Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 13, 1873, Page 2

9 — e THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THU DAY, TEBRUARY 13, 1873 " YOUTHFUL ERUBITION, One of Chicago's Contributions to the Vienna Exposition, How Our Public Schools Are to Be Rep= resented There. The Sort of Catechizing tho Scholars Havo Had to Undergo, fome Highly Amusing Specimens of the Answers Given. Montlon wag made In Tue TRIuUNE, yostor- dny, of a ourious volume oxhibited to tho Board of Education at ita moeting on Tueaday oven- fng. It will bo understood that tho different clties of the United Statea are to bo ropresonted A/t tho Educationnl Departmont of the Vienna EIxhibition. Tho specimens of infant erudition aro to bo sent to Washington, thenco transforrod totho Qovernment vesnol at Now York, to be taker. to Viouna. Tho papors which have boon eslleeted woro obtnined in tho following mau- nar: Quostions woro proparad for tho various gwopn of scholars, and on the day afier the greut etorm, Inid beforo thom without previous arning, ‘They were then collocted, and a per- cuatago of thom from ench school sent to the Superintondent of Schools, Hore & lot wero so- leoted without purtiality, na & fair oxlibit of tho pupils' proficloncy. Tor tho first thron grades 21l the studles in Natural Bolonce aro oral, no books Loing used. Ixcerpis are talion from this volumo, booauno tho quostions and answers aro such as to give a bottor iden of tho gouoral wformation of tho ohildren than would bo gathorod from tho history and geogra- ‘phy or othor branchos of study. As o wholo, tho collectlon is vory flattoring throughout. HOME OF THE BLUNDERS. * aro very amusing, espocinlly in the lower grades. Wo commenco with tho firat gradein thoso akotchos ¢ Tothe question as to the food and clothing bost adapted to very cold countrios, the replioa aro singular. The averagoago of the class is 12 yoars, it will bo remembered. Hore are some of thonnswors s *“*Moat to oat and wool to wear ;" “4¢)ont i tho best food and glins of wild ani- mals for clothing.” A boyof 9 yoars thinka 4 Pork nnd oil—theso are drossed in furs,” to bo a comprohonsive reply. A boy of 16 years, whoso Tango of experionco qualifios him to exproas a wider viow, thinks “buffalo-robes, swoollon wlockings, and fur caps " are & sufliciont protoc- tion ngalust the clomonts, nd * flsh, moat, soup, coffoe, and broad” o desirable diot. ¢ Moats, snd sugar, and woollen cloth,” comes mear the mark ;—neavor, perkaps, than *“ incold countries thoy ent moro moats and wenr more woollen clothes.” Ieroisn fing field for conjecturo : 4 Cabbugo, wool cloths, thick clotha, turnips, and garitts,” Ono might suppose & square meal off wool cloths a tnx on the digestion, and thick clothis a lieavy brealifast. A cobbage ovorskirt, with o sacque trimmed with turnipy, would be mora picturesque than durablo. The same pupil, & girl of 18 yests, can think of only theso ihreo vogoteblos, for in roply to tho ques- tion, “Namo threo gardoen vegotables that ore eaten uncooked,” wo find tiem to bo “Caritt, turip, cabbage." T'hat littlo chorub must bo formed on the ostrich principle. A littlo chap thinka ¢ blubbor is tho bont food," and * furr 1 the best clothing." ABOUT VENTEBRATES. Passing to the fifth grade, the quostions aro a triflo moro difienlt, and some of the answors correspondingly amusing. For inetance: Q.—Ask and nswor two queations about vor- tobrates. A.—~What are vertebrates? Vertobrates are tame animals. Where do vertobrates live? They live with man, This is o broad view of the matter, truly. Many of tho children givo natural and iutolli- gont replica, and{hey nte o majority, but soma of them avo very smusing. Here is ono thatis intelligont and “amusing, b reply to tho question iven nbove: ‘‘Is o boar o vertobrate? Yes; ceauso it hag a back-hone. Isa fly o vertobrate? No; because it has no back-bone.” Hcro againis o queorreply. * Have verte- brates backbones ? Wes, Tell mo if vortobratos are useful ? Not nll vertebratos nre nseful, but s0mO are yory useful, as horsos, cows, and so foith.” ther reply is “How many legs has & horgo? A hoso has four legs. Does your cow give milic? My cow doos give milk," " These nre cor- tninly questiona about vortobrates, but ono can= nol but smile ot the absurdity, Tho cow and the Lorgo figure oxtonsively na illustrations. Thoe snako, turtio, whnlo and pig ocedsionally eppoar. * A vortebrato animal ia an animal that fooda on vogetable,” sayan littlo girl; and to her own cmnmand to ‘* name as rany ag sho can,” satis- fles hornelf with cow,.pig." Hero is_an assault upon gonerally recoived truths: * Vortebrates ave divided futo tho avtie- articnlnles aro amimals having hard Would 1 church pey como undor the hexd of arti; to? It might tell somo queor orics if ib dids ANTUIDIOUR ANISTALS, "o vary the themo, let us turn to the question to tho rumo grade: “Name iive animals thet can livo ouly in water—two smphibions ani- wele.” "The averago ngo of the clss ia o triflo over 12 voare, Hord in one roply : * Whalo, senl, frog, fly, alligator.” Auother, * mackoral witalo, cod, fishos.” For amphibious animals, o girl of 13 suggestn ** niligator, antolope.” ¢ Alli- {;utor and erocodile” are frequont illustrations, “Myrtlo and Croskodila™ is & fino_voply; uo iy “ Afloghator,”™ also “Duck,” *Tlephant and Cemel™ ure hazarded by a girl of 11 yonrs, BOTANIOAY, TERMS; Horo aro oma deflnitions of botanieal torms of the srme grado: ¢ Stipulen are small bodics at the Lage of tho potiole looking noro or lezs liko herrics, A korate mergin is ovon nnd smooth,” ¢ Thoe branches of the vaius ara called Ionflet. A scrato mavginis even and smooth.” ¢ Lerflat is & vmell laave—" of coutan, “1he lenilolis tho cdgo ch of the leaf.” THz TGURTA ORADE questiony are highor yot. Fou instanca: What motal is liquid at ordinary tompor~ aturos ? For what is il waed ? A,—Mereuryiu aliquid, used to make thorama- tors. Aldo quicksilvor, it s woed in thormona- tors and for awords. "I'bin for n boy of 15 s very bed. A girl of 12 gays *‘gold 18 liquid ot ordinary temperaturo, midis ueed to make jowelry, waiches, coinp,” sle. “Not in thoso dogonoraty duss, Tittlo one, Iron is declared to bo tho most useful, and “ b i8 next, becauso it is tho costliest.” ‘Lho properties of maiter ate found tobo smaliblogT sollds, diquids, and gases ; 4 tonae cion,” clasticlty, woight, ductility, 1mponotra- bility, oxtonsion. Genorally the questiona in thisgrade_aro well snewered, the orthography fair, and tho penmanship oxcallont. Tho average age of tho third grado clusaca Ia nearly 14 yours, 'Iio quastions are ronlly such na to roquire thought, and whilo soma of the nu- gwors aro ridiculous, the greator number display attention to studies and intolligenco, The livat paper tolls ns theb_waler is composod of elht parts of oxygon and one part of ydrogen, and Turmoves ovory impurity frem our porsou and clothing, A boy of 16 finda its composition to o ‘*hydrogen and nitrogen gassos.” ITo further defincy tho dutics of tho Mayor and Common Coancil: **'Iho Common Council tond to all tha public property, gnd for tho im&)ruvomont of uch, ‘Tho Mayor oxeoutos the lawe” Seven conseentivo pepors doclara that wator consits of eight parts of oxygon to ono of hydrogen,” “Ihere is o strong bellef that thero aro ‘' two kinds of \Vflllll',gl.lllfll and soft wator,” Horo is e excollont roply by a little girl, 11 yoars of aze: #Qho exccutive Po\vot is" lodged in the Dlayor, who oxecutos tho law, Tho legislative powor of thin city is lodgod in tho Common ouncil, who mzke the laws.” Nothing could be bottor. But missy declares that utor is com- pored of oxygen and nitrogo Here jo an esray on water thut vesemblos Jim Flak's pro- duction on **‘'ho Doy 1 “Wator is composed of hydrogen end oxygon, it ia pure aud clear thoro in 4 kinda of wafer ol and frosh water when thoro aro bubbles in water thero is air in it. ume wator is vory shallow lika that of the Dend Hen, Pevplo drown very onsy in water," THE THIND GADE ere much nearor to the point, A tew apocimons taken at rundom muy e intoresting ; + Duscribe ihe course of a caunon ball fired foal, . horlzontally, and_atato what cnusos combine to produco tho rosult.” A.—¢1¢t n osunon ball waa fired horizontally, it wottld continuo on until tho foree which tends to draw it to the gronnd finally succoeds, andtho ball is enused to fall, bocauso tho attraction of tho earth in utrmlp‘nr than any other.” s Q.—*Which is honvier, ico or wator, and how do yon lmow " A.—** Wator is gonorally tho heavier. The ron- son wator {8 hoavior is boeauno ico floats on tho water, and wator would havo to be tho heavier of the two, or olea the loe would sink.” AN EDITOR'S DAUGHTER, non:-lly 16, hias tho following quostion in the firat ndo : B Writo o short lottor doseribing the Ohicago firo ;" nud sho writes as follows 1 Cirteado, Jun, 24, 1873, Hon. J, I, Piekard ¢ On October 8, 1871, thero oconrrod in thla city one of hio groatest fires ovor known, Tho entire busincss portion wae dostroyed, and tho greator part of the jorth 8ide, which ™ cantalited many handsomo resi- donces, ‘I'lio progress of tho firo was not checked until Oct, 10, and ovén now somo of tho graln warehouscs wro smouldering, Dy tho enlerpriso of our cltlzens Olitengo will soons borobullt, Very respectfully, Olsorve tho transminsion of parontal charac- toriatica, Bhort, sharp, slightly exaggorative, Lut to the poiut, The young lady will doubtloss conduct & mewspaper oforo sho dieca, Bho will mnot Dbo. & prima donna, wo fear, for she defines” “D, O." in muslo tobe ¢ District of Columbia,” This i very dreadful, indeed, for a coming editross, but shows whoro hor ambition lios, 1s this a journ- alistio falling ? A girl deseribes an cclipso as follows: *'Whon thio enrth Ia vory darl, nearly as if tho sun was Botting, it Is an eclipso,” Tho Jligh and Nornal School pupils dlu(};lnyn ‘most commendable Pmunlenwy for girls and boys whose avorago sgo {s 18 years, TIE OTIIER THREE VOLUMES aro takon up with languages, mathomatics, and- history and geography. Whoro aro, alao, two serap-books of drawings, one composod of mls- cellanoous productions from the primary and rammar _nchools, the othor from tho Migh gc‘mul. The formor conteins someo very prom- ising litilo-drawings, nicoly done, with numerous mapy, ote., and oro an honent oxhibit of the pu- plla’ capacity. Tho High Behool drawings aro perticularly good, EVANSTON MATTERS. Tho Evausville Philosophical Aesocintion met Tuesday evoning,in tho Library Hall. Thero woro the following gontlemen present: Pro- fesgor Olivor Maroy, the President of the Asso- cintion, and Profesaors Kistlor, Kollogg, Car- Lart, Shrader, Winslow, and Poarson, Doc- tora of Medicines, Jowell and Davis; Doc- tors in Thoology, Dannistor, Homonway, and Driggs, and loss titled, but not less deserving, Meaaors, Boutello, Shumen, Bradloy, Paclknrd, Chappel, Brainard, Taglor, Charles Raymond, Banniator, and Hosler, The meoting was called to ordor by Proeident Marcy, and tho usual pro- liminary business gone through with. Tho olec- tion of mombers boing in ordoy, Mesars. David Phalos, A, 0. Guun, and R. R. Doardon woro unavimously cleeted. Francis Bradloy, tho See- rotary of the Committos on Mathomatics, rend & vory interccting and Ingtructive papor.on “Com-~ o8, Nobulio and Meéteoric Showers,” An interosting discnesion was indulged in over tho article, aftor which Dr. Honry- M. Bannister read & very ablo roviow of the progress mado during tho laat yoar in fionurnl Bolenco, googra- phy, archacology; iho discoverics mado in tho acarn; the caroful oxamination of tho Ben of Saragoass by tho Hastlor expodition; the dis- cavory of building ftahes by Agassiz; the ex- eminations of the Atlantio hed and tho bed of the English Channel ; the valuoe of lead sound- ings to geology; tha Arotio oxplorations; ,tho movements going on to open up Africn; 'the finding of a docrao by Fergusson in Egypt anto- dating tho Christian ora 600 years; and o very full and complelo- account of the eoxplorations boing mado in the regions of tho Nile. Papera will bo road at tho next regular mect- ing by Dr. Francis D, Homenway, on * istory,” and by Professor Jutius Kellogg on ‘‘ Inorganio Naturo, or Blography." Andrew Shuman moved that, when the Aseo- ciation adjourn, that it be to moot at A, E. Hes- ler's art gallery. Thia motion wos unanimously carried, The Associntion expressed itsell as flattored with tho raports and noticos of Tmi: TRIBUNE, and agked o continuauco of the favor, nrfter which the Bociety ndaaumo\i. There will bo & miseionary meoting at Heok Hall Ohapol, this ovening. Good sponkers will De present, and & very intoresting ocension is au- ticipated, ''Ihio oxercises bogin ot half-past T o'clock, and are open to the publio. —_— CHURCH SOCIABLES. MICHIGAN AVENUE DAPTIST, Tho Young Poople's Socicty of tho Michigan Avenuo Daptist Church and congregation will this ovening give a sociable and unusunily at- tractive ontortainmont at thoir library parlora, in tho enst wing of the church, Michizan avo- nuo, south of Twonty-third street. Ar, A, P. Burbnolk will road somo of his most accaptable golections, Ond of tho most fmp\flnr military organizations in the country will be represonted in some first~clags tableaux ; thera will bo music, both voeal and instrumental, and lnst, though by mno monns lenst, refrcsimonts sorved Dby tho young ladios’ in tho church din- ing-raom. Evorybody is invited to be present, and on evening’senjoyment is prom- isiod to all who will scopt tha Invitation, Noarly a hundrod young Indies and gontlomen of tho Bouth Bido aro already members of this very re- contly organized socloty, and it promises to bo oxnu of the most popular ever attempted in the city. TIIND PRESDYTERIAN, "'he young people of tho Third Prosbyterian Chureli will have an. unuslmuY pleasant gathey- ing this evening in tho chapel, cornor of Wash- ington and Carpenter streots. ftov. Dr. Helmer, of the Union Park Chureh, will rerd un original Zuom, and thero will bo voeal musio by Mr. Shultz and readings Ly Mr. Booth, Admission will bo by tickets, which oan Lo obtained from the young men of the church and from the pastor, e Tlorrible Murders at Calcuttn. A horriblo wholeealo muvder is roported from Calcutta, It apponrs that on Friday weok (snys the Bom‘bns Cazelle of the 80ih ult.) a nativo of tho Dossad cnste, nrmed with n masuiva chop- per, shrrponed onboth eides, and two knives, sob ont of his house with tho intention of murder- ing his wifo and his gon-in-law, botwoeen whom, n3_alleged by him, an impropor. intimacy. existed, Not finding them whora he ex< pectod they . would be, he attacked his danghtor, ‘who lmppened first to come in big way, With a stroke of tho cliopper ho knocked her gealp clesn off, no that the whojo of Tior hrain wns visible, Bho Tmmadintoly oxpired. In murdoring hor ho is reported tohave snid that, hed sho not been born, and had sho not maried the man, his wifo would not have been eatrangod from him. e noext attrcked an old woman of the Donnad caste, and deapatched hor in g similar mannor. Findlug then his mother in the vi 5 hio denlt n blow on_ hev head, sud sho foll down npparontly dead. Ho stalod to tho polica thut ho " struck Tor becauso ho wished to save Ler tho griof which would ovortako her on his meoling with his deserved punishment, Sho is in o very dpmm-lmm stato, aud no hopes aro cntertained of hor rocovery. Ho noxt attacked a woman of the Dhobi easto, inflicting n sovero blow on her hond. Bfie I nleo fn @ very precavious stato and not oxpected to survivo. Mo thun attoked a young woman of tho Kahar cnste, whom ho also Roriously wounded on the hend, hior injuries consisting of govoral cuts, Bho isin a precarions condlhan; Altor attaoking seven other porsons, all of whom he woundad more or less soviously, o was cap- tured by au Inspoctor of Polico, ———————— A Ludicrous Incidont. From the Washinaton Capitel, Talking about heeln, rathor o ludicrons inoi- dont conneated thorewith occurred at the Tilinols reception the otler night, The ball- room floor at Willard's was newly waxed, and badly done at that, so that {he fair ladies and gadlant bonux found thelr foot stioking to tho floor, Whilo the weaker were hold fast, the stronger and more ouorgotio Praflnuud & nojso like unto slhiooting-crackors, as thoy moyed about. or attempted to dance. ‘'his gobto Losucha nuisance that the propriotor was cniled in and notivo measuren takon to remody the troublo. Meal from the kitchen was procured und sprink- led over the floor, Young ladies had to bo lifted bodily out of their traoks, in somo instancoes loaving their hoels on the floor, while othora ware pried up with polora, uttoring litile shrioks ag If it hurt, Soveral enterprising Illinoju beaux wont to Milburn's and purchased pleces of challt, which thoy rubbed on the soley of tho youny ladiog’ shoos, It prosented a beautiful ploture to 600 up Illinols gontloman with hin l:uoo: ptuck fast _to’ the floor while ho whitened tho solon of hig loye, she balnnced mont fully on ono foot and smiling audibly to the tickling procoss, Oue mniden lady of s cortain aga went into hystorion, and froin that juto o hack, Bhe has ot beon | om} of sinoe: graco- | Mone. Toubior's rosidence for paople who PARIS. The Death of (ho ex-Emperor Napo- ¥ Ieon---Effect of the Intel- ligence, ' A Qomparative Study of ‘the Threo (reatest Battles of the Present Time, The Failure of Bowles Brothers & Co,---A Card from Mrs. Seaver. TAnts, Jau, 14, 1873, #THE EMPEROR 18 DEAD " for, dospite all tho ovents of '70, '71, '73, the corpno at Chisllust 18 still to Frohchmon's minda tho Emporor. The unoxpected intelli- gonce burst on tho National Aesombly in tho midst of an impassionod dobnto on education, and nobody listencd to tho debatora, It maden doop improssion ovorgwhore in Paris, The lowor clneses of tho population, who Lnd never, in all their lives boforo, farod hinlf 8o woll as during tho sunny yenrs of the Empire (whon thoy noed novor havo known what it was to want oacupa- tion); oxprosood dolight at * Badinguot's” doath, TFronchmon Late pooplo sbove thom, and fool that to pull down their suporiors is to raiso up themaclves, Educatod (people gonerally wore shooked by tle suddenncss of tho catnstrophe, Tho medical attendants cried, hour aftor hour, * All's welll” and, before tha cheoring word had moltedinto nir, thoro roso the wail, *Tho Emporor is dylng 1—The Emporor is doad ! " It was shocking, Tho first thought raisod was retrospoct of the lifo juat onded ; {thon attempt was made to dofond its sequonces. Bomo of thom woro nt once apparont. Napoloon IIL gone, the Bonapurtist party is collapsed— at lenst for many years, Ono less mon- archical party strongthons tho othor mon- archical parties, the Orloanists more partionlarly; for no Bonapnrtist could accopt the absurdities of tho Logitimist creed, or con~ gont to exchango tha tri-color for tho whits flag spanglod with lilics. The Orleans Princes havo, howovr, slightly damngoed thoir causo Alrendy ; they wont to the Grand Opora the night intelli- gonco of Nnpoleon IIL's death roached hors. Good taste, no less than good policy, would have engaged them to stay at home, The Emperor's doath before his GGtk birthday reminds poople here of THE EARLY AGE &t which contomporary Ironch statesmen have disapponred from life. Marahals St. Arnaud, Dosquet, Foray, wora nmot 60; Duke do Morny, Count Walewskl, CGenoral Vaudry, Mocquard (Private Secrotary), do Persigny, Baciocehi, Achillp TFould, Delangle, Goneral Tispinasso, Barocho, Goneral Cavaignac, Genoral Bedeau, Genornl Lamgricioro, Provoat-Paradol, . 8. Proudhon, Sainto-Bouve, all died bofore 60, and the majority of thom soon. aftor 50.- Boa- quet, Provost-Paradol, Espinasso, mot tragic deaths, Walowski nnd Osvaignne dropped doad. Tould and Lamoricicro wero found dead in bed, The nowspapers hore protend that the intelligenco of the Emperor's death made no impression. On tho boulovards thore is o constant crowd; ovorybody hts o nowspaper in hand. English nowapapers aro eagerly sought ; all of them aro bought in advance; and the nowspaper-vendora on the bouleyard (whore the Zimes and Telegraph aro daily on sals) only distribute thom fo purchesory who ordored and paid for them in_the mornikg. Bonapartist nowapapers have reachod o salo EXCEEDING ANY EDITION recorded in the annals of the Tronch press. Ono of them has sold 180,000 copies a day, an- othior 200,000, Le Pelit Journal, iu the time of its groatest prosperity, when it had o sort of mounpnly? hoiug the only one-cent newspngar then published), nover sold moro than 90,000 copies o day. Photographors, too, aro ml.khlg o great doal of money ; some peaplo say $40,000 worth of Nopoleon Ill's photographs have boen sold sinco his death. One hundred and fifty thousand gerlands of immor- telles, snd 300,000 rosottes for tho buttonholo, mada with o contre-pieco boaring this inscription in English, ‘o our rogrotted sovercign and Donefactor, His Msjosty Napoleon IIL.,” have been ordered for Eniglnnd alone; and, in all the florists’ shops hero, | soo Lugo garlands made of violets with inscriptions in_whito violets; all these garlands have beon ordered by Bonapart- ists for tho Emperor's funoral. Germany alone 1ias sent to -one photographer haro orders for 10,000 photographs of Napoleon ILL. ‘Thore are 8o many peoplo going to London that passongera are refused nifil\: and morning by the "oxpress trains; tho them who lenve Lera aro tako the slow trains, Bpecial traing nt low rates are to bo run for tho funeral, to cnable all por- sons to goovor. Mourning-shops have LITERALLY DEEN OLEARED of all their stook, Tailors, mantus-malors, and milliners have quadrupled their hands, and work day and night.- Registers have beon oponed at aym- pathizo with the Imporial family, to record their names ; 10,000 names havo already boen rogia- torod, and the stream of visitorn. continuas to flow without abatomont. Tho Bonapartists have resolved to wear mourning for three monthe, The Radical press assails the Emperor's memory. WITIL GREAT COARSENESS. Hero ia one example : “ A telogram annonnces to us thet the Bandit of Decombor and Sedan diod yesterday ut half-past 12 m. DMorality is avouged ; the public conscienco foels reliof upon being told that iho monster who was dir- ulud by impurities of all sorts Lias censod to live ; national honor raisos its hoad agnin at moraly thinking that the author of all our intorior and foreign disgraces can never again ingult public deconcy, What plossure isgivon by tho porusal of thoso briof aud jnost cdusulu.tnr{ Hontences which announce tho death of. the greatest criminial who over wout \mh\m& [} in your shrouds, boloved oad, eont by him to deudly slvines! Niso from our graves, yo martyrs of Ceyonne and of Lam- ousa, to shera with ug the pungont pleasure of insulting this grave.” 'he Emperor’s death has suggostod this SINGULAR_OALOULATION, which, if I had time, I should apply to the his- tory of English Kings, to sce whaut genoral valuo it hns: “i‘npuluau I was born on tho 1ith of August, 1769 ; whon Lie mouatad the throne, tho 18th of May, 1604, ho was 83 yours 0 months, sy 417 months, old, ' Ho diod on tho Gth of May, 1821, Leing' G1 yours aud 8 months, say o months, old. Napoleon 1II. was born on the 20th of April, 1808; when he mounted the throno, tho 3lut of Docombor, 1853, hio was 43 yoars and 7.months, suy 628 months, old, Call the duration of Napoleon IIL's lifo a, wo shall thon Liavo the followiug oquation: 417 monthe=523 anonthis, Gomontls | X . Consedquently, 417X=020 pluas 523 620 plua 623 In ollier words, Xe ————7— Awako =717 morths and & 7 (fraction, Now, the yoar consista of 12 months; thore- fore; 777 montlis nre 01 Eyunm and 9 montha, ‘which these figures show to be the durntion of Napoloon IIL.'s lifo. Add 64 years and 9 months to the 20th of April, 1808 (1ho datoof Nupoleon TIL'a birlh), you got the 50th of January, 1878, If the nnrglnonu Lad not interfored, Nupoloon 111, would have lived 11 days longer, Btrange to uay, tho post-morlem oxamination confirme this romoxk, ‘Tho Berlin Mililacr-Wochenblall s Just pub- Hshod the following comparative study of the THREE GKEATEST DATTLES of the present timo: “In Gormany and in Ans- trin, tha battle of tha 8d of July, 1866, continucs to bo callod the Battlo of Rosuiggrasts; thia in {ta truo namo, for Badows, & villaga ou tho marly DBistritz, witnossod only the pm‘kfixl front ntlnofl mado by the forces under Prince Yroderivk Chinrlos,—sn attack which bogan nt 8 a. m., and Insted until ahout 8 p. m., whon the wholo Prus- sian army, having rocelved all its roinforco- ments, gavo battlo, Gormany and France do not otton auccoed in glving the eamo namo to any battle. Woerth is called in France Reiche shoffon, or Frooachwiller; Bplckersn s callod Forbaeh 3 La Bolla Alllance, \JI\(B\'IDQ oto. Dut lot us not wander from our gubject. Ve notico, in tho firt placo, that threo tinicw the enomy of Drussln or of Germany leanad on o fortross, At Kooniggraotz, tha Austrlan army formed almost o hemleyole around the fort on ‘the Elba River, Bazaiue Plncnd his traops in front of Motz inn straight line. In front of Rodan, the Fronch plrced thomselyon na well na thoy could in n ofr- clo, Inch of theso fortreason hnd an important river, Tonedole Jiad the BLiba bohind him;- Daznino | had {ho Mosolle; ~ Hoden i on_ the Mouss Rivor. At Kooulggraotz, andat Rodan, the_fortresses (bolug too - smnlly wora fatal to the dofoatod armion. Dazaine, on tho othor hand, found a refugo for sovernl months {n Motz, As for tho rivors, tho Elbu is far from having proved advantagoous to Iono- dolc; on fts banks lila rotroat bocamo & comploto rout. Al Bodan, the Mouse Rivor was of mora advantago to tho Gormans than to the Fronch. It favorad in a partioular meunor tho clrculnr actlon of tho Fifth and Lloventh Prussinn Corps. At Gravolotte, tho Mopolle River hnd no divect Influonce. 'Tho threo battles known ns ¢ Kninor Wilholms and Bohlachton ' wero offonsive on the part of tho conqueror. Throo timos tho Snomy took position ou holghts whioh woro {mrtly ontronched and fortifled, wnd onch timo Moltke ondoavored to surround. tho onemy. At Kooniggrastz, tho batilo wag docldod by the march olfl tho Sccond Army andof tho Libn Army ngaingt tlio Austrinn flanks ; victory was scourod at 7 p. m. - At Sedan, victory was won oarly in tho morning. At Cravolotto, tho doolsivo actlon was fought nt St. Privat. All throo battlos had numerous contests in woods and villagos : Maelovood, Rosboritz, Bt. Privat, and Bazoilles aro celobrated. Thorowas pur- anit aftor nono of theso Dbattles, Dene- dok's nrmy foll bnok fnto _tho for- tress, or’ halted on tho Tlba; at Gravolotto, thoarmy rotired Into Motz ; at éudan‘ tho battle ended by eapitulation.- Bmperor Will-, iam Dad threo times opposod to Lim Gonorals of reputation and exporience, who had provious- 1y beon in command of army corps. Bazaino kad commanded tho Moxican ~expodition, and an army nnr{:s in tho Itallan war; MaolMehon had decidod the battle of Magenta in fayor of the French ; Benodek had distinguishod himeolf at Bolforjno, whero ho repolled tho attaok on San Martino. It wna . noticed_ that in 1870, as woll as in 1866, tho Emporor \Vllllnm, dus&)fln Lis ago, apposred on tho. battlo- fleld onrlior in {he morning than - his advorsarien, At Kooniggraotz, ho was on Dub Hoights at 8 a. m. Bonedek ronchod tho fiold only at 9 a. m. The Emporor romained on horseback all that day, and until a latohour that night. At Gravolotto, an officer of his sulto was killad, At Sodan, he was on Fronois Heights, Gravelotto was o battle of infantry and artillory. At -Koeniggraotz, tho Prusslai. caval playod.n groat part. - At Sedan, tho Tronch cavalry attacked with nll their numbora. Tho Prussian nxmlar‘y in 1860 .was far from scting a8 wéll as in 1870; It lacked at Koonggractz n common notion conflded to ono single commandor; while, at Gravelotte and at Bodan, the axtillory was at onco brought into fall play, and.the cannon wero . thundering evon bofore the infantry could reach the unemg. At Kooniggraotz, tho Prussians woro 216,000; tho Austrians and Baxons wore 220,000, Gravalotte, there wore 120,000 Fronch, and 200,- 000 Germans, odan, -thoro wero 130,060 French, and 200,000 Germnns, Koenigraetz is thio grontost battle of (his contury ; at the battlo of Liopzfc thero woro 80,000 mon loss in lino, At Kooniggraotz the Austrians- and Baxons lost 80,000 men, the Prussians 10,000, At Gravelotio, tho French lost 14,000 men, tho Germans 20,000 At Scdan, the Fronch lost 14,000, the Gormans 10,000. . The Austrians lost ot Kooniggraotz 14 or cent of their army engaged, the Prussians, porgent. Tho Fronch foat at Gravelotte 11 por cont, tho Gormans 10 per cont. At Sedan, thntl-"{unch lost 10 per oent, tho Gormans b per conb.” .. - The last. vestiges of TOWLES BROTHERS & cO. hovo disappeared from Paris. Keith and Sulli- van brought over £35,000 or $40,000 from Lon- don aftor tho crasl thero, and, as soon as they muw Pavis gotting too hot for thom, thoy, togoth- or with William Bowles and Stetson, loft tho city, It is gaid they havo gone to Spain or Mo- roceo,—at all events, somewhero out of!the reach of o warrant of oxtradition. Mr. Nathan Apple- ton Lina beon decidod by the Fronch suthoritios tohave beoun_partner with limited lisbility (conunandilaire) ; but the extent of thia linbility has nob'fi'ot Leen sieted. At tho last meotiug of tho croditors of the firm, ono of them, 3MNY. BEAVER, oo tho history.of lor doaliniga withit, = She rought o lotter of introdumciion to Charles Bowles, sud s bill of oxchange on the firm for $1,000, - Williams Bowles recoived her. - Sho did not require monoy, and_asked to have tho bill emied to Lier credit. ~ 8he added sho had likowise o lotter of crodit on Mossra, Brown, Shipley & Co., of Liverpool, which sho would loavo for safe keoping with them. A day or two aftorwards, requiring some money, sho called at tho bank, and "got $80. Willinm Bowles pre- pared o paper for hor, which Lo told hor was o moro receipt for the money. - She signed it. Whon the bankruptey of the firm was an- nounced, she mentionod her connection with Bhe was engaged to look at the raceipt she gas aud it was suggosted that tho $80 given hor hiad beon drawn on hor lotter of credit, and had not boon deductod from the bill of exchange, Tho roceipt was brought forth; oxamination ocon- firmed the suspicions oxpressed. William Bowles and Stetson published & card in the ppey deny~ ing theso aud othor statements. ~Sho has ro- plied: . My attontion has been called ton lotter published in Four [tho American Regiater) lust lssuo from Mogary, ‘Willlsm Bowles and llenry Stotson, membora of tho onca fumous Houso of Frauds, gendrally known, how- evor, in pollfe circlos, as tho banking-houao of Bowles Brothers & 0o, in which they flatly refute the state- ‘menta of tho Committeont tho luat meoking of their crodl‘ors, as also do they tho charge of fraud brought against them at tho samo timo - ond J;Lm by myself, ow, i, tliess men have fled from tho fron of the law, ’ Thoy have hiddon themsolves,—zrawled Into {helr don, if you will,—to spend tho wintor months in enso and fuxury, cating the loaf_of whito broad which properly belonga to e and other croditors, whilst we, Door unfortunutes, aro obliged to nfbblo awsy.upon a dry, black loaf, Thoy have no right tospoak from inéldo thotr forivoss, If thoy aro honast mon, ot {hem come forth and breathe the pure air of keaven, which s made for everybody but criminals, and thores by prove themselves a1 such, Lot thom come out in “open dsy, = unmasked, lke mem, and not hide ltka bighway-robbors, In' your comments upon thiu lelter you say, *We really 3o not Imow what 1o think of ihis affair.” Now, alr, this trikea me a3 balng & vory weak remark, alnco you aro thoroughly posted in the outragdous proceedings of theso mon, Thon you speak as though it might bo posaible tiist both tho crodilors wnd tio Cominittea ad conspired ageinst thom, You also eay, % Wo.do not care to enlargo further unon ALin painfil enbjoct,” Now, My, Editor, T contend that i ought not io Lo painful for an_editor ta doscant, and nt uu;Luz, upon tho rascality of such men as.tho Bowles Brothors have proved to be, Thoy say, *That we should connnit fraud for £16 s too ailly n charge to lio listoned to ;" nlso, that My slatement s “abaurd,” Now, I admit that' §L does look strange indoed, und it really 15 do- plarablo that men, who wera t tho'time pretending to don Iogitimato hisinear, slionld ntoop to windlo & woman out of 50 emall u sum, Novertheless, facts are stubborn things to get over ; “and whoever doubts my piatoment can call on my brokors, Mearrs, Andrews & Co,, and hboliold the proofs, Lut, when it is known- that theso men did stoop to swindle the * American Charltablo Fund Assoclation” out of & fow hundred feancs, {t is not so eingular . that thoy should swindle o woman, They #ay 1o . other- chargo of fraud has been brought sgalnst them, nor could be found by tiio Committes, It waa not tha Comtnittes's busiuozs to go nbout hunting up tho littlo fraudulent transactions of these men; but it was the ity of porsons who had boon doalt with by them, a5 T huye been, to coms forward aud let the world know {hat toy ktood sosdy to draw Into tuelr oty which tisoy b cat out {n hopes of eutebing hurgo i, evon tho amalloat onc, thongh it d1d only “welghi £16," But, Mr, Editor, Tenh farnisli proof of ofher fraudulent transactions, hoth or all of whick wero conunitted by the ‘Parfs liouse, and during the laat wook of thelr relgn, and famontable to tell, both of tho vietima wara Indios, aud, like mysolf, alono in Parie, Ona would think, froth o uncurhi muunor fu wbick tey wpeak of icor £10, hat T bad loat nothing woro Ly theim, Lt ot o oxplain briofly, T doponitad s drdt whicl T Lad on them, ona week bofora the failuro, amountivg to 5,052, Mr, Willintn Bowlos, .whilst' looking st the drait, nsked it T desired tadraw suythivg thon, Ieald No, bt should willina dey or twa, 1 then remarked ihat T had o lotor of crodit on Drown, Shipley & Co, which Lo . udvised me o leave with thom for eafekooping, ‘which undvico I sctod upon, eaying, bowover,' I @il not wish to ake auy wujo of it whilat T roniatned in Tarts, ss it Would onablo mo to draw ail over Hurope.. I dosired {0 keop it for travelling purposcs ; und also remarked that my draft on hiny wonld bo mifliclont for my ex- yeusca whilst L ramalnod fu Tarls, ‘aud, as it waa Fronch curroncy, I would mako immediato uro of it, hero cortainly Was not, nor could thors possibly havo beon, any misunderstanding botween Mr, Willlam Towlea and myself, A _few days nubaubuemly,l callsdand drow_ of Mr, Willism Bowles 400f,, Wi Jundod mea recoipt to tign for tho smonnt, ltoweni- ber for 400f,, ond not 165 all the time we wore speak. {ng of franca’; und hecortiinly know that I supposcd it tobo on my draft, aud not from my lottera of cradit, for lio gave me no exchiauge, ‘Thrde daya subsoquon to thl!l'{rlnenullfln thoy fullod, aud I found, to my great indignation, that thoy hud oh\qunfl mo with_£18 on my lettors of credit, Now, air, I leavo tho pubile to detormine whothor or no this i 6 frau-iulont Lrans. sctlon, 1remain, ete,, JANE Gnay BEAvER, 'The newapapors have been londly trumpoting tho approuohing THIAL OF MASIIAL BAZAINE, Dellevo them, witnesses hinve been summoned to nttond Lho Court Martial on tho 18th of April noxt. Wo wore avon told tho numbor of wit- nosges summonod ; 147 woro to givo evidenco ou the tyial, for, whilo 200 Jind boon examined by tho moglutrato charged with the oxamination, &3 had boon sot asido because tholr depasitiona alono, with oficlul documonta, suiood for tho trinl,” Now I cau nusure you that tho gist of tho information is orroncous, The Governmont haa, from (ho ficst, nover intonded to bring Mar-, ahiof Buzaino to trial, All thoso rumors aro put into curronoy gololy to nmuso and waury publio opinion, and tire it inlo thinking Marshal Ba- zaine and his campaign an oppressive Lora, JIENTY NOOUEVORT'S onsy lifo in 8t. Martin de Re Fort has excitod a 0od denl of iro horo, Efforta have heon mado 0 obll;‘a tho Governmeont to tranmuport him, with the othor Communnrds, to New . Onlodonia, Mons. Thiers in rogolved to keop him in France dospito all tho howls rajsed; 'Llio_Governmont, liowevor, rofuses to allow Mons. Victor Itugo'n nownpapor, Lo Rappel, to publish, with Tonry Roohioforl's wlzimturo, nnovel he hing written in prigon, and which ho has solid for 86,000 to tha Downpapors, roserving his right to bl'hllly it ont in book-form. or HCOLO, New Play About the Amerl 5 Hupprowsion By the Fromch Govermment, Paris (Jun, 21) Corrcspondence af the London Daily Standard, I tolographied to you lnst night that M. Car- valho, tho manager of tho Vaudovillo Thoatro, Lind mado o pilgrimago to Veruaillos, in order to porsuade M, Thiers to aliow M, Victorion Bar~ dou's much-lalked-of comedy, ** Onclo Sam,” to Do playod at the thentro whoro tho snmo clovor playright's ¢ Rabagas * oreatod Auch a furore, in more scntes than ono, thia time last yenr: I should not hnve fl\olxfihh such a matter worth telegraphing sbout, perfinps noteven worth writ- ing about, woro it not that tho * Bardou-Wnsh- burno ” affair promiges to becomo our last nino fln.gs‘ wondor. - o many contradlotory—nome of them uttorly nbsurd—verslonn of tho affair have boen cireu- Inted, that I hinve thought It worth whilo to call on Monsrs, Washburno and Bardou, the two pooplo most likely Lo inow the truth sbout tho mattor, 'Cho whole story is 8o charactoristic of tho snomaloun rogime—yoither * fish, nor flosh, nor goud rod-horring "—under which wo voge- tato, that I mnke no_apology for rolatin 0 facts na told mo by Mossra, Sardou and Wash- burno, with tho remark, in passing, thab tho stories of both gentlomon agreo in tho smallest dotnils with one auother, Bome wooka back, M. Sardod, the author of “ Onelo Sam," sont in the 38, of his piay to tho mombors of 'that ming aud’ mystorions body, tho Jonsure, to receive their approbation, with- out which, Ineed hardly say, no dramatic work can bo put on tho stage in Paris. Tho M8, was roturned. to M, Bardou in duo course, with tho nimplo obsorvation that some of the author's uips at that highlg-respactabla - body, tho munlotpality. of Néw. ¥ork, might possibly bo taken for allusions to MA, Mortn and Bon- valot, two radical ox-membors of the Municipal Council of Paris, tho formor of whom is nutuugly in prison” for swindling. M. Sardou at-oncs’ promised to tone down this part of his play, aud no furlhor objoction was mnde by tho Uonsure. 3L Carvalbo, who has had thrco othor pleces ' toppad rocently by .the highor powers, sob about rehoarsing “Onclo Bam " with grons ac- tivity, and the premiers was nunounced for tho thinst, SBomo time brok tho Figaro, having surroptitiously obtained & copy, of the manu- soript of the forthooming 'pl n‘y, émblmmd o skotch of the plot, and hintod fhat Mr. Wash- ' burno might have somothing to say in the mat- tor, Thoroupon, M, Jules_ Simon, fhe younger, who is much greater radical than his father, sinco that worthy membor of the * Intorna- tionale™ has bocomo a miniater, intorosted him- golf in the matter, and camo fon relienroal of the new pieco by the author of ‘‘ Rabagas,” The budding republicanism of §the youfhful Slron wag, it secms, greatly scandalized by the mannor in which AL, Sardou donlt with Republi= cang *ovor tho water,” and he egged on his siro into brlnging tho wholo “affair bofore a Cabinet Council.” Tho rosult of thin was that fow days aftorward, M. Bardou, not a littlo to his_nstonishment,. was requested- to attond again boforo tho Censure, and informed that his plece could ot bo sllowed to bo porformed unless 6 (. Bardou) called upon the American Minia~ tar, Mr. Washburno, nnd obtained that gontlo~ Thun's consont, {n writing, to tho play being put on the stngo.. *I will naver ask the loave of -n foreign Ministor to Lave n. play by & French s~ thor played in tho oapital of Trance,” was . Bardou's vory natural answer. The Censure was infloxible ; und so tho muatter stood for a fow dnys, whot a friend of poor Mr Carvalho's, who is naturnlly the groatest. sufforer by the non- production”. of .~ & pisco ha "bhad _tho good right to oxpect would fill his theatre for ono hundred nights, onllod at the American Legation, and saw Mr. Wash- burne's #on, who is Second_Becretary of Lega- tion, and asked him to rend tho manuscript of tho play. This young. Mr. Waskbumo good- naturedly conuontod to.do, though he warned M. M—— that ho was suro that his father would nover think of taking eny steps. in & matter ‘which did not in tila least concern him, Not only. did Mr. Washburne, Jr.,-rend tho manuscript, but in order to show fhat thero was not.thio smallest ground for the 'pretext that the Ameri- cans in Paris were likely to beoffended by tho production of ‘“ Unclo 8am,” he nccopted aninvi- ntlon to be prosont at & rehearsal of the piaco, and set the sctors right in tho pronunciation of the Amorican language whenover words from that tonguo acourred. When Mr, Weshburne bimseelf roturned from tho United Btatos, be snid that ho could not oven read tho manuscript, and that, if any appliestion woro made to him, either on tho part of M. Sardou or the Government, his mBXy must be that Lo could mob poesibly notico the mattor in any way, o8 it was one tofally for- eign to his attributions as Ministor of tho United Btates in Pavis, And thore tho matterremained, and, a8 I tolographod to you, poor M.. Carvalho wont, yostorday, to Veraaillos, in tho hope of softoning tho heart of M, Thiors, X would beg loave to call the attention of your rondors fo tho boautiful working of our freo Re- publican and (thank goodncsal) provisional in- stitntions in all this business; for it is plain onongh that Mr, Washburno is o mere scape- font in the whola affair, and tho real sting s in he fact that M. Julos Simon is afraid that DI Sardou's satire of Amorican iustitutions, or, perbaps, one should rathet say, of the abusos o Amorican institutions, may possibly hurt that apparently fecblo plant callod TFrench' Ropub- licanism, = For if thero woro really sll this ex- ceusivo and exaggoratod . tondornsss’ about the foolings of Lho Aanerlontis, why @i tho Consuro sanction the production of 3L, Bardou's plece at tho outset without n word boing snid about Amorican susceptibilitios, or Mv. Washburne, or n}?ythi?ng also, but two Puris ox-municipal coun- cilors : Bosidos, M. Jules Simon can hardly bo ignor- ant that an English traunslation of tho- pieco had actually boon sold to Mr, Daly, tho lessoe of tho Fifth Avenuo ‘Theatro at New York, aud was to have boen brought ont, had not Mr. Daly's theatre boen burnt, under the oyes of those very Amoyicans sbout whoso feolings M. Thicrs® Goyv- ernmont has becoms so strangoly caroful, and in a language which our cousins. certainly -undor- stood n good doal botter than thoy do that in ‘which M, Sardou writes. Woll, the Empire, at all ovonts, was by no means 86 dolicato, for if thero was over & oatire on the. manners of tho reign of the Third Napoloon, that satire was to bo found in tho Famille Benoiton. to whoso authorship thia sameo MM, Victorlen Bardou was. not oxaotly & atranger, and which Lad & quito astoundivg success. - Paris (Jan, 20) Correspondence of the New York Times. Sardou attacks the Republic, and, iu order to mako tho Ropublic dotestablo, ho shows the odi- ous morzls of tho poople in_the modal-Ropublic of the ‘world, Ho drawe tho most outrageous riomrn his talont will allow, and holda it up to ho Fronch: *f You want tho Republic,” ho says, ‘“yoila tho results of ropublicanism under fho yery best of conditions,” I amn told by ono who Lias geon tho two firat acts, that is an indocont attack upon nll Amorican womon, Thoy arerep- voupnted ag froe-lovors, but the Fronch idew of ffoo-lova is opon dobduchery. According to Serdou, Amorican mannors allow. o *Mies" to spunk of her children, and to disouss with a friond the «probabilitica of paternity, sho never being quito suroe which of o dozen frlonds ds the fathor of -nuy porticnlar: child, I -am_only spenking from hearsay, and heuce eannof Lo ag-, curato in dotail; but of thisIam aure, thak tho the loose ribaldry of modern French dramatiats, tonsified by thoe passion of Victorion Surdou, is frocly applied to all Amorlean women. For tho snko'of damnging the Republio in Irance, Lio- slandera without atint tl:o fair famo of ourcoun- trywomen. The pieca is snid to bo dirty bayond doaoription, worsd than the immoral dramna of Dumas, becauso ho is able to eay of Amerlean Indies whint hio would not be allowed to soy *of tho helaires of his own conntry. But tho “play hao beon forbidden, and Sardou now thinks of {:\lmug it upon the Inglish, In-order to do this, owovyoer, he lias to striko out soma of the po- eullar foatures which would apply to America, aud to modify his language from opon to balf- disguised obsconity, 'The purposo of this change is monay, for tho whola town would en- gerly rush to seo tho “ snppressed play," which, although harribly ont and mangle by the con’ nuro, yot preservod hints of its forpor tono and netlon, ” et —A too-faithful 3? cama veory ncar being sponsible for tho doath of his master, in Her: ton, P, o eanine was following his ownow, M/ Jolin Snydor, & gontlonun of 70 yosrs, when tho lattor was overcome by the intonss cold, and foll in tho suow on the stioot. Who_old gontlo- man's prodiomnont was disgovorad by a watch- man, but all offorts of tho lattor to afford roliet woro frustrated by the dog, who would not aliow him to appronch the prostrato form, Finally o ]]lfl:l'ly of laborors oamu nlung, tho trusty dog wis drivon off with cluby, and (ho_old mun rescuod Just in timo to save hia lite, although very badly Tront-bitten, .whon tho -transaotion_takos {abovo-board, they-gliould bo takon advantego . the THE GANAGA PACIFIC RAILWAY A “Yankee Ring” Alarm Over the Border. The Concern to bo Part ot the Northern Pacific. The Feeling in Canada.- Spectal Correepondence of The Chicago Tribune, L ‘ToRoxTO, Fab, 10, 1874, A question of importanco will nocossarily oc- cupy & considerablo amount of public attontion in connection with Manitoba in tho courso of o short timo. Duriug tho timo that tho North- west was simply. tho * Groat Northweat,” un- Imown and undofinad,—when tho Hudson Bay Company lold sway ovor the then populated part of the country,~tho duty lovied on goods for any part of that torritory was 4 por cout ad valorem. The country was 8o far awny from the usual track of commeorce, and &0 thoroughly ikolated and without tho means of communication with the rest of tho world, that, to sllow people a chanco to live, tho rates of custom levied woro on the lowest poesiblo..acalo. There aro' quite a fow who think that to chargo thom tho full rate at pres- ont, and until thoy bpve rogular railway com- munjoation, would Lo rather hard; and tho Governmont, in the Constitution of tho Provinco, provided that tho dutios psyablo in Rupert's Land should remain unchanged for throe yesrs. That poriod oxpiren in May noxt, and honco the problom comes to bo solved anow. Tho throe yoors havo givon Manitoba no roliof in tho transport worvico, although tho population hing vory largoly. incronsed, and strong’ offorta aro boing mndo to iuduca emigrants to sottlo thore,- Thoro cannot bo any quaation as to the heavinoss with which s full duty upon goods, tho freight upon which is-as henvy as, if not heavior than, whon the chest of ten was dragged over 800 miles of prairie by oxon; would fall upon the pooplo. This brings one to the OANADA PACIFIO RAILWAY, the contract for which waa'lob at Ottawa tho other ‘day. This contract, according to- tho statemonts of Ministorial journals, providos for railway-communication - with Fort Garry, being seoured by tho 81st of Decomber, 1874, But- with what, portion of tho country this communi- cation is going to bo established, is moro than I profess to know. The leading ‘Opposition pa- -pors disouss ali tho probabilitics, and frankly mako tho ‘confession “thet I. have made. Tho routo from Lako Nipissing, thoy say, .is. through n rogion: not -yet discovered; and would bo the work of many yoars,~That trom Thunder Bay is not tho scheme approved'of by the Goy- ernment, desirablo thoufi thoy think it would be ; “moreover, it would roguire a much longor .period than two years'to complote it, Thoy pro- eas to bo unabla to see tho ‘possibility of con-* nection being ontablished with- Fort: Garry and ‘any point, with the exception of Pombina, which they.concode a8 _quite possiblo; but 'the act dvos not provide for such a branch boing conatructed, nor hias anysubsidy boon granted it. The solution of the mattor thoy profess to seo - in a railway from Winnipeg to the: United States trontier at Port Duluth; -thonce through & fovr hundred miles 2 2 . -.OF .UNVTED STATES TERRITORY{ - avd, if tho Nortlorn Pacific could got Lthe monoy it wants, it wonld thenco connect with Pembina before tho ondof 1874 "I think what gives grontost color to this Iatfer thoory, is tho stata- moent of Bir Hugh ' Allan,—so far as that state- ment conld bo underatood,~at Potorboro, nbout amonth ago, and tho fact-that Bir Hughis a mombor.of .tha Company who bave: taken' tho contract. It sooms to me o most mysterious business altogether. The Ministorial organs soundod loudly the faflure of 'the unfavorablo. rrumc(inua of tho ‘*Grits,” to the oflect that ho policy upon which the Admintstration ohiofl bnaed thelr claims on the suffrages of tho poople at the late elections had gone to smask, and an- nouncod with s flourish that the. conlract_for tho ** Canadn Pacifioc” had been lot. Accordin, to tho uttorances of - Sir John A. Macdonald an bis colloagues ‘duriug ‘tho late campaign, the railway thoy proposed. to build was an nniimly Cunadian routo, at any -rate,- elthough the pre- ciso locality through which it was to pass scemed rathor indefinite. % I am gorry to doo that the desire to malko tho existence of 4 CORRUPT CONNECTIONS WITH TIE UNITED STATES n obiargo againat ench othor.has bocomo mutual on tha part of both Ministorialiats and” Opposi- tionists, * On Baturday, rumors were largoly cir- culnted In Oppoaition circles horo that Amorican gold and influence ave at tho bottom of the wholo lrrnng‘omnnl, and that it hes been openly boast- ed in New York that funds were furnished, by o “mf in tho United Statos, to Sir John AL Meo- donald, to bribo and corzupt tho eloctors; and also that the partics furnishing these moneys are now ‘backing up tho oatensible promoters of the Can- ada Pacitlo. This is clear, at lonst, that the Bt. John (New Brunewiok) Telegraph, the organ of Bir Hugh Aflan, has como boldly forward in favor of an'American routo, || in connootion with the American Northern Pa-. cific Railrord. But I do not think that, oven taking -for -granted that the Govornment -di favor such a route, it would bo any proof of cor- rupt influonces acting upon them from New York. The principal fault to-be found “with themn would bo the abandonment of their rocog- nized policy, without tho sanotion of tho conn-" try. As o mattor of national policy, nlso, such n courso might be questioned. But tho practice. of imputing to'each othor probablo ‘illegitimate ,connections with our United Btates brothren is ono which ‘' OANNOT RE TOO MUOH DEPNEOATED, By harping too much on that' string, -an-impor- tant position which tho * Gofts,"” or Reformera, lind protended “to have taken up, would be vir- tually abnndoned, much_to thio rogret of the battnr-thinklnfi and less-oxtromo part of tho community, ButXam notof opinion that this outburast i of anything more than momentary importanco, The fact is, that Canadians aro glad to welcoma Amorican capital amongst them, and avail themselves of American onterpriso, rluuu foirly and r bilo"is, “that of by tholr'own 2d n right'to bo- What raisos” thel frionds, and that what thoy licve was going to bo a purely Canadian railway ‘should 'be limited or- controlled by noy “forcign intorest.” It is then that.we "hoar of tho country being ~dobauched” with : Yaukeo ‘;uld, that wo will be at tho moro) , Yankeo g of o “ring,” and sundr{ other.things that, in a phort time, cannot fail to sound strangely in- tho ears of thoso who uttored thom. ; ‘There i no denying the fact, liowover, that CONSIDERANLE UNEABINESS EXISTS in the public mind with regard to tho {ssuo, aud the extraordinary reticouce of tho Govorn- mont orgars doos not by auy meéans toud to alloy tho panic, .Thoy havo intimatod that tho chartor is ready, only awaiting tho return of tho Governor Goneral to Montreal to bo * signed, sonlod, and, dolivered;” and - also ~that torms’ buvo boon falrly modo and ' com- loted with tho contractors. ‘I'hapublio, thoro- . fore, Justly nalke why aro thoso torma liept secret, . and why should wo go into this affair blindfold- od? Itis porfootly natural that this reticenco should oroate doubt and give rise to the suapi- clon that there really ie . A MITCI IN TIIE ATFATR. It thoro is nonoe, I cannot see. any reason for kooping tho transaction such o torrible socrat.. I Lopo it {8 only somo misppprehension, for it is raully for the intorest-of Canada,-and most cor- tainly likely to producea healthy fooling towards mited Btatos, that we should have some di- zoct communication with Manitobz, and all the mombors of our somowhat seattored Dominion, RGNS LGS0 THE TRANSPORTATION QilESTIDN---DISCRIIV!- INA Jureenson, Tows, Fob, 8, 1873, To the Editor of The Chicago T'ribun S : I have scen o great doal of late In nows- papors about railrond monopolios and their ex~ cessiva frolght and passenger rates, nnd thoir discriminating ngaluet cortaln localitios, which is to nomo extont tho causo of the dopressod cdn- ditlon of tho agriculturalintorosts of the North- west. 'And 1 soo that the tariff also iu boing brought into the question of transportation, but Ibave not scon it prosouted as it appoars to we,—diseriminating against tho farmer of tho Nortluost, and in favor of the farmor of the Enat, and thoreforo the causo of part of our grioyances, Our troubles aro not on acconnt of our faflura to produco, as our crops are abun- dnnt, and our produco is bring & falr prico in the marketa of Buropos, to which our surplng farm produco must go for market ; but on acconnt of high rates of transportation to those markets ‘Tho froight is o high tLnt, whon our product réachen tho seabonrd, tho froight boing duducts ed, tho farmer of the Northwest I8 fofb o vory #mall sharo of tho gross proceads, Thoroforo, eho? transpurtation {s what wo neod, and raifronds avo tho kind of transporta: tion mostly used, an nccount of thofr spaad and unfoly of tranult, Thoro aro dutlos on n gront mnny rrticlen, such aifron and lumbor, which nronisod- In building rallronds, incrensing tho cost in proportion to tho dutles on such nr! icles, and hlcranumF tho capital in raflrondn and roll< ing stock, which incrcases dividonds in propor- tion to thia capital invested ; and lkowiso thors aro duties on o great many articlos consumed and worn by thodo employod in aporniing rall- R ronds, which inerenso thol tion na such dulios increass used- by- thom, nnd do increass thoir wages In portion} "and also thors aro duties on coal and & gront many other nrticles usod by raile ronds, which, takon altogether, grently increago the cost of ‘oporating railroads’; nm{-u s o known fact that lnr[inr dividonds and oxpengos munt bo ‘mot by largor gross earninga and highor freights on raflronds. Tha tarift nots na n toll levied for rovenno upon all NEROTIZOTS, oods, and produce pussing over all lines of ransportation, na tho rato por mllo Is fixed by the mnount of duty on tho articles used and consumed by each lino of h'mmi)m’l'nllfln, and our geographical location compols us to uso a great doal moro transportation than the East,— as I will fix{!lnln by supposing that Farmor A lives 100 milos from Now York, and produces ono car-lond of wheat for market, and shipa it ©0xponaoes’ in propor tho cost of articlos Dy raflrond to Now York. In transporting that- car of whoat 100 milos, it consumes— x: Matertal, h Ono-fourth ton of coal, at £4,0 yer Lo, w'i‘zl D {:uly nn;?nl, QI.D? D T Vear and Lear ol drom, X 15 por 1 Of 10y 5 & Conts Hor hoss e oo Duty ou iron, 1 ceut pet ib, ., +$2.00 $ .96 Now, T will supposo Farmer B lives in Tows, 1,300 Thilon fronm i lond of whoat for market, and his whoat goes to {fis ammn mazkot 21 6o lio shipa to Now miles, con K overy 4bo nas suInog ono ton of ‘coal Materal, Duty, 16,00 310, TFour tona of coal, at 4,00 por Duty on cosl, ot $1.00 per ton, s Wear and tenr on fron, i Ib pe 1is of:iron, at 4 cents per b, Duty on {ron, 1 cent per 1b, $1.00 48,00 Sla, As it makes no difTerance whether sum tnr%fl Ivaa high or low, A pnys 81 aud B 816, - . G ti8 quito plain that farmer B shouls pay « for tho materials used in tho transportation of Lis wheat, which his dlstanco from tho moaboard n?cnanuntcu, But'it i not no plain that farmer D's diatanco from e sonbonrd, which is & natur- sl disadvantage, should crnpel Lim to pay 813 in*duties for rovenuo, while farmer A paye'7s conta for the samo purposo on tho same amount of produco, t oporates tho semo both to and from the sen- bonrd, aud with all articlea. In faot, the lariff operatés s An oxzmrt-duly, which inoreasos ag tho distence from the soaboard incroases. There- forg, the Northwaest have claims which, if thrown in tYo scale of justico, would outweigh tho 970, 000,000 oxport-duty claim of the Buufi:. Now, I liave oxplainod my viewa in my farmor way ; and, if thore is any ono who is in favor of & tariff-for roventts, or of ultra protection, wha will show that tho thoory I have ndvanced is a fallucy, ho will confer a favor upon = great many farmers’ of tho Northwost, Ly romoving thosa feolings that ariso in the breast when we bellove that wo are discriminated against either by rail- road monopolies or tho legislation of Juongrnoau. KING FERDINAND'S YANKEE WIFE. What ¢ Iifer Majesty’? Did in New , York, i - TFrom the New York Sun, It ia not genorally known that onoof the queens of Em?’pn ab tho present time is an American lndy of decidedly humble descont. Bhe .ia the wifo of King Fordinand of Portugal, who, find- ing tho duties of his ofiico incongenial to his ro- tiring tastos, abdicated a fow years ago, aud, maling, during his trig to Paris, the nequaint- anco of n very good-lodking actroes, offered her in 1869 his keart ond hand, which she joyfully accopted. They wore marriod with conslderable lmmn at Lisbon, and the nctross, although sho 5 1o roigning ‘queon, is tronted by her royal relatives with all the rospect due to her hus- band's exalted rank, and slio is sddreased e “my Victor Emmauuol, and as ‘ Hor Majeaty " by hor attondants nnd servanta, % King Ferdinand's wife was born in 1840, in Boston, whero hor father was & poor German shoomakor, and sho has many acquaintances in Now York. Her name provious to her marriage, was Eliza Honslor. ho nitonded' the pnbfiu girl, with largo blue oyes, and a waealth of goldonm ringlets, Moreover, sho possessed a very fisia, yoico, and an oporatic manager who- had r‘u;mi her u(ng at a school examination' prevailod upon, hor old father to lot him ‘sond her to.a renowned stage. The old man joyfully consentod. Youn, Elizn proved o very oxcellent. pupil, au two yonrs aoftorward. she made = hor debnt in this city, ot the Academy of Musio, In Arxditi's opera ' Tho 8py.” Although Mme. La-~ grango sang in the samo piece, Misa Honalor, nobieved a decidod success, and was engoged, for tho gonson. Her brothor, or cousin, who had enabled her to appear at the Acadomy of Music, d -| was at that time leader of tho chorus, and ro- mnined in’that position for several years after~ - ward: -In 1858 Mies Heusler returned to Boston and apporad thore on--tho stago with dooidad succosy, Bhe then went to Paris to study hor homns, and sang ropeatedly at the Grand Opora; witliout; ‘howaver, mosting with much gagemont et the royal opera of *Lisbon, where sho sang for several yoars, and ‘becamo a groat fuvorito of the o lic, It was thero alrondy, porhaps, that ng Tordinand became ac- quainted _with and = ouamored of " her; but the King's firet’ wife was then alivo, end it was not until after her death that had meanwhile roturned to Paris, where she mado s somewhat precarions living by giving: music losaons, » severe cold baving greatly im- prirad tho bosuty and atrongth of her voice. ‘Her royal husband is said to be oxceedingly fond of hin Boston wife. Thoy liave two children, end their happiness iu muck commented upon in Lisbon, whera it is well known that the prosent King does not live on tho best of torms with his highborn Italian consort. —_——— s Credit Mobiiicr. . The following anocdolo has boen reproduced to illustrato why tho wajo.ity in Gnn;(vman tako no action against the ccrr iption exhibited by the Cradit Mobilior investigation ; My, Lincoln had baen rotained aa counsel for a follow accusod of atouling six fino hoga. The trinl came on, and the witnosson for tho Stato fied Mr, Lincoln's cliont as tho thiof. Whon tho tostimony had closed, Mr. Lincoln turned to the thiof, and enid: “I 800 no ground for ey do-- fonca in this caso, sir. If tho witnessos are to Lo Lolieved, you are guity, nudI cnonot meko anything olsa out of ic!" . Novor mind my guilt,” eaid the confiding, cliont. “Jes' got up and abuge them witnesscs liko the devil,-aud spresd yourself on genoral principles.” Mr. Lincoln &id as ho was told, The jury re- tired, and in lesa than belf an hour, much to tho surprigo of Court and counsol, rolurned o vor- dict of * not guilty I = ¢ T don't understand this," said AMr. Linocoln, turning to his oliont as ho spoke; * theso fels lows muut have misundorstood.” Not » d—d bit of it," anaworod the sagaclong elient, with o knowing wink, *You sce, 't g:l%o, o thém every one of them ere fellers had a picce hogs 1" o ey A Hough Jolte on o L’“JI!'I'I’II Man. Fram the Dubuque Telegraph, ! -gome time ngo Hon. D. N. Cuoloy, of this city, in tho oxtromo gaodnons of his nature, proposad to the Mothodist Church brothren of BleGrogor that ko would deliver a lecturc at McGrogor for tho Lonefit of the church, And as o stimulus to tho ohurch people to make the most of the lac- turo ho promised to give na much out of his own rocket as tho Lrothren at McQrogor would raise 155 tho anlo of tloliota to tho lesturo. Tho MeGrogor brethren took Brother Cooloy at his word, and, to all sppoarnncos took advan~ tago of liy {;onnrouu propogition, They \mu tho prico of tickoets for tho lecture at & dollar cach, and mado extrordinary offorts to soll thom, ' dlu)lmuhxg]v of, it is snid, iwo. thousand tlokets, To Leop his promige,—which wo have no doubt Brothor Gooloy will do,—it will tako §2,000 to do it, It wasall fair enough to sell all tho tickota ossiblo, mt_to put tho prico_of them to a dol-. nr was & littlo out of ordor, We liave no doubt Mr. Cooloy will laugh as heartily at the turn thia affair has talten a8 any of those will who have Leen eugaged in mnkfixg his liboral proposition oost him so dearly, . theroforo should and. pro- - sistor” by Queen Maria” Dia, tho danghter of - musio tenchor_and have Lor proparod for the - E‘mruuslon moro thoroughly under Auber and ho mado advances to Miss kliza Henslor, who'' provod tho thoft boyond all quoation, and identi- - ow York, and produces one car - From & 8/100 Shop to a Royal Palacess sghools of hor native city until sho was 14 yoars . of ago, ' She was thon a boautiful, rosy-chaoked' encoutagament. Sho was glnd to nccept =n on- |