The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-19
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will add much more TO your vnderstandlnge
stand hs esste 9d It's 70 con
/ have heretofore suffered much by too much
trustnge others l know my Brother Major
wil6e helpful to you , al THIS You VIII VIII think
wife; the Lord teach you how to doe it, or else
1T wilbee done tlfavore1ly. Though marriage
the vndefled bedd is, and love, this union
aptlye resembles Christ and his Church. Ii
you trulye love your Wife, what doth
Christ beare to his Church, and every poore
so4ie t9eIeln vince ee sSe so vour Vile tell her
entyerly love her, and reioyce in the goodnesse
Of the LORD 70 hef her. for er Her ey9ry
presented my love to my Sister and Cozen Ann
in my letter to my Brother Major. would not
My purse is as his, my present thoughtes are
but TO lodge such sum for my too little gyrles;
not be Wantinge to accommodate him to his
mlnde. L would not have him solicitous. Dick,
&pT 3D. HfsSS sSS TEy i6yvnge Father
Carricke. y. CROMWELL.
From and after the time when Napoleon
Buonaparte became First Consul, infinite
pains were taken, in all departments of the
state and through many agencies, to destroy
or obliterate every document that bore the
great mans name, spelled as it is here printed.
The was obnoxious, because it testified
to his Italian origin, of which it was con-
sidered desirable to leave no record. Mr.. Old,
however, showed me a letter from Napoleon to
the citizen Berlier, dated "Antiber, Prairial,
Pan q" with the extremely rare signature
Buondpdrte.
Againe, the fatterers Of the living Emperor
of the French have taken pains to set aside an
mpression-possibly malicious-that his ma
jesty's grandmother wooed and won the foun-
der of his dynasty; that is to say, that the
mother of Hortense made more marked ad-
vances to the rising General, than are usually
considered becoming on the part of her sex.
This, say, may be all scandal; nevertheless,
here is a little billet-doux from the fair jose
phine, that has never been in print hithereto,
and that may or may not elucidate that point.
1t is dated the lst Ventose, and runs thus in
tones reproachfully tender
.Vous ne venez plus yoir une annie qui .vous
Anne. Vous Pavez tout a fait delaissee. NOus
avez bien tort car ellie Vous est tendrement at
tachee. Venez demsin sept dejeuner avec moi,
j'ai besoin de Vous voir, ct de causer a7ec vous
sur vos tnterets.
Bon soir, mon ami je vous embrasse,
Au General Bonaparte.
All the world knows the story of Mozart and
the mysterious stranger; how the unknown
one engaged the composer to+Trite him re-
QUEEN, paying in advance the whole or
large portion of the covenanted price; how he
completion of the work; how the engagement
and the weird manner in which it was followed
up preyed upon Mozart's fragile nerves and
sensitive temperament; how he came to regard
this requiem as his own funeral dirge; and
how he died, under this impression, before the
task was finished. The last letter that borrow
from one of Mr.. Old's portfolios, furnishes
convincing proof that there is no eXaggeratiOn
in the tale. l do not know to whom it was
addressed, as the superscription and envelope
are wanting. 1t is in Italian, beautifully
written in fine clear hand. Several years
ago, Mr.. Old allowed a fac-simile of it to be
made for the opening number of the "Auto-
graphy Souvenir" a periodical started in Lon
don for the purpose of reproducing the most
valuable and authentic autographs in private
collections, but not carried on beyond few
numbers. Translated into English, these are
the contents:
Most Honored Slr:-I would follow your ad-
vice, but know not how. My head is troubled,
and can scarcely compose; yet cannot rid my
sight of the figure OF tnis unknown person. L
see him peTpetually; he requests, solicits, i'm
perfumes me for the work. continue, because
composing fatigue me less than repoSe. Besides,
! nave no longer nything to fear. l know by
my own feelings that the hour approacnes, and
that must shortly breathe my my s;s last; II nave ave
talent. Yet life has been 50 sweet, and my
career opened before me under such fortunate
auspices. But we cannot change our desGlny.
No one measures his own days; we must there
fore be resigned. Whatever Providence ordains
win be accomplished, and now l conclude;
this is my funeral drge, ought not to leave it
unfinished. MOZART
Vienna 7bre 1871.
Not content with correspondence that throws
light ON individual character, or on mooted
historical points, Mr.. Old has in his posses
sion three or four very valuable manuscripts,
with the mention of which | conclude my
"reminiscences. They are, by their form and
bulk, inadmissible into the portfolios of as
sorted letters, though curiously rivalling some
of these in interest Thus doubly strange did
! it seem to me to hold in hand document
that once belonged to Titan; and that bears
the sign-manua of Charles V; and we'll
may Mr.. Old pride himself on owning it. II
is a deed engrossed in Latin, upon :. sheet Of
parchment measuring eighteen inches by
thirteen, which-after reciting that the Em
| peror had previously conferred upon the artist
pension of the same amount-grants to him
an additional annual pension OF a hundred
scudi OF crowns. 1t is dated at Augusta Vim
delicorum-the modern Augsburg-l0 June
1546; is countersigned by some official person
age, whose name is not legible; and has sundry
endorsements. The seal is missing, though
its place is marked. The signature "Carolus'
is in keeping with the text, and his various
titles are thus recorded in the body of the
deed itself:-"Emperor, Imperator Augustus
of the Roman Empire, and King of Germany,
Jerusalem, Hungary, Dalmatia, and Croatia
Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and
Brabant, Count of Hapsburg, Flanders, ant
the Tyrol." confess that | could not bu
handle this precious relic with peculiar reve
rence-not awed by imaginary contact will
the holder of SO many dignities, but by idea
communion for the moment with him wh'
painted "Peter Martyr"
Fitting companion to this is another parch