Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 6, 1874, Page 13

4nnangtana, thelr most noted Chief. THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1874. {03 LEROES OF THE LOG SSUT. | gian Episode of the Year | i 1660, Fow Twenty-two Men Withstood the Aesault of Seven Hundred. Littlo, Browe & Co., Boston, have farnished ot advazce-shoess of Tarkman's “Tho Old Begime 10 Cansds,” from which we make the fullowing extract p dam Daulue, or Doliard, Sieur des Ormesanx, vis 8 youpg ma of good family, who Lad come to the colony threo years bofore Jat the age of s He had held somo military command in France, though in whst Tauk doea not appear. Jo was waud that he had been involved in somo yfus which made him anxious to wipe out the pemory of the past by A SOTEWORTHY EXTLOIT 30 be had been busy for some time among the ouug men of Montreal, inviung them (o join bimin the enterprise he meditated. Sixteen of fhom caught Lis spirit, struck bands with him, sna pledged their word. They bound themselves Ly oath to nccept 50 quarter; and, having gamed aisonpenve’s consent, they made their wills, ounfessed, and received th eacrament. AS they Juelt for tho last time before tbe altar in the chapel of the Hotel Dien, that sturdy litfle pop- lstion of pious Indian-fighters gazed on them with entlusiasm, not uumixed with an envy which bad in 3t nothing iznoble. Some of the chief men of Montreal, with the brave Charles Te crue at their head, begged them to wait till {he epring-sowing was over, that they might join ¢hem; but Daulas refused. Ho was jealous of the glory and the danger, and be wisbed to com- and, which he could not have dono Lad Le HMosne been present. Toospirit of the enterprise was purely medie- vil The enthusiasm of Louor, the enthusiasm of adventare, and the enthusissm of faith, wero its motive forces. Daulsc was & kuight of the early crusades among the forests and savages of the New World. Yet the incidents of this exotic Jerorem are definite and clear s & talo of yester- duy. The uswes, agos, and occupations of tho geventecn young men may still be read on the secient register of the Parish of Moutreal ; and the notsrial acts of tuat year, preserved in the | secords of the city, contain minute accounts of £uch property as esch of them possessed. The Lirec eldest were of 23, 30, and 31 years respect- Ir. ‘Tho age of tho rest varied from 21 to 27 %ixéy were of various callings,—soldiers, arnio ers, lock-smiths, lime-burners, or eetulers with- ent wades. The grester number had come to tue colouy 88 purt of the reinfurcement broaght by Maisonneuve in 1623. AFTER A SOLEMN FAREWELL, _ (iey embazsed in seversl eanoes well supplied iharus ani smmunition. They were very different csnoe-mel and it 1 said that o7 lonz 3 Week iD YAID Gilempts Lo pass the gwiit current of St. Aone, at the head of the 1:znd of Mootreal. At Jength tuey wers more Facceseful, and, entering the mouth of the 0= taws, crossed tho Lake of Two Mountains, and #lowly adyanced against the current. Mesuwhile, forty warriors of thas remnant of tho Hurous who, ia epite of Iroquois persecu- ns, eiill lingered st Quebec, bada ket out on 2 rarty, lod by the brave aud wily Etienne ‘They 14o0ped by the way at ‘Three Rivers, where they found a DLaud of Christian Algonquins uuder a chict named Mituvemeg. Anuahozabachalienged Yiitn to & trial of courize, zud it was agreed that ey shon!d meet at Montreal. whers they were Likely to find 2 speedy upportunity 1o put their mottlo to the test. Thither. accordwgly, they repuired,—the Algonquin with thrce followers, nd the Huron with tuiriy-nive. It was not long before” thoy learned the de- parture of Dsulac 2nd his companions. * For,” ouserves the bhouvest Dollier de Casson, ‘‘the rivcipel fault of our Frenchmen is to talk too sunch.” The wish seized them to share the nd- veuture, and to that end the Huron Chief asked the Governor for a letter to Daulac, to terve 2s credentials. Maisouncuve hesilated, His faith in Huren valor was not grest, and he feared the proposed alliauce. Nevertheless, be at length yialded sc fur as to give Annshotaba s letter in which Daulac was told o accept or rejec: the pmflered reinforcement as he should ree fit. %ue Hurons and Algonquins now embarsed, aud paddled in purewt of the seventeen Freuch- wen. They mesowhile had passed with difficulty the gwift carrent zt Carillon, and about the 1st of May reached the footof the more fornudsble apid called THE LONG SAUT, where a tumnult of waters, foaming emong ledges acd bowlders, barred the onward way. It was needless to go farther. The Iroquois were sure to pues the Saut, and could be fought bere as well as elsewhere. Just below the rapid, where tho forests sloped gently to tha stiore, among tho tushes and stamps of the rough clearing made in constructing it, stood a palisads for, tho ork of an Algonguin war carty in the past an- tumn. It was a mere inclofure of trunks of small trees planted in & circle, aud was already ruicous. Such as it was, tue Frenchmen took vseession of it. Their first cere, one would think, should bave been to repair aud strengthen | it but this they scem no: 10 hava done : poswi- | | ] oy, in ihe exsitation of their minds, they s:omed such precaution. They made their fires nd glung their keitles on the neighboring tiiore ; aud here they were goon joined by the Hurons aud Algonquins. Daulac, 1t seems, made no odjection o thewr company, and thoy sil bivouscked together. Morning, and noon, and night, they praved in thres different tongues ; and. when at sunset the lopg reach of forests ou the farther shore basked peacefully in the lovel rays, the rapids joined their aoxrse music to the notes of their evening Lymn. _In a dayortwo their scouts came in with tidings thut two Iroquois canoes were coming cown the Saut. Dulac bad time t0 set bis men inambush among the bushes at point whero Ee thought the suangers likely to land. Ho judged eright. The cunoes, beariug five Iro- gnols, apprached, and wore met by a volloy fired witis such precipitation that one or moro of them escrped the shot. fled into the forest, and ald their mischance to their main body, 200 in number, on the river above. A fleet of canoes suddenly appeared, bounding down the rapids, led with warriors ¥ EAGER FOB REVENGE. The alliea had barely time to escape to their fort, leaving their kettles etili lung over the fires. The Iroquois made a hasty and desultory attack, std wers quickly ropulsed. Tuey next opened o parler,—bopiug, nG Goubt, to gain same advan~ 1376 by wurpriee. Failing in this, they set them- telves, afier their custom ou such occasions, to building a rude fort of their own in the neigh~ borung forest, - 1 Jhis gave the Fronch s breathing-time, and they used it for strengtbenug their defenses. Betwg provided with tools, they planted a row of ttakes within their palisede, to form a doubla feuce, and filled the iutervening paco with earth 4ad sioues to tho height of 2 man, leasing soms ineatr loopholes, at each of which three marks- iten were statioued. Thewr work was etill un- sinished when the Iroquois wers upon them gan. They had Lroken to pieces the birch vanoes of the Freuch and their allies, and. kin- (Uiug the bark, rushed mup to_pile it Llazing fg3wst the palisade ; but £0_brisk and steady a {ra met them that they recoiled, and at last gave YT, They camo on =yam, and agmin were {avea back, lesving many of their number on 86 ground, —among them tbe principal Chief of the Senecas. Some of the Fronch dasbed out, itd, covered by the fire of their comrades, facked off Lia head and stuck it on the palisade, e the Jroquois howled in a frenzy of help- *Ndrage, They tried another attack, and wera Thig g, BEATES OPF A THIED TIME. (o3 dasbied their spirits, aud they sent a canoe 1o call to their id 500 of their warriors who were ‘sustercd pear the mouth of the Richelien. These €re the allies whom, but for this untoward leck, they were on their w.%m join for a com- %ued stiack on Quebec, Threa Bivers, and wutreal. It was maddening to see thoir grand Project thwarted by a.few French and Indiang aflmnudm & paltry redoubt, scarcely better mlfl A cattle-pen; but they ware forced to digest aflront a5 best thoy nught. g lesunhile, cronched bebind trees and logs, besct the fort, harassiag its defenders day And night with a spattering fire and a constaut Eemu of attack, Thus five days passed. unger, thirst, and wanot of sloep, wrought y on the streugth of the Freuch and their e, who, pent up together in their narrow Pnson, fought and prayed by turns. Deprived THurons, adopted by the Iroquais and fizhting on their side. These renegades now ehouted to their coantrymen in the fort, telling them that a fresh armiy was clore at hand ; that they would soon be sttacked by 709 or 600 warriors; and that . ... THEIRONLY HOPE was in joining the Lroiois, who would receivo them a3 friends. Aunabotaba’s followers, half- dead with thirst aud famuve, listened to therr seducers, took the bait, and, one, two, or three at a tume, climbed the palisade, and ran aver to the enenv, amid the hootinga aud exccrations of those whom thoy deserted. Their Chief stood firm : 2nd whon he saw hisnephew, La Mouche, join the other fucitives, ho fired his pistul ut im in aTage. Tho four Algonquius, who had no mercy to hope for, stood fast, with the courago of despair. ' On the fifth day an uproar of unesrthly yells from 700 eavage throats, mingled_with a clatter- ing salue of musketry, told the Fronchmen that the expected remforcement bad come; and £00n, in the fores: and on the clearing, a crowd of warriors mustered tor the attack, Knowiug from the Huron desortera the weuknoss of their euemy, they had no doubt of an easy victory. They advanced cautiously, 83 was usual with the Troquois before their biood was up, screccking, leapiug from ede o side, and firing as they camo on; but the French wera at their posts, and evers looplole darted 1ts tongue of fire. Bo- sides muskets, thev bad heavy musketoons of large_calibre, whuch, scattering rcraps of lead aud irou amopg tho throng of saviges, often maiwed several of them ai one diecha: Tl Troguois, asionished at tho persittent vigor of the defense, FELL BACK DISCOMFITED. Tho fire of the Freuch, who wcre, themselves completely undercover, nad told updn them with serica of futile attacks, made with littlo concert or vigor; and during all this titae Daulucand his men, rechng with exhaustion, foushe and prayed 88 before, sure of = wartyr's reward. The utcertain, vacdlitiug tamper common to all Indiaos now began to declare ituelf. Some of the Iroquois wers for going home. Otaers re- volted at the thought, and declared that it would be an sternal disgrace to lose 80 many men at the hands of 8o puliry 2u enemy, aud yet fail to take revenge. It was resolved to makea gen- cral assault, acd volunteers were catled for ta lead the attack. After the custowm on Fuch occa- siuns, bundles of small sticks were throwa upon the ground, snd those picked them up Who dared,—thus accepting the gage of battle, and enrolliug themselves in tho forlorn bope. No precantion was neglected. Large aud hoavy shiclds, 4 or 5 feet bLigb, were made by lasbing together three =plit logs with the aid of crows- bsrs, Covering themselves with these mante- lets, the chosen band advauced, followed by the motley turouy of warriors. I syite of a brisk fire, they reached the palisade, and, crouchiug below thie range of shot, bewed furiously with their batchets to eut thoir way through. The rest followed close, aud swaimed like 2ugry bor- nets around the little fort, Lacking aud tearing to get in, 2 Daulac had crammed a large musketoon with powder, aud plugged up the muzzie. Lighting tho fuse iuscrted in it, he tried to turow it over the barrier, to burs: like a grenade zmong lbe savuges without; bat it struck the rageed top of oue of tse palisaes, fell back smong tho Yrenchmen, and ex; luded, kulling a0d woundlng several cf them, aud neariy Liiuding otbers. 1n the coufusion that followed the Iroquois GOT POSSESSION OF TUL LOOPHOLES, and, thrastiug their guns fired on those with- in. Insmomeut mo.e they bad torn s bicach in the palisado; but, nerved with the energ desperation, Daulac sad bus followers kpiang to defend it. _Another Lreach was made, and then avother. Daulac was struck dead, but the sur- vivors kept up the fight. With a sword or & Datchet in oue hand aud a kuile in tho other, tney threw themselves zgamst the throng of enemics, striking aud stabbing nith the fury of madmen, till the lroquois, despairiug of faking them alive, fired volley after volloy and saot them down. All wai over, and a burst of tii- ltzmplxaul yolls proclaimed the dear-bought vie- ory. Searcbing the pile of corpees, the victors found four Frenchwen still breachivg. Three had scarcely a spart of life, and, a3 1o tima was to be lost, they burned them on the spot. The fourth, lesa fortunste, sccuied likely to sarvive, and they roserved him for futura torwents. A8 tor the Huron deserters, their cowardice profited them hitle. The lLroguois, regardless of their ises, fell upon themn, burned =ome at once, the rest to their villages for a suni- Jar fate.” Five of the pumber bad tho good for- tune 1o escape, and it was from them. aided by admissions made long aftorwards by the Iroquois themselves, that the French of Caoada deriveo 21l their kuowledge of this glorions disaster. To the colony IT PROVED A SALYATION. The Troguois hud bad fghtiog onough. It sev- enteen Freuchman, four Algonquins, sad one Huron, bebind a picket fence, could hold 700 warriors ab bay 5o Jong, what might they expeet from mauy such, fighting behind walls of store? For that year they thought no more of captur- ing Quebeo and Montieal, but went home de- Jjected and amazed, to howl over their losses, nd nurse their dashed courage for a day of ven- goance. THE MARBLE HEART, AT McVICKER'S. Notwithstanding dramss are written in large Dumbers evers year, it is seldom that a really great one sppesrs. Thc resson why the cata- logus of poor plays and failures is woll-nigh in- terminable comes from the fact that in it will be found all those whicu have been composed to meet an emergency, all those wlhich pander to the idiosyncrasies of somo actor, all the bad dramatizutions of equally-poor novais, and ail those plays which have come direct from tho egotistical thoughts of ineomoeteucy. Play-writing is tho highest branch of the lit- erary art, and it demands from an auzhor tho tecura possession of rare and pecaliar qualifice- tions. Heny be s biographer or historizn, 3 novelist or poot, or philosopher, or critic, of the greatest information and highest culturo, able to express Limself with facility in prose or verse,—he may bave all those faculties, and more, and still lack the ability to writo a play. First, he muet know men. Not with such in- formation as comes from booke, or schools, but in that practical and general sensa which is gained only by rubbing against tho world. He maust Liave thy power of underatanding motives, ftacing impulses, and comprehending results. He must be able to distingwish between the mi- nute shadings of character, and at the same time resd the inmost thougbts and yearnings of mankind, He must be familiar with the conflict of the great psychological and material forces. ‘Where the epirit's chisel cuts into the marble flesh. tbere lies tho field for bis art. His play must be an accurate record of human experience. Iv euct true transcript the themmd will be nata- ral, its progrese dircet, and the conclusion firm and unmistakable. All the situations, however complicated they may appear, will bavo an air of probability clivging to them which will ronder them impressive a8 the circumstancos of evary~ day-life. Ench person willhave a character sepa- rafed in all its bearings from every other person, 2nd this distinet individuality will be maintained 2t all times. They will think, and talk, and act lite human beings. They will come up- on the ecene at the proper momeat, have some- thing of importance to say, and disappear when they are no longer wanted. Evers character must bo rounded into a uuit, and have some part, however emall it may be, which is fvdis- peurable to the plot. The words and thoughts used by it must sugeest the porson who ia spsak- iug, and the language so employed must become its social eration in ife. There must Lo no un- natursl sitnations or complications, no emba Tossed motions, no forced or awkward denoue: ment. Eversthing must appear reasonable; every thought and evers action must have had an adequate cause. Driefly, tho playwright gathers a score of pec- ple out of the great world which is natural, and places them in that emaller world, czlled the stage, whero oversthing 1a artificial. He makes tho artificial world appear o be the real oue. He pursaes his arz until it conceals ityelf in na- ture. Now, nothing but intellacts of tho highest order can do theso thiogs; and so it froguently happens that the great,plars which &ro written during a docade of vears can be counted on tho fingers of s single hand. A play appeared in France sbout the vear 1850, which is known to us in translation as *The Marble Heart.” Its adveot marked a new ers 1 dramatio literature. So perfect was it in construction and diction, so rich in ideas and masterly in their apolicition, that it bas sorved authors and actors alike as & foun- tan of inspiration for moro than twents years. ‘-; they were of water, they could not gwallow !5 crushed Indian corn, or *Lominy.” waich ‘u their only food, Some of them, nnder cover :hbnaguc.m down to the river snd fided & tmail vessels as they bad ; but pittunce ly tantalized their thiret. They dug a bole in “efort, and wero rewarded ot last by a little :l;ly water ooging through the clay. Cng the asscusnts wero & numbor of Nearly everr original and_ctltivated playwright who has written wichin this period shows traces of its power. Even tho English Roberison could not wholly escape from its intluence. Al- MOBt every sctor or actress buraing with the de- sire for sdvancement has bad at Some time an ungovernsble ambition to play in this * Marble Heart." Wherever an atentive auditor or thinking student can be found who hss scen or deadly effect. Thres days mora wore away iv a | | ' discount even smoug the Kanucks, read this drama, bo will respond with the glanco | of intelligence to the mere Lention of its name. Hera 15 the story of this play : Paphael Duchalet, a young eulptor, kas twico taken the prize, and finds 10,009 francs to his credit. He works uncensinzly, spucred br am- bition aod cheered by the presenco of his moth- er. Love for the Beauuful, aud success, bave turned bis worid into & Paradise. One day, in tho Forest of Foutainbleau, ho mects X'lle Marco. Sneis a transcendeatly-besutiful girl, moving in tho costly realm of fasbion, who has resolved to marry tor mooey. Attracted by the chiarms of Lier person, the young sculptor speaks with her, and from the first hour is most dos- perately in love. In order to ba near her, he neglects his art and forsakes his bome. For ber, upworthy as sho is, bo allows 5 pure love to strilo its roota into the depths of hissoul. While ho is blind and deaf to evervthing but Marco, and can think and spoak only her name, she accepts tne hand of s wealthy Parisian noblo- man. This shock weakens him from his long dream, but he 1esolves to see her once more, hoping that all may not bo lost. That meeting forms a scene which is simost without a paraiicl in the annals of the modern stage. Rapbael pleals with the energy and pathos of & con- demned man, pouring out the love and hopes of bis 10fined and eeneitivo heart in a torrent. 3arco replics by showing bun the frightfal spectacle of a marblc hea: t, and detuils the slow process of ity early petnifactiou. lis love vanishes in hatred, leaving his life wrocked on the desolate roefs of despair. In a frenzy ho goes back to his de- eerted Lome, learns of bis mothor's death from nepleet, reolves to work and forget, is_haunted by tho speccre of his hato, loses ti:e god Reason, ks in delirium, tud dies from a broken heart. lle Marco is surroundcd by soma butterflies of socicty. Tho sculptor Lias one grand and truo friend, that immortal character, Volage, whose other names are Reason, Opinicn, and tho World, and whom he sacrifices, along with all ¢ is valnabdle, on tho aitar of a Lhud passion. is the ehort thread by which the plsy is held together : plo: it cannot be called. for it lasts no louger thau Raphael’s moner, Bat vou perceive at once tuat 1t Wwas not made to fill ap the gap of hopo at any theatre, aud that 1t doos not reachout toany star. You know ai a glance that it chronicles no event of history, and came not out of the ** lnumber-regions " of any brain. There is nothing now or startling about it. The creat resclt is produced by merely passing the old and simple materials anow through the magic loma of ife. Marco sctup an idol of gold in ber heart, which soon became for it & palace of Peutellic warble. Her fuir flesh solidi- fied into a statue. Tho glowing impuises of her vouth faded out, and she becarme deaf to ropronches, dead fo romorse ; yet she lived on and on the incarnation of tis mystery: Gold. Raphinel—the gifted, human Raphacl—garnered up his affection whero the moth corrapts aud thicven break through and steal. His puro and nobte lovo was as nothing in tho sight of Marco, who regurded the whole world as one groat mar- ket, wuere eversthing is to be bought. No ex- planstion can be ottered for Raphael's course. e loved bucause bio could nag Lelp it. o was human, and felt the cternal thrill which overy- where lies underneath the mystery of sex. From the stand-point of snch as Marco, bis lifo must appear to be the very comedy of love, but is a tenitle tragedy every day en- acted in society. In the plan of Lnmanity, it iy the misforiune of somo lives to be overwhelmed by sorrow. We realize the fact. but cannot go beyond it. In this ulay, tho vellow dust is contrastod most sharply with fhe value of a soul. Itshows the desperato strugglo and in- evitable Gefeat which come to tihe man who fights Derting with Lis naked band. _ ‘T interest 1n the fourth and fifth chapters of this history is 10tense. Iers is scon Low tho haod of untequited love loscs its cuuning, and the heart of 5 strong man, buoyant with youth, bresks under agouy. Here a noblo and beanti- ful soul is quenched in the darkness. The svoctacle is terrible—appalling. 1o the bands of Mr. hdams, tois scono surpasees the utmost powar of langusge to describo. It rauks equal with the best exiubitions of the histrionic art known to America in this genoration. The first act, called the Sculptor's Dream, is an aliozory which lifts Grooce s by mirsze out of the hnze of antiquit; ‘The Athens which Pericles found in brick =nd rebuilt in marble kpreads out the divine beauty of her proportions. That is thie Temple of Jupiter ; here stands tho Citadel: on yonder heizht yon can seo the Par- thenon, which bolds Minerva. Theyere all white aud glittering %8 doves in tho sun- sei. All tneworid 18 in the etroct ; Phidias, who made the chrrselephantine sintues, is spesking with Diogeues, the Philosopier. Alei- biades, the Goueral, waikiug hand-in-haod with Georgias, the millionzire, Strabon and Thea, the slzves, hurry by,—one carrying bis measnre of fge, ths other with her fillet of fuwers. On every sido are evidencos of tho cultura and prowess of Pericles znd Cimon. The beanuty and intelicct of Aspasiz are scen and felt in the sculpture which adorns the houses and temples. The perfection of Hellenic art blooms in the stone flowers of the cornices, aud reappesrs in the figures of the et opes. The wind that bas wafted in from the Egean is filied with the whispers of Socrates and Zeno. The san 1o the beavens is shining on the mortals who were able to writo ull over their Tmpire, in letters of gold, the word Immor- tality. Bo skillfal were the sutbors of this play that Do anachronism has crept into this prologue. Not & thoughs or iden anpears wlich bas come into the economy of life eince the Christian ers. This allegory is complete in itself, and has liko- wise no conucetion whatever with' tho play. It is a vivid picture of Athens in ber glory shin- ing ouc of tho starry ssy for a half-hour, and then vanishinz from our bewilder- el eres. Nevertheless. tho Giecian _char- aro all Leautifolly reproduced in tho s ital. Phidias lives again io Raphael. Diogenes thinks again in the profound editor, Vi ~Lais, aud Phryne, and Aspasia, tind their conuterpart in Marco. Veandora has in- herited the wealth of Georgias. Alarie has found the womauly Leart and neglected lova of Thea. A des continues to revel in AMerton and Chatezumargaut, ‘Thia wonderful drama, which conteins no im- pure thought; this landmark m a ceatury of dramatic literature; this plav that bes wings, &nd goes fiying through tho sky, is both classic and realistic, both practical and romautic, eimplo and profound. Itis unlettercd =nd cultivated; it is frivolous and serions; it is vivacious and melancholy, £nd comicel, philosophical.and trag- ical. Here tho classic stream, which has been flowing placidly for centuries, broaks into rap- ids, and plunges over tho passionate cataract of modern reshsm. The tranxition is eublime. But it still remains the samo river of life, with its foam, aud sptay, and sparkle above, and the old unfaibiomable mystery of deeps below. It is the meeting mid-way of the mights civilization of antiquity with the civliizatiou of the nime- teenth ceutury. Tho sncieut Greeks under Per- icles stand face to fzce with the medern Greeks nnder Napoieou. Joux McLANDBURGH. TO FRIENDS ON THEIR SILVER-WEDDING. Twenty-five years, and throngh varying weather, Under the nun, or the sormeclouds gray,— Twenty-five yoars you have joursesed togetior, Traveliug on in the worid's highway. ‘Biches came unto you, honors descended ; Youth, vre you knew it, far bzckward had fown But in your children, Wicn Spring-time bad ended, Youth bloomed again till it seemed like your own, Sorrow befell: with snother to kear it, Ligat was the weight that elec beary had pressed. Fortuno was fair; with another 10 slare it, Fleasure sccmed sweoter by sywpathy biessed. Time wings his silnt flight, swift snd unslecping; Quickly the Future glides into the Past: Yel fis our aope that Timo bath in Lis kecping Alany glad yeary cre he numbers Four lxst. May the kind wighes by loving lips spoken, May the bright dreamings that hopo ever knows, Fell in fulfillnient to you, and unbroken Tise stresm of your lives roll alun; 0 the close, AupLio¥, Wis. Cuarrss NouLx Gnroout. A Plucky Woman, From the Cie elani Leadir, A Cloveland isdy distguished horself for coolness and determination whilo ia Canada last week, aad tho story i8_well worth telliug, show- ing, a4 is does, that American plucz is not ata A litzio 8on of the lady was playing ina yard in » Caaadisn village that sball be naweless, wien a large dog tiat was paesing in company with a farmer, ran into the yard and bit the child so- Serely in one of its arms, The brute then rn ofi and followed bis master away, The mother tearued of the littlo one's irjury, and endeavor- ed to get some ono to follow the dog and pot him out of the world, bat none of the men to whom she appealed would do &8 she desired to bavo them. B Bound t6 get venseance on the dog, she made inquiries as to whero lus master lived, and dis- covered that his bomo was at a distance of 11 miles. Arming herseif with a revolver, she traveled that distance, sonzht an inzerview and demanded tiat the dog sbould be shot, Lu: tue owner rofused to actede thereto. To cut the matter short, the Iady walked into the yard, empuied two barreis of ber revolver at tha dog and walked off, leaving the suimal streiched out on the turf, sud impressiue the farmer and his famuly with the prompnessand goality of Amer- ican pluck Yesterdev morming sho rescued Cleveland and haa the child’s wound cared for by Dr. A, P. Duscher. The iojury is not eonaid- ared dangerous. THE GEYSERS. Bayard Taylor’s Visit to Them. Another Interesting Account of Ice- landic Experiences. Bayard Taylor's Letter to the New York Tribune. THINGVALLA, AUg. T. Our caravan had atready fallen into an orderly ‘mauner of travel. Eyvindur and Jon rode ahead, taking churge of the baggage and loose ponies. Whilo the latter kept to the track the guides sang melancholy native songs, or passed the horn of enuft from one nose to another. This implement, like an old-fashioned powder-horn, has a neck which holds the propor charge; the man throws his head back with a sudden jerk, applies the horn to his nostril, and receives the contents. The process is ropested at least a dozen timesa day, and the result is an upper lip which only the most reckless passion could toler- ate aa tha agont of a kiss. TUE LOY GEM rode beside me, eager to learn something more of u world ho had never seen. When puzzled to understand some English word, or at a loss to find tho ono he wanted, he would generally ask : *What is i¢ in Latin? " Presently ho surprised me by tho gnestion. “What do you think of Byron as a poot?” *“ He is one of the very first in the modern English literature,” I answered. “Isnot the song Of the pirits, in ¢ Manfred,” considered vory fine? " Gewr asked again. “I like it very much.” Happering to mention German, the boy began to talk the ianguage with about as much flnency a8 English. Ho had read Schuller's bailal and “Tha Robbers,” which latter scomed to have made a great impression upon his mind; but he waa most dosirons to hear something of tho works with which he was still unscquainted. *I have heard that Goethe's * Faust® is very difficult to understand,” he said; * 8o I have not yet triod to zead it, but I hope to be able in & year or two more. Bhalkka-apey-arr”—so he pro- nounced tho name once, but, 18 soon 2a I cor- rected him, always properly aftarward—** Shaks- peare is also difficult, but I have read * King Lear,” and mean to read all the other plays. Is *Kaust’ auything like Shakspeare in stylo?” And this 1was & poor, fathorless boy of 17, with an Ice- landic education! Bodest, swee:-tempered, warm with s tireless eacerness for knowledge, not one of our party could belp loving Geir, and fecling the sincerost interest in his fortunes. In spite of the tremendous desolation of the scenery, it was far mors varied and grand thau that botween Dejkiavik and Thingvalls. The 8ky cleared as we reazhed the farthor end of the lava fiold, 2t the corner of & mossy mountsin with 8 bars, black mummit, whers the path de- sceaded through a_ rocks ravine to 2 stretch of green meadow-land below. Farto the east, 50 or 60 milas away, tho horizon was bounded by & long Lus of Bnow-topped monntains. *pexeal” cried Eyvindur, pointing to s broad. humpy mass of know, which rone considerablvabore the geacral lovel. Tie sumait wax still kidden, bat tho mantlo (heklu means “3 mantle” in'Ico- landic) of snow was so unbroken and extended 80 far down the sides that the perfect quiet of the vulcano was 1oanifest. There has becn no eruption since 1645, As we approached the monntain, the eastern range, including Helds, which Lad been bidden for 5o bours, again came into vizw, and this time froo from cloud. ‘‘We don’t of‘en seo Hekla so clear a8 be ia now, ™ said the guide. It was s lopely but a surpririn gly peaceful aud pas- toral landscape. From the ueight whera we rode we overlooked a grassy plain, some 20 miles in breadth, sparkling hers and there with littls lakes or the winding courses of rivers. Bevond it were low, sof:ls-undu'ating hills, over which Hekis towered—or rather heaved—broad, heavy in outling, and only beautiful because the sun made 8 golden gleam of its enow. Toward tho £oa some blue, scattered peaks rose like 1slands ; =r to the north, where the great plain eame dvwn on the very heart of Iceland, thera wero glimpses of remater snows and glaciers. But out o the greon lovel, 13 miles awar, thero sud- denly sliot & silvery column of steam, at loast a bundred fect in height. ** The geysers!” somo one cried; but, no! it was a great boiling spring. or caldron, Eyvindur said, which nevor sends up jots of water. It way the oaly thiog in tho vast view which resembled a sign of hl[uua-n Lfe=and was really & menace againat e, If was 7 o'clock, the pal ross on the Eastern monn:ains, and we were get- ting to be. wretchedly weary, when another mouatain corner was turned, aud over the plain, at the foot of & dark, 1solatad bili, aboat 5 miles off, roas & dozun tall colimas of stoam. THE GEVSERS, AT LAST! 1t is spouting!" cried Jon, a4 one jet shot higher than the others. There is a byre, or farmstexd. at the foot of tha hill; the hot springs lie just beyond, slong the eastern base, aud not much above the levol of the piain. A space 4%) yards in length by 100 1 breadth includes the two gessers, the Strokr, aad sbout twenty smaller springs. e rode bes tiween the latter, which were eumply boiling and roaring from holes in 2 bed of silicious rock. Beyond them came the Strokr, & larger and more furious pit, then & patch of green urf, on which the teuts wers alreacy pitched for the roval party, and berond it a low, crater-lie ele~ vation, half-veiled in steam, which I was rather reluczant to recognize as tha Groat Geyser. But there was no other caldron beyond ; half a dozen men were standing about the brim—yet it looked 60 natural and barmleas! 1 elept soundly, bni somo members of our party were excited and restlesa. Towerd morn- ing, thern were several mystorious underground thumps, which rent (hem posting to thoe geyser’s brim ; but ouly denser steamand a heavier over- flow of water followed. The sceno in the morn- ing was cunous. We took our toilet articles, and went, balf-dressed, to the hollow between the goyser and tho spring, whero the surplus overflow is ehallow and lukewarm. It was al- ready ocenpied ; & royal chamborlain was scoop- ing up water in his hacds, an Admiral was dip- ping his tooth-brugh into the stream. a Copen- hagen profoasor was laboriously shaving himself by the aid of a looking-glass stuck in a crack of tho crater, aud tho King, neat 2ud fresh asif at home, stood on the bank and amused himself with the sight. The quality of the water 15 EXQUISTTE 3 it 18 Iike down and valvet to the skin, sosp be- comos a finer mubstauce in it, ond the refresh- ment given to the hands and face scems to per- meate the wholo body. 1f one could have s com- plete bath! A day’s labor would muke a pool sufiicient therefor, vet thoides has nover oc- curred to a single soul, native or foveign! 1did not dare to veuture a quarter of amils away from the geyser during the whole day. Weall fell into s condition of nezvous expect- ancy which could not be escaped, comical as \were somo of ite features, There was s pile of turf—perhaps a cart-load—beside the Strokr. which lay just below our tent, aud we were told thau the caldron wonld be compelled to spout for the King as soon 28 he hadl finished Lis breakfast; o we eat down conten ted Lo tho sec- ond plover siew whibh Afr, Gladsitone and Dr. Haves bad provided for us. The Strokr is & pit about 5 feel: in diameter, ond 8 feet decp to the ordin.:ry level of the water, which is always io a turion:s boiling state. Prof. Steenetrup aseured ma that it is not con- nected with the great geyser, as the anzlysis of tho water shows & difereuce’; b3 : the people are equally couvinced that it is, and that to provoze its activity diminishes the chancos of the former spouting, Howover this may be, the Rosal com— mand was given. The pile of turl was pitched 1uto the ho'e, and all gacherad around. at a safo distance, waiting to sea what would follow. For ten minutes we unoticed nothing except a diminution of steam; then ths water gnened up to the level of tha soil, in a stato of violeut sgi- tation ; subsided, rose azmn, spouted the full breadth of the hole to a height of 13 or 20 feet, sank bank, and finally, after saother moment of quiet, Jevel light slowly 8EO0T 100 FEET INTO THE AIB. The boiled turf, reduced $o the cousistency of gravel, filled the jet, and darkeued its central shaft, boe I did not find that it diminished the beauty of the phenomenors. Jet after jes fol- lowed, sending long plw.ne-like tuits from the summit nod sides of the. main column, around which the enowy driftsa of steam whirled and eddiod with 3 graco Eo swift that tho eve could ecarcely seize it. At 8uch momeuts tho basc was hidden. and the form of the fountain was like & bunch of tho Pampas g :ses in blossom—a cluster of feathers pasiclea of asras. The periormance lanted nearly ten mioutes, ard was resumed 3guis. swo or threo times aftor it secmaed to have ceasud. Two or three of the List spoutings were tre bigheat, and some esti- mated them at fully 120 tee:. Finally, the in- diganut caldron turew oat the Isst of its unciean emotic, and s3uk to it8 normal lovel. ‘The King, who bad twmed asi€e to salute our com w28 in the act of expressing to me his 1~ ticn of the m:,fiwh-n e little goyser rame sudden signs of action. There was a ruahi of tas wholo party; his Majesty turned and run like a ‘boy, jumping over the gallica and etones withan agility woich must have towildered the heavy ofticiala. It wasa false alarm. The little gorser lesoff nfew sharp dincharges of sceam. as if mezely to test the presauce, and then, a8 if satis- fied, resumed its indolent, smoky babit. Thio cone of the great gerser is not more than 20 feet high, and appears to kavebeen gradually Tormed by the deposit of the silicions particles which the water holds iv eolation. The top is like a shallow wash-bowl, 30 feet in diameter, fall to the brim, and slowly overflowing on the eastern side. In thecentre of this bowl thero is a well, indicatod by theintense blue-grecn of the water, and apparently 8 or 10 feet in dismeter. It has becn sounded, and_bottom—or, at least, & change of direction—roached at tho depth of 85 feot. At the edge, where the water is shallow, one cap dip his fingers in quickly without being scalded. Small particles placed in tho overflow are completely incrusted with transparant silex in aday or two. Prof. Steenstrap informed mo that tiie water has important healing properties. The steam hasthe odor of sulphureted hydrogen, but the taste thercof is 50 zoon lost that, where tho stream becomes cold, we nsed it for dnukivg and making coffee. 1 shall never forget that CALY, FUBLIME DAY L at the geysers. After reading manv descrip- tiona, I was never less prepared for the reality of the scene. Instead of a drear, narrow vol- canic valloy, hers was a landscapa bounded on the west by mouotains, but to the north, east, and sonth, only to bo spanned by a_radus of 50 miles. Near us a quiet, grass-rodfed farmstead ; toward tho ses, meadows and gleams of rivers ; in front, the broad green plain, 1ts inclosing bills and Hella rising lonely above them ; northward, s church xod neighboring byres, a, smooth grassy ridge bevond, the #now-streaked’ pyramid of the Blafjail (Blue Mountain), and far in tho distance the lumincus icy penis of the Arno and Kotlnwa Jokalls. From our tens the noise of tho beiling waters could not be heard ; the steam sscended quickly, soon dissipated in the light wind, end tho expression of the ecene before me, a8 I watched it for honrs, lying oa tho soft tur! of tho hillside, was one of peace and repose. At 1:30 o'clock, there came a dull thud, felt rather than heard: then another, and another, and wo all rushed tosard the great geyser. Bo- fore any ono reached ir, however, the noises coased ; tho water roso s foot or so, giving out denso volumes of steam, but in_five minutea it Dbecame quict as before.” The King and his at- tendant oficials strayed up the lull. and there the former devoted Some time to carving s runo upon one of the rocks. T made an effort to talk with a group of farm. ers, finding them ready enough, only & lictle em- barrassed at tho start; but when Iasked: ‘Do you know Semund's Edda:" there was an in- stant flash and flame in their faces, and all sby- ness vapished. The Nijal and Volsunga Sagas, Snorre Sturlusson, with a score of obscaror sagas of which T had never heard, wers eagerly mentioned and discussed. It was remark: ble to see their full knowiedge of Ice- landic literatare, And their vital intoreet in it. * Do yon know who first discovered America?” T asked. “Yes, yos!" they all cried in s body ; it was LIEP, THE 80N OF ERICK THE BED.” “ When was it 2" “ About the year 1000. And there was Thorn- fion Karleenne, who went afterward, and Thor- wald. They called the country Viuland.” “ We know it,” sad I * 1 am a Vinlander.” They silently stretched out their hands and ehook mine. s At half-past 4 there came a repetition of geyeor thumps, londer and more rapid than the first time, and at 8 o'clock a third manitestation. Wo fondly hoved that these were atgns of in- creased activity, which wonld soon bring about an outburst. Our excitement increased to such an extent that, although watches had beon sct for the King's eake, Messrs. Halstead, Hayes, and Gladstone volunteered to keep independent watch for ns. The two former passed half the night sitting on the edgo of the geyser basin. ‘Thiey wero once scared away by & thump which threatened to spht the rocky shell under their feet, but nothing foliowed except s violent over- flow of water. I heard the noises twice during the nignt, and waited vainly for a call; the twi- light was so bright that the spectacle would have been visible at any hour—had it come. ‘The festival at Thngvalla obliged us all to leavo the next day. Jusi =sthe king's tents were atruck, the subterranean noises began once more; there seemed a malicions, tantalizing de- mon at work to excite and deluda us. Asa last compensation, another pile of sods wos huwiled into the Strokz, and we all gathered about it. An English patty had arrived the day before, and the artigs of the London Iidustraled ANews stood on o mound, with peucil and sketch-book, to record the result. We waited s quarter of an bour, aud notbing came; tho King, who b meanwhilo jomed our American party, informed us that the Jittle goyser would spout in & fow minutes. What authority ho bad I do notknor, but 1t was bad; the lictle geyscr kept as quiet as » lamb. Half'an hour passed, and tho Strokr tock not tiwe least notice of the irritation. The Royal party mounted and rode away, witi many » longing, lingering look behind,—when, just a3 they wero passiug out of sight around the corner of tho bill. and we were turuing toward our tent, the Strokr WENT OFF LIKE A CAN The wonderful, pluny bursts were repeated for Atorter space of timo than before, but equally lofty and violent, 1t scemed hard to leave the spot, for the day we had spent thers was perfect in its way. “Tho pack-ponies wera loaded ; wo got into our saddles, moved reluctantly down the grassy #lope, aud turned our faces away from the lazy volumes of stexm. Then—there waa s sudden concussion in tho earth, 3 momentary quivering, foliowed by a strango hissicg eound. As wo sptaug from our ponies, the basin of the gesser swelled aud cast out » great vulumo of water. Out of the contre 3 solid cryetal mass was thrust up to the beight of 20 feet, then, befors it wholly fell back, the central jet shot 150 feet into the air. Again aud sgain toi buge lguid sbaft, sporkling with Indescnbable glors in tho morn- ing sun, was hurled on high. Amazement, awe, terror- 7 T, or something like it, wagwhat I hoped to be ablo to write, up to tho very lsst moman:. But the truth must be told, tho great geyser would mot spout. I musthave turned in my saddlo a hundred times whilo the steam-columus wera visible, halt-fearing, half-cxpecting & sud- den increase of their volume,—for the worst dis- sppointment would havo been to misy the spocta- cla 80 neacly. BETSY BAKER. AnOld-TimcS$how-Nanoger—Her Gift ot Gub. From All the Year Round. A famous proviuciai wsnager, or Manageress, was one Mr+. Daker, concerning wlhom curions articulsrs are related iuthe mewoirs of Thomus f)mdm, and in the hfo of Grimaldi, the clown. ‘fho lady owned theatres ot Canterbury, Roch- cster, Maidstone, Tuntridge, Wells, Feversham, Deal, and other places, pur was understood to have commenced her professional career 1o coa= Dpection with & puppet shosw, or even the homely enterisnment of Puach sud Judy. But ber in- dustry, euerzy, sod_enterprise wers of an iu- domiizble kibd, She geucrally lived in ber theatres, and, 1sing early 10 accomuiigh hcr marzetig and otber houscuold _duties, she pro- coeded to take up Ler pos:tion in the bos-ofiico, wih the boz-book open before Lor, and resing upon it a ** mussive silver inkstana, which, it a superd pair of siiver trumpets, several cups, tanzarde. and candlesticks of she ssme pure metal, 1t was Lher honest pride to say eho 'hed pud for with her own hard earnings.” Vbile nwaiting the visits of thoso desirous to book tho Flaces 107 the evening, 8ue arranged tho programume of the entertuinments. Her education was far_from complete, bowover, Tor, althoagh she could read, eho was'an indif- forout scribe. By the help of sciszais, needie, thrend, and & buudle of old play biils, sho acuteved her purpeses. Sho cut a plsy from one bill, an interinoe froza auother, a farce frem 5 tbird, and, sewing the slips nestly tozoiber, avoided the use of pen and mk. Wheo thenaineof & new performer bad to be introduced she le £t 8 blaok to Le filled up by the licst of her acvond she happened to_encounter, presumuwg Lin to bo equsi to the uso of o pea. She somatimey beat the drum, or tolled the bell behind toc eccacs, when the Tepresanzation nceded such embeliisiments, 2nd occasicually performed the duties of prompter. In this respect it wag uo- avoidable that she shonld e now and then rath- er overtasked. On one special evening sho neld the book during the performance of the old tfarce of **Who's the Duke?™ uhe part of Gradus was undertsken by hor lesding ector, one Gardrer, nad in tho tcene of Gradus’ atfompt to impose upon the zoutleman of the etory, by attempting t0 spezk Greok, tho performer's memory Gniorturately fuiled him. He glanced appealingly toward tho prowpt sido of the stsge. Mra. Baker wad inute, examioing the play-book with a puz zled 'wir, * Give me the word, madam,” whispered tho sctor. “It's a bard word, Jem," the lady replied. Then give me tuo next.” *That's barder.” The peiforu- or was at & stgud-sdil; tue s:usuon was_becoming desperate. “Tho wext!” cried Gaidner furiously. ¢ Harder still!" so- swered the prompter, and then. perplexed bo-~ yond hearing, sho fung the book on - tha stage, and exclsimed sload: *Thers, now you Lave them all; take your choice.” The ledy's ususl station was n frons of the houss, bomevar, She was her own moncy-taker, and to this fact has been nscribed the grea: good fortune sho en- joyed as 3 manuger. * Now, then, pit or box, Pit or gallery, box or pit " she ¢ried incessantly. “Dit! p!” half s dozen voices migiit ery. “Thon psy 2 siullings, Pass on, Tom Fool !” for 50 on busy nighta she invariably addressed her patrons of all classes. To a woman who had to go out of the theatre, owing to the cries of & child she bore in hor arms dis- turbing the audicuce, Mrs. Baker observed. as sho returued the eutrance money, ‘* Foolish woman ! Foolish womsn! Don’t come another ‘might till balf-price, and then give your bapy some carminative.” ‘*I remember,” writes Dibden, “ona crowded night, patronized by a real Duke at Tanbridge Wells, when Mrs. Baker was taking for three dcors at once, her anxiety and very proper tact lod her, whiie receiving ash from customera, to keep an ove in perspec- tive on the next, to save time, as thus: ** Little girl ! get your money ready, while this gentl- man pays. My Lord! I'm sure your Lordship bas silver. Lot that little boy go in while I give his Lordship change. Shan't count after vour Ladyship. Hia Royel Highuess will piease toget his ticket ready while wy Jady—now sir! Now your Roral Highnesa! " Ob dear, Mra. Baker, I've loft my ticket in another coat pock- 1" To bo sure you have! Take your Royal Highnees' word! Let His Roya! Highness pass! His Royal Highness has lef: his ticket in his ather coat pocket.” Great laughter followed, and I betiove the rank snd fasbion of tho even- ing found more entertainment in tho lobby then on the siage. ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE. The Story of Suck Scott and Besuy Surtces. From Chimbers® Journal. The Scotts are av otd aud widel, used Dor- der clao. They bave bad many distwguished men nmongst them ; the greatest of ali being the illustnons poot and povelist, of whoso per~ sonal appearauce and génial character some of us havo still an agrecable remembrancs, A au netive, pushing raca, the Scotts have spread far Leyond their nauve glens, crossed tho Border, and eettled in various parts of Northumberland, n tho early part of last century, taero dwelt in Sandgate, ap old-fashioned thoroughfare near tho Tyue, outside Newcastle, s familv of these Scutts, whose cecupation lay among the barses aud cual-traders on the river. They were an in- Qustrious, decont set of people, with Do prezen- sions to gentilicy, and, a3 wzs Tessonable, un~ 20d Ranelagh. Jack was not far off. Hs found Toaus to bave intersiews with Baesy while wall- ing noder female tutelage in theso occasions, thero “way 3 mutaal de- ermination to hod- t> thor plight troth. This beiny _soltled, Jack et for a ghort time to Oxfod, aud Bessy ro- turned to her bome in Nowcsstle. It Sarices imagined that the enzagemont with hus daa,ater was broken off, he was mistaken. Bossy secretiy arranged to clope with her lover. do not_justify clopexent. It is & paliry way of Leginning an honorable married career. ‘Sartees, however, waa not without blame. He thougat that he, 38 s banker, was & much graader person than any of the Scotts, aud viewed the proposod marriage of his daughier with Juck Scutt as & prodigious downcome in digvity. In reality, Jack was 83 good as ho was, witelicctually a much proater ma ; and tho amusing fact is, tuat the wholo Surtees family lived to ses their error. Tho plot now thiczens o inteusity. The night of Nov. 18, 1772; waa selccted for the elopemont. Mr. Surtees, notwithstanding his affected gran- ceur, lived in a house above 3 chop in a street called the Sandbill. Tue spop was that of Mr. Ciayton, a clothier, who had for assistant a young man mamed Wilkinson, a frend of Scott. The dwelling of Surtees bad sn cutrance scparate from the shop, but iia windows could essily bo reached by a ladder {rom'the pavement. Wilkinson had uo dificuliy in secretiug a laider, wihich at the time appomte cd lie placed against the most wosterly window ; 2ud down it, under cloud of night, slid Bessy urtees iuta the arms of Jack Scott. The thiug well managed. At a respeciful distance, & post-chaise was in waiting, and in it the pair drovo off for Scotiand, The road they took was tibac by Morpeth and Coldstream, by whica they arrived next moruivg at Blackshiets. Scott’s de- vign #2s probably to take fresh horses at Dlack- shiels, and post on to Edinburg, ouly two stagos, distant, where the marriage ceremony could Lavo been effected; but laving accidentally learoed that the Rev. J. Buenauan, Epizcopal minisier at Haddington, was 1 the honso. he 1n- vited that geutleman to officiate, which he did according to tho form preseribed by the Church of England, and afterwards gave them a certifi- cate to that edect. The newly-wedded pair im- ‘mediately retraced their route to Aorpsil, whare they resided for a day or two. Tt need scarcely be said that Surtees wasat Srst implacable iu his resentwent. The =Scotts wers 1more distressed than augry. As what, however, was dome cuuld mot ba undone, they ment thoir for- giveuess, and invitod Jack aud bis bride to their 2 proved 1n circumstances from oua generation o another. The-family bezins to omerge from obseurity in the person of William Scott, who 18 anprecticed to & coal-fitter in Newcastlo. A coal- fittorisakind of middiowan between the owner of coal-pits and shipners. He purchases tho coal, transfors it to barges called koels. whenco it is put on hoard ships in tho river. The word keel, from an oid Anglo-Baxon term, signifyinga bark, is now loss to the general vernacular, but remains preservod in a popular baliad, ** Weel Aay the Keel Row.” The term also keeps its ground in relation to the coal-barges on the Tyne, whers owners of keeis are_men of considersble substauce. The William Bcptt we have been speaking of Tose by his stesdiness and irfelli- gence tu b s com-fiLter and proprictor of keels, with numerous keelnen in his employment. With a view tu kecp Lis mea from stragzling away amoug public-houses, be for & time kept o i10u58 %r Lueir speziai acconmodativ, the sale of bewr to tiem aditing to lus ordinacy gainy. "This concern. bowever, as not beinz creditabla 10 a man 12 s lonsishipg circumstances, was, after 3 time, dropred. From baiug aa 0w Xkeels, he, 1 duo course, becanie an ow shipe, in which coacity fow men atiained gr or no > on the Tyune from Newcastle to Suields aud Sunderlund.” . Willinm Scott was married in 1740 to a Atkineon, of Nowcastle, It was o happy matzi monial alliance. Derides good looks and plac temper, the lady possessod 2n ezcollont ander- standing, elon with 2}l proper domestic accom- plistments. A fortunate marriage for the owner of keels end sbips! At the time that a child was 2bont to Take itS appezrance, the couutry was thrown iuto alarm by the robellion, in the kpring of 1745, A rebel army was advancing on the Tyne, The gutesrof Newcastle wero shut and guarded. In s condition which made Ler appre- Bensivo of decels of veslonce, Mru. Scots removed to the village of Hayworth, 4 miles distant, in the County of Duriism. There sho gave birtn o a male infant; but thers was a secor cuild, and, in the urgency of the casc. & medical prac- titioner was scnt for to Neweastle. It was dur- ing the night; the gatea were closed; as dolsy might be hazardous, the doctor was lot down over the wall in a basket, and ho arrived ia good tinse to eliver Yirs. Scott of a female child. Tho boy wagnawed William, aud we sball s0on hear more o ¥ Tt was Jrs, Scott’s destinvio * fall into afam- ily.” Roturning to Newcastie after tha rebelliun was over, she sgain, afier s time, had vsins, oy and girl, born on the 4th of June (the birth- day of George 11L), 1751. The buy was christ- ened John—the John Scott, hero of our story, bt who almost until middle 1173 wus bess nown by bis fricnds as Jack, or Jicx Scott. Master Jackey was o promising youth while still in pet- Jicouts, bus scarcely more o than his brother William, who was from 5 to 6 yoars his senior. The ino boys bad goud brains, They grew up fond of Loois,fwhich 13 always asigd of acute jutelligeace, sud both bad = sarprising meaory. Of codrse, they bad the ordinary unralinzas of buye, performed prauks, and uaderwens thegfog- gings st schoul wuich at tliat time we:e CouDiier~ ed a proper zcademic duciy'ine. At the ¥ree Grammar-School at Newcas i, under the man- agement of the Rev. lr. Mo.y:3, they xcquired a sound classical wstruction, to which they wery Jargely indebted for their future advancement. William was sent to complete his educatiou st Oxford; bnt the father a:d mot contemplate seuding Jack thither, considering the liuo of life ho wes likely to pursue. For ocoe thing. Jack was a shilled penman. His handenting was Dbeauirfal, and remaived 80 during life. Jack was otherwmce accompiisied. As o smell but handsomely-made ysuth of 14, he waa one of the best dancers casce. A% the daucing- school, be signalized himsclf by Lis gallaotry in lelping thie voung ladien to put on their daveing- shoes, it being accordig to etiquot:e in those days to rendor this kind of service, nud ot tho samo time offer a umall bonquet of flowers. In this way, Jack Scott grow up s bean, atil wasad- mired for the gracefuiness of his manners. On resching his 15th year, *his father began to tlunk what was to be done with him. Notbing seemed more suitable than to bring himuo to his owa trado ss & coal-fitter. William, who, by his excellent sbilitios, bad already’gained a fellowship, sud occupied the position of a col- Jego tutor, did not lise tho idea of seeing biother Jack a coal-dealer, and persusded bhis father to end tue Iad to Oxford, where eomathing better could bo dopa for him. So, i 1776, Jack goes in 8 fly to Oxford. s’ thera S nlered ss o member of the unirorsity. Hero hedid bot shine 80 conspicaously as on the bauks of tbe Tsne, and Lis Northumbrian burr s not in bis favor. Yet lie spont three years at college, showed hia splendid talents, and, like fis brocer, obtained 3 fellowship. In 1771, he wiote sn Enghsh esssy, and gained tho prize for doing so—a matter of gratulation to the famuly. " A Whiie eversthing was going on swimmingly for bigh academuc honors, Jacs Beott, at 2l vears of age. sacrificed all his prospeets bya single act, In the course of & joarney through -the norils of England, be attended church at Sedgeficld in the Couutr of Durham, avd tiere waw and instantly fell in love with loizabech Surtees, doaghter of & bauker 1 Newcastle. Dassy was nuder the chargs of an auot, L0 whom Jack contnved to procure an introductios, whish opened tho way for a converss- fion with tbo youog lady. Ths fame as a prizo eesayisf, uuited with his baod- Goma personal appesrance, sud biack, spariiing eyes, gave bim au advantage which proved irre- wistible, After anacquaiutance of buta few dave, Jack Scost ond essy bad pledged their trotl to each other. £, iisa Surtees uad not yet come out. This im- poriant azZuir in » younx July's hfo was (o take Dlace at a ball given to the Duke of Cumberland Z_tue Duke of Calloden notoriety—a: Nowcastle ou tuelst Soptember, 1 Jack took good ‘care go'\o at the bail, bur, disconcerted by sceing Bessy led out 8s o partner by the Duie, snd that st ras _ceremonionsly treated us the ‘“belle of tho ball,” Le did not ask ber to dance. For tbis vosuess, he speedily made up. At the weekly ssacmblies, L not only danced with her, but Gponly showed that o was an sdmirer. An ar- rangement in the rooms was lavorable to tbe Foug pair. Tbero wasa lorge snd s small apariment, with a lobby or a staur-head betweco, Tothe dances, Jack made s paint of dancing With Dessy down the loog room into the lobby and tho small room beyoud—s circumstance ho psed gleefully to relsteiu hia lator dayssas skillfal picce of gencralship. IR ‘Those dancings did not escape motice. Tho Sootts were sorry that Juck had entangled him- seif so early in life, though they aliowed Lus cuoice was unexceptionable, If he marricd 1 Lieeay, be would lose his fellomship. and whero { Tere h.s meaus of o resprciavie livolihood ? A3 urzoes, thoy wero furions st the natiun L for T geir thoy Fant Bt ghes e g ju Lowdon ; tr a bigh copnoct’ s ?‘,}; ‘:ff * o here LV okod alter, sad the fagey for Jack Scottdnven ous cf her head. Boagy saw much fine cowpany fo London, Sgured & paction in Jcrthumbernd House, the Opera, Scott, nou of & coal-Liter who once kept 1 dwollivg, They came, and matters were sa far 1 :made up. In a félv months, thera was a sotten- ing w the feclings of the old Lanker. Ho saw it Wwasno use, or rather worse thau useless, to staud out. There was accordingly o treaty of peace by tho- belligerents. -Scott’s fither seuled £2000 on the newly-wedded pair, a sum which he afterwards doubled. Tlo anpual proceods were meant 24 s help £0 the youug couple. They worc litorally penniless, aud the small annual income from these gif:a wagall_thoy could reckon upon till Jack could muke hig_way in the worid. 0 make tho mar- ringe doubly sare, the ceremouy was solemnized alresh inthe Parish Chu.ch of St. Nicuolas, Newcastle, 10th January, 1773. That may o8 called the date at which Scott began his memor-- able career. Hernd Bessy drove off southwards across the Tyne. The world was il befora thom. Doubts and darkuess - bovered over the futare; but in thess soung beings thora was the spriug of hope and intellizeucs wuh a determinate Tesoluiion to tigh the battle of Lfe. Jack had forued bis plan. It vas 1o enter himself as » studert st thoe Baz, and ea1de during the peried of probation ac Uxford. e way sduwitted to the Sueiety of the Middle “Temple 25th January, 1773, At Oxford, ko do- livered lectures, taught pupils, and so ekod out his small income. Alrs. Scott proved ansd- mirable belpmate. Studymg ber husvand's moans, she mads both ends moot. The only entortainments she gave were small toa-partios, and we learn with some intercst that ons of Ler occasional gueats was Dr. Sawuel Johuson. In studging for the Bar, Scott made tao most strenuous endeavors. Having taken his aegrea of Master of Arts, he plunged into bis lesal studies: rosest4in the morming; spent ouly & few nunutos ac meals ; took Lctie outdoer ex- ercise ; and sat up ovor his books till late at might. He also bhad the fortitude to keep his bruin unclouded. Iis aboterdiousncss was ag remarkablo as it was exemplary. In the cir- cumstauces in which he was piaced, ho was & model husband ; wiule Bessy, iv hor tender and loving way, and earnest devation to his interoats, was & model wife. -The martiage had baen a perfect success, The ecouomizing spirit of the pair was, if augthing, sugineuted by the birth of ason in March, 1774 Nexc vear, boing called to the Dar, Scoit—for we must drop cailing him Jack—wont to reside in London, Lis house was in Cureisor stroet, ncar Chancery Lan, after- wards described by him a3 ns firet perch, to Which in an evening ho used to bring from Fleot market twopencewurtlh of sprats for supper. Success in the legzl profestioa is only attainable by inzeneo indusiry, @ farx shars of cowinun seuse and tact, alons with pernaps 3 degiac of good luck. LErsking was 8 surorising instanco of & rapid rise 8o furwune. Thuclow also mounted suddenly by his ingenious reasoning and fervid oratory in the Dougias cauge. Scott had got 80 004 & chance, butbe luat nothing in persevar- nce ; and be was aided immensely by lus pow- ers of memory, 28 well as by acuteness of judg- taent. His slender meanw did not pessait Lis bo- coming 3 papil for tweive months under an equicy pleader. For this deficicucy Lie wan pardly com- pensated by boing allowed gratuitotaly to study cases in Lise ottice of a kind-Lienrted couveyancer, and 80 scored his mind with details for pracuce as » baurister, B We canuot go into a regular account of Scott’s carcer. Tuatis given better elsowhere by Lord Cawmpbell. For several vous ho hud lictte prac- tice, and ra. Scout's Bunsckeepiug, a8 may be eupposed, was atill on a moderate fuuting. - Lat Le ever deepaired, went upon citcwit, sod ac- camnlated experiouce. $lis dayof triumph came, In 1759, iu an wtricato contest as totho slits of au hoir-at-law 10 rank 28 residuary leguiee, tred befure Loxd Tuurlow, Hr. Scots oifered such couvINEIng RIEuMents 38 t2 Fain tho cass for Lis client. lis ~reputation was made. Liiefs cams inm upou bLim, sud ever after- warda he was st easo in his circumstznces. In 1753, he receivea ® silk gown. He about tho same time, through bhie strong Cou- sorvative leanings, way eiccted member of Par- lament for Weobly. 1l appearauces in the House of Commons, an has veon the czso of imany soted Jawsers, were disappointing. Tn 1735 o roke to bo Solicitor-General, and received the hopor of knighthcod from the King. In 1793 hho was promoted to be Atzornes-Geveral. Next, in 1799 no was made Chinf-Justice of the Com- mon Ploss, and crested Barun Eldon of Eldon in the Couuty of Durbam. Jaci Scott » Peer! Ies- wy bocome Lady Etuon! How tho nows spread at Newcusile, aud astonisbed everybody, - the Surtees in particclar, tuough they alrcady bad occasion to chaogo their opinion eoncoruing Dessy's marriage, Kortunately, Lo:d Eldon's Voncrable mother survived to 506 er 403 arTivo st tbia distiaction; and with proper filial aifec- tion, his first duty, on being ratsed to tuo Peer- age, was to acjueint her with tho fact—signing Limself ELpox. One docs not loarn without omo- tiou that ou eipt of the letter, tho ald lady burst into tears, sud exclaimed: **To think that I should hive to be, tho mother of o Lord!™ Whst justifiable ptide bath not a mother in the high worldly apprecistion of her sons! Ii is about the most exalied sen- timeut iu wich humanity can induigo. ~Lord Eldgn astained still higher hunors. In 1801, oo {lio ‘dwwizsal of Wedderburn, Lord Louvhbor- ough, he was appointed Lord-Cusucellor of Great Dritain. 1 Few men bave had such a lengthened jodicial and poiitical carcer. Eifon was Chuncalior un- der thres succebsive ndminisirations. s do- eisions were sound, and :ke cnief fault imputed to hiin was his delay ana bextation mn briogieg uits 0 o fival jud; tho preseut dag, Lis politicai vie'ss would be prozoanced narmow and uagenial, though no ona aver doubted hia sincor.ty aud earnes: desire to_promote the test { intereats of i coantry. In private Lifo, Lo wua fond of jocniurities, sud untiring in b anec- | dotes abuut early siruxgies and acquainiauces ; often giviug smusini accouuts of ucidents in which Le had been concerned. Hopever aflect- €d to conceal bus origin ; and, 3 su instance of Dis goodness of heart, did not forget, on becom- ing Lord-Chancellor, to coster » lucrative a2 poiutment on Moires, his old friend snd school- at Newcastie. mfi“{sgn, ho was advanced to the dignities of | Viecount Eacombe nud Earl of Eldoo. His nboloved Beasy ” livai ten sears to emjoy her pew title sa Countoss of EMon; and deeply did the Earl moum her deceaze in 1t31. He himse.f, after outliviug slmost all his immediate relstions, died Tus 8ith yesr, Jan. 3, 1638, leaving behind him o fortuns of over balf & mik lion stezling. In ius titled and eatates be was succeeded by bis grandaun. Lord £ldon's broth- er, William, had scarccly aleas distinguiched carcer. He, 100, waa s [awyer, and ultimately { rose to bs Judgs of tha Court of Admiralty, in ¢ wshich position, 85 3180 in kis kiowledgo of i~ ternational sud ecciesiastical laiw, be wun Ligh | apiti n. e waa raised to the Poorzge 88 | Baroa S:owel, bu: at his decease in 1835, with- | oat inale iesas, tho title becaino extincs. Lorda Eidoy zud Stowel ware two of the most remarkae bie men of thoir tizne, In their Jives thoy pre- | yen:ed 6 momosable instance of two bruthers { rining to emisosce throuzhi shoer force of bilis ties which they aco eaid to bsve had tho good 1ortune 40 iaharis trom tels zotlier. ry