Year: 1861

should prefer, for change, to do so. Ishoult steaks, nor will you have to turn out coffee fol me- D@ ha7s s49 aa Well do you know said nay wife, T reall, believe you would like that I think you woule actually enjoy taking your meals away from you family. You wouldn't mind anything the ex pense of such proceedings 50 long as it was fo, your qualification but if I should do so, yor would declare it the height of ffoolshness. Why if stop at Mendes' and get cup of chocolate some day when I am wearied out, with shoppipo for you and the children, you think it extraya gant, and I never. indeed, hear the last of its Well, but chocolate is such abominable stuff [ said, it sticks upon ones mustache. can. not imagine how any one can like it.

 Fortunately my wife said, I have no mus tache to be soiled with it, and besides I like chocolate.'

 Very we'll, if you like it, said, am sure I have no objection to your using it. but don't for gracious sake be recommending it to me for if there be one thing dislike more than another it is chocolate'

 But have not recommended it. my wife, re- piled, though I think it would be better for you to drink than the strong coffee you now use.- Coffee makes you nervous and irritable

 I am not irritable, l said, and doubt if a more even tempered and amiable man does, or ever did, or ever will exist, than am.'

 My father,' began my wife; but interrupted her with declaring that didn't wish to hear a word about her father or his suitability. My wife put her handkerchief to her eyes.

 No {! she exclaimed, you will never permit me to say word about my dear father. If he had known, when he resigned me to you, that you would have treated me in the harsh manner in which you do, he never would have given con sent for you to marry me-

 linen ours would have been runaway match. my dear, that is certain for you were so deeply III love with me that all the fathers of Christell- dom couldn't have kept you away from me-

 Oh yes, you may say that my wife said smil- ingy, in spite of herself; but if you think such light talk is going to make me forget your un- Kind expressions in regard to my father, you are much mistaken. only wish i had known as much when married you as I do now'

 really wish you had,' replied, for then l should not have experienced the annoyances which your lack of housekeeping knowledge has brought upon me. If, when we were first married, you had known so much about cooking as you now do, how much better I might have lived. What delicate light biscuits l should have eaten, instead of the heavy ones have been obliged to devour! What juicy meats l

 

 joints l have had to dissect! What

 Never mind interrupted my wife, going any farther into the subject, for the knowledge re- gret not to have possessed, has no reference to any housekeeping accomplishments. refer to your irritable disposition, which, if had been aware you possessed, would have deterred me from ever marrying you

 Good gracious my dear exclaimed, you don't say SO! How glad am that you didn't lind it out Just to think if you had known as much about me nine years ago as you do now. we would not have been married What mar row escape had of being bachelorv

 There it is again. said my wife, make as much fan of about what say you please, but guess one of these days you Il find am in ear nest

 Well my dear, all can say is, that should be sorry to believe it. If I am irritable as you declare l am, perhaps there are some acts of yours which serve to make mo so at all events you must eadeavor to bear with my humors, and will endure yours. But-don't you think we had both better get up for it must be nearly eight clock. and at this season of the year don't care to lie abed any later

 And rising, left my amiable spouse to her reflections.

 TIE QUEENS PRocLAMAr1oN-The 'Etna' from Liverpool May 18th, arrived at N. Y. May 27th. The following is the proclamation of the Queen.

 WHEREAS We are happily at peace with all sovereign powers and states and whereas hos tlllties have unhappily commenced between the government of the United States and certain states styling themselves the Confederates States of America ; and whereas we. being at peace with the government of the United States have declared our royal determination to maintain perfect and impartial neutrality in the contest between the contending parties we therefore thought fit, with the advice of our privy council, to issue our royal proclamation and we hereby warn all our loving subjects, and persons what ever entitled to our protection, that if any of them shall presume in contempt of this procla- nation and of our high displeasure, to do any acts in violation of their duty as subjects of our sovereign power, in said contest, or in vio- lation or contravention of the law of nations, or more especially by entering the military service of either of the contending parties as commis- or by serving as officer or sailor or marine on board any ship or vessel of war or transport of war in the service of the contending parties, or by engaging to or going to any place beyond seas with intent to enlist or engage in any such service, procuring or attempting to procure within her Majesties dominions at home or abroad others to be so engaged or by fitting out, arming or equipping any ships or vessels to be employed as ships of war, or privateers or transport, by either contending parties or by breaking or endeavoring to break any blockade lawfully and actually established by or in behalf of either of said contending parties, or by car rying officers, soldiers, despatches arms, military stores or materials, or any article considered to be contraband of war according to the law or modern usage of nations, for the use of either of said contendng parties all parties so offen- ding will incur or be liable to the several pen alties and penal consequences by said statute or by law of nations in that behalf imposed and we do hereby declare that all our subjects and persons entitled to our protection who may misconduct themselves in the premises will do so at their peril and of their own wrong, and they will in no wise obtain any protection from us against any liabilities or penal conse- quences but will on the contrary incur our dis pleasure by such misconduct.

 Given at Richmond Park, May 18th.

 HENRY WINTER DAvIs.-This gentleman has begun stumping his District vigorously. He ad- dressed an out-of-door Union mass meeting in Baltimore Friday evening, when, according to the Patriot he made most favorable impression on some of his strongest opponents. According to the American, which refuses to support him, he said: ~ .s q He was for prosecuting the war with vigor and rapidity He would have Government first slowly but surely, to mature it's plans. and then to strike home It was all delusion to suppose there could be no restoration of faternal feeling between the sections. The people of Massachu- sets or of South Carolina could live each under