Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1874, Page 3

2 : ¢ : i t i i 3 ] OE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1874 CAPITAL AND LABCR. An Address 2rade by a Swedish Work- ingman Twents-four Years Ago. To the Workingmen of Chicago: GexTLEXEY : Twentr-four yesrs 2go, sbout this time of the year, thera was a gatberirg of workingmen in Stockholm, the Capital of Swe- den. They had assembled there for the same canse ga the workingmen of Chicago med to- gether now : thoy had no work and Do mney. Sive gentlemen,— Norwegian, o Dane, s Ger- Ina, and two Fronchmen,—all of them menbers of tho Communpittic Leazues formed in Par- | is, Barlin, and elsewhere, and all of them ear- eat advocates of the Communistic principks,— taking advantago of the occasion, constiuted €hemsclves lovders for tho dissatisfied working- men, aud preacked for thom war against Capital, and againss the raling power—Law aud Orler— in gociety. At the first two meatings their in- ammatory epceches fired many a heart and mind, and & Grebrand was in this way aclually thrown oat in socicty; bat, inssmuca as the Swedes in general are a thinking, sober, snd law-abiding peaplo, the workingmen E00a commenced to reflect for themsclvos; asd, at Vacir third meotiag, fter two of the loadess hiad tmade somo very fierce and incendiary remarks and propositions to upset the order of society, a laborer moanted tho tribune, in the midst of wild enthusissm, aad spoke, 23 far os I caa now recollect, iu the followiug words : : wGoyTLENES AND Fervow-Liaponens: You Al know {bat T am a laborer. having & common Interest - with you, and suffering, for want of rork and wozey, 83 you do. The idess and principles advocated hero by certain geutlemon 1ro entirely netw to all of us; we never heard of tliem before,—aever thought of them before. I feel ashamed of mysclf tosdmit that,st first, \hey msde s deep impression_on my m:d, sad fan away with my reason. I thought they wore »s cosroct and truc as the Gospel ; I thoagnt we, the working-class, were wronged,—enshved by Capital, and robbed of our rights as citizens and useful members of society: and I felt. if thas was w0, that [hiad the courazo to fight,—yes, Hhat it'was my duty, if noed be, to sacitice my lifo to Lring sbout o new order of things. But, in thinkiog L night just for the gole purpose of. giving you vart of the eame, fully convinced that you, £0o, \ill accept what is wright and proper. ! “Tn the firet place, Lask you: what is Capi- tal? Allow me to tell you that Cerital is Lator, or the products of Labor. Everytoing you use, food, clothivg, furniture, house for shelter, or Wharever it may be, is Capatal, or the products of Lator. ' sstrate this, let mo suppose 1hat ons of you, with his wife aud children, way coming to-night iato this city. Yon were hungry : you needed sheltor and many other things, not only at the partienlar moment, but to-morrow 2ad every following day. What would you do Sboutil? Would you propose foreibly to tako Possession of another man's home, -because bo e wealthy, nd drive him and his family out into the stroet, in order that you might enjoy his plenty 2 Certainly not. I fell you what you yyould do. You would negotiate with somo- | mfi’?zo get what you need ed on promise of futire paymenz; aud you would gife, as secar- ity for wEat you received, sourcapadty of Labor, and, becaase Labor produces movoy (Capital); the segarity you offer would bo accepted tho and, juston accoant of that, you would rective what you wastel. " Adam and his wife, in Paradise; had no prop- erty, no shoes. no cloinmng, wo shoiter, no comfort whatever, before he worked. That couple, we are iuformed, elept on the green grass, liko sbeep snd other suimals,—under Some ehady trees, I suppose,—aud dressed in figleaves, Well, that was well enough to com- sence with; bat, surely, it was nct before Adam and bis wife commenced to work that they conld bave the luxury of sleeping in & dean and com- fortable Led, living 1n & comfsrtabis boase, aud dres:iag like decent peoplo. If Adam and Evo ever did tust, as I presume’ they did, they en- joyed all those things, as I iavo said, only ibrongh Labor, because those things, of neces- sity, wete the products of Labor, and could not otherwise bo obtained; neither have they boen obtamed in any honest way ever since that time but through the means of Labor. “ Money, or Capital, is also the product of Labor; and the same is trne 18 to any other rticle of uce, be it whatever it may. Now, Labor produces more or iess sccording to change, circumstances, and the capacity of the Isborer, One Isborer—every man who performa fome kind of work is a laborer,—one laborer, T £sid, sy grow nch; ‘emother Temain poor. 1 1 grow rich through the result of my Jabor, I huve an undisputable right to enjoy my wesith as & legal property; and, il I give it uvay to my children when I die, they, too, , jaave s legel right to enjoy it & their propercy. it vou thwk, =3 I know yon do, that you Lave & 4 Tight to defend your life whemover it 1s_assault- ed, you certaioly think that you have the samo righit to defend your property; that is self- preservation ; and, if you admit that, it will be Sour duty to defend thie property of otlers, oo, if anybody, in vour preseuce, should uundertako 10 steal of rob 1t away. U itwas otherwise, no society could exist, but violerce, robbery, blood- shed, aud auarchy; snd tho end of nil that would be the extermination ¢f maukind. “ Now, what is it that thess men propose we ghould do? They ssy that Capital (tho wealthy men) s the oppressor of tbo workingmer. and, ou the strengih of that accmation, iosisc that We tball foraibly, illegally, ivids 'their moucy and other property ; that is,rob thers of their individval right ; and, furtiermore, when all that is squendered,—1 assu you it would oot tate 2 long time before it wuld be squandered, —that the Stete should furnish work and movey. DBut let me sy a few words to yon on tlus sccomt: Ths income of the Stats 18 vow, under:he existing order of things. and wken every cisunet is open for in- come and reveuue, clready too small to provide for the uccessary expenss for improvements, detoure, and otier things for the promotion of public welfaie; but, wiea all that income ceases, which will bo tlu caso when sparchy reigns, where shall tho jtate take the money from Lo provida tor your vants and pag for your woik? And, if you propee to Ltart the new or- der of tlungs with rovber ; if you don't respect the nght and property o othérs, cay you rea- souably_expect thut otlers shall respect your ovu? I 1, by fores or it otkier wayr, tukie awuy from you your cow, your tools, your clothoe, or any other property ot yaws, wil you couseat to that? Certainly vot. ~Vell. tuen, doto others what vou wizh that cthes sbull do to you! *“Thieso reforwers sy, further,” that the wealthy have cverything their own way; thav they mako the Jaws to sut thewselves; that they rale ; that thoy bave npnopo'iss which impov- erish others ; aud shat, owsu.ntly, their inter- ests are light oppesite to the laboring classes. Well, in some ropacis that is true. But, geoflemen, wiv is to blame—they oryou? Idou't hesicie to say that you sre moze to blume for itthau they. = Never, nover shail wo betier our eondition before we Lave leuroed to Lelp oursdves, to depend upon our own capacity, avd to dfend our own lawfal iu- terests by lawful meams. Ve have neglected to educaie ourselves -fui the strite aud daties of Iife, above the eunple parformance of mechani- 2al fabor. So loug sswa are contsnted to live tbe lifo of the workiyg Ox, satietiod whon wo cave pleuty of work.ard grumblng and non- fluseed when wo bavi not, our copdition will re- main the same. Wha we veed is knowledge, 1n- telligence, aud- ¢lall, , without Lo former, maukes us merely tols i the hanys of others; but skill, cozacined wth krowledge and intelli- gence, will maxa us @;.able not ouly of workivg satiztactonly, bus of Joing it to tho greatest pos- sible advantugo tor curselves. And let me add, wo nced oug (hinr more, and that 18 to be uuited in sswciations. 1f we organizo ourseives ino preper associations, for tho purpose of butweriog our conaition and promoting the wedare of each other L, for one, ehall notd.srust the result, bub lecl aseured that, in so duing, wa with certainty sball attain, in o proper. aud legal, way, tho rights we are now -depnved of, an1 at the eame titio gain the sympa:hy and respect of our feilow-citizens zod tae world. 1f thereis any vilier proper way o wcans to ObLain oar rights ind promote our welfare, I adnnt that 1t pusses Pi auderstaading ; buc this wuch I aw sure of : U'taers is any cuective way to hurt oar rights wud gpoil our Interasts, it i3 to commit anlawful- 3ess, vivleues, aud roblery.” The ei¥ect of this kpeecs was, that no more ¥as eaid or 1hoagLt of Commuuism ; tue desii- sute workingmea recaived aid from the wealthy; and, iu the following sprinz, overything was lovely. ‘I'rue, the working-c.gs8 1o Swedza stul Temuna working-oluss ; but, Boting 0a the ad- ice of the gpeaker referred to, the laborers have siuce then, 1 many respects, improved iueir coudition, uttuined a great deal more of educa- cation, skill, aud intaligence, and also sccuma- property. Workingmen of Chicago! I take the liberty t0give to you the repors of tlis speoch of & matter over a Lttle, I soon camo. bo quio different conclusions ; sud Tam here to-: Swelish laborer, twanty-four yoars ago, mada under_similar -sufferings zud circumstancas to tliore in which yoa now find yoursclves. It may be there are eentiments in it vou will approve, 1 Lopo you will; and, that if you do, they will La productive of good! I bave no doubt what- ever that you will be taken care of iz your present need and misery, through the aid and charity of those follow-citizens who, in these bhard times. are blessed with plenty. Surely you do not need to bo ashamed of receiving assistance, whon you consider that your prescut sufferings are not brought about by sny actions or doings of your— B3lves. It is, besides, a duty to sssist & neighbor in need, and, I am sare, a duty which you would perform_yourselves were others the sufferers, and you' in a position to relieve them. Your ‘friend and fellow-citizen, C. O. LUNDBERG. s B JOHKS HOPKINS' BENEFACTIONS. The Ealiimore Millionaire’s Public \Spirit and Widespread Charities. Baltimore papers devote much space to eulo- gics upon Johuu Hopkins, tho wealthy and benavolent merchant of that city, who died on the 24th inst. They mention particularly his counnection with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and describo at length how its possiblo insol- vency aud abandonmont was once warded off by tho_interposition of Mr. Hopkine’ individual credit, and that of & fow others who followed his lead and were influenced by his example. He was born May 19, 1795, He was s Quaker, a0 was always dressed in the plainest fashion. e was tall in staturo, with o slight stoop in the shoulders, with & plain nad wrinkled face, but 2 not unkindly eye. He was briof in his conversation, but to the point. He was of & quick mind snd temperament, and when be camo to & determination it was difficult to get him to change it. 1le was honest, industrions, gener- ous, and liberal. Iis cstate is valued at from £8,000,000 10 §10,000,000. Mr. Hopkius, with- out being & professed member of avy church, lind always the profoundest respect for religion. 1l gave largely to religious entorprises, aud to the support of institutious such a3 he approved, and in the decline of his life he determined to convert his besutiful home at Clifton into the purposes of charity, and to devots & large por- tion of Lis wenlth for the permanent reliof of the poor. Following out this broad scheme, hs has made the poor, the sick, and ignorant of the ity hus hoirs. ‘The maguificent estata of Clifton, containing 400 acres, Iying betweon tho Hartford sud Bo- lair roads, and binding on both, 15 to be the sito of o university, to be endowed with prob- sbly £3,000,000. Within the design is iucluded o law, medical, classical, aud agricultural school. Around the border of the grounds dwellings of botter class are to be erected, facing inwards, with gordzns iv front. In furthering the sama sciienio Mr. Hopking purchased the high snd ample grounds upou which the Marylaud Hos- mpital for the Insane stands, It comprises thir- teon acres of land within tho cicy limits. The buildings will be commonced uext spring, and £100,000 will be nfl:eudad on them anuually. Waen completed. thoy will be able to receive 400 pationts, and, under tho trus:, addicioual accommodation will be provided a» needed. Ul- timately, tlie hospital is designod, under liberal and wise managoment, to compare favorably with the celebrated ones of Englavd and France. The Lospital aud grounds will cost about a miilion of dollars. [iuder the same trust, but with buildings Lo bo placed on other grouud, is ombraced & colored orphan asylum for the ro- ception, maintenance, end cducation of colored orphan childron. In reierence to tho support of this charity, Mr. Hopkins wrote to the Tiustees ho bad appoiuted that he bad dedicated to tae support of tho Orpbans’ Home pruperty worth $2,000,000, from wLich a yearly income of §120,- 000 could be realized. To sum up the intentions and benefits of this rare aud oxcellont act of bepevolence, the uses a6 far a8 declared, and for which further pro- vision. it is undeistood, los been m:ado in his wll, are as follows : First—A uuiversity st Clifton, with a law, medical, claseical, and agricuitural school, cu- dowed with probably $8,000,000. Tho valuablo gronnd hss been deaded to Trurtees. ‘Second—A freo hospital for 400 patients, com- plete in all its appointments aud depuriments, for the reception and treatment of the indigent gick of Baltimoro and vicinity, and, in speciul cases of casualty, for tho pecple of the Btate generally, without respect 10 age, ses, or color. Tho hospital will form a part of the Aledical School of the University at Chnton, Third—A convalescent bospital in & conntry neighborhood, within easy access of the cily, 10 which pationts from the froe hospital may be re- moved a8 #oon a4 reheved of their maladies, aud whero they may completely recruit their strength and vigor before returning to their accustomed labors. Fourth—An inclosuro of the thirteen acres of the hospital os in part s free pack to il who choose to entor it. A _low stone-wall witl sur- round it, surmounted by iron railings, sud the grounds are to be graded, laid off into walks. and ornamented with trees and shrubs snd pux- torsos of flowers, with seats for rest. and sprink- Ling fountaics. Fifth—In contection with the hospital a train- ing-school for nurses will bs established, in ac- cordance with the plans of Florenco Nightingale. Sach nurses are to be paid outof the trast furds, sud will_be permitted, after becoming skitled 1n their duties, fo_exercise their profes- | sion, wherover their services may be ongaged amozg the genoral community, Sizih—A home for colored orphans and for colored children having but oue parent, and in oxcoptional cases for such colored children not orpbans, os may be in need of cherity. Tho home is to be in this country, and is designed Lo accommodato about 400 inmates, and be en- larged when necossary. _—— THE DECEITFULNESS OF WOMAN. The Enormous Sin of Saying You Are Out When You Are In--ind Others Like Unto It. From the New Fork World. The Women's Social Education Bociety held its ‘regular mesiing yestordsy aftorooon st Plimpton Hali, rs. Caroline A. Soule, the President, in tke chair. The discussion of & paper read at provious meeting by Mrs. Dr. Baker was tho first_business in order. Its sub- jecs was the necessity of truthfulness in women i social life. The President said that tue propositions im the papers weco 80 seli-ovident that there was wo room for much discussion. Sbe thought that ladies ought always to toll the truth, under sil circumsiances. 1t was & very 8ad thing that they were 5o much given to what Wwore gouerally cou- eidered whuto lios. These generaliy degenerated into very biack lica, It was very wrong, for in- giance, for women to instract their servants to say they were not at home when they were ab Lome. 2 Mré. Kent thought that ladies ought tobo ed- acated 1nto courags enouga 10 tell their servants to say they wers engaged and could not sco muy ome. A fear they might offend their friends by such 8 mes gazo was the reason for this common social un- trath, but if it could be comonly eccepted in sociely that this lie was an enormity she d:d not think that any ome would tako offenso if the truth was told and an sudience demed. Mrs. Millor agreed with tho lnst speaker, and thoughs tnat 2 reform in this respect could be effected withont any great social rovalsion. ‘A Iady present said mothera must bo educated to the face that the welfare of their children de- mands that at all times they should bo trutbfal, Ouily in tais way could thoy expecs their children to bo truthful aud reapectful. - ‘Mys, Drouson admitted the evil complained of, that women were & 8ad sev of story-teilers, but sho would like to hear from the ladies preseut fhio best way of carivg this evil. Mrs. Woife thoaght that tho best way was to eduesto tie conscionce. 3 Tae Chair remarked that it should bo seid of wowen, 18 it was of men sometimes, that their word wae s 500d a8 their bond. i Mrs. Bronson thought tho subject was taling a low iange. There were other falsohiouds besides the one on which 80 much tress had been laid, of & woman Hay- fus eho was out when ehe was in. They wero 21 living iu 8 great atmosphere of falsehood, and ghio would hiko to kuow if thero was not some way of reaching this evil and correcting it, 80 {lat the averngs woman would cease to lio. -Another lady ssid another common falsehood practiced by women was_in inviung to their homes people whoun they did not waot,and whom they sould much rather wonld nok sccept the in- vitation. & Several ladies prosent disclaimed this, and taid that they were nover guilty of shis sin. Mra. Wolfa thonght that there were other falaehoods bosides those of tho tongue. AMany women lived falszly by attempting to dress bo- youd their means, ‘The womnaa whose husband bad an incoms of s thousand dollars a year strainod every nerve to dress an well as” the waman whose husbsud had ten times that in- comos “and,” said she, ** thoy d it some way, butat is by serrible straning.” The debate was Lers closed. A Rcturn to NRUV0O. From the St. Lows Republiean. Young Josc:h Sarich. (uding no congenial place in Usab, estublishea himsel( in the villago of Plawy, 1L, waero be gathered around bim the seattared dissenters of the creed of Brigham Youns, estsblished & printing-ofiice, insugurated 8 gyatem of Jiseions and trac: distribut.on, and vigorously onterod upon the work_of buildiog a church u&un the foundations which his father badlaid. Here Lio bus prosperad,and the cause for which bo labors hag advanced. Missionaries have been sent to Salt Lake itseif, with a view to undermine the influence of the usurping proph- et Drigham. The Joscphites, or followers of Smith, are now believed to be the most_numer- ous and aggressive brauch of the Mormon Church. And now, after twenty-five yoars of exile, a movement ie on foot-for the re-cstablishment of the Mormons at their old seat—Nauvoo. The Prophet Joseph will remove thither ina few weeks, and eet tho presses to work, to print a mewspaper, magazine, and tracts to aid the Mormon propsganda in dissemivating therr faith, When Brigham dics, Joeeph will succeed to the Prophetship of Mormonism, and then the headquarters of the faizh, which has cxcited 80 tauch attention, will be re-cstab- lighed in tho very place from which it was ban- ished only twenty-tive years ago. Tt may be takon as o ovidenco of & rapid growth of sentiments of an enlarged toleratiou, that the oneo furiously-persecuted psople are welcomed back witl the greazest cordinlity. There i3 no sentiment of bostility maniferted tow them ; ou tho contrary, the *‘Genhile" popu- lation of Nauveo end the enrronuding conntry boast of the advantages which are to Le couferred and received in consequence of the new movement.. Doubtless tho Mormonirm of the Joseplites of tho present day is not tho Mormonism that prevailed in Nauvoo twenty-five Yoars ago ; pbither is the popular scntiment tho bame that prevailed when old Joo Bmith aud his followers wero ruthlessly driven from tho homes they had reared, in tho middle of a mgorous winter, only a quarter of a century ago, ‘*I'unes change, aud men chaoge wich them.” Lol oo THE ASHANTEZ WAR.~ Scemeos After the Fight of Abxa- Lkampa. After the fight at Abrakampa, in_which the Asbantoes wete repulsed by the Bntish and their native aliies. & correspoadent of tho Liv- erpool Post visited tho villago of Anismadie, Wwhich had beon the Ashanteo headjusrters pre- vious to the engagemoent, and writes as follows of what he kaw: %1 started off toward 11 o'clock, and, halting for 5 few moments, on the brow of a lull benind ‘hich tho bottest pare of tho fighting had takou place forty-eight hours before, 1 gazed at tho scene which oponed out Lefore mo; but it was only for o few nomouts, for, alibough the glen was lovely in tho estreme, ind gorgeous with an ever-green, over-waving foliage that would e the delight of any of our yreat park-owners at Liome, 1 Boon becamo aware of a taint in the atmosphere that made mo move hurricdly on; aod woen, oo turniag o corner of the road, I suddenly found lying across the gmu.\ objects which I 'do not cara o describe, and the puwlic would not cara to read of, my resolution fal- tered. aud, though baving ouce started, I did Dot care to turn upoa my lieel, I certaiuly would not have left Abrakampa had I dreamed of what, even thus early, I ehould havo to go tbrough. A+ liztle more than 8 hundred yards from the cdge of the bush I camo upon “what had been the sdvanced post of the Ashantees. It conld be casily 1ccoguized, as a broad belt of forest undorgrowth had for a long distanco been clnnrc% away; and, if one may form an opinion from tno menuer in which evorything bhad been trampled down aud destroyed, the Asnantees wust have swarmed thero iiss bees. Thanks to the thioknass of the forest, they were quite eafo from our rifles; Lut had the defense Loen in posscssion in time of one of the seven- pounder stecl guas, or, better still, perhaps, of a emall howitzer, the Asbaotecs could have boen made tolerably nucomfortablo. As I passed og- ward for the noxt half-mile, the rarages of tho Eoider became overywhero more apparent, untii, at about that distauee from Abrakempa, L came across the last man that I easw who Lad fallen a victim toit. o was evidently a man of note, snd was carefully laid out oua ciean country cloth beneath the snade of .some bushes. Most probably, when carried off tho fleld sund Iatd here, ho was only wouuded, but when I saw i e was quito dead, and had boen so for somo time. - Directly afterwards I entored tho confines of the Ashantee camp, and for the next three-guar- ters of a milo the eceuo bafiles doscription. The road and the ground for soma distence oo each sido of it wore strewed with every conceivable object, and seemed to prove thut tho rout of at least s largo poruon of Amanquattia’s army must have beeu complete. It was, however, Bnm(ul.ly evident that before their glight they ad found time to decapitate their prisonors, as leadless trunks of both sexes were evervwhers visible, s well as the remains of wretcbed eroa~ tures—their slaves—who Lad been allowed to die of starva.ion. The fighting men of the Ashan- tees appear to bave bad plenty to eat, for bun- dles of corn, baskets of palm-nats, snd etrings of papaos were overywhere littered about; sud in many instances I saw food ready propared for the pot, whiek in tho harry-scarsy had been left bebind. “ Amongat the most remarkable objects which I saw—Iwcau remarkabie as haviug veen found in the train of an army of bnrburisus—were camp-beds, vory similar to White's ntrotchors, tho tlock on of the bedding of which cavered the ground anklo-deep all aboat; blacksmith's bellows, aavils, aud tools, scales and weights, and lastly, most astonishing of all, woodea slates, evidently used by clildren learniag to write, a8 tney wero ecribbled over with Arabic charactors. These slates ara of prezisely the eame description a3 thoso used in the schools of tho Aandwgo tribes, and scem to argue that learning-bas made more advancement amongst the Ashautecs than oue has been imclined to give them credit for. I slso pizked up a fow breech- Jouding cartridges of forcign manufacture, ovi- dently velonging to thess Dateh Sniders of which I had beard the West India troops tals so much. + Just befors reaching Auismadie, thers was pointed out to me the dead body of 3 voung aud fine-locking woman, who had becn kilied by her husbaud on the night of tho rout. It sppesrs that, on Leariog the adszacing Fautes army, he caught her up ia his arms to carry ber away, but- finding that they woald both inevitably ba taken, sud that escapo a3 impossible, ho quictly laid her down und cut ber throaf, re- cetving in the act s bullet, which placed him alongsido of hier. All thus reads_very dreadful 10 doabt, and 50 it undoubtsdly ix, but the act, after 2ll, possesses the truo ring of chiselry, a3 tho poor savago did what many a highapirited Englishman would also_Lave done in sacriliciog hriusell aud bis wife_rather than surrendor hor 0 an almost, £3 o thought, tertan dishonor. “Wending my way stil onward, with my pock- et bLandkerchief, w8 & respicator, tightly bound round my mouth and nostrils, I reached the Vil- 1ago of Anismadie, which, save that tho conteuts of tho Louscs had been emptied into tho streets, was clean, and presente:d all the appearasce of having been well kopt. 1t was evident thatnoze but the leuding men of tae army had livedin it, for cach house was swirounded by huts of end- loss variety and sbaje, which had beon Lastily coustructed to accoinwiodato the slaves of 4he big-wig living withis = Frearment of Americans in Part, Correspondence af the Loston Journal. Among well-known establisuments which our Amoricaus patronize is a storo dedicated thus, u Louvre ; it is & very large and rich eatablish- meut, cmbracing several buildings, aud emploj- ing Lundreds of cleris. Now, it is far from owr purpose to describe this store. and further still to recommend it to Americans, but merely to re. Tato & littlo incident whuch has made some tal hore, and ougbt to have made something more, Toig'as followa: “ A few weeks since s lady from Boston—a widow—was lookiug at ar siticle of roods in that storo with & view to purchase, S7itle slio was cxamining and compariug, two men took her by the shoulders, aud sho tound herself thus suddenly under arrest, while the sccusing clerk stood Dby decluring her = thief, ~ A Bearch of bLer person was con- ducted in aaother room without Buccess, Tiue poor, belpless, and peifectly innocent lady as escorted to her dwelling by the police forco, aud ber efects examned. I'runks were searchad, and closets. The trunks of her lady friends Wero searchied in the same cpartmeot, and all thetr choice treasures of taste or sffection rudely cturned over. Of coarse no proofs of guilt ap- peared, yet the delicata and refined lady was condactad baci to tne store, acd from the store fo prison. "The young gentleman, also s Dos- tonian, who appearod a3 her prosector, was also, and wishout even 8 charge of guilt, thrust into a0 adjoiaing cell. e “they passed the night, Within a six foo: space of 5ione walls and floor, in loathsomo cells and cold, without fire or food; o clothiug grauted to koop them warm, they were both Luuyry and cold, sud here they wers kept thus tiil 9 o'clock ihe next morning. ~ Then the young man was hberated. He sooa found the lady's ds, and they quickly fouad ber. She was pot Liberated il tho afternoon, and then ouly while the kon our United S:ates Mi jster became her bendsman. Four dave after- ward s trial in coust failed to fucnisi any proofs of guilt, and tho lady ia free, if, indeed, au Americaa can Le called free here, where the law Goclares any one guilty till they obtain proof of junocenco. Alr. Washbarn advised these per- secuted ones to instituze logal proceedings for Zedrass, declaring that **our Government does Dot protect 1ts citizens;” but as_be stated at thg gamo time, *‘Thero is no law in France, thoy docling - to forther ©oxposo - themselves to its flagrant injustice. For the first time in the life of your corrcspondent, he has felt ashamed of his country. Isit true that Americans are pot protected by their country 2 Tu is indeed so, and auy ouo who chooses to may put us in prisvn here. s This i8 not, it seems, an isolated instance. Said » French lawyer the other day, when ap- piied to in this matter : ** This thiug is occurring noarly every day.” Not long 2o & lady from New York was shut up in prison four or five days on an unsupported charge of theft. Wo think it is about time something was done to show France and the world that American_citizenebip is worth something more abroad thau empty name. : _—— RAT-KILLING I¥ LONDON, A Picture of Under Life in the Dritish Metropolis--A Lively Night’s Slauzhe ter in Jerry Kisher’s Pike and Whaisile. From the Lendon Teleqraph. «0ld English sport revived! A rare treat for the fancy. On Saturdsy night next, at Jerry Fisner's Piko and Whistlo, Grubuay strect, Spit- altields. A gent, well known in sporting circles, will, on_theabove date, back the Pipo-maker’s celebrated dog Mustard, to tarn up forty full- grown rats sgaist any otber suimal in tho World. Weight and age noobject. In tho event of uomoro suitablo olfer being made, Mr. Bal- cher will take up the gauntlet to the tune of a tennor in bebalf of Lis one-oyed wonder. Vixon, receiving two rata of his antagonist. Match at ab hnlf-past 8. Frco usoof the pit aftorward. Plenty of lively rats for the occasion at four shillinge per dozen. A good spriukling of (ho ‘right sort’ is_confidenily expected. N. D.— Keop this dark.” * It was only on my promise that I would seru- pulously observe the mysterious injuuction with ‘hich the sbove sttractive advertisemenl con- cluded, that the memborof the* fanoy” to whown I was introduced ventured to intrust me with the three inches Ly two of limp card-board, without which & vain pilgrimage might bo made to Grubway utrect, and to the Pika and Whistlo. It was neatly 8 o'cluck on tha Ssiurday evening, when, after wandoring _through the mazes that lia behind and1n the neighboriood of Spitalfiolds Church, I L last discovered Grubway street and the Pike and Whistle. “Tuero was tho sigu, the Pike snd Whistle, snd, evon wiile I_stood for o momout hesitating, there arrived an fodividual who might bave been recognized ss undoubfedly one of the fancy. A lean, buugry-looking man of the - weaver type, with & patched and tatterad black coat, buttoned bhigh up to his chin, and a battered old hat, perched jaun- tily atop of his oilv tutced-under side-locks, Lo was not alone. By meaas of a stout leather loasa he Lauted slong, very much sgainst its will secmingly, a mobstrons, builet-headed, bands- lozged trufl-dog, with bloodshot eyes, and jaws of vreadth snd depth, mado safe for the timo by means of o muzzle. Tao bull~dog was better oX thaa his mastor, however, in.tho matter of clothing. With tendarest care its muscular car- casd was onveloped in 3 mauve overcoat of horse- cloth, daintliy bound with yellow braid The man with the buil-dog made ‘s brief halt at the bar, and I, baving dono preity much as e did thore, followed his oxampls when ho turned into a pnssago, nnd entered st o door on which “ Parlor™ was inseribed, the idea at the moment crossing my mind that ** Pit entranco™ would have been more appropriate. The 1at-pit was not here, This was tho or- divary evering resort for members of the fancy in the neighborhood, whero they ‘assombled to smoke (heir pipes snd compare cauimne notes. Thiote weco dogs on the tables among the pots aad glasses, dogs on men's knecs, or cradled like new-born babies under the breast-flups of their master's coats, dogs tied to #ho rail of chaira and to the legs of tables. Some of them were worth » pound, at least, full fed and sleck, having s glossy coat and & handsome collur, with » brass or silver-plated oinamentation, which the dog’a hamble two-legged nitendsut Lept bright by a frequent rub wich lus pocket-handkerchief or tho cull of his coat. In almost every instance the men took their © gtylo,” 5 regarded the cut of their hair aud wlnskers, from their dogs. It was the buil-dog- men who wore their hair eropved 28 close as a pair of tcissozs conld be made to bito a¢ it, and who even scemed to cultivato the bull-dog short leer, and sat with their arms bowed on the table be- fore them a8 tho bull-dog’s legs arc bowed, and snapped at their beer ay the other animal gnaps at his meat. The terrier-men wero even mora remarkable for tbeir likeness to their proteges. They wore cheir bair broshed back at t03. 8o sa v 5 hold, bald forehead, and brought st tho sides to tho front agaiv, in imita- tion of a terrier's spiky ears. The place where the comiog battle was aboat to be fought appeared to be 2n ancient skittle alley, long disused on account of leskage in the roof and other defects, snd now only put 15 gersico for cleaning pots and stowing lum- ber. Tho ‘ pit,” Bo-called, was & Bpace of the common flour, inclosed on all gides by boarding to 3 height of about threo feet. Nothing in_the shapo Cf sitting room was provided. Those who wero spocially privilegod occupied the front row, and eicher squatted or kuelt down in a convenient position for holding their doga So tbat they might Lave an uninter- rupted view of the rat-slaughter. At opposito cornors of the pit a little extra_spaco was re- served for the gent well knowu in sporting cir- cles, and for the Pipemaker, who, duriog the prelimingries, was huzging Mustard to his bo- som, and seemingly ondeavoring to inciio that caninoe hero to do his very best Ly whispering in its ear protestations of love and rricndship. r. Balcher was in the front row, too, but tha wou- derful one-ayed Vizen was mot ot present his companion. Liko a wary Genoral, and s he bitnsel( afterward confessed, ho had “ planted his dawg in a quiet part of the ‘ ‘ouse’ until Mus- tard had cut out the work, so that be mighto't ’eat bis blood in the excitement of lookiug at what the t'other one was doing,” And now there stepped into the pit a lanky soutn, who, on ordinary occasions, ofiiciaied as pot-boy on the premises ; but who, in fight-fit- ting trousers and jacket was at present iutrusted with the respousible oflice of master of the rat- ting ceromunies. He had no stick or staff, how- ever,—nothing but a pieco of chalk, the uge of which I presently discovered. Taen Mr. Jerry TFisher appeared, with o hugo, equare, iron-wir cago nnder his arm, and tho cago was full of rats—*lively” oncs, too, judging from the manaer in which they swarcicd over each othor, sud squeaked, and thrust_their restiess uoses through the bars. The sigh of the rats was the signal for every terrier presant to bo afflicted with temporary raviog maduess, and each one writhed in his master's arws, and set up sucha desfezmng din sa must bave made the leart of the stoutest rat in tho cage quail with fear. The Tipemaker calied “‘ime," end Mr. Fisher, sdvancing to the pit, oponed the little door of the caze. aud, with an amount of coolnesa that made ono's heart beat, plunged his band among the now panic-stricken mass of rats, and plucked them out by the sgeruff " of their necks, or by their tails, and threw them into the pit, whers the man with the piece of chalk Lopt count until forty wera thrown in, They made a rush to oo corner, snd thers they swarmed, mounting over each other, and hiding ibeir terror-stricken oyes uuder each other's bodies, and still piling up the heap until, in form of a sugar-loaf, it reachad two feet high at least. The Pipemaker's dog did mot bark now. With every wascle of his intelli- geut little faco quivoring, 2nd bis ears eharp Pricked forward, Mustard cyed these procasd- ings, and seemed .to bo jealously counting tho 'number of+ his enemies o3 they were thrown in, lest be should be cheated of one of them. Then watches wers produced, and the Pipemaker Leld his dog by the shoulders. **Say when,” esid he. * Now,” sharply exclaimed Jerry Pisher, and thea fu’a flash Mustard wzs amoug the tats. Mustard drew on tho rat-bank with the ceation of one who has doubts of his stability of bLis ac- count there, He didn't disturb the'base of the heap ; he plucked down the toprmoat oues, made oue shap at their unlucky loios, set bis fore-feet @own hard, gave them n vigorous shake, and dropped them without further coacern. ‘'he rats with loud squeals dispersed all over e pit. The Pipemaker—who L cortainly think wos in error—and Mustard were at issue. “Yglh, bi! collar 'em, lad, collar ‘om!” lied’ the Pipemaker, ond Mustard prompily @vo way, and made s runoing fight of i, dashing here sod there with amaz— ing gwifcuess, his every fresh dart costing a rat hi Lfe. Mustard presently began to grow sonewhat flurried, and to now and then shake a 8, and leave it in tho belief tnatit was dea Whieas it had ye: s tiny glimmer of life in it. Wien the attendant in the pit suspected this, ho toa his bit of chalk and 1ada 3 mark ontha floc gt the doubtful rat's head erdat its tall, andif it was found tomove in tho least” out of thow boundarios it was counted a live raz, uud “ ote to the bad.” Thare was one rat, not a vary larze one, bat whok tremendous teath and gray whiskers pro- | claimed bim & veteran, and who up to tiis point had %ilifally evaded Mustard's reveaging jawa. Tler wezo threein a corner, andtii. terrier, who evideyly had a reli=] for rats iwcorners, made rush dere, intending to make short work of tu The guy-whiskered animal .was one of -the trio, and, meing Mustard's glaring eyes, feeling his hot, myrdérous breash parbaps, be did a despar- ately fucky thing, Ho eprang k. Mustard's very jaws, and, fixing his keen, whita taeth in the dog’s tnder-lip, bung there, . Novw, indeed, was the excitement of the sports- men of the pit immense. I vain he shook and plunged, anG tossed, and endeavored to scratoh off the rat with his fore paws; the creature clung fast. A good ten seconds at last had Leen already cut to waste. Tiatsbarein the “tenper,” of which he had made 80 eure, was ing each moment more and moro_improba- lo to the mind of the agonized Pipemaker. “Oh! collar 'em_boy, collar 'em!” The tone in which the appeal was made had sn instantaneous effectou the gallant Mnstard. With & short, sharp bark, that seemed not unlike *1 will, will,”" for all that the rat etill cling to his lip, cansing it to blesd fraely, he went to the enomy agaiu, and, befora ten might bo counted, tackled and killed five. Tho gray-whiskered tormentor lost bis hold. snd then, qaick as lightning, M tard pinned him, and he was among the slain. There remained but eight of the ras to dispose of, and, emultsncousiy with Mustard shoking the lifesut of the last of these, Jerry Fisher called “Time"—three miuutes sud three-quarters. Then the dead were collectod and _tho pit ‘brushed ont, and Mr. Balcher prodaced his “little wonder," the one-oyed Vixen, and 3r. Fieher wau ready with tbirfy-eight more lively rats—two being allowed him on account of his admitted inferiority. 1t was evident from {he first that be was an_ over-rated animal He was & yonnger dog fthan Mustard, aud, despite - bhis _one oye, botter-looking, which, probably, in some dagres, accouated for the fatal vanity that marred his proccediugs. Ho would go in at'a furions rate, tumblicg over his ats like ninepins, but after sach display of talens he would loxe many precious moments in self-grataiatory barking. ~ ir. Balchor wased terrioly wroth at those times. _With horrible fm- preeations he shook his great fist at the wonder, and cried to him to hold bis jaw aud get on with his work. Hu remonstratel with him with sigus o8 well as words, snapping bLis own jows s0d shaking his head in the manner of shaking a rat, uotil his boir was all over Lis eyes and he was oarse with rage end shouting. 1t was nor unti; 1t was too lste, howevor, that the Vixe. conld be brought to. take a sufiiciently Rerious view of the matter, and the Pipomsker's Mustard was declared the victor by at least a quarter of & minute. ASTRONOMY FOR 1873. A summary by Prof. Kirkwoods To the Editor of the New ¥ork Tribune: Bix: Tie following brief skctch of the pro- gress of Astronomy during the year 1873 may not be without iuterest to somo of your readers: ~New Asteroids—Seven minor planots have been discovered since the cormmoncement of the car- ront year, all in our cwn country. Four of these were dotected by Prof. Watson, of Apn Arbor; three by Dr. Petors, of Clinton, Nuw York. The race between theso distinguishoe observers has ‘been recently quile interesting. The astronomer of Clinton is still shghtly shead, though closely pressed by lus industrious rival. The discov- eries of the present year makethe whole number of known cateroids 134. 2 Cumets—Deside the return of three periodic comets previously obscrved, four others have passed thair perihelia during tho year 1573, On 1ho 3d of Aprd M. Sicpban of Marreules do- tected tho sccoud comet of 1857. This bady, on its first_observed approach to the gun, was dis- covered by M. Tempel. Its period, which is o little over six_years, varies considerably on acconnt of Jupiter's dwstarbing intiuence. Its orbit q;pmwhea moro nearly the circalar form than that of oy other known comet. Two other comets of short period—thosa of Lrorsen and Faye—wera rediscovered by the same forta- nate observer ; the former ou tho lst, and the Iatter on the 3d of September. On the 3d of July M. Tempel, of Milan, dis~ covered a telescopic comet, which proved to be a member of the Jovian group. Its period is five years and two months ; its motion 13 direct, and its orbit_has about the samo eccoatricity. 2a that of Faye's comet. : Tho other comets of the year presented mo ghenomann of special interest. Ii 18 remarxa- la that while the seven asteroids wero xll dis- covered In America tho seven comeis wero all dotected in Europe. Memoirs—A uvumberof valuable astronomical memoirs Liavo been read during tho year Lefore the various ecientiflo_societies in Eurore and America. At the April meeting of the National ‘Acadomy, Prof, Alexunder, of Princeton, read peper of great interest oo the Harmonies of tho Solar Systom. Several papers on the mutnal ro- lations of the planctary orbits have been com- municated to the Americal Philosophical Socicty by Prof. Chase, of Philadelphia. At tho Parid Academy of Sciences, Leverrier has prescated two or threo elaborate memoirs on tho theory of the four outer planets. Prof. Newcomb is to- derstood to have comploted bis investigation of tho orbit of Urange, sod we may expect bis work to bo shortly issued by tho Smithsonisn Inmstitution. "Mr. Abbott 8 few moaths siuce Tead a paper before the Toyal Socicty of ‘Tasmania, giving the results of his recenc observations_on the great ncoula in Argo. Theso observations are of great in- terest as indicating a process of rapid tran: formution where ‘it was supposed the changes muet be of o secular character. **The dark spaces in the nebula,” Mr. Abbott remarks, +are oxtending and becoming more undatined, gradually flling up with small stars.” During tho year preceding tho dete of Mr. Abboit’s memoir, tho number of visiblo stars “in tho dark porzions of the nebuls had increased fully 30 per cent. Tmportant papers have also been publishod by Br. . A. Proctor, the distinguished Secrotary of the Royal Astrooomical Society, Prof. Watson, of Aon Arbor, and many others. In gbort, aithough the year has not been dis- tinguishied by any astfonomical discovery of ex- traordinary brillisncy, tho scicoce bas certainly ‘made substantial progresa. . K. BrooiNGTO¥, Ind., Dec, 13, 1873, LA e Yo o Fanuy Iemble. Everybody remembots Mrs. Pierce Batler, who was alwags called by her maiden name of Fanny Kemblo. Sne was certainly & lady of great genius, gifted with manv masculine accomplish- meuta. I distineily remember s ceriuin even- ing party at the Sedgwick manor-house. Wlea I atrived I found Mrs. Batler at the piano in the front drawing-room, singing Spavish_ballads, which ebe qid very sweetly aud ofectively After a timo sho ceased singing and entered into conversation with 'me. Her arms, which she calied her *‘deformities,” were bure, and they, as weill as ber face, wero very much burned by tho sun. She told me she had boen out all tho day alone upon tho lake, fish- ing: that whon she returned to the house sho for tho first timo heard of the purty for that evining, and that she Liad not Liad time to both et ond dress without detaining tho ress of the family, The resuls was that she Lad not tasted food since breakfast, aud fel: very faiot and ex- bausted. All the time she was carelessly drum- ming the koys of tho piano. _ At length she aroso from ber seat, snd slowly sauntered into the back drawing-room, while I remained standing whero L was. Alter o short intorval, hearing very loud talking iu the other yoom, I loungod into it to see what it meant. The rear of the house was very pear the Housatonic, nnd it kad s bay-window oo that side. Seated in this window, with her back £o the window, was Fanuy Kemble, snd sitting on either ¢ida of her wero the Rov. Dr. Parker and the Rev. Justin Fleld, both clergrmea of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Thereupon I drow up & ciair, 3ad, facing the lady, completed the partic carrce. Sho was doing tho talking just then, and her subjest was horses, for which animais sho had s passionate fondness. From Lorses in generai she soon passed to war or cavairy horses. °** Dy-the-bye,” eho went onto Bay, “this reminds ma that the list time I was in Evgland [ met Sir Harry Smith. o told ma thai Lo was a_Captain of horse at Waterloo, bul thet his command was not called into action during tho day, Iu tye afierncon the Duie of Wellington, at the head of his steff, rodo np to where b was, and called to him, *Come, sir, get your troop in mo-~ ti0a,—get your troop in motion.’ Now, Sir Harry did not know anything about tho fortunes of the day; 8n, salutiag his Commander, ho hesi- tatingly 2sked, ¢ Which way, sir#'” 48 she gava tho Duke’s reply ske arosa to her fect lice s tragedy Queen, and, with clenched hand, shout- ed, * Forward, sir, by G—!" Acthis her imme- diate suditors started, as if electnticd; butzho calmly resumed her chair, and went on With :ho convareation as 1f unconscious that she bad vio- lated any of the proprieties. She-soon. fell a-talking about the trapsmigration of souls, Brabminism, and I cannot recall what beeides. When I withdrew from the pariy *ha was still engaged with Bowme subject of myssical theology. Twoeds s So iliusirious » moan zs William M. Tweed must bave his nicke 1o the day's bistory. Ac- cordingly. we are told how he eujoyed his Clristmas. He rose despondest and sed; at” roll-call e looked like an octogenarian; bhis ortly tizure was shrunlken, his sliculders stoop— ing, his {ace wnnkled, and be did not enjoy nis breakfast. But he got better as tho day ad- Sanced and bis relatives and friends calied in to pay hima Chratmas visit. And when be had Gnjoved a * luzurious luncheon,” we arotold that * the weight of ten years had rolled from his shoulders ; he stood “erect and looked 23 though he forgot that ks brown -uniform was the badge of & prisoner.” Morcover, be bogan to tato o0 interest in outaido aftaire ; wanted 10 Imov all about Genet’sescapa, and how * Sheriff Brounan took it.” Mayor Hall's scquittal was also a matter of interest to bim, aad elicited Heo thought it wss brought frequent reference. but smd that if about by Hall's soclal pesition, thero was anything dune wrong he (Hall) | ¢ pever profited by 1t.” THE LAND OF MIDNIGHT SUN. Mons. Panl Du Chailin’s Adventures inthe Arrtic Rezions—A Model Peo- ple and Their Democratic King. From the New York Sun. Mons. Paul B. Da Chaillu lectured in the Rav. Dr. Duryes’s church, Brooklyn, on Thursday, Ho said that Le grow tired of the Equator, and went to 71 deg. 50 min. north latitude, where for threo months tho sun does not. set. He continued : “ The Swedes and Norwegians are fine people; tho country the grandest I'have ever travelled in. There ar evidences that it was once cover- ed with ice. The mountain rocks are smooth from this causo, and the valleys show the effects of ice-tloes. In AMay, June, and July the sun ehines all the time.” It is a slunder to call the Scandinavians barbarons. The are civilized—all read and write. They aro compellod by law toat- tend echool. Their religious faith is Protestant. They esteem heir churches highly, and revero their graveyards. When a man dies his body is interred in & graveyard, if it has to be carried 100 miles. The moral. Iwas never robbed of a cent, thongh with them three years; why, the women pat their jewelry in my room to suow they were not afraid of me. ‘When in Stockholm I had & desire to see the King, 80 I wroto to the Secretary of Stato, I was politoly informed ihat His Msjesty had_gono Visitinz, but would roturn in two days. When he arrived, I was invited to call on lum. I went to the palace expecting to sea soldiers, infautry. cavalrymen, aad artilierymen; but thero was caly ono soldicr, and ho did not even ask me ~hare I was going, or what 1 wanted. I went ~*rs nuchallenged, and al leogth iutorcepted ' a survau’ by whom [ was directed where to iind ing. « 10 morning,” said e, « Goud morniog,” L responded. And this was our iutroduotion. In less than three minutes ho asked me to haveo a cigar, snd then ghowed my books, which had besa trans- latod. I felt proud; it was an honor to have them in bLis lapgusge. Ho asked mo to como 2nd gpead the noxt day with him. 1 weniand roamed through thopaiace in search of its own- er. Finelly I baliced, **Is thero any oue about ?" and suzceeded in arousing some one who pointed me to aroom. I cutered it, aud found the King just putting on - his coss, He Liad beon at work painting. I was Lospitably entertzined. When abour leaving I requested somo.of his_portraits 1o give to the girls in Brooklyn. Ho plecsantly complied, writig on them, at my'solicitation, his antograph. *‘Now,” £aid b, laughing, * you must send me somo portraits of the Lrooilyn girls.” I thought he was a splendid man. i Reaching the seventy-third degree, you meet imuenao [crests of fic und pize. Those foiests are the wealth of the Inud. The people are farmera of democratic id: worth half s willion bave their servauts eat at the table with them. In the cities this custom 13 no¢ allowed, and you find chignons and crino- line, a8 you do in Ameica. Trovelers aro always wolcome. The citizens gecerally speak French, English, and German. Itind that tha horses won't carry you up hill. When they reach tho_foot of they look around tosee you quit the carriage; if you don't they stop. Tho neople are never in a hurry. I weniintos church and saw a club Iy- ing on the pulpis. Tinquired its use. ** When mY congregasion get asleep I pound on the pul- pit wicls that to wake them up,” was the answer. Thero was also & pole” eight to ten feet long which I +¥as told the sexfon kept to poke into the ribs of sloepers for tho second oficuso, Ieaw’t understsnd bow they get _ asleep. The seats aro uncomfortable, sbout six inches wide, staight in Lize back, with nzrTow ridzes to keep your heads straight, and thoy nover Liave fira in the churches, zlthough the ~thermometer does stand 45 bolow freezing point. Their Sanday osis Lenty-four Thours, Leminniog =t 6 on Sat- urday evenlng. Sunday afternoous-are devoted to danciug. ‘The Scandinaviacs drink sud ges drunk, but they dou't havo the tremens, nor quareel, vor fight. Tho weret_they do. when intoxicated, is to kiss all the yiris they meet on the street. There aro cuurch-yards 600 years old that have no tombstones. The peopla are exceedingly refigious. Every houso hasa Bible or book of Psalms. I saw numbers of onds of good things going and conciuded 1t must bride ?” I men and horsobac| into 2 house_ono ¢ mean & wodding. asked. “¢"L1an's that, man has lost bis wife, * funeral jollification.’” - continued for daye. > At Jast I got to tho Land of tho Midnight Sun. T watched it thronghout the first mnight, and re- muinecd there nearly eeven weeks. 1t bothered me to know when to goto bed. I discovered the birds retirod at 11 p. m., and got apat 2 a. m. Somo of the farms have a8 rany a8 forty- five houses. Thero are housos for cheese, and for butter, snd this thing sud that,—I don't know what'all. Each farm ha3 two dwelling- hous.:xk-—anu for winter and avother for sum- mer. uscs can be rented for €5 a year. Car- penter's wages'aro45 cents s day, and yet tney sirike. Everybody works. There ere uno mar- ket ; nothing is sold. Whoever has moro than ho wants for himeelf, ho gives 1t to whoover needs it. The peopla nre healthy. They do not Dbave consumption, and you nover 5co AN oma- ciated form. Younever sce 3 begrar either. If to0 poor to live, they ara too proud to bog, sud Dot mean enough to steal. , Tho scusistanco is vour milk, coarso bread, meat twica a weel, and Where is the fish. "t length T reached 71deg. 5O sce., the cape, the norinern part of Lurope. Tho coast of Norway is magnificent, its: harbors lined with Steamboats ; its mountains, bigh and grand, are covered with glaciers waters so ciear that tho bottom of the sea ig discernible. Sweden bears no comparison to it. Grog shops are 100 miles apart. ‘Chey buy whisky by tho quantity. and keep drank while it lasts. ~Courtstup aud marriege aro pecaliar institutions. Ieaw one match made. e met her at the gate and poked Lis fingers in her ribs, 2ud said 4T want to cet married, don’t you?" ¢ Oh, T don’t know. 2 Yes, youdo, let's get married. , ask papa.” ** N Thind him, we'll get tarriod anyhow. went aroand telling everybody he saw; going to marry that girl.” Thie proparations continued during tho threo sweoks required by law to have the bans publish- ed in the churches. Fishes wera caught, stores for the feast [aid in, beer brewed, and whicky purchaeed. Wedding jollificstioas’ are fndulzod 1n for 8 weels. This couple were married. They went from the church to tho house, and tha bridesmaids locked the bride in her room. groom knocked at the door. + How much will you xive to come in2" “Two cows and “That's oot eaough #Thres cows and 310.” *Oh, you are nch; vou must give more thaa that.” Five cows aud 295 was the tloal offer, which was accepted. In Writing to & lady you do not uso tho name, but adiress it to ber facher, like tbis: **Jabn Jones' daughter,” and add the name of the farm. “Many hiavo tho impreasion Lapland 18 dark ia the winter, but that iaan error. The country is illumisatod by wuorthern lights every night. T wanted fo see tho Laps, and drivo o reindeer. They can go 50 mies an hour for two Lours The sledges are narrow, have an oscil- latiig moticn, snd oz unaccastomed to them will tumble out in all dircctions. You drive witlx ooe line only ; tkat reaches from the animal’s Horne, and is ied around your arm. Afcer you got pitched out, tho reindecr stops when ho f4 tited of dragging you throngh the emow. Someumes they bout faco and buck you out, and mo¢ Infrequently perform that task by kicking. I was keeled ont by a kick and soatched along 200 yards at tbe ratsof noerly a mila a minate. We drove to an scquaintauco who owned 4,000 raindoer. I wont into bis tent, and found men, womes, dogs, and oclier snimels cleoping together, nd I found so mauy feas there that 1tock my bag ond went out to slecp in s enow-bauk. All ihe Christisus resd aud write. ‘They wear snow-shoes tea feet long aud four feet wido, and go eliding about in & comi- cal mauner. Tho journey from New York to Christiana éan be made in twelve daya. I wondes wmore tourists do not go there. The summers are warm, the winters are cold, bub chermngly healtlhv. The hotels cannot bo surpassed, aud thetr charges ars vesy moderate. Disturbing a Belizious Congregations From the Augusta (Ga.) Conatitutioncliet. The caee detailed below, hy the Pelersburg Indez, in s2id o be the only Oue on record, but it coaveya a tremendous moral to offenders in the same livo: L Siate vs. William Linshaw—Indictment for mi-deweanor, tried vefore Luseell, Judge. at Tioouson Buperior Conrt, spring term, 137 De- fendant was indicted for distiubing a religious congrezation. The evidonce. 8 detailed by sev- eral witnesses, wag substactially this : Defend- ant is » member of the Methodise Charch. He sings in such a woy as to disturb the coogre- gation. Atthe end of each verse Lis voicn is heard after sll the other singers have ceased. Oue of tho witaesses, being requestod to dsscriba defendant’s singiag. umitsted 1t by singlng & versa in the voice and manuer of defendant, which eople ara honest sud. TLand-owners | Iaughter, convalsic bar, the jury, aud | donco that the di fendant ¥ainging | effect of it was tor gation laugh and| - | Ligious_snd. fri i thio Berious and al30 in evidenca (Without oujece.—, congregation bad been 50 much dsturbed by 1w that tho preacler had declined to sing the hymu and shnt up the bouk withont singing; that the Prestding Elder had refused to proach iu the churci ot account of the disturbance occasioned by it; and thst ou ono occeasion a lead- ivg member of the chmech, appre- ciating that thers was .a feeling of polemnity pervading the conzregs- tion in consequencs of the sermon just deiives ed, and feanng that it wouid ke turned into ridi- cule, went to the defendant and_asked him not to sing, and on that occasion be did not sing. It also appeared that on many occasions she church members and authorities expostulated with the defondant about his singing aad the disturb- anco growing out of it. o all of which Le re- phed: *That he would worship his God. and nt, a8 o part of his worship. it was bis duty to ug.” Defendant is a strict member of'the eaurch and 8 man of exemplary deportment. It was not contended by the State upon the evi- dence that be bad any insention or purpuse to disturb tho congregation, but, on the_contrary. it was admitted toat he wa3 conacientiousiy tak- ing part in the religions services. There wa3 3 verdict of guilty, judgment, and an appeal by the defendant. A Morrible Scene. The Sydney Empire publishes a narrative of a shocking occurrenca which recently tovk placo at Noweasalle, New South Wales. Awmony other Jomonstrations, it ¥aya, to celebrate tho abalition of tho tonnazo duse, thero wasa bonfire oa Shepherd’s Hiil. Tho firemen, eager to maku tho affuir as successful a3 possible, poured kerosene oil upon tuo buring heap, bat for some timo this had eimply the edect of creating 8 momentary btaze, which would subside 1s eoou 23 the kerosene was consumed. Lewis Wood, u member of tho brigade, then mounted the heap. took tha ¢an io his hands, aud commeuced paar- ing the oil on the fire. He was warned by somo onoof thadanger heran,but took no beed of wi:at was said. Presontly su awrul explosion too! place. A dull sound, like the boomwg of dis- tant canoon, was heard, and 8o 1mmense voinmo of flamo shot ont amongst tho crawl. When the shock w23 over, the mofortunate mau Wood was seon roling dows the burbing Lesp in s sheet of flame. The oil had sppircntly splashed over his clothes, and a8 he emerged from the beap he was a mass of fire. Ho s gled oa to bis fcet, aud gain: his cries of despair being territle. | baa got such complete hoid of his oil-saturaied uaiform that the work of putting them ount was nexs to impossible, and o eauk to tho grouud exhausted. - Bome of the firemei t00is Off their coats, and tried to beat the llames off, Lut tiey still clung to their nohappy victim, and it was not till he had been wrapped up in severst of the larga coats of the firemsn that the flames werw subdued. His heavy uniform bad protect2d tho trunis of bis body, and his helmet had alio pre- veoted the flames from reaching lus head, but H i3 face presented ae avwlal sight to look at. lingered in indescribable agony till Sunday af: Dcon, when death put aa ead £o his safferng A Frightful Dceds--An Infant Kied and floasied by Ity Mother. Portland, Oregon (Dec. 22), Ditvatehto the San Fran- cisco Uhronucie, The neighbora of Mra, Mary Farloy, residiac or: Fourth street, were startled - this afiernoou by hearing terrific oazcries proceeding from her dwelling, and, rapairing to the spot, foand siw had broken the furnitire and dishes, awl wa3 acting like o crazy person goserally. Oue of the neighbors, knowing that dre, Farley bad u babo about thrce months of age, and not sceit,c it about the diwelling, instituted a seazch, and tho babs wan found 1n the stove bumed to e cnsp. Aro. Farley say eho beat its head oa the floor befare puttig it in tho stove. rs. Far w23 in the Insace Asylum somo fivo yeass uzd and discharged as cared. She was taken in custodsy, and will, of coursc, bo again #on: £ thy Asylaw. —_— ¥fow Berlin Gives n Supper to a Greal Man. Lerlin Correspondenc: N, ¥, Tribune. Tho sapper was S0 mmple snd spuropriate in its charscter that I should like to ofer it a3 o model for all similar celebrations at Lome, wheio W usnally havo a hullow splendor at an immenss cost, and an opportunity for getters up of feasts to distinguish themselves, without much rogard to the opbject or s representetive. Wo had & pmu,‘mtmnfiu bill of fare, includlag carp o veuwou, for- about 31 apioco, wach orde ing his own wine, and paging fow cents toward tha moderate amount, consumed by the distine guished guest. “Hnowlodge” was the firet tuast and “fhe. Explarer, Gerhard Robifs," t: second 7 after vhich the explorer aroso aad ex- plained to us the ecope, expectation and, ds tails of Lis uudertaking. 1Lhis was thoend of formality ; what remained was pleasantly social, and must not be reporieil. ANVIEMENTS: McVICKER'S THEATRE. FOUR NIGHTS ONLY AND A MATINEE. SAT,VINII **Tho beat living actor."—Robert Browalng. M. Maurics Giran bay the hanor to aanounce the Dabul 1o Chicago of SIGNUK TOSIMASO SALVINI, oa MONDAY EVENING, Jan. 5, Tn the Great Biblical Tragedyof SAMSOIN!? ** Noonoe can say thatho has really scon Salvini <bi ¢ 36D bitn 13 hus grand and poweriul upersocatios mson."—Puiladelphis Press. Taesdag—DAVID GARRICK. Wodnrdey—OTHRELLO. Friday—LA MORTE CIVILE (CIVIL DEATIL. Shturday—Farawell Matinoe~ LA L] To-day tho Sale of Seats will commance &t tbe Thoatre, where also Jibrettoy ara for sal Prices—83, SL.i0. and Ke., aécordlog to location. McVICKER'S THEATRE. NITLSSOIN. STRAROSCH TT2LIAN OPERA CO. Tha Compaoy compriscs ing actiat MADAME CHRISTINE N1LSSON, BILLE OSTAVA TORRIANT SPLLIE MAREST, IS8 ANNIE LOUISE CARY, Signor ITULO CAMPANINI, M. VICTOR CAPUUL, Siz. DEL PUENTE, Bie. MaKRA. Big. SCOLA S 24, Ig. MUZIO. 5, BEIUENS. MoVIOKER'S THEATRE. Friday and Saturday, last Porformances of |BHIEL BARRY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS, OHRISTMAS EVE, or The Grey Lady. THADY, MR.SHIEL BARRY. Saturdsy Matinse—THE REEUGEES. Laaty O'Bslon, SHILLBARRY. Monday Nizht-SALVINL. HOOICEYfi_‘I‘EEATEE._’ Friday, Saturday and Saturday Mlatines Postttvely last three performances of Geo. Faweatt ‘Rowe's groat sconio play, THE GENEVA CROSS ! With its Great Cast, Buporb Sceners, Ny e e mthor great scenlo play, MAGNO- A, ACADEMY OF MUSIO. TO-NIGHT, FRIDAY, JAN. 3, Beneiit of MR. SOTHERN. When will bs prosented = .0 T, s dy, wriiten ezpressly for bim, DAVID GARRICE. An arigins} thre: and his cxclarive Monday svaaiag, MYERS OPERA-HOUSE, bot. Dearborn acd Staze. lonroe- An Uprosrof Fap. - Eormaua Succers of the and Laneosole Pantonym L ST inalsice stusic, breurifal Tabiesux, bewildéring Trica-. a4 glowiay Transtormation Scsae. Yiatkin and Wilion, BiUby Sawcumb, Geo. Dvenprrr, Bea Cot:oa, \Wm. Arlinzton, Billy Rice, Jno. It. Kewlic 10 now and varied eaaraciers. Gracd Now Yoar's Mazace Thursday alteracoa. Evexy evening, aad Satardey Matico. GLOBE THEATRE, TO-NIGHT AND SATGRDAY MATINEE. Miss Augusta D250, As CAMILLE, or THE PATE OF A COQUEL:: Satarisy algaty ** Lacretis Bosgla.” ‘Monday ¥ ALd