Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1849 : Weekly). (Columbus, OH), 1853-08-23

              mu im' ' " m VOLUME XLIII. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1853. NUMBER 52. sic Ump, HO, have label- kli.h aierB IlKl. Lia, i y. I anrl mtrr- iKn-Kn, nt ty.or Bitty, int.. Mlow trire, C R. worth nun" ; .onli ' 1, IN Sale. II. u mhip, Ind on iy th Itoad . 11 in pt inlma ola .with mli ii a, illy t iltiro, 1 mnn- ke. "K all wlti'ri a, and rtnfir (innl, of. "t the n eon mmI i Man-tint' (it r o. iot (all hanti, Mann 1 1 land CO. ire thn d, nd ml mat Inrt--tpn r or thn idaran rurlnK .nftlKJ MtreU' in ar iat thn apper. ill 6V c Ce. OF Ifl VPW turday doling I Ton I-i fia leneril Iteitet iy and re)ula-rinrnt,l ot Ihn phi a. IIMH. I actnre 1 unilfr 1 b have 1 :amwd i found orealn . .IMH. I Soil. mfi Km II.IK..I0 I I. tfl. I I ll I N. r. i I I. HP I I ibf I lllcclxtti 1)10 State Journal UBM8HKD AT COLUMIlUB EVERY TUB! DAT MORNING, T SCOTT BA8C0M, movmu. ionj)iKOB, mas hid ruu. stsssts ratMifoi or nai. TEfiM nwimW in arfrane . 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Behind the Horse Shoe Fall Tfts Caw of the Winds, Everybody goes behind the great HorseShoo Fill I mean, uf course, everybody Hint is anybody. Only bj u cm a cat's iumn from the Tuhlo It nek in & house kept by n , win re ynu miiy buy bad brandy, and cigar hiqiIo 7 ii in p n iid Milt by trie iray ni tho cataract. What wim ill not mini' pour devil oi a poet in rorope, wlio nevcrdaresnnticipute iillicient wealth Tor purpose, of travel what would he nut give far one of this Jew's cigars, ilatnp wt'h the spray ut the rails? Wo mny imagine n i m sitting down to indite men n sonnet aa i ho lollowing: :i;r, made damp uv ih at (item si spray, Thou nrt not gurnJ tobacco, yut to nut Tho n oomi't wi-lcumu. 1 him nrt hi a sen Ot ureal n iWlhns. Misll I hitl thn day When 1 shad know that I urn on I ho way To fnmcd Ninuarat 1 touch with tire One end, and drnw thn tttbpr slowly niidicr My tlpi, that are mint used to pipe of clay. And now thn smoke aicendtl Ho rlcs "Vcr Tho mist, tn winch thn rainbow urn cimlcd. Where thou hait tieert, thn roar U coaling never, Anil witi ita h nth cm no man's car li aalod. 1 pull' then with thy smoke the halls are b'flndtul : And now ihou'rt aihui, and my dream la c-udrj. The .Tow I anoak of. I am afraid, is aoim-whit utipn- oticiil. Ni if;ant in a greitt wiiterlrtll, by which heuoiim monoy. (tie litiilnnicK in lit Uanada, and the Jew, withnut cloas impiiry, we will call n Uanatiian. And ho wo hand tiitn over to the Hritish, who inuat htr the nbloquy of tho greedy love of lucre dtiplnyed on the tin uk ol the cataract, at Mm exact anot where con trea the overwhelming glory nl the Kallt. for, whilo you are intent upon the great grandeur of ihe luetic suddenly in ynur ear hiai-a the whiapnr, m ot the lenitMit in tsueii: " uaty tuty cents, oir. and n tniie t the guiile, to take you behind tlio lieet. You ihonld so behind the ahoot, Sir i everybody Boca behind thi sheet. An oilskin anit in the house, Sir, and a trifle lor the guide. Fifteen litdiea behind the alutet to d-iy, !ir. xour tmaitiiiaiion itiNtantiy hstona to the chink ot dolUra, and you leel aa if you had caught a nmn nontuizing on your mother a cruve. Hut you tntiat no behind (be Fall. If thn don th;it diatiirba your reverie has the otjtaide reaomblauce of a Oilman being, you must pay tor hit ervicea, nnd try the Irciiieiidnua ehower-b'itti, You are introduced to i nefiru, who conduct you into a little room. whr ,W7y'hnig, a fcutiu Adam. Hull tinwiuitigly ymi ro uiiTu iftnii your uiiu foia ynur iinuif-y nuti niuiiijiea, for the room ia tree to the next viattor before you re- urn,) and give thorn tn chirve to the. lew. Ihen you nit on a red shirt, liko a lircmaii'a, only i great (lea! 'oamor, and a piir ot oil aant pants. thick nnd atttl hat they would atand ahmet an oil akin over ooa' atxl aou wester hit, with a n itr ot ahut-a that are usually rncognfXHd as the earlteat oxtant apei'inif na of the nrt I Urisnin. liiua enutniied, ymi procited, under the atile guidance. The atmia, by which you do-cend to the Fulls, are a hundred yarda diatant, and just na yon oavo (ho house, n narrmie, with a parly o lailiea, reacheatlio door. The l;nlii laiich ai,d bliiah, and vuti fool iinaoniforiable liko Imving no clothe, ni. You lescrnd t lie atatra; ulmvo yon i the Fall, mid yon onfront tbo dancer. Thnre it n-ally no dancer; but your courage, like the valor of Bob Acres, ia oozinp ut at your htiL'era' enda. olniwer-hitli are hcaltliy. b-it suck a abowor-bath ! Merinaidn nnd Nereida. iozy nionstera nf the deep, cold, clammy lihea, wriih ng wiiter snnkes, may liud a fitiing hubit.iiion nlont; he path where you aay to trend. V u think, but , oiir thoughta are too art-nt for words. You fear, but roil won Ul tie a craven to return you dure not. The iegro advances with supreme bidilVorfncn to ul aublu ary thing, excopt the quarter of a dollar that you in iid tu give him. You follow him to the edge or the 'all, you are blinded nnd clinked, you already fee) ;ie so ns nt ion of drowning. The necro ae;ea yon by lm hiind, and you are in it ! Not tn the sheet ul water, tor von could not live a icond, if yon werej hut only in the spray. Inviginn to ruin of a furious A'igiHt thunder ahuwer, multi !ied by ti-n that ia a favorable day for going be-ind the sio:; maltiplied by twenty, it is anmowhtt itd'ivorahle It dc-ponds upon the way the wind lows, whether it shall be ten or twonty. It was bout fift'teii, when I wrought my mimgo up to the king point, fhe oil .km suit sn.mla little nm tec- Mi, and you got wet to Hie skill ; but then, ll is only mammoth .hnwer-bath, nttr all. The negro tells .i to look up you will hive a fitm view of the ;tlli, itc. You do look tip, and a deluge of water at rikea nti in the lace, anil yon are uenriy beaten tmckwarda, ising lor thn breath of life. 1 had to pity that poor darkey. It was about noon vhi'n I descended, and he bad already been behind the lieet thirty-seven limns. Ilia life was patrd in a per- Latutl itate of hall drowning. Except at night, he on Id bo never dry. Vol, on the American aide, thnrt a negro whoso trials are aiill greater inasmuch aa 'ie voluino of water is mure tremendoua. Who ahull describe tha Cave of the Winds? I.et liero ho an everlasting nar, aa of near thunder that i the noise; let thero ho a beautdul white cloud, with muy silver linings, riaing one hundred feet from the irlaco of the river 'hut is the apmy. The deacend iff torrent of water is aix yards tbit k, and behiud it 4 a cav ncooped by nutiire in tho rock. In that cave lie moat womlerlul work ffooa on. Moss is there net dying into hard stone, and stataclitra and stahigmitca re forming there. Tho sun weaves rainbows there ne, two, 'hree, unil encli a norfect cirrle. Ilia direct iya never pt tiotratrd there from the day of creation. nly ihrouuti the vanities, ot that veil ol water. Hi nco never timoded there, since over the shell ol rock hove, llmT down nno hundred nnd sixty feet, came tmbliug the rapida from Lake Eiie. Earlier than the elue, earlier than the firat created man, and no atio ml ill) ailenco. Lot ua enter the Uuve of the Winds. You have once mom cIhiI yourself in oilskin, and ne-uro named lutiiaa (the other neurit was called -nith) Is ymir guide. You descend by a stair-case ith two protection hmdrails. There is no danger; nt I tell yoq that you had wisely bo brave lor the (one-Shoe Kail is actually but a shower-bath in com- iriaon. fiat you realize it, do youi iinnd your ad to your kneos, and mentally commend your a ul i (i d ; fur Niagara is around you, above you, beneath mi, and on m side of ynu. You feel a terrible com reaainn ol the brain and expect to hear your akull i rat with a loud report. You arn through the worst of it, and now you are motig the circular rntnbowa wheels ol Neptune's itriot, painted by Iris. There i. no spray daaht d in nir rare; you can draw a long breath, and look around u. You are behind the sheet of water that ia six irds thick, fulling Irotn above you about ninety feet, nd desciMiding bulow you about seventy (out. The iso could not be greater if you were in the centre I a thunder-cloud, during the loudest peal. You have i particular sensation perhaps you may recall a ireim that yntt had nnre, when you had slipped by ciaent ott inn edge ot the world, and were lulling r a thousind yo:tra thmtifrh aiare. And you may im-ine that ynu are dreaming alill; but beyond that, hi hive no rle.:ir tlmnyht at nil. If yo i are br.tve, vou follow Isaiah mill further. imnh atioiher volume of frantic nptiiv, and so get iiiuu ine American rails, over which that poor lei- waa hurled a few days nno. Thero ate more rain- ws hero, but tho spr.iY is inreaiautly blindiiic, and u feel clammy and cold, as if you had been for a ng time wrapped iu sen-weed. Jolt nave now to turn, to do all thmt you have (lined blore, to be are moro half drowned, and experience the ping ol itoration in the outer air. If any man visits Niauara, and fenrt to go behind the ills, both the Oanad iii mikI llio Amnriinn. let him ibacrtbe himself a man of words, tint deeds. And hat there is of nverpnwering grandeur in the Oata ot, lot him bo assured he has not seen. I cannot say that Niagtra, o viewed cither hum iat island, tne uanada side, or Prospect Point, ia ite sublime. I cm uiiderstand lint the Alps, the lei, the Him ilayaa, are hlime, and not beautiful. tra Is beautdul and not sublime. There Is adivid .no between the two emotions, and Niagara just yTie. that dtvfdin tmo. Nothins in the world ia .re bnaullfill. It la tha rmr, !,) Idal.. .t wmm,h nl amy . 1 1 ia a juy forever," because of it manilotd ul exceeding beamy, but, for me at leaal, it was not ibhme. llm distinction, 1 will urant, is metapbyaieal, one baa closely to analyr.o tho implied conditions, id to survey the stand point Irom which the mind rmsita judgment. Dut beautiful or sublime, it abides itb me as a me lontt sermon, ttie Duroration of which -hall bear in the other world, I return from it, as I po and really think, a batter individual man. The Gospel of Nature, liko the other Roapel, U often preach til to unheeding ear, but, of tho lint, whatever the hearer may be, the preacher is atwnyn liucere. And to, Mr. Editor, end my Niagara Flight. Tm Oitt Hall Bkll-Rinqkh. SECOND REPORT CONCERNING THB HUMAN BONES FOUND IN CU HICK'S QUAERY. To the Edlttrri ef the CourUr t I muy perhaps heat premiso this report, by a somewhat more extended description of the locality. Cu-(tick's quarry ia situated iu a gorge, through the bottom of which llowa a fork of Jonathan creek. The walls of this gore rise from 50 to 100 feet perpendicularly I above the present bed of the creek. The lower strata uf rocks composing those wall, have a dip in some pluct-aapproHChing iho perpendicular: we observed at h Ht one onticluiical axis 'on the left b ink ; above thi. disturbed at tat urn are superimposed layer upon layer sand stone of various qualities, slate coal iron ore alternating without much regularity, ell arranged horizontally, sumo apparently deposited from quiet waters, others, from a very highly perturhaled meu- trnm, during a succession of ages how many: Thoso rocky barriers approach closo to tho bed of the creek in anno places, in others a considerable flat valley is interposed. All tho rocks are penetrated by various sulphur .alts, which decomposing into aul-plmtoc, exude nnd form uti eill .ruacence over their face. This decomposition causes the rock rapidly to disintegrate wherever exposed to atmospheric action. Hugo bowlders, some of them heing many tons in weight, havo consequently detached themselves from the rocky walls, and are ag4ii),thoinseive. crumbling down Into line sand so that a huge main of Detritus ha. accumulated at tho base of the solid wall, which is cotisiantly im reaning. The creek ha evidently cut its channel through the 100 feet of rock supervening between its present bottom and the top of tho hill, for clenr lo the top are seen the washings of its waves in how mauy ymr or hundreds nf ytart. It has been uo der the observation of civilized man fur the last 40 years, and during that time no appreciable alteration in iho creek'a bottom has been observed. Some of tho atrata composing the rock are however much harder than others and tho waters of iho creek have from time to time been arrested by u hard layer, u. they are now fur years, while at other time. iho process of corrosion inuat havo been carried on moro rapidly. During those comparatively stationary periods, the water acted laterally, excavating the bank, into caves with overhanging lops, in aomo iu-stances leaving fanciful pilasters for the it up port of the roof. This process is note going on in tho banks of Iho creek. At tho time of IretdiutH saud and loam are left at l lie hiillom of these caves atid speedily consolidate into a thn! if kind of sandstone. The present valley, where it does exist, owes that existence to this temporary arrest of downward and consequently increased lateral action. At n period still more remote, the cut ting ociioii of atlie creek was tor a long time arrested by a thick hard plate of rock 1!0 feet above the present bottom of the creek and 10 feet above its high water maik. A portion of this table rock yet exists projecting some '20 foet or more from the base of the precipice which previous lo the process ol blasting for building stono, overhung this table- to it. very edge, forming a large cave that was frequently used as a place of shelter fr man and beast, hnugh not a comfortable one; for its bottom wan tn the hight of 8 feet covered with the Dnlrilus before mentioned, evidently deiacheil from its roof in the course of time. The table ruck itself was separated to some exient from the main rock of the bank, by a fissure, which, connecting itself with other crack, in the rock and the interstices among the bowlders, gives, rise to the appearance of winding caves, lit for the habitation of .mall animals, such as the ground hog, fox, etc., though there is no evid-nce that it ever could have served for the residence of a serpent of such dimensions (8 or 10 inches thick) of which rumor spreads the report of, but of which - heard nothing. It was upon this table ruck formerly the bottom fn tlio creek, the akoletous (- ill number) were found. No suspicion iif their presence- existed previous to their discovery. Mr. Ousick 20 years ago quarried from over tin top of iho principal one, a continuous stone 3 to 5 foet thick, 8 to 10 feet wide, and of unknown lengih. approaching like the table rock before alluded lo, very close to ih'- main bank, and separated from it by a mere Insure, iho laborers now engaged blasted oil anoiher thickness of 3 feet, aid then a huge stone presented iisolf according to the testimony of otio of the laborers, a portion of ihe solid tntile rock, by that ot another, separate! from it by a lit lie sand but according to nil, lirmly wedged into it position, by a projecting ledge of ibo main bank, and reo'iirina the use of picks, crow bars, and even blufiiff, and the strength of a number oj men to remove it irom its bed. uur own inspection reconciled the contradiction of testimony, for on one side tho atmie vat sanded and smooth, on tho other it exhibit d a sharp, clean break And now there prosouted itself to their wondering gaze this relic of humanity ; nut in the form ol a lew crushed and dis figured bones, but the bones retaining their contiguity till then the slum borer had not been disturbed. Tho state of the skeleton has been sulliciently feted. 1 may add, that a more correct analysis gives about tho normal proportion to each other of cntb. and phospht. of lime, with six per cent, of ir -n and silica nnd only twenty-four of animal matter, the fossil elephant tuak containing eighteen per cent. Hut more surprising than all the rock being lifted off, contained ihe clear iuipresaion nf the greater part of a human body lying upon its side with tho perfect impression of the hands of iho drowning grasping at a airaw. The head hud left its imprrsswn in sand contained in the recea. of Ihe main rock, while itself wns shuttorul in the blasting. Tne other skeleton was discovered some fifteen or twenty feet from the first, upon the same rocky platform, but only covered by a toot or so of sand the bones disconnected and less preserved thin those of the lirat so that their discovery was made at different period, by dilleretit persons. The skull of the second body it that of a man race unknown nno twenty to thirty years with very projecting .jaws, low facial angle, and phieiiologicaliy little destmctiveneasand con bativetiess, with lit'le retb ttoo and much observation and rauiem not Europeun or American nor African nor liidini, but what f A neruharity presented itself iu the fact that although tha full set of adult leeih, even to lint wisdom teeth, were preson', a new tronl incisor was making lis way through the alveolus tn replace a lost one. Uur readers are now in possev sion ol the facts, excepitns that in the absence ol fossils. we have refrained from assigning the rock iia geological position and now for the inference. How were those bones deposited in the place where they were found ? " How l ug aincol" Thn first question suggests several others, which wo willattempt consecutively to ilisposoof. Was the stone containing the first skeleton at any time a p irt of the main bank, and has it dropped from its location liko other bowlder surrounding itf I answer no for in that rase it must havo been deposited with strata containing, by the by, no animal re mains, and the inconceivably great superincuiubout weight must have crushed and flttonod the bones to their minimum bulk which we have seen was not (tie case so thin supposition fails. Were those bodies buried here by their ftiend t In regard to the skele ton found loose in the sand that supposition might re ceive some countenance, yet were it so, (hose mends, even supimaincthem to be Indians, wero more careless about the relics ot tnur irienu, man usually even tne most savage nations are. There are no tokens to the pint land no hatchet no arrow point no nrna meiits, only a foot of sipd to keep (he wild dog from his coveted prey ; yet the wolfs fang has not abraded ilioao bonoi nor have they been profaned in the maw of ihe carrion vulture, I he rehire, ibey were not thus exposed whilecovered with tlexh, and ill the sheltered cave where found, it would have required the most extraordinary agency of water, etc., lo have so exposed them niter a common burial. 1 conclude iney were not intrnt tonally buried. In regard to ine first or female body the cue is plainer. It is true, a Rroai . art of the superincumbent rock, no doubt tins fallen from the body, )ot ihn stone immetlhtrlif covering it is evidence sufficient that It la not placed thero by human hinds. Its enormous size, Its strong attachment to a fusion wiih tho table rock but above all, the fact that insteidof crushing the body It received its exact impression, and was therefore in a plastic stale when applied to it, forbid tho idea or human agency. Nor will it do to suppose It a sarcophagus or colli n, for in that case llie body would have been laid ia instead of under Ihe same, and theilil cover would have boeii on top. Ur had tho artist, and ha must havo been no mean one, intended to make this sort of dih; cover eiiin no wonui noi navo csrvou out uto nnnu. snpa- rately abovo tiie head, nor nt tempted so tight a lit, for I fear of crushing and finally, by what kind of machine- J ry could Ibis cover carefully and cannily havo been placed iu ii present position f deponent saith not indeed the supposition appeared exceedingly absurd to the woiktnen themselves, who made tho first discovery.Did thoso Individuals seek the envo for shelter, (Ho there, ami were their remains gradually or suddenly covered up by saud T No, Ihe won nnd tbeca'nmnuut, tho raven and vulhiro, would Havo provided a very dillnrent sepulture. Ilesides, in tho case o hid temale skeleton, (the first,) the sand must hnve been applied moist, nnd mixed with substances favoring its speedy consolidali ni, sons to allow it to take tho mould of the frenh body, and yet consolidate sufficiently to sus tain thn enormous weight, perhaps ai) to I till tons, placed upon tho ton of it. Having now saiiilied our solves as to how the hodiesdid nnt get there, I wilt give my opinion us to how they did get I here. During a freshet, ihev wero swept oil by J umthans crock itiul, wiih quantities of sand, loam, pebbles, etc., wero cast under its projecting bank, where, llie waters receding, tho sand soon consolidated into rock, which received upon it falling masses from above, aim more consolidating It am) protecting it against elementary influences, lo which tiie slight covering of tho second body was fully ox posed, ihus accounting for its prosont state. 1 think this supposition Is likely, upon mature consideration, to be deemed the true one, by the majority nf my readers, and so I proceed at once to tho discussion of the second question t When did this occur T Within the memory of the oldest Inhabitant, (forty years,) the highest flood of Jonathan's creek has not reached tha plaoo of deposit by 10 feet perpendicular ( (indeed, even such a flood would convert the country for many miles into a lake,) nor has the bottom of the creek, in that length of time, perceptibly worn down Yet, the waters of thuorcek tnut not only have reached the place, but boon several feet above it, to carry the muss uf sand to entomb the bodies. The level of Jon uthan's oreek, therefore, must buve been at least 15 if not 20 feet above the present one; and, considering the small quantity of water and ita feeble velocity, contrasted with the hardness of all the rock, below the oft-memioned table rock on which tho bodies were found, it would porhaps be making large allowance to say this cutting down proceeded at the ratn of 1 inch in 25 years, (it has cut none in the last 40.) 4 inches per century. 1 foot in 300 years, or 15 feet in 4500 years, which brings us about the Noachio age. This is my conjecture, mid if it seem, a wild one, my readers may adopt as tame a one for themselves as they p)eae, withoiit fear of contradiction from their humble servant, JOHN G. F. HOL8TON. It amor has encumbered tha ilmpln facts with many other absurdities nnd dihiculdea, amuoR utlmri thorn ii, lor esaaiple, a rumor of appear bond ol peculiar and ancient conitmctiou bulDg found noar thn bona II so, it does not alter tho boarlng ol the CMe.siipenr. and arrow points am found Id all possible and, 1 was golnj to aay, Impoulhlfl local ioni even associated with the bonna ot the mum moth and ureal Miaaourtum; betides, evcrv saTSRB carries bis weapon, which he retains even In his death g'l- . A 8TEEPLE-CHA8E AT LA MABCHE. The Paris correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette gives a Tory graphic and interesting history of a Btkcpm-Ciiask in France, which was attended by the Emperor and aristocracy of the Empire, As our readers may not be familiar with this sort of sport, so common in England, we enpy the article. It has been but very recently that the French have introduced the English steeple-choie, as a part of their fashionable amusements. 8u far, the horses that have contended for the prize have been principally English, and brought over for the purpose. The steeplc-elmse horse is more valuable than the running horse, for he must combine both qualities. They are therefore- rare and valuable. On Sunday last, a rnce took place nt a farm called by ita owner La Murche, near the romantic Ville d'Avray, which wan aitehdod by fourteen steeple chase horses, eleven of which hail been brought over from : Loudon, expressly for this rare. I had never seen one of ihfse races; I wits on my rot urn home from the country, in company with some Americans, und we all stopped to see what ts to the EnglUh, as well as the French, the most exciting of all field sports, The day was delightful ; the farm on which the track is marked out embraces all thn varied requirements for this kind of race thickets, ditches, high stone fences, hillocks, valleys and plains. Through ih' wheat and grass fields, a track a hundred feet wide had been mowed down, upon which, hurdles live feet high had been erected. Several fences (which are slono walls in this country,) about six feet high, were to bo jumped, nnd two ditches (rivers, tho French call them,)abouttwenty feet wide, were also to be jumped. Tim entire number of obstacles on the track was seventeen. The rivors are deep and the bottom muddy; and on the edge from which tho horses approached, broken branches of trees, three feet high, were stuck into tho ground, so that the horses could not nee the water until they were within two or three lea is of it, Tiie direction which ihe horses tcok around the farm was not regular, running in various direction best suited to the nature of the ground, sometimes hid iu a thicket, sometimes making a short curve around a pond, again scampering at full speed across a level meadow, and finally terminating in a full sweep of fine running ground at I lie place of beginning. All the ar-ran come ids are made to approximate as nearly as pos sible to a veritable fox chase, with the addition of judges, on "outcome, and heavy bets. The distance to be fun was about, as near as one could judge, a mile and a half. For the first race, seven horses were entered; three only came out. The purao waa b,000 franc, and 1 was told the aide betting amounted to h'00,000 francs. I hey wure the best horses in knglsnd or trance. They were to run around Ihe track three times. Usu ally the owners rule their owu horses, dressed as jockeys. Ou this occasion but two owners mounted, both Counts. Tiie seven horses got oil' well, leaping the lirat river without aoiidont, almost simultaneoiiily. At the first hedge two ol the horse. " bolted " off into the wheat, and of course were far foiled. At tho next river one of the horses jumped too higl stin;k his fore leet loo deep into tne mud un ineopposiie suio, turned a somerset, and threw his rider a rod on the green grass without damage. Ho was lorleiied. Uo the "cumins home," ou the third time around, the fourth horse bolted at a hurdle he bad crown tired .jumping and the race was lelt to three English horses, rode by Knglishmen. One ol the horses led the oilier two, two lengths at the out come; but upon weighing the jockeys, ii was found that the one first out had dropped iu the race two pounds weight, nnd the next ouo, one pound ; so that the slakes were given to tho lust of Ihe three out a horse called Flyiug-Uuck. Iu Ihe second nice, for n larger stake, but only once ami a half round, run more for money than to fdmw bottom, tune horses started, some ol liie horses which had bolted tn the first rnce having been entered Again, only three horses came nut, some nl the balance having re I used entirely to jump tho six feet stone knees, and others breaking down at tho rivers. It ia remarkable, however, thit the horses never refused to jump ihe water, all the boltings having taken place at the hedges or hurdles, They frequedtly jump the rivers so awkwardly as to break down, but they never bolt them. It is at the rivers (hat so many horses, and sometimes riders, are killed. In England, where steeple-chases are moro common, and where there must ol necessity no many unpractised nurses entered, scarcely a race passe off without death or broken limbs lo horses and riders. At the races just described, however, no serious nccident occurred. The constant xtiectali m that some serious accident will occur, give, to the races the mnst exciting character, and as might be expected a vast amount of amusement also, at the ex peine of the gentlemen who come in covered with w nter find mud, or with bolting horses. So far, Steeple chases in France have been entirely an affiir of the aristocracy. Either that Mm managers desire to make it so, fir that Iho owner of tho ground is unwilling to permit ihe ontrance ol a large crowd on his premises; the price of entrance to the farm on this occasion, (every farm M enclosed in high slono walls in this section,) waa uxea ui a nigu rate, so tnai mere were not perhaps more than three thousand persona present, a large proportion of whom were foreigners. I have never beloro soon so largo a crowd of select persons in France, and never in one place seen so many magnificent toiletts, or hi mutiy coronetted carriages. It seemed that the afisirncracy had turned out from iheir summer retreats lor lliii special occasion. Four "coaches and four" in grand livery, with nut-riders, were on the ground. The lirat contained tho Emporor and Empress; the second, Duko and Dutchess of Alba from Spain, (the latter the only sister of the Empress,) with tho Simnlnh Minis ter; the third contained Prince Napoleon Uonapurte and suite, an Impudent youth of two hundred and ten pounds, and heir to the French throne in a certain contingency; Ihe four ih contained Lord Cowley, British Embassador, Inly and suite. Mill, Fould, t'ersigny and other members of the French Cabinet wero pre sent witu their ladies. Amongst tho tioiauilitiea 1 noticed in Brand toilette the charming Fanny Oerilo, in a carriage with an old lady; and also, Albonl, in a carriage w.tb a gentleman whom I supposed to bn tho onoto whom she is soon to be married the Count do I'aoll. I noticed also M. (fallairdet, former editor of ihe Courier des Etats-Unxs New York, with a cay third avouuo, "spanker," a 2 4(1 horse, and a smart looking liverh d j icky. His " turn-out " attracted considerable attention. Tho Emperor and Empress walked arm-in-arm lei surely through the crowd, nodding familiarly to those thoy knew, until they reached (be stand which had been prepared for them. There was no aho-iting, but ihe gentlemen all politely raised their hats, a coin pi I ment which the Emperor returned with a familiar recognition. Miami. The Washington Star gives thn following particulars of the fatal duel at Charleston, last week t " We learn, from a source in which wa place confi dence, that the very recent duel between Meisrs. Dnnovant and Davidson Legare, occurring in tho vicinity of Charleston, crow out of some difficulty about a. IaiIv. to whom tlio former is aniil to lm ensiiued. Lo- eM0 challenged, and Dunnvant accepted the rhullenge. choosing pi. to Is ill stance tlireo paces ; ihe tirst tire to be determined bv tossing un. Dnnovant won it, and of coil se shot hia antagonist through the heart, his pis tol heing within live or six leet ol L. s breast, it was a cohl blooded murder: the murdered man, however. deserving as little sympathy ns his executioner, for assenting to the terms, which placed him, practically disarmed, in such a position. The only reason far regret connected witn the aiiatr is, that uunovnnt win go scot free of punishment for such a murder, nndor tho pretence of lighting a duel." The agitation now going on In England on iho sub ject of bribery nt elections, lias brought in light some enormous lucis. uno paper says: vvun an our corruption wo don't spend quite so much on contested old lions as did our ancestors. In 1078, at tlio Northampton eleotion (decidedly in favour of Lord Spencer), that nobleman spent nearly 100,000; Lord Halifax was ruined i ami Lord Northampton, beside rutting down all hi old limber, to the amount of 50,000, sold most of his furniture from Ashby.nrtd the whole of (hat nt Compton, and spent the rest oi hi lite in Switzerland."A company has been formed for tho purpose of con structing a carriage-road to the summit of Mount Wash-ingtnq, m &Inw Hnmpshirn. The idea was origlnaied bv Mr. D. O. Macomber. who has obtained a charter from the legislature. A survey of the route is in progress, and bunks for subscription to the stork will soon be opened, Tho railways have made the glorious mountain regions of New England accessible to the whole onuntry, and nothing was wanting but a convenient mode of saoendinsr the his heat neak. The nminetml road will complete the charm of a trip to the While Mountains. MATANZA8. We have heard from this important Cuban city frequently, but we havo not heard much of it, and about it. We find in the National Era a letter from W. H. Herbert, the correspondent of that paper, which seems to supply the desired information, and we transfer it to the Journal : Matanzas. To-day I made a hurried excuisiou about the city and neighborhood, finding many things to make me regret the loss of my proposed visit in this quarter. Mataiizns, as you know, is the second city in importance in Cuba, containing about 23,000 inhabitants; and i s commerce, particularly with the United states, is very considerable. The qjiay has a busy aspect, though the city in general is much less lively and ant mated than Havana. One sees wooden houses, too, onco in u white; and as ihe proportion of foreigners to the population is generally larger here than in the capital, one hear more English spoken. Matanzas has ita for is, sufficiently formidable to serve as eye niwson the face of a scene tint, without them, wonld be in tho strongest possiblo contrast with the ferocious name which it bears Matanzaa meaning nothing milder than mastacres, mid attaching to tho place, say the legends, as a terrible memorial of the last great slaughter of the poor Indian perpetrated on the bank of the lovely Yumuri; which Yurouri, by thq.way, is an exceedingly pretty stream, Itowing by tho Date of the Cumbro, a very high hill that rises to the north of the city, and broadening into a charming lakelet, whence it escapes towards tho sea. through precioitous ryjjd picturesque cliffi clothed with vegetable tapestry and tassols of the richest hues and strangest forms. 1 he u ii m ore is easily accessible irom the city, and the view from its summit is really worth tho pains uf the ascent. I have n rooted objection, springing from a somewhat extensive experience, to all unnecessary climbing of hills. For ihe most part, going up a moun tain to see the country is only putting yourself to a great ileal of trouble in order to look on a rather indistinct map. Mm ilio Cumbro is not distressingly high. and tho world seen from its top does not appear ridiculously smalt. There is a line seuuidero, too, near the city a cave, that is down which a river rushes in tho rainy season, to join a subterranean stream which roars underground all iho year through. These openings in the earth are very common in the island, which, in fact, would seem to be completely uodermined by them. Thn occasional giving way of an arch in this mighty cellarage, here and there, I should think, might muke tho inhabitants above stairs rather uervous everywhere. But the tax gatherer and the police officer, I suppose, havo cheated the earthquake of its terrors. A pieasutit trip irom Matanzaa may be made to the bonuiiful I i i tie river Caroinar the Hudson river of Cuba a sinuous, silent stream, gliding through mimic gorges, and widening olien into mimic sous. Its steep and lofty banks show scarcely any traces of the pres once of civilized man, and this secluded river bears no more witness to the changes of human dominion it ha known, than to the sunrises and sunsets of yesterday or three centuries ago. Hardly in our newest States will you find such tracts of unredeemed wilderness as constantly intervene in Cuba between populous dis tricls. The country has ihe air of having boeu settled in detail. The 1'useo of Matanzas, though less extensive, is oven more delightful than that of Havana, the trees being finer, the views ampler, and the ladies lovher. Hut why do I draw comparisons in this way t Like sweet music stirring the fragrant air of moonlit Sep tember nights, upon tho sacred Hhine like song watted soitiv over tne calm waters ol Leman, while (he Alps of Savoy glowed like molten gold in the red, evening light liko these, and all delights that immor talize for us some fortunate hour, the memories of these brilliant evening shows in the tropics are sufficient each to itself, ambrosial each, and not to be put in rivalry one with ihe oilier. The Paseo is the poetry of processions. In our northern world, a procession on foot is a sad sight, for tho eye instinctively wanders from the gay trapping of the wretched pedestrians down to tho weary, mud-bespattered legs. A procession on wheels is a stupid sight, for, whether in ihe dull glass coach, or in the vulgar barouche, men planted vis a vis, in motionless pairs, cannot look intelligent or interesting. A procession in ttie north mus( be either meaningless or disagreeable to the lookers-on. Dut the I'asen t the Pasoo ha all the brilliancy of the ball room, without i's confinement the splendid movements of tho Champs Ely ids. without their defiant excluiiveneis. Those beautiful, gaily dressed ladies pass continually in review beloro you, and nobody wbinka them away into the whirl imol of the dance: those cosily vehicles are all open to your gaze; those glittering liveries do not at once suggest to you the uegrauauon oi me wearers, iora red jacket in tne sad die is not such a plain proclamainn of flunkey ism as b red jacket on the coach box. And you lounge under tne stately palms, dreamily watching this "vision of fair women," so gracefully set forth, and scarcely understand its chief peculiar charm, till the chance ap pearance In that dainty throng of some irrational male creature (probably a Fanqui, or outside barbarian like yourself,) strikes a sudden discord into that luxurious harmony, and reveals the secret tn you. The effect upon your mind, of a man. io a dress coat, aud with a hat upon his head, ha. explained it all. The Paseo win uvn in your memory, tor it is the apotheosis ol beautiful women, exquisitely dressed, and without bonnets!I am informed, bv competent femalo hid pes. that finer faun can be bought in Matanzas than in any other place in Cuba; nnd certainly the prettiest fan I have seen in the island was bought here, and cost only 154 It wa very tastefully painted, and mounted upon ex quisitely carved stick in mozher-ot-penrl ; the horla, or tassel, might have adorned the smoking-cap of an emperor. have seen very pretty ones, too. of an in ferior quality. These and all other frail elegances of civilized 1 Ho can be purchased In Cuba nt lower rate than in the united States; for the Spanish tariff, which is merciless to American flour, and oompnll. the Creoles to live on the wheat of Esiremadura and Old Castile, imported to Cuba In Fenol ships, that make tho voyage from the Bay nf Biscay to the Caribhean Sea in three or four months, with fair winds the Spanish tariff is very merciful to all luxuries. The wines mid muslins of France, the linens and cutlery of England, can be found here, of excellent quality and at moderate prices. The Spanish fan, manufactured in Paris, in in very great demand wiih ihe Creole ladies and forms no smalt item in ihe expenses of a large femalo household. You may judge (and in this case tho example is a fair one) of the morale of the pleasant shopmen of Matanzas aud Havana, from tho fact that in the first shop in town, a lady friend of mine this morning bought for $'20 tee fans, for one of which $10, and for the other $17, had been previously asked! w. ll. rl. EUROPEAN TRAVEL EXPENSES, Sec. Or. Bailey of tho National Era, is now trav eling in Europe, and corresponding with his paper. He has ihe good sto to leave the hyfalutiog " Great old Sunset" department of literature to others, and to write common sense, practical things, that other writers generally omit, but things that every body desires to know about before going abroad. We copy one of his letters, for the instruction it give, in this respect: Paris, July 18, 1853. Speaking of expenso of travel, I should say that in England railroad fare is double, aud hotel living three times what they are on the coo. tinent. This is a point of some importance la our traveling countrymen. The hotel most frequented by Americans in London, Is Morley's. I tried it for a week, unaware of its charges; but it la well to be able to spoil k in such matters from exfierience. The "ravel or orders a room, or any number of rooms he chooses, and is charged accordingly. He is then charged for wnatever he orders for his meals also for lights, for ico, for alteudanco, for every thing. Thero aro no common drawing-rooms for the guests; there is no common table. You live by yourself, and, beside your friends, see nobody but a stiff, solemn, precise, silent waiter, with a black suit, white cravat, and very smooth hair. The bill of fare la a meager one; but aa I did not care to nay too much for mv " whistle." I de termined to live quite modern ttly, on much plainer food than oould content myself with at home. Living in this plain way, in two room one, a small, dark chamber, the other, a tolerably furnished shting-room it cost two of us, one week, only about $00 that is at Iho rate of $.13 each! Now, I Wish my countrymen to know that this Morley's Hotel, so much talked ; of, fa not equal iu appearance, hi furniture, in accommodations, iu service, in fare when yon order the beat, or in any reajtect whatsoever, with a third rate hotel in New York, where tho fare is $'2 a day, or loss. Mi-nart's is said to be much better, but tho charges are still mere norinou, and it is doubtful whether anything would be gained by going tliete, except more solemn nnd ceremonious service. I can conceivo of no reason why an American should subject himself to the exaction of either, i.r, indeed, of any London hotel. He can five quite ni respectably, more elegantly, and moro comfortably, at nearly half the expense, in private apnrtmenla. As to eating, an American abroad must make npbis mind tn forego many nf the luxuries tn which he is no-customed at home. Baker's bread, thn French mil, and Ihe brown Innf, are the only varieties of bread' at ii lis ho can command in England or on tlieoontinent, and these are always cold, often stale, anil, on continent, out of Paris, poorly baked out of poor Uour Hot roll, short biscuit, batter-cake, pan cake, fluknel cake, hoo-oake, Johnny cake, dodgers, corn-batter broad mote delicious preparations ol Hour and msal, so well understood in our country aro unknown hero, An English hotel has no table d'hote. -Yon must compound your own dinner from such a bill ol fare o it has, which is nnt very various. On ihe continent f nn find tha table d'hote a mere suggestion of a dinuef, a an American hotel. Tho guests seat themselves at a common table, and are first served with soup, then wiih fish out nn in convenient portions nnd passed around In waiter. While eatiug your fish, yon see two or three joints, It may be ol mutton, put on the tablet tbev are then taken off. out up in small slices, and the fish being d is post d nf, the sliced mutton is handed by tho waiter to each gnesl, who ia left to eat it by itself, or possibly with bread, or potato. Then, perhaps, comes some beef steak, also prepared In small piecea, aud handed round the same way, to be eaten by itself; and then, in succession, may follow some sweet bread and a few mutton chops. While eating the latter, there is a vision of roast beel ; nnd this, too, disappears from the table, to be cut up, and to be pass ed round like tho rest, ami to bo devoured probably by itself. Thn, a dish of pea may be circulated ; then the pudding, sliced up and carried round; then the salad; then a pair of very small chickens, which are carefully dissected before being sent on their or rand, r inally comes the dessert, ot fruit, Sec. i has, on a, very meagre bill of fare, they manage to get up some ton or a dozen onursos. wnicn appear quite imposing, but there is nothing in them. Just imagine a New York hotel attempting to satisfy its guests, with beel, mutton, and chicken, cut up in small nits, witn peas, potatoes, and lettuce. and calling this a sumptu ous repast 1 To mo, this table d'hote is a most detestable institution; my gorge always rises against it. Some readers may perhaps think these are very small matters to notice; but the truth is, ihe habits of people interest me as much as the natural features of their country, or their works oi art. There are plenty of sight seers to write grandiloquently about sublime scenery, and great pictures, and old cathedrals; and if ihero were not, tne guide-books furnish all necessary information concerning these things. Indeed, sitting quietly in mv room here in Paris, I could manufacture just as flue 1 Iters from memory, and from illustrated views ot the uhine, about the- wonders of art and nature in Europe not having soon them all as if I had seen and carefully studied.tiiom all. However, should the whim soizo me, I may say something of these things, too, hereafter. Q, B. LOLA H0NTEZ XARRIED AGAIN, There has been another chapter of incident in the remarkable career of that fastest of fast girls, Lola Monte z. She is again married, and this lime to a Buckeye. Mr. Hull, the fortunate, or unfortunate man, as iho case mny be, was once a resident of Xenia, where ho is still well known. He established himself in the law business in Cleveland, and some four years ago went to the land ol gold, Tho details of the adventure, and the very latest phase of Lola are graphical- cally described in a letter from San Francisco to Ihe Cincinnati Gazette. We think the challenge of the ed itor of the California is equal to the very best thing of Ihe kind heretofore brought to light, if Hull fares better than her former husband, Hxalp, who was horsewhipped by her before his divorce, then ho ought to take out a patent for tho best plan to tame wild cats: The most noteworthy incident of the week, by great odds, is the marriage-extraordinary of Patrick I'urdy Hull, Esq., one of the proprietors of the Whig and Ad vertiser newspaper, of this city, to Madame Marie Ros-sanna Dolores, Countess of Landsfeldde Heald, Baroness of Rosenthal, and Chairoinesse of the Order of St. Therese. Tho ceremony was performed on ihe morning ot the 2d int., by tho Reverend FalhcrFlavel Fontaine, of ihe Holy Church of the Mission Dolores. A large company of distinguished citizens participated in the ceremonies of tho occasion, and the marriage certificate was duly attested by Gen. James E. Waiuwright. in bis magisterial character of Clerk of the county of San Francisco. Mrs. Patrick Partly Hull afterward repaired to the city, where she remained until four o'clock, when in company with her husband, she de- fiarted on her bridal trip to Sacramento. This singu-ur marriage naturally excited both surprise and merri mout, nnd speculation, ore rile wiih respect to the ob ject of tho interesting parties. It is asserted to have been a pure love macn on the part ot Lola, while the assertion that Patrick I'urdy Hull, Esq , received a check for $13,000 from her on tje morning of the affair, seems to indicate that he was actuated by mercenary motives and a desire to the acquirement of notoriety. But of this it becomes not an outsider to speak. A Utile incident that occurred during Iho absence of the bridal party at the Church, proved somewhat amusing loihe ' fancy," and excited no little comment on ihe part of the public. Some of Mr. Hull's frionds, being mischievously inclined, visited his sleeping aparitneiits, and draped them bed, chairs, windows, and all in tapestries of black orape ; and, upon me return ui the happy groom, he was considerably surprised at the dolorous aspect of the bridal chambers. It is universally conceded that the happy husband is the bravest man in the State: tor it is much doubted whether anothor could hnve been found wtio would willingly have mated wiih the woman whose boast is, that she is her own protector, tinder any circumstances. Mr. Hull original Iy "turned up" somewhere about the interior ot Ohio, and has been a resident of California about three years. Ho is not a man of ability or education, although he is said to havo lair business qualifications. The most that bis friends claim f.-r htm is that he is a "clever fellow " In personal nppearanco aud address he is quite another sort of a man than you would havo believed would prove acceptable to ilm distinguished Lola, being quite ordinary in both qualifications. In short, the dignity of hi presence wilt be appreciated, when I inform you that hia circlo of acquaintances, uaunlly nnd unusually, address him as " Pat." But the marriage, as a Cuck- ney would say, is " h odd, very h Vd I." Since tho loregoing was penned, farther advices of Lola havo been received. Whilst amusing ihe good; peoplo of Sacramento, at ihe theatre, wiih her spider dance, someone in the pit was so unfoilunato as to excite her ire by laughing. Lola, who is intensely egotistical, being haunted wih ihe idea that tier Jesuitical enemies follow her whithersoever she wemls her ways, immediately Hired up, and, after declaring that she " wouldn't dance for the audience, if they did not wish to see her," departed in high dudgeon from the atage, Ttio audience hooted and hissed, but Lola was finally prevailed upon to return and finish the "spider." Whilst making a brief speech, however, a gent seated in the pit, who apparently had not entirely recovered from an attack of fourih of July, raised from hia seat, and, pointing lo a comrade, who also was somewhat merry, remarked: "This is the man that did it." (Laughter.) "Yes, by God,' said Ihe pointer, with tho utmoat coolness, "am the man that did It." The storm of shouts and laughter that followed ih is sally can better be imagined than described. Alter the close of the performances the fair danaetise, witli her spouse, returned to her hotel the Orleans House and hi a few moments thereafter wa greeted with such a chitarari or bell, bones, (iu pans, &e., a nnvor before were heard in those regions. Of course, Lola defied the whole crowd, and called them "no gentlemen, " making quite a tart speech iu addition thereto. Tho ensuing evening she re appeared on the stage before a crowded auditory, and iu a politic speecn mourned an in teeing toward her, and was greeted with tremendous applause. The most amas-ina episode of the affiir, however, remains to be re lated. The editor of the Sacramento Californim, m notoriously tigty visaged individual, commented on Lola in such a manner as to prove displeasing to her, UiMtn reading tho paragraph she despatched the follow ing significant note to his sanctum, viz. : Sachamknto, 8h July, 1853 To the rtspontihlt Editor of tkt IMUv Californtan .- Bin: Hie extraordinary article concerning myself wnicn appeared in your paper ihts momma, reuuires an extraordinary answer. I uao the word " extraordi nary," lor l am astonished that a roapectable (T) editor uouiu lie in aucn a uaretaceu manner, and lie so void of gallantry and courtesy as yourself. I do not advo cate woman s rights, but at iho same time I ran right myself by indicting summary justice upon all kck-an apes 1 1 1 Alter such a gross insult, you must don the petticoats. I have brought some with me which I can lenu yon mr tue occasion you must tight with me. 1 leave tho choice of two kinds of weapons lo yourself, for I am veiy magnanimous. You may choose bo tween my duelliug oiatnls, or take your choice of a nitl out uf a pill-box. Ouo shall bo poimn and the other not, and tho chances are even. I request that this aiiair ue arranged uy your second as soon aa possible, a my umo m quite ns vatuatiie as your own. Maria ni Lansfrid Hum,, Lola M mite. You will thus perceive ilmt the " handsome" man is surrounded with difficulties, being left wiih ihe option of pisen or pisiol. and petticoat.. En paisant. I will remark that since the nmrriaie of IV Punlv Hull. E n his nums aa publisher of the Whig and Advertiser h is ueen witnurawn, and mat nl Win, M. Farweli, K-q substituted in ita place. V. . 11. Mr. Hedblossnm drank rather more time hitiinl nl lowance of hot rum and winter, one cold nlbi Ihsi week; Ihe consequence of which waa, he gave In wife a rather contused account (lf hi coieluei, un tits remrn homo. " Ynu see, Mr. Smith's grocery store io vitoil mo to go and drink uncle Ham and y n see, ili weather wan dry and I wu very sloppy no I said I duin t mind punching one drink ami a queer how mv bean went into tlio punch Ihoitph : I he way home was so dizzy (bat I slipped upon a htile dug the corner ol ; tho sireot bit me ami an old gentleman wiih cropped ears and a brass collar on hi neck said he belonged to thn dog snd I wns you understand ir lhnt in, I don't know nothing more about it !" Mauri no AoAtw. Mr. Onrey ll. Hontri);ht was married last Sunday to Miss Lucindn Ward, both of this oily. This is only the tenth time that Mr. B. has taken a "rib." He is decidedly a man of connubial tastes-wedded to the joys of domestic life rather than the cheerk'Si aspect of widowhood. He in actually afraid to slap a child in the street for fear it ia hi own. No wonder the population of Indianapolis is increasing so rapidly. ) mdianapoiis Journal. Ostriches must bo cheap birds to keep. Those at the hippodrome live on gun Hints and rusty nails, A fresh spike is a delicious morsel, while no old hinge, wim a utile on on it, ia lotignt tor witn as mucn trn- astnes as a pair of a doruin would exhibit over a upwi oi soup. Irishmen aro verv areanrions in their habits. They dokffht In multitudes, and never lake "one home rid a." without having tho wagon crowded witn eight dy wi 'omen, f tnt.m nMlAmmn mnA ihm hnitaM Ana THB LIFE AND DEATH OF AN ACTRESS- TRANSLATED FROM TBI FRCKCH OF JULES JANlH. Tho recent and wretched death of an actress whose name waa long popular among ihe frequenters of the Theatre des Varietes, has inspired Jules Junin with some pages of prophetio power, and a truthfulness al must terrible in its biting irony. Few pens have yet laid bare, with so mnch courage and power, the bleeding wounds which, in the case of most women, are hidden beneath the spangles of the theatrical costume. In vain do I laugh and strive to bo tritv I am in no mood for laughter. Yesterday, at nuIit.fn.ll. io tho vitamin ei iysees, i met a ptiantom ! un old woman, a being without a name! She wa sad. and vet vou saw upon her faded countenance all tho indications of laughter I She was walkioe slowly, and there was something bold and flaunting in her step 1 Bho was in mourning, and the corner ol a pink petticoat was visible through her black gown. She passed silently through the lung avenue, her sob seemed liko the re Iruin of asoog ( In that ruined nature you recognized, with close attention, some trace of refinement i you saw some marks of oare amid those rags I Who was that phantom? She held in one hand on old fan that might havo belonged lo a duchess, in the other an old umbrella that a portress might have carried : she had a wooden shoe upon her left foot, a silk stocking on ner right ; sue smelt ot ambergris aud the wine ol the tavern; in the adjustment of her heud-dresa vou recog- uized the coquette, the slattern in the disorder of her hair. Ah! what luxury, what indigence in (hat. woman! She had trodden under foot, and scattered with laviah hand, alt the flowers of spring . . . .ho had . grown old upon a pallet of straw! She had drunk from the golden goblet of youth all sorts of praiaas of her grace, her beauty, her talent; and after intoxicating herself with the draught, now grown old, aha had quat leu me ntioy aregs contained, with a thousand name-! less insults, in the broken cup of oge. She had been beautiful, elegantly adorned all was worn threadbare. Alaa ! for her the wretched! the triumphant! (he envied woman I the hoary crone I She had been the goddes. of honest joy and innocent laughter, aud aix months before her death, sho was but the horrible priestess of the coarsest mirth ! She was born at the theatre; she died in a booth nt a fair. Even the smiling name of her youth had becomo, with age, an appellation of pity aud disgust; .he was called Flora; she had played ihe principal child's part in the Courses d' Etc, she bad appeared for the lust time iu la Ca natlle! And now she was walking, with her soul in trouble, seeklOK for one word of avmoalhv hovoml iho tomb. After some hesitation she approached mo. half tears and half smiles; aho knew that 1 had always been kind to her, thai I had often consoled her, that I felt deeply sorrowful at seeing her, at the age uf a grand- moiuer, sacrificing, oj ner own accord, and without pity for her grey hairs, the respect that is duo to age, Uuforlunate womaul she held under her emaciated arm the first volume of her Memoirs (for she has writ ten ner memoirs, ana iney iiuve been published by Michel Levy ; but do not be alarmed, she is modest, aud hasouly filled three oclavos wiih her wholo life!) In aa old baskot, upon her other arm. were the second and third volumes of her biography, together with a fragment of looking glasses, a pot of rouge, a stocking full of holes, an embroidered handkerchief, a cake of soap, and some marvelous wash, equally efficacious in wniienitig ine teem aua blackening the eyebrows; old gloves, sugar plums, a clove ot carlici add a bun dle of bUletsdovx, verses of love aud gratitude from the Mont do Piete, a pot of pomatum, a piece of cneese, a cigarette, a tnousaud utile ends ot lace, a thousand little scraps of ribbon, and then, al the bot tom, quite at the bottom of this receptacle, a rosary, and the Journee du Chretien! It had a sad aouud a false sound, that overloaded basket, where twenty sous woro juigimg witu au niencou uiamona, a piuciiutcK bracelet, and a plated diadem. When she came near me, she looked at me from her small, dead eye, in which the old hre still occasionally aparaieu, Deneain tne ashes ol departed passions, aud without a word, aha held out to me Die first volume of her memoirs, which she turned ovor before my eyes, moisteuiug with her saliva her dry and withered fin ger ! It was a sod sight lo see that woman plucking with trenibliug hand the green fruit of her youth I She was born in the theatre, at the Palais Roval. one even inn that the piece Je cherche mm pere was played for the first time, and ihe tirst baptism site received was her mother's tears. "Nature's first baptism gives us pa rents' love," says M. Ribio in his pantomime of the tLnjant an bonheur. In Iter childhood she had tho the-atre fir her crudlo; in heryouih she bad the thea're lor nor school; the 1'aiaia Kojal was herconntry. She began by singing M. du Segur's songs to Margozzi's music, one nad a jocrisse lor ber master; she was born among the Jocrisses, and lor a Imiii time everv ouo knows that in mailers relating to poetry ami the drama all Pans swore by M me Augot and Jocriao! Add to jocriase another hero or that bibulous epoch, Cadet Kouasel! It wa the hour of Tiercehn. Brunot Veatris, Duprat. of ihe Famitle des Innocent, the Intriaue sar ics ports, aim uie nitre ae ramtn. it was broud farce, in ttie absence of louiething better, " We have abandoned tho old psalms," says ono of Schiller's he roes, "people do not wish losing them, but comic songs, as much as we will." It was the era of the comic songs, and people went tn Brunei's as they went io Versailles, ihus the little Mora grew up freah ns a rose, nnd she naturally began by being Virtuous. So she was carried off by a fashionable boot maker, who signed bis letters Aacrotky, Polish prince! Luckily the Polish priuce yielded up his prey, and the fair one soon look tier revenge. Alas ! her heart was weak, and her will was noi strong! God, who had rescued her from the talons of Zacresky, threw her into the arm. of an unknown, beautiful a. the day! He was young, he was handsome, he wa brave, and be was killed at Waterloo, whiln drawing up a will by wiucn ne maue m ne r iora in soie neir. " i ni. is my will ; I leave to M'llo Flora fonr millions which " A ball from the enemy took off that valiant band, nnd crushed (hat noble heart, before the will was written and signed in the forms required by law. And there was a fortune gone ! Oh ! misery ! And to think that that hereto widow, that young Flora, twenty days aner ine aeam ui ner lover wno was Rilled at water loo, at ihe moment when he was leaving hor all bis fortune, went to dine with Itoiupschiu. who burnt Moscow, with Orlotf, M'lle Elomire and M'lleGuizot. They dined together, and those Pyrrhuaesof the prnde ground talked of Troy in Dame lo lh Bleoirna of the Vaudeville, thow Iphigenias of the Theatro des Varietes 1 Ihus ahe confesses she loved Itotopschin ! Heovon promised to write to ber, and she promised to answer his letters (his name we might say); but be tor- got lo write, and she forgot to answer. They were even wnn one auotner. And men she met ai. helix. the stock gambler, and M. Michonoean, ihe rich mer chant; she was the friend of M. Felix and she hi came the companion of M. Michotineau ; she even fell in with M Arthur, who robbed her and plundered her, and followed ber with threats and iusults, until the rascal robbed the gallows of its duo, and died a natu ral death as bo wa about to follow ihe lady to St I elerauurgn. Here the phantom shook violently her second vol- urne: she was ashamed of her follies, and if I'haulnms ever blushed, ahe surely would have bluh d 1 Yet what a strange thing is thai monotonoui narrative of theso lives ot luck and chance, ihe memory of that madiifsi wo already know, iho echo of that misery since women have existed und theatres have served them a pedestals. Here a duel, and there a suicide; now a tile passed in wandering through taverns, where the door is shut in their facus, aud theatres where they are hissed I Foriher mi the. loriutie ef an hour, the luxury of a day! Now comes ihe suicide of the ruined lover, and now ih" despair of the mourn. ing family. Then the unfailing tin in of deceptions, anxieties, tips and down., dolus, protests, executions, all that makes (be public laiiuli, nil that is repulsive ! Away, away! old tinners ol ihe phantom I away, old lingers ul death, that no living hand will touch! Awn)! disordered heart and head ! away I dead spirit ! awa! jo and misery ! away ! lorsakeu women, amorous nc treatest awuy! phantom I aw iy wiih all that allures to the precipice and tlio ntiyss ! away with ihe tfani e and death, the ball and ttie dc profundi the cough and tne suiouti : go and ton e, appear and disappear, courtiers ot that . oitialt, 11 illerers of her vices, win one d iy enacted u hor house, in ihe aliee des Veuves, in honor of rl ra a vaudeville which had been com-p iM-d I't her royal hilim as the tUupbinrss. They compared M'lle Flora to Miueivn! 'I hey culled her Aoligone! They chutigi-d acarccly anything ill their vaudeville, and iliey in ated the acltt as ua they had Iron' id the princess, iho wretches! S'icli weio tier l etmiiisceiices iheae her p issfans, ll.nse her tears! Sim had a child, ami th inhere! that child i-olihed bur of ihe little famine Ilmt remained lo her ni ihe moment when the luluiiiloned a troia hail iiiilhmg to look lorwutd lo but e!l-iepronc noil self-eouteoipt. Fr, it she would alill live. (Great God I at wliotii horrible piicel) j aim would still iliun those Mm o wie'iniea who are saining upon tier, hunger, soli lode nnd cold. ( Be w arned, yo women of marble I) alio mint, now thai the is old and wrinkled, she mut. at , lhnt fatal moment when the hair in while and Ihe teeth are binek, when ihe eyebrows turn grey, when obesity is making and work with her delicate person, alio must, wretched woman, write iho memopa of her abomina tion she must crush herself with tho laugh'or of des- p-tir, that the public may laugh at her misery! Yes, thou shall dfa upon tlio dung hill of thy old a.e: iny, wiih thine own hands, tear thy aged ftice, rend lliy lint veil, display ihy rag, spit upon thy declining years, that old and young may laugh at thy despair, mock thy grief, be moisteiird with thy tears ! No other lot tor ihno, my daughter, no other fortune! It must bono! Thou must be horrible In thine own eyes, ami in the eyes of all ! Thou must ley bare to them ihy wounds ahow them ihv famine l lliev mnst see ibee all itoieil nf all ; hear the coarse langh Iu the midst of thy ruin, the infamous jest that mingles with thy blasphemy ! It must ne sol it is ine law oi my being, tl is thy condt tlon, thy contract, thy winding sheet ! And when tliev win no longer laugh al thy old age, when thou 1'ialt no longer lie the fashionable puppet, when ihe crowd shall be weary of playing wiih thy skirl beside ihe grave that was bestowed on I bee in charity, when no human lip will touch the vile dregs of thy mind ; then. nnl..-i ..n. I. lUn m,i.l unn..n. tUim I l...-kl.. resource; thou shall find nothing to gain even in the baseness of thy own humility, even in tlio greatness of thy own offences. And ibu was ihe misery of M'lle Flora. She hud long lived upnq tlio contempt ahe had heaped upon herself; long, upon u pitiless stage, had "he pled ihe unworthy pirody of herself. At first they laughed at it. inucb, then thoy laughed much less, and at lust all Him merriment m the deoth of the abyss inspired onlv horror. When she had turned mvr na Uv ,ine uifli n dis dainful and angry hand, the leaves of her autobiography, The phantom cant the three volume" upon ihe damp ground, nnd trod (hem underfoot, as if aho would hive avenged herself upon that poisoned life. And then she arose, with no more thought ul mo. who wu (fazing at her attentively, curious, movi d even to tears. Oh ! unhappy, yet again ! Hun she suffered Plough in Iot vanity, her pritie, hor ambition, her passions 7 She went upon her way, rustling her ragged shroud, through which the cold wind waa moaning, siehing ovor lhnt career which hud opened ani'd the noisy gioom tu uie lirand Opera, tn close beneath the smoky light of Ihs Petit-Liari! Library World. A STORY WITH A MORAL. Wo seo it reported th-it Mr. Bodisco. itin Uiis.ian Miuister, ha undertaken to muzzle a Washington-newnpaper, after the fashion of Nt. Petersburg!!. Wo hopoho will havo a " good time." Una reminds us ol un incident we have heard rein ted of this gentleman, in the either (fay of hi. mis-sion. Some years ago ho wiih pis sing over the It -chea or and Syracuse railroad on mi excursion to Niagara, wiih a party of friends If we remember rightly, it was his wedding tour. When the train r. ached Syra cuse, an Attache, or Secretary, or something, look a Hncy io quarrel wiih one ot Hie men employed nimut the depot, and, with ihe insolence nf a pelty oflirinl, raised his cane and struck him. I he man -vai about to take justice in hi own hands, but the fellow claimed the protection ol his master and his suite, who, of course, all took his part, and supposed iheir diplomatic character would onuhle him to get off with impunity. un, nuntii, ma iioiMiucior nun Bgeiir, immediately waited on tho Minister in the car, staled ihe case, and civilly hut firmly remarked that such an unprovoked outrngo could not be tolerated here; nnd wound up by expressing the hope that the Minister would end me ousniess, as he ently cmild, 1 opoloL'izmir. The Minister ami! -d. Aimluyize! hd Mons'uur le Condueteur know whom he was nddresslngT It was M. Alexandre Bodisco. Ambassador of ihe Emneror of Russia! Mr. Smith coolly replied Hint if it waa the fimtw-roi of Russia himself, tm was entitled toan apology. And be added ilmt, an il he got it, that train would stop nuriaii WB1 111 IOH OyraCUSO lll'pot. Great was tlio indignation of ihe eirclo. wlmn I his audacious speech wus Irunslnled all round it, and it was found lliat diplomatic proceedings wero so suddenly brought lo a staud-siill. Terriblo oath were sworn at tho Conductor, iho Riilroad, tho Company, the country, the everybody ! But, ns they wero nil iu nuiaiau, iney uifi not Hurt anybody. "I order this indu to cu on!" tid the Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, stepping out on Ihe platform. The pasaenpers stared. Bystanders winked at each other. Ihe little popcorn and candy boys opened their eyes wide at ihe man with tho long beard, and thought he must be crazv. But tho trnin did not budge an inch. "I order this train to so on!" repented M. Bo disco, bringing bis cane down vehemently on tho plat- iurm, uy way or empnasis. no result. The smoke curled lazily up from tho locomotive, and the fireman and engineers leaned back on the wood pile, to enjoy the fun. Fortunately at this moment a Washington acnuuint- ance, who happened to be on board, came out, and undertook to explain American customs to the Ambassador. A long colloquy ensued in some foreign tongue, a,l.:nl. .. .. 1. ..I i... e ... . . -nu n uurou; u uur rstou i . i un iipNI"i Ol 11 WUS, however, that a handsome and courteous apology was tendered and received the minister adding that bin ignorance of the langungo and customs of the country had led him into a nvstnka, The whistle sounded, iho bell rang, nnd away went ihe train, carrying two or three winer people out of Syracuso than it brought in half an hour before. It is barely possible ilmt M. R idiaco' labors with the Press may terminate in a similar way. After nil, it is the education, not the man, tint is to blame. M Bodisco is a sensible and.accomplished gentleman, n. such things go in Russia, Thero, his requirements would be treated a perfectly reasonable and proper. Presses go and stop at thn bidding ol high diplomat' ist. Here, however, high diplomatists oftener come and go at the bidding of the Press Albany Jour. FRENCHMEN ABOUT. It will be seen by the following that they sometimes see a " parley vous b rancai." in New York J it reminds us of a"arn" we heard some time since, of one of them on a vi.it to London. His knowledge of "pauvre Kn-glaia" was very limited, and he depended in a great measure upon n pocket dictionary, with tho nul of which ho contrived to net lie hit wants known. Being somewhat partial to We-ik Fi-h (only found in salt water) he entered an eating house. Tho fish being small, he thought two would lie better than one, an entering a stall, lie pulled out Ids dic'ionarv nnd found fish, then week, but not understanding the idiom exact ly, he then looked lor two vrekt and fount! the definition to b tnforUtght., Perfect Iy siii.fierl that lm wns right, ho closed iU dictionary, und sunp out : " vataire: t ' Ooinin', sir !" "Vataire, tiring mo vat y ti c.ntl ze von fortnight ffah, oh !" " Don't understand, sir " '' Von fortnight li"ti, by gir. you nul understand your own language !" " I vutit von week fnh, nnd von week fish, and the von and ihe voti makes von fortnight fish, by gar. You uiideminnd zai eh J ' All right," said the waiter, as ho left to fill 'ho or der. But to iho New York .'ory A Frenchman stopped a lad iu thn street o make rune enquiries of bis whereabout. : " Mon fren, what is zj name of zia street f" "Well, who said 'twun'tt" 'What yon call zis street T" "Of courso wo do." " Panfanez ! I havo nn ze name, vot you call him ?' "Ye., Wall we call ii." " How you call z name of ziz street T" " Walt street, I to yer.' " Ziz street." "Watts sireot, old fell-r, and don't yer go lo make game n' mo.' "Sacre mon tlieu ( I ask y ui one, two, ireo, several times oReii, vill yen tell mo z. name ov zo dam street, ch T" "Wall's street, I tofa yer, Yer drunk, ain't yci,;" " Mon lit'le fren, vera yon Iif, eh t" " In Vatularn street." " Eh, biuu f Ton Iif in von dam street, an you is von dam fool, by dam!" Ott Tribune. The following, which wo clip from an exchange, arid which it Ins copied from an English paper, shows someihing of the rogresaive. The tod ol names tiifaht have been extended, hut we give the ox tract as we liud it: Nn.'kNAMirs i TtiK INm.n Statics General Jack-a n wa called Old Hickory, on account ol hi inhYxi hie character ; hia diplomatic successor in the White House was known as the Little Magician ; ami his son, John Van Bureti, remains until now ihe Prince, (ieii-oral Hurri-on waa old Tip, an abbreviation of Tippecanoe, where he had d felted Uie Indian, under their prophet, tiie brother of Tecumseh. General .acliary Taylor wa desigimtt d by Ihn name of (lid Z-trk, Rough and Heady ; Henry Clay as ihe Mill Boy ot the Slashes, in remembrance of his origin. Webster was " 'lis Great Expounder, the (J ul like, or simply Black Dm. Corwm is the Wagon By, Thomas Benton, the great Missonrian, i. known as Old Bullion. Douglass, ihe Demoeraiic Senator from Illinois, tho Little Giant. General Si-oit, Chippuva, from his victory over the English iu the late war, and a Hasty Plato of Soup, from an expression, which slipped Irom hi pen. General Houston, S in Jacinto, from Ihe battle field on which he defeated President 8 it) to Anna, and all bis army, ifco. The cities and State, have their nickname. Washington, for instance, is tint city of Magnificent Distances; New-York, the Empire Ohy; Philadelphia, tho Quaker City ; Baltimore, the M uuimeut City ; B ston, tue Guy ol Notion, or the Puritan City ; New Haven, the Elm City; Buffalo, the (J ieeti City of the Lakes; IVtsburg, ihe Iron City; Cleveland, tho Forest City; Citieinnaii, Pork-ip-di, ur the Wuo-m Cny of the West; Si. Loins, iho Mound Cily; Lottitvillo, The Fall City; New I hlea'ia, this Crescent City. The st-iie nf Now Vork benr'iiig in lis arms the rising sun, widi the motto, Exei li.,r," ia ttie Empire or Excelsior Si tte; Connecticut, the Freestone Unite; .1nuehuseiin, ihn hay Stale; Verm,, tit, ihe (irecn Moutibdii Siate; N-iw Hampshire, ihe Granite Stale; IVnin) l :nia, the Key alone Suite; Virgini.i, tho Old n un ti, or too aiomer oi nt.ttoa mol Nuiienmei.; Deliiwure. the Diamond Sfle; South (irnlinn, the Pal no Slate; Tetii-, the Lone Stnr; ffaltfortiin. the Golden llejion; Mississippi, the Bayou State; l.ouisi aua. Uie Uieoio S:Hte; and Kentucky, iho Dark nnd Bloody Ground. The inkihitant uf Florida are Cow Boys; (hose nf Ohio called But key e; tho nf Iown,'llnwkeye; (hose of Illinois, Suckers;' the Missourians, Pokes; ill" Indinua people, ILataiers; the Mieliinnians, Wot-verier r, and Wisconsiniann, Budge. Ihe author rorredly say nil thoe nickname, aro familihi- r,i and frupienily used by ihe Americans, nnd not only in jest in ihe same way as they collectively accept the deaignation of Yankees, il thi word ia used in contra-distiiiciton of En Ihh. In the Strife themselves, the Southerners and Westerners disclaim this appellation; they use il to designate the New blnglatider; while in New England, aaiit, everv Siale disowns it except Uonneciicut, which is prnnti io oe mo original 1 anhi o State. ' A green bachelor editor once retorted upon a rival's diatribe, that "it should bo written in loiters of sail, on a board fence, fur cow tn lick It."