The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-09-11

beth stood over her dcath-rouch then >,,c
turned away. and paS,n. from the chamber.
descended the stairs, waving hand for her
voung attendants to follow. When Eliza
beth entered the dwelling, She wore no ewcl
Of any kind; but as the light fell upon her
hand in going forth, Arabel!a saw that ru-
by blazcd upon one Of her fingers.
1t was night when the Queen of England
entered her own Palace again-nig ht upon
the earth, and night in her own heart. She
could scarcely walk while passing through
the palacc-grounds, and leaned heavily upon
the ann Of Lady Arabclla all the way to her
own chamber Within the solitude Of her
room she sat till morning-hcr face pale and
rigid, her limbs bowed as with a heavy
weight intcntly upon the ring, (Which
burned like blood-spot on her finger-a
blood spot and 50 it was That ring she
had given to Essex. when highest in her favor,
with a promise that, let his fault be what it
might, forgiveness should follow its prescnta
ton to her. He had sent the ring, few
DAYS before his execution, by the wrctchcd
Countess Of Nottingham who withheld it in
traud-and. by this treachery, Elizabeth be-
came the exccutoncr of one whom she loved
better than life.
And now that he was dead, the ring had
reached her from the hand of death. Was 1t
strange that the old Queen never smiled a
gain-that hencctorth she called for staff to
support her as she wakcd about the palac"
or that in few weeks, she lay upon the
cushions hrapcd in her chamber, weary.
hcart-sck afraid to die, and yet dying?
! NEW MOVEMENT IN CUBA.
The Washington correspondent Of the
, Philadclp hia North American has the follow
ing
WAsIIINGToN, Tuesday. Aug. 81.
+ Notwithstanding the attempts. i'll various
! threatened revolution in Cuba with levitv.
the matter is known to be sufficiently grave
to have attracted the serious attention OF the
SpaniSh Minister here. and to have been
brought to the notice of the Government in
such a manner as to authorize the adoption
of precautionary measures There Is lite
douIt tint Il revolutionary organisation ert>'S
IN Me M,md. and that there are agencies Or
branches in the Uuitcd States. 1t is pretty
we'll asccrtained that individuals conncctrd
with the proposed movement have recently
been vibratin. between New York and New
Orleans, concerning plans and holding con
tcrenccS: look n". as is supposed. to a hostile
demonstration in the month OF Octobcr-
With all the sccrr>v which has been observed
bv these con>pra,or> agains, the public peace
and uood faith of the United States in the
obSer,a nrc of treaty stipulatlonS. they haN,
been trac kcd so closely as to warrant the he
lief that new plan has been devised. and
that another invasion may be attempted. un
less the present intelligence should lead t,
its Illustration.
Spain will cop's>' tie posSe><to" Of C"'H, a,
it is her Just right to do, at every hazardan'
with every means of defence that can be- pr"
cured hv her own resources. or. IT need he
hv alliances with other powers. vigorous
policy has been ordered. and the Captain
General of the island. in obedience 10 his IN
strnctions, under the unprecedented rrv"
and invasion, has directed that every person
=, ,--.-. ! 49,
thoritics, shall be >Lot mihin three io'"> ntj.r
r,AIS. 4 further order has been issued, tina
in case any officer should refuse To execute
the pcnaltv. he shall be Aot Instantaneous.
for contumacv.
The failure of our courts to convict TIN
cxpcdtionists engaged in the last crusade a
gain,t Cuba, has not only encouraged other
to repeat that lawlcsS enterprise. but It In
i; created bad impression abroad rs to the a
bilitv of the judicial tribunals to adminiStc
the laws in the face of morbid state of opII
ion. And very natural consequence {"
Z these failures is the audariouS attempt no'
made to revive the experiment. and at a me
ment when the bad passions of men are to
ant to be excited by the warmth OF "a Pres
dental contest.
"O<E" OF TIE NEW HAMPSHIRE GIRL
A CORRESPONDENT of the Journal relates tn
following:
n while on visit to nv friends in Ne
j. Hampshire the past week. had the pleaSul
=. of an introduction to Miss Rosina Deligl
Richardson, (nf East Alstca!, Cheshire coul
H. tv. y. H) Miss Rosina Is nineteen yea
v, of age. is ) feet 3! inches in height, mca>ur,
A. ) feet Il inches around the waist, 6 feet
u, inches around the hips, % inches around Il
; arm above the elbow, II inches around Il
- arm below the elbow. and , feet 10 inches
O. straight line across the shoulders. At brit
she weighed pounds, at ) years liS lb
u at 10 wears PCS lbs. at II years 365 lbs. al
now, at 10 years of age, she weighs AS Il
Is On estimating the quantity of cloth in hi
rt clothing when dressed for a ride on wi
nc tcr's dav, We found it to contain 9S! yards
wards wide cloth.
She has brown hair. dark blue ewes, is
q fair complexion, and has what phrcnologis
III would call we'll balanced head the perez
h tive organs prrdomlnatng. She can XII
70. spin, weave make a shirt, or a batch of brca
/. is good singer. and plays the piano wi
~ taste and skiil-iS one of the best scholars
en- the town where she residcs-is courteous al
lat affablc, and lively in conversation and evil,
he es general knowledge which might raise
hluSb an tb, ,.beek of some nj orr city bel las