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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.
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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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ST. NICHOLAS for 1877,
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