, 1864-02-25


Everybody has heard Of the curious sensa"
compelled the amputation Of the wounded
fnnb. Nothing Is comMoner than to COM
plain Of an intense pain in some particular
finger OF hand that was cut of aud buried
months before
Eut has anybody heard Of one'a tongue
beng seriously interfered With by healed
grnstot wCurd in the wrist? Major General
scIenck complains Of precisely that anomaly:
NLEody v i'll Lave forgotten that the General
Was very severely wounded BY O Mimic ball,
crushing in among the joints and tendons Of
LIS right wrist and hand, at the second battle
Of Bn1l Run For long time the surgeons
Threatened amPutatton as the only security
oceinEt nortincation and death; bu. the
General finally won the day against both the
wound ard tie surgeons; and came out with
whole hard, but stif1ened wrist
lie now writes almost as well as ever, with
tie wounded hand; but complains OF novel
embarrassment when he goes to speak, Ex-
some so intimately nssoc1ated nth gesticula-
tfon, That to check the one ia to embarrass
the other. The General says that when, On
returning to Congress, and resuming the old
business Of Epecch-malzing, be attempted to
make gesture, and found the stitlaned limb
interfered, the unexpected check constantly
reacted on the sentence, anl broke 1t {own;
difficult to get on in talking without tho aid
Of AiH right wrist.
The remark viii not apply to the General,
Who is one Of the most earnest business mem-
bers; but there are constant occasions whom
one wishes that come Of these wordy orators
were shot in the wrist instead Of the neck.
Guerabelaa In Boots.
During the engagement OF Madame Guera-
bella at the italian Open In New York, the
least" was bulletined in the green-room Of
the Academy Of Music for On R1llo in !Xus-
chtrd, and La Guerabella, to her great aston
ishment, was assigned the part Of the '.Paye,"
as she had ever sung the role Of the primo
donna. She at once demanded Of the man.
ayers REASONS for SO doing, at the same time
informing him that she was not engaged for
pereonatfons which required her to expose
her neither limbs to the vulgar gaze Of the
was engaged to perform any leading soprano
pEima donna part, whether Of the mule or
fema1e stamp-there was no clause in the
contract which specified her performing only
ftmnle characters.
But Guerabella would not perform the part
Of the "Pagen unless she was permitted to
wear boots! To this the manager indignantly
replied: :" Madame, the New Yorkers would
laugh at your costume; the idea is prepos-
tcrous-a Page in boots! Pshaw!' "Wel,
then, the Guer.:bella will 1ellnquish her en-
gagement." And so manager anl artistic
finally agreed to let the matter md the opera
nlso drop. But La Guerabella and Virginia
Lorlni, with Adelaide Phillips, were enga 5ed
to appear in opera at Havana, and U.t B1io
Wes cast with Lorini as s:Prima Donna"
Guerabella as the ."Pagc," and Phillips as
the "Gipsy." Guerabella was silent on look
ing at the form Of Lorini. {who is inclined to
en.lonpoint,) and, with Sigh, exclalms, '.she
cannot play the fagc; what's to be done?
have it'll don the 6oots;;'' and when the
Ecena came in which she was to make her up
pearance, to the horror Of the manager he
cspied his *'R1ge" IN boottn' But, alas!
twas too late for remedy. La Guerabclla
appeared; was epplauded; the boots were
yer1ookcd by the admlEins audience, who
were held spell-bound by her charming vocal
ization, and thus the prima donna triumphed;
cess, presented lier with magnificent brace
let