Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 24, 1873, Page 11

TIIE CHICAGO DAILY TRIDUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1873, EXPENSES OF ROYALTY. What Queon Victoria’s Family Costs tho British Nation, -The Inorenso of tho: Duke of Edin- burgh's Income, i Her Majesty's Civil List and Pri- vate Fortuhe. : Salaried Retainers of the Court-w- The Royal Annuitices. From Our Own Correspondent. Lonpox, Aug. 1, 1673, In fow things hns the English populace changed Bo much as in its attitudo townrds tho relgning family. Character fells, The Queon's merits have beon tho bost monarchical invest- mont Buropo Las scon this contury. In the times of the Georgen, in tho.daya of Orator Hunt, and ovon Intet, tho ecry of the Deméeratic multitudo was always diroctod apniust tho oxtravagauco of tho Sovoreign. A ‘‘Blnck-Book" was kopt in every Radlenl's pos- sosgion, and the varlous items spent in tho Toyal houschold wero thundered out st the Chortist gothorings. Many abuses Lavo boen struck off, but thoro aro atill in tho long cata- loguo of the charges sovoral which in the old dnys oxolted indignation. THE DUKE OF EDINDURGL'S INCONE, Mr. Gladstone—who has beon unwell, and who looks liko o man who has stopped out of thoe gravo—made the application for the additional £10,000 for the Duko of Edinburgh, with a lite- aunuity of .€6,000 to his consort if she survives bim, with all tho decorousnoss of mannor and phrase which is expectod of Promiers on much oceasiona; but tho Royal and polit~ ical managers had, novertheless, contrived that the aspplication should advanced until Parliament was about to riso. Seores of mombors are impationt to bo grouse- shooting, and wonld voto away annulties ton dozen Yrinces rathor than loso a wool of the moors, Mr. Gladstono doprecated discussion ; tho readiness and choerfulucss of a gift like this would add so to its valuel I would even," he sid, “mako an ap- ponl to that vory smmnll proportion of the members of tho Housp of Commons who, I have no doubt, sctuatod by tho most patriotic motives, have on & former occasion raised objec- tiona not morely of amount, but dirccted to tho very foundation of the proposal, On the occa- eion of tho marrisgoof o Royal Princess, wo thoroughly sifted nnd disoussed tho principla involved in theso grants, and the quos- tion of principle was decided, not by & moro msjority of this Houss, but by what I may nlmost presume to call o moral unanimity,—a majority approsching so nearly to unanimity that thero would be no dis- crodit and no doviation from the publfio spirit— on the contrary, there can bo nothing but con- siderntion, courtosy, and tasto—in recognizing tho dacision of tho Houso upon that occasion, andin forbearing to rovivo tho discussion, X think tho goneral feoling will bo, that thia pro- posnl is ono which, on the ground of its reasonabloness and moderation, may eafely bo commonded to. the approval of tho Houso ; sud, if it is one ‘which may bo eafely commend- ed to the approval of the Iouso, tho gracoful- noss of the act will bo much increased, and our own feelings of loyalty and attachmont to tho Bovereign and her family will bo spared what ovon at the bost amounts to somothing like = poinful jar, should it prove upon thp preeent occasion that we can, without difference of opinion, go forward with this offer- ing in our handa and luy it at the foot of tho Throno, adding to it our fervont prayor to tho Disposer of nlfovonts that the marringe which s about to bo contracted, as it has been founded on right principles of mutual attachment, mo bo erowned with all the happiness of which sucl A union ought to bo both the pledge and the fultilimont.” % Courtly langungo! But even in theso Royalist dayn thore aro thoso who feel the gorge rite nt such csjolory. The Houseof Cotamons going +*with this offering in their hands” and *“plac- ing it abthe footof tho Throno,"—in tho true Eastorn_stylo, At any rato, a plucky Radi- eal, liko Mr. P. A. Taylor, was not to be silonced, and tho opposition Lo ralsed to the graut was in agroomont with tho viows he B slways mointained. Of course, it is of no use. Tho press o flunkeyish to tho last degree whero any member of the Royal family is concerned. Tho Prince of Wales is not like his {n‘nduce&uors i his relations with tho pross. Ho nvites oditors to his fotos; he shakes hands with them ; ho bas oven visited on intimate terms, in more than ono instsnce, the houses of gentlemon speeially connocted with the Lon- don press ; and tho influencos of those warm emiles of Itoyalty are felt at atimo like this, But thore I8 a minority who will not bend the Xneo, and go with ALr. Gladetono, with tha offer- iug in thoir hands, to the foob of tho Throno, sud hore aro some of their arguments : WHY THE QUEEN MUST BE RICH. The Royal Civil List, a8 it was sottled nearly forty years ago, stood as follows : Her Majeaty's Privy Purso, Housuchold salaries, Tradesmen’s billa Ttoyal bounty and al Unuppropriated money. .. Potalisa woarassssss Besides this, the Queen has the power to grant ponsions not oxceeding in tho aggregate £1,200 aunually. On her matriage, £30,000 por annum was granted to the Irince Consort, who also hold a lurge number of einecuro offices of grout emolument, In 1844 cousiderable reduc- tions wero mado in tho Royal Housohold; and those reductions, it is woll undorstood, instead of roturning to the handa of the nation, went to swoll the Privy Purse. It is also “oquall well undorstood that savings whici may bo effected in_ any lepartment o to the Privy Purso; and who can doubt that, under tuo economical managemont of the Princo Consort, which hias been continued sinco his death, itmenso sume have beon eaved? In tho oxtimatos of & rocont yonr there was an acknowl- edgoed surplus of £86,000 unacconnted for, which at onco raised the Privy Purso to £06,000. In somo yoars the saving on tho tradesmen's bills can bo proved to have boom far groator, Tho average for the last twenty i"nm cannot beless than £50,000 por anuum. t bing slso beon extablished boyond a doubt that a vory considerable saviug has boon offected in tho ealarios of the household na thoy wore orig- fnally fixed. It will be noticed that'a large sum {8 sot asido for the Quecn's alms and charities, #0 that whon you #oo in_tho nowspapors & ltoyal contribution to any particular fund, you are not. o imagine that it comos out of tho I'rivy Purse, for ghe is bound by law thus to spend £18,200 eovery yoar, Thore I8, moro- over, an extra fund for keoping {ho Royal Palncos in ropair, Early in the present reign 460,000 was spent upon tho atables ut Windsor, aund at a later poriod tha, enormous sum of £400,000 was spent in building o new ball-room &t Buckingham Palaco ; £41,068 wan voted for rnYnim Inst year, of which' £23,080 was for mslaces in the personal occupation of Her ajonty, The net recoipts of the Duchy of Lun- cantor, atter paylng evory oxpenso, smounted lant year to £62,141, and thero aro many othor kources of incomo to which it would bo more afiectntion on tho part of tho public to shubt their oyos. As an iu- Btance, Uio legaoy loft to the Quoen, eaid to bo ubovo £1,000,000° storling, b{ an_eccontrio gon- tlomuu of thonamo of Neild, Wo must remom- ber, too, that tho Quoon has larga private ontates hoth at’ Balmotn! ‘aud Osborns, to which she is fioquontly making considerablo additious, 1t in estimuted that tho Quoon's private income i wot loss thun £300,000 por annum, HATLARIED NETAINERY, Thoro are iu all somne 421 salariod retniners,— extravagant scions of tho aristooracy, Lot tho readors of ‘Lux Cutcauo TRimune glauco at o part of tho liuts 1o Lord Bteward (Farl Besuborough) recolves £2,000 for purely nominul sorvicas lin doputy, the Trensnrer of tho Houschald (Lo Poltimoro), recelves £004; aud tho Comptrolior of tho Iotsohold (Lord Otho Fitzgerald) an- othor L0904, for equally huaginary dutios, Tho salary of tho Mastor of the Juuschold is £1,168, r{llu duty Ja the “survoying " of the accounts which tho Comptrolior fs nupposed to huye chocked, Dut, lest his duty should be too arduous, ho hay under him §wo sourotarles ab not bo £800 » yoar anch, * sovoral clerke with handsome salarios, and a Paymastor of tho Ilousobold, with a solary of £600. Tho Olork of the Kitchon has” £700 o year, with four elorka to: asslet Lim in his ‘accounts. Tho actusl kitchon staff consiuts of tho Ohlof Cook, £700, four Master Cooks at about half that sutn, aud oighteon aloried asslatants. - There are, Loo, In tho confactionery departmont, ‘a First Yoomen, with £000 ; Bocond Yooian, £250 Pastry Cool, A260; and twolve asslstants, * Tho Gontloman of tho Wino Cellar rocoives €600. Principal ‘I'ablo-Dockor, £200; with salutanis b £160, 200, and £5316apoatively. In tho Chamborlain's Dopartmont thers fo firgt tho Lord: Chamberlain (Viscount. Syduay), £2,000 5 tho Vies-Ohamborlain (Lord B, Gros- vouor), £004 ; Koopor of Her Majoaty's Privy Pursg (8ir I, Biddulph), £3,000; Mistross of tho Robes (Duchoss of Butherlnnd), £600; Groom of the Robes, £300; cight Ladies of tie Bedchamber, M,ODO& eight BMalds of Ionor, £3400; oight Lodchambor Women, 424003 olght Lords in Wauiting, £6,010 oight Grooma in Waiting, £2,086; and, to finish this list, about £13,600 to various @rooms, Ushors, and Pages, Womust also boar in mind that ovory one of thoso ofticers has salnried asistants who do the real work, And then, at tho bottom of the list, tho Poot-Lau- reato, Alfrod T'onnyson, £100, oxactly ona-sev- onth of the Chiof Jook's salary | ‘I'he Master of the Horse (Mur:}nls of Ayles- bury) receivos £8,600 ; the Chlef quorry (Lord Alfred Paget), £1,000 ; the Court Equmr{ (Col. Q. A, Maudo), £600; other Equortics and Pagos, $4,980; tho Master of “the Buckhounds (Enrl of Cork), ®1,700; and ‘thon wo inall como. to ' on Ioroditary Grand Falconer, twho, it seoms, from thoe pouslon Hat, rocoives L9665 per anuum for this purely im- aginary dm’y‘ Tho Hoereditary Grand Falconer, tho Duke of Bt. Albaus, holds also anothor post, whoso duties caunot bo much more onorous, viz. : Captnin of the Yeoman Guard, at s snlary of £1,200. This post iu always held by a polit: ical adhoront of the Governmont, and the Duko of 8t. Albans(s to bo coneldered as an official of the presont “ Liberal” Govorument, TOYAL ANNUITIES. The following is a list of the moneys annualty pnid to membera of the Royal family, in nddition 1o the Civil List of £386,000 . * Princo of Wales,.... £ 40,000 Princers of Walca, 10,000 Priucces Toyal.... . . 800 Princo Alfred. 16,00 Princo Arthu: 15,000 Princess Allce. . 6,000 Princoss Hulons, 6,000 Trincees Loulso, 6,000 Duke of Cambriigs. 12,000 Ducliess of Cambrid 6,000 Trincess Augunta ..., 3,000 ‘Princoss of Tock, . 00 Total.eeusas. Tt hiaa boon frequently statod that Hor Majesty has to givo s_cousidorable eharo of her own funds to the Princo of Wales, but, in addition to tho £60,000 montionod above, Lo rocoives the monoys acoruing from the Duchy of Cornwall, Last yonr ho roceivod from this source the net Bum of £65,435. Morevor, during his minority, the accummulntions on this estato had bean 8o onormoua that, on hia coming of sge, mora than £600,000 was Invented for his future bouofit, At tho loweat computation this would give hima further incomo of £20,000 & year. ‘I'he Prince of Walos, thoreforo, wan in receipt last year of » positiyo incomo of £135,485. Buru}y, thon, ho has not to apply to ler Majosty forany fur- ther sum | Moroover, the Prince has one, if not moro, sinecuro YQ“ of gront emolument in the army, and Marlborough Houss i repaired by tho country, having rocently cost, in a singlo year, £7,000. Tho oxponses afso of the Roynl yachts, of steaming across the Channel when other ‘vessals ara usod, of all tho B&v&l gardons, and oven tho cost of prosents mado by the Princes whon on tholr travels, aro all dofrayed by tho faithful Commons. This latter form of spooial payment hes boon partioularly resorted to in" tho case of ‘tho Duke of din- bugh, The nation has had to pay' for his valusblo presents to Indian ohiofs and Aus- tralinn colonists. If tho Princo—it is urged— could not afford to make theso prosents out of hifs incomo of £15,000 o year, aud could go pockot hin pride as to appeal to British taxpayers to do it for lnm, it ia only reasonable to demand that Lo should malke over to tho nation the valuablo presonts that ho recoived in roturn, as some gort of a sot-off. It is gaid, too, that tho Grand Duchess will bring him an income of £20,000 por nnnum, togethor with s dower of £200,000. ciiee st T ey SOME OLD LETTERS. From the New York Times, Tho originals of tho following curions and in- toroutiag lottora are in the possession of a gon- tleman of this Btate, whose account of tha man- nor in which ho obtained thom, sa well as the ap- pearauco of tho letters thomsalves, loave not tho lonst doubtof thoir genuineness. They havoe nover before boen made public, snd wo gladly avail oursclves of thopormissioncheerfully given to publish thow, with s0omo necessary comments suggosted by their subjects. Care has boon taken to follow tho origiunla exctly in epelling, punctuation, and tho use of capitaly. The first is by Thomas Jefferson : PRILADELTHIA, Juno 13, 1703, Dr4n Brn : It hos long alncs beon obsorvod’ thut of {ho threo willions of lvros glven by the court of Eranco to ald us in tho commencement of aur ravoh- tion, one million wea unaccounted for by the Lauds into which it was paid, Tle date of the paimont is fixed to hiavo boen tho 10th of Junc, 1770, but to whom it was paid bas novor boen known, Suspicions aro that it waa to Bosumarchals; snd that with {hia very money bie purchased the supplics furnfehed us by bin for whie lurgo sums huvo bobu puid bitm alkeads, an & furthor lazgo sum {s Intely certified to bo duo tu hin 86 & balance of that account, I iuclose you a lottor from tho Bocrotary of tho Treasury on {hin subjoct, ‘with all tho papers rolstlvo to the samo which his ofice can furnish ; aud as you aro on tho spot, I must bey {lo favor of you to make au immodiato whd thoreugl invostigation of it. No reasous of state can now exist for covering tho transsction longer under mystery. have tho honor 10 bo, with greut and sincera csteem, Doar Blr, your most obidt, & most humblo seryant, BMr, Mok, Tit, JEFVENSON, At the dato of this communication its author was Becretary of State under Prosident Washing- ton, and Gouvernour Borris, to whom it wus ad- dresued, wad Minister to Franco, ‘'l history of -the claim referred to oxhibits, perhups, the most romarkablo affair of diplomacy growing out of the Rovolution, but little enough is known of it now by Amoricana, It was most poraistently pressed by tho eclaimant, and long rosisted b our Government, aud, probably, aided in compli- cating tho difiicultios botwaon tho two countrios which, in 1708, lod to an open rupture. Tho Beaumarchais roforred to was tho most versa— tilo man of his timo—musician, author, aud l{:oculmor—nnd will long bo remembered by tho lovers of Dhis croatious, **The Mar- ringo of TFigaro™ and ‘' Barbor of Ko- ville." In 1807, duriug Jefferson's sccond Prosidontial torm, tho claim was taken up by the Fronch Government in behalf of the {:nirfl of Denumerchiniy, At this time tho Fronch Am- bagsador, Turreau, was, according to the Listo- rian Hildroth (sco Hildroth's History of flie Uniled States from the Adoption o{‘ the Federal Conslitution, volumo 2, page 646), “urging with n rudo portinacity the paymont of the caiia of the helrs of Benumarchais for the million of livres which, on tho sottloment of Lig acconnts, had boen deduoted as having beon put into his hands by Vorgannos for tho use of the United Btates, and 28 8 gift to thom, Tho Frouch Government, which bad taken u the patronage, and’ probably Lad ohlniuns an mssignmoent of this claim, strenuously Insiatod that the 1,000,000 livres givon to Beau- marchais bad been employed by him in certain gocrot services quito distinot from the turnishing of military supplics, for which his olaim, so'Tur- reau insisiced, and Rodnoy scemed to conour in it, wan good fo tha extout of tho supplios fur- niahed, g ‘I'lis atatoment Is 80 confused as to shed vory Mttlo light on the morits of tho quoation, Boau- marchais is described by auothor writor us *the versatilo author, thon (1777 and after) managing o great deal of contraband aid to tho Unite Btatos, in & dlsgulsod mercantile capacity.” Ilo apposrs to have been largely instrumental in provailing upon Baron Stoubon to ombark in our caust, Tho claim oxhibited o wonderful vitality, and its advocatos seom novor to have Jont hoart, though it way boquonthod 86 a tegacy of trouble by Adwinistration to Adminlstration for forty years. Fmully, in 1895, tho heirs of DBeaumarchaia receivod 160,000 from the United Huatos in full satisfaction—a deduotion of one- fitth, The othor lotter {s from Washington : TizAvQUANTERS, Newnunan, April 20, 1783, GenrremeN: 1 lavo boon fuvored wilh youlr Lotior of tho 16th of April by Genorsl Forman, Convinced, from the stato of facts which has been oxbibitod 1o o, that justico, oxpedionoy and necos— sity requira that eatlsfuction ehould ba obtained for the Murdor of Capluin tluldy ; 1have In thu Oie iustance made w represoutatlon to Bir Heury Ollu- ton, & demanded that tho Oflicer who cominanded tha'Party, or if he wax not o Captain, such & number of the Agents in tho exeoution as uro equal by Tarlif to {hat rank, should bo delivered up o condign punish- mont, In caso of refusnl I huvo foracd tho resolution that Rotallation sbull take plico upun & British ofiicer of equul Ruuk, It therefara romains with tho enomy alone fo proveut this distreasing altornative ; for, hav- ing formed my opinfon upon the most mature reflec ton and doliberation, T can nover recede from ft, I hiave tho houor to be, Geuflowen, yonr Most obedt, Horvant, ‘Go, Wanninurox, ‘Tuo Honblo Maj.-Gen, Kyox and Uv, Bonu, Baq, After reading tho aboye and rocalling the el cumstancos undor which it was writton, it sooma odd to obsarve in tho wator mark of the original a groat orown, with tho lotters ** G. R.” in hoavy oapitals, In theso days, howover, ‘American- made paper was somowlint rare, and ¢ Mr. Wash- ington ™ and hia follow-robols did not soruplo to mako uso of tho supply that-iad boon imported Toforo the commencoment of hostllltios, aibolt 1t bore tho insignin of King Georgo. Tho subjoct-matier of this lottor rofers to ono of tho most intoresting and romanlic eplaodes of the Amorican Rovolution—an opisodo nocond in romantla intorest to that of John Audre only bocauso circumstancos provented a like tragio rosull, Irving rofors to it In fs * Lifo of Washington” (Vol. IV., pp. 854 to 807 inclusive), aud glves a statoment of tho Incts connoctad with tho affair, though ho wan doubtlesa ignorant of tho oxistenco of any such lotlor as tho above. The Capt. Huddy roforrod to was a gallant ofticer of tho Continontal Army, who was captured after an obstinate, dofonsc of A block-house in Monmouth County, Now Jersoy. The Liritieh commander appoata to inye allowod o party of Tory rofugees undoer Lim to wroak thoir diabolical hatred upon the unfortn- nate man without hindrance, and ho was hanged without sccusation or trisl on the .Leights of Middlotown, where the bLody was loft awing- ing, with- an insulting labol fastemod to tho .bronst. Tho ~Whiga of tho violnity woro profoundly onraged by this mur- dor, and the affair was speedily broughtto tho attention of Congrers aud of tho Commandor- in-Chiof, The detormination manifested by ‘Washington in this roply was illustrated by his Bubsequont action, which was full{ approved by Congress, . 8ir Henry Olinton rofused to com- ply with tho demand” made upon him for tho murdor of Capt, Huddj 3 and, in pursuance of his purpose, the Commandar-fn-Chiof cauged a Gap- tain_to ho designated by lot for rotalintion fromn the British prisoners of that rank, The viotim thus selocted for oxeeution wns Capt. Ohnrles Asgill, neclon, of tho British ariastocracy, only 10 yoars of ago. The most onrneat -offorts wore mado by the British commander to save him, but they were ontirely unnvnlllns. With the fate of Andro and the firmness of Washing- ton on that occasion frash in thoir minds, it must have scemed to 8ir Honry Clinton and the friouds of Capt, Asgill that his” doom was fixed, It may woll bo bolioved that tho great heart of Washington was profoundly stivred by the mis- '| erablo fato awaiting tho unfortunato yonth; but 1o all intercosston ho raturnod the same answor a8 that contalnod in this lettor. Tho oxecution was delayed for a long time, srahnb_l{ with hopo that Bir Honry Olinton would comply with the demand made by Washington, and the victim was at lnst pavod by aid from an unoxpected quarier, Upon learningof the peril of herson, Lady Asgill, with rare fominino foresight, made hor way to the King and Queon of Franco, and implorod thelr iuterposition, Touched by the grief of tho mothor and tho hardships of the case, thoso royal personages conscnted, and tho result was u fottor to Washiugton from Count do Vorgon- nes, French Ministor of Htate, ssking tho re- loaso of Capt. Asgill, Tho Commsnder-in-Chiof, probably not sorry for such a sufliciont pretext a8 this for the oxerdiso of meroy, roforrod it to Congross, with a favorable recommendation ; and, ny the wishes of our alloy were potentinl in those days, the mext was granted, and Copt, Asgill liberated. The story, as has boon ro- marked, i nol o tragic as that of Andro, but it p&nausasu quite aa many elomants of the dra- matic. —_— “ALTER IPSE AMICUS.” 80 aald tho anclents, and I think them right, For thus T fool whilo aitting oro to-night A Frlend’s snother Self ;¥ 5o let it be, Nor oler forgot you havo o friend fn mo, And often for myself I chooso to writo .Bome plensing fancy or somoe vision hright, ‘To skotch 1 mennured lines somo lovely scens, A.ndmnomullmu Friondship, zometimes Love, my oo, "Tia for my Other Solf I writo to-night, o weavo within your lifs n beam of light, That, shining onward through the longth of years, Bhallght your pathway, and dry up your fears, "T4a sald that thoughts once spoka can nover dlo, But over In tho world of memory lis, And help to mold our lives for good or i1, And leavo thoir infiuonce onour changiug Will. I thia bo 80, then e'en thers halting lines BMny prove ziot whilly unproductive mines : But, waking §n thy miind komo clinin of tholight Porhanco somo goodly influence may bo wrought, True happiness slone in goodnosa lives ; "Tis good of love that Lappiness doth give. Mark well theso trutlis, and fx them well in mind ; When anger tewpts thee, ooy, I will bo kind, Lot not the paeslon of tha fleeting hour Corrupt thy heart, or make ita life-blood sour; Let not tho tempter, with bis pencll, {race Hiu bideous imogo ob thy own fair faco. Yot not the carea of life too heavy weigh, ‘Aud drivo all plonsuro from the presont. day § Lot not lifo' littlo 4lla so blind our lllxht That glorious duy bo turnod to dismal night. Lot not tho Hitla dutida bo forgot, For lltlo things ehall ix our futdro lot ‘Among the blcst in Heaven or lout In Hall, ‘A% wain lifo sholl do thom 1l or well, o drops hat ull upon tho irdest stone, Continnlug thun, though laboring ull alono, Bhall leaya their impress on its pollshod side, Though lost themselves i Ocean’s boundless tido. 1t wowould givo qur fma thabost amploy, ‘And from 1ifo's gold removo tho base ulloy, We must not hiope to do it once for all, Lt humbly listen for each duty’s call, And, whon wo know it, though our Wil robel, Resolve at onco to do our duty woll And thus, by constant offort, well mnintained, A form of Heaven within ourselves bo gaincd, In vain wo look for Hoaven hero or thero} If not within, it {8 notanywhere, Lo here! Lo thero! our Savior then replied, If not within, Heaven be uot found beside, Thon ot us atrivo cach evit lova to 1l Thon {hrust it out and purify the will} “'hen plant within tho ground thus happ'ly gained Bomo sweet afection freo from bljght und stain, Thus ono by one our evils ehall dopart, And loave at last & pure, regenorato Leart § A form of Heavon, fillod with its shiniug lght ; Aeoul that secks Lefors all elio tho Rigat, Our ovil Toves tho evil spinta draw, And, would we bid them honee, miark well tho law: 1,ike aceka ita like, and like to like will oling; This {5 G0D' LW applied to oversthing, Rememb'ring this, our path through 1ife fa plain § Wo Lova the powor to dictafo lows or gan ; Wo lose when yelding to our ovil wil ; Wo gain when listonliig to Itia * Peaco, bo stll,” And now theso living thoughts that never die, Eyoked to plenso and lead (hy thoughits on high, T'Teavo unto theo, Mny the words ba blessed, And bring yon pieasure, peaco of mind, and reat. J.F, Craux, e = Tho Porsian Court. Thero aro some funny oustoms observed at tho Peraian Court. Bhoh dined, bo first soated himeelf and tasted tho dislion { thon on o given elgnel his wives camo in and stood around the room, At tho samo timo tho Princoy, Lis sons and danghtors, wore summoned, and stood round tho table with- out & word, Ak 3 signal from tho Blik thoy squatted. Thay wora obliged to ont from tho dlshes bofore them, whether they liked or not, ‘fho Shah only spoko to the senlor Prince, and évory now and then ho would shove a handful of food into tho mouth of his favorite wife, and, a8 his handfuls wero neithor small nor dolicato, the poor croatura noarly choked. The Shal used to gamble, and it was otiquette for the Court to lose to his Royal Mi‘;l:uucuu, ‘whioh, a8 Eccles would say, was “'ard.” When a su- orior dines with an'inferior in Poraia the latter rings in the first dish himeelf, It must bo car- rled or!zuntnll{‘m. arm’s longth, and glacud pro- clsoly in the right placo. On tho Stnk's ontoring {ho throne-roum and sonting roars out: *‘Ho has pansed,” aud all’ presont bow by stooping and placing tho bands upon tho knoos. lm]] zo of stato thon walku back- wardi fromn tho Bhihy pud. pachiz down. tho at- sombly givos handfuls of ellyer coin from o golden salver. A prayor {u thon recited byan mulo, and tho whole affair winds up with an odo #polen by the post lauroato. No ono woars jewels but tho 8bali, which accounts for his pro- an[:iux 40 gorgoous un appenrance ou hig late visit, — Queen Victorints Pots Commomoratod Mr, Uourluy Bteell has just comploted tho alnting of o jroup of portruits of throo of Hor ritannio Majosty’s hourelinld pots, Tho Quoon, it is woll known, has a grout liking for dogs, and bus fine spoclmon of a good many variotios. Thraeo of these aro rrlmo fuvoritos—s collio, a Byka torrior, and o fittle Gorman dog, some+ thing liko » turnapit in uppoarance, . It 18 theso three that have sut for their portraits to Mr, Bteell, ‘Tho coliio is & vory larga animul, of the T'woedshido broed, mostly black aud ton in color, with a beautlful face aud most Intelligent oyos, 'Tho terrior formerly belonged to the Duke of Xdinburgh, aud accompauniod him in his pro- fousional cruiwo round the world, A replica of this portrait has beon taken by Mr, Bteoll, in tompera, by Hor Mnjosty's command, ho German dog 16 an eugaging littl animal, fuil of lito aud fun, “The ploturo Is square, four feet throo inohos ench way, tho sizo uud shapo being dotermined by that of tho panol in Hor Msjous ty's sitting-room nt Windsor, whera it in to bo placod. Tho Quoen has also commivsioned a Eluhltlnuol Wont [lighlaud catile, & littlo largor size, for panel iu tho ¥awe apartment When tho colebratod Futtoh Al Limsolf, an officer” WORTH FIVE ' HUNDRED' MILLIONS | S .- From the New York Bunday News, An ugly businoss. I triod not to think of it, ‘but,couldn’t, auccood, My frionds Implored mo to mubmit to tho operation, Thoy urged mo to mako up my mind liko n mon; butI thought of.Job and his coun- solors, nnd romained as obitinato ns o mnte, I considorod myself s, martyr—wantonly imporod upon—a victim, on. whoso unfortunnto carcass surgoons belloved thoy might mako any.oxperi- mont with impunity., I waa rosolved that they: should find thomaclves mistakon, Ho. whon Dr. Bumpus, in bis ‘rough manner, would: sy, “Thoyo toos must come off,” X would call himi “Dbrate,”" and .threnten to turn him out; but ho only lauglied, ahd always displayed a callous- ness to my pufforing that noarly drove mo mad. ““They'll bo tho doath of you,"” ho &afd ono doy. & “Pahow] humbug!” '*Oon't live s month unless you bave 'om takon oft. That's my professional opinion.” At laat, aftor sovoral spasmodio offorts at horo~ ism, thoso memorablo words: escapod mo: “1 shall bave it -done to-morrow!” Tho porspira- tion rollod off my forohead ss I spoko, “Bravo I" cricd Dratackos, in ocstacy, *all will 5odn bo right now.” +I could not arrive ot any such conclusion. During the remainder of that day and following night I eufferod agony. Al sorts of fearful, weapons usod by surgeons in tho exarcive of thelr hidoous dutios poesed in srray boforo my mental vision, Iundorwont in imagination tho: torturer of amputation a thousand times, As {ast a8 oo too was out 'off with due formality, the work would bo recommonced seriatim on the others sgain and again, . . I connot romombor how Irenched tha hospital ‘where tho oporation was to bo performed. Ihad aftorward a confused idon of boing laid out upon & lable in n;é;ulnr old-faslioned styls, and hoar-: ing, in gruffor tonos than over, the voice of Bumpus., I fancied, 100, that ho made me take somo sort of concoction with a straugo suffocat- ing odor, Xear thon entiroly masterod me. Objocts bocame indistinet, and I had not tho power of observing what was goingon, - 1 was rouscd from this partinl stupor by the .sight of n strango faco—another doctor I at first supposod him 8o be, I xomombor being sur- grlund; ovon thon, at tho curious resomblanice ho oro to Bumpus. My medical attondants had Ioft tho room for & mowment to consult upon somo point of praoctico, and while thoy wore absout Lo #ided up to mo with a smile. “ An unplensant position, sir ?" ‘‘ Rathor. Can’t ba helped, though," “ A mintako, sir—a gorious mistake. I could have oured you without any of this work, I'hoso surgoons are porfeot old fogies—half a dozon conturies behind the age." 5 1lookod at him anxiously, willlng to grasp at ony straw. In fact, I yot Lnd a lurking suspicion .of being humbugged by Bumpus, “P'vo thought ns much mysolf,™said L. Without gwiufi{m} nnewer ho progeed his haud twice or thrico over my disensod limb, a procoss that instantly rolioved mo from pain. ‘ Como, now,” ho suggested, ** got up, Lot us movo boforo thoso wiseacros return. Noncod of auy butchering hore."” “*8irl" 1 oxclaimod, in a burst of gratoful en- thusiasm, * you are my guardinn angol I Wa oscapod from the Lionee without being ob- served, and walked nr Broadway toward my own lodgings, I did not feel tho- slightest pain. I thought it propor then and thero to expross m; inability to rocompenso the stranger for Lia sor- ;lnnnfimfi boforo I had half-uitored the soutouco 0 80id : “Inwant of monoy, oh? Mention tho num- ‘bor of millions iu a word, and in snothor your wish is finutud." « Il fiavo o undrod,” I replied, jokingly. “Dono, How will you havo it #"" I stared at my now friend, and, for the firat timo, oxamined him sttontively. ' e was & man of most gentlomanly sddress; but, doubtleas, a lunatic, Ho smilod affably as if inanuwor to my thoughts, aud exdlalmed :” ““Well, I must say good-by here. You may c?not tho gold. Ishell send 1t over to-night. Adion | With theso words ho Ioft mo abruptly, *As mad a8 a March laro," 8aid I £ mysalf, jooking aftor him. d ‘Irenched home musipg over my strange ad- yeuture, It was onough to make any man pon- dorond reflect. Though I paid littlo Lood to tho millions spolcon of 80 oxtravaganily by my singular friend, still my own suddon an m{mo- ulous rocovery from a disoaso pronounced mor- tul bx tho plysicians was a proved fact. Thoro could bono skopticism hore. I was, neverthe- less, porploxed, snd not o little confused, during tho remainder of the day. - I reallydid not know what to think of it at all. Aftor nightfall, T beonmoe éven moro restloss and uensy. I cannot say now whethor I wishod my promised visitor to make his appearanca or not, My conscienco emote mo for having formed his acquaintanco. At best, ho was a suspicious character, and porhaps hed dealing with_ovil epirits. It was much in vogue then in Now York for men to bo influonced by good apirits, why 1ot by ovil epirits also?. I was interrupted in these snd seimilar rofleotions by a singlo rap at the door—a sudden, solemn rap,—an ominous rap. Tho sound made me fecl ohilly. I gucsaed who the rapper wes, and I was right, **Como in," snid I, tromulonsty, - Io entored; smiling ma blandly as over, I started Involuutarily; for ho looked so like Bumpus that I thought it was that worthy indi- vidual come to complote his operation. * Qot the money 1" pointing with his thumb over his right shoulder to a large party of sturdy satellitos, who were earrging in o number of pondorous bags, which they dropped with a lond erash upon tho floor, Othors had Luge bundlos of bank notes. At first I fairly disbolioyed my own eyes—I must bo dreaming. Preseutly ono of tho bogs Leonme unfastensd—whether by ac- cident or on purpose I donot know—but hun- drods of broad, glittoring twonty-dollar gold piccos rolled upon tho floor, Thosight gave mo a seneation like that caused by a rush of blood to the head. Itook up somo of the pieces and examined them, I weighoed them on the tip of my tingor, and rung them over and over sgain on the tablo, Thoy soemed most tomptingly genuine. Gold has & charm for the eyes that I nevor roslized till then. I was a poor man, What could Inot do with such a troasure? My visitor gave me time to considor, Ho hum- med & tune, and examined some books lying about, “He must bo the devil,” I thought. And_yot, tho longor I looked af the bags still coming in, tho moro ardontly did I wish to make them mine. “I may outwit him,” Ireflected, “If bowants mo to bo his slave, ho will flud bimself miataken. I may compromise for the prosent, and turn him adrift by-and-by| Hang tho fellow! hoJooks at me and smiles, as if ho oould read tho Becrets of my soul|” ‘“What worvices sam I to render for this?" I asked at length, with some hesitation, 4+ Ob, wo'll speak of that horeafter.” Iwautched him closely as he went out. e had not tho sign of n hoof, aud his legs, with- out auy exeggeration, woro those of & woll-mado man. At Lo loft, an undefinablo sensation of bodily pain soized me, I could not sy that I felt itin au{ particular limb, but it thrilled through my outire frame liko n convulsion or spaem, and forowarned mo of futuro sufforing. 1 wau slono with the gold, I roiled some of It ont, counted, and returned {t. I examined snd ro-oxamined the maseive ingots. I daintlly handled o fow of tho notes, aud found them to be five hundrod dollar bills, I then put them all back, covorad thom carofully, and sat down to thiuk, Thotremendous power that such woalth could give mo forced itsol? upon my mind, I beeame fascinated with tho obarm, he demon of avarlee was at work evon thon, for Iconcoived plans for doubling and trobling tho enormous #um I possossod, In eanlnmplnunfi such a vast tronsuro—with its oxistonco pulpably bofore me —I soon lost sight of consciontions scruplos. Thoy vanished that night, aud forover, bofore I closod my oyos in slogp. I was on foot carly noxt morning, I resolved to deposit o largo portion of my mouney in the varlous banks of tho olty—tho notes, especially, Ivos nfrald of losing. ~In order to avold s rlclnn, it bocome nocossary to employ agonts. Thoy woroe found without much difffculty; and a ook aftorward I hnd the satisfaction of kuow~ ing thot I had doposited some twonty milllons in fitty bouks of Now York uudor fifty different namos, ‘Tho oxcltomont in New York was marvelous. Buch an fuflux of currency had not boon known wilhin tho memory of mau, It bocamo a drug in tho markot. My noxt stop was to purchase a housa in Iifth avonuo. Beveral wore for sule, and Iohowon solitary one far up town, with & n}mcluuu fire- proof vault in the basemout. Into it I grodually romaved all my gold, I gelected Fifth svenuo bocause It was moro rotired, and I would bo loxs noticed there than in other 1l>nrhs of the city. I ntill rotainod, howeyer, my old resldonco, for tho purposo of trausnoting busiuess, Indeod, Topenecd numerous offices down town, and np- poarod in enoli undor different namos aud dis- guisos. In all I did, I worked with extromo caution, and oven the men I_employed know littlo or nothing of my affairs, I was eatlsfied on this point frow tho rosult of Aumorous expori- | thom to make: 11 7 monta to which I resorted In order to test tho oxtont of tha dlacoveries tholr curiosity prompted Tusod 'to enjoy goln Wall atroot, and thoro buy up tho availablo atock of & company, raise tho promiom ton fabulows sum, soll out, and then ronlizo an immeso profit, The merchonta woro all agog; for thoy woro, of, cotirap, unable to detect tho under-current that disturbod the ouco oven tids of commorco. I had, tholr papor to any amount, and could have ruinod men of tho highest standing. Operators and jobhors wore in a perpotual fovor of oxcitemont., 1t would be todious to toll of the numberless achomon In which T was ongagod—tho colossal husinoss I onrried on ui brade—Lho vast spocula- tions by which I realizod additional millions. Lot it sufiies that I doubled aud eyen trobied the orlilnnl amount of my wealth. I tried in vain to make a rongh estimato of what I was worth. Months ‘mu-ud RWAY, |1nr1u§ which my love of gold rupldl Kinemmnd. I had o oraving to seo, to linndle tho glittering motal. Lvery coin was of valuo to my oyos. But boyond thin instinet, I had now a domon’s desiro to exoroise my gn\vflr —to injuro, and, if possiblo, to_dostroy. I held no friendly communications with auy living soul, and I had sympathy for nona, v During this time I suffored continually fron ' tho spnemodio paing I have describod ; and 1 ,bognn to sunpeot that Isvas not radically eured of the dlscnso with which I had proviously boon afflictod. Thoy woro rending, shooling paine— dnrting through limbs, brenst, and brain—leay- iuy"buhlud odily oxhnustion and mental do- #pair, I was pondering over thoso mattors ono night a8 I sal in my vault, connting and recounting 10y tousof thousands—arranging thotn inhonps— fonating my eyes with tho gorgoous spectucle ac- aordlnF to my dally custom. whon I tooknp acei- “dentally the book containing my bank accounts. ‘The grand total oxhibited n deposit of $20,000,~ 000. ~ * Twonty millions I" I criod, aud re- Ponlu’d the seductive words ovor and ovor again, * Twonty millions | Twonty millions! What n %Ilo thoy would mako lioro [ 1'i1 draw thom out ! Il break all tho banks! Whow | what o sonsa-! tionfthat will create| Mal Ln!" “Ha | ba !" rebounded from the other end of thoroom, Theso ochoos of tho roont so startlod mo that I turned round expocting to sao o vis- itor. No ono'was thore, yot I tromblod with affright, and hurried up stairs, imngining {hat romo one hiad discovored my rotrent. Bmall chatico of that, though, for I kepl the houso Tockod up, nnd no human boing ever ontorod it but myself, The idon of ruining tho banks became &_sot- tlod dotormination, and tho very next moraing I Was among my agonts, arranging prolimiuarics, specilying tho oxact day, hour, aud ovon momen! when the act should bo'consummated. It was o feasiblo ¥lln; for, as I hinvo vaid, tho banks had expauded to such an oxtent on tho strength of my deposits, that the sudden withdrawal, of my roporty in gold, with all the intorest accumu- ated, must infallibly break thom, 1iustructed my agonts to bring tho monoy from the banks to various places down town, ‘This vyas done ns woll and as socrotly ue I could Lavo dosired, and, in tho night time~T watchod its romoval to Fifth avenuo by other parties, A Iaborious tagk | The cermon had no ides thab thoso honvy boxes contained nught olse thnn the ordinary goods thoir Jabols designatod, I waited anxiously for tho rosult of thisopera- #lon, Twwo days clapsed, and by 12 o'clock on tho third my plot began {o yield its fruits, Thonows spread liko wild-firo over thecity that the banks wero all broaking. The newnpn&njurn wmsucd an odition after ocach explosion. IPeoplo rushod franticolly for their money, but found only closed doors, They burat thiem opon furlously, aund discovered mothing within but bonchos, dosks, and account books. The oflicials had floi in dismay, carrying off what was loft. The ruin of the banks wae followed by a fear- {ful crisis. Merchauts of u\'ex doseription woro suspending paymonts by hundreds, ‘'radosmon could not sell their goods. ITouscholders.could not got their rent. In the spaco of one week tho apie bad arrived atsuch p hoight that the in- sbitants woro lonving the city. : The laboring classes wore sfarving, and hold immense masa-meotings in the Park Lo dovise means for their roliof. In tho midst of this excitemont I wandored about oxulting secrotly in tho ruin I hiad caused. While walking one day down Broadway, I was slartlod by suddenly being brought faco o face with tho founder “of my wesnltl, Ho brought strangoly to my romembrance the face and form of Bumpus, whose very existouco I had forgot- ton., I did mot likatho expression of his coun- tenance now; it woro o sentonio look—and I triod to paes by unnoticed. My offort proved fruitless ; his oyves were fixed uponme. Ho spoka abruptly, and without any greoting, in s gruff voice: I hose work for.you. Tho day aftor to- morrow Jurgo stores aro oxpected ; you must have ngonts 6t all tho dopots, sud as these stores arriva in tho city"—tho words hissed through his closed teeth—* you must have thom * dostroyed,” “What! starvo out tho city!" I oxclaimed; I daronot 1" * You must; I orderit." “But the thing is impossible,” I continued, pretonding not to’ notico his last words, for felt their truth. _“T havo othor slaves besides you, fool! - I can give you overy assistanco you require. Be at your oflice to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock rendy to receivo visitors fromwe. All thoy want is the money." 8o an.yi_ni: holeft mo to my own roflections, oud horrible reflections thoy wore. As I ro- turnod home I ran over overy possible plan by which I vould syoid his commands and shnko off Dis influence. There was no way of doing this except by giving up my gold, and I -would have partod sooner with my lifo. I waited impntiently the next morning for my promisad visitors. ‘Thoy enmo ot tho nppointed lour—dark, taciturn men. They received tho money withou} auy comment, and had it imme- diatoly taken awny. Then, in abject torror at what I had done, I fled to my own homo, T cannot sny oxnotly how the deed was accom- pliskied; I was afraid to make inquiries, and ro- mained speret in my prison-houie, dréudivg I searcely kuow what. ~ 1 stole out st intervals to pick up the rumora that flew with startling ra- pidity from mouth to mouth. The citizons soomed alarmod at somo groat imponding calam- ity. With pale, anxious faces they stood in groups at thio corners of tho stroots, talking engorly. 1 drow near ono of the knots to liston, and honrd it said that cortain speoulators had bought up immense stores of provisious recently brought to the city; that tho mob, excited to maduess, had brokon open their warehouses; that fearful riots ensued, during which tho ware- housed were burnt with nll thoy contained, Ix- clamations of horror escaved from the by- standors b this announcoment. Thoy belioved tho city doomed, and thought it prudent to leave in timo., : With & skill and proclsion that will be doomed ntterly fabulous by those who caunnaot compre- hond tho source whence these mon derived their Powor, the infornal deod was repeatod again and again, The exponso mado a huge inrond upon oy wenlth, but I hooded not, for I was impellod Dy a stubborn dotermination to accomplish the diabolical work in which I was engaged, I sta- tionad agenta at all tho inlets to tho city. Thoy purchased food of every description on the falso loa that thoy did so for the boneflt of thostary- ng populace, ''hen followed the ruin contem- Pln!ud. Niglit after night tuo shy was rod with he glare of burning warehouses filled with pro- visions, Many of thom were destroyed by tho ‘mob, now thoronghly ferocious from hungor and tho 'thonght that others woro profiting by jta sufferings. My plut ‘was being com- {)lomy oarriod out. ‘The people seomed o havo thrown romson overboard, and unconsoiously were aiding me in my designs, ‘Polographio messages were sont to Boston, Philudolphin, snd other largo citios, im- Blmiug assistance ; but their condition was ns nd as ours, There alio starvation was staring mon in tho face, My agents woro abroad overy- whore, They did not leave s stone unturned, {or thoy bought up grain, cattlo, and vegotables in distant places, and effectually provented any efliciont aid being rondered to tlie metropolis, My labors woro almost over,—they were more than completod now by the mob. T'he fearful excessea to which It resortod alarmed peaceful citizons, and all who could wore proparing to os- oupe from tho fated city. Day by day tho panio increased, ‘The life of auy ono kuown to possoss food was not safe foran hour. Law and ordor wero mot at doflance, It was a consmnmation in which I silently oxulted. Unsuspected, I remained concosled in my sc- cluded Liome, walting for tho ond, It did not arrivo fast cuough. People, it is truo, woro lenving in thousands, but thoy did so uiotly, Icould not oo thom,—I could nobmark aw diminishod numbers romsining,—1 could not tont sufliciently over their alarm and their suf- forings, I could onlfi hoar the uproar without— tho riot and tumult that day and night shook tho hosvens, The bodily pain I now oudured oxcited this foverlsh susponso, aud roused it to s pitch of frouzy, My passions were beyond all ro- atraint, * This ruin" I sald, “uiust bo con- summated st ouce;” and my desire to drive evary living soul from tho motropolis roso with the ‘diflicultioy that stood Iu tho way, Iow could it bo done? ‘I'liore waa but ono answer,— by discaso, . The idou came to mo firat ns a whispered sug- oution. It wau possible, and might bo tricg. ay, a8 I thought tho mattor over, it soemed fonslblo, aud must bo tried, T'he promptings of my bluck beart nesumed & boldor and more daring tono, aud the words oontinualy raug in down' to}|, my oars,—loud and londer with ovory mpmont's rofleotion,—* Polson the Crolon rosorvolr 1" ‘‘Polnon tho Croton resorvair!"—a dovilish #ohomo, 5 But monoy did it. Tal ha! Frommen's nonls downward monoy ean buy np all, I could toll how I wont up to tho rocelving remorvoir, and cautlonsly broached my plau to a dark-looking indlvidun) suporintonding the works. 'Tho prof- forod bait wns too tompting :for-hls virtne, At firat ho rofusod, and ovon throntonod, bub I only liold up tho gold boforo his oyes. Mo turned palo -and tromblad, and I donbled tho amount of my briho, alroady cnormous. Mo hositated, and u}mcumbm!. Hal hal Gold con work mira- clos, h Tho doed was dond, and Lhat same night slck- ?fi“ ‘and doath began to sproad a black pall over 0 city, “ Unn{mlght, when Llind gone out to noto tho rogrons of destriction anddenertion, Isoarchiod Hung and in valo for any human creature. il- coming bolder as I praceeded, X travorsod Fifth nvenuo, walked along Brondway ns far as Union Bquaro, and thoro eat down on one of tho bonchos, It'was an ‘unonrthly sort of night. ‘Tho treos drooped, awd the whole scouo looked wan and sicldy fu the moontight. Iial whnt wans that—oreeping—eraoping tory, To mo it wasa strifo for elornal lifo of denth, and_tho thought lent mo suporhuman strongth, I- felt his Lot bronth upon my face, and could geo hin oyos, like burning coals, flash. Ing with: infornal “malice. - Noithor mpoko, and, for somo momonts nojther gained auy adynue tage. Imoon discoverad t1 surely but safely, 1io'was dragging mo toward v edgo of the Date. tory. Every second brought ns closor—closor— olosor, We wore on the brink now. Tho roars ing of the storm Rounded faintly.in my ears, moment more—during which recollectionn of tho pnst camo up with startling roality bofora mo--n momont more, sud1 lost my balatco, Sl holding on to my enomy with a denth-grip, I folt mysolf falling—falling, down—down—down—ah ! it soemod to mo unfathomablo dopths | id not dio; Ididnot ovon loxo consclona~ noss, Tor o long, Jong; hmo tho water rushod around my head, “and Info my mouth, onrs, and oyes, giving mo agonizing ' sonsne tions of pain, Ancn the peculiar nolse of wavos, bubbling awd splushing mbout, changod to sounds of muu&. I kuow Lhen I was drowning; but, strange to say, with that knowlodge il snfforing pasked away, Tho pase sions of my soul wero luiled at lont, Rorne along by tho undorcurrent of tho acoan—lying on my baols, with oyos ataring fixodly upward—) atoalthily tm-oth tho treos? A rustling sound atartled o, and gont an igy shiver through my bonos. I rotroated, or, rathor, tottored hack to the shado, out of which I-had ventured, and glored ot & form: that, all Mnconscious of my Eronenco. moved nssnasin-like along. - It resoni- led somo uncoutti beast moro than a man—yot man it was, Prewently another, 'and suothor, and then many more appeared in aight—nall glid- ing onward in tho same quiet way. Buddenly they bounded in the air with ono sccord, whoop- .MF and shriokiug iv a mauner that mnde tho cechoes ring and ring again, T was in tho midat of n troop of manincs—stark, ataring manincs! Tiko primoners just escapod from eaptivity, they dancod mndl{ about in the sxuberance of tholr joy. They shonted and gibberad unmoan- ingly one at tho othor, and' so ofton appronchad tho pot where, only half-concosled, I was erouc h‘%’ that- I. fancled dotection inovitable, It was & hidcous midnight merry-making. My own_instincts. were yet partially human, and I xecolled with horror from snch nsight. - Aftor I had ondured an hour of terrible sns- ouso thoy passed on. Bt Ionf after thay loft rl.m square 1 could honr tholr yollu far, far down the dark streets, nor did T caré to atir until their voicos woro lost in tho distanco. T wiped tho dank porspiration from my faco, ond, as I touchod my foreliond, mothought 1t had bocomo wrinkled and shrivolod, aa though years had worn themaelves out in' those passing moments of terror. T did notstir ont foraweek ntter thisndvonture. Day aftor day I listonod for somo tolen of lifo without, - Tho occasional pattor of rain was tho only nolso that broko the monotony of- that awful gtillness, From tho housctop I tried for: houra to peer through tho sullen mista that hung liko & shrond over thocity ; and when the wind swept thom away, among the vnat mis- shapen mass of chimuoyn thera was no clond of smoke to tell that o molitary dwoller had boen left behind. The railiay whistlo was hushod sound of n horso's hoof sh’il(infi or tho barking of a dog could bo heard ; tho rolling of car and omnibus had long sitco ceased, Now York waa wholly desorted. Satisflod of this fact, X-ventured out. It was & blustering sort of day. Tho wind como toar- ing along the ompt} Btrects as if it wano pos- scesied with devils. Thea, divgusted at finding no living object whoreon to vent ita fury, it would, in sudden frenks, turn abruptly into by- strocts, and moan passionately down thoir nar- row channels toward: either river. I bogan to foel that tho vory blasts of heaven would bo compauions. I ‘was sufforing_from the same racking, rending pain. It had becomo settled now, and was almost.boyond enduring ; it ani- mated me with the spirlt of a demon, I reachod what had onco boon tho great thor- oughfare of tho motropolis; and I do remombor that it was with somothing skin to delight that, standing near Grace Church, X'noticed tho com- ploto desortion of Brondway. Aa I walked on- ward I found that the slorcs on oach side wore open, as if business wero_yet boing carried on. Silks'and satins, rich and” rare oloths, and costly morchandiso of overy description adorned tho windows, into which no cyes savo mine woro evor destined tolook agamn, The latost fashions, thenewest atylo of hat or coat might still be noon in consplouons places,.and I laughed sloud to think that such dainty garmonts would rot aud molder where thoy hung. Some had been torn down ; aud the broken iwindows teatified lliat arms had beon thrust in to carry off the booty ; but the plundorers, in thelr hurry to escapo, bad rolinquishod tho prizes, leaving the streots car- poted with silks for tho wind, in oue of its bois- terous freaks, to _whirl away. Peoring out, be- noath piles of dust, I somotimes detected a + not oven tho coutly jowol, mnd I would instiuctivoly srasp it as_ if ‘its valuo was grostor thon than the rubbish among which it lay. Itravelod on, I found tho doorsof the Blet- ropolitan and 8t. Nicholas Hotols open, and, be- fore them, carriages laden with trunks and packagos, waiting, porchance, for phautom l:nmmugum. Tho horgos lay on the pavemont— arnossed and dead. In overy direction omni- buros and coaches, certs and caby,—somo over- turned, somo upfiuhc,—wam forsaken by their owners, and loft ta dechy. “'hio doors of the thoatrosatood invitingly opon, and flaming haudbills on tho Broadway nu: nounced the revival of an ancient comedy. Ha! hal hal It wad true; and devils wore to be the netors. Ierrived nt the Park, The City Hall loomed u\: digmelly in tho midst of a few withered troes, ‘haa clock had stopped and pointed to thoe hour of 12, ‘The grest bell was mute, and the wind, a4 it howlod around tho dome, essayed in vain to movo that iron tongue of warning. It had ceusod to spenk, Ipassed by the News offico and saw oxiras posted on its bullotin, announcing : A GREAT AXD ALARMING CRISIS | BEVENTY.FIVE BANKS BROKEN UP SIMULTA- NEOUSLY | THE FIDST MENCIANTS IN NEW YONK BUSPENDING PATMENT [ DEEERTION OF THE O1TY 1] ETO, ETO, FIO. Theao papors were dated six weeks pravious. How they filunlud ovor the wreek in hugo capl- tals ; and how they would have glonlmf if they could havo dotailed o titho of whut I Lave wit- nossed | Ipassod by churches, and thoir doors alons were closed—firmly closed—ns it thoy hud boen swung to with o giant’s forco, Instinctively I looked up at 'Lrinity’s spire. I fancled that it moved—that it shook—tottered—was about to falland orush mo. 1t wns only a fanoy; yot I hurriod my paco, for a stranga chill eropt over mo atthe thought of halting beneath its gloomy shadow. The wind kept me company nli tho while, and swopt up overy atreet to greel mons 1 went along, At lougth I renched the Battery, and thero it blew in fitful hurricanes, rushing out madly over the wator, I could soarcoly hold iny footing ; the rough waves roso angrily to whoro I stood. _Even {o tho distant shores of Jersoy and Staton Ialand ships, or rather hulks, coverad tho surface of tho #oa und drifted hither and thither, without holm orrigging. Not ono was moored—not o living cronturo could bo scen upon their docks, Lhoy looked like an army of battle horses let looso. ‘I'hoy chargod—thoy recoilod—thioy rallied—thoy burled themsolvos (urlnu!lr one againgt the other ; splintors wero flung Ligh in the air—they shivercd—sunk—roso—crashod—sunk, and rose aguin in fragmonts! Tho unbridled storm, snorting in its prido anad power, careercd madly round and round tho bay, dircoting its wrath now here, now there, g0 that the ooean rapro- sonted one gigantio wrock. o Ovor this sceno was sprond n yollow, sickly, fadod canopy—the roflection of . sobting—n dying sun; for, in truth, I novor thought to ook upon 1ts rise ngain. In tho west heavy clouds lifted thomselves up in fantastio shapes, Anon they took the form of tho golden troasurea in my vault—ovon as I had ofton piled them up ~—magnified now inlo mountniug upon moun- taing. ‘Fhoy shono like pale virgin gold, I'lio two seenes wero alike—identicul ; excopt that horo a visiblo sow of dostruotion rolled awl ronrod ab my foot. A horriblo fear scized my soul -I gazod awe-struck—spoll-bound—eon- founded; and, as I thus gazed, bohold | the shadow of o man standivg out {u dark roliof against the glittering uly | Tt nlpprowhnd. My destroyor stood boforo me! His likenessto Bumi- pus was more forcible than over. It was Bum- pug transformed into & dovil | 2 Lin sardonioc smile was changod into » look of fondish trinmph, I kuew that I was lost—une uttorably loat. Ihere was a pruge. “1Iow like you my powor 7" he said &t longth, A m‘x‘hnvo used it woll—my demon’s power of gol “Dack, flend | your timo has not come yet." " Hal b ! hal" and Lis mooking laugh sound- od shrilly above tho storm that enoireled us, and the noiso of the wayos thot Loab against tho quay beneath our foot, llmruud to go, but Lo caught me by the wrist, Baying ¢ *Not eo ; you are mine now. What | 10“ don't liko mo unmasked 2" 1lis form seomod to dilate &8 ho upoke, Imndo a dosporato effort to froo myeolf, and #ucceedod in relensing my arm ; hut ho grasped mo nagain and sgain, 1 Atrmgglod with ol tho torrifio onorgy of doupair. With' our arms clasped round oach other's waists wo wrostlod for vio- could Boo the golden light atroaming down through the water, intorrupted now and then na 1 wan swopt boneath romo drifting wrock, Again theoro wan o chango, Tho music censed, and in its stond I hoard n clattoring of tongues—a vory Babel—all talking togother confusodly. Tho first words I could distinguish were spoken in aloud voico— * Tt's all ovor.” “ Thavk God!” I ofaculated. “ You may considor your lifo saved,” waa the rojoinder, “Burely,” I 'thought, ‘That must bo tha volee of my old friond Didymus Dratackea!" *Didymus, dear,” said I, timidly, sfter a § " pn‘\{sfi,! B‘J;u that you ?' “Am]Ienfo?" - Y Porfoctly.” 4 Oh, I hinve enfforad such awful agony ! “Bah[” said Bumpus, joining in conversa- tion ; 1o one suffors pain under the influence of chloroform,” Chloroform! A lght broke in upon me. They ind given mo chloroform ! I'looked down at my foot—it woa tightly bandaged, I turned my oyos toward Bumpus and his assistonts—they were wiping their instruments, . i 'y tocs, sir—my toos had Loon taken off | —_— the payoment, HUMOR. Thoro {a & ys difforouce botwoon yearning for. money and earning it. —The oditor of the DBaltimore Gazeite, aftor years of experieuco, says : ‘‘ A woman ls like tar ; only melt bor, and sho will take moy form you plengo," i —\What is tho comparativo of * swaeot night ?"* Evidently sweet nitre, .- —A good way to find oat if there is obnoxious gos in & woll is to lowor your mother-in-law by & ropo.—Ezchange. —Littlo Gussio sprinkled hor mother's now $90 hat. Bho thonght it o ‘’tunnin’ flowor« darden.” Xowle woro heard in that neighbor= hood for the next half-hour, ' —A. lonosome-looking old mnn .called at the: Waehinglon _Savings-Bank in Savannsh the. other day and doposited his monoey, becsuse he ’R:M:" , ‘that Goorga would nover lof his bank ust. —A Western parson d«fllcmfllyl began = {fu- neral discourse by alluding to the fact that ha lind officiated at tho hanging of tho father of the decoased. -—'T'ho Atlantio Monthly talks about people bo- ing “ acionced " outof their religious fuith. Porhaps thoy might bo *iguoranced” baok agaln, remarks the Boston Aduerliser, —The dying words of n Delaware woman WOrt * Honry, if you marry again, romombor that it only tokes o oupful of sugar £o sweoten a quart of goosobarrics.” —A correspondent of the Now York Mail says that ¢ kissing a Indy with au Elizabothan ruff oo {s about a8 much fun nsembracing s circular eaw in full motion.” —'L'ho citizons of Uniontown, Va,, feola little cold toward Henry Bnyder, His wifo foll down a well, and he rode three miles to borrow o ropo, whon {horo was & lnddor long enough for the Purposo ng\n—iuut the house, —The Gtovernor of Houth Oarolina spends 40,000 5 year. Ho probably pays too much nte tention to what the Governor of "North Carolina Lias to say on tho subjoct of rofreshmont.~ Hor- cester Qazelle. —Tho gitls in o Springfleld, Masa., factory aro supplied by the propriotors with chowing-gum, in ordor thut thoy may not waste timo in talking, —A wonn{ old Indy offers tho following ud=~ vice to girla: ¢ Whonevor a fallow pops the uestion, don’t blush and stare at your foot. ust throw your arms around his nock, look him, full in the faco, and commenco talking'about tha furniture.” —Teins vigilance committees ridoupto s housa. nand shout, “*Is Smith in?" Mrs. 8mith comes to. ’| point, It is seldom you sco & herd of the_door nud roplies in tho nogative, when tho lendor continues : “ I know ho waan't; he's hanging to a black jack over tharl” Ono of the rules of the gallant Toxan iy to break bad news ‘With considerablo dolicacy. ” —A Kausas papor tells of aherd of buffaloes i d that State that wore throo hours paualu;i’& givon uffaloos. stop for that longth of timo under the shade of & single troe.—Loutsville Courier-Journal. —Wo hope our brass band will learn somo hornpipen, and jigs, and walizos, 50 wo can havo saored concerts on éuuduy evenings, like othor places.—Danbury News. —A subscriber wroto to the editor of & Nowark paper to ask the meaning of tho phrase AMors. omnibus communis. Tho editor said ‘it wa8 & Freuch sentence, intended to oxplain something about = NMorso’s omni~ Ius bolng of sorvice to tho communily, At the eamo time, ho esid, tho sontenco waa ovidently constructed by eome idiot, who thought ho understood French, whon ho didu't, and, consequently, geveral imporiant wordd wore loft out. ~—Tho 8uah of Persis, according to the follow- ing atory, has_the truo Oriontal preforence for fat women : Boing shown eomo very adiposo cows ot tho Home Farm at Windsor, he asked how they woro fed. Being told that thoy wore: brought "into this plump condition by a diet of oil eake, his intorest was at onco oxoited, and ha Baid to his intorpretor: ‘f Ask if oil oake i8 good for wives.,” —The murder of & printer in this office yostor-~ day, by ono of tho editors of - this papor, may ba oxplained and justified in & vory fow words. "Thig editor wroto tho following sentonce: No undigested sin was lying on his conecionce,” and. tho Into typo mado ik road : * An old white hen way laying on his conscienco,” The oditor was diuchnr%od yeutorday, on tho ground of “ com- mondablo Lomicide,” and complimented highly bilthe Court on his promptuess.—Atllanta Her~ ald. —When Jonos' board bill was presonted, he #nid he did not have enough money fo pay it, oponing his wallot at the samoe time,” Hiy land~ Indy, secing quite & number of baok notas, rath- or doubted his word, and inquired what denom- ination thoso bills were, " Donomination 7" #rid Jones.” “ Woll, I don't know ; but I guess thoy must bo of the Unitarian donomination, for thoey are all ones,"” —‘ A Housoleoper” writes us, esking how to dress a lobstor. We don't know. We mnover dressed » Iobstor, If tho lobstor isabout 17 yoara old, maybo it would look well In a plaia. walst with demi-trainod ukirts of bluo silk, eud a medium-sized panier, and an organdy polonaise, with o pinkish mauve chillio, six-buttonod gloves, and a white chip hat. Wo say maybe ib would; but porhaps ¢ flnnsukno‘z)nr," oforal drogging herlobstor, had better subsoribe for a. fashionablo tnagazing, which will toll her nll sbout such thinge.—Norristown Journal, —A middlo-aged lady met a bridish-looking Iady 1 tho Post-Offica yestorday, and the follow~ Ing conversation followoed: * Mary, is it trua thit your mother is doad ?" asked tho former. 1t is," sald Mary, *And were you married bo- foro she died?"” ' No,” @aid Mary, ‘“not untit throo days after.” The middle'nged woman stared ot tho bride for a moment, aud thon slow~ 1y and howildoringly said: “Do you mean ta say that your poor mother died withont—without ?Noulng what you wero married in?"—Danbury fetos., Thuradsy morning a man who keeps n oigar atand on Market strot appliod to the Prosecut- ing Attoruoy of the Polica Court for advice, as lio snid ho was in doop trouble, A fow mouths einco ho was marriod, and #oon aftor tho mar- ringe his mothor-iu-law eamo to tho houso aud took up her rosidenco there, Soon afterwards his father-in-law camo and took up quartors at the hougo, aftor which the old oouplo went to Haoramonto for threo orphinns of one of their de- coasod daughtors. ‘The noxt thisold couple did wad to rent a large house without the unhappy husband's knowledge or consont, and, nove ov- orything Into it, Atter which they sont him the bill for rent, which he was obliged to pay, ** And now,"” continuad tho unfortunate man, *“this old couple have sout on Laat for their fathors aud mothers, and expect mo to koop thom ulso, aud 7 think that this 1s Inying 1 on s littlo too thiok, and I want to know what1am to do about it." ‘I'ho Prosocutiug-Attornoy told him that he waa at o loss how to advise him, und also told hin that & matter of this kind could not bo adjudi- cated upun in & court of criminal Jurlsdiotion,