The Daily Dispatch: July 6, 1861., [Electronic resource]

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Peculiarities.

--Says Arsene Houseaye, in a late article: ‘"The English, when they have nothing to say, think and smoke; the Swiss drink and smoke; the Germans drink, dream and smoke; the Spaniards lie down in the shade; the Italians in the sun. The French, when they have nothing to say, say nothing; speech is silver, but silence is gold."’