New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-26
MISCELLANY.

speeches.
In Germany when a paper says anything
witty they kill the editor and not one
editor has been killed there for two humid
red years.
/ a gentleman in company with John
Bright took up newspaper the other day,
saying he g wanted to see what the minis
try were about" Bright, with a smile, re-
piled: LOOK among the roJJerieS."
II is asserted that Alexander Dumas, Sr., i
is in the habit of asking his correspondents
to return the letters he has written to them.
Many persons comply with his request, and
the communications returned to him he
sells to dealers in autographs, and it is re.
ported that he realizes therefrom about two
thousand francs per annum.
1t appears that the Italian Home Minister
has so wounded the vanity of Verdi by an
indiscreet remark, that the composer of
'Troyatore" has returned his decorations
to the fountain of honor from which they
originally flowed. Writing to Rossini in
Paris, the Minister said: " Excepting in the
cases of Rossini aud Auber, modern music
died with Meyerbeer,n There is so large
measure Of truth in his observation, that
one can well understand that the amour
propre of the maestro was horribly out
ragged.
A hairdresser, of Bressuire France, re
Gently drew 100000 in the lottery for En-
fd1tS PduureS. He immediately rushed up
to Paris, drove straight to the Corps Legis-
latif, where he demanded an immediate
interview with his deputy, who, when at
| home, he has the honor of shaving, and
requested him to accompany him to the
| Bank of France, in order to claim the
money. NJ Charles LerOuX, lest he should
| lose vote at the coming election, immedi-
ately acceded to the hairdresser's request.
The incident excited much merriment in
the House where the story spread like wild
| fire.
The London Examiner pays the following
compliment to our periodical literature:
The Atlantic Monthly appeals to readers
both here and in the United States, and by
the excellence Of its articles proves that the
original serial literature of America is quite
equal to hold its own with the old estab-
lished magazines of London. There are
several thoroughly good articles in this June
number; among these we would specially
mark a somewhat ambitious one on the
'Talmud,' and which we commend to the
attention CT those interested in this subject.
The commencement CT st. Michael's Night
gives fair promise of an entertaining story
The Discovery Of EtheriZation is also
most interesting article; and although
'Abyssinia and King Theodore is a well. |
worn subject, the writer finds something
sufficiently new to produce a lively and |
agreeable article.'
ga Girl of the Period writes to the ed
itor of the Pal Mall Gazette to complain |
that gentleman is in the habit of bringing |
two or threetawns and two or three sheep. |
dogs into the ride in Rotten Row when it is |
at Its fullest, and that the unusual appari- |
tion excites and frightens her horse, other
wise quiet animal enough. The English |
Rose, we know she is a rose, feels certain
that If the owner of the fawns and dogs in
question is made aware of the annoyance
and danger caused by their presence, he
VIII AR his menagerle in some other part of |
the park than that set apart for horse exer.
else. The Pal Mall inserts the substance |
of her charming letter, without publishing |
the text of the letter itself, as Mamma |
would not like it to be known that she cor
responded with the editor Of a newspaper ~
That must be hardhearted fellow with |
the fawns and the dogs, if he doesn't in
stantly strangle the stupid brutes on seeing
this appeal.
The young Emperor of China has Just en-
tered the bonds of matrimony. His court
ship strikes us as being more than usually
Chinese. According to the description one
hundred and twenty young girls, ranging
from eleven to nineteen years old, were adj
mitted to the palace on the previous even.
ing as candidates. Seven were chosen from
this number, who had to submit to an exam
nation before the Empress-mother, whose
business it is to make the choice. Letters
from Pekln state that the young lady upon
whom the choice of the Prince and his
mother fell was born at Monkden, in the
province of Chingking, that she had at.
tanned her eleventh year, and that she was
extremely beautiful. She belongs to a fam
lily that for fifteen years enjoyed the high
favor Of the late Emperor Tao-Kouang. 1t |
is announced that the majority of the En-
peror Tchoung.Tche will shortly be declared,
and that he will then take the direction of
affairs.
The present King Of Spain is not only
small OF stature, but he has weak soprano
voice. The following anecdote is stated of
Mayor Who received his Majesty at the
entrance of a town in Aragon, through
which province the Spanish court was
making royal progress. The said Mayor,
giant in stature, and possessed of deep
bass voice, which would have made his fos-
tune on any stage, commenced his Grafton
IN his natural tone, when, suddenly altering
the Key he proceeded in the flute-like tones
Of his royal master, and du reste of that of
the grandees in attendance, all like Francis
dAssiz, himself dwindled in stature and
weak in voice. The King remarked the
change, and seemed annoyed. The speech
meant by the change. Your Excellency,2
replied the worthy Mayor, II remark that
you all speak with falsetto voice. OF
course, therefore, it must be etiquette at
court to do so. Unfortunately this only
occurred to me in the middle of my
speech
The English people have welcomed Mr.. |
Longfellow with great enthusiasm. The
leading Journals have commented on his
visit with cordially not often extended to
a literary man of any nation. We make two
extracts from an article which appeared in
the Express few days before the poetis ar.
rival IN England: ga guest is approaching
our shores, or has already landed, whose
name is household word to the English
people. No poet of our own or of any other
land is so widely known and appreciated by
strangely various classes of society as the
author Of "Hiawatha" and the HPsalm of
Lue.p In farmhouse parlors, and in London
on cottage bookshelves,
and in students desks, at schools, from the
pulpit at concertrooms, and in the
streets, may evidences Of Longfellowis
popularity be traced, He is
not less the poet Of the people than
a chosen companion of the cultured and
refined; and his words are in the mouth of
thousands to whom our own Tennyson is |
only partially familiar, and to whom
Browning is an unknown name. We will
not consider now how far the unsatisfactory
state OF the copyright law has promoted
have obtained in Britain, bnt will content
ourselves with the fact that the man whose
songs are on the lips of thousands is on the
point Of visiting US, IL he has not already
arrived. England has not received so Inn
portant literary guest for many years, and /
We trust her welcome will be warm and
outspoken. More than q generation has |
passed since Washington Irving's Bhakes-l
peIlan musings N were disturbed By the walt