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A WOMAN’S EXPBHIESCES IN
EUROPE.
no. xxn.
Crossing the English Channel—An At
tempt at Suicide—handing In Dover—
England and Its Natural Beauty—
The Handel Festival—Tne Crystal
Palace.
t Correspondenceof the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
London, June 16,1868.—We were all most agree
ably disappointed in the English channel. Leaving
Paris at seven o’clock, P. M., by the Calais and
Dover lines,for London, and arriving at Calais at
midnight,after a comparatively comfortable Bleep
in the cars, we refreshed onrselvee with cups of
hot coffee and tea, so hot that had 'we not ob
served a rule good for travelers generally, the
alarming cries of "five minntee before the boat
•starts!” “two minutes!” "only one minute, ladies!’’
would have occasioned gome discomfort, to say
■the least; but we kept our eyes on the captain
and officers of the boat, and never budged till
they laid down their knives and forks, and then
•we knew the last minute was at hand. Entering the
ladieß ’ cabin, we secured a berth by placing onr
parcels and boxes in them, and then going to the
•deck, we resolved to stay there in the fresh air, :
-unless compelled by unavoidable circumstances
to lie down.-' 1 The inoon was shining gloriously
clear, and soon we were rushing over the waves,
that gleamed with silvery reflections, and some-'
times glowed with thousands of phosphorescent
stars that were churned up from the dark water
by the swiftly revolving wheels. Leaning over
the railings, we gave ourselves upjto the dreamy,
listless enjoyment of the hour and place, and al
most lulled to Bleep by the indescribably delight
ful motion of onr steamer over a quiot sea, we .
listened to the conversation of a party near us
who were comparing notes of traveL
“Oh, yes," said one,- ‘T saw nine legs, three
Bhoulders, five skulls and fonr complete skele
tons of St. Paul!” At this there was a general
roar! “I,” said another, ‘'saw a little skull of
St. Peter at one place,and.when they pointed out
a big one at another, I thought I had the guide
■when I told him that was number two.” “Oh,
yes,” the fellow said, "but the little one was his
•skull when he was a boy; this is the one when he
JDaito (failing
was a man.” Presently a woman, slight, very
pale and with restless movement, crept near as,
then walked to the guards, looked up
at the moon, down at , the waves,
then 'Walked away. Her expression
made mo uneasy. | She came back again, and be
for I could utter’ the rear that seized' me, she
sprang over the guards, and In. on instant w<is
gone! A cry of horror ran through the’ship
and in an incredibly short time the captain
in the water,within orm's-reach of the poor crea
ture, who stretched out her hand os she rose, And
was dragged into the boat with the captain, who
soAbbly risked his life to save her. The stoiy of
tho woman waß the old, sad one—desertion, de
spair and the resolve to plnnge Into the sea.
“Mad from life’s history,
Glad to death's mystery ;
Swiit to be hurled, - ■
Anywhere, anywhere ont of tho world!”
There was no need for Mr. Gough to ask “ho w
many shillings do yon pity her?” Every parse
was opened, and the sobs, pitiful and low, of the
sad creature, expressed the thanks none waited to
bear. The House of the Good Shepherd, the Bo
.elne Association, and the noble women who de
vote their fortunes and time to the saving .of
these abandoned SOnls; were across the Atlantic
in Philadelphia. I knew no place in England to
direct her to, but , thank God there are refuges
here, tbo; and Wherever fleaven smiles on wo
man’s labors In a cause so sacred, may there be
found none who will refose to assist with their
meanß, If their home duties prevent active Inte
rest In the work !
In one boar and three quarters from the time
we left Calais we reached Dover, and the English
language, which we had not heard except from
our fellow travelers, for ten months assailed, onr
ears, in cries of “ Vely TTcegraph," from cockney
newsboys, and “ 'ot cakes” from red faced English
women. But wc joined Johd Bull iu the general
scramble for a good piace in tho train, and Boon
were flying around the white cliffs of Dover,
looking gratefully over tho water that had treated
us 60 mildly, in spite of its reputation for rude
ness to voyagers. Not a person had suffered
from sea-sickness.
To say the country Was beautiful over the gar
den land of England would be sayidg very little.
An English homestead, with its old trees pre
served for' generations, its parks and gardens
luxurious with verdure and flowers, shady groves
and clear lakes, baffle all attempts to make word
pictures,and I will only recommend ydnr readers
.0 come and see them. Entering London' by a
railway running on a level with the chimney tops
of the bouses for three miles into the very heart
of the city, the Houses of Parliament, Westmin
ster Abbey, St. Paul’s and the Tower presenting
themselves successively. Is a sensation "’almost
painful to ’ one who has read their
histories with a genial spirit, now
passed away, that in sympathy echoed
every sigh of Hood,' Keats, Charles Lamb and
Shelley, and gloried in the greatness of the host
of English authors whoso .honored remains rest
in Westminster Abbey: We may say what we
will, onr literary andihistoxifipl interests are too
closely united with those of England to separate
themselves entirely, and while we smile at John
Bull’s unavailing Indignation at onr presumption
in being independent, and frown at the perhaps
natural act of revenging himself during’ our
home struggle for the establishment of the Union,
by exulting when we seemed to grow weary,
there is a sturdiness and hearty good'will in his
sool that an American cannot help admiring in
spite of. John’s tendency to splutter.
Yesterday we went to the Crystal Palaee at
Bydenham, to hear the oratorio of The Messiah,
During Its performance I was in that state of
uncertainty that 8L John describes, “Whether
present in the body or absent in the spirit I
know not.” Four thousand voices sang “Be
hold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sins
of the world!” Nineteen thousand people sat
aronnd me breathless and listened. Then one
woman stood in the midst, and every note of he'
silvery voice thrilled that immense concourse o
people as “I know that my Redeemer liveth’
rang clear and harmonious above the organ’s
roll, the hundreds of stringed instruments
and, in the royal boxeß, in tho 'peers
stalls, in the ranges of British
Mobility and rank, foreigners, people from all
parts of the earth, with one feeling of submission.
bowed their heads or wept actual tears. If spirits
passed away can witness the triumphs of their
works on earth, Handel was there! As Madem
oiselle Tltlens sat down amidst applause that
tounded like tho noise of hosts after a victory, I
fancied she was oppressed by the excitement. of
the audience. If thpre is anything in magnetism,
think what it is to endure the fixed gaze of nine
teen thousand pairs of eyes.onherfaee, and four
■houßand on her head 1 At this juncture I .be
came too nervous to sit still, so, with a
companion who [sympathized with me, an
additional charm to any delightful, experience,
strolling aronnd the palace, followed by the waves
of harmony from the immense orchestra, I ob
served with Intense'lnterest the effect of this
great assemblage, in a world renowned building
—amidst the greatest collection of works of art
and copies that was ever bronght together. I
speak intelligently, for, giving the Great. Expo,
sitien of Paris its due, it did not equal in effect
the preßent'remains of the Crystal Palace.
Under the fountains, bordered with flowers
growing and blooming in their spray, sat children,
quiet and subdued bythe syren voices that filled
the air. On pedestals supporting colossal
statues of fierce warriors, under the uplifted hoofs
of chargers urged on by the Black Prince, or
Paynim knights, sat gentle English girls, seem
ingly petrified, so motionless were : they, ab
sorbed by the music; and as if they, were placed
there to form tableaux for my delight, I acted
interpreter for myself, and muttered: “Music
hath charms to soothe the’ savage breast!” ' I
looked,, from the palaco windows. Oh!
the expanse of rich meadows, table
land, rivers, lakes and groves to.
which the terraced hills of Sydenham seemed but.
a mound of Sowers i I thought of England's -
Queen. Does all this loveliness give her plea
sure? Alas, no; her reign pi pleasure is over,
and the bitterness that mingles in the cup of all
has been tasted even by her. : A lesson to the na
tions of the world, that a royal, upright and vir
tuous Queen must taste of life's woea with tho
humblest, and look from tho little span ot earth
o’er ..which, she reigus.to that kingdom, whore.
there is
" One God, one law, one element,
And one far-off divine event,
To which the whole creatlon.moves.”
B. D. W.
—Madame-Scholler is giving more “positively
last” appearances in Utah,playing thereat mostly
Lady Anne in “Richard." . , , ;
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1868*
DEFTER FBOn FRANCE*
Ttio Court at Fontainebleau Arrival
of tbo Imperial Family—Manafac-
taped Enthusiasm—Habit*' of the
Emperor—Description of .the Palace.
[Cofrerpondenco of tbe I’litladclyhla Evening Bulletin.]
Fontainebleau, Tuesday, Jnno 16th, 1868,
Since it is the fashion to bo. ont of towp, let ns
follow the Court to Fontainebleau for. twcnty
fonr honre, pass a day with an official friend
there, anid date a letter from the imperial resi
dence for the amusement of onr readers in Ame
rica. There is no more favorite excursion, for
trans-Atlantic tonrists than tho picturesque old
Chateau, the quaint parterres and noble sur
rounding forest of this place. It may be
pleasant to be reminded at a distance of by-gone
visits, and.to heqr some detail of Imperial life In
the conntry. '• ’ "'■- ; ■ ' ■;'
The Emperor, with his wife and son, arrived
here a week j ago; and to a mere looker-on It
might have appeared that they met with a hearty
welcome.. The streets were decorated with masts
and standard flags were floating in all directions.
The Sons-Prefect, Mayor and corporation mus
tered m full force; and oU the little boys and girls
of the communo.'BehpolSj.wlth tiny tri-colors in
their hands,; and. headed by - Government
teachers ’ and Scenrs do Charitd, dutifully
shrieked Vive FEmpereUrl ; Vive Vlmperairice I
Vive le Prince Imperial! with their shrill voices,
as the sovereigns passed by. Any one: would have
sold, like the Monitcur, that; the reception was
“quite enthusiastic.” Alas! the enthusiasm, such
as It was, was all “ordered.” Would- it be be
lieved tliat the people herb would' be only too
glad If the Emperor never caiqe at all amdngst
them, or, at least, at this season, and only pray
that he may take himself off again as soon as
possible? His presence quite spoils theirmarket-
The hotels, which have no customers except in
summer, ore all empty; there is no one to
buy the jlm-creckß-m'Juniper wood, which are
Lhe staple manufactures of the town; no one to
hire the pnblic carriages which stand on the
Place. No visitors come from Paris by the rail
way, because the Palace and its gardens are
closed to the public; and that, too, just,at the
moment when excureionlsts are in full vigor,
towards the end of the Paris season. The im
perial visit mars all tlie hopes of the summer.
Judge, therefore, of the genuineness of the “en
thusiasm” got up for the reception! The Emperor
was mode acquainted the other day, by chance,
with this feeling. He strolled out early by him
self, as Is sometimes his wont, into the
little town, and entered tho store of> a garrulous
old woman, to pnrehase some trifle. ‘After gos?
siplng a few minutes with herj .he laid down a
N apoleon and went away. On seeing the money
the woman cried out toherhusband to “come and
see the customer who paid gold pieces instead of
sous.” The mail, In his turn, looked outhnd re
cognized the F.mperor. “Mon dieul” cried his
helpmate in a paroxysm of terror, “and ito think
that I have just been telling him that his coming
here is the rnin of ns all!” The Emperor has
been engaged, I hear;, all this morning with his
architect, seeing if thejprlvate apartment cannot
'be so isolated as to allow the rest of tbe palaco to
be visited'by the public without Inconvenience.
The-hint of. the other day has not been thrown
away on him.
The Emperor is an early riser in the country,
and rarely leaves :his chamber later than 7 or 8
o’clock. Not a few probably of your readers will
remember the room where he sleeps, with its
huge bed and heavy draperies of velvet and gold,
where formerly slept Napoleon L(for whom it was
fitted up originally), and afterwards in succes
sion Louis XVllL,Charles X. and Lonis Philippe,
and now again another Napoleon. The adjoin
ing cabinet is almost precisely in the state in
which Napoleon L left it. There stands the large,
heavy cylindrical bureau, very like those seen
last year in the American Exhibition; and there,
too, stands the little circular round-table, or
ijucridon, on which the great Emperor signed
his abdication, and en the foot of which yon may
still see the mark of the spur of the impatient
monarch, as he fretted and turned over the stem
decrees of destiny. That little table is a
good memento mori for his successor to
keep always under his eye. Another
piece of furnituro there Is the well-known
sofa, becomo historical since Baron Gros
introduced it into his picture which repre
sents Napoleon seated on it reading a despatch,
while the King Of Rome (Napoleon If.) sleeps on
his knee. Here the present Emperor finds his Se
cretaries, M.Conti and ALPietri, successors of the
lamented Mocqnard, waiting for him, with whom,
fie occupies himself, on private or public affairs,
till it is time to join the Empress for the morning
t troll in the Jardin Anglais before breakfast. This
first meal of the day is served at 11 o’clock, lh the
simplest manner, and absolutely sans ceremome,
in what was once the salon de famiUe of Louts
Philippe. The Prince Imperial here oiso’joins
his parents after his morning’s studies, and the
repast is generally entirely private and confined
to the three, except on special occasions. After
wards they odjonra to the Empress’s favorite re
sort, the Chinese drawing-rooms, decorated with
some of the richest sjpoils of the Bummer palace
of the Celestial Ruler of Pekin, and now, alas!
transferred by the chances of war and the assist
ance of rifled cannon into the possession of onter
baibarians. Such of your readers as
may,.’ by special permission, have
seen this room, or rather rooms, will remember 1
the crown of the Emperor Hou Kong, presented,
among other relics of his conquest, to her Im
perial Majesty by the Count of Paiikas, com
mander of the French expedition. Somewhat
out of place, perhaps, is there enspended also the
well-known painting by Winterhalter, represent
ing the Empress snrrotihded by her ladies in
Boccacion style. . ,
In the afternoon the courts of the, Palace
are made more lively .by the preparations
for the rides apd' ; drives .in the forest.
Hero they- conic, char-a-bancs and four,
breaks and pairs, buggies v and saddle horses !
When’the Emperor is In the country, he always
uses chevau& dQg<>stft t luß : own private posters,
that is, hofses of the Limousin breed, called Per
cherona, stout, strong, active cobs, with plenty
of mettlo-in them, their long tails tied up in a
knot, and bestrode, by postilions in jack,
boots, leathers,' cutfjrtailed coats, cocked hats,
powdered wigs and long pig-tails! Think
of tho "Democratic" Second Empire} and
the ~ ilu du peuple exhibiting ' themselvos
thus in , a la mode In grand mon
arque! But it looks very well, and sounds
uncommon lively, with its . cracking whlpsand
jingling bells. Thoro are Soldom fewer than sixty
of these Imperial postors alone in attendance
wherever the Court may be,. for the use cif
the sovereigns and their guests and. suite
•But Louis Napoleon’s establishment has long
OIIR WHOLE COUNTRY.
been unmatched for horse-flesh of every descrip
tion, race-horseß alone cxcopted, in which he has
never indulged. All the different parties, in car
riages and on horseback, issue out nnpcrceived
from the numerous exits at the back of tho Palace,
and are soon lost to observation in the Tecesses of
the forest The dinner hour is at half-past sevm.
before which there is a general muster again in tho
Salon Chinois, to await the appearance of the
imperial host and hostess. The .dining room,and
there is not a nobler one in any palace In the
world, Is tho beautiful Salle D’Armes of Henri
IV.,’ splendidly restored by poor Louis Philippe,
but destined for a successor, as yet more fortu-i
nate. The Court at this season gives neither
balls, concerts nor theatricals' at Fontainebleau;
and “early to bed, early to rise” onght, to make
Louis and his family “healthy, wealthy
and wise,” if there be any troth in; the - old pro
verb. ' i ;
FBESXDBXmAI. PABAOBAPHS.
r-Tho Washington correspondent of tho’
Charleston Aenu'S^vs: “The friends of tho Pres
dent here claim that he will certainly receive the
largest vote oh the first'ballot at the. Demo
cratic Notional Convention.” 7
' —The NaShvllle Gazelle says: “As a choice of
evils, we • feel.&ee'to say that we would', prefer
Grant to Chase; And when we assort that there
are over 200,000 Democrats In the country of onr
notion abont the matter, we defy contradiction.’’
—The Lynchburg (Va.) Republican informs
Chief JnsticoChaBe that “he might have been tho
next Democratic. President of the United States,
in defiance of all the world and the rest of man
kind,” if he had decided the McArdle case in the
Supreme Court of tho United States three months
ago. instead of postponing it for party purposes
until December.
, —Senator Hendricks, whose prospects for the
New Vork nomination are improving, is a plain,
beavUy-bnUt, substantial looking man, showing
his Scotch-Irish descent in appearance and habits,
as well as in mental characteristics; is smooth
shaven, dark-haired, with large head and high
forehead.. Ho is reputed the best lawyer, next
to Reverdy Johnson, on tbe Democratic side of
the Senate, and is a clear, forcible, and pleasant
speaker. Politically, he is not so. obnoxions
to the war wing of the Democracy as Mr. Pen
dleton. - ’ -
. —The Mobfle Register says: “Thei Chase move
ment is arousing a natural indignation in Demo
cratic circles in the North and West. We do not
wonder at it It would be a fatal blonder, and
what is more, a barter and sale of principle, from
tho meanest of all motives—cowardice. ; We
trust that tbe Democratic Convention will have
tbe virtue and manliness to stamp its heel . upon
the' indecent proposition, and not pofinte
the white man’s standard in the coming; fight
with the slightest talnt of mongrcflsm or snspi
clon- of compromise with'the author of black suf
frage.”.-' . ■’ ■''
—The National Republican says: “Whoever Is
nominated at Hew York will be a puppet. It
may be Hancock, Chase, Hendricks, or Pendle
ton, but whoever it may be, he will be but nutty
in the hands of ’a corrupt ring which rules, the
organization. The secession principles 'are the
predominant views'at the top, of the: heap, and
tne Democratic party, aa at present organized, Is
the exponent' and advocate of rebellion, and it
can no mbrd free itself of this sentiment and pur
pose than the leopard canjehange his spots.’''
—Prominent in the list of delegates to the De
mocratic National Convention, to be held in New
Yofk, July 'lib, are B. H.'Hill, Senator in the
rebel Congress: John B. Gordon, - General in the
rebel army; Thomas L. Price, General in the
rebel army; Z. B. Vanee, rebel Governor daring
ibe war: Wade Hampton, General in the rebel
army; N. B. Forrest, General.in the rebel army;
Robert Ould, officer in the rebitl army; J. 6.
Barrett, rebel spy during tho war. As the Cop
perhead Sutlers’ Convention is hard ran for
Generals, we suggest that these gentlemen pre
sent their credentials to both Conventions.
—Harper's Weekly thus discourses, of “Weak
Inventions:” The campaign against General
Grant has thus far been conducted by saying that
be is no soldier, and that his name is Hiram;
that against Mr. Colfax by inventing a series of
very stupid falsehoods. Whether the General is
guilty of the name of Hiram is a point which may
be safely left to his enemies to settle. Whether
ho be a soldier those enemies who have a right
to on opinion, .forinstance,Buckner at Donelson,
Pemberton at Vicksburg, Bragg at Chattanooga,
and Lee in ‘Virginia, have ■ probably made up
their minds. If they have not, the rest of his
countrymen have.
As for Mr. Colfax's offences, the first, namely,
that he insulted Union soldiers, is charged by
the organa of the party that denounced the war
as wickedjmd the soldiers as hirelings, while the
Speaker was always most conspicuous among
the eminent suppertora of the cause and friends
of the army. It did not need his naturally in
dignant denial of so bold a slander to dispose
ofit forever. The other allegation is. (hat he is
hostile to foreigners. Bat the truth is, that.
Mr. Colfax has shown himself more
friendly to the Fenian movement than almost all
of our public men; and so well known is his sym
pathy tor the just rights of oil men, of whatever
land they may chance to be native, that ho has
nlwayd greatly led the average vote of his party
in parts of his State where the foreign element
prevails. Those who know Mr. Colfax will smile
at this kind of.feeble invention; for if bis politi
cal principles did not forbid any such feeling
upon his part, his political sagacity would pre
vent the expression of it. The enemy must try
again.
Longfellow In Cambridge.
(From the London Dolly Telegraph.]
At Oxford Mr. Longfellow will meet with a
more formal and stately welcome; but there is, I
think, a certain appropriateness in the fact that
Cambridge should have taken the precedence in
conferring on him the fi-eedom of the English re
public of letters. Nothing, indeed, could be sim
pler than the manner in which that honor has
been bestowed. The ceremonial at the Senate
House was fixed for 2 o’clock; and about half an
honr before that time a few groups of ladies,
accompanied by Masters of 'Arts, collected in
the building. Undergraduates, as usual, were
conspicuous by their absence and the galleries
which run round the Senate House,'and
which are appropriated to the students, hardly
mustered a hundred occupants. The body of the
hall was’ fairly filled with the wives anddaugh
tersof tho resident professors and tutors, and
with a number of the towns-people, who had
dropped in to catch a sight of tho author of
“EvaDgeline.” The'Senate House itself is a place
too full of hateful recollections to all who havo
ever excureloncd there, to look otherwise than
hideous to nine Cambridge men out of ten; but I
think even indifferent and impartial spectators'
must admit thatdt has no pretension to architec
tural beauty.- At 2 the proceedings commenced
with most-laudable punctuality. The Vice-
Chancellor - for the year is • Dr.
Thompson; the Master of Trinity
and though to those who studied under the reign
of Whewell no other Master of Trinity can ever
come up to' the ideal of what the Master ough t to
be, yet,to a more modem generation,Dr. Thomp
son doubtless satisfied all the requirements of his
arduous post. The Vice Chancellor having taken
his seat in his chair at the - end of the
hall,' Mr. Clark, the public orator, presented to
him, in aLatin speech, thecandidatefaran hon
orary degree.' Amid thO BCore or so of heads of
houses and other academic dignitaries, consoleu-:
ous by their scarlet robes,: the one on whom all
eyes were turned was Henry Wadsworth Longfel -
ln stature and figure there was little to at
tract attention to the celebrity of the day. But the
face was one which,: I think, would have'- caught ;
the spectator’s glance, even If. his attention had
hot been called to it by the cheers which greeted
.Longfollow’s appearance in the robes of an LL;
D. Long, wblto, silken hair, and a beard of pa
triarchal leDglh and whiteness, inclosed a young
fresh colored countenance, with fine eat features
and deep snnken. eyes, overshadowed by massive
black eyebrows. Looking at him, you bad the
feeling tbqt the white head of hair and beard
were a mask put on to.conceal a young man’s
face, 1 and that if the poet chose he conla throw
off. the disguise and appear os a man in the very
prime and bloom of life. In tbe lost: unfinished
fragment . which- Nathaniel Hawthorne ever
wrote, he propounded the quaint theory that
youth and strength were the natural appanages
of mortal life,and that old men felt at times a sort
of strange anomaly ;ih the mere fact that yoqth
was no. longer theirs. If the doctrine thus put
forward id "Pansey V had in it aught of truth, no
man surely , would' feel Its lesson more quietly
than Hawthorne's friend and; fellow-laborer in
the,world of’.letters. In Longfellow's face the
Contrast,' I might almost say tho inconsistency,
between tbe youth of the ‘spirit and ’ the ago of
the body seems to me singularly marked and strik
ing. In a fewweli-roonded Latin sentences, tho
Public Orator recited , the claims of ’ distin
guished visitor to the privilege of. am Honorary
degree. The names of ‘.‘Hiawatha" and “Enoch
Arden” and “Evangeline” .sounded, strangely
amid the eocoroua'peripds of the Latin oration.
When it Was ended Mr. Clark led Mr. LbngfeUo w
to the Vice-Chancellor, with whom he exchanged
a few 1 words of complimentary, greeting; > then
the ttsnal i formalities were gone- through,'with
the exception of the oath, and thO namo of Long
feilow was added to the list of illustrious' worthies
recorded pn the muster-roll -of the 'graduates of
Cambridge. ~
The small company of undergraduates cheered
lordly as the new LL. D, took, nis seat amid, the
dignitaries of the University; and then the regu
lar business of Commencement was proceeded
with. In France or Germany the writer of the
poem wpnld have introduced some allusion -to
tho presence of the veteran poet, the honored
guest Of the day. But sitch departure from the
written letter would be foreign to the traditions
of Cambridge. So, when the poem had been
duly read, as per copy, the ceremony ended; the
undergraduates gave three cheers more for Long
fellow; the crowd, such as it was, dispersed In a
few minutes—and all was over.
POLJTICAJL. ,
Tbe Western Trip of Gen. Grant—
Speaker Colfax.
[tforrespondenco of tho Cincinnati Commercial.]
Washington, Wednesday, Jane 24, 1868.
With Gen. Dent, his brother-in-law, Mrs. Grant,
and the'children, only, Gbn.- Grant will leave
Washington in a'few days for Newport Barracks;
Kentucky. Close by, at Covington, he will see
Jesse Grant, his father; tor this trip is to bo
duty and’ family together in' all .its parts.
From Covington the General will go either by
boat or. ran to Jefferson Barracks,, near
Stl Lonis; and while he attends to
militaryofialrs at that point he wQI also examine
into a farm that be owns near by—the same, 'pro
bably, from which he carried-wood ’ to st.- Lonis
to sell to: the first customer. Then Gen. Grant
will go out the line of the Pacific Bail way, from
Omaha as far as the telegraph , wires go. so as to
be in constant communication with Gem K*w
lins, who will administer the army, Orders 'ac
cording to directions received' dally from General
Grant, i Returning Over the direct Pacific road,
General Grant will take the other Pa'cUio Rail
way southward, and proceed over it hs far as the
wires go. . ■ •... ... ;■,! .Hp.r
Meantime, Mr. Colfax will pack up his traps
as soon as Congress adjourns aud he bos at
tended to his closing! duties, and,' joined by his
sister, mother, father-in-law, and also by Mr.
Samuel Bowles, of Springfield, Mass., Ex-Gov.
Brass, of the Chicago Tribune, and A. D. Rich
ardson. of the New xork Tribanc, will proceed
west over the Union Pacific Railway to Chey
enne, where Mr. Colfax huß a married sister re
siding. Here he will meet the family of Goners!
Grant, and the gentlemen of the company will
then go up into the Rocky Mountains, visiting
several places described by Fremont, and os yet
unviaited by Mr. Colfax. It is uncertain as to
whether Gen. Grant will accompany this party,
or return, straightway to' the East. Neither
General Grant nor Mr. Colfax will
take any part in 'the coming campaign, beyond
general conference with each other. It’mny
gratify a good many interested people to know
that between the two Republican candidates,
office and its apportionment is never dhcuseed.
It is Colfax’s aim only to keep the Republish;,
party straight on the way to victory ana public
confidence by keeping it right, temperate and
progressive. It is Grant's aim only to got the
country steady, make it satisfied, and give it
peace. I doubt that any two candidates for mu
innl honors of so high a rank have ever schemed
so little as these men. Both of them are confi
dent m the country’s verdict. Grant works hard
at the army; Colfax Is in bis place steadily, ex
cept when he gives the three now candidates for
the Speakership a chance to take a lesson at pre
siding.
Tlio Wickedest in an in Now York.
“Burleigh,” of the Boston Journal, confirms
the account given of “the wickedest man in New
York.” “Burleigh” writes:
“1 visited the establishment the other day, with
spbc friends,ot John Allen, the most noted keeper
of a dance house that there is in New York. He
prides himself on keeping the model dance house
of the city. He is one of the most Intelligent and
notorious of his class. His building stands like a
palace amid tho rookories of lower New York.
His parents were religious, and he was educated
for the ministry. For a time he was a student in
•the Union Theological Seminary of New York.
His brother Is a minister, and his nephew he
is educating himself for the ministry. Hebe
gan his course in New York poor, and is now
said to he worth $lOO,OOO. His place is crowded
every night. His bar, which runs the entire
length of the building, an immense concern, is
Insufficient to supply the demands of the thirsty
crowd who patronize this establishment. No
charge is made for admission, but, every one
who enters is expected to drink and treat some
female of the establishment. If parlies don't
dance they are ordered to clear out. Between
each danco all the parties on the fioor are ex
pected to go up ana drink at the expense of
the men. The women are of the lowest
order, nearly all, of, them foreigners. They
wear flashy costumes, scarlet and other
gay colors, short dresses, red-topped boots
with bells affixed to the ankles. They ore kept
hard at dancing from eight o'clock till twelve,and
when they are all jaded and fatigued, or lag, they
are kept to their work by shouts, imprecations
and torrents of invectives, curses and often blows
from their task-master. In the centre of the
group Allen stands, a tall, slim, wiry fellow of
about fifty, sharp, keen, the master spirit that
controls IheCßlabUshment, now shouting to his
girls, collaring an intruder and throwing him Into
the street, or at the top of his voice readipg a
passage from the Bible which always lies by his
side. Tracts are lying around, ana leading re
: ligious newspapers can be seen and
read if any of the company have
a taste that way. He is very proud
to have >in his establishment a visitor who
is a minister or a Christian. Ho will argue with
him by the hour, intermingling his obscene and
pecnliar phraseology by which his establlßhment
is kept,up. He is perfectly willing that any man
should pray in his establishment, sing revival or
Sunday school hymns, or mako ad exhortation.
If youcan reformor convert any in hla estab
lishment; you are welcomo to do so.' He con
tributes largelyto benevolent .causes, both re
ligiousapd humane... Ho acknowledges that he
; wen t into his business to make money, and that :
he has got what, he started for. Boys, men,,
boatmep, captains from the rivers—country meu
—old womon of-sixty.and girls not twelve,
crowd his.place,’together with not a few who go.
to see the sights and partake of the rude fun of
the place." .
F. I. EETHERSTON. jPnWiskar.
PRICE THREE GENTS.
1 fACTS 4KD FANCIES.
—A moke-shlllt—a'sewing machine.— Judy. :
—Edward Everett’s son William is coniine out’
with another book. .
—The sea-serpent has been seen In Lake Mem*
phremagog. -,
—Houston Is to pay $40,000 to have its streets
shelled.
, ■Ames and Grace Greenwood are to read
in Washington.
„„- A Florida paper prints a long article on
"Magnanimity and Parvanimlty.”
. —Wench physicians are trying to make out the
diagnosis of Job’s disease. Not with any inten
tion to benefit Job however. ■ : ’ / , ’
. —lt Is the intention of Hon:'Edwin M. Stanton
to resume the praatlce of the law, In partnership
with his son, at the close of the warmweather. •
nine Cremona violins, made
■ late Mr* Charles Plowden, has been par*
chased by a London gentleman for £2,000.
, —Mr. Burlingame says the Chinese have more
books, encyclopedias, pamphlets, magazines, etc*.
than any other people. Thefr principal
pedla embraces five thousand Volumes. .
pro ?s?® to l of the life-boat that capsized
off Chicago; the other day with such fatal, effect,
announces his Intention'of yet crossing the At
ttoffld^p^ett^^l atmiclde '
• tr® an Francisco has given a complimentary
t°, a couple named Danizlgcr, in recognition
of their eminent , merit In hawng produced, and
reared to the age of one year,. the only set of
triplets known to exist on the Pacific coast.
—The London Tomahawk doesn’t admire Beade
and Bonclcault’s last. It Suggests,-oh a revenge
upon the man who has murdered yonr mother,
robbed yonr children, poisoned your brother,
destroyed yonr country, burnt yonr house dna
married yonr widow—take him to see “Foul
Kay." ■' . ■
—Some disagreeable indlvidual’has dng ont of
a book of proceedings of the Hoobq of Lords an
extract showing that when Peers were not
present at the opening of a day’s session they
were subject to a fine for the benefit of the poor,
and they were also obliged to pay five ’shillings
forevery day’s absence. i -
—Another Outrage.—First Citizen— At' what
period of existence Is salmon not fish ?
Second Citizen—Give it up.
First Citizen—When It’s salmon eggs.
Second Citizen—Beg pardon, when it’s what ?
First Citizen—When It’s ham and eggs. Can’t
you hear? ■■
Second Citizen—Police 1
—A paper hanger of Roubaix, France,’ fell a
victim to his imprudence some short time back
by going to his breakfast without first washing
bis hands after handling some green papering.
The inquest proved that death was caused by tho
Introduction Into the system of:salts of' copper,
now so mueh.nsed in the manufacture of green
coloring for paper, ■ , ;
—A French journalist, wishing to poke a little
fun at the English, says that a British ’ cap tala
named Harris once came across a sleeping wnale.
Under the Impression that It was aff iriond ho
landed, and in the name of Qaeen Victoria took
possession. The whole awoke and went down..
carrying thedlscdvererandhisporty, bnt upon all-
English charts the place is marked Harris Island.'
—Among the valnables of. the Papal treasury is
a cameo,' bearing; according to tradition, a por-.
trait of Jesus Christ, said to have, been executed
by command of Tiberias Cic3ar,contamporary of
the Mceelah. A sculptor In Rome has lately'
succeeded In executing a bust from the same,
v. hich has caused some commotion, and the Pope'
has sent him a commemorative gold medal, ac-,
companied by a letter of thanks.
—The story comes from Nashville that a Fede
ral Eoldler, dying In New York, informed a bene
factor of the biding place of a largo amount of
treasure that he had burled In a garden in Nosh- ’
ville. The friend went to Nashville, got drunk 1
and told his secret His confidants stole a march'
on him by finding the spot and digging it that'
very night. They were frightened off by the owner’
of the properly, and ho in turn is now diggings
for the gold, under theinsplratlon of a dream,
but without success.
’ ■. i ']
—Tho Gazelle do France inquires to whom Is
due the first idea of the Confederation of North
ern Germany and declares that it Is not to be at
tributed to Frederick the Great, as many sup
pose,but to Napoleon I. It argues the cause in the.
following terms: A despatch dated from the Tull
' eriesdn July, 1806, and which is quoted by M.
Thlcre In his “History of tho Consulate and the
Empire,” said, “The Emperor Napoleon will see
without pain, and oven with pleasure, Prussia
range under her influence, by means or a con
ft deration similar to' that' of the Rhino, all tho
States of Northern Germany.” Without doubt
his Majesty then wished to detach Prussia from
Austria and Russia, and avoid the campaign of
1807, by making her his accomplice and handing
over to her all the North ;of Germany, on con
dition she should adhere without reserve to tho
Indirect .absorption of Southern ' Germany by
France.
—A letter from Rome, of the Bth. says: “This
morning between seven and oight the Pope cele
brated in his private oratory, in the Apostolical
Palace, the marriage of Count di Caserta with tho
daughter of Count de Trapani. Those present
were very numerous; all the royal family of Na
ples,. Francis 11. at their head, a number of Nea
politan and Roman guests, ana many Spaniards.
His Holiness spoke a few words of exhortation to
ihe youthful pair, and then everybody retired.
A large assemblage of Neapolitans were waiting
on the Place Santo-Petro to seethe bride ana
bridegroom come .out, and when they
made their appearance they were saluted
with emphatic marks of respect and
sympathy. At the present moment no one can
possibly deny that hopes ore dewing for the Ne
opohton Bourbonß. Tho people of the former
kingdom of the TwoSicllies, wearied.out with
■ bod Italian government, sigh for change, and
would, on tho first occasion, open their arms to
Eras els H. or to the repnblic—perhaps both at
the same time. The Royal family of Naples Is
endeavoring now to extend Its alliances by mar
riage; for on these it partly relics, and not with
out reason, Duke Robert of Parma is here for
some days past, with the object, of concluding a
marriage between himself and the sister of
Francis U. This arrangement, it is thought; will
be carried out
—Straw hats, according to a return to Parlia';
ment, of the finest quality began to he made la
Tuscany for exportation about the year 1800.
The peculiar delicacy of the straw ana the skill ' :
of the workmanship gavo these ha tg a great rep- -
utatlon, and they aeon fetched high prices. Tho
finest straw; comes from tho neighborhood of !
Signa, a small place not far from Florence.' The .
country people plait tho straw and put it. to
gether at homeland the hats in their rough state ”'
are then sent'to a manufactory to be finished. A. '
"smooth Burfaco is first given to them;: '
•they arc then steeped in a weak solution
of acetate of , lead, . after which.. they
are ironed and pressed. , There .are fifty- ‘
six such establishments in Tuseany—ono at
Florence, -two at Pestora, three at Prato, four- ’
teen in the neighborhood of Oampi, , seven at '
Empoli and Brozzl, four at Signa, &c. The
value of the average annual exportation of straw
hats from Tuscany during thejperiod from 1851 ■
to 1855, - was estimated fn official statements,
published at the time, at 13,800,085 f. It cannot .
_ now bo ascertained, ■ because in tho Custom
House , returns straw hats are not distinguished
from those made of other materials. Tuscany has
no . longer, os it had for a long time, the mo
nopoly of this branch of Industry, which is now 1
carried on in various ports of Central, Northern ■ ■
and Southern Italy, but the hats made there are '■
of inferior quality, and not intended for .
ation. The average annua] value of the straw,
plaitings, &C. (not including hats), exported, JA
from Italy, is about 6,646,000&. tbatoUtheiiMaHß
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