ck again!' said the girl, 'I flew.'

'Yes,' said Van Brick, 'and so did time; and he got ahead of you about
half an hour. Give me the towels.'

'Si, signore, behold them! See how fine they are! What an elegant fringe
on them; and only twenty-five baiocchi a piece, fringe and all
included.'

Van Brick, at last left in peace, plunged into the bath.

When he came out, he found he had half a scudo to pay for the water,
half a scudo for towels, quarter of a scudo for soap, and another
quarter scudo for a _buono mano_ to the bath-girl. Total, one dollar and
a half.

'Now,' soliloquized Van Brick, as he dressed himself, 'I have an
arithmetical question to solve. If a Roman, by hard scratching, can earn
twenty cents a day, and it costs him twenty-five cents for board and
lodging, how long will it be before he saves up a dollar and a half to
take a bath? But that intelligent maiden will tell me, I know.' He asked
her.

'Signore, the Romans never bathe.'

'You mean the Catholic Romans, for the Pagan Romans didn't do any thing
else.'

'They're all burning up in the _inferno, Seguro_!' said the maiden.

'But they had fifteen aqueducts to keep them cool when they were alive,'
spoke Van Brick.

'_Chi lo sa_. We have three aqueducts, we Romans, and we have more
water, yes, more water than we can--drink.'

'Yes, while there's wine about. _Adio, bella ninfa!_'

GLANCES FROM THE SENATE-GALLERY.

II.

We considered, in the last number of THE CONTINENTAL, some of
the leading orators and statesmen who, in the last Congress, represented
the States now in rebellion against the Constitution. It can not be
denied that, by their secession from the floor of the Senate, that body,
which undoubtedly exhibits the best specimens of American eloquence, was
deprived of several of its fairest ornaments; but we believe that a
consideration of those Senators who remained faithful to the interests
of their country, will discover the fact that in them was displayed at
least equally conspicuous merit in oratory and legislation. A distinct
contrast was discernible between Northern and Southern eloquence; the
latter being of an impulsive and passionate character, unadorned
generally by the graces which mental culture lends to that art, (which
might be inferred from their well-known temperament,) while the former
appears to be more deliberate and thoughtful, indicating by its elegance
and harmony the refining and systematizing influen