Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 25, 1874, Page 12

TRE GREEK REVOLUTION. metican Aders of “the Patriots-—Jona- than P. iller and Pr. §. 6. Mueller’s Poem of Bezzari.” The Sword of Lord Byron---De- . scendants of DMiltiades _of Marathon. In his admirable lustory of the “Rise and Fall of the Siave-Power in America, Wilson has reecued from oblivion, and embalmed in the psges of permenent history, the names of mauy noble men and women whoso lives went out in the catly diya of tho great thirty-years’ eontlict, leaving to others the dangers and hon- ors of -tho field,-and the glories of the victory which culminated in the Proclamation of Eman- Ope of the many of whom the historian has made honorable mention is AN P. MILLER, -OF VERWONT. His voico had been heard in bebalf of the en- elaved and of frocdom of speech even beforo Garrison ind passed the ordeal of the Boston mob, or Lovojov had been * Linnted like s par- tridze on the mountain,” and his children made fuilierless und his wife o widow. Tho writer kmow him porsonally forty years ago, as's boy know & man. Dressed in asemi-Quaker garb, is elightly-rotund form and fino personsl minded ono of tho old picture of Wiiliam Penn in the Philadelphia treaty under Generous, sympathetic to the great elm-trec. he hud, besides, & ‘human SOITOWS 338 3 Woman, healthy hate of tyraany and its manifold wrongs, a0d was os chivalrous as Bayard, and, like him, « without fear and without reproach.” ‘Mra. Stowe snid of Wondell Phillipsthat hecould meet ecorn with superior scorn. Col. Miller could pposo the wrath of & mob with suporior wrath. wn beantiful Valley of tho A ‘writer in bis 0 ces that inspired TWinoslc enggests the inflen Beareth the mountaln-breezo a spel vrants long have known it well ; d of Hofer snd of Tell, Tl land of foch'and glen Bsar record that, from M On Frecdom's 80il, ounteins nurture men, When, in 1821, the Greeks declared their in- arms against the Sultan student in the Univer- d, in common with all Ameri- denendence, and took up of Tarkey, Miller w of Vexrmont, an D WITH TIE HELLENIC CAUSE § he news came of the fall of bo Suliotes, in the midnight- camp at Karpinisi, and trified the country with o familiar to all for fifty £ Aliller was fired. 1t in his guarded tent, . ‘s drcaming of the hour Ter knee in suppliance beat, ‘Should tremblo at his power. came over the sea for_food and for Greck mothers and was prompt and generous i Miller was sclected as one to accom- and wheu, in 1825, t tho brave leader of the astack upon the Tarkish Fitz Greeno Hatleck ct Lyis “ Marco Box: Sears, the sonl o DR, BAMUEL G. HOWE tho supplies. Dr. Howe, f Bosion, of most chiv- ilities, after accom- ecial mission, not only rendered oo 10 the Greek army profession- ght - personally - 3 t and the armies of the Bultan, onor of being & prisoner of warin the Island of Crete. cidence ‘that, at the same to Greece, in charge of. oung gurgeon of irit and marked abi lighing his &pe sliy, but fou, and had tho honor » Turkish foriress in Tti8 o notable coin 1 time our yeople were repestin lines of Halleck. G her of Prof. gainst Thbrahim Max Mueller, the sccom- 4 Sanscrit scholar and translator of the “MARE DOZZARI™ oh tho halls of old universities, and +was snng from the sources of the Rhine to the rorthern gess: Open wide" proud Missolonghi, open. Wide {hy portals hi . here nias the bones of heroes, teach us cheerfally todis! . Opwm wide thy lofty portals, open ‘wide thy vaults pro- found ; Tp sk peatter laurel garlands to the breeze and on ‘be ground ! A sark i oble body s tho feight o thee we “ark Bogari1 Who for hero great as be o weep will mxhuw&md&mdcfmu over! Which fn number greatat bo? Every flfl‘{l‘;kfl its wound, and every wound its vie- n the urkiést hour of midnight did we st his call fhen ‘Bozzails ¥Oop resounded’ On %o the barba- rian'slair! On, aud follow me, ay brothers : see you kecp to- Skould you miss Ioe, 56 will find me inthe Pasha's o tent! Jsgfl he snatched - bugle from the hand of And himself awoke & SUMOL that o'er dale and mountain flew, Tl each rock and cliff mado. anscer clear and clearer 0 answered in ho besom of us all en ths morning broke in way, ark Dogrart! Mark Dozzari! and “ found thee gached and mown ;. rd alone we knew thee, But a clearer echt On tho field of Karpinise, DV Lo by thy hands. bad cloven, by the wonae in the Pasha's teg By the wounds thy thal sexmed thy breast, u badst foretald us, 1 ces more numer- Dut tuo potty Kings sud Prin b —whom Castelar oan in Gormany then than w0, calls ¢ yelics of the Midaie Ages, ignes fatui in the greverard of history,’—wero no friendly 16 the Gro A £D THE POET'S BOOK, « Songs of Greece.” But they were sung by the uovertheless, :ad the potentates fonnd thor _capublo of « little sarcasm when he <t bub peace ant quict: Why d Earore, Farb bir rost 7 4 7idogt thew How with siily dreams of freclom dost thou dare to fill thy breast? i If thou rise ngainst thy rulers, Hclas, thon must fight - alone ; - E'en the bolster of a Sultan, loyd Europe calls a England_and Russia did, however, interfere, ostensibly in behalf of. Grecion itdependence, but mere in their own interests, o curtail Turk- i¢h domination in Europe ; and the mal battle of Navarino settled tho contest in faver of the Gree! Ailler,having euccessfully falfilled his nission, and rendered other ‘NOLLE SERVICE TO FEEEDOM, Jeft Missolonglii, in Western Grecee, whichtad t and 'headquarters, and vished apon Aars Hill, where Pericles, d Paul bad spoken mighty Words in olden time; conversed with the lady ¢ 3aid of Athens;” visited tho snd thoe wistoric battle- been hie- depo Athens ; stood Demosthenes, an immortatized as Pass of . Thermopyle, The mountains look cn Marathon, Marztbon on tha'sea. Such visits were less common then than now, ad finisbed the wanderings of and had drawn the sword for The isles of Gréeee, the isles of Greecey Where burzning Sappho loved and sung, issolonghi in 1824, and Miller be- of maay_souvenirs of the noble them his sword. hile 2t Athens, foord Pyron, Wl ++ Childe Harcld,” Led died 2t Mi came possessed E SOLTIADES m. She belonged to one of and her husnard, who had in thbe patriot army, he early past of tho war, ed to bave been o lineal descendant ed Miltindes of Marathon. Deing her children_fatherless, and the d by ‘the spoliations of the vaar, she consented by Col. XMiller and anotber of her two handeome, pective ages of about pecsme known to bi e historic families, ceu _aa officer itk Bozzaris in ! of the renown thus widowed. -foriunes ruine 1he calamities of to tha-adeption, American _gentleman, ved boys; of the res z that na me and nowledged in & {ban - twonty-three bundred tsof the cncestral tree run history in Atliens and There they are od of suthentic liical regions of c It m".lv seem xlittle ‘blood should be family for more traced and’ acl ome than in_our o traced through the whi history, ond lost only-in untold timo. Venico B blood of Vespucii. and not many years since tho ancient house was ropresented Lere in fho per- o of Madame Vespucias, who came to visit the Jand named for her ancostor, Americus, neatly four hundred ycars ago. Tho Duchess D'Ab- Tantcs; Madame Junot, the wife of Nupoleon's great officer, was o Comnencs, whose family- Tecords united her house_ with tne Byzautito Emperor of that name, and his more celebrated Telative tho historian, Anna Comnenes, contem- ‘porary with tgo first Crusade. Col. Milier brought homo THE TWO BOTS, ndcp:inq the younger, Luko; the older one eventually going to bis new home in New Yorlk. Fhe brothers were both well cared for and eda- cated for business; the older becoming in time a morchant in New York, and toe other s beuker in a Western Staie. Some timo after lus return from Grecce, Miller married a lady of fortune, and devored his rather brief life to the law, at the MontpelierBar, ‘aud o tho cares of o large estate. Had he lived ho would have been promi- nent in bis Stato and in the political affairs of tlie country, as events were shaped some years after his death ; but. while be lived, bisopinious and feelings woro too far in advance of his time to bo adopted by either of the two great political parties then existing. T remember,. when 3 lad, to have been ono day with tho littlo = Greok boy' in Col Miller's tibrary, where - he was show- fug some genflemen the souvonirs of his Greek mussion, among them the aword of Byron, and some Greok manuscripts, ancient and mod- orn. While the gentlemen wero examining the documents, the little boy took up tho sword, aud, drawing it from the seabbard, : TRANDISHED IT OVER ME. . Put, the strength of his little a.qnnntbcmfi Cqual to the weight of the weapon, it descende o Gangerous proximity to my bead, which larmen tho Colonel, and bo arose and pently took it from his hand, saying, “DIy gou, it i3 written that he that iakes the sword shall perish by tbe sword.” Al estremo youth, and the 12ght consequent upon the dangorius proceod- ing, did pot permit of aoy sentiment ariging froe tho thought that the sword of Byrou bad baen waved over my hicad by ono who bore the name, 2ud in whose veins coursed the blood of iltiades of Marathon. & DI. HOWE, after tho establishment of the now Greek Gov- einment, visited several of tho Gapitals of Europe, i 'and was in Daris at the_dethronement of Chiarles X. and the advent of Louis Philippe. Soon after his return home, tho brilliaat achiovements of his _early manbood_wero orowned by tho hand and heart of Now York's 208t accomplished daughtor, in the person of tho learned snd graceful Julin Ward. Since fiion, for nearly fifty years, his active and cheerfal lifo has been devoted to the education of the blind, besides undertaking the great experiment, in which ho bas_triumphed, of avakening in tho feeble brain of idiocy a consoiousness of God and _immortality. Tut recendy ho bas, for the second time, car- Tied bread to tho oppressed and suffering chil- dran of Crete. And now his old love for tho ‘beautifal islands of the sea has aroused his ear- pest mind and facile pen in tho interests of peace and_permanent ropublican government for Santo Domingo, wbich lately ho has soveral times visited, and where, at the age of 70 yeare, mounted upon his sprrited roan, ho will dssh like an English bunter over tho Vegs Roal, which so Gelighted tho eye of Columbus, and clamber the mountains of Ciboa like a boy. A fow days after the burning of Chicago, the sriter Teccived from o lndy, near Col. Miller's old home, a letter reciting some incidents of that terrible calamity, with the following conclu- gion: ¢ Mrs, K., whom you may remember as the danghter of Col. Miller, eaved from her elogant residence only a box f plate, the shawl ghe threw over her head, and THE SWORD OF BYRON !" Not a bad outfit for a lady compelled to fly in ber might-dress. I am glad sho saved the sword that Greeco msy need before this age goes by. 5 T was in Athens on a bright day’s close, ‘And heard the wail thst round her temples Toss : ““yron is dead,”—the worshiped, the doplored I 1 seemed to hear the falling of a eword, ‘A pman closing on o broken chord, ‘And Egland’s Iy slept with its fallen lord. ToLEDO, O. F. T. WALLACE. OVER THE SEA. ‘Ebbing and flowing from day to daz, Driuking the ight of the silver moon, Swelling aloft in a singing lay, Stealing along with & mournfal eroon,— Ebbing and flowing, tover at rest, Ever and ever, still flows the Sca, ‘Kissing tho East, embraciog tho West, “Wonderous myst'ries op'tiing lo me. "Over the Sa, from over the Sca, ‘Melodics strange arc whispered to me Mournful croonings and snatches of glea Come with tho sunset over the Ses. Vision-toned yoices from lands afar ‘Come with its throbbing, measured and low Silvery moon and twinkling star Shine, {rom its depths, Wwith 3 strange, sweet glow ‘Messengers come with each Tippling wave,— Memory wakes with each pearly spray,— ‘Fancy flios back where its waters lave ‘Beauteous jelcs in the * Far Away.” Over tho Sea, from over the Sca, Melodics strange como softly to me ; Mournful croonings sud enztches of gles Come with the moonbeams over tho S23. ‘Emerald fsles are over tho Sea,— ‘Gardens of flowers in summery bloom; Warbling bird and murmuring Lee ‘Minglé their joys with the Sowers’ perfame; ‘Music and love are filling the air,— ‘Blushes of beauty are mantling highy— Jewels unpriced are glittering taere, ‘Tressures of earth and gems of the sky. ‘Over the Sea, from over tie Sca, Melodics strange come stealing fo mo; Mournfal croonings and anatches of glee Come from the distance over the Sea. Over the Ses, with their wings of snow, ‘Out in the mooplight, kissing thé spray, 3 Silently, slowly, the white sails go, ‘Like Memory’s visions foding away ; Out in the light, o'er the Ocean’s rim, Fading away in the moon’s paic beams, Srallowed and lost in the distance dim, ‘Wending {helr way to the land of drcams; Over the Sea, from over tho Sea, Shadowy Lisuds are beck'ning to me; Voices that turill with their strango melody Come from tho jslands over the Bea. Over the S, through {ho soft green vales Vestured i glory bright rivers ran,— Worlds of flovrers, fanned by gales, ‘Breathing their perfumes, laugh in the sun ; Rapturous cadences fll that fair land, Visions unheard of, undreamt of before, Deep in the sunshine rise and expand,{ Filling with joy tho bright ** Evermore.” ‘Over tho Sea, far over the Sea, Glorious ielct oro smiling for me ; Vrom this world of care who would not fiea \live in the sunskine over tho Sca.? Over the SeaT'm gazing afar ; ‘There—ourioved oncs are walling us there : Day-beaming st and lustrous star Never illuninet o world 5o fair ; Earth is darkened with trouble und care,— “Pain is living and death is abroad,— Why do we linger 2~{here's peace for us there,— * Over the Sea i3 the Kingdom of God. Over the Sea, there over the Sea, Tilled with delight fs the iand of the free Mznsions of glory are waiting for me, Deep in the sunsiine over the Sea. Cricaco. Mo, ——a Insanc from Religious Excitement. From the Nertheast (Y. ¥.) Sun. Early last fall o_protracted meeting was held at Northvillo by the Rovs. Mr. Chapia and Mrs. Davson. During this meeting Mrs. D. related & story of a_certain family composed of father, mothet, and an only child. Bhe stated that they attended a protracted mocting end resisted all appesls o reverse their conduct in life and bo- The mother toon _efter became o raving maniac and died in that condition. Mre.D. esid that there might and probably wonld be a similar case at that place, but mentioned no names. A Mrs. Georgo Taylor, of Northviile, being present, took theso words as 2 direct application to herself and fumily, there being ouly three in the family. Tho result was that shebecame insane, was sent to 21 asylum in Utica, andthere died on Wednes- day. Her remuins were brought homo and de- Dposited in the buryiog-grourd at Northille. She wwas an unusually robust young woman, sound of mind ax in the best of health until after Lear- iog that sory. As to tho cause of Ler death we Icave our readers to decide. —_——————— A Smicide 1n 2 Gambling Saloon. A letter from Nice to the London Times de- scribes o gnd occurrence at Monaco. ‘Ths writer soys: ‘On the 20th inst.. at 4 p.m., 3 highly respectable lookiag person shot himsolf in"the abdomen when siting ou » couch at the ecd room in which trecte b quaraate It appears bo had Io:t all bis mont Tearing & very loud Teport of a pistol near to me, I turned round, wken a most dreadful scene gfl;snutcd itself. The unbappy man had his ands on his whito bandkerchief held over the wound. The handkerchief had bicod on it, and it was on fire from the flash of the powder. ~The poor. fellow groaned twice, saving ‘Oh! oh! "o ball passed through his body. He was taken in a chair into the Hozel do Paris. Ho has since gaid that he intended to hove shot himself throush his heart. The gambling tables were in full force immediately after this most awful event. Ihave tried to find out to what country he: belongs, but_without success. Ho is eti living. This sad event is not noticed in any of the papers hero ; no doubt it will bs suppress- come follovors of the precepts of Holy Writ. " RUSSIA. ' Foundation and Growth of the _Mns- covite Empire. Tncidents in the Reigns of Various " Sovereigns. The Career of Peter the Great. From London Soctety. We trust, when thio fair Northern Prinoess lands on Albiow’s shoroa, in all hor youth, hor besuty, and Der Lappincss, that bright Sol may shed forth bis rays from beneath tho murky January sky, and smile on tho Gordian knot 6o lately tied at S, Dotersburg botween tha Czar of Russis's “little meid " and the Duke of Edinburgh. We feel sure, were tho old custom rovived which obliged tho bride, on her return from tho cere- mony, to pull off the buskins of tho bridegroom, and to judge from their contents whether ho would prove a tyrant or a lover, ho wonld mot find in them the whip, but myrrh and balm would drop out of the Royalboots. .« . . - Tn the dark ages of tho fifth century, ONE OF THE WILD HORDES on the banks of the Dnicpor aud Volkhof, hear- ing of tho rich plains of the Volys, camo up in large numbers, and established ~ themselvos \where the city of Kiev now stands. Tley wero called Slavi, nd gradually spread as far as the Baltic. Many tribes eubmitted to thom; but the Novogorodisns, who hsd been their allies, bethoughi to be their ‘masters, and, after fierco engage- ments, -ubjugated theni, and established a monarchy under Ruric, §60 B. C. By a clever stiatagem, his succossor, Olog, acquired pos- session of Kiev, Disguising himeelf as a Novo- yorod merchant going on commercial business to Dyzavtium, Lo usked pormission to psss through tho town, and, feigning illness, begzed tho Princes to pay Lim & visit. The Royal brothers agread, and arrived on the bauks of the river but slightly attended. Oleg's followers, who lay concealed in the boats, darted out snd Killed them, exclaiming, * Let Kiov bo mother of all the Russinn citios !” Elated with success, he next cast AN ENVIOUS EYE ON DYZANTIUH, tho Queen of the Euxine Sea, who sat calmly at thio entrance, holding tho keys of its commerce in ber hands. Quickly raising sn army, ke led it through the perils, iabors, and fatigues, which none but barbarians could havo overcome, across tho death-like steppes, whero nothing 18 to be geen but the cauopy of eky above and the green graes below. Lidges of Lills lie on cither side, here and there interspersed with conically- shaped mounds,’on which the travoler of the prosent day secs weird statnes mado of stone, found 400 miles from the spob where thoy are erected. It is eaid theso deserts extend over & spaco of 600,000 square miles. Having travorsod the wild country of Beotia, Le came at last in sight of tio city, then governed by Leo the Philosopher. 'Rumors” of tho approach of the invading forco had alrcady reached tho inhabitants, and all was confusion. and dismay. _In haste Leo assemblad his coun- sclors, to deliberaie what measures to talis against tho threatened danger, when tho town 8 thrown into still greater cousternation by the news that 2,000 barks were on their way to Dbesiogo it by sea. To frustrate this sttempt, a Beayy iron cliain was swang across_tbe harbor, | when, totheir utter amazement, tbey saw the barks 5 ADVANCING DY LAND on wheels allised below the keels, which were {lat, and in this mannor navigating o track to tho'very gates. Dyzantium, nwed at this proof of Oleg's ready wit and ingenuity, submitted to the conqueror, who with~ his victorious army ontered triumphantly, and hung his_sbield over tho entrance as & kophfl., A treaty was soon i arranged between him - and - Loo, by which the latter was bound to de- liver up _ various _ tributes connected With the traffic of the Daltie; and, laden with apoils, Oleg returned in trinmpl to his country, where ho was ever after ughly reverenced. We find bis successor, Igo, making war agaicst the Dreviliazs, but without achieving auy_brilliang Victories. At Lis death his son, Sviastoslaf, betng but a child, IS NOTHER, OLGA, 2ssumed tho reins -of power, aud by_trick and artifice reduced tribe after tribe. ~Sho finally drew up her army before the capital of the Dre- Silians, and, after a sicge of several wooks, it still continuing to hold out. and Loth partics be- ing wearicd, she proposed to retire, on condition {hat they should sond all their pigeons to her,— in thoso days carmer-pigeons boitg much em- ployed as a meaus of communication. To this Doy agreed. Certainly Olga was not an_excep= tion to the saying that “Thero is o fell wild nimal in every Taxan {cz, on their ap- pearauce, they were reized, lighted mateig tied fo their tails, and with this appendage sent back to their homes, aud the whole town was speedily in o stato of conflagration. Porchanco this crucl act filled her with remorze; for on her return sho emoraced Christisuity, which for some time had been creeping along with gontle strides, and was baptized under the name of Helen. _She is numbered among the Saints of the Russian catendar. and died, ot an advanced age, in 969. Wo will not trace the history through the next few roignn, during which *wars and rumors of wars” provailed, especially against tho Poles, Swedes, and Tartars, who wers perpetually in- vading the country. We will merely rematk that TLADIMIR TIE GREAT was the first King who became u Christian, after boing s most-bigoled heathen. His martial fame had spread far and wide, and this, together with his bad character (for ho lived openly with six wives), excited a great rivaley among tho four religions for the Tonor of his couversion, Mahometanizm ho re- jected, as it probibited the uso of wine; the 2oman Catlolic be refused, because it had a man, tho Popo, ot thehead of it; sud Judnism. \was to him ous of the question, as he saw no ense in oboying & nation under tho ban of Teaven. 1o tho meantimo his emisearies re- turned from Dyzantium with such o brilliant nc- count of the Greck worship as practiced in that rich city, that o was delighted, and EMBRACED IT INSTANTANEOUSLY, broke down his idols, threw them 1nto the Dnieper, and ordered the people to be baptized in tho river on a fixed_day. Millions flocked to this compulsory baptism. In tho-present day immersion in cold water is not adopted; warm water is eubstituted, and tho babe 1 blown on three times, which is supposed to blow out the devil; some of the Dair is cut off, waxed, and throwm into the font. The service very much resembles the Roman Catholic; it 18 read in the Slavonian dialect. A arcat deal of Gregorian music i introduced in it. Confession 18a most important doctrino. At tho sacrument they huve five loaves: one for our Saior, ono for the Virgin, and thrée for the Saiots, The omo for our Savior is dipped in ‘ine, and eate in amall pieces. A curious prac- tice is obsersed 2t their burials. A pieco of pa- per is put into tho hands of the decénsed. it be- ing a prayer for the remission of voluntary sud involuntary sins. In the thirteenth centurv, Genghis Khan, with his wild hordes, poured downon tho coun- tey, SPREADING DESOLATION AND TERROR all around. The Tartars maintained their footing till the fiftecnth century, when Ivan Vasilwitch expelled them; but still the Toles and Swedes remained formidable ene- mies. In 1689, Alexia, the father of Peter tho Gireat, made a treaty with Sweden ; and we now cnter on tho cra of the ilon man who wielded the sceptre with fuch consummute ekill and power. . Amid the horrors of bloodshed ho is ushered into our notice. Feodor, his Lalf-brother. was dexd. The capital was in the ntmost confusion. Ail eyes were upon bis beautiful and profligate nalf-siter Sophia. The Strelitz, cager to place Tier on tho throue, rushed to the palace. A fearful massacre ensued. many of the ofticers of #tate, and members of the Royal family being murdered by the soldiery, who in loua tones de- ‘manded the brothers Ivan and Peter. Concealed in ber apartment, tho Czarina heard the cries and tumult without, and, fecling all hope gome, seized her child, resolving to make o DESPERATE EEFORT TO SAVE HIL. By a ride-cntranco she escaped from the” palace, with the boy in ‘her arms, and, nerved with -a supernatural strength, which nothing but despar could give, shoe ran for ler life, and in this mauner ac- complished sixty versts. Hearing behind the yells of her pursuers, and knowing they were Fapidly gaining ground, faint and foot-sore, sho Baw before hox the convent of the Holy Trinity, hither sho be r weary footste) sapctuars-door was open, - tho_veaper- Tinging; into the eacred precincts she entercd. anc lind harely time to cagt her boy on the altar and throw herself at its baso—¢ Oh, save the mother and the child! "—when the ‘murderous band arrived. Triumphantly they ad- vanced to tho altar with arm upraised. The foremost of them pre- ares to sover the bead of the babe from his ody. Sbricks from without arrest the blow, and divert his nitention. *‘1s the tide of_battle changed?" Ho pamses—ho: listens—a deatbly calm’ comes over him—ho rushes from the church, leaving the child unharmed. ‘The rest, appalled, etire, and Poter 15 PRESERVED TO RUSSIA. To return to our hero. His weak brother Tvan was proclaimed King, snd sfterwards Petor, being declared joiut sovereign, was croyned in 1681. The ambitious So- Phia, being secrotly dotermined to gov- em, managed to remove Peter, in whom she perceived the dawning of genius, to an obscure village, whoro she trusted he would fall into bad ways, and 80 enfeeble both his mind and body. Wa may truly say the vices of his lifo may bo referred to his early education, and that his vir- tues were all his own. Shut up in this wretched Lamlet, the mind of Peter turned around for somo amusement, and how to “‘pass the weary hours away.” LEFORT, Secretary to the Daniel Ambassador, waa thon in the néighborhood. He was a curious char- acter, and & very clever man, with'a wonderful gift for languages ; hio hod been trained in the Trst instance for & commercial situation, but, being totally unfit for it, and unfortunately gaining -tho friendship of tho Danish Am- Yassador, he was appointed bis Secretary. This was just the sort of man to dolight Peter; bis vivasity, his-extenaive knowledgo, together with Yis powers of discernment, entranced the mind of the young Lussian Prince, and the friendship thus formed lasted all his life. How, in after- sears, when ho had becomo the beacon-star of Furope, bo must have looked back on thoso morry liours when Lo aud fitty voung compan. fons played at mimic soldiery. The little vand erocted fortitications, wheeling the earth for the intrenchments in a barrow mado by Peter, who went through all the gradations of the service, Deginning as & Grummor. The village soon be- came A MTLITABY SCIOOL; Tuis friends woro the pupils of & system; they oxercised aud armed with punctuality, disciplino was strictly maintained, and lictle” skirmishes were made on the outskirts. —Gradually, the bounds of their exploits -becoming too contined, thoy spread over a whole distrct. “Surrounded with regal state at Dloscow, Sophia lsughed ot tho boy of 15, mot per- ceiving how profound and varicd were his pursuite, till ¢ longth she was awakened to a wenso of it when she found him married at the age of 17 to Cudosis, daughtor of Gen. Lapu- chiin, mother of the unfortunate Alexis. We next bear of his quellinz an insurrection of the Strolitz, and punishing tho leaders of it with BANGUINAIY VIOLENCE. Although of. 50 hard o uature, he was not free from nervous affections. IIis horror of water was so great that the eight of a rivales threw im into a cold perspiration. 'To overcome this weakness he made a practice of going mto a cold Lath evory morning,—undonbiodly very good for his constitution. To a mind e»cr on the alert for improvemant, no incident passed unnoticed, and, his love for tho military life having been fired, we find his paval taste kindled by a comparatively trifling incident. One morniug, valiing with Zimmerman in the garden of Imacloff, which bad been a favorite residence of lis father's, he was al- tracted by the wreck of a small English boat on the lake, and he inquired of his compauion in what respeet it differed rom_those lying in the river, Zimmerman explained 1t was in the application of the eails.” * Send for a clever workman, and Lave it repaired,” exclaimed Peter. Brandt, being deemcd most skillfal, ar- rived. Petor watched him engerly, and then, getting into tho boat, sailed it bimself on the Jake. ‘This circumstance convincing him that foreign nations wero morc advauced in civiliza- tion than his own people, homadea tour through Livonis, Prussia, and the porth of Germany in- to Holland, where ho surpassed tho ~ex- peciations ~ of his friends by ongag- g himself 0 a sbipbuilder ‘at Saar- dem a8 A COMMON WORRMAN, and we coutemplate the Prince who had millions at lus command living on tho wretched etipend it afforded. His companions, froin thoir com- fortuble house closo by, smiled on him. - To this day tho hovel in W ho lodged is called Peter's hovel. Proceeding to England, ho was well _reccived by William IIL ond Mary, and studied in-the arsenal at Deptford. He was guing to Venice, * tho glorioun City in tho Sea,” hen news reached him of the revolt of the Strelitz, and obliged him to return. Now with sorrow e seo this great man clouding the very outset of his carecr by an act of sanguinary Violence. How far greater would he have been if theso deeolating ecrimes had found no placo in bis bistory! Order being restored i‘n :buo capital, in mad indignation he caused 2,000 0 be PUT TO DEATIU after tho roost exquisite tortures. himself taking part in the cxecution, and compelliug tho nobles to assist him. Scated ou bis tliroue, with stern Tooks, bo surveyed his mondate executed ; and then, intlamed with the grapes of Bacclius, ho rose from table with the deleterious cup in ono Dand, end the ax in the other, aud, pledgmg Limself {o Lwenty successive draughts, bo suiote off twenty euccessive heads. Enough—tho ax gibbet, and wheals wore in constant activity for fvo successive months, and Sophis, sppailed aud horrified, rstired into & convent, where sho died in 1704. Peter tho Great was not the only comet of the soventeenth century. Its commencoment had Leen bLeralded in by Gustavus Adolphus of Sveden ; and in the distance we_lcar the roar of the Norwegian Lion, Chatles XIL : while the crafty and polished Louis XIV. sat on tho -throne of Trance, with his entour- age of art and wit, | fanning himsolf successively in the smiles of La V;\Ifiem, Mon- tespan, aud Maintenon, the honor of the fleurs. de lis being sustained by Tureune and Colbort. Alike in ail was the love of power, but in Peter and Charles lay the combative talent in all its strength, and these stars oo now to meat in their orbit, snd dispute, hand to band, and gword to sword, for empire. - CITARLES XIL. had already unfuried bis standard and led on his troops to victory; Indeed, his success had been ouch ns to alarm Europe, and caused Russia, Denmark and Poland to enter iuto an aggressive union. Poland, 80 long a_subject of contention, at length kindled the torch. Disturbances with rogard to tho_succession had been going on for Boone time. Charles XIL. supported Stanislaus, whoroas the allies were for Augustus. It is not my intention to cnter on this subject, T shall merely remark that the cruclties practiced by Charlos excited Peter to use strong_expressions against hig rival. Charles forthwith threw down the gauntict, and, sending word to Petor that he would meet him at Moscow, prepared for action. “My brother Charles wishes to play the pars of Alexander. but ho shall oot find 10 me o Darius " exclaimed the Czar. Defeats ‘and contretemps swaited him ; undauntedly’ he retired, Teorganized his srmy, sayivg, *The Swedes will bave tho sdvantage of us for a time, but ihey will teaclius how to conquer them.” THaving achieved some successcs, ho drow_up bofore Marienburg, which surrendered. Here e must halt a few minutes, and introduce our readers to the Livouian girl called AABTHA. She bad beon marriod tho previogs day to & Sorgeant iv the Swedish army. and camo be- fore the Russian Genoral, Bauer, bathed in tears, deploring the death of her husbend, who had porshed in the melce. Struck with her appearance, he took her nnder Ris protecsion, and sbortly after sho attracted the notice of Peter. He made her his wife, and T had never reason to repent of his choice. ‘What Gocthe found in his Christiaua, that Peter found in his Catharine, s faithful partner of his joys and griefs. ‘Sbort, square, snd dumpy, she had no particu- Inr outward charm to recommend ber: indeed, when, on future oczasion, she accompanied her husband to Berlin, thero were many eneers at the LITTLE HOMELY BODY, a8 gho stood by the rido of the tall. powerful Czar. Voltairo remarks, “The union of Rogalty with & poor stranger —caprured smidst the ruins of & pillaged town, is an sccident which the most mar- Selous combinations of fortune and merit never produced beforc or since in the aonals of the world.” EiTho next object Peter achioved was the occa- Ppation of the ehores of the Nova. Having taken the fortress of KantsT, on the Carelian side, he establiehed himeelf on a marshy island covered with brushwood, inhabited by a few fishermen, and not very distant from the emboucbure of the river. It was called Lust Eland, or Pleasure Tsland, and was apparently ill sdapted for the destinies which_ afterwards surrounded it. On this spot Peter laid tho foundation of ST. PETERSBURG, tho sister-city of Byzantium and Venice. No stone was to be bad in the neighborhood, and the materials of which the citadel was built were derived from the rumns of. the works at Nisnshantz: it was completed in five months, 3he soldicrs belng able to carry the earthin tho skirts of their coats, or and matting. Before o year had ol X houses and huts of different descriptions were erected, and from the wood of the forests of Kostroms and Volgods arose St. Petersburg. With great danger and labor he succeeded 1m erecting the fortress of Cronstadt, close by. In the menntime Charles XII., at the head of about, 45,000 men, had crossed the frontier; and Peter, seeing that he was determined to make Russia tho theatre of war, conceived the masterly idea of drawing him om, and i LAID ALL THE COUNTRY WASTE between the Daioper and Smolensko. As Charles advanced, Peter rotired. Wo will not follow tho ambitious Charles through this bad-omened march. His army, enfaebled by fatigne and hunger, without & ide, and in an enemy’s conntry, had to make s way through bleak solitudes, straggling for- csts, sandy deserts, and forlorn morasses ; and his crowning fatal mistako of falling back on thoe Ukraine, vainly thinking that the Cossacks swould support bim, having secured tite friend- ship of Mazappa, their Chief, droveall hopes from the breasts of his soldiers. We will bear our readers at once to THE FIELD OF PULTOWA, and witness the plain ** flooded with_blood, and strowed with foolish carnago,” aud all to gratify the ambition of oue man. For two hours the battle raged with fury. Tho slaughter was dreadful ; 9,224 Swedes were slain ; the loss of tho Russisn force was comparatively small, Charles. being disabled by a wound from mount- ing on horseback, was borne in a litter. One of tho bearers being shot by a canmon-ball, another was provided : in the meantime the King wns hoisted on the pikes of his men. Doter's clothes, bat, and eaddle were pierced by sovernl shots, and_threo horses were Lilled, during the action, under Priuco Menzi koff. 'Both monarchs commauded their armies. Chiarles, socing his men folliug on either side, and the tide of victory hopelessly against him, fled to Bends, whero he remsived for some_time a refugce, undor tho_ protection of tho Graud TPotor begged him to return, but could b ‘made of shreds 80,000 Vizier. not persuads him. Chorles-mado another fruitless effort to re- trievo bis lost fortunes, and finally, at the siogo of Frodericshall, received his death- wound. Peter, thinking to follow up hia advantages, made AN EXPEDITION INTO TURKEY, but, not being couversant with the topography of tho countir, ho was nearly surrounded by the Turks at Pruth, and, had ic not been for tho couneel of the littie homely woman, wio mever left him 1 camp or palacs, defeat wonld havo tarnished s Jate military renown. ~Catbarino persnaded him to come to terms with tho Vizier, and, by handing over his crown-jewels, 2n agree- ‘ment was made. and tho Russians retired. After this ho made another trip_to Hamburg, Berlin, Lubeck, Amsterdam, and Paris. “Aud now, from the roar of the cannon we will tumto the dark tragedy enacted at St. Poters- urg. . ALEXIS, tho ill-tated son of Endosia, had long incurred tho resentment of his father. Of a tall and commandicg appearance, ho was looked up %o by a natiop among whom colossal staturc was puriiculurly esteemed, Around him he had collected associates who plupged iuto every sort of vico and licentiousness ; Lie openly opposed tho reforms of his father, and, fearing his dis- pleasure, left the conntry. Poter, discoveriog. his retreat at Naples, ordered him to return, promising forgiveness 1 ho did 80 ; on the other hand, tbreatening bim ith the most droadful curses if ho refused. Alexie, relving on lus_promisce, returned, and fiad barely armvod befora ho was arrested and imprisoned ; and then began A 3OST PAINFUL ORDEAL, = which was carried on for fivo months. Poter daily visited him, and, working on his weak ‘mind, prevailed on him to accuso himeelf of the ‘most dreadful crimes, aud to pame all the friends who were in any way implicated: Ho then nominaily consuited the priests and nobles what courgo to pursue; they, in awe of his power, pronounced eentenco of death against Aloxis, and Peter, in_spite _of his previous Pprotestations, confirmed it. Seated in a prizon at Mogcow by a dim light, we sec the unforta- pato Princo hearing the sentence from the lips of his father, who sctually mingled his tears with his. Tho door opons, and a vial is hauded to tho monarch, who pours ouc tho contents and roffors them to bis sou B8 a soothing draught. o then retires. Alexis raises to his lips tho yoisoned cup, ho drinks, convulsions of the most dreadful mature follow, and bofors morn- ing OE LIES A CORISE. Peter gavo out thiat tho uews that sentence of death bad been paswed upon him Lad operated fatally on lus fechlo constitution. Hitherto Archangel had been the Liverpaol of Russin, but Peter caused tho trado to be1e- moved’ to St. Petersburg, commerce with the Baltic was opened, and a flcct formed at As- trachan on the Voiga. He alto made an cxpedition_agaiust Persia, which country was in ' most distracted condition, and concluded & Peace on most fayorablo terms. On his return be received the ticle of * Father of his People.” °A very diffcrent eceno from that I bave just doscribed #oon after agitated tho strcets of Soscow. All was in gala array; splendid and costly wore tho dresses of those in the magnifi- cent procession, and the gorgeons spectacle was the attraction of all. Catharmo AS TO DE CBROWNED QUEEY, and what pageantry can be too great fol whom the king delighteth to honor" sec-saw of life goes up_sud down. Monzikofl, oncs tho kitchen-boy of the palace, heads the acmy, in uniform glittering_with stars, crosses, and medals. Catharige. the Livonian peasant, is atrayed in tho regal purple. Peter dovoted himself for bis remaining years to the arts of peace; bo instituted an academy of scicnces, and built maoy useful and orva- tental catablishmonte. Thero is a curious cere- mony, observed to this day, of blessing the waters of tho Neva. Tho Archbisuop. after reading some proyers, throws in the cross, and then, in 8 golden_ goblet, offers tho water to the Emperor. This dono, all the people rush for- ward, and cach fills his or her pitcher. _Peter, although suffering from 3 most painful diseaso, insistod on being present at it. Ho caught a gevero cold—his_devoted Catharine never left Lis bedside—and be finally died in her srms, Jan. 4, 1724, and his boiy was conveyed to tho Rremlin, to'be deposited in the Cathedral of St. Micbnel, where the Czars of Rusaia repose. Wo will not now_thread through tho reigns of Petor I1., Elizabetl, and Peter 1IL.. or even of Catharine IL, which was the most brilliant and successful Rusgia has witnessed; we will merely heave o passing sigh for the dismembor- ment of Poland, and the cruclties practiced ou the patriots. IN PAUL I. o seo & Princo who craclly disappointed tho Liopes of his subjects, as, proviously to his ac- cesston, he bad been & most amiablo man, and who wes finally murdered. in his colossal palace of St. Michael, in his 46th year. The number of fuo conspirators was so great, and Bis son Alexanders participation so well Lvown, that Do | ono was over punished, and man boasted openly of the deed [ong after. Then, while Alesander is sitting in Tmperial greatness at Moscow, we heal the war- ery of Nupoleon and hus vetcran_ troops on the {frontier; we admiro the indomitable pluck of the Tussians, who committed their capital to the flames soouer than it should fall into_the hands of the iovader, who, like Charles XIL, retired in confusion. With Nicholas I. is asso- ciated stirring memories of THE CBIMEAN WAR, » and even now many remember the heights of Palakinva snd tho plains of Alma, Iukermans, and Sebastapol strewn with the bodies of tho slain, and tho soil sodden with the best blood of England and Frauce. Wae will draw the cur- $ain 0ocr those sad days, aud light up tho fore- ground with the nuptial celebration of Eangland and Russia. TLong live the bride and bridegroom. C. BoucHIER PHILLIMORE. —_——————— THE OAK-FOREST. Tranatated from the German of Nicholas Lenau. TInto the sacred groom of an oak-forest, With its broad-spreading and low-brooding branches, Y entered; and I heard bow softly, sweetls, s Draok, hose narrow banks were edged with flowers ‘And tuted eedges, rippled brokealy In murmaurs, like a sleepy child at prayer. A pleasant terroz seized me, for the shadows ere full of a mysterious, breathless rustle, As if tho forest were inclined to utter A sccret it should keep,—a Ridden something * ‘As if the forest, unadvised, would whisper, In mortal hearing, treacherous revelation Of God's decy purpores ; but, suddenly, ©On every leaf aflright fell with a shiver, Affight at His great prosence ;—tlion {ell silence. Genua TEACHER OF HIOR-SCHOOL CrAsSzd, Cricaco, Jan. 19, —— The Third Mrs, Selknap. ashington Correscondence of fhe Cincinnatf Gazette. Tho second Mra, Belknap was very suxious that her ister should tako her place, and ex- rossed wishes to that effect on her death-ted. 'no sequel shows the wishes wero observed. The Secretary presented his last bride with a set of dismonds worth £10,000, in which she, the bride, in & Parisizn white satin, made & spark- 1ing sppearancs at tho firet evening Teception of the season. i of sugar; Not only the world on_its axis, but the great mass of human beings upon its surfaco is steadily and surely moving forward; though, from cer- tain points of view, it would seem that portions of it are on a retrograde move. AND IT IS NOT STRANGE . that extreme conditions, in both temporal affairs and mental endowments, shonld exist; and that, through the great nctivities of an impetuous life, fanatics should occasionally be developed who may be found among all grades and classes of people, especially in the front ronks of re- formatory movements, where their odious pres- ence is sometimes almost unbearable: they seem like some grotesquo figure suddenly ap- pearing in the midst of s beautiful sceno, or & ‘monster obtrnding his ill-begotten presence in & genual, refined, and entertaining company. T have little sympathy with the hot-headed, fanatical advocates of Womar's Rights, of whom weread in Tne TRIDUNE a few weeks ago, or of any other theory or movement. But, while I bave no apology to offer for the blind fanaticism which charactorizes eome of the movements of the advocates of Woman's Rights, I have as lit- tlo sympathy with that of the opposite extreme. Thae old adage that TEERE 1S TRUTH IN ALL THINGS, is not without merit, and should not beforgotten in our deliberations and councils of judgment upon any subject that is worthy our attontion and consideration, 28 no just and correct es- timate can be formed of auy object by simply viewing and cxamining its extreme points. And any movement that is so fraught with conse- quences as tho Woman's-Rights movement secms w0 be, certainly merits a candid, impartial, and unprejudiced consideration. And, when we recognize tho fact that some of our bost, most profound, and cool intellects are among its advocatcs, aud have beea for years, without suf- fering any doterioration in their morals or in- folicity in thetr domestic relations, we have lit- tlo ovidence that tho motives which actuate and charncterizo the advocates of Woman-Suflraze are demoralizinz, or antagonistic to the peace and welfars of homes and society; though I have no doubt there are izolated instances where the fires of domostic discord, already oxisting, aro fanned by an unreasonablo agitation of tho subject; such inatances. however, are excep- tions, and do not afford _any resson why it may not be practical among the masses. Yet no ouc need foster ANY UTOPIAN IDEA or expectation of the marvelous changes and improvements to result immediately after womzn shall exercige the eiective franchise. This world is not £o easily converted into a Paradiso as some may vainly suppose. Tat, it woman's influence is as great as is claimed, why ehould it be limited by a Thus far thou shzlt come, but no fartber’? Woman's sphere of action, like man's, should only be limited by capacity. She has quietly and_unostentationsly workod her woy up to whero sho now is. Ina fow de- partments and instances she has met some op- Poition, but sho has aleo invariably been Sheeted | with somo encouragement. A true woman can go anywhero aud do & womanly act in womanly manner, with credit to herself and respect froin every true man, 1 whom he will ever find a friond and ready counselor. And, if it is not unwomanls nos to be indiffer- entor ignorant whether tho land welova is lasbed by despote, orcursad by laws that mark our voters fools and our rulers koaves, or whether “1hoso who git in_high places jove justico and remember mercy,” it is not unwomanly for a Soman to manifest an interest by accomyanying hor friends to tho polls & fow times each year, or as the caso may domand, and DEI'OSITING WER VOTE— the agent of her influence—in favor of that justice aud mercy. And it is mot a% all likely that sho will care to excrciso the privilege ox- copt on occasions when sho s _intercsted cither in'a gencral or special mannes; for our social affairs aro not wholly indepeundent of evil cenactments. « WWoman's-Rights advocates sueer at our lava as men make them; what are they doing that gives evidenco of ability to improve thom? " Woman's influence has been acknowledged to be strong; and, if it may bo purifying aud elovating, 03 is also claimed,—and I grant That jt” is mot haif as powerful o3 it might bo,'—wby not admit it more fully to po- litreal circles? In no instance of any landable entorprise, where the efforts of true-bearted and clear-iieaded men and women were united, Jins the result proved s failure because of such united eiort; while, in many. instauces, we know success dopends upon their co-oporative inluence. 'An eminent and popular. divino onco said_he hoped to bavo a decent place to vote when women should cnjoy the privnilege of voting. THERE IS NO DANGER of woman becoming less womauly, or disregard- ing any of the dutics and obligations peculiar to ber race, by extending her raugo of thonght and action. Woman's intluence will never deterio- Ate. or her natura become gross cnd unrefined, o fong as sho socks to express the deep. native impulres of her soul; and, in whatever dirce- tion thoy may te esercised, they only develop and strengthien her characteristic features. Amid ali the * freedom of action " woman can enjoy, sho wiil ever 85 surely and positivoly gravitato toward Ler peculiar sphere, for which B Croutor ling designed and fitted her, 84 the magnetic ncedle docs toward the pole. . Nhere is as much reason to supposs that frait- trocs of ditforent species, planted in the same soil, will yicld tho eame kind of fruit, as there is to apprehend that, because men and women enjoy the same privileges and minglo in the samo political atmosphere, women must neces- sanily, to somo extent, loso their identity, woman- 1y characteristics and charms, and their namo become o by-word. Yes, ** Woman holds to-day the highest posi- tion to which feet can over climb, because thero is nothing higher, escept intellectunl and moral developmont, for her to aspiro to.” And I know of no ono who claims a higher position for her. Datshe should adorn thot position with a generous display of her own work, wronght through tho genius of her ovn sou), and crown it with & monument of undyin, respect. Such is her privilege, and b SUCIL IS HER DUTT. Womaw's porition aud intuence aro pre- eminently i the domestic and_social rolations ; but they are by no means limited. When Napoleon Bonaparte was asked what could be done to advance the intcrests of France, Lo replie?, * Educate the mothers of her sons.” That sentiment has been echoed by every thought- ful nud comprobensive mind sinco the doss of tho mighty conqueror and patriot. Motlera have been educated to somo extent, but not thorougbly. A very important branch of womau's education has been neglectod. She KNOWS TOO LITTLE OF HERSELF ; of Luman naturo; the main-springs of life; thoso principles npon which all permanent, us ful, and beautiful characters must be based. Sho must study; Tetire within the quict cham- Dos of thought and fecliog, and sirive tocompre- hend the mecbanism of her own nature, £0_cari- ously, beautifully, and symmetrically wronght for wiko purposcs by the Sulprcmu Architect, and endeavor to combiuo the lessons of expericace with those which ecienco and intuition reveal: then will a brighter and more perfect day dawn for Lier and mankind. Woman nceds but move forward in the right dircction, 2ad TIIE WAY WILL DE OPENED. Though disturbed aud 1ufiled the surface be, the under-current is onward. Tizors is a Divinity tbat shapes our ends, Tiough bow them though wo may. Crcaco. Many A. BTRAUB. _————— THE COST OF A PLEASURE. From the Spanish. Tpon the salley’s lzp, The dewy morning throws A thiousand pearly drope, To wake a single rose, Taus often, in the conrse Of Lifc's few fiecting years, A single pleasure costs Tho soul a thousand tears. —Wiltiam Cullen BryantinSt. Nicholas for February. Brandy from Sawdusis Zetterlund, after boilig 9 cwt. of sawduat with 7 ewt. of hydrochloric acid, sp. gr. 1.18, and 30.7 owt. of water, under preseure of 2 ponnds to the inch, found 3.33 per cent of the Tnass to be grape sugar ; ond with 234 hourz of further boiling, 4.3 per cent, or 19.67 per cont of the sawdust to bs grope sugar—en amount he as unablo to exceed. After neutralizing the acid with lime until the cooled mash contained bnt 3¢ per cent, according to Ludersdorf’s test, at 86 degrees o fermen: made of 20 pounds of bruised malt was added. In 96 hours fermenta- tion was complete, and distillation afforded 61 quarts of brandy of 50 per cent, at 59 degrees, perfectly freo from odor or taste of turpentine, and of very agrecablo fisvor. He considers it ‘probable that tho process might be successfal on Rlargo scale, if the smount of water and_timo of boiling (¢wo important factors in the production ‘were acourately determined by experi~ ments. By conversion of all tho cellul sugar oach hn;ld:e;ie‘_lve!ghtot -dnwoffwfu:"; ould ¥ east 27.4 quarts Fouldy ‘quarts of 50 per cent e B LUCKY OMENS. " T Some Petty Superstitions. From Chambers’ Journal, What an exhibition of human weakness i3 madein the petty superstitions regarding so. called omens, and lucky and unlucky days, Let us run over & fow of those follies, not yet exploded in certain sections of the popala- tion, 04d numbers—barring the ever fatal thirteen —are thought to bo lucky. The shrill piping of the household cricket is prophetic of happicess to the hearth it baunts, as surely as the settling of stork upon » Dutchman's roof-tree bodes pleasant times to the dwellers beneath it. The forlornest of animals, the masterlees dog, that follows close upon the heels of o mght-walker, and will not be balked of companionship, is 3 certain luck-bringer. Black cats ehould boata ‘premium, considering tho stray puss of that Lug who takes fancy to establishing bimseltin a house introdaces good fortune with him ; while a cat of any color, whether an uninvited vieitor or an scknovwledzed member of the family, ought never to be restrained from sharpening bis talons ag the expense of tho tabled legs, since, when Lo thus scratches he scratehea for luck. Pat kindly the head of tho first lamb of spring, if you have the chance,—it will bring prosperity toyou and yours; but avoid tho innocent creature if 1t presents ity wil to view. 1lail the first hearing of ths cuckoo's voice with thankfuluess, if he salutes you upon your right hand,—then his greeting ig an assurance you will make your way in the world, and aitain tho highest object of your ambivion: =nd begrudgs not & mp of Zocd Tiquor to tbe busy, curious, thirsty 1ly, dropping into your glas, but welcomo tuo 1ntruder as beartily, if ot a8 poctically, a3 Oldrs did: be brings good luck to tho glase, end the drinker, too. To come suddenly upon s counlo of magpirs, to pick upa piu lying with its houd towards yon, to find,—of course without sceking,—a for Jeaved clover, or o bit of old iron, 13 & matter for rejoicing; if the iron take tho shape of & rusty nail or un_old horse-shoe, the omen is so much the moro fortunate. Abscot-minded . and careless dressers are likely to be often 1n luck's woy. Toput on any garmeat wropg sido out, provided wo aro not neat emougn to spoil the charm, is an infallible prognostic that some- thing is bout to_happen which will profit the sloven greatly. JIr. Villagotells us, in the Con- noisseur, how his protty cousin came down to Dreakfast ouo moruing wilk Ler cap on wropg mde out, whereupon hLer mother eolomnly charged the heedless lassio not to alter her headgear all the day. for fear she should change tho luck. When the Coaquecor was arraying Dimself on the morning of Hastings, s0mo oua binted that bo would get the worst of the com- iug bout, because, in bis baste, he Lad donued his mail-shirt hind part before; but tho ready- witted and coufidens Norman declarcd it to bes token that he was about to trausformed from a Dakeiuto a King; cn intorpretation, at any rate, not to be disputed a foi hours later. Troublo will never come near folks ¥iose eyo- brows meot. Ladies with overmuch down, gen- tlemen withs overmuck hair upon heir zrms and hands, carry about them natura's own guaraates that they are burn to berich some day, a8 rich a8 those happy individuals whoso front teeth aro sovwide apart. Steel belongings, such as keya and Luives, get rusty Dy ivstiuct, spite of al paius to keop them clcan and bright, when eomo kind-hearted soal is laying up riches for their owner's benefic, To find s spider upon onc’s clothes iudicates some mouey i comiug to us. o moral of which, Fuller says, is this: **Such who imitate tho industry of that contemptible creature may, by God's blessing, weave theme Selves into voakh, and procura a plentiful estate.” Tao appeatanco of & white speck upon a finger-nail warns the owner of tke finger a gift i on its way; and the sama pleasant noufication i made by thie itching of tho palm of tho xight Laud; but in that caso it 15 best to-make assar- ance doubly sure, and rub tho eaid palm agaiosl wood: tlien **it is suro to be good. Tt is not pleasant to stumble up-stairs, but thero is some consolntion for £orc shins in know« ing that o wedding will como off in tho house ers twelve months Davo passed by, oven if tha stumbler bave no_hope of Leivg a party con= cerned in the event. Should a spinster or a Dachelor bo innavertemily placed Letween a married pair at tue dinner-table, Le or sle will taste the sweets of connubial blies before the year is out. A maden who bas constent ill-luck at the card-table will play the game of life with greater snccess Tartnered with & good busband.” Happy will ba the bride the sun shines on; and if a hen cacks les in her new bome as she crosses its threshold, sho will be o happy mother 88 well as a con- tonted wife. The old notion provails in soma paris of France tbat when two maiages tako plece at the same time, the brido who first foaves the church will have a boy for ber first child, Not long ago two weddings were cele- brated at Archies. As soon as the cercmony was over, the two couples and their frionds made all haste_to reach the church door, and, to use s sporiing-phraso, made a dead-lcat of it. Neither rarty wero incliued to yield prece- denco, defiant looks wero exchanged, and things wore & threatening aspect, when the Mayor, Stepping to the front, aolved the difficulty by giving b arm to cacis of tho brides and taking fhem out togother, to the immense relief of their respective friends. Chiance's freakish daughter is given to coming and goingas the it tukes Lior, but there are ways zud means of compelling luck to do us st and service. That man need fecl mo douol about trinmphing over Lis foes who takes care tomake an end of tho first adder that crosees his path. Lf it is somotimes best to take the buil by the horns, it1s aiways advissble to seize a black snail by ‘his, aud toss him tho left shoulder, for while the first may Lelp ua out of a quandary, the last-named performance insures Gssuccess in all our undertakings. In dofoult of a black snail a mcney-spinzer will auswer the purpose equully well. 1f too tender-hearted to treat snails and spiders so unceremovicusly, tha ceoker ofter good fortune will bo just o well off if he haogs on ndder-skin over tho maa- tol-picce, takes care to keep his fire burning through the lst night of tho year, or dons something new on Whiteunday. Farlcy. of pantomimic fame, pinned bis faith 10 2 lncky cap of which b was the fortunate possessor. At the first rehearsal of ** Mother Gouse,” when all was ready, Grimaldi happened to obzerso to Far- Toy that Bio bad not tho red cop oo bis lesd, which be nsually sportgd on such occasiops. “I will not go on without it,” eaid Farley, *or W &hall have no luck with the pzniomime!” nor would ho proceed to business uuiil tho cap of rood fortune had been fetched. According to the fehermon of Buckie, full nets may bo insured by dressing a corpse in o ilupnel ehirt stuck over with bure, and wheeling him through the fown in a barrow. A corrcspondent of AGks and Queries_ wiites: Wife-beating to the effusion of blood may be a novel method of Securing Muck in herring-fehary, but to draw blood is practiced in somo of the iisning villages on tho northeast coast of Scotland, ander the Deliel that success foilows the ack. The b st be porformed on Now Year's Dar, aud the fortuno is his only who is the first toehed blocd. 1f tho morning of the New Year is such 8310 ollow the boats of tho viliago to put to sedy there is quitea struzgle zs to whicl: beat will reach the ground fist, £0 a8 0 gun the uxwal'cd prize, the first-shed blood of the vear. I the \eatiser is unfavorable for lisling, these iu pos- session of gunns—and a great many of h ormen's houses possess onc—aro oat gus i haxd along the shore before dagbreals, ib search of some bird or wild apimal, 1o matter bow Smatl, thet they may drast biood, and thus L0 Sure of one year's good fortune,” Another 560t tish plan fer securiug good luck, for Lo fspact of twelvo months at Joast, is tadraw a bucketf of water from tlie villago well- sy widpizht b Now Year's Lve, and, atter throwing & bandfy of grass into it, to carry it carefully bome. b, Shedrawer bo & cow-keeper, ho uses £art of :b e Trater o wash his dairy utensils, and gi53 0 Temninder to his cows, in the rather disoes liopo that o will thereby obtain tho cresd o0 tho cows of such of bis neighbors 8 1o well, and have not been so wige a3 Limsell To barter away old shoes for tho benefit 07 the * translator,” is & ead wasto ; thero i8 B9 ing like weil-worn leather to propitiato_faie. Tho timo-honored custom of throwing el old shoo after a departing friend, in O fhat his jourmey may have a prosporous = su0, is 80 ancient and eo common Lhat PO only mention it here to remind inteD I‘E throwers that tho shoe should belong to te} foot—thore is no virtue in ite fellows sad B the haider the recipient is hit, tha bappxm' i be tho result. Oid shoes aro sithin every ’r~ reach, Lut a friend i3 not elweys at band to e form the ceremony. However, tbat mr:z matters much, since we Lave lately h’f‘:z;dmfll cess is to be retrieved, whether it is b not, by simply pocieting & bit of coal. Thl; i no reason why black diamonds should not i efficacious 88 any other luck-bringers A lief must halt somewhero, end ours balts ot ccm‘: although ready to concede that _xn:rqd'l, E would be lessenod, if the coal-carriers their faith to genuilie Wallseod. AT BT ron