Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 28, 1874, Page 7

THE .CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, ' JUNE 98, 187 amb troupe Were traveling throngh New jork, the cash-box (containing several hundred {lars of the funds) was siolen. Mr. William P. ilter, who was then Treasurerof the troupe, papocted & girl who was employed at. the hotel B4fe placo whero they then were, and bis sus- Tions were further confirmed by ber sudden Heappearance. Ho managed, however, to get i'of her, after some time bLad elapsed, and b fedup the case so well that she couféssed +im tost ebe had taken the ‘money fo pur- 4 s weddiog outtit, and that the marriage ‘eoon to take place. She refunded nalf of e stolon mOBeT, aod Mr. Miller decided not to ure ber for the balance. Bhortly after F¥ arried s wealthy English gentlemsn, whio 2, eogaged iu the lumber-business in Chicago, E e vears bad elapsed when her husbaud Lfl, leaving ber all of his properts. A few o a0 che also died, and in' her will sho Bt B2 Siller the sum of $300,000 a9 2n ox. oo of hor gratitnde for nct having prose- o o whew in lus power. M. Miller, who is o of the firm of Miller, Morrison & Col, New 1 acoutly recsived a lotter fiom tier admin- ok, T tavog that bo could dra ou bim for BUStOh st euy time.” Moral : Beforo com- IO 5, felons, iaquire whether & Chiosgo fin bas snytiung to do with 1t. If thisis not o moral there isn'c one. ——— MUSIC. 5 2gsice] events axo begivuing to grow fow and Jar between, 830 the musicians are taking flight Y the rurel districts for recreation. The season a5 ow be considored closed, the concerts com- B aatery fo Nesera. Whittemoro ‘and Bischoft 4 the very pleasant soixeo musicalo by the new “\;u".r of the Michigan Avenue Bsptist Church 'nfl.nxsday evenivg Winding up musical mat- K antil next September. The two societies, :fiA ollo Ciub sndBeethoven Society, bave B eared uati that (ime. _There remains, Berotarp, but litle to 885 Of music at homs. " fE GILNUKE CONCERTS. i arrangsments for 8 Eeries of six midsam- per-miglt promenado concerts by Gilwmore's Twenty-second Now York Regimont Band have seen porfected. Tho band will Ieave New Yotk m the 15th and arrive bere on the 28th of July, iving & concert each might of the week. In prder to popularize the concerts, the manage- pent have placed tuo admission at a sum sutli- Jeotly tow to eable everybody to eujos this Jovo masical trest. A consideruble redustion on Bo gopersl sdmission il be made to parties jubsenbing for either threo or six of the con- Jorts. In order to get this featurs fully Lefore Fé publi, subscription-books Lave been plaved Jail of bur music-stotes, where those wisbing % sutieenibe for either threo or the wliole serics Jt coucorts, will have an opportunity of dumng . Ono tickot admsting a geutlewnn sud lsdy bt entiro scries, may bo had by subscribert Jor €6, and to any thras of the oconcerts for 34. These ickets can be had ouly by subseription, 1t will be scon are at & price sufliciently re- foced to make it an object. The aneral aamission has been placed st 75 couis, . Gilmore's reputation us u successial leader 4 well Enown, and with him come Arbuckle jod Le Febre, two virtuosos, on the coruet end Jaxophouo respectively, whovo reputaions uro Forld-wide. ‘Lbe ides of 8 series of midsummer Yigat concerss, albough hoc & new oue, is mparatively pew in Chicago, aud no place ffera b tiner or larger promcuade under Ioof. Lo great Expogition Building, when brillianuly {mmmmd, will afford 3 magnincent opporta- ity for tho beud, which will play some of its Lz muosic. Tie affair promises to be uu inter- sring event, and every ensouragement is due to projeotors. CONCERT AT ST. JOSEPH. On Wednesday, July 8, the Garden.City Quar- Jatto (Messrs. Hubbard, Howard, Swmitn, und lurk) wall give o concert at St. Josepl, Jch. ‘hoy will ba arsisted on this occasion by Alie. 2% Stacay; the well-known soprano of this hiy, and Mr. Louis Falk. With such a combi- Bation as this the people of St. Joseph may ex- poct an admirable concert. T FRESONAL. * Mr, I. V. Flagler, the well-known organiat of o Plymouth Congregational Church, leaves weék for Europe,. wheie he will remain Lout two months. 16 eniis from New York on turday pext. As Mr. Licbling and Mr. Gotd- k aroalso on the eve of departure for Europe, hicago muricians will be weil represeuted broad. During Mr. Flagler's absence Ar. Cut- will have charge of his organ. , TUE COLLEGE OF XUSIC. In our recent summaiy of the musical events »f the season, want of &pace prevented us from iving the detals which In many cases ars very terestiug ; in DOLO mOre B0 than the remark- blo corien of Roirces given by tho Colleza of ualo. The following snalysis of the programmes Miows not only that s larzo number of com- Dositions were given but al=o that they were of & Very high standard of music. They.may be sinieified aa follows: “PLANO $0LO, WITH OECITESTRA ACCOMPANINENT. g Soucerto, @ miubr, endelssous - Coucerio op. 9, ice, TRIOS FOR PIANO, FIOLIN, AND 'CELLO, Four trios by Beethoven ; four trios by Reissige tzlo by De Bentot ; trio by Derckam ; trio Uy Jada sobn. op. 18 trio by Jadarsohn, op. 303 trio by Nicls Gade, og. 43} trio by Greonebaum : i by Cobelll. PLANO AND VIOLE Sonatas by Beothoven ; sonuta by Relnecke ; over- ture, Fivgalo Hockle, Mendelssoln ; overture, Athal Mendclscoln ; overture, Promethens, Beethioven symphouie, Havdn, TIAX0 AND VIOLONCELLO, Sonats, Beethoven ; Souvenir de 8pa, Servals, TWO VIULINS. e The anoual exsnunation ot the musical pupils of Mr. Heman Allen took plsce at the residonce of Mry. Joshua L. Marsl, 831 Wabssh aveuue, yestorday atternoon. The pupils who took pars were us follows: Piano—ulia Jamen, Mary Du Veract, Louiss Davy, Lucy Nichols, Kitty Couaut, Mary Philiips, Waldemar Nicholg, Morris Ruthachild, knd Mary H. Allen, Viotin—lurry Seaverns, Charles ark, Charles Garroll, Edwin Sherman, end Charles Blodgett. The {ollowing yrogramme which was - per- forined speuks well both for teachers and pupils, and 18 specially noticeable for the absence of the nonsende which is ept 1o cheracterize occasions of this sort: 5 PART I 1. German alrs (with violin).... Lucy Aichols, @ Lost Idea.. z.{b Phflomelex Waitzes, o e saalomuner Loa. o000 2. Balection from ‘;q‘;flm.,;'.’fv""" Philliys. 4. Mallanmelody. ot o Cluarlea Zinbark, * b Moiguns £ seas ary H. Allen (6 . 6. {2 Broode D i ol o Prelude in D fat, PART 11, 1. Orerture *Fingals Cave, .. ... Juiia Sames, 3. Adzgio frcm Sonats, op, 20, No. 3. mummu'.flwry Scaverns. Kitty Conant, [% Tflnsl:flpuun..m A.J ..".u. . arles Llodgett. §. Themo aud varintions. .. . ... ‘ Blorris and Lertha Rothachild. . onata fn F (with violin), .. . Miss Davy. Y. Airs from ‘;‘Lumfl’n" ? & ey Nichod (U years old). 8. Ovezture to * Crown Dismonds ™ Watdemnr Nich PLu u&mw&a brill, Meudeissobn; Rondo Capriccioso, sfl:fldlmhfl; Songas Without Words, Mendelssohn tes of 3-Mboven : op. 2, No. 3, op. 7, op, 10, Nos. L2, op. 13, op. 14, cp. 3% op. 36, op. 21, 2. 31, op. 53; Noveliottes, op, 21, Schumann ; Auf- ?“"‘ Schumann ; Vulse Caprice, Rubinstein ; Six Yorceuur, Rubinstein ; Behiero, B minor, Chopin ; /alses, Cliopin ; Fantiwie, F minor, Chopin; Etudes @1, Mayer’, Tondo E ; Valse Ceprice, Ratl ; Polka de is Reine, tlisario, Goria; Impromptus, op. 143 and op, 90, BBobert; 11 Bella Capriccioss, Hniomel ; Printemps C4mour, Gottachialk; Khapeodic Hongroise, Lisat, Egolottn, Woler ; Kadiouse, Gottsobalk ; Fest March, olff ; It ouse, Goil H Bafl; L'Eliaire d’Amour, Vilbac, Mirch des S5iybes, Aznsour; Duo. Spmphont tes Sylphies, Mznsour; Duo u Letchur et oy ympbonique, In addition to the above, forty-three vocal +..Mendelssoln ..Beethoven - bambers of tho highost degree of musical excel- e were also given. The aggregate list TDakn well for the ork which this insutation isdaing. The summer term commences Mon- 4a5, the Z9th 1nat. MTSIC IN EANBAS. The Esnens State Normal Academy of Music fommerces its seseion at Leaveuworth on Juue 0, closing. Aug. 11, under the excellent super- Ysion of “Mr. H. S! Derking, tho well-known Souductor cf so many musical ‘instivntes in the et Anesceedingly iuteresting. f ! this soesiord will be the performance of * ¥ith Alr. Julo E. Perkivs in the titlo roi erkins ia one of the best imown of our Ameri- 821 bassos, and 18 now & member of the Iialisn Opera Gompany at Drury Lane, where he has & #x years' engagement.” It is aot improbable that he will also sing in Chicago before his re- turn. TURNER HALL. The programme for the Turner Hall concert this eveniog 14 as followst L March, “ Greatis ", 3 Diaviiee o e e 8. Traumerci ¥, P 4. First Finale from * 3fisanielio ", . Auber 5. Overturs to “The Wanderor’s Destination 7, Suppe 6. Fantasie, “ Evening in the Forest ™..,.. .. Sicho 7. Pantasie on themes from * The Hugnonots Bals 8. Potpourr from “ Fazat " 9. Weitz, - Season of the B 10. Tueatre quadrille. A caAl The undersigned, beveticiary of the compli- mentary concert given Tuesday evening, Juno 23, takes this opportunity to offer his grateful acknowledments. - He feels specially indebted to Irs. Bugenie de Roode Rice, Méssts. Bowen, Mathews, Baird, and Blackman, and Apollo Club, for their cordial and artistic services which coutnbuted so largely to the eujoymont of the evening, To the pupils of the public schools ho expresses his hearty thanks, To Superin- tendents, teachers, aud patrons he can only ssy that ha feels mare than vaid for alf their Iabors by this genercus expression of their interost in his welfare. Ho is desirous, in this connection, to acknowledgo the special courtesy and favor shown him by members of tho press, and also to aicflsén. Iaygyt & Healy in furnighing the Stein- vay Grand Pisvo. E. E. WarrTe: Cimcaco, June 27, 1874, Windsnse DISASTERS OF THE NEW PITCH. Tho London Figaro says: 3 The new “ pitch ™ came uto force at Drury Lane Iast Thursday. To judge Ly its preeent effect, this change i not for ‘the belter. AL presentit simply recks that which we have hitkarto thoughs the inest Lund inthe world, On_ Saturday, espociully, Dearly every iustrument was out of tune, and Sir ' Mchacl Cuata, down, and slmoet broken-hearted, made spas- modio sud ‘moarly ineflectnal sttompts to bringit Tight. This alieration of tho “ pitch " 1 the work of me. Nilsson, who insistod upon it a4 o condision of her engagement—an interferunce with his anthority which Ar, Mapleson would have boen fully Justified i refs- iug. Toe effect of this alteration is manifest upon no one e strongly as Mme. Xtlscon herself, Tho prima dopus begau, on Saturday, iu the legend of thie * Xois de Thule,” flat, and continiued, on aud off, out f tane thewhole evening. So much for the effect of tho revolution, Nor is this the least of the penalties which wa i for the oo-operation of & fashionable “atar.” By drawiog from the mansger's pocket. the cuormous sum of 200 guineus night, eho compels the impresario Lo raise tio pricos of adumdiion, 1o dispeneo win the support of the great middle clasace, and to rely upon the support of a faw nobly aud opulent pervons. High s my opinfon is of Mma, Nilsson us an artiste, T must “record my protest aganst such course of conduct, THEQODORE THOMAS' BENEFIT. The anoual benefit of Theodors Thomas took place at tho Central Park Girdens last Thursdey, with the following programme : *Grand Inauguration March 7 (First time) Meyerbeer (Written for the TLondon World's Falr, 1502.) Overtuze, * Leonore No. 3 Beethoven Fantaale-eaprice. . Vieuxtemps (Adapted for fall Vorspis, Lobengrin ™ .. + Dor Ritt der Walkueren », Toue Pictures, for orchicsira (dew. To Sclfller's poem, The Song of uliver's translation of the poem will be Tead by JMisg Overture, “Willmm Toll . Moditation, salo violins and archesira, Polonaise, “Aignon........... . MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. Herr Julius Schuberth, the muse publisher of Leipzig, bas in the press a work of the greatest interest for musicians—n Theoretical and Prac- tieal Pinnoforte School, in three volumes, by Franz Liczt, 7.000 thaiers (£1,000) bave, it is sald, Leen paid for the copyright, and it is ex- pocted thet it will be a year before tho work is in the hands of the public. Ap interosting musical discovery Lss been made lately 1n Vieons, coneirtiug of several pre- viously unknown compositions by Franz Schu- bert. Amougst them is an overture never be- fore executed; the complete score of an oper- ette, **The Domestic War and the musio for & melodrama, “The Magic Harp,” which, some forty vears ago, was performed n Vienn: and Fince then-has béen lost sight of. It is sai to bave many and grent musical benutios, but to be unfit for representation now. Edward Bellasis’ “ Lifo ot Cherubini” is very favorably spoken of. It issaid to be well writ- ten, and full of ontertaining information. it geems that Clerubini was o very modest man, for Lo actuslly refused to dedicate his opers, “Le Due Giornate,” to fluydn, saying: “ I have a8 yet wiitten nothing worthy of such an honor.” This is more than most of our modern composers would have said, who love to dedicate the't works to crowned heads. * Federal Street " was the first murical com- position of Heury K. Oliver, and when Lowell Aason was teaching music at Sulem, where Mr. Oliver lived, hie was 80 pleased with it s to auic the pnivilege of publishiug it in the Boston Academy collection of church niusic, which was readily granted, but what should it be named, was the question. The vood husband promptly said, “I will name it after my wife;"” out when he considered how anromantic a namo Sally was, after quite a stragglo, Le compromised by Daming it after the street on which she lived in Salem. The General, who has fully reached his three gcore and teu, is & member of the Unitarian Church in Salem, but no- more ssctarian in his theology than in his melodies, which have never been suspected of heresy, say8 & correspondent of the Christian Union. AGSICAL NOTES. New York City Lhus ordered the arrest of all strect musicians over 16 years of age. A new operatts, enlled “*Moucheron,”. musio by Offenbach, will be shortly produced at the Toufles in Paris. Herr Leopold Auer, the well-known violinist, was last month married at St. Petersburg to the daughter of s woslthy Russla. Mr..Gye has given up his engagemont as Di- rector of the Itallan operas of St. Petersburg and Moscow, Wagner's “Meistersinger von Nurnberg” has been produced at Breslan, but does not appear to have been parsicularly successful. A comio opors on the subject of Shakspeare’s #Tweltih Night " bas. been composed by Herr Taubert. A child 10 years old, Benedetto Palmier. of Naples, latels gave & piaua coucert &t the Hotel of the Italian Legation aé Peru, aud obtained extraordinary success. DeVivo's concert company for next season will coneiat of Mme. Di Murska ; Ferranti, baritone; Brayer, violoncellst; and, possibly, Levy, the cornet-player. Church-choir ealaries in Cincinnati run from €800 to €500 per year for orzamste; for ROprano singers, from &200 to ¥500; for tenorr, from £250 to £300; Tor contralto and bass singers, from $200 to $300. Miss Sophio Flora Heflbron, the well-known ar] 6 Bl | pianiste, anacunced her farewell concert, prior to her departure for tho United States,.for June 9. at Tawistock House, Tavistock Square, Loudon. : Mme. Marletta Gazzaniga, the well-kmown singer, 8 fow duss ago siepped jhrough & plate of gluss on tho balcony of her residence iu Tourteenth gtrect, New York City, and fell on the stoue pavemont below. She is slowly re- covering from her severe injuries. Opera is managed with enterprise at Vienns, The performances between the 5th sud 17th of Nay, included * Der Freidchutz,” * L'Etous da Nord,” *“Aida,” ** Lobengrin,” the '‘* Meister- singer,” “Le Prophete,” and Schumann’s ** Genavisv Miss Aunie Louise Cary will. pass ber summer at the Isle of Shoals, The Isle of Shoals isn't 80 far from Maine but that young lawyar of the Pina Treo Stato can paddle over between meais, aud plead lus case at tho court of Last resort. Mr. Nolson Varley, tha tenor, gang appropri- ately “The Anchor's Weigned ' when his friends went t0 800 him off from Boaton the other doy. The reason he did not swg ** Good-bye, Sweet- hesrt, Good-bye,” was because his #weethesrt (seiné Licbe) went with nim. Ar. Grou has engaged for the Lyceum Thea- ire, New York, DOXt scason 8 succession of at- tractions, including Mlle. Aimee with a new op- era boufTe troupe : Alr. Owens, tho comedisn , Bies Adelaide Neilzon ; the Emily Soldens En- lish opora tronpe ; Alrs, Bowors and Madame istori. The scheme for the Deothoven monument at Vienna 18 being carried forward with eonsidera- ble vigor, 6.000 tlorins haviug been granted trom the civic funds on consideration that the work is proceeded with immediately. A fine eite has been secured for the monument 1n the garden promenads, opposite the gymussium, and there 18 an evident intention to muke the work worthy of its object. Tho cast for Balfe's posthumous opers *‘Il Talismano,” produced Juue i1 at the Drury Lene ‘Theatre, Liondon, was as follows: Sir Kénneth, Sigoor Campanint ; Richard Ceeur de Lion, Sig- nor Rota; Nectabanus, Signor Catalam; L' Enu- ro, Signor Campobella Il Re di Francia, Signor Cotts: Il uea o dusiria, Signor Casaboni R4 Barone d2 Vauz, Signor Rinaldini ; Berengaria, llo, Maria Tioze ; Sud Edih Plantagench Mad: ame Cristine Nilsson. The matador of il living impresarios, eays the Neue Berliner Musikacitung. manager of the Lialiso operas in Paris aud New Yorx, M. Mau- rice Btrakosch, teacher of Paiti, Sessi, and the new star, Beloocs, intends eatablishing here 1o Berlin, also, a first—class opera, such as for years Las beon & permanent institntion of the grnt capituls, London and Paris, New York sud St Petersburg. With this view, negotiations are aiready pending for engaging exclusively one of our existiog theatres and giving rejularly every Year.a winter season of frofs thres fo four months, The proprietorship of the littls house at Vienna in which Mozart composed the ** Zauber- flote,” has been transferred by ita lato owner, Princa Starhemberg, to the International Mozare Association at Salzburg, who intend to racon- struct it in the Mirabell Gardens of the latter town, a8 & memorial in perpotuity of the great composer. An album will by placed in the huiide ing for the reception of portraiisand autographs of poets, composers, aud musicians desirous of tostifying their respect to the memory of the master, and this 1s intended to form a suitable pendant to the volume containing similsr memo- nials of Mozart's artistic contemporarics, which witl al30 be open to tho public. The Paris corrospondent of the Boston Safur- day Evening Gazctte tuys: Tho chandelier or- dered for toe new Graud Opera will have 400 as-jots, 2,000 cut-giass crvatals, and will cost 6,000. ' Tho dancers’ gteen-room of the now Graud Opera will coutain the largest mirror in tho world ; it will Lo ono sheet of glass, 21 fect bigh. 1f tho shelves of the Lbrary 1 the new Grand Opera wero placed end to ond, they would be two miles long ; tho passages of tho Duilding, placed in tho szme manner, wouid bo forty wiles long. Tho editico will contain 100 paiuanes and 230 allegorical figuros (painted); tho total cost will be—I'll tell you that whon the bill is sent m. Six millions of golden dollars Lave already Loen spent on it. = e THE SONG OF TAJIL. ‘Thslove I bear you, dearest, Would make the pretuicst tals, | Xf [ had, for 8 pento writeit, | The Lill of a nightingale! And what should T have for paper? 1 know whint would be best: - Each page should be a rove-leaf, As snow-white 28 your bresut| And, with such pen aud paper, © What jnk should then be wmine? Tears, whoa I wrote of my soFro When I wrote of my pleasire, W —R. H. Stosdard's Songs of the Mysti ———— ‘The Abyence of the Konnet. Froum the Pall Mall Gazette. _Tho name of the bonnet, wo belicve, still sur- ives for o curiously-exaggerated oruamont of the %iair; and it is possible that, in the female mind, tho subtle ways of which are tunsearchabla, some kind of Listorical umty with respect to the aiticlo has boen kept up, 80 that women may still imagine that they wear bounets. Dut, a8 men undersand things, bouneta Luve ceased to be. It is tho most completo inuovaticn of dress made for many yosrs. We are not nt all setting up the past against tho preseut. The ex- isting female fashion i always in our judg- meut, tho most charming ; it is 80 for thereason that it is the only oneembellished by actual wear. Not one of tlie old ones hus a single pair of bright eyes or rosy cheeks to recommond it. Besides. the celestiulu surely need not ask those to whom they show themselves how they are to appear. If male beholders are justitied in any supplication of & critical kind it i3 when thoy ask that women should revenl. not hide, their faces ; aud in leaving off the bonnet the sex Las gone to the full imizin that point of their sttire. No woman in England now concesls a single feature, Forehesd, cheeks, dimpled or un- dimpled chins, ear-tips, all are visible. In speaking of the chango of appearance cansed by the absence of the bonnet, we know better thaa to be critical ; we are dealing with it ouly as 5 matter of abstract speculation and re- spretful reminiscence. First of all it undoubt- edly does away with a etriking _differenco proviously observed berween the indoor aud outdoor 1ook of women. A bounet more or less transformed the wearer ; i same cases thapal- teration it mado was inexplicably great. The change might not always be advaniageous, at times jt was decidedly s0; but in every case tuero was . change of some sort and de- gree. This is clean gone. Now we Boo women, indoors and outdoors, with Jjust the same piay of light and shade upon the countenance; that is, with all the light possible to fail upon it. Itistrue, other parts of dress in the same way are becom- ing modified. For somo sensons past feminiue drapery has been growing less and less conceal- ing. Our stroats promise to show us orowds of Iedies as listlo roticent of the privcipal lines of tho feminine coutour as in the seclus:on of home. Every year the ceiestisls become kinder, increas- ingly roveuling themselves to casual beholders. Men bavo never yet faced the stroets with wholly Tucovorod visagd. The natrowess of hat-brims Las always cast & livle modest shadow on the masculine features. No doubt, tho ladies will 80 the crenture is bold to show his face atall; but our present topic ia bouuets, aud we must keep toit. Bonnets, auring the vozue of somo styles, nsed to produce wondarful effects on the complexion of the wearars. Softened gleams of reflected light, faint tints of welcome color, not seen wheu the face was no longer within the bonnet, trembied there 8o longz as 1t was observed in that conjunction. Mistakes were fearful, we sdmit. At times choeks glowed liko & sunsot or turned of indescribable Lues, oven greeuish. How it was done one may mot pretend to know. Wo fancy we heard something about silk and satin lininge ; buttheee are bigh mysteries. Theu, ve- sides” being in that way a posilive rosource of the toilet, a bonnet, within the limits of man- ageable dimensions, lentitself to a skiliful art of wearing, A face conscious of its attractiveness conld Lewitebivgly balk the gaze, or else cut the vision at almost any selected atags of incom- pleteness. By means of the bounet s womaa could vary the profile view through & series of ‘moonlike phases, tho charming vision obscuring aud cclipsing slowly. Your coguettish lady knew to half an inch the exact set of the head requirod in each case; it wes s nucoseary femivino sccomplishment. All this is over. Tho tantalizing porsistence of the bounet which would not tnrn to give the op— portunity of a second look, after the first hasty one is gone ; male artifice i3 no longer needed to obtain full inspection. A beauty once across the threenold can no longer willfully hide. The face, no mattor how fair, is there for all to see, and forall to sce all of it. A beautiful faco hidden inside s bonnet gave the finder s seuse of personal and exclusive discovery. This en- josment no man can now have. Extremo bon: nets there were at some poriods which made dis- covery impossiblo; the range of the haman sision was not sufficiout to ascertain wiat really was at the far end of thom. But extremes may fairly be omitted from observation. What i8 now worn—we must not say in the place of the bonnet, but in part of the placo of the bonnet—1s, then, an_exaggerated oranment of the bair, The essential characteristic of the bobnet is that 1t modilies the face ; whatever va- riations fashion takes it through, it must keep somo power of affecting the Lght and sbade on tue features. So soou a8 what is worn dimiu- ishes to & degres which prevents this, or s wholly removed from vicinage to the counten- ance, the male intellect, 8 any rato, requires _ thet. it should take ‘another name. It bas ceased to be a bonnet. Woat ie at present worn has no relation to the face—iis obvious purpose is to display the Dbair, ‘This is not merely another purpoe; it is something contrary. The hair ia a charae- teristic fowale coarm which until recently it was & long-standing English custom not fully to display. It was an indoor disclosure, greatly restrained thcre. Now & good desl more than every inch of it is ostentatiously exposed to the public gaze. For thai has bappened which = & moment's _thought is enough to show was inevitable. The hair is a charm in which women are very unequally endowed ; but it 18 also one in ‘which deti~ ciencies can be most easily rectified. Under the siimulus of the abiding purposs which cvery woman bas to be behind no other womanin what is adwmired, all the sex now presents the same incredible wealth of tresses. This Las tzone on till the adornment of the hoad has lost il naturs) charaoter:; it has become an accopted and understood artificial construction. Faith, howover, is much neglected duty, aud here is a fresh opportunity for its cultivation. Men ougut always to make sn effort to beleve, In any case, this i8 the last proof possible of the kindnees of the eex; they now publicly show men the whole of their faces, and more thau she whole of their bair. It was possible 1n the latter respect to go further, and they have gone far- ther. The fashion bas now been in existence go long that thero are women, na longer juvenile, who Luve never worn a genuine bonnet. Whenever the ladies think they have shown men enough of their cheeks and too much of their tosses, the bonuvet will dogbtless come back again. Is it possible that a certmn bewitching mod- est . style of womaaly couotebance, which old jzdges say has mot been Eo frequently geon of late years, wmight come back with 1t ? It 18 not practicatle in this world always to say of two things which is the cause and which the ef- fect. It may be that bonnets are the true canse of retinng modest femsle faces. Should it be g., their long absence explains something in present appearances. One thing bounets alwaya did : they told the weafer. and other peopl when she was in puliic. This is £0 no longe! and mistakes are constantly being made in con- | sequenos. THE FRIAR ALFONSO. A Legend of Southern California, BY COL. ALDERT G. BRACKETT. In Southern Califuruia there are many old Spanish families, and -many Spanish estates, miles and miles in extent. On these old'estates are old-fashioned “sdobe-houses,—gaunt and grim in appearance,—that havo been occapied for many years. These structures are not par- ticularly attractive in appearance externally, though, within, they are adorned with taste, and somo of them are handsomely farnished. Scen ot a distance, they look like & wall of dark-brown bricka (except thoso which havo been white- washed), and heavy window-shatters closs the few windows they contain. The ola Mexicans kept the heat nud sunlight outof their dwell- 1ngs, and, in the hottest woather, they were cool and pleasant. Some ‘of them are spacions cnough, and are built round a court-yard, so that overything is within s large inclosure. - The parlor is neatly kept by the femals portion of the family, while other parts of the building are full of odds and ends of every kind,—horso- furniture, such as ssddles, bridics, lariats, and balters, predominating. All Mexicans and old Calitornians are excellent horsemen, aud in for- mer times the wealth of tho country was made up. in grest part, of immense herds of horses and cattle, Years ago, one plesaant evening, just before sunsot, a travel-stained horsomsan rode up to one of theso honses, and the proprietor thereof went out to meet him. There wero no ledies abont the house, aad tho ownor appeared to be Living thers, with only o fow farm-laborers to as- sist him. The horseman was Friar Alfonso, from Monterey, Who was on hia way throngh the country on business. The Friar was a bright- looking man, about 35 years of age, and ap- peared to take life very camly. Ho was no as- cetic, though a thoroughly-good man, and, like ‘many another priest, believed kiod Providence bad given us the good things of this world m order that we might enjoy them, but by no means abuge ther. As he aiighted from his borse, he seized the band of the proprietor of the Loase, giving it & hearty shake, at the eame time inquiring about hus health. - Tho proprictor—a staid and dignified old s very good, Spaniard—answered, * My health Padre; how dues it fa1s with you Y am well, thanks be to the Virgin, aud am journoying toward Los Angeles; and, 1f it be not asking too much, would ba pleased to stay duriug the night with you.” Don Diego, with true Spanish politeness, re- plied: ‘- Vache Alfonso, "yon know very well that my house, and all it cobtains, is st your ser- vice, and I shall 6nly be too glad to have you ac- cept it e Padre mada some replfl equallycourteous, and entered tho house with him; tho horee, in the meantime, baviug heen taken charge of by one of the.laborera. When the Friar entered the Louse, he thought he observed a strange ar about everything, cut made o remark whicl would lead Don Diego to suppose ho had any suspicions. The talk was manly concerning religious matters, and affairs near Montery, which was, at that timo, the most considerable sottlement 1n Upper Californis. Tue Nochi Indians also claimed a share of thu atten~ tion of Don Diego snd the Friar, as this tribe was the oue nearest to them. The Missions were then tourishing, and were scattered along at ir- regalar intervals mear the coast of the Pacific Ocean; allof them being in charge of the priest~ hood, who were zeslous 1u ecudeavoring to teach 1he aborigines Christisnity and tho arts of peace. The Indians were, for the most part, tractable, and really seemed to understand what was taught them by the pious Fathers. A clean room was given up to Friar Alfonso, his fow pricatly articles placed near him; aud, as the sun sank sway,off o the bluo waves of the blue Pacific, the Indian laborers gathered in the patio, or court-yard, and sang thefr simple hymus to_the Virgin, in which they were joined by the Friar and Don Diego. Afterwards thoy sat ouc in front of the farm- house, enjoying the balmy atmosplore, and the wild sounds of the night, 8s they wero heard in the distance and echoed faintly back. The evening was screnely beautiful, and the star- lighe fair a8 auy sceue in Nature. As the evening waned the Friar retired to his room, and 'i)h?l proprietor aud laborers went away to their edn. For eome reason or other, Friar Alfonso conld not sleep; bie was neryous and uusettled, and could not unaerstand why he conid get no rest, inasmuch as he needed it, and was weary after Ius long day’s ride. Over and over again he turned in_lis bed, but no sleep could be got.’ About midnight, 5s near as he could judge. he 82w a light through & crack in the door, and the ehadows of several men walking avd moving about, though they did not make the least noise. They appeared to bo engaged in some work, but it was carried on 80 quietly that he conld not understand what it was, nor what it meant. Usually the Indian laborers went to sléep immo- duately alter they had lain down, and their being awako and moving about at midnight was as un- usual as it was stiango. Ho thought at one time he would get up and ses what was going on, but reflactad that he was a guest at the holise, and such s procoeding might appesr ill- timed, and as if he wished to pry into the afTaira of Dob Dicgo. He therefore kept in his bed, and endeavored to throw off all interest in what was going on in the court-yard. Indiang by nature ate stealthy, and can_move sbout making no more noise than a cat. Outhis occasion they were more than uenally cautious, and 0o sound could be heard. though” the Friar was close to them. He could not seo all their movements, it is true ; but their sbadows fre~ quently passed across the crack in the door, and lie even fancied they were engaged in some kind of a dauce, 7T bough nominally Christians, it is well known they readily retarned to tbe barbar- ous customs of their aucestors, and engaged in their wild rites wheuever they had an opportupis ty. This reflection was most galling to Fiiar Alfonso, sud fie almost began to suspect that Dou Dicgo countenanced these proceedings. He could endure the suspense no longer : but, get~ ting up, and putting on his clothes, he opened the door, and bofore bim found all 'the Indians balonging to the ferm slowly danciug round & fire built iu the midale of the court-yard. ‘Their Jooks were wild and savage, rendered doubly 80 by $hie ruddy light sluning oo their faces. Astbe Friar mado his appearance, they prid no atten- tion to him, but commenced singiag ono of their eonys, snd formed a circle sround bim. He spoke to them in the Nochi touguo, but thoy re- )Lul_lrnarl no answer, and continued to dance sround im, - Upon looking in one corner of the yard, ho discovered Dun Diego securely bound and unable to stir, and, for the Hrat timo, began to reshzo the situation, aud become aware of the treachery of the ndian laborers. The Friar was not ap~ palled by any meaos; he had risked his lifo too often among them, and stood ready at auy time to surrender bis being in thus world for the good of his Church. He held Lus ciucifix up before them, but they paid no heed to 1t. aud continued ob with their heathouish rites. Suddoniy two of the most powerful savages seized the Friar, and, Lolding him fast L cach arm, compeiled him to join in the dauce w. X them. To thta degrada- tion he submitted a8 well as he could, though he made frequent afforts to relezse himself. As they circled aronnd the fire, they became more and more excited, aud uitered wild yels aod pierciug shrieks. B ) All tuis time Don Diego was I3ing on his side, anable to stir, sua Sied mitl the most filnomy apprebeusions. s knew fall well what tho Indiaus were capable of doing, aud looked for- ward to the worst. He bad been seized by his own Indiaus while asleep, snd, before he had time to fully realiza what was going oo, was bound by them. The number of Indians had in~ creased cousiderably, and it was eviden: that some had como in f10m the mountaws and joined those who had been at work on the farm. Suddenly thoe dwucing ceased, aud the savages seized Friar Altouso, tied tim sccurely with 3 lariat, and then carried him into a room in the frout part of the house, where they left him Iving on the floor. 'I'e door was closed, and he remained :n darkoees. He fully believed they intended to murder Don Diego, Lut, from their actions, thought they woald do im (Friar Al- fouso) 20 further barm. They bad used no threats toward him, nor had they been ‘iolent wheu they tied the rope round his arms and foet, Don Dicgo uad been noted for bus kinduess to his Indian izborers, which 18 more than conid be ssid of meoy of the Bpaniards, aud the Friar could not understand what had occasioned this sudden outburst. He thought it might ba a day devoted Lo some of their 1dols or superstitions, and that they had taken this method of celobrai- wgit. Do feared the worst consequences, and realiy felt more kebuly for Don Diego than he did for himself. Baiog lefc alone, he said his prayers over and over sgain, aud prepared to meet death s became a pious priest and_ martyr for the Church. He roflected tiat ho was Do the rirat who had fceely cffered his life for bis relizion, and felt strong when be bronght to mind the names of those who bad fallen in the [<] g0od canse. Hehad given up evervthing he had for the good of the religion he believed in, ex- cept his life, aad the time had come when he 'was roady even to surrender that too, As he reflected further upon the sitnation, he not only determined to try to save his own life, but that of Don Dicgo as well. After s tize e succeeded in freeing his arms,aod then the work of untying the rope around his feet was easily accomplished. roped his way to the door'in front, unbarred it, suQ was £oon Outido. There were nmo Spamap eottlers near, and he searcely kuew what to do, now that he had gain- cd his libercy. Most men, under the circumstan- ces, would bave been pgiad ewough to have escaped with their own. lives, without caring for the lives of others; but this was not the casa with Friar_Alfonso, whose only care scemed t0 be for the lifz of Don Diego. : He noon found the road. or trail. and com- menced walking southward as fast as he could, 8s, by 80 doing, ho thonght he would be more Likely to meet a party of friends thanif hetravel- od northward. Hoe bad walked but a shors dis- tance when he faacied he heard the sound of horses’ feet approaching him. Ho stopped and listened, and o feeling of gladuess came over him when ho felt tha: 3 pty of horsemen was, in fact, moviog toward him. He thonght they could scarcely be Indians, as they selom travel by night, bat was by no mesns sure of this, and, in order to shield himself, stepped outsido of | tho road, and crouched behind & bush, While in this position, he beard the sound of voices, and was goon able to hear the horse- men converaing in Spanish. As they came up Le hailed them, and requested them to halt. ‘They appearad greatly astomsbed at medting a mau in the road at thattime of night, and hastily inquired who ho was, o told tham ho was the Friar Alfonso, &nd detailed as soou as ho conld the outrage that had taken place at the houde of Don Dyego. He was acquuinted with almost every white porson m thut part of Calitornia, but could not recognize asingle person in the eavaleads. From their speech, however, ke kuew they wero s party of gentlemen, sud knew also that they must bo well armed. The lezder of the party told Friar Alfouso to lead tho way, and be would soe what could be doue toward the release of Don Diego. The distance was short, and, as they peared the house, they could hear the Tndians singivg louder than over, The great duor leading into the conrt-yard was shut and socurely barred on the inside, sod the Friar fearod, if they attempted to force it, tho Indians would kill their prisoner bofore they could re- Joaso bim. He therofors told tho lesder—who had Fivun his name as Don Romulo,—zhst if he would lot a part of his men dismount, be could lead them through the door ho had left open, directly into the courv-yard. Tho Indiavs were making §0 much noise inwide thal they had “not hesrd the mpproach of the horsemen, and twelso of the Spanish rentlemen, baving dismounted in front of the daor, silently followed the Friar.' Ho led thon into the room, and through the house, snd, be- 1fora the Indians wero well aware of it, the twelve 6200d near ¢nem with their swords drawn. Upon discovering the'r presence, the Indians were seized with a tu tden panio, aud their snging in- stautly ceased. Some endeavored to escaps thmulgx: the’ main door of the court-yard, but Dou Homulo had placed some of his men there, who effectually preyented their escape in that direction ; otuers attempted to climb up on the roof, while others endeavared to hide themselves ip the roows of the house and 1u tho stables. The Friar paid immediaste attention to Don Diego, who seemed more dond than alive, and Was 50 #eak 84 to be unsble to staud up. 0 rops was cut, hut the haunds and feet of the Spaniard had beon 8o long tied. and were o 1much wwollan, that he was unable to use them, By this tine Don Romulo bad entered the court-yard, aod there, by tho light of the fire, hhe was seon by.all eves, as splendidly equippod a cavalier a8 ever trod tho soil of California. His presence was majéstic, and his countenance mild, though determined. adorned with white plumes; Lis crimson silk coat partly covered with a shirt of mail, which shone like burnished silver, and on his legs were masgive greaves of steel. A bsldrick ol Leavy bluo stuff crogsed his bresst; and banging to his left gide _was a sword, the handlo of which was shaped Jike a crogs. The followers of Don Rom- ulo were dressed very much ko thetr lcader, though the msterial was by no means 8o fich and oxpensive. There was Eerlent gilence now, and, though Friar Alfonso had expected o sce the cavaliens fall upon the Indians and cnt them to_picces at once, they pursued no such course. By a gest- ure of Don Romulos Land, tbe cavaliers pro- ceeded to tie the Indians with ropes that they ap- peared to have ready for the occasion. What seemed singular to Friar Alfonso was the facy that the Indians made not the elightest resist- ance, nor did they speak word; they submitted 28 if 1n the presence of some higher power, Those who had hidden themselves i dark rooms came forth, holding thy gether as if ready to be tied, and sbjectly snb- mitted to whatever wasroquired of them. Tie Iight of the firo still shone brightly, but the court-yard was filled with anothor Boft light, differént from anything the Frar had ever seen beforo. The laige door slowly opened after the Indisns bad all been secured, and a stately cav- alier entered, bearing & hoavily-fringed aud shoswy banner, on which was pawmted a_suporb picture of the Blersed Virgin, At the sight of thia the Indians kuclt down, and appeared to bs completely overawed. Their terror gave way to a feoling of joy and bappiness, aud their savage nature aeemed to have whelly dissppearad. By this time it waa near moraing, and, as the morping light appeared over the eastern hills, the Indizns commenced chanting their hymus to the Virzin, as thev bad been taugh to do by the Misgion Fathors. Wheu they had concluded, Don Tomulo led the way, and both cavaliers and {n- ians followed him through the great door-way. The cavaliers mounted their horses, and, with the Indiaus following, moved off to the sov ward, and were soon lost to view. Frisr Alfouso endeavored to follow them, and to express bis thanks ; but & gesture from Don Romuio re- stramed him, a0 e returaed toSan Disgo, who, with some difticnlty, be placed on a boal He bathed his swollen hands and feet, gave him some water to drink, apd gradually the old Span- iard's eyos opened.” Don Diego gazed about him with terror, but, Seeing no one near but the peaceful Friar, conid scarcely understand it. He inquired where the Indians were., Friar Al. fonso poinied toward tbe south, aud told him they had all gone off in that dicection. “"But what drove them off 7" ing-ired Don Diego. l;»md Jou ses no one hero?” inquired the lar. i “No. I have seen no one; has any ous béen here except the malditos Indios?” * Certawly,” ropliad Friar Alfonso. ““Who wore they, and whence did they come ? 1 cannot answer as to that," eaid Friar Al- fong0; * they camo, however; znd your life, avd probably my owu, has been saved by them ; let us inquire no further.” —_— Fuman Sacrifices. ‘We passed the Garden Golgotha—the ‘carrion bower where the bodies of vacriticed victima aro depostted; it geve the whole town au odur of doath. I mnst now explain the philosophy of bumsn gacritices. Among most savage nations it is beloved that the body contain a ghost, or apirit, or soul which lives after death. Bome be- lisve that this ghonl or soul inhabits the grave and flits around its neighborbood, and comes to its old home aud frequents tho company of thosa whom it formorly loved. With saveges of = hikher type it is believed that the souls live in a special world, usually supposed to be under tho gronnd, though some placo it above the tky. One wiop more asd we have the belict of the ~Persiuns, and some other anclont nations, that there are two worlds out- stde the earth—one of torture for the wicked, one of plearure for the good. Now, it is tue bo- lief of savaces that uot only human bodies hava soula, but rlso animala ; and not only animals, but rivors; and troes, and all thin K having move- ment or life, andnot only all things having movement or lite, but also 1snimate objects— such as food aud palm-wina, weapons, oeads, arucles of clothing, willow-pattern plates, and #0 forth. So in Western Africa when n man dies, food is. placed by lLis grave, sud they say that the spint of the man eats tho apirit or essence of the food. On the Gold-Coxst, the nstives believe 1 & world below QEB gr... & Hades or Scheol where the soul of the dead dwells in a life that shall have no end. Tney also believe t all the garments he has worn out will then come to life sgain—a resurrection of old clothes; but besides this, his relations display their afection by giving him an outtit of weapons, Oroaments, new cloth, crockeryware, etc., so that ho may dnscend 1wto hell like 8 gentieman. Bat who is to carry there things? aud wno is to look after them? Evideutly iia wives and slaves. S0 a number of these are killed to keep him compa- ny; sod often a slave is killed some time aiter bis' death to take him a message, or a8 an addi- tion to his houschbold. _ln Dahomey this custom of seading messenzers is organized into a system: Tous originated human sacritice, which is, graut- ing the truzh of the theory on which it is oased, » most rational costom. * Death is disagrecable 0 us because wo do not know where we are zo- ing ; bat to the widow of a chieftain it in mere.y 8 surgical operation aud a change of existence. That explains why the Africans submit to death 8o quetly. A woman as Akropoog selected for the sacriice was stripped according to custom, but only staoned, not xitled. Bhe recoversd her seases, and found harself Iying on the ground His shining belmet was j surrounded by desd bodics. She roee, went into the tow} where the elders wereseated in conncil, and told them that sho bad been tothe Land of tho Dead and had been sont back because she wus naked. The eldars ronstdross her finely and Kill her over again, This was accordingly done. —The Story of the Ashantee Campaign. By Winwood Reade. AN ARKANSAS SCRIMMAGE. Fight Among the Town-Otficlals of Jacksonport-Several of Them, Iue cluding the Mayor, Locked Up. From the Liltle Rock (47k.) Gazette. From parties over from Jacksonport yesterday morning we learn of quits s serious allsir at that place on Saturday. George Tatmon is "Marshal of the town. His brother Charles is his depnty. Both are desper- 820 charactors, and have been in the place but & uhfiu time, uring the past week or two it appears tha Mayor Brisn hss been making fre: ue%plemugal pastiescharged wih gamiog. | On Friday Charlen ‘atmon was in the saloon of West & Ward, and played a g 4 y ame of pool with the former, winning &1 trom bi At the close of the game Tatmor asked for his monoy, when West told him he would give him credit for 1t on his acopunt. This did not swt Charles, and he slappod West's faco aund walked out. Next mormng Tatmon met Ward. had some words with him, and slappedhig face also. Ward theu procured & warrant from Justice Stayton for the arrest of Tatmon. The latter was arrcsted, but before the trial came off ‘Tatmon saw the partics and compiomised the matter, In the aiternoon of Suturdsy, when it was understood the whole matter -was settfed, George aud Charles Tatmon went down to the saloon of West & Ward. Charles called Ward outside, said somothing to him, and knocked him down. 'A young Texan, who was & spectator, stepped up aud_interceded for Ward, when George Tatmon kuocked him down also. Mr. T. 8. Stophens, a Deputy Sberif, .who keeps a livery-stablo just opposite, went ovor, summoning a posso of five or &iX men, aud attempted to arreat Charles Tatmon, but wag kuocked down by bim. It is reported that George Tatmon ul4o ficed at Stepbens when he was down, George then fired two sliots at Col. I M. Davis, who was standing in his store door, not far off, Davis rotreated back nto his store, got a double-barreled shot-gun sud came out, burating two caps at the Tutmons. About thiy timo Stephens got u% retreated to his stable, and fired on the Tatmons, who ran. George ‘Tatmon is the Jailer. The two went to the jail, got their guns and pistols, bade thetr wives good-bye, mod started off. ~About seventy- nve men collected, with armd, sod started in pursuit. Six or seven shots were fired st the desperadoes, which they Teturned, aud matters got 80 warm for them that they touk refuge in the hauso of & Mrs. Greon, goiug into & rcom in the second story. Tha posso found out where they wero abont dark, and sur- rounded tho house. A pnrla& ensued, and they sgreod to surrender if the Bheriff wounld grncnm a warrant for. their atrest. The herff got & warrsot, weut up _ to the room where the desperadoes wero, and they received him at the muzzies of thewr guns. He read the warrant, wheo they politely told the Sheriff be could go'to s very hot place, " The Sherif went down aud reportod what had occurred, Soon after. this a Capt. Patterson and Mr. Anderson went up o seo the youths, unarmed. Just as they were leaving, Jrs. Green came up and informed tho Tatmony that they were putiing powder under tho house for the purpose of blowing it up. Tatmon jerked Anderson inside the door, and swore he would keep him as hostago. Patterson oscaped. Thus matters rested until abont 1 o'clock, when the Tatmons got Andorson to go down and get thom some water. Anderson dud not return, and an- other parley ensued,. in which they said they would surrender. at daylight. - The crowd waited, and at duyh'gbt the Tatmons cams down and surrendered, znd were putin jail. The keye of the jail were found in the posseseion of J. P, Fogin, of the Stafesman, and ha was locked up alko. Urian, the Mavor, was also * jugged ” for taking sides with Tatmon. He was released on bail yesterday. pe U SR LITERARY NOTES. PERIODICALS BEGEIVED. 0id and New for July (RoberteLros., Boston), has coutinuations of “The Way We Live Now,"” by Anthiony Trallope ; **The Protestaut Theory of Authority,” by the Rev. James Martineau; and “Our Sketching Club,” bé John Tyrwhuts. *Score,” by kins, is concluded. The othor prominent arti- cles are: ‘‘Artiticial Teeth,” by an _expe ‘“Tecunical Lducation,” by G. W. Powers; “French and Germae Bchools,” by Beu Bolt} aud * Education for the Civil Service.” In Blackwood's Mugazine for June (the Leon- ard Geott Publishing Company, New York), the serials, * Alice Lorraine” and * Valentine aud His Drothor,” are continued. *The Poets at Pla;” pgives s number of versos taken from ‘the private communications of Cowper, Swift, Scott, Lamb, Pope, Johnson, and others. *Sex in Mind and Claracter” roviess some of the recent publications oo that topic. ‘“The Romance of the Japanese Revoiution,” & review of Victor Hugo's * Ninoty-three,” and a political article, complete the number. The July number af the American Law Times and Reports, publshed by Hurd & Houghton, New York,—The Riversido Press, Cambridge,— will be out-on the 1st prox., and contain ths new Bankrupt act entire, with Dotes. Its provisions change the original law in many importsat par- ticulars, and ita publication in this convenient form will be of great seryice to the profeesion. Gum of the West for June (Chicago). Current numbers of Lilell's Living Age (Lit- tell & Gay, Hoston); Every Saturday (H. O. Hozgotou & Co., Buston); and Applelons’ Jour- nal (D. Appleton & Co,, New York), AISCELLANEOTS ITEXS. Prof. Geikier's latest ecientitic book, * The Graat Ioe Age,” will shortly be reproduced by D. Appleton & Co. 5 * —1In 1873 upwards of 400 printod books, maga- zines, and pampllets were suppressed in Austrls by the Governmeut. —Dion Baucicault, the author-actor, fignres as & promioent character. iu Eduund Yates' new novel, * A Dangerous Game,” under the nae of Bran Duval. ~The new publishing hcuse of A= K. Butts & Co., New York, wiii suun issae % book on crema- tion, containing the essays b{]Slt Heury Thomp- son, the Rev. O. B. Frothingham, and others. ~The fortheoming correspondence of Proud- hon will form a gallery of portraits of modern celebrities. 5 —Mr. Brownlog's forthcomidg work will, it is said, consist_of & tranelation of tho. Herenles Fureus of Euripides, in an, original setring, somowhat like that which,‘* Balaustion's Adven- ture " forms for the Alcestis, ? Alexsudre Dumas’ *‘L'Amis deg Fem- mes " bk been a second time condemned by the cenroralip. ‘The author is about to reprint his fiat voluime of verses, printad in 1847, aad called “ Peches da Jouneese,” Ouly fourteen copies of the first odition were sold. . de Villameszant's Memoires d'un Jour- nsliste” are_unique in literature, The history of the Paris Figaro and otber journals, the price paid to Henr Itochefort and others for articles, snd olf kinds of lirerary and persounl gossip, figure in them. There are to be ten volumnes of the work. ~The Korth American Heview for Tuly isllke- 1y to attract unusual aitention. It mil contein s vigorous article ou !*The Curreucy Debate of 1873-'4," by Charles Francis Adams, Jr.: s timely paper ou *'The Plaform of the.New Party,” by Brooks Adams; and s striking eseay on * Darwiolsm and Language,” by Prof. W. D. Whicuoy. = £ —Bishop Colenso ia ont in & volume entitled ¢ The New Bibie Comumentary by Bishops sud other Glar[fl' of tho Auglican Church, Critically Esamioed.’ The Bishop is very energetic in bis criticiam, regarding the commeutars as in large part levoled with bis own views on the Peutateuch. L liss Braddon, the novelist, lately pud a visit to the grave of Gerald Giiffin, whove col- ebrated novel, *Tho Collegiaos,” 14 smud to bave iven its literary bont to ber gemus, As Erother oseph, tho 1ate Gerald Gritlu tauzut, day sfter day and month aftor mouth, the poor children wlio attended the North Mouastery Schools of the Christian Brotuers, in the years 1439-40. His novel, dramatized under the title of * The Colieoa Bawn,” bas bevn s fortuse to Mr. Dion Boucicault, and is a source of attraction at most theatres throuzhout the world. I'wo French scholars have recently dsvoted themeelves to the discovery of the site of the Island of Atlantis. Unfortunately their concla- sioos' are diametrically ouposed. AL Doisel proves to his own satifaction, in a worx entitled **Les Atlantes;” that that favored isle lies many fathoms deep beuedth {he mid-Atisntio. 3L Moreau go Jounos, on the other band, places At- jantis beneath the waters of the Sea of Azof, and holds that the Black Kes was the ersdle of the modern world. : —Mr. H. H. Bancrott, of San Fraucisco, hur for some vears vat boen collecting & library of works relating to the Pacuic Coadt, oat of witicu he intenus compilibe s compicte eyclopcdia. His colloction of books amounza ta_about 1,060 volumes, besides macuscripta, maps _and joar- aals, which bo is bevios indoxed propuratory to o ng work upou the cveloj O s aals of thie library of Sir Wiliam_ Tite, Istely oonoluded in London, ha jaitracted con- ‘rederic B. Per- the Rev. R. St. ‘| mda‘ubla attention among the collectors of rara books oa this side of the water. The number, rarity and value of the books rendered this saio one of thamost important book-auctions of this century. ‘:\mnu the especialiy attractivo books were the. “ first fonr fclios” of Shakspears, 7, e., the editions of 162, 1632, 1664, aud 1655, perfect condition the first folio {a oxtremely raro, though of imperfect and made-up copies there may b & score aven in this country. The book. has rapidly rison in price since the beginniug 0f this century, when ita value wae abous £20. Tha bighest price ever obtained was £714, at which figuro it was knocked down to Miss Burdett Coutts a fow vears sinco (s wnm equal_in onr present currency to about 34,000). The Perhia copy brought £335, and was' bought by a book- seller. Sir William Tite’s copy of the first folio brought £440. The gecond folio is not nearly sorare. Tha third folio, very scarcs, brought £75, and the forth £18. Mr. J. Sabin, 'who went, specially to England to attend this sale, carned- anunlimited order for the Shakspears folios, He was happy in securing them ail (oxcept the second) at the above-mentioned moderate prices, and after receising o suitable dress at the hands of Mr. Bedford, the celebrated bin.ler, they will occupy the shelves of the library of Mr. Eugene N. Robinson of % not only be congratulated on Ius success 23 a collector, but be applaudod for wortiniy ald. ing to the hiterarv treasures of & new country. A most valusble series (forty-one volumes) of fac similes of tho plays of Shakspears as tiey firut lnpn_xenlinTlnrm was also_purchased for au Ameriean collector, Mr. 0. W. Froderickson of tligcicy. Of these fac simifes ouly thirty-ons conies wera circulated, at £250. The Tite copy brought auly 3136. The collection is of great value to the Shakspearean scholar, 38 the fno similes bave all the authority of orizinals. The following ara a few of the lots sold: Dansel's Merrie Eugland, £112 (for New York) ; Cruik= shank Etchings, collectod, £64 (for Now York) 3 a lotter of Nell Gwynu's, figned i ber initiais, but written at her dictation. £23 (for No York) ; an interesting lotter of Goldsmith's indorsed 2, one from Garnck, £60; Cuxton's Myrrour of th Worlde, $456.—New York Tribune., THE DIRGE OF TIE ELEPHANT, s tho Racc Dying Out? Krom the London L2lejrarh. Somewhers in the marvelons yarn which Bin- bad the Sailor contrived to spin for the benefit of t} il-puissant Haroua Alraechid and Giaftir, his er, i8 8u account of the burial-placo of theelephunts. Sinbad, sarrounded by tho mon- strous brutes, has oalod & treo, in which bo is besieged for soven days and scvon nighis. On tho eighth day &n old bult, the “rogue” of the herd, rends tho troo up by its roots, sna Sinbad, fallivg headlong to tho ground, judges it tho safost oourse to feign death. The elephant, dis- duimng to wreak its rage upon a liteless enemy, picks the old sailor up, and quietly carries him to ihe grest burial-pluco of tue tribe,—a hizh il some miles in circuit, surrounded by 1mponotra- ble forests, and thickly covered with the bones and tusks of generation after generation of *the brute whic Dbears botweon its oyes Lie serpent for aband.” Sinbad, with conimendable pru- dence, continues to counterfeit aeath nntil not an elepliant 1# 1w sight ; aud then, with an alscri- ty equally commoudabie, losds a raft with picked vasks, makes hia way with them to Bagdad, and 80 finds lumself again a rich man. Mouorn ro- scatch has guue far Lo rebabilitato tho credit of Sinbad the Sailor. We koosw that the long nar- rative of his seven voyages is no idle, fairv talo, but that it empodies the gennine tradition of old pavigators, such as Hauno, sud that its main facts' are 'substantially accurate. The Valley of the Diamonds sciually exists in Ceylon; ths great rmkh once built its nest in Mudagascar, aud siapped 1ts monatrous wings to aud fro betwcen tho ixland and the mainland ; eud there is good ground to believe that the tale of the great bur- ial place of the elepbant race is no more fuble, but thst bugh upin the tablo-laud of Contral Atrica, on the further side of Taogaayiks, in districts where the white man's foor has nevee yet trod, ivory s to be found as plentifully 88 in ihe fodsil bods of Biboria, wherce aro dug up tho huge mammoth fusks that furnish pine-tentha of the rasw material operatod upon by our Lon- donivory-torners. Indeed, it would almost seem a8 if the energy of the Zanzibar merchants had at length found a way to Sinbad's charmed pbill. Within the last yoar, the importation of ivory has doubled itsclf. Whence come all theso tuske? Has the Valkalla of Sinbad beeu actually discovered, and do tho chiefs whose huts cluster round Tagangiks, and under the shadow of the Mountains of ths Moon, kuow of a ver- itable Tom Tiddler's groand where ivory can bé picked up, a8 in Siberia it can be dug up, by tha ton; or does each pair of taxis that tiuds its way to England represent a slaughtered elephaat, and is 8 war of extermination being waged, tha ultimato effect of which must bo rondored the huge brute as extinct as the dinornis itself? 'he Iattor wa tear, is the true anuwer. The elophant, Like the whale, is dying out. In India be 1a becoming almost as rare as 1s the red dder in England. Tue Lunters have driven him fur- ther and furtber inland ; unless something be done to protect him, he will b:lorn%ong bacome, upon the wain continent, at any rate, altogother extinct, and Balub wilt have ta import bis elophants from Birmah sud Ceylo much a8 we in England import our ho.ses froy Ireland and our foxea from uny country that will sond them to us in suflicient number and of suf. ficiout size and strength. In Africa, it is truo, the evil is not yet past remedy. Over the vas| table Iands of that unknown continent tho elo phant still roves in countless droves, and still holds in undisputed posscssion vast tracts to which rum and glass besds, castiron muskets and clay pipes, printed calico and coarse guapow- der have never yot found their way. Tho respite, however, will probably be but brief. Almousl daily, caravans start frow the Zanzibar coast to the interior, carrying with it all that the nativo Leart needs to make it glad,"and willing to take payment in ivory for all that they bave to offer. For ten or a dozes lsrgs tusks the African chief can drewr hiy wives out in beads aud striped calico, fur- nish timself and his Mimsters with rum ané suupowder, and can so afford to wait patiently until next years hunting Basson commences. The dauger which the chase iuvolves is exaggar- ated. The elephant is @ daogerous bewst to meet faco o face, bat lie is easily oircumvyonted by cralt. He can bo shot with poisoued - arrows ; b can be frightened by mudnight fires, uud driven.into pitiulls; or, if the hunter havo the reqisite nerve and courage, ho can be followed aud bamstruog. And eo tho butchery gues on. Year by year Zanzibar sends inland s Jargor num= ber of bales, dnd year by year & larger number of tuske is carried Gown 80 the coast. Wa may rogret tho fdle wuste, but we aro powerless 10 stop it. Nor is it after all, easy % 8te by What precise arcument we are to couvinco & mative chief thas it i8 Liis duty to allow the eleghant to muiuply in pence. We Liere in England ace burniug up our cazl, and leaviug posterity to take care of itnelf and pay [ts own natlonal debt ; and we can hard- 1y oxpect the woolly-hesded African to dusplay 2 virtue of whicl wo ourelves aze 1gnorant. Wi is it to bim if in a century or 80 tho elephant ba altogethor extinct, 80 long s in the luterval ke is able to dnnk bis rum and o dresy out his ebony charmer 1o gaudy yellow and red ? But, after all, rapidfy” exuinet as rthe great brute s becomiug, it i8 yet certain that we. alall bave wupplied bis place long be- fore we begin to feel his loss. ~ Tns tramway will supplant the elophant in Iudis as suroly as the train has supplant=d the stage-coach in England ; and seience will dis- cover some material fully as elsstic an fvors, and ayually capuble of doing service iu the shapo ot illiard-ball~the onc sud ounly article of mod- ern luxory for which at presen: ivory is abuo- Intely indispensable. Indeed, it 18 not improb- able that, long beforo tho alcphant is tinally e3- tinct, 8ctence may bave tanght ns to su fnse glass a6 to impart to it ail the elaaticity. of ivory —exactly a it Lus alresdy taught us to nulrmy the plece of the bamboo with cast-iron pillara and piper, and that of the spougs. with fbrots Lndia rubber. ! oe Some o Mr. and Mex. Sartord Washington Corvespondance of the New York Graphiz, The Preuident and Mrs. Grant have reccived several fetters from Mre. Sartoris. Mr. Bactoria’s only siater, 8 married lady, mot him eod his vride at Liverpool and accowpanied them to London, where, Mra. Surtoris writcs, sas on- Joyed hersolf very wuch. Her ntay. however, as brief in London, her hushand aud herssl! guing almost immediately to thoe Sartaris conn- try seat, where the bride and grovm have been wiven & cottage on the cutate. Bo they are fiual Iy settled iu their own bouse, albeit & emall oze, called 8 cottaze, and 3Mra. Sartoris writes that is covered with roses, ~ Ketaembering the estrav-. wanc we alth of her troussequ aud she largs nitn- ber of hier presents, one 1 puzzled 1o suow huw Mre. Sartoris Lias managed to ficd room for bies ‘hugband and Lerself af:er storipg swsy hes L03 rossi00d. NO gayeties are profteced the young couple by tho groom's parents, who are still 1n deep aftfiction op Bccount of ths lowe oi iueir cldest son le<t summer, who, 36 has vften Leea stated, was killed by a fall from his torse. Quite rrcently titeir grief has been renewed by ths Ly & simiar sccidens of thair dead “sou's wost intimate freud. 3r. and Mra, Algernou Sartoris, when they left Washington, expected to roturn in a yearas the farthest, perbaps as early 25 the fall. The Premdent aud Mra, Grant do not contemplate nisiting their daughtor until after tusy have to hold knair rva~ ent high postion.