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THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER.perr

A TALE OF THE PEU88IAH t»rycampaign. "nc<

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Tiiic dreadful campaign of 180G will be onH

lon^ remembered in Prussia.a year oftimid Councils was followed l»y a month ofmaduess and a day of ruin! Europe has ^r°"no other instance of nutional downfull, at [once so simple, so instantaneous, and so J V1sweeping. It was a thunderclap. The w.innation was not merely l<roken down. It w'"seemed to have Iwon extinguished. The °,,rblow ap|«earcd to liave not onlv boa*en m*)the kingdom to the ground, but to have ^er*reduced it to dust. Politicians regarded **'it as undone for ever. lint the great wrnr *^n'1of t!.e Kevolutioii was made to ridicule alltheories, and the theories <.»f j>oliticiunstl»e most of all. Prussia was in the grnve. ftn^1Tlio Frenchman's heel had trnmpied onk« day. Hut the soul eould not be buried.In the hour of mortal extinction it arose no "but the more enfranchised: it was on the 'ff'wing, and it hovered over the tomb of the ^ronlcountry. In the np|<ointed hour, it re- S1animated the body, and Prussia rote a- j'"-(gain. that

It was the depth of midnight of a wild wortand stormy day, wheu the trumpet sound- tld U»r the Tiger lluaaars to saddle and °f °mount. This wits one of the most hrilli- n,il"ant regiments of the Prussian cavalry.. g'ctThe Knt|ireM Catherine had sent it |>elis- "hotiaes of tijp>r-*kin, from her admi ation of cipliits amices, and it lield the dr»t rank in ftb'PIthe Prtgwian army for iwiivitv,.courage, coupsnil ^a*old man, who had learned his lesson un- Tn« 'der that capital schtaJmaster of the sold- j *pmier, the tlreat Frederic. 'His officer* were | hot I

among the noblest l*»ro, or tl»e most di»- j gene».« ..-.' .II-.... : I »ungwwtivM *'J |'v.i v«rii«i ^»si train1y 1(1 n*l 1>

army wlite nil n-w gallant. They had Steiinow the |xwt of honor, and mini in ad- illuslvximv of the army, which was encamped hillon tht frontier awaiting the approach «»f he <the French. , liorii"What new* i» it that brought n* out dayofour bed* lliia rough niifht, Steinforthf" to ri

said the old colonel, Von Wahlen, to the lie hiadjutant who had just delivered the order tlagifrom head quarter*. enen

"That rewt* with hi" royal highness, the ed tlcommander-in-chief," wa* Sleiufbrtli*s an- twetawer. "Bui I believeexpresseshavecome thein from Kluiafeld, giving aune Recount a of confmovements of the French hussars; at all Iioimevent* it would not l«e to our credit to l>e thecaught asleep." theii

"Where are the enemyI** asked the col- to' '

unci wrapping hi* pelisse lighter around he <Jhiui, n» a hitter gu*t, direct from Siberia, «d «

whirled over hi* achako. the"They are invisible, inaudible and undiscoverable;at least so say all at head Man

quarters," said the adjutant with a smile. If*1?"Yes, at head quarters they find it alwayseasy to raise armica, and to annihil *

ate them. Prussia has at this momentthree hundred thousand men, on paper, *'

and the French armies arc melted dowifto a third of the numtwr, and those t«*> ,no'

mailing but invalid* and coiiscnp ».mi*- '

erablea come out of the liospital, or only Krulfit to go into it. Hut I know better. Wo **.' 1

siiaii have to tight with men who know histheir trade, mtrr ao««, Napoleon is a dif- 1

fereut kind of soldier from the Duke of ,nf*Brunswick." ,0''|"Well, colonel," said Ste'nforlh, "we |,,a'shall probably know something on (lie sub- "on

ject by this time to-morrow. Our rcgi- '1sunt will do its duty; but unless we ex- mu<hihit a little ii¥>rc steadiness in the field I*"*limn they arw eahihiting Ht head quarters, »»iglww aliull have but a slight chance of add- th«-iing to our decorations. There, even in the tornshort lime of tuy waiting for order*, I thecoii1«J see so much confusion*, so much fo*want of reel intelligence, snd so inueh of Itardiness in making use of what they had, hrothat I cordially wish the ueit twenty-four verItours were fairly over and all well. I runtremble for Prussia." full"Why, ftteinforth, I am much of your the

opinion. The duke is brave, but lie is no Hriigeneral The army ia brave, too, tart, it caris twenty vear* since it has seen a shot pk:fired; and the king is brave, but be ia no ly,more experienced than hie army; and toonow, all tlmt is to be said about tlie inat- on <

tor la, that we fight as well as we can, forand trust to tbe chapter of accidents. To thewhat point do we moref" wn

"Three mike siteed, to the mill of El* Hnbersdorf, thereto wait for tbe llulan brig* butede, who will join us within two bcurs; coothe srbok then to advance and fell on tbe posenemy wherever we cen And him." onThe word "forwards" waa given, and piethe Tiger Kcghaeet rode on, tlivotigh a the

burst storm wkioh shook the forest a- traUi*e their pleases meet diisstroasly, scat- Bstaring away a feather oa the wind, that finshad flattered gaily at many a review; fiasl* tkwing hmg streakaof HghfAgoght UtehfiMea, areand )toughing up th» ground under Uteir <4homes' hoofe, by (W mere weight of the poi

Bheaw ...I.

i. It wan about two in tlie morning, the>n the sound of scattered shot in their withit gave the first signal of their having therochod the cneinya force. Tho firing veil,I thickened, the regiment halted, and instiIIforth was sent galloping back to head Srters with the news. e«pii'here the scene which he anticipated ttTrir realized. All was contrariety. The old <te of Brunswick had Ikjcii roused from Vro<slumbers, ami a crowd of general offi- ereawere soon assembled. Steinforth was boso

ired in to deliver his intelligence; his Hellwas a brief one, but it produced no shru

it confusion among the grave sages whicwhom the fate of Prussia was to de- of tl1 for the n.;xt twelve hours; the moat Hashions period of her existence. Tliey whici one voice pronounced that the officer thout have been deceived; that the French neved not have more than passed the front- an <and that there was full time to move ing iheir flanks, out-mancruvrc them, and courh the war by sending the French Ein- pren>r a prisoner to Herlin. An iuvolun- andsmile stole over Steinfortli's counten- and

5 at tlrs wise decision; it was seen, and almcxas asked the reason of so presumptu- godanexhibition. m 1*1Your Koynl Highness," said the young sandutant, "must look for your information his ii higher sources. I have told you all hadI know. But if you ask my opinion, beenall give it fairly; that unless the army Tlmarch before day- break, the enemy ladvthrow themselves in our rear, hum andmagazines, and leave us to fight as we tlio. without bread, brandy, or gunpoxv- gazii*

ginnInsolence!" exclaimed a haughty per- one;igo, a Major-Heneral, excessively in- a sinunit at this easy way of expressing a It w,

"Your lloyal Highness," said the wolfry General, "would do well to consider, winglre you act on this advice. This man's Gaul" «n m uuvtij im[ios*ioic. I nm l>v uim.neans sure that lie in not n French woot

I hanged two of the profession in andI of my .piartcr* hut ycntwUy." woretcinforth's check blazed; lie gave Ma- vn'ulcnerul \ on Koller tlie shortest denial ^"aroonl.1 be expressed by the shortest wuu'1, an.l instinctively clapped bin baiullie hilt of lii* sabre. The result w as,nurse, bi« instant arrest. The com- ot'lclder-in-chief^ mihlly expressing his r«»thatan oftieer of hi* appearance n,ar:1ild be guilty of audi a breach of dis- l',ntne, nodded to an aki-decamp, who,^>ing outaide the tent, retufWiid with a cr« P

*tt'«*^marilr to 4f>hrear; with orders to Iw forwnrded to ">u,,,

idau.the usual retreat of heroes too %w,,ri

to know the respect due to major- u'nl

rala, however tyrannical. |»acklit fate ha.1 otlierwise ordained, ami

(iH»rth waa not to figure among the j*

irioiis of Hpamlaii. From tho Hraty j jcwhich he reached with his two llulans, wj|oj)l»-erved a broad light, covering the

ton towards the cast. Could it la*break! Impoaaible. The sun was not iMrj."so for three hours; if in such weatherliould ri»c at all. It must Ui a con- '

j,at ion. And by whoiul if by the^ivy, then tlie French had already turn- T^ylie flank of tho army, and were Ik?- .

'ii them and lk-rlin. lie implored r,llulans to let him ride luick with this .

iriuatioii of his intelligence; but thoseH.(*st fellows would not have ventured JJ»trap|>ado for three arinio; they shook

r heads, ami pulled at his bridle, pis- j | .

ii hand. There was nothing now tolone for it, but to go on. They reach-

_mother rising ground, and from it was t|(whole sneetaelo.tlie town of \'»nni-witli nil the magazines of the Prus- *Vrtoarmy, in flame*; the French cavalry ,*riboiling from fire to fire, jterfcctly at

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r ease, towing aaclu ol corn and piles ,'*

traw into the blaze, bulging iu the .

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Js of brandy barrels and bear cask* !yi their carbine*, and amusing theme*with throwing lighted matchl-* a- J""*1ig the piles of fagots that were intend- "*

0 warm the bivouacs of the Prussian ''ladicrs. Htciuforth would liavo charg- ,m'n

iniong them with all his heart; but a* ,^t'1force consisted but of two llulntis, 00*

l« the enemy displayed twenty regi- nun

its of lancers and hussars, prudence dulghim that there was no chance of hi* '*cr«

icing any very effective diversion in ul' 1

or of his country. anot

he business of his escort was now as

L-h to save themselves a* to keep their .,cr'oners in safe custody. They uccord- j C5'ly struck out of the high road, wound 'n'»r way through the thickets which ex- e?;'!J in the rear of Jena, and watched fi»r ''' 11

sound of the French bugles; as the 'may Ixj *upj»osed to wateb for the cry lwoilio bounds. Hut this devious route

ugbt them Into direct contact with the C'crfly thing which they to av«ad. The ^or,»ibling of carriago wheels, coming at 'oV0speed along the rough causeway of *ou

forest, first caught their ear*; then theig of pistols, and the trani|>ling of W'KIairy in pursuit. The liulans were per- I***'leJ; iih) as in the iwmwnl of perplexieverymen ie inoet flexible, Hteinfortli cr,ljk the command, |wt(ed Mi two heroce *)U'

opposite aides of Uie jmtli, and waited "!°f'Wtune. J list as the carriage reached ,'"M

ir ambuscade, it was overtaken by the t*>°<

were, and brought to a dead halt.. '

ibdenUng Dosulliotia may be brave; thw, a dueea « baiaw are sot to be en*mtered without ooarjderation. The ^i11tillion dropped the mine, next dropped ** «

hie knees, and the capture was coin- °*lltc. The French instantly threw open '"P"doom, and bewaa to make themselves Hstate of the Prussian property within, thin4 a part of this property wee an eld lad'>ale oomsrtir, withn young lady,man* innI so deeply in a veil, that whether the of are a Venue or a Witch of Endor, was to <1oily undisooveraUe. The French cor- hada! set about ascertaining the poiut in bou

style of his country, tliat is to say, ^i the greatest possible activity, and wleast possible respect..tore off the j *'and dcveloiMxl the fair traveler at the 11

int. j»'teinfortli bad seen the seizure of tbepage, with no small inclination to in-ipt the operation; but the sight of theJoincstic had cooled his ardor. The *iv Ursula was certainly never made to fte the spirit of chivalry in the human 11"m in her best days, and now Don 111ianis of (Jreece himself would have e5nk from there-capture, llut the veil, C*Jh wiis plucked from the countenance HV

le younger member of the party,led on his mind a crowd of ideas 1,1:li lie felt to be perfectly new. lie l''

glit that, till that moment, lie hadr seen beauty in his life. Of course 1"officer of the Tiger Regiment.duneahundred quadrilles a week at the ;lt balls, welcomed as one of tbu su- aio km ton in every saloon of Roilin, Ilooked upon by all the l»elles, young 1,1

old, in country quarters, as a being 1,1>st of another sphere,a dancing denii- 111.mnst have seen all that was lovely irussia, and been in love with it a thou- jtimes. This was all true, and vet,mprcssion at that instant was, that he ^never seen real loveliness, nor ever w

in real love before. Ilie corporal proceeded to take off the's necklace; she gave a sudden scream, 1,1

fixed her eye at that moment u]»oiisjH»t where Steiliforth was eagerly :l1

ng from among the bushes. Thatee alone was a call, if lie had wanted M

but he wanted nothing, but to make NV

gle bound on the French corporal..as done, with a roar like a roused !M; he gave his horse the spur, made a ore spring, and rode over the unluckyI. 11 is two llulaiis rushed out after toThe day had scarcely dawned, the l-v

I was dark, the attack was a surprise; suthe enemy, iftcr a few sabre thrusts, loglad to chooao the better part of

r, nnd turned their horses' heads asom the *cene of action as the time |sd let them. A couple of hcrcx* wounMithe ground, and throe lionet, two ',lem loaded with the plunder of some 1 ur foray, were the trophic*, The 11 u- lawere indignant at the escape of the cr

Itider*, and swearing by their sabres, I*they would ask no better service than liling sueh miscreants for a vcartogeth- l''roreeded to sack the carriage xuutoea'tion «»f their principle, however,1 a chock in the Hal of Steiuforth's 0,1

d ; the 11 ttl.ans were forced to becoti- 'Vwith the horses, and a handsomeet of rix iiollars which the routed en- 'J'had stowed away craftily in the stuf- j lJ'f one of the saddle. The ladv, alllot ami terror, was re-seated in her j >J":lc ; the pttntillion remounted, and the 11

u party moved forwartl, at the pace 1,1ral to those who expected, orwiw "in l!

r hush an ollieer," and heard everyof a village nir as the bellow of a /*°

ling park of artillery.fore they had emerged from the for- fHr the sun had shown his cheering face | 1,1

u the horizon, the young adjutant r

the re-captured lady had made a still jrapid advance in the confidence,It, determined to conceal every thing, J?eds to reveal all. Stein forth was a

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Isome fellow, and in Berlin had a

Ired times been inclined to pronounce I"!elf irresistible; but prestige had ad-eil on the present occasion, in a do-inconceivable by any hussar brigade j1,1ie serv-ee ; his fluency of tongue tiedhim with his gots| opinion of his °

ms; he talked, and dropped into sud w

silence; he felt his face glow, and was ®

w..Mt «rt.;-..n iIHVU vs inn I unvivitj) | Mil ftirill*

> fail iiiui; every subject seemed to j j*from liim like a snake. In fact, lielist he had become in a moment the

t tiresome, common-place, and ridicupewonagein the world,lie lady might be of the same judge- .

t; but as lie rode occasionally aheadie oarringc, or spurred to the rear,ing out for the return of the French,her bright eyes certainly never in;edthemselves in the resources of slumaudwhen at intervals lie gallopedo the side at which she sat, and madeher abortive attempt at beguiling theby the topics of the court or camp,

l' can be no <|uestion that her color>ened, her bright eyes glanced more

Hlitlv. ami she waited with tli« nn»i

iordiunry complacency for tlio com- J,'(on of hi* tardy periods,here are in this world, notoriously, t«kind» of the tender passion ; one of Hlii which exhibits a remarkable tenlessfor ourself in all the shape? of comap|H-titeand indulgence. This is the uof die msgiiitiqiiu French U-au ; who nId not l>o a sup]>er the less for all the dms that ever set the world at war; »;>, in tho utmost rapture of the In-lit ,,lion, thinks of his dinner, and who |tea the ipiality of tho champagne a t|:rion of the constancy of his glowing 0. And this is the lovo which carries t]question of the heart by a majority of Mi hundred and ninety-nine in every |(isand. Hut there is another kind ofi, which feeds upon the smile* without ^wine, dreams of living upon air, roses t,moon light, and when summoned to t,

ik of terrestrial things, ia utterly aston- td to find that they can form any part v

lie coocern of any creature above a v

dog. gitciufortli's astonishment was some- fig of this order, when he followed the 44

i s carriage up a long avenue of limes i

all lieauty, and on halting at the door r

vast mansion, waa invited by the lady tlismount and take refreshment Ue tbeen In a reverie fbv the lest half j

r, was plunged five hundred fathoms «

eep in delightful improbabilities,as thinking at the moment howluuld preface his suit lor the fairest Ii the world, by frankly confessinge was not worth a rix-dollar.andlis happy recommendation to the laivor, ottering her the captivating clif living with him, unknowing andiiowu, in the wilds of l'russia 01eppes of Poland, keeping sheep, or teig village boys, or dressing vines, 01ig any tiling or nothing to the end clistence in which poverty, obscuritytile were to be all forgotten in tliatgiveetener, love !Hut the sight of the palace at w

inrble threshold he now alighted, or iawoke, gave a new turn, if not a

nt shock, to all his meditations. Iimipoiis conl-of-arins, carved by the iof some family sculptor, a linudrethousand years gone to tin-dust, heterrible iuipedimeiil to his project >t

ittitge. llalf-dozen grooms and v;grecn-atid gold hahiliiueuts, w!

ight have moved the envy of a raster of the falcons, seemed to him vle giants of old times, and troiibtu,les, appeared to the adventurous knijbo tilled for the love of the, imprisiady Adelitnlas and Corasindas. Ifas when lie followed a wave of thei\tier's hand, and advanced, withlence of an Indian slave, into an a|cut of all but regal luxury, andwn with the, implicitness of a Kr«'iloniatoii.lor every thing else in hris a will of its own.to a table cov<it It tin: elegant profusion of a <l<j<iorthy of the chief cook of a Pariinker, that ho felt the misery of his Isiliou. lly some fatality, which ho\happens to lovers at first sight ci

iv of the calendar, it had never ocetthim to ask the lady's name, ller Inhad absorbed bis inipisitivc fat ultieII. I--

uuemy, mm h ii.im not giv< n iiim Ia-k ;i single question of (Ik* kin.I.It was now noon, and lie was n<>t <

ions that it was not midnight. Tlno accounting for what w o do in <1in J and ho would not have swornhad spoken a syllable, or even dr:

breath since sunrise. lint the ladvinly did not follow his example. Wlishe thought hint oik* <*f tho handsviirsonnges whom s>lio had soon tor «s<110, or not; or whether she was nowon inclined to wish that the intcMcut iiaait mvi' mo" ~tjiow that sometime* succeeded tin* <

t» paleness of a cheek, which 1'hiiglit have modeled in marhlc, gavefas that cottages and (lipids were

ig before her mind's eye. it is corat she exhibited her terrestrial natuie extent of touching the exquisite viat before her, and even of rccoinuiciKem to the abstract of man who plae statue at lior table. Still, lie si|isted, all unconscious, while he gazci!ose twin stars that sparkled in his In. l>nt even drjcHwr* cannot be inlast forever. The lliilans were Inracoling tlnir steeds on the esplanfront of the. palace, and a valet,oidered to the neck, aniiouneod "I« captain's charger was rea ly 11id come to tell the captain that In*shoot within the next live minutes "ii

rami Parade in Ib rlin, his iulelligtuId not have received with greaterise. It fell on his ear like the disclua boiuh.The true way to oscnjie his enihartcut would have been to state the wl,*e fully, and at once; got up, thankvely entertainer for her hospitaiitisli the llulans hanged.devoteairt-niartials to the lower regions.ts leave for Spandau.and implorejrinission, "if he was not shot," to in

veto heron the first opportunity.ie words "stuck in his throat." He i

aide attempt at a speech, which satnim perfectly that Nature had not ini*d him for an orator; received soiii

« i'.l ».. -1 Iio inosi graeenii ncKuowiciigmciiis n

irn that coiil.1 proceed from the rosy

"grace ami Inanity, stool stock still,ihly waiting for more acknowledgtneuti might have sloe.I there until i

lit for a rather abrupt opening ofix>r, ami the entrance of one of thenih into the room. The man Inn>me eager to make way to war. h.iimev's end, for the doiihlu piirp.«i*iug out of the ehilchcs of tho cutnd of being in the lieer-shops ofn. Kvery man has iiis motive, i>ul<l find it out ; and the 11 iil.au nmonalily had as good a right as a mi» cover his panic with the public ennil to reconcile bis love of beer wiMine of his duty.lint t .is vulrr was worth a wholeme of eloquence. The unlucky lieint was saved from all tho emburrietailiug his offence, his arrest, thetin loss of his commission, and the |ble loss ot his lilnil'tv and love togulhe kick with which rlio llnlan'siirew open tlio door, was exprehough, lint his Sclavonic candor se

lie wholo difficulty at once. Heumed "his prisoner" to march wit>*s of time. The gallant officer vv

avo ^la«llv smitten him to the ot>ut the fair lady now claimed all hiration. The light had broke in raoo Maidenly upon her viaion ; amxcossive patents*, and the totteringnth which she reached a sofa em

ritli a thousand tapestried flower*[littering with ormolu, showed thnBit the full etfc-ct of unwelcome suqPrisoner.in arrest.going to Spanrere the few words, which a tongueninutes before eloquent with all theiest forms of human speech, couldrire to utter. The lieutenant had n»lanation to offer, but stood gating nofa and its fair burthen. The I!

I n t nt all in love, and therefore ill posses-1 J hesioii of 11 is senses, took up a flask of chain- forthimikI puisne, and having first tried its merits hy the uthat swallowing a bumper at the side-board, refusiafter presented a glass to the lady. Hut she, f|iiicK* had by this time recovered ali but her as- was tancc toiiishiucnt, and her<piick wit had found theyu"* out the remedy for the young soldier's ill by riir the pick. "Arrest J" said she, in a spirit, half and iaeli- iii.jiiiry and half indignation, which the hdo- brought the color i:i tenfold liveliness to tonislfan |u.r ,-heek."It is impossible. It inii.-t j nuiUin,u' ; not be. Sir, you have rendered my ser j withrand vices too important this day to allow of I He j<this otleiicu to your feelings, and I will the '1hose I 8Uy to justice. Von must permit me to divisiath- ^vllt| 0|j' H courier immediately to my fath- withv,°* er, the Count V'oii Koller." ! hiiustthe The name shot like a twelve pounder Uu-his- i j), Steinforth's heart. That the vety man ! beenwith the frowning face, who had caused sioii vs:,n his being consigned to durance vile, should beenbe the t.-illier of all the cx<plisite colli- J fate uli'1 j miicI < f -< n>il>iht v. sofnn-ss, taper fingers ike fi1 ami ros\ iips ;'*»i 11:111, was next t« im- moiisoval po-sible. \ i.e h.i.i b< r w ord for ii be nok',Ml tlial it was true, w hat was to he done?. j the l»lour \\ !,;it. mi-chief of hlaeker dye could fate rals oghts invent for him' 11 might have preferred divisi,'" 'd his suit to a royal tiger w ith nsmiteh hope j or pe"I |l J as to the impel ions count. Still "there | marc!'i,ir ! might he twenty of the satin- name." l'.ul ! Solct'"> no, the ivory liaml of the lady accidental- chainly p< iutcd at that moment to a picture J threeover the niatith-pieee, and there was the I'reticneh (teller.d himself, in his full uniform, head- thusllu''' inga charge of cavalry against the l urks, hadand as fierce-looking as anv pasha on the (-*rencface ot the globe. It was the veritable' pt<>vi:*l:"' count, with exactly the same visage which force!had commissioned him f« r the dungeon of ju tinv,'v" the Prussian fortress. 11 felt like tl»« .-« atid. i'TV who have the intrc of |>aute'.s tiates of |,j|y ,l-lv il.- | 'ul r/ii fusrinlv Dtpti threw*w"" J ajh rauzo? The sight had tin-efli-el, ln»ws so ,.vcr, of restoring biin to a sense of what ros. ;lime | v\as ifoing.

paveiilie felt that lie had been actually niak-' J|t"M" ing love to this enebaniress during the j jwhole morning, and be. began to perceive t vvbollH'r* that lie had been thus doing bis best to | Q)| xvj' ,a' j make her miserable, if be succeeded.. hour,WM What right bad he, if she bad been lying I°'r" at bis feet, to poison all her future hours ,ivo'ft'* with the rcco.lection f an unlucky subal- plle (nest | who probably tor t' e next half-d07.cn cj^vnine years, would be speculating on the world olt'i,.rand j |f,,m wiiliia a tissue of bars half a font j;|iew, | ihj.-k: or who i» *lm »»« «»n %»'

»«»- .......*"'* roil, and pas-jnirts ot thai ungbtv jail brotj,Icli- j which men call Prussia, must get her |v'li:,s bread hv singing or dancing, begging by j t cline ! .1 1 1 '

mi*' way >ni«*, or punm lung the history **l u., , ||" Ii«t adventures as a warning to all etia- I i .lain *ii " 1,0in«*r« «l mm*!-;»n, . ,'c to .... .

tnl I fchciuforths nature was soft, but it was a))l|.. manly. Hv an elfort which cost him tin- whet

veilIlM,,£ 'K' briefly t**!<l hv ll( | the fair listener that the eonnt was the sj"an|'< n I '"Niiidabie in<li\i*lual who l:a*l |»ut him; wav. under the rough guardianship of the I In- j

nde :|1"' explaining the impossibilityj of his ever repaying her politeness, made had

I his how, without (blowing himself at her micIiem

c'v'"" look the hand that was of- jn<r ,,' fere* I t<> him in farewell, an*l whieh he tell | hesti| trembling in his own, without so miieh as { *-.l iut

touching it w ith his lips. The lady blush- ment. ed deeply, but seemed disinclined to speak Some1114* ,

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| 1.Imt \ivsifsty hau 1 (»,|% md; slie even offered lio ohjeelion to the j jn th,

" J young soldier's departure, hut sat with was i® hands supporting her tbrehea*!, wholly un- *.f Sti

conscious of the pretty disorder which it ! thudli'ole '"'""hived among her tresses. Ami even laid <

j . j when Steiuforlh had It'll ih*- palace, and atteii? stoppe*I on a sinaM green knoll to indulge j pause.

|| in a last view ot its marble facade, he J horsecould see that she only changed her posi- The ]

>r(ion from the sofa to the casement, and more'ke there sat with her forehea*! still leaning j jticatillu't "I""1 ',, r haiel. One indeed, as he was rightI ilesccmling the knoll, she looked up, and calioi

iti *d f?HVe n *'°w wave of her hand, had iAnd never did his bosom swell, ever*®n" As at that simple, mute farewell." jjre w

However, he had gained one point. 1 hat tile".. parting hand made it perfectly itnlilfereiit ^he s

j to hint to w hat corner of the earth he went and 1',r" (or how he went out of it. lie was now and <

ow' ' jhly prepare*I for Spamlau. hadthe I Hntliieday will go on, wSiatever else swellllu- Ini,y linger; and even fell, in colors and and

| |,e- histers that might have charmed any eye I stall!|(js but a lover's tilled with one image which prcln

s. of eclipsed earth ami skies. The miii sank ( his d<...... in a canopy of gold ami crimson Worthy the|;(.'r ot the sultan; and all was the peaceful! a ten

f we lf'ory l'lu autumnal twilight, when a' thereines- r":ir eatuion aid a succession <»|" |>ro;i< 1 dcsirllion spires ami sheet* of tlaiiio shot up r«>uml liiniiu«<* 1horizon. 'l itis bail been the fatal day belieill, . ol I'rttssia.the battle bad been ftHigh I mn'o

at Jena which rivitel the chains ol man

vol- 1'eland, ami smote the kingdom of the failitiHen- Frederick to tin: earth at one stu- liveris of iwndotui blow. A low booming of artil-' brancer- hke thunder muttering in the di*- I liana

>rol>- ,}»nec, had continued during the day, and ']'|t|,,.r bad stimulated tin- alertness of tlic Uulatis 11(.lMM,t i" no slight degree; bill Sleaufortli had tnr<fissive beard nothing, and would have, heard «y,.n0tiled nething less than an earthquake at his |,;lnmm- beels, or nothing hut a volcano, desetbout before his eyes, il' he would have conde- J,jm'ould ccr.ded to regard either. It was now, (|avirth however, undetiiahle; that lli£ French v,.yuft at- wm" 111 advance ut Ilium, and the gram I fromither «j»«-*stion became, liow to escape. The At .n,I her iHilan* hehl a council of war, as no conn tupw,,r °u feoonl has ever decided on ftjvnrcred anyll'f'Jh ""I®* when it decided on run- ftueei and 'nK they turned t« the right aboat, <;arnt she a1"' turned the hridlo of the adjutant's .n(|prise. I>ur*° along with them.j,jH ,

dau" Hut an hour1* wandering convinced the, Ave them that they had mistaken their way; origiprct- and the trampling of cavalry, the clamor tenaon- of voice*, the rolling of geneai riage*, and uttei

o ex- all the other signs of a great military afteiit the coneoame, soon tohl them that they were thatulan, dose to a»tn« largo division of troop*.. 1dm

Ilulans were iiifaiii for Hying; Site, weary of doubt, resolved to exaniilaturc <>f the forces for himself, ajd to follow them. A new uprt:ened their deliberations, and asheir duty to save the king's trou]put the principle «»:U> speedy practiiling oil' Steinforth advanced aloicaching a height which overlookigli road to I.uhee, found, to his iiineiit and sorrow, that the retreatiitude were Prussians, hurrying *all appearance of ruinous defeat.>inedthem without delay, found thiger regiment formed a part of tlon, was received by his comradacclamation, and sable in hand, wiIf again.it all was ruin. The battle h:unaccountably lost and the dispiif the finest army of (iciniany h;as unaccountably suffered, until tlf tbt country was irretrievable. Au trcsses w ere falling at the first sin, and in those there could, of coili>refuge for retreating troops. I'dm-lnravest and most faithful of the <«cii>f i 'rtissia, was at the bead of tluii; and indignant at the wenkuerfidv on ad sides, he resolvedi through the kingdom while he hulier to follow him, and take the la:cs of fighting for bis country. Kdays of perpetual struggle with tlli corps detached in pursuit, tinhurried through the land; but tina more resistless enemy then tlh dragoons. All their magazincs»ions had been burnt; tlicy we

I to live "ii weeds and roofs dug I

fields; famine makes valor tiseletus a filial resource against the indif surrendering on the field, 1'ditchhimself into I.uhee.er one melancholy night of sin> they could find by lying tlnent iii the streets they were rousii break by the tiro of the Fromdcocs tit the gates. The town w

y open, and the battle was earr'nth desperation until noon. At ththe remnant of the cavelrv receivs to make a desperate attemptoil a division of chasseurs, wholiSil tded the principal si root uf t!Siu iil'ortli, weary of life, heard twiih gloomy delight, and givii

ist thoughts to the memory of hers iii arms. The chasseur* instaive way before the impetuousitybarge, and the Prussian sabre dc>le revenge, lint what was toby hundreds against thousands ?trumpet sounded for their letrethe hussars were galloping l»a

i Slieliforth's quick eye was cattfle eoiitliet of a few men in the ITuniform, struggling to make thinto tlie city, and limited downi"hole sw arm of French dragoons. Jwas hot with the action which

ju-t fought, the struggles agaiiodds roused all his feelings, and poiiut i<» his troops the spot ofciieountnek spurs into his charger and plun0 the middle of the fray. A nlater would have been too late.ol the J Tussiatis had be»'ti di»mout

lid an ollicef, already, wounded, w

grasp of a large Frenchman, w]Milling Iii in oil liis lmrse. A swoeiitortli's sahre effectually disqualifyalii for the operation, and anoth>n the ground his comrade, who luipled the same feat. The enon« 1 at this new ussnult, reined up tinami began to look to their rear.Prussianscame on, and after a IV

sahre cuts, Stienforth had the griion of seeing the enemy face to tiabout, and the still higher grati1 of conveying the ofheer whomesened into the city. There, home worn w war going on; a lion1as shattering doors, windows aicanon-shot was rattling throiij

iroots, and the musketry, Prussiablench, from the roofs of the lionswalls, kept up an incessant rotir.wound on the officer's forehead Ine.l his features and covered his fabody with blood, rendering iiiming figure; and it was with some ?iision of Ids dying in his arms tlI'liveier was enabled to earry himliotcl, which had heen converted itiporarv hospital. On their nrii"the wounded man partly reviv

ed to see Stienforth, and thinkifor his gallantry, said that, "usved himself to be dying, lie woi?. one request; and that was, that Iwho had so bravely saved him fr<ig in the enemy's hands, would <

his jiocket book and his dying remcce to Ids daughter, tlio Countess JVon Roller."o nniiio uiiii: n al>< w»L' i»l rii't

now recognized in the disfigured fthe physiognomy of the hattgl

rnl who had been so near consignito min. lint it was impossiblert the father of Juliana, lie satduring that night of dispair, andbreak obtained nn order for his nnee from the city. A* he retnrrHlucher's quarters, lie saw a carri;ling by tlie door of one of the inj were not time* for ceremony, andmeed; to make prize of it for convof the wounded general. Hottgo was tenanted; he opened the drthe first obji'Ct that presented itsellnew, was the old female who had bcompanion of the lady Juliana in tlir.al adventure; the next was theconco ofthe lady Juliana herself, ired almost a scream of joy; whichrwards insisted, was nothing nri an exclamation of surprise at sec! lint the explanation was r

iii- given. Nlii' had been compelled to flyine from thu palace by the approach of theml enemy after the fatal day of Jena, and>ar tlnough a hundred difficulties had takenil refuge at Lilian.', from which she was about[>s, to run into ]>ctimurk within the next fiveL-e, minutes.ic, Sticnforth had then bis story to tell,ed which closed in his bringing General Vonis- Koller from his chamber, placing him inig the carc of his lovely and terrified dnuglijiitro, and seeing them through the gates on. their way to a place of safety, 'Ine look Iat which Julina gave him at parting wouldlie have been worth his dying at her feet..es Hut this was no time for such indulgences. jis The sound of French drums advancing to 1

the attack, and the roar of the Prussianid artillery in the letura, tore him from theI- spot where he would willingly have,d inge.red for a month, or for ever; and after,<> one long gaze in the direction of the flyingdl equipage, he returned sadly to do his dutyii- .and be shot, lie never felt his warlike

enthusiasm at so low an ebb in bis life, nor>r, the dream of love and a cottage so lempic-ing. J tut the storm now raged anew;ii,, blood, lire and bayonets were all that metss his eye for the next six hours, and theto evening fond him with two sabre woundsid and a prisoner; by the general cnpitu'atioust of the army. The pursuit of a mistress isur out of the question w hen a man hasi«> marched three hundred miles in the o[>

vposite longitude; and by the time that theV fair Juliana might be supposed to haveit* reached llolstciu, Steiuforth was on liisof melancholy way to the general depot ofI,. German prisoners, Mayencc. In threeip mouths after, tho forced submission of his.s, unhappy country was pronounced to beir. 'TV.'uc with I'm s'ii,'' ai d l.o, with twmtyor thousand other sons of ill luck, was let

loose to return, and strive, if he liked it.A Flench officer,to whom lie had oncw

ie I rendered some civilities at the Piussiancourt, invited him to accompany him to

.j, 1'aris, and see ro much of the "(franrteas -M""/'," before throwing himself into the.,1 Ncckcr or the Thine. He accepted the.at "'b-r. and on the first evening of his setL'dting foot in that eni]H>riuin of nllthcplcatosures. was gazing at the. crowd of equin,M.ages which carried all the fair and fasli* J|u. j ionable of l'aris to the grand opera; whenlie bis eye glan^d npon one vision fairer to

his ideas than that could Ikj furnished l»yier Pajis or the world ttcside. In a statelynt_ witlt a" officer covered with orders face to0£ race. lie instantly vowed the deatli of

|4]t his rival or of himself, but his belligerent 1he propensities were cooled, on discovering

bv the blaze of the opera portico, as thev . Iat ' "lighted, that his rival was no other than

then thmeral! Slcinfortli too, had l>ecn,jlt j recognized. Von Koller had forgottenas- every tiling, but bis thanks for the affairt.jr at I.uliec; and the lovely Juliana, after a

j,v few attempts to say something congratulalistore, and a total failure, began to jiosthe! P°"c the delight of hearing Catalant for|st that evening, and return at once to theirlt. hotel for the simple purpose of hearing,.r the last news from Prussia!

Tut were they married, as Voltaire usedto ask when lie heard of any of his ne

quaintaneos complaining of their peculiarill luck. That question I cannot answer.!ls 1 leave it among the secrets of tho w orld|lo of romance. As the Persians close their(,j, epistles ; "If 1 am mistaken, I am mistak,.t[en; and the sun is not golden, not tho,.r moon silvery.What can I say more?"

iv Jt-tf' An Irishman, wlio had commencedir building a wall round his lot, of rather un.common dimensions.viz., four feet high,w and six feet thick, was asked the object byit- a friend. "To save repairs, my honey,lie don't you see that if it ever falls down, itli- will be higher than it is now."lie ..

w-1 S*r A Yoting lady of sweet sixteen,v v with blue eves and dark broMn hair, ad- 'i| *

vertices in the I.ouisville Courier for a busband.She speaks French and plays on

,cS the piano. A young tnan who is handAsome and agreeable is all she wanta..'d Money is no object, as sho desires to livo

on love alone.

lat I J-*?" There is nothing beautiful that isto not true. There is nothing true that is notto beautiful. It was in searching for beautyrK' that truth was discovered.

"g » £/" The niorc tenderly and warmly ono" loves, so much more docs he discover in him"l'self defects nitlicr than charms, that render

)tJ) him not worthy of the beloved.

]Z X4T Eyes are the electric telegraph of[.. tli.) heart, that will scud a message any

distance in a language only known to tlioly. two souls who correspond.l5)' S-iT A meeting of the citizcnx of St."g Louis was held on the 18th ult., to ndoptj v measures for aiding in the good work of.t carrying forward to completion, tho mourn-utneut which is now rising at Washington>°d in honor of the father of his Country.

JC-tf A petition is in circulation in Boston,for tho re^wal of the Maine law iu(1,0 Massachusetts.

ftn iMrotiTAKCR or iTTahiho..The lateeceencentric Dr. Mitchell, of New Y' rk. onceicir lecturing in behalf of the Deaf and Dumbun- Institution, illustrate*! the importance of<ho hearing by describing the deplorale condi

hetion which Larami would have been in,tore had he been a deaf man, when the Savioring called Upon hitn to come frrth from th»oon sepulchre.!

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