The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-23
THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD,S STUD.

A correspondent of Bells Life an London gives an
account of the sale of the late Marquis of Water
ford's horses, which he says was by no means of a
high order. The portrait which he draws of the
successor of that bosterous but kind hearted no.
bleman, is anything but pleasing. He says:
SIN the centre of the large courtyard space
like bettingring had been enclosed, and an empty
break tacitly announced itself as the auctioneer
rostrum.
About twelve O'Clock on Friday portly figure
in clergyman's costume mounted the coachman s
box and the auctiOneer behind then stated his con-
dltonS OF sale. 1t was soon announced that the
elevated parsonage carefully noting down the
prices, and acting a check on the auctioneer's
clerk, the new Lord Waterford; and with all
the princely lands and broad domains may not
man be pompous, and how dare we comment on his
good taste in directing the grOoms when leading
the horses and showing them off to the best advan-
tage? Had he not an interest in the sale? Don't
tell me that the late Marquis was universally be-
loved and respected. What care for his liberali-
ty and his luncheons? Has not the present man
just announced that on on-arriying at a certain lot
those who have purchased will be admitted to lun-
cheon,' and ask myself why the necessity of such
a rush and crush towards the passage leading to
the dairy; will not his lordshp pronounce the Open
Sesame and shall We not on the approach of that
naughty face, be admitted? How pleasantly on
the ear resounds the rich intonations of his voice.
nc person can be admitted until | and my friends
have entered and what a look of benign generos-
ty he throws the assembled multitude, as still
further throwing back his head he asks, who's
hereY Nobody being anybody, nobody answered,
but hear the cry, make way! way there for the
Marquis of Waterford, Il shalt not enter until eve
ry person has cleared out of the passage Passage
cleared, and in he went
In fifteen minutes every particle of food except
small modlcum OF bread and cheese, with linn
| tied supply of beer, consumed. Those aristo-
Gratis who declined fight their way in surely were
deservedly served; frieZe coated purchaser in
the bitterness of his hunger and thirst seized on an
pmntV IN Will
characteristic wit said, he turned it upside down.
| q say, Pat, look here this is what Curraghmore
will be for the future'-a most justifabe sugges-
| ton.
On the second days sale, Saturday, the auc-
tioneer repeated his conditions of sale. The last
'al horses not removed by Monday will be charged
at the rate of ten shillings day. and dogs three
| shillings day. was received with chilling deri
sion, and answered by the largest purchaser there
| (Mr. Hamilton, of Queens county,: ANY gen
tleman who cannot conveniently remove his horses
| may send them to my stable, and I'll keep them
week for nothing, and give him bottle of claret
every day he likes to dine with me. Immense
| cheering
| During the day the noble Marquis bid himself
for several lots, and announced when bid | wish
no will bid against me, for | want to buy the
horse when do bid,' and frequently when his bid
trembed in the balance he pettishly exclaimed
knock it down, knock it down. He proclaimed
himself Sir Oracle, and said, if dispute arises
within five minutes after lot is knocked down.
shall decide whether it is sale or not The
people bowed most properly in humbleness of
spirit
| Lot l0l, Mayboy, the cause of all this gathering
| entered the ring, and the considerate surviving
brother cried out 'tram him round boy' What
were his feelings | wonder at this moment and
what the component parts Of that mans mind, who
could thus unfeelingly preside over the sale of his
brothers favorite toys-a brother that was to this
Hyperion to satyr;' and what did he think when
certain doctor, whom he ordered from off the car
riage-wheel, replied wish there were ninety nine
like you stretched in the church yard up yonder
and we had the good man back again
Luncheon time arrived, and instead of the hun
dreds of the day before, twenty-nine sought his
lordship's hospitality; all the rest had provided
their own. One of his attendants, in speaking of
his late master and mistress, said his eyes filled
with tears, 'ah ! sir, when we lost the poor man
we were all abroad, but now Lady Waterfordhas
gone, we're entirely ruined | must conclude
with the final remark, that if this autocrat lives
thousand years he'll never get his well earned
unpopularity, if not universal hatred. Only i'm
aglne that the purchasers of the hounds could have
the couples son paying the market value of them" "
announced by this suddenly rich and elevated
peer
PINE STUMP FENCES IN New. Y oRK.EA correspon-
dent of the Philadelphia Press who has been on an
excursion in west New York, saws eve have noticed
many miles OF pine stump fences which are, without
exception the best style of fences in existence for
farm fields. The land being underaid with claw
the roots of the pine trees only penetrate to this
strata, ana are, therefore, when drawn over,
tectly fat on the side coming in contact with the
clay These stumps can be drawn only by power
full stump machines, and circle of earth from ten
to fifteen feet in diameter and from one to two feet
thick, is drawn with each stump. The earth is then
dug off from the roots and placed in the hole
whence the stump was drawn. The stump is then
trimmed of its roots one side, and drawn to its
place in the line the fence that is to be. They are
then placed in row, with the trimmed side of the
roots lying the ground, the other roots sprawl
ing in the air. The fat side, however, which was
in contact with the clay during the growth of the
tree, will be almost perfectly parallel like the side
of house, while on the opposite side of the fence
the sumps will lie horizontally the surface of
the ground. If too large cavities appear among the
roots, some of the sprawling roots, trimmed from
the side of the stump, inserted to fill them. In
some cases the fence is also trimmed to line on the
top, at height of about eight feet from the ground
Some OF these fences, in regard to which made
Inquiries had been built for twenty five years. and
when seventy-hve years more are passed, they will
be ''as good as new,' and would prove a perfect
barrier to drove of mad elephants from Ceyl0n,
or river horses from Africa. The number of ayaila-
BILE stumps is, however, much less than one might
at first suppose, thirty good available ones per acre
being large yield for dense primeval pine forest
1t is needless to add that few more will be brought
into use, as small groups only of pines are now re-
naming.
TENNYsoN.-We learn that Mr.. Alfred Tennyson
contempates tour in the United States the coming
autumn.