Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 1, 1872, Page 8

s THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1872. EUGENIE GRANDET; oz, Scenes of Provincial Life. Tranaleted from the French of DeBalzac for The Chin cago Tribune. = Bo 1s not to interrupt the course of ovents which took place in the bosom of the Grandet family, it is necessery fo give.an anticipatory look ot the operations carried on et Paris by tho goodman throngh Des Grassns, A month after tho banker left, Grandet possessed a cer~ tificate of ownership of reates to tho amount of one hundred thoueand livres, boght &t jusb eighty francs. The informstion sfforded af his death by his inventory never cast tho slightest light on the methods bis distrust suggested to him for exchanging the price of tho certificate for the cerlificate itself. Mr. Cruchot thought that Nanon was, unknovingly, the faithfalin- stroment for carrying the money. About that time, the servant was absent for five days, under the pretencs of fising something at Froidfond, a8 if the goodman wa§ cepable of allowing any- thing {0 get ont of order. Sofar a8 the affairs of the firm of William Grandet were concerned, g1l the calculations of the cooper were realizod. As everybody knows, the Bank of France pos- sesses the most accurate informetion relative to ihe great fortunes of Parisand the departments, The names of Ded Grassing and of Felix Grandet, of Saumur, were keown there, and enjoyed that respect granied to moneyed celebrities who sre eupported by immenso landed estates fres from mortgeges. The arrival of the Seumur banker, tharged, it was seid, with settling for honor's eake, the affairs of the firm of Grandet of Paris wes enongh to save thel ghost of the TMerchant from the ehame of Tae faking of of the seals in the presenco of the creditors, end 2 fumily notary set regularly to work to in- ory the estzto. Presently Des Grassing togetier tlie creditors, Who unanimously ; liquidators the Ssumur banker, to- cr with Francis Reller, the head of & weslihy ¢, 2ud one of the principal parties interest- 21d extended to them all the powers neccs- ¥ tosaveboth the honor of the family and tho debrs. The credit of Grandet of Saumur, the Lope Le difused in the hearis of tho czeditors through Des Grassins faciliteted theso transactions; there was not a single recaleitrant among the creditors. Noone thought of carry- iog over his debt t0 the profit and loss account, aud_each onesaid to Limsalt, o Grandet of Saumur fvill pay.” Six months went by. Tho Paricians had paid the notes which wereout, and kept them in their port-folios. Fimst result which the cooper wished to obtain, Nine months after the first meeting, the two liquidators dis- tributed 47 per centto esch creditor. This amount was produced by the sale of tho Eecurities, possessions, goods, and all the effects ke late William Grandet, and which wasmade with scrupulous faithfulness. Tho most rigid honesty governed this liquidation. The credi- tors took pleasure in recognizing the admirable £ad unquestionable honor of the Grandets. When these praises had circulated a suitable length of time, the creditors asked for_the rest of their money. They kad to write & joint lotter to Grandet. ““Here we are,” said the old cooper, throwing the letter into the fire; *patience,my little friends.” In reply to the propositions contained in that letter, Grandet of Seumur requirod tho deposit- ing with the Notary of cil the evidences of in- dsbiedness outstanding against his brother's es- tate, cccompanying them with o receipt for ' peyments alrealy made, upder pre- tence of balancing tho sccounts, snd correctly determining the condition of the estate. This deposit raised a thousand difiexlties. G erlly, a creditoris kind of manice. To-day to nzree, to-morrow howants to pat evers- 2 to fire and gword: leter, be becomesulira good-natured. To-day his wife is in good tem- T, his baby has cut ifs teeth, all goes well at :me, and He does 1ot want t0 lose & penny; to- o it rains, Le cannot go out, ke is melan- e Ba; “yos” “to ail propositions ray end & matier; doy Be wanis guarentees 2t the end of the month, ha wants to exzecutd buicher! The creditor is like thoso a170%s, on whose long tails little chi adzced 'to try to pata grain of sl bub th credifor applics this Sigura to his debt, which ho cax never grasp. Grandet had wafched the at- vuriztions of crediiors, and those of acted according to ell his Scme got angry and absolusely re- « to make che deposit. ¢ Good ! this works 1,” #3id_Grandet, rubbing his hands, 2s hs ¢ letters Des Grassins wrote him on that agreed fo the aforescid deposit ou that their rights should be dis- _that they would remounce them, and even reservo boving tho Lunlruptey = correspondence, after whi amur consented to all the reserva- on. In consideration of this con- milder creditors brought the s to torms. The deposit wes made, me complaints. 1) T gl to Des Gressins, “is fooling wus.” months efter the desth of ndet mony business men, carried iue rush of business in Paris, had for- cir Grardet claims, or thonght of them , I begin to believe that tho forty- cent isall T shall get cut of that.” cr tud reckoned on the power of time, sid he, is s good fellow. At the the third year, Des Grassins wrote det that for tem per cemt on miflion four hundred thousand R zbiedness to him. Grandet replied iiatihe notsry and broker, whoso alarmin ¢s had cinsed his brother's death, sii they did! =nd might have become good end thet it - was necessory T 'see them in order to gt something oat of them, and diminish the sum cf the indebtedness. At the end of the ourth yoer, the deficit was dofinitely determined 0 be 1,200,000 fraucs. There were conferences, losting six months, between tho liquidstors and tha crediors, and botwecn Grandet znd the liquidators. In o word, being Eh-nnglyurged to pay, Grandet of Swumur replied to the two liquidators, about the ninth month of this year, that his nephesw, who kad made a fortune in the Indies, hed notified him of his intention of paying his father's Gents in their entirety ; ha could no: take it upon himself to seitlothem frandulently, without having consultad him; he awaited a reply. The croditors, toward the mid- 1le of the ffth year, were sfill held at bsy by ‘hose words, “in {heir _entirety ” Occar Zionally uttered by the sublime cooper, Wwho zughed in his slecve, and never said “these 2,ms1ans " witbout allowing a shrewd emile, nd an oath, to escape him. Bot the creditors _re reserved for a fortune unheard of in the nals of commerce. They will be found in the iosition in which Grandet had kept them, at the ime when the events of this history oblige them 2 reappoer in it. When the rentes had risen to 115, Father irandet 50ld, and got from Paris about 2,400,000 -ancs in gold, which rejoined in his cssks tho 30,000 francs of compcund interest his certifi- tes had drawn him. Des Grassins remained . Paris. This is why : Firstly, he was elected eputy; then ho fell in love, he, the d of a family ; but sick of the monotonons wmar existence, with Florine, one of the ettiest actresacs of Medame’s tueatre, and the iartermaster, broke out again in the banker. is useless to speak of his condnct ; it wes de- .«cd st Saumur to be exceseively immoral. s wife was very fortunate in obteining a_gep- stion of property, and in lhaving ability ough to on the Baumur Houss, 5~ business ~ being _continued mnder r name, in order to repair the damage dono Ler forune by the follies of Mr. des Grassins, ' Cruchotins worsened 5o _successfolly tho 56 position of the quasi-widor, that she mar- dker dsughter very badly, and had to givenp jdes of wedding Eugenie Grandet to her 1 Adolphe, rejoined Des Grassins at Paris, became, it was said, a very hard case. Tho 1chots trinmphed. z “Your husband hes not good sense,” said wdet, as he lent somemoney, well secured, \Irs. des Grassins. “1 pity you much; youars a0d Tittle worza." gir,” replied the poor_lady, ““who could e Lelieved that tho day he left your house to ‘0 Paris, he was running to his rain ?” Tenvon is my witness, Madame, that T did could, up to the lasf moment, to prevent going. The President was urgent to be his stitute; and if he was so determined to go ‘e, we now know why it was.¥ » ‘Grandet wes under no obligation to Des seioes ituation, women have more cause 1every il Lihef fan man Les, and sufier moro than Man hes the strength and_the excrcise of Sower: ho acts, hie goes, he thinks, he busies y | bizserz, mo j stricken mother. cre | s the faburo, and finds consola- tion therein. That is what Charles did, But the womenstays 2t homo, she remaing face to faco with the grief from which nothing cells her away, she goes down to the very depths of the abyag ehe hias opened, meastres it, and often 13 it up with her prayers and her fears. Thus was it with Eugenic. Sho initiated herself in Ber fate ; to feel, to love, to suffer, to devate one's gelf, will slways be the text of woman's life. Engenie was to be the embodiment of ‘omen, minus that which consoles her. Her hap- piness, if gathered up, lika tho nails studding & wall, {0 uso the sublime cxpression of Bossuet, was mever to ll the hollow of her hend. Sor- rows are nover accustomed to delsying; end her's camocoon. The dnyadter Charles left, the Grandet house looked as usual to every- body except Eugenie, who suddenly found it very empty. Unknown to her father, sh wish- ed that Charles’ oom ehonld vemain In the con- dition in which he had left it. Aladame Grendet and Nanon were willingly sccomplices in this statu quo. “Who lmows butwhat hewill coma back sooner than we believe 7" gaid she, O, Tsbould b glad to sco him here,” eaid Nanon, I hed really gotten used to him. Ho wag s vory plessant,a very pertect gentloman, rather preity, curly-headed a8 a girl.” Eagenie looked at Neton. * Holy Virgin, Mademoisello, you_ have eyes which can damn ‘your soul. Do notlook st people like that.” Sinco that day, the besuty of Mademoiselle Grandet sasnmed & new character. The serious thoughts of love, which lowly tool possession of her soul, and the dignisy of the woman who is beloved, gave ber fentures that radiance which painters typify by the aureole. Before her cous- 1n's coming Eugenie could have been compared to the Virgin before tho conception; when he had gone, ho resembled the Virgin Mother,—she had concdived Jove. These o Maries, 80 differ- ent, andeo well represented by some Spanish painiters, form one of tho most radiant Sgures among those with which Christianity abounds. An ghe returned from mass, where she went the Qay after Charles’ departure, and whero she had mido & vow to go every day, she got, from the boolseller in tho city, »map of the world, which ghe nailed up near her mirror, in order to follow her cousin in his route to the Indies, in order to ba ablo to put herselt, for a little while each morning and ovening, in the vessel which Dore him thero, to see Lim, to ask him a thou- sand questions, to sey to Lim, * Are you weil ? Do not you sutfer ? Do you ‘truly think of me 83 you see that star, whose beauties and uses you taught mo to kmow ?" Then, inthemorning, £ho stayed pensive under thio waluut treo, seated on the wooden bench, worm-eaten and garnished with gray mosses, whero they had said to one enother o many plensant things, and so much nonsense, and wlere they had built the castles in Spain of their pleasant domestic life. She thougnt of tho future as she lookcd st the nar- row streteh of sky which the walls allowed Ler {0860 ; as she looked st tho old piece of wall, and the roof under which was Charles' room, In a_word, it was s solitary love, the true love which éndures, which insinustes itself into every thought, and becomes the substance, or 23 our fathers vould have aid, the staff of Life. When the so-called {riends of Father Grandet geme in the ovenings to visl she was guy, sho dissimulated, but_danog thie whole moraing, sho talked 'of Charles with Her mother and Nanon. Nanon hsd understood that she could ‘sympathize with the griefs of her young mistress without falling fo her duties toward her old master, sho who said to Eugenio : “If 1 had had a man of my own, I would Lavo— followed Liim to hell. Iwould have—why—. In short, I wonld have been willing to destroy my- eelf for him; but—no. I shall dio without knowing what' life is. Would you believe it, Mademoiselle, that that old Cornviller, who is & good men novertheless, is hanging around my skirts, on account of my rentes, just liko those who come here tn scent out your fathers money, wlilo paying attentions to you, T scd this bo- cause I am still emart, though Iam as bigas & tower; woll, Jademoiselle, that plesses me, though it is not love.” Two months went by thus. That domestic life, onco so monotonous, had been enlivened y the immense interest of tho secret which bound these three women more closely together. Tor them, under the graxish ceiling of that itting-room, Charles lived, and still moved. Evening snd morning Tugehie oponed the toilet cese, and looked of tho portrait of her sunt. One’ Sunduy moming ehe was cought by her 1mother es sie wae tryving toflad Charles' fea- i of the pictare. adame Grandet ated in tho terrible socret of tho exchange made hy Clerles with Eugenic’s s “Have vougiven him oll!” ssid the terror- < But what will you ssy to Year’s Dey, when be wants your father on Ne: 1o _eeo your gold 2" Eugenic's eyes bacame set, and thego {wo vo- men rensained in mortal terror for half of the morning. Tkey wero so tronbled ihat they misked ~ high mass, end went ‘only to low mase. In three devs, tho yoar 1819 would close. In threo days thero wes o begin a temible combat—a commoneplace trageds,with- out poison, or dagger, or bloodshed, but which for the actors was moro cruel thanall the dramas performed by the illustrious family of the Airidee. “y7hat will become of us?” said Madame Grandet to Ler daughter, dropping ber knitting on berlap. The poor mother had nundergone o many troubles 10z a couple of months, that the wool- Jen sleeves she necded for winter wear wera not et finished. This domestic incident, apparent~ y ineignificant, hod unfortunate results for her. Oving o the wantof these eleoves she had be- come badly chilled, while in & perspiration, caused by a frightfal St of anger of er bus’ “T wps thinking, my poor child, thatif you had trusted mo with your seeret, we would bave had time to write to Peris to Mr. des Grassins. He could have sent us gold coins similar to yours; and, though Grandet knows them perfectly, perhaps—" “ But where could we have goiten 8o much money?” “I would hsve pledged my own_effects. Besides, Mr. des Graseins would certainly—" %1t i too late,” replied Eugenie, in hollow and changed voice, interrupting her mother. Havo w6 not £0 go_to-morrow moruing to his room, and wish him o bappy New Year 7 “But, my danghter, why cannot I go and seo the Cruchots 2" “Xo, no, that would be giving me up to them, and putting us in_their power. _Besides, I have made up my mind. 1hsve doneright. Lze- pent of nothing. God will profect me. May is holy will be done. Ah, if you had read bis letter, yon would have thought but of him, my mother.” ’ The next morning, the 1st of January, 1820, the utter terror to which the mother and dengh- ter were o prey, suggested to them the most natural of excuses o 4void_the ceremonial visit to Grandet’s room. Tho winter of 1819-20 was ono of the most severe of that period. The snow covered the Toofs, Madameo Grandet said to her husband, as soon as she heord him moving around in his room, “ Grandet. please make Nanon make a little fire inhiere; the cold js 80 sharp that I am freezing under the bedclothes. I have reached an sge whero I need some consideration. Besides,” continued she, after a brief pause, “Eugenle will come and dress here ; that poor girl may got sick if she makos her toilet in her own room in snch weather. Then we_will go and wish you & DLappy Now Year, by the fire in tho sitting room.” How you do a, ta, ta, t, what & tonguol begin the yoar, Madame Grandet! You have zever talked a8’ much; ard yet you bave not taken bread sozked in wine, I fancs.” Thero was a momentary silence. ** Well,” continued the_goodman, whom the proposition of his wife doubtless_suited, I am going to do what you want, Madame Grandef. You are reslly s good yomia, and 180 not want snsthing to happen fo sou' as sou grow old, though, gonerally; tho 1s Bertelliers wese mado of old coment, Eh, 38 ot that 807" ‘said he, alter 8 pause. ‘Well, we havo inherited from them. I forgive them foz it,” and he coughed. “You are merry this morning, sit,” esid the P00 woman, gravely. “ Always merry, { am,” and ho sung a few words of 2 song 88 he wenb into his wife's room, fally drosscd. Yes, the fact is it is Teally cold, We shall_have s good breskfast, my wife. Des Grassing has sent mo a irufled pate de foie gras. I am going down o the stage for it. There ehould be & double [napoleon there for Eugenio,” said the cooper in ber ear, I have 0o gold left, my wife. I had some old coins, I can tell you this; but business forced me t6 let them go.” And, to do honor to New Year’s Dzy, he kissed her on the forshead, ; “ Eugenie,” cried the good motker, **I do not S whish side your father slept on, but he is a g&lqd man this morning. Bah! we will get ont of this. 44 What has happened to our master?® easid Nenon as she entered her mistress’ room to light the fire. ‘At first he gaid to mo ‘s Lappy New Year, big stupid! Go and make s fire in my wife's room, she is cold.” Was I a foo!, when I saw him holding out his hand to giveme & crown of six francs, which is just about mot worn at alll Here, Madame, just look at it. Oh, the excellent' man. He is a worthy man certainly. There sre some who, the older they grow, the harder they get; but he, he becomes mild, like your cordial, and im~ proves with age. Heis a very perfect, a very good man.” : The secrot of this joy wasthe entire success | and wo venture to pre of Grandet's speculstions, M. Des Grassins, after baving deducted what the cooper owed him. for discounting the hundred and fifty thousand Trancs worth of notes given by the Hollunders, and for the sum he had advanced him in order to make up the amount neccssary for the purchass of the hundred thousand lives of remfes, sent him by Ihe stage thirty thousand francs in crowns, being what re- mained of Lis semi-annual intorest, and had informed him of the advance in Government securitios. They wore then af 89; tho most prominent, espifelsts bought, at tho close of anuery, for 93. Grandet had made, in two months, 12 settled his ceive fifty thousand francs. every six-months, without having.to pay either - taxes or repairs, He at last understood the rentes, an investment for which country people show an unconquerable dielile, and he saw himself, before fie y the master of o capital 0f siX million, increase withont much labor, snd which, added to the value of his landed estates, would make a colos- sal fortune: - The six-francs given to Nanon were perhaps _the pay for an immense _service which ghe had unlmowingly rendered her master. Oh, ob! where is Father Grandet going that he ghotld run around 8o early in the morning 28 if something was going on?” said _the deal- ers, busied in opening their shops. Then when they saw him returning from the quay, followed by o Post Offico messenger wheeling tome fall bagsin abarrow: © Water alwsys Tuns fo the river; the goodman was going sfter his croyms,” eaid one. “They come to him from Peris, from Froidfond, from Holland,” said suottier. “Ho will end by buying up Saimur,” exclaimod s third. * He langhs at the cold, Lo is always attending to his business,” said a wife to her husband. Eh, eh! Mr. Grandet, if this troables you,” ssid a clothier, his nearest neigh- bor, 1 will relieve you of it.” 3 /g, these are sous,” replied the vine dresger. «0f ‘silver,” said the messenger, in 5 low voice, “If you wanb me to take care of you, bridle your gab,” enid tho goodman to the inessenger, “who opened the door. “Al, the old fox, I thought he was deaf,” per.cont on bis investment; he bad thought the messenger. ‘It soems that when it i cold ho hears.” > “Here are twenty sous for & New Your's gift, and hold your tongue,” exid Grandet fo him. “Ngnon will take your wheelbunrow back to you, Nanon, are the women at mass? " “Yaa, gir.” K “Qome, jump around! to work™ ssid he, loading Himself with bags. Ina moment, tho crowns were carried to Lis room, where ho shut imeelf up. * When breakfast is ready, yon will knock on the wall for me. Tsko back the wheelbarrow {0 the office.” The family did not breakfast till 10. “You father will mot ssk to ses your gold here, " said Aadame Grandet, as_she came in from maus. **Besides you must pretend to be chilly. Then we will have time to replace your {reasure for your birthdsy.” 7o be continued next week.} ot s s 2 MEAD'S LINCOLN. A Visit to the Studio of the Sculptor. Florence Letter to the Rome News. Among the many studj of Florence one of the ‘most interosting to the readers of this paper is undoubtedly that of Mr. G. L. Mead, situated near the Piazza dell Indipendenzs, not only on sccount of its beautiful picce of sculpture rep- resenting Columbus receiving {rom Queen Isa- bella of Spain the jewels by the sale of which ho found funds to prosecute his voyage, bub principally from the fact that that hero were conceived and executed the figures which are to crown the monument to be erected to tho mem- ory of Lincoln at Springfield, 1L, formerly the home of thet lamented Pesident, who little an- ticipated the fame aud martyrdom swaiting him, . esd is cxtremely heppy in portrait sculpture, and Lis likeness of Lincoln is marvel- lous; I think that the work comld hardly be placed in better bands, and the proof that1 am not the only one of this opinion is, that in spite of tho conception of mauy most sble sculptors, Mr. Mead has had the entire work intrsted to ‘hie hands. The statue of Lincoln was fiaished some time 2go; the bronze casting have beor successfully completed in America, and Liag met with the fell approval of the Committee appointed for the parpose of examining the work. The figure is nearly twelve feet high, and when mounted on the pedestel canrot fail fo be sery striking. Around the bae, at escls comer, will bo & group reprosenting’ Infantrs, Marine, Cavairy, e beet amed alread; 6 first-named group is already on jts way to tho States; 1t consista of 3 staBIALd bensor u mer-boy, and s goldier of the line; from the base to tho apex it slands ovor eloven feot inheight. The natural pose of tho figures cannot ba too mach admired; thero is an_amount of life in them that carries one at onco back to the battlo- field whore “Red Battle stamps Wis foot, and Nations feel the ehock,” The expreseion in cach fice shows that all ars determined to conquer or die.” The ofiicer, with outstretched prm, oints to the enemy, and wavos his flag o8 s loada on 1is men; the drum- mer-boy, his head uncovered, and with o fear- lesa 100k, strides on, Tovalver in hsnd, prepared to do all ho cen in support of his cause; and the simple eoldier, with bayonet fixed and gun at the ““charge,” has such dotermination in his g;nms a8 argues ill for those who may oppose Every detail has been carefully worked ont. All the ams and sccoutremonts’ are modelled from originala which havo probably scen plenty of bard fighting, and the wholc shows an 2mount of caro bestowed upon it that is very creditable to Mr. Mead's conscientiousness. Some idea may be had of the lnbor required when I meution that this one gronp husoccupied a year for the modelling alone. The motal- casting will be dono in the States, and of courso will be the work of somo months, 8o that when the four groups have been safely delivered, sny in another throe yeors, the monument will not Dbo completed for some time after, possibly at tho end of 1677. e s e sccond group (Maring) is now in hand, o e 83 the first. It shows us a naval officer, tele- scope in hond, on the look-out for the foe; o sailor-boy, perched on tho top of a mortar, points out some object in tho distance, and o third figure is striving to gain o more prominent posi- tion in order fo ece what is going on. Alto- gether, tha second group is worthy of the firat, and I livein hopes that my opinion will bo in- dorsed. by all who may see tho comploted monu- ment. The third and fourth groupings, cavalry and artillory, are as yet in ombryo. e THE GREAT MOTHER. Our tender mother, Naturo!—she has a word for To-d:.;: %‘r;em to-mérrow, she’ll name you in her Say noLshe siaies 100 ightly—thero aro weopers every But go you to thé mesdows when trouble's once 723 A1l the shining and the song Shall nothing seem to wrong : O, the world is 80 good, and may B worla 1vo ong Woe know the Garden's story—sorrow i old as man Is sorrow old s the world 7 Who knows which first n ‘Whoever tuned the chorus, il the chief-singer came ? Through oll his echoing ages the key has been the sam €. For Adam in bis time, And for each in psssion’s prime The joy-tells and the dirges ring an interc] The hearts of men are rivers that chafe in ordered ves 0. grooy With now & aong of sighing, and now a song of loves: O Natuye, mothier Nature, she hath borne us on her Till ber owh great heart is beating in flow with our unrest, iany & time the sy Hath wept its blue eyeadry Ere ever wept bencath it you or L Bhe h::d:::du that ery of conflict to the soul that She hnflvti:s;u'le ‘bitter-hearted with the grief of wasted Sho Las lonely rocks and moors, and ever-sighing And I:Z;E;dny you shall hearken to your own lifo in "But it's Ho ll the day, When trouble’s once away, And again she®: pipe for ns, and well be gay. Bhiohss mountains weird and kingly, with the cloud apon their head ; Shohas fearful thundef-places where the storms ave But strength snd safe —sea depths “fln D fafety gird Lir. depths and mo And peace 15 where Eternity dwells th And it nush, al gt ¥ Do sty 0 moon-gleam licth whit Liko the palo hand. of Pease, shutting the ids from sight, AT to Xesp tho 1ife in us, the lifo that gosth fast : Ever ahe turns and turps it, but it \vugrelh fll:::t st ; Sorely and oft she sighath {o put the old away ; 5o to us ehall tears bogivon when we have had our day, ‘Then for us the earth will keep A silence swoet and dee) And again shell eing far od agatn W skog ferany aa e shall sleep, accounts, and would thenceforth: xe- |' THE CRISIS IN FRANCE. Interview with Senator Charles Sumse ner—Elow Ee Found the French Po= Iizical Situation — Kis Views of Thiers, Gzmbetia,and Other Leaders of the Republic, From the New Yorl: World, Nov.21. Mr. Sumner returned from his two months’ vacation on the Baltic yesterday morning, nnd, although somewhat impatient to be in Washing- ton and resumo the dutica which he laid asida Iast summer, was prevailed on by geveral of his friends to remam a day in New York to rest, if nothing moro, after his ocean voyage, Since he Lhas been sbeent Mr. Sumner has kepb every haraesing question of the politics of the day from his mind, and, a3 he eaid in o brief conver- sation which was courteously accorded the writer yesterday, “I haven't seen an American newspaper while I've been away. Soverzl have been gent me, but I've not_even opened thom.” Hig health, 38 he says, is ' vastly improved,” and he has almost ceased to apprehond any- thing from what was jast summer alarming symptoms of the henrt aud other parts of tho system. ‘“T've not had absolute rest by any meaus,” he contined, *for I've travelled much andgiven much attention toart mattersand those of saciety. I've eeen, too, many of the promin- ent men of ffairs and learning abroad, and the change could not fail of proving a recrestion.” The cable has brought intelligence from timo to time of Mr. Sumner's interviews with the leaders of thonght and the pablic mon of France epecially, and the views of the American states- man concerning the etatesmen of Frauco and concerning ihe presont and future of that coun- try possess much intorost of course. Theywero very. freely given. *1 take a much more hopeful view of the French sitnation just now," sid ho, © than many pooplo are inchined to do, T find, Iluch of what 18 paid in the despatches from Paris I can bub believe exaggeration, and exaggeration from po- liticsl motives. When I czlled on M. Thiers I asked him what word I should carry back to onr people from his. *Tell them,' he replied very simply, ‘ to cherish kind and brotherly feelings towards us, as we do on our part, and tell them Za France est.tranquille. And that you know is much to say of France—that Inst. At least it must be 80 considered for some time to come.” “ Certainly there is no hfle went of harmony between M. Thiers and tho Assemblyatpresent.” ““Well, of course, that is true to some extent, even when allowances are made for the color of your despatches. France is by no means 2 unit n political questions, and the parties which are oppoeed to M. Thiers and the Republic are repre- sonted, of course, in the Nationsl Assembly very largely. But I think if thero i m&lfi:’ing just now worthy to bo callod o crisia, 3L 18 will weather it. 1 think he will weather if. In- deed he seerns to be the one man for the place,— asorh of what we might call here at home a ‘sbut gap,'—and for gome timo to come myides is that be will be very usoful to his country.” “The parties in opposition to him aro of course shmsf e i Assuredly ; but culling 3. Thlers the Ro- ‘public for the prosont, I think Lo is_stronger than any one of the parties who are hostile to iz aad tho Republie, if indoed i is ot strong: erthan they all. The first, at least, I should hold to botrue. In the first place there is Napoleon, the ex-Emperor. - Of conrse be is al- ways to be considered when a change of tho rul- ors of France is thought of.~ Then therezre the Count de Chambord, Henri V., the leader of the Legitimists ; The young Count do Paris, the Orleanist hoir, snd his uncle, the Duc_d'Au- malo. Butall these, yonknow, aro divided among themselves—hopelessly 50, it would pear—and their union would be necesesry to overtlirow the Republic, Nov, I maybewrong, of courte. Imay prove to be s false prophet, but my opinion is that :lthough it would be unekte to say tho ropublio is firmly estab- lished, nevertheless it is tie ultimate form of government in Franco, and is likely to remain in power now. Even if it shomld be over- thrown to-morrow, say, and some other form of govomment succsbd it tho substibato might lask for eix months, it might last for a year, but I doubt if it would any lomer, and during snd long after that time you kiow France could not be franguille. There would be more or loss ‘burning of pulacos and tearing down statues and deatroying art and generz] discontent, if nothing worse.” £ “And js France a republic; thatis to sey, does sour avn sequainiance With tho French eople and thoir ropresentatise men lead yon to olievo they are fitted for and satisfed witha republican_government ? *When I met 3. Gambotta that was tho first uestion I asked him. Said I, * AL Gambotta, is Pranco & republic?’ and his reply was ¢ Mr. Sum- ner, France is o ropublie.’” ““But is Gambotte o qualified judga?” +He 8aid to ma, with the confident 2ir of ono of our own politicians when speaking of the po- itical complexion of his State. or district, * AIr, Sumner, I know France, every inch of it, sud I Imow the Franch pooplo.” Aud I belicevo that to bo true. He bas come into porsonal contact with tho pooplo of many of the eighty-eight de- partments, and from his own frionds and his own correspondents has been enabled to form his opinion gbout the rost. He reckons the population of France at 95,000,000, and of that number he thinks 22,000,0t) are truo republic- ans, heart and soul.” 4'Do you regard him s cindid man 7" “ Abgut his candor I have tothing to say. Ho received me very courteousl:, and of cotirée I shouldn't wish to diceuss his cheracter. Ho is an enthusiast, of courso, and equally of course he doesn’t ropard all tho 22,00,000 of whom ho Epenks as Radical Republicans, Personally ho is extremely affable, and in ks Manner and con- versation s extremely oxcited. You know in France it is customary for astranger to make the first call, end when it was_suggested to mo to visit M.’ Gambetts, I hud some hositation about 2n intrusion. He, howaver, bad beard of my beiog in town, and sont me & requeat to call upon him, which I did, aad wo hed u long and sgreeable talk sbout tho. polites of both coun- ries.” # Personally you were pleased with President Thiers, of course 2 “Delighted. I had several long conversations with him. My firat visit we devoted to politics, others to ert, painting, scalptaro, snd liberal studiss. Of course 3 Thiors, no’ ona nceds fo be told, is an_accomplished schiolar of very rare ability. . And as I was constantly comparing what I 5aw abroad and tho same things bore— the public men of France and our own—1 could scarcoly holp thinking that & conversation on Diterature and arb with M. Thiors was as mptor: ing and as interesting ae & similar ono with our own President wouldbo aptto prove. Some- times my comparisons proved to_be contrasts, M. Tuiers spesksina low, quict, thonghtful way—perhaps I cannot bottor describe his man- zer to you than by calling it eminontlykind.” t the reputation which he has acquired of being queralous at times a deserved onc, then “Oh, I'm glad yon paked thot question. I Imnow he has been called quorulous and petalent oftentimes by many correspondents who, per- Deps consider that old age and courtesy werd in- capsble of association, Put if AL Thiers cver justifies any of those asporsions he must bo a Sery different man on the floor of the Assembly {rom that which he is in private. 1 am gld fo tsstify ogainst theso roports, Nothing more op. posita and averse to petulance then M. Thiers' manner can possibly be_conceived. As 1 told you, he entertains the kindliest feelings towards our conntry, and_expressed them o mo fre- mently. I cannot but regard the convor- sion to the cause of Republicaniam of such a man, 50 great & acholar, 8o ominent . thinor, n.ri%es yery strongly for the success of the Re- public.” “Ig it not possible, certainly, to ascribo his copversion 10 smbitious motived “If poasible, I don’t think it would be just. M. Thiérs hod earned for himself a very }32%1 reputation, and might roadily have rotired into private life, and havo enjoyed ita seclusion and quiet, whilo loaded with honors. Ho was not only famons, you know, 8 & historian, a wri Sonitias tee L) doubt if his generation m‘?;tagi n greater Pailiamontarian, - either in France, England, or our own country, than M. Thiers has proven himself. Of course, any one can say what ho is pleased to about the Insincerit of & convorsion from monerchism to republi- caniem when & very great prize might be re- garded as tho reward, but there is tho othor viow, which is, I think, moro tenablo and much B ot £ th “Jgit not the case that most of the publi mes in France are tashioned in tho e ro g mean that they are intelligent, educated, cal- tured, refined—in short, the opposito of what is generally underatood by'the term politician 2 “Indeed it is. M. Thiera has selected his Cab- inet with admireble discretion. It is compoged of men who are not only ell that you mention, but who are cqm.“ly remarkablo for their knowle edge of affairs. Idined with Messionrs Gon- lard and de Remusat, the Ministers of Finance and Foreign Affairs, snd was extromely pleased with whet T esw of them. We have all read the splondid acticles whicl, somo years sineo 11. do musat used to publish in the reviews snd magazines, and admired his terse, forcible stylonot less than the brillisncy of what he wrote, and ‘meeting him was indeed o gratifica- tion. I met, too, M. Jules Simon, the Afinister of Public Instruction, who greeted me very cor- dislly. 1. Simon is 4 lesson to very many per- sons, I assure yon. He lives with extrema sim- plicity, and in lodgings on & fifth story. Cor- tainly he has not used politics &8 o means of amagsing wealth.” «You saw the Duc &Aumale, did you not?”. «Yeg; I had met him and enjoyed his society fifteon years ago, and Isaw him last month at Chantilly. He i6 a splendid apecimen of & man in every way."” = “YWould Le accept & position a} the head of affairs 2" 3 ¢ Ah, thero you ask me & very difficult ques- tion; 1 cen't snswer that.” = “ Bat he and L%}he\ Co\;?c de Poris are hoatile to . Thiers, are they not ?” s Hostilo ? No,ynoz hostile; Ishould not say that; rather that theydo mot co-operate with him. I think that would be the fairest word to S h 2 = And, in fine, Mr, Sumner;” you left France looking with confidence on her future ?” “Yo3, I did, indecd. The peopls ate con- tented, I belieye sincerely. Thoy are, you know, quernious and petulent {hemselves often, end may be so when they complain of what they re- gard mimiler quslitics in their ruler. But they are unquestionably enthusisstic and pstriotic. They have. shown thoir energy in many wzys since their terrible reverses; and, in_ short, I moyesy T agree with M. Thiers, and beliova I cennot better express my views of the situation in Franco to-dsy than by saying, ‘La France est tranquitle..” R COMMODORE VARNDERBILT'S CARD: Utter Mepndiziion of Jay Gould and the Giher Mngnates of the Streets To the Editor of the New Yorl: Commercial Advertissrs Sir: Tho recent “corner” in ‘¢ Northwest- orn” has caused some considerablo excitement in Wall streot, and hias called forth much com- mont from tho press. 1y name hes boen asso- ciated with that of Mr. Jay Gould and others in connection with the speculation, and gross in- Justics has been dono me_hereby. I beg leavo, thercfore, to say (once for all) that Ihave nob had, either dircctly or indirectly, -tho slightest connection with or interest in the matier. I ‘hava had but one business_ transaction with Mr. Gould in my life. In July, 1868, I sold bim a lot of stock, for which bo paid me, and the privi- lege of & call for a further lot, which he also sottled. Since then I bave had nothing to do with him in any way whatever; nor do I mean ever to have, unless it be to_defend myeelf. I have, besides, alweys advised all my frionds to have nothing to dowith him in eny bueiness transaction. Icame to this conclusion after. taking particular notice of his countenance, The almost conatant parade, therefore, of my name in assaciation with his geems very much like an attempt to mistead tho public, tomy injury. and, after the publicetion of this, iznorance or misin- formation can no longer be urged a8 an excuse for continuing this course. As for Wall street speculators, I know noth- ing about them. I do not even eco the atreet three times a year, and no person_there has any authorito to use my namo or to include mo in any specnlativo operation whatever. C. VANDERBILT. No. 25 West Fourth street, Nov. 26, 1672. A Talk with Commodore Vanderbilt. From the New ¥ork Sun, Nov, 2T, Last evening a Sun reporter called upon Com- modore Vanderbilt et hia residence, 10 Washing- ton place, to glean some further particulars re- ding the views expressed in tho card pub- fiod shove. The Commodoro was in oxcellent Dealth und epirits, and seemed much disturbed Dy the association of his name with those of the Wall street gpeculators in the recent corner in Northwestesn common. Throughought tha in- terview ho showed great irascibility at every Teferance to the nams of Jay Gould. After glancing over the card and ecknowledging the snthorsbip, b very cousteously favited the e porter into the parlor and proceeded to comment wipon it, “+In justice to myself,” said he, I thought it advisable to publicly deny the reports which Tavo gained circulation that T had any connec- tion with the Northwestern business. Tha con- stant association of my name with that of Alr. Gonld bas infured mo groatly.” Reporter—In what way haait injured you, Mr. Vanderbilt ? Commodora Vanderbilt—¥Why, in_reputation, tobe sure. Don't you considér that & goo deal? Why, a fow momeonts before you called, = gentleman was bero w}:;y shoved e a tols: gram, receivet om & px in Englane wl Was desirous of pum!;u?ng % quantity of rail- road stock, but was deterred from doing so in conscquenco of this Northwestorn corner; ho asked “what is tho meaning of Venderbilt's name being mised up with Jey Gould's in the aflair?” OFf course, areply was eent et onco, saying I had no interest diroctly or indireetly in e speculation. 1 Reporter—You don't eem to entertain a very high opinion of lr. Gould ? 3 - Commodore Vanderbilt (cmphatically) —Xo, sir, I do pot. Reportor—3ay I esk if you have sny especial reagon for thinking il of him ? Commodcre Vandorbilt—I have had but one busineea_transaction with him in my lifo. July, 1869, I sold him some stock, for which_he peid'me promptly. Ihed no reatontobo dis- gatisfied with him on that occasion. Reporter—Why shen do you distrust him? Commodore Vandarbilt (somewhat excitedly)— His face, sir; 1o man could have such a coulite- nanco as bia and atill bo honest.” . Tiopostor—But surely, JIr. Vanderbilt, you must havo somo-other reasons besides that for sour opinion. Commodore Venderbilt—I tell vou, sir, God Almighty has stamped every man's character up- on his face. 1 read Mir. Gonld like an open book the firgt time I saw him. I did notlike to ox- press too strongly an opinion this. morning, bab 3f you wish to bave i now I will give it to you. You bave my nuthority for stating that I con- sider Mr. Juy Gould a damned villain. You can’t put it too strongly. Reporter—Well, if yonr theory sbout faces is correct I don’t geo “how such © villsin can hope to succeed. He would bo detected st s glance. ( Gommodoro Venderbilt—Rogaes prey upon ools. Roporter—But Mr. Daniel Drew can hardly be called o fool. Commodore Vauderbilt—No, but men havo not _always the bility or inclination to study other men’s faces. However, I don't want to be led into any discussion regarding Mr. Drov. Reporter—Has Nr. Gould ever done rnything to satisfy you that your first impression rogard- ing him w3s correct ? Commodore Vanderbilt—Certainly he has, Reporter—Will you pecify an instance? Commodore Vanderbilt—No, I can't do that ; but I haye bad no reason to chango my mind re- gerding him. - Inot_only declined having any further dealings with him myself, but I strongly adviged all my friends to avoid him also. Whn- over my ndvice was asked, I ssid to them, ns I Dave already said to you, don’t have anything to o with him, for he i3 a Gamned villain and he'll Ve sure to clieat you. Reporter—Did they always take yonr advic ? Commodore Vanderbilt—Woll, I don’t know. T om afreid they did not a1l do 80, but thoy had only themsolves to thank for ony loss they may Lave sustained. Heaven knows I warned them often cnough. Reporter—Well, what do yon think of Mr. Gould’s rction in tho Northwestorn corner? Did it tend to incregso your distrust of him ? Commodoro_Vanderbilt—Not in tho lesst. Nothing could do that. But I know nothing sbout the late transection. 1 have long coase 1o take nny interest in Wall strect_speculations or speculators. I do mot even drive pastthe street three times in the coursoe of & year. Here the reporter arodo to take his leave, Tho Commodore, wko had remained standing daring the interviow, accompanicd him to the hall door. ©ell, Mr. Yandorbilt," eaid the reporter, « you say I have your suthority to publish your opinion of Mr. Gould ! Commodore Vanderbilt (shaking hands with the Toportor)—You have, sir. Ob, you need not De afraid of doing him ady injustice. Hois all 1 have represcnted him, and more. Good oven- ing. - s tho roporter descended the stepa in o dol- ugo of rain, tho last words he heard wero, He 1s, undoubtedly, a damned villain, and you can say 1 said s0." —_— The Man Who Wonidn't Bo Horses whipped. Tho San Joaquin (Cal.) Republican tells tho following story of an occiiTence in that city on Honday ovening: “Last evening, ono of onr policemen noticad & woman hurryiag slong the stroet, with a blacksncke whip dangling from Dbeneath tho folds of her shawl. Ho followed, but loat sight of her in tho darkness, when & woman’s voice was heard exclaiming, in an an| menner: ‘ You wretch, you scoundrel, how dore_you defame my daughter!’ and af the same time, during the intervals, when the excited ono was obliged to drew Lier breath, camo the sound of sharp, quick lashes, suel us tho chief engincer of & prairie schooner is wont to bestow in a moment of unusual gen- erosity and kindness upon the sides of & pet but stubborn mulo. ’Twas dark as Erebus, but tho sound guided the valiant policeman in the right direction ovor garden fences, across flower bods, and cabbago patches, and just as ho was scaling tho last fenco that obstructed his passage o the scene of tho conflict, a masculine voice, Hll then unheard, esclaimed: ‘Gor o mity, 'sposo I takes all dis far nufiin? ef you puts yourself on & quality wid o man, take dat,” and a heavy thud end a terrific shries on the otherwise still 2ir told tho tele. When tho policemun arrived all lay prone on the ground; s cowhide in bor hand, and a goody b G e lsy near Ler. X light hastily procured wesT Eerbagiion sk st (2 nomen , the peculiar formation of her sl had saved hey fifa, bub fhe cord-wood stick that had descendod with such terrific force on berdevoted head was ruined for all such foture demonstrations—it will now mske good metches and tooth-picks, = The poltroon Wk would not stand and eccept in moelmess and humility the evidences of th woman's afection, bestowed with kuch striking end marked afect, hod left. The woman has fodgad » complaint of assaalt and bottery, and the police nre shsionsly searching for s malo African whose face i striped like Pawneo chiof in bis war paint, and who hes an aversion to cowhides and wozon." CRIFE IN THE EAST. flurderouns Affray Between Nussule : mans. _ A correspondent of the Pioneer of India, writ- ing from Srinugger, on the 2let of Septomber, gives an acconut of a serious disturbance among the Mussalmans in that digtrict: The Mussulmans, who form about nine-tenths of the population of the Cashmere Valley, ars divided Into_two great mects of Soonies and Sheeas. The Soonies are firm bolicvers in Omer, and deadly enemies of their co-religionists, tho Sheeas, towhom they give the opprobrious name of Rafizi, or heretics ; the Soonics are about nina t0 one of the Bheeas. Tho Sheces are firm be- lievers in Ali and his house. They beliove that Lo was superior even to Alohammed. himecli ; thoy form o mere handfnl of the population in Cashmere, Their whole number throughout tho valley is eaid not to exceed 10,000.” The Shoeas in Srinugger form about 1,000 houses, or ubout 6,000 sou's, including men, women, and children. The Sheos men form the most adtive, industrious, snd well-to-do portion of the Mus- sulmans, The finest papier-mache workers and shawl malors are Sheoss. Porhaps the wealth- ieat man in Cashmere is Mirze Muhommad ‘Al who is a Sheea. Well, there is a deadly hatred existing between thess two grest divisions of the Mobammedans, which sometimes msnifests itself, s on’ the prosent occasion, in open warfaro and s defiance of 7. Near the Hurree Purbut Hill, in Srinugger, on which stands the forf commanding' the city, i a musjid belonging to the Soonies, end called after s Mussulman worthy of the name of Madeen Sahie. Somo timo ago the Sheeas bought a small pieco of ground opposite to this musjid, whero thez bogan to build & rough plece of worship for themselves. The Soonies, 18 was notural, strongly objected to this arrange- ment, and begged the Sheeas to desist, which, Towover, thelater refused todo. And the placo was buill, but in a very rude fashion. Last Sun- day, tho 15(h inst., was the anniversary of Ala- deen Sahib’s death, and_there was great crowd- ing of the Soonies 'to his musjid. ‘The Soonies, being numerous and strong, snd enraged at tho obtrusive and pertinacious opposition of tho Sheess, 13 eyemplified i _their place of worship, “sot upon it. and_soon made it o beap of ruins. The Shecas -then mustered themselves in large numbers, sud n.zegular fight ensued on Sundsy night, Which raged on fill Monday morning, when the Sheeas were completely besten off the field. Then be- gan the work of plunder, dovastation, and mur- der. Tho Soonies entered the defenceless houses of the Sheeas, and having plundered them, seb them on fire, As the houses of Srinngger ate built chiefly of wood, the work of destruction was an easy sccomplishment. The houses of tho Sheess in the city were oon a smoldering heap of ruins. The dostruction of their homes and “property, which was basely carried off by the aonies, was not the hoaviest calamity that be- foll tho Sheaas on Monday morning Iast. Their women wero dishomored, and their children their very oyes. It o'clack ' on Mondsy morning that the effort was made by the local suthorities hero to put astop to the tragedy. At that hour the Wuzeer, or chief nativo official of Cashmere, in the absence of Mabarajah Rbumbeer Singh, appeared on the was quite as tho grave, & woman seene, sccompanied with o large body of troops, who are said to have made s very feeble an abortive effort to quell the distarbance. At am rate, throughout tho whole of Monday, the 16 inat,, the_work of destruction went on, and flames and smoke might have been seen sacend- ing from Zudsbal, Haseanabad, Babapaor, Drogejun. Gupaker, Bonawar, Pan-Grotten, and other plsces. Tho suthorities scemed alto- gether powerless. A very emall band of Tesoluto - troops, well led, would have smfficed to quell the tummlt; but they were not to be and the flames spresd from villgo to village around Srinugger. The Shecss fled_in_avory direotion, £ome meeking safety on tho adjacont mountaius, while others remained in the city in secret lurking places. Many of the women and children of the Sheeas {found an asylam in the honses of the Hindoo ortion of the community. The Hindoos in ashmore are colled Pundits, and number bat betweon 3,000 and 4,000 houses in_ the whole valley. They are in %eat tropidation lest the Soonies should sef on them for their kind hospi- tality to the houseless families of the Sheeas, Mondey night was spent sleeplessly by the inhabitants of Srinugger. Tuesday saw the Maharsjab's Sepoys ot their work of spprehension and plunder. Tho leading Soonies were seized and imprisoned, ‘besides hundreds—or thousands, it is said—of small fry. Tnegday night came, and the tamalt Tas st unquelled, for the Sheeas mustered themselves together and rotaliated upon their enemies by burning several honses in Srinugger and several vflh\gex inhebited by the Soomies. All portions of the native community in Srinng er passed Tuesday night sleeplessly. Wednes- 8oy Swned on the domed dity, sud now troops atrolled its streets or bazmars and pum- crless Soonies and Sheeas were dragged oif to prison. The apprehensions =zppear to have been made in the most indiscriminato fashion. It is said that large numbers of prison- ers wero doparted on Wednesdsy to the Fort of Oorce. Nearly the wholo city was deserted; shops wore closed, and the bazaars wers lifeless. ‘There was much stir at_the Shere Gures, where the local Government holds its sittings; boats ‘might have been seen crowded with Sepoys and prisoners arriving every now and then. Well- to-do Soonies were busy on Wednesday placing their more valuable property in places of safety, 88 & report was spread that the Sepoys were to e let loose npon the people that afternoon. On Thursdsy the greater part of the City of Srinug~ ger was deserted. Business is still asleep. It ol be difficult to estimate the loss inproperty sustained by the Sheeas. The amount must be considerable. RELIGIOUS. Fivo Bishops of fno Profestant Episcopal Church were gradustes of Princeton College, viz.: Bishop Claggett, of Maryland ; Hobers, of New York ; Meade, of Virginia; Mcllvaine, of Ohio, and Johns, of Virginia. A —Ex-President Finnoy, of Oberlin, Ohio, though now past his 80th birthday, preaches oceasionally with the earnestness of other yesra. He said to & friend at the close of one of his re- cent services : “ If I can't preach, I must di ‘—Beecher saya that religion is not to make & man better than his neighbor, but better than self. —The New York City Mission, which has been in operation for nearly fifty yesrs, supports eight mission atations and forty missionaries; and holds four hundred services a week, at an ex- pense of only £50,000 s year. The money is reiged for the most part by personal application to individuals. —Mr. Spurgeon's sister is_preaching at Wil mingham, Cambridgeshire, Englend, with such success that the police authorties there have expressed their thanks to her for effecting a de- crease in the number of criminal cases. —Dr. Hell tells the story of & man who sung most piously the hymn, Were tho whole reaim of Nature mine, That were o prasent far too small, and all through the !ingin‘i wag fumbling in hig pockets to make sure of the smallest piece of silver for the contribution-box. —Tho Neshville (Tenn.) Union says: *“The lady members of the First Baptist Church in this city have agreed that they will dispense with all finery on Sunday—wearing po jewels Dbut consistency, and hereafter appear at church in plain calico dresses.” —Tho wide-swake editor of the Gatholic Re- view has discovered, in a quiet corner of the Na- tional Baplist, *the most nutregeous ” adver- tisement ho has ever seen. 5t relnies to *‘ bap- tigmal pants,” msnufactured by a certain Phila- delphia tailor, which are offered as prizes by the Baptist editor for new subscrivers to the &V, B. —The Churchman reports the formation of an Episcopal Church at Ponce, Porto Rico, which is the first Protestant church in the Spanish de- pendencics. Subscriptions are solicited for the ercetion of asuitabls edifice. Read these words from tha London Zimes, and ssy if the end of the English Church Estab- lishment is not drawing near: “We do not de- pend on this or that man, or even on this or that Houso of Commons ; but the day may not be far distant whera minister will annoance, ‘our ancient form of worship,’ s it has recently ‘been called. is hencaforth to stand on its intrin- sic merits, liko othor forms of grester or less ontiquity,” —Xrom a census recently takon in Paris it appears that there are in that city 1,753,529 Cazbolies, 30,421 Jews, 17,281 Calvinists, 14,040 Latheraxs, aud 9,482 Anglicans, Aethodists, and Qaakers, 422 Mohammedans, Budduists, end Drabmins, and 2,500 who belong to no religions sect. Tho population is nearly 50,000 less than it was in 1855. - —Some of the churches of New Jerzey kave been celebrated for retaining their pastors for a long succeseion of years, Last.year Dr. Lud- Tow, of Neshanic, celobrated his fiftieth suni- versary. The Rev. Dr. Blaavelt, of Lamington, Das passed his forty-sixth year. Dr. Rogers, of Boand Brook, the forty-second, and Dr. Sears, of Six-Mile-Run, tho thisty-ninth of their Te- spective postorstes. The. Rev. Abraham Aes- sler hos Just completed his fortioth year as pag- tor of the Tirst Church of Reritan, Somerville. —An interesting experiment, was recently tried in conncation with Monnts Ebel _and Geri- zim, for the purposeof meeting the doubts sometimes expreased s to whether tlio blessinga sod carsiogs recordedin the 97th chapter of Deuteronomyconld be heard in {he valley below. On this pointa correspondent of the London hool Times relates the following inci- deat:” “On the 32d dey of March lzst, I stood myzel on Mount Gerizim—not on_the top, but on a spur, like a platform, on its side, above the valley; and thero isa similar plaiform oppo- site,” on Ebal. A friend stood on Ebel, opposite. ‘There was o congregation of from twelve to fiftoen below us. My triend on Ebal first read the curses (sea Deut. xxvii), ona by one, and the people below shouted ‘ Amen”™ after each of them. ‘I followed, reading tha blessings in the next chapter, and our frionds bolow responding to the same with _their # Amen.” " Then wa read eaveral verses in the first chapter of John, the one and_the other reading every alternate tentence. Not only the people in the valley below, but I myself, stand- ingon the side of Gorizim, could hear most dlstinetly every word that my friend read on the side of Ebal, and vice versa. Wo did not meas- ura the distance, but it was estimated by the party to be nearly a mile,” ‘The English church is alarmed by the publi- cation of recent statisfics bearing on the relative roportion of churchmen and dissenters in Eng= and. ‘Theso statietics have besn gathored from the 14 cities in England of ovar 100,000 inhab- itants each. The total population is 3,905,400, an increase in 20 years of 42 per cent. Bofors that tima (1851) church rates bad been abolish- ed in all theso cities, but thoy have been well eupplanted by voluntary exertions. Counting the whole addition of pewa occasioned by new churches and enlargomonts, the number of sittings in these fourtean cities has increased £ per cent, or faster than tho population. In six towns the Established Church has increased the fastest, and in the other eight the dissenting. 3Moreaver, in only one town, the fashionable Brighton, has the English Church s msjority of the sittings, In 1851, the Established Church provided 52.5 per cent of all the religious accom- modation in Livernool ; it providea 45 per cent in1672; it has increased its sittings only 16 per cent, while jtho ings of - other churches have grown 89 per cent. Taking all these ffteen towns together wa find that whereas 20years ago the Established Church provided 42 per cent of the church acora- modation, it providesin 1673 only 40.3 per cent ; Tiilo tho mon stablished Churches provided 1 1851 58 per cent, they now provide 5.8 per cent. These figures show unmisiakably tho decay of the English Church 8s a national institution, and will do much fo hasten disesisblishment, This census is undertaken by the Nonconforme istnewepaper, therehaving biean no oficial census on these poiats sinco 1851, Tho Nonconformist will iasue three more comparisons covering ail towns above 20,000 inhebitants. = —A London letter eays: A parish priest in. Treland, Father O'Keefa, hes teken the first atep. toward bringing on s frizl which may prove to be of historical importance in the annals of Bo- man Catholicism in Greab Britoin.. He bringa suit against Cardinal Cullen for snspending him from the post_of parish priest in Callan. Tha Gordins] plends s right to do g0 on tho ground thay O'Keefo had sued his ceclesiastical superior (Bishop Ossory) in a law court, that bei contravention Of canon law. tion i whether a priest is debarred from _claiming tho rotection a2 _civil 5s against ecolesisstical faw, The Irich Bench will ‘hav: to determine whether tho law of Bonitacs VIIL is in forco n this country. Tha recedents of English_lsw appear to bo sgains| The Carding], Sizsilar cases bave been decided with regard to other denominations, The Ch of Scotland had_its sentence snnulled in ths Cardross case. In Ireland, some timse sgo, the Presbyterian Chiuxch triod to oust from certain pecuniary advantages, swarded by the Crown to inisters and churches up Unitarisn opinions. Ths Unitarians remonstrated against s solemn de- mend made by the Synod for their subscription 10 certain dogmas. The Courts sastained them, and the Unitarien. Churclies receiva to this dey their molety of the regium donum.: The lsw of England s that religions bodies may agres on any terms of union they please, and they may esect tribunals of their own 3 bub the declsions of thoso religious tribunala will be viewed the civil lawas “ decisions of erbitrators,” an 83 such, not nltimate, No subject of the Queen is absolutely at the mercy of such quasi-private jgrisdiction. Father O'Resto b, by bis Bishop (Ossors), and Cardiual Cullen, been oricted rom Bis parieh, and five_schodls of which he ‘had superintendénca havo been taken out of his hends. Ho has been excommunicsted by the S s S e “FINIS CORONAT €PUS.” - # Th end shall crown the work "— Ah, who shall tell the end? 1t is 3 woesomo W=y, ‘And clouds portend. The work is all we know— Enough for our {uint Sight, The end God knows, Press on. The erown—is light. —Seribmer's. The Sido-Saddlc Defendeds A vwriter in Tur, Field and Farmseys : * What a7e the American Women coming to? Fromloag experionce in fox-hunting, I can vouch for tho safety and oase of 4 woman's seat on a weli- ‘built English side-saddle; but the saddle must o an English hunting saddle, properly fitted to heback of a_well-broken, Righly-bred ssddia horse—if possible, an animal that has been den to foxhounds, and tho rider must not be eu~ cambered with & long loose hsbit skirt. Sha must be attired for herd work in o close-set~ ting, comfortsbly-fitting cloth habit, the skirt of which chould not do more than tonch the ground when the wearer stands; slso, the stirrap _ehould be a plsin steel one, Deitler Jined or padded, apd fully two sizes too farge for tho rider's foot. If these proper precautions ara faken, there is 1o more dsdger in ridingon e side-saddle than thera is in sitting on an ordina~ chair, Whero the danger now arises is that tho riders have no more seats than meal-sacks, and mo more hands thum if Natnro had only sus- plied themwith fins. / Delawere’ says his daugh~ fors long ekirt caused s horse toshy, andin shying he threw out of their carriazs & gentle- D and his wife and child. Why did his daggh= ter ellow her gkirts to fiy looso and frighten the horse? Yet to me this is far better than to kill him ontright, as I imagine £o suscoptible 3 brute would be by the unlovely znd movel sight of o femalo riding en cavalier. In CentralEusope T have frequently scen peasant women riding astride on mules sud donkeys, perched mp be- tween their market-basketa; but I nover eaw, &nd T mever wan to see, & Womsn of education end refinoment riding astride, on the road, in tho Park, or in the huating field. In the Dritish Tsles, where women ride as forward as the men, thero are, proportionally, for less serious scoi dents among femalo riders than among male, a2d this is £o bo accounted for mainly by the fact that, being compelled from the nature of their seat to Tide chiefly by balance, they become Tnoro ecientific in the handling of the réins, and Tess likely to bully a horeo or rough-handle his mouth, Fighting & horse znd rushing him a5 Tiis femces s just £ho correct way to bring bim and bis rider £o grief.” —_—————— Carbolic Acid In Small-Pox. The London Lancet publishes an acconat, by Dr. Watson, of soveral cases of small-pox ani Bearlot fever, in which $ho cxternal spplication of carbolic acid met with marked success. Ia the case of one patient with smell-pox, whom ha sa at theperiod when papules appeaced, he or- dored on eems, and then had the patient—agirl of 11 years—spongod all over with carbolic acig soapsnds. ‘The next day & severs attack of con- fiuent small-pox was threatened, bat the child ‘was sponged s before, and then her whola body wes painted with carbolic-acid glycerine of the British pharmacopmia. Five grains of Dover'a powder were given to allay i-Titability, end the ‘patient slept quietly for several hours, when eke Sessponged sgain. No vesicles formed, end the patient was convalescent in & few dase. Disintfectantss In the Central Chiemical Depariment of Publia Health, 2t Dresden, numerous researchea hava lately been medo to ascertain the comparati value of various disinfecting matorinls, the chict results of which are given below. The value of chloride of lime aud Sulphuric acid, which it will Do seen form the most effectul disinfectiny sao- stance, is here espressed by 109, while the ro maining numbers show the value of the ctha articles as compared withthis standard: Cilosid, of limo with sulphuric scid, 100.0; chloride oy limo with sulphate of iron, 99.0; Svder ani Sviedlof’sjpowder, 92.0 ; carbolic acid disinfect iny gowfler,_SS.B: slaked lime, 84.6; alum, 50.4 tufobate of iron, 76.7 ; chloralum, 74.0 ; sulphats of megmesia, 57.1; permangauate of potash witf sulphuric scid. 51.3,