The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-10-20

could resume her wonted calmness. AT length,
with an fort. she said, Forgive me. dear Efolse.
was silly, very silly but whenever | see ar ap.
pie, always think of him.
You must 0deed have loved sighed EloIse.
Loved aye, child, madIy!' continued Hor-
tense. The day parted; | remember. we
had applr-irtters for dinner. He hiCiself prepar
ed the dainty for me. As he peeled and sliced
crosSways, a quarter of an inch thick, the rosy
fruit brforn him, he breathed in my ear the frs
avowal of the love he felt for me. lie then placed
in basin about two ounces Of -four little salt
two teaspoonlus of oil, and the v0lts OF an egg
moistencd by degrees with water, and all the time
he kept stirring up the compound with spoon
thought | should have tainted, for my heart wns
! breaking
Dear Hortense,' exclaimed EIoise. 'Ah how
you must have suffered
: 1t is past now, sighed the brave girl. Then
resuming her story, she SAID, When the whole
| formed smooth consistency 10 the thickness o
cream, he beat upon the white Of an egg till firm
mixing it with the batter. could endure my
| agony no longer Alexis cried, beware no"
! you trife with me =
Proceed you interest me greatly, remarked
! Eloise. eWhat was his answer =
EIOrense, with all effort, continued: when
the mixture was hot he put the apples IN one at q
| time turning them over with slice as thay were
doing. Sud3enIy he turned towards me, his lace
glowing with passion -
Nay, say not so ? interrupted the kind EIoise
perhaps he heat Of the fire. and not passion had
tinged his cheeks
|. Heaven grant your words prove true! !! sohbed
the loving girl IS shall never forget The expires
sion Of his eyes. Hor,ense,' he whispered, the
apple frters are now cooked. Let Us, perhaps
for the last lime eat together.
For few seconds Hortense was speechess
from grief. Rising from the messy bank. she
gaSped cut, E.oSe, as you love me, let US hurry
horne | shall die if we remain here
And the fruers?' ? inquired the gentle Eloise.
They were excellent continued Horten Sc, in
a calrrer tone. That evening he presented me
with the receipt for making them, together with a
lock OF his hair, which however, formed no part
OF the receipt. Two hours afterwards he was on
his road 10 London and the Reform Club. Bat to
this day even the sight OF apples makes me trem-
/ Ale. Alas such is The love of poor, fond wO-
! man =
That night Eloise slept but little. sho was
thinking over the story Of :he Apple frltters.'
! ScBast0pol.
| The port of Sebastopol consists Of bay run
ming in a South eas!e:Iy direction about four miles
! long, aud d mile wide al the entrance, dimnls hing
10 400 yards at the end where the 'sTehernaia
! Retchia,'' or Black River emPties itself. The
| average depth is about eight lathoms, The bottom
! being composed Of mud in the centre, and grave
! at the sides, On the Souhern coast of this ia
are the commercial, military and careening harhors
ihe quarantine haTbor being outside the entrance
All these taking Southeriy direction and having
+ deep water.
The military harbor is the largest being abou
one mile and half long, by 400 yards wide, ane
is completely land locked on every side. Here !;
is that the Black Sea feet is moorcd in the Winter
the largest ships being able 10 lie with all thci
stores on board close 10 the quays. The small
harbor which contains the naval arsenal and docks
is on the Eas,ern side OF the military harbor, nea
the entrance.
! The port is defended to the South by six prin
cpaI batteries and fortresses, each mounting from
! so 10 1870 guns !; aud the North by four, haVipg
from to l20 pieces each and beside these there
are nrfny Smaller batteries.
TIE Enrlrrs.ts are built on the casemate princi
pie, three OF them having threetiers Oh guns, and
a lour r,i two tiers. Fort ST. Nicholas is the largest
and mounts about 90 guns, on carefully counting
them mad, ls6. BY great interest We obaineC
! permission enter this fortress. Ii is built o
| hire limestone fine sound stone, which be
! comes hard and Is very durable, the same male
rial being used for all the other forts. Between
| everv two cascmates are furnaces for heating sho
red hot we measured the calibre OF the guns, ahC
found ii TO be eight inches, capable of throwing
! shells or 6S-pound solid shot.
! Whether all the guns in the fortress were OF thc
same Size it is impossible to say, but my belief is
, that mos: Of the Notifications of Sebastopol are
heavily armed. We entered Fort St. Nichoa:
through the elegantly furnished apartments of tht
military command danl, situated at its South western
! end.
! A. the period Of our visit there certainly
not than $50 pieces of artillery defending the
port toward the sea, and Of these about $50 could
| be concentrated on ship entering The bay. Other
| batteries. however, are said to- have been since
! built We took some trouble to ascertain these
! facts by counting the guns Of the various forts
! not always easy matter, where any suspicion
/ of our object might have subjected us to gravc
nconvenences. Sebastopol is admirably adapted
! BY nature for strong position toward the sea
| and it will be from what have sateG
above that this has been fully taken advantage
! of to render it one Of the most tormidably for
tilted places in that direction which could be i'm
! agined.
| The Hun Burton Crage, who is now here, we
| are pleased 10 find has regamcd his health sc
much shattered the latter part of his sojourn a.
/ Washington. He has spent the time since the adj