Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-10-03

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON IN PRIvATE.-Those who
! have the advantage Of personal intercourse with
the French Emperor affirm that more easily.
or indeed more gracefully, unbends from the cares
Of state or enjoys with more gUStO the amUsemens
which relieve the pre-OccupatiOn and fatigUcs Of
business II is true those amiable qualities are not
expressed very wildly in his couutenance, which,
in the most careless hours, retains its austere
or pensive caste, and makes the most thOUghtless
of the courly circle feel that his Imperial Majesty
is among them, but not of them; that his eye,
though marking with pleasure the abandon of those
whose office, whose inclination, TO please, is
still the eye of the master; and that his voice,
though low and sometimes soft, may abruptly coUn-
termand the most charming adventure by sea or
land ever imagined by an adventurous spirit.
How TO MAKE TURTLE SoUP WITHOUT TURTLE.
Take the head Of a kid, lamb calf that has been
carefully cleaned If they are young, the skin
should not be taken off, but the hair removed by
scaldiag in hot ley wafer Put one Of these into a
pot Of cold water early in the morning and start it
10 boiling. Tie in a clean cloth n teaspoonful of
allspicc and ten Cloves and drop into the pot. Cut
into small pieces one carrot and two medium sized
turnips, and drop in. Keep the pot boiling contn-
ualy and the water evaporates, fill up with boil
ing water. When the head is done so well that the
bones part easily from the aesh take il out into
tray pick the bones carefully out, and chop the meat
fine. Strain the liquid through a cOander, and turn
the chopped meat back into the liquid; now salt and
pepper 10 taste, and thicken with -four that has been
parched TO deep coffee color; stir it frequently,
that II does not burn, and just before it is taken off
add one gill of good tomato, or any other catsup,
and haIi-Tint of pure home made wine, (such as
every housekeeper should make Now serve up on
table, and If any Of your sea-shOre readers tell
tins from The tnuy turtle l will give up that have
any knowledge Of house-keepmg.--COT Cotton
Hlar md Soil
4 BANK NouDED.-A bank at GAINESVILLE, Wiscon-
sin, had been paying out notes of the Hartford
Bank Connecticut pretty freely to farmers for
wheat when news came that said Hartford Bank
had suspended. The farmers tocked to the bank
20 get their money exchanged. The bankers would
do no such thing \ crowd Immediately assembled
and commenced an attack upon the bank In the
aI,e axes, hrickbats and other missiles were called
into rcguisi'on. the doors and windows of the bank
were speedily demolished, and the crowd rushed in
Germ had disappeared, carrying the contents of the
vault along with them.
D." correspondent of the New York Post
sends to that paper a sample of very good brandy
made from the sirup Of the above named plant and
says that il costs about 30 cents per gallon to pro-
duce IT, and is worth in the market from 81 to s.
per gallon, according to quality He suggests that
the growth Of this crop Will enable the farmers TO
manufacture the spirit in the winter season. when
they have no other occupation. They can make a
gallon Of proof spirit for each gallon of fermented
syrup, and it will find ready sale at the rectiiers
who will turn it into alcohol for eIanphene and