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THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1874, 3 e e LAKE-REMINISCENCES. The Rival Steamers Illinois and Great Western. Their Commanders, Capt. Blake and _Capts Walker. How Escaping Sleves Found Rafuge on Their Boats. The Dying Passengor--=*A Stran= « ger’s Tribute.” Travelors fcom tho Enat, and voyagors o and fro from Ohicago to Buffalo, by way of the Linkes, in 1840 and for & fow yonrs nflorwards, .\mm rail- 0ads turnod tho curront of travel, will remom- her TAE FLOATING PALAOES, w8 thoy woro called,—tho steamors Illinols, Cnpt. Bloke, and tho Groat Wostorn, Capt. Walkor. Thoso two stonmers 'were : gront -ylvals for popular favers the two Captains, fo~ " vorite, typos of tholako-navigators; snd onoh had sdmirors, as rival politloians bave theirs, among ‘those who felt an interest in tho important busi- noss of Loko-navigation, Tho Lnkes wore the groat highways on which flowed the trade nnd popuistion that woro to build up tho West {hrouglt Chicago,—Chicago itsolf being the port- oullis through which all must pass, and pry somo ~oluntary toll as it passod through. Tho shortor youto by Iand was bloclked by forests and inter- sninnblo swampe. It seemed thon s if these obstaclos could not bo overcome in centuries: that the timber-rogion of Michigan would romain impenctrablo for ages, ns are the roole-bound rogtons of tho Adirondnoks in New Yorlk. ‘Theso two Lake-Captaina wero both admitied to Yo paragons in their way, Tioy woro vory un- like. But their rospective baokors, liko thosa who tnke stakes on the trotting course, bad the opinion that ono or the other was much the su- porior in some one quality. Tho stcamers also woro very difforent in tholr stylo of construc- Aon. TNE ILLINOIS waoe o long, low, and narrow vessol, very com- pactly and strongly built,—being construnted with rogard to n cortain theory, for porfect safoty in tho sovers Linko-storms, well-dreaded by all frosh-water navigators, It was amusing to hoar the young men about the bar-rooms and saloons talk learncdly on slipbuilding and claim to be au fait in such matters, and toll of the thorough manner in which the Illinois was built, and what heavy timbors were put into hor bow and sfdes ; nnd thue, being 8o strong, and sailing eo Jow_down in the water, no storm could possibly @o hor any harm, and bor Captain could so handlo ber that Lo might dety the terrors of the Lake, 08 lio proity well did. ~ On tho other side, . ' 'THE GREAT WESTERN waa o buoyant, brond ship, that rode liko n swan on the top of the water, Both wore aldo-whaol steamers; propellers had not much got into use, Those ponderous stonmers, with their large whoolhouses_spreading out' na wo might imag- ine the broad shouldors of a monstor that lived in tho geological agos, Lad o stnid and majestio movoment _that mado ono feol as it a littlo mountain bad got undor motion. Tho Great Weatern stood high aboyo tha water. for sho corrfed on her upper dock a enloon, and s tior of state-rooms surrounding it, and consoquently presented n large surfnce to tho wind, ~ This stylo of malking the steamer with an npper saloon and state- rooms was & now and then doubtful oxporlment. It made the stoamors much ploasanter for s ploasure-voyagoe, and trips in calm wenthor, it was confessod, and was just tho stvle for river-boats ; but on-thu Lalkas, it waa. said, it was 10t 80°60+ eure. The boat could not stand n gale ; it would drivo before the wind, or drift to tho side, in spito of rudder or stoam-power, and would surely’ go upon & leo-shore, in spite of Capt. Waller's sonmanship; and, besides, 28 his oppononts eaid, hie was not 8o good n enilor ns Capt. Blake, As for the Illinois, you might dopend upon moking 1he voyago in hor; and. if sho did not offer 80 many elegant inducements, people would rather 0 in her than to take the Gront Westorn and Eonr Canpt. Walkor's music, his flddllnxi, and then dance half the time, aud fiuplly go to the bottom of the Lake befora getting to port. Tho friends of Capt. Walker declared him to be o first-class sailor; that his ship was well balanced and ballasted, and would ride trimly on the water; and, while drawing less, it was mado steady by its brond besm, sud so would glide over tho surface like nduck; and it wns thorc- fare fully as safo o bont as the Illinois, Bo the public were divided in opinion, and both ran full of pussengers, and no disaster oame to cither. Asto tho Captains: DLAKE was rough and profane, and hard on the snilors, crabled to the passengars, and not at all gal- lant to the ladies, * Captain, what day shall we get into Buffalo?" s & question that is porpetu- ally being asked by passcngors _aftor having beon out s dny or o, Bays Capt, Blake, with an onth, “ With a good boad wind o shall got thero about the middle of lust week.” Tt 'was roported the Captain had such a way of showing his roughness and contempt for storms and dangers thaf ho would expose his own wife to bardships and perils to inuro her to the relish of o snilor’s life. Helind pgroat faith in his own seamnnship, aud nlso in bid stanch old ship, the Tllinois, of which he was comunandor for many wears, 80 that ho soomed to hold the elementh n contempt ; and_many o pessongor has soen Lim stand on the bow of his ship in a torrific galo, and defy wind nod waves, DUT CAPT. WALKER, though no saint, was thoe roverse in all his wayn, Howns called a “fiue gentloman;” ho waa malliot to tho ladics, and very at- fentlve to the wants and comforts of all bis pasaongers, Ho hind a fine Instrumen- tal baud on board, which discoursod eloquent usic upon eulnrin‘; or departing from any port, and which gavo notice far and noar that gnpe. ‘Walkor and his grest ship bad come again ; and homado tho towns aloug the Leles, from Buf- falo to Chicago, vory lively whenevor Le hauled in to diechargo froight, or put off or take on his possongers. He was among tho firat to intro- duce the smueemonts and pleasures of & grand auloon, with dancing _and piano-musie, which aade & voyage by the Upper Lakes afashionablo aud plensurablo LrIF boforo the coming of the Tallronds. His family resided at Huron, and to that port the Grent Western was pure to run on ono of tho passages of the round trip. Both Capt. Walker and Capt. %luku Woro Lnown to have the usunl large-heartodness of ‘tho sailor-claes, and o largo tinoture of humanity in thelr oomguhmon under & rude extorior. Thoy would both promptly show kindness to n fellow-oranture in distress,—tho formor with a Joke, and the latter with an oath ; and many an unfortunato has had a ride freo, for o long stage on the journoy of life, on their bonts, 1t was well known by Goorgo Andorson and Lewis Inbell, or William Johnson, that both of the steamora wore safo places on which to T uowd.m!«rb:lrmgm‘vzs W whon ocameo_desirable to give thom a ploas- ure-trip to Canadn. Theso travelers mud‘:a ox- cellent firemon ; tho conl only addod a shado or two to_their color, and the hent of the furnace soomed to bo a realluxury: and they always got upon theso steamers plonty of work, no %ny, and grab was in abundanco.“And thoso 'aptaing never knewanything that wasgoingonin iho coal-hole. It wae a rule with thom never to know anything of their paesongers, rich or poor; if thoy only paid passage, it was sufilolent; it they had nothing to pay with, they couldn't bo thrown overboard, and sll that could bo dono ‘was to turn thom off at the next port; and tho next port for the negro was alway- at Bandwich, Oanada), or Detroit. Thoy would never carry oxo pessengers boyond Detroit for noy consid- eration. 1t was strongly suspected by o few that thoss tt;{:hnul steamers actunlly rau in conneotion wi ‘THE UNDERGROUND TATLTIOAD, and wero strong compotitors for tho business of ihat line in blaok froight, as thoy always com- oted for tho white %m\'oflug publio, Ivrnm the outh, via i, Louis and the Ilinois Rivor, In the frnnd soloon of tho Creat Westorn thero would be the elave-master from ono of the Bouthiern Btates, with his wifo and daughtors, taiting comfort in tholr Northern summor trip, whilo thoir chattols waro back on the plantation, alsing cotton, from tho avalla of which the Southern planter wns onabled to ako his annual jonrne; North by the Lokes, and spend tho gold coin” freely among people who earned their ownllving’; ‘while in tho hold bolow, or stlrring up the fires + wera chattols of their own oitizons, perhaps of their I{n&wfl.—!fl some kuown instauoos, from tholr awn plantations,—also taking com- fort—gront comfort—on thelr firat trip Novth, knowing that a prorperous vovn;fo wonld goon ond in froodom, whilo tho plantatfon missed tho magio touch * of tho shovol and the hioo.” In 1846 it had bovomo nolsed_sbout that Uapt. Whalkor's offonscs with his Great Westorn, in cearrying contraband parsengors, woro ao rank ne to sinoll oven at tho Bouth, wo that the Bt. Louls Jgeveille bont tho drum of alnrm, and snid if it were o faot ¢ that this Onpt, Walker proforrad to carry alnves on Lis boat, rather than mastors, ho ahonld bo altowed * the full Lenefit of bis sym- pathy,” It sooms thoro wns A KIDNAPPING BPY hnughn‘; nbout Chicago, and he wroto to thls Impnr {iat & Aocioty liad boon organized to pro- hibit elnves ombarking on board of stonmors bound for Detroit; and then gave somo partiou- Inrs of tho odions conduct of tho Chicago peo- Flc. “About four weoks ago,” the writer ins ormed tho 8t, Louls poople, *four alnves wore run oft in the colobrated Groat Western, Capt. ‘Walker [namos in crpitals], with his knowledge, ns I can prove, Ho was informod by Ionry Ry an [moaning the notorious Rhincs] that Dr. Dyer had hiad elaves on his bont. Thon tho Captain nsked him if he was an offlicor, and wins answered ‘No,! Then the Capiain enid, * you mustbond—ad seoundrol.’ " [Doubt- loss Walkor told the truth; but, as Widow Bodott soid, lio noodn't bave * swored * that way,) .And thon tha writer goos on to state, for tho edifica- tion of the poaplo of St. Lounis, who always liked to fimt bones from Ohicago to pick, that *Bullivan, who is o Constabla [an Irishmrn who ‘wauld not oatch nogroes], bogan to abuse Ryan [poor man], and wns arrosted by s nurber of Abolitionists,” and then the writor gives A DIT OF HISTORY which on{;ht to bo proserved: * Dr. Dyer in the Teader, followod by Warnor [the learned blaok- smith], Philo Oarponter, Andorson [the man- ‘millinor], Collins, Froer, snd DnWolt, Abolition counsal [meaning Inwyers], with Thirds, & car- pontor, and the Soorotary of “the = Abpli- tion Soclety, and n_ fow_ othors, Dr. Dyor statod, as tho Qreat Western. loft the wharf, that he lind placed tho slave ha had roscnod on board, with two othors, and, a8 ho was going on board, a fourth came, and he put him on board, and: the Westorn bad solled nway with thom. Whoreunon tho Aho- litionists gave three oheers for Dr. Dyer, tho Groat Westorn, and Capt. Walker. Aud then thoy departed to comcoct fresh achemes to rob thelr follow-citizens of thoic property.” Tho writer of this vindictive lottor, which is mnch moro oxtonsive than has been quoted, and much moro interesting to bo read thirty.years old than whon first writton, stated facts profty corroctly ; bnt hio was mistalton in saying, or al- Towing it to bo inferred, that tho cheors sworo from the Abolitionists alono, The fact is, they wore from n crowd of promisouous citizons, ‘whom the row which Henry thines made got to- gother ; and it was only n clicor of humanity. Capt. Walker's UNDISGUISED AYMPATILY FOR THE USFORTUNATE . won him cyedit from the world. _Thoreare many instances that might benoticod. Ho has beon gouo from this onrth many years, and wo vory raroly think now of the man who nsed to sail ouir popu- 1ar craft on tho Lnkes, or thoso who did doods of horoism. And it gives mo pleasure to present to tho publia tho following testimony of the humanity of Capt. Walker. ‘It was sont to mo from Boston by a person unlnown, end tha letter wna called ‘A" Stranger's Tributo,” and I was askod to print it, or in Rome way com- |* muniento it to Cnot. Walker's family, I hono oven now it may fall into the hands of somo who know Capt. Wallor ; those who know him ot |. will be intorested in 1t ns n rominiscenco of tho past. A BTRANGER'S TRIDUTE. It wan evening; the sun wan just then gildin aliyory Tako with'its doparting rays, when I found the el Polf hurrying through o shore-streat of Chivago. A3 T eronsod-tho dock, Tanw enrriod in clndr, on_ bonrd the loam-packot Great Westorn, n lady whoeo marbl countenance, and delieato though noble features, i ‘presscd me with a desire to know moro of tho atran- Fers Dut, 8 T was {o tnko parsgo on tho Auma bont EX0 tho'noxt morning, T puanedon, 1 loarned, how- aver, beforo leaving town, that the stranger was a lady from (ho Missismppl River, who had been engaged {n Gaing gond. Tor henltl was gons, and slie wma on et way to the sea-shore, When slio renched (his Plnte, _shio " was browght vory low at fhe Amdre jean Tompersnce Hotel, where rho lind Doen gratufiously provided for by the generosity of the Sontlemnn o, opt tho icues (may oy not losa thelr rownrd), Tho sick ono's unusunl suflering lhind awakenod & aympathy in hor hebalf, ond colled nround her bed many kind nttendants; while her amiable dis- position and highly-oultivatod mind saomed fo hove Segured tho hensin ol sl who sowber, " T a . The noxt da; found un nndor fine st 10 tho “mmost gailant ship wwhich bounds aver tho Western waters, ' Onco and ngain my oye caught sight of tho palo faco as I passed her rtale-room door, which \io {hrown open fo admit tho air. Anofher doy passd, Tho passengors had all sppesred deeply intese eated before ; but now the gathering crowd sround Hlio sick-raon: door alarmed my foars, Upon-inquiry, o wora Lol {hat the ludy was fn_ spusms, and. proba By dying. Ono moment more, and I foo stood with 10 gazitg multivade, T had secn ouffaring beforo; hul%: #0 it combined with such triumphout peace and digaity of chaructor, all dapiotod in the sume face, anich goenilng {0 Dredoinito. nt the samo me, was Eomelling now fo s all. The Captaln (Walker) n eared to bo intercstod, and I voutred fo nskk himifho now the dying womm. o roplicd, “ Thers liey ono of o bost spostmen of fomale oxcellence, and. tric, gontine plety, {ho world over know. . Thnt Tady e, for more {han fanr yoars, heen ongaged un & missionn- ok fio Wosk Tua oftex traveledon bowrd (i ok ol bt I nover muw n Ber n fault, Sho ia o person Wiio currica her religion with herwvarywherc, snd hor faflltonce must bo felt.” When ho nlarm 1ad a little subsided, T sought an Intorviow with tha lady, which was as followa : W Nadam, yon appoar to Lo vory ill, od quite aloget * Quito wonk, str, hut not alono; for Ifo who guldes the apnrrow in lts 11l hus satd, * Lo1 T am with you.' " *+You aro u groat auffercr ; 'do you not at timics fecl that your afifctions ara vory ‘sovora 71 # Nnturo muat feol whon tortured with pain: but nothing 18 hard that comes from tho Father's hand, " You o away from your husband, and that must o trial fu this hour of weaknees,? “ The puth of duly must evor bo ono of trial; but, 3¢ 1t bo 0no of our own cholce, wo sball Lo Lappy In it! Our cloims upon_our friends, as well ns upon our- selves, must ever be secondary. “ 33ut, my dear madam, hoiv 14 1t you nlways appoar 50 calm’and ehcerful whou oxorclsed with 80 much g Jicoause, air, my oy 48 fixed on n swilling Sayior.! “Your discass ixun intricato one, Do you feel anxe four with regard to its termination7 4 For mo t0 livois Charlst’s, but to dio wpnld bo 1 droad ueltlor suftering nor dosth it God's lono,” In, be “Docior — thinks you cannot 1ivo to roach Duf- falo, Does that fllict you 7" Tt Ju fust an ucur Ticaven in s stenmboat a at an; other place, and God's timo and placowill bo tho best, The thouglit of dying, sir, 14 a glorions one, nnd tho moment Which {s to separnto mo from siu‘will boa welcomo one, 8o long aa my work below ls unfinished, Lovish tolive, and, wien that s done, T shall love t3 o *Would you not chioote o reach your father's homo, and spend Your lust hours amog your kindred? ero theady wopt withs doap eurioon, “You luve touclied o focling chiord, sir; round parenta and homo cluster tondercet tioa: but' I think y Liomo in the skies }os ucarer my hoart; I may ot thoso kindred thero, If Jesus §& with e, I can die liappy anywliore,” i {*How noar docs Heaven appear fo you, now?” “ Within spoaking distunce, The river of death fa parrowed down tou gontlo rill, and tho city rises but Just ou the opposite shoro. “* No aorraw comos withia that blest abodo: Foravur froa frum in, we'll dwall with God."" Fearing this subject might prove tco exolting, I witidrow, From thia tino spasm succoeded npnini, until we ‘reached Buffalo, Tho hour fu which wa neared port was ono of intense intorest, A suilo sut upon tho faca of {hnt invalld, uh oue afior auuther preagod tho tiny hand, and recoived from tho snowy pa thie injudotion: “Propars 1o meot mo ot tho port of Houven.” ihls, thought I, Is tho traveling preackor, This Iady will do moro gdod in hor weake Rose, in one such Journoy, than muny who make groat profession, in a wholo lifo, Our boaf waa crowded, Yot lor influenco vwas most truly folt byall. Topmy own part, I felt grioved ta part with this interenting strangor, though 1t was only fora moment, as I fancled that' our next meoting ‘would be boyond the reach of pain, Dusiness dotainod me noarly 8 weck fn Buffalo, at ttis ond of bl timo T took tho packet for Albdny. Whon we reached Rochoster, the phylcian brought an inyalid on bourd, who, from her mourning dress, ro- mindod mo of the one from whom I parted on’ tla Lake, Fatiguo had overcoms tho lady, nud she Isy {n utupor, ‘The doctor scemed o be o man of ploty and deop foeling. Ifacust s look at the crowd of pase scngers, oo theh fxiog his oyos upon, tho sl on remnrkad, *My doar frionds, this lady was lof umong us'sbout & weak since, appurently i dyiug circutmstances, Her gontlo sydrit lias stcured” tha ‘Thoatta of all who havo soen her, and wo kinve attonded Bor with uncommion intorest, Bho s certainly ono of tho moat uncarthly characters with whom wo have ovor met, snd bor stay among us will not bo furgotten, Sbo'ls anxioua {o reuch the sen-shoro, and wo Commit lier to yourcare, 8o may leavo you suddenly, Watch Lier closoly, and 'keop hor quivt,”” Bo aying, the good doctor Lurtled off, as the hoat was alroady uhder way, "The company until now biad boon all gafely, Now all volces werg “hushed, and every cyo turied on tho etrauger, Formy own parl, I folt no fucliuation to motic othor obfects, 'Tho 'ludy scomod unable to apeak above Lo brcatl; her largo blie cyes werg closed ¢ her features woro as white as death would aver matio thom, nnd seomed animated with a soul tov umearthly to Lo long imprisoued in n caskot of clay, This was none othier than the sme peraon who liad been traveling from Chicago, dependiug on the strong sem of Iith who sidy Lot I am with you siways” The first aud socond day passed, and’ wo Mo waw the lady convulsed from dleeaso of tho heait, Yol we saw no changa from that poacoful cxpress of countomnuice, Blie nover mpoko witliout u smile, ‘When asked 1€ lier palus wero povrs, nlio would roply, “Yeu, but thoy sro not etornal, and I can bear them, 1le who ransomed ma endured moro.” Onu who profcssed to bo & Christiun sald, *I thought 1 kmow what rolilon wan, but I mukt huve mora | gruco beforo 1 can suduro ko that.” Auother sad 4T never thought raliglon worth my cave ; but, if it s powr like thot, L must hava if, 1t nosscaios & oharm, whon seon i tho exumple boforo s, whioh I Tover naw hefore." Hore agaln this lovely stranger exertod an Influonca on all arouind hor wiich will bo as endoariug ts stor. mity, I aftyn saked mysell thid quoation s * Wiy s it ; masks that this woman carrios such a power of pereunson in her very ppoaranco?” I had meon porsons muffer and dlo, yot no ono Infd it to lioart, An tho subject of thono rontnrks in beyond the reach of mortal prafso, T may freely giva my opinlon on tho question. Tt muat Tave boon nothing elso but the puwer of Graco relgn- ing in the moul ; tho strugglo might have hesn long betwoen Naturo and Grace, but vietory was gainad, and Qrace trinmphed, And the undivided procopt of dovolednoss to God hid fnkon deoproot, amil Jte frulla wera too cloarly dovelopod to bo riutakait by fny, Tho mweater sa# it, and restraluod hin oath : the gamestor saw it, and declared tha presonco of aiich & parson was too stroug roproof, The youlh saw it, and w enced by its obarme, Tho aged sa it, and p excallenco, : Mrs, Baroh D, Herrit® wna s poraon, no dowht, of 1iko infirmities as ournclves s bui sho sought and obe tained thia likonoss to her Divino Mastor, Oapt, A, Wnlkor, owlng o the unlounded genoronity which youi oxtonded ‘to Mra, Horrit, of which 1 have heard hor apenk, you will picase_necopt the dedication of thoso foablo l{ene, with n strong desiro that we may moot gafn, 1 shall’ romomber yon, air, as ofton us think of the invalld, ° ‘Nrs. Snrah D, Horrit will_bo romembored by mony of tho old sottlors of Ohieago. TEASTMAN, POLITICAYL PLAYTHINGS. ''he Lntest Erench Toys. Evory yoar Paris producos somothing new in tho toy line. Thoro is not, saystho London Tvlvgraph, muoh inventive gonius shown in tho children's plnflthlugu offerad for sale in tho dear toy. nhopy. DBut patriotism makos up for the absonce of invention. Wo layve the Alsatian Qundrille, tho Motz Conundrum, tho Naive Grotehon, and many othor toy incitations to ln- trod und contempt of Prussia. Tho Alsatian Quadrille {s made up of cight wax dolls, in tho costumo of thone pensant girla whom porsons familiar with the ¢i devant dopartmonts of the hinoe nssocinto with tortured goose and pale de Joie gras. Each doll weara an apron, on which thero aro movable capital lottors, tho wholo eighit “con’ bo moved in unison with =« string or atrings, end made to dauce @ quadrille, The namea of tho figures aro ‘' Al- gaco,” ' Strasbourg,” * Rovondication,” ¢ Re- vancho,” and * Chusse-Prassien.” As the dolls dance, thoso words appenr upon their aprons. “Ls Puoelle d’Orleans” s snother drawing- room and nursery favorite. It s Joan of Are, aduptod from the Prindess Maiie’s statuo at Vorsailles, 'fho Maid of Orleans walves (what an achronism ) tho tri-colored flag, and beokons to invisiblo worrlors, who aro susposed to lnfi hohind, to chargo after hor. *¢ Naive Grotchon' it a Gormnu Inss, with big bluo oyos and long flaxon braids of Linir. Tho cunning artisnn who crentod her hns managed to give her that ex- presslou of friendliness (which it would appenr utter henrt lhollownoss) charactor- istio of tho Fraulein. =~ On louching o spring tho _india-rubber head turns in- #ido out, nud wo sce Princo DBismarck with his pointed helmet, iron jaw, and awollen evelide. Of actuslitios—that’is to say, toy allu- slons to ‘pnesing events—wo bave the * toupio fusion," or fusionist top, which is pointed in the colors of the rainbow, but turna white when set in motlon; * Unclo Sam," n poupard, or male doll, expoctorating dolinrs whon his abdo- men {8 pressed; “Ln Perc Angot ot son fils," 2nd * the ' donble-headod Dblnckbivd," and **tho dog-man.” The walking olophants which pick up needles with their frunks; tho curs that run and yolp; Lhe magical fiddlos, on which unseon . violinists play patriotic molodics; tho steamboata and railway engines, propelled by spirits-of-wine Inmps ; and *‘tho industrious tailor in his work- shiop,” are searcoly noveltics. *"La Question Romaine” I find yot holda its own fl?muat fresh rivals. The Alsatisu-Lorraing Gorrllln (this is o Darwinian _puzzle), Broceoll and Marveillouso questions, though ruu upon Tinve not yet succeeded in dethroning it. Ishould not bo’ surprised, however, if the ** Republiquo Francalwo” woro fo carry off tho palm of publio favor. 1t ie really vory clover, and dosorves the warm reception it has met with in the Eastorn Bouleverds, whora it is chioflysold, ** La Repub- liquo Francniso ” is a little maskod bottlo under tho allegrorical figuro which wo 8ee on the now coing. By means of o bit of load, the phial, if dropped on the bod of sbavings prepared for ity is suro to fall on ita bnse, but when there it will {nsist on topplius: ovor unless tho hand of authority is stretched out to koop it por- ondicular, It is vory havd to dikcover, by Flm mero light of nature, how tho figuro with the bottlo insido always alights on its feot, and why it will not fomain upon them aftor its perilous but eafoly-porformed lonp, without tha intorven- tion of the gendarmo. Tho prico of this toy is b0 contimes, Thrco additionsl contimes aro givon to the inventor for teaching lis triok to the buyer. Thu chonpuoes of cheap toys ia thin oar marvelous, For 35 contimes {thmupence nlfpouny) one con troat n little girl fo a Fronch Kitehon, with ail the necessary cooking uteusils, A Dox of dominoos can be had for o sou; o six chambor revolyer, with porcussion noodle, costa but half a fratio. Membera of the Ponco Boclety will hear with rogrot that military toys are more run upon than over. Bhivering wrotches manage to give thoir boys halfpenny pistols, tho triggers of which, on beiug drawn, muko loud explosions. The once-popular drum docs not soem to produce a bufficiently strong nervous commotion to snt- isfy the Paris gamin, who learnod somothing of tho realities of warin 1870-71, sud has ncquired o tasto for what old French soldiers call the powdor intoxication. All tho papors notice this ymplom, and mavy of them rojoico to seo it. Gunsmiths do not let Giroux mouopolizo the trade in firearmns for juveniles, Roal Chassepots of reducod sizes aro offored by them to L{coum boys at é)rlcafl ranging from 70 francs to 200 franes, Serious guarnnties sre exncted that these wenpons shall not be used oxcapt at tho drills authorized by the Minister of Publio In- struction, nud directed by.sergeants appointed with the sanction of the War Oltico, —_— An Audienco with the Iing of Ava. After waiting five or ton minutoes, we wero summonad to a small pillared portico, open on two sidos. At our backs thero was s goldon door loading to another ichamber, aud bofore un was e large grecu haizo ‘curtain, oxtending from thoe coiling to tho floor of another room .which was some fow feet abovo ue. In the contre of this screocn was sn oponing about’ len foet aquare; hero a red velvet cushion and n pairof gilver-mounted binoculars were laid upon the floor, whore thore was an olegautly-carpoted sinircaso connecting tho two chambora, Tho roof was supported by immenes pillars, grouped around the buses of two of which were tho royal umbrollas and other insigoia, No one savo the King is allowed to possoss a white umbrells, and Princes of tho blood sro allowed to have two umbrellas (gilt, with poles ten or fifteen foot In longth nttachod), carcied above thom by their servanta when thoy walk or ride in public ~—ministors but ono. Thore were about half n dozon Princes in tho *‘Audienco Chambor,” among them the heir-apparent, an intolligent ag woll a8 haudsome young man, plainly drossod, excepting o pair of immonse clustor " dlamond car-rings, Our party—for thero wera several others whom we found waiting—wasdisposed of in tho following order. 'Tho Princes sat upon tho right, then eamo tho Yaw-Altween-Woon, then nnothor Ministor, then mysclf, next Mr. Song-Ko, then two ox-Ministers' of the formor King; ndjoining thom were two Portugueso Ro- man Catliolic missionaries, and then two com- morcial gontlomon upou tho oxfrome left; be- sides thewe, in the rear, where somo dozen or moro clerks, who were paying thoir respeots to Mis Majesty upon the receipt of now appoint- monts, each offering n large basltet of fruit in support of his loyal feelings. "Our prosents wore dinp]aflod bofore us, placod on little wood- on stands about o foob in hight. The natives wera all prostrating themselves flat upon their stomnchs, with thoir nosos nonrly touching the om‘{mta, and their oyos cast down in a most abe jcot and sorvile manver. Ina fow momonts we oard two or threo mufilod booms—taps on a Iargo tom-tom probahly—and then, all of us ho- coming at oncoe silont, the IKing unpeared, and quiotly aud slowly laid himsolf down, reclining agaiust tho velvet cushion and only partinlly facing tho audionco. At tho same timn ono of the Queona entored and placad o goldon spit- toon, betel-box, chatty (with water), and cup on the floor befors Lim. ™ I nl((uz.i'!unqhorl, atout, plensant, though, Jike many ol bis Miuistors, an oxceedingly orafty = looking gentlomaau, 64 yonrn of age, His halr was thin, and was tied in tho ususl Burmese knot; tho head was high 8t the erawn, showing * solf-esloom;" large, and the oyes wore closely sot, indiosting cunning (if We are to believe phrenology and physiognamy); the neok was thick, expressive of vitality and physleal power, and tho face olose shaven, ox- copting a thin black muatucho, Mis dress wng vory plain and simple, consisting wmeraly of o whito engie, a white lluen jacket, and a silk {mlao, & cloth worn around the hips and thigns ; hore wore no ormsnocnts.in the eurs, though thalr lobes coniained holes noarly an inch in diamotor, which dld not improvo tlie oxprossion of his countenance vory materinily. is Maj- oity firat took up his “opora-glags, though wo woro not more than twonty fect distaut, and survoyed us in n veory graveand lelsurely man- nor, onding with a flourish of the flags, o8 it to #ay, *Now, then, for busiuess,” ‘Tho Royal Beorotary rohd aloud our names, business, und the lit of Lho prosonts whish wore placad bofora us; this was dono in n loud, drawling style, and conoluded with & sort of supplicating mann, i Mujosty then bLognm the convorsation through tho Minister and my Ohiusso frlend au intorprotors, After the usual questions con- carnlng my ago, business, rosidence, and travels, the King muid he wished me to convoy to my Goyernment tho sontimont that * he had & great. pastialiey fox Amerlcnoz, and wished ‘$hom to L como over and colonizq in his domintons,” Buts yord proliminary? it saema that 1 had the honor to bo tho first Amorioan’ presonted at the Conrt of :\vnfi:xcupllng & mechanioal engincer, who was in His Majoaty’s employ ton of twolvo yonrs 8go), and that tho King in” hia antutenoss gra- clously thought mo o apy, or at loast that T was vigiting Burmn for political purposos, and conke- quently had some influence with, s woll s in- structions from, tho Govormment at homo, It wan in vain st T protosted lLelng simplo travoler, vialting . difforont ' coun~ trios for the burpose of studylng thoir guugmphr, climato, praductions ; * the people—thoelrmannors and customs, govornmant, religion, laws, hmunn]}u, litorature, industrios, and commorco—nand nll for the improvemant of mind and honlth of body, and that I had travolad abont 12,000 miles, more ospacinlly to pay my ro- apecta to the King of Ava, and to “sea tho won- dorful white olophant, about which I had honrd and rend 80 much in my own country: but to no Furposo, for it was quito -evidont iTin Majesty hought politics woro surely my main objeot and ond, Promising to malko his Wishes kunown to tho propor authoritics st home did not seom to be alone suflicient for Lin &mmounu for ho snid Lo would koop mo In_Mandalay whilo I wrote, and untll an answor oame from America, At this X demutred, of courso, when his Mnjesty said it I would romain ho would give me o house, living, and a8 many Burmose wivos as I wishe (s rather tnmpun‘; offar, for tho womon of the upper clagaos aro both protty sud modest), aud, furthermore, he would ** mako my fortune.” I waa {ast bocoming vory much intorosted, and slightly excitod a8 woll, Iis Mnjuat‘vl wished to mako also a commorcial troaly with Amories, and my sorvices would bo indispensable. Thua woro alluring nots sprond for my feot and on-~ ticing tomptations prosonted to me, Still I was not then propared to ontor the Xing’s servico ; the idea was too now and novel, the change— from Ropublican Americn and stonm plows to monarchical Barma nnd’ white ‘olophants—too ont, I must hava timo to conmdor His fnjosty's graclous offors,” anid Ito tho intor- protor. *‘ Yoit will nover have o bottor chance,', was teturned from tho King. Beeing me still re- Inctant, tho King condoscendingly offerod: to “moke mo a groat man"—{o give mo bigh rank among_hia -own:- noblos nnd Drinces. To this I nuswerol my- duty was first to oy paronts, sud ‘next to own country, and that I would return to the Iat- tor and consult with the formor, and then, if they were willing, T would be most' Lnppy to_nc- copt his magnificont and unusually gracious torma, Ho roplied, *' It might then bo too Into ;" and thoro tho mattor droppad, and the cdnversa- tion was chapgod to otbor topics, though tho King was ovidently not a little vexed at my ob- otinncy, and doubtless, ' thought me mad or cortainly vory foolish not to nccept such gonorous proposals. One of the mission~ aries thon presonted some potitions, whioh wera roforrod o tho proper Minister; some Stato business was transncted ; n.pmaonl of Ra. 100 wns brought mo (*‘touse for my traveling ex- onsos or to purchaso a memaento of my preson- ntion at tho Court of ‘His Goldon-Footed- MaJest; "'f _and thon tho audionce was tormina- od by the img abruptly retiring from the room, -;Fru»[xlns Landof the While Liephant by Frank incent, Y i Durmesc Manncrs and Customnts, Tt i now genorally beliaved that the Burmese, and, indeod, all the various races and nations of Indo-China migratod st n remote perioa from the platenu of Contral Asin, and that they are of mixed origin, posscssing some of the charncter- istics of the Hindoo (tho Cnuunlinug aad somo algo of tha Chinaman (Mongol). Thus in por- son thoy aroshort and stout, with the small obliquo eyes, high and .prominont choel-bones, .and tlat, short, snd.broad nosoof the Tartar, Chinese, and Japaneso races, and the ** raven- Diack " hair, pearly tooth, andolivo~brown skin of. tho Hindoos and the Malays; and though of nearly tho samo stature na the latter, thoy gon- erally possess tho stoutor frames of tho formor, Tho Burmese aro a_simple-mindoed, indolent poople, frank and - conrtoous, fond of amusoment. and goy-colored apparel, friondly among themsolves, and hos- pitablo to strangors. Thoy nppreciate a quict lifo, amokiufi. nnd gossipfug, and sleoping throughont tho dny, and listening to wild musio eud siuging through Lalf of tho night; * storn™ nmbition 18 among them, indeed, a very rare trait of charactor. Burmoso Louses ara built of toak-wood, palm-leal, bambgo, rattan, and grass, aud are gonorally raiscd upon piles four or {ive feot from the ground, as aprovontive against fovers, bred by the groat duwnpuoss of the cli- mate, avd to provide against the inundations of the rainy scasou, Native villages ofton consist of but one long and brond streot, ruuning through perfoct jungloe of date, bunana, pal, or other tropical trecs, and beneath and among theso, noarly concenied from view, are tho hittle bomboo Luts, artfully cnrved monastories, and tapering pagodas. Tho costumo of the Burmeso is romarkably simple, Iolh sexes wonr & whort whits jacket called an engie, aud thoe melo o pulso (s picce of silk or cotton, wusunlly the former), snd of goy color (red or yellow), sbout & yard in width and four or five in length, which 18 worn ronud tho hips : while the women woar a lemine, which is a nearly squaro piece of cloth or silk, sufliciently large to wrap round tha body, but {astousd meroly by tucking the outer end within the otber, nud consequently 1t gupos open at ev- ory step talon by the woarer, and disolosee near- 1y tho whola of one leg; but this oxbibition, bo- ing ‘tho oustom," is not deemed immodest. The moen wear gay-colored sill bandaunny,— gounboungs,—1u adjusting which thoy sometimes ontwist a thick lock of hair ; the women wearno head covoring. Loth men and women leave thoir hair Jong; the formor gallor it in a bunch on the top of their head, and the lattor comb it straight back from the forehoad, and tie it in kot ou tho back of the heud. 'Tho mon soldom or nover wenr moy lale vupon their faces, unloes it might be n very feoble mustuche, 'The sexes gonerally waolk bare- fobted, though tho women sometimos wenr o sore of sandal, made after the clagsical Rotoan modol, Tho Burmoso males aro all fattoced from abovoe tho hips to the knces with a blnck- ish-bluo pigment, and some, bosides, havo punc- tured spots upon tho upper part of the body, Ktdined a vornulion color, Phiu tattooing of the thighs is o painful operation. It is douo when thoy aro very young, a littla at o time, and opium is oflon admimmstored on such occasions, and donth fromn an overdose of this artig, or from aflammation, are uot infroquent. Tho diet of the Burmese 18 both simple and wholosome. The goneral food of tho nationy of Southorn and astorn Asia is rice. Of the Burmose we may sny that salt .fish, rico and ngapee, aud fruits coustitute tho solid and substantial part of their Dill of fare, whilo betel-nut aud the cheroot make anite an_enjoyablo dessert. 'Tho condimont ngapee, for winch thero is a very groat domand, ig made of prosorved fish,—flsk which Lns ar- rivod ab that opicurcan stsgo tormod *high"; it is o sort of pasto which mixes with rico like tho Indian sauce, chulnce. Tho botol- nut ig oxtousivoly used, and most houscs have about or noar thom trellises of tho pipor- Dotel plant, which is chowed. with tho nuf. Swmoking is universal and continual among both soxes and o)l ages; chorools of solid.tobaceo, bLut more often n praparation covored with a greon-leaf wruppor, and_some of thom of evor- mous size, are usod, Burmese boys tuko to smoking oven carlier than do tho youths of this country. I have froquontly soen babes nb their mothers’ breast altoruating tho nourishment of ** Nature's Nilo® with pulls and puifs et tholr chieroots, Tho natives of Burma do nob appoar to wear 60 much jewelry as tho indoos, but thoy delight ospecially in car oruaments, ‘Lhe lobo of tho car1s borod to n liole of nstonishing slze,—ofton nn inch indimmoter—and in it vari- ous ortioles aro worn ; placea of woad, jawols, or rolla of molid gold or silver. When no orna- monts arein the enrs, tho men often put thoir cheroots, or any wmull articlo in frequent 1so, through thom, sud tho women uso thew as bou- quet-hiolders or flowor stauds, thus prosouting a very comlenl appearsnce.—From the Land of the White Elephant, by Frank Vincent. _— e Singulnr Case of Ilydrophobia. Bir, Daniel 0, Weiduer died in Favmingdols, N. J., a few deyu ago, of hydrophobis, under tho followiug ciraumstancos, ay alloged by the Itoad- ing (Lonn) Times ou the suthority of his brothor, who ls » rosidont of Rteading: **My brothor, when 7 years ofd, wont to live with a Mr, Liefottro at Fanningdalo; was raisod by him, uud during ull thoso yours Ligs beeu of indus- trious habits, sohor, snd woll-iked in tho com- munlty. It was during his sovouth yoeur, and while "living with Mv, Lofottro, that he was bilten by a 'mad dog, though kow this Leppened no one kmows; he suffered much paln at tho tmeo, and . roquired constant nuralng, In a fow wooky ho sevmed to have completely recovored, and from that timo up to Wounosday, April 24, ho nevershowed tho ullfihloat sign of the existenco of hydropho- bin In Lis systom, 1o grow up wichout s suspi~ cion of thenwful death which lurked in (ml yeing, andwalted only the drond _summons to Lring, him to an yntimoly grave, Last Wodues- -la{ nniel aroso und attemptod to poriorm his ablutions ; a8 ho noared tho wator Lio way seized with convulsive spasms that shook his body ke a lonf, throwing him to the floor, eevompanicd Dy frothing at tho mouth, and from thut (Eme o, continued in this condition, with short intorvals of fouror flve seconds of roturning renson, throughout the whols of Wednesduy, tie night of ‘:]Vcdnruld:,y,‘ 1!‘“1' lth?k xu;xb Iillu_v.hup Lo Thure- ay night ut Y o'clock, when dasth relioved lLnn of hix pulforings, .fl\u‘lfl% L) W'llutmy-nw Tours ho did not eat or drink nnything, but waa soomingly convulsed with paln, and fu the great- ost ngony. Allttle modicing was at one timo forcod down his thront, but tho groat oxortlon wwhioli 16 required, and the fear that porsonal in- Jury might bo donahim, pravonted its ropetition. A fow waoks bafore his deatl Danlol callod on & phFululnn. and then gomplalued of o utinging o rllm, sud wlion he loft romarked, 0 in his loft arni. Tho doctor Prnm:rlhml for that man will not live many diays Boon nfter Daniel wns mm';x slok, and died, nastatod. 1{o was 24 years old B e e, IN MEMORIAM. Though years hove fled Tiosond recalling, Bl o'ar the Nation's dead ‘Had tosrs are falling, Bon wosp to-dny For comraden truo, Resting for uye ‘Neath Hoaven’s blus, ' Through tho miat of years Memoriea coms, Tolling of mournful biers Hadly sont home § of gory deatts 5 loros gt Of dopnrting broath . & In tho dark night; S Telling of wos Unuiterably deop, i Following slow i Some comrad to sleaps Blowly turning the sod Over bis brnt, Lenving with God i epiit to rost, Tovingly strow Fair young flowers Over tho trus W ‘Aud yood of ourw; Fought they long and woll, Our Country's bravos; Nbly they £oll Honor thelr graves, T, B, Monntsox, —_— Threo Leadors of the Fronch Revolus tiow On tho 28th of June, 1793, throo mon woro seatod around a tablo in & room of the wine-shop of tho Ruo du Paon. Lheir clairs wero wide aport; each was sented nt one of the sides of the table, loaving a fourth plece cmpty. It wasabout Bo'clock in the evening; thoro was still somo light on tho stroot, but thie room was darlk, anda lamp, bangiug from the ceiling, threw n dim glimmer on thoe table, . The first of those men was palo, young, fravo, with thin lips anda cold look.+ A nervous twitch in the chook must havo epoilt his attempts to smilo, Ho was powdored, gloved, brushed, and but- toned; there was not n croass in his bright biuo coat. He wore naukeen trousors, white stockivgs, a frilled shirt, and shoos with sityer bucklos, Tho two other men wero—ono a kind of glant; the othor n kind of dwarf. Tho tall man, noj !Iq)unuy dressed in s vast cont of sonrlot clot] , bis nock bare, his untiod cravat falling lowor than the frill, his walstcont open, with mony buttons missing, woro top-boots, aud his hair was straight and in disorder, i~ thongh it, rovonled traces of dressing and cavo, Thore was something of o maue about it, His faco was pook-ninrked; he had nn angry wrinkle botweon the eyebrows, nnd an oxpression of kindnoss nt the cornor of tho lips;j thick lips, large toeth, o bargoman's flst, & Iluminouy oyo. Tho dwarf waa a yollowish man, who, sentod, seemed deformed; ‘his head was thrown baltwards, his oyes were bloodshot ; his faco wan covored with livid patches ; .o handkerchief- was tied ovor Lis groasy and flat hair. No forchead ; an_onormous aud terrible mouth, Ho wore ordinary trousors, slippors, and a waistcoat which looked it it was of whito satin, and over this waistcost & jncket, in the folds of which a hud and straight line rovenled & {:olgunrfl. Tho flrsk of theso mon waa namdd Robesplerra; Lhe mec- ond, Danton; thothird, Marat. Thoy wore alone in the room, There was a glass and & bottle of wino bofore Danton: o cup of coffoo ' hofore Marat, and o hoap of papers before Robospicrre. A map of Franco was strotched ont on the table, —Fyom Qualre-vingl-treize, par Viclur Iugo, —_—— Loborers in fadia. - Although it is bolioved that tho famine in Indin will not bo ns #ovoro ns was at lrst foured, yet the public works are siill cacriod on, Tha workmen, howovor, are disposod to take things onsily, A London newspapor cor- rospondent, writing from Ilatee, says tbat the people guuumll‘y had o haggard, worn, and hun-~ gry look. * Walkiug along o dusty rond, I camo upon o compiny of abont a dozen fam- ished men and youths filling up the rutsof a ‘woll-worn rond, under the superintondenco of o fino, gontlemanly-looking Punjaub Sopoy, hay- ing on his breast a silver war wedal andby bis sido a 8word. ‘I'hose man oarn about ten pico a duy, oqual to about gfid of English monoy. With this tho lads m\i} do woll enough, but mon with families would have n very bare sub- siatunpo. I spoke to ono of theso men, who told Mo ho had at lhome a wite aud two childran to support. Tho provailing rices of food just euabled this man to provide wo very scanty meals for himself, and ono only for bis wifo and children, A I appronched Ha- tee I camo upon o mass of botwoen eight and nino thonsand men, womon and children at a +*rolief worl)’ which was o newly-mndo road or bank of curh, Somo of the mon who wore em- ployed in cniting the earth for the” onbankment woro in fuir condition ns compnred with tho . ma- Jority., They wore earning from ten to twelve pise & day. Tor the purpose of cousolidating and loveling the road, the grent majority of the people I saw here wore aquattod on the bank aud beating tho road with sninll sticks from fiftoon to eightcon inches long. Tho people sit in rows, boing divided into smnll gengs numbering from twenty to thirty. The work they do is. the lenst possible, and though the pay given to these people is barel: sufficlont to provide food for an sdult, tho worl done by tho peoplo is nob worth one-fourth of tho pittanceraceived. This has hoou the fact, I believe, on all the so-called publio works, —_——— Death of a Noted Character in New . . Orlcans, John Henry died in Now Orleans on Wodnos- day, 18th ult., ofn congostive chill. Hohadloug beon o noted charactor in the city—-famnous for tho number of persuna! oncounters in which hé engagod, and the peculiar, not to say astonishe iug, good fortune Lo nlways mot with. Tho Picayune gives this skotch of him; Without mentioning any minor affairs ho may have had, the killiug of Bob Torbes, himself & noted des- peorado, in 1868, and nbmfl & yoor aftdrward of Jamon !Portor, &ro ovouts very well remomboved byour readers, 8till moro fresh in public racol- loction is tho torriblo fight bolweon Iienr: and ome Porry _Lyous, during the fail of 1872, at the Merchants' Exchange on Common strest, It was, porhaps, ono of ‘the most dosperate encounters which over took place. Lyons was armed with n pistol and Henry with thonw(ul gimlet-knife. Tho fivat intimution hnd by parsous outside was the spec- taclo of Lyony backing from tho saloon on the banquotie, and afterward into the guttor and tho stract, flring his pistol rapidly at Houry, who was pursuing. They woro quito close to oach other, One ball from Lyous’ pistol struolk Hon- ry fairly in tho bronst, ;finlng clony through, and producing what every physician deolared n mor- tal wound 3 yot the mon came together iu the stroet, and when holp arrived -Lyons was found to bo stabbed in several places, and within two minutes of his doeath. Contrary to ovory onc's oxpoctation, Henry recovered from his frightful wound received in'this oncountor, and from that imo to tha present hag been in full possousion of honlth aud strongth.” phbn. i M=, IRow Inflation iy Begnrded in fowa. Fron the New York Journal of Commerce, The following capitnl lotter is from a firat- class morchant in Iowa, and wo honrtily com- mend it to the attontion of our renders : Keoxusk, In, My 11, 1874, Editor of tha Journal of Commerc ¢ 1t 14 vopontedly said, # Tho Wost wanta {nflation.” Our Congressinen, it appesrs, ure under this deli. sion. Tu this Congrossiouu! District (e Fiest Towa) are published tweuty-two papers of mll shade of po- litical opinlon, tweuly-one of them haviug pronounced {u favor of tho velo ;" the otlier follow 1 rather astrad. dle of the feuce, but 1s in o railrond scheme, o, liko all peoplo who oro up to tholr oars in dubt, thinks mora groonbiacks would help tha Weal(i, o,, bimgclf), No, 6irl oven hero in the Hawkoye Stato wo are not alt blnd 1o the valuo of an honest dollar: aud, ufter & pretly careful aurvoy of tho opinions of our huslucss men, I can safely suy tho fnflationists are (L excop- tlon, Our Congressman and Senator, McOrar, Wright (both of this district) nover maden bigger Llundor than whon thoy thought thoy represented the senthnent of thele poople by votiug for rlm so-culled. ufietion bill, A fow Jocalitles in Towa, whero apeculation s now rmpant, or Lus run riot (whers corner-ots ars swap Billa ut fanoy prices), are quick to tolegraph our meme eri Lo volo Tor mare of that great dulusion,n green— back doflur, Yours, &c,, 0. B3, ‘Tho houso reprosented by the writer of tho abova hias been In businoss over twonty yesrs, and nnderstands the wants of Lho West botter than tho politicians, —Tho grasshopper scare doos nob affect fin- migration, Xvory day long lines of *praivio #choonovs,” with coompanying flovks and herds, are oncountored on the roads in the interior of the Biate. The numbor of jmmigrants arviving fully n({un.ll that of laat yoar for the correspond- Ing porldd.~84, Paul Fress, and” -HYMENEAL. The Marriage of Nelly Grant. Hints and Peeps. Front Qur Own Corvespondent, WaRIIHGTON, May 23, 1674, Tho Sartoris-Grant wedding gavo n touch of naturo to political sociaty, and put n few dnys of dallianco into our bumdrum lifo, It wns of note ohlefly by tho place of colobration and the dis- tinguishod offico of the pavont, p NETLY ORANT,— . Grant no more, in vame,—was a yonthfal, cheor- ful, affootiounts child, rathor lnviting matrimony ‘by tho affability of the Dent blood in her. Sho way ensy to bo acquainted with, light, morry, American-like, 8ho may have married too soon, but that {a past thinking about, though all tho marriod women make the remark, suying: * My | that girlhnd evorything,—mouay, position, popularlty, youth, and health; and sho abandons ‘thom 11, in tho onjoymont of all, for n surrooly- known young manl My daughtor shall never marry until sho is 28, 3Mr. Appledandy, my donr, remembor that " 3 This has boon sald einco Laban had two doughtors and Jacob gob both. Given overything but the young man, nnd what is woalth 7 Bo- twoen a Prosidont for a papa and o young man holding out his hands, thera {8 but one choico. “The spirit aud tho bride suy, Comoe)” That ia "what touched that grent old Washington cor- rospondont, William - Shalisponrs, whon ho pointed to tho flesh and blood of Cordelin,—an- othier Nolly,—addressing Gon. Grant Loar: Yon have hogot me, brod me, loved mo; I Return thoso duties Lack us aro ight fif, “That Lord who takos my plight shull carry Half my lovo with him, half my caro and duty, Bure, I sball nevor mafry liko iny alators, To love my father all, A wedding, to bo right happy in the duration of love and intordependenco, should bo botweon youug pooplo, not mismitchod in nge or condi~ tion. For Nelly Grant, raivod a8 a rotired young ofticor's daughter, to have mated in & condition equal to her father’s present power, would not bavo been possiblo or wise, Matrimony is not tho right door to go to rchool by, Nordo very young pooplo generally love out of their condi- tion. Tho same mud-pio lasts for life, and tho littlo swoothenrts playing houso togethor is o botter symbol of happy marriage than Olaudo Melnotte in Lis gardoner's apron raving nbout the Lady of Lyoos. : It was & quostion with Nelllo Grant of THE HOUR AND TIG 3IAN, Totumning homo on'shipboard, st sunceptiblo age, che ‘s thot ball-un-Anglicized young follow,—for ho had "beon a good while *in Amorica, hard at work,—graceful, young, bashful, the brown on his checks, and so rendy to spenl, if hoe could got tho en- couragoment,—and sho kittened to him. Ho was directly nway down in her mind, amongst & gront many other things; but, when shoe sought in that mental roticule for anything, ho always camo up first. After awhiloit got to be a quost for him ; n particnlarly plnintive good-bye fol- lowed, and an iuvitation to Washington ; aud he camo to tho front like n man. He did not scare worth s cent nt the President’s houvy counto- nance, nor that erronyg cigar, nor the four-in- Lnnd team, nor Washington wociety-critielsi, Howas after his girl. Ho was well-bred, and the young Indy grow moro madly in love as littlo difiicultics arose, until Mrs. Graut came to the front, smoothed Ulyascs out, romindod him, per- hnps, of tho timo when he came woolng with notblug but his _ commission, aud thon, all at onco, Burt'yie' brother broke iy noek, or head, or rometling, aud presto! the old Inw of primogenitiire came to the young man's relief. Ho Hersuufl]cd Lis purents to write Bflm([llnh!mlfly, and was acceptod. 'Chencefor- ward tho Whito House beecame a place for billing and coving. Where Lincoln lay in thoe state of donth, where arrivon and ‘Taylor draw tho last sigh, whore Mrs. John Adams bnug a clothes- line and dried John's Lnitted socks across the unfinished Iiast Room, where tho British ap- plicd tha torch and Gon, Jackuon smokod clny- Pipes, two young peoplo were " kissing on the stairwnys and dozing on the blue sofas at such late hours tliat the watchmen wanted it oll to be over and done with, As Duncan said ontering the castlo of Mucbetly, it might Luve buon said of Snrtoris : ‘This gueat of summer, The tomple-haunting martlet, doe approve, By his loved munsionry, thut tho beavon's breata Binclia woolngly hiere. ” No jutty, friezo, 2 Buittress, nor colgno of vantuge, but this bird Hath mado bis poudent bod und procreant cradlo: Tho air is delicnte. Whynot? Whero politicians argued for an of- fice nud Cabivut-cauciis conspived these sovonty years. whero tho proclamation was writton that {roed a raco, and tho cabal assemblod that kept them down,—in the old palace of the Xing of QLorrors; Taxes, and War, tho sparrows.woll mey sing twico in the contury! r. Sartoris bad worked in the Northwest, knew Amoricn well, liked company, and dis~ cussed nothing. IIe was not o roformer nor you an ogotisl, To the gentloman who nsked for "his picture to engrave, ho said: ** Upon my word, I'd rather not! Becauso 1 shall marry tho President’s danghter T don't soo-why I'should have my picturo spread in the nowspapors.” £ TIIS POLICY OF QUIETNESS onimated the wedding. - Friends ouly wore In- vited ; and, as bo hiad few or none in this coun- try, the bulk wero the family-friends of tho Grants. With theso, poor and rich wors nliko invited, and there wereas fow, politicians ns pos- sible, All the Grauts and Donls were presont that could come. There wore a fow.flunkoys, but perhaps the family snw them at thoir best. The Vice-Presidont, Spenker, Bupreme Court, Govornor, Cabinet, Houschold-Secretaries, six or cight Sountors, some army oflicors, obkouro country-frionde, the Long Brinch aud Philadel- phia coteries, old Mr, Corcoran, the mamrried widow of Steplien A. Douglas, faw. or no Rop- resontatives, and tha compinionsof the ohildron, mado up tho set. Parson Tiffuny was to say the ceremony. And lere n thought strikos ns, of the higheat importanco to overy clorgyman's wife fu the United States, What wns tho fee ? Al thin great itom of news bns eeeaped overybody but mysolf, If I should toll you what it wus, tho fratornity of corrcspondonty—Ira- tornity I bolieve it Is called, on the prineiplo of tho artist who so named his beautiful pleturo of tho Death of Abol—wonld fall into a deop mel- ancholy. 1 thivk, on_{he wholo, therofore, that I will oop it to myself ; but I don't mind telling you_that, whito o protty good thing, it was & littlo helow the par value of a Proni- dont's daughtor, 'Lhoro was much ouriosity amongst the clorgymon (o know all about it, and some thought Parson Tiffany to bo Tiffany the jowoler, with all tho luck he is hav- ing. Think of poor Dr. Nowwan, eating broiled native in Coylon, shut out from all those seoular porquisites, who would have road this gorvice in o wiy to {mt the Archbishop of Canterbury— yoa! the Popa—to shnme. WEDDING=ROOX. . Tho Enst Roow, always large, cool and state- like, was lighted up with thoso cr{ulul chande- liers which ure saturated with light so soft and whito that they bardly twinkle, and tho greon- noss of vines wrapped them partly in. TFlowers, plants, bods of moss, wreaths, nosognys, wero pluced up and down and around this room, aud its white and gilt” columns, with nfirnmsinn impossible i any private estab- lisbmont; for here half the city is a consorvatory dirceted by tho Ixocutive nud othor offieers, ‘Thoy have told }mu nbout hie platform raised on theeast sideof this 100w, and the bell of camellias suspendod over it; about the Persian ring upon the platform ; .the band of musio noar by, propared to ongago in an invisible courtship with_something bashful and hoydonish in the air, and about this band strik- ingup ‘T think of thee," the flrst of all,—so thoughtful of it ! Now tho British Minister and Secrotary Fish, with their Jadios, aro on oL)poaIlo sidos of the platiorm. The room is nbout ono-touth filled with peoplo, in and out of uniform, and {lo rost with dlowors and {ho smoll of wedding-cako, and everybody | is hobnobbing aud laughing, as if it weroa mero oceurrouce of tho momont to marry, ‘'ho baud chungos its tuno nnd caquots with a wodding- march, and the people fall back behind riblions drawn to tho door; aud, up tho aislo 5o opened, Fred CGrant, nll in uniform, led My, Algornon Bartoris, Frodoriol wus decidodly inclined to bo square omd stout; Algoraon was n graceful, Euml-lnul:in;; lad, mustachiod, ruddy, and bronzed tondo in color, with 2 snit of clothes whioh fitted him to tho point of abont 200, and a bonquot in his hiand, D, 'liffuny wns voady for him, and the young mnn's sobor fco showed that he wis aware of the Doctor's intentlons, In a few soconds, or minutes, or something delicioue, the bridesmaids, vight in number, camo In, ropresouting fathers who niad flgurul in varlows wayw in tho huly-burly of lifo,. S —————————— Thoto was Conkling's In advanco,—ITo- ratlo Soymont's nleca; Irolinghnysen's, whose nl'flni-llnn_la ran with Honry Olay for this White Jloune; Portor's, n young lady of & confilent lnnk‘ whoro fathor salled the sons over; Shor- man's, whoeo fathor wan onco said to boe orazy, bt mirsad the lmil)mnllnn by tho slight dliTer- once of enccoss: Droxal's, rich as n Crooaus ; Dont's, all in tho family; Flal's, a good bridon- mreid for anybody ; and Dnmeu', whoge fathor is tho nuthor of novoral hundred thousnnd lost le lu, nnmla, and ra\'Jurn. i [hen, betweon Jesse and Ulyaso, her rons, camo Mrs, Grant, tho Prosident's Julln, Then the DreMdont brotight tho young bride, Lot us coneldor the corcmony done and all the party, 100 or more, at the TREAKVANT, Thoro was somo disturbance in prlaten and guzzles of wisost censuro that tho broakfnst was noryod by Fround. I don't know who Freund is, and that mado all tho trouble, It saems he wne n Dutch confectioner who offered to sprond the cloth, winea and all, for 5600, Heariug this, Sam Ward abandonod himsolt to melancholy snd refused to ro.to markot, John Welckoer mused with tho foolings of Grotius on tho ingratltude of Nopublics. Wa all stuck up our noses, and linye mot yot brought them down. Woodooclk, snipe, chicken-croquettes, sorved by a man named I'round, o churner of ico-cream, and in tho stato dining-room! Alas, thou martyred YVatol, who foll wpon n sword because tho beof ‘was overdons and tho gravy without Madeirn, avo can only think of theo and tho dogonoracy of tho kitohen! At thin tablo woro wines Tho Dothodist pronchior touk o drink. ‘Tho corks wout right off, asif Lo sny, “Sure pop" “withont ovnewn. This was ndoliborato_attnck on the grent crn- snde in tho Maumeo Valley, which is supposed to havo arisen ont of tho failurc of the grapein that country, , Mr. Fround hognn with ,nofb . crabs on toust, ran through six meat-dishes, and onromed on snlads, strawberrles, and pudding, burst in pyrotochnics of ices, cakes, Roman punch, and fancy confeetionery. TEverybody ool nway n box for little Johnuy, with o bit of wedding-cake, and the bill of fard inside, TILE: PIESENTH, The Philndolphisng gave tho hest presonts,— Borie, Dresel, and_Childs, Borle gavo a stona which cost about 98,600, Droxol gavo o solid 8ot of stlver, which would make your old. grauds mothor go’ on her lnoos 6t such wickedd ness. Cattell, of Now Jorscy, gave o flyo-stono dinmond stunner ring, ovory dinmond with its cyos watering. A Now Yorker, Morton, gavo both diamonda and ah omerald ublaze, liko ahsintho in ncut-glass tumbler. CGeorge W. Childs produced n gorgeous cofiln, with sovon dozon, ail round, of knives, forkw, and spoons, ‘worth coln-welght, and engraving bosiden. Thin would bo a droadful tantalization to n fam- ily with nothing to eat, and 250 wsilver articles not to do it with, The quantity of solid silver ico-pitchers and tankirds will strike John Bull, who takos s port by the quart and his porter by the gallon. Every Sattoris, down to littlo Johnny, can have a wholo plicher-to drinle from. “'hore may hnvo besu, of difforont articles, tal- ingapart the rots, a3 many aa1,000 or 1,500, Tho Cabinot officars did not come out very strong, bo- ing genorally poor. Gon. Sherman gave sal-col- lara; Croswoll an ico-croam sorvico of toste nand valuo; the thrifty Delano o clocle to repronont tha thief of timo; Robeson n brans toilot sct, cnst outof war motal, probably; Delknap o silver sugar and erenn get, quite doloctabls; Fish & contly silver tanlard; Willinms o borry ser. It 'was romarked that fow of thosio articlas were specirlly made for the occnsion; that thero was, therefore, little noveltyof form or quaint suggestiveness and invention; and that, consid~ ering the Prosident’s grent array of otficoholders, the contributions wero modest boneath expooin- tion. Howover, expeotation is always too high, tho citizen-mind expecting too muel from stato affairs and poople in station. Aftor all, hero was o little girl who had couragoously dotermined upon her man, wrung consent from hor paronts, cast the die, and threw herself upon hor friends, The most oxpensive of all things she received woro lacos and wardrobe from hor father, end it is eaid that she departed with twenty- flvo trunks, At avy rato, tho specinl train which departod with hor had o baggagoe-car attachod, and'nobody elso put on any bnggage. This is o cloar oxhiibit of tho provailing passion of our time,~dress, How-long will twonty-five_silk dresaos last or woar, with_tho best care? TLaca will keep, if woll insurod. The presonts wora not much ombarrasged with wenring apparel from friends. Miss Kitty Cooke, out of the wrock of her father, pavo n lnce flounco. The groat merchant, Stewart, gave o lace handkerchief. Thoro woro soveral fans and o 'sof of crockery. Tvon photograph-albums, Dible, and traveling bag, wero given. ‘Tho Prosident's Mochlin lace was purchaged in Bolgium, undor tho suporvision of Minister Jones. LThe clothinfi of the bride was complete, elegant, and embracer evorything under as well ns over the sun,—tha ronsiin dressos, chomisos, oto., being a8 porfech a6 art and industry can produce them; and no Princess ovor loft Windsor with less to purchase in the wny of garments, Tho wedding way have cqut tho Presidont in money $80,000. ~ Who says tit & boy costa moro than & daughtor ? JER PROSPEOTS, Algernon Charles Froderick Sartoris, of Wera- Ash House, Hampshire County, England, is snid to have o fair incomo in reversion, being now tho oldest son, I have heard this inconio set’ at £12,000, and 28 high as $40,000. But the young man's courting bas been costly, and heis de- pendont while bis pavents livo. Ho is saddled down with n mighty wardrobo, a famoue name on his wifo's sido, and, by the 'absonco of hin paronts from the coremony, it may bo inforred either that they are plain poople, or are plunged into trouble by the vecont denth of their oldest son, or thought it best for the young man ta wed his wife 28 ho had sought her, by his own entorprive. It is probable that™ the ex- poctations of. his family as dow- Ty aro ot lonst. ] large:;, oe ours_concorning_his, and moro assured, Tha Prosident startod his child off with 910,000, Her presents amount to four or five timos that eum, Hor father is probably worth, in good property and cash, £5600,000, Itis clear that, if Snrtoris will'pursue lifo ns Lo bogan it, in the 8pirit of ontorpriso and under the star of good Juck, young Mra, Sertoris will never sce her family in want. The part of Englaud whoro thoy will reside is ono ny tho faircst in the Kin]gfldom, and_corre- spondingly thickly sottlod with villas, villages, and large townms. - For this _ reason, thero i8 no conspicuous mention of Wers-Ash House, evory Euglish manor or country-box having aname. DBut tho placos proximato are Gosport, and Dortsmouth, and Southampton. Notley Abboy, 000 venrs old, i in the vicinity. Tondon is 80 ‘or 90 miles ofZ by rail. Southamp- ton Water, Spithead, and the channels bohind the Islo of Wight are probably in sight of Wers- Ash Houso; and it is ono night's run from Southampton to Hnvre by mail-packet, A steamer comos in sight” from the Umted States, touching at Cowes, noarly or quito ovory day in tho \\'flfl?. Tho Quoen has a castlo in sight, at Osboru. Y.t us now suppose the young peoplo at home in this moist, craggy port of Bouth England. ‘What noxt? Tirst, ncquaintanco-making; riding over the Flnua; onting tho beof; acquiring the queer, inlf-wild sporting habits of the natives; a roun of vigils to' the otber Sartorises, until all the Tumily tus _eufiiciontly dischurgod its devoirs to the bride. Then, wonty of eating, making family- acquaintances, and trying on the now clothes, » run up to London, and n dinner at the Amori- * can Legation and olaowhore. As to tho Queen and what sho willhave to eay, or the Loril Cham- berlnin, or anybody else, that isa subject of more bothor” hera than in _ England. It is not probablo that Mrs., Sartoris, as loug a8 lher fathor is Irosident, with our diplomatio sorvico at his command, will sutfor any rudoness whoro nono can bo intonded. T'he otiguatto of Royalty ia alwnys subject to the caprico of politics. "My, Disracli i the Queen of Englaud, Thero is, happily, nothing in the mind or repring of Mys, Sartoris to mako hor s parvenue, pining for the pouderous recognition of somo figmout of authority, I foar that sho will rathor suffor undor tho loshy matorinlisny of Linglish women, and think of the chirpy snd gushing gitls sho know betwoon Ponnsylvania avonuo aud Michigan avenup, Chicago. Aftor London, thoro is Pavis, as closo to Wers« Ash Houso as Bt. Lonis to Bpringlield. Again, tho Bartoris [{onwlu will have abundant American woclety; omil o, through tho wholo of Gon. Granb's majority, tho high soclety: will ba American, the business of life Englieh, It will bo aftor tho axpiration of the President's term, whon maturity and perhaps childron haye como to this young couplo, that their Ilvos will be mora distinetivoly Englieh, and the ocean wider bo- tweon Nolly and Lior nativo country. Bho has done thus much: taken hor full and only ticket in the lottory of marringe. Her fatiier was opposed to n foreign mateh, on no othor scoro than hev own happinoss, being Lim- self attnchod to Amerion and the people. That lie hus informed himwelf of this bridegroom's _surroundings, habits, and prospeots, through our. Minlstor and Cousnls, there is no doubt. 1Iud lie beon possossed of tho idoa of Ciosarism, 1o much tallkod about, he wonld have hunted n highor conneotion, mothinks, than an Euglish commoner ; but he always was disobliging whon we writing follows struck u real good sonsation, Niss Nolly I8 murvied in hor condition, to ono of compotouce, to ono sho wak strongly in lova with, Wo have thrown & good many shoos after. . hor for good luck, and hope we shall have no ocengion to throw our boot after has husband, ATy “ \

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