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one day in that lady’s company. After dinner Mrs.!a rapidity which renders it hazardous to fly before them’ | |iam Howitt, in the course of

itzherbert said,‘ By the bye, Mr. Fox, I had almost forgotten to ask you, what you did say about me in the House of Commons the other night? The news-papers misrepresent 50 very strangely, that one cannot depend on them. You were made to say that the Prince

authorised himto deny his marriage with me!’—the extend across a wide prairie, and advance in a long

Prince made Imonitory grimaces at Fox, and immedia- tely said, ‘Upon my honour, my dear, I never author-

ised him to deny it’—* Upon my honour, sir, you did, these wide plains, leaving behind it a black ‘cloud of

said Fox, rising from the table; ‘I had always thought your father the greatest liar in England, but I now see

you are” Fox would not associate with the Prince for) cracking sound is heard like the rushing ofa hurricane.

some years, until one day he walked in, unannounced, and found Fox at dinner. Fox rose as the Prince en- tered, and said that he had but one course consistent with his hospitable duty as an English gentleman, and that was to admit him.’—Daunl’s O'Connell,

LANDSCAPE.

The moisten’d lowlands, delicately clear; Through the thin haze and morning gleam appear; On the smooth herbage cattle graze or sleep,

The neatherds by the rushy streamlet keep

Their quiet watch, until the day expire,

And slanting sunbeams gild the village spire.

“On the night before the battle of the Plains, the youug English General passed close to the French batteries in a boat on a visit to one of his posts. The night was calm and serene. The crew plied their muffled oars as they passed, concealed by the deep sha- dow which even at night the citadel of Quebec and the Castel of St. Louis cast on the placid waters of the St. Lawrence. Jn the stern of the boat sat Wolfe and one of his aids, and close to them a young midshipman the coxswain of the boat,from whom the legend is derived— an axnious listener to each word that might fall from the general’s lips. And of what was he conversing—was it of the next day’s doubtful conflict—was it of the prospect of victory or defeat. His thoughts were of distant and gentler themes. He spoke of a new poem that had ap- peared in England just before he left there—he spoke of itas one might speak ofany poem fresh from the London press, and reciting each Stanza of ‘The Elegy ina

Country Churchyard,’ exclaimed, when he had finished the good things of life—bathe! If you would avoid

it, *L would rather have written that poem than take’

Quebec to-morrow.’

Distribution of Mountains.—Many chains of moun- tains enter within the range of continual frost with one or more of their summits; but there is not a single great chain in any of the fruitful and habitable parts of the world, which so far transcends this limit as to present

‘brings health and every comfort—bathe ! And least you

‘Such is true only ofa few rare instances. The thick 'sward ofthe prairie presents a considerable mass of fuel, ‘and offers a barrier to the progress of the flame, which ‘is not easily surmounted. The fire advances slowly, ‘and with power. The heat isintense, ‘The flames often

line. The sight is sublime, to behold in the night, a stream of several miles in breadth advancing across

smoke, and throwing before it a vivid glare which lights up the whole landscape like noonday, A.roaring and

The flame, which, in general, rises to the height of about twenty feet, is seen sinking, and darting upwards in spires, precisely as the waves dash against each other, ‘and as the spray flies up into the air; and the whole appearance is often that ef a boiling, and flaming sea violently agitated.—Illinois Mag.

Batuine 1n Warm Warter.—There isa great deal of sound, good sense in the following suggestions of some writer in the Mobile Tribune—suggestions, too, ; which are good for any latitude:

To the young we earnestly say, as you sre now throwing aside your winter clothing—bathe. If you would avoid colds, the sure percursors of all sickness— ‘bathe; and if you would enjoy your youth, lithness of Jimb and cheer of spirits—bathe, and bathe frequently. The ancients knew its efficacy and practised it thorough- ly, as the wisest of moderns do. The theory of Beau Brummel has grown into a proverb, ‘there is no per- fume like fresh linnen—no cosmetic like pure water and plenty of it.’ But what boy has not felt the invi- goration of a swim? or what man fatigued, of a free ablution? Bathe, then, if you would be healty.

But while bathing is so important to the young it is no less so to the mature. Of all the thousand ills that flesh is heir to, none can exceed these too common curses—dyspepsia, rheumatism and gout. Though when these are once seated they are deemed immovable, the most experienced physicians assure us they can be, prevented, as their origin is clearly traceable to the stopping of the pores of the skin.

Then, if you would preserve your digestion and enjoy

rheumatism and indulge in that joyous exercise which should be bed-ridden and tortured everlastingly with gout, bathe, and bathe freely.

With the best motives we again affirm—if there be a

bath,

an unbroken line of snow along its whole length. ‘The height of the curve of congelation diminishes as we ap-| proach the pole; and if there was not a corresponding

diminution in the elevation of the mountains, or if the.

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principal chains in the different habitable zones were’ raised a little higher, they would sever the nations living, on their opposite sides, as effectually as a wall of brass’

reaching above the clouds. The Andes, if we disregard | their projecting summits, form an unbroken dike about 24 miles high, and 4500 miles long. Were three or four thousand feet added to their height, all access across, trom one side of the chain to the other would be denied, to the foot of man. If great dangers attend the journey | to the summit of Mount Blanc, what human skill or power could encounter the terrors of a snowy desert a hundred miles in breadth, beset with avalanches, and visited with storms, In these circumstances, such towns as Mendoza and Santiago, which are separated by a| journey of three days, would be as far asunder for the! purposes of traffic or intercourse as England and Jamai- ea. But the line which bounds the means of commu- nication varies from clime to clime. Were the Alps as) elevated as the Andes, all the passes across the former would be closed; and were the Doftines as high as the Alps, Sweden and Norway could only communicate b

sea.—Though the altitude of the Andes in Chili and Patagonia has never been measured, various circum- stances show that the chain descends as it advances) trom the torrid zone to its southern termination. In ‘Quito and Peru, the back or crest of the ridge is free! ‘rom snow, which only rests upon isolated summits; and with the aid of such arrangements as would be tained by a dense population, the means of passing from one side to the other might perhaps be found wherever they. were deemed necessary.

_ Burning of the Western Prairies.—One of the pecu-; tarties of this climate is the dryness of its summers and. autumns. A dronght often commences in August, which | with the exception of a few showers towards the close of that month, continues throughout the fall season. | rhe immense mass of vegetation with which this fertile!

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}with her mother, feigned sudden indisposition, and re-

A Comicat Courrssyr.— O’Connell mentioned a| case in which he was professionly engaged—an action! instituted bya Miss Fitzgerald against a Parson [aw- kesworth for a breach of promise of marriage. ‘ Haw- kesworth,’ said he, ‘had certainly engaged the lady’s affections very much. He had acquired fame enough to engage her ambition. He wasa crack-preacher— had been selected to preach before the Lord Lieutenant —his name occasionally, got into the newspapers, which then was not often the case with private parsons ; and no doubt this notoriety had its weight in the lady’s cal- culations. The correspondence read upon the trial, was comical enough. ‘The lady, it appeared, had at one period doubted his fidelity ; whereupon the parson writes to reassure her in these words: Don’t believe any one wlio says, I'll jilt you! They lie who say so; and I pray that all such liars may be condemned to an eternity of itching without the benefit of scratching.’ Three thousand pounds damages were given against

him. He was unable to pay, and decamped to America’

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a. ‘iat ' an account ofa recep, visit to the venerable spinster, who is now upwards of

eighty, accounts for the peculiarity to which we haye ‘referred, in this wise: ‘ Her father being a disbelieve ‘in revealed religion, she made a promise never to write ‘in favour of religion if he would consent neyer to Write ‘against it. Through a long Jife she has faithfully ob. served the compact.’

A PRETTY THOUGHY., The Night is Mother of the Day, The Winter of the Spring, And even upon old Decay The greenest mosses cling; Behind the cloud the starlight lurks, Through showers the sunbeams fall ; For God, who Joveth all his works, Hath left his hopes with all!

A Bargain.—The Knickerbocker tells the followiy anecdote, admirably illustrative of the ‘language § dicker’ in Yankee land:

‘ How far is it to New Haven ? asked a traveller of , toll gate keeper on the Bridgeport roac.

‘ Fifteen miles, was the answer.

‘O, no; it can’t be so much, can it? IT was told, mile or so back, that it was but twelve miles from this gate.

i Well,’ said the toll gatherer, hesitating— well, you can take it at twelve, but I can’t let anybody else go over it short of fifteen, and I never have!’

Time to Go.—An up-country gallant not long since went over to see his ‘ bright particular,’ and after sitting for nearly half a day without saying a word, at last got up and said—t Well I reckon it’s gettin’ feedin’ tine— [ must be goin. Well good evenin’ to you all, Miss Nancy.’ ;

‘ There are two things,’ says Mrs. Partington, ‘ that should be at home every evening at dark—cows and women—especially ifthere are nursing babies in the house.

Is there any situation worse than that ofa lawyer's clerk? Yes, that ofa lawyer’s client.

NEWS CONTINUED, FROM PAGE 347.

The excitement caused among the ultra-Repubhicans

iby th t f M. Thi for Paris, has produced a cheap Juxury in the world, it isa hot, cold or shower, eo ate si Of ibiitiadag :

manifestation against him of a serious character. About nine o’clock on the night of the 8th inst., a large mob proceeded from the Boulevard to the Place St. George, in which his mansion is situate, crossed the iron palisad- ing by which it surrounded, and would have forced their way into the house, and committed possibly further outrages, but for the arrival of a body of national guards, by whorn they were expelled,and driven to some distance. It was eleven o’clock, however, before the crowd finally dispersed. A strong body of the garde mobile, who had arrived to the support of the national guards, bivovacked on the Place St. George.

The directors of the theatres of Paris waited on the Minister of the interior on the 6th inst., to apprise him that, if the Government did not afford them assistance, they should close all the theatres under their manage- ment.

The central administration of the finance department has been completely reorganised by M. Duclere, the present Minister. No less than 223 offices had been suppressed, viz., 12 of directors and sub-directors, 60 of chiefs or under-chiefs, and 151 of clerks. ‘The annua!

upon a preaching speculation which proved unsuccess- \saving for the treasury will exceed 800,000 francs.

ful. He came back to Ireland, and—married the pro-

The unexpected return of Prince Louis Napoleon, for Paris, as well as for the department of the Yoane, the

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Elopement in High Life-—A great convulsion has) just taken place in the fashionable world about Albany. | As the story goes, a young aristocrat, accomplished, rich, and withal, a gentleman, was weak enough to love awoman. The frequency with which he was thrown into the society of this young woman only increased his attachment for her.

This feeling was apparently reciprocal; he loved her and she professed to love him. ‘Thursday, this week,

Sarthe, and the Lower Charente, has caused great em- barrassment to the Government. Having alreacy

‘admitted three members of the Bonaparte family into ‘the Assembly, it is difficult to find a decent pretext for ithe exclusion of a fourth, who, though a pretender ‘against the Government of Louis Philippe, sets himself ‘up now as a sincere Republican. It is necessary, how- ever, that something should be done.

The chief subject of discussion in political circles, and

os ious ies, 1¥ was the day fixed upon for the marriage ; cards of invi- the source of serious alarm to the Republican parties,

tation to the wedding were issued in great numbers;

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the preparations were grand, and even magnificent.|COU™tYs but more especially in ' the ‘army. bee sn2 Last Sunday the bride elect being on her way to church | Tegitnents have shouted ‘ Vive Louis Napoleon!

turned home alone. In an hour after she eloped with a

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the name of Louis Napoleon was announced from the ‘steps of the Hotel de Ville, the military who were on the

young man, between whom and herself there had ap-| Place raised their caps on the tops of their bayonets ™

parently never been the slightest acquaintance or inti-| macy. They were married at — -,and on Sunday} evening were on their way to New York. This event! has caused a terrible explosion among the aristocracy, |

token of exultation. The quay at the entrance to the | Assembly is daily crowded with ‘ Invalides’ and soldiers of the empire, forming a lane through which the repre- sentatives enter, waiting to salute the first appearauce

ed, aod the whole surface of the earth is covered with and the cards of invitation to the wedding on "Thursday! Prince Louis. Brochures are distributed in the S J}

combustible materials, This is especially true of the, prairies, where the grass grows to the height of from six to ten feet and being entirely exposed to the sun aul wind, dries with great rapidity. A spark of fire falling

it@ destructive course as longas it could find fuel. Pravellers have described these fires as sweeping with

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streets, at a nominal price, giving the biography of Louis ‘Napoleon, and even describing minutely his personal ‘appearance. A cart, similar to one of the London ad-

Singular Bargain.— Miss Edgeworth, though one of) vertising vans, has been established, forming a sort of anywhere upon the plains, at such a time, would kindle the most captivating and unexceptionable writers of the! locomotive bureau fora new journal, entited ‘ oe a blaze, which would spread on every side and continue age, has never introduced the subject of religion into, LouisRepublican.’ This is all stuck over with placards

jher works, This hus been a subject of surprise to many. and specimens of the journal, the vender sitting ineide

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