The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-10-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

pia, Pomona, and show as our sutumnal des-
sert. ALL what An avalanche of Injuries
How the "great sympathetic nerve " tingles,
and the gastric juices leap in their channels, a.
the blended fragrance of those delicious fruits
rolls up the olfactory chimney into the epicu.
rean chambers of the brain. Rareripe peaches,
that dimple with . touch; the pear family
extatic Bartlett's," delectable veraoloes, ("
refreshing Sickles, and all their illegitimates
egg plums, sleek and sumptnous; green cages,
globes Of luscious gelatine; apples with . hsc-
tic on their cheeks that marks them for con-
sumption; apricots into whose honey the dis
terminating wasp has dipped; the purple bub-
bles Of the vine; cantelopes, With lining ct
for the etomachs Of the gods; watermelons,
filled with eau ssicre, suspended in rosy tissues;
damsons, bake-pears, ounces, and other fruit
al cookables, make up the glorious pile.
Thompson does the season iustice-fve
mean Thompson the ice-creamist, not Thorn.
son the bard -and, In fact, Il Va from one Of
his groupings that the above picture was drawn.
We devoured the original, last week, with our
eyes, and might have walked into 1t gastronom-
scaay, Dun PSvuuizxy a1s Pocf4-s.s. xsysgy
item was rather dearer than If it had been
bought by weight in the garden of the Hesper-
ides, where all the fruit was of eighteen carat
gold. We would suggest to those modern
tempters of fruitloving humanity, Thompson
and Taylor, that they withdraw the costlier
fruits from their respective paradises until the
panic subsidies. When bank stock is going
down hill with hop, skip, and jump, of three,
five, and ten per cent, it is impossible to eat
grapes at three dollars pound, or peaches at
two for fifty cents, without . sensation of in
solvency and sfter-thoughts of suicide. Per-
sons who do not desire to be led into tsmptar
tion should avoid looking at the richly .baited
windows of the aforementioned restouroteuYs
But we must not turn our blind side to the
regular fruit markets, unless we intend to have
sour looks instead of sweetmeats ct our vesper
meals next winter. The women must have
their Morris whites, egg plums, damsons, citron
melons, ounces, &c, for family use, despite the
high price of the raw materials, and the sugar
which is to embalm them, "pound for pound"
We confess to having demurred to the appro-
priation demanded by the home department for
this branch of domestic economy. Wesuggest.
ed to the head of the department that our duty,
according to the Litany, was to pray to the
Lord "to preserve the kindly fruits of the earth,
80 that in good time we may enjoy Them" and
that no warrant could be found, either in Scrip
ture or the Rubric, for preparing brandy
peaches, when the fruit was twelve dollars
u
pound.
The rejoinder was moral lecture on our pro-
family, 30 touching and truthful, that in st of
remorse we purchased two huge preserving
kettles, and the cream of all the stewable, boil.
able, and bakable fruits which graced the stalls
of Washington market on Friday last. On
seeing these liberal contributions to the sweets
of married life, the head of the household,
whose looks for some days had been suggestive
of pickles, Immediately simmered down." and
the family felicity was restored. An affection.
ate entreaty to cover the expense BY giving up
cigars, wound up the affair. Reader, if thou
wouldst have home, sweet, home, 20 thou and
do likewise.-N 2. Sunday Times.
MACAULAY.-It now seems Just like day to
look back on the time when Mr.. Macaulay, and
Praed, and Charles Buller, and many more,
were about town, after the starting of Knights
Quarterly Magazine. Praed 10 now no more !;
he was more of poet than . politician, and
he was not well suited for the struggle of life.
stitution, and his brains were not supported BY
backbone. Of all that brilliant company, Mr..
Mscaulay has alone eliminated. Both Praed
and Charles Butler were prematurely cut off |;
and many others, with considerable talents,
have pursued the hum-drum course of ex.
istence-they married, got rich, and gained
happiness without renown. Mr.. Macaulay, in
Lord bacons language, never gave hostage
to fortune !" and even with all the advantages
of his splendid talents, his dazzling style, and
his varied knowledge, the new literary Peer has
been singularly fortunate, 30 much q to de-
serve his old name Of "luck Tom" He Wa
lucky in having Z father before him Who
had access to all the high Wing circles. Old
Zachary was not bad progepitor for an am.
billions young orator. Many of the interesting
social anecdotes which flow 20 RAPIDLY from Mr..
Macaulay's lips, testify to the fact of his early
initiation into political circles. Wilberforce.
in his diary, speaks Of young Maeaulay and
his father, and young Toms old competitor,
the present distinguished scholar. Professor
Maiden. Earl Grey then viscouns Hovick)
was one of the first who praised in high circles
the eloquence Of the young member of the Cam.
bridge Union. Knights Naqas;ne introduced
the charming essayist to the Edim6sro1 Re.
VieU. The dissertation on Milton carried his
name far and wide; and Lord Lausdowne
gave him borough at the exact time most
suitable to the display of his powers.-Ptess.
GENERAL HAvELoCK.-It may not be gen.
orally known that this gallant officer, whose
name has become one of the most familiar 70
British cara among the most splendid instances.
Of courage and devotion which are nov signal
ising our arms in the East, is native of the
banks of the Wear, and . member Of Sundsr-
land family. His father, VIM. Havelock. Eco.
was wen, known shipowner and coal-fttsr, resi-