Litchfield enquirer., 1836-04-28

ment Of my very august and gracious sister.
her majesty, the empress-m0ther: gene
ration of kings was born, play ed aud grew
up here and the greater portion Of Eul
rope wns furnished with sovereigns from
this little room. Talking Of rooms, this Is
the one where the most famous of the
brothers passed his infancy, and here he
lived aud slept until the governour's kind
interest and patronage procured his recep-
ton at the military academy at Brienne.--
VIII you now walk up stairs7'
We entered the garrett. Do not DO
standardized; year or two later saw the
costly and gorgeous cradle Of tile king Of
Rome, put out of sight in another garnet. Of
the arch-ducas palace Of Maria Louisa ar
Parma.
~ Stop. said the old gentleman 8 .look ae
hat old CHAIR, and ,ha. walnu, tree table.
HE used TO sit in that chair, and it was Mt
that table that HE learned his All c. There
is some difference between these worR.-eat-
EN- articles and the gilded furniture Of his
cabinet at the TOillefies.s hs5s<@'l' 4'45
The general respectfully Kissed this ta-
bic, or rather its remains, for it was mutt
lated and cut in such manner that il could
hardly stand upright, -..
- You see that my visiters leave their
marks behind thcn,,' remarked the proprie-
tor Ufihe house, with sheer which quite
petri6ed US - you can do tho like, &c you
choose 10 take the tTouble.' -
The general took advantage Of the per-
mission with the haste and fervour of a SOL
dicr's devotion. We carried Of o consider
able quantity Of this precious reflex and
valuable, indeed, it was. ifthe preciousness
OF reEck is to be estimated by the feel
ings its contemplation excites. Two or
three months atterwa rds, these two pieces
Of turnitOre had followed their other parts
all over the continent, to the great despair
ofthe English tourists and curiosity shutters.
A fortnight after our expedition TO the
house in Ajaccio, the sloop bent its course
to the island Of Elba, and sailing along the
shores Of Rio Lopgone, gIittering with iron
rocks; we anchored in front Of The city Of
Porso- Ferrajo. which seems ready to be
crushed by tho weight ofthe snperincun,~
bent mountains. The Elbese boats, with
their cafgoes Of vegetables for Leghorn aud
Plombino, and the 6shing-smacks, filled
with the rich supplies Of that part Of the
Mediterranean, ssluted, as they passed, the
Il
own. The captain lowered his boat. and.
in five minutes, we srod the soil ofsahe ISL
and Of Elba, the firstjail Of the illustrious
prisoner of Europe. What an immense
dis.ance-what adeep gulfthers il between
tho house in Ajaccio, and this in Porlo-
Ferrajo, which to Common eyes, seem to be
in so close juxtaposition Brienne, Tou-
lon, tho Pyramids, Aus,erlitz, the Tuiller-
les, tho kremlin Of Moscow, Eontainbleau,
and tho island Of Elbn--what q starting-
point-- what restiig-placcs--what sad ter-
mination! From the house in Ajaceio.
Bonaparte rushed forth to conquer the
throne Of France, and 10 suIjugate Europes
from the house in Porio-F errajo, Napole.
OH escaped 10 BIZ conquered at WateIloc,
aud to die at Lohgwood! '.s. J" "3t2P'.,'o
The baggage car on the Providence and Boston
Rail Road caught Gre Tuesday, and before the Ore
could be distinguished, very considerable dsssrac,on
.ook place amo"g the passengers luggage. The mail
Gas Providence wac desroyed, snd some Pess Office
re,uras from Maine and Massachusetts considerably
Injured. wy f3'''"
Ancient Nasie.-The Egyptian Flute
was only cows horn, with three or four
holes in it, and their harp or Tyre had only
three strings; the Grecian Tyre had only
seven strings, and was very small, being
held in one hand. The Jewish srumpets
that made the walls Of Jericho fall down,
were only rams horns. Their flute was
the same as that Of the Egyptians they
had no other music bot by percussioB, Of
which the greatest boast made was tho
pssl,ry, small triangular harp or Tyre with
wire strings, and struck with an iron nee-
die or stick; their sacbut was something
like bagpipe; the timbrol was tambon-
rine and the dulcimer was,a h0Tizanial
harp, with wire strings struck with . stick.
like the psaItery. They had NO written
music had scarcely volume in tho LAM
guage and yet, according to Josephus,
they had 10000 mnsicians playing ii the
dedication Of lhe, ien,ple IL Solomon. "
49,. ~ t's Bprney's History Of Assie.,
Early Frrgality.-In early childhood
you lay tile foundation Of poverty or rich
es, in the habits you give your children
Eeaels ahenhiol save every thing; not for
their sscm use, for that wOuld make ihem
seifshl-but for SEINE use. Teach ahem 10
share every thing with their playmatess but
never allow them to destroy any thing. /
once visited family where the most exact
economy was observed yet nothing wss
.s,ean or uncomfortable. ID is the charac-
ter Of true economy tpsbe as comfortable
viii. a little. ne Others are with mach. 10
this family. when the father bFoSghs home
o paeksee the OiAse ehildrea wsslds oftheir
n,va arss.tA ,ss,,e mxsns, shM ssmspar and ewiI9