, 1865-01-27
Cupid,s Blindness.

Cupid's Blindness.
A Vienna correspondent gives the following
curious case;
A new species of the truly inexhaustble gen.
US of matrimonial suits has recently turned up
in case tried and decided in Vienna. In the
house of one Herr Kuhne, teacher of langua-
ges, DR.. Kant, a young lawyer, happened to
make the Acquaintance of a lady burdened with
some property and thirty years. The lady being
unmarried evinced particular interest in the
young, shy, and rather abashed man of law
She talked great deal with him in company
preferred him in the dance, and ended with in
yiting him to her house Dr.. Kant who, as the
unhappy lover of another girl was not particu-
Isry inclined to pay visits, at first did not COM
ply with the courteous request of the fair one,
but seeing her again at a friends, and her inyi-
tation being repeated, at length allowed himself
to become an habitue of her and her mothers
hOspitable house. 1t appears that the lady
waited in vain for several months for him to
"pop the question !" until at length, getting
weary of his melancholy mien and indescrbable
reserve, she resolved to open a way for her re-
firing Adonis, or retreat forever.
One evening when the doctor, according to
his wont, was sitting opposite her tabouret, con-
versation-accidentaly, of course-turned on
marriage, and the happiness of harmonizing
souls. DR.. Kant pictured the fetters of Hymen
in rosy colors.
The face of the lady frightened, and with
palpitating heart she put the question: "With
your favorable idea of matrimony may ask if
you ever thought of marrying yourseltY'
DR.. Kant sighed, and, his eyes resting on the
ground, hesitahngly muttered in reply: 81
have already thought of marrying, and made my
choice, but -"
"But !" the lady hastily interposed.
"But" he continued, ''the lady is rich, very
rich and am poor / am afraid / can hardly
- Ill
self to be taxed with sordid designs, viii bury
my passion in my breast, and leave it unavowed
forever"
A short pause ensued Both parties were en-
barrassed and the doctor rose to take his hat at
an unusually early hour. Miss Martini bade
him good evening IN a friendly and cordial way,
without, however, adding another word on the
subject Of their conversation.
At early hour of the following day she,
however, betook herself to a solicitor, and, in
legal form, declared her wish to present and
hand over as his sole property the sum of $780,,
600 gulden-( (Gl5 ,OOO)-to Dr. Kant. When
the document had been signed, countersigned,
and duly completed, she sat down in the Office,
and, enclosing it in elegant enyelop, added a
note to the following effect
DEAR SIR.-I have much pleasure in enclosing
paper, which hope will remove the obstacle
in the way of your marriage. Believe me, etc.
ALICE MARTIN.
Dr. Kant, for he and no other was the address
see, was the happiest man in the world on re-
ceiying this generous epistle. But alas that
he should have put different construction on
it to that expected. Repairing at once to the
parents of Fraulen Fischel, the lady of his
love, he proposed for and received the hand of
girl who had long been lattered by his deli
cate, though unavowed attentions. His reply to
Franuen Martini, besides conveying his sin
cerest thanks, contained two cartes de visite
linked together by the significant rose-colored
ribbon
Miss Martini forthwith sued the happy bride
groom for restitution; but as no promise of
marriage had been made, the case was, by two
successive courts decided against her.
WHAT 20, 900 VorEs WOULD HAVE DONE. IL
The Army and Navy Journal strong sup
porter of the war policy of the Administration
says
at seems that the change of only 20 900 votes
would have elected Mcclellan. Twenty thou
sand votes distributed from the successful to
the unsuccessful side, in the States of New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Missouri and
West Virginia, would have carried those States,
and with those it has gained would have given
il the election" The Journal asks-'Will any
body say that the suspicion Of peace princi-
pies Wnlcn aJLacneQ 10 lue ueleaIeu party WIS
not enough to drive these 10000 votes to the
other side p This is an admission, says the
San Francisco Press, 'that the vote was not an
endorsement of Mr.. Lincoln's Abolition policy,
but fear that Mcclellan would accept peace
on disunion basis In any view of the case it
is evident that majority of the responsible and
unbiased voters of the country are at heart op-
posed to the policy of the Lincoln Administra-
ton and that his reelection if not secured by
force and fraud, was at least obtained under the
mistaken belief that he intended to restore the
Union.
THE CHINESE REBELLIoN.-The fearful rebel
lion which has ragged for twelve years in China,
says Eastern exchange, seems to have been
brought to an end by the capture of Nankin.-
The town had endured long siege. The pal
ace of Tied Wanz, the leader of the rebellion,
was found burned to the ground, and it is be-
leved that this claimant of divine honOrs and
of the imperial throne lies buried in its ruins.
The most important military chief among the
revolutionists, Chung Wung, was captured with
the city Upon entering Nankin, it was found
that utter desolation prevailed within its walls.
The main thoroughfares were lined with charred
ruins and the side thoroughfares were covered
with argrowth of Jungle four feet high I'M
buried bodies were everywhere scattered about.
The number of these corpses is estimated by
European witnesses at nearly 10000. This
stupendous nsurrection had reduced the once
| populous and Opuleut CITY to a wilderness of