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[For The Suuny South.] BETTER THAN REASON. BY LILLIAN BOZELL MESSENGER. Oh, tell me why the butterfly, W ith happy wiug and beaming eye, In royal, splendid colors drest. As woven in the summer-west, W ith such t*et and grace and power Finds its beauty and its flower— Never envying the bee. Nor crossing its felicity,— Tell me this, and I will prove Why I sing and why I love! Whisper how the song-bird finds Every harp of all the winds— Why he mounts the waves of light, And never fears for wing or night; And how he builds his nest, and where The velvet breast awaits him there, W'ith pensive eye and brooding wiug, Love-cooings break her slumbering,— Tell me this, and I will prove Why I sing and why I love! Come whisper how the sweet bee knows Where the first spring blossom blows— Why he waited the winter long, And never sought the flow'ry throng; When fading day dreamed in the west, He slipped into his golden rest! Next say why the sky is blue, And yet wears veils of every hue, Forever beautiful and new,— Else cease thy scorn and murmuring Why I love and why I sing! And yet another truth impart: How heart and soul find soul and heart; And why the heav'nly message flies From tender lip and flashing eyes; Why nor time nor space can sever Loves two, made one, with God forever. Tell me this, and why, sweet spirit, Thy fair brow was made to merit The truth and beauty that it bears. And kiss of angelhood it wears; While thy love-born soul confesses ’Twas the saints wove thy soul’s dresses! Then say when were fetters wrought. That thou hast chain’d me, soul and thought! Thus the reason thou wilt bring Why I love and why I sing! OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HON. BENJAMIN F. PERRY. The Honorable Benjamin Franklin Perry, a distinguished member of the South Carolina bar, and still more distinguished for the ability and firmness with which he resisted the dis union movement in South Carolina, was born November 20, 1805, in the district of Pendleton. Benjamin Perry, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Massachusetts. His ancestors were English. There were three brothers who immigrated to America in the early settlement of Massachusetts. Two of them re mained in the old Bay State, and the third moved to Rhode Island; from that brother has descended the family of Commodore Oliver H. Perry. At the early age of sixteen, Benjamin | Perry volunteered his services in the army of the Revolution, and was in the attack on Rhode Island in 1778, made by the combined forces of j General Sullivan and Count de Estaing with the \ French fleet. Immediately after the close of the American Revolution, he-entered a store in Bos- ton as clerk, where he remained till his removal to Charleston, S. C., in 1784. Thence he came to Greenville, where he married Anne Foster, daughter of John Foster, of Virginia, who bore a Lieutenant’s commission in the regular army of the Revolution. The mother of Benjamin F.* Perry, like the mothers of all distinguished men, was a woman of great vigor of intellect and character. The childhood and youth of Benj. F. Perry were spent amid hills and mountains, alternate}- going to school and working on the farm, till he was sixteen years old. During that period, he manifested a great passion for books, and read everything he could lay his hands on, even to the American Encyclopedia! This early and ; strong manifestation for reading and learning induced his uncle, Robert S. C. Foster, to pre vail on his parents to give him a classical edu cation and a profession. He commenced the study of the languages at Asheville, N. C., where he met David L. Swain as a fellow-student, who j was afterwards Governor of North Carolina and President of Chapell Hill University, between , whom there sprang up an ardent friendship, which continued through life. The Latin gram mar was put into his hands Tuesday morning, and such was his intense application, combined with remarkable facility for learning, that he memorized the whole of it before the coming Saturday evening. In the course of ten months he read all the Latin and Greek books required to enter the junior class of the South Carolina College. In 1824, Mr. Perry entered the law-office of Judge Earle, and being only eighteen years old, he was enabled to furnish his mind with those rich stores of general information and literature which have since enabled him to mingle with the labors of a large professional practice very many able articles to the periodical literature of the country. He varied his reading daily between hrw, history, poetry, and novels. He finished his course of legal study in the office of that eminent lawyer, Col. James Gregg, of Colum bia, and was admitted to the bar in 1827. In commencing his profession at Greenville, he had more than the usual severe probation of young lawyers, for there was very little business and an unusual number of eminent lawyers at the bar on the Western Circuit, which included Greenville. Mr. Perry has pursued the labori ous study of his profession even more assidu ously since than before his admission, and has realized, by a commanding practice on the cir cuit which he rides, the rich rewards of emolu ments and reputation to which talents of a high order, great labor and study, high personal char acter, and speaking talent of a high order, so well entitle him. - in the exciting and memorable nullification contest of 1832, Mr. Perry took charge of the editorial department of a newspaper then pub lished in the town of Greenville, where he re sided. Nearly all of his friends—Judge Earle, Warren R. Davis, General Thompson, and oth ers who would have been most likely to influ ence and convert his opinions, and would have influenced those of most any other young man— were all nullifiers. Most of the young men of the State were on the same side—as they are always apt to be on the side that seems to be that of honor and patriotism, because perhaps it is the side of action and danger. But the opinions of Mr. Perry were fixed and undevi ating in favor of the Union—the result of much reading and reflection, not crude and hastily formed. The whole theory of nullification, as set forth \ Mr. Hoar was sent by Massachusetts to South by Mr. Calhoun in his various publications, was, 1 Carolina, aqd was the only Senator who spoke in the judgment of Mr. Perry, at war with the I and voted against the expulsion of that gentle- • _ . . - i man f r0 m the State. Although in a minority of one, lie told the Senate that this carried no ter rors to his mind while conscientiously discharg ing his duty as a Senator. South Carolina has been for the last twenty fundamental principles of our Federal Govern nient, and impracticable in its operation. But it was a painful struggle for him to separate from cherished and honored friends, and from a large portion of the eml odied chivalry and honor of the State. The crisis was one. however, which demanded the sacrifice, and he made it, and firmly and resolutely did he pursue the path of | duty as he regarded it. which is always the path ! of honor. The Mountaineer soon became a pow erful and leading organ of the Union party, and I all sorts of influences were exerted to bring over ' its talented young editor. Appeals to old and i cherished friendships, to patriotism, courage, | interest and honor, to go with his State -and i friends, were all made in vain. In the course of this angry and exciting strug- i gle, Mr. Perry became involved in a duel with five years a disunion State, and Mr. Perry has been consistently a Union man ever since he entered public life. This has effectually exclu ded him from all State honors and office. But he never aspired to any before the Legislature. On several occasions, his friends voted for him for Chancellor and President of the State bank. When General Cass was the Democratic nominee for the Presidency. Mr. Perry was not in the Legislature, but was elected by that body as an elector to represent the State at large in that election. Governor Orr and himself had pre viously been opposing candidates for Congress. submitted one of his own, which was elaborately written, and attracted considerable attention. In the summer of 184(5, Mr. Perry made an ex tensive tour through the Northern States and Canada. He carried letters of introduction from his friend and neighbor, the Hon. Joel R. Poin sett, to a great many of the distinguished men tion of seeing all his political measures, which he had been contending for throughout his po litical life, adopted by the State during his Pro visional Governorship. Having declined to be a candidate for Gov ernor, the Legislature elected him, almost unan imously, United States Senator for six years. in Washington, New York and Boston. His trip But like all Southern Senators, Governor Perry was a most interesting one, and he made the ac- was not allowed to take his seat in the Senate of quaintance of President Polk, ex-President Van the United States. Buren, ex-President Adams, Mr. Webster, Col. When the second reconstruction of the States Benton, Mr. Everett, Governor Kendell, and was ordered, Governor Perry opposed it in a many others. But we have no space to mention i series of articles, which were published tlirough- the particulars of his travels and conversations with the distinguished men whom he met. In 1837, Mr. Perry was married in the city of Charleston to a lady considerably younger than himself, Miss Elizabeth F. McCall, daughter of j West McCall, Esq., and niece of Governor Rob- j ert Y. Hayne, a lovely and accomplished woman. ; He has had seven children, and only four, one daughter and three sons, are now surviving. Mr. Perry has always lived like a gentleman, in I a style happily combining elegance and frugal ity, and only extravagant in the purchase of books. He has the most extensive library in the upper country. He has saved a competency, and has a handsome income from his profession. out the Southern States. He thought it better to remain under a military government than be governed by negroes, carpet-baggers and scalla- wags. Governor Perry preserves the dignity and courtesy of manner always ascribed to him. He is remarkably familiar with his friends, and accessible to all. He is a capital talker, and at the same time a good listener. The stores of reading, observation and anecdotes which he possesses are freely dispensed, and embrace a wide range in science, literature and politics. “He retains still much vigor of constitution, and his firm tread and elastic step would indi cate that he is a much vounger man than he is. His person is tall and commanding, with a i Of large and commanding person, with strikin They were both Democrats; but Governor Orr came out in favor of General Taylor, which se cured him the Whig vote, and he was elected. In the course of his life, Mr. Perry lias been called on to make a great many public addresses the editor of a nullification paper published in j the same town. His adversary was mortally wounded at the first tire. This we have reason to know, has been the most painful circumstance of Mr. Perry’s life, although he has nothing to reproach himself for in the circumstances which led to it. His adversary was comparatively a stran ger to him, a young man of talent and promise, toward whom he entertained nothing approach- ing a feeling of unkindliness. But under the j of Revolutionary inci circumstances of the case, the temper of the times, and the prevalent feeling in South Caro lina, there was no alternative. A Convention of the Union party assembled in Columbia, August, 1832, for the purpose of adopting measures to counteract the movement of the nullifiers. Mr. Perry was a delegate to that Convention, which was composed of such men as the venerable revolutionary hero and patriot, Colonel Thomas Taylor, Judge Huger, Chief Justice O’Neall, Governor Johnson, Poin sett, Pettigrew, Governor Manning, Judge Rich ardson, Governor Middleton, Judge King, and many others of the most distinguished names of the State. The opposition of the Union party at home and the denunciations of President Jackson’s proclamation seemed only to madden almost to fury a gallant and already excited people. In the ensuing fall, a regular Convention of the people of the State was convened, by order of the Legislature, in the capitol at Columbia. Mr. Perry was elected a member of this Con vention from Greenville, at the head of the ticket. His colleagues were Governor Middle- ton, Colonel Brockmore, and Silas R. Whitten, Esquire. In 1834, Mr. Perry was put in nomination by the Union party for Congress, and was beaten only sixty votes, in a poll of six or seven thou sand (and this in Mr. Calhoun’s district), by that liighlv-gifted and most popular man, the Hon. Warren R. Davis. Mr. Davis died before biking his seat in Congress, to which he had been re-elected, and Mr. Perry was again brought for ward as a candidate, opposed by General Thomp son. He was soon after thrown from his car riage and seriously injured; was confined to his bed till after the election, and consequently Gen eral Thompson was elected by a large majority. Mr. Perry now withdrew from politics, as he hail long previously done from the editorial chair. J^ng h^ne wspapW,* neither'hisTife and devoted himself exclusively to Ins profes- i yj sion and general literature. Few lawyers in the State have enjoyed a larger or more lucrative practice, and none have exhibited more learn ing and ability. In the fall of 1830, Mr. Perry was elected, without opposition, to a seat in the State Legis lature. He was placed on the Judiciary Com mittee and the Committee on Federal Relations. He strenuously opposed the agitation of the slavery question, and made a speech on the an nexation of Texas, eminently successful, which elicited a very high compliment from Mr. Petti grew—“Laudnre a laudato.” The Louisville and Cincinnati Railroad came up before the Legisla ture at this session, and Mr. Perry was its warm advocate and defender. He was re-elected to the Legislature in 1838 and placed at the head of the Committee on Claims, and in that posi tion saved the State many thousands of dollars by his thorough and searching investigation of all matters presented to the House. In all the active business of the Legislature, and in all before various literarf societies, ile has occa sionally written for the Southern Revieic and other periodical and literary journals. In The Mag nolia, published in Sijyannah- ly v , ri , > Ay a series ents, whicl wele embod- : ied by Dr. Johnson in his book on the traditions of the American Revolution. He has kept a journal of his life for the last twenty-five years, in which he has recorded not only the incidents j connected with himself, but the important con- ! versations he has had with distinguished men, , after the fashion of Boswell’s life of Dr. Jolin- ! son. He has written sketches and reminiscences of a great many public men, which would make a large octavo volume, and may some day be of interest to the public. For the last thirty years, he has kept a file of all his letters, newspapers and pamphlets, which he has had substantially bound. In the investigation of cases for court, he preserves all his notes of authorities and ar- I gnments. This he has found of great service in his future practice. In all public improvements of the country, I Mr. Perry has taken an active part, and contrib uted most liberally from his purse. The Green ville and Columbia Railroad, the greatest enter prise of the upper country, owes its origin and success in a great measure to him. In 1850, the secession and disunion feeling rose so high in South Carolina that it was said the State was a unit in breaking up the govern ment and forming a new Confederacy. Mr. Perry, however, remained “faithful amongst thou* Pithless,” an, l boldly proclaimed his opposi tion to secession and disunion, as destructive of liberty and the for the preservation be dissolved. He suggested the propriety of establishing a Union paper at Geeenville after every newspaper in the State had gone over to secession and espoused the cause of disunion. He thought it would be a rallying point for the dismembered and broken Union party through out the State, and perhaps be the means of face more than ordinarily intellectual. His J manners are at the same time dignified, cordial | and refined. His nature is frank, confiding, : generous and impulsive—more quick to forgive j and forget than to take offense. In all the do- ; mestie relations of life, he is without fault and !■ without blemish; as a lawyer, able and learned, j in public offices, as firm as Cato and as just as [ Aristides. I‘ The above sketch of the life and character of 1 Gov. Perry was written by the late Gen. AVaddy i. Thompson, in 1852, and is so full that very little J' space is left for the continuation of his life in i' The Sunny South. li In 1852, Governor Perry was employed by / General Thompson to go with him to Wasliing- j ton and assist Messrs. Bradley and Carlisle in | the defense of Dr. Gardner, who was indicted i in the district for perjury in presenting a false claim against the Mexican Government. After [ spending five or six weeks in the investigation ; of the case in court, he became satisfied of the f guilt of Dr. Gardner, and returned home, i In tiie spring of 1880, Givernor Perry was ap- j pointed a delegate to the National Democratic 1 Convention in Charleston. When the South j Carolina delegates withdrew from that Conven- f tion, Governor Perry refused to go with them, ! and remained in the Convention, voting for . Hunter, of Virginia. He was hissed by the gal- i lery every time he rose to cast a vote. When he j rose to make a speech, the hissing was so loud ' and continued so long that the Chairman, Gen. j Cushing, ordered the galleries cleared. Gov- ; ernor Perry begged that the order might not be [ enforced, for he wished them to hear what he ! had to say. He thought the salvation of the i republic depended upon the preservation of the ! great National Democratic party. In this, all j now admit that he was correct. It is said that a j great man, thoroughly conscientious, is apt to pass much of his life in minorities. Like Lord Mansfield, he never “mistakes the shouts of a mob for the trumpet of fame.” In 18(50, an election was ordered again for members of a State Convention to dissolve the | Union because Abraham Lincoln had been elected President of the United States! Gov ernor Perry contended that this was no cause for breaking up the government, and that the Southern people still had a majority in both Houses of Congress and in the Supreme Court of the United States. He also urged that the Presidential vote showed that a majority of the people were opposed to Lincoln’s election, and he was elected only by tlio divisions in the Dem ocratic party. He warned the people, too, that they were about to plunge the country into a bloody civil war, which would result in the defeat of the South and the loss of their slave property. But such was the temper of the times that he was nowhere heeded. Even in Green ville, where he had never failed, in thirty years, to secure a majority of votes in any election where he was a candidate, he was beaten for the Convention, in company with Chief Justice O’Neall and the Rev. Dr. James P. Boyce. When the States seceded, Governor Means came to Governor Perry and wished to know what his course would be. He replied: “ I have been trying to prevent this sad issue for the last thirty years. You are all now going to the devil, I and I will go with you. ” He consequently urged his Union friends to stand by the State and vol unteer in her defense. His son, William H. Perry, and all his young friends did so, and re mained in the Confederate army until they w r ere killed, or until the surrender of Generals John ston and Lee. As the war progressed, the people of Green ville began to regret their action in the election of members of the Convention, and elected Gov ernor Perry a member of the Legislature with out his being a candidate, and almost unani mously. During the war, he was appointed commissioner under the Confederate Govern ment to regulate prices, etc. He also received intellectuality of face, he readily impresses every one as being far above the mediocrity of men, and one of nature’s true noblemen.” [For The Suuuy South.] Enigmas. Why is a bee-hive like a spoilt potato? Why is a four-quart jug like a side-saddle? Why is a fashionable young lady like a lazy mule? (Answer next number.) Can you tell why A hypocrite’s eye Can better descry Thau you or IV On how many toes A pussy-cat goes ? There is now in this place a prophet whose | generation was before Adam; was with Noah in the ark, and with Christ just before he was cru cified. lie never knew his father, and was never nursed by his mother. Goes bare-foot like a friar: wears no hat. His coat is not spun, knit, nor woven; it is not silk, hair, linen, nor wool, yet of very fine texture and gloss. He walks boldly in the face of his enemies, without gun, sword, or staff, yet has such a weapon as none other ever had to defend himself from his foes. He is often abused by wicked men for their di version, but takes it patiently. At a certain time, his voice is heard by all nations; he de clares the day of the Lord is at hand; as he cries, the doors flv open, and behold it is true. He is much admired for his vigilance; does not sleep on a bed, neither does he take off his clothes. Though apparently proud, he cares not for the pomp of this world. The only ser mon he ever preached caused a sinner to repent and weep bitterly. He is not the Wandering Jew, the sin of Noah, a Levite, nor St. John, as some may think he is. Anonymous. THEATRICALS. She very institution nOhe South the appointment of District Attorney and Dis- ion of which the union was to u . nder the Confederacy. Alter the close ot the war, he was appointed i Provisional Governor by President Johnson, without any solicitation or knowledge on his I part or on the part of his friends. About the time of his appointment, he made a very strong i Southern speech at a public meeting in Green- i ville, which was very severely criticised at the North, and was the subject of a cabinet meeting. checking disunion. Some of his personal friends f] , . , . . . , _ - „.1 ;*■ i. i : I It was thought strange for a Provisional Gov ernor to express such sentiments. The conduct came to him and said if he persevered in estab- nor his property would be safe. His reply deserves being repeated. He said: “I will go on with the paper if it sinks my fortune and sacrifices my life!” The crowning glory of Mr. Perry’s life is the more than Roman courage with which he took this position. No one living out of the State can adequately appreciate the terrific ex citement of the people at this dangerous crisis. Mr. Perry boldly assumed the editorial depart ment of the paper. The difficult and dangerous path which was before him he trod with courage, patriotism, wisdom and high courtesy, which have won the respect and admiration of even his opponents. The Legislature met in November, and Mr. Perry and his colleagues from Greenville, Col. Brockmore and Mr. Duncan, were the only Union members in that assembly. When the question of Federal relations was discussed in the House, he opposed the action of the State in a speech of great length and ability, and boldly assumed that the Union was a blessing and not a curse, the discussions of the House, Mr. Perry took a j an 'l that slavery would not survive its dissolu- decided and prominent part. He brought for- ' tion. After concluding his speech, he said to a ward various measures of reform and improve- friend: “I intend that my speech To-oity shall ment in our laws and State government of the i * je published to the world, and will leave it as j\ highest importance. Among them was the estab- legacy to my country and children.” This lishment of a penitentiary system, the election of Governor by the people, and the election of Presidential electors by popular votes, the equal representation of the upper and lower country in the State Senate, the election of Judges for a term of years, and the blending of the courts of law and equity. He was opposed to all connec tion between bank and State, and, in connec tion with Colonel Memininger, advocated the winding up of the State Bank. Mr. Perry was elected to a seat in the State Senate in 1844. He was there placed at the head of the Committee on Finance and Banks. Dur ing the four years he served in the Senate, no member of that body took a more active and speech was published, and has been republished throughout the Southern States. Ten thousand copies were struck off in Charleston, at the ex pense of two or three gentlemen, for distribu tion in South Carolina and Georgia. It was hailed in Washington and New Orleans as a ray of light from South Carolina, and was certainly the first check which secession and disunion re ceived in the State. The State Convention met in 1851, and Mr. Perry was elected a member of it from Green ville. He was placed on the committee of twenty- one to prepare business for the Convention. Judge Cheves was chairman of this committee, and made a report, asserting the right of seces- prominent part in all the debates and proceed- I sion, but declining to exercise it at that time, ings of that body. He was in the Senate when i Mr. Perry did not acquiesce in this report, and of Governor Perry as Provisional Governor re flects the highest credit on his character as a man and a statesman. It is a monument of the magnanimity of his nature and unselfish patri otism. There was no effort at mere personal ends. He seemed inspired only by the noble ambition of restoring to a ruined commonwealth order, prosperity and contentment. He sought to build no party for himself, to punish no old political enemies nor to reward any partisans. He restored to office all who were in office at the close of the war, without inquiring what their politics had been. When Governor Perry called to see President Johnson, he gave So favorable an account of South Carolina, that the President requested him to go and repeat the same conversation to Seward, Secretary of State. On his return from Washington, tile mails brought him, from all parts of the State, letters of congratulation on his appointment. He said, good-humor- edly, to his friends, that it seemed he had all at once become the most popular man in South Carolina, from having been the most unpopular, and that he was forcibly reminded of a remark of Charles the Second ot England, on his resto ration to the throne. He had been so warmly greeted by the people everywhere, that he began to think it was his own fault that he was not re called sooner; so Governor Perry said that it would seem to have been his own fault that he was not made Governor of South Carolina sooner. The Provisional Governorship of South Caro lina was remarkable in one respect,—Governor Perry’s administration neither received nor paid out one^lollar! He was authorized to levy a tax and sell public property, but he declined to do either, as the whole State was poverty stricken. He met General Meade, commanding the Atlan tic States, and had a stop put to the military au thorities trying civil and criminal cases, except where negroes were concerned. He had to act on all pardons and appointments. No pardon was refused where the applicant took the oath of allegiance. Governor Perry had the satisfac Clara Morris acts in Boston in October, has never yet been seen in Baltimore. Patti has sung “Violetta” in London with “abiding charm.” “La Traviata” is a great favorite in the British metropolis. “ Love is Loud,” one of the pieces in which Mr. George Clarke will act in London, is an adaptation by Mr. John Brougham of a work by Scribe. M. Georges Biget, died recently in Paris at the age of thirty-six. It was only a few weeks ago that accounts came of the great success at the Opera Comique of his last opera, “Carmen.” Mr. Melville Bonham has just finished an extended professional tour through the Southern States. Mr. Bonham is one of the finest readers in America, not excepting Charlotte Cushman, Vanderhoff or Murdock. Mule. Teresa Tiet.tens, the greatest dramatic prima donna in Europe, and the only represent- 1 ative to-day of the grandest roles in Italian opera, has been engaged by Mr. Max Strakosch, ami | will appear for the first time in New York City in October. | Mlle. Albani’s first appearance as “ Margue rite” is favorably commented upon, and her 1 chief success is declared to have been made in the final trio, where power as well as beauty of voice is demanded. Her performance is likened unto “a white lily.” AVartel, the Paris maestro, tutor of a few suc cessful prima donnas and not a few promising singers, is described as very tall, with a straight form and broad shoulders, hair tinged with gray, a white beard, and brilliant black eyes that light up his face with a kindly yet shrewd expres sion. Mr. Montague would seem to have produced the inevitable effect in San Francisco. The Chronicle of a recent date says: “The beautiful Mr. Montague made the tour of the matinees yesterday under the care of Mr. McCullough and six policemen, who gallantly defended him from the onslaught of his admirers. The Adon ises of Hooley’s troupe had the pleasure of play ing to the chignons of the audience while he stood in the door-way. An extra box has been engaged at the post-office for all letters in pink envelopes, and all the precautions necessary for the gentleman’s safety are duly observed.” Miss Kate Field sails for England shortly. She intends to make a critical study of foreign dramas and dramatic people, have a score or so of plays written for her, come back to America in a few months and “star it” in all of them, capture theatrical managers, captivate the crit ics, and go with a hip, hip, huzza to the highest niche of immortal fame. Of course, those who witnessed her recent agonizing effort in Cleve land will not doubt her ability to do all this and more. A woman who could deliberately abuse the memory of poor Peg Woffington as Miss Field did at that time is capable of accomplish ing almost anything. \ ears ago, while taking horseback exercise in a country road in this State, a rich merchant of this city was attracted by an extraordinary burst of melody from the open window of a cottage by the roadside. He entered the cabin and was in troduced to Florence, the childish singer. She sang tor him, and heightened the admiration that the first tones of her voice had won for her. The merchant then prevailed upon Florence’s father to allow him to take her to his splendid Brooklyn home. There she received the best musical and general culture, and at the proper age was presented as the merchant’s adopted daughter. Soon afterward, she was married to Mr. Edward Knox, a son of the well-known hat ter. After living in New York in grand style for a short time, Mr. and Mrs. Knox went to Paris, and the latter became one of Professor Wartel’s most promising pupils. In an account of a visit of its Paris correspondent to the class-room of Professor Wartel, the Chicago Times recently mentioned Mrs. Edward Knox, nee Miss Flor ence Rice, in this wise: “Her voice is a superb mezzo soprano or high contralto, and she is making astonishing progress under Professor Wartel’s tuition. Mrs. Knox will sing ‘LaFa- vorita ’ and ‘L’Afrieane,’ with the double attrac tion of a magnificent form and e^iressive face added to one of the rarest voices nature has ever gifted her children with. Mrs. Knox will sing in France, and expects to appear at the Grand i Opera House in the tall.”—Neic York Sun.