Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-01-19

LATER YEARS, By THE AUTHOR OF THE "oLI
House By THE RIVER" Published by Harper \
Brothers, New York. lReceived from Harold 4
Murray
This volume of fresh and animated sketches from
Nature in her woodland haunts, AMI from social lii'
in its lovelicst tiresile relations, is from the pen Of the
correspondent Of the Journal of Commerce. II is (
book full Of pleasant reading, though perfectly un'
pretentinus i'll its style.
ELIZA COOKS JOCRNAL.-The world has los
n literary Plciad-Elizn Cooks Journal is discont!n'
ued. The gifted poetess who brea:hcd through III
pnres so much of holy and beautiful life hns dropped
her pen with ncrvelrss hand, and sinks back i'll the
sold nrm chair overcome with protracted %sufferings'
She was nm invalid when her journal was started, yet
for 29I weeks, her editorial duties were fulfilled with
a se-conqucring energy. But there Ia a limit to
all things, even TO the minds, rebound from repeated
prostrations. and these uprisings OF her elastic spirit
are no longer possible. Thus touchinsly she bids Us
farewell:
at would he as ungrateful As uusecmly. if breath
ed no farewell word To those subscribers who nave so
generously patroniZcd my earnest, though TlFlai, e.
forts in the cause OF simple Poetry and popular Pro-
erosion. | shall not say much, for the subject l am
Communicating is too painful to dwell upon. ro,
Suffering Of an unusually severe character attackea
me soon after the commencement of my journal; On!
| endured and labored with. | trust. a brave heart ahu
patient spirit. After ~sluepless nights, Morning nus
found me at my desk,--trcmbling in frame, oa "i ,n
in purpose and, without n shadow OF prc'e,.s, ~
me say | have worked less with the desire %! E"ih'
ing nv daily hrend, than with the wish 10 be oi use I"
my fellow creatures. l am ut length co"ipeI.eH !"
WELD to circumstances, and must retire-m least 'r "
tilne-frnm The field of literature.
renewal Of my duties, | feel CONVINCED maj l SNai
again find friends ready to cheer me on; but IN nr.rr
TO secure freedom from anxiety and responsibility, inc
journal for the present will be discnntlnneu' anu '"e
publication OF it cease from This number. ,
"Is the sincere hope that my retirement from IL
trrary pursuits will bc only temporary, | m'.t c3r'ia4-
~, though painfully, bid my kind readers ao'cu'
DYING Words OF NAPOLEON M 10
S~EPHINE.-The dying hours fingered slowly "MIit,
during which iuarticulatr mlIrlnurs We're ''c"sm""".
heard from the lips OF the lilustrlnus s!lhtrer: ~ l rho
,hourLr.' SAWS Montholun, "thnt | 'listinSuisiGu lux
,nn"nsc,,5 word. E,aqrr-army-h II Me ar
my-J0<ephim.' This wa, at six o'clock IN me = ~
ing. During the rest Of tie day, un'ii SIX :. -
,br evening, ne was lying upon ms BACK, Mnm n, ~.
r;cbt i,rnI out of the bed, and his eyes nAtu, W. ~
insly absorbed in deep meditation anu ulac;j cx.
appearance OF suffering. y pleasant -" h, We're
preston was spread over ne 'e""
Z Gsrk Ind te,npcstuous night succeeded lhe
.,o NV dny. The gale, with increasing Jury, s"ep'
the ocean aud the q G!af fs1 "n mortal ears. Tie very
u! u a,,ocd 10 shake before the Gigantic hilows,
bn q against lis craggy cliffs by the spirit o! The
.tor,n. In the midnight darkness OF that terrific tie-
| mental war the spirit o: Napoleon passed the ear'hl!
vail, and entered the drca! unknown.
"j>!r # EJa-.N op0ico".' were III" last words OF
the .en:ir and loving Josephine. "Froacc-Me ar,
~ y-JJs,phigc, were the last images which fingered
in the heart, and the last words which trombled upon
the lips of the dying Emp"ror.--lJohn :. Ato"t.
MAKING BRIDES.-A traveller in Germany says:
..The Germans, by the way, have Il queer way OF ma
king brides and of doing some other things III the
counting and marrying way which may interest you
perhaps. WLcu a maiden is bc,rothcd, she Is called
bride and ST. continues till she becomes vile. AL
the while she is engaged she is u 'brlie' Inc lovers,
Immediately upon the betro;hal, exchange PLAN gold
rims, which are ever worn afterwards III! dchih parts
them. The woman wears hers On the third tngcr oil
the left hand, and when she becomes vile, her ring
is transferred to the third hnSer oi .ne riens naha'
and there it remains. The husband always wears his
ring lust as his wife wears hers; 80 that # You look upon
a mans hand you can tell whether lie IS inortSageuo or
not. There is n" cheating Tor ii'in ever ai'er-hoc CO.
uuettipr with the girls, ~ II lie were an unmarried
nan: for 10! tho Whole story IL told by his finger
riur. A married Nienncsc lady was much amused
when I told her that i'll our country We only ring me
,ynn,n. bu, let the husband run III large unmarked
,ob tha, !. dr.aI;u;!' said she, more thnn half shock
al. Think, Their. is Frederick, my husband" only
twenty-four-so young, 30 hands"nic- ana MI me
girls would he taking him for an unmarried man anG
he making love TO Inn. Oh, II Is DREADFUL - II hol
rb,y would never know lie was married. HOW Gun
r"n do so iu your country! | would not live there
with Frederick fr the world
DISTINGUISHED WOMEN.-Madame do Sc
vim, remains the sinCle instance "i Il woman VINO j
suDrem- in a class of literature which mas engage"
th. ambition OF men; Madame Daticr sthl re'Shs the
queen of blue stocking, though women n"'e aons
studied Greek without shame; Madame oe S'aei :
name still rises frs, ~ the lips when We are asked L"
mention u woman OF great intellectual power; Ma
dame Roland is still the u%nilvallcd type oi the sasa'
cions and stcrn!y heroic, yet lovcab!c woman; George
Sand is the unapproachcd artist VIII" t"Jean jacques
clouuencc and deep scrse Of external nature uiii'Is
the clear dclincatiun of character and The tragic aeP'h
uf passion. These great names. when h'ark "'ictcn'
rpnchs. soar like tall pines unilds. Il forest Di less con-
s;,icuuus, but no less fascinating, female writer's; ana
b.neutiI these again ARE spread, like Il tlilck"t oil nav
,I,urns, c.lan,inrs, and hon-y-suckles, the women VINO
m. known, rather by what they stimulated men 10
write, than by what they wrote thenIseiveS-the W.,
u,cu whose tact, wit and personal !Hd!ancc crea'eu
III. atmosphere ot the s0lon where literature, pi'ilos"-
piy and science, clnancipatcd from the irinnmels OF
pcla,try and ,crhnicality, entered OF q brighter Stage
OF existence" -lLody's Newspaper.
4 TRADITION OF THE ARABS.-king MIN
rod one day commanded his three sons to enter his
presence, and he caused to BE- placed before them h!.
his slaves three sealed urns. One nt the urns was oi
cold, the second OF amber, and the last Of clay. The
king desired his eldest SON 10 choose among them
that which appeared To contain the treasure oil great
cat price. The eldest chose the vase 81 S",n, u" t, mmir !,
| WAS III iPh So lN
tull of blood. The second chose the amber vase, on
which was written GLORY He opened II anu t'uhd
il filled with the ashes of men who had been famous
on the earth. The third took the remaining v"se-'M"'
of clay. lie opened il and found il empty; but III the
bottom of the vase the potter had written one "l Inc
names of God. (which of these vases weighs
most y" demanded the king of hs court. lie aiioi-
,ious replied, the vase Of gold; the conquerors, the
vase of amber; the snrrs answered and said, "Tbe
empty vase, because Il single letter IN the name OF
God weighs more than the entire globe
WE PAUSE FOR A REPLY.-Why can't man
speak Of Shakespeare without abiding to him rs the
'1,ardo Of Avon" or 'lnmortal Will"
How is itthat you can't take up ayounG lady's album
(supposing such Il happily almost exploded nui'nnce
cxtait,) without her being down upon you Tor IN
"AcroAtic," or IN "lmpromp:u"
Why cau't u young lady iii down to the piano with
out IN additional accompaniment to her FonS III the
shape of "sucl Il dreadful cold!'
How is il that young ladies of forid complexion III,
cline to pink bonncts! and again, those oi uh"s""'
ualsness affect those OF ccrllian tint /!
Why can't n man lend his rnun'cnancc 10 inc nous
tache movement without sScribtng to hs "nlry no.
thing sanitary ~virsuesi -.
How is it that musicsl geniuses can't refrain from
playing imaginary piunos, i'll dull intervals al crowd
ed diuner parties! "
bites trnnlically before strangers!. :,,
Why can'tn man visit Paris without returning WIN
n supernatural tooth. brush, III tic guise oil Il nous
tachrl And lastly,
How does it happen that whenever You chance to
stop out late, upon your retiring HIS quietly ~ possible,
every door creaks ten times liz much as usual ana
The stairs 60 oil like parks OF artillery LO"dor Dr.
ToUcuIyG Under this head the Peters
burg Express relates the following touching scene
IN thut city last week. There are but few of Our
resd.rs. wa i,nucinc. who have not in the course OF
their lives, had their hearts melted by similar Incl,