The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-10-20

scoundrei-that have no respect tor myself
that this lady lpves me and love her, there it
is! | have talked it out, miserable humbug,
that l am! and il you wish, you may take that
stick and cane NE, as deserved
The honest fop had quite forgotten his dsawl
and languor--hiS eyes flashed and his form
grew straight and manly, as he gazed with a
color in his checks upon his injured friend.
Frank Lee remained silent, however conceal
ing his thoughts perfectly, beneath calm and
thoughtful mask. .~=. =s.I s.....
"lou don't answer" said Tom Wellsby
passing from shame to anger, Il suppose you
despise me too much! I've made an honest con-
fession-I'll never go near her again-if after
that, you are nos satisfied, you may do as you
.please!' :
my dear To;n," said his friend looking at
the irate counEenance, with a smile which gradu-
ally expanded and Illuminated his whole face.
Il don't answer because | really am at loss
for words to express my admiration of your
honesty, and my. obligation to you for what you
have DONE"
'Oblgations!'' cried Mr.. Wellsby.
"Listen now," said his friend with calm
smile. land you will not find my explanation
difficult one. came to town last year from
the country, leaving, among other persons, a
young lady of seventeen, with whom I was
brought up,and who was my cousin. thought
I only loved her as my cousin-this little Carrie
and almost forgot her. saw Miss Ellen
Orsin, and her sivacity, grace and fashion, to
be honest, made nae believe that had at last
found my proper wife paid my addresses,
was accepted and then walked up to find that
the only woman. l really loved was my cousin.
I shrunk from altering a whisper of this, how
ever, to Ellen, and you may fancy my position.
To marry woman I did not love, Or to say to
her that loved another and could not love her,
in spite of our engagement; that was simply my
choice, of course. Do you see now what my
artfce was? 1 wished to give Miss Origin an
opportunity Of changing her mind-of discard
ing mel thought of you and came to you.
Il went away and found that had told my
cousin more even than I had ever dreamed,
and that she loved me! Do you recollect COM
ing to see me upon my return? Well, you in
terrupted me nearly in my perusal of a letter
from Carrie, which betrayed the innocent Sc
cret of her heaSt more powerfully than thou
sand prolestations! From that moment was
wretched, thinking of my engagement, and
was oyerjoyed at the three relusals of Miss
Ellen to me! You complete my joy-thanks,
thanks! Tom, for throwing yourself into the
breach, and so, every one shall have his own
and be married man!'
Mr.. Frank Lees laugh was echoed by that
of Mr.. Tom Wellsby, who although somewhat
mortified at having been thus made dupe Of,
was far too much overjoyed to find fault The
friends were married on the same night, and
soon afterwards Frank presented Mrs Lee to
Mrs. Welsby;
Il don't wo1sder at your preference" whis-
pered Mrs. Eslen Wellsby, with a smile to
Frank.
''Nor at yours, was Franks reply, accom-
panied by gallant bow. But he never told
her of his artice.
LAUNCH OF THE GENERAL ADMIRAL.-The
Russian steam frigate General Admiral, built
by VIM. H. Webb, was launched at New York
on the 2lst ut, just one year from the day on
which her keel was laid. More than 1000 la
dies and gentlemen were on her decks at the
launch, and the wharves and shipping in the
vicinity of the. yard were crowded full of peo-
pie. Probably not less than $4,000 spectators
assembled to see her enter the water.
AS she passed down the ways, the huge tim
bers in which: she was Graded snapped and
cracked with force that was felt all over the
ship. She entered the water amid the boom
ing of cannon, the music of the band, and ten
thousand ringing cheers from the thronging
multitude on deck and on shore. In moment
she was clear of the ways, and rose with a
beautiful swar-l like motion from the plunge,
leaving a wilderness of paper floating in her
wake
The General Admiral is the largest, and, no
doubt, one the strongest wooden ships aaoat
No expense was spared to make her as staunch
and durable as possible. Her cost was about
s1,25o,ooo. She will carry 7e guns-viz:
38 eightinch shell guns $50 pounders) on the
main deck, 26 long 80 Founders, and Dahl
grens inch guns on the spar deck The d.
mensions Of her hull are 800 feet long, fifty
five feet wide, and thirty-four feet deep. She
has about two.ffths more stowage room than
the Vanderbilt, Persia, or Great Republic, and
onethird more than the Adratic. Her hull is
sharp at the eads, full to the bilge, with avery
round stern and fiat floor. White and live oak.
teak and mahogany have been lavisbly used,
where commoner and less expensive timber is
usually bestowed and of the metallic fasten-
ings copper and brass largely predomnate.-
Her frame is Of live and white oak, dagonally
strapped with iron bands, five inches broad
and seven eigllths thick, riveted to each other
and to the frame, and fastened at the upper
end to an iron belt six inches wide one inch and
one-eighth thick, which girdles the ship at the
spar deck waserw ways.
She is planked with white oak. the planks
and timbers being copper fastened through the
sides and edges. The stancheons are locust,
bolted through with iron and riveted. Her
engines are now being built at the Novelty
works; they are to be "a inch cylinders, with
IS inch stroke, giving maximum speed Of so
revolutions of. the propeller per minute. The
propeller is two baded, of brass, 19 feet in the
and weighing 20 tons. There are
six horizonta, tubular boilers, with 80 fur
naces, the smoke from which pass off through
a large telescope chimney. The ship is venti
lated by means of metallic tubes through which
a donkey engine forces fresh air between the
inside and outside planking of the hull, and all
through the snip. Itis expected that the Gen
eral Admiral will make ID knots an hour un-
der canvass and l2 knots under steam.
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From the st. Louis Democrat of the s25th
ult, we extract the following: $50 great is the