The taste, however, for this sort of laborious trifling has almost passed away; nor do we propose to re-open the subject of cabalistic lettering. Our only purport is to offer a new specimen of its eccentricities, which came upon us recently during a vain attempt to solve certain mysteries, that occupy just now many serious minds. It is commended alike to snappers-up of unconsidered trifles, and to readers who chance to be imbued with a little tinge of superstitious sensitiveness. We strive to hope that, though almost as curious, it is not so unimpeachably appropriate as the one quoted above. The name, so much in men's mouths, "Louis Napoleon Bonaparte," may by this method be converted into, _An open plot--arouse, Albion_! A WELL KNOWN DOCUMENT, _Very Slightly Paraphrased_. A comparison of the following lines, with the original American Declaration of Independence, will show that the earnest and impassioned language of real life is sometimes closely assimilated to blank verse. When, in their course, human events compel One people to dissolve the social bands That linked them with another, and to take Among the powers of the Earth that station, Equal and separate, to which the laws Of Nature and of Nature's God, by right, Entitle them--respect to the opinions Of fellow men calls on them to declare The causes, which have rendered necessary Such separation. We, then, hold these truths To be self-evident: That all mankind Are equal, and endowed by their Creator With certain unalienable rights: That amongst these are Life, and Liberty, And the Pursuit of Happiness: That men, To make these rights available and safe, Have instituted Governments, deriving Their lawful power from the free consent