The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-10-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
"A POLITE BoY.-The other day, we were
riding in crowded railway carriage. At one
OF the stations, an old man entered, and was
looking around for q seat when a boy, ten OF
twelve years of age, rose up and said, I" Take
my seat, sir"
The offer was accepted, and the infrm old
man sat down. 'f&fa @f
"Why did you give me your seat ? p he in
quired Of the boy.
Because you are old, sir, and / am boy p
was the reply.
The passengers were very much pleased and
gratifed. For my part, wanted to seize hold
OF the little fellow, and press him to my bosom
AN AFFEcrIoNArE PARrINa-The Albany
Express has some subscribers who don't pay
for their papers. The Express bids them good
by in the following witty terms:
This week, we strike from our list only about
fifty subscribers who will not pay their dues to
the printer. In doing so, we take them by the
hand, and, with tears in our eyes, bid them an
afectionate farewell. Goodky, old subs
Take care of yourselves. Sometimes think OF
the Express, which you have read so long for
nothing. Sponge upon some other printer now
for while. A change of diet will doubtless be
good for you. Poor old fellows We are a
little sorry to turn you out on the dark night
without a lamp, but it must be So. Strike for
the nearest neighbors light. He may let you
In, and feed you for a year or two, upon the
strength of your honorable promises to pay at
the end of that time For ourselves, we have
enough of these curious pledges to supply our
cabinet for the present. We have labelled them
carefully, and they are open to general inspac-
ton. With many thanks for your selfsacri6-
cling indulgence of US, and for your honest ap-
probation of the obligation existing toward our
Office, we again, and finally, say farewell for
ever
SHAKsPEARE IN PAR1s.--Shakspeare may now
be seen in a variety of shapes at some of the
Partisan theatres but by far the most amusing
is representation of Hamlet" at the Impe-
rial. One of the scenes is really laughable.
Hamlet" appears with an urn, which is sup
posed to contain the ashes Of his father walks
about the stage wofully with it under his arm,
and then, placing it upon table, falls to cry
ing over it like schoolboy, exclaiming, in
doleful accents, " oh mon pere mon pduvre
PEREZ"
MOUNT VEsUyIUs.-At 3 A. NJ. on the morn.
ing of the Sd instant, (says a correspondent,
WIiliHP lroIu eSuNiuSJ the cfdJer, III Inb Ulrec-
ton of Pompeii formed a fosse, so that it is now
impossible to- ascertain its actual depth. Flames
of various colors proceed from it the whole
crater trembles, and the assures which are
made in it are now bed of fire. Towards the
hermitage, another opening has been made,
chimneys,Y one of which
ashes. The mouth anu III other ,,umioe and
flame issued is now much enlarged: Hr me
foot of the mountain, in the direction of Resina,
small crater has been formed, from which
are elected red-hot stones, weighing a pound
each. About two hundred feet below it, era
ter has been formed in fosse, whence issues
red hot lava, which runs forward so violently
that, If it took straightforward direction, it
must arrive soon in Resina or Portici. 1t
branches off, however, in three different direc.
tons.
THE LATE QUEEN OF PoRTUGAL.--T death
of the Queen of Portugal, on the 10th, is an
event of deeply melancholy interest. 1t seems
almost but yesterday since the youthful and
handsome sovereign was in England, paying a
visit to Queen Victoria, prior to her departure
for Lisbon, where her affanced husband await
ed her arrival. During her stay in England
her portrait graced the columns Of the illustra.
ted Journals, and her features must be still
fresh in the recollection of the public. She
was a Saxon Princess, born June To- 1897 and
on the day preceding that of her death entered
upon her 23d year. Both the King Of Portugal
and his deceased Queen being nearly related to
the English Court, the sad event which has Just
occurred of course involves the necessity of the
Court going into mourning for a heightened
period. The cause of death was the mysterious
disease known by the now familiar name Of
diphtheria.
The EMPEROR NAPOLEON Ill AT, KSUTs
FoRD.-He was visiter in the neighborhood
for some time, and attended the country bal
Just before he was elected President of the
French Republic in l84s. He purchased g
saddle from Mr.. Hickson, and the peculiar arti
cIes of the lower man for which the late Mr.
Slater had been long renowned. But what
shows the Emperor's genius, and pre6gures
his power, is the feat related of him, that he
would occasionally after dinner place all the
chairs with their backs against the table, and
then adroitly walk round on the top rail of the
chairs-a singular road for as singular a loco
motive He must, however, have learnt the
art of balancing himself and controlling others
or he would not have seated himself so cleverly
as he has done on the throne of Imperia
power
Francis Joseph Charles, Emperor of Austria
is the eldest son of Archduke Francis Charles
brother of Ferdinand /, and who stood next Il
him in order of succession to the Throne. He
was born on the 18th of August, 1880. 1t il
well known that, after the revolution of 184S
Ferdinand abdicated his throne in favor of his
nephew, who accordingly took the reins O
power on the I'd of December, l849. In the
then unsettled not to say distracted--condi
ton of the Empire, it might be supposed tina,
it was no easy task that was undertaken by q
youth not yet twenty years of age. 1t was, nc
doubt, supposed that this was an advantage to
him, as he might we'll be unfettered by any o.
the traditions of the previous rulers of the EN-
pire, and more susceptible of the influences o.
truth and justice, especially as, on ascending
the throne, he promised, in the most solemn
manner, to give freedom and constitutions
Government to his country. His first proclama
ton contained the following passage:
awe are convinced of the necessity and
value of free institutions, and enter with conf
dence on the path Of prosperous reformation
of the monarchy. On the basis of true liberty,
on the basis of the equality of the rights of al
our people, and the equality Of all citizens be
fore the law, and on the basis of their equal par
ticipation in the representation and legislation
the country will rise to its ancient grandeur
and will become a hall to shelter the many IA
tons united under the sceptre Of our fathers"
Nevertheless, his first act was to dissolve the
National Representative Assembly, the second
to cancel the ancient Constitution of Hungary
and promulgate charter which no attempt
was made to realize, and which, in 1851, was
withdrawn. By the aid Of the Emperor of Rus.
STA, he succeeded in putting an end to the revolt
in Hungary, while Radetsky secured the sub.
mission of Lombardy and Venetia. Having
thus gained internal peace, such as it was, he
in September, 1851, promulgated an edict, III
which he declared his Ministers responsible to
no other political authority but his own; and