Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-02-27

NEIGHBoRLY AMENITIEs.--T0rrence punningly
places vicinity in the nearest relation TO friendship,
but with moderns the case is quite different, and
neighborhood and discord seem roo commonly in
the closest connection. A beautiful exam Pile of the
neighboIly Offices has just been presented in an
action for trespass, Dawson u.s. Weight" The
plaintiff, a Chancery barriser, occupied premises
overlooking which The defendant had erected
building from which all the movements of Mr..
Dawson and his family were scanned through
telescope. BY way of reprisals for this nconvenient
inspection the plaintiff mounted ladder as near
as possible to the defendants observatory, and
amused himself with blowing horn upon which
he had not learnt to play. Whether the last fact
is stated in aggravation or mitigation of the VEN
geance designed is not quite clear but we appre-
bend that the torture would have been much in
creased if the blower had conceited himself per-
former, and learnt enough TO draw %. the horrors
of the instrument The defendant had now his trun.
Plaintiff had no blind TO his dressingroom window,
and he was continually seer by the young ladies'
of the defendants family in an unfinished state of
equipment alarming TO a nice sense of proprety.
Plaintiff hereupon for modesty, provides screen
OF wooden boards, just three feet from the defen-
dants window. The defendant, not altogether
pleased to have his daughters suffocated in their
beds for want air, even for the object of saving
their eyes from an offence to their nodesty, cuts
down the screen, which in its FIJI damages plaintiffs
fruit trees. Plaintiff sets up the screen, again. pro-
tecng the supporters against the saw or Ratchet
by a casing of sheet iron. Defendant is not to be
so bafied, and again brings the obnoxious screen
to the ground. Plaintiff erects it again, SO as to
defy any attempt at cutting down, and defendant
and his friends then resort to the use of regular
battering ram, after the manner Of the ancicnts,
and throw down the screen for the third time with
loui cheers of triumph. Beaten thus by force of
arms, the plaintiff appeals to the law for redress,
and all the neighborly acts on both sides proved
in evidence. The verdict for the damages is Is.
Aud consider how much has been had for that
shilling; and what a pleasant thing thrust be to
live near such neighbor on either side, whether
the Dawson with the horn, the imperfect toilette
and the screen, or the Weight with the observa-
tory, the telescope the Ratchet, and the battering
ram! For proficiency in the art oftormenting there
is certainly nothing like the condition of the dspo-
sions generated by juxtaposition the ill~il being
in universe proportion 70 the distance Examiner.
Gypsy SroaY.-A lady OF rank and fortune,
who happened to have no children, and who lived
in the neighborhood, had taken SO greata liking to
beautiful little gypsy girl that she took her home,
had her educated, and at length adopted her as her
daughter. She was called Charlotte Stanley, re-
ceived the education Of a young English lady of
rank, and grew up to be beautiful, well informed,
and accomplished girl. In the course of time, a
young man f~good family became attached to her,
and wished to marry her. TIL. nearer, however,
this plan approached the period Of its execution,
the more melancholy became the young Hindos-
tanee brides and day. to the terror other foster
mother and her betrothed husband, she was found
to have disappeared. II was known that there had
been gipsies in the neighborhood, and Charlotte
Stanley was discovered in the arms of long, lean,
brown, ugly gypsy, the chief of the band. She de-
clared that she was his wife, and no one had a
right to take her away from him, aud the benefac-
tress and the bridegroom returned inconsolable
Charlotte afterwards came to visit them, and told
how, as she grew up she had felt more and more
confined within the walls Of the castle, and an ire
sistible longing had at length seized her to return
to her Wild gypsy life. The fellow whom she had
chosen for her husband was said to be one OF the
widest and ugest of the whole tribe, and to treat
his beautiful and delicate wife in the most barlar-
GUS manner. He was sometime after condemned to
be hung for theft but his wife, through the indu-
ence of her distinguished connections, procured
the communication of his sentence that OF confine-
ment in the huls. During the time of his impris0n-
ment, she visited him constantly, and contrved
in many ways TO improve his situation, without the
savage maniiesiing in return the smallest gratitude
He accepted her marks Of affection as n tribute due
from slave, and frequently even during her visits
i-tTeated her. She toed necessarily however, to
obtain his liberation, duplicating both her foster
mother and her lover to use all efforts in his favor
At the very moment ofhis liberation, however,
when Charlotte was Fastening TO meet him across
the plank placed from the boat TO the shore, the
savage repulsed her SO roughly that she fell into
the winter. She was drawn out again, but could not
be induced TO leave him, and return to her for
mer wild way Of life in the New Forest and the
fairs Of London. saw the portrait of Cha lotte
Stanley, which was preserved by the friend Of her
youth. Her story is kind Of inversion TO that Of
Perciosa, and might make, an interesting romance.
The Southamton Committee, il is said have not
been more fortunate with the gipsies, whom at diff
ferent times they have put out to service, than
the benefactress Of Charlotte Stanley for they
all return sooner or later to their wild wandering
life. Kohrs England.