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.. ' It LIA" HMitf V ! iritfiM-Tgf- Vr nr-f r i - ?"T Jt-Vfti"ji;ii:ih-n- rr j ' 1 t. ; ,5 Si 1 n o o Napoleon and the Red Man. The following singular Btory was cir culated almost immediately after the fall of Napoleon, and with the credulous ob tained ready belief: Ever since the retreat of Xapoleon across the Rhine, and his return to his capital, a visible change had been ob served in his habits and his conduct. In stead of wearing the livery of woe for the discomfiture of his plans of ambition, he had dismissed his usual thoaghtfulness; smiles played upon his lips, and cheer fulness sat upon his brow. I lis manners were light and easy, and his conversation lively. Business seemed to have lost its charms for him, he sought for amuse ment and pleasure, and like another hero of our inferior rank, whenever his spirits sunk, he had recourse to the sparkling cup, "to raise them high with wine." Balls and other entertainments succeeded each other, and the Parisians began to fancy either that Napoleon was certain of making an advantageous peace with the Allies whenever he thought proper, or that his downfall was at hand, and there fore that he wished to spend the last weeks of his imperial dignity in enjoy ment and ease. A new conscription had been ordered, and the legislative body had been dismissed; but these were signs of his existence, not of his activity. In dolent, at least iu appearance, he re mained buried in pleasure, whilst the in vaders crossed the Khine, and, rapidly ap proaching Paris, threatened at once to destroy his throne and the metropolis. On a sudden his conduct experienced a change his face assumed its deep and habitually thoughtful gloom his atten tion was once more entirely engrossed by the care due to his armies and every day witnessed new reviews of regiments in the Place du Carrousel. Sleep could no longer seal his wakeful eyes, and his wonted activity, in which no other mortal ever equalled him, was displayed with more energy than ever. All the time he could spare from his armies and cabinet, he bestowed on the State Council. So striking an opposition between his present and past conduct could not fail to excite a powerful agitation in the minds of the Parisians, and to make them strive to trace a change so abrupt in the manners of the Emperor to its true cause; but to the still greater astonishment of the whole city, the report of au interview of Napole n w ith Ids genius, under the shape of a mys terious red man, transpired. The gentle man from whom this curious communi cation was received, heard it related, with the following particulars, on the 1st ol January, at Pari , where he spent the whole ot the winter : The 1st oi January, 1811, early in the Napoleon shut himself up iu his cabinet, bidding Count 3lo!e, then Counsellor of State, lemaiu in the next room, and bin der any person whatever from tioubliug him while he was occupied in his cabinet. lie looked more thoughtful than usual. He had not long retired to his study, whin a tall man, dressed all in red, ap plied to Mole, pretending that he wanted to sneak to the fc.mr.eror. lte was an swered, that this was not possible. "I must speak to him ; go and tell liim that it is the red man that wants him, and he will admit me." Awed by the impeiious and commanding tone of that strange person age, Mole obeyed reluctantly, and,trcmb- liug, executed his dangerous errand "Let him in," said Bonaparte, sternly Prompted by cuiiosity, Mole listened at the door, and overheard the following curious conversation. The red man said 1 his is the third lime ot my apparition before you; the first time we met was in E"ypt, at the battle of the Pyramids. The second, after the battle of Wagram. then granted you four years more to ter minate the conquest of Europe, or to make a general peace; threatening, that if you did not perforin one of these two things, I would withdraw my protection from you. Now I am come for the third an 1 last time, t ) warn you that you have but three months to complete the execu tion of your designsjor to comply with the proposals ot peace which are ottered you by the Allies; if you do not achieve the one, fir accede to the other, all will ht over with you so remember it well." Napoleon then expostulated with him to obtain more time, on the plea that it was iiupos-ible, in so short a space, to reconquer what lie had lost, or to make peace on honorable terms. "Du as you please, but my resolution is not to be shaken by entreaties, nor otherwise, und I go." He opened the door, the Emperor followed, entreating him, but to ni pur pose; the red man would not stop any longer. lie went away, casting on his Impel ial Maje-ty a contemptuous look, and repenting in a stern voice, "three iiu.nths no longer." Napoleon made no reply ; but his fiery eyes darted fury,and he returned sullenly into his cabinet, which he did not leave the whole day. JSuch were the rcpoits that were spread in Paris three months before the fall ol Napoleon Bonaparte, where they caused an unusual smsation, and created a su perstitious belief among the people that he had dealings w ith infernal spirits, and was bound to fulfill their will or peiidi. "What is more remarkable, in three months the wonderful events justified the red man's words completely; more unfortu nate than Csesar, or Henry IV., of France, these presages did but foster his ruin, and not his death. Who the man really was who visited Napoleon iu a red dress, has never been known; out that such a per son obtained an interview with him,seems to be placed beyond a doubt. Even the French papers, when Bonaparte was de posed, recurred to the fact, and remarked, that his mysteiious visitant's prophetic threat had been accomplished Real Comkouts of Life. There-are different conceptions of pleasure and comfort. Most people find, with or with out experience, that the real comforts of life are at home; for there the devoted wile is the presiding deity; there the childieu prattle and play; here the young gin approximates and reaches woman hood; within its secred precincts youth puts iu the responsibilities of manhood; there are the reunions ot hearts and hopes aim prayers; there can be louud real rest; there, the place and affection typical of the better life, and the "home not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens; there, the irerminatinir and binding together of heaits and minds and souls in a bond as strong as a chain, and as lovely as a wreath ot beauteous flower- there, the memories that glow and exist with life itself; there, the influences that strengthen and guide in after years, what ever we do, and wherever our footsteps roam. Pitt is about the meanest wish that one can offer another. I had rather have a ten dollar greenback that had been torn in two twice and pasted together, than all the pity there is on the upper side of the earth. Pity is nothing xnore than a quiet satisfaction that I am a great deal better than you are, and that I intend to keep so. f , ) Has Business Declined? A croaking editor, bewailing the po litical situution, asserts: "There has not been one-tenth of the ordinary business of the country transacted since the dispute began. Jt is diminishing in volume daily." Obviously it is not nec essary to remark that the man is crazy, and, because his chances for an office or a contract are "fading, still fading," fancies that there shall be "no cakes and ale" for the millions. Clearing-house exchanges in this city last week amounted to $397,314,549. During the correspond ing week last year they were $K3,140, 843. The difference, le?s than 7 per cent., fairly measures the present volume of business transacted through the banks of this metropolis, compared with busi ness at this time last year. It shows that somebody has bought and borrowed, others having sold or loaned, to the amount of nearly $400,000,000 in a single week. "Moreover, it is not true that business is "diminishing in volume daily;" on the contrary, it is slowly in creasing. The clearings at New-York during five weeks ending Dec. 2, were 1,003,921,289, against $2,09S,327,iy 1 luring the corresponding weeks last year, i decline of 9 per cent; so that the last week, compared with the five weeks pre ceding, shows a moderate gain. Finally, the business of New-iork closely repre sents that of the w hole country, for, dur ing the five weeks endiner Dec. 2 the ar- ij WW gregate clearings at eight principal cities were $2,033,232,5:34, against $2,9 19,23., 501, a decline of 9.7 per cent. In short, it is not only false that "there has not been one-tenth of the ordinary business of the country transacted since the dispute be gan," but there has not been a decline of quite one-tenth in values exchanged, com paring transactions with those ot the same weeks last year, while the decline in prices h is beeu more than one-tenth. Consequently, in quantities exchanged, business is actually larger than it was one year ago. These facts are particularly pertiuent at this time, because many business men who have not quite taken leave of their senses, like the partisan above quoted, are still inclined to take an extravagant ly gloomy view of the situation. Yet, as the record of actual transactions proves, the amount of business done, even at the lower prices ot this year, is within ten per cent, of the amount done at the same time last year. There is a real and serious check, as we all can see, but it is by no means as important as many suppose. Let us remember that, even in times ot excitement and uncer- taintj-, the same number of human be ings eat dinners and breakfasts, wear clothes and Loots, are married or given in marriage, look for houses, and even ex pend some part of their earnings in pleasure or luxury. By far the greater part of our commerce depends upon this necessary demand; its aim is to supply the necessary wants of a steadily increas ing population; aud it is therefore nearly permanent in volume, even at the worst seasons. We have moved from the Wrest this year 145,4(5 1,504 bushels of grain to Dec. 2, against 120,092,971 bushels dur ing the same time last year a gain of about 20 per cent, iu quantity, which has been only in part balanced by a decline iu prices. Tne railroads which report earnings continue, notwithstanding the extraordinarily low rates, to earn more money on the whole than they did last year, because the quantities transported are larger. The cotton mills are more generally aud satisfactorily employed than they were last year, and from the latt-st reports we judge that the same is true of the iron furnaces, though there has beeu little change in prices. The mining interest is perhaps as much de pressed as auy other, and yet the decrease in quantity marketed has not been large, if bituminous as well as anthracite is in cluded. Above all, the farming interest, upon which more than half of all the consumers in the country depend, has been aided by a succession of good crops to escape from indebtedness, aud is doubt less more nearly prepared for prosperity than it has been for several years. Croaking can only retard the recupera tion toward which natural forces tend. Our foreign trade, though not so large as might be desired, shows a more healthy balance thiii we have seen for many years before. Our banking system, as the Controller's report has shown, is in a very healthy condition, and, though the legal-tender average of banks in this city his been reduced to $3J,33,900 only 17.7 per cent, of deposits there is no anxiety, in part because the influx of specie is correspondingly large, ami iu pait because the outflow of legal tenders indicates a healthy activity in the move ments of grain, produce, and cotton, There is no occasion for gloomy forebod ings. Political uncertainties are rapidly giving place to general conviction that the legal decision will be accepted and upheld, and we may reasonably hope for gradual improvement iu business as mat ters become m re settled. 2f. Y. Tribune. The Latest Swindle ox the Faiim eks. The latest iu the confidence line is a dodge for swindling farmers, which is now being practiced in some of the in terior counties of the State. Several strange men drive into au agricultural district. They stop at all the farm houses and make a contract to take all the butter the farmers can furnish at fifty cents a pound. Further, it will be gathered by a fast special team, and the cash paid for it at the door. The pre tense is that during the fall and winter the large cities will be crowded and that butter will be scarce. In this way all the farmers iu a district are contracted w ith, and arrangements are made to ome for the butter on certain days and at cer tain points; the contract to go into effect in tvo weeks. A few days after the de parture of the men a drove of cows come along. They are fine looking milch cows. The farmers, having 1 good thing iu view, think they mi.rht'uso a few more cows. Tiiey try to buy them but the drover doesn't seem anxious t sell. Finally, however, ho is induced to sell two or three to each farmer, at prices con-i lerably h'gher than the real market value. He then departs, meets his partners, w ho put up the butter job, and they divide the prolits. B ittern paper. Condolence. Iu a world like the present, uae of the grandest occupations is that of giving condolence. We ou-ht all of us to study this holy science of imparting comfort to the troubled. 1 here are many who could look round upon some of their very best friends, who wish them well, and are very intelligent, and yet be able to say t them in days of trouble, "Miserable comforters are ye all.', Even as long habit may induce us to glance at a watch that has stopped, we may look m a fair lady's eyes as thou-h she loved us still. Goethe. Harriet Martineau. On the 27th of June, 1876, this emi nent English woman died peacefully at her home, Ambleside, in Westmoreland, after a somewhat lingering illness. She was of an old Huguenot family that fled from France when the Edict of Nantes was revoked, and settled in Norwich, England. At this place her ancestors carried on the business of silk manufacture for sev eral generations; and here Harriet, the youngest of eight children, was born in 1S02. From infancy she was aiMieted with deafness, which, instead of making her stupid, threw her oa her own re sources for amusement. She became a thoughtful, studious girl, fond of reading and picking up all sorts of knowledge. In consequence of her father's failuro it beeame necessary for the family to earn their daily bread, and Harriet determined to win hers by the pen. She made her debut as an author in 1823, in a little volume entitled "Devo tional Exercises for Young People." In 1824, appeared "Christmas Day," and in 1825 a sequel to it,eutitled "The Friend." In 182G, "Principles and Practice," and "The Rioters," were published. Iu 1827. "The Turnout," aud "Mary Campbell," and in 1828, "My Servant Rachel." All these works exhibited the warm sympa thy Miss Martineau felt with the working classes, to whom they were mainly ad dressed. In 1830 she won three prize's offered by the Committee of the British und Foreign Unitarian Association. This great suc cess marked a new epoch in her literary career. "Traditions of Palestine," a se ries of faithful aud picturesque sketches of that country at the advent of Jesus Christ, was produced iu the same year, and indicated that the author had en tered a loftier field of labor. In 1831 ap peared "Five Years of my Youth," and a series of monthly tales, illustrative of po litical economy, w hich were widely read and translated into several laniruajres. These established her reputation as a ! woman of first-class intellect and great culture. Iu 1835 she visited America, and on her return two years later, published her im pressions of this country iu two volumes, under the title of "Society in America." The work partook more of the peculiar opinions of the author than of true criti cism, and did much injustice to the peo ple who had extended to her their best hospitality. She fell into the errors of other English writers on America. She came hither with preconceived aud un warranted opinions, and saw everything through the mist of her i' judices. The work was severely criticised by English reviewers, and had au early death. While Miss Martineau was in this country, the present proprietor of the Phrenological had an iuteiview w ith her on a North River steamboat, in October, 1837, in which mental science was a chief conversational topic. In 1839 and 1840 appeared two novels from her pen, "Dear brook," aud "The Man aud the Hour," w hich did not re ceive the acceptance of the reading pub lic. Her labors were now interrupted by a long and severe illness, which siie sub sequently described in her charming vol ume, "Life in a Sick-Room." In 1818 Miss Martineau, in company with her brother, the Rev. James Martineau, made an expedition to Syria and the Holy Land, and on her return published "Eastern Life, Past and Present." This work is well known, and contains some of the author's best writing, but is some what marred by digressions and specula tions touching parts of the Bible. Had it not been for this feature, the volume would have found a very w ide circulation. Her next serious effort was the continu ation of Charles Knight's "History of England During the Thirty Years' Peace," in which her able work is manifest, and was universally acknowledged on its publication. "The Laws" of Man's Nature aud De velopment," on its appearance, was at once condemned as openly advocating atheistical opiuious. She defended it as best she could, but cm Id not win the popular favor for it. Besides these and other volumes, she did much literary work, as contributor to periodical literature and the daily press, mid earned a place among the best writers of the clay in English literature. So far as industry and the results of in dustry are concerned, Harriet Martineau is not surpassed by any of them, for in the course of fifty-two years more than one hundred volumes appeared from her pen, not one of which bears the im press of careless preparation. She exhibited a deep interest in the progress of science; was liberal iu cou sideiing new developments in biology, and accepted that which was true and useful. In her Autobiography, allusion is made to the agitation in English cir cles, which was produced by au an nouncement of her recovery from a dan gerous illness by means of mesmerism, iu 1844. So fierce was the conflict that Miss Martineau came forward and stated w hat really happened, with Jha views de rived from her own experience of mes merism as a curative agent. Her "Let ters on Mesmerism" drew upon her an amount of insult and ridicule which would have beeu a somewhat unreason able penalty on any sin or folly which she could have committed. To friends who pressed her not to publish, foreseeing what it was likely to bring on her, she simply replied that it was hard to see how the world could be ripened if ex perimenters iu new departments of nat ural philosophy concealed their expe- j rience. About that time she added to her met aphysical offences, in the opinion of some prejudiced admirers, by favoring the doc trines of Phrenology. Her interest in this science was influential euough to cause her to insert a bcouest ID a Will ! made some ye irs before hr death, to the etl'ect that her lietui thoukl be f-iven to the Loudon Phrenological Society. We can readily understand how this provision was revoked through the urgency of irien ls who naturally revolted at the idea j 'i eousinmij a Headless oouy to me grave. j She claimed to possess strong religious i impressions; te!ls us, in fact, that the ! cast of her mind was "more decidedly of j the religious order than tiny other during : her whole life." And with a view of her face, in its prime, before us, we can not iuterpiet its mild and trustful expression i in the liht of that positive infidelity i with which she has been charged. 1 Phrenological Journal. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, books only retain their steady value. "When friends grow cold, and the converse of intimates languishes into vapid civility and commonplace, these only continue the unaltered coun- j tenance of better days, and cheer us with that true friendship which never deceived hope or deserted sorrow. 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During the year there will be interesting papers for boys, by William I'nllrn ISr.yaiit, Joint ii. Wliittier, THoiuiH UuelifM, William Hoivitt, !. Iloll.'UMl, Ceorg;e JlaeUon aid, Kanford It. Hunt, Frank It. Mock- ton, and others. There will Ue stories, sketches, and poems, of special interest to girls, by Harriet Prrseolt Sof- ford, Suitsii 'ooliIje, Ma rail Winter Krlloeg, Kllzabetli Stuart IMielps, Louisa Alcott, I.urrrtia I. Hale, Cella TliaxOr, Mary Ma pen Ioje, and many others. Ttiere will be also "TWELVE SKY PICTURES," By Prof. Proctoe, the Astronomer, with maps, showing "The Stars of Each Month," which will be likely to surpass in interest any series on popular science recently given to the publii-.. AM I'SEJI KSTAS I I .VNTK KTIOS, with I-'l AM F1COI.IC, and W IT AX1 WIN IM.M, will be mingled as heretofore, anl St. Nich olas will continue to delight the young and give pleasure to the old. 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