The Sierra citizen., 1854-03-18
No. 6.
Prince Albert.

not one of unalloyed satistactiOn; and In
deed, there probably are people in the
world who do not consider it all enviable
one, and who would not accept it. except
under compulsion. That interesting gen.
tleman was imported by the government
of England, at great expense, as =
promising specimen Of thoroughbred royal
live stock Besides being good and
obedient husband to the Queen, his ardu-
Gus duties consist in doing nothing
and interfering in nothing, at salary
that in few years would suffice to buy up
all his German family and all their posses
sions. But he has failed even in this
easy non-perlormance The silly fellow
cannot keep quiet, when he is oyerpaid
for doing SO.
The great mistake was made at FIRST by
the English people in giving the young
man too much money. He had been
reared in the ways OF irugality and pru-
dence and an income Of s 10000 year was
quite enough to override all the economical
aspiration Of his former comparatively
humble life. Not that it made shim
extravagant-he is of the wrong family
for that foIly--the Coburgs being noted
for parsimony;but itsuddenly developed and
greatly strengthened what appears to be
his ruling passon-cupidity. The tacit
condition of doing nothing, on which he
was engaged by the government, did not
of course preclude him from accepting the
pay of all the sinecure Offices that fell
with in his grasp, for which he lquickiy
showed an avidity worthy of native
oflice-seeker. Then, having by this means
nearly doubled his income, he descended
to the meanncss of attempting to evade the
income tax. This was rather too German
for j ohm Bull who grumblcd not loud but
deep thereat He invented very funny
hat. which was laughed at, but not worn,
and so no other folly succeeded this crea-
tion of royal genius. John winked ut his
greed for cash, congratulated himself On
having secured queens husband,who from
sheer imbecility Of character, could at
least do no mischief, and admired the
prince accordingly. In fact, John was 80
well pleased with his royal importation,
that be was recently on the point OF
setting up craven image to him IN the
city of London; but he has discovered that
he is, like Joe Bagstock, Z" sly, dcvilish sly"
From doing nothing but investing salaries,
Albert has taken to interfering in
Johns foreign affairs. BE is influencing
the cabinet and the queen in favor OF
Russia, and the unsuspecting John is
naturally aghast ut the amazing impudence
of the fellow The erection Of the craven
image is abandoned; Johns loyalty has
curdlcd to disgust; he attacks the model
prince by the press, by caricatures, and by
scurrilous ballads; and We may expect
to hear shortly that the windows of Buck
ingham Palace are boarded up, as were
those Of the late Duke of WeIlingtons
residence, to protect him from the mob
n. Y. Sunday Times:
JENNY LIND AND HER BABY.-The fol-
lowing article is from the Albany State
Register:
"Jenny ind, the peerless-the Night
ingale OF the North-has baby,-Er
paper;
"Well, what Of it? Hasn't Jenny Lind,
the peerless-the Nightingale of the
North-a right to have baby, we should
like to know? Would you always have
her singing to the cold world, warm as it
may be in admiration of her songs, charm
ing it by her sweet notes? Must she al
ways be warbiing to gaping crowds who
gaze upon her only as a public performer ?
Look into the nursery where Jenny's baby
sleeps in its little cradle, and hear the low
lullaby of her sweet voice. See how fondly
she gazes upon the helpless thing; and
when it opens its little eyes and looks
trustngly up to the face of its mother,
hear how she warbles the bird song to
charm it back to sleep. Listen to the
angel sounds. There is no effort, no art
in that seraphic music. 1t comes gushing
forth from heart full Of mothers Of
lection, overdowing with a mothers yearn-
ing How soft and low it is, and yet how
full of the intensest love. BE still Ap-
p!aud not. 1t is nature, all nature, su-
premely sweet though it be. Disturb not
the enchanting harmony by the voice Of
praise. See those little eyes have closed
again Jenny's baby sleeps and the song
has died away-vanished slowly like a
dream, or a receding shadow, into silence.
'Rock the cradle" JENNY
MUSHROOM ARIsTocRAcY.-r There is not
a country in the world where the pee pie are
becoming 50 extravagant in their mode Of
dress and living as in the United States.
1t is one of the worst signs of the times
The habits of this mushroom aristocracy
are really distressing. How it looks to-
see boys sporting diamonds by the thous-.
and dollars worth at time, whose fathers
were accustomed to wheel-barrows, and
whose children are pretty certain to be in