Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 1, 1874, Page 9

HE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY M - 1 9 TELSYION AND SOCIETY. gpring K Zos---The Hair, Hats, Bon- ieis, and Parasols. A Bridol Tronsseau---Dresses, Wrap- persy Gt gome Gossip Aboub Social Life in YVasbington. Epring Fodes--A Dridn? Tronsican, Tu tho eartior patt of thie month, 2 seom- £d to bo in o tba reign of grim (Winter, tnd possnss Liersslf of Lis throne. Ilor succoss appoared s posaible thing for & Lrief poriod, bt the old Fovereiga was notso_ easily o bo deprived of his power, nor inclined to givo way to tho next in succassion before his appoint- od ime. Spring. therefore, hasrotired dafeated, and tho old gentloman eppears inclined to visit his eubjocts with extra teverity, because thoy geemed to prefor tho heiress cpparent to tho seiguing power. Looking for n speedy corona- tion of tho young end besulifel Princees, the old robes seemed sadly faded, clnmsy, acd ill- fitting. New regalis to welcome the n ruler was the apparont necessity of the momeut, and HWTTAT SHATL TT DE 27 was the quostion. A someshat difficult one to gnswer; and vet, ing must dio sfter a time, oven if i i in whieh it would be deceat, ot to say end thon tho young Trince: gtill assumes parzmount interest. We mesn to fLe ledics, cf courss. Ko man ever caras swhethor bo gacs to conrt in his old germents or He hs3 2 eoul above bttons ; and, though it Lias been asserted that, no matter whatn man’s bleseings moy be, he cannot be Lappy if his tronsers bag at the knes, wo repudiato the inouando with scorn. As if ho gave one singlo fnousht of ibat great, thet superior, mind of Lis to v ETCI TRIFLES #5 outward personal sdornment. To be sure, there are ceifain variations in the style of his sitire, and what was de regle Iast yeor looks gono Py this; but don't fancy for & moment that it is yis fanlt. His tailor, bootmalker, and hatter are responsible for theso changes. The thonght fcrees itsell wpon cur brain, “Or what sex aro thesc creaturea who enpply these changesdn the cat of man's apparcl We supposo it is illogi- Gal; women nlways are, yon kmow; buta dim ; s our mind that these porsons have men. We cannot quite reconcile it inds previously men- i ~ivo it up. Turring, thee, to our ovn sex. whoso minds sre olinguther given up to the frivolity of %.3hion, and wsbo do care whether thoy are clad cew nnd festel arrsy, the fact at once presents 1 that the grand zntcerat who dictates many 2 ch2nges in her costume 15 ALSO A ZAN. n to the world a Worth, and ,ands are ept to think ho must small fortune by this time, if thesums b have bazn charzed to them as being due to the great men-milliner are to be taken into pecount. New York also hes her represonta- fives, of (lis gox who #re_great-minded, among Ber principal mantuz-makers ; and tho person ho £tands at the head of the samo branch of business ip Chicapo is also 3 man. Heving said 2 defenco of our positinn,—though bow -€hat enrerior heing, man, con find so much timo to aerail our miserallo little weaknesses, from which ba in £0 frec, is a mysiery 10 na,—ve, un- Aer protest, hint to our I riends a few sug- geetiors for the coming feason @ The new goods heve not yet reached Chicago, and, althongh zacther week will probebly see mnny of them displayod for public criticism, with but few excertions thoy aro siill in tho “Custom-Houso or ea rosta from the other side. Mhero never vas 3 time when (he sseertions ‘gespecting coming faehions was DICTORY AS AT TRESENT. “4n ono Lreath it is aszerted that il ruperfluons trimmings havo gone out, 2nd a_style plain to Puriteoiem will proveil; #nd the next person 3+ho comes from Paris brings one plain robe, 80 ealled, and mme that aro more intricafely ¢rimmed than ever. It wonld seem from this, rowever, that it might be left to cach woman's ‘own tasts to dressas she raw fib,—eitbor with Xigid eimplicily, or_as many floances, ruffies, pufls, scatlopa, rovers. fringes, lacos, and flow- Ers, a3 » dablin bas petals. Starting, then, with the head, THE NAIZ fe £tifl wora very high, combed up from the naps % 2nd piled up on the crown, puff upon nat curl; while the whols,' fox evening toilott is ornamented with gar-j Jonds of fowers. aigrettes, and delicate ostrich hout feathers. The hats for visiting chrll surmount this_edifico, are: first rtory, silk and tulle ; sec- ond story, flowe:s; third etory, tulle; foorth; siory, more ; 3fapsard, s combination of, fio fhree. Aud g0 they go up, up, up. Wil they nevar come dowm, down, down? In thia conmoction, the mext thing that is supposed to £o over tho hiead when cecasion Tequires is THE PARLSOL. Asthero are mot enough pines, to say wothing of tracs of costlier wood. to mako sticks enffi- ciently long for tho haudles of these articles if fiioy wero curved o tho id mauner, they will Epread out in the flat Chineso or Japaneso shape. ey must, bowever,mxtch the costuro in ehado ond material, if possible. A black rillk dress ro- quires a black £ilk ag0l, lined_with the shade toat is used to trim tho robe with. A thin or- gandy dress Taust Lave sccompanying ita parasol Govered with organdy or lace, and a silk lining. DONETS siz0 match the costnmes, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa may be etadied 23 2 correct model for the ¢ pitch of enme of them. It will bo nec- ceary touso & Litlo mathematical Luowledge here, where it is found izcoavenient to fasten tho structure to the Lage, which paradoxicelly is the apex; £0, fair ladies, ask any of your mas- ealino friends what is meart by’ asserting “that, In order to make any strocturo that diverges fram the perpendicular sofo 18 o rofainiog tho fesalier ‘anglo it aseumca without toppling over, t will be necessary (uat a vertical line drawn from the centre of gravity should fall within the cizcumference of ite ba A base slave, who is alrcedy flesing from the wrath to come, sug- <3 thet the sbove i3 not at 2ll epplicakle, for re can bo mo centre of gravily in this con pection. Never mind; thero ere hair-pins, and ths rare silvor ones from India are much moro’ slloring then soy mathemstical prodlem. View-, ing this eubject, bowaver, in the light of present events, may it not bo_possiblo that the tempe: £rce-raids in which the women have a0 enthasi- “pstically joined ara o eort of fortunsto taling “timo by the forelock, and guarding againct rny sandorons infercnces and inouendoes thae might bo drawn from this obliquity of tho com- Iog hat ? Next come puf, =i toilettes, Lasement. silk; THE BODIES: &nd the result of the milliner's antopsy proves that they sro changed somerwbat in form. They areno Tonger the old postilion basquo shaps, but have been materis!ly changed. Tho corsaze Proper for vening aad recoption éreses, usu- #lly has & point behind and two in front: whila the basgua which is used for carriage sud strect dresses fits the form closels, is but Jittlo I *fhan tho waist-line at tha ba: ina ronnded form in front. with various moditi fachion. A very prett behind, snd slopes ou! 2ppearanca of bread flares = Jittle, and ir rufis of eilk snd cie Feems to be wkirts are etil! wilh oo the bu e o vt drapery ihan of embrcidery, Lnosn famliar to all in the cam designs usad for ino. Tiis was, bowever, wrought with silk on the eatin, in the pattern lmon fringe, hended by wreaths of flowers. On ona of therides wero two large butterfly bows of lace; oun the other, shirred_ pufls, sltercating with' tulle rochings. The overskirt fell quite low in front, but was gathered up behind, and tied in an intrieato kot over the ouffc, and caught on the lefc ide with gar- 2nds Of orange-blossoms. Tho corsago sloped dovn from the back_ into a rounded front, snd was finished with Point laco, feather-trimmineg, and a vine of embroidery. The DPoiute berthe brd a wieath of flowers passing from the loft shoulder across the- front to thio contrs of tho cornge, The sloevos weroa puil, with the lower edge shirred, and finished with fenther-trim- ming, 2nd tho npper edge quite o wide alanding plrifing. A fall of laco gathered zod sowed on where the slooves wero plaited fell oyor zad covered the puff. The nock was finished with a ‘plaiting of erepo lisso and Point Appliquo. was o miraclo of beatty; sd. s n miraclo of beacty, and cost $2,000. - Tt i suid tho bride did hosliato whother sho shorld buy that or the Villaga of St. Louis, but finally decided in favor of the veil, becanss that woutd bo useful in Wrshington and Paris, and che didn’t caro anvthing about living in tho conntry or trying the perils of pioneer lifo. Of tho entire costumo, while tho effoct was very boautiful, it cannot ba said that it was very simplo or inexpensive. 1In fact, it is quite probable thiat, for tho cost of the wedding-dress alone, the wholo Stato of Missouri would bavo been thrown in. There were & half-dozen WRAPPLRE, two of which, et Jeast, must Lo describod. One of theso was of the finest white Cashmare, faced down tho frout nnd aronud tho bottom with wido foldof white fzillo covered with embroiflery. Tho eleeyes wora of eilic with embroidered cuffs, and the wholo was lined turough with quilted satin, Heavy cord and tassel Lield iz &t tho waist, and a petticoat of ink _quilted_satin wes to boworn witli it. Tho anging pocket was of white and pink satin, witl » medzllion in pale-roso cornl ini the centro of it, and ornaments of the same precious sub- stanco were to be worn withiit, Slippers of pink £alin, with coral medallions in tho bows, were the proper foot-covering ; and & tiny cap of laco and rosa-colored ribbons constitnted the head- dress. Tho othor wrapper was of India muslin, ond _the back was trimmed with 8 _wide flounco, embroidored gnd edged with Valen- cienaea Ince. Abovo this were thres puffs, of embroidery worked on the robe. Tho front was similarly made, with the trimming placod vortically. Long Roman sleoves fell moarly to tlio bottom of the skirt, and wers made like the dress-front, as was also the entire body of tho robe-de-chambre,—the whole bei throngh with pale-blne milk. Coat-sleoves, which could be removed at will, were also added. and » wide sash of tho Dbluo silk with raveled edges and_knitted fringe. Bluo eillc slippors fimshed off with lace, turquoise ornaments, and & Valonciennes cap with half-blown roses, mede ‘up this particalarly simple toilct:e. A CARTIAGE-DRESS of bluck silk was faced with delicate mauve. Tke train had the usual ponflo in the baclk, aud the whole dress was_an intricate robe of the Princesse type. Tho bottom was finished with a’ flounce noarly half-a-yard decp bohicd, and sloping grodually toward the front. It wes plaited in triple box-plaits, the heading being an cighth of a yard wide, and faced with manve, These wero turned over &nd fastened down on the plait. The spaces between were filled with spiruls of Chantilly lace, 8 inchos wide. Abova fhis wero two ~ shirred puffs, tho edges faced with tho mauve. The front-breadth had three shirred rufiles fo with meuve, while on ono side broad folda pansed from tho waist to tho hem. The other ido had o design in Chantilly laco mado ospo- cirliy for that purposo. ‘Tho overdreas was s long, equare apron of compass-work embroidery, eaught hizh up on ono side, festened into the Eoufla behind, snd knotted in some indescriba- lo way with a sash mnde of black silli, with embroidered onds and mauve lining.- The basque to this was very plain, finiched only with s roft cord, but with the donble Aedici collar and & roff of Chantilly and pale mauve crepe lisge, inside of which was another of plaited tulle. Tho front of this bseque had an embroidercd plastron of il in compass- vork, lined with mauvo; - and i sleeves wero gimilarly embroidered and Yined, being finished _with rufes of Chantilly and crope liese. Tha buttons for this wero Ierge smothssta sct with small Malteso crogscs in dia- monds, with ear-rings ard locket to match. Tho hat that accompanies the costume is of tulle, paracol, of flat, Japancee shapo, has s lining of Do and 13 ‘coverod witly 5 Chantilly Lo cover. The chony stick is finished with an ame- thyst knob, The wrap that is to bo worn with this ia scarcely lareer than a fichu, is_embroid- ered like the overskirt, has a pointed hood, znd is trimmed with laco matching thzt on tho drees.: ANOTNER DRESS i was of the guipure fabric which was so scarce' Inet yesr thet but little was imported. This is Jilre o silk canvas, but is brocaded with gerlands and bouquets of flowers in whito flogs. It wes combined with a rcsy shell-colored eill. The brck breadth had a very wide flonnce, upon tho edge of which was a 3-inch shirred rnflle of the brocade, headed with & feather-trimming. Above this were vertical puffs of tho &ilk, covering the entire flounce, and divided by wreaths of dark rose leaves, rhading from a greenish-brown into tho reddish tints they take in auttmn. The back, hizd the regalation pouffe. The side brezdthshad resers finished with ruches of tho silli, with . wrenths of the dark leszves on one side and drooping sprays on iho other. The overskirt to this, of the guipure, drooped low on the right side, and wus looped Ingh on the loft, bo- i ith n beavy white silk fringe, above! shirred pufls of the rose-colored gill. Tho low, half-chaletaine corsage was of the rilk, with & gauze dertha trimmed with the dark foliage and roses. Sashes lmotted through a largo buckle of carved whito coral were looped beneath the pouffe, falling toward tho left. On the right side was the regflnfion ‘aumoniore, Or. pocket. A veil of whito Spanieh lace was fast- ened to the coiffuro with & comb of white coral gnd blnsh-roses, and was draped sbont the ghoalders, snd caught to the corsage in front in pecaliarly coquettish manner. A st of pearls: nccompanied this, and consisted of threo or four ropes for the neck, with buttons for the ears,’ while the bracelets matched the necklace. : ‘The wholo troneseau was SUMPTUOUS IN TTS ELEGANCE, cherming in 2n artistio point of viow, but re-: called the fact of the lavishness of our nation,! - and that it was an American who bought the lzce at the Internatiopal Exposition in Psris which Queen Victoria decidod was too exponsivo for s person in her impoverished condition. Modifications of the sbovo stylss will, however, provail in ell tho coming toilettes. We Ehall originate o sort of compoEito: stylo from the costumes of various' epochs, while Queen and gubject, peneant and noble, T'rance, Alsace, zod Germany, will be! ‘blended in & millennium of millinery. " Anothor fortnight will probably ehow us what these hints, aro the forernoner of, and wo ghall bs able to write positively of what wo ehall heve to chooso from for tho ensuing seseon. Tho only goods ihat wo can mention now_are the lace-striped. piques and the soft foulard cambrics which are slready on the counters. Society in Weshington. Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune, WasarxcToN, Feb, 17, 1675 Thenks to the * sackcloth and ashes ™ of Ash- Wednesday, we have timo not only to ropent,’ bat to take a long breath and goesip a little, * The city is abeolutely full of people. The President, T hear, attributes thisto tho panic, asd Fays that, ss far as ho can judge, every in< dividusl of them is here for an ofico. Tho' gociel caldron bas bubbled up and boiled over during tho past hree weeks; Society has de- manded of us eversthing : SUORT OF LIFE TTEELT. I can tell tho President of one poor soul, ot Jeast, tuat pines for a Consulate to the Fejeo: Istands. To have friends is well; bat 10,000 of them are an sbominaticn. As a child, I was in- clined to think Iehould not like zng but just at present, my roul is eo surfeited with people, withs the * pirpls and fzo liven,” 2ud all that, T feel sure wings, if nothing else, would boa’ pleeaed change. - ' Tolk abous “papics!™ There naver has gaeh * dressing™ cmong womankind in Wash- inaton £ thie vinter. It looks as though * poor, Dbu piczs Led put sl their available iamonds before maling & fries, 3 poewaes of soma attractad considersblo at Sk blonde, with vellow bair sad magmificant fernating with Valencicanes insertion and vines ' lined, lace, heliotrope bloesoms, and foathers. Tho |” ghorilders, Mrs. Jourdan Westmoreland, also sn aithoress of £ams morit at the Scuth, hesher train of admirers. She last weeldelivored a LECTURE Urox “usses” to s crowded zudience, composed mostly of grave atd reverend legislaters. ) Blie explaincd to these wiso men whea toldss, whero to kics, and how to kiss. In view of tho vexed questions beforo our distracted country, you will be glad to learn our stateoman listencd &pell-bound, and will, donbtloss, be frez in future from the shameful ignorance they Lavo hereto- fore manifected on thia subject. ** Ameng tho noted women here, I must not for- et to montion Mrs. Gon. Gaines, who, with ho _loveliest golden wig, and ths eyo and lsugh of & gl of 15, has flitted ebout everywhere, s thongh there woro 1o sush thing & old age or troublesome lawsnits in her world. Also, Madame Le Vert, who, ns & distingui d and reliable admirer of hers informed me, could carry-on o conversation in tweniy-soven difforent Tanguages with twenty-aevea diffsrens poople 2t onco. She isa rathor fatigued-looking perscn, ‘on the ehady side of 50, but with a1 interesting fnce-and manner: Then there is iadars Berti- metti, 8 magoificent cvosturn, who would weigh % tol,—with 21l scris of srall men dangling in bor train. 3 FIAT CHANCE, ‘think yom, have graceful, brown-eyed girls, like Edith” Fish nnd_Bossie Conkling, or pretty bruncttes, “liks 2Miss Van Ronssolzer or Mics Bradley; freeh from the hand of Neure, against theso fing old creatares, with their blonds wigs, their rouge and powder, their fine nocks and diamonds ? : Tho seazon has not been_a brillant on: mattor of enterteining. The day-recops tho White Hoase-have been mizned; und tho “Thorntous, tho Coc tho Stewarts, Mrs, Will- 1ams, snd feveral privato citizens, huvo failed to opon'their honses as usual. The nocizl prob- lem is_fest becoming u vexed one. Toinvits all one’s frionds is to crowd any ordinary housa to ‘suffoeation ; to exclado is to #ivo olfcnso. Of- cial lifo is but u feature of the social lifo of Washington. Wealthy peoplo, men and woman of elegsut laisure, a3 congregating hore.” Dot- ter than that, persons of literary tastes are com- !| ing to us, and s LITERLRY PARTIES .ate connted part of tho onlertaining. . During Lent, ilrs. Dahlgren offors her house for four ontortalnments (readings, &c.), invita- ‘tions st €5 ench, toward n fuad for o poor. As " the tickets aro to bo sold only to the friends of the committee in charge, the “*poor™ Thave tho felicity of having their bread possoed o jthem through tsper fingors. ink how delicious! Human natureis droll enongh ; there is a grand _chance to study it hore, of all places. The *old citizens " look down with supromoe €corn npon new-comers (oficial or otherwiso). Tho *nou- vesux riches” moke vast display. snd count all .indifference as sheer envy (as doubt loss it is in part). The newly-fledged oficial, fresh from _the rural districts, donbts bis senses when he discovers no soul here turna to look after hir. It is funny enongh to eoo theso starchy men ‘grow limp s thoy discover what atoms they aro &mong tho vast crowd of * Honorables.” Tho House is like a town-mecting. No member ‘commands much attention, unlees ho have the ‘roar of s Taurns, the prestiza of aa ox-Rebel, or porbaps o weakness for spoons (a good mary of them bave that). In the Seuate, one looksin vain for Websterian heads, though we gee plenty of - CLAY-EY FACTS. Wo confess we miss Lyman Trumball's fine prescnco. Flis successor looks substantial and gonsible enough; but we aro told that, like pious r. Btiggins, ho has o “wanity.” If itis in the shape of his protty young wifo, we forgiva him, for she is as gracefully airy, as preitily proud of lier new Senatorial dignity, 80 sny chirming novitiate wo know. Gen. L.ogan carries off the palm for beauty, and, 2s ho has tho voice Lere- inbefore-mentioned, he will lways commend at- tention——{from the galleries at lerst. Wo miss Mra. Logan’s bright, geninl presonce ihis win- ter; though. not a3 pretty as Alrs. Oglesby, sho will always be more popular. . T cannot closo this gossipy letter without al- ‘luding to the announced engageront of K MIES GRANT TO M. SAZTORIS, -of England. Ho is of a family renownod for wit and zccomplishments, and is 5 young man of wealth and fashion, It seoms Miss Nellio's in- tellectual graces were too much _for the brainy society over Hhie water, and this family of poets, .scholars, and etatesmen felt itself incomplole witkout her. T.N. W. Miscellzneous Fashion Xtems. A modification of the redmgoto will be the ‘most fashionable street garment. —Velvet pockets on the outside of sirect dreases aro vory fashionable, atvlish, and unique. 2 They aro wearing tho buckles that used to ‘bo worn 8¢ the back as & fastening for tho neck- lace now. " Tho spring bounat will be vers lerge, acd will tuin up on ono side and down on tho otlier, something in the cavalry stylo. —XNopoleon blue, green, brown, znd prrple +will be some of the fashionablo colurs in sprin goods. Of green thero are twenty differen _ebades. —Nowadays all thoe trimming on sireat- dresses sppears to be concontrated on tho_front breadths. Dlack eilk, velvet, and beads is tho handeomest and most genteol combination. . Embroidered sashos are something new. They are -of black watered silk, embroidered Fith black floss and fine jot beads; or of black, embroidored in colors. They are vary hand- some, and destined to become’ vory fashionable. —Frening drasses are o longer made with very deep trains, and the overskirt s it used {o ‘bo is entirely done away with. Al the trimming intended to bo scen is concentrated on the front ‘brondth, and the court train commences st the side meamis. Thero is something very elegant sbout this new style. ‘—Streot dresses are now lined oa the bottom with black Jeather, which preserves the silis, pre- vents tho skurt turning up, and also pravon(y the material being cut. Th:s is a French ides, wo believe, and certainly & good and scnible one. The leather comes prepared cspecielly for the purposo. —Some would-ba conspicnous and fashionabla demoiselles aro wearing tho hair in a terrible mass of frizzes and minuto curls on the fore- head and on either side of the face. It isneither protty nor becoming, snd suggestive ouly of carclogsnesa and untidy habits. —3Married ladies now have their husband’s, in addition to their own nemo, on their visiting- card,—a custom of long standing abrosd. The fashionable card just now is almcat square, the engraving being in old English snd . otherwiss lain. Somo ladies ere trying tointroduce somo- thing newin the matter of turning down cor- rs, but thus far hove only sacceoded in coalaa- g their friends. —_— Sclling a Wifc. From the Rochester (3fian.) Feleral Union,’ Bomo timo last epring, a Mr. Fauber, re iding in Jordon Township, Fillmero County, tooi aic! 2nd died, lesving a young widow to whom ho ad not long been married. Alra. Fauber endured her widowhood until along in the summer, wien eho sgain pinod for an_ainity, and, msoting o Br. Wilcox, married bim. ~Wilcox was zp- parently satisfied with the chango for % time, but for somo uuexplaincd rea- Eon ho soon fired of his bargain, and in the fall he lit out and left his spouso to an in- Yorval of grass widowhood. Still her longings fors companion of the opposite sex continucd unabated, and duricg a fortunate moment Doo Bearles came along. The twomet onlyto be gmitten with cach other. She loved Doc and Doc loved her. but, alns, sho couldn't marry, st Jeast in this State (?), for thore waa Wilcox in the way, although ha Lept himsolf out of the way. Bab Doc was_sman of resomrces. Ho hunted Wilcox up and made & **dicker ” with him for the woman. ove him s sixicen Qollar watch for all bis rights, title, interest, aud claim in, to, and apon tho woman whom ho had deserted. He conveyed all this to Doc, for and in: consideration of tho waich afore- £2id, and gave Doc a riting that might bo called 2 fee simplo deed to bis estate in the woman, sud Shntever appertained thereto. Armed with this ‘document, Doc sought the nealected wife, told Ler thie good news, and together they hied off to \Wieconsin, whero they wers made oue in matrimony. ¥What tholaw will cay wo know not, but they ovidently don't koow that tho law bas any power iu the premises, and heucs aro sin- Iosa in ite infraction. —_———— Dining Tables. A novel dining table is now i uso in ong of tho palaces of the Emperor of Ruseis. Tha table i o circular, and is placed on s reighted plazform. At tho Alzddin's lamp, down goes the tabls through the Soar, aud a new table, loaded with frosh diries 2nd sapplics, rises a its placo. Dat this is ot oll: each plato stands on o _weighted d fablocloth being cat mith circular openings, one for each plate. 1f a guest desizes 3 chaige of plate, Do toaches a ignel at lus side, when, presto, hia appears end enother rivea Fiicws meetianice] dinjns tebles sender the proa- ence of scrvants quite superiluous, In this cirs, ot (he Oneide Comwunity, thoy employ i Labics heving the central part mado to tho gobletz, rpooas, tea and cof- 14, prichess, and otiier mecessary arti- aepicure are replaced ; revolving tor brings befors him o te ceatie th_sit : i whetov ticle may bo Gesired without the in- torveation of a soocizl Waiter. touch of a sigoal, like s rub of . TI0NS OF GIEZCK AND RoMH. oxs, Trun: WILzARD SMALL. Bosto: 2 L Dz CoTEs® Latest Freneb editfon Uy Lee & Shepard. 5 We bLavo hero an embodiment of one of 1] fngenious hypothzaes which are 80 prolific ab thé present day, for the ex bloand the andemonstrable in el depariments of knowledge. It is ekillfully and olaborately constructed, ad, to the general reador at least; is plausible and interesting. Its “object ia to ghow that tlo institntions, the customs, and the character of the Grook and Roman nations had fheir foundation in, or wore developed out of, & piimitive religious belief. Iu ordar to secol iuh its purpose, it is noeeesary to go back to =1 antiquity without date, aud study tho gorm snd graduzl ovalution of tho reiigious noiiona of both theeo peoples. Tho Giceks and Romans aro united in tho same study, bocause thoy were Lo branches of ¢ singlo race, speaking two jdi~ oms of an identical langaage, wora governed by the samo laws and principlos, and paseed turongh & sorics of similar revolutions. Put what sources of knowledge have wo of tho pro-Listoric period of these two pzoples? The hymas of, the Vedas end the laws of Mana give us & clue o the thonghts aud usages of the Argaa thirty-fivo conturics ago; but thore exists not a slngle written line to testify to the life of tho Greels and Romans in their carliest genera- tiops. The only witness we have of it drells in the legends thet survived in the imaginations of the people, in thir roligions rites and cereronics which lang outlasted the faith that originally established them, and in the anciont roots of their language, whick reves! tho opivions and bapita that first molded them. Wres+ing from these scauty tolens their ut- most signiicence, wo read that, from their in- fancy, the Greco-Italians had a belief in the soul’s immortality. It first took shape in the notiou teat the soul was not released from the body at death, but wes buried with it, and ever aftee confined to the locality of its grave. Hence the sacredness of the rites of sepulture, 2nd the oustom of conveyiug, at stated intervals, food =ad wine Lo tho tombs of tho deceased for the sustenance of their sonis. As the dead wote, in a tense, still living, and pousioncrs upon their descendants, they came to bo regard- 53’85 divinitios, called by the Greeks demions, or heroes, nud by tho Latins, Lares, Mancs, and Genii ; and tho cbliguticn of offering sacti- fices to them was entalled upon all successive gouerations. 3 In & sacred and aholtered spot in the honse of evory Greok and Roma, stood an altar, on which burned & sacred fire thatiwas never extinguished. It was the Providenco of the family, the object of ita adoration. In tho course of sgesit was personified undor the namo of Vesta. Tho sacred fire and thoir dead sncestors were tho gods of every houschold. Each family had =& distinct set and secret and independent rites of wworahip, that never could be sharcd with a stranger. In tho palerfamiliasalone was vested the right of performing tho religious obsery- ances about the domestic altar and tho ancestral tomb, and from him it descendod to the ‘eldest gon. ' To preserva this nataral priesthood from extiuction, marriago was obligatory and celibacy an impicts. The wife, on her marringo, was sov- ered from the family and religion of her futher, and adopted into thoso of Ler Lusbsnd. As the Jomestic pricst and law-giver, he ruled over th hou!clmlt{, nod over Ler. Womar's subje 2nd inferiority wore tho result of a religious principle, and not of au's superior sirength. "Pho family was & religions community, Iiyre- iationuhips, tho patornal powor, thoe right of Emcoriy, the right of succession, were decided ¥ its codo of worship. Tho gens at Rome &od in Groccs was but an extension of the famuly, still holding to its prim- itive_ orcanization and unity. As famili es in- craneed in'process of time, they wero united in Jurairies oF curies,and thess again woro groupod into tribes. As socicty enlarped, aud the intel- lectual life developed, new roligions idens wero inocalated upon the old. Tho family-gads wers still venerated, but othera wore added, derived from physical naturo, zndl with & more compre- Lensivo worship. FuuxLl{ cilies wore estob- lished. They wero simply coufederations of smeller sociction, and their Iswa and institutions wora bazed upor: the_Teligions principle. awers the abodes of the famnidy and tho national gods, end og such_wera held to be eacred snd mesnt to bo eternal. v ¥ Tike tho family, the city was founded with re- ligious rites, and had its gods, ita dogmas, and its worship. It was like a church. Iteruler was its Pontiff ; its magistracy were its pricsts ; ite citizens wero the mombars adwitted to its wor- 5lip 3 sirangers had no Tocognition or possession jo it ; patriotism wn8 a reiigions enthusiasm,and exile was excommunication. With s relizion thst wea supreme in its control over tho Stato, tho city, end tho_fumily, tho ancients Lad only thio enjoyment of political riglts. Of individu- 21 liberty they had rot a corcaption. As with all -human constitutions, that of the Greek and Roman nation had its revolutions, which modified its structire, weakened, and o Jest overtmmed it. Dy tho rirst revolution, tho Fings wero skorn of Cheir political power, bub retained their religions authority. In tho ecc- ond revolution, the fa:wily-organization expo- Tienced changes. The right of primogenitura \we3 abrogated, tho gens was diemembered, and clients were freed. ~ The plebs effected an cn- trance into the city tirough the ihird revelu- tion; and, by tho fourth, democracy waa abol- isbed, and poflnlar tyrants wore 1aede ompi- potent over the State. It remained bat for philosopby. the Nomza conquest, end Christisn- ity to completo the rmin of tio municipal gys- tems of Greeco ond Ttaly, and to effaco the st yerauants of tho religiousbelicl uponwhich thoy were eatablished. We have done but poor justico to the argu- ment of AL, Do Coulangas in the above faint out- |. line. Tha original is logically built up sod carofally filled out. 1t is tho work of & scholar and o thinker, and will receivo the respect of such. -Butit not a substantiated theory. It helps us to un- dorstand the riddles of Greck and Roman hie- | tory ; but, whethor it gives us an eutire solution of ibom, there £5 a question. The Ywrongs of Gur Seamen, AMONG OUR SATLORS. By J. Gnz¥ JLwELL, 1. D, Latz United States Consul, Singapore. With an Ap- ing Extracts from the Lawa and Con- P pular Remnlations Goyerniag _tho United States Mer- | chant-Service, New York: Hurper & Bros. - The enormity of tl: abuses practiced upon the Boamen in tho American merchant-service is such s to provokoe the indignation of all right-minded men, 1tisa blot on cur nation not much leas infamous than that created Ly the late system of pegro-slavery. The colored mazn ot tho Bouth w victim of tyranny, than is cur common gailor oa the high seas. TLe rights of manhood and of Lumanity were quite as much regarded in tho one caso a8 thoy did in the other. The effect | upon the negro was not more degrading and bru-' tolizing than it is upon tho white seamen. Slave- ry, wherever it exists, is an strocious ovil, cor- ruptiog both tyrant and slave. It is timo that thio last relic of it wero swept away, end that the! ‘American people were froo, overy sonl of them, from every tpecies of oppression that one man cen foflict upon another. Crippled 28 American commerca is to-day, thero! are vearly 80,000 vezeols, including craft of every eort, eailing under our national flag. -To navigate these, the services of 500,000 scamen aredemanded. An army of men, whose inter- ests and welfara shoutd bo tho subject of carc- ful regard by tho Government, and by humano individnala and institutions. So toilsomo and wearing is the laLor required by scamen, that their averago lifo extends to only fwelvo yeara of tea-service. A startling foet, suggestive of in- caleutzble wrong and suffering. nz our merchant-marino aro of ob- vin aud destitto of education. Thkey 7 end coarse, and brutal; and circametances which sarround them go. Tho Captains are of s batier grade, baviog promotion from tho forceastlo Tigeneo and ohility. liongh bluif, and kind at heart, thongh rigid pline, and tco often cailons to the hardships hoge under their command. Tho unlimited suthority of their offico_reacts injurionsly npon the keep {hem ¥ superior intel- themaelves, for it tasks human nature as severe- Iy to be s despot zs to be a slave. The wronga from which the sailor suffess aro not wholly Owiug to tho exactiora and cruelty of the ofiicers in control of vessel aud crew. They ara equally due Lo tlio avarics and selishiness of ehip-owncrs and undeswriters, sod to defective msurino laws. It womld bo t00 tedious 1o etule hero ibess wrongs in detail, or whab tha remediet are, and where they lis. A einglo article could not contain zn_abstract_of the information on there points with. which Dr. Jewell freighta his volume, Afany instances aro narrated of borriblo ontrages perpetrated upon defencelees soamen on ehipboard, and of the vilo swindles to which they are constautly ex- izion of Greece and Reme! 5 T CITY: A STTDY o Tz RELIGION, | from the | tion of tho unkoowsy They | , ot the most, a clever bypothesis, | never more the thrall of s msstor, end the Tao body of: %cnemuy earned , Iany of them aro manly,’ ‘pored on Jand. Rems of thom hiava obtzini publicity of tha courts, bat very yow mi’{,é?.’i towarded with the punishmont they descrved. ‘Poor Jacl, from wsea to shore, is tossed like o _shuttlecock between tyraatand thiof, and is treat- )d by one and the other to perpetual * kicks, and uffs, and kueses,”—to uss his own forcible veruacular; 2nd as little redress isattainable for Bim from the law, as charity from the hearts of men, It is a barbarous, shameful cordition for American citizons to bo subjected to, and cries ‘out to tha paople for instent reformation, : i Aa ono of tho deplorable resulta of this gross { 4buse of our merchant-marine, Americun eiti- 3ons refuse to contiuuo in a soafariog life. Ai- seady threo-fourtha of our vessels aro navigated by scamen owning allegianca to- other Govorn- fents. At thisrale in a short epaca of time ur entire commerce will pass into the hauds of Horeignors. It is » disreputable fact, staring us lainiy in the face. Another serious mischief, aonually on the ju ¢reaso, is tho froquency of disasters to our ship- ping. Io the years botween 1341 sud 1843 thers were 4,06 vessels builtin the United Siaies, #ud 638 veaeels wrecked,—a losa of neasly 17 per ent of tho number built. In the years between 1868 and 1572 there were 5,337 vessels built, sud 2,177 vessols wrocked,—a loss of over 40 per cent. Truly an appallivg incronse in the ratio of disonster! Btatistics show, os the reason, ¢hit Amercan vessels are not now constructed 15 sabslantially a8 tbey used to be, and are not g0 oarefully navigated. Thole are grave mat- tors, joopardizing tho prosperity of our nation. i A planceat tho condition of our nevy docs Dot roveal o stato of things any moro flattor- ing to the national pride. We have one of the most expensiva navies in the world, and cno of $lo most defective. Liko many another Ameri- can public and domestic institution, what itlacks fo quabity it makos up in cost. Dut tuis, to sober munda, Lardly striles a balance. The British navy is kept tn oxcollent trim on less $hian ono-half the amouat expondad on our own. Tho aversge annaal cost of each vessel m ths Britieh navy (the best in tha world) is $69,000 5 Whilo the average expenso of each vessel in tho pavy of tho United States is 138,314 for the awe time. To keep our navy afloat involves a yoarly oxpenso of $(00 per man. Lngland sus- tains hers in primo order at $60 per man. Thero s o shocking disproportion betwoea tho cost of 4$ho two navies, and, what is more, an equal dis- hrgporuon in thoir efiiciency. & Tho seamen in the naval eorvice are subject {0 about the same abuses s those endured by ho morchant-marine. Thoy neod the samo orongh roformation. Recent laws bave gone fnto force which, in various particulars, tend to the better protection of the intcrcsts of the sailor on sea and land ; and charitable institu- tions in seaport towns are looking to his com- | fort and olevation. Tut much more remains to ba dono by legislation and humanity before his rights will be properly hedged about, and ho ro- coives the reooguition duo him assh Amorican citizen. - Whils acting as Consul at Bingapore, Dr. Jowel was brought into constant contact with eailors in the morchant-servico, and gained a full insight into the deplorable relations habitu-~ ally existing between them and their oficers. Tales of barbarous cruelty wore continually un- folded to him, which srouncd his deepest sympa- thics on bebalf of the seumon. He has written this book in the hope thas publio feeling will ba stirred by tho ead facts narrated, 2nd that those in authority will beincitzd to gome action for ‘tno relie?, Dot only of the oppraesed sailor, buk also of the sea-Captain, who certawly suffors much injustice from his guperiors. : Chemistry. THE BIRTH OF CHEMISTRY. By G. ¥, RoDWrit, - F. R, A, S, F. C. 8., Scienco Master in Marlborough . College, ete. With Numecrous Ilustrations. Lon- don: Mscmillan & Co. * The fact that the natural sciences have a his- Yory worth writing and rending has scarcely yob ‘obtained recognition. AMany of them are still in their infancy or youth, and have eeemingly ac- eomplished littls toward creating a history. Beholars who have been occupied with their cal- furo bave felt, too, that it was a more important Avork to oxtend their progross than to gather up the records of their growth in the past. And yot tho circumatances that havo attonded tho birth and carly development of the eciences are Toploto with interest. An investigation of them occasions rescerch into the history of nations, ‘and of tho advance of tho human mind. It re- veals new incidents touching both, and not one of thess can be without value. In proof of ihese last truths, wo have but to ‘cito the vol- | wume whose title heads thia notice, end which ‘readers of overy soil will find fall of cntertain- | ment. Chemistry is one of the oldest of tho nat- ural ceiences. Some practical Lnowledge of .it = wa3 possessed by tho ma-. tions of antiguity, centuries -before the Clristisn ors, The Egyptisos ond Sidonians, for instance, attained a marvelous skill in color- ing glass and working the motals;” which indi- ceton that they bad a considerablo nudersta: ing. of the propertics of matier and of ceriain’ chomlcal changes. Dat this knowledge was not reduced to theory, and gavo rice to no systema- tized science. It was foreign to tho geuius of! the_ancients to_observe Naturo. They couesid- bred Man the only tre object of contemplation. ‘And thoy were in the babit of generalizing from fnexact and insufileient data; hence tho few |. theories which tuoy sdopted concorzing Chem- latry sod otier natural scictices, wero crodo or zlsa. % % #“ At an early period fn their history, the prim- -0, nations were in posseseion of soven melals, | Gold, silvor, copper, tim, icon, lead, znd | merewry. Sixof theao are mentioned by Homer; | ‘but merenry is_not epoken of by writers eatlicr than Pliny. Gold-mincs formerly e d in | Tthiopia, end were washed by the Egyptiand. | 1t was mavufactared by therm into ornaments, of ‘which those styled Etruscan had raro artiztio | besuty. It was also mads into fino wira for. embroidery, ond was bealen into leaf acd used for gilding 2,000 years B. C. Goid was mado the medinm cof commerco entlier then silver, which was criginzily called white gold. Tho oldeat Greek coia 1n existence | belonged to tho currency of Egiua, and was porhaps stamped in the eighth contwry B. C. “Copper bad been long in ugo o iron was_dia- ‘covered, which was_probably sbout 1,537 B. C. “Bronze was cast in Ezypt at least 2,000 years B. C., and was manufsctured into vages, mir- Tors, arms, cte. _Tin wos olso known. at & vory. remote dafe, and was supplicd slmost_ontirely by Spain and Britain, Dycing was_extensively Emficcd, ‘and tho colors prodacsd were varied, | ‘bright, and fast. Theart of tauning wos also common, and Pliny mentions tho use of 80AD. _From this we may infer that the ancienis tho secret of “arious chemical operations, ol -though they mido no offort to resolve their skill “into a Ecienco, | Tho symbolio system which appertaina to g a It aroso from an | Ably among the Chaldees. ‘heaverly bodies composing their planstary i| tem. The names and symbols which characier- .ized the planets wero conforredupon the metals, ‘and havo been attached to thom ever since. * There is_not much doubt that Chomiatry 2s a | #cionce had its birth in Arabia, abont the elghth centary, B.C. At thet period, whon Eurore as in b state of total intollectual darknees, ‘tho Arabiana were tho most cultivated peo- %o in tho world. It was in tho eighth century that tho Unrversity of Bagdad was founded, which afterward attainzd a great celeb- rity, and at one time had more than G,000 kin- dents in attendance, _Spain was then in posscs- kion of tho Arcbs, and was tho focus of leaminfi fn Enrope. The University of Cordova enjoye: such renown thut etudents flocked to it from all parts of the world. Its hitiary contained be- Eween 200,000 a2d 00,000 volames, aud this be- foro the inveation of printing. Gebir, an Arab of tho cighth century, often called * tho Father of Chemistrs,” wrote tho first treatiso on that science whoso dato can bo fixed. Aviccnna, another Arab of great learning, #nd sn_eminent phytician, also contriluted to tke literaturo of b science. He was coe of tho fissttointraducs substances formed ariificially by chemical means into medicine. P urning now to the Ezropeans, wo find that, ‘@uriog tho 2iddlo Ages, the study of Alchemy wos pursud almost to’ tho entiro_zegloct of Chemistry. The hopoof transmnting Lhe baser metals into gold, and_of discoveriog, the Elixir of Life, which rhould transform ega into youth, cguiled men from the honest invesiigation of Nature, and led thom to spend their lives ina Sain 6tady of magic and other occult srts. In {hio early part of tho eizteenth contury, however, Paracelsus pointod out the importance of Chemistry a8 en adjunct to modicines, and tho sttention of students was otco mora directed to tho science. It was the chic? eervico which this distingaished men performed for it, 23 he ad- vanced it vory little in the way of rescarch sad dizcovery. ‘After ths time of Prrasclsas, there cocurred s % workezs, who labored to myaticism, and to_discover by erperimeni the constituents and afiinities of matter. Onrread- ers will not be interested ina Listory of tho theories which were continnouuly developed, or in an esumeration of the names of thoso who gave most 2id to_tho science by their learuing and devotion, When Dr. Hermann Bocrhaave, of Leyden, published. in 1732, the flislt compre; Lensive avstem of Chomistry. tha aniames 1 Chomistry orignated in 2 eatly ago, and prob- | ‘sociation of the eeven motala with tlho seven |- pasecd the trying pesiod of birth and infancy,, ‘and tharefora it deveioped ragidly in vigor ud stature, Dut £n account of the great discoveries of Lavoisicr, Scheole, Priestly, Csvendish, end Day, doos not enter into the scopo of the present velome. Thoy illuminste- later: pegea.in tho history of Chemistry, which Mr. Rodiwell loaves for some other diligent and enthasiastic eallector to arrange and bind togetber. 'The Theory of Evoluation. BIAN AND APLS: Ax EXPOSITION OF § RTSINBLAXCES AND DiFremENCES BEANING TPOX QUCSTIONS OF AVFINITY AND ORIGIN. Dy ST, Grocax Mivazr, F, R, 8, V. P. Z 8. Now York: D. Applcton & Co. This little work really porforms a service for tho thaory of evolution, although it was written by zn active opponent, and intended to bear avi- dnnc? againet tho doctrine. No ovolutionist en- tertains tho idea that man-has developed from a monlay, or that a monkey can by any possi- bllity dovelop into o men. Tho popular idea that this ian deduction from ths development- theory, 18 sltogether mistakon. The real suppo- sition of tho evolutionist with regard to the alli- ance of man with the ape, is, that, in a remote past, both sprang from & single root-form, but thet, from the first moment "of their di- vergence up to the present, thoy have continued to widen the distanco between them. The vari- ation which created the primitive differonco hies stendily inoreaged, until the oxiting diversity has beearcached. Therefore, when Ar. Mivart makes use of bis learning to oxpoge the structu- ral likencsses and unlikcncsses betwecn man and tio apes, ho is working diroctly in tho in- terests of Evolution. He 1s Iaborini; to clear it of & goneral misapprelension, and preparing the way for sn understanding of its legmtimate concinsions. Inlbanciing Lis subject, Mr. Mivart necesea- rily deals laxgely with technicalitics, which never miie easy reading. Siill, the trestment is as simple a3 conld wellbes, and the book adds a quots to the right comprehension to the Evolu- tion-hypotheais. Tho favorito point accomplished by tha suthor, after the array of evidence theb ‘man hus no immodiate znceator amonz the apoy, is the deposition of the gorilla from its grim eminoace 14 King of the Simiiaace, and tho lo cation of it in its proper place amorg the hom- blest brutes of itspor er. B 5 Inthe boginniog of this book, Mr. Mivart aims a epiteful dart at Ar. Darwin, Lecauso bo enjoys tho general credit of Laving invented the theory of hereditary succession: whereas ho only added to it tho liypothesis of natural eelec- tion. The thrust falls harmiess, for Mr. Darwin is ot fo blame for the world's ignoranco, any more than Amerigo Vespucci was for tho in- gratitudo which neglected to name our cootinent aftor Columbus. No magnanimous mind will Lo piqued thongh Mr. Darwin do receive soms | popular honors dae to tho originator of s doo- trine which ho has recovered from obscwrily and raised to craiuence by the immouse mass of ovi- dence he has brought to sustain it. The book is generously illustrated with fine engravings. . Dictionary of Antigquitics. A DICTIONARY OF ROMAN AND GR by TITIES: Wrirm Neanty 2,600 ENGRAVIN WooD ¥Rox ANCIENT ORIGINALS, ILLUSTEATIVE or TOE INDUITRUL ARTs AND SoClIAL Love ov ¥ GREEZs AND Romaws, By AnTnoxY RicH, B. A., Sometimo of Caiza College, Cambridge. Third Edition, Revised and Improved. New York: D. 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EQ E;;dl qch Baan- th ¢ Sala or it A dermy Buor o hers lavo brought osk * Reo- —Tioberts Brothera rou L ords of o School” Tho “ Liecor are by 2z, Alcott, who kept tho schzgl scd governed it manmer. i ry_catrzordin: I 8 e Farmace of Victor Hazo, ¢ Quatre- \'lndgbunizc." will form thre Jolusien octa 5 i t nrts, entitied—irat, *Ta er,” and s ia thige PR Aihird, “En Tendes,” Nir. Holman Aunt is to illustrate with en original eketch aach volamo of a nsw * Life of Chtist,” by tko Rev. F. W. Farrar, Master of Marlborough Colleze and chaphain to tho Qucen, which Cassell, Petier & Calphin are to ubiish. g 2 — Poter Pindar's manuacsipls are to bo sold at omfort of believing in its, o woutd take this gratifici-! auction, in’ London. Thoy inclads bl £0nga, tales, fablea, flmzuggos, proverbs, fi!& {)r;z&:;!;h;'o(a that prolifis hiumorist aad post of y eorge the Third, was DA Jobn Wolcot. st e iss Cecllis Cleveland, a nisco of Horse Gresley, aad an accomplished writer, hes in tpa a volumo entitled ** Tho Story of a Swmmer ; or, Journal-Leaves from Chappaqua.” 3iss Claver Iand has £pent Somo yeas § i Jand lis speut s0m0 yean in Europo, and is & = ) nxtbority for the stnta « Far from . thé Maddinz Crowd, no\:\erx::mg::‘g‘ in Every Salurday, and which was attribnted by London critics to Georgo Eliot, is by Thowmas Hardy. Honry Holt & Co.have arranged te publish it 10 book form, ad have ready the same author's * Desperate chad.\es{—mzu York Mail. ‘Tho Athencumn review of Alr. Motley's # History of the Lifo and Death of John Bar- noveld,” just out in two volames, promounces tho book vory unsatisfactory. Itsars: ' W it tho work of a wew wriier the faults of this book would desarve to Ls lenientls treatad for tho sake of ita genorally good writing and of the ainataking research of which it gives evidenco. ut Mr, Motloy i8° nota naw writer, cnd Lo ought tobo blamed when ko does mero work than he has provad himself able to do.” —The delvers smong old documents in the London officcs have ~discovored some more things of intorest concerni Chancer. On tho 3J of Septembor, 1399, nearly 500 vears ago, ha wag robbad of £:0 of the King's money. Rich- ard IL forgave Chancer thorepayment. Chaucor surerinten:led tha putting up of tho scaoids from which Richard 11. and his Queen saw lbe {rlmsls at Swithlield. e paid £3 for tho work. i3 own wazed wors 2 shillings a day—not muck for o court fuvorite. Tho mester curpenter nad 1 shilling a dag . g —Tliore waos a time when American roligions periodicals and newapapers uniformly frowned upon the noval; bat recantly the cxample of English publications of a similar charactcr has been followed, o doubt togreat advantage. The ZEvangelist has liad ita novel; the Tndependent ublishog short stories; tho Chrislian Unisa s its novol; tho Golden A nistes 1ty readers weokly with tho dr: i Theodora Tilton's * Tempcst T the Mothodist writers are follawing ani A ander Clatk, editor of tho Methodist Recarde sutbor of * Tho Geapel in tho Frees,” “ Wor ing Christianity,” otc., being engusged npon a po- rial story of American lifo for tho peges of tha Behoolday Magazine of Philsdelphia. MRS. SOMERVILLE'S TW) MARRIAGES. Extract from a Reciew of 313, Somerc: Frances Fover Cobde. After a few years, nlternated between h home: in Durntizland and brief gay visita ta ‘Edinburgh gocicty, whero the * Rose of Jed- burgh " was ever o 'welcomo guest, Mary Fairfax took a bold etep, and married her relativo, Sam. el Greig, Commiszioner of tha Rassian Nasy, and alterwards Russicn Consul for Britsin. Why eho marriéd this man, who was o the last degree harsh, stsm, &nd unsympathizing, and why he, whko was totelly incapm~ blo of = spprecieting any of the bigher qGualitics of woman, lighted npen tho very zblest young girl ia tho world, is one of thoso myz~ teries which muat be feft to swell tl ¢ kst of in- ecrutablo matrimonial problems. Prabably good Liady Fairfax hiold the creed thon well-nigh uri- versal, that & young lady commits nnpardonabla impertinence if sho roject the proposals of *an honest man " of suitable worldly conditivn ; and “that no Icss tremendoua doom than beiag “ieft to witber upon tio cold bank there."is tho Iegitimate rotribution for entertaining iho heresy that love is no leas nocdful to sanctify mamisgs ‘than marriage to sanctily love. - Anyway, Macy Fairfsz wedded Samuel Greig, and way brought by hin into his gloomy and -miserable_bacholor's homo in London, wEarein (albeit & rich man, making nestly £10,000 a ysar) b thought Lit {o lodga ber doring sll their married life. Mr. Greig nover forpave Sir William and Lady Fairfat for ingisting that, a least, their danghtor shonld live in Englaud and not 1n Russia, and revenged himself Ly keoping Ter much anart from her family and from nearly oIl bis own Triends. It is piteous to read that, being temptod by her affectionato beart to spend .the ocly £20 she posscssed on s pictura ‘of hor father, sis wos allowed =ctas plly to suffer from cold till her brothor-in-lsw, (Bir Aloxis Greig, gave her some fars, which ‘were - yory welcome:” albeit, poor yoang | ithing ! she only were them on her dreary, goli- ‘tary rounds.of the London squaro to which .sho had . key. On BSundey thero was tha noarest church fn attend alone; but borcud this, the beantiful and gifted young wifa 2ad tle to interct hor, cxeopk now nud then acting 18 chaperone nt tho opera to Countees Cathiosing Worow: afterwards Counatess of Penfiruke), -and visiting the ill-fated fatnzly of tho Bozare )k tho villa since occupied by Napolcon IIL 8t -Chiselaurst. - After thrae years thia marriago, which hasbeen 80 ataurdly dezoribed an the origiu of M. Som- ervillo's_sciontifio pursuits, was dissolved by doath ; Ar. Groig, wo belioto, expressing at tho last his consciousuess that hus widsw woald Thave but little reason to regret his meinory. Shio “brougbt back, bowaver, to her old home in Burntisland, & cuild who was deatined tobacoma a trua sonrco of Lappiness to her durl later years. Woronzow Greig, who alono enr- ed of hor two boys, grew up to mznhood and lived till 1865, from first to lost a most aifec. tionate and dovoted son. Iis dudns (23 Glerk of tho Peace for Surrey) kept Lim misiuly in Eogland; bus bis froquent visity to Italy, ac companied by his zmiablo wifo (scarcely leea attachod than bimeelf to bis mother), werg tha geand bolideys of Mrs. Somervilio and het _daughtern. Even when neccesarily Lop: away, Do perpetually provided that aho and his sistera should lack no luxuries whick conld be scnt ‘from England, from tho rere old wine for hia mother’s sip zt dinner to tho heautifat littia yaclit which arrived in tho Bay of Naplcs almaat ‘simaltanoously with the sad nowa of his zuddin dosth. . At 3Ir. Saranel Greig's doztn tho last impodi- ment m the way of tho devolopment of Ara. Somervily's special abilities waa romoved. She immediatuly threw horaclf ardently iata etady, purchased s livrary of mathematical works (sinco given with tho rest of her scisutitio books to Girton Collega), and ero long wmarried & man who, instead of being & chock and Lill-joy, an- couraged and aided her to the vory nimost of ‘his power. From that heppy period, exespt thy events of tho birth of ber two denghters. azd her various migrations from London to Pens, and finally to_Italy, thero remains little ‘to ndd concerning Mre. Somerviile's privata hig- tory. The orror 80 pertinaciously repected and ‘brought out onca 1oro in a striking obituasy no- tico in o daily nowepaperat the timo of her i| death,—that she was tnbappy in all the condi= tiona of her sccond marriagn, snd that ntio ierly regrottod being obliged to hive in Ttaiy dar- ing her Iator sears—wilt be, wo trust, Ly thesq & Rocollections,” atlast disproved and expladed. No more dovoted snd searcely a mora congenial Tusband could havo beed found for ber than Dr. Eomerville, with whom she had every puiult in common, and vhose zenerons seif-afacoment. in prida in hor success, deasrved, o 1t TacoiTed, hez warmast gratitude and affection. Life by fEnng by Mistzie. From the Stn Fransin Chronielr, A corrospondant of tha Chronic’s. wriling froma Slhck Canaa, Fob. 12, relates tho following sing- alar story: *» In passing through Siack Canon on Snndar, the 8th instant, I catled at A Tlores’ saloon. Deputj-Skeriff G. W. Cheek -had & Mexican under_srrest who was eufpocted of being ono of the Vasquez grag. Tho Nsjaiy wea bolding him over uutil Aorulaz, intéuding o take him boforo Judge Alesworth for trial. Ono Thomaa L. Hant, 8 lawyer of considszabla ability, wan_thero, sweiting to proscosty the Mexisan. - Hunt, kaving copiously quaffcd the flowiog.bowl, was ealeep in tho #alcon. when % body of armed men, painted and gitired a3 In- diste, broke in, and, mirtaking the langer foz th prizoner, put clinins on bhim, &xd, pazsing a +ope over ous of the besms, Pit’ & noots raund Hianock snd drew him up. But for tho gread bravory sad presence of mind disnlzyed by ths Depatj-Sherifl, who, at tho peril of ruslied in end cat the ropo, the Inwyer wonld Bave been euceensfully banged. During the ax< tomeat tho Mosican got swar, 331 b not peen heard from sinco, They l:avd o regularlz or- gauized Vigilanco Committes in tiat neighbora tiood, #0 I am told.” An Extraordinary YWager. The Duc do Feltre haa_Just oz by » neck en exircordinery wager. He bzcied himsclf to drive his trotter in a light carrizge to Lyons, bofore the Comto Philipps de Novulo would reech the place on his velocipede. Tho distanco wag 258 kilometrea, or 22234 milee, which was run in 607¢ Tours, and was won_by a nack, - by ths Duc de Felire, who drove into the courtyard of tho Grand Hotel at Lyons just twn mibutes befors the Comta rattled in on bis velocipecs. The firat day's journoy wa380 kilometraz, or 50 miicay the zacond wan 108 (65 miles), and tho last dey buth competitors ran 73 motres, or 107 milas. Neither tho Lorse nor the msn esemad much beat by tha loog race, and ¢he Comte 14 slill g confidant tist he offers to brck himsolf for 1,000 1ouis over tho 0ame COUrsd 2Zaim.