Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-27

Will Do, and What the Kiss Of a Nan
VIII not DO-HOw q Crowd of Eng Iish
Ladies' Were PuttO Flight.
When the Cardinal John Of Lorraine
was presented to the Duchess Of Savoy, she
gave him her hand to kiss, greatly TO the
indignation of the irate ehurchman
"How, madam" exclaimed he, 'am | to
be treated in this manner / kiss the
Queen, my mistress, and shall not kiss
you, who are only Duchess and, with
out more ado, he, despite the resistance of
theproud little Portuguese Princess, kissed
her thrice on the mouth, before he re-
leased her, with an exultant laugh The
doughty Cardinal was apparently Of one
mind with Sheldon, who thought to kiss
ladies hands after their lips, as some do,
is like little boys who after eating an
apple, fall to the pairing. When Charles
III. was making his triumphal progress
through England, certain country ladies
who were presented to him, instead Of
kissing the royal hands, in their simPlies
ity held up their pretty lips to be kissed
BY the King-a blunder no one would
more willingly excuse than the lover OF
pretty Nelly Gwynn. A great poet, the
countryman of ChRntier, had, two centu-
ries later, the honor Of being publicly
kissed in the stage box by the young and
lovely Countess de Nillars, but in Vol
taire's case the lady gave the Oscularity
salute, not of her OWa free will, but in
obedience to the command Of the Ella
queurs in the pit, mad with enthusiasm
for the poets 'MerOpe"
Georgiana, Duchess Of DeyOnshire, as
our readers will remember, gave Steel,
the butcher, kiss for his vote nearly a
century since and another equally beau,
tiful woman, Jane, Duchess Of Gordon,
recruited her regiments in a similar man
ner. Ducan Mackenzie, a veteran Of
Waterloo, died in Elgin, Scotland, Deem
Der, 1866 He delighted in relating how
he kissed the Duchess, in taking the shil-
ling from between her teeth, to become
one Of her regiment-the Gordon High
landers, better known as the Ninety
second. The old Scottish veteran Of eighty
seven has not left one behind him to tell
the same tale about kissing the blueseyed
Duchess in the market place Of DuthilL
The late Daniel o. Connell hit upon a novel
mode of securing votes for the candidates
he had named at a certain election which
test considering the constitutional tens
permanent Of his eOuntrymen, Is said 10
have proved etft ctuaL He said in refer
ence to the unfortunate electOr who
should vote against them, Let no man
sLeak to him Let no woman salute himI
Gilbert Stuart, the portrait painter, is
said to have once met lady in the streets
e Il cd D
Mr. Stuart have just seen your ike
ness, and kissed iE, because it was so
much like you" ''And did it kiss you 10
return ?" "Why, no. Then, said the
gallant painter, 1T is not ike me
Chevalier Bunsen, who rose from an
humble position in life to great honor,
was a man Of vast sdUiOr, but little erUii-
ton. As a theOlOgian, the character to
which he most aspired, he was severely
criticised by the celebrated DR.. Merle
D'Aubigne. The two sGUaHs met in
Berlin, at the Evangelical Alliance, held
several years ago. Bunsen kissed Merle.
OF course the polite Genevan could but
return the compliment. Great was the
ado about the kiss of reconciliation, as
the Germans called it, much to the an
nOyance Of DE-. Merle, who had no idea OF
compromising solemn writers Of theology
by kiss Besides, he said, be preferred
the English custom in kissing TO the Ger.
man. A delicate intimatiOn that but the
professor meant nothing.
At Boulogne, during the reception OF
Queen Victoria, June, 1856, a number Of
English ladies', in their anxiety to see
every thing, pressed with sHch force
against the soldiers who were keeping the
line, that the latter, in some instance,
were obliged to give way, and generally
were-tO use the expression of our police
-"impeded in the execution of their
duty" The officer in command, Observ-
ing the state Of affairs, shouted out, "One
roll of the drum-if they don't keep back,
THE Liberte says it has received sad de-
tails respeciingthe Empress Carlotta. The
unhappy Princess has had a relapse, and
she is again entirely Paralyzsd by the fear
Of being poisoned. She flies from every
body. For whole days she remains sitting
in corner Of her room without motion
but when any one approaches her she has
a paroxysm; she runs away eagerly 10 save
herself, and calls with a loud voice for
help. Not only her mental, but her bodily
condition is seriously changed, and gives
rise 10 grave approximations.