Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 30, 1873, Page 10

O D AX, GUY FAWKES. Archbishop Manning Sues [ir. Nowdegato for Libo! for Afleging that Ho Had Tauded {ho Gunpowder- Conspirators. How the Fitth of November was Cele< brated at Lewes, England. Bome Specimons of Guy-Fawkes Literature. ; Lendon (Nov, 8 Correspondence of the Cinctnnatt Com~ mereial. Wodnoaday last, tho 268th annivorsary of the Guupowder Plot, passed off with loas disordor sndloss attoution than usual in London. It was, however, colobrated in n more sorious way than over before, by tho institution of A BUIT FOR LIDEL sgaingt Mr. Newdogate, BI. P., by Arolibishop Manning. ' In o spoech mado by Mr. Newdeguto, nt Coloshill, on tho 24th of last month, ho sald #This Dr, Manning has published another nor- mon, a sermon which ho published ten years g0, and lios ropublichod ; and in that sormon o Iauded tho conspirators of the Guupowder Plot, ‘who sought the destruction of King, Lords, and Commons by ono foll conspiracy. IHo states in that sormon that Guy Fawkes, Garnet, and tho Josults who wero allied with him, although they wero arraigned as oulprits in the dock, now atand arrayed in bright robes at tho right hand of Obrist,” Mr. Nowdoegato onco said eomothing of tho same kind in the House of Commons, and tho Archbistiop demanded a retraction. It was rofused ; but now whon it ia ropeated outside of Parlinmont, Dr. Manning has tho opportunity of socking redreas, nud will undoubtedly push the matter to o trinl. Tho discourso to which Mr. Newdogato rofors was & more caraful ono than the groat enomy of Catholicism Lias representod. Dr. Manning did ocy of the English Josuits of Elizaboth's reign : ** On- earth they wore the ath of felons; in heaven thoy stad sirayed n white, and crowned, Horo theY wore ar- taigned in tho dock na malofactors: thers thoy sit by the throno of the Son of God.”” Ho did not name Guy Fawkes or Garnet, Ho plainly meant thom, bowovor. Garnot was tho Provincial of tho Jesuits in En- glandatthattime,—and ho will findit convenlent, when pressod bofore a jury, to say to wha mlr?m ho roferrcd, if not to thouo of the Gun- potrder Plot. The fact is thatin the ton yoars which havo elapsed since Dr. Mauning delivered and published his sermon, things have changed, and he now occupiss n much more responsible position than ho did thon, At prosent tho moin point of importance. to tho English Oatholic is_to show that s pricst or prolate of that Church may bo as Ioyal an Englishman »s tho member of - any othor Church, and for an Archbishop of Woutminater to ba frater~ nally associsted with tho Spaniard who tried to blow up Westminstor would ba fatal, Mr, Now- degata rather artfully seloctod tho proximity of Guy Fawkes' Day for tho ronewal of his charfif, and Dr, Manning, laving to resd it amid tho eries and firaworka of this annual CANNIVAL OF PROTESTANT ROTONS, fonad it too much for his nerves. The libel suit will be ably fought out, for there is nothiug in eithor party thatcan possibly induce o _eottlo- ment other than tha verdict of a jury, and it will be an anzious one for the Catholics, since a ver~ diot adverso to the Archbishop would identify him in the popular mind with a figuro whose ngliness has for somo time ruperncded and paled the fame of Old Nick himself. 1t in indeed s matter of plnlosophical interest to obrerve how tho stiributes of thegrent Clovon- tooted have gradually slipped on to Guy. Iu tho atroets, Wodnesday, L saw & number of eflgios :{n}flm which were olearly meant to ropresent [ . THE DEVIL. In somoe cezon the ropresentation wes aconrato suough to rocail tho old prints which preservo the figure of tho IYiend as ho used to n}}poar in the Miraclo Plays of the Middle Ages, Insomo of the provincial towns—notably in Lewes, near Brighton—Guy Fawkes' Day is the occaslon of a geono a8 motley aga Carnival in Rome, Tho streets avo filed with masqueraders,—devils ko~ ing the most frequont fignros,—and thero are borne through tho town colossal cilgies of Gny TFawkes and the Popo. Guy is decidedly ~ Mephistophelean ~in his appenrance, aid he is all lined within with fire- works. At night & Jarge bonfiro is lighted, and Guy, with the Pops besido him, is piacad upon the'tire. Thereupon iho Areworks iusido of im begin to go offt—hiaribs turn to bine fires, his back omits rockets, out of his mouth leap tongues of flame—whilo around this dirbolical Hisplay the red and black masqueraders, men and womon, dance and yell until the whols speo- tacle prosonts & VERY RESPEOTADLE PANDEMONITM, Woe to eny bystander who hos a respectablo bt or great-oat; Lio will be vory apt to sce that chorished portion of his costumo go to feod the copnsuming fire, Tho polico have intorfered ‘with the rougher part of this so-called fun in London, though wo still have our hugo offl- gics and bontiros in tho suburbs. In soms Tegions of tho country tho respoctable inbabi- tants, having vainly endesyorod for yoars to pro- . vent lhe riotous acone which aflliotod thom on Guy Fawken' Day, havo finally Lit on tho plan of lghklllg in it—subscribing for tho show—in order at it msy be made au ordorly display of fire- worke. In Hitchin the magistrates this year headed tho subscription, aud sucooeded in ap- ointing a committeo which made the fonflv:t[yl armlogs. Tho samo courso was pursued wit succesa ab ‘Lunbridge Wells, DBut Lowes has borne away tho peim for riotons rowdyism. It requiros inore norve thanI possess to visit Lowes on GUNPOWDER-FLOT DAY; . 30 T borrow from the xccount of n more daring sorrespondent the following itoms : ‘The respectablo citizans of Lewes have dined enrly and hidden thomselves behind the curtaine at advan- tageous points, deprecating the horrors of disorder, while enjosing tha fun of the ridigulous recklorane: Ths aquibe are bursting hero und thero, the crack axo bolng flung falo th faces of (ho pamseracby, tho Donfires ato alight aud alive, when tho firat nofes of s wheezy brass band are heard in tho distance, 1t ia the most nonsonsfeal procesvion, Gremadiors, Lifo Guards, backwoodsmen, devils with skulls und croes- bonos, molo to Tehardsontan ruffans, Austrian Huesars, clowns and Punchinellos, niggers in night~ owus (Lideons contrast of color), outrageons Yres ‘oresters awesp aloug the street wilh mock gravity, and in tho rear come blazing tho tar-bavrels, wheelod along on hand-trucks or * troilies,” ull proceeding to the flory hicadquarters of ono or other of the lawless soct etfca, There s no atteupt to stop any procession. There fa no suggostion of a fight when thio varlous organized mobs meet Iu the narrow strocts of Lawes, Lifo and property are riaked, a4 wo ara all well awure, but the orgauization of disorder is litorally porfect, Taward 8 o'clock the rovelry beconies desperato, and iho fury of the scene centres in_tho narrow roadway between the Town Lull and the White Turt Hotel, In tho middle of the atreot thoy have lightod a huge bon- fire of pitch, and furzo, and filth, casting demoniacal suiadows and filling the heavy November alr with wulphiurous vapor and eickouing smoke, Tho wholo town of Lowes, the oxcursionists from Drighton, the {dlerw of thie district, ond the tagrag and bobtall of the nelghiborkaod congregate round thls central bon- Qro, Tho fun la dangerous, pitiless, and cruel, Every mun, womsn, and clild has a squib, oo explosive Implonient, or s biudgeon under Lis coat, under bor shiawl, or beneaths tho piuafore. It ts con- sdercd a joko to light some firework end to castit suddenly under the corrldor of the Towa Hall, whore It explodas with u dull tliud, and frightons tho omen io death, Lighted rockets are thrown at windowa or cast recklesaly aud lsughingly smong womon’s drexses, aro stumped ont by tlie rongh leels of tho Buesex poasants, aud ara seattered into the very faces of infanta in arink, who ara actually permitied to ho dragged into the intozicated orgiv, aud ey bowl while their mothers gapo at (ho fou d'enfir, Thern 18 1o re- spuct of porsons OF ALX. Tn the dark of most doorways {he women secratly ull the fireworks aut of their lovers’ pockots, light hem bebind their lovers’ backs, and thon coolly fing them into nighbor's face, - §0 it went on, popping £ cracking, tho womuen screamaing, o sokely look- ing on astonfihed, until (ko liour afrived for the ad= veuit of the great procoasion from tho top of tho town, his 1s tho ebief ahiow of tho evening, for whioh ths coppers lisve Loen ao caraCully colluclad 1u the powicr cans, Pouitively it battiea ull description, nnd thoso who liad not boen, up to this moment, auocated by {ho ulphnrous uroke, or deafenod by tho orackers, 1ud diiliculty in grasping themeantng of this wild cart ‘nivel proceselon. In advance camo a baud of plonecr, casting up colorad rocketa and varied Koman candlea} then » pemi-military, half-intoxieated brass band, ouf of tune snd discordant; then a motley crowd of devils, clergynmien, soldiers, callors, Greek pirates, Lwaymen, ficayongors, acatles exooulfoners from & Murino Fallero,” olowns, niggers, aud, in the rear, quita a dozon of 'burning tar-berrela on'trucks, each WitlL the inelde Alled with flamo, and sugueative o= an instant of every horror of the’ Inqulsition of Kox's ook of Murtyrs,” It was playlug at somotling ter rivle, Thoro wors no martyrs to burn or 1004 to rour. Qer § but tho apirit of crully wsa up, snd, what with firo, sulplaur, smoke, nolse, Aud riot,’ if any offending parly biad been canght o would kave fnstantly baen conslgued ta the Humos, what 1t is & question diffionlt of deolsion to dOKl'GD JIATRTD OF NOMAN CATHOLIOIEM & _ropresontod ju suoh glsplayn aa these. A ovory- moment the rioters proclaim that it s n part of the old foud botweon Protestant aud Paplnt, sud thoy aclect for their ofiigion tho fig- urcs most dlstinguinliod in the mfixlouu con- flioty of the day. ~ At Lowes thoy burned Guy Fowkos, tho "cs!o, Tather Ignatiuy, and tha chiaf ritunllatio clsrgyman of Brighton, They Dad alao & man drostod as & Catholic Archbishop, who, at the bouflre, succoednd in soeuring come arative utillnoss whilo ho delivored tho follow- uf spoceh § . ) Brotler Bonfire Doys, Friends, and Vistors—This In thio 203th rm«mr’fv ‘of thio Guupowder Mot o alio tha mmsteenth lunl\'nrflrz of that fomons battlo of Inkermann, whoro our brave soldiors. won auelt rounwn and glory for Old England, Our princle pal toplo in this address onght to be_not of mon, but of Roman Catholic principlea and dootrines, Tct mo cougratulate you, aud mnke bold to_say tint though o hiave one Catliollo place of worship In onr good old Protostant town, the congrogation docs mot snd will ot Incroaso, Jut Lam horry to soy that thero oro certain praotices carvied on at & cortaln placo of wor- ohip $n Weat atroot, Drighton, which I am suro must call forth your stroupeat dishpprobation—cerriod om, an it is, fn'a Pugoyite forn, Rathor would ws moo it enliraly sovored from Protestantism than that such practices should bo carrled on under false colara, We cannot allude in too strong torms of diust to the coufessional, of which we hiave lately heard so mucli. Tho diegrace whioh it brings with it waa shown by thio recont ansault cnscs at Brighton and Hove, whureln o clorgyiuen apposred i court, of Juatice, * Then, again, look at tho baneful offeats it L produced in Romo through the nsing of the confessional for tho purpose of furthering Lior own ends, Cuy Fawlkes' Day has also a LITERATURE O ITB OWN, very year thore comes out' somne . yersion: of tho famous conaplrator's caroer, and it ds uaually investod with all that proternatural mystory which accords with the tondenoy, alresdy reforred to, to mnko Guy asort of distinguished demon, This year thoro lins appeared in tho shop win~ dows o new yellow-covered romanca ontitled *'Guy Yawkes,” tho back of which is coverad over will picturos ropresenting tho man with the conventional costumo and aspeet of a deep, dark Hpanieh conspirator, ropresenting him laying the train in the night, arreated, imprisoned, and so forth, Inside of this precions romauce I m:i] an acconut of Guy's intorviow with a wiz- ard: “Listen, Gny Fawkes, you como with the hops that T conld forotoll thenuccesn or faihure of your great schome, You ohinll not bo disappointed.” ¥ The wizard then directed Guy Fawkes to follow him. hn“i‘l?l;’ ascended to o small laboratory at the top of the ng, 'A blagk eurtain hung at one end of tho apartment. Guy Fawkes was dirocted to stand in a ring formed by cabalistio figuros on tho floor, facing tha curtain, "A burning brazier was placed by an attendant bofore him, Tho magician cast sovoral atrange herba into the fire,” A Lright blue flamo {lluminatod tho placo, giving. evoryiling » ghasily {lugo, whilo fragrant odors Sled {ho atmosphors. i Tho wizard then, waving s wand, in 8 decp, un~ earihiy voice, commencod to uttor an lnvoeation, Holiow rumbling noises could now bo heard, min- gled with strange shrisks, os of maddencd rage, do- spair, 5nd demouis Iaughtar. ‘Tho walls somod aa if about to fall in snd erush thom, Vivid streska of lightning darted about the porsen of Guy Fawkes. “Thomplrite aro st hand 1. Move not, or you par- 1sh1" crlod thomegiclan, in & volca of awe, “Say, what doyou dosire that 'the spirile slall rovesl iG ou 7 “Tho progresn of our glorious: cause,” roplled Guy Fawkes, in trombling tone, The mngiclan muttered somo mystlo words, waving hia bauds at the enma tlme, "Fha curtning parted, % Quy Fewkes saw o lorge mirror, i1 which could be seon & number of dark tigures in the act of takiog an onth administerod by o priest, This faded, nnd then followed another vikion, in which the enthralled spce~ tator aw a hoap of burrels piled in o callar, and partly covered with bars of iron sud blocks of ‘timbar; ho saw tall figure, which ho instantly rovoguized na Hime &elf, 0 th act of nppiying & Hghtod torch to a train of ‘gunpowder connacted with tho barrols, 3 Tn & ptato of hurrowing suspense Guy Fawkes took o stop forward—thio ourtains nstantly fefl, # You iave stopped {rom tho megis circla 17 cried tho volca of the wizard, “Tho Apiriis sre angored with you—let mo warn you to 820 o moro ¥ T confnre the apirits o Teveal my fate ¥ crlod Guy Fawken, i1 a hollow tone, The horriblo din was agafn renewed, The most uncarthly ebrieks znd howls raag in the ears of tho tno morlals, “Chundor-Iko shocks shook the old fobrlo, and st one moment tho laboralory appeared to be flied with Dlinding flamc, envelopiug the occupants a8 if aboutto consuma thom, Suddenly all again becamo atill, . Fafut strain of wilimelancholy muelo fell upon the ear. The brazier sgain blazed up, The curtaina oponed, and the apectacie of an executicn met tho viow, ‘Che hideous hungman was in tho act of plncing tho ropuuver the Lowod head of the culprit amidst the thunder-like yells of execration from a vast assome blage. &hdenly the doomed roon rateed his head, An exclsmation of paralyzing horror and dismay us- capad Guy Fawkes. The fuce of th criminal was hfs own | As you may wish to know the latest version of UOY TRE GUNFOWDEDR TLOT ENDED, . I will ventare to quote one more scone from this romance: On the Ist of November the conspirators again met in the collar. TFatler Uarnet nddrensed them in n long discourss, slatiog that thele fatontions were approved b Heavan, 0d that Guy Fawkes, in offering bimeolf 83 the chief instrument in thelr schemo, wus fuldlling the Diviue will, AL midnight {ho conspiratory parted for tho last time previous to the propused firing of the mine, Guy Fawkea rerained in {ho cellar from that time, The train was lald, and everything in preparation, “Che nfgit of the 4h came, Suated on a barrel of- gunpowder, with s petronel in each band, and a luntern at his sido, the fauatic await- e the awful hour when, at the sacr{fice of his own iife, e chould ira tho infernal magazine designed to de-’ niroy tho most precious lives i1 tho realm, and one of tho most mognificent fabrica in the Kingdom, Midnight Diad passed, The early dawn waa fflumin. ing tho Enst wihen tho ‘desperate conspirator, fecling cramped nnd wearicd, reaolved to quit the celfar for & fow niomenta, ‘o opened the door and peopod into tho darkmass, iearing no sound ko veatured forth, taking & fow strides up and down outsldo the door of tho mugazine, Suddenly & slight noise atiracted Lis attention. Turning, to bis smazement ho saw o number of dark objects stealing toward him, Tnatanily fearing tho yorst ho flew fnto the collar, oponed tho Lsutorn, and thrusting o match into the wick of the candle fio Lield a light in bis hand, “ Burrender in the King's name, Guy Towkes! conspirator and traltor 1" cried an anfhorifative volco, «Never [V thundored Guy Fawkes, * Heavon wills that T should fail at tho lost bour, but I sholl meot & glorious doom I 80 saying he placed the light to tho train of gunpowder, 4 Anotlior lnstant ond no mortal power could liave stayed tho fell, destructiva contequences, ‘As the train gnited, Almo fiow into the mine, and with tho feather of bis hat ewept a clean breach {n the line of flaming powder, The doom was averted | 1In a moment Guy Fawkes appeared naif turned to stone, then {a w terriblo voico ko turnod hiy withering gze ipon Almo, Jooking as If ho could have struck tho trembling youtlf dead at Lin fest, and eried : “ ITelinound ! you know not what you have dose | ¥ Ol yes, my friend—iny more than father” elirfoked Almo, ““I know what I hava dono—saved your soul from overisatiug damuation 1 As tho words left Lia lipa tho fecblo boy fell dead at Bl feot ; he biad urst & blood vessel, With a look of heart-brokeu, biank despair, Guy Fawkes turned, his great frame toru with tenpestuous foelings, Groans of ruge escaping his lips and_ scald- ing fears of mortifieation runuiug down bis cheoka, #Iyleld 1" hio graped—** I yiold 1 Aftor ronding this it may sppear hurdly ro. markoble that Dr. Manning should wince under tho impnutation by » momber of Parlisment of being a patron of Guy—particularly as his logal right to be ontilled "A\'cl\binhn&) of Woetmin- ster” is just now being challenged. EA Loy ) Dotheboya Xiall, * A correnpondent of Noles and Queriessends to that journal tho following article, which puts snothor anpect on ono of Mr., Dickens' happiest creations, We have hoard somathing of that sort bofore, but bayo neyor geon It in quite so nuthentio & sbape : ** T have rocently receivod a lottor from an old friend and schodifollow, which appears to me o far to exceed tho interost of a morely privato lottor that I bave oblainod bisleave to send a copy of it to * N, & Q. 1 am sura that all who fool an intereat in Dickona' writings will be glad to read a communication which throws some H?M upon one of hin most famous fictions, My fifond writes from Bowos, in the North Riding, %l vli(lltgn in the neighborhood of classic groundof okeby ¢ 4 ¢\o enme here, an it ia on tho way to whero wo are going ; it is my fathor’s birthplace, Iiis a very fine country—{resh mouutain sir, Dotho- boya Hall is still hore, no longer & school. Mr, Bliaw, tho original of Squoors, married a Miss T.nidman, who Was & kot of cousin of my fathor. The school-buildings aro pulled down, but the house (Dotheboys) 16 still & very nice handsoma ono, with largo ofilces, cow-houces, o, Wo Jearn from our fandlady {hat in the room whero we are now sitting (Unicorn Tun, Bowas) Dickens lind lunch the dayhie aud & fricud rode over from Barunrd Onstlo t0 nee and make sketohes of Alr, Bhaw's school, and this same old lady, Mra, Highmoor, walted on them, Dickons was ouly Liere that day, but he stayed longor in Baruard Onstle, and goba_groat denl of gousip, not too true, about tho echool, from one dam ushér of Shaw's, and a * bad loi, jndood been turned off for bad couduct. 4+ ¢ Mra, Highmoor tolls mo,as indood my father always says, that Dotheboys Hall ina m nggorated caricature. But somohow the de- soription was in some respects so correct that ovorybody rocognized it. Poor Bhaw quite took it to hoart, and did wo nore good, got childivh and paralytig, and soon died, “Ihio school wont down fast, Alrs, Bhawalso died brokon-heartod, Lut a good denl of money was left behiud, Mra, ulq:mnnr snyn thoro wero an Immense number of boys that Mr, Bhaw ohartered a special cosch to bripg thom, oy London (tis p)aco 18 on one of tho gront coaching rondn botweon York and Glasgow), and that thore was Iixm oy in thoe villago on tho arrival of tha conch an Ku pro- clous frolght—quito the event, in fact, it was, Blho says thos boys waro used very wall, and fod s wellas could be oxpasted for £20 a yoar; that thore might bo thinga wrong, but_no complaints woro ovor mado; that Bhaw made money, bo- onuso on his own farm he grazod the cows and ;ml dfl.\n ahoop and piga which suppliod tho boys' ood. 4 Tho house in at ano end of the villago, Tha conch-road runs past the gable botwoen the 0 and tho atablos. - “ 1 My impronsion is that Yorkehire schools woro bad, but not 80 bad aa Dickons makes out, and Bhaw's was much botter thun most of them, Iiore is » strong feoling thero of indignation [ ninsle Dickons, who, no doubt, rutned poor Q. 2 “In his ruPly to my requost to publish the abovo, my friond sayst s, M8 fiy all means uso my nolos on Dothehoyn, 1 thiuk my informstion is authontio, belng gath- ored on tho spob, Thero waro four Inrgo * Lon- ‘don achools” (so-callod) in the viliage, &l knooked up by **Niokolas Niokleby.” f'lio in~ habitauts furious, and no wonder.' o 1 should liko, by way of comment on my friond’s intoresting nofos and in justico. to Dickens, to remind your roaders that the grest novoliot, in his prefacs to ‘Nicholas Nickloby,' anyn that his desoription of Dotheboys Hall was not mennt to apply to sny particular man or wnohool, but that it was a typo of Yorkshire oheap #chools in genoral. Ho further distincily snd emphatically nssorts that this description, so far 1rom boin nxnggamhnl, falls far short of tho Toality, It is quite porniblo that Dickens unfor- tunately made his desoription in some respocta too much a portrait of Mr, 8haw,,tho result of which appenrs to have beon that "fho Intter foll a victim to the obloquy which was dueto York- shiro schoolmastors gonorally. If the compari- son be allowablo, Bhaw suffored like Louls XVL., ‘who was guillotined not 8o much forhis own sing #8 for thoso of his scoundrel anceators! Bub al- though Shaw may havo boot comparatively into~ cont, I havo no doubt that Dickona wan, in tho main, right, and that Yorkshire schools and York- shire schoolmastors were, on the whols, such as ho describos them. That these gentry and thoir “Caves of Dospair’ no longer nx%nt, is one of tho ‘many dobts of gratitude which his follow-coun- trymen owe to Charles Dickons," —_— JEAN JACQUES OFFENBACH. From Ls Soir.(Paris). Joan Jacquea Offonbach, tho comporer of the **Grand Duchess of Gorolatein,” lives in & beauti- {ful houso at Passy, adjoining the villa of thelate ismentod Rossini. It cost M. Offonbach at 1onst 200,000 francs to eroct the building ; but it is in evory respect & modol rosidonce,—exactly such a houso 28 & man with & large fawmily would like to inbabit, My acquaintanco with the maesiro dates from bhis first feeblo offorts, in 1848, to soll his songs to Pariaian music-publishers, I remombor his plassuro at having obtained a lettor of introduc- tion to tho Borny brothors from Auber. That lettor wasthe * open sessme” to him. At that timo M. Offenbach was socond violonoellist at the Academy of Musio, and theweokly stipend he ro- coived did mot oxcoed 75 francs, On this slondor allowanco he managed to: support himself and his wifo, an excellent girl from Oologne, who worked cightoon houra s day i copying the music composed by her husband. This faithful wifo acted, until very recently, aa amannonsis to her colebratod husband ; and tho score of * La Bello Heleus,” and othor operas, that have mado thorounds of the world, was written b{ her, in a small, beautiful haud, from the terribly-scrawlod slips which her buaband handed her, and which sho alone was ablo to de- ci&hor. liad not seen Madame Offenbnch for mix or Boven: yoars ; and, when 1 oponed tho door of her house at Passy, the other day, I was ag- tonished at tho change which her appoarauce bad undergone, In thoss years sho had bocome & portly, majestic matron, " She recognized mo immediately, and_informed me, with tlattering lacrity, t.hu‘ her husband would be dolighted to 60e me. A few minutes afterward I was seated oppo- site nim in uis study. That study is a sort of curlosity in itsalf. It is a narrow, long room; nearly Gae-third ot it s occaplod by s very small ianino. On the planino lies a violin, which itosuini proscnted to the maesiro, and which had once belongod to Pnfi\\nlnl. On the desk of tho instrument Iny a thick pilo of conrso, yollow pa- por, the Jast shieet of which wes covered with rod pencil-marks ; for Offenbach writes his mu- slo in_that way, without using the ordinary music-lines, o keops two young ladies as aec- rotaries, to copy his compositions for the prous. ‘I'ho room is built with especial regnrd to scous- tics, and the planino sounded wonderfully well in it, when, at my request, he played the ovor- ture’ to his unfiniahed oporetio ** Richoliou,” upon which ho bad boen at work for eight or ten months, ‘¢ Mongiour Offenbach,” ‘I gaid to him, I come to hear from you, if agrooablo, if you and Litolff have ngreed to composo sn opera.” “No, no,” he replied, quicldy; AL, Litolfr and I aro on bad terms. Ho has not yot forgivon mo for succoeding bettor with my operas than ho does with his.” . “Your succens is extraordinary indood,” I ro- jolned, ‘“and ourpnssos nnything wo have over experionced beforo, excopt probably in Meyer- beer's case.” : *No,” he gaid, * Bololdiou has distonced mo. His ‘Dame Blanche' was given in Paris alono twenty-two hundred times, while] my ‘Crand Duchéss' has thus far only had eloven hundred Teprosontations in this motropolls.’ “But poor Balcldiou dio nct renp tho pecuni- ary benefits of his works,” I emd, laughing; 4¢and you—" ¢+ 0N, I know," ho replied, siroking his mus- tacho complacently, I know that peoplo look upon me as a sortof musical Rothschild, I avow I'amnot poor; but I have lost a groet deal of money recuudy. + « o+ Tiens, my friond," bie continued, ¢ that acoursed War cost mo five hundred thousand francs at least.” ! +*How is that ? " I asked, in surprige, «Oh, einco then, my copyrights in Germany and Italy aro almost worthloss, * iven in Vienna Ihave grown unpopular, and all simply because 1 rofused to disown my adopted country whou it was in trouble, . . . _Hore, too, Ibadto suffer o long tine, bacauso I was of German de- scent. Why, do you boliovo that my publishers in 1871 seriously thought of discontinuing the gublicatlon of my works? ‘Ibeingrates|—I, who ad enriched them! " 1 inquirod abont his family. % 0Bb," Lo sald, brightening covsidorably, “I am o vory happy father and husband, I am do- scended from o vory healthy, long-lived femilz. We have never had any sickness in our house, oxcept that my eyes are growing wonk, Bome- times I am afraid I will lose my cyesight entire~ Iy, and that apprehension almost drives me mad. Blind! the thought is too horrible,” “What does your physician say ?" I ssked. # Oh,” was thio thoughtful snswor, ‘‘he does notwant 1o alarmms; but horecommends monob towork \vydzunrclndlo-lmht, and that looks sus- picious, 'Ho aiso wanis me to go to bed ot an early hour, ond that" he contin- ued, Jaughing, “doprives mo of tho pleasure of nhnuuslng the_performances of my operas. Nay, it has cansod me to reject a very flattering offer to pasa thres months an- nunlly at 8t, Potersburg, My productionn aro quite popular thers, and the Emperor Aloxander is fond of my musio, He iy a poor hypochon- drino, and he told mo himeelf that my gay airs slwayo make him foel happy.” - The allusion to the Czar mads ua talk of ather sovorolgna. I was surprised to hoar from M. Offenbach's lips that the ntern Emporor Willlam of Germany was oqually fond of his sparkling operottes, ~ The Finperor of Austria, ou the con= trary, he said, did notlike thom, *‘I'here is not 2 particle of humor in tho Hapsburgs,” Lo uaid, and Franols Josoph emitos but very rarely.” i And Viotor Emanuel ? " I asked, ** Ho likea nothing but the ballot on the stago, and has no oar for musio," # What about the lato Emparor Napoleon 2" “1 never waa able to find out whethor or not he liked my music. Porsovally, he always {rost- ed me with extromo kindness and politoness ; Lut, whon I was oncoin hia box at the Bouffos Parinlennos, he looked decidedly bored durlufi Bohnoidor's bost songa intho * Qrand Duchesa,' In this manner we chatted ou for noarly two hours ; and, whon I took my leava, M, Offen- bach said to mo: “I am now at work npon something very graye, and I want you journal- ists not to wmnltroat me in this now ficld a3 you did w}:ou 1 fust appeaved as an oporalic oom- puser, —_— Aftor Sedan. Dr. Russell, inhisrocently-publinked ' Diary," describes the acones through whioh ho passed in tho Vranco-German war, s ‘Tho day atier Sodan he roda over the bntile- field, the grisly horrors of whioh paesod all bes liof, Human hands hanging in tho trecs ; a dead lanoor filziug ourfously at tho hoad of a rouave, which lay {u his lap, clean blowa off ; a ‘wretch, with the Genova. hmflge on his arm, stag- goring towards the frontlor undor the weight of w taokful of watches snd gold laoo,~these were | forting maunkind; and, on tho whole, the world 1 has not much missed poor Panglous and the some of the loathsome sights. Porhaps none of tliom waro so sad ga that of tho bodyof n I'ronch Y’uannnt, noan ono lovely mnrulni, a8 (tho Crown rinca, on liis way to Iatls, lad hin staft out of Montmirall through s beautiful country., 'Chis raur viotim of war, “dressod inn_blouse, was ying off tho rond insido & filp. Ho had beon shot through tho hoart, and had fatlon face for- ward, Thoro wonld have boen nothiug to ac- count for his doath, but that an old musket, broken in two, Iny neat himy and that thoband of Lin eap hind n numbor, snd thst & atrlp of rod cloth gave it somo sembinnco of uniform.” MAKING THE BEST OF THINGS. " From the London Saturday Revfews, : Thero is no moro gonerally-nceoptod maxim smongst writors of sormons aud moral csaays than thot which prescribes the duty of making tho best of {hings, In ono form or anothor it contalna tho pith of the conrolation genorally of- ferod to us when suffering undor any calamity, You have lont ono of your dearcst frionda; yo aro exhorted to remembor that if bie hiad lived longer ho would havo suffored many moro pangs; that if ho had livad ab, Timbuctoo you would never have had tho advaniage of his ac- quaintanco; and thatif you had not paid hit some proper attontions you would now havobeon bittorly roproaching yourself. ln short, you are invited to send forth your Imaglnation into tho boundloss reglona of tho might-have-been, and to take comfort in reflecting that boneath tho actunl abyes into which you have fallen yawna suother conceivablo abyss of which you liavo boen lucky onough to ntop short, TFrom tho most sorfous down to tho most iusignificant troubles of life the samo kind of soothing oint- mont is applied to mon's spiritual wounds, You have loat & fortuno—rojoico that you have a pittanco left to keep you out of tho workhousn; you are sufforing from toothache—bo thankful that you havo not also o pain in your stomnch; & stondy rain eots in just as you are aboutto, take a holiday—congratulato yourself npon pos- soseing nn umbrells, and think of tho beautiful lights and shados which might have beon one monotonous breadth of sunshine, Everybody must have suffored ab times under well-meant oxhortations of this kind, whoso conventional naturo is indeed more or lons care- fully hidden, but whoso substanco is formed out of thoso old common-places, Tho general for- mula is painfully simple. Howover much you aro suffering, tho boundless fartility of human imagination will always onable you to picture some sdditional sgginvation; it can hardly be eald of anybody that all the avenucs by which Fn&n can approach him are so througoed that there s nol room for somo additional grief to forco an entrance; and till that happons there is salways room for applying this wosrisome comfort. There are peopls who, if thoy saw & man being brokon on & wheol, would romark to him that at any rato ho had fino wesalhor for the purpose, Now to the unregonorato buman being noth- ing is more vexalious than this modo of consoln- | tion. As n gonoral rule, all comforters have ‘boon oftlolous and disagrocablo people sinca tho doys of Job, Tho differonce betweon comfort- ing a sufferor and trlumphing over his misfor- tunes is occasionally imporceptible, and when | the trinmph takes the form of bombardmont with moral platitudes, it is specially offonsive. Tho sophistry, morcover, is in this caso so transparcnt thnt ono foels that ono's in- tollect ia insulted st the same timo. that one's . moral charaoter is depreciated. The otatemont that *things might have boen worse" is as univorsally applicable, aud thero- fore has as listle spooinl application in any given caso as the statoment -ihat two and two make four, *“Things might have beon worse,” said tho man in a wise old popular legond, nstha devil | was carrying him off toholl. **How so 2" aska his ncquaintanco. **Why, the dovil,” he anewers, “ might hayo mado mo carry him.” Fortunate, indecd, 1a tho porson who has not been irritate by friends acting in the spirit of this consistont optimism, and who take credit to themsolven for 80 acting as though it woro an indisputzblo proof of virtue, Y Of all tho companions who ever drove an in- nocsnt man to tho verge of distraction, proba- bl{ Mork Tapley must havo been tho ‘most in- tolerably offensive, e was of courso o hollow impostor, though Dickens nover found him ont; for o man of gonuino checrfulness docs not in~ sist upon telling tho world and himself .that ho is “jolly " every flve minutes ; but, apart from tho question of "sincority, auch n walking plati- tude, dashing his_wrotchad littlo bit of morality in your face s7honever you wera out of spirita, would have justified his summary ssseasination —spnlkiug of courso from tho point of viow of tho Wostorn States. Mark Taploy, un- fortunately, has becomo tho prophot of Eppular achool. The fondness of his croator for lm&r:mn that Dickons took him to bo really an admirablo typo of character; and accordingly ho sot to work proving io o bundred differont ‘ways that we ought to make the bent of thinga, to ook nt the bright aide of the world, and, 80 far ms our own life is concerned, to ignoro the faot that it is full of derl shadows aud ominous forobodinga, Although thin achool has fortunately declined in fayor, 1ta favorite dogma still rotaing a wide popularity, and fow mnxims are moro irritating when retailod for privato consumption, or more mischevious in their bearing upon )mbfic affairs, Tor the dootrine practically comes ta this, that wo aro to reconcilo ourselves to tho inevitable hardships of lifo, not by accommodating our- selves 1o them 23 woll ag'wo can, but by making believe that thoy do not exist. It is woll au right that human beings ehould retain as much choerfulness as is compatible with tho pos- sossion of anything llke & soul. A thinking man cannot go through tho battle of lifo in a stato of rollicking exhilara- tion, but to got what happiness wo can in pleinl; desirable. Everybody hoy to make up his mind, aftor a fow yenrs of experienco, how ho will alm at this ond } and that mun cortainly makes-tho wikest choico whose proyvision for lifo includes the smallost amount of illusions, Most people arrango matters 50 as £o put up with evils that Tmight bo remediod, and to_ attempt to meot tho irremediable by blandly ignoring thom, They Tan up a veil which sorven protty woll for a timo, and enables thiom to donounce as oynic evory- body who liltes to look things in the faco, but which of courae disappears just srhen it isreally wanted. There was & time, a8 we know, when the doc- trino was adoptod by the philosophors, who uu- dortook to prove mathomatically tlab **what- ovor in {a right.” They certainly did not pucesed more than other philosophers in practically com- schiool Lie represented. When Pope tried to ex- pound the same theory in vorse, it took all tha poetry out of his sparlliug conpioto. Fhe essen. tial discord showed itsclf when It was attompted to sob the thoory to musio. A poot may bo rapt into ecstacy by contemplating tho banuties of the univorso, or bo plunged into dospalr ot tho horrors around himy but this placid optimism, which, without explicitly donying tho ox= istence of ovil, proved that, in nome way or othor, it wa very much the samo thing na good, was totally alien to any truo poetical mood. With the decny of the old nchools both of pootry and motaphysics, this quiot fashion of skimming over the groat prob- lem of tho universe weni out of fashion, Wo aro living in timee when tho wenr and tear of lifs ia far too great for any such flimsy arnior of optimism. But the doctrine, though it is no longer ourrent in tho higher intolloctual apheren, is us popular as evor ot a lower nltituda, Wo neaed not remark hore \.IFun the gnvu ‘mivchiofs which aro worked Dby it in the sphero of politics or commerco, The evil results of saying poaoe when thers iano poace are protty genorally recoguized in theory. At tho present momont wio are content to put out of view tho sauoy- ancos whicl it causes in privaie lifo. Tho ]\mpounlh to make (he beat of thiugs is genorally found in comuination with those smallor virtues whioh ave more annoying to one’s noighbors than most yices, The man who riges at b every morning, who always ties up his Isttors with red tape, and Who ia convincod of tho greal truththat it is botter tobehalf-an-honr too oarly than hilf-n-minute too lata, is fraquontly |]:lvun to making tho bost of thingu, ‘The duty of doing 80 io & moral maxim just big onough for him to underatend. 1Io probably rofleots upon f @ruor of tha state, it In tho early morning at the tim» whon his ovld Dath is bringing out tho glow, physical and mor- sl, which makes him an offonse” to all wankor veanoly duting the rest of the day. Tho ruddy jovial porson who gota himself “up siter the country gentlensan typo, or the more unotuous varioty “of Impu!nr pruachor, s apt to be persplring this doctrine at overy pora, It 18 & pleasura to him (o moot somehody in distrers upon whomn he mny discharge bolstorous comfort through his fuvorito aphorisny, &8 & fire~ engino sonds cold wator through & hoke, If he sequires some dim consclousnews of tho faot that his Lind oxhostations sonnd liko & bitter mockory o his victims, it only incroases his souso of virtue, Thoy oaunot comfort thomsslyes under tha loas of a wifo by tho retlection that they still hayo sevoral first cousing, and money onough to pay for & handioms monument. That only, {mnu that tho{ havo not studied so woll as o ho grout art of properly directing thelr sonti- ments, For of coutue bio will dony in_the most pathotlo manner (hat bo would evor adyiso auys OVEEMBER thing like solf-deorit. Ie daos not avowndly aok n mufforor Lo profesn that o toothnolio iy rathor o ploaaant dintenotigu than othorwiue § ho only récommen:ls him to fix his atlontion upon lila groat tos or nomo othor romots part of hia bafl{ which may rppear to bo eujoying good health, | i Aud, in fact, thore aro soma peoplo so onvin- bly conntituicd that a emall ploasant objagt elo- yates thom moro Lhan a groat unpleasant objeot dopressea them, Thoy ave paoplo, fo to epank, of amall spocifio gravity, who cannot be sub- merged mthont o hoavy burden of molancholy. Tho porson who makos tho bont of things pro- fouen to be of thiy temporament, 1t in not, Le wonld havo you beliove, that he doos not sym- Bntmzn with grie?, but that his conatitutional uoyancy mnkos n{mpnuny in him compatible with exhilaration; he doou not deny tho oxistonce of ovils, but tho smallost grain n{ good makes him happy, just an balf & glass of wine makes some mien drunk, Thore are, wo such pouplo_an tliouo,—men, if coln & word, ensily intoxicable, DBnt wo are inolived, s & rule, to a vohement sunplelon in both eases, The man who ts updot by tho firat glass has gonerally had a cortaln nimber of glussen botore the firat; and the man who makes the best of lhhlen iy gonerally holpcd to bo soreno eithor by the sbaence of strong fopl- ing otr Dy thowant of courage to look ab tho worat, ‘Thiero ato of courgo a graat many peoplo who cean malke tho bost of thoir lrlemdnY x]:\iu ortuncs with surprising equanimily ;. but even o porsonal calamity, auch as pecuniary ruln, ofton finda s ‘man of this sort making tho bost'ot it, Defore admiring wo ought to know whother such ealr- nesa roally indleatos courago; itmay mignify Just tho reverso, A mun who Laas nevor dared faltly to look into the stata of his own affairs, and has thus got out of Lin depth without knowling it, i just tho man to De chcerful, be- onuse ho still doeas not look into tho future, bug caloulatos that, on tho wholo, s friends cannot gtill lot Litm starvo. o binve n mnobla disrogard for prudential conslderations, to marry, for ex- amplo, on ;ieuuul principles, and trust to your ahildron belng brought up by nn enlightatied public, is indeod gonerally re[fimlud as o noble action’; and it is certainly tho c%mmntn conte- quence of making tho best of things. Econo- mists, howovar, bavo expressed some doubi whothor such ctions nre beneficinl oither to tho notor or to the nation; we aro quito certain that thoy zrs anylhing but boneflcial to his noighbors. —_——— A PRAYER. ‘Thou, who doat dwall alono— Thou, who dost know Thino oWt~ Thou, to whom all are knowa From tho cradle ta tho gravo— " Have, 0, oave, Frov: tho vyorld's tomptations Frou tribulations ; From that fierce ay Wharein we languls) From that torpor deep Wherein we lio aslcep, Heavy 38 doath, cold us the grave§ Bave, 0, save, When the soul, groving closrer, Bees (tod no nosrer; When {his soul, mounting highor, Fo God comes o nighor ; But the arch-fiend, ride, Mopnts ot hor slde, Folling her hig cmpriso, Beallugg hor engle oyco, And, when sho fam would sosy, Makea filol to adoro; Clianging the pura omotion Of her high devotion Fo o ukin-deop aenss Of lier own cloquence; 8iroug to deceive, strong to anslave— Save, O save. Brom the fograine fashion Of this oartuly nature That mars Thy creaturo; From grief tlat Is but passion 3 From tnirth that is but felgulog T'rom tesra that bring no heatlug From wild awml weal compluiuing’; Thina own strength reveating, Bave, U save, From donbt where all s double; Wiiero wite mon are uot stroug ; Whors comfort turns to tranbio} - TWhero just men suffer wrong; ‘Whero sorrow treads on Joy ; Whiere aweet thinga soouest cloy ; Whero faitiis are built on dust § Whero lovo I8 hrlf mistrust ; . nd barrcu, sud shsrp as the sea; et un free, 0, et tho falso dream fly Where our siclk gouls do Lis Tosslng continually. 0, wliore Thy voica doth come, Let all doubts bs dumb; et all words bo mild; ‘Al atrifeo bo reconcllsd ; Al Kllul ‘beguiled ; Light brivg no Llindnces Love no uukinduess ; Tuowledga no ruln; Tear uo undoing. From the cradlo fo the grave, ave, O sava: —atthew Arnold, —_— A Negro Tair. From the Iurf, Field, end Farm, At Lexington, the very contra of Kentuoky aristocracy, and tho howe of whits wealth and culture, the blecks owu u bezutiful tract of land, which they have converted into a fair-ground. "Tho placa i8 well improved, and it always pro- sonts o noat end ntriking wppoarance to_thoso who vylow it from their curingoe windows drivin, slong the public highway. In the purchaso an construction of thess grounds the blacks have had tho assistance of fho whites, for the whites rocognize the imporiauce of cultivatiog habits of thrift and industry among thoso who only a fow short years ago wora in a stato of vassalegs, And in'tho wma agemont of tho colorod faira tho whites are al- waya ready to lond a belping hand, Thoy freely grant their servants and tenants the privilege of taking their finest specimens of caltlo and thoir bost horsos to tho exhibition, and, thoro- fore, it ia a common thing to find on ihe grounds of tlioso colored fairs animala of princoly pedi- greo and of national fame. Thero is no perti- Ban? foolivg in tho movement. Tho leading while citizons, rogardless of political faith, unite 10 encotirago tho blacks to bocomo good mnd useful citizens, Tho brordest spirit of liberality pervados the managomont of the fairs, {n meny of the Northorn States, whera so much is said about the wrongs which the Bouthorn peoplo hayo Inflictod upon the negro, tho white man rofuscs to drive in & ring with tho Llack-man, and this rofusal is sustained by the judges in Efi\\'ar. At the colored foir which waa held at cxington iu the last days of Soptember, in tho contost for tha largest purse offered for trotting-horacs, two of the drivers wors white and two wera colored, and in tho judges’ stand wore two white gentlomen, promiuent citizons of the communily. In the mroy carriages driv- ing about the grounds aud surveyluy with curi- ous eyea the scono, wers gentlomen and lndlos who Lind been slavo-ownors; and among tho dis- uui_ulnhed of tho gentler nex wore the familios of TFodoral and Confaederato oflicers in the late struggle, the wife of tho ex-Confodorato Boore- tary of War, and tho daughter o an ox-Gov- The blacks seomsd to bo gratoful for the sttontion shovin them by those Whose slaves they hud been, and good feoling prevailed on all nides, Thero was a vast crowd on the grounds, but it was quiet and orderly. Groat Intereat was taken in every foatura of the exhibition. We remember ono o0ld womnn who was made as proud a3 & Quacn by roceiving the first premium for the best loaf of bread, and hor happiness would not have been com- plete had sho not beon able to carry a portion of that loaf home and placa it on tho tablo of the family fu which nhe sorved &8 cook. —— e Indian Elogquenco. The Pall AMall Qazelte doubts if ono of Mr. Joaquin Millor's Indian acquaintancos gavo ut- torance to such inflated rhetorio as “Tho whiten wore as strong = the ccean, the rod mon like mand, helploss, eilent, run upon, aud swal- lowed up.,” Dut thls sort of graudiloquonce is familiarto Amoricans who have lived on the frontior of an Indisu country, Whon the law- rs puzzlod old Red Juckot about intricato ques- {flmn of lnw in relation toland claims, he walked out in front of the Judge, sud with s ploco of chalk drow two concentria cireles on the floor of the Court-Ilouso, 1’wxluig his welking club slowly around tho outer cirele, o aald : #* With- in that bound Is the white wan's knowledge,” and thon deucriblug tho smallor one, he said: # Within that bound ia the Tudian's knowledgs,” sud, roating a moment on his club, ho wound up Dis Argumont by ssying: ** And boyond theso two bounds tho ladian knows =y wieh sa the white mau." Indian morallty is oflon of & ntrango ordor. A cortnin officor of Unilod Btaten dragoons was robbed and murderad many yoars sgo by the Totawalonues, A trislot s ofvil tribunal feiled to bring the offondors to justics, though evory cireumstance. pofnted to thoir Oblef, Dowaglao, na tho prinvipal offender. At leat » Lright young lnwyer hit on a atratagom Lo t'ub at the trith of the matter. Dowsgine was niting gazing at the Judfa, counsal, and jury, by turam, in tho most stolld mauner, when A, W., of Detroit, sprun, in an exeited mannor up to tho Chicf, and asko in a loud, imporative voice, ** Duwnglnn. did you kil Onpt. Jefforson 2" “ Yos," said the Indian, solemuly, * Dowapina did kilt Capt, Joferson, Lut Dowaglao toon't lie," Tudians can brag, too, Tipsy old Dig Kettlo, in tho strects of Luffulo, once dofied tha rabble in this ways *Dio% & great fightor ; me's a bij Indlan ; Lake Lrio m{ form, big Buffalo Crael my father, Gon Portor my aunt! White man can't fight Xfltl‘;'z. Koltlo; too much squaw; too " : 7 ' AGNES SOREL, . “Tho Lndy of Benuty.”? From London Soctety, Thia celobrated - favorito of Obarlos VIL.of Franco—ono who has ioheritod from her own {lmo to ours, after & lapso of moro (han fouk oconturios, tho distinctiva sobriquot of “ihg boautiful Agnes—wag the daughtor of M. Sok reat (vulgarly catled Borel, mccording to D& Muzoral), tho Holgnenr do 8t. Coran, a noblo gontloman of "ouraine. p Bho wan born in 1400, and in 1431, whon in hor two-nnd-twontleth yonr, roceived the appolat mont of attendant or lady of Lonor to Isabolls, Quoon of Naples and Blelly, from whono Court snd sorvico shio pasued into that of Mary, dengh- tor of Louis IL, Duke of Aujou, afiorwards Quoen of Charles VIL, whore bor rank, educa- tion, and, moro than theso, her marvelons ‘bonuty, all consplred to win hor the porllous at~ tontlon of & King who was younger than horsolf, Agnos waa nob 17, as the fair authoress of the * iatolro dos lavoritos” asserts sho was,'at thin timo; but had attained tho more maturo ago of ot least 28~—porhaps 30, as Olivor do la Marche, & contamporary, when recording somo evont which took place in 1444, tolls us that #tho ‘King bad fust clovated s poor lady, a protty woman, called Agnes Sorel, and plnced hor in suph trlumph and power that hor htate waa comparable to that of the great Princosscs of tho realm.” ; Hor featuron wers boautiful and expressive of extromo gontlonens ; her tkin has beon dosoribed 88 boing of tho huo of alabastor, and her bair was mnrvolously golden in its brightnoss. Bhe waa then in the full bloom andboauty of woman- ‘haod, and possosacd n vivaoity of manner which ‘* npread an nir full of charms on the lanst of her nctions, so’ that the moat ingenaiblo souls conld not resiet her" (* Histoira des Favoritos™). ' TIeaven," enys the suthoross, * had not only endowed Agnos with tho charms of faco ; sho bad an air full of grace, an admirable fignre, moro wit than any other womau in tho world, and tho moat delicats aund finely tarned, with o cortain greatnoss of soul which led her natur- ally to gouorosity ; sll hor inclinations ‘were noblo ; shio was attontivo, compassionate, ardent in friondship, discroot, siucero, and, in short, al- togothor fittod to mako horself beloved to dis- | traction De Mozorai writes of hor as a *‘very agroe- ablo aud goneroua lady, who, by setting Lorselt up na tho oqual of the’ greatost Princonscs, be- camo the euyy of tho Court and the ncandal of Tranco.” With all her orrors, Agnes was sd- mitted to be lavish to the poor, to bd pious, gen- erally humble, aud always patriotio and fuil of public spirit, Tho majority of historians Lave writlon most favorably of Lior, sad never did the mistress of a King, ospocially & King who wes her junior, mnke 80 wiso & use of her por- ilous power, which she over employed oniy for tho good of othors. Pride and an extreme love of dross aro tho chief errora al- loged ongainat her; but to her influence over Charles VII. must bo attrivuted all the good that evor apponred in him, and tho effort to which he wiaa roused—that oseny by which, at laat, the in- vading Loglish wero drivon from the soil of Trance; for he had boena lover of pleagure, 4 and of the fair sox, which nover can bo a vice,” ?(lflu V'ullnh-e. “gavo whon it loads to vicious ac- iou," - Chinrles waa noither s warlike nor a high-spir- ited Xing. The influence of Englond in France ntter tho doath of_its eonquoror, Honry V., wag #0 nobly sustainod by his brother, tho Duka of Ledford, that after the domigo of OCharles VI, bis succossor had been crowned ‘at Polo- tiers, Rholms belug then in poskossion, of tho foo; and ho was but the monarch of n nom- inal Kingdom, Tranco having greatly aided the Luglish invadors, as sho wes ront by two_rival factions, one led by tho Duke of Burgundy and tho other by tho Duko of Orlenns. Charles VI, had boon nl‘.ematclfi' tho prisonor of each, and tho Dauphin wau tho scoff of both,—often a fugitivo, and always in danger of destruction, \when tho Jattor becomo Charles VIL., aided by an allianca with Scotland—tho usual' “cat's- aw " of the Fronch in their English wars—and by o body of Scottish troops under tho Parl of Buchan, who was Coustablo of France, ho mado somo show of realstance, when all hopo ssomed at an ond, and to this unwonted activity o was roused by Agues Sorel. e hedalrendy concoived the foeble iden of rotiring into Languedoo or Dauphiny, zud con- Louting himself with tho defenus of those minor proviuces, which must, ovoutually, Lavo beon wirested from him. , Mary of Anjou, & Princess of gront prudonco and morit, yohomontly op- posed this moasure, which sho gaw would lead toa ?oum‘al denortion of his cause by the French eople. ple. o fair Agnes Sorel,” ssys Humo, “ who lived in ontiro awity with the Queen, seconded all hor romovstrances, and throatoned that if he (Cliarlos) thue pusillenimously threw away the sceptro of L'raccs, sho would sock at tho Qourt of England a foriune that was correspondent to hor wishes." ‘Chus, the love of Lier on one hand, and draad of losing Lor on the other, ronsed the breast of Charlos VIL s glow of courags which neither just ambition nor puro patriotism could kindlo, sud ke rosolved to disputo every inch of ¥ronch suil with his_imperious enomies, rather than yield ingloriously to an evil fortune aud to tho lons of lus orown and mistrees, And thus, {n urging him to tho fleld, Mary of Anjon was Iorcutf to sccle tho assistanco of that falr rival who had supplanied hor ; and she soems at all timos to have borno with singular sweet- nows .of tempor—with & rosignation that soma might think sayored of indifforonce or stupidi- ty—tio alionntion of the King's love for self ; and nolther by action or word doos sho soom over to have roproached the reigning fuvonito. ] Bui now = mew zily came in the person:of Joan of Are; victory atiended her banners, and in two months Charles VI, wus crowned again, aatop conmdered necoseary after tho double corouation of young Henry of England at West- miuster and Parie, Lho losu of the latter oity soon followed, ‘The Maid of Orlonns porishied ot tho staks ; but her mission was accomplished —W¥'rauco was freo, and Englaud was glad to sign the T'reaty of Arras. After this consummation Charlos ekbandoned Dimself ontiroly to tho socicty of Agnos Sorel ; “ouse aud prosperity,” eccording to Do Mozorai, “plunged him into dalliance and cfteminato softuess,” She was his greatost passion, stetes Duclos, and was the most wortky ofit. Sholoved Charles tonderly for himself, aud had no other object in her condust than tho glory of hor eomewhiat #oft lover and tho good of tho Btate. Agues Sorol, ho adds, distinguished hetzelf by quatities proferabls to those which aro usuelly found in hor sox—a rather obscure brese, Dut, dospito what nowo allego -of hor umility, ostontation and & love of splendor are said by others to huve beon smoug her womk- nossed ; but such are pardonable euough in a beautiful womun, N At court she appeared in all the stato of a royal Princoss. flor apartmenta woro more ex- ponaively decoratod with hangiugs of silk and taffote, with farniturs and tapestrics, than those of tho Queen, Mavy of Aujou., She hiad a larger and more splendid rotinuo of sexvants than lor royal mistross, and had quite =8 much rovorence shiown hor, Hor coushes, hor lwon, hor ves- sult of old and silver, herrings and athar jowel- 1y, ol sirpasned i oty eud In valuo thons of ths Queon. Iivon her kitohon surpassed that of tho noglected wifo; *for with™ tbis womay, cxlled Agnes, whom I have scon aud known,” oayn tho wuthor of the ** Chronique des Ducs do Douargogue,” * the King was torribly besotted.” Hov robos wors moro costly aud her trans wero longer thau thoso worn by any of tie royal Driucessca; aud 1t wes remembored that, to show the oxtromo fairness of her skin aod Louutiful contour of her bust, she had all ler dressos mora docollotcos, or cut lowor in front, thou hud ever boon the custom st the Court of Franco, 1In #ome burat of temper, Agues lias boen ac- cugod of having o arrogangly disrogavded tho foelings of tho suem that she Was struck on tho mouth by tho svn of tho latter, the Dauphin, afterwards tha cinel, subtlo, and savage Louis XL, in whose wholo character thore was but eno undeniably redosming point—n lovo for Lia mothor, with s touder roveroucs for hor ruemory. Aguci disd In tho yerr 1450, as tany historlans havo afiirmed, of poison, & common susplclon in thaso days, aud for long after. Do Mozeral states tho oiroumstance broadly and clontly that, wiion tho King was ut Jumieges, 14 milos from Ttonen, whero thero was n vaat and famous nbboy containfug no loss that 2,400 monks wnd lu brothron, * Lhoy 5[. o., tho' courtiors) poisone his doar Agnea do Bovoau, withoué whom be could nut hiva ous momout.” el Jeurnalists in tho Betgn of Lonia XVe Tho journalists of the sucycloprdio era woro ueor souly, who lived {u garrets, and dincd chiofly off friod potatoes, sorved in a papor by the atove-wompu round the coruor. Almost every Dig siroct had its journaligt, and an own partice ular print, which this lean but Indefatigablo ba- ing publishad on andie-paper once u wesk, Tha man was known down the thoruughfare, Heo chronicled the motvieges, births, or connubial woes of his nelghbors; ho was woloomo' to a dinnar now and then, and it was alwaya remoms borod tha! ho uto wmuch, It ks ahowed Limself oloquont ia pralsing the omells noss or good wares of the frultoross down stalrs maybo he had o smile and 8 bag of apples given him for nothiug ; if ho went on tha opposite tack, ho risked having a #ancopanful of kitohen wator empticd over Eim noxt tlmo ho passed. In olthior case, apples or kitchon wator diminished in no rospoct the ami- cable relations ho kept up with ch noighbor- hood ; and tho grocers of tho diatriot eallod hiin au honest rogue, good-humorodly, It was no great mattor to him, if o woro paid for thocoplog of hin journal, which he paraounily hawkod about, in ersh or kind, aud apound of sansnges for throo coples, two rush-dips for s slugle number, or & pair of brocohes for a whole half year's aube mr{ruon, were romunorations ho could not af ford to dospise. Looplo confided to him their grievances, and bunouiht him to lbol thelr nolghbors, which ho did obligingly enough, if he lind no spacial reason for rafusing; and, as o natural consequonce, ha lad slways a fow grudgoes atalking aftor him, though these do- sisted in time, for tho journallst had n soothing tongne. Some morning the wholo atreet would be thrown into n atato of commotion, and tho in~ habitants would troop out of thoir doors o seo tholr domentio ohironioler marclied away solomn- ly botwoen two tipstaffs, and in a somewhat bang-dog mood, to tho Dastile. Porhaps it was debt; porhaps a too bold shot et somo ono in place—clork, bivadle, recruiting-sorgoant, or what not. Thon {hore would be much cacklivg in tho strest, and orios of compassion, and tho rancor for past 1ibol, it any survived, would melt lwlfi; and the apple-woman, tho stove-woman, the tall- or's wifo, and the dobbler's nicco would take turna at fiomg 'to tho prison and pasaing tho poor Jaur- nallst & few doticaclea through thoiron bara.” But ho was not an important bird enough to be caged any length of timo,—he was s tomtit, not an eaglo,—and it was nover veory longbeforo the sun shono again upon him, as e was released from duarance and cautioned not to como there again, Then ho would fiud a bouquet on his garret-sill whon he roturned homo; and the neighbbrs wouldtreat him to roast vonl, and broach s chdap bottle of vin d'Argententl in his honor. Sndness had reigaed whilo ho was awny, mirth and joy Lad attondod the resumption of his dutics au & consorof Btalo policy and & purchnser of fried potatoes. Tho journalist was never rioh, for money molted in his fingers, and lo seldom mar- rled, "becauss marriago was incompatible with the pursuit of litoraturo aud gallantry, which should go hand in hand, Tho customary end of tho journalist was tha hospital and a deal coffin, and his usual spitaph was : *O'otait un bon dia~ ble!"—Cornhill 3agazine. ¢ LAST WORDS. Thine own low words hava made it & The soal fs act ¢ I will not shrink The seas may moan and ebb and flow ; . The moons may rise and suns mey stnk; The leaves may live and fade and fall ; + _ The flowers may He on u{lun blors} Our sllen hearta will note ital) ‘Though aliea atil}, throngh all tha years, Ifalter not, nor xat complain ¢ Thy words of doom wers kindly ssld £ FTvers idle, now, to nurtura pain, Whon love is d6ad, and hope {s fled, 1"l roam the dark earth o'er and And all the blightsd past forget ; mnnsn in the clty’s surge and roar, And tear my heart from vain regret, Yot sometimes, when the hurrled din 4 Of men ahall il my seddoned ear, v Boms thoughis of thes will zlas wi : An‘f?d l‘:lfl 1o lifo tha ll{}:n( tear, ¥ i ‘wheregou'or my pathiway wind ‘Whatever beauty’ £ttt % [ ‘What eunny oyes, what faintfess minds, s My thonghts wil oft raturn to thee, Omasao, Nov. 24, 1673, “Tuxo, CAnrziTER A Weird Oystor Logends Foreat and Stream, Thero {8 a sad and weird story of sn oystery erter, which still floats around the wharves of Baltimors, whero oyater-bozts do congregate, Ono morning, 'twas yeara ngo, the sloop Martha Mary came from some oyater-bed on the Clhess peake, ladon gunnel doop with prime ogsters, and was moored safely along s DBaliimore wharf, Tho skippor, plessed with the pros- pects of his voyage, lounged on the wharf awaiting & customer. There camo to this Captaln & lean, lank, and ssllow-faced man, who' sald in a cavornous voice, “I would cnt some oyaters.” Planty on hoard thero,” was the binft reply. **Bat 1’ would pay for what I oat,” interposed the stranger. *‘All right, go aboard, eat your il for & quartor,” cheerily, re- plied tho ekipper, for in thoss early times oyse teru woro worth not mord than 16 cents a busiel. , ' Willingly,” said the thin man, producing with 2alzcrity tho old Bpanish quorter with the pillars on it, tha coin of that time, and drawing a large runty oyster-knife from bis pocket. 'Uhen the thin’ man opened tho hatch of the little vessel and dived bolow. ‘The Captain wont to his broakfast. The moal over, ho returned to his eloop deck. Below ha heard the moasured click of an oyster kmfe, L thought little nbout it, only said, * o has n fmd nppotite.” Oyslere were not rapid of sale bat day, aa two moto ayuteramaclcujiad come in, and purchnsers wore slack. ** Mekes no matter" said the Cuptain, * tho woather is cold, thom oystor is sound, and they will licop In_prima or- der for & week.” That Captain wont to dinner, Agaln he faced his little vessel's c.ok, and ctill ho heard the monotonous incessant *click," #elick,” from below, working away with mochane ioal rogularity, Anxiously thou that Captain strode salong, and was full of feor. . Az the sun sof, mtill the click of tla oyator knife was heard. In tervor tho Cap- tain fled from lis smack, Nost morning early, #s ho approached tho wharf, atill his affrightod ear held tho click, He could stand it no longer. Rushing bolow, seattering rside wholo henps of empty shells, he found tlLo loan, lauk, and oadaverons man, ktill opening away at tho very bottom of the vossol. * They was good,” snid the cadaverons man, ewallowing with erte iatio flirt & singularly large oystor, * but acarco 28 salty ag I lilo ’om, of L had had s cracker, or ust a dash of vinegar, mobbe I might have en- yed em moro, Seo here, Capting, ito jest & oase of koifo with me. This ore oyster kuife, and ho held up tho attenuated blads, worn now to tho sizo of a.small pen-knife, *warn't good stoel, or I might have fad my fll,” and, saying this, he slowly and doliberately climbed up tha hatchway, and still lank and loan, disappearod 1o the distance, This is the story of the oyater tiend, a8 whispered about in a low voice among profeasional oyster-openars of Daltimore. Mr. Jonew’ Love-Lotters Irrom the Mobile Register. Asmmg man whom we sball call Billy Jonos, could be meen in the poat-ofiice s fow dayh ago, boanting toa crowd of frionds of the soul-inspis ring lotter which hie would soon receive from hiz Dulcinea. The mail-bay distributed, Mr. Joncs hurrledly unlocked his box, and ibers, beforg him, to his hoart's delight, was tho long-looked for, white-winged messenger, bearing tho woll- known initlals of his punctual corrcapondent. Desiring to show the productions of hor prolifla imagination to & couple of bis intimato friends, 1o sat down on the iron stairway in the poet-ofiice and broko tho letter open. His bewildered countenance plainly showed that something was not exsctly right, and, folding it up, ho gave it to one of his cowpauions to read, That compan- ion has kindly furnishod us with the following copy: LY —————, October 6, 1873, My Danrana Baornex: Ihave just writton Billy tho spoonient letter ever peuued by asilly girltoa maoatruck youth, I disiike to coutinue corrosponds ing ;with him whilo you so sirenuously. opyose it, but his nonscnsical auswers to my foollah letters afford mo #o much amusement that I cannot giye it up ak protont, T write Lim pagen of the moet fumillaz quos tions froin Bhakspears, and he thinks it all original withme, DBu, to view thy position more practicaily, yon muet remomber that Lam 25 years of nge, Wit nathing to l\l&!purt mo, and very litle prospects cf gotting married, Truo, Mr. and myaelf are engagud, but Lio ia too slow, and I fear ho will evens tunlly sover our assaciatibn, If I thought ao, and #aw 0o favorable opportunity of doing better, I be- liove I would matry Billy aa the st resort. ¥ou aust admit that he 48 n young man of somo ability, Tiowsver limited that may bo, oud his prospects of maklng & livlug st leant aro piolty gaod, contiferio the times, and bia childishnezs, aftor a fow yoatal o contact with this working-dsy world, I think Billy will e somsthing, and if not his submissive diaposition aud gonuino atfection for me aro commendable quale Lis composition, Now, Lrother - Give mo your consent tokeop Tiily on 'hand untll.I am sure ‘whiat course AT, will pursie in rolation to onr gugagomont, X you can btz Ofty conts plazss_eond. 1t fo mo, 8o I oan havo a gom taken' of me for Dilly's Watch-caso, Your loving sister, 4 Dilly now wont to his box again, and reccivod apostal card bearing tho following briof and ex- planntory mosanga: Draw Druux: T sent you brother's lstier through mistake, Bladl it to iim in inumodiately, and he will send you yours, . Your mwoeb cliuck, Bllly isnow in & quandsry in relation to the courso to be pursued by him in the future. et Short ‘Fhvond. A Manchestor (England) firm was oharged be- foro a maglstrato with pumufg only fifly yards of thrond on bobbiny, or apools, laboled : plan fignrea “100." Acoused answered by counsol that tho figures wore not intended to indicute the yards of cotton on the sponls, What thoy did moan was *“not for him to soy.” And, fur- thormore, * this class of bobbins woreonly mads for shipmontabroad; in faot, exolusively for tha Joreign {rade," Defondauts woro 1ined 40 whillings,” A lke dofenso is mado in Lnglish nowapapers for adulteratod tea stored in tha ouatoin-house. 1t is notintended for tho Britlah home market, but for reshipment. Query—iHow about * Liondon Dock™ wings exd liquort? ly -~