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" « THE OLD STRAW HAT'S" ADDRESS TO ITS OWNER . ¦ lane time about the end of last autumn certain lines Jm the pen of Euza Cook went the round of the press , ^ os farewell , for the season , of her " Old Straw Hat . " ! S <* a 5 OB hating returned when the " Old Straw Hat " irtiope to be again placed in active service , we have Sji fe vonred with the following beautiful lines from an vTcontnbutor , which we are sure will be read with vjsbk . On * 6 ieaA forbids us to append his name ! aa ^« 3 « toctanfly we comply ivith his injunction . —
We parted when the beech leaves fell , And flowers had left the mead and dell ; When infant frosts had chill'd the morn , Ana alent was the harvest horn . The swallow , too , had left our shore , Its Witt ? ring note was heard no more ; Ana Sol himself loofd Texed and spent , And hasted to ' ards " his western tent , " yow Summer gladdens every eye , The glorious sun is mounted high ; > o " misty clouds shut out its ray , " So sleety showers despoil the day . The vine hath shown her tender rings , Around the pole the hop shoot clings ; The birch tree waves her tresses green ,
The beech in all her beauty ' s seen , The blackbird pours his mellow strain , The cuckoo ' s song is heard again ; And " merry voices" all declare'tis time thy Old Straw Hat to wear . Sot much that * s strange have I to tell Since last you bid a kind farewell . The mildew , ruthless Time ' s ally , lias passed me not unheeded by ; Xor has the spider failed to set Across my crown his mazy net ; While -wrathful moths have shown their spite Upon my brim by many a bite . 0 ! let me then with thee inhale The freshness of the summer gale ;
The morning ' s balm , the noontide breeze , Low rustling through the aspen trees . "With thee , xrilh thee I ' ve "learn'd to lore The tangled wood aad cooing dove ;" And watch at eve the wild dog-rose , When dew drops guard its sweet repose . ? Tis true , 'tis true , I ' m old and worn , "With flattened crown , and ribbon torn ; And just as true , I cannot ape The " newest style" or "cottage shape f But from the evening ' s chilly air 111 guard thy brow with jealous care ; And ward the noontide ' s scorching ray From off thy check as well as they . 0 , what a bitter lot were mine ,
Had Fate not spun my thread with thine ! I ne ' er had been immortalised , But kicked about—by all despised . Some rude , ill-mannered farmer ' s boy Had crowned with me his wild shoy-hoy ; Or else some slattern ' s hand profane Had stopped with me a broken pane ! Whilst Time shall keep upon the wing , Or green shall be the robe of Spring—Whilst evening spreads ( when day is gone ) Her pearly net-work o ' er the lawn—Whilst Dunstable shall famous be , For making hats of straw like me—Whilst of my crown there stands one platt , I ' m ever thine , The Old Stbaw Hat .
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3 SAYS ON NATURAL HISTORY . By Cmitiia Wateeio-v , Esq . Secand Series ; with a continuation of the Autobiography of the Author . London : Longman and Co ., Paternoster-row . Our readers may remember , that some months igo we spe an extract from this work , shewing the amicability of the famed Wourali poison as a oeans of cure in cases of hydrophobia . We hope car readers hare not forgotten that extract . The enter of these remarks is so satisfied with Mr . Wai £ bio . v ' s theory , that should Merer be his missrtunetobe infected with that horrible diseaseijdiK > iihobia , it is his desire and instructions to have
h Wourali poison applied to himself . We may laniml our readers , that in the event of so awful a tilawity befalling any one of themselves or connee-Sm , ilie gentlemen to be applied to , are Charles Sheutos , Esq ., at Walton Hall , near Wakefield ; s , Mr . Sibsox , at the General Hospital , in Nottingam . An application to either of those gentlemen ( iwul be better to write to both ) will be immedi-» Iy attended to . Those of our readers who may aw forgotten the extract before given , will do well sk'kback to the "Notice to Correspondents" in js . Vr tAfrn Star , of September 21 st , 18 « . Although we have had this delightful work by us smc lime , we have not had the opportunity , before
at present week , to do more than give the extract 2 kw referred to . The first series of Mr . Waterton ' s Euom it has never been our good fortune to peruse ; ' sure have read his Wandainqs , and the wonders s that book we shall not speedily forget . If any of ae" Sew Generation" whom we now address , have Kvcrsetn Mr . Waterton ' s first literary prodnctioa , w adrjse them to forthwith search it out . If they KBDfli afford to push their inquiries amongst the nrat London publishers—who may possibly have a rtrareopv left on their shelves , let them ferret through : » -lores of the circulating libraries in their skUnmrhood ; their ferreting will most likely be aecsful .
Bm it is not now with the Wanderings we have to < s-: lie wonders of Guiana ' s wilds—the multitudiaas number and surpassing beauty of the birds—the amiense reptiles—the author ' s Herculean combats * 3 b tremendous serpents—bis ride on the back oi a * uau [ alligator]—his gathering the WoHrali poison ¦ -aS these matters , so illustrative of the feet that ' umh is strange—stranger than fiction , " we cannot r * t ( mnc of now , it is with the book before us that we aTC to do , and to it we must confine ourselves . Mr . V atertos ' s object in publishing this second iftumeof £ ?««« , is one that vtould sanctify any Ute-? " offering , that object being to aid the widow of ^ e ate Mr . Loedox , a distinguished fellow-labourer a tiie field of natural science . The author says , lne
volume which I now present to an indulgent [ we , js an unsolicited donation to fhe widow ofmy }* rce } , arted friend Mr . Loedox , whose vastlabours m , „ tanse of Science have insured to him animper-= »** reputation . If this trifling present on my j ® t should be the medium of conveying one single wj- of balm to the wound , which it has pleased hea-• aiUi lnflicton the heart of that excellent lady , my " **? w have been well employed , and my endea-^ amplyrequited . " : ™ jxmng seen the first series of Essays , we have * f i ™ the pleasure of wading the former portion of p author ' s remarkable history : this we regret . t ! " ** * father comment for the present , and at -ij iS" *? 6 * ve a few extracts from the scenes m reactions containedin the autobiography .
„ _ BOIXABS . jHaniHu ) , indeed , is the former sedgy marsh of Holl and rich the people who have drained and fertilised - There is a placidity and frankness in the Hollanders . a * at once gain the good will of the traveller onhis * st a i ^ earance amongst them . The uniformity of their ¦¦ aray , and the even tenour of their tempers , appear as •^ li the one had been made for the other . You may x the streets of Rotterdam from light to dark without -tfflnn tering anything in the shape of mockery or rude'•* . IcouldseeaobodypressingforwardwithaliQrriea »" it up the street , as thongh the town were on fire behind ^ ; nor a single soul whose haughty looks would give ** io understand that I must keep at a respectful dis-** e from him . Ho bird ever preened its plumage with t-1 - * e assiduity than the housemaid in Holland removes
¦ 'try particle of dust and dirt from toe facade of her neat £ 1 pretty dwelling . It seemed to me that she was at " * k with her water-pail and broom from the beginning : it week till late on Saturday night . * # # * . / It stork , whose shape and habits at once announce 5- n to be a lover of swamps and quagmires , is care-Hj protected in Holland . The natives know his value ; ^™ so good an understanding exists between themselves ^*» s bird , that he appears in the heart of their towns W ™ * e sM Dtest siynptoros of fear ; and he builds his W " i " * au l l 0 n * h c ^ t of their chimney-tops . Would ^ j ' ^ antry gentlemen put a stop to the indiscrimil iooj |] ^^ of Wrds * V ^^ rat hl « ss gamekeepers , we saK » w ^* ^ tOTis ' Holland in order to see the true -sii ^ * esto » 't , norroam through Germany to enjoy the i / j ^ ° * "" e kite—a bird once very common in this part ' * Aire , bnt now a total stranger to it .
. ^ " ^ USCE ASD GAMBLIKG AT ADC-lA-CHAPEttE . 6- ^^^ hibitionisaUthisof the follyand the frailty 3 * Ih J . natnre ! MnS Providence has afforded us aa H faji ] v e flow of salubrious water at Aix-la-Chapelle , : Of > tla . ^ PP roached , and of such transcendent virae ' jny r * *> " only do it justice , we are sure to reap l -3 tff » on efit of Jt - B i * ™ lieu of a corresponding ^ bv ° Ur I ! ' conntera « t C Ter S expected advan-^ lijhr * of ^ c gtothe salle a manger , and there par-^*< thnc fte lnM ries from the cornucopia of Epicurus , **» toa " Ceres ' after whicn wenut ttelast in P Sftt ^ reSt < Wation of health ' ^ 3 destroyingthe peace 5 ! ht \ , / T ™ at Hie gambling table ; there to be flayed » i * a ^ V ^ Wns butchers , to whom the Government , ^ tscT " 131148 . and the visitors themselves , give ^ nd cal ^ g "* " >«« the exercise of their terrible and ^ "e by the * ' - TJiere they are , and there they willcontOs * rned- nifiteac oiisent and countenance of all parties ^ tiia ? j ^ aodUl * re they will ease thousands of their last ^* sata e fin * J * oces s so pleasing , so engaging , and at "¦* " ** . ^ S ° trea t * iis f tta * neitheryouth nor age , ** an J ? <* ararter , can show fortitude enough to ""^ ttnal stand againstit .
1 by r «« LnK 0 bam - « w > ied to home ^ ") Mirnrti ' dTentnre on the road from Baccano to 7 Jatr ^ ^ relating , but which I deem necessary to ktter t itr in 8 raerthat som ' s ° my Meais fa S *» for to ^ - oaers m ^ 0 *** , may » ot give me ^ bJS ?" whid > Reserves no credit at aU . w « aiend . h ad gotiCmto their heads that I had
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5 SZ 75 F * The -W- ^ iS&S ^ onlld , - * T- r VhiCh e " rich timn ' tllc * to * c ^ omsed sam te placed i « suc profusion throughout 2 « * , f '• "f miUW a Catll 0 Hc ttavcller t 0 «* Wt « M « eas > and simple mode of showing his religious feeW . toe ^ te *?** ** ^ nevereutercd m ^^ mind atthe time I had no other motives than those of easy walking andofself-enjoyment The affair which caused the talk took place as foUows :-Wehad arrived at Baccanora the MlS ^ r * wew £ re « tteal proposed to our excellent friend Mr . Fletcher , who had joined us at Cologne , aat we should leave the inn at four the next morning on foot from Rome , and secure lodging for the ladies , who would follow us m carriage after a r . ine o ' clock breakfast navmg been accustomed to go without shoes
month after month , in the rugged forests of Guiana , I took it for granted that I could do the same on the pavement of his Holiness Pope Gregory the Sixteenth , never once reflecting that some fifteen years had elapsed since the time that J could go barefooted with comfort and im ptuuty : during the interval , however , thesequel will show that the soles of m , feet had undergone a considerable alteration . We rose at three o ' clock on the morninc after , and having put a shoe and a sock or half-stock mg into each pocket of my coat , we left the inn at Baccano for Home just as the hands of our watches pointed to the hour of four . Mr . Fletcher having been born in North Britain , ran no risk of injuring his feet bv an act of imprudence . The sky was cloudless and the morning frosty , and the planet Venus shone upon us as though she had been a little moon . Whether the severity of the frost , which was more than commonl y keen , or the hardness of thepavement , or perhaps both conjoined , had deprived my feet of sensibility , I had no means of ascp r-
teimng ; but this is certain , I went on merrily for several miles without a suspicion of anything being wrong , until wehalted to admire more particularly the transcendent splendour of the morning planet , and then I saw blood on the pavement : my right foot was bleeding apace , and on turning the sole uppermost , I perceived a piece of jagged flesh hanging by a string ; seeing that there would be no chance of replacing the damaged part with success , I twisted it o $ ; and then took a survey of the foot by the light which the stars afforded . Mr . Fletcher , horrorstruck atwhathesaw , proposed immediately that I should sit down by the side of the road , and there wait for the
carnage , or take advantage of any vehicle that might come up . Aware that the pain would be excessive as soon as the lacerated parts would become stiff by inaction , I resolved at once to push on toRome : wherefore , putting one shoe on the sound foot , which , by the way , had two unbroken blisters on it , I forced the wounded one into the other , and off we star ted for Rome , which we reached after a very uncomfortable walk . The injured foothad two months' confinement to the so& before the damage was repaired . It was this unfortunate adventure which gave rise to the story of my walking bare-footed into Rome , and which gained me a reputation by no means merited on my part ( To be continued . )
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THE STORY OF A FEATHER . By Douglas Jerrold . London : Punch Office , 92 , Fleet-street . This is a reprint of the beautiful and affecting story , which appeared some time ago in the pages of our excellent contemporary , Punch . In its present form the story may be read to much greater advantage than on its first appearance , as it may be perused from the commencement to the close without halt or stoppage ; moreover , the concluding chapters have been re-written , and the story in its termination bears a more finished appearance than it originally possessed . Of all the complete works of Douglas Jbrrold we have yet read , this we regard as his best . Every page glitters with gems of wit , satire , and the most benevolent and noble ideas . Cant is unmasked , aristoeratical
hearflessness unveiled , and the sufferuigs of the many described as only Mr . Jerrold can describe them . The heroine of the story , Patty Butkr , js a lovely conception ; and so devoid of exaggeration is the picture , that it is difficult to beheve such a being is but the creation of fiction . Doubtless there are many Patty Butler ' s suffering and enduring the hardshi ps of a world too unfitted for their gentle spirits—but the actual existence of the beautiful creation of . Mr . Jerhou >' s story , is what it is difficult to disbelieve in , so true to nature has he drawn his heroiae . If we have any one objection to advance , it is , that the account of the death of the old wretch Mrs . Gaptooth , is not sufficiently striking , whilst the death of old Cramp , the cardmaker , is made unnecessarily horrible . Wehavetomake an acknowledgment to Mr . Jerrold for his oicture of the nnor
curate , Mr . Indlewood . In our hatred of priests—a hatred engendered purely from a detestation of the delusions of which they are the apostles , and the crimes which their sway over mankind has caused , — in the warmth of feeling with which we have been led to regard their fatal influence in all ages , and all nations , we fear we are sometimes too sweeping in our denunciations of the class . Good men do undoubtedly exist , even amongst the priests ; men who conscientiously believing in particular creeds , do nevertheless exhibit feelings of charity towards all mankind , and do their best to shield the helpless , and succour the fallen . Such men , like Goldsmith ' s Village Pastor , and Mr . Jebhold ' s ingleamd , are of the " salt of the earth ; " true to their nature , the withering influences of their craft fail to contaminate or change them . To such men be all honour .
> iow comes our difficulty—the selecting an extract , or extracts : for how are we to single out particular specimens of beauty where all is beautiful ? Patty working at the midnight hour by the side of her dead mother—the agony of the repentant Jessy—the touching tale of Jessy ' s lover ' s death—the biting satire in the descriptions of royal andaristocratic Methe ludicrous doings of Monsieur Spanneu—the abominable cant of the Muggletonian preacher—the descriptions of " life" in Newgate , and the roundhouse , in the " good old times "—the untiring benevolence of the poor apothecary Hmftey—the playhouse behind the scenes , fanny Bavis , good-hearted Kitty Clyde , the wretch auntiuo ?/ and his gold snuffbox : and the critic ' s inkstand;—all these should be given to do the work justice—indeed the book must be read , no mere extract can give the reader a' correct idea of its worth and beauties . We must , nevertheless , give a few extracts : —
LONDON " JIABTTBS . " Unseen , unknown , are the divinities that—descending from garrets—tread the loud , foul , sordid , crowding highways of London ! Spiritual presences suffering all things , and in the injustice—most hard to turn to right —of our social purpose , living and smiling , daily martyrs to then : creed of good . Young children , widowed age , and withered singleness—the ardent student , flushed and fed with little else but hope ^—the disappointed , yet brave , good old man , a long , long loser in the worldly fight , who has retired apart to bleed unseen , and uncomplaining die
—the poor and stern man , only stern in truth—sour of speech , with heart of honied sweetness—all of these , in all their thousand shades of character and spir it—the " army Of martyrs" to fortune , and the social iniquities that , dressed and spangled for truths , man passes off on man—all of this bright hand have , and do , and will consecrate the garrets of London , and make a holy thing of poverty by the sacrificial spirit with which they glorify her . # ? ? * * And has not such poverty its genii , its attendant spirits % 0 , yes ! a bloodless glory is its body-guard , and its tatterbearer an angel .
THE HEBOISM OF THE POOB . The history of the world is made of battles , conquests , the accession and the deaths of kings , the doings of statesmen , and the tricks of law . This makes the vulgar story of the external world . Its deeper history is of the hearts , even of its lowest dwellers—of the ennobling impulses that swell them—of the unconquerable spirit of meekness which looks calmly upon terror , and turns even agony to patience . A London alley might produce a more glorifying heraldry—if emotions could be quartered—than Poictiers or Blenheim . How many a man , whose only history is written in a baptismal register or undertaker ' s account , has conquered suffering , stronger in its onset than a squadron ! If true magnanimity awarded knighthood , how many who want even shoe-leather have won their spurs ! STOBT OF A BABE ' S TOOT—INFANT PRODIGIES . " Yes , " I answered hastily . " This life appears to me delicious . Indeed , I know no condition so Wissfnl . "
"Poor wretch ! " cried the hare ' s-foot with a contemptuous groan . " Shall I ever forget the sweetness of my liberty ? The fresh , perfumed dew that bathedmy infant paws ! My adultgambols by moonlight ! The sweet spring grass and beds of thyme—and sweeter felony committed upon early peas in kitchen-garden ! Nights of my youth ! Fragrant and nimble was the air around me , and freshness was in all my steps . Then was I guileless evsn to simplicity . I was slain , and from that hour I have been made an instrument of deception . 0 , the false paintings I have done ! 0 , the cracked and faded human canvas I have daubed and daubed , and passed upon men for heaven ' s painting ! " # # *
"You have heard , " continued the hare ' s-foot , "that I was poadied ? I believe I owed my death to an unsophisticated love of the English drama . Yes ; Hodge Peastraw , lacking the price of admission to the barn of Biggleton , elevated for a time into a theatrical temple , took me as a mysterious present to Bellowly , the manager . Mr . Bellowly vaunted an everlasting devotion to the laws of lis country ; nevertheless , Mrs . Bellowly had , at the time , a strange mysterious yearning for hare , and the manager sacrificed the feelings of the patriot to the tenderness of the husband . Hodge gave me—poached and slaughtered me—to Bellowly ; and Bellowly , who was that night to play Othello , gave Hodge an order for the show . Hence , " added the hare ' s-foot with a slight laugh , "in the bargain that bartered me , there was murder on both sides . " "So your flesh , " said I , "became a dinner to the manager ' s family , and Peastraw was never suspec ted V
"Suspected ! " cried the hare ' s-foot . "Mr . Bellowly took care of that , at the same time doing what was needful for his own dignity . He dropped a large blot of red sealing-wax upon my forehead , then writing an address to « Achmet Bellowly , Esq ., with the Lady of the Manor ' s admiring compliments , ' tied the document to my hind legs , andcausedme tobe delivered to him during rehearsal in the bosom of his whole company . Nevertheless , I was served up , I may say it , in undress ; for the manager could not in private life rise to currant-jelly . I was eaten , ' said the hare ' s-foot with a sigh , "I was eaten without the Honours . "
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" And your feet V I asked . " My fellow fore-paw was at once consigned to paint the heavy old men , and general utility . Fortune alone ean tell what has become of it : but if there be anything in what the players call sympath y , I think it has sunk to the shows , for every year I feel strange low yearnings towards Bartleray Fair . " " And yourself r I asked . « What was your career , for you have strangely interested me ?" "You are very kind , " answered the foot , in a slightly satirical tone . "I became the property of Mr . Bellowl y ' s little Bekidera . Poor little thing ! She was killed for a genius . " " Pray explain , " said I .
"lou must know , " said the hare ' s-foot , "that it has been ordered by nature—whether wisely or not 1 will not answer—that every manager who is a father , has agenius : that is , he possesses a wonderful child , who has been privately suckled by the Tragic Muse , and taught the witching ways of comedy by Thalia . Poor BelvMera was this doomed wonder . Hence I was set aside to rouge her little baby cheeks ; to paint out the fresh hue of childhoodto overlay it with midnight red . Poor waxen puppet ! She raved according to rote , she laughed a parrot laugh , she ogled , she simpered ; she deformed the frank face of babyhood with the taught tricks of the woman ; and grown fools applauded , and wondered , and cried a miracle ! And the daily wardrobe of Mr . Bellowl increased
y in lustre ; and watch-and-chain , and rings , and other ornaments , which even philosophers , whilst they despise them , wear out of respect to the world , became the property of the devoted father : who , that no spot of the world might be denied the benefit of Belvidera ' s genius , would condescendingly exhibit it even in way-side inns , at taverns , clubs , in all places and before all societies . And the poor child was coaxed , and petted , and hot-suppered into a belief of its own gieatness , and into the reality of a slow and mortal sickness . I felt its cheek , now hot and clammy , as night after night I was made to lay on more and more paint , and I was assured that the creature was laughing , and dancing , and mumming , every night nearer and nearer to its little grave .
" Time went on , " continued the hare ' s-foot , " and Belvidera grew worse . The cough—that herald of the church-bell—seized her : nevertheless Mr . Bellowly declared ' twas nothing—merely symptomatic of the measles ; and she couldn't have them in a better season . At this time the chUd played at a country theatre where Mrs . Clive acted . 'What think you , ma ' am , of my darling Belviaera V asked Bellowly . I think her , ' said Kitty , in her sharp quiet way—for she cuts as silentl y as a pickpocket ' s knife— 'I think her the cleverest corpse I ever thought to see . ' ' Heavens ! ma ' am , ' cried Bellowly . ' I tell you , man , ' said Kitty , outcrying him , ' you'll have that child ' s blood upon your hands as surel y those rings her blood has bought . '
" 0 , there was a long to-do ! At last Mrs . Clive per . suadedBellowly—and , as I think , not without hard money —to take the child from the stage . And she had the poor tiling up to London , and sent doctors and physicians , and day after day would nurse her herself . But all would not do . The little waxen wonder wasted and wasted , and at length Bellowly aghast saw his infant miracle about to die . " Thelittle creature was meek , affectionate , intelligent . ' I shall die , ' she said to Clive ; ' I ' m sure of it—and 0 , it is so strange , I do not seem to fear it . I wish yeu would let me give you something—it is the only thing that ever was mine . Don't look at it till I ' m dead , but pray take it . ' "Clive , with her lieart gushing at her eyes , dumb and strangling with emotion , suffered the child to place the gift in her hand . "The child died . Clive opened the paper , and found the gift to be myself . "
THE PDBE OSES OF THE STAGE . There were , and are , many , many such , who , looking down temptation with virtuous looks , are made , by their weekly shillings—wages earned in a fiery furnace—meekhearted ministrants of daily bread to a whole famil y . I have known many scenes of life , but none in which the filial principle more nobly—nay , in few so nobly exercised itself as among players , from high to low : the " vagabonds" branded in the statute . Many a time has the house rung with plaudits of Mrs . Cibber , in her sweet devotion , as the self-denying child ! and at that moment , among the few girls , the attendants of the scene—the creatures upon whom undistinguishing profligacy in the boxes would set a price—were those , who practised in the hard prose of life , the lovely fable of the poet . Believe it , reader ; I have known Cordelias in cotton gowns , and Grecian Daughters in pattens .
CHAXVAGHE AMD eMALL BEER . Mrs . Clive remained talking to her friend as Garrick came from the stage . He was about to enter the greenroom , when he met the young gentleman who played Shtgard . " My good lad , " said Garrick— " you are dull , plaguy dull in this ; flat , very flat . " " What would you have me do , sir ? Indeed , I should be happy to be instructed , " said the meek Dugard . " Do I" cried Garrick — " why you must feel more spirit—you must work yourself into the passion that—zounds , my lad ! this is what
you must do—you must put more Champagne—yes , that ' s it—you must put more Champagne into it . " " Sir , " replied the actor , with a literalness of apprehension sometimes found behind the scenes—" sir , 1 should be very happy , but it ' s impossible . " " Impossible ! " cried David , looking with his wonderful eye , "impossible to put more Champagne into into it ! " "Yes , sir , " said the stolid Eugard , " with my salary , how can I afford it V " Foregad ! " cried David , smothering a laugh— " I had forgotten that . No : I see ; small beer is the best we can expect from you . "
A FETTEBED HON . Still the play went on . An actor—I forget his name—¦ who played Qitibet , again and again lamented to Mrs . Clive his hard destiny . He was the only man who could play Mirabel ; but in that theatre , he was crushed , ruined , annihilated !' The green-room was empty . Mrs . Clivo sat alone , unseen , behind the door . Gifibet , the ill-used actor , entered . He thought himself solitary with hi 6 wrongs . He stalked up and down the room , swelling and swelling—and then muttering and muttering his injuries . At length , he paused before the pier-glass ; and , gazing intently at himself , he clenched his fist , and shaking it vehemently at the reflection of his face , growled with , bursting heart : " You—you—you are a—a—fettered—lion !" "Ha ! ha ! ha ! " screamed Kitty Clive ; and the fettered lion , more than amazed , rushed from the greenroom .
Our quotations have extended to a greater length than we could well afford room for , but if the specimens we have given should induce any of our readers to become purchasers of this handsome and excellent volume , we shall be well pleased . The cost of the work may be found advertised in any number of Punch . We know of no book that better deserves an extensive circulation . Douglas Jbhboid ' s popularity , though of slow , has been of sure growth . We mean the popularity resulting from his general writings , independent of Ms dramatic productions , which , years ago made him popular with a particular class . He is now decidedl y one of the most popular men of the present time , and his popularity is as deserved as it is general . The honours recently paid to him at Birminghamhonours which all classes , but particularly the working class , joined in awarding—must have been to him highly gratifying ; and his own gratification can hardly exceed that of his many admirers in all parts of the empire . In the report of the meeting at the ( Birmingham ) ' . Polytechnic Institution , the commencement of one of the speeches is reported as follows . —
The Eev . Dr . Raphall next presented himself . He commenced by expressing his gratification at seeing in the chair a gentleman of distinguished talent , who had taken up the cause of the weak against the strong , of humanity against utilitarianism , of good sense and good feeling against canting quackery and grasping rapacity . That gentleman had known how to mix reason with pleasure , and wisdom with mirth ; his keen satire , brilliant wit ; and graphic humour produced deep and lasting impressions on the mind , and he therefore came amongst them with strong claims on their good will—claims which he felt rejoiced at seeing thus warmly recognised .. VThen he remembered thatthe man whom they had thus met to honour was not a noble peer , nor yet a millionaire—not a warrior returning from a field of victory , nor yet a party leader borne up on the angry sea of politics by the clamorous 2 eal of interested partisans—but that he was a literary man , who from the quiet of his closet had spoken to the masses of the population , and been understood and
appreciated by them—when he reflected on all this , he could not help exclaiming , " Time works wonders ! " for great and wonderful was the change it had wrought on the minds and feelings of men . Other speakers—and all classes , aU sects , and all parties , were represented at that meeting—designated Mr . Jerkold as the "friend of the working man , " the " champion of the poor , " a " manful fighter against oppression and cant , " and "a member of the great fraternity who teach that the pen is mightier than the sword . " These are high compliments , but Docglas Jerrold deserves them ; that he may continue to do so to the end of his mortal career , is our fervent hope and earnest prayer .
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THE CORDWAINER'S COMPANION . London : Strange , Paternoster-row ; Cleave , Shoe-lane . This trade journal has been revived , and will next month commenceasaweekl ypublication . No . XVII . ( May 10 th ) contains several good things , particularly an excellent Irish fairy tale , entitled "The First Brogue Maker , " from the pen of a clever man , Mr . John O'Neill , who is about to publish a collection of similar talcs , to be er . titled " Handerdhan , the Irish Fairy Man ; or a series of Original Legends of Ireland . " A word to the editor of the Companion : — Let bygones be bygones—crimination and recrimination will destroy any cause . Tour abilities are of no mean order ; exercise them , then , for the common good , regardless of the snarlings of petty-minded persons . A word to the wise sufficeth .
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THE MINERS ' ADVOCATE . No . I . New Series . Mat . Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Here is " an old friend with a new face . " The size , form , and cost of the new series is the same as Chambers' Edinburgh Journal . There are several able articles in this number , and much interesting information respecting the miners and their griev ances . To the colliers , and trades generally , we re commend this very necessary publication !
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, i ^^^^^^_^__ THE CHRISTIaFmYTIIOLOGY UNVEiIeId Awm ?^ London : B . D . Cougins , 18 , Duke-street , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields . . ' I ins work comprises a course of six lectures on the £ »? = ^ sfe H ^^ V"sssLA-5 r fc 3 A t l p ° n ' in McriKng to an astronomic * ^ a ^ T ^ -x'as ss views by wdl-maintained arguments he En ma s of authority , and throughout exhibits no sS amount of leavmng and research . Of the celebSed writers we have named above , Volnky and Srwa Jfe The Sk fore
" ^^^ L «*• . , us , wlule m some respects not to be compared " with the writings of those two authors , has nevertheless its own distinctive and valuable features . The " Mv thology" is not to be compared for eloquence and mi found thought , with tlic " Ruins" of M . Volney but what Volney disposes of in two or three chapters Mitchell examines and investigates through the en ' tire of a goodly-sized volume : he enters " more into detail , andis consequently moreabundantin the " evidences he advances in support of his views . As regards eloquence , it is not to be wondered at that Mitchell should be inferior to Volney ; the author of the "Rums" was an extraordinary man even in extraordinary times , and a thousand years may pass away before such another writer as Volney appears In comparing Mi tchell with Taylor , we must admii
mat ineiormer possesses butlittle "if any" of the wit and humour , and the great satirical powers of the latter : aUkrogli M regards his " evidences , " we should say that Mitchell had drawn largely from the author of the Diegesis" Be that as ft may " if the author of the work before us does not dazzle w th the wit neither does he offend by the grossness , and almost buffoonery , which so largel y entered into the lectures and writings of Taylor . Mitchell , too avoids that interminable stuffing of his pages with those " classical" barbarisms—Latin , Greek , and Hebrew quotations , in which Taylor so delighted , and which tended to mystify rather than enlighten the generality of his readers . We consider , therefore , that on the whole this work is a very desirable one .
We have said " on the whole , " for we must except one portion . We allude to that portion of the sixth lecture commencing at page 190 , relating to the Sabbath , or Seventh Day of Rest . The author of this work says : — " The entailing upon human industry this weekly curse of idleness was reserved for , and was worthy of , the Emperor Constantine , aman who had the guilt of seven family murders upon his head . " Now , whatever were the motives of Constahtike , and admitting that he was one of the most detestable monsters that ever lived , we deny that the institution of a seventh day of rest is a " curse" to mankind . We admit that the weekl y mummeries of the gospelshops are productive , and conservative of the ignorance slavery , and misery of the great mass of the iw
uimunuy , oui me aostract justice and utility , and the good rssults which would , under other circumstances , flow from the Sabbath , are not invalidated by the fact that the priests have appropriated this day to their own purposes . The author of this work declaims against the forced idleness ^ the Sunday , and the consequent drunkenness , debauchery , gaming , and quarrelling , of which the beer-shops and ginpalaces are the theatres on that day ; but we again say , that the abuse of a good thing is no argument against its use . Instead of encouraging gin-shops and gospel-shops , let the Government throw open the museums and public buildings ; let them provide sound instruction and innocent amusements , both for the young and the adult sections of the community on the Sunday . and very differentwouldbetheresultsto those
seen from the present system ef Sabbath-keeping . The author of this work says- " It is most true that the working man wants rest ; but is not he the best judge when recreation or rest becomes necessary ?" The working man may be the best judge of his own wants , but , placed as he is , under our present social arrangements , entirely at the mercy of the usurpers of land and capital , it is stark-staring nonsense to speak of him as . being a free agent . For many yearslarge masses p f the manufacturing population nave been struggling to obtain a legislative enactment limiting the hours of their labour to ten per day , and we know that Jup to this time they have failed in their efforts . Even the miserable concessions that have been wrungfrom the manufacturers forthe shortening of the
hours of labour of little children , have been extorted only after years of agitation , and enormous expense and suffering on the part of the operatives . It may be said , that any working-nian who desires to work only ten hours a day may do so , but this is erroneous . In three fourths of the mills , workshops , mines , and other employments , the workers are bound to serve for a certain term , or can only leave their employment upon certain notice , and are subject to rules and regulations more oppressive and stringent than those imposed upon them by the legislature . The great mass of the workers cannot go to work at what hour they please , nor leave at what time they like ; their own necessities , and the laws of their " masters , " forbid this . If a man does not like the
task setfor him , he certainly is at liberty , at least after a time , to leave it , but that liberty is the liberty to starve—a precious liberty indeed!—The grasping cupidity of landlords and capitalists is too notorious to render it doubtful that , out for the law and the church , even the seventh day of rest would be denied to the toiling millions . It is not more work thatiswanted j . but thatthe work should be more equally apportioned amongst all the members of the community . It is not the creation of more wealth that is desirable , but a more equal distribution of the wealth produced . When the opponents of priestcraft declaim against the Sabbath , they do their cause injury . The abrogation of the seventh day of rest , and the substitution of only one day in ten , was one of the great errors of the French Revolutionists . The working classes naturally said , "These men , with liberty on their tongues , are worse task-masters than our old tyrants the priests ; " and this and similar errors
speedily created disaffection towards the new order of things , which the discomfited priests and aristocrats were not slow in profiting by . For ourselves , so fav Ckjhv dssiraig t \ v % aSsrogalion oi the seventh day of rest , we would restore to a great extent , or rather establish similar holidays to those which the ? eop le of this country enjoyed before the Reformation . Ye would not restore the Saint Days and the other monkeries of the Calendar , but we would substitute for them days of rest , recreation , and enjoyment , divested of all priestly frauds , and in accordance with common sense and the common good . We cannot afford room for any extracts beyond the following few lines ; we give them because , whilst containing a reproof of the party , or rather a former section of the party , with wnom we are connected , we approve of the writer ' s sentiments , and perfectiy agree with him—as we always did—as to the suicidal My of those who gave themselves up to the miserable delusion
of—EEUGIOOB CHAHTI 8 H . ¦ When our present ultra-Reformers , who call themselves Chartists , prate of church-going , and offering up prayers and religious hymns , previous to their consultations , our political ruleTB pass the wink to their clerical confederates , conveying as much as to say , this is all very well ; for while these men continue under the thumb of any sect of theologians , or suffer their minds to be deluded and debauched by any scheme of supernaturalism whatsoever , real knowledge and sound judgment must be strangers to their meetings ; whilst the animosities of sectism must ever prevent unanimity , without which they never can be formidable to the powers that be , however corrupt . The above appears to have been written at the time that the " Christian Chartist" madness afflicted the movement , and trulyirealised has been the prediction that the " animosities of sectarianism" would be destructive of " unanimity . " Particularly has this result been accomplished in Scotland , where this
insanity principally prevailed . This madness has , however , at length subsided , and now that the coppers are stopped , the canting rascals who set themselves up aa " ministers" and " preachers" are showing off in their true characters—a set of greedy , heartless , dirty-tongued vagabonds , The men of Glasgow and other towns now know , and ri ghtly knowing , detest these Maw-worms : well would it have been for the cause of Democracy if they had been equally well known a few years ago ; to them is mainly to be attributed the ruin of Chartism in Scotland . May the past be a warning for the future ! The Christian M ythobgy Unveiled is elegantlj printed , and may be had either in threepenny numbers , or complete , as a handsome volume . Its ex . tensive circulation will do much to weaken the in fluence of superstition , and hasten the day when "Falsehood ' s trade Shall be as hateful and unprofitable As that of truth is now 1 "
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MACKENZIE'S STRANGER'S GUIDE TO LONDON . London : Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street ; Cleave , Shoe-lane . This Guide is good stuff in little compass . It contains a list , with ample particulars of all the places of amusement , public buildings , charitable and litej rary institutions , bazaars , exhibitions , palaces , i museums , and Government offices , statues , courts ; and inns of law , churches , railroads , bridges , Darks i markets , and prisons of the " Great Metrorolis . " Full information is given as to the days and hours when admission can be obtained to the public buildings , whether the admission is free , and if not the charge or charges . The notices of the places of amusement , exhibitions , < feCi ) give the charges of admission , with many interesting particulars . Indeed we have never seen at the price so useful a book for the class tor whom it is intended-country cousins in London . For a fourpenny-Dicce . the m-mr of ihW
: little book , any one arriving for the first time in the | metropolis may at once become possessed of all the w ^ w ^ ^ ite to enable them to see the I £ , » an « ui these days of " cheap trains" and "holiday excursions , " such a Guide is invaluable . But besides our country friends there are thousands of metropolitan residents who , on sallying out for a day 8 pleasure will find this Guide of the utmost serwe . Drom personal experience we can bear witness to its merits , and therefore we have no hesitation in Tecommenduig it to our friends ,
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THE LATE THOMAS HOOD , lue following paragraph is extracted from the Athcnaium , of Saturday :- "We are sure that the public will learn , with deep regret , what , however , was foreshadowed to his friends by years of sickness and suffering , that Mr . Hood has left a widow and two children m straitened and precarious circumstances , with no other means of subsistence but a small pension , terminable on the failure of the widow ' s life , barely sufficient to supply a family of three with common necessaries , and totally inadequate for the education and advancement of the orphan children . Even this scanty resource has been , of necessity ] forestalled to a considerable extent during the last five months , in order to meet the heavy sick-room
and funeral expenses . We have just heard that the following noblemen and gentlemen , admirers of Mr . Hood ' s genius , but , above all , of the genevous devotion of that genius to the cause of suffering humanity , have formed themselves into a committee , for the purpose of raising a sum by subscription to be held in trust for the benefit of the family during the widow ' s life , and at her death to be divided between * ru ^^" i wl" » a that event will leave destitute : — ihe Marquis of Northampton , Baron de Rothschild , 1 Mo » « en Milnes , Esq ., M . P ., Harrison AinsrVuf ^ - - Sprtttawooife , Esq ., T . Reseigh , Esq ., iir . W . Elliot , Lord Francis Egerton , Sir E . Bulwer Lytton Bart T . Noon Talfourd , D . Salomons , Esq ., Samuel Phillips , Esq ., and W . Harvey , Esq . "
A BOWL OF " PUNCH , " FRESH BREWED . LITTLE STORIES FOR GREAT HUMBUGS . In Words of One Syllable . THE GREEDY BOT WHO CRIED FOR THE MOON . There Was a Big Bad Boy whose Name was Das , and he used to Cry Out for all Sorts of Things which it was not Right for him to Have . One Day he would have This Thing , and the next Day he would have That , but he would not Keep Still , Give Him what you Would . At last he would Cry Out and Make a Great Noise for the Moon , * which'he Said His
was , but his Nurse Peel said he Should Not Have it , for it Would do Him no Good if he Got it . But his Nurse , who Would have been Glad to Keep Him Still , gave Him a large Slice of what was Sweet and Good , in the Hope that it Would Stop Dan ' s Mouth . But Dan Would Call Out Still for the Moon ; He would Have That , and not One Thing else would do for Him . Oh , what a Bad Big Boy was this Dan ! How shall we Serve Him , to Make Him Good ? I Think we Must Whip Him if he will Go on so , for we Must not Let Him Make such a Noise , and Call Out for the Moon , which is quite Out of his Reach .
" CALL" OP THE IRISH MEMBERS ! " But will they come when you do call them V—Shahs . Mr . Hume is determined thatthe patriots of the Conciliation Hall—those fire-new Catosand Brutuses , 0 Connell , Grattan , and others of kindred tongue and swagger—should come to England and work upon committees . Now , most of them may say , '' cannot work , " though they cannot add , " and to beg we are ashamed ; " begging , under the genial influence of the Liberator , being their especial function . Hume has constituted himself call-boy of the House of Commons ; and if every call-boy—London ami provincial—were to write down their professional experience ( and remembering the mighty stagenothings , the " Daggerwood Papers" that are wont
moBtiuy to appear , we see no reason why they should not ) , they would hardly have for subject more miserable ranters , move empty , mouthing impotences than are to be found strutting and fretting at this moment in borrowed feathers in the city of Dublin . O'Connell himself has , it is true , a wide range of business : now acting Pistol , now Canhvell , now Bombastes , and now King Arthur . Grattan , O'Brien , and others , are limited to little more than the delivery of messages . We therefore hope that the Serjeant-at-Arms will be spared a sea-sickness ; that he will not be despatched to Ireland to give importance to the rant of mountebanks , and the tomfoolery of breeches-pocket patriots . A ship-full of Irish well-fed , well-conducted porkers , would be a far more valuable cargo than all the present brawlers of the Hall of Conciliation .
French Pathos . —There is an affecting letter in the French papers , from which we learn how sadly , shamefully , those peaceable and well-meaning men , the African Chasseurs , are treated by the Kabyles . The Frenchmen , in their laudable and Christian-like endeavours to civilise the savages by means of powder , ball , bayonet , and sabre , with an occasional burning of a village or so , and whole acres of growing crops , are treated with the most wicked ingratitude by the forlorn and darkened races ! The following is very touching : — " Ten soldiers were made prisoners .
One of them , tkough wounded , had sufficient courage and strengthleft to kill the Arab who had seized him ; but the poor fellow was immediately massacred by those around , and his unfortunate comrades suffered the same fate . " Shameful ! When the wounded soldier only killed the Arab " who had seized him , " what an unheard-of atrocity that the " poorfellow " should be immediately butchered ! It is plain there is no teaching Arabs true gratitude . The goddess of war is an ugly old harridan at the best , but is certainly never so disgnatiiig as when she weeps such harlot tears .
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Thk " Last of his Race . "—When the Earl of Sunderland resigned office in the reign of Queen Anne , the Queen offered him a pension of £ 3 , 000 ayear ; but the Earl replied , that if he could have the lionour to serve his country , he would not incur the infamy of plundering it . This reply was as insulting to the Queen as it was honourable to the speaker and honest to the nation . We only wish that a few of our modern Peers were equally upright . Crab Appus in Paradise . —An Irish gentleman , who paid a visit t ! : c ot !; er day to the celebrated pictures of " Adam and Eve , " and "The Temptation , " was asked what he thought of them . "Ah , by nly ^?« ' Aiv ' sich a mignty dari " 1 cratur » tllat r « ate all the sour crabs in Aiden for her !"
FAT AND THE PEEB , With a big bottle-nose , and a rummy long chin , His whole physiognomy ugly as sin , A shabby old coat , and a " shocking bad hat " And all his clothes equally shabby as that , ' Lord Br m rode out , on his old Rosina ' nte In air very rich , but in flesh very scanty , ' In fact , they were both but two bundles ' of bones . — Seeing Pat cross the street with a barrow of stones " Holla ! " cried the Peer , with his usual force , ' " Quick , put down that harrow—you'll frighten my horse . " Paddy archly replied , looking sharp as an arrow " By my sowl you ' re more likely to frighten my harrow . '' A Gentle Hint . —An uncle left in his will eleven silver spoons to his nephew , adding , " If I have not left him the dozen , he knows the reason . " The fact was , the nephew had some time before stolen one of them from his relative .
Paying for Information . —A miin was asked the other day , if Waterloo-bridge was now a losing concern or not ? " Go over it , and you'll be toll'd , " was the reply . Irish Economy . — An Irish officer having lost a parcel of silk stockings , sent a bellman about to offer a reward for them , which was so small , that a friend observed he could not expect to recover them ; " Ahl oy J , " saysPaddy , " 1 advertised them as worsted ones . " A Living . —A gentleman asked a bare-footed boy what his mother did for a living . " She eats cold victuals , " was the reply .
A "Jew' De Mot . —Somebody asked the Baron Rothschild to take venison . " No , " said the Baron , " I never eatsh wenshan ; I don't tink it ish so coot as mutton . " " Oh , " said the Baron ' s friend , " I wonder at your saying so : if venison is not better than mutton , why does venison cost so much more ?" " Vy , " replied the Baron , " I vill tell you vy ; in dish varld the people alvays prefersh vat ish deer to vat ish theep . Speaking in Time . —A buffoon at the court of Francis I . complained to the king that a great lord threatened to murder him for uttering some jokes about him . "If he does , " said Francis , "he shall be hanged in five minutes after . " " I wish , " replied the complainant , " your majesty would hang him five minutes before . "
Rather " Low . "—© f Mons . Duprez it is said , that on the first night of his singing , one of his notes reached so low on the scale that a scene-shifter ran under the stage to pick it up for him . Fobeigh Intelligence . — By late accounts from the river Plate it is likely Rosas will soon he dished . Morality reigns in Spain ! The Queen has married M . Munoz ! From Switzerland we learn that the Diet did not meet the wishes of the people . We infer from this that it must be almost as bad as the Poor Law Diet in England . The Islands in the Pacific were perfectly quiet when the last accounts left . —Great Gun . New Holy Alliance . —Mr . Blackburne , in seconding a resolution at the London Tavern meeting , said , " He considered Lord John Russell to be Sir R . Peel ' s curate , and that he was publishing the banns of marriage between Great Britain and the Church of Rome . "—Aid .
Horrible Mtolaiion . — A policeman has just called at our office with the intelligence that he was standing outside an area , and saw a cook deliberately cut the eyes out of a number of Murphies ; after which she deliberately skinned them ; and , to conclude the deed , plunged the A'ietims into boiling water ! What will the Irish say to this ?—Ibid . Good Advice . —Never deposit your savings in a branch bank , lest the proprietors should " hop the twig" without their customers' leave .
THE HOTAL PAIR . Oil ' . wliat a picture for our meaner eyes , To mark , with joyful feelings of surprise , A palace pair of tender turtle-doves , With not a thought beyond their mutual loves ! Thou a bright paragon of woman ' s charms , Be a " Field Marshal , " but with bloodless arms—And yet « ot Woodless , for his scutcheon bears The gore of slaughtered—partridges and hares ! Oh ! 'tis a picture Raphael might trace—A Mars and Venus in their fond embrace :
Far luckier couple than the fabled one , Since no lame Vulcan comes to spoil the fun ! Oh ! 'tis a picture of transporting bliss , To see thee , Royal mother , smiling , kiss Those clustering children , beauteous as the day , Whom Al gol ' s love creates , and ice must pay ! 'Tis sweet to see transported to a throne Those past ' ral scenes Arcadian bowers might own To see withdrawing from the cares of State , Prom Peei ' s smooth tongue , and Graham ' s leaden weight , Our gracious monarch , who prefers , in sooth , The broken English of her Coburg youth . Oh ! in this age of railroads and of steam , Such love is brighter than a poet ' s dream . Petbabch and Laura rise to life again ; The glades of Windsor hear the amorous strain Though we must mark tliis difference exist—The Ladka boasted not a " Civil list ;" And Petrarcu only sang his love and woe , Nor fattened oxen for a Smithficld show!—Satirist .
Bkougiuu is tHEBm , Room . —The Court HeraU gravely states : — "The rumour respecting the Queen ' s having abandoned the polka is so far from ) eing correct , that at the last private ball she honoured Lord Brougham with her hand , that nobleman being one of the best polka dancers off the stage —a fact perhaps not generally known . " The Gibes' Safety Lock . — The Church of St . Stephen ' s , Walbrook , is open at the roof and three of its windows , and " any burglar , " writes a parishioner , " could break in with the greatest case . " We recommend the parish to solicit Alderman Gibbs to cover up the apertures with his churclnvarden ' s accounts , as no one has ever been known to get through them yet . —Punch .
Amusing Irohy . — Some Birmingham workmen have presented Prince Albert with a watch , key , and seals , in admiration of " his patronage of the Fine Arts . " Bravo ! This is the first time we ever knew Brummagem people were given to jokes . —Bid . O'Connell Permanently Enlarged . — It is impossible for us to imagine what must have been Mr . O'Connell ' s sensations during the moments that "he felt himself expanding into the power of one of the monarchies of Europe . " We can only rejoice that this extraordinary inflation did not , as was the case with the unfortunate frog expanding into an ox , cause the Agitator to burst ' . —Ibid .
Head Dbesses op Women . —If the readsr be a decided cognoscente , let him go to the attic gallery in the British Museum , and examine the Panathenaic procession , where the virgins arc in the simple attire of the best days of Greece : but here , or in any of the monuments of that foster country of art , and in all the series of Roman sculpture and coins , he will find no head-dress for a female beyond that of the veil . The great . artists and the great conquerors of the world never tolerated anything beyond this flowing drapery of the veil as the covering for their wives' or daughters'heads . They were satisfied with the
beautiful contrast given by the curving lines of its graceful folds ; they admired its simplicity , and they saw the perfect suitableness of its nature to its purposes . The veil could be hastily drawn over the head so as to conceal every feature , and to protect from the gaze of man , or the roughness of the seasons ; and it could as easil y be partially withdrawn to allow of " a side-long look oflove , " or wholly to give " a gaie of welcome" to a relation or friend . Happy men , those old Greeks and Romans : they had no milliners ' bills , whatever their jewellers' accounts might hav « come to . —Bluckwood ' s Magazine .
The Sage and the Simpleton . —As the late Pro . fessor Hamilton was one day walking near Aberdeen , he met a well-known individual of weak intellect . " Good morning , Jemmy , " said the Professor , " how long can a person live without brains ? " "I dinna ken , "replied Jemmy , scratching his head ; "how oldareyouyoursel' ?" A New Degree op Comparison . — " Here , Paddy , here ! " said a Hibernian to his companion , working upon the top of a store , at New York ; "here ia the littlest horse I ever saw . " " Oh ! you fool , " rejoined his companion , "if I had ye on the mountains of Ciinnamarra , I'd show you a horse as little as two of it ! ,. Scientific Question Settled . — " What is light ? asked a schoolmaster of the booby of a class . '' A sovereign that isn't full weight is ligh ' t , " was the prompt reply . Querv . —Why is a dog with a broken leg like a boy ciphering a sum in arithmetic ?—Because he puts down 3 and carries 1 . The Last Plea . —A fellow was charged with stealing a piece of cloth , when his lawyer put in a -nlea
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GENERAL JACKSON . We find the following interesting account of tnis distinguished man ' s residence in the Cleveland Herald : — The Hermitage is twelve miles from Nashville—the road leading to it is a fine M'Adamized turnpike—passing through highly cultivated plantations . At about eight miles out , we passed an old two-story log building , near Stone River , which was pointed out as the head-quarters of Aaron Burr , while engaged in preparing his flat-boat expedition . Rumour has said that General Jackson participated with him in this movement , but General Armstrong said that Jackson was the first to advise President Jefferson of Burr ' s whereabouts and doingsthat Burr ' s design was not to excite civil commotion , but to make a demonstration upon what is now Texas . We
also rode through the famous "clover bottoms , " or " meadows , " around which was the celebratedraee cowse . This is nbout three miles from the Hermitage , and is the place where all the "bloody affairs" of the old hero originated . The duel with Dickinson , and the promiscuous fight with the Bentons , here originated . Arrived at the Hermitage at one o ' clock p . m ., and remained there till six . The plantation originally had 2100 acres . General Jackson has given Major Donaldson 800 , on which he has built a large and elegant residence . The Hermitage farm consists of 1300 acres of very rich land , under admirable cultivation ; the fences , buildings , and all in perfect order ; about fifty fieldhands , or slaves , and plenty of children and house servants . I walked over the plantation—drank water from a gourd at the " Hermitage Spring , " saw the old log house , in which the General lived for many yeara , &c .
The first mansion house was built by Mrs . Jackson during the General ' s absence in the Seminole war . This was burnt after Mrs . Jackson ' s death , and whilst the General was President , The present establishment is upon the ruins of the old , and was built under the superintendence of General Armstrong . It is a building of very considerable pretension , of brick , two stories high —the main body adorned with large wooden pillars in front , and has two large wings , extending in front up to the main building , even -with the pillars . It stands half a mile from the road , and is sparely surrounded with trees . Taking the plantation , the mansion house , the stock , including slaves , &c , and it is in truth a princely esta . Uishment .
I noticed in the large hall a splendid painting , representing the revolution in Mexico , with our late Minister , Mr . PoinBett , standing upon a balcony , outholding the American flag . Same picture refused by Congress . There are also in the hall two busts—one of Woodbury , the other of Livingston . In the drawing-room , I noticed over the Bide door a largelithographic likeness of Amos Kendall , at the head of the room a portrait of Martin Van Buren , around the room portraits of the General and his wife , and of his associate officers in the war . On one mirror table are the reiolutions of the Louisiana Legislature , about refunding "that fine , " handsomely engrossed and framed ; on the other table , a pair of pistols given by General Washington to Lafayette , and by the latter to General Jackson ; a \ s the duelling pistols ( long barrels ) of the " Old Hero "
On the centre table is a small wooden pitcher , with silver bands and lid , made of the elm tree under which Pennmade his famous treaty with the Indians . This pitcher was presented by the coopers of Philadelphia . Also on this table is a silver cup , presented by "Martin Van Buren , the godfather of Andrew Jackson , jun ., " being a son of the General ' s adopted son . The General ' s "room" is plainly but appropriately furnished , having a handsome portrait of his wife suspended over the mantle-piete ; along stemmed pipe , with silver bowl , in one comer ; an Indian pipe and a good -war-club in the other . He smoked often . He was seated in a
large arm chair , his long white hair , well combed back , and was the same in spirit , if not in flesh , that he was ejgut years ago . His bodily health is very feeble , coughs a good deal , and expectorates with much difficulty . The old hero ' s answer to the inquiry after his health is so characteristic of the man , I will give it . He said , " I am very feeble , sir—very , sir . I come within a moment ' s time of choking to death last Tuesday , sir—I thought I was gone , sir—upon my honour I did , sir . 'When the Almi ghty takes me , lie will do it suddenly , sir . I shall go in a moment , sir—shall choke to death , sir—upon my honour , sir . "
A Bio Child to be Christened . —The New York Historical Society has recommended that the United States shall take to itself a name which will be distinctive and appropriate , instead of its present designation , which applies quite as much to half a dozen other confederations as to itself . Allegania is the name which it suggests , from the great mountain ridge which divides the Atlantic from the Mississippi States . Cheap Clothing Establishment . — In a little French town , some years ago , they got up two dramatic entertainments , entitled , "Adam and his Family , " and " The Death of Abel ; " both of which , it was announced , were to be performed " in the costume of the times , " « . k Repeal , i
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 24, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1316/page/3/
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