National Republican., 1877-12-19

And bronze, and gold and sapphire Ehono
Above our heads, where still and lone.
With language mute our hearts and eyes
Discoursed by tender signs and sighs.
o, for one hour OF that old time
Ont echo from that far OF cline
one golden moment spared from pain
10 recollect myself again. .
To think, to speak, to know, and feel,
The old.time menorys gladdened peM;,
That's breaking with its crushing freight
Not here, not here shall perfect day
Light mp my sad benighted way;
An alien stranger, lost am /.
And wearily the days 20 by.
with yenrning eyes look toward home,
Beneath the blue skys loving dome;
one pressure from the earths warm breast
Shall sooth my throbbing heart To rest.
wAsHrsGros, ID. G.
Paiissy Ware.
Before the centennial very few Americans
had even heard the name of Palsy" and
still fewer could tell who he was or when he
lived. About three hundred and fifty years
ago, at the time when the manufacture Of
porcelain and faience was royal prerogative
In Germany and France, an obscure but enthu-
| sastic potter named Palissy, in a village near
Paria (after repeated failures, during which
he impoverished his family and burned the
chairs and tables of his humble cottage for
/ fuel to heat his kilns, discovered process Of
glazing earthcnwarc, which afterward gave
hirh'a fortune and rendered his name famous
for all time. He was especially skillful in
|
&C., which he oolorcd with wonderful fidelity.
Every piece of ware made by him Is now In
| some museum or private collection, and valued
| at perhaps ten times its weight in gold Mod
| crn Palissy ware is reproduction OF these de-
signs and is made by Barbizet, at his immense
establishment near Paris. From the character
of these subjects many pieces of modern Pal
issy, though interesting ~ curiosities in mu-
scum, are not pleasing to critical taste. .r
Miss Snauffer, q Frederick County belle, Is
to be the guest Of Miss Serle, on Tenth street
Madame runor says that the vivacious and
charming Miss Mamie Livingston is about to
| be married.
The Rev. Father Teyiale, of Frederick City,
Nd, has been on brief visit to Father Crampi,
Of this city.
The engagement of Lieut.. Mccartney, United
States Navy, to q young lady of Georgetown.
is announced.
Miss Hattie Bainbridgc, q piquant brunette
from Kentucky, is visiting heraunt, Mrs. Gen.
Paul, of this city.
Princess Anna 'Murat, wife of the Due de
Monchy, is the only American girl who ever
became Princess.
Miss Julia Bensinger, o great favorite among
the beaux and bellies Of Baltimore, has been in
the city for several days.
Miss Mamie Blackford, lively little
"Lynchburger," will be the guest of Miss
Olga Peterson, on Capitol HILL this winter.
The Home JOuvnalha I'm editorial on Pretty
Fools" but it only speaks of a small share Of
them, leaving men entirely out of the qucs-
tion.
Such is the power of fashion that even the
half-breed Spanish-Indian women of New
Mexico wear long and flowing trains of six
cent calico.
The many friends of Miss Clara Handy, who
has been seriously i'll for some time at her
residence on street, will be happy to learn
of her cOnvalescence.
Miss Irish, the accomplished daughter of
Col. Irish, Of the Treasury Department, Is act
ing private secretary pro ten. to the Hon. Carl
Schurz, of the Interior.
Miss Ann IIill q niece of Mrs. Col. Lee, who
lras for some time been visiting in Washington,
we regret to say has returned to her home in
Prince Georges County, Nd.
The 'Thaliau Club" are rchearsing "The
, World and the Stage" which they will pre-
sent publicly In y few weeks. Miss Minnie
! Frye is to be the leading lady.
DIR. and Mrs. Christie, with their family,
leave the city soon for m extended tour
through the South, where they will remain
during the winter Bon royagc.
On dit that one of our most brilliant society
bellies Is writing novel with tho suggestive
title of Crushed Roses" The name of the
young authorcss is not yet to be divulged.
As new proof of the wise dspeusations OF
Providence, may be mentioned the fact thai
Greenland has no cats. Imagine cats in q
country where the nights arc six month:
long.
Prof J. ]. Gicrs has written u little play
. called "The Flower Fest which will bc givcI
= to the public shortly upon the occasion af th'
=, debut OF II small corps of amateur aspirants fo
/ histrionic laurcls.
Old laces with history are now considered
..f md 4. Nts..,a
, erick Stevens, of New York has a piece o
lace which was presented by the city of Pari
: to the unhappy Marie Antoinette.
!: Miss Florence Wolf, the accomplished
daughter Of Simon Wolf esq, who is at presen
visiting in New York sent charming trans
: lation Of one of Schilcr's love poems to thu
. last meeting of the Schiller Bund."
Ada Wells, the Infant Wonder, is a littl,
: London actress only eight years old. She earn
large sum of money, is the pct OF the music
halls, and sings exquisitely. Tho little lad,
has been so busy in her profession that she ha
not vet found time TO learn to read and write
E Miss Carrie Hall, who is to be married OF
u tho goth instant, at DR.. Newrian's church
will be attired in white silk Ia p6RpddOur
!, en- frdiue with demi. sleeves. The brides
y maids, Misses Helen Paulding, Matte Val
;, Riswick, Carrie Stevens, and Miss Cole, o
California, will wear white tarletan, satil
waists, trimmed alternately with pink an
= blue.
. The wedding of Miss Jennings, sister O
Mrs. Sands, aud Mr. Lucien Hawley, of Bui
falo, N Y, occurs this afternoon AZ i've O'Clock
at Ascension Church, corner of Twelfth stree
and Massachusetts, avenue. Tkc brides dres
is an elegant olive-brown silk, combined wit
velvet of the same shade. After the ceromon
: tho couple start immediately upon shoI
!, tour.
Madame Rattarri has finished her long
70 promised book, "Rsttarr and his Times"
N Is to appear simultaneously as newspape
r serial In Rome, Vienna, Paris, Lisbon an,
= Madrid. In Paris tho Telegrdphc will print II
in Vienna the Esus Freis PreSse. It is said
be an exceedingly interesting work, contain
ing many unpublished political documents