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10 LITERATURE. Throo Novols. PRUDENOR PALFREY: A Novrn, Ny Trowaw BAtLkx Aupmow, 14 mo., pp, 311, Oloth, $1,80, Toston ¢~ Jumos K, Oagood & G0, MOSE EVANS: A Burie HINGULAN ¥A0TS OF 1i1s OAuk, Baugn, Author of “Inside: A_Olironicio of Ser cenrfon," otc, * 13m0, pp, 317, Now York: Hurd & Houghton, TEMPEST-TOSSED ¢ PILTON, WitLax M, A Tomaxor. Dy Tneoponn 12 mo., pp. 00, New York: Bluldon & 0, Whon Mr, Aldrioh puts his pon to paper wo ora confident of a work of refined litorary morit. ‘Whothor it bo sung {n musieal numbors, or writ- tonin the plain language of prose; whothor it bo o briof talo, comprising but a ninglo strango and atartling oplsode, or s history that ruus through yonrs to its complation, It will bo sure to have nn oxquisito graco, a piquant humor, and s delicato’ fluish. Mr. Aldrich has given us this cortainty through an unvarying experionco of nonrly twonty yoars. Sinco 1855, whon, n boy of 10, e produced tho dainty poem, *Baby Toll,” up to the writing of * MMatjorte Daw," somothing liko & yoar ago, Lo has not onco dis- nppointed or weakonod oxpoctation by bringing forth an uoworthy composition, Equally in- vlung themes have not always been the subjoot of his attention, but the treatment of whatevor o haa tonched has beon fnvariably symmetrical aud artistio, Thisis arecord for which ho and the public may bo grateful. If genius bo rars, art is equally so,—that art which is puro and true; which strives for no dazzling, moretricious offects, but fallows Nature, and ia ever hoathful and humble. “ Prudonco Palfroy " Is tho socond attompt of Mr. Aldrich at an extended story. Tho first, “Tho Story of a Bad Boy,” may bo calied youthe ful in moro senace than ono. It had a child for » hioro, and was written for, young roaders, aud yot no grown-up book for a grown-up audionce will over bo publishod by its author ;surpnesin it in benuty and attractivencs. Wo question | It bo not too good to bo a thorough succoss, It is iutended for fmmaturo minds, sud yot its reciated ouly by n oultivated tasto, Tho fiue odga of its wit, tho olegunos of it phrasoology, and its wondorfully- adrolt_turns of expression, will ba apt to bo in But the chanco av0 uot their oqual in any volume yol contributed to merits aro of an order to bs ap) a measuro lost npon a childish rondor. practicod oyo under which tho book ma; to fall will revel in thoso gems, which {1 American juvonilo literature. ‘' Prudonco Palfroy” is a typo of the New- Eug]nud novel, of which we bava had soy- cral admirablo specimens, 'The enrlicet wns Judd’s “ Margarot™ and the Intest nra * Her \\'nddlnq Journoy” and “Love in tho Nine- toenth Century," or an imsitation of the othor, and yet thoy have a strong family-likonoss, for each is a faithful transeript of New-Englind lifo and charactor, Cool, frosh, aimplo, real pictares of Nature nnd Lumanity as they bavo developed in tho oldost aud most cultured portion of our conutry, thoro ds nothing sonentional, oxaggerated, or une vatural, in their enlira structure. Photographs are not moro honest and realistio, ~ Verncity s their virtuo aud their charm, Thote i6 not much of a plot In this lnst novel, 88 thero in not in any of tho school to which it bolongs ; but what thero is {s mado the most of, MMr. Aldrich has & peculiar gift at conconling the denouoment of n story, Until the last moiaont Lio genarally ttceeeds 11 covoring up every clue to tho 1ckolution of theknot ho bLan tangled, Bliilltully resorving for the fiual pago or two the ratisfaction of his reader's curiosily, ho Las 1t under commaud to tho vory ond. Rivormouth—tho quiot, finishod mea-const town, where tho main part of tho story is located —is Portsmouth, N, I.—the nativa vi lago of tho author—under an aling, Mr. Aldrieh has o fond- nes for the sloopy, old place, giving it what dis tinction he can i’ his novals, It waa tho Boono whoro bis * Bud Boy " was situntod, and wo may supposo Lo hos trausferred its yory atmouphors into his romances, We ecrupulously avoid the unkinduess of lotting any reader into Lhe secrot of “Prudoncs Paltrey ;¥ to tho author should bo mocured tho sacred right of this communica- tion ; but wo may say_of Prudence o 00 I0vollCr INAaan M Grae Lt oy ‘Ui poges of fletion. And sho fs nouo too ghantly or t00 good * for human natur's datly fuod,” ‘but s just tho frank, hearty, uuaffected, aud fofined dotsel whom w6 iy mect over ahd over any day, in Just such towns among Now England le, or on New England's whoro, as Lorta- W, or Berkshiro, or Concord. i ~ ara other portraitures in the novel s cin. 7 bers. Tarson Wibird Ilawkins, There mnakeos from the sceno, loaves with ~iemoir of saintly nusclfishness good Ralph Dent and his boasting no heroic virtuca, o coidially honor. I bave thelr being in o8 88 if the %md it now, in tho Jifo-llko o quickly as he , ue & fragiant w sud purity. And | nophow Johin, though sre manly mon whom w short, tho wholo circlo who the book nre ns natural creatic [ived thoie anyy o wore, tiving . «wiithiods tile secluded town of Rivermouth, U i “*Mowe Lvons,” according to the i statemont in Ine dedicution, '*wis v moments snatched from the profession ¥hi. the chief busivess of his life." Books which a hurriedly put togother, in tho odds and endd 67 time lofi by an engrossing vocation, are not woni to possoss grent value, aud tho present is no ex< ception to the rule, 1t boars witness to tho uus favorablo circumstances in which it was com- posed. Tude, carelous, sloventy in atylo, it is good deal of a trinl to make out¥the meaning of tho bulk of its sentonces ; and, a8 for tho con- noction botween paragraphs, the render must ofton content himsolf with o failure to discover t. The criticlem to which the stylo of the work is amenabio may be applied to its plan aud charac- torization. Theoutlives of all the figures sro Lrokon, meagro, and shudowy. It is impossibla to pictiro auy one of thom distinetly befora tho ovo, One can, Enrhnpu, got & partial image of Gon, Throop, the chivalrous Southorn gontle- man; and Mose Evans, by & considerable draft ou tlle imagination, way b made to stund out in fair rolief: but tho rest of the fragmontary charncters baflle evory offort to invest them with & dofinite human somblance. A rendor likes to bo thrown upon his own re- Bources, occagionally, for the filling outof an » unfinislied skately, or the complation of a bold, direct suggestion ; but to build up au entiro ro- manco out of disjointod pioces and most uncor- tain hints, is & vexatious business, The suthor gots small thouks for involviug us in such tofl. Huod the couception of ' Moso Lvaus," tho hero who gives namo to the book, boen thorongh~ 1y carried out, it would havo been effective, Uhe . klon of a man having tho glorious boauty of an Agollo, and tho trust, and truth, and innoconce f n clild, is mepiring. We bave met with ivbo- foro in romance, but it is always welcome. It ouly remumns that it should be “made plausible rmdy poseible to tho imaginution, to convey entire sotisfuction, If Mr, Buker will froo himsolf from the cares of his profession, and constituto tho writing of a boolc the firat object of lus lite for the timo boing, ho may bo ablo to sketch for us & * Moo Evans” whom wa will gratefully nccopt a8 the ideul man, porfect in budy and staluless in soul, In turning over tho pagos of *Tempost- ‘Tonsed, by Theodore Tilton, one suffers an un- usual fooling of pain, 1t roflects in overy part the character of its author. Tho wonknessed which havo impairsd the success of his career Linvo proved tho ruin of his book, nm'h““tl' guited, winning, boyond most ‘mon, 1t soeied al ona timo as though ovary honor pamsiblo o the writer gnd tho orator was within the rench of 'Til- ton, DBut nn oxcows of romauce—that fatal vico of the imagination—hns biinded and bewildorod his judgmont and corrupted tho intogrity of his intellect, 1t is not his motlve or his principle that is perverted ; his heart is always right, Lus his reuson plays him talse, Nothing that bas over transpired ccngqmlng Lim is more nstonisbing than this book, That o man with & sane intellect, with any degreo of clear, sound senso, shoul® have compuscd so mawkish & work, is most surprising, The wild- est improbnpility enwiaps overy circumstunco, and o sickieh sontimentality enfeoblos ovory clracter. It is nota study of humun nature, but an cxhibition of the wonloat traits of the author, It is tho dietilled eswonco of ‘Littonlsm. We can but hope ho will bo tho stronger and tho wiser herealtor for hn\'in{; drained off into # Tompent-Tossod " so much of tho foolish and flighty eloment in his nataro, ‘The Far West. S A 3 o, T 6T e 8 S Ruwiano, - Iats irovet Drigadior-eneral, U, 8, V, 120, Pp. 604, New Yoik 3 Shoidon & Co, Inthe wummerof 1866 Gon, Rusling was ap- pointed to inspeot the condition of tho military depots and posts in tho Btates und Torritorios of thio Racky Mountain slope and the Pacifle coast, 1In tho exocution of his oftice ho was occupied about & twelvemonth, und travelod over 15,000 miles. A third of his Journey was performed by stega-conch, by nmbulunce, or on horsoback, and tho romainder by rallrond and steawmer, Most of the routes ho passed ovor havo been BTATENENT oF TRE Neithor is in any wito a copy TPOEMS, By Ortra THAXTLR. A VOYAGE TO THE FORTUNATE ISL 8, Ero. seonery ond oxporfonoo that grast tha overland A portion of Gon, Rusling's tour Ponotrates reglons eeldom ontored by tho mors plensure-nooker, and somo uowtroes of Intormne Hon wora opbn to him which aro not genorally To theso ciroumatauces hin book fs travolor. Yol acess(bio, indebled for its main Intorost, At tho tinio Gen, Ruwling trossod tho Tlninn, Gon, Shorman was making n tour of the Indian ondeavoring Trom porsonnl observation Lo galu au undentauding of tho right and the wrong of the Indinu question, * Our author was prosent at zovoral of tho conneils tinld botwaen and the Utes, and gives an in- torentlug description of the partien on both uides.” Of Kit Carson, the famons frontioisman, who Sherman's gwide, Gen. Rusling country, tho **Big Chief " acted an Gon, writes: Wo founil him in fog quarte blo, wiih Mis Mosican sife an Tnn sized, dnatend, Ho cartainly hore iona of that oxtreme * roughing 1t” thut wa b wann loneo aud affection woll davoloped, Y18 eyo was mlld At onceas i wan of mre kindilness and charlty, sitch 19 o truly bravewuan ought always o be, Aw elmplo &8 & child, but Lrave an a Tion, he roon took our hoarts by storm, and grow upon our’ regard ‘alj the whilo wo were with him, , , "The Uten ncemed to Lave the greatost posible confidenco fn him, and invarinbly called him simply K" Baid Blierman, while nt Garland, ““These Rod-Skins think Kit twice an biga man s’ mo, Why, ufa hutogrity fa simply perfeot, Thoy know {t, and thoy would ballove bim and trust Lim any doy befors m, Tho old aploriem, * Evil communications cor- Tpt pood manaors,” {s excellontly illustented in tho following extract from ‘s dosoription of & Uto villago: Doge nbounded everywhers, Each wigmam seémed toliwvan goodly mupply, and the viilag at liyge & brigndo besides, They wero small, wolfisi-looking curs, &4 a rule, and the most vociferous and inceseant yelpirs I over lisloned to, Thoy had no regulnr bark,— only s wild yolp, lilte thelr savago mucestors, the cayotes of thoPinine, It {s only thoe eivillzed doy that ** bays deop-monthed welcome, "—that has u full, open *¢ bark;" and this bia losos when lio relapses to savagery again,’ There wua 1o moving anywhore abont tho villago wllhuuthnvlug A score ar moro of them yelping at your heels ; but this siomed to be the extont of theic hostile jutentions, When thoy beeams ratlor nolsler thun usuul, some porsfog squay would dach at thom with n stick and s shover of Godedans,” and that would seatter them for a thme, Most of our Tudians boro I arned to swear the rough ouths of the Hor.ler, and alwiys awear in Englinh, an they huve no correnponding words in thelr own lan- guage. In describing cavalry, they put the thumb and forafingor of ono hand on the palm of the other, and then movo them along in {mitation of agallop, In spoakiug of ox-trafne, they sirelch out therr arm and miy, “Whon-Haw | Git I’ Jiut when thoy come te mule- teuinn, they Invariubly apcak of thom na * God-dnms | Go long 1" hneause of the copions onths our tenmsters burl at them, Indeod, ths avora Indian alwaya spouks of the donkuy as a* God-taw,” and thinks thut the correct numic, Sarn Coleridge’s ¢ Phantansmion,”? THANTASMION: A Famx TaLr, By SARA COLE~ wwar, Witk su Introductory Preface of Lord CoLt. upax, Lord Chiof-Justice of the Court of Common Pieas, 12mo,, pp. 348. Doslon: Rolorts Bros, This longost coutinuous composition of tho giftod Sara Coleridgo wna tho product of tho on- forcod lulsura on a slok bed. It was published in 1837, in & #mall, exponsivo, and anonymous cdition, Under thosa disadvantages its circula~ tion waa limited; and, whon the edition—of only 250 copics—was exhausted, it was suffored to ro- main out of priut, The book Is now revived, on- tho Doliof that the largo awolo of appreciative renders who have come to undorstand the fino genlus of tho author will be gratoful for the op- partunity to becomo requainted with her uuly work of fiction, It s & pure product of the fmagination, o simplo fairy talo, with tho characiors batoly skotched in, and no_attemps mapo to intruds a moral, But its spirit is fresh and pure, its stylo Iy clear, chasto, and strong, and fta fancics aro vivid, picturesquo, and delicate, Added 1o thoso itoracy oxcolloncies, thern is & mories of ex- quisite lyrics wovon' i with the nrrative, of oxceedlug beauty in concoption and vorsitication, Thoy present a” great varioty of deliente and difticult measures, which aro managed with ¢x- trome praco and skill. As & samploe of {0 ‘melody aud refinoment which mark them all, we goby one or two of the number : Sylvan stsg, securcly play,— Lis tho sportcal month of Say Tl her wusie dien away, ¥ .. Fear no hunteman’a il While tho cowalip nods her Lok, While tho frugrant. blooms are ulhed O'or tha turt which lliou Gost tres Nouo thy tracos follow, v In tho odors wafted rouna,” “wo that broathie from : y,,, "olces not & nonag, o0 AT dromnad ; Felio o “me, o dlsmay theo s Fivos « *T boeched browes, On the buddw., "Be deor to vouses None abail core ..~ broken bouglis Beattered leaves xna.. - thee, Bhall nok now butray Sylvan deer, on branches fod, W41 the countlos braticlion bred, Dimie branches ou thy head Vilth tue revt are Epriuglog ; Smooth thiers o {lie rustet bark, O tha stem of cypress dark, Fiow whose top tha’ woodland lark oara to heaven singing, Loemue 16mo,, pp. 188, New York: Huzd & Houghton, ¢ Mrs, 8, M, B, Prarr, Autlior of “A. Woman's B e Biam,, i 140, ‘Boston Jan i B, Os gooll & Co, Mrs, Thaxtor dlscorns the pootry ¢/f Naturo with & penotrating visfon. Tho many yours when, a8 tho daughtor of the light-honsa keeper on tho Tsles of Shouls, aho lived a lif o of _uln;:ll- Iar {solation, trained hor to rend tho swift and constant changos that pass over fho sea, and earth, and sky, Doprived, for the most part of the companionahip cf human beinss, outside tho cirole of Ler fathor's family, sho lenrned to make trionds of tho stary, tho clouds, tho waves, the storma, the flowers, and the birds, and to inter- prot their speoch a3 1t is uttored, in color, in form, or in tound, This unwritton langurge of animate and wanimate thmgs shio bay set to straing of besutiful molod{. The ery of the curlew, tho note of the swallow, the acout of the rose, tho huo of the buttercup, e flush af the suusiot, the roar of the tempast, 'the aewy, sol- omn silonco of tho midnight, are all roprovuced in bor song, - Every hour of the day, aud every phiao of o wonsone, Line offored her & pieturd which sbio has repainted with o brush “dlppnd in the dyes of Ieavon." Tho Leauty of Mra, Thexter’s vorse lias found wido recoguition, and this new and enlargod edi- tiou, comprizmg upward of slxty pieues, will bo wolcomed by mauy readers. ‘o uow volumo of poems by Mrs, Piatt has ‘boen deintily printed. “All that tinted paper, and open typo, and bits of artistio evgraving, could do to remder them attructive, has hoon done. Thoy themselves nro mora trifles, rominding one of tho pluy of soan-bubbles, s hght, aud thin, und evancscont. T'hoy havo fiuo meanings, por- clianeo, for the poetic sense; but they aro too tonuoun to bo graspod by the ordinkry obtuso mind, Wodo gnthor from thom that (hair author has lost hor youth, and is sensitive to tho fact; that sho I8 biessed with childron and dotes upon theim ; and that sho lovos to murmur her fancics in gmooth-runniug rhymes und moasures ; but, beyond this, we huve gainod nothing from her Yolume, Ita valuo Sl importance efude us. Linser: UGE, By the Rev. 1 PRAYER-GA! , Dy the Rev, v, D. Do Xy b, 48, Now Yok} Dodd & Meud, {n his brief ossay in anawer to the views of piayor publicly indorsad by Prof. ‘I'yndall, Dr. Hopkius argnes that God answers tho supplica= tlons of men e the hmman paront grants tho petitions of bin children. It wo potitlons nre propor In themeolves, and suited to tho Dlvine Will, they moet with & favorablo responso, It they ask for what is foolish, valb, or miraonlous, thoy ara denled. ‘he prayers of the good and the cvil ard heard by Cod aliko, g nu earthly tather attonds to tho needs and roquests of both dutirul and undutiful children, rough but comforta- hult-breod " childron stound him, We bad expected Lo ses & small and wiry weathorboaton and roticent ; but mot a mediuin- ratlier atoutisb, florid, and quite talkntive porson e wmarls of vxposure, but an. ticlpated. In ugo he noomed to be abovo 4. is hond remarkabiy good one, with tho buua of benovo- and blto,~tho very typo of good unturo: while his Yolcs was sympathetio as s woman's, He fmpresssd you blo. Itiain the proyings o Wo supornatural abovo tho realm of fixed lnwy and phymcnl scianco, Without uniformity andnacossity thero oan b no wciontiflc tost, “and the valo of Yrnyor ean bo tented by ua just na tho valuo of ask g can bo Lostod by chlldron, and fn no other way. Dr, Hopkins doflnes a mireclo as n physical offect in which & luX of Naturo 19 overcomo by n diroct act of will, ~As by tho intorventton of will man ean chuugo tho cufronts of Naturo,—turn- ing, for Inntanco, tho flow of a alrenmn backward bi, nonuti of & drm,—go, by n suporior and 1nvis- blo manifostation of power, God can adjust in- floxiblo lasys in ordor that thoy shall wovk out changes nud results in accordance with His will and th prayers of mon. Thoro fs nothing in thoso argumonts to which tho scientific man will objout, Granted that prayer Is not always showored, however puro its purpose mnd roasonablo it polition, and the dis- cussion 18 pravtically ended. Tho foiontist will aggnrt that, when s miracle s ontioatad, it can- not, according to tho Inws of (ho universs, Lo Fermhtod; ond the Christian will declars that it ba not granted, it is bacanso God doos nok chooso, though 1fe ls abundantiy able {o do so nlgu‘\’xld the agt conform with Ilin justico and wisdon, Concordnnce to Shnksponre’s Pooms, A CONCORDANCE TO SHAKSUEARE'S POEMS : AN INDEX TO LVERY Woun TuemkiS CONTAINED. By s, Hoitaok Howakn FURNEYS, 8¥0, pp. 422, Pluladelphia : J, B, Lippinéott & Co, Whut with the now Variornm Editlon of Shnk- spoare’s dramns, and this Concordauco to his miuor pooms, the works of the Bard vt Ayoh nre Toceiving, at the hauds of Mr. and Mr, Firnosh, the noblest trontment. The liigh tormaof praiss which havo bebn Invarinbly used in spenking of tio Variorum Edition ara appropriately applied ta the Concordance undor notice. 'The work 18 one of tho most oxhaustive of its kind, Evory word in the pooms i# Yecorded m bhe indos. Tho drudgery of véinpilation hns boou immense, ‘That nothinit might bo lacking to the complel newts of the result, the poems themkelves aro roprinted at the end of the volume, Thoy ocous 63 pagen, whilo the Concordaucs [Lils 369, Though thora may bo a queation whether thess poams, despito thoir futriusic value and tholr ox- nlted nuthorship, woro worth so lieavy an expou- dituro of time and pains, thora can ba no deny- mg that the index- has boow propurod fn the most_thorough and satisfaciery mnnnr. Thn Yolumo is published m an elagnish aditiofs, ilni= form with tho Variorim Shakepeard. Anothor Hobic by MERIDIANA: Tx GLISHMEN AND Br Junes Varse ~ With Numorous Hhatraious, York: Beriunor, Armstrong & ( Tho brilliaut imagination of Mr, Vorne is still fortile, and ho continues to produce with unabat- ed rapidity romances of wondorful growth and marvelous dintonsfons. It will be strange if in time hio does not overstack tho miarkot, for his wares aro of o sort that, sooner than all others, sato tho mental roguiroment. Tor torridt weathor, howover, like tho piosont, his books slhould bo wolcome ns ice-waler, fof thoy hava tho powar to transport tho mind quiokly sud baply to far-distant regions, whera it for- gets discomfort in an absorbing wsutvey of the Mmont amusing aod ingonious adventures, It docs not matter whers Mr. Yerne conveys his reador,—whothor to the moon, tha ceutre of the enrth, or tho wilds of South Africn,—the train of ovouls Lo sots in motioa is oqually curious and interosting, - Laws Passed ot the Last Sossion of tho Ellinois Legislatuce, sfls&;‘prfls UF TIE STATE OF ILLINOIS, OF ENERAL IMPORTANGE, PASSED AT TUE AD- JOULNED SE: OF 1L T LIGITE GENERAL BLY, 18734, Published Ly authority, F. . Myors, Luw Dookseller, 93 Washington street, 1574, Mr. Myers publishies this volumo to supply the Immodinte wants of tho public until much timo 28 tho Rovised Statutos are published—which ha thinks will not be beforo Octobor or Novewmbor, As MIr, Byers hias biad tho sdvice of some of the boat legal taleut of tho State to guida him in 1ho =election of the Inws to bo published, it is to Lo presumed that nothing essentinl hay beon lett out of tho compendium, ‘L' book is cube stautielly bound, and printod in cloar, Inrge type. Ellinois Kovised Statutes, THE BTATUTES OF ILLINOIS: Ax ANALTTICAL COMPILA1ION 0P ALL THE GENERAL LAWA OF ik BraTe IN FORCE AT i PRestNT Trsr, Oficinl oud Standurd, by Actof tho Legislature, 10181674 Edted by Witeiax L. Gross, Counssllor-ut-Law, Becoud Edfton,” Vol, TIL : Acts of 1873-'4, This volumo complotes the rovision of the Tlinois Statutes, containing all the revised acts pagdod upon by the Twenly-oighth General As- sowmbly, Books Received, NORTHERN BALLADS, By EbwAnrp ANDERsow, SPARKS OF SCIENCE. EXTINOUMNLNS. Frarh On anierodnp: Dr, Kolwpport, ot Now Orloans, proposes the following ingonléws and sppareutly-practical mothod for oxumpuishing -fires an shipborid ¢ At givon points tn the hald are_loeated ,boxes ‘conthining, marblo-dust and earbonate of lime. Trom tho deck o load pipo commnicatos with thoo boxes, Whon o firo is discovored in tho hold, diluted sulphurlo acid Is poured Into the piper, and, coming in contact with tho lime and maruio-duet, croates a Inrgo volume of carbonle noid gns, which ls fatal to firo. As thik gos iy Tonvior than nir, it would vomain in tho " hold and offeotunlty kmothor the flamos, NEW NEMEDY FOR CHOLERA. During tho lato cholora-opidomic in Vienna, & now romody, enflod camphoreln, was usod with groat euceess in the hoopitals. It Iy propared by pansing chlorine gas into pure turpontine oit until seturatod, The result is & thick, hanvy, ofly fluid, of a brown color, and with a sttong amoll of cblorino. It is freod from murintio ncid by washing with wator, The retnedv is applied by placiog a portion in a flat voasel, and hold- ing it to the patlent to Inbnlo, ‘The resulls at« tonding this method of trostmant e rogardod an indicating that oll of turpontine i the bost absorbent of chlorino gns, and that, thorafore; it can bo émployed with udvantago in oporations i dastn w‘xam chlorine is to be evaporated in argo quantities;, ¥ i INON-SANUFACTORING IN RUaSTA. Runsia abibunds in fron oro, and hins developed connidorable iron-manntacturing industry, basod wholly upon charcoal as fucl. Tho wasto and ultimate oxtiuction of her forests aro proventod by a syatom of chacking them off into districts and cutting tho timbor in each district at fixed intorvale, Tho timo genorally allowed for the growth of wood for fuol i sixty yeara; but on the Innds of ona eatablishment in the contral ru- ol rogion, tho forests are so mappod out s to allow eighty yosra for rogrowth, 'I"lliu eatabliahi- ment oxpects to bo abla to muke, from the char- conl of the surrounding forests, 8,000 tons of iron aanualy, widhont Siminlshing lto sourcen of unly TERILS OF THE BEA, A return recontly presonted to the British Tarlinment shows that 1,000 more Boamen wero drowned In 1843 than in the yoar provious, Tho deaths in the morchant-merine was in the ratio of two by drowning to one from discase or nat- ural caugos, Tourtacn mon wero drowned in the morchant-sorvico to one in tho vaval-service, For avery mnn of the homo population who suf- fered a violont denth, eightoon seamon woro lnllod or drowned, Whilo 2,231 sntlors woro drowned by ahipwreck, no loss than 1,082 woro wrasbod overboard or othorwise drowned withont the lons of the ship, It is curious thal sailors can Lo found to man_ thoe shipping of tho sens when their lives are subject to such nu oxcess of poril and hrdahip. ' BEA-SICRNESH, M. Pellorin latoly read o papor bofore the Fronch Acadomy, combating {ho genorally- accopted theory regarding sea-sicknoss, namely : that it isduo either to a congestion of the brain orto n commotion in the abdomiun! viscera, caugod by the motion of the vessol, Io attrib- uten the malady to a doranged circulation of the Dlood, produced by the alternate rolling and heaving of tho vessol. Tho result of this can- not be a congestion of the bratn, which is do- prived of somo of the blood noccssary to main- tain astimulus. Thoe sonsation in sen-slckuoes Eonullnrly rosemblon that folt immediately after lood-letting, whon the patieng sits or stunds, viz: o disposition to vomit, or actunl vomiting, M. DPellorin meutions, in sup- port of this opinion, the fact that persons who aro liable to sou-sickuess experionco its effects in o much slighter dogreo whon thoy nro m o borizantal position,—tha relisf thus afford- ed being like that which is produced in tho samo position when & perzon is in a stato of syncope, LIGUTNING-RODS, Prof, John Wise recontly read & paper on * Lightning aud Thunderbolts™ before the Franklin Ingtituto, Philadelphin; in which bo expressed tho opinion, deduced from extended obsorvations, that tho lightning-rod is ulterly uselesa as a protoction from tho thunderbolt, “1¢ the rod," ho remarked, *‘could do- what is pretondod, viz, : draw thesurabarge of electrici- ty from the cloud smlently, disarm it of its forco by drawing it in a silont stream to the polut of thie rod, not & bolt shonld gvor descend upon u building m Fhiladelphia, with its thousands of rods poering towsrd tha cloud-rogion.” I'he puly defense from thundervolt, according Bquuw 18mo,, pp, 63, New York: Georgo W. Carleton & Co, TUE LOG 01 COMMODORE ROLLINGPIN : M ADVENTURNES AFLOAT AND ABHORE, By JOIN CAlte TER, With Numerous Comio Illustrations, 12mo,, 0. 268 Now York ; G, W, Carieton & Co, i eyl THARES VALLEY SONNETS. T.—WINTER, Itow Inrgo that thrush looks ou the baro thorn-treo I A awarm of such, thres little monthn ayo, Tind hidden in thie leaves aud let none know Sayo Ly the uutburst of thelr mintrelsy, A white luke horo and thora—s snor-hly Of lnat night's frosl—our makext flowor-beds hold ; And for u Toeo-Hower o the dmkling mold The hungry radbreass gloaws, No bioom, 1o bee, The current shuddlers to its ico-bounid sedgo: Nipped i thelr bath, the stark reeds one by one Flish cuch ita clinging diumond i the s "Nuath winds which for this Winter's soverelgic pladgrs Sl curb great king-moatn to the acei's edga Aud leave memorial forost-kiugs EVRIOND; 11,~SPRING. Soft-titterci {s the now year's limbing-fold, And i tho hollowed hsystack at itn ¥ido " o Tus shopherd lice o’ nights now, waketul-eyod At tho ewey’ travailing call through thy dark go'el, p 'mid tho thicle caw of tire old Aud near unpeopled strcamenides, un the groind, Jiy tier wpring-cry the moorliew's neat is foundl, . Whére the dratiiod Sood-lsuds faunt their marigoll, Chill re the guats to which the pastures cower, A ehil the oNrrant whtre i Soun rasds sand ‘As green aud close ug the youug whoat on Jand : Yot hiro tho cuckoo and the cuckoo flower iyt to the heart Spriug's porfect imninont Whone breaths shall so0th you ike your dear hund, ~Daxiz: G, RowsETTY, 11 the London Athencetim. —_ . ne's A Parisian ¢ Rabbit? Dealer. A littlo old man in blouve and folt hat, abono of the tablos, is poiuted out to mo by the police- man as one who, in addition to rag-picking. doals in questionablo rabbits, He is known au the Toro Jucques, and is regurded as a person ‘of some importauco in the rag fratorvity. I ap- proach Pera Jacques and engage him in conver- bution, 1lo lng becomo expausive over his wine, and makes indiscrogt revelstions touching tho 'rubbit business. Twenly yoars ago he skinnod oud drossed Lis rabbits, and peoplo bought them without asking auy questiouns, That waa the bon temps, and 1f it had continued he wonld bo to-day & man of indepondent for- tono. But the journals and Inquisitive pooplo got to talking so much about cuts in counoetion with rabbits that a long season of Qullnoss fol- lownd a8 & coupoquence. ‘Iho newspupors went go far aa to figure up bow mnny rabbits woro brought into Parla emch your, and how many wera oconsunied, and they m-d:mu out that twice as many _ waro - pumoed a8 were brought iu. Ile folt for » time as it the busincss was ruloed, for thore- aftor tho rabbit purchasers deruanded tho head of tho rabbit na s guaranteo of the genuinenoes of tho anfmal, Dut ho was oqual 1o the omorgonoy, Hegave an extenslon to lis coramerce by muk- ing an arrangomont with all the cooks on bis rag-beat_to Luy thelr rabbit-skins on condition that tho hoads ‘should bo delivored with them. Thercafter he was sunbled to furnish to skopti- cal buyors the rabbit-hend with _tho dressed cat, oud averyhody wos satisfied. e sold the ani- mals to tho small out-of-the-way restaurants, us arule, where thoy wers mnde into gibelottos, Tho cat ontire yielded him ona frano, and thoy to whom'lie sold the'tlosh nsually got abont two and a half fiuucs out of the animal whon turnod Into gibolottes, 'I'ho Lusiness was fair, but thoro was more compotition—onpecially sincs the Com- mune, under whiol some people hind fosrned to eat the st with plossure, lumwluiz him to be out, t I hardly necosvary fo ndd thab tho Dlera Jacquos was obliged to conduct his business In mystery in view of provislons coutained in the municipal rogulations against the rale of cortain kinds of moat, eupeolally thowo employed in the manufacturo of sausngos, Italinn cliveso, and pot-pios, all of Which ufo vomprisod in the gou- eral word charenterie, Covsidoring the vigilance exerolsed by the uathioritios over the proparation of sueh aliments, one can fufor thint the Poro Jacques was obliged to obuerve much disdretion in t?m disposal of hik feline fleah: 1t wos to the interest of buyor and wotler to. keop tho coms moreo socrot, and o far the Pore lad . escapod But prayor caunot b subjectoed to & solontifio t 4 it I8 governod by no immutable laws, truverscd and described by Bowles, Richardson, s e ik Hslom wulbava who hava, P maane such as rulo phiysical phenomena, Gud auswors nravor an ITo sees it. It iy an act of free wl_ll, datection. M, Jne«&ueu thonghe 1t W an injus- tico that undor the Jtepublio & maw could not eat cat moat if ho wanted to, and hé. solomnly pro- testod wgninsb sucly tyranuy.—~\*.Rag-Pickors o, Paris," by Albert Rhodes)” in Galaxy Jor F' to the Professor, that has yot beon proved of- ficacious, is the metal roof. ‘I'he greateat dam- ngo dono to n building thus protected is the oforation of tho mofal at tho point whero tho Eolt strikes; and this is, In the bLeaviest dis- charges, not over from o half to an inch diameter. From a serios of observationsextond- ing over n quarter of a. century, the Irofossor Las noted no differenco in the mechanical ef- fects of a thundorbolt striking buildings with or without rods, save that nearly all tho cages of igmtion were prosentcd by buildings having lightung-conductors, TIE CEYLON PEARL-FISTERIES. After a Jupsu of oleven yearn, Ce: i earl-fiali £y, but this ting on o small seale, Iy abiotit 2,000,000 oystors to fisl, which ato ¢ A uflu produce a uet revenuo to the Govern- ment of £10,000—Exchatige, The coast of Coylon has been from thocarliost times tho chiof locality for pearl-fishing. ‘Ihe tavorite point is n bank almost 20 milos long, 10 or twolve miles from shoro, opposite the villages of Condatchyand Aripo, on the northern const. The seasou of tho fishery bogins with Feoruary, and Insts about three months, The rovouue do- rived from it bythe Covernmentin 1857 wns about £20,650, The work of fuhing s done rapidly, for the bost divors cannot remain longor than eighty seconds under water, and fow are able to exceed sixty, The groatest depth thoy descond is 18 fathoms, and the usual depthis § futhoms, ‘The sholly which yield the pearls are sometimes a foot in diameter, and are-gonerally about 4 inchea, The Coylon fishery has been in notivo opora- tion for at least 2,000 years, and the nconmuln- tion of shells along the Condateby shiore Averngen 4 foct in thiokness, The place itself {8 ox- coodingly barren and dreary. Poarls aro not the only.precious product of Coylon. Ita goms hnvo Dbeen celobrated for ages, Bapphires, rublos, tha oriontsl topnz, garusts, amothysts, clnnamon- atone—a vatisty of garnet,—and cat's-oyo—n kind of quartz, having & penrly appearance aud u fins Play of light,—nro bundwut, cspocially in tho alluvial plaing at the foot of the hills of'Saffra- gan. 'Tho value of tho precioun stones annually found on tho wland is estimated at £10,000. In 1859 a sappliive was pioked np which was worih mozxre than £4,000. 8 again o there be- STIMULANTS, Vrhen Amerienns speak of inebriation, It ia taken for granfod they allude to that form which is produced by whisky, rum, beor, orgin, as these are tho stimulants In popular use among the English-sponking pooples. DBut thore aru other substances as potent to fire the brain and consumo the bady a8 are the vinous, malted, and alcoholio liquors to which we are nddicted. The Turks and Chineto resort to opinm to pracuro the dolight of intoxication. The Fronch find ox- ) citomont and oblivion in a glass of absinthe. The Russianys and Kamischatkuns put thomselves into = state of delirium_with a pill of moneho~ more, ‘Ihe Arabs, Torsinug, Indians, and Egyptiaus lapao iuto happiness through dose of hasbish, The South Amoricans bowiteh their senves by chowing (ho lonf of tho cocn; whilo the natives of Afrion go into & kind of fronzy over tho swolie of burning oannabis sativa, Opium, No one neod e told thnt this in the dried Juics, of the poppy. ‘Lo species of tho plunt ure cul tivated for the sakeof the products the Sapaver somniferum, which has rod or violat-colored flowors, and the LPapaver officinalo, whoso blos- somy aro whita, Tho former variety is gonorally oultivated in the wmountainous portions of tho north of India, nnx} tho h"i“ in hhul]llnlu of Bengal, Although tha poppy is grown in many nrls of Iudia, the cln]uf gpiumdlnlrict lion on I’lm Gauges, and covora un aron of (U0 miles in length by 200 in brendth., Opium is aluo largoly raduced in the Asiutic provincos of ‘I'nr- oy, in gypt, und in Persln, A very good quality of the dmg is - produced in Burope, and in the low Inuds of tho Nonthorn Btatow, The oplwin manufactured in Turkey hins the highest vneuu. I'ho mothods of using the drug, by eating or umohhui. und tho peuuliar phavo of Imaxf‘:aunn whish It produces, aro 4o well knawn ag to renderdosoription unnocesnury. Noxt to the Chineno, tho lurgant eonsnmption of opium Is by the Burmose, and the inhnbitants of the DMalacen Islunds, Dut, if stadistios muy bo trustad, its uso i alavmingly on the inoronno among various nations, from the number of ‘whioh we cannot exeopt our own, Absinthe. & 1e Tha Waloful drlni ybiaty aanen under ibly nhmo, nnd whose uso ls fast hoedsitliig & ndtionsd vico of tha Fronch, wan first concootod, sotad Bixty or nuvnut{ yoara ago, by Dr. Ordlnairo, s Tronch oxilo wha had taken tofugo in Bwitzor« land. o oxtracted the liquld from tho horh Avlemiaiaabsinthium, which e raiaed. In hia gardon for medicinal purposos, Tho Artomisins form n grenma In tho natural order Composttro, Thoy are noted for_thelr tonie, bitter, and aro- matie qunlition, and have beon employed In modicino from the romolest antiquity. Tho wormwoodls aro tho most celobratod Apaclos, do- riving their EHExl(uh uame from tholr uso as vor- mifngos, Houthornwoood, a fragrant epocics, is ugod ou tho Continent in making beor. Tarra- ron s famoua for its oxcollunce In picklos, and in tho medieation of vinegar, Abstntho is subtlo and pornlcious in the high- cat degran, aflecting both tho nerves and tho brain, nnd working poculiar harm to both, *Ar- tiuty, writors, and mon who' tnsk their minda to exhaustion, fly to it for rocuporation. It i snid to bo tho source of insplra- tion “to mnny of the brilliant lit- tefatours of France, It Laetenod the death of Tugons Sue, nnd brought to ot untimely grave Alfred de Mussol, Tho plant from which sbsfnthio Is diatillod hag rown to ba n crop of gront commercial impor- ance, Immenso flelis are dovoted to its cul- ture, and lavgo bwildings to its manufacture. Tho prlucipal sontof its production ia in Nouoha- cl, Beltzorlund, 'Tho uso of absintho s not imilod to Frando; conatimors aro fotnd in the Uniled Stated, aitd it 14 hintod thut thoy aromoroe numbrotd than would be sitspecteds Lo dashish 18 tho Orlental nnme of & stimuinnt which {s proe duced from the Canuabis Indies, or Indiin Hemp, Various preparations of the plant are employad for purposes of intoxication, A favorite moids of extracting its active princlplo is by boiling the tonder loavos. and flowers in ~wator, and oil. ~ Evaporating tho wator, an oloagi- nous oxtract Is loft. In ' Bongsl, the plant i cut whon In flower, sand duiod, and put up in bundica for sinoling. Whon thoe leaves and soed-vessols are chewed, thoy are oalled bhang. It {8 eaid that it wis whilo undor the influcnca of bhang thnt the So- poya of Indin committod tholr atroeitics. v, Moron, of Tourn, who las writton an elaborato worl on hashish, thus deacribes the excitemont which it produces: “It is reaily happinesswhich is produced by the hashish and by this I imply an enjoyment outiroly moral, and by no means scnsual, a8 wo might he in- ducad to supporo, Tho hashish-entor is happy, not like the gourmand or tho famishod man when satlefying his appetite, or the voluptuary in tho gratifleation of liiw desives ; but like him who honrs tidiugs which fill him with joy, like the misor counting his treasures, tho gambloy who is successful nt play, or the ambitions man who is intoxiented with euccess.” Torriblo auf- foring follows nn ovordore of liaghish, Insanit; and death era not infrequeutly tho result. The Erythrorylon coca is a shirub_ which growa on f.)lm Enetern declivity of the Andes. Its dried leavos are chowed with powdered chally unelaked limo, or the alkalino sshon of tho quinoa and certain othar plants, Tho effcct upon tho nerves is very stimulating, and much resombles that of opinm. It nlso lessona tho appetite, and onables the consumer to undergo gronter and moro protractad exertion than he otherwizo conld, ‘Ihe Bileros who transport travolers across tha Andes on their backs carry little baes of it with thom, aud, by its use, sus- tain their strongth. It has boon emploved by the Indians of South America from timo im- momorinl,. and was oxtonsively cultivated be- foro tho Spauish conquest. 1ts une has oxtonded into Brazil and tho countrics on the bnuks of the Aminzon, 1t is aupposed that ahout 80.- 000,000 pounds of tho dry lenf are consum- ed in tho year, and that 10,000,000 of the human raco partnke in the indulgence. An excosive use of tho coca induces s miserablo ruin of body and mind. 2fonchomore in tho favorite stimulnnt of the RNuesians and Knamtechatkans, It is aspoclo of mushiroom, which is gathored in tho heat of snmmor and dried. Itis taken in tha form of n pill, and crentes an intoxication similarto that resulting from srdont spirits. The Jielel, which is universally chewed by the natives of the Philippino Islands, by all the tribes of the Malay race, and in prts of Indie, is lass dole- terions in its effeots thun most of the drugs which aro used for their exhila- rating effoct. Tho nnmo botel i applied to wovernl specien of poppor. Bomo of them aro oxtensively cultivated, as the Oha- vica Jielle, C.Siraboa, aund C. Malamiri. Thoy aro climbing shrubs, with Jeathory, heart-shaped, or oblong lenves. Tho loaves nro eprinklod with moist quicklime, generally obtained by ealcining gholls, and wrappod bout slices of the areci- nut, the norid fruit of & palm. The effact of tha preparation is narcotio and intoxicating. It ox- corlntes tho mouth when first usad, and deadons for n time tho sonso of taste, It also stains the teoth black and dyes tho saliva red. It is so pungent, or neppery, that Europesns do not readily become habituated to1t; but the con- sumption in the Enst Indies is enormous, Men and women, young aud old, indulge in it from morning t0 " night. A Malay is searcely evar without lis botel-box, which one preeonts to an~ othor ns Enropeans do their snufi-boxos, Pulque, the favorito drink of the Moxidans, is obtatnod from a specios of the Agare,‘or Century-piant, which grows overywhere in tropical America. The plant i oultivated largely on the table-lands of Moxico. Just beforo it flowers,—which, in ita native soil, ocaus in its third or fourth year,—tho innor leaves are cut out, leaving & hollow, in which thoe snp flows, with littlo intormesion, for a year or & year and a hulf. The eap is regularly gathored, andat first liag an agreenbly acid tasto. In thocourseof three or four days it pasves through a process of for- mentation, which leaves it with a fotid odor, but o pleasant, vinous flavor. This in itsolf has tho ower to inebriate, and is drank in vast quanti- icw; bnt there is also manfuctured from it o vory intoxieating_brandy, which I8 in great re- quest. Tha Mexican Government dorives no im- nenso rovonue from the juice of tho Agure, In threo cilies it amounted to £166,497 in' & singlo year, P COMMERS-LIEDER. [The two following_compotitions nro noted German university songs, ‘Thoy continug to e among fhe miost popular and_ characteritlc of German couvivial Iyrics, The first s interesting an a specimen of minor oetry of the (hird grent German dramatic luminiary, o second lias often hieen credited 0 Charles Lover, the Trish novelist, Tho origiml, however, muy ba found 1n the collection of * Futher # Glelm, a Prussian Iyriet, who during the lust century arrayed the mauy Victotles of King Frederick the Great i tuneful num- Darn,—John I, Weidemeyer i the New York Ecentug Poat]) DRATH,—DY LESRING, Yostardlay, as I st drinklug, Brothers, and et lonely thinking— Can yo draw niy misory 7— Doath did como to vhit mal And tho spootro, bony-jolnted, Btornly to (ho hour-glues polnled ; “ Follaw,” quoth he, Haochus' slve, Slip with mo futo tho grave.” 4 Denth,” I faltered. in my norrow, “ Why to-day, and not to-morrow Bou, ihe goblots flled for thee : Driuk, nor sver thiuk of me."” And ha ralred tho lTlrklhlg nectar, Drunk it, like a collegy Toctor, *ELiere $a to tho “hzf"“ 1" ho cried 3 Piacod {he goblet duwn besido, O, Liow happy this intrusion § Bk tha resplto wan delusion : Quotl hie, ¥ Shnploton, thy cheor Hhull not Tong dotain uk here.” #Death," T safd, I be thy proctor; Tt mo practica as s doctors paro wo st L1l pledgo with wine Half my pationts sball be (hine 340 1t 04 live on forover,” Quoth bie, * nu farasko me nevor; Riss nuti] thy lps shill shirluk; Quatr unltl thioy tire of driuk." # Doatt, with Joy thy apecch hath thrilled me, Aud oniow wiih o hus fillod 1ne; 1y tlula cup of purple wine 1 thiluo, forover thine,” And {n Tinechaunl enjoyment Shall my moments find omployment ; Tovo autl wine rhatl bo with we Tiencoforths through etorulty, POTR AND BULTAN,—IIY GLEIM, The Popo—his Nfa i frod from cares 0f Poter’s pence ho lins his sharo, 1o guugn tho very best of wine: T wish thie Popo's eatuto wore mi Tut nol he lives in wrotched bifw 3o knows nob woman's glowlig 1o kit alone 1y privon-homo ; 1 would not b tho Popo of Romo, e Fultan dwells in vovolry : Tiis ule sro tilod with mineir 31l lourly nunibor niuoty-nit s T wish the Sultun's lot wéra iine, . Dot, nol be's not & proper man, P Dt withs is Alkar Tl nover drinks the praiva 0 wino § e Suliun's fato whull not bo mius | it Popo's aud Bultan's 1ifa {s ono— oo stute honeath o mnn § “Phelr dusl uatures glve to me : 1hulf Tope, bulf Bu{an, I would be, Oome, malden, let your kisses rule, For now I'm Sultan of Blumboul § Quiney hrotliers, lot the brimmor foamy S04 T will be the Tops of Rows, FAMILIAR TALK. ALK MiLLiveng; In Parls thoro aro ow nitlo menésrmalkery ind slx millinors of the mnsculing périinsjor, aach of whom ig at tho head of a largo eatablishmout. Thoy nre all gontlemsn of unusually roflued mannera and luxurions bablta, They nover go nbrond withont a carrlage, and are alwaya attirod in fanltloss contumo. By uniting tasto and tact with & businosg-faculty, they nro rapidly bullding uponviable roputationsnnd fortunes, Isthoronot a leason for ladics In tholr carcor? It s a little curlous thnt, while womon are venfufirig fnlo vocations hithorto mongpolized by the stangor 8ox, men should turn tho tablgs upon them, nud, tnking up tradea which bave heen doomed thoir exclusivo Prorogativos, quickly golu wonlt and fume out of the undortaking, Does wot this tond to ghow that thero Iy not so muchdifference betweon the masculinoand the feminine intelloct after all; that tho great disparity notod in thoir Inolinntions, purauits, and achiovements, is mora tho result of oducntion than of Naturs ? NOCHEFORT'S MARRIAGE, A short timo bofore the sentonce of banish- mont was exccutod in the cnse of Henrl Roche- fort, horequested pormivelon to visit the mother of bis children, who wne thon lying on hor donthbod. Tho woman was of low birth, and poeaossed fow porsonal attractions ; but sho was faithful to the man sha loved, snd devotod In hor attachmont to their offspring, The world folt An emotion of aympathy whon it was nne nouncod that, in this farowell intorview botivecn Rochofort and tho woman who had for yosrs oustained tho closoat ralation to him, ho had givon her suchi comfort and rostitution ae was in Lis yiowor by marrsing hor. It was an fncldont in his wrétehod history upon which mon could rofiect with & foeling approaching tendernoss. Dist sinco the cscape of Rochefort from Now Caledonia, Lo has, by his own voluntary disclosuro, dispallod whatever halo of purity onsbrined tho deed, '*'The poor crontura wantod the nuptial bonediction,"” ho declared, *and I conld no moro rofuso her tho satisfaction she asked than 1 could have refused her n cnshmere. shawl, Because she wns sick, I made tho saori~ fico.” Tt was not then the prompting of a manly impulse in his own broast which led him to this late nct of roparation, whoroby the con- stant, though humble, companton of & lifetimo waa raiecd from dogradation to the dignity of wifehood, and their childron wers given a Iawful namo; but it was a nncrifico of masouline pride, or of £incerity, in pronowncing vows which his heart belied.” M, Rochefort hns rudely sovered his ono clnim to n kind thonght from ‘mankind, by this confosaion, The timelis suroly approach- | in& whton the world will rogard thio win of loving, T not winely, but tao well,"” as much of n blight on tho name of & man gs of a woman, TIE INITISH JOCKEY OLUB, The Jockey Club is ono of the most exclusivo and nristocratic luatitutions in the Britiah King- dom, Tho privilege of mombership s a8 much sought by tho sporteman as ia the Ordor of the Garter Ly tho nobloman of long nnd prond doscent. Tho Olub helds {te annual session at Nowmnrkot, In tho month of May. Nowspnpor- reportors aro excludod, and 1ts prococdings ara nover printod. The races which tnko placo un- der the patronago of tho Club aro hold on the Lioath noar Nowmarkot,—tho best raclng-ground in England. Tha racos used to bo as oxclusive 8 the Club could render them. Royalty and no- bility wore made welcome: but tho botting fra- tornity wero, o8 far a4 possible, procluded from attendanco, Tho large, old-fashioned houso near tho end of " iho main utreot in Nowmarkot, which the sons_ of George ITL—tho Prince Regont and the Dnfie of York—mudo their headquartors when thoy cnmo down to witness the rum,is still pointed out, In thoss good ol timen the scions of Royalty would rumble down to Nowmarlkot in their gilt-ned-crimson conchies ; but, a4 often ug not, got #o_gloriously drunk over night na to ba unablo to oacuny the grand pavilion orectod on the “ Honth" for their uso ng tho course, Lattorly the rowds elemont s invadod Now- market, and Admiral Rous, DI'resident of tho Club, and his follow-jockoyw, find, to their dis- guet, that Lho soone ou tho Henth cannot long sustnin its ologant and excluniva anpoct, The Income of the Jockey Club i3 £15,000, “The horses in training for tha Ascot, Dorby, and Chestor Cup and Goodwood courses, havo their first trial nt Nowmarkat, Indeed, it is the high school of the turf, where n process of natural solcction goes on, the infarior steeds boing olim- Iunted, and tho best onos put 1 order for Dorby and Ascot, 2 BANTA ANNA. Gen, Bants Annn has returned to tho City of Moxico aftor an exile of cighteen yonrs. Ifo is living in tho plainest style, and roceives guosta without coromony, e is now 76 years of ago, having beon born in 1708. His fnco is tull of wrinkles, and his raven bair-has grown ecanty; yot his carriage is still erect nnd martinl, and his whole nppearance that of a man not boyond 60, A correspondont ot the Alta California bas ro- cently pnid a visit to the old soldier and ex- President, and narratos tho couversation held during the Intorview, *“I have returned to, Mexico,” sald the Genoral, *beeause my nativo country has too much attraction for me, When I was asked abroad, ‘Why do you long for your ungrateful countrymen?’ I “answerod that I wanted to be buried where my lost foot was resting, I now feol as if I had come 2 " SIS e ] e el ] nont hor own words. Wa find thomin Hart's 1 Amorican Litoraturo s e - inaderuate to our comfortably My walary w. o 30 b My Bl e ot S bordan ot T had tho whole ¢y “aroualy ill, nud was cone to this, my Ifitle boy fell dany. {inoil 0 bin bod 1 ortoct n..fina.:““"i{;‘:fi,,’.‘"“,‘," e Woutld uiTpr no ond to mova him us VUL 10 fadhy no ono elio could do w0 witliout Ditse puin, Thus my timo wan passed botwoan Loume O3 4 ng aud [schoolkeoping, my child's b and my lterary labora, Tho timn devoied fo rlling win tho hoitre “that _shbuld basie heon Ivou to Bluep or frosh afr, It wan too much’ fo¥ mo, l;t was too mich for any human boine, My hoalth broke down, T was attacked with froquont Homs orrhagos of tho luigs, SUILT porsovored, I did my beat for my houso, 1y aohool, 1y sick child, and my publishor.” Yot nelthor child, nor school, nor pube ahor, recelveil Juatice, Tho child auffored and coms planei ; 1ha pytrons of tho achnol grew dlsnatinted,— aunoylng, aud worotimas Jusulting mo ; and, as for tho publisher; Lo wonld rejoct whole pages of thad manuscript whichi was writtor amid erlof, and pain, and toll, that he knew nothing of; It wae indocd thy yory melea of the * Lattlo of Life.” I was forcod ta Ieep up atruggling whon I only wished for doath and for roat, Dut a bright morning dawnod npon this night of gorrow. -~ Her litlo boy recovered, contrary td her own and the dootot's opinion, Her story ‘Was n succoss, and, on its conclusion jn the Era, a8 {saued in book-form by an Influentinl pub~ lisher, and received with groat favor. Frionds camo about hor, sympathy was froely offored, and slto who wag o Intoly HI, alono, nad ponni: less, found bersolf in posscasion of abundant moans, honor, friends, and an ocoupntion thoss ouglily congenial. Bince then she hns written, in all, thirty-two novels, which bring hor an gne nual incomo of £10,000, Ier books do not oo+ cnpy tho bighest rank, but it Is safeto say thoy enjoy tho widest circulation of auy published in Americn, Mrs., Southworth owns a plonsant resldence in Georgetown, nhers aho still pursuos her litora work. In porson, she I tall sud straight, s o sympathotio, exprossive countonancs, and a look of greater aga than ahe hina Tonlly attaiued, © Attor roading the account of hor emily irials, na ono will bogrudgo her tho oase and indopoudonca she has houoslly won Dby diligent and unaided effort, CONGREVE, + Tho witty dramatist, Congrovo, wrote hia firah play, *Tho Old Backelor," which won a romark~ ablu success, whon no was but 18, Boucicault nenrly puralicled thls youthful achievoment by wiiting “Loudon Assurance” when Lo was 19, Tho Iatter comody stiil holds 1ts place on tha stago, and hoy & prospect of onjoying s pro- longed popularity. Doucicault recoived £500 for tho play, and, thus oncomraged, went on producing dramas with astonishing rauldity, Whon ho wne 22, he wrote “ Old Honds an Young Hearts,” which, with “Lovein » bMaza and *Colleen Bawn," he considers, in a literary point of viaw, the fincst plays ho hins writton, Congrova's bocond_venture in the flold of tho drama, “The Double-Denlor,” was a failura; but *Love for Love,” which hio pubished whon hie was somewhore noar 25, brought him wealth and famo. * The Mourning Bride," o tragedy in Diank verao, brought out two yours after, wa also an immonso Buccess, surpassing even his comedies in tho faver of tho ublio, Bug, mooting with disappointment in ik reception of his moxt play, “Tho Way of the World,” Cougrove left tho theatrs in disgust, Tiu meaus were now amplo enough to allow of hiy affocting the fine geutlaman,—appointnienty bnving been conferred upon him in tho pnbl(a sorvice which yiolded him an incoms of £1,20f por annum, Bpolled by his_prosperity and the Hinttory of socjoty, he wished to bavo bis authore BLip forgotten; and, when Voltaire onco waited upon him, sald ho would rathor bo considored a gentleman than a poet. Voltaro rebuked him by replying, ¢ If you had boon mercly o gentlse man, 1'should not kave como to visit you.” Congrovo contractod & closo Intitacy with Heurictta, Duchoss of Marlborough (daughtor of tho great Duko), sitting daily at bor tabie, and assisting hor in the management of her house hold, On his desth, in 1729, he boquenthed to Lor the bulk of his fortune, valued ai £10,000, T'ho Duchess porgosred immenso wonlih of hor own, and Atood in no nced of his gonee rosity. It wounld have been mora Empuxly bestowed upon Mrs. Bracegirdlo, the ~note ress, with whom Congreve had maintained an sllianco during many years, The Duchess ine vested £7,000 6f Congrove’s boquest in o dine mond necllaco, after she had honored the poot’s romaing with & uvluudid funoral, His body lay i utate undor tho auciont roof of Jerusnlom Chamber, and was intorred in Wortminstor Abbey, 'Tho_ pall was borno by tho Duko of Brudgawator, Lord Cobham, the Earl of Wilming- ton, aud othor men of liglh position, 1t is eaid that Hor Graco further manifosted her rogard for the decensed poot by having a statue of him in ivory, which moved by clook- worl,, and was placed daily at hor table. Sho alao had & waxen imago of himn, whoso foot wers regularly blistered and anomted by tho doctors, a8 poor Congrove's feot hnd boon during hissuf- ferings from the gout. A monumwent was oroot- ed to the memory of the poot in Westminstor Abboy, at tho oxpeuso of the Ducho Congrovo was born of a good family, at Bard- say, Yorkehire, {u 1669, and died agod 09, Ha was oducated in Iroland, whero his father held a military position, —_— THE MAIDEN’S LAMENT. ‘The nfillin‘x aun gilded her soft brown hatr, And mellowed the gloom in hor lumiuant eyes, Then reddened witn binehes hicr basom falr, And gank in s Liaze of luzuriunt dyes, Tet tho snn come up with tho coming morn, And thie West will flame ngain, as of yora; But a hopo onco set fs nover reborn, And n lioart that s brokon is dead evermore, 8o the maidon moaned with the moaning trees, to & foreign land. Alrendy, at Vera Cruz, when asking for an_old friend, I was invariably an- swered, *Dead ' A whole genoration hnspassed over ma, and, like tho sands of tho dosert, the yours ara hienpod on myhead. I mot on the road an old man with o white beard who was my god- child in 1822, I have bocomo o _stranger to all parties. Yhavo no ambition, I amn astonished atoverything I now sce in this country ; but £ lmlm yob to find o Inst rosting-place," I'heso aro sad words to fall from tho lips of tho man who s acknowladged by bis country- men to be tho bravest soldier and the ableat ruler they liave had. Santn Anna was but 24 roops, bo holped hia couniry to throw off tho Spanish i’nkc' and, on the downfall of tho tyrannical Itmbido, 'who had establishod an Im- porial rulo, pracinimed Mexico o Republic, Ha is chargenble, during the following bwenty- flve years, when hie was Prosidont or Dictator of the ltopubtic, with nnjustitiable crucliies in sup- prossing certnin insurrcotions, with an unsoru- pulous groed of weanlth, and with a boundless smition; but, by his gallaut sction in tho fiold and his sagacions mensures in the Cabinet, he sueccedod in quolling the succorsive civil wars that threatened the dissolution of the Republic, and in giving greator diguity and sivength to the Governmont than it has winco possessed under any of its rulors, Iu the intorviow with Santn Anna from which wa huve already quotod, ho rolnted tho following curlous story about his' loat leg: It will be ro- membored that it was in a gallant and victorions action against tho French invaders at Vora Cruz, in 187, that tho Goneral veceived a bullet in the leg, which ronderod amputation of tho hmb in- ovitablo, * Rogarding my foot,” raid Sanla Annn, “Imust mention that 1 behovedit lost whon the rabble tool: it from the tomb on the Gih of Da- combor, 1841, and dingged it through the alrocts; but yesterdsy o lady came to #oo mo, tolling me that her husband, who was an old Colonel of the Mexican armny, had presorved it, ond recommondod hor to return it to meif I should ever coma back to Mexivo, I nm oxpect- ing this gift to-day at noon, I consider this con- duct the moro praikeworthy becauss the gift might knve been made in 1853 when T wns Pres- ident; but thon such au action would have been considerod adulation.” Santa Anun had coly finishied these words whon the lady arrived with the promived gift. The Goneral opened {ho hox, aud oxamined the relio with intorest. Tho foot wus well proservad, having been perfootly mummitied. : DK, BOUTHWONTH, A Washingtou correspondent gives some par- tionlars concorning tho popular novelist, Mre, E. D. E. N, Southworth, that will not be with- out interost to even auch rendors as decline to rango themsolvos among tho admirers of her po- culiar talont, Mrs, Bouthworth was born in Washington in tho yoar 1818, Sho was tho daughter of Capt. Ohinrles Nevitt, ot Alexandria, Va. Heor early life, as described by horself, was peenlinrly sud and gloomy, At tho age of 24, gho was married to a eruel, improvident hus- band, who, in two yoars' timo, desorted her, leaving hor, *“a widow In fact, not _in name," to nupport hiersolf and infant son. Bhe boonme a teachier in the publio schools and w writor for tho poriodieals, working for both at starvation- prices. In 1840 she attracted tho attontlon of bnmahd Builoy, editor of tho National Ira, tho anly Auti-Sluvery papor south of New York, Ho engogod hor ta write o sorinl story which uhouhfirun through two or throo unmbers of the Era, And lifted wot eyes to the rising moon, An? whispured Lef woo to the whisporing bresze,— Slio must woar bor spring hat til the end of June, —Cincianati Time —_—— Ol Inhabitants. From the Hagerstown (Indy Friendly Tisftor, Mr. Goorge Castator, living with. his_son of this pluca, is 110 yoars old. He stands b foot 8 inchos bigh in his slippers, is but very littla bent, moasures 41} inchos' around his ohost, and i8 23}¢ inchos aorous the shoulders, has o fall head of lwir and & hoavy beard, which ho koaps closoly trimmed. He is full-faced and oara of age when, at the head of the Mexican |sLin3 not the genoral emncintion usual to extrome old ago: has soveral tooth ina good stato of presorvation; his eycsight is remarkably good for his sgo, though ho caunot oo to read; his pulse is moderately full, rozular, seventy-eight por minuto; broathing ‘full, regular, eightoon per minuto, except at times ho shakes over when tho broathing is lmmm[}tud by s kind of wighing. Ho bLus n zoad eppotite, but ecats onl two moals o duy, taking breakfast at 8 o’cloe and dinner at 11; takiug a nap from 2 p, m. till 43 he sits up till 6 p, m., whon hio retires for tha oight. Ts vory roguiar n his Labita; ho cannot tlh{ muol, but cun hear quito woll; his specch scoms to ba intorrupted from a spasmodic oao- tion of the vocel chords. In the last three years he has loet the power of locomotion, not bein; ablo to got out of his room for two ysars, though Lo iy ablo to got from his bed to a chair whore be sits near tho window, cross-logged, with arma folded, chewing his tobacco, and looking out upon the busy world, rominding ooo of old Father Timo himsolf, suporintonding the opora~ tions of busy, perishnblo mortaa. Cut this out and save it: Dir, Castator wasa vory temporato man, noither king apirits of any kind nor chuwlng tobacco; hLo was & very robust man, fondof horao-racing and ol kinds of athletic sports; never had but one attack of sioknoss, Which was uot sorlous; nover took medicino but once; he commonced chewing to bacco at tho ago of 90 yeurs, since which time ha has become vory nervos, aud failed in every way much fastor tLan bofore, Bloomington (Ind.) Correspondence of ths Louieille Conrier-Jonrnal, Living near Bloomington i8 our venerable old friond, Willlam Ross, who, according (o his own account and tho family record, was born at Guilford Conrt-Housc, North Curoling, May 17, 1739 ; consoquontly is 115 yoars old tho 17th of 1aat mouth (May). Father Ross 18 in splondid hoalth, visits Bloomington froquently during the pleasant wanthor of summior, kills aquirrola with bis ritlo, chops wood, works his own garden, and occn~ slonally follows the plow, and enys ho fosls as yuumi e o did & half century ago, Futher Rost was not in the Revolutionary War, but wwas an oyo-witnes of tho battle of Guilford Court-Iouss, Notth Carolina, and makes no oluim to having been a membor of tho military lnmil{ of Gon, Washington, or of over having gven tho Gonoral, Ho has voled for ninety-fonr Enuru, but does not remember how many votes 0 hiat ouut within that time, but must have boen well on 1o 200 {imos; and has invaviably voted the rogular old Domocratio ticket, and noves falls to pay his taxon. oy cortainly tho oldoss man in the Unitod States, it not in the world. ————— ~Virgil D, Parrls, n momber of tha Twenty~ Afih aud Uwenty-sixth Congressos from Maiue, died at his residonce in Paris, in that Btate, on Blhmlu{. —Rachofort was deeply touched by the Now York Ilerald's adhosivenoss, EnumornllnquxI‘\- tAna 5 X attentions of 1ts rapresoutatives, Lie adds: ‘Lliug she bogan hor firat novol, ¢ Rotribution,” | in thoir kind molioliudo far overything that don= which provod tho stopplng-stone to ler | corns mo, they wora good dnough to describe the {]mnlrn lmuwu:u. Hho :lm: l\xrl{:l‘o‘n thn pa- uLxIny 3 .u\kll:x to fif"a l’n Lgn lon m[v Jtum‘ wll-J hatlo clrouwstances under whiol 13 was | who, a8 you know, died just hofore I oumpoxod, aud we oauncs do bettor than to m" ale donia.” ' ey