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tho portral. Of Harry rokor,i but all tho town

tho portrait Of Harry rokor,; but all tho town
then relnerked to hin, that ho must liavo
known intimately many Fronoh families OF tho
boat olass-that btu Fronch characters wcro moro
accurately md 1oliostely drawn than thoso Of
and to this opinion still adhore. Ho assurod
mo TINT, on tho contrary, llo had novor In ilB
lifo hocn intimate In single French family.
Ths ID very surprising, for he has exhibited III
nature of tho French, au vol 40 Of thoir man
nerB, aud he has described tho former and do
piclot the lattor with tho most wonderful skill.
and without any falao doaucttoua or tendency to
caricaturo. -
It uas At about this tlmo TINT I received an In
yitatlon to breakfast with Mr. Macanlay, who waB
not yet elevated to the pecragc, at hie chambers
sort Of person, not ut all like mr. proconooivol
ideal Of tho author Of tho essay on Milton. am
not quite sure wtoshor he waa or waa not at that
time III the ministry. Our broAl;fast was tsto-a-
"brllliant fashcH of nllonce" as Sydney Smith TO-
marked Of him upon another occasion. We werc
together about an hour and . half, and most Of
the oonvorsatton turned upon tho institutions Of
this country, and their probable future fnte.
MIR. MacauIny shocked me by propheeying with
tho utnost confidence that slavery was certain
to bronx up our Government within ten ysars
from that tftno, aud that in no very distant fu-
turo two divided confcderactes would, by their
own weight and from tho operation Of other,
carlsc8, drop into half-n-dozen broken States,
with military doapotisms ruling over them.
This was On extraordinary prediction 70 Al
o sar II the 1sa At
impending crisis. slavory brought us to a civil
war in oven leBa timo than tho limit Of Maoau-
lays prophecy. Ho was mistahon In fore-
seeing = dissolution Of tho Union ~ tnnle-
4 t11w $tSu1 fpnI TN tia ott kkot
instttution provoked. And 1t is to bo Hoped tint
ho Tas equally IN error in his vatoinations in re-
apcct to our moro ultimate fato. tried to por-
Buhde him to reduce what he bud aaid to writing,
Historical Society; but ho declined, oxcusing
himsof On account OF his overwhelming ongagc-
monts.
He spoke to mo Of the Chnrtist demonstration
in 1848 and told mo that tho nulnbor OF tho dis
affected collected on bennington Common, which
had been popularity supposed at the simo not 10
fall short Of 30,000 or 10000, did not, In faot,
e1cood 1000. He said that the Government Ind
ly osti,nato tho number that, knowing the area
of tho common md computing tho number OF
people who could stand in 1t side by side, aud
possessing picture showing to what oxtont tho
space Was covered with human boiugs and In
what closenoss Of proximity thoy stood, they
wcrc thus enabled to determine how many thoro
we're.
SAM HOUSTON.
Gen. " Sam Houston, Unitod States Senator
from Toxno, waaa phyaiceliy magnificent speol-
mon of manhood. His dress VAS oxtrayngantly
outre, suggestive of beth The fronticrsn,an and
the 1ndiAr. He poHgesaod groat mind aud n
great hoart, aud his many pcculiaritic8 Wcro
harmless and endearing rather than ropuielyc.
His courtcBy to Womon Tna remarkable, aud he
noVor addressed ono othorWiso than ns lady.
"Good morning, 1ady, was luis ingariablo saluta-
tion to any fair friend whom he met at tho
breakfast.table or clsewhere during tho enrlior
tCt1ru u04&r &ra IA Tat Ia FE3Ar1
in Washington. aud although hiA room was rc-
pleto with tho appliances Of civilized life, ho
discarded, or pretended to discard. the uso OF
many Of thont.. Buffalo robes wcro Hproad upon
the carpet, and upon these ho slept in preference
to uaing Tho bod. He had a printed poster upon
the wall bearing tho words, "11y hour for 70.
tiring is oolook." This wa1 q Hilont monition
to visitors to withdraw when that hour arrived.
But it was tho popular belief that the rost-
less old warrior Vas in tho habit almoes
nightly Of pacing tho floor until tho small
hours Of the morning before ho sought ro-
poso upon Lis extemporized couch Of skins. $,
MIKE WALSH.
The eccentric, nblo,. honeet, md cynical
Mike Walsh was thon a member Of tho
House Of Representatives from Now York. Mike
was the porpotrator Of many practical jokes
sip. A iellow-mcmber Of tho House, whono
private avooation wns that Of hotel proprietor,
rose to mako his elaborately prepared maiden
epeech. As he proceeded, Miko, whoao acat was
in iia daon ha1s voscn' iond nnouEi, to bo Heard
hv those tn lis immediate nolrSborhood. but
not SO loud rs to reach the orators ear, "John,
Hwi,lian,. answer the beIl Of i8e +" otc.. etc,
1Jnon ,ha samo feliow-,uoubar lie piayed tho
rather rough ioke OF soudinr him an inyitatiou.
In tic nn1no cf Tho president. to dine At the E1
ecutiye Mauaion, That thoro might be- no no. occa-
zion for an ansvor tho inyitation vas only d.
Iyored an hour before tic time appointed for
! dinner The victim, suapecting nothing. arrayoi
himself in oyenina drosa. and atartei for tho
White HOUSE. He was cIoeely followed BY Mike
md half q dozon OF lis oronioa whom be had let
into the socret for tlo purpose OF wituosspg tho
dIscomflturo of tho upexnecsel guest. Na tho
Prssdont had hnpponod m to 20 to Baltimore ] e. tint but
vory afternoon. th;s discomfturo was completo.
Whether the tLen eomowhst ungophisticatod sur
feror ever discovered or not who had played this
awaro.
DICKENS AGAIN.
In tho sprine Of The wear 1918 WAS returning