The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-09-15 00:00:00

LITERARY EXTRACTS.

Tug YOONO PATRIOT.— No, 'William Baker, you
cannot have my daughter's band in marriage on=
are equal in wealth and social position." The
was • haughty old moo of IMO 00 you% and the parson
whom be addressed arm • fine-looking young man at
vs. With a sad aspect the young man withdrew from
the stately mansion. Six months later the young man
stood In the presenos of the haughty old man. ' What I
you here again ?" angrily cried the old man. " Ah, old
man," proudly exclaimed William Baker, "I am ers,
your daughter's equal and your' r The old man's lip
curled with scorn. A derisive smile lit up his cold
features, when, casting violently upon the marble
centre table an 000/1310141 roll of greenbacks, William
Baker cried—" See Look on this wealth; sad I'm
tenfold more I Listen old man I You pursed me from
your door, but I did not despair. I secured • metres&
for furnishing the army at the with beef"
"Yes, yes I" eagerly a:Maimed tliss old man. "And I
bought up all the disabled cavalry horses I could find"
" I see I see r cried the old man, "and good
beef they make too." "They do I they do I and the
profits me immense." "I should say to." "And now,
sir, I claim your daughter's fair head." "Boy, the is
yours. But hold I Look me in the eye. Throughout
all this have you teen loyal?' "To the oore r cried
William Baker. "And," maenad the old men, in •
voles husky with emotion, "are you in favour at •
vigorous prosecution of the war ?" "I am, I ma I"
"Then, boy, take her? Maria, child, come hither. Your
William claims thee. Be happy, my children? And
whatever our lot in life may be let us all support the
government."-4 swims Paper.
LIMOOLIII AID fiewsrd may
be 48 or 50; his hair, a little in disorder, is light mingled
with grey ; his eyes, deep sunk beneath his eyebrnws,
are small, but very .harp; his aquiline nose presents •
very decided curve • he whole countemnee reveals
cleverness and intellect. He is an excelleet compaalon,
very merry, very lively, and familiar from the lirst Make
of the hand. His manners are so free and easy that
they almost excite suspicion at the outset. One is apt to
believe that craft cannot belo lying bid behind so frank
an exterior. But such is not at all the ease. Mr.
Seward is a capital fellow' very open, and • bit of •
joker. Everybody knows, too, that although Yr. Lin-
coln is at the head of the government, the real man of
importance, the veritable chief of the Republican party,
is Mr. Seward. Rich, independent, gifted to • high
&WM with the icapaasionel, aggressive, boastful,
teatime eloquence which pleases Anglo.Baxon meetings,
he early acquired great popularity. When the Repub-
lican party had t 3 choose • candidate for the presidency,
Mr. Seward'a supporters were sufficiently numerous to
muss alarm. By • clever decision be avoided the risk
of • check. He offered his support to Mr. Lincoln. The
move succeeded and he took for himself the next poet
after the presidency—the accretou7ship of foreign affairs.
He speaks no language besides Eoglish. and knows
about Europe; although he has the habit of saying with
an emphasis which is sommrlat, comic, that he spent
several years at the principal European Courts to *squire
the art of governing men. A few minutes after Mr.
Seward's entrap*. Mr. Lincoln made his
appearance.
His stature is so much above the average that be
might
be styled a giant, were not the word—the expression of
strength and power in the biblical mid mythologieal
senses— now matined to the vocabulary of tumblers and
showmen. His countenance bears no marked character,
but approach es lathe Celtic type of Auvergne. with • lone
head and • sharp nose. His hair is very black, as is also
his beard, coming to • point after the American fashion.
If the physiognomy expresses benevolence and frank-
ness, his attitude and manners are those of • modest—
nay, • timid person. Perhaps his embarrassed address—
which communicates Well to those with whom he emp•
verses—is nothing more than the difficulty experienced
by men of his height in conosang it • little and main-
taining their equilibrium.—Dirgetu's "AU Om Year
Bored."__

Bum Yrias Aoo.—Ott fiaturda) night, about nine
o'clock, • stage coach coming to town was stopped on
Flitchley common by four highwaymen, who robbed the
paseenpra of what money they bad about then., and
rode away; after whioh the coach was again attacked
by other villains, who demanded their money, when one
of the gentlemen told them of bring stopped before and
robbed of all their property, upon which this gang of
marauderu gave a shilling to each of the peamengera, and
wished them • very night.—Jam ea es Fisher, weaver,
of Batley, in Yorloh re, begs pardon in the Laois Intel
Limper for having stripped himself naked and raa in
that state through the town and Osurchsard of De
on Sunday lut.—Micidiaco's Brwiol Amnia!, '44.T,
IEO2.