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ATLANTA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8.
The official canvassing of the vote raat In
Ohio for President and Vice-President, In
JfoKatar, wiacompleted to-dsy.and shows
IhtfnDoaiHRnll: Gt«nlMl#B; Greeley
844.821: Black 8,100: O’O.nor 1,163; scat
tering 188. Grant's majority orer Greeley,
87,531.
la 1869. Grant’s yote was 2(8,128, or 1,724
lea than at Ibis election. Seymour's vote
was 838,700. or 5,011 1«*> than Greeley's rotes.
Grant's majority in 1888 was 41,128 agait.lt
37,631 DOW, or a decrease of 3,>07 on an aggre-
gale vote of 518JS89 then against 526,173 now,
or 7,345 more.
The total yote of Illinois for President Is
438,565. of which Grant received 888,9 <3,
Greeley 183,519, and O’Cnnnr 3,»l43: Grant’s
majority oyer Greeley, 59,(14: Grant's ma
jority orer both Greeley and O’Conor, r3,391
For Governor. total vole for pgleahy and
Koerner, 482.230, of which Ojle^hy received
837907, and Kuerner 195,021; Oglesby’s ma
jority, 42178.
In 1868, Grant got 250,293 rotes, or 10,360
more than at this election. Seymour got
129.143, or 5,554 more than Greeley. So the
Radical yote fell off more than the Demo
cratic vote; The Ralieal maiorlty in 1868
was 61,150, or 2,151 lem than at this e'retioo,
while the aggregate rote then was 449,439,
or 22£71 greater than now.
Oaverasr Smith.
The yote given for Governor Smith was a
very remarkable blnitration of his popularity.
The largest votes are nsnally polled at Pres
idential elections. His vote ran op to the
Presidential standard.
And be deserved the vote be received. No
administration baa ever commanded more re
spect. In bis appointments he b a been sin
gularly felicitous. In every ca-e where bis
judgment baa been called Into exercise. In
volving the Interest and honor of the State,
be ha* acted with a coil and discreet deliber
ation, firmness and tact, highly creditable to
himself and beneficial to the public interest.
This tribute to the worth of Governor
Smith la none the lest sincere because un-
soogfaL It has not been oar habit to pay all
the deatrvedtcomplimenta to tbe administra
tion that we worked, to the extent of our
humble ability, to elect, and in whoso success
we feel a deep Interest, and in tbe iiopuier
pride of whose Instre we share.
Because we belong to tbe party, and arc
Democratic, Is no reason that we should ap
prove In Governor Smith's Democratic admin
istration what should be condemned. Tney
mistake tlwsmMon of an independent party
pap- r who suppose that it most support what
it disapproves, bccaus* the party doe* it
Party b a necessary thing. It is tbe union
of men who think alike to carry good public
measure*. Ah this cant and twaddle about
independence of party is nauseating, and
aa improper as it is uncalled-for. llight la
the standard in all thing*. He who says
a man or journal can’t do right because
he nr it belong* to a great political
organization, misrepresents noble purpo-ea.
The fearless party paper or party member—
not “partisan," mind you—Is as open against
wrong In bis party aa oat of 1L It is not
necessary to get outside of all party to be
the bold champion of right and the opponent
of wrong.
While men are handed together to carry
wrong tboorirs timer who oppose them must
baud together to secure the right theories.
And this concert of action la the only avail
able means of securing Urn aucress of Up
right. And when men or Journals profess
independence it is a sort of guerilla warfare
on their own book for their own interest,
leaving them free to forage on all parties
without bearing the necessary burdens of
keeping up such organization.
Because we are.* Democratic p«h>er,en:
gaged In securing the supremacy of the great
principle* of constitutional government. Hint
form tbe Democratic -weed, we do not re
nounce our right to criticize all things and all
men in a proper and becoming spirit.
In this' independent spirit we propose to
oomment npon Governor Mmllli, and to give
hi* administration commendation or censure,
as they are properly due. And we are more
tlian pleased to render to him thus far the
praise of “ well done thou good and faithful
RCnUBS THAT HE U IS GONE D AFT
TUB COQUET I K’S t*KOOUB«S
Iteckless Youth. Ihingeniiis Mid
dle Ago, Isolat' d Old Mnidism.
While a girl ia young, and all her powers
of fascination are unimpaired, the g .me of
coquetting is a very enjoyable and engross
ing one. It tickle* her vanity to be snrroun.
ded by a group of gentlemen, all of them
anxious to obtain a smile or sword from her,
to the ignoring of others. It is very enter
taining to her to see Hie half-disguised mor
tification and jealousy ol the majority, il.
fig the time being.she favors one more than
she dors the rest. Stir fi els nstunilly elsledat
tbe though l that she can bring those to her feet
who make such a stir in the outside world.
That is an acknowledment of her iniluence
which no one can ignore, and if it is a matter
of considerable difficulty In bring a man to
her feet, when at last stHcess crowns her
efforts, her triumph is very sweet indeed.
There ia tbe pleasure of spurning him, and
boasting to her friend* that she baa made one
more conquest. Besides, tbe labor iltelf is an
agreeable break in tbe dull mruotony of her
life. In order to display her many points to
the beat advantage, she baa an opportunity of
exercising Iboee intellectual power* which
might otherwise lie dormant. She is troubled
by a few twinges of conscience on mccountof
the mleery ano heart-burning she causes, for
■ho regards the whole tribe of men as her
lawful prey, who are to be treated as
her own sweet will directs If the stupid
creatures choose to become gloomy misan
thropes because they are played false by a
coqueue, that is their lookout aad no concern
of beta Besides, she ha* an undefined im
pression that men's hearts can only be
wounded temporarily; they are ,-uch big,
burly, coarse creature, that it is not likely
they should possess such scute sensibility as
frail women. One or two rebuff's will do
them s great deal of good by knocking some
of tbe superfluous conceit out of them And
so at tbe c j set of lur career, the coquette
plunge* into the amusement of flirting with
infinite seat, and does as much damage in a
short time as possible. But as sbe grows
c'.-.le; her triumphs become fewer and her dis
appointments many; unconsciously she
acquires an overbearing demeanor, the
natural result of her many victories
She gets tbe notion into her head
that men are bound to admire and pay
their homage to her; that, as a superior
creature, she ha* a right to demand their
openly expressed admiration. And so
she does not take the trouble to make berself
very agreeable to them. Sbe assumes a half
defiant attitude, and snubs and ridicules them
unmercifully Strange as it may (and does)
appear to tbe coquette, they do not like thi-
sort of thing, and are not attracted thereby
The consequence is they rather avoid than
court her society. She becomes, too,
as fitful and changeable as an Apri
day; one day she will be gushing
ly sentimental and confidential, and
the next cold and distant and bitingly
■areas ’.Cal. T hen, again, her reputation gets
impaired; for at last the troth leaks out that
she is * coquette; People decline to place
themselves within reach of her baleful ir.flu
cnee; for they shrink back from tbe prob.
bilily of being trifi.al with, tier voice is tr
them as that of tbe syren, mud her eyes as
tbe light of the wil o’-the wisp, luring poor
mortal on to a miserable fate And so, if
sbe is mat altogether avoided, her society is
courtc 1 oniy by those who mean jus' ss little
and are as heartless ss she i-, who are proof
against all her as-.sv.lt*. and who have no ob
jaction to carry a flirtation toila most extreme
limits, and end the matter there They will
press her with meaningless compliment, and
praise her in daftly turned sentences; but
tbe oomplimenit have no charm tor her.
because siii- Knows they are meaningless,and
are very different to those whirl! were rd
dressed to her in earlier '.mica by clumsier but
more sincere admirers. And the delights of
a true friendship are denied her; she is de
serted up>a the first opportunity; for in
dealing with her men have few qualms of
caanacience. She is only getting paid lack in
her own coin. The end of the matter is that
she, too, frequently becomes re-ally crossed in
love; the man npon whom she baa set her
heart ignores her as a heartless requeue, nor
can aU her devices bring him to her side
Then sbe is miserable, and feels what a mis
take tbe has made/ But her humiliation is
not Complete. As years roll on, admirers
grow scarcer and scarcer, until there are none
left. Phe becomes soared in disposition, and
ultimately develops into a waspish old maid
or contracts a loveless marriage.—London
QnjMr.
VOLUME Y.l
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1872.
INUMBER 35
BILL AttP ON SCK1PTUUE.
Foci* from 9crlpture Worth Know
Tnm ths Boo* CowtnereW.]
There were ten generations from Adam to
Noah, embracing a period of 1069 years.
Lantech was of tbe ninth generation. He
was Noah’s father, and was 56 years old
when Adam died. Therefore Lantech could
communicate to bis ton Noah ail that Adiup
had communicated to him about the creation
and tbe fall. It was transmitted by Adam
to Lantech, and by Lantech to Noth. Correspondence New York San.]
There were ten generations from Noah to Dover, N. H., Nov. 19.—Yesterday a
Abraham, embracing a period of 950 year busines engagement called me to Northwood.
■Ihem was Nosb's son, and Shem lived lorg! The journey was a difficult otte, aa the horse
enough to talk with Abraham sixty years,, disease prevails here and but few animals are
and could therefore communicate to him all able to work. After toiling along for three
FUNNY TEMPERANCE.
rhe Hottest Temperance Lecturer
In New Hampshire—A Clergy-
ma • who Preached Agin*
Wi isky Awinl, and Swal
lows Seven Glasses
before Do'ng It.
th*i Lantech had loid Noah.
There were five generations from Abra
ham to Moses, embracing a perio
V***r*. Jacob was Abraham's grand son, and
lived long enough to tell Amratn, the father
of Mo«es all that he had learned from hi*! long, bleak drive.
or four hoars, myself and a friend reached
Pecrv’a Hotel, at the southern extremity of
the Bow Pond. Mr. Peevy gave ns a cheery
welcome. The bfazmg stove and tbe com
fortable parlor were very acceptable after the
grand-father A brainm. Tims, Moses became
well informed npon the history of the crea
tion and the fall by a transmission of all the
derails through a chain of only four person*,
and tho#? four were men remarkable for their
truth and great wisdom.
These generations nil descended from Seth,,
the son of Adam. There wh* another line
of eight genera'jom who descended from
Cain, bat who were all <5ut off by the flood.
In that line were some remarkable men to
whom we owe much for oar knowledge of
music and artifice in metals, viz: Jubal and
Tulnl Ciin. No doubt tbe results of their
skill and inventions were hmded do 1
through Noah and his sons to succeeding
generations
Abrahim had eight cliddren—*»ne by
Sarah, one by H igar, and six by Ketnrah.
Of these six. one was named Midi m; and it
was bis descendants, nnd the descendants of
I-t) true I (another son) who sold Josepu to
PotipMar. It seems tnat tbe aMidianites and
lshnriieiites were journeying together with a
caravan.
The longevity of mankind kept up well to
near the flo id. AftertHis.it decreased with
every generation oown to Joseph, who lived
to be only 110 years. From that period to
ibis, tbe ag** of man has varied but little,
though bat few men attain to a greater age
than three score years and ten.
Tbe Book of Genesis embraces a period of
1/00 years of tbe world's bistoij, which
brings it down to the birth of Moses. All
the other books of tbe Old Testament em
brace a period of only 1/00 years.
A Heartless Hoax on Horace
Gjeoley.
Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Old .Van*
New Yore, November 25.—A morning
paper publishes to day tbe story current in
newspaper circles for nearly a week that
Horace Greeley is insane, and says be is now
an inmate of the asylum at White Plains.
The same paper makes public an interview
with Wuitelaw Keif I, managing editor of the
Tribune, in which ihat genii* man is made to
#<ty in answer to questions that Greeley has
been under mental treatment for some time.
He is always e centric in manner and very
likely might be considered by some stark
mad, bat be is simply nervously prostrate.
For months prior to the death of his wife
be did not sleep an hour a night, and since
her death has been in the same condition.
In answer to the question—** Is it true that
Greeley drew a knite on one of his friends?”
Reid i-» made to answer by the interviewer—
“ 1 n 11 you he (UYe*Jey) hxs done nothing
which to those who know him seems strange.
He is always an eccentric man, and at least
acta as If he were queer; but now wh*m
nervously pr orated strangers might think
him crazy. I have seen him positively furi
ous when a firs* proof fc;ul been brought him
instead of a revise, hut I know md under
stand him.” Held said Mr. Greeley, notwith
standing the loss of sle- p nn-l appetite, was
in getter*1 good health, and made a request
tfi the reporter to say he was only nervously
pros.rate; there was i»ir> griod in saying more.
Greeley has had enough to wony him and
wbal he needs is quiet und rest.
P. M.— The Express lias assurances that
Greeley it not in the very bail state of health
indicated by the story published this morn
ing, though he is unable to be at his post fir
perform editorial duty. It discredits the state
ment made, and hopes soon to see him re
stored in heaitb, nnd with spirit enough to
strike back at those wanting in nntgnAniinity.
The earlier editions of other evening papers
make no reference to tbe publication.
Tbe Express says: The club rooms arc fall
of gossip about Air. Greeley’s loss of reason,
a paralytic attack, seeking an asylum at
Bloomingd de, etc. We discredit them nil,
and wi*li soon to see him restored to heaitb.
Mr. Sinrlilr, publisher of the Tribune,
stated to nn Express reporter to-day that Mr.
Greeley's mind is not seriously affected and
be was suffering only from nervous prostra
tion.
Another interviewer obtained from the
Tribune office the statement that they knew
notlrng of Mr. Greeley’s insanity or cf his
being placed in au asylum, lie has been
niucu distressed for some cays and gredly
prostrated, but when last heard from h-»d
sufficiently recovered to be able to cat regu
larly and converse with friends. Mr. Gree
ley is in need of rest aud secluriqn from the
annoyances of visitors or the cares of busi
ness, the weight of political excitement upon
his mind has been depressing, it is averred,
but p4issihly not damaging to the mental
ability of a man of Air. Greeley’s age.
MR. GTULELEV'a HEAL CONDITION.
In answer to inquires at the Tribune office
this evening regarding the condition of Mr.
Greeley,the folh wing was obtained:
The reports of Mr. Greeley's treatment at
Blooroingdale, or any other asylum, or of ap
plication for bis admission to any, are pre
posterous. He is still suffering from nervous
collapse, tbe result of lo*s of nearly all sleep
almost continuously for over a month during
bis wife's illness. This finally- affected the
nevers of the stomach, and it for days r* ject-
ed frod, whorebv the system was still more
weakened. Within a dav or two there has
been a marked change for better, both *n
sleeping and eating, and bis physicians are
hopeful; hut be is still a very sick man, and
for tbe present his friends can best show their
regard by letting him alone.
can give you some new cider,” tbe land
lord said,“ bat they don’t allow me even to
ke- p a private whisky bottle.”
“ Are tbe people round here opposed to the
tale of liquor?” I asked.
“ I guess they jest air,” was the landlord’s
answer.
*‘I suppose the clergy oppose it pretty
strong,” I said.
The landlord uncrossed his legs, knocked
the ashes from his cigar, and began to heave
all over from inward mirth.
*• Oh, yea,” he whewwi out at length,“ the
clergy's dead agin it—in the pulpit.” And
then he went off again into another fit of in
terior mirth, which lasted until he got very
unsafely red in tbe face.
“You don't menu to say, landlord.” I said
“that the clergy preach in the pulpit what
they don't practice outside? ”
Tbe landlord looked hard at me for about
half a minut *. Then he leaned back on the
couch and said:
“stranger. I'm a goin’ to tell ye a little
story. I ken' liquor here oncet. Then I hed
a darned sight more enstom than I nev neow.
The story I’m a coin* to t» 11 ye happened In
them lime* when I kep* liquor. One after
noon a tiddy-lookiug couple drew np to the
doer in a wacon. I went coat te see what
thejr wan ed. I see at a glance it was a
minister and bis wife. • * What ken I dew fur
yew ? ” savs I.
“ * Landlord,* says the man, in a whining
voice, ‘I’ve come here to give a temperance
lectur* in the B iitist church. I don't want
to trouble any of the brethren, so 1 came here
to get *c->mmodation fur the uight.’
“'All rLht,* says I; 'glad to see yon.*
“ Then he says, says he, * Landlord,Td like
to see yoar rooms *
“* eriainly,* says L
“ Thin he says to his wife, says he, in a
whinine t'»ne, * Aly dt*ar, stop in the wagon
while I look at the ’comraodatirvn *
I went-to tbe house and he followed me
Soon as we got inride the door the minister
says, dropping his whining tone, and in a
d—d lively voice,‘Landlord,* says he, ‘hev
ye got any good whisky ?’
“ ‘Com • inside,* say* I, ‘and I’ll try.*
“So wc went into the bar, and I brought
out a whisky jug. The minister tuk a half a
pint into a big glass and chucked it down.
Then he civ* a gasp and says:
" *Hab! where do ye get that whisky ?’ says
he. And he reached out his hand for the jug,
and after a smellin* of it filled his glass again,
and put it whar be pat the first
“'Now, landlord,* says he, ‘let’s see the
room3.’ I showed them to him, and be said,
says he. ‘Hev ye got much more of that—that
whisky, landlord V
•Well,* 8ays I, ,1 hev about thirty gallon.*
*Ab,* says he; *1 think the rooms is excel
lent.*
And then he went down stairs, and he goes
outside to his wife, and says in the old whine:
“•My love, the wh the rooms is excel
lent nnd then he helped her down, and they
camein.dile.
Well, stranger, afore the minister went to
lcctur* he took in five more glasses of that
whisky. I went down to tbe chapel to see
heuw it worked. He gav a splendid dis
course. He showed heaw injurious it was to
drink, and heaw liquor sent men to jail and
jbe grave, and the gallows, and to hell, and
made widows and orphans and doctors* bills,
and pimples on the nose, and he guv it to tbe
Mqu*T sellers.awfuL But, Loni! hedw he
did sweat! I never see a man hotter in my
life. He seemed a sissing all over.
“*He’s a spending himself on the good
cause,’ says one of the brethren. And you
should see heaw the deacons got around him
when the lectur* was done, and wrapped him
up to keep him from a ketchin’ cold
“When we got back to the hotel, the minis
ter says to his wife, says he, ‘My dear, you’re
greatly excited, and he’d better go to bed.*
And he see her np stairs jest as though he
wor a still sparkin’ her.
“Then he came deawn again, and he says,
says he, ‘Landlord, tHere’s an awful chill wind
uhlowing over the lake. Is tbe windows all
closed?’ I said they was. He sot awhile,
stroking his calves over the stove, then he
says, says he, ‘Landlord, whar do you keep
your cigars ?’ *In the bar,* says L T want a
couple,’ says he. I started to the bar to get
’em, and. Lord, he followed me and laid hold
of the whisky bottle, and carried it back to
the parlor.
“I got him to bed about midnight, bat I
never see a man hotter than be was. But the
clergy preaches agin whisky awful.”
Tbe I ittle People.
“Johnny’s got a bite,” cried a member of a
6-hing party, whereupon a little girl ex
claimed, “And he’s such a UetU boy, too!”
Old Equestrian: “Well, but you’re not the
boy I left my horse with f* Boy: “No! Sir:
i jest spekilated,and bought’im of t’other! necessity,
TUB PERILS OF N £W YOUK.
nyiteiy and Harder Increasing-A
Hissing Merchant-Tlystertoua
Disappearance of a Wealthy
Southerner—A Case of Sap«
posed Murder—Efforts
of tbe Police to
Fathom the
Nlystery.
From the New York fimes, S2«L]
About three weeks ago M*. Geo. M. Pray,
s merchant of Louisville. Ky., who had re
cently retired fiom business left his home in
that city and came to New York. On arriv
ing here he pu: np at the Brandreth Hcu*e,
at the corner of Broadway and Canal street,
as he had for some time past been acquainted
with the night clerk named Alartin He re
mained at the Brandreth House a few days and
then changed his quarteri to the St Nicholas
Hotel. A.thongh staying at the latter hotel,
bis friendship for Mr. Martin att-acted him
to the Brandreth House, where he generally
spent his evenings. On Wednesday even
ing, the13ih in*t,he called at the latter
named hotel, and was there introduced to
a Air. Lumley, a respectable merchant, with
whom lie remained playing billiards until
2:30 o'clock on Thursday morning. At that
time he left to go to the St. Nicholas Hotel,
and ha9 since disappeared. Mr. Alartin
accompanied the missing man to the corner
of Broadway and Canal street, and saw him
startup Broadway in the direction of the St
Nicholas Hotel, and this was the last that was
seen of him bv any of his friends. Hefaibd to
return to «lie hotel on Thursday, bat his non-
appearance did not excite any suspicions until
several days had elapsed, when a search was
instituted, bat no trace of the missing man
could be obtained. Tbe records at police
headquarters were searchtd, but the name of
the disappeared merchant could not be found
among the arrests or accidents. The hospita.s
in this city were thoroughly searched, but
without success. Becoming alar ned at his
condoned absence, the friends of the. miss
ing man telegraphed to his brother, who is a
Justice of the Peace iu Louisville, and that
gentleman came on a: once to this city to
assist in the search for his missing brother.
It is stated that the missing man, on tbe
day previous to his disappearance drew
from tbe Nassau Bank five thousand dol
lars in greenbacks, and is supposed to
have had his money in his possession wjien
he disappeared. He also had on his person
an old fashioned gold watch and two valna-
ble pearl shirt studs. It is farther stated by
his friends that when he left the Brandreth
House to go to Uie at. Nicholas Hotel, he was
perfectly sober.* He was not addicted to the
use of intoxicating liquors, but Very careful
and steady in his habits HU wife and
seven children are in Louisville, overwhelmed
with grief at his unaccountable absence.
Uiavdomcbiic rel tions a p c sai l to have been
extremely felicitous He w s a man of
considerable wealth, and his wife is also
possessed of considerable property in her
own right. His affairs are said to be in good
order, and there appears to lie no reason
for voluntarily absentiog himself. llis
brother and friends fear that Ue has been
robbed and murdered, and have sought the
”id of the police iu searching for the missing
Kentuckian. Detectives Tilley aud Heidei-
berg, of the Central Office, have been detail
ed for this duty. Air. Pray is about forty-five
years of age, stands nearly six feet high, and
weighs nearly 200 pounds. Ue was dressed
in a dark suit and wore a Ugut colored over
coat and tall hat” He is known to have gen
erally carried ti Derringer pistol and a pecu
liarly shaped B >wie knife. A full an ' accu
rate description of the missing man has been
placed in the h^nds of the detectives, who
are exerting themselves to find him, but thus
for without success.
ANOTHER MYSTERY.
Edward J. Van Dorin, of No. 56 La-
Fayette avenue, Brooklin, an advertising
agent in the employ of the New York World,
disappeared from his home on Friday, No
▼ember 8tb, and from that date his wherea
bouts have been a mystery. He started, so
he stated, on a gunning excursion. His
father, the Key. C. Van Dorin, of B< onton,
N J., his wife, and other relatives, have kept
up a vain search for tidings of him, and iu
all parts of Lpng Island inquiries have
been made. The corpse of a man with
a plMdl tilo; wound iu iiis Lead wa:-, on
Monday las*, found und<r the wharf at
Lloyd’s Neck, and at first it whs supposed
that the body was that of Van Dorin, but his
friends, after viewing the rent-tins, d cideJ
otherwise. When Van Dori> lfft home, he
was well attired, and had about $100 in his
possession. The day before starting on his
intended expedition, Van Dorin wrote to his
wife, who was at her father’s house in Alanal-
apin, N. J., that he was going duck shooting.
When be left, on Friday, lie wrote another
letter to his wife, stating that he was coming
to her; that she might expect him on the fol
lowing Monday, and asking her to obtain
from her father the necer3ary guns, ammuni
tion, and dogs.
It is remarkable that he went on his excur
sion in a pair of light-soled, low shoes, unfit
for country traveling. His friends also state
that be was unacquainted with the use of
gun9, and never had a weapon of his own.
Daring his wife’s absence, Van Dorin had
met an old acquaintance, aud he also
disappeared some hours before Van Dorin,
leaving his wile in poverty. He had
been sleeping and eating at Van Dorin’s
house for a week previous. Chief
Campbell is awaro of this man’s mm", but
declines to give it to the reporters. The Chief
states, however, that this man was arrested
in New York city yesterday morning, and,
without explainiug for what olleuse, odds
that he stands to-day in a very bad light.
Washington.
FRENCH CLAIMS.
Washington, November 2G.—The French
spoliation clairasnts met in Baltimore yester
day and adopted a memorial to Congress ask*
ing a settlement of their claim.
president’s message.
Tbe rough draft of the President’s Annual
AIes*age, though not quite fir.Lhc d, was read
to the Cabinet today, .til the members being
present. It will be'somewhat, perhaps one-
fifth, longer than last year’s message. In ad*
dition to the two copies to be seut to Con
gress, five will be made in manifold for the
use of the city press and for telegraphing.
In response to a question asked by the
writer of this dispatch, the President re
marked that he Jutd no ot jection to saying
that the message would uol show a change
of policy on his part, a* his endeavor is now,
as it has be- n in the past, to perform his en
tire duty to the extent of his ability, and in
sue b a mann r as would best serve the inter
ests of the country.
He was not certain that he would recom
mend »o Congress an extension of amnesty to
th» t wo or three hundred persons excluded by
recent legislation; but if he should, it would
be with a proposed condition that the bene
ficiaries merely take an oath to support the
Constitution of the United States.
He. h »wever, bad ample authority in the
premises, nnd could act with regard to the
matter without a repetition of his views
upon the subject contained in his former
annual § 53-=^=*?
TBS BABY B PPCPOTAHCS.
A Curiosity in tho Zoological
Cardens, London*
The well known naturalist, Mr. Frank
Buck 1 and, wrl*es to I And and Water, say
ing : “I am delighted to be able to issue a
bulletin thit the ‘little stranger* fens at last
arrive! Air. Bartlett, resident superintend
ent of the Zoological Gardens, has been good
enough to iuform me that this Interesting
event took place this morning, No
vember 5. at fifteen minutes past
seven. Both mother and child are doing
well. This, the third baby of our old
friend Madam Hippo, is bom with more
sense than its late brother and sister, for it
does not as yet require the services of the
wet nurses, the goats, who have neen in at
tendance for some days past. It will be recol
lected that the last two young hippopotami
would not take their proper nonriahment.
The little animal born to-day, focjphom the
name of ‘Guy Fawkes* heretoforeFbeen pro
posed, has discovered and readily rack* s use
of its mother’s milk. The little t«nff gener
ally lies sleeping by the side of lit gigantic
mamma, but sometimes it gets up and takes a
tour of inspection round its d*a».when its
family likeness can be immediately perceived.
Every now and then the mother rolls her
great eyes, listens attentively with
her horse-like ears, and grunts lordly with a
deep organ-like note; the young nae iustautiy
answers in the same note, but in ith infantine
key. Its color appeals to be fl&t of a pol-
»sh**d mahogany diningroom t*:blc; it is
about three feet six inches .long, and its
weight about one' hundred pounds. Eleven
hippopotami have been born in Earope—six
at Amsterdam, two at Paris, three in
England—but they have died in their in
fancy. Immense care is therefort taken of
the new precious infant. The hisEHipotomus
house is kept perfectly quiet, anu^yery pre
caution i9 taken by Mr. Bartlett—to whom
the greatest credit is due for his able man
agement and his eudless care in this matter—
to prevent the mother being dtttnrbed by
people moving about, doors opened, etc.; for
for if she were once put out, the poor old
thing, who looks exhausted mid anxious,
would probably, in her alarm, up, rush
about, and possibly not suckle kef child, or
else trample by accident upon it. i Therefore
tbe public, I understand, cannot (jossibly be
admitted to see the young one uniil the doc
tors pronounce that it is quite safd to do so.
They will, in the meantime, wis’r. this little
hippo ‘long life and a merry one.*J*
I have just been up to the Gardens (the
Zoological) to get the latest news, and am
happy to be able to Is-ue a mo:! favorable
bulletin. Little Guy Fawkes am its mother
are both doing exceedingly welL^fhis morn
ing (November fc)at seven thoy w were both
as it t .\ and slept till seven, shich hour
tuev went ju.u the water. \V /w they came
out the mother stood up while tnryOungone
suckled freely for some timc: £s$Jerks its
bead against the udder like a kl*y or a limb
When it had sucked enough it got up with
mile all over its i.tce and began jumping and
skipping with awkward gombo^ around its
mother, and e* cry now and then it pitched
up the hay and played with it,‘showing it
was liveiy and well. When it g&s into the
water with its mother it swims as well as a
fish.
When in deep water the little hippo rests
its n^se on the mother’s great, bread, lower
jaw, and sinks its head so low ib the water
that only its noMrils are visible. >This is evi
dently a wondrous arran ement for the
safety of the young from il 1 natural enemies.
It h is not yet been seen standing on its
P' ..«<t*h back in the water, as represented in
ti. |>late of Dr. Livingstone’s-book. On
TLarsday the keeper carefully, tossed in
fresh hay and straw and two days* food; but
thb disturbed the mother considerably. Sbe
is terribly savage, shows her terror, strength,
aifd-foars and bellows . tremendously if she
is -the least put* out. She has not
\5ttly great powers of observation—knowing
one "keeper from another—but also of memo
ry ; for Mr. Bartlttt thinks Unit sbe recol
lects her l<tst two babies were taken from her,
and therefore seems always ih a state of
alarm lest her third young oue‘should also
be surreptitiously wrested from 1^ r maternal
care Hence the nece*sry £$>•$’- most per
fect quiet. The spanoWs alone are adiintt ed,
and I must say they chirp nnwanantably
loud. The mother, however, seems, though
ever watchful, to be in excellent spirits, and
the baby sucks continuously, and the author
ities have the greatest hopes that it will live
and thrive. The period of gestation is seven
months nnd from twenty live to twenty-
seven days.
SMITH.
Tbe Man that Is Hunting Jay frould
^Down-A Ucmai table speculator.
Boston Com’Bpondenco Clndrnall Commer lal ]
Henry N. Smith is known throughout the
country' as one of the most desperate and
successful operators in Wall street. It was
he who bee one so noted at the Black Friday
time as the head of the firm of Smith, Gould
and Alartin ; it was he who was in with Fisk
in the bold operations against the Erie Kail-
road ; and it was he who made a corner on
greenbacks last winter by carrying five mil
lion on his pci son and locking it up in the
Tenth National Bank—which last ope
ration became the subject of Congressional
inquiry. Smith came on to Washington,
uni was examined. The committee did uot
get much comfort out of his answers. They
asked him if he had locked up $5,000,0i-0 in
greenbacks. He frankly said he had. They
ROCHEFORT.
The liomauttc Story of His Hat*
riagre—Matrimony Alter
intrigue.
The / Chief believes that this man knows
something concerning Van Dorin’a disap
pearance, and yesterday wrote to Boonton,
informing Van Dor in’s father of the arrest
Varieties.
Why is a dressing-gown the most lasting
garment in n gentleman’s wardrobe? Because
he never wears it on-.
If a spoonful of yeast will raise fifty cents
worth of flour, how much will it take to raise
funds enough to buy another barrel with?
A gentleman meeting a frhnd who was
wasting away with consumption, exclaimed,
“Ah! my dear fellow, bow slow you walk.”
“Yes,” replied the consumptive, “I walk slow,
but l*m going fast”
Elias Williams, of Buffalo, Altssouri, blew
into the muzzle of his gun to see if it was
loaded. Could Air. Williams communicate
with hi3 friends in this world, his spirit would
gently whisper, “ It was.”
A physician, on presenting his Mil to the
executor of the state of a deceased patient,
ask< d, “ Do you wish to have my bill sworn
to?” “No,” replied the executor; tbe death
of the deceased is sufficient evidence that you
making a .declaration of a more
friendly policy toward the Sontb, than-for
such a declaration toward the North as he
sought, as President, under the obligation of
bis oath to execute the duties of his po-ition
without favor or partiali>y,in accordar.c with
law. He would, in hi* Message, indorse such
i .-commendations of legislation os may be
presented by the heads of the several Depart
ments, and which experience had shown to
he nectary, and he would recommend
Congress that action be taken
Humor.
A lady, who painted her face, asked Par
sons how he thought she looked. “I can’t
tell, madam,” he replied, “except you
uncover your face.”
Foote was once met bv a friend in town
with a voung man who was tiasuingiy away
vi rv brilliantly, while Foote seemed grave*:
“Why, froote,” said his friend, “you ar«*
w , flat to day; you don’t seem to rciLh a joke.”
with regard to the award made by tbe *• You have not tried me yet, sir,” taid Fooie.
Geneva Arbitrators. The money will be 1
boy for six cents
A rocking horse m an Elm street family
baa two yards of red fl mnel about its neck,
and smells strong enough of nnnia to knock
over an apothecary from tbe city. The
youthful owner cannot go to school because
his hoise is sick. *
Important Lvents.
The first book printed in the United States
in 1G40.
Slavery abolished in the United States 1st
of January, ltH>3.
The first railroad in the United States was
completed in 1833.
Sea inland cotton was first raised in the
United States in 1780.
The first SabJwh S.*liool was founded by
Ludwig -acker, m Pennsylvania, on Jan
uary 8,174!
Tb“ quickest passage across the Atlantic
wa* made by the Adri »tic. from Queenstown
to N-w York in seven days, eighteen hours
and forty-five minutes.
PnosrccTiVk Chanoks in tue Sctreme
Cockr >ystkm.—A bid will be presented to
ougress this winter, which proposes radical
changes in the present working of the Su
preme Court. Toe bill contemplate* an in
termediate court, which shall po-seas th? or
dinary powers of the Supreme Court, and be
fore which all ca-es shall be argued. Tne Su
preme C«» :rt pr per shall be made stationary
and Justice* relieved of all circuit duty, which
shall be performed by the Judges of the in-
termed-ate court, the supreme Court to give
its entire attention to passing upon and de
ciding questions of law which come before it
from the intermediate court.
The bill will also provide that the intenne-
diale court shall not construe any law, bat J tbe fourth, the reign of the commune; the
decide the ca-es which come before it in ac- > if-ji and six relate to Italian matters, and
corilance with the construction placed upon . n'so comprise satires on the Germans of a
the laws by the Supreme Court. The meas* | date posterior to the fall of the commune,
ure is d. emed necessary, because of the accu The whole comprises from 1,880 to 2,000 cu
mulation of cases on the docket of the Su- j ricat ur«*s One copy has be**n purchased by
prerne Court. j Pxince Bismarck, a second by the British
Aluseum, a third is in the bands cf the col-
paid by «*reat Britain to the Deportment of
State, and deported in the Treasury. Of
course it cannot be drawn therefrom except
in n*'rordance with the law for the purpose
specified..
In the course of the conversation on
the s l»ject of civil service reform, the
President said that, while corapetelive
examinations were desired, be did not think
it right that offices should be given to the
enemies of the administration* to the exclu
sion of its friends. He was now engaged in
examining applications for pardon, taking up
ihe cases singly, with a view to conclusions
iron the it. He intended to pardon Colonel
B * we: man, who, about eighteen months ago.
was convicted of embezzlement while he
was an officer in the Baltimore Custom
House. Ue added, that in addition to other
reasons Col. Bo werman was a brave and
faithful officer during tbe late war.
gST* Messrs. Dulan have formed a collec
tion, in six volumes, of caricatures published
in Paris in 1570 and 1571. The first series
embraces the period from tbe declaration of
war till the close of August: the second, from
a Sedan to the fall of Metz; the third from the
(surrender of Metz to the March revolution;
asked him why he did it. He freely ac
knowledged that he did it to inuke money by
ih** operation, and wanted to kuow what the
Committee intended to do about it. Without
auswering, the members of the committee
allied what right be had to lock up that
amount of money. Then he got out
angry and told them that it was none
of their business; that the Committee
found they hod made a mistake.
Smith collected about $50 witness fees
and returm d to New York, and that was the
last of the sillly investigation. A g ntleman
who was a witness before the committee said
subsequently that Smith actually carried the
$5,000/ 00 on his person for two days. The
lining of his overcoat was filled with pockets,
and into these the money was stored. Smith
is about 35 or 35 years old, short of stature,
slight cf frame, and red of hair. The latter
he wears cut close, *and his whiskers a la
militaire or mutton chop, with mustache.
His name is not Henry M. nor Henry N.
Smith, but Norwnu Henry Smith. He is a
native of 1 ioga, Penn., a little village which
is shut in with charming grace from the
outside world by a circle of bills, which in
fall present such an enchanting appear
ance that it clings to o e’s memory fo-ever.
In this pretty little village this m- nater oper
ator was born, and here he is to this day call
ed plain Tom Smith, a nickname he got
when a body. It is nothing against Tom
that he spent bis young *iays aUiut as other
village boys do, and it is nothing against
him that he le rned the shoemaker’s trade
und was an excellent workman. It is said
there that Tom Smith can make the best
“tine” boot of any man in America. A love
scrape, if I am correctly informed, drove him
from his hammer und lap-stone and took him
to Buff do a year or two before the war. While
there he attended a course of instruction in
of the best “Business Colleges” which wereso
cetnmon then. From this he operated in
Buffalo in a small way, going finally to
Albany. He could not long remain in such
u place, and he turned his eves towards New
York. Hi* career a9 a money-maker is wtih-
out a parallel in history. It would be idle to
estimate his wealth, for to-day it might be
wea th 03 entatious y; he docs not care to
build an opera-house that he may have the
privilege of the green-room, and he is not
likeiy to run a line of steamers merely to
show himself in an admiral’s uniform, nor to
show himself at the head of a regiment at
the cost of thousands of dollars, lie lives a»
A bad marriage is like an electric machine, becomes a very wealthy man, and owns a
it makes you dance, and you can’t lei go. i number of the best h rses that money can
Some people say il is dark-haired ! ^ - mert : lv f,,r ** u . owo dHtin *'- He h »=
A Paris correspondent of the London Globe,
describing the marriage, on Thursday, No
vember 7th,of M. Rochefort, writes:
Few romances of fiction have imagined for
their- climax an incident so pathetic as the
marriage of Heuri Rochefort, with all the
circumstances which, in fact, surrounded
it yesterday. Several years ago, when the
man now condemned to detention for life
was the young Comte de Rochefort Lucay,
he wooed and won Alarie Anastasie Renauld,
the daughter of an i mployee in the Ministry
of Finance. They were at the time almost
boy and girl—he, I think, twenty, and she
sixteen—and did imt find it necessary to con
secrate their affection by any other ceremony
than those vows of constancy which usually
prove of very transient foice. It was not
so, however, iu this case. By successive
stages the Comte de Rochefort let himself be
carried away by his virulent wit and his
eager desire* for notoriety until he became
famous for sati es which were certainty
out of all keeping with au aucicut title,
and he wisely dropped his rank. It is
poor work attacking u falling man, and I will
not inquire now whether some of his extrava
gant articles, which, however meant, could
but fall like oil upon the fire of fiercer men’s
passions, were uot equally unworthy of the
plain citizen Heuri Rochefort claimed to be.
The natural result of such a career has been
at one timq exile, at another implication in
the horrorB'committt-d by those who were, or
had been, his followers, and finally the con
dition of a prisoner for the rest of his life.
During all his chanties of fortune, except tbe
last. Mile. Renauld has remained with him.
At Brussels, when he was an exile; at Paris
during he sie^te, they were together; and
they luive only been parted lately owing
to her lines*. * This is at present so danger
ous iLat in all probability death must
come soon. hhe could not meet
this calmly without reinedving for her chil
dren, as French law cuables ber to do, the
mistake made years ago. There were diffi
culties in the way. She could not be moved
from her bed, and her lover had ceased to
have the right, or at hast the power, to con
trol his own actioux. However, these ot Sta
cies have been overcome, and the prisoner
was permitted ye-uerday to come, strongly
guarded at every step, to make the dying
woman in the Convent of the Amui-oiacs at
Versailles, at last, hii wife. By this the chil
dren, a daughter aud two sons, became legit
imate.
No wonder tliat people have talked of little
else the last two d tj s. Curiosity was natu
rally excited to know each detail of this
strange conclusion to a singular story; but
the mutter was so well and quietly ma< aged,
that very few inquisitive spectators could get
in, where their prcsei.ce would have been
most unacceptable. Roc her fort had been
brought to the Aiaisou u’Airet of Versailles
on Monday night, and thence his marriage
procession stand on yesterday morning.
It consisted of one large uiied carri
age, conveying the bridegroom aud
three police agents, dressed in plain
clothes; it left tne prison at a very early
hour, and had for escort a very strong
eu ird of pu art tic >1* de la ptiix, who also sur
rounded in foice the Mnisi.n de S uite, at
tached to the Convent of lire Augustincs
Here, on tho second story was No. 3—a little
room opeuinir, ha all such do in places of
confinement, from a great public corn do**,
and in this lay the bride. As the poor; p;^a-
lyzed woman could uot, of course, be moved*
to the Mairie or to the church for cither the
civil or religious ccremouy, M. Rameau,
tbe Mairie, had come to her bed
side. Tbe m image instrument was
read by him, while AL Rochefort stood
by the bride, holding her hnml. Ii was then
signed by both, though the effort drew from
her a cry of pain, and witnessed by Francois,
Victor Hugo, Enie-t Blum, Jean Dcstrein,
and the eloquent barrister, Albert July. This
was sufficient to give legal validity to the
marriage and stains to the children; but Mile.
Rjnauid (;is the Rappel states half apologet
ically) had be. ged for a religious ceremony
also, and Rochefort could not refuse a request
which will probablyiBe her last. The bless
ing of the Churcu was, therefore, bestowed
on the pair by the Abbe Follet, chaplain of
prisons. After this M. aud Mmd. Rochefort
were released from surveilance for a short
hall hour, and left absolutely alone. At the
exoirution of this time they parted, and at
U o’clock of their bridal inorniu&lheir wed
ded life ended forever. J he brb’groom, with
the same precautions, was conducted hark to
his temporary' prison, his conductors, by the
rapid pace at which they took the carriage,
appearing to grudge the favor shown; and
last night he was curried in a prisoner’s van
to his placeof permanent cor.fi:inneut in the
lie de Re.”
A Komsucc of tUe Botlischild.
London, November 9.—The very upper
most circles of tociety here are agitated by
the report of the imminence of an extremely
unusual and startling event A daughter of
the Rothschilds is about to be married to a
poor mun—and this poor mao is a Christian!
The young lady who is thus about to break
wiih the traditions of her family aud disre
gard the teachings of her religion is the
daughter of Sir Anthony Rothschild, and
the mun upon whom she is resolved to be
stow her fortune and her heart is the
Hon. Mr. Yorkc, a son of the Earl of Hard-
nitke. I hasten to nip in the bud the
sympathy wish which this news may be re
ceived by mcsnliers of the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews
by adding that Miss Rothschild is uot “con
verted,” and that she is not going to embrace
father hyacinthe. The Tempest of Flame.
llow tlie Marriage of this Famous!
Priest Affested His
Standing.
Will So be Xiuthcr or Savonarola?
Two gentlemen having a difference, one
went to tne other’s door and wrote "Scoun
drel” upon it. The other called upon h s
neighbor, und was answered by a servant
that his master was not at home. “ No
matter,” was the reply, " I oniy wished to
return his visit, as he left his name at my
door in the morning. ”
Connubial! ties.
Parts correspondence Kew York Eenld]
And connected with this religions move
ment, I sm naturally led to speak ot “ex-
Father" Hyacinthc, aa he is called, whom
yon know so well at home. He has drifted
Into Paris again, and is now living in the
little village of Neuilly-on-the-Scine, a couple
of miles beyond the Arch of Triump. The
newspapers have made the Father the point
of innumerable paragraphs, and it would
seem that there ia a marked and systematic
attempt to persecute him out of France.
There ia scarcely a newspaper that does not
contain a paragraph or an item about the
Father or hia bride calculated to annoy or
wound him. Let me translate one that I take
at random from a number, and which 1 find
in the Za Km Farititnns, a gossip, scandal
and picture paper, written for the students
and the uncertain world:
The letters of ex Father Hyacinthe are be
coming aa numerous as the stars. M. Loyson
announces tc-d&y that he will continue to
serve the mass in bis apartments—in slippers
and morning gown, we suppose. We fancy
M. Loyson saying in tho evening to his mud
of ail work:
“Catherine, you will serve mass at 10 and
breakfast at 11 o’clock.”
And the next day we can fancy Madame
Loyson—who is prolonging her stay in bed,
disturbed by a violent ringing of bells—say
ing:
“ Strange that Catherine will never answer
that belli”
And so in her turn she summons Catherine,
and says sharply:
“ Catherine, you are very slow in answetiug
the door bell.”
“AhI no, Madame,” eays Crtherine; “it ia
Monseur at his mass.”
In tbe meantime the uitramotanist jour
nals assail the Fa ber bitterly, while other
writers support him for his marriage. The
Father shows resolution and persistency in
his defense. He replied to the editor of tbe
Univers, the Jesuit organ, that he was a bigot
but sincerely one, and he held him in no less
regard for permitting his bigotry to assail
him. And Paris had its langh at the angry
writer, who could not induce Hyacinthe to
lose his temper. A Paris newspaper, L’Avenir
National, having defended the course of the
Father in marriage, he tlds morning prints a
letter thanking him. “I have read,” says
the Father, “with the attention which they
merit, the two article * you have written re
cognizing the marriage of Priests. You have
treated with perfect kindness and appreciation
a question which. In France, as well as the
world generally, has never been carefully
studied. You have made an argument,
baaed upon solid truth, and calculated, I have
no doubt, to contribute largely to uprooting
the prejudices which exist in our country.
You have shown how it ia not possible to
attribute to the legislation of France that
which has no existence save as an incident in
its jurisprudence, and that it is not possible
to resign, without violence to conscience,
which nrc reserved nnder the law.” The
Father concludes with the hope that tbe arti
cle- to which he refers will be enlarged and
printed, aa the reform is one that is ultimately
associated with all others.
Christianity nor to renounce her own re
ligion. She will remain a Jewess, mid her
husband will contin: at least nomi
nally a Christian. .approval with
which the aged and t Baronet, her
father regards the t said to be in
creased by his lailc > discover in bis
prospective baiufih qualities either
of head or heart ch could justify
or even excuse wl a ae regards as his
daughter’s iutatuu' . hut then it
must be remembered r r ne ir not in love
with Mr. Yotke, and that his daughter is,
and this makes all the difference in the world.
Tbe Rothschilds have long formed a sort of
royal family of their own—intermarrying
only with their cousins—and it is said that
every possible means of persuasion have been
brought to bear iu vain upon this young lady
to induce her to abandon her resolve. The
reluctant eouaeutof her father, or rather the
wilhholdiug of hi? positive prohibitum of the
marriage, has at last been obtained, and the
marriage, it is said, will soon he celebrated.—
Sew York World.
that marry soonest, but elderly spinsters
maintain that it is the light-heade’d ones.
A revenue officer in Ohio, asking the usual
questions, inquired: “Did your wife have
any revenue last year':” “S'es, sir,” replied
the assessed, “both girls ”
A gentleman did not always agree with
his wife, nor she with him On one occa
sion sbe summoned a physician, declaring
that her hustv.n l had poisoned her. The
husband loudly protested his innoceuce and
offered as a clincher this test: “Doctor, open
her right here, on the spot 1 I’m willing!”
considerable money invested in real estate
hts native town, where he has provided hand
somely for itis father and mother.
"Henry M. Stanley, the Herald correspond
ent, arrived yesterday by the Cuuaril steamer
Cuba. A large number of his frit nds char
tered tbe steamer Fletcher and met the Cuba
in the Narrows, whence was brought to the
city. He was driven to the Herald office,
where he remained daring the after
noon. He was tendered a cordial reception
by the Herald Club, and took occasion to
refer to the honest pride which be felt
in his profession, and the hop-w he enter
lained for its future in America. The few
friends and journalists who saw Mr. Stanley
yesterday beheld a short, thick-set man,
who, though quiet and dtgnified.in Lis man
ner,nuts withouta panicle of the vanity which
many of the English journala have so loudly
dtcried. His complexion has been '.hor ugh
ly bronzed by tee tropical sun, aud the sprink
ling of gray iu his hair attests, ana the sever
ity of the African fevers. A very black
mustache and imperid odd rather than detract
from the robust outlines of his face. Eyes
of unusual penetration evince by their steadi
ness the determination of hi- mind and the
strength of will which curied him safely
through his perilous undertaking.—S Y. Tri
bow, 2 W.
Personal.
In the meantime. Father Hyacinthe con
tinues to livo in his suburban home and to
perform liis offices as a priest of the Catholic
Church. Although under the penalties of
tbe Church and forbidden to celebrate mass
in auy Catholic edifies, he insists npon his
priestly character and means to found a
church here. The principle of marriage
among the clergy, for which he contends,
and the per.-onat acceptance of which on his
part has made all this clamor, is exciting un
usual attention, and the bitterness of the war
made upon him for entering into tbe marriage
relation shows that the Oatholic powers here
do not underrate bis power or the importance
of his cause. The prejudice against a mar
ried clergy is deep and Ituptao hie. -and ex
tends into all classes. Even the scoffing mind
of France of tbe boulevards, which saw no
great harm in shooting a bishop, is
scandalized by the marriage of the
clergy. Those who hate tbe Catholic Church
and all chuvhcs welcome the act of Hyacin-
the as an evidence of the general immorality
of the Church, and appeal to it in evidence of
the corruption and falsity of religion gener
ally. Nor can there be any doubt that the
hold step of Hyacinthe has injured if not de
stroyed hia influence as a reformer. His act
had a personal meaning—a desire fnrpcraon-
al comfort or satisfaction—which suggest
selfishness and the absence of those qualities
of self-denial and abnegation which belong
to reformers. The extent of this injury was
seen at the Congress of Old Catholics, at
Cologne. Before hia marriage no one would
have been more heartily welcomed or would
have had more power and skill a9 a
leader than Father Hyacinthe. He has rare
gifts. His eloquence was the wonder and the
attraction at Notre Dame. He writes the
Freuch languagewith the felicity and strength
shown by Dr. Newman in the English. His
fame bad gone over the world; and yet ai
Cologne be was Bilcnt and avoided. The Old
Catholics did not want his counsel or his
leadership. He bad brought into his life a
new and disturbing principle—a principle
that the chimpious of reform did not wel
come. The oid Catholics opposed tbe infal
libility and other new dogmus, and npon that
issue proposed to war against the Pope
Father Hyacinthe began hia secession in the
same way; but while the Old Catholics con
fined their campaigns against the Papacy to
their dogmas of discipline and Church gov
ernment, Hyacinthe added the question of
celibacy. The history of reformation shows
:hat celibacy was never a welcome question
to the reformers. Long after Elizabeth was
satisfied to aid in tbe Reformation she in
dulged a special dislike to married clergymen
and many Protestant minds even now find
a scandal in it. So that Father Hya
cinthe, iu championing this doctrine,
baa taken one that, in tbe beginning, implies
hi- own violation of his vow of chastity, and
offends the singular sense of repulsion with
which all classes in this Catholic country re
gard a married clergy. I had an odd evi
dence of tlie dislike which has fallen upon
him the other mornrng at the Cathedral of
Notre Dame. At the door of the church is
a merchantman in ecclesiastical toys, relies,
beads (prints and photographs Notre Dame
waa the scene of the Father’s glory. - Have
you a photograph of Pere Hyacinthe?” I
asked. “Ah.monsieur! we are forbidden to
sell it He is no Catholic and no priest.”
But I said, “ I would like one very much."
Well,” was the reply, “we do have them,
but theyarekeptvetysecreL” Andsodtving
into one of his boxes he brought out the Fa
ther in Carmelite robes, and I preserved him
for a frame.
Tlie population of the esrth is no w esti
mated iu round numbers at 1,WO,000,000.
No less than 2/35 persons reside within,
th;-walls of the imperial palace of Vienna, j
Forty years ago the total number oi
Important Scientific Report to lluc
Chief Signal Oflioer on the
Boston Fire.
Evidences ot a Fire Tornado Da
ring the Conflagration.
Washington, Nov. 82,1872.
The following official report of the Signal
Service observer stationed at Boston, rela
tive to the anemometrical and other observa
tions taken by himself during the fire, will
be found of great interest and highly instruc
tive. They clearly snow that the fire was at
tended with phenomena distinctly cyclonic:
Boston, Mass., Not. 13,1873.
The Chief Hgnal Officer of the Army, JTiu-V
inyton, D. C.: __
Gxnekal—In reply to your telegraphic
dispatch, received this morning, directing me
to make a full report of the meteoric pbeuom
cna attending the recent great fire, I would
respectfully say that the wind at this station
during tho progress of the Arc, varied from
north-northwest to north, with a velocity of
from five to nine miles per hdur, weather
being clear, cool and pleasant On approach
ing the fire on the north or windward side,
as close as the heat would allow, the in
draught cf air through liter burning streets
assumed the character of a brisk wind, ptoba-
bly sixteen or eighteen miles per hour, while
the heat was so intense ss to cause smoke,
steam, etc, to be carried up in spirals to a
great elevation. On the s-- mb or lee side the
induced currents of tir were very strong,
probably thirty or thirty-live miles per
hour, carrying tbe fire bodily to windward.
This state of affairs up ears to be the reverse
of the Chigaco lire, where the strength of the
wind was sufficient to overcome the induced
currents and the fire burned to leeward: It
appears ns if the high wind permitted tlie in
draught to rise at a considerable angle af er
reaching the fire, leaving a large space of
highly ra'ified air in its front, inducing
stronger turrents to flow in, which, meeting
the indraught, gave the spiral or whirlwind
form to the ascending current.
During the fire a flock of ducks passed at s
great height overhead, and the light reflected
from their plumage made them appear as fire
balls passing rapidly through the air.
Many wi.o saw them called them meteors,
and likened them to the ha Is of fire
said to have been seen in tlie Northwest
during tbe great fires iu that region. Aa an
example of the gre it beat diffused, J would
state that during the night I exposed a ther
mometer in the observatory to the. full glare
of tho fire, when it rose nearly five degrees,
although placed upwards of two thousand
feet from the burning district and dead to
windward of it. No other phenomena oc-
curied, the barometer rising slightly and the
weather remained unchanged.
1 have the honor to be, General, very re
spectfully, your obedient servant,
H. E Cole,
Observer, Sigal Service, U. 8. A.
inns. OATES.
Tbe Uouantic marriage of one
known to the Atlanta Fnbllc,
From tbe St Louis Republican.]
At 5 o'clock yesterday evening, Mrs. James
A. Oates, the popular hurlerque actress, was
married to Tracy W. Tiius, who has been
her theatrical agent ever since her husband's
death, and bad also previously been agent for
her husband. The marriairc took place at
the Southern Hotel, the ceremony being per
formed by Rev. Dr. Berkley, and Mr. Junes,
tbe treasurer of De Bar’s Opera House, giv
ing the hiide away. Her mother, Mrs. Mer
ritt, of Kentucky, was p-esent on tho occa
sion, together with the tntire company who
are professionally supporting Mrs. Oates du
ring her present tour.
As everything concerning this sprightly ac
tress is of interest to the theatre-going pub
lic, we append a brief sketch of her career
up to the present lime. She was the wife of
Mr. James A. Oates, a young leading actor of
decided ability in tho melodramatic line:
Long before her adoption of the stage as a
From tho CoruUmUonnlUt]
TII3 ROUSE IN IRE SAND.
a upright Judge; and the man ccnf oessd."
But the other ante. If she'd cry no mors,
he'd make tt again like It waa belore.
And when tt would run, with a patience tweet,
He'd bulla It again, till tt atood complete.
And 1iota 1 kachild, and they were the twain
Who had stood today, face to face agala.
And who ahsll he Judge between the two men,
TUI to the lad cou.tthey both stand again t
AU men pralte the out to upright nnd jut;
Tne other an outcast from honor nnd trust.
And yet, through It all, that picture win loon.
And plead for lha prisoner them. In hit doom.
JAY GOULD'S COB3EB.
Thb Biggest Scare In Walt Street
Since Black Frlday-Danlel Brew
Goes Up Far BHUlonti
dpcctsl tc the Courier-Journal.]
THE Tilths OX THE CORXEB.
New Yoke, November 21—Ths Times
has tbe following about the Northwest cor
ner: During the morning and in the early
part of tho day Wm. Travers covered hia
shorts, psying.it is alleged, $150,0X1 ddler-
cnec. Charley Lamont stood up to the
track sleo, and paid his differences, amount
ing to nearly the same sum These contracts
were settled on the bads of 154. Tbe high eat
estimate of tbe amount of stock which
Daniel Drew short ia 2L.000 shares, sod
the lowest 10,000. Should be settle in full
upon the closing price of Northwestern, he
will lose nearly $2,503,000. Common
rumor said that Henry N. Smith was short
40,000 shares, which will involve him to a
greater extent than DaxU Drews. The
opini m waa freely expressed on the street
that he would not pay his losses in full, but
let tho broken stand the brunt ot the
contracts.
HOW QOULD CAUGHT D.VXISL DREW.
It is said that Drew was caught in the trap
by a device of Gould’a which was ingenious
in its way. Gould went to Drew, a few
weeks ago, aud suggested tho possibility of
“singing" the street on Erie, in which trans
action the latter was to appear a bull. Drew
joined in with the idea and went to work se
cretly to bay up large blocks of Erie, locking
them up in safes as fast as they were pur
chase . The stock in this market was soon
gobbled up, and as a consequence tho price
of Eric began to advance Gould also bought
Eric largely at low figures on the start, but
abstained horn purchasing any when it began
to advance. The stock rose to 56>, and
Goidd unloaded hia entire interest upon Drew,
thereby noting a considerable profit. Drew,
ignorant of tho bad faith ofriiis ally, and
wondering at the large quantities of Erie
stock which conlinuod to flow in aa he kept
on purchasing, went it alone, and was making
fair progress in hulling the market on his own
account when Gould turned a card. In some
way he became acquainted with the fact th»t
Horace F. Clark, Augustus Schell, and the
Vanderbilt party generally were endeavoring
to obtain control of the Chicago and North
western stock, in order to get tho road in
their own hands and supply esnissing link iu
tbegreatraiiroadcbnintotbe West He there
upon formed a coalition with the Northwest
ern clique, and going to Drew, whoaifil sup
posed he was helping him to bob Erie, sug
gested that aa a Mind to their real opera
tions it would be a good plan to “go short ”
on Northwestern, and thereby throw the
street off the scent Drew, relying upon tho
judgment of his “quondam" associate in
Etie, acquiesced in this arrangement, merely
saying that “ he guessed it was safe to go
short on Nor’west, aud it might tickle the
boys to speckilate in somethin’ new.” Ilia
brokets executed his orders, and hit design
was accomplished.
Tho attention of Drew became absorbed
in the cuteness of the E-ie bull movement,
and while he waa watching the rise of the '
stock lie paid little attention to Northwest
ern. Gould found that Drew was trapped,
and kept away, occupying his leisure mo
menta in engineering the rise. Friday night
Drew, speaking to a Timet reporter and Mill
entertaining some hopes of a decline in
Northwest, remarked jocularly, “I hear
Northwest is iking.’’ Yesterday, at the close
had sung in concerts in various Southern
towns and cities. In 1835, Mr Oates was en
gaged as leading man at Wood’s theatre,
Cincinnati, when, on tbe occasion of her hus
band’s benefit, Mrs. Oates made her first ap-
HTACIXTHE TO LEAD A CRUSADE AOAIXST
Bans.
But whether he wins or loses, the Father
has raised his standard here, and here he
will make his fight—a new Luther warring
upon a church whose pride he was a few
years ago. He has made his home in a
modest village near the Bok de Boulogne.
He means to institute his church in Paris,
and I am told by his friends that he has tbe
support of many good people, who believes
in him, married or unmarried. The antipa
thy with which he is regarded by the Cutho-
lic powers generally, and the bitterness with
quite a literary lion in
HTA Denver dentist being introduced to a
belle of the place, recently, delicately opened
the conversation by saying: ■‘Miss'W ,1
hope that I may consider ihat we are not en
tirely unacquainted. I bad the pleasure of
pulling out a tooth for your father a short
time ago
lectors.
Cellar Rapids has an aeronaut con
nccied with the gas company who expects to
make a trip to Calif ornia in the spring through
the air. Should this prove successful, he will
undertake a voyage across the ocean.
Art Ifeint.
The sale of the Belmont colltction of
foreign paintings realized over $3<\M».
It is singular how Closely “ Burning Bos
ton ” resembles the oM cats of “ Burning
Chicago” used by ihe illustrated papers.
The French admin:->tratiou des forests me
about to sell a large propor.i m of the old* st
trees of the remarkable forest of Fontaine
blean. The'French artists are protesting
against this desecration of one of their favor*
1 ite resorts.
horse*; cattle and sheep in Australia wsa I on the W
uniter 40UL0C; tin* number luis tiace in-! Trnicl
suit., nearly »V«UWl
Mnrk Tw
London.
Frcderif L I) u^htssis the first colored Pres-
id n'ial £!u;
Mr. M&uton M i • 1; is taken his oid p:ace
New Bedford, has given
< 0,0 0 for u nursery.
which he is treated by the ^tramontanes
and church .press, show, as I have said,
that Romans fear him And no one can say
what mav be the effect of the movement
of tbe Father. Be is a man of eloquence
and courage. He threw away what he him
self called “ the glorioua pulpit of Notre
Game” for a conviction. The darling of the
Church an>i the idol of this brilliant Paris,
he is now tlie despised of the Church, and
his name is never mentioned except in mock
ery. He may become a “hew Savanaroia- a
new Luther, perhaps—or bis name may never
be he»rd except as you hear it now. Tbe
measure and interest of his life have inspired
this reference, which must have an interest to
thousands in America, who watch his future
with interest nnd wonder as to his career.
pearance. playing the part of Paul, in tho
“Pet of the Petticoats”—not at the Theatre
Comique, as lately stated by a content porarv.
Her efforts on this occasion attracted
particular attention, and gave no
indication of the genius for burlesque
intent within her. During this same
season. Mr. Oates was attacked with a
serious affection of his throat, from which he
finally emerged, after a long illness, with his
voice, so far as the requirements of his pro
fession were concerned, almost entirely lost,
and he oniy appeared in a few pantomime
parts afterwards. After this misfortune he
was inteiestcd for a short time in the Theatre
Comique, a small vandeviile theatre, which
never yielded much of a returnon the in
vestment, though well conducted, and sup
plied with an excellent comedy comnanj-.
Here Mrs. Oates appealed iu various minor
parts. After this she turned li r attention to
burlesque opera, as in this dirccffon her voi- c
and musical education would find its most
promising field. Here she found her appro
priate snistic sphere, and rapidly advanced
$o a high position, at present being the most
popular lady on the burlefqft stage, with
none of tlie questionable notoriety attaching
to her most prominent competitors. Asa
lady, she is, aud has always been, beyond
reproach.
Rumor attache^ n romantic flavor to her
marriage with Hr. Titus, it is said that her
former husband, being attached to Mr. Tiius,
and vitlueing his business quit lilies, on his
death-bed charged her to retain him as her
business manager; and she has so far im-
E roved on bis advice as to admit him to a
fe partnership in her fortunes.
As is the case with many public favorites,
the iiress of the country have reported her
married at least a half-dozen tunes, to differ
ent individuals.
The end re company, with Mr. Titus and
his bride, left on Sunday e/ening for Mem
phis, where they begin an engagement on
Monday evening.
Sy It having ben pretty generally known
that large numbers of the Democrats of Staf
ford county would not turn out on the day
of electi- n, owing to *Ueir aversion to voting
for Greeley, the leaders fell upon a novel
plan to ent ice them to the polls. The people
being bitterly opposed to ’he taxing of their
does for public school purposes, ballots were
prepared, aud the people were iuvited to go
to the polls and cast their votes against the
obnoxious “dog tax.” The result was that
every mother's son of them turned out, and
not only voted in almost solid phalanx
against “ dog tax.” but give Greeley a vole
of over (even hundred to Grant’s two hun
dred and odd.—Mana**»* Ornette.
Vurle<iea.
Tbe worst tax of all—Attacks of gout.
With topers, as with a good book,itis
meet and drink.
Tbe golden motto of the vain man, is win
gold and wear it.
When is a young lady very like a whole?
When she’s pouting.
“To dye, to sleep,” as yourg lady said
as she dismissed her maid tor the night.
Contentment ia tbe true philosopher's
stone; neither have yet been discovered.
Tares which every wife is willing that the
husband shall sow—Soltaires, in her cars.
Why is a hen-pecked husband lLe an
opera hat? Because be is very big when he’s
out, but immediately shut up when he gei'i
home.
bought t
the street, and, it is supposed, will
proceeds to settle up with the successful par
ties. He also unloaded a large amount of
Wabash and various other stocks. It is ex
pected that he will settle on Monday.
EXCITEMENT SATURDAY.
At the Fifth Avenue Hotel, last night,
there was considerable excitement among
linkers, merchants and brokers, caused by
various reports which were circulated rela
tive to a second arrest of Gould, and its con
nection with the Chicago and Northwestern
comer. The story, as it gained circulation,
was, that the Brie Company had determined
to arrest Gould ag.iin, that he might be held
in greater bail than one million.
This was contradicted in various quar
ters; but there seemed to be no ade
quate grounds either for the assertion or de
nial. Watson, prosident of the Brie Coin*
ianv, stated that it was his intention to have
jis bail made large enough to in some way
uuard against Gould’s running away, but
tbat was his only object and totally m dis
connection with tbe stock jobbing. Watson
thought that one million dollars was suffi
cient b til for the present, although he depre
cated the custom of diminishing bail in
proportion as a defalcation increases There
ts much interest manifested concerning the
events of to-morrow in Wall st,and anxiety in
regard to the course of the market is intense.
WHAT THE WORLD SAYS.
The World says: “We are greatly mis
taken in the character of G. Watson if. hav
ing once grappled with th
our country in the p non •
notorious representative#, he does not keep
bis hold with bull-dog tenacity until he has
brought his quarry to the earth.”
tiiavkks aor caught.
W. R Travers, in e card to the Herald, de
nies having any interest in any “put” or
“pool'* with Drew, Smith and others, in
Northwcstrn.
ERIE SUES DREW.
A suit has been instituted by the Brie R H-
way Company against Daniel Drew to recov
er $5,000,000 alleged to have been embezzled
by him while treasurer of tbe company in
1S68, by the gale of 50,000 shares of watered
slock.
Tii»» prowi
detected »y
it in a soh’.ti'
The anp!
0A.aC.M4C lit Ccipl«.
ce r.f .-otton in tl i.nel maybe
£-4 mpie of
fh.
r lin-ce
id inr.rnii
curt* prevent
To t lea.ii a *!> t
light for a f w sc
and il will u a r ain
write with.
-he
,il, applied went O'
:s said to he ail tff.ctual j „
ve of chapped hands. nik—a woman <.-f at
;1 pen, pkee it over a gas- “Who :h -I • ' - '
co ids; then (lip it in water, au answer: “ U■ iwoo
in a good condition to j quainted in h-.se p r:
' 1 been Lerti”
As Indioatds of How Money has
Bren Wasted.—Wiuhinyton, November 25—
Important recommendations concerning the
efficiency of the navy will be mads in the
forthcoming rep-.rt of Secretary Robeson,
predicted in part upon reports cf the chiefs
of bureaus. It has been found that more
! General Grant will In ii'lvdr > cars of I money has often been spent in the repair of old
?.ae when ne retires from me i’re-.t.kicy, in I vessels as authorized by Congress than would
1377. . { servuin the construction of new cnes of gi eater
* j strength and improved model and appurten-
\irii—A 3!i-«.iuri ]- dv wno; ances. As an instance of this,the Pensacola
?!,.b Town.” Kitn-s--, to tea h ! cost $125,000 and repairs more thin twice as
■ of her pu
j 1 uii.citen years—
■ - and received for
i hain’t much ac-
tbis is the fust time
rnucu, namely $700,000. As to tne other ves
sels of the navy including Guerriere, Nevada,
Iowa, and Vanderbilt, to put them into thor
oughly good condition would require an
amount money far exceeding their original
cost
Society and FasHlon.
The “ Pyramid ” k a new square dance.
Musk is becoming the fashionable perfume
again.
Sage green is the latest fashionable wear in
kid gloves.
Diamonds set in jet are the latest fashiona
ble novelty.
Fashionable New York society docs not
allow marriage engagements to run longer
than three months.
It is said that the old observances of New
Year’s day will be very mnch neglected on
the approaching anniversary.
tWA letter from Ireland says: “The
whole county of Wexford has been excited
by the reported elopement of Mis3 Agnes
Barry, only daughter of Hon. Hugh Barry,
an ex member of Parliament of Newton
Barry, with an American tourist, s Mr. Fiiz-
henry, of Boston. Miss Barry k the absolute
possessor of tho richest estate in the county,
and is heiress to over £3’K>,000, a sum repre
sented by $1,500,000 gold, which the inherited
from her ttncle,”
profession, st,o was known to a considerable effiajhrhwgauiiat northwest
as a sroger of more than ordinary merit, and the remars was mule to Drew, - Northwest
ern is thing.’* “Rising!" responded Drew,
“rising! why it’s risen." Drew, realizing
the perfidy of Gould tally yesterday, sold out
tbe Erie stock which he had bought to “akin”
rk press,
been merciless in its salt
chivalry,” whenever gentlemen in this section
resort to sn armed meeting for the settlement
of nifferencet, U b -ginnmg to tiro of the
bludgeon of the bully and the knife of (be
hired bravo. The recent carnival of crime
in the city of New York has elicited this
con.ession from tbe New York Bon. In its
edition of the 2 lit we find tbefoUowing:
“There has been a great deal of Jam anim
adversion on the system of duelling, once
prevalent and not yet entirely extinct in the
South. But duelling k fair play compared
to tue fashionable style of murder in New
York. In a dad a man baa a chance for hit
life. Here the pistol bullet bean at once tbe
challenge and tbe doom. In a duel both par
ties might happily be killed, and the public
spared the expense and unpleasantness of de
mining a mmderer for several months in a
e ll, wh re, if he b at ail consumptive, the
liseasc is likely to take a fatal bold npon
him. After ail, the system of dndling baa
iu advantages.”
HT The national asaemoly of France baa
passed a bill restoring to tbe Orleans family
tbe estates that were confiscated after tbe
revolution of 1872. But the particular piece
of property that the heirs of that nnhappy
house most desire is the crown of Francr.
and it does not appear that this if covered
by the action of the assembly.
northwestern Irenas,
Grand Rapids, Michigan, has sleighing.
Columbus, Indians, sknghtere 700 hogs a
day.
St. Pan!, Minnesota, estimates her size at
30,000.
Baxter, Kansas, shipped seventy-four car
loads of cattle one day this week.
Dave county, Wisconsin, says its hand
somest woman wears a No. 8 shoe.
South Bend, Indiana, has measles, scarlet
fever, whooping cough, and 350 cases of the
horse thing.
State appropriations for coal burning will
be asked of tbe Nebraska Legislature, which
meeta in January.
A State Convention of School Superin-
tendenta and teachers will be held in Uadi-
o n, Wisconsin, December 26th,
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