The southern press., 1851-05-03

GEN. CAsTELLAN AND TIE BARBER.--In q
letter from Lyons, an anecdote Of an amusing
kind is related Of General CASTELAR,, which any
one acquainted with the bold and somewhat &C.
centric character Of that distinguished officer
will not find much difficulty in believing. A few
days since barber and hairdresser Of that civ
well known for his socialist opinions n
the act Of operating on friend and brother
When holding between his thumb and foreiin
ger the nasal organ Of his socialist customer,
and passing his razor over his chin, he cried out
8 What would not give to have at this mo-
ment the head of Gen. Castellan N I have
yours should soon settle his business" The
next morning at an early hour, to the great
amazement Of the perriguier, who should be
seen but Gen. CASTELAR, himself approaching his
door, followed as usual by mounted orderly.
The general never appears but in full dress, and
decorated with all his ORDERS and this IL so in
variably ,the case, that the st Try was told of him
when he commanded in Pepignan, thnt was re-
lated of tho laird of Dumbiedikes and his laced
cooked hat, viz: that he goes 70 bed with them.
Be that ss i may-the general dismounted
from his horse, entered the shop, and set down
in the chair set apart for customers ~ under.
barber, @that you have expressed wish to have
to shave me-" The alright of the artist and
the sang f,oid of the general may be more easily
conceived than described. He said not word,
butset himself mechani ally to prepare his i'm
plements The general remained fixed like
statue, though the trembling of the BARRIERS
hand might have unwittingly executed the pat
riotic threat he had uttered the day before. The
general, however, escaped without accident. He
washed and dried his face; put five franc piece
into the hand Of the dismayed and speechless
scraper of chins and looking straight in his face,
said: Mon cher ami, was anxious to prove
to you that am not the man to be frightened
with threats Of any kind. Be 80 good as to be
convinced of the fact, and to mention the same
with my compliments to your friends. Bonjour
The general then bowed very politely, quilted
the shop, and remounted his horse-French pa.
per.
A ROMANCE SPolLED.-It has been stated
that during the late gale some young men al
Gerrish's Island, Kittery, Me-, near Portsmouth
seeing the British schooner Thistle coming
ashore, ran down the beach into the surf, Just
as she struck, seized q line, which waa thrown
out by the crew, carried it up the beach and se-
cured it, and helped to save the lives Of the
crew and passengers, among which were wo-
man and her two children. The effort was ranked
as being equal in disinterested heroism with
that Of the two brave men of Newburyport, who
saved number of lives at Plum Island--but
the Portsmouth Journal states, upon the au.
thority of correspondent, that the men put in
claim of money for their services, with a spe-
cial charge of six dollars for preserving the lives
of the women and children. The communica.
ton states that the people of Kittery look upor
the demand as an outrage upon the character o.
their town, as they cannot perceive that an &C
Of common humanity, under whatever circu
stances performed, should be paid for by dollar
and cents.