright looks picbuus&:e -in his present years. -His massive head, his fine ‘white bair, and his_features expressive of power and intellectual activity, never formed a bet- ter picture. Some great artist should secure him a8 he now is. ~ Why not ask him to sit for a “likeness for his American admirers ? The day will come when a painting of that kind wouid be valued in the States above price. " SHALL IT BE? The sun is shining from' unclouded sky ; the roees are blooming, and birds twittering in the _trees; the air is laden with sweets and happi- ness ; yet thereis & horrible jarring crecping through it all, and, groping in the darkness, I vainly ery for light ! .Up in the chamber lies poor mother. Bhe cannot spesk; she cannot move; can only raiso bor heavy eyes to us, entreating, and fill the swept - summer-air with her piteous moans. Every weary, dragging breath racks her tortured body. Her hands—those good old hands—are numbly clinched; the weary feet drawn up with suffering; the lips clammy; the facs distorted ; and, weeping, We cover our eyes that we may ot meet the horrible anguish in hers. Bix hours- has she lain thus, and may linger, twenty-four, the doctor says. A while ago, she writhed and struggled with the terrible demion, and her piercing “shrieks filled the passers-by with horror, and silencedl the children at play. ' But now, her strength al gone, she can only lie, moaning and gasping, in the .embrace of the monster feeding upon her body. . Oh! God forgive me if.I_do wrong to share with others the horror that is driving me mad! 4 ¥ But what X am suffering, others must ; and is n cry for help I am sending here. 4 A few dsys sgo, Death seemed beautiful to me,—a sweet farewell-to those-who will stay, & tender parting of the soul from the body, and & loving welcome in that besutiful Other World whose borders lie 8o near us. iBuf' to-dsy all is dark,—thick, terrible dark- ‘ness, that veils that mysterious land with clonds: o!h}»ln_ rrord - ny IRE 2 'y mother| my mothier!_whose. high intel- lect and- beautiful soul would have met Death with outstretched arms, must lie with all thought absorbed in horrible suffering, and leave & gloomy sadnessupon our hearts, that even the ‘memory.of .her quiot, gentle 1ife cannot- effaca. Oh! why must it be g0 ? . Out on cat, Bhe had been true to the work her - Maker gave hor ; but now the .mice played unharmed nenr her, and & saucer of milk saf untouched be- gide her. Glassy were her eyes, and drawn with pain her limbs, - 54 $ s ‘‘ Bhe cannot live,” said the father, ' put ker out of her misery, boys.” o " “One'quick blow, -#nd the poor, -pain-racked ‘body Iay at-rest.. N The horse broke hisIeg, and ‘one * merci- 1017 ghot * freed him from his suffering.” - The triin ran over some_cattle, and the next day's paper spoke of the mhumaml:r that let the poor beasts ** linger in theiragony " o long, and ml:;yd“ths manwho atlsst ¢ patan end to their A beast, whose only sxistence is supposed to Do bero, is hnm,ne!yylduad hion it Tto can only bopmmtedtgun. A human being, with the prom- ise of heavenly life awaiting, must lingerin in~ concelvable agony. until Disesse has done its work, and the Iast throe of pain has been given: _What is disease ? It is no gift of dispensation of God. * The_superstitious ides that the: Great,. All-Lovin, Fntger tortures us body and soul, to gratify His ecret purposes,” is blisphemy, - | Disense is as earthly s foe aa the lion that crushes the poor African,—as the. fire that de- ‘vours him Who comes within its reach,—as the ;::ex; that drowns the sonl from him who en- it. 2 They are hera; man is here. God does n send him within the lion’s grasp, nor thrust m:: m&hn:h fire or: ;gwr. ¢ 3 : jeither is the unseen monster, Disease, sent tous; but, by breaking certain bounds, wa find ourselves in his clasp, -and, sighing, say, “Itis God's will, and we must bear it.” Too Iate is human sid to the'feeble body above, and the Father-is coming to-the rescue. The pain-saten casket is crumbling, end angels await the soul's release. Bhe has kissed us good-bye; she has eaid her last farewell; -yet must we stand in wild agony, and witness the torture of her whom we loye. Yes, hours ago'the Doctor said she was dying, .and yet the clock ticks awayits slow time, an she lingera, - St S 4 Ehonfd it be? Bhould 1t be? This is my ques- “tion,—a question that must be answered. i ¥ ‘infmve g&ed and I have prayed the Doctor to r_thal. which her eyes are piteously, beg- and still ho shakes his head. - - fii isyight!: Itismercifal!” & & Yes, but I dare not.” . ... - + Oh, pitif coward ! - “you “gee throngh world- blinded eyea! And that which would close my mother’s eyes in swoet slecp, relax thoe stiffened it at his club?” Can he play a skittles, cards, or billiards? | lost® Bath and - Gloucester, just -as, & short — time . 8go, - they lost tho City of Bristolj and, . ih " both . cases, the | 6 steps, in the sunshine, Tay the old | ‘el or 4 fulfill- muscles, bring smiling rest npon her poor face, and waft her soul throngh happy: into the Other World, is withheld! - e Bhall falss prejudices ever bind us? BShall Disease torturo it victim to the last? Shall wo always watch in numb horror the death-agony of our loved ones ?. - - ‘- it is o vital qaestion tous all, and must be answered: MO P i THE DEVIL-FISH. ©of Fictlon and of Fact: g Mr. Henry Lee, F. L. 8., conipering the de- scription of the octopus by Victor Hugo in his Travailleurs de la AMcr, writes in ZLand and Water: * In his relation of the manner in which the octopus captures its. prey the novelist is substantially in sccord with nature. The points on which ho chiefly errs ara : 1, ho structure, usé; capability, and effect on its victim:'of ite erms and suckers: % Its general organization. 8: Its mode of progrossion when swimming, 4. ‘The manner in which it devours and digests its food. The arms of the octopus are not used as weapons of constriction, compression, or euffocation. - They are .oight radiating, supple, tapering thongs, in ordinary specimens about eighteen inches long, on eachof which aro mounted, in & double row, numerous suck- ing disks, which decrease in size toward the tip of the limbs, and act a5 50 many dry cupping- glitases.: Thare sre normally about 240 of theso suckers, on each armi, making & total of “about 1,920. 1 have countéd miors in fouie individuals. M. Hugo gives their number as ‘50 oii each arm, 400 in all;” 80 on this point he very much understates -his case. - The cups themselves; by their internal mechanism for air-oxhrustion, and consequent -pressure of the outer atmosphere, adhore firmly to any substanco to which they are opplied, -whother stone, fish, crustacean, - or flosh of man; but in the octopus.ihey have né power to puncturo or lacerste the =ldn.I or to cm"gu}’h“ehm fll«:w. They -‘1;; merely pneumatically prehons! ane, 4 DEien the alinal's stey 1o oaught mm, nat by “‘harpooning,” 8s the novelist supposcs, but by their atmospherio adhesion to the surface of its body. In this genus the sucking disks are composed of a muscular membrane, the circam- ferenco of which is -thick and_ floghy, and -in Bome nfecies cartilaginous, but in all unarmed, nd only adapted to sacure close, air-tight con: tact with any object it may touch. When ex- erimenting on the holding force of an octopus flmve allowed it to fix its suckers firmly on my arm and the back of my hand, and by pretending to try to pull -them away from. its have cansed it to exert ita ntmost power of resistance and retention. The only effect of this bas been that the vacuum produced an almost in- distinguishable circular mark, correspond- ing . with the edge of the larger disks; and not nearly so distinct 28 would be caused by the application of a glasa tube to the skin, and tho partial exhaustion of the air in it by drawing it from the other end by the month and tonguo.' In some of the cophalopods the out, circle of the ir&pn is a horny ring, eh.u&nly sortated or dentated around its edge; and in others—for instance, Onychotenthis—the centre of each cup is provided with & sharp, strong | & ook, which is plunged deeply into flesh of slip- By oy for the ‘better security of its hold; but | the cuttle-fish thus farnished are, unlike the octopus, habitual swimmers, instead of rock- ‘Ths sessile arms of the octopods are crawlers. considersbly longer than _those of the decap or_ten-armed chttle-fishes, but the ~ latter have, in addition to ~the eight corresponding limbs, two long tentac- ular arms, which, in some geners, are marvel- ‘ous in the perfection of their compound sppara- tus for accuring and holding a_struggiing cap- tive. This arrangement is well suited to their ‘habits and mode of life. Animals purely swim- moers, and which hunt and overtake their prey Dby spead, would be impeded by haviug to drag ter them a bundle of lenghty appendages trailing heayily astorn. But a long reach of arm is an advantage, instead of s hindrance, to tha octopus; for, alfhough it can swim on_ocea- sion, its ordinary habit i6 to remain lurking in soma favorite cranny—its body thrust for pro- taction woll back in the interior of the recess—its bright eyes kecnly on the watch ; three or four of its arms firmly attached to the walls of ita hiding-place, tho others gently waying, gliding, and foeling about in the water, s if to maintain its vigilsnce and keep itself always on the alert, and in readiness to pounce on any nnfortunatg | P wayfarer that may pass near its den. To small fish, crustacean or mollusc, the elightest contact with even ono of those lithe arms is fatal. In- stantancously as pull of brigger brings down a | |- bird, or touch of electric wire explodes a torpedo or &' mining fuse, the pistons of the serios of euckers are simultancously drawn.inward, the ‘air is removed from the pneumatic holders, and & vacoum created in each ; the victim strives-to escape ; & further retraction of the central part of the disk makes all secure; 2nd, 88 arm after arm, containing a mitrailleuse of inverted air- guns, takes horrid hold, battery after battery of them is brought to bear, and tho pressure of the air is 8o ‘grent that mothing can ef- {fect the relaxation of their retentive- power but the -destruction of the air-pump that works them, ‘or the closing of the throttie-valve by which they are connected with it. M. Hugo ives ua the means of estimat ung'tlm size of the ody of the octopus which attacked Gillintt. He tells us that its arms were ‘nearly a metre (39 inches) long.’ None of 80 great dimensions ,have, I belicve, been found in the English chan- nel, but it1s not impossible that such oxist. Granting this, the body.of such an octopus would not be much larger than s eoda-water bottle or a Florence flask, such s olive-oil is poldin: and 80 the ‘horrible bag, which isa monster,’ and into which you aro to be inhaled and drawn alive, is but a small affair after all. Tho eucker, alsc, whick tho novelict says ran ed. from the size of a five-franc piece (which I find to be one and a half inches in diameter) to that of = split pea, would, commencing &t thelargest of them at the bases of the arms, be_from the sizo of & sixpence to that of tho head of. the smallest of pills. The plain ‘truth is that the octopus and other cephalopods obtain and eat their food very much like the ng;dona Dbirds, They aro the falcons of the sea. Some of them, like Onychoteuthis, striko their prey with talons and suckers also ; others, like,the octopus, lay hold of it with suckers alono; but they all tear tho flesh with their beaks, and swallow” and di- est their food in as loes hawlk or vultur —_— FOND RECOLLECTIONS. 5 DY A CENTENADIAN, Ah1 once—but that was long ago— p “X loved a meid with eyes of snow, With tresses pink, and lips of blde, - And cheoks that mocked the raven’s e, T hope I rightly catalogue ‘The charms that once were dear tome; But memory’s a shifty dog, And mine’s not what it used to be Her eyobrows reachod mnto her waist, Which by both arms was scarce embraced § again to i ber, and assassinated priests; geidarmes, and Conservatives? Aro Mons. Gambétts and thée en he collected around him in Tours,:on the eve of being once more masters of France? Is the army, .shattered into atoms by mutinons spirit, untrustworthy against insurrection ? Is society, ko flercely nasailod in June, 48,—still moré impariled in March, April, Mey, '71,—on theeve of perishing? 'Are the streets of Paris' 1o be dehiged with blood, sad its horizon once more_to be-made Iurid with incendiary confla- grations, oonsumitig the treasures of the world, the heirlooms of civilization ? are confounded. stinio from the incrediblo stupidify of the Legitimists, and from the timidity of some of the Orlean- ists, makes the Right weak, despite their large ‘majority in'the National Assembly. ures they.will have adopted will have been com- niunicated to youby telegraph; therefore I need rot speculate upon -the shape likely Mons, hero their power' ends. They cannot make a coup d'etat. .Nobody can.” The officers :of the army would not take part 1n a coup d'etat against she Assembly. Tho privates would not obey thoir officers, wera they to attempt -to lead the former, the ‘privates, against the people. The privates of the army aro.for the most part Radi- ‘unromantic a_fashion as | cals. 2 " those leaders supgamd, they would at once dis« solve the Assembly and order new. elections. .The longér the preserit siate of dffairs continues to exiat, tho morounpopuler the Right will be- come. They ought to precipitate the crisis, that Foactioa may set. in. T PARIS. The Governmental Crisis---1r. '~ Thiers and the Polit ical Parties. Dueh'ng: in Franeé-—A Fféuch Ac- ‘count of a _Duel at thc@xgo,' Death of a Noted Gunsmith-=The *Vendome ' Column. From Our Own Correspondent, Pams, Alay 19, 1873, The intensest anxiety reigns here. We liter- dlly do not kiiow what a dsy may bring forth. The. recent elactions, and ‘especinlly the Paris election, have. - B STARTLED PRANCE. gn Ts'this coiintry wildly revolutionary # Aro we have L Commne, with closed chame These are” the questions painfully asked.' I cannot answer them. It is tima's task. ANT can do is to let yousee the present state of af- Yairs, the currents of public opinion, the influ- ences at work to change, or to impol them hoad- long down their present course. ONE THING 1§ TO BE REMEWBERED in considering tho state of affairs -in France, namely : that the rural population is alwsys for the Government, unloss the Government prove burdensome. The urban population, on the contrary, is always and unconditionally against the Government; ' sgainst the Provisional Government; againat Cavaignac (voting for Lotis Napoleon'!) ; against Louis Napoleon ; against the Prince-President; against the Emperor ; against the Government of the National Defense; against M. Thiers. The rural population”supports the ‘Government bocsuse the rural population is averse to change. Now M: Thiers has, from the moment he saw ‘himself safely ensconced in power, done every- thing to breed contempt for the Conservative aide of the National Assembly. He declared against” Louis Philippe ; alone caused all the disquiet which roigne; it ttacked bim because he wished to found thd Republic, while it wiched to establish a mon- archy. lowed this cue, 80 that all the elections which take place send Radicals fo the National As- sembly, bocause 31, Thiers_continually declares that the Radicals dlone enable him to carry on the Government: All the officors of the Government fol- Vain s & poscock, he has all along persuad- od himsolf that he could make THE RADICALS do_as he plessed. He had but to will, and the Radicals would execute his wishes. The Radicals took good care not to undeceive him until thoy 'thought “themsclves ‘mastors of the fature. They voted againat free trade, -against decentralization, against short military service, sgainet ministerial responsibility,—against every ‘principle they hed declared sscred. This waa all the easier for the Radicals, because they do mot admire froe govornment. Their beau-ideal of government is an intelligent tyrant of their own arty, who will make their idoas triumphant by fira and sword, if no other means prove effect- ual, They think themselves now able to do with- out M. Thiers ; and whilo they will not break ith him, while thoy will ‘fupport him ‘sgainst the Right, they consider him (they have openly used this expression) o mere extra horso,—un cheval de relai,—necessary to enable them. to draw the lumbering diligence of French politics np the steep hill on whose sum- mit the' Republic stands. him one minate longer than they can use him, and will- discerd "him the instant they discover themselves able to do without him. . “M. Thiers' little hold on the Eadicals was clearly shown by the result of the Paris clections; He exerted all his inflience: he brought the in- fluence of such moderate Republicans as Mossrs. Grevy, Emmanuel, Arago, Carnot, Cernuschi, Henri Martin, to support Mons. de Remusat and yet the latter failod to be elected ; an over- ‘whelming vote wag cast sgainat him. . They will not koep THE RIGHT . The disunion among them, The mess- they aro dismiss to- receive. They mng Presidency, buf Thiers from the Had the Right able leaders, and were 0 instant the Radicals ot possession of power, the whole Left will bo shattered, and 3 MONS. GAMDETTA AND HIS FRIENDS will become as hated throughout France as they wero in Fuhmgl no policy,—at Their followers aro people who expect from them ‘moans of living luxuriously in idleness; while the rich pay for everything. -Radical rule "I1. . They are men wbo have events, no practical policy. Bhe wors b toeth in glosey curls 3 means that poor men will enjoy one’holiday, e Y et Tasing froms Vo cadlo o the ghave, 1o Wbl ‘But even love at times forgets, pove will ssunter in fino clothes, and And T can’t swear I'm quite correct eat the cream,” the™ fat, and the = fine In fitting nouns with epithets. wines . of ~the d.. As -these visions —Fun, Wiy SIS .can- never become - realities, - the . Radical BRI e A party will eplit to pieces, and the’ ¢ body of Gypsics and Their Secret Poisons, people in - ce, woaried by the incessant, Among other secrets of tho Gypsy rice is tha ari of proparing what hey term tho * drei, » or “dri,” & most desaly and insidious destructive sgent, and for which medical science knows no antidote, Analysis detects no noxions proper- ties whatever, and the most careful examination, microscopical or otherwise,” shdws - it simpl: consist of apparently harmless vegetable matter. The “drei,” then, is merely a brown powder, ob- tained from & ain species of fungus; forming the nearest connecting link between animal and vegetable kingdoms, the powder consisting ' of sn- infinity ‘o spgcrunles. 'g:xefa ;’ugg&n +eporules possess the peculiar pro; y of ir further developed only by Tnthaata cantact with living animal matter (as when swallowed, &e. they then throw out innumerable greenish-yel low fibres, sbout twelve or eighteen inches in length. When the “drei” is Sooniniatared, ns allyin some warm drink, these sporules are swallowed, attach themselves to the mucuous membrane, germinate, throw out millions of these silky fibres, which grow with awful rapid- ity; . first. ucing symptoms of hectio fever, then cough, eventually —accompa- nied 'by incessant spitting of blood, till death - finally inevitably supervenes, _usuall . in abont & fortnight or thros wecks' timo. case of this description occurred in Ttaly in 1860. Although the patient was attended by eminent . physicians accustomed to dealing with cases of slow poisoning, no suspicions of foul play, wera entertainod till the day after the decease, ‘when an autopsy being held, revealed the- causs of doath. Tho fibres; the growth of which -had ceasad with the ceesation of animal life and heat that had supported them, were already- purtially decomposed ; had another day or £o. ela) no . traco would have been left of tho foul deed.. It the analyeis of the mixture in question reveal no deleterions drug,-let a-dog ~or_other arimal be daily dosed witk “ threc'drops” in.some warm vehicle. - The result - wonld - show - whether the brown powder is or isnot the world-famous and destructive *drei.” -o1 nectod with the affair - would ‘ridicule,—let methen rather say, dueling has -beon made barmless, Nobody minds s little blood (Heavens! whero would the bar- Dbers b were it otherwise?), especially if he sterile sgitation, will yearn for & Bougnm or an_Orleans—maybs oven for a Chambord—to end the anarchy. Would yon understand con- temporary French history, read the ann: 1848, *49, 50, '51. . You will see how history re- peats itself ;' how, *The moré Frenchmen als of ‘change thil same.” - things, the more things remain just the COFFEZ FOR ONE is an unknown formula here,—even moré un- .| kmown than })intola for two. Dueling has not <§°n° out of ashion, but it has been made as loodless,—no, that is not' the word, for, unless ne of the principals 'be pinke: everyboéy con- covered with the loss of ses for ahero by that loss. Moreaver, one gets into thenewspapers,—has his little trial before the Polica Con:t',p—'fia’?ix ances. The seconds like it botter than the prin- cipals, for they have all these advantages, 81 an exc but are spared that dream,” which ills the night- before the hostile meeting. 3 & but: a long line of disjunctive conjunctions ‘heralds to that night's slesploss hours the duel- ists who_have never returned from the field Awlcwardness has been_ as fatal as malevolenca 3 -besides, to whom has the antagoniat given bon of good behavior? Duels are rare even. in the army. A portion of thtgr:sa here furnishes most " belligeren! ek | press Te Jet ion in his circle of acquaint- incipals’ expense, Duels_may _prove innocuous—yet— b“ bat rtion - of the d&i lfiff R pl‘;: C!?l?inht is most spec - Mons. Paal ‘asBagn! ISer of ‘theso duelists, and he is s good deal feared ; but Lam told that he is'a' poor” swords- man, and owes his success to_the ij his sdversarice. e > 1c some time been on the’ lookont for"s duel ‘be- tween him and Mons, Ranc, who is a8 bitter 8 Radical as Mons, de Cassegnac is an ~Amatonrs of duels havo for ardent Im- perialict. Each bas exhausted his vocabularyof vituperation on the other, but, despite all' these foul words, the blow has not yet come. Each is afraid of the other. . A duel between ons, Ro- gat and 3fons. Ratisbonne has likewise been ex- pected, but as yet the quarrel has got no farther n angry words. The writers on Le Pays (Mons. do Cassagnac's pn{):er) have for woeks and son of Mons, en Tellotan, fho Radtedl Dopuiy), inte. iha i but he declines treading any such dangerous: ground. : 3 A GOOD DEAL OF LATGETER o has grected the following letter, which is said have been written in these circumstances: Two well-known young men had quarreledabont some trifle. Cards had been cxchanged; seconds summoned : a duelarranged. At day-break the morning of the fight, the ohallenged principal re- ceived this letter from ‘the challengor: * My dear gir and dear adversary : I have two abjec- tiona to the duel which over-obliging friends have arranged between us. Ay firat “objection is, I 4m afraid of hurting you. My second. ob- jection is; I am afraid you will” hurt me. I Teally can't sce what earthly adyantage it would be to me to put a ball into your body, even were Itolodge it.in the most flesby part of your back. "I ~could not . make any, the least, culinary use of- you- after - your death, for .you are ' néither = rabbit nor a turkoy ; besides, I amnot _a cannibal, and do not foed on human flesh. Wherefore, then, should 1 kill a man whom I can put to no sort of use? Beef is n great deal better, for, whileIam quite sure yours is tondoer and delicate, I am afraid it lacks that firmness which. takes- salt, and I am sure it wonld not keop long. As for myself, I confess Ihave decided objections to putting myself in the path of a dangerons pro- joctile, I am dovnright frightened to think you might hit me, and I fos! prudence requires me to keop in_doors at the timo nppointed by our over-obliging friends for you to shoot your pis- tol. If you persist in your whim of trying your pistols, oblige me by taking for your mark some object of nearly my dimenaions,—for instance, . THE POOR SOUTH. ‘A Dialectic Novel in_Five Min- BY ORPHEUS C. KERE. N L - ‘The proud master of the estate and the mem- ber of the Legislature . confronted each other in momentary silence; the former very white and breathing quickly, the Iatter not so white and suwiling in an ivory manner, Finally the Hon, Jubs Lee apoke again: | ; : 1*Now, je8’ yon sce h'yar, Mars'r Morgijee, T nin't done g'wine to wait fo’ dis yar bill' no longer. - Dat's shu's y’ bo'n. Dis-chile’s in de Leg'slature now, honey, an’ wants de ‘money, chuah.” . ) Cassio Morgijeo eyed his guest still more sternly; but evidently labored to keep a con- straint upon himself in his answer : . “AsItold you befoah, T tell you now once monh, it's not in my. present powah, Jubs, to pay you now and hesh. An’ could I do so, sir- rah, by my halidome you'd have your pitifal money within the howah,—and be shown the doah!" | ok * “Den, mars'r, Sheriff hab to putum ecrew, gah. " Dat's shu’s y’ bo'n.” *¢How soon, I cayah nol £ * Borry fo’ you, marg’r; an’ f0' young mars'’r an’ young missus ; but dis chile's got his rights, :hu‘s ¥ bo'n. Must hab dat money, and dat’s & et - Thus spesking, Mr. Loe took his departure, And the venerablo owner of the grand old cha~ the trunk of & tree. You will find a lenty of them in the Bois de Bou- ogne. If you hit it, drop me & line to let me know, and I will instantly coniess that, had I 8tood in the tree’s place, you would have hit me too. Accopt, mydear sir and dear sdversary, as- :_m'lnces of my most distinguished considera~ ion.” DUELING IN CHICAGO is thus described by a French newspapers “If ever a nation considered dueling as a serfous business, it is the American nation. One day, & Cincinnati merchant waa challenged by a Chicago banker: Tho challenge was sent by telegrap and these telegrams were exchanged : Cincinnatl to Chicago: ‘“‘Challenge accepted. Come to Cincinnati to settle the conditions.” Chicago to Cincinnati: *I ahall do no such thing.. Why shonld I, and not you, take tho troubls to travel? " Cincinnati to Chicago: " Because my wife is in childbed.” Chicago to Cincinnati: ““All right, Expect me in the next train.” The Chi- ¢ago banker found the Cincinnati -merchant at the railway-station, and asked the latter : *¢ Well, ac is -the | orance of- are you roady for the fight? Why, in the ‘deuce, are you so pale?” ¥ Be- cause I am ofraid I am & ruined man. My correspondent at Havre has ceasod making me his nsual remittances.” *By Jove! that's bad!" *T et out for Havre io-morrow; wo will fight when I return.” I shan't quit you.” They embarked on the samo utetmnhigh ‘ben they reach Havre the Cincinnati merchant finda his correspondent run off to Canton with all the money he could raise. They go after him. They find and arrest him at_ Canton, bring him back to Havre, have him tried, con- victed, and put in the penitentiery. This prose- cation lasts six months. After they have scen the rogue put in the penitentiary, they return to America. They had pow beon traveling to- gether for two years, and had como to love each other like brothers. ' Nevertheless, the day atter they reachod Chicago, the banker said: B the way, wo have almost forgotten our duel We have to fight.” * To be sure we must.” The following day thoy fought on the lake-shore, with rifles, the distance wad twenty proes. Both fell mortally wounded, and their last breath ex- pired saying : ¢ All right.” DEVISME 18 DEAD, Masbo this nome nover reached you, Rulway, telegraph, newspaper, have brought the wholo world 80 near togother that the famous men of every village are announced to the public, which, confounded by the mob of eminent people, takes motice of none of them. But, if you have visited Paris, Devisme's shop has caught your eye. It is on the Bouloverd des Italiens, near the Cafe de Foy (the.dearcst and the WOrst Testaursnt in Paris), - Torloni's, Maison Doreo; its windows ere filled with azms of all sorteand of all countries, from the hoavy olophant rifle with exploding ball to the drawing-room pistol, from the two- handed sword snd massive macg to the dueling small-sord and the pocket poignard, from in- clegant but lorg-ranging Chassepot to Turkish ‘muskets _covered with silver arabesques, aod studded with precious stones. Devisme wes not only an _excellent gunemith, but an inventor. Sport owes to him exploding balls for elephant, lion, tiger- bunters ; the _harpoon-musket for whalers and porpoisos. His guns are generally_consid- ered the best mede in France, though Napoleon III. preferred Reinette's. Devisme's shop fur- mishod_tho weapons for all ducls fought here. e had an asgortment whose merit was their in- tean and grounds foll into = chair, with his face in his hands, axclnimin[i : ‘ This—this is, indeed mozah than [ can bayah 1" - I, Young Fawcleaux Morgijes, in dress-cost of the last contury and nether continuations of the year before, darted hastily into the room of his friend, Pourarre Stecle, bearing in " his tremu- Jons right hand & copy of that morning’a Daily Tnguisilor, ' wherein sppearcd the following ‘Yerses : - * &a _ . ax ziGmaM. When S5lvia's fatsl frown I see ° _ Reward my burning pray’r, 1 doubt if saints would envy me The martyr's crown I bear; ‘For anger more than patience moelr My flashing eyes send forth, . To mark the Southland's daughter seek A sultor from the North. B Yet all the cruel pangs T feel Are still 45 woman old ; And no'er a copper caresfor Steele The Sylvia wooed by gold. “Seo hyar, Steele,” cried the egitated intru- der, after having read the lines alond in an ex- cited manner, I requiah an immediate expla~ nation of this stuff? You mesn my sister— that's cleah. How dayah you —" o5 “ Dayah!” ropeated -the other golden youth, hotly. *That's not the word for mo, I reckon. ‘Dayah ' deolaynh | what next? The young lady is becoming over-sensitive, I, fesh.” Per- haps you haven't noticed, Mr. Fawcleaux, that qour sister is encoursging the addresses of that ankee, Macready Mobilyay, who's been trying to buy your place.” “My sister!—the Yankes—!" ed the ymna[; ‘man, amfi.np back with clen hands. “To be shuab,” returned Pourarre Steele, with a sneer. :-The brother stared at him in wrathfal incredulity: - i - “Bylvia Morgijee—a daughter of the Boethe. and of Virginyah—encourage the addresses of Northern scum—of a sordid mudsill who takes udvmtl?e of our debt to Juba to try to buy of ld patrimonial estate for seven dollars us our o] and s half 7—It'salie!!"” 4 Bewayah |” “Liah 1" ‘The former friends eyed each other with bale- ful fary, and then the epigrammatist pointed to O S Srorgisoe, rotiyal, sie. . Morgijee, retiyah, sir.” « Gladly, Xz, Stoslor butonly to sond a friend to yait upon you in my place. D'y 'ar?” " Thus the young V: -amang . Madaira - ines _that arted; to meer” e e o next a8 foes and pistol to ie 8y * The {de-ysh!” whispered Sylvia, indignant- 1y, 88 she and the gentleman, her companion, walked slowly in 8 retired stroet, near which they had met, by chance, the usual way. ° The ide- yah, that an old family like ours can be driven to such extremity for an old darkey’s debt. Put- ting all their money together, poor Pa and Faw- clesux wore not able to make up more than half :ha‘sum. It's fe-yar-fal, and has cost us all bit- or teahs.” “ Naorw, du toll ?” “ejaculated Macready Mobil- yay, sympathetically. ** What a pity your old dad’don’t take my offer for the place, and me along with it 88 & son-in-law. Haow snug that'd be for all hands, Silvy.".. nocuousness, He had one pair of pistols, espe- cially, which wero warranted, even in the hand of the most expert marksmen, to carry the ball six feet wide of the object: He called these *¢ reconciliation pistols.” Ho had long been tor- tured by the stone. His physician advised en ‘operation. It was fatsl. THE VEKDOME COLUMN has not yet baen rebuilt, and present appear- ances are, that it will not be' reared for some timio to come. The Government will not advance the 200,000 required. It has such antipathy to everything Napoleonic that it forbade even the maa3 for the rest of Napoleon's soul which was annually celebrated in the Hotel des Invalides from 1831 o 1870, both inclusive, on the 5th of May, his birthdey. Everything, even to the plan of scaffolding, is ready for the reconstruction .of the Column. FoscoLo. e P HORNING ON THE LAKE. "Tis morn | Heaven opes her gutes of iight,— *“Flings her puro radianco o'er this ruder world ; The moop, palo wand’rer of the pathless night, Withdrats 25 her bright banners are unfurled. Btealing o'er thowaves, the Orlent dawn Comes blushing, besuteous, s a bashfal girl,— Ecattering over Heaven's azuro lawn Her gentle foot-prints upon paths of pearl. ‘There's something spell-like in this dreamy hour, 8o passionless and meek its gentle H 1t dismond dew~dropsaro a simple dower, - “Purer than the noon-tide sunlight streaming. - Now gem-like set on every shrub and tree, And bright tiaras o'er the green grass making, Rich beds of precious stones they soem to be, Glistening in the pink light dimly breaking. Day downs dpace; in mafest, the sun "ihe blus aky brais with sparkling quiver ; From moon and star the rosy chaso he's won,— ‘His beama descending like a rainbow river, Twelve hours before to earth he bade adleu, Leaving no traces of his fadeless glory; To-dsy the same bright course doth he renew, To-right $o tell again the same sweet story. The sun sppéars ah emblem of our fate; oft w(l.hprl:.g“r:lwc look upon his setting Like friends who throng s death-bed desolate; 1In grief thoe rising of the soul forgetting.« o when our pilgrimage on earth is atasoed, O eative ahonow s upon sach eart with sorrow; ‘But the sonl, immortal, ne'er can fade, ok o'cise Baoro gloriously to-morTow. And, as T watch yon golden orb of day, * e oAt famyent, {rom my soul go pleading, For there, beyond the glory-gilded way, ‘Heems that bright home t0 which earth’s 8. cares are Dawsr, Once When Chase Was Mad. # L. D, H.," in the Cleveland Herald, S An incident which occurred at the second in- suguration of Gov. Chase was every way charac- teristic of his noble manhood. The ceremon’ was to take place in the rotunda of the Capitol where & stand_wss erected in tho centre; tho space above the stand vas reservod for members of . the Legislature; the halls above and below and the stairways were open to every- body else. As chief of the ¢ Governor’s stalf it was my duty to keep the stand clear of intruders, and, knowing the Governor’s dislike to spparont force, I kad left off my eword, and strove with only o light walking-stick to oppose s tremendous pressure of ladics and gentlemen, who were determined to fill tho rotunda befors the State officers elect and the two Houses of the Legislature had entered. 8 The approaching procession was led by a mili- company, an: {;"S hitn%m’raupcclod my eash and stafl, as soon 08 the Governor was in his place, wers be- yond my control.: I eaid to the Captain of the military escort : _‘*‘Please form your men across this passage until the Legislatureis seated.” .The Captain was a martinet, 80 he ordered: i About face, charge bayonet {”, 2 The astonished crowd began' to fall back ; the Governor sprang to his feet in awful wrath, . with a. voice which rang above the din of the multitnde, ho exclaimed: * Captain, I- posi- -} tively forbid asy such ordor ; withdraw your mea. Chase immediately!”" I never saw Mr. ina ‘positive paseion before or aince. the impatient throng which |- T reckon it would, Macready; but paand brothor are proud of the old place, you know, a:ld desiyah to get 88 for it, while you offer only—"" . S At this moment an aged man, his gray locks stresming wildly in the spring oir, came sudden- Iy upon them from around an adjacent corner ; istraction in his manner, and a groan of anguish “on his lips : : 4 Bylvia—your brother—Pourarre Steele—duel ~we must go thayah—and stop it—" He conld 8oy no more; but darted on_frantically toward tho suburbs of the city, not having noticed, ap- parently, the hated being in his daughter's ‘company. . “Duel? The ide-yah!” shrieked the young Iady, following after in a frenzy. ; The Northern capitalist stared after him, whistled a moment, and then followed leisurely als0. 5 Iv, Upon' the dark and bloody ground generally patronized by the best Southern eociety for such occasions stood young Morgijee and Steele, with their seconds. e latter consulted together, while the principals stood apart, and seem greatly troubled about omething. Then one of them went and whispered to his man, end the other o his man. : + T haven't got e cent about me,” said Faw- cleaux, discomfitedly, to his second’s question. “J don't own & dime myselt,” waa the despair- ing raply of Pourarre fo his friend. iThen, gentlemen,” cried both seconds to- gether, “‘you can't exchango fiyahs; for esch of s hias ome here supposing that tho other would bring smmunition with him ; and, as neither hap- pena to have any, and all of us combined can't raise the means to buy any, Wwe may as well re- linquish the affangh, and —" B v - “Mygon! my son! am I indeed hesh in time ?" cried tb:h elder Morgijges, bounding dis- 0 Bcene. 5 A“n‘wid“e?ay:h 1" screamed the ensuing Bylvia, throwing herself beantifully between duel- its. 4“ ¢ What’s all thls raow abrout ?"” inquired Mac- ready Mobil, loun, ap. A o not easa to Tive,” muttered Fameloux, loomily, “since I see, now, for myself, that Both you, fathar, snd Sylvis, have yonder losel @6 in your company.” > Y""'!s‘ron nZ, Iwes xl-)ighyt abont it,” added Pou- rarre Steele, as dojectedly. “By'r Lady, an’Iknew not what the varlet was heah " exclaimed the sire, drawing himself dnp hh?ayg tily. *What means this, Sylvis,-my leah 2" The maiden had caught the reproachful eye of her former wooer, Pourarrs, mfl?;km piteons- 1y to the ground. s 7 no father’s and brother's honor was at stake to Jubs Lee,” sbo said, slowly, #4 and dared not ropulse the only human creaturo in Richmond, possibly, who had tho means to advance the sum of the debt.” A Alr. Mobilyay saw at once that he had lost his bride, but did not sppear much affected. “ ag hero, naow, neighbor,” said he to_the aged Cassio Morgijee, * what mout be this here debt o'yourn to the Hon'ble Mr.-Lee, afore- = It ig for a job of whitewashing, done for me _just befosh Juba was eleeted,to the Legiela- ture,” answered the venerable Virginian, sadly, #and amounts to ifty.” - # gey what 2" ity cents.” i A Wl.l{ then, T'll tell what T'll do, ‘Squire,” re- tuined Macready. * I'll hand you that smount and seven dollars snd a quarter, besides, and ivo up the lady, if you'll sell your house ;ng Endw me for thaf identical sum-tottle. It's giving you nfltle, you see, of twenty-five cents er fust-off. b O Bk by tho magmanimity and justice of thia prapoenl, Mr. Morgijee accepted 1t on the spot.. Fhe yousg men took a portion of the . money, e o Mtolowing ds¥, resumed their dacl, in which Pourarre Steels waa elain. “'When the - firat shock of. the affair waa_over, Mr. Mobilyay took heart to_renew Lis former suit to Bylvia ; and—as they had their choice between encourag- ing him and 'retiring to the almshouse—her father and brother récaived him (in bis own honse, by the Way,) without violonco.—New York Graphic. WINES. Sherry, Port, Madelra, Rhine, Huna garian, and Domestic. lTrom the New York Commereicl Adrertiser. Spain has long occupied & prominent place among the Wwine-growing countries of the 0ld World. Her vineyards produce an abundance of the richest growths, as they aro so situated on mountains and on the river-sides of the Penin- sula, that they find the most suitable exposures, and every variety of soil for the cultivation of the grapo. The vintages are distinguished by their high flavor and ‘sroms, and also by their strength and durability. The Spaniard, when Le drinks wine, gives preference to such as is rich and sweet, and therefore rates the growtha of Malaga more highly than thoso of Xerez, which are, undoubtedly, the most perfect, and held in tho highest estimation by other nations. The most colebrated - and perfect wines of Spain are the sherries grown in the Province of Andalusia snd the District of Xerez de Ia Fron- tera; the vineyards oxtend over a tract of coune try 45 miles in length and 18 in breadth. Sherry is an English corruption of the word Xerez, ta render the pronunciation more easy. This wina ismade from both red and white grapes. Iia va- rioties are produced by the different modes of tréating it. The best palo sherry is mads from the very finost grapes. Those that are very pale are chiefly owing to the differance in the ripe- ness of the fruit. The various grades of color are obtained by tho_ addition of boiled wine. Fine, pure sherry should be pale as_amber in color, devoid of sweotness, of a dry flavor, fine ~ aromatic odor, with some of the plossant bittorness = of tho peach pit, called ““nutty; " delicacy and softness, firmnesa and durability, with abzence of scidity, are the distinguiehing characteristics of this wine. of a hiih grade. ntillado is a superior dry sherry of ecci- dental produce, and ‘quito o phonomenon in wine-making, a8 no wine-grower can be certain by what grapeit will bo prodaced, or from what treatment it may be obtainod ; and it is singnlar that, of one hundred casks frorm the same vine- yard, some of them will be Amontillado without the grower being able to account for it ; it kas a strong flavor of oceanthic ether. Kot ono drop of hru:x]lf can be added to geauing Amontillada, and it allows of no foreign mixture whatever. 1t is always pale and brilliant. _Vinode Pasto is a dolicate and high-fiavored wine, partaking somewhat of the ter of ‘Amontillado. It is not so dry, but_more pal- atable, and considered o superior dinner wine. Manzznills, Topaz, snd Oloroso are fice pale sherries, but are of a lower grade. The Island of Madeira is eaid to bave been stocked with plants brought from Cypress, by arder of Princo Henry, under whoso auspices the first colony of tho Portugueso was establish- od thare, in the year 1421, From a very ently period, ‘Aadeira wino Les beon in_ exiénsivo usein this country; it appears to have been little used in land until the middle of tho Inat centuzy, an owed its introduction to_tlo British officers who had “gerved in tho West Indies, and had become wlg\;:énted with the ex- cellence of the wine.. Fine oira wines are re- markable for their extraordinary durability. Like the-ancient vintages of the Surrenting hills, they are truly * firmissima vina,” retaining these qualities unimpairod in botli extremos of climate, suffering no decay, and constantly im- proving as they advance in age. Thoy are_not pronounced perfect until they have been -kept eight or ten years in wood, and afterwards al- lowed to mellow the same time in bottle. The' “nutty” taste, whichis often very marked, is not communicated, 28 some Lavo imagined, by means of bitter almonds, but is the result of guperior quality and age, and becomes inherent in the wine.’ 'y is universally edmitted to be one of the finest and most delicious sweet wines. The quantity produed is very limited. A portion of each vintage is ususlly reserved for the Royal table of Portugal: Bercial is an excellent dry wine. WWhen new, it i3 very harsh, and ro- quires to be kept long_time beforo it is mel- Towed. It postesses a rich aromatic flavor quits peculiar to itself, and holds the same rank. s Do Tiea i jmpntiide doeg the Johannisberg, transplantéd from the'Rhine. * Bual is o delicate, soft wine, with high flavor, and is suppoeed to have descended from a Span- 18h or the Burgundy grope. Tinto is mede from purple and white grapes, mixed. It is an ex- collent table-drink, and improves much in thiz conntry with age and proper treatment. Madoira wines have gone ont of use to 3 great extent, from the fact of the failure of the fintafio on the island, and the consequent im- possibility to obtain them—except the old and 00 expensive wines. The growth of the vine i restored, and tho quality of the wine now being made is equal to that formerly shipped. . Port wino derives its name from the place of shipment—Oporto. Wlhen new, itisof a dark purple color, s a rongh holly, with x5 astrin- gent sweet tasto; tha color also varies, from s pale roze to o bright purple. Tha color and as- tringent properties of the wine ars derived from tho buskand In part from - tho soeds of the grapo. When this wino has remained some years in the wood, the eweetness, roughness,and as- tringency of flavor abate; but it is only afier ik has beer some fimo_in tho bottle, that the aroma of the wine is developed. No wine ia 80 easy of adulteration as_port, none so much adulterated, and none which by moro tlavcr, from the natural conrsencss of the wine in its first stages, is eo difficult to dotect. The es- sential characteristics of;good port wine aro richness of color, a goft, fruity, and generous taste, freodom from _sweetness, and withont too much astringency. Not more thau one-tenth of tho 30,000 pipes annaally shipped from Oporto can ba classed with winos of a mpeqmufizy ; the demand being chiefly for lgw-gn d wines, the merchants average the quality by mixingone growth with another with brandy and other ad- juncts to meet the vitiated tastes of consumers. Tha white wines of Portugal are of very good quality, and 2 their flavor snd aroms ara gen- erally of a more delicate and evanescent natury than those of the red class, they are less capabla of bearing an admixture of brandy. eee vines are_ known in'the market by the namos of hippers, and aro not branded 25 same others. The vino was introduced into Germany about the time of the reign of Charlomagne, and wus cultivated on tho banks of the Rhine. ~On both sides of the river are_extensive ranges of vine- ards, yielding a profusion of excellent wines. Tihits wines constitate by far the greater por- tion of thoso made in Germany. Theso may be regarded 88 a distinct order by themselves. Bome of the higher sorts resemblo very much the vins de grave ; butin_goneral they are drier than the French whito wines, and are charac- tarized by o delicate flavor and_aroma, called in. the country gare, which is quite pecu- lisr to them. An ides is prevalont that thoy are maturally acid; the inferior kinds, o doubt, are 8o, but the character of the fne Rhine wines is free from any perceptible scidity to the taste. Acids aro supposed $o gencrats out, but that disesse i rarely known on the anks of the Bhine. Johannisl er Cabinet is the King of Ger- man wines, and is indebtod for its celebrity to its. ‘high perfame and flavor, and the total absence of acidity. The vine; from which this wine is produced is owned by Prince Metternich. Johannisberger is very valuable, snd is nearly Tnobtainsble, as it_is circulated almost oxclu- sively among the Imperial and Rogal families of the Old World. 5 " Bteinberger may be ranked next to Jobannis- ‘berger.. e vineyard from which it is pro- duced is now the &mpeny of the Grand Dunke * of Nassau. It is the stmng:;i of all the Rhin wines, and in former years much mwme_an; ‘and delicacy. Rudesheimer grows on tho Lill! opposite Bingen, and in somo instances hss been: referred to the Bhinhor% Some of the Rudes-, eim-Hinterhanser and Badershoimerberg ap-: oach in excellence to the Johannisberg. Hock- Paimer, Mosollo, and_Leibranmilch aro Rlien- {sh wines, and rank o3 tho best kinds, possess- ing considerable body, favor, snd aroma. L sddition to these, which are all atill wincs, we £ the sparkling Hock and Moselle. wines eimi- ar to the champagne, but of a more fruity and rich nature, and of heavier body. i ‘Hungarian wines are of limited consumption, resembling in style and flavor the German or Hock wines. Tokay is the most culebrated. Bu- aal, Bakator, Legezjardi, Villaingi, Momilsi, are the brands most popular in this country. California is fast coming into prominence 2a a wine-producing country, sending her champagne, laret, port, shorry, sud brands, some of very 00d quality and of undoubted purity. It secms, Enwevor, imposaible to imitate or rival the foreign wines. There is gomething lacking in the goil or climate that prevents the domesiic wines from acquiring the genuine flavor and tone.. - 2 Catawba, cham e, largely cqnsnmed,mdx Iaibto displace the Fren: i ling wines are’ ri irr;};y, and ;aromatic in flavar, resembling in fruitiness the ‘sparking Hock and Moselle, but the taste of -the. native grape shows itself prominent. and still wines are , like “the precedisg, wines. - Tho. sparE