;ar ~: hnuaania) • wicDNIEDAT $. Fi,ll I "l i n, dc- O. X. STEIN MAN IL G. Siarrir TERMS—Two Dollars per annum, payable all cues in advance. Tux Lariats=xr. DAILY DlTX:mozNoire. Is published every evening, Sunday excepted, at $5 por Annum in advance. .. .I . OFFIC7E-13ourawasi corona?. or Czavaz SQUARE. ratg. AN ENIGMA. 0, all who love marvels, come look well atlne I'm the strongest Enigma yon ever did see; • ' The Chamelou's true color, you all- will agree, Is more easy to catch than the real hueof Now red as a lobster, Just boiled to a turn, /u a deep• glowing furnace of blushes I burn; Now white as -the loam of the rock-kissing wave, I stalk like a spectre fresh loosed from the grave. Gay, sad; gentle, fierce; wise; foolish; sharp green; Enticing, provoking; storm-troubled, serene; Proud, humble; harsh, mild; now noble, now menu; huch a cento of qualities never was seen. Without me the world were a desert, God knows; Without me this life were bat perfect repose; But for me earth were Heaven—descrrlbe me • who can, Half demon, half ang.2l, and more than half man. I was born to be ruled, yet I govern mankind, Though weak is my body and weaker my mind; The monarch whose frown e'en the bravest might diead, At my met as a suppliant bows his proud head; The tyrant to whom all the world knelt in awe, The hum blest of slaves owned my fancy as law; Unarmed, I have crushed whole armies' vast might, And the conquests of yeais have regained in ono night, Though such be my power, yot am I not free, Fur a despot's caprice plays the lord over mos ; No man, no, nor woman, this Thing without breath, Enslaves my whole life and ensnares mo to _ death'. I smile RA around mu I wind the foul cintin, And stifle with laughter the crier of my pain How bideolui sneer be the shape It commands I obey; and deform myself as It demands. To this Idol of wire, and tinsel pod paint I bow down and worship as holiest saint; Though both body and soul corrupted mus grow By Ile pestilent Influence, yea, though I know That Ita service le death all mind and all heart, Yet no effort I make from this service to part. ontuhatek. giterm. The Man on the Iceberg " It is a man !" said the captain, hand ing -his telescope to the mate, after a long, steady look ; " and he seems frozen hard and fast to the side of the iceberg." " Keep her away !" cried the skipper. " So—o—o. •" Steady !" and by thus altering our course we brought the ice berg right ahead. The iceberg had been in sight since the weather cleared at midnight, when It looked like some high rocky head land, except that, by watching the bright stars behind It, we could see its gigantic outline swayiug solemnly and majestically up and down. There was something sublimely grand in the slow stately movement of such a mass. There it floated, large enough, had it been land to have been the dwelling place of hundreds of human beings. The lower part was of so dark a purple as to look almost black ; but, higher up, it shaded off to a bright azure, then to a light pale green, while on its lofty summit were long slender spir,s and pinnacles, and pieces of thin transparent ice, worked into all manner of fantastic forms, and either of a crystal whiteness, or tinted with a beautiful pale pink. There were hays and proinontories, caves and grot tos, hills and dells, with every variety of light and shade. The island was al most equally divided by a great valley running through its centre. This was half filled with snow, which, thawing slowly in the sun, farmed the source of a waterfall, at a height so great that it was blown and scattered into fine rain before it reached the sea. Around its base—on which the sea was breaking with a noise less booming and more mu sical than when it dashes on the solid shore; was a broad band of frozen spray which glittering in the sunshine, and looked like the silver setting of an enormous sapphire. Not far from the top, and on the side nearest to us, was a vast, smooth, glassy plane, inclining steeply towards the sea, and terminating abruptly in a tremen dous overhanging precipice., In the very centre of this plane, those among us who had good eyes could see a small black spot. It was at this the captain had been peering through his glass, when ho said. "It is a man !" Every glass in the ship was in re quisition, and every eye strained to wards one point. The excitement be came almost frantic, when one of the watchers suddenly exclaimed that he saw the man move his hand. We approached; so near at last that the plateau above, and its dread object were hidden from view by the brink of the precipice itself, which seemed as if about to roll over and 'crush us. We sailed along its side, frequently lying to, to explore each nook and corner as we passed. The farther end of the is land, when we rounded it, presented quite a new feature; the base was sap ped away and undermined for about half a mile by a succession of low cav ernous hollows, extending inward far ther than we could see, while the sea, rushing in and out tumultuously, made the peat-up air within howl and whistle like a hurricane. Altering our course again, we steered almost due west under the southern side, whereas vast shadow spread out far and wide over the ocean, It now looked even grander, darker, more fear inspiring than before, with the sun beaming over its rugged crest, or shining through the thinner parts, and showing all the priamatic colors of the rainbJw. The form of the ice-island was that of au irregular triangle, and in about five hours we had sailed com pletely round it.' But there was no single point at which any boat could have lauded, even if it had been a dead calm, and the sea as still as a mill pond ; much less in such a heavy surf as was then , foaming and creaming all around No sign of a living thing was seen, accepting one great sleepy seal, that had crept into a hole just above water murk, and lay there as if he were in comfortable quarters. No sign of boat, or spar, or wreck. It was a picture of utter desolation. We hove-to again, at the,-nearest point from which the man upon the iceburg could be seen. He lay ou his back with one arm folded in an unusual manner under his head, the whole attitude be— ing one of easy repose; indeed, had it not been for the marbly look of his face and hands, we could have fancied that he was sleeping soundly. He was cloth• ed as one of the better class of seamen in rough blue pilot-cloth, with large horn buttons; he had no hat, and by his side lay a small boat hook, to which was tied a strip of red woolen stuff, ap parently a piece of the same which he wore round his neck. This, no doubt, the poor fellow had intended planting on the heights as a signal. In such a thin, clear atmosphere, with tue aid of a powerful telescope, even his features might be plainly traced, and his iron grey hair seen moving, in the wind. The second mate stoutly declared that he recognized the man—he was quite sure of it—an old chum and shipmate of his, with whom he had Bailed many a long voyage, and some part of whose wild, varied history, he told us the next evening. What seemed to convince him more than anything, was the peculiar way in which the dead man's arm was stowed away under his head—his old shipmate always slept so, even in his hammock. Numerous and strange were the con jectures and remarks made by officers and men.. Who and what was he? How long had he been there? How did he get there? The geileral conclusion was that he was one of the crew of some ves sel wrecked upon the Iceberg ,itself, of which no vestige remained. " Yes, enough," said one of the sail ors; " she run into 'the ice in the dark, and went down like a stone, same as we may have done any time his last six weeks." " Perhaps he was aloft when she struck and got pitched up where he is now." " As like to be pitched Into the moon." rejoined another, contemptuously.— " Why, that there precipice is three times as high as the tautest mast ever rigged." ." - Perhaps, now," suggested a third, "It's some awful cruel skipper, who's been a hazing and ill-using of his crew till they couldn't bear with It no longer and was drove to mutiny ; and put him ashore there, aK alone, to die by himself so as they should not have his blood up on their hands ;.or, may be he was a murderer, or a Yankee slave-keeper." "Ah, Bill," growled out a previous speaker, "you've always got a good wor to say for every one, you have.", It was a very old man who spoke neit, one who was looked up to as a great au thorny on all such matters, although he was 'usually remirkittly..oolturn, and would I.never enter into an argument. He quietlyeleposited his quid in his hat; and, authlirWas;tdwaye done , prepare. r.a-4,4-,s••• , r.v :^P , rtn , 5t , 2:•,...;_... F T - wz-n-_ , - , 4 " ,, ---- 7:":11:- , -.." 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It you look away yonder—there--just thig side of that high point like a church steeple, only lower down, there's a place' looks darker than the rest. Now, it's just there I expect that a great-plecehas broken off and drifted .away; and I calculate 'twas lower and more shelving oif—not so steep and rocky-like as it is now. 'Twas theredhat the poor chap was cast ashore from ship or boat. "M was trying to make his way up to the heights to take a look round, and hoist a signal, when he lay down and went to sleep, and never woke again; only, where he is now, you see, must have been covered with snow then, or he couldn't have kept his footing." Having said thus much, he replaced the quid in his mouth, and spoke no more. There was no earthly use in waiting longer, and yet the captain seemed loth to give the order to fill and bear away. If the poor fellciw had a spark of life in him he would have moved before this, for it's six 4: seven hourisince we first saw him. But if he did move, it would only be to slide down over the precipice, for no living thing could keep a footing on such a slope as that. And if there are any more of them, we should have seen them before this time, al though we could never get them off if we did." Then pausing suddenly in his walk on the quarterdeck, he gave an order to get a gun ready forward, and pres ently came the answer : " All ready with the gun, air." " Fire." In a few seconds the echo of the loud report resounded from the icy wall ; for another instant all was still,' and then came a noise like a rattling of loud thun der, proceeding from the centre of the berg. The danger of our proximity to this vast object now became more and more apparent, and all sail was made to *get a good oiling. But we had barely pro ceeded a quarter of a mile when the same noise was heard again, only loud er, more prolonged, and accompanied by a rending, crushing sound, the in tensity and nature of which is perfectly indescrible. The vast island was part ing in the middle, down the course of the deep valley before mentioned ; and slowly and majestically the eastern half rolled over into the sea, upheaving what hail been its base, in which were imbed ded huge masses of rock covered with long sea-weed. The other part still re— mained erect, but was swaying to and fro, as if it must also capsize- This convulsion caused less foam and turmoil than might have been supposed, but raised a wave of such tremendous mag nitude, that when it reached our ship she seemed about to be overwhelmed by a rolling mountain of water higher than our mast-heads. The good ship rose upon its crest, and before again sinking into the hollow, we saw the man upon the iceburg—still in the same posture— glide,swiftly down theslippery incline— shoot over the edge of the precipice, and plunge into the raging surf. A sensation of inexpressible relief was experienced by all ; it had seemed so dreadful to sail away and leave him there, unburied and alone ; now, at any rate, we had seen the last of hilt. Patrick Henry BY JAMES PARTON It is common to speak of Patrick Henry as a person unlike any other who ever existed, as though the gift of ora tory were something exceedingly rare. It is rare indeed to possess it in such ii degree ; but I am inclined to think that America hasproduced many men resem bling Patrick Henry in everything but the greatness of his talent. Among the religious sects which employ and en courage their members to exercise what ever gifts for public exhortation they may possess, we frequently find unlet tered men who have an astonishing flow of language and not unfrequently, a command of imagery that strikes the hearer with amazement. Patrick Henry was merely the greatest of our natural orators. He was born in Virginia, in the year 1736. His father was a Scotchman, who emigrated to Virginia in early life, and exercised in the colony the joint occu pations of planter, schoolmaster, and surveyor. Neither he, nor his wife, nor any other of their nine children exhib ited any particular talent, for oratory, composition, or conversation. Never theless, such a talent had existed in the family. A brother of Patrick Henry's mother was a fine natural orator, al though unknown out of his native county. It is said of this gentleman that, during the French war, after Brad dock's defeat, when the militia were called out to defend the frontiers, he ad dressed them with an eloquence never equalled in Virginia except by his illus trious nephew. The father of Patrick Henry, on the contrary, was a plain, solid kind of man, not fluent in speech nor gifted - with imagination. There is another common error with regard to this orator. He is supposed to have owed all his celebrity and suc cess to a natural gift, and to have been in no degree indebted to education. It is true that he was an idle boy and a careless young man. The father, when Patrick was ten years of age, opened a school In his own house, in which the boy acquired a little Latin, learned the Greek alphabet, and made some profic iency In arithmetic and geometry. It is said, however, that he was too fond of hunting and shing to avail himself of the advantages which his father's school afforded. When the bell rang for school in the morning, he was rare ly to be found. He was away in the woods with his gun, or on the banks of a stream with his fishing rod ; and in these sports he would spend weeks at a time, unchecked by his father's author ity. He appeared to love idleness for its own sake. His school-fellows fre quently observed him under the shade of a tree, watching the cork of his fish ing -rod for hours without getting a bite, and yet without tiring of the monotony, He liked to be alone in hie sports, though fond of society at other timh. We are told, however, that in the midst of his young companions he often sat silent, appearing to be occupied only with his own thoughts, while, in reality, he was paying close attention and reflecting deeply on the character of the speakers. His early friends could not recollect that he had ever given the least sign of talent in his youth or early manhood. They remembered him as having been coarse in his appearance; awkward in his manners slovenly in his dress, plain in his conversation hating study, and wholly given up to idleness and pleas.; ure. At the same time, they concurred in reporting that he was a constant and deep student of human nature. He habitually reflected upon the motives which govern mankind In general, as well as upon those which governed each individual of his acquaintance. When he was fifteen years of age, his father, burdened with the support of a large family, placed this wayward and unpromising son as a clerk in a country store, and a year after, set him up in business with a small stock of goods, associating with him one of his elder brothers. This elder brother, it appears, was more idle than Patrick, and threw the whole burden of the business upon ttiejunior partner. The drudgery of the store soon became. intolerable to him, , and as he trusted every one who asked credit, a single year sufficed to bring the brothers to bankruptcy. • It appears, however, that the future statesman did not wholly waste his time during this year of storekeeping. He learned to play on the flute and violin. He acquired, too,, a relish for reading. But his chief employment was still the study of human character. Whenever a company of his neighbors met In the store on Saturdays—e day formerly con secreted to "loafing ir the South—he .delighted to set them talking, and then to stand by quietly noting the character and manner of each individual. It is said that sometimes he would relate an anecdote, drawn from his reading or , 1 from his imagination; and; While ex citing in the minds of his liateners pity, terrori anger; or' contempt, he would ' watch the 'Afferent modes in which each map expressed these_ passions: This was an excellent preparation for the 1 1 career before him, but it did not con duce to the prosperity of a country store; and thus, as I have said, it came to an end In Waive months, At eighteen, without possesaing a d. ah . aore iPti*Att#4:o47lo(- totsaing, iniprulleneei or-Marrying a girralspixor as himaelf..r Ittit4was - oney to iive ' m.Virginis '. s hundredyearsago.. The parents ofthti A g rprtrdent pairgaVe thernot'.a small farin, and lent' them one or two slava, andthefuture ciratorprii seeded to extraet - living' from the soil:. He wags farmer fortwoye,ani,and, at the end of-that, time, being 'totally unsuccessful and _completely:discour aged; he sold his farrn'and again set up a store; resuming, also, his' fiddle, hie flute, his books, and his study of human kind. Sopareleas Was he aids business, that, many a time, he . shut_up hie store and spent the whole day in hunting. Mr. Wirt, his biographer, tells us, howeVer, that, from year to year, his mind appeared to make a steady ad vance; which wasshown by the superior character of the books he read. He is said to have studied geography, the history ,and charters of Virginia, but, especially, the history aid literature of Greece and Rome. Atrimslation of the Roman historian, Livy, was the work which had most to do with the forma tion of4ils mind and the coloring of his oratory. Ills second attempt to keep a storedid not result in immediate failure; his ruin, this time, was more gradual and more complete. After five years his proper ty was gone, and be had for his wife and children neither home nor means of support. He then went to live with his wife's father, who kept a tavern, and assisted him in entertaining his guests. No man could perform such an office more agreeably. Mr. Jefferson, who happened to meet him at this period of his life, records thathis spirits were in no degree affected by his misfortunes. "During the festivity of the Christ mas season," writes Mr. Jefferson, "I met him in society every day, and we became well acquaintedsalthough I was much his junkir, being then in my seventeenth year, and he a married man. His manners bad something of coarseness in them • his passion was music, dancing and Pleasantry. He ex celled in the last, and it attached every one to him. Mr. Henry had, a little be fore, ,broken up his store, or rather it had broken hitwup ; but his misfor tunes were not to be traced either in his countenance or conduct." Being thus without resources, this singular man suddenly resolved to enter the profession of the law. In the pre paratory study he is said to have spent six weeks, and then went to Richmond to procure a licence to practice. In those days In Virginia a licence to prac tice law had to be signed by three mem bers of the legal profession, and this was no small difficulty in the case of the present applicant. More than one lawyer refused his signature, point blank. But others, perceiving that he was a man of talent, and won by his promise of future study, signed his licence, and launched him upon a new career. At this time. it is said, he was so ignorant of his profession, that he could notdraw the most common paper, and was unacquainted with the mode of beginning a suit in a justice's court. For two of three years after his admis sion, he did not earn money enough to supply his family with food, and they continued in a state of dependence. Hi his twenty-seventh year the talents of this extraordinary person were re vealed to his neighbors, suddenly, and in all their splendor. In a suit between the clergy and their parishioners, touch• ing the amount of their compensation, there being no other lawyer available at the moment, Patrick Henry was re— tained, and retained, too, on the popular side, with which he warmly sympa thized. His own father was on the bench near the presiding judge. The Court House was crowded. More than twenty clergymen of the Church of England, the most learned men in the colony, were present. A large number of the people, who had been familiar with Patrick Henry from his youth up, attended from curiosity to hear how such an eccentric genius would comport himself on an occasion so grave and im portant. "He rose very awkwardly," says Mr. Wirt, " and faltered very much in his exordium. The people hung their heads at so unpromising a commencement; the clergy were observed to exchange sly looks with each other ; and his father is described as having almost sunk with con fusion from his seat. But these feelings were of short duration, and soon gave place to others of a different character. For now were those wonder ful faculties which he possessed for the first time developed ; and now was first witnessed that mysterious and almost supernatural transformation of appear ance which the fire of his own eloquence never failed to work in him. For, as his mind rolled along, and began to glow from its own action, all the outside of the clown seemed to shed itself spon taneously. His attitude by degrees be came erect and lofty. The spirit of his genius awakened all his features. His countenance shone with a nobleness and grandeur. which it had never before ex hibited. There was a lightning in his eye which seemed to rive the spectators. His action became graceful, bold; and commanding; and in the tones of his voice, more especially in his emphasis, there was a peculiar charm, a magic, of which any one who ever heard him will speak as soon as he is named, but of which no one can give any adequate description." His triumph was complete and won derful. The jury gave him a verdict without deliberation, and the people seized their champion and carried him out of the court-house on their shoulders while the tears ran down his father's cheeks. From this time to the end of his life, Patrick Henry was one of the foremost men of his native province. After a brilliant career at the bar, he was elect ed to the Legislature, where his well known speeches, familiar now to every schoolboy, gave Virginia to the Revo lution. He served conspicuously in the first Congress, and was afterwards elect ed Governor of Virginia. To the last of his life he was averse to study, and extravagantly fond of the sports of the field. He lived to his six ty-third year, dying on the sixth of June, 1799. He was twice married, and was the father of fifteen children, six by his first wife and nine by his second. Eleven of his children survived him, and one of them was living a very few years a- o, and may be living still. Owing to some fortunate purchases of land, he left a large estate to be divided among his Children. At all periods of his life he was a perfectly temperate and moral man; and in his mode of living, as well as in his manners and appearance, there was always much of the rustic. In pub lic, as well as in private, he exhibited all the politeness of the Old Dominion, and was observed in his public addresses always to speak of his opponents with the most marked respect. One of his worst faults, it is said, was an excessive love of money, which grew upon him In his old age, and tempted him to some modes of acquisition which were strictly legal but not strictly honorable. To the public he was in all situations a faithful, able and devoted servant. A Liberal Education "That man, I think, has had a liberal education," says Professor Huxley, "who has been so trained In youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is capa-- ble of: whose intellect Is a clear,. cold, logic-engine, with:all its parts of equal strength, and in smooth worling order; ready, like a steam-engine, to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gos samers as well as forge the anchors of the mind; whose mind is stored with a knowledge of the great and fundamen tal truth s of nature and of the laws of her operations ; one who, nostunted ascetic, is full of life and fire, but whose, pas sions are trained to come to heel by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has leferned to love all beauty, whether of nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself. "Stich a one and no other, I conceive, has had a 'liberal education ; for he is, as completely as a man can be, in har mony with nature. He will make the best of her, and she of him. They will get on together rarely; she as his bene floient mother ; 'he as her mouthpiece, her conscious self, her minister and in terpreter." Four men were killed, and two were scalped alive by ',Akins, near Fort McPher son, on Tuesday. The Pitt River Indians recently murdered five whites in Long Val. toy, Islevada.. In Arizona, ad the 4th, a mail party was attacked by Indians, and two of the escort and two Indians were killed. ro.NcAsTp:a .P:24 . ..]:? - o.lgoltsilgo.A.Pign 29.1868 the 'hlatt"lhiliqaa ' On Saturday 'night 'Charles Dickens was entertained -by : the ''iliesirer the lliiiteill3tateilaitijgrand banquet, Many "of the most distingUilthed newspaper men of the country Were prialent Horace Greeley. -pmilded; and on introducing Mr. -Dickens made "a, hippy speech, to which the celebraied 'guest responded as follows : GENTI,E2dEsT: I cannot do better than take my. cue froth 4ionr distinguished President, and refer in my firstremarks to his remerksin Connection with the old, natural association between you and Me. WhenT reeeived an 'invitation from a Titivate association of working members of the Press of New York to dine with them to-day, I accepted that compliment in grateful remembrance of a calling that was once my own and in loyal sympathy toward a brotherhood which, in spirit, I have never quitted. [" Good," "Good."] To the wholesome training of severe newspaper work, when I was a very young man, I con stantly refer my first successes ; and my sons will hereafter testify of their father that he was always steadily proud of that ladder by which he rose. [Great cheering.] If it were otherwise, I should have but a very poor opinion of their father, which, perhaps, upon the whole, I have not. [Laughter and cheers.] Hence, gentlemen, under any circum stances, this company would have been exceptionally interesting and grati fying to me. But whereas I sup posed that, like the fairies' pavilion in the Arabian Nights., it would be but a mere handful, and I find it turn out, like the same elastic pavilion, capable of comprehending a multitude, so much the more 'proud am I of the honor of being your guest; for you will readily believe that the more widely represen tative of the Press in America my en tertainers are, the more I - must feel the good will andi the kindly sentiments toward me of that vast institution. [Applause.] Gentlemen, so much of my voice has lately been heard in the land, and I have, for upwards of four hard winter months, so contended against. what I have been sometimes quite admirably assured was "a true American catarrh"—[laughter]—a pos session which I have throughout high ly appreciated, though I might have preferred to be naturalized by any other outward and visible means ; [renewed laughter] I say, gentlemen, so much of my voice has lately been heard that I might have been contented with troub ling you no further 'from my present standing-point, were it not a duty with which I henceforth charge myself, not only here but on every suitable occa sion, whatsoever and wheresoever, to express my high and grateful sense of my second reception in America, and to bear my honest tes timony to the national generosity and magnanimity. [Great applause.] Also, to declare how astounded I have .been by the amazing changes that I have seen around me on every side, changei moral, I changes physical, changes in the amount of land subdued andcultivated, changes in the rise of vast new cities, changes in the growth of older cities al most out of recognition, changes in the growth of the graces and amenities of life, changes in the Press, without whose advancement no advancement can take place anywhere. [Applause.] Nor am I, believe me, so arrogant as to suppose that in five and twenty years there have been no changes in me, and that I had nothing to learn and no extreme im pressions to correct when I was here first. [Applause.] And, gentlemen, this brings me to a point on which I have, ever since I landed here last No vember, observed a strict silence, how ever tempted sometimes to break it, but in reference to which I will, with your good leave, take you into my confidence now. [" Go on." "Go on• '] Even the Press, being human, may be sometimes mistaken or misinformed, and I rather think that I have in one or two rare in stances known its information to be not perfectly accurate with reference+ to my self. [Laughter and applause.] Indeed, I have now and again been more surprised by printed news that I have read of my self, than by any other printed news that I have read in my present state of existence. [Laughter.] Thus, the vigor and perseverance with which I have for some months past been collecting ma terials for, and hammering away at a new book on America, have much as tonished me; [renewed laughter;] see ing that all that time it has been per fectly well known to my publishers on both sides of the Atlantic that I posi tively declared that no consideration on earth should induce me to write one. [Laughter.] But what I have intended, what I have resolved upon, (and this is the confidence I seek to place in you,) is, on my return to England, in my own English journal, manfully, promptly, plainly, in my own person, to bear, for the behoof of my countrymen, such tes timony to the gigantic changes in this country as I have hinted at to-night. [Applause.) Also to record that where ever ever I have been, in the smallest places equally with the largest, I have been received with unsurpassable politeness, delicacy, sweet temper, hospitality and consideration, and with unsurpassable respect for the privacy daily enforced upon me by the nature of my avocation here and the state of my health. [Ap plause.] This testimony eo long as I live, and so long as my descendants have any legal right in my books, I shall cause to be republished, as an ap pendix to every copy of those two books of mine in which I have referred to America. [Tdmultuousapplause.] And this I will do and cause to be done, not in mere love and thankfulness, but because I regard it as an act of plain justice and honor. [Bravo, and cheers.] Gentlemen, the transition from my own feelings toward and in terest in America to those of the mass of my countrymen, seems to be a nat ural one; but whether or no, I make it with an express object. I was asked in this very City, about last Christmas time, whether an American was not at some disadvantage in England, as a foreigner! The notion of an American's being regarded in England as a foreign er at all, of his ever being thought of or spoken of in that character, was so un commonly incongruous and absurd to me that my gravity was for the moment quite overpowered. As soon as it was restored, I said that for years and years past I hoped I had had as many Ameri can friends, and received as many American visitors as almost an English man living, and that my unvarying ex perience, fortified by theirs, was that it was enough in England to be an American to be received with the readiest respect and recognition anywhere. Thereupon, out of half-a dozen people, suddenly spake out two, one an American gentleman with a cultivated taste for art, who, finding himself on a certain Sunday outside the walls of a certain historical English castle, according to the strict rule of the establishment on that day, but who on merely representing that he was an American gentleman, on his travels, had not only the picture gallery, but the whole castle placed at his immedi ate disposal. [Laughter.] The other was a lady who, being in London and having a great desire to see a particular museum, was assured by the English family with whom she stayed that it was impossible, because the place was closed for a week, and she had only three days to remain. Upon that lady's going to the museum, as she assured me, alone, self-introduced as an Ameri can lady, the gate flew open, as it were, magically. I am unwil lingly bound to add that the lady certainly was • young_ and extremely pretty. [Laughter.] Still, the porter of that institution is:of an obese habit, and, according to the best of my obser vation of him, not very impressible. [Great laughter and cheering.] Now, gentlemen, I refer to these trifles as a collateral assurance to you that the En glishman who shall humbly strive, as I hope to do, to be in EnglandUs faithful to America as to England herielf, has no previous conceptions to contend tt, gainat. ["Good!' " Good !"] Points of difference there have been, points of difference there are;points of dif fercence there probably always will be between the two great peoples. But broadcast in England is sown the senti ment that those two peoples are essent tially one, [great applause], and that it rests with them jointly to uphold the great Anglo-Saxon race, to which our President has referred, and all its great achievements before the world. [Bravo.] If I know anythingof my countrymen, and they give me credit for knowing something, if I know anything .or my countrymen, gentlemen, the English heart Erstirred by the flutterinircif those Stara and Stripes, as it is stirred by no other At* that own: - 111 liti "' relation &nu: trynieiHielni-‘nyand 'every relation to : - ward - Amortithey begin, - not as' Bir. AnthonyA luterecoMlnend6dleveis begin,, with' , " a little. avernicm," bat with a great liking and a Profound re" apect ; and whatever the little sensitive tress of the moment, or the little official passion, or the littleofflcial policy, now, or then, or here, or there, may be, take my word for it, that the first, enduring, great popular consideration in England is a generous construction. of justice. [Bravo.] Finally, gentlemen, and I say this subject to your correction, I do believe that from the great majority of ' honest minds on both sides, there 'can not be absent the conviction that it would .be better for this globe to be riven by an earthquake, fired by a comet, overrun by an icebergoind abandoned to the Arctic fox and bear, than that it should present the spectacle of these two great nations, each of whom has, in its own way, and hour, striven so hard and so successfully for freedom; ever again being arrayed the one against the other. [Tumultuous applause, the whole company standing up and cheer ing again and again.] Gentlemen, I cannot thank your President enough, or you enough, for your kind reception of my health and of my poor remarks; but believe me, I do thank you with the utmost fervor of which my soul is capable. [Loud applause.] A Misanthropic Bon of Napoleon Bona parte Ina Parisian Hovel. The death of the Countess Leon, Countess de Luxembourg, once the glass of evil fashion and the mold of immoral form, has been regaled as an event dur ing the week, perhaps for want of a bet ter. The history of the lady would be possessed of no greater element of in terest than that already usurped by one or two of the sisterhood, were it not that she enjoyed the additional privilege of having been proclaimed " The second Empress of the first empire !" Denelle Leonle Laplaigne, who has just died In obscurity, was once, indeed, the second lady in the land, Her story belongs to its own time, and has naught to do with ours, and must, therefore, be judged ac cording to the standard by which we are want to measure the heroines of the novels of that day. The great Napoleon had his little moments like ordinary mortals, and in one of these he consented to honor the establishment he had founded at Saint Denis for daughters of members of the Legion of Honor, and of which he had just made the highly respectable Madam Campan, the lady President. The visit was made upon a solemn occassion. The hero had just returned from one of his great campaigns, and all honor was of course to be exhibited to thevictor. And when be entered the great gates and behind the immense colonnade all lined with fair young girls attired in white, each holding a wreath of laurel to be thrown at his feet, instead of thefrowsy old monks, armed with their brown old breviaries, for whom all this rare marble and chiseled stone had been invested in the origin, it can not create wonder that his heart should have been moved, and thrtit it should have been open to the first soft impression which afforded. This was soon produced, for at the end of the colonnade there stood the fairest girl of all, chosen by cunning old Cam pan for her grace and beauty, holding in her uplifted hands a crown of fresh green laurel just cut from the bushes in the garden. This crown was to be dropped upon the bust of the great man, all gilt, as he drew near ; but whether the fair girl had not sufficiently well rehearsed her part, or whether she had rehearsed it too well, is not known ; but, instead of performing the movement according to the programme, the beautiful Leonie remained, as if transfixed, with her arms extended, showing their beautiful rounded form to the best advantage, and her complexion displaying the most dazzling tints beneath the fresh green laurel wreath. Little reeked the hero at that moment'of All the homage to his fame and glory to be exhibited by the girls of Saint Denis. He gazed upon the beautiful Leonie for a moment, while she sank at his feet as if in con fusion at the complete fiasco she had made of the scene prepared beforehand. Madame Campan's tact and cleverness, besides Madame Campan's entire devo tion to the Bonapartes, which quite equaled her entire devotion to theßour bons, sharpened her sagacity ; and soon after the lovely Leonie La Plaigne had disappeared from Saint Denis and was transplanted to the genial regions of the Chaussee o'Autin. The functions of the new favorite were not, however, confined to the mere task of pleasing her master, but she was deemed a fitting instrument to as sist in the great work then going for ward. " Leonia Is fitted only for ex pense and display," writes the Emperor to Fouche. " She must be employed to receive the secondary class of diplo mates and attaches suns aveu„,whose , resenee would not be desirable at the uilleries, and who, nevertheless, must be permitted to clamor for amusement. Let the Countess Leonie, therefore, be permitted to spend as much as ever she may choose upon her suppers and re ceptions. Remember that. they are given by me, and are intended to rep resent a far greater value than ten fold their cost." And thus was Leonia La Plaigne placed in a position of the most dazzling brilliancy—more responsible than that of the Empress herself, her diamonds more brilliant, her equipage more splendid, and her attractions to her salon much greater. She had given birth to a son, more over, which circumstance, to a woman of any ambition or genius, would have opened a new horizon ; but Leonie was unfortunately weak and frivolous, caring for nothing but the passing mo ment, and went through her career of mad extravagance without one thought of the morrow, until the'downfall of her' Imperial lover drove her:into obscurity, into which she sank deeper and deeper still, until we find her dying of actual privation, self-imposed, it is true, for the Second Empire which had found her in want had generously accorded her a pension sufficient for her main— tenance. But the lesson taught by ad versity had acted upon her weak mind with such intensity that the dread of starvation had seized upon her imagina tion and become the idee fixe in which she indulged. After the reckless ex penditure of her youth, the abject poverty of her old age conveys a moral which possesses some value. Her son, known by the name of Count Leon, shares with Count Waleski the honor of being the acknowledged off spring of the great Napoleon. The like ness he bears to his imperial father Is so striking that he has more than once been accosted in the street by artiste who, presuming upon his ragged appearance, have imagined that he would, be happy to earn a living by a model for the bat tle pieces always in hand for the Gov ernment. It is not long since the in triguers of the Tuileries were anxious to set up a rival against the intriguers of the Palate Royal, but they found the Count impracticable. He had quarreled with the dynasty in 1852, had set him self up as a Red Republican candidate for the election at St. Deals, where he resides, and had hinted inhisprofession , de foi at the possibility of being named as President of the-Republie. Of course, at this pretension the em bryo Emperor expressed himself thor oughly disgusted, and, declining all further communication With his degen erate cousin, left him to the obscure fate for which it is but too apparent he was intended. The Count, turnedmis anthrope,-lives in a village on the banks of the Canal de'Oureg, near St. Dente, in a mud hut, likes dethroned monarch of the olden time. The gentlemen who waited on him to make propositions on-. the part of the cabal at the uilleries on the occasion above alluded to, express themselves greatly shocked at the state of destitution visible in the household arrangements of Napoleon's son ; but their condolences were received with defiance by the Imperial Thnon, and they were bidden to watt until the host had finished frying the fish - for his breakfast in such very gruff terms that they scarce had courage enough to fulfill . their errand. Perhaps Count Leon had been wait ing all these years for.this one delicious moment, for it is certain that when the gentlemen unfolded the errand with which they were charged, he started forth into aburst ofsuchrude eloquence,- so completely in accordance with the wildecene, the low-roofed peasant's hut, the staghant waters, the denuded state 9f the whole dwelling, that they rushed from the place, not in fear of. the iron with which the host pursued them. to the gate, hot in actual dismay at the . eighta:fall the *Won So long pent tip -in the man's bosom, and which fohnd its vent-en this occasion. Nevertheless; . Count Leon is the Einperor's cousin. His mother was friendly with Queen liciitense,, and much of their gay youth was ,spent "together.. Overtures- have been made to assume the charge orthe children, of- whom no less than five figure in -the invitations to the funeral of theirgrtuulmother, the Countess de Luxemlmurg. ... . But the refusal has always beenmore sharp and premptory than even that returned to the offers of assistance, for himself. 'lsm a proletaire, and so shall my children remain,' is all the answer obtained from the obstinate misanth rope • and he goes onyeedinetheXamily with the result of his shootingand fish ing, while his wife cooks, washes, makes andmends, in order to keep thechildren docent to attend school. Count Leon has. been regarded as one of the great thorns in the Emperor's side. His authenticated birth might have rendered him invaluable- as an ally against the enemy always supposed to be lying in wait at the. Palls Royal, to pounce upon a better lodging at the Tuileries. But Timon's grim reception 'of the idea has completely put it to flight, all the more that the peasants and coun try folks who remain about Saint Denis are not averse to the possibility of their comrade and fellow laborer, Count Leon, becoming one day President of the French Republic after all. A Floating City. One of the most wonderful cities in the world is Bankok, the capital of Siam. Did you ever witness such a sight In your life? On either side of the wide, majestic stream, moored In regular streets and alleys, extending as far as the eye can reach, aro upwards of 70,000 neat little houses, each house floating on a compact raft of bamboos, and the whole intermediate space of the river presents to our astonished gaze one dense mass of ships, junks and boats of every conceivable shape, color and size. As we glide among these we occasion ally encounter astray house broken loose from its moorings and hurrying down the stream with the tide, amidst the uproar and shouts of the Inhabitants and all the spectators. We also noticed that all the front row of houses are neatly painted shops, in which various tempting commodities are exposed for sale; behind these again, at equal dis tances, rise the lofty, elegant porcelain towers of the various watts and temples. On our right hand side, as far away as we can see, are three stately pillars, erected to the memory of three defunct kings, celebrated for some acts of valor and justice ; and a little beyond these, looming like a line-of-battleships among a lot of cockle-shells, rises the strag gling and not very elegant palace of the king, where his Siamese majesty, with ever so many wives and children, re sides. Right ahead, where the city termin ates, and the ver, making a curve, flows behind th palace, is a neat look ing fort, surmounted with a top of mango trees, over which peep the roofs of two houses and a flagstaff, from which floats the - royal pennant and jack of Siam—a flag of red groundwork, with a white elephant worked in the centre. This is the fort and palace of the Prince Chou Fau King Siam, and one of the most ex traordinary and intellectual men in the East. Of him, however, we shall see and hear more after we have bundled our traps on shore and taken a little rest. now be careful how you step out of the boat into the balcony of the floating house, for it will recede to the force of your ffort to mount, and if not aware of this, you lose your balance and fall into the river. Now we are safely transhipped, for we cannot as yet say landed; but we now form an idea, though a very small one, of the vast population of the city of Bankok. We take a brief survey of our present apartments, and find everything, though inconveniently small, clean add in other respects comfortable. First, we have a little balcony that overhangs the river, and is about twenty yards long by one and a half broad. Then we have an excellent sitting-room, which serves us for a parlor, dining-room and all ; then we have a little side-room for books and writing; and behind these, ex- tending the length of the other two, a bed-room. Of course we must bring or make our own furni ture, for though those houses are pretty well off; on this score the ' Siamese have seldom anything besides their bedding materials, a few pots and pans to cook with, a few jars of stores, and a fishing net or two. Every house has a canoe attached to it, and no nation detests walking so much as the Siamese; at the same time they are all expert swimmers, and both men and women begin to acquire this very necessary art at a very early age. Without it a man runs a momentary risk of being drown ed as, when a canoe upsets, none of the passers by ever think it necessary to lend any aid, supposing them fully ade quate to the task of saving their own lives. Canoes are hourly being upset, owing to the vast concourse of vessels and boats plying to and fro ; and owing to this negligence or carelessness in rendering assistance, a Mr. Benham, an American missionary, lost his life some twelve years ago, having upset his canoe when it was just getting dusk, and though surrounded by boats, no one deq.med it necessary to stop and pick the I poor man up. Truth Stranger than Fiction An Estate of 8150,000 Fraudulently Held for Fifteen Yeore From data before us, it appears that Mrs. Geo. Holt and Mrs. J. W. Brig ham, of this city, with a brother resid ing at Chicopee, Mass., are sole heirs to an estate of $150,000, left by a brother who died in Detroit, Michigan, twenty six years since. Jonas C. Brigham, the brother, referred to, son of Dr. Luther Brigham, of Chicopee, Mass., removed to Detroit about the year 1838, and em barked in the dry goods business—Four years later he invented, and procured a patent on certain machinery for gener ating gas, and entered into a contract to light the city, but in experimenting, one evening, an explosion occurred, and he Was Instantly killed. At the time of his death he was betrothed to the daughter of Colonel Brooks, a wealthy gentleman, and at the time a custom houseofficer. Col. Brooks immediately wrote Brigham's father, informing him of the death of his son, and that, if he desired, he (Col. Brooke) would act as administrator in settling up the estate, and forward him the proceeds—taking care to state, however, that the amount would probably be very trifling. He was accordingly made administrator, and after a little time had passed wrote Mr. Brigham that his son left nothing bat a gold watch and clothing, whicn the administrator thought should be given him for his trouble. Knowing nothing of his son's business affairs, Mr. Brigham accepted the statement as true,- gave the watch and cloth ing, and never reallzed as much as one penny from the estate. Thus matters have rested for 26 years, none of the heirs for a moment dreaming of fraud and unfairness until about three months since, when Mrs. Holt and Mrs. Brig ham received a letter from the person who acted as judge of Probate at the time the estate was settled. He wrote merely to inquire their given names, " as they might be made parties in legal proceedings in regard to property once belonging to Jonas C. Brigham." Their suspicions were at once aroused, and without replying to the letter, a friend was sent to Detroit to quietly , search the records, and obtain an abstract of all .property standing in their brother's name. - The investigation revealed the fact that there is standing upon the re cords in the name of Jonas C. Brigham ditties:ix, of property in. the heart of the city, now worth $40,000; nine lots, also in the heart of the city, worth $50,000 ; eighty acres of land a few miles out, worth at least $8,000; a store, house and lot, and three acres of land, in Newport, and 180 acres of land in Illinois. The total value of the property is about $150,-' 000. Judge Jones, as attorney for the heirs, has beenin Detroit for some days and has written themcorroborating the above. Col. Brooks died-ten years since. The administration has never--been completed, and the gallant Coloneland Judge of Probate have been collecting the rents, and enjoying a good thing. Sines the death of the Co - loiter; the judge' has had itall his own way, and his OW: jeot in visiting the heirs was, doubtless," to buy:them off for a rare song. - When histerm of office expired, he violated the . law. by conveying the reobrds hi thli case to his home, where they remained until he was forced to' eve them - up recently. It menu) that seven years afttir liiinglUsixtli' death' an came forward - and proseuted what pm' parted to be a bond 'rota deed to the property r nowNahred er440,000; butthe instrument - lahked - seal. and. witness. ee,and the Court hap perstetently refus ed.to lastte,an cirdei oontlirolog the title. The beadle believed to be a forgery;and the. property Will r.lndolabtedly be di vided. among the three rightful heirs.— Minneupolia Tribune, April,l2. - The "RlRenick "Railroad." The Omaha Heraki - enlarg' esupon the superior attraction of this new milroad route, which it says has just been com pleted, and - will be open to passenger traffic as soon as the proper agent can be found to sell the tickets. It an— nounces: Through tickets daily for eternity, and all stations beyond the grave, con necting closely with ferries at the river Styx, for all points on the other aide of Jordan. Passengers should take no other route. The eheapest andshortest way to the tomb. It is with a great deal of pleasure that the . officers of this road announce its completion. This road has been carefully built by experienced workmen, who have grad uated at the best slaughter houses in the laud. 'The scenery along the line is remarkably fine, consisting princi pally of yawning chasms, charming precipices and shaky trestles. The rails are laid very loose and without extra spikes, which, when the cars are going at full speed, keep the passenger in de lightful' motion, settla his dinner, and sometimes his "hash "most effectually. The coaches are all of wood, which, in case of accident, always splinter, and thus give passengers holding insurance tickets a chanc3 to make a little more money, with an occasional prize in case of death. The seats are constructed on an en tirely new plan, being made in the shape of a coffin so that the holder of a ticket, in case of accident, can be im— mediately boxed up and sent home. The stoves are of a new and unique pattern, and known as the railway cook ing stoves. It is calculated that with good fire a first class passenger can be thoroughly cooked in ten or fifteen minutes, although much more speed can be attained if necessary. The attention of the traveling public is directed to a new and unique style of tombstones furnished by this company to those purQhaslng through tickets. A large corps of undertakers at each station, and elegant hearse cars accom pany each train. The sleeping cars upon this route are got up regardless of expense, and pas sengers can sleep without fear of being awakened by noise of conductors. In fact, most of our passengers never wake up after once getting to sleep. Wives having cross husbands, have them purchase tickets on ,this route; they will never scold again. The government is about to do away with capital punishment, criminals be ing furnished with tickets over this line. Death is certain, and the system of hanging is thus avoided. •Revolvers, poison and butcher knives on each train for the amusement of pas sengers when they are tired of riding. No repairs are allowed on coaches, the wheels, axles and boilers being used till they break or burst. Coroners on each train. Collisions inevitable and explosions sure. Persona wishing to reach the ansion in the skies, ask for tickets via his line. Suicides in France Paris has reached the rather alarming figure of two suicides a day. This at least was the figure of last year. Cur ious to relate, the most _suicides take place in the beautiful month of April, when nature is awakening from her long Winter sleep, when the leaves and the flowers 1111 the air with their loveliness, and the warm sun invites one to the field and the forest. Is it the exhaustion of resources that follows the hard Win ter, or the melancholy produced by a state of nature:opposed to the condition of mind in which people find themselves? True it is that in the month when Win ter closes up again, when the leaves have fallen and the wind whistles cold and chilly, in the month of November, there are the fewest suicides of all the year. There must be something more than a question of material want to ex plain this apparent anomaly. When nature is rude and violent, the instincts of self-preservation are vigorously arous ed, even in the most apathetic or most melancholy individual ; on the contrary, when Spring arrives and the tension is taken off, when the nervous system re laxes under the influence of the warm sun, the natural melancholy of a mind already morbid grows worse, and it re volts and flies from joys It cannot share in. Quite as singular also is the fact that at Paris ten times more men than women commit suicide. Has romance quitted the feebler sex and taken refuge in the stronger? Or does the ugliness and greater isolation of the homelier sex throw him more into hypochondria and the moral endemic of suicide? Look at the figures and see how much they are unlike what one might suppose. Thus, of the 700 suicides last year, there were 418 (much more than half) unmarried men, only 79 married men, 22 widowers and 70 whose civil state could not be ascertained. Of single women there were but 39, (39 against 418!) of married women 38, of widows 24, and of women whose civil state was not ascertained, 3. Of boys under 16,4 ; of girls under 16, 3. Finally, there were 215 unsuccessful attempts at suicide, in which the same astonishing proportions prevail as regards the sexes and social state, the unmarried men in this cate gory numbering 107! To show the exact difference In the influence of Spring and Fall on the tendency to suicide, It should be added, that there were 92 suicides In April anti 38 In November. The TVorld says a "new Literary La dies' Club" has been established in this city under the name of "Sorosis." The object of this association is to promote agreeable and useful relations among women of literary and artistic tastes. It is entirely Independent of section- alism or partisanship. It recognizes women of thought, taste, intelligence, culture, and humanity everywhere, and particularly when these qualities have found expression in outward life and work. It alms to establish a sort of freema sonry among women of similar pursuits to render them helpful to each other, and bridge over in some degree the bar rier which custom and social etiquette place in the way of friendly intercourse. It affords an opportunity for the dis cussion among women of the new facts and principles which are constantly being evolved, the results of which promise to exert a most important in fluence on the future of women and the welfare of society. OFFICERS President—Alice Cary. ice-President—Jennie C. Croly. Corresponding Secretary—Sate Field Recording ' Secretary—Charlotte B Wilbour. COMMITTEE. Phcebe Cary; Ella Clymer, Celia M Burleigh, Josephine. Pollard, Lucy Gib bons, Ellen L. Demorest. Members are elected by ballot. The initiation fee is $2. The members meet once a month for business, which will be transacted in order, and for lunch and social conver sation. Each member present at a regular meeting bears her proportion of the ex pense incurred. At any special meeting every mem• ber notified bears her proportion of the expense incurred. No public notice is given of meetings. ETIQUETTE Members can invite friends to a regu lar meeting on assuming the extra ex pense. Ladles receiving an invitation to any meeting will return answer of accept ance or declination three days previous to the date of meeting. At all meetings lunch will be ordered by the Committee who will attend to 'the receptionand introduction of mem •lfers and invited guests. Business letters and orders for insignia, • Ote paper, and,""telopes with. the RlNllgitrittp, are ssi*Mtlia,'l l reasurer. Vain tf" • ; nch disappeared ftiattililrhigtl Nyi i . ' 'weeks since with a iii e 0:2 r- listonds and. other es . . ..oupwi onging to ,the President NUMBER 17 WENONLL PXULLIPS ON GEN.' GRANT A Sea Akita& Lealez— ls Aerial a Reprw. amid 'nbes He eibist llWomb—Hot shot as Ilifilaase.--Waatidests tame Se Ike Top—CajAvlaelaa• Evidence. drone the Anti•SlaverY 'Standard, April 11.1 Men circulate rznitiorionly when they havirno facts to farnish. - • The best proof that Grant's friendstaVeno real atifficient evidence of his hearty assent to the Radical theciry of 'reconstruction'bi the. miserable shifts they resort to in their efforts to try to prove such assent. Ia every other case of a Presidential candidate's opinions, we r have been furnished with authentic, pre cise and authorized accounts Obis conver. elation, or with letters, stating distinctly hie views. Now we have guesses and imprec. along, assurances anti conjectures. Mr. Washburn thinks' and supposes, la conic dent and has no doubt ,• Mr. Wilson asserts; Mr. Thaddns Stevens believes; but no one ever pretends to speak by authority. The last straw which this drowning faith catchca at is the recollection which the Hon. Mr. GooCh, of Massachusetts, has of a conversa tion he held, two yea 7 ago. with General Grant; in the course of whicll the General said Johnson's evil CondOt would have a good effect, as it wotild Wake the nation more radical and vigilant' \Now, this may mean something or nothing. We asked Mr. Gooch, some six months ago, to allow us to cite this conversation. He declined, on the ground that the General might not recollect anything about the matter or at tach any importance to it. By the time this scrap of a recollected, inoidental talk roaches Cincinnati, it swells into a conversation on "Impartial Suf frage," and the Commercial of that city, says the Boston Journal, refering to Hon. D. W. Gooch's statement of a conversation with General Grant, on impartial suffrage, says It is reminded of another conversation with the General at a dinner party, given while he was on a visit to his former home, in Brown County, two years ago last sum mer. "It will not be improper to say, " re marks the Com m erci al,. " that aufficient was said to convince us that General Grant was folly up to the most advanced Ideas of the day on the question of aeffrage, and that he was unqualifiedly in favour of giving the ballot to the negroes who had entered the service and fought on the side of govern • meat for the salvation of the Union. We never doubted, from that moment, where General Grant stood. If our recollection Is clear, General Sherman held the sumo opin ion at that time ; and we have no reason to think that either of these distinguished men has ever changed his views." Here again we launch on conjecture. The talk is two years old, but "sufficient was said to convince," "if our recollection Is clear," "no reason to think" either of these distinguished "men had ever changed his views.". Every man of common sense knows what bosh and stuff all this dreamy recollection and idle supposing would be considered in any case involving ten cents of disputed property. When men full back on such babble as ground of action, it is convincing proof that there is no evidence to be produced. That no moglibn the continent Is authorized to pledge Grant to any course of policy, is well known. Ifauy man doubts It, we point him to the eagerness with which Grant's friends clutch at these straws, as sufficient proof that they have nothing better to offer. So of Grant's Intemperace. We think the evidence was sufficient before. But if any thing In the way of proof was lacking, it is amply supplied by a speech of Mr. Dodge, of New York, the President of the National Temperance Society, and by the letter of Air. Senator Wilson, published in the Bos ton Daily Adverltier, April 1. Mr. Dodge has been in Washington, and assures temperance men they needhave no fears. He knows of the reports of the Gen eral's recent published intoxication. At such a moment, and speaking as do officer of a temperance society, Mr. Dodge would have denied the truth of those-reports if he had been able to do so. His omission to do that, and the evasive, general terms in which he indulges, will convince any thoughtful tetotaller that Mr. Dodge knows and feels that he cannot deny the General's intemperance. He has schooled himself into thinking that it does not amount to enough to peril the State, and hence, letting his party feeling override his temperance principles, he is willing to run the risk. What we claim, is, that, before he asks us to run the risk, let us know the exact facts. Then we will decide whether to run it or not. Air. Wilson's letter la even more charac teristic, and therefore evasive. Ho, too, knows of the reports of Grant's public drunkenness on a particular day in last January. If we mistake not, these reports were brought more than once to his notice. In his letter he says: "I have seen General Grant in camp, in his office, at his own house, and at dinner parties where liquors were freely used by others, but have never seen him drink oven a glass of wine, nor have I overseen him when I had the slight est reason , to think he was in any degree, under the influence of drink." Of course, no doubt. We can bring 10,000 people in that very city of Washington who never saw Grant drunk. There are 10,000,- 000 in the North who never saw Grant drunk. We never saw Grant drunk or sober. But Mr. Wilson knows well that the country never asked him, as a prominent tetotaller, whether he had seen Grant drunk. The question was, "Sir, living in Washington, knowing the facts or easily able to know them, what are the facts as to these alleged public exposures of your Presidential candidate?" Mr. Senator Wil son undertakes to answer that question.— His answer is, he never saw Grunt drunk. If any shrewd lawyer had, in such circum stances, received from a witness such an answer, he would have asked no further question ; but taken it for granted and ar gued to the jury, that the witness substan tially admitted the drunkenness. To nano further evidence is necessary. Knowing Henry Wilson, we see in this equivoca tion convincing evidence that he cannot and dares not deny that he has beard from trustworthy sources of this public drunken exposure of his candidate. Mr. Wilson's course on this occasion is precise ly the same he pursued a year ago, when, having originated a report as to the drunk enness of a Massachusetts Congressman, and afraid to meet the consequences, he equivocated himself out of the responsibili ty. Now, when all that Congressman's constituents admit his intoxication, it Is not probable that Mr. Wilson would think it worth while to shuffle. If Grant as Presi dent, should show himself in Mr. Dodge's felicitous language, "fully capable of till ing Andy Johnson's place,' drunken ness and all; or when Grant is thrown aside, because he bad been President, or is not needed for that office, we shall hear the absolute truth about this vice even from Henry Wilson. Now when the temperance body need his knowl edge, he obeys that same law of timid self-preservation which shocked his ad mirers when it carried him selfishly into the Knownothing party to save his place. We call this letter equivocation. It Is a mild phrase considering the vast peril, and the value the writer professes to set on temper ance. We should be amply Justified in de scribing it by a tnueh stronger term. And the constant repetition of this offense by this public servant seems almost to call for such frank description. In view of this element in his career the success of Mr. Wilson is one of the most alarming resultsof Democratic institutions; sad evidence of how often they throw worth less men to the top. WENDELL PHILLIPS Curious Facts of the Judd Case The testimony in the divorce case of Mrs. Judd agt. the Rev. Orrin B. Judd, D. D., recent DaBtOr of the First Baptist Church of New Haven, is interesting for the light it throws on the Independent relation which seems to have existed In this instance be-, tween devotional exercises and personal respectability. Singular as the phenomen on may appear, the testimony of the wife and plaintiff, Mrs. Judd, proves that a Doc tor of Divinity may, without resigning his pastoral charge, make his cook mistress of his house and his affections ; may appoint her to preside at the family table, and to kneel with him at the family altar; may hold family devotion several times a day, with intermediate fist fights between the two objects of his soul's affection; may draw one salary from the Government for guarding its treasurers in the Assay Office, another from a church for preach ing the Gospel, and still a third from a Society for the Translation of the Scriptures—for the Improvements he is able to make in the text of the Divine Word—and may still be so afflicted with impecuniosity as to be unable to buy petticoats for his mother, food for his wife, or clothing for this children. We have taste for variety, but it would slightly mud dle our moral and religious perceptions to see and hear the mistress of a Doctor of Di vinity kick his wife not of his bed-room to the tune of " We're climbing up Zion's Hill," or to know that the Reverend Doctor himself had locked his half starved spouse Into another bed-room, to keep her from making a mid on the family stock of provisions, while he, and his mistress aforesaid, were locked in the library, and in each other's arms, sing ing;" Nearer, my God, to Thee." We were somewhat surprised by the preference ex hibited by Mr. hicEwen, of Newark and his female f'iends , for that simplicity of costume which has been tolerated only in the purity of Eden and the wilds of Africa; but Mr. McEwen's views, though. eccentrlo, furnish no parallel for so remark able a religions phenomenon es the Judd family. If the wife who tells these stories is insane, why have not Mr. Judd and his friends long since put on record the proper evidence of her insanity and placed her un der proper medical treatment? If the oar. rative of the wife is true,. then why hes there been no judicial determination of the question whether the Rev: Dr. Judd. was most of a Innstio or a knave? If they are both in J ean° then should not a writ de hi: natice 'tngsfrarsdo :fame to ascertain what may be tb . e• °audition as to sanity of the spirittudllcsillcs to him the Rev. Dr. Judd Las been ministerinie—N. Y. 2libune; RATE OF A - annum • . yiy• a year pot Trof Len Li per year- for each ad. nmi !guars. • * • BiALVii"'ITN , 10 oenbeN the first, and b oents for - esob au bsequenVin amnion. . . . . GENERAL ADVERTISING 7 cents a line for the Ant, and 4 cents for each subsequent Inner- Byte:um Nano = Inserted In Local Oolumol 15 cents per line. BPsaisz NOTICEs preeedlng rearliegee and detail,. / 0 dents per Ilne. for tint Insertion Stab Oents Unsavory subsequent Insertion. LZGAL AND am" a Autumn-7 • - It:mentors. ,otioes:., 2.80 Administrators' 2.50 Assignees' 2.60 Auditors' notioee,.. 2.00 Other "Notices,' , ten lines, - or three 5.60 The Bond Debt • From • ?larch Ist to April Ist the gold bearing interest bond debt et the United States was increased from $1,01.11,000,000 to 81,954000,000. Upon these 818,000,000 the I anneal. increased interest will be over $l,. 000,000 in gold.. The debt•lbearingcurrency Interest has been decreased 8 10 . 000 , 00 0 in the same month, and, the debt bearing no interest $10,000,000. The policy of those who control the Government is to reduce as fast as possible the debt that costs the people no interest, or the debt whose interest is paya ble In currency, while at the sometime they increase the gold interest debt. Thus the people continue to be robbed for the benefit of the money sharks of Wall street.—cin •ciustatiiikquirer. . • gonnand's Otruptu OrIARD'S GERNA.N LITVEILS. HOOPLAND'S GERMAN TONIC The Great Remldles for all Diseases of the LAVER, STOMACH, OR DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 1100FLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS - - Is composed or the pi:wept Ices tor, as they are medicinally termed, CI I..ttracts) of Roots, Herbs, and Barks, LI malting a Trapani, Lion, nIIIIIE . concentrated, and entirely fr ee fromcaco 1 admixture of any kind. - - - - HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC, Is a combination of all the Ingredients of the Bitters, with the purest quality of &mkt Orua Bum, Orange, &a., 'oolong one of the most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever oflhred to the public. Those preferring a fled [clue free from Lilco. hollo admixture, will use HOOFLAND'd GERMAN BITTERS.' Those who have no objection to the comb!. nation of the Bitters, as stated, will use HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC. They are both equally good, and contain the same medicinal virtues, the choice between the two being a mere matter of taste, the Tonic being the most palatable. The stomach, from a variety of causes, snob as Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility, etc., is very apt to have its functions deranged. The Liver, sympathlzlng as closely as 1 t does with the S„,/ Stomach, then be comes affected, the result of which Is that the patient suffers from several or more of the fol lowing diseases; Constipation, Flatulence, inward Piles, Fat ness of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Fulness of Weight lu the Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach Swimming of the Head,Burried or Dittleult Breath ing, Fluttering at • the Heart, Choking or • Suffocating Se hs a t 1 ons when In %Lying Posture, Dim ness of Vision, Dots or Webs be • fore the Sight, Dull Pain In the Head, Deficieucy of Perspiration, Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain lu the tilde, Back, Chest, Limbs, etc., Sudden Flushes of Heat, Burning in the Flesh, Coustant Imtu;lnlngs of Evil, and Great Depression of Spirits. The sufferer from these diseases should ex ercise the greatest caution In the selection of a remedy for his ease, purcleistug only that which he Is assured from his luvestiga tioas and Inquiries kj possesses true merit, Is skilfully compounded, is free from injurious Ingredients, and has established for Itself a reputation for the cure of these diseases, In this connection we would submit those well known remedies— HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS AND 1100FLAND'S GERMAN ; TONIC, PREPARED BY Dr. C. M. JACiISONJ PRILADELPIIIA, Pet. Twenty-two years since they were first In troalued into this country from Um Inlay, dur ing which time they have undoubtedly per formed more cures, and benelltted eutfering humanity lqa greater extent, thou any other remedies known to the public. These remedies will of care Livers. Complaint,„Taundice, p Dyspepalti, Chnmlo oxNervoas Diarrhrea Disease a the ILlU neys, and all Vie:leases arising from a Disor dered Liver, Sumach or intestines. DEBILITY, Resulting from any Cause whatever PROSTRATION OF TILE SYSTEM, Induced by Severe Labor, Hard. ships, Axposure, Fevers, etc. There Is no medicine extant equal to those remedies in such cases. A tone and vigor la imparted to the whole system, the appetite Is strengthened, food Is enjoyed, the stomach digests promptly, the blood Is purified, the complexion becomes sound and healthy, the yellow tinge is eradicated from the eyes, a bloom is given to the cheeks, and the weak and nervous invalid becomes a strong and healthy being. PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,. And feeling the hand of time weighing nosyl i tfur l o n n t i t t h e e a rn s Civtitki all %Mr, d o m r I% e 4 PN v iii l un slyer that will instil Dew life into their veins, restore In a measure the energy and ardor of more youthful days, build up their shrunken count!, and give health and happi ness to their remaining years. NOTICE It is a well-established fact that fully ono• hall of the female portion of our population are seldom in the en r joymaut of good health; or, to use JJ theirown expression "never feel welL" They are languid, devoid of all energy, extremely nervous, and have no appetite. To this claws of persons the BITTERS, or the TONIC, is especially recommended. WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN, Are made strong by the use of either of Lile'4o remedies. They will cure every case of ItALI.- ASHUH without fall. Thousands of certificated have accumulated In the hands of the proprietor, but space will allow of the publication of but few. Those, it will be Edelen eu, are men of note and of such standing that they must be believed. TESTIMONIALS. HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD. Chief Ju+tice of the hUpreme Court of Prs., wrl tea: Philadelphia, Maxon 161, "I find' Hoofland's German Bitters' Is a good tonic, useful In dla-emmsof the dlgeatlve A organs, and of groat benefit ht oases of debtilty, and want of nervous action lu the system. Yours, truly, GEO. W. WOODWARD.. EON. JAMES THOMPSON. Judge of the 'Supreme Mari of Pennsylvania. Phiisideiyhia, April P 3, 1860. " I consider 'Hoofiaturs German Bitters' a valuable medicine In case of attacks of indiges tion or Dyspepsia. I can certify this from my experience of it. Yours, with respect, JA1(323 ntomysozr." Fame REV. JOSEPH H. KENNARD. D. I' • Pastor of the Tenlit Baptist Church, Philadelphia. Jackson—Dear Sir: I have been Irequent ly requested to connect my name with recom mendations of different kinds of medicines, but regarding the practice as out of my appro priate sphere, I have in all eases declined; but ' with a clear proof In *7 various Instances and particularly in IA my own faintly, of 5 the usefulness of Dr. Hooiland's German Bit ters, I depart for once from my WWII emirse, to express my full conviction that, for general *Wag of the system, and especially for Liver Complaint, It is a safe and valuabiepreparalion. In some cases it may fail; but usually, I doubt not, it will be very beneficial to those who dui for from the above causes, Yours, very respectfully,. .7. H. KENNARD, Eighth, below Coates St. Irsom REV. E. D. FENDALL. Assistant Editor Chrtrilan Chronicle. Philadelphia I have derived decided benefit from the nee of Gooll:and's German Blttere, and feel It my privilege to recommend [Lomeli a most valua- Lhe tom% to all who are suffering from general debility or from dlseasee arising from derange meat of the liver. Youre truly, E. D. I , IGNDALI. CAUTION Eloofland's German Remedies are counter feited. tiee that the. r% slimaturo of C. M. JACKE3ON Is on the .L./ wrapper of each bot tle. All others are counterfeit. Principal 1/Iflee and Manufactory at the Ger man Medicine Store, No. Gal ARCH Street, Philadelphia. Pa. CHARLES M. EVANS Proprietor, Formerly C. M. l ACKOON @ PRIORS Hoofland*/ German Bitters, per bottle, 11.00 half doz,n f.ou Hoofland's German Ton lc, put up in gnat b flee, 111.511 per bottle, or alma tlop.o lor air Do not forget Lotman:lino well LI) t.eld you buy, In order to get the genuine. For sine by Drugglata and Duan.ra lu Medi Clues r very where. Jan 21 D. 0. RHOADS, FLOUR, GRAIN AND PRODUCE COMMISSION MP.:R.CHANT, IS LASALLE STREET(, CHICAGO, ILL. Particular attention paid to the purchase of Grain and Produce for eastern orders. REFERENCES: Bustiong & Bro., Bankers, Reading, Penna. Barnhart & Koch, Grain Dealers, ' Whitlock dr. Wallace, tom. Merchants, N. Y. City National Bank, Chicago, apr 1 ernw B LOODED STALLLON. SPEEDWELL HAMBLETONIAN,, Speedwell Half Brother of Dexter, the King of the Turf, sired by Rysdyk's Hambletonlan, Dam, a messenger Mare of great speed and power of endurance, owned by the late pro prietor of the Cornwall estate; will stand this season for a limited number of Mares, at the stable of the Speedwell Forge estate, Bricker ville, P. 0., Lancaster county, Pa., 13 miles north of Lancaster city, IPa., and 6 miles from Line, on the line of the Reading and Columbia. from April Ist to August ist, at 350 to in sure a Mare with Foal. Any person parting with a Mare before she is known to be with Foal will be held respon sible for the insurance money. Speedwell is said to show more blood than his Sire; he is a horse of Immense bone and muscular power; he has also proved himself a very sure foal getter. Bred on the (kit-await estate ,• eight years old, stands sixteen hands hien ; beautiful blood bay, with black points, left hind .foot white, star on forehead, full m and tall, and is the sire of Speedwell, Jr., Picket the Miller Mare ; also Killinore that trotted his male in 3m lb' when 8 year old, and other fine stout speedy colts. Ten dollars service money to )atd at the time the Mare is served, balance (forty dollars,) when proved with foal. Mares from adistance kept on pasturage at moderate ratea. Acct. dents and escapes at the owners' risk. • Address, GRO. YOUTZ, Agent. • spr 1 3mw 13. • • E . XL. 144114111p11r1a. WLIOLBEA . LB AND RETAIL EADDLERT .NO2l IAND 2 NAST .SINQ ST/Unre WI0.441:1311:11, 114&e =SEM
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