The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-12-26

III Mozart at The ,ims he was o pupi
Iof Haydn. The latter challenged hi.
pupil 10 compose piece oil music which
ne could no, play 8, sight. Mozart &C.
I'epted the banter, end supper and 8
|champign were TO be the forfeit. Every
hing being arranged between the two
composers, Mossr, took his pen snd .
sheet Of paper, and IN FIVE minute DASH
ed of piece Of music--snd much to
he surprise of Haydn. handed il to him
aging
There is piece Of music, sir, which
lyou cannot play, and | can--you are To-
give the first trial.
1 Haydn smiled contemporary q, III.
visionary presumption OF his pupil, soc
and placing the notes before him. struck
he keys Of the instrument Surprise
Il its simplicity, he dashed away until
he reached the middle Of the piece ,wher
'loppiug ell at oree, he exclaimed
'How's this, Moz,r'! how's ,hs!
Here my hands are stretched oui 10
both ends Of the piano---and ye, there is
middle key 10 be touched. Nobody
can play such music-not even the com
poser himself.
Moz,r, smiled at The half excited in
Litigation and perplexiIy OF the gresr
master, and taking The seat he had quit
ed struck the instrument with spch cir
Of self.assursnce that Haydn began TO
Think himself duped.-Rulning along
he simple passages, he came to 'hs,
part which his teacher had pronounced
Impossible 10 te played Mozart, al
Iany body is aware, was favored, or II
east endowed With an extremely l. ne
jnose--a prodigious nose, which in mod
rn dialect, stuck out about feet
Reachingi he d fficut passage, he str, tch
ed DO h hands 10 the extreme ends o
The piano, and leaning forward bobbed
his nose against The middle key whicl
no body could pIsyI'
Hay dn burst into an immoder.le Fl
II Laughter: and after scknowl. dgin.
he corn declared that ns'u-e had en-.
lowed Mozart with capacity for muse
which he had never before discovered!
DeSerters from Tie .7,my One oi
he editors, OF the New Ollesns Plea,
lynne, who was al the capiuslslion ol
Monterey. speaks as follows of The de-
sehers recognized in ,hsMex can ranks:
| The deserters we saw ourselves a.
they marched out.in The ranks Of the
-neDy. and more miserable wreIches 10
90 k at or 8 more miserable conpan,
than that in which they we're found
it would be difficult 10 imagine, o.
meet with in the wide world. One fel
low 10 particular. a worthless scoundlei,
named Riley, who had deserted from
Capt. Morrsll'S company Of the 5h ln-
fantry, received q passing salute from
his old comrades ss he went oui Of lhe
city, which he will not forget in .
lwelvemonlh. lie had deserted from
near Malsmoras early in the-spring, had
succeeded in reaching The Mexican line,
and was al once taken into The artillery
and made captain Of gun. He was :
tall, sislwSrI fellow. yel utterly worth
less---a noiay, qusrrel'ome, yet COW
rsdly wretch, and his riddsnee from III,
company was even mater oi rejolcipr
rather than regret
On the second day OF the evscus,ion,
seated upon the 6'si gun as Ats captain,
came The renegade Riley, The deserler
was i'll al ease, notwithstanding his CON
lortsble seat, as The column passed
through the ,horoUshfsrss which were
lined with The Amer iosns, but it was no,
ill his eye caught some OF his old com.
rades that The spirit Of the wretch djsd
within him, The company knew, ,lhs
he was 10 pass oul, and had stationed
3 themselves near bsIriesde, opposl,