Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 19, 1874, Page 7

Fre dve B Y 7 3F K #F 3. - A Es (AP FY PR bR EX FE T84 &F 35 & &) _PR 4 ¥ ?7e Qb ERR G ¥ FE iy w BRI RTVETFR A VitmmPnl TRlG0a RV Lo ] r R —— THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1874. ) hesd. Brown retmmed the School and Home for Nurses, eupported by M1l Tictjens and Mme. Trebelli-Not Crantni and Bota, Mr. Sims Reore! s gaort Bantley. Mme. Normsn Nernda was the solo violinist, and Bignor Randegger and Sir Julius Benodict conducted the concert. Hor Majesty and tho Princesees of the Royal family wers [patronoeses, beaidos & long lies of nobla ladies. 2l BromaB AT, X BMackloy on tho 157 it fores followed and a tasilo enamed, o mamsger was cat over the loft eye. th:’ A arrested by Detective Coward. on is coming back noxb scason 1din THOPPACR ) eason in America. Sho o BSRET bevy of burlesque ** actreasos. LB e lady did provest tao much. Let e, “‘fifnkhfl hat lifo bas 3 lmit, 8t any rato, “b'm,nimfl is not far off. i i, the menager of the St Jam o i Pl noes in his advertisements, with sooster S0 & Ripixalla " davoo in Vert- w10 onsequonco of sn intimation re- Vet Hrom the Chamberlain, he “ has i O eon troupe ia loug alothes.” illagers in Ober-Ammergau, in Davaris, Tho VLAY intorvals this summer, orform- mp:lflf- ar play entitied *The Founding o B 80000 Pof. Eutal,” 8 patriotic drama. of e MOy an aged ex-priest of Ober- pows SPAER 8 Daisenvorger. King Louis uch pleased with one of the perform- ww;“, year that Lo invited the principal west 15, with bim at Lia castle of Linder- m—‘: {Be peighborhood- Jervett & Patmer have received a loi- e, TOEL e gali, London, in which the terfrom D once to the pew play ho has writ- $09F28 o' Thoatre is made: “14 ia an en- e for B0 rigimal lay, foundod mpon inci- it 4% 50 cat Amenican coufliot. And pleaso mumflfi Shatit i noitber translated nor 404580 bo Fronch. nor from suy pravious denred 008 marcative or dramatic.” The T e pioco bas 1Ot yot transpired. Bou- ll'flm:!vc humoris of the extravagaut order, w8 ;fl“u ss5, to ke this announcement gravely. a0 i i theatro is now open in W{.mh 128 that is Niblo's Garden, whero Eflv'mm. 'has been ncted ginco July L Bar- S podrume occupios the frot. place, just s BP0, o of those who scak for eater- p0%, 889 S0 Xy, ‘Thiomas’ Bammer Gerden o not noglocted, and the Coloseeuza Copoer®a BE 03 ely aweractive, * London by Ir¥e ahown st the latter rosort. The Day ¥ Sreck of local theatrical mattors will et e oy cheoge till August. Mr. J. w0 B 2 iss Charlotte Thompson are z e ats, during tbat mouth, at the Theatro ;. 3ir. Foole i8 to appesr fi‘fiufln’f sud Mr. Boucioault's new play is fobe acced 56 Booth's. Furekd gives this timely warniog : *“The e res a4 the Hippodrome commencod ou E‘m 'S¢ April, 8d sinco that date there Lave Yoon givem 158 performancos, and the following LS of ihe sccidents that havo occurred in ime: Mus Hoss, arm broken by thrown from her horse : at the put Bos two other ladies’ wore thrown mt tmrt. Miss Lewis, burt by being grock withs the pole of a chariot. Miss Alica faimsig, hurt by being thrown {rom the O Gairo and baving a horse jump oa _bor ; Browas instantly Lilled, but ihe lady has e wported for duty. Fraok Dooley, leg fouva while riding a0 olephant raco; the’ man vas bedly diseased, &nd, amputation being noo- T, bis nervous uystem could not etsnd tho i ind deatl onsaed. Ars. Ann Davis, col- F-ona broken by the horso Spot falling ' with e over & burdle. 7.2 Gould, the Boston eculptor, ‘has pro- fuedio mesble tizo *Ghost of Hamlot,” Tv Gverta of » head, bearded, holmeted, sad o4, chiseled in high relief ona sunk oval set » square, Tho Advertiser Bfi’s of this ef- s “ore 38 » shadow in marblo, yot a dis~ Bt personality of keen aud variod expresaion. Tis 4 pirit striving to bocome sn apparition, withowing the strin of the endeasor. ~As one feks longer the pitecusness of the whole ex- on grows,—especially, agein, i the won- d oo ; tho countenanco, grim and ‘per- toted" 38 it in, is seen to be *miOre in SOTTOW {aan it #nger,’ 2nd even the dread frown seems by the love and longing which led the sidar to scck bis only son. Ln every lino and she head is moat majestic and kingly, and Iy toms sultile skill the effect of palencss, se auired by the text of Shakrpeare, scams to Ietarted to the wasted cliesis.” s i MUSIC. Sach » dexrth of musical matters as the week $oa suffered could ouly occur in the summer. ho fre interfered with almost everything in e smusement line, and mugic sulered with the oat. XATINEE MUSICALE. Thers was a maunee given at Goldbeck's Con- secvatory of Music, Saturday afternoon, of waich tha following pumbers formed the programme : & Dao—Pia00 204 VAOUD. ooveveceieeenssarenn —_— H. Alien aud 3 Tantacke ca ‘ths * Huguenota™. . X, Ledockowsth, g fo o Thesbades are falling.*. B #Hark, the lark.™....... Mics 1da Thomas. L Duet ... vonn Misses Davson and 1. Thomas. €, Blewo «eeses.Chiopin de, ™ vt "Miss Di.ods. ¥ 1 TURNER HALL. Following is the programme for the Turner Hall Concert. {kis evenig : L March Jubilee. . . Graner L Overture o Siradelia A Potpourzd from * Trosators £ Overture to the ** Cliaes After & dadsnte snd Beberzo from e “ Bef- cmation™—dympliony 5 £ 0n the Sca,” trangcri 4. Seoond Zinale from * Traviata & *Beveille de Lion Fantasio”. 9, Valtz—* Thermen ™. . M Quadrille, —*Emperor’ LINCOLN PARI Theprogramtne for the Lincols Park concert i afiarnoon 13 a5 follows : PART L Wagner Strauss from Fra Disvolo. Bepert sy tat hoodore il visit says that Theodore Thomaa will visil Keodon with his orchesira. The Englich cornet player, Levy, is playiog at $he concerta of tho Champs Elysees. 7 patsdeme Lind-Goldsclmidt and Sima Tooves v each cluld that is & musical prodigy. Onochorus in Balfe's * Talismano " is said to strikizgly recall in the first few bars the comic sang, = Ten Licle Niggers.” (5 Ducc, who engaged Strauss and hin band £10.000 for his late Italian tour, cleared near- 25,000 by the travsaction. Bigner Gillandi created_s v L ery favorable im- fesiin st Durry Lane, London, 1 the tenor oin “Rigolotto,” and his dsbut was &a un- Buccess. nT&:hswgphm,mm in Gounod's ** Faust™ b mgwgr&uc rtage at present is M. Paure, ac- 8 O] it Meaph o the opinion of evary critio who has Ths followiag o i i peras will be produced in the %‘l“u the Beals, Milan: * Dan Carlos, “11 <G eta,” ““Pomeo e Giulietta ” (Gounod), and hflluvn Wasa " (Marchetti). Fille de Madame Angot s & very litigions {;’::fhd.n Ehe i3 not only in chancery in En- ] but ehie i now causiug lew eaita and 1o two theatrical managers in Paris. Adelina Patti does not i o go to Paris for the win- :?uom Bhe is re-engaged for St. Peters- % lflld Moscow, where she will recaive oon- Berably higher terms then on any previous oo !nlalfihm‘" TLoniss Ecllogg is to have a fine Cusle, opers troupo next season, including hn.mf‘m»""’“’-' Mrs. Seguin, Maas, and Carl- nyid will givo Baife's “Talismano™ sad iguon.” 2. Eugono D az hias composed & new opera, in ::“:‘;-o alid “ Mantred.” The samo lLibret- e yota his « Coupe du Roi du Thule, Voot forgadot aod Rlau, gupplied the prosent x Obarles Lecocq was present s a racent “:nce of the Moore & Dnrgess Minatrels, trom & L!; hearing the Cheeur dee Cuisiniers, Chey, Lo Cent Vierges,” sung by the Christy ipressed Lis doternunation o write T ng expresaly for tho troupe. [y ; European earrespondent of the Philadel- R compet 4782 **1azm fold that Carl Rosa is st i:*e_\r ecrushed in health and spirits by have gas, rrible bereavement that his phywicians buginguyoiued apon him a strict abstinonce from Germenn 224 a prolonged sojourn at some of the Py 22 baths this summer. I am also told that Serring? Eirely refuscs 10 go to Ameriea, pro- 0 Thijo qorburg and Puris to Now York i vhis, and that sbe will sing &% Opera in this city next winter.” - Mme. Nilago; 2, N B of G Tanis of the Weabimoeior Toaining A isn musician, Edward Griog, young Rorwegi: has ‘suddenly bocomo famous. Ha was born at Bergen, in Norway, in 1843, and when only a child his extraordinary talents atiracted the fention of the calebreied violinist, Ol B: in 1858 ho was sent 0 the Consarvato: o ry 8t Leip- sic to gtudy moeme. In 1863 he weat to C - hagen to work under Gade, and soon bacnx:ep SI‘:- moat brilliant of the knot of clever voung com- posers collected there. Tho Musikalisches l&oc)gnélnfl calis Grieg ‘“the Beandinaviam ‘The thres days of “Handel Festival ™ at_the Crystal Palace was & stupendous affair. Wil Sir. Michael Costa 25 le ot vt ai] the best artists for this kind of work as solo singers ima Roeves, Santley, Titiens, Trebolli-Bettini, gnesi, a0 & host of others), rith thoussnds of ‘most caratully-trained chorns smgers, and with faultless orchestras, what was to prevont the oratarios from being rendercd magmificantly? In the orchestra at this Handel Festival were ninety-five first violing, nivety-three second ;_.:tx;;,i ;xsy(;::‘: ;mlts, ‘sixty-two violoncellos, - 8 ey Bse&nn & due proportioa At Balzburg, the birthplace of Mozart, thero is & Moaart institution, patronized by the Emporor of Austria, and which ia also under the pn‘x’:on- ageof the Duko and Duchoss of Edinbarg. Pupils of every country are eligible to_study there st morely nominal fees, and, in order to asssist this valuable instisution, Madsme Adelina Patti bas givon her services in organizing a Graud Mozart Festival in London, whioh will take place at tha Royal Italian Upera on Thurs- day, July 16, Mr. Gye_having proffered his oo- operation and tho assistance of his magnificent stafl. Tho whole of the music will bo sclected {rom the works of Mozart. Quite & nomber of eminent musiciane have recontly loft Now York to take up thoir rosi- donee i Boston, belioviog tho atter ity to bethe most favorablo for the parsuit of their rofession. For sovoral months past Boston as welcomed them owo Ly _one, and now Ey o accession of artists from Now York lhas taken place. Among the number are Bernhard Listemann, Fritz Lietemann,—both eminent 28 violinists, the former having long been firet violinist of Thomas' Orchontrs ;—Emil Gramm, viols ; Adolph Belz, socond violin snd French horn ‘soloist; Rudbiph Hartdegen, the renowned 'cello plaver ; Fugene Wiemar, flautist, formealy of Thomss' Orchoetrs, and several othiers of oqual fame. After protracted_saffering, Paal Mendelseotn Bartholdy departed this lfe st Berlin, on the 23d of June. Ho was the principal momber of the banking-house of Mendelssohn & Co.. Lrother of the cclobrazed composer, snd grandson of Mosos Mondelssobn, His perents alroady were converied to Christisicy, whea tho father sasumed the sdditional namo of Bartholdy. The deceased also was an sble masician of groat execution, and of #ho bigh- est intalligone, For somo timo be served faithfully as City Councilman, 2nd ss such did very much to build up aod perfect savinga iostitutions. His demise lcaves a very sen- sible void smong the city fathers. His house was the rendezvous of all the notorictles in scicnce and the fine arts. A writer in & London musical paper says: “A rather funpy incident in counection with the Handel Festival will, perhaps, cause some amuse- Tocns. By soms fodlish arrangement, tho prosa were supplied with tickets, on one voucher of which & demand was made that the nama of the musical critic shall be eigned, possibly with a view to future actions for libel. Kx 1 regarded this a3 8 foolish infraction of the ever-recognizod anonymity of the press, I resolyed to praotice upon the Crystal Paluce suthorities a little practical joke. Accordingly, I filled iu the blank epace loft for signaturo with tho name - Geo. Fred Bandol." The venerable old gentio- man who coilected the tickota took this particu- lar voucher i his hand, looked 2t me, sod then at the hickes, with an expression of face which paid ‘Blowed i I didn’t thivk he wea dead yoars ago,’ and opoaing iho loor with an ex- traordinary low bow, paid proper homage to tho grost man who thus hosared the festival beld to his memory with his sugust presence.” The Pacis papers give s foll sccount of the acene at tho production of Verdl's new mass, but attempt littls serious eriticiem. For nstaneo, me. smm})w«s sojiran0, 18 dascribod a6 & bru- Dette with black hair_snd dark eyes and a + physionomie etrange,” ‘somewhat Tessmbliog that of Mlle. Krsnss. MAme. Waldmann i doscribed a8 8 perfect ooutrast to Mme. Stolt ; she 15 a blonde with blue eysa, rosy checks, & froeh-tinsed face, and pearly teath, and with & fignre = sod prosonce tho true type of s Marguerife. ‘She is a ocontralio of tolent and intelligonce, and groatly pleased her audience, AL Capponi, the toudor tenor, was called * un grand gaillard a_grosses monstaches.” and he appeared simid and embar- rassod. As he was beard little in the concerted music, and sang his solos withont verve, withous eclat. aud_*sans grande chalenr,” it will imagined he made littla impression. 2. Maini, tize bass, bas, so say ¢he Paris papers, a_martial face and black moustaches ; he resombles an officer of cavalry, and attacks his music as he Would & redoubt, with vigor sad emergy- ‘We borrow the following interesting account from a Frouch paper: . . . The floal roprescntation of Verdis “Re- quiem ™ took pisce on Monday evening with grest cclst, The Opers Comique presented sn unusually Drilliant appearsuce, and we do not remember cver Daving seen {bere such sn assewblage of elegsnt tollettes and beautaful women, After tho * Agnus Dei,” which s one of the finest psges in the work, MK, Pranck, sttired as s Muse, cane forward to pre~ tent’ to the macstro a wreath of gold. All ihe audience rose and spplanded; 8t the msme timo one of the choristers stepped out of ~the ranks to_give to the composer a golden lyrs en- circled with laurels, and promounced this short ad- Qross; * 4 vous Mastre, Messicurs et Hesdames lcs artistes des ehaurs.” Tho words wore fow, but they Were t00 muany for the speaker, aa Lis tongue clove to Bis palate, and he eouid not gotouts word; and Verdi, overcome with emotion, could not speak in re- ply. The public, by their brsvos, resssured all parties PUi crios for an’ edicors of the ** Agnus ™ were raised on all sides, and Mmes. Btolr and Waldmann. with perfect good grace, recommenced the ploce, aad after- ‘wards roceived an ' avalanche of bouquets, The Jyre Dore the inscription, *Au maestro G. Verdi, artistes des chavursy 234 Jurn. 1874, DOUBTING. Thou seck'st for sgns ; thou, man, would'st Xnow A God who miracles will show. A God whom thou cauld'st understand Should follow where thy mind has plsnned, *Tis thou who ean'st not comprehend The means God uses, nor their end ; Fine, thou wonld'st seo Omniscient Might Tu al thou viewsst, day o night. Thou seck’st to measure time and space, The sun to weigh, tho stars o trace, To sound the depths of deepest seas, To probe the life of beasts and treed. If Hia creations are {0 thes TUnfathomobis mysters ; 1 thou a part eai’st niot control— Fhy seek 1o solve the wondrous Whols: Ja what is making, whst fs made, God's awful presezics is displayed. Still further would'st thou picrce His plan? Thon breathest God, O curious msa | Iu the ereation of thy mind, ‘A miracle eould'st thou not And 7 Ja not thy ever-present thought & miracla thy God hath wrought 15 it o mirocle that He Youchsafed His Son to die for thee ¥ Look on thyself, O sentlant clod, When thou would'st see a sign {rom God § J. P. Laavrer. A Lively Corpse. s Prom the Baitimore Gazatz, Quite an amusing incident ocourred en Priday eveuing last, at th rosidence of & well-known physician of West Balgmore. In order fo par- sue his anatomieal l*dlfls ntelligently, the doctor secured the services of a o of * pro- fossionals® to provide him with a * subjeet,” sud on Friday might the last-named individus! Hartod on their assigned daty, Upon resching the western suburbs, the prostrate form of aa individual wss found lying alongsida s fence Tl e e sioun for of Wi 8% onoe unconscious form e o o in a bag, aud, shouldoring their prize, soon arrived as the doctor’s residence and Tang the bell. The doctar appeared, and as Thate were & number of dootors in tha parlor, uickly ordered tho men to the rear, whero &ey ‘soon arrived and deposited the *corpse ™ in & carringe-house, by the doctor's directions. They then roceived their * fee,” a $10 bill, and took their departore. Hardly bad the gato closed befora & ghostly grosa was heard in the carriage-house. Tha doctor was at first borror- stricken, but subsequent sounds aud move- ments 800n €ODYL him thst the *body” in the bag was yet in the flesh. Without waiitng to oxamine the * subject,” be rapidly pursued the worthy pair, remarking when he came up with them, that “that man in the beg is Dot desd™ “We knew that,” retorted one of the men, *but you can kill bim whenever you plessa.” Tba doctor bas concluded to examine all “gubjects™ horesfter befors paying for them. He pronounces the * body in the bag™ the livelieab corpss ™ he evar 8aW. i CHARLES SUMNER His Blental and Personal Habits. Recollections of the Senator by His Private Secretary. Prom tha New York Evening Post, &n’buraflaufldg for August, of which we havo boen permitted to seo the advance sheets, bas an intevesting article, contributed by the mua Bear of cumg Sumner, Mr. A B. fohnson, upon the personal and mental - laritiss :ns habits of labor of the Sm.tmr.pe;.lr. Jobuson was with Mr. Sumnoer st tne time of his doath, and gives a minute sccount of his final illness. He does not think that Mr. Bumner at all knew of his approaching E doath. His mes- sages to friends are such as Lo might bave sent atany time. I he bad known it be would cor- tainly bavs sont some word to his sister, to whom he was much aitached. We give our read- ers a portion of the article: “ Mr. Sumner was & man of REGULAR HABITS. He rose sbont 1 o'clock, snd, without regard- ing wonther, took his ocold water bath in his hat-shaped tub; then shaved with cold water, and_got to work as soon as he had dressed. Until commenced honsekesping ho took his simplo breakfsst 1 bis study, from a tray. No meats ot fish v‘&m;m’pxm in Lis meal Fea rom own y, oggs, a little fruif in ite season, or s salad, constisuted the m:' Whea in kis own house, aad liable to have others with hi the meal was more claborste. The broskiast was sorved in- variably at 9 o'clock, He sk nothing more wumtil dinner, which was usually 6 o'clock. This abstinence from eating between meals may possibly sccount foc his excellent digestive powers, which remained unimpsirod through lite. After breakfsst be returned so his desk, whore ho was occupied until ho went to the Seusto, which on_committeo days wee at 10 and on other days a$ 12 Homadeita poins to be in hin place when the Benate wns called to order, to steud during the Chap- Iaiti's prayer. Baforo the War it wes decmed 10~ dooorus for 3 Bcustor to absont himeolf from morning prayer ; sad M, Sumner was nover ob- noxions to eriticiam in this matter. ““The session baving commenced, he remsined in the Chamber wotil adjournment. No court business, no visiting friends, no engagements of oy kind, eonld draw him from the Senate while the jon lasted. Up to the time he reccived his_injuries, an inspection of the Globe will indicate fow absences on his part when the ‘yeas and nays’ were called. “ The Senate having adjourned, Mr. Sumper would, if it were early, retarn to his desk ; but it it were near tbs dinner bour, would walk for & short time—that is, if hia long, quick ptride could be ealled a walk As his mantel was generally shingled ovor with dinner invi- tations, soveral dsep, ho seldom dined alono ; bat when he did, i was at & neighborig rosts- rant, from & singlo aish. After dmner be might make a call or two; but, ss s ruls, 9 oclock found him again in his room and at his desk. Now came the Wme for eolid work. Beading be thought recreation rastber “than labor. During those late hours, whaa his brain was at is best, when he had ressed from the faligues of ths day, aud had gotten his second wind, as the atlilotes ray, he wrought ab those ideas which 1ill his works. H13 POWER OF LAROB knew little of hmit. Whon preparing for s grest effort, Le would reldom leave his - desk befors 3 in ihe moming. He Las boen known to write the loog night through, to be surprised by dsyligit at his desk, and (0 resume work agaia immodiately after bis bath aod his breakfast. He had said thas whoa campletely, ing no article that he had worn the preceding day, not even s mecktie, he foi¢ sufficiontly re- freahed Lo go oa with bis even though ha 1ad gat all night at his desk. e thought faster than he eculd wnte. always bad some special work on band, in addition to the current business of tho day; bat he was al- ways ahead of his publio dutia. Ho commit- too waitod for bim to fuish a repoct or draft s bill or draw o resolution, He was rather in advanco of time. Hs constantly anticipated actual necessities ; bat it Was this very pover t0 meot emergencies, this forecasting the satnre of requirements, that kopt him so0 unflsggingly busy; and honoo ho waa always resdy. Thia Dabit of work followed him through life,—while in the doctor’s hands, while suffering from great physical exhaustion, audroven when fealing nothing of the spur of immediate requiremouts. To his Iatter days, when sitting with no commit- teo, and prohibited by his physicinns from speak- ing, be atill kept up his babit of miduight toil In spenking of the limitatious against which he fretiod, if driven to the corner, ho would con~ foes thas the moat irksome was that which re- quired Liin $0 retire by midaight. “The Senator seldom denied himself to visil- ors. He was the most ACCESSIBLE OF MEN. o matter how busy, uniess be was working against time, ho would receive those who sought 1o oo him; but when actually working Le would loave the conversation to the eallor, ting him with ¢ How are you? Bit down;’ and, uuless spoken to, be was lisble $o forget the presence of the visitor. Unless the couversation called for earnest thought, he was spt, especiall when writing letfers, s continue his worl wiule listening or spesking. _Often the embarraseed visitor would say : ‘I see you're busy; Il call acain, when tho Sénator would reply, ‘But Im always busy— what is your point ?* and the visitor, under this prossure, woald condense his statement mto & five-minutes’ explanation, when he had expectad to talk porhaps for hours. Mr. Sumner waa rendy to receive or give information ; but, unless in » quiet mood, was little inclined to conven- tional conversation with cesual visitors. He would seldom refuse to answer s card sens him in the Senate, but ho wonld rush out upon his visitor, making him feal the value of each min- ate, sud, taking hum into the lobby, would, by forcs of will, eompel Lim to econ- dense hig idess into few words. His pow- er of condensstion wss grest, Dot only 88 to bhis own thoughts, but as to those of others. He would listen, with pen suspended, to a query, make his reply, return to his paper and complete his unfinished sentonco without glaneing at the beginning. As to losing the thresd of hia discourse, whether in conversa- tion, in writing, or in debate, this seemed to be impossible to bim. 15 CORREEPOXDENCE wns enormonus; but the word fails to give any adequate idea of the letters he wrote and receiv- ed. "1t was the businees of his Sccretary to open his letters and arrange them in piles at his elbow, excopt whon ha raceived them, 35 be often did, his breakfast or dinner tabi Pow men have been such slaves to their mail. He would often receive over s hundred letters ata time, and each waa read at the moment of openiog. His 2bility o take in & mass of m3nusCript was pe- ounliar. A foar, even an eight-page letter, was read with such rapidity that an obsorver wonld suppose ho had but gianced at it; and yot he would indicate on the cormer, in pencil, if i wers one of routine matter, the d.?nouitmn his secretary shounld make of it. Dut reserved to himsclf ecores of letters, and wrote with his own band, with almost lightning speed, snswors abiort or 10ng, a8 pecessity required. OF theso lot- ters he neverretained copics. They were envelop- ed, addressed, franked, and then thrown into the mailing basket, all by himself, as fast a8 they Were completd, and ihe answered letters were pigeon-holed or destroyed, sccording to their importance. O theso letters received, parhaps on6 in & hundred wsa saved ; and yet 124 vol- umes of Shipman's Patent Letter Files, contain- ing from 250 o 500 lotters each,wero packed and sent to Boston to his literary executors after bLis death. These letters probably represented the correspondoncs of a couble of years. The let- ter books prior to that time were already in Boston. There were, however, among these, the books eoatsining all the letters from cer- tain personal friends, such ss Howe, Longfel- loi, Jfitier. Whittier, Felton, and his blood ro- Istions. Hia biographer will find material for his kfe in these lotters and those he wrote in answer to them. In fact, tkey contan his bi- ugnghy. i Of Iate ‘yoars the Benator had & movable ‘bookcase behind his desk, where he had at hand the TOOES WEEDED FOR IMMEDIATE REFERENCE. They were usually bis dictiousries—English, German, and Classical—and the Suatutes-at- Large. ' On_the shelves of his writing-desk jmmediately before him, were a line of pigeo! bolea Inbaled ‘Select Letters’ — meaning those from his very personal friends— + Foreign Letters,’ ‘ Business Lettars,’ ‘ Applica- tions for Oftics,” and two labeled * Drafts.’ Of Iato yenrs thst labeled ‘ Applications’ was nsu- ally empty. On the single shelf above these pigeon-holes wero stacks of pampblets, Hoase and Senate bills, and similor matters. Six books, however, were on this shelf within reach of bis loft band, nsuslly arrsuged in order of size, Tirst was Hazlitt's ¢ New Elegant Extracts from English Poetry.” This he bad st college, a8 his pamo sod the date on the fiy-leaf gave ovidence. The book bad been twice re- bound while he was in tho Benate. Then came - his_Bbakspeare—also s college pook, 28 the titlopage and notaticns show. This found opened, faco down, on hia his death. Curious to see what had mfianem‘dh-hm ¢ this point, I scanned paga. It waa tho puasage 3 a commencing * was marked in pepeil with a heavy hand. Next t on the shelf nsaally stood bis 0opy of Hickey's “ Constitution of tuo United Btaiea’ This book en ab certain by the way, wis desk on the day of ould I wers ‘dead” e s M e, in- o reforced Lo tho colocation the book was much stramed in scored insingle, al letters and figure of the words, snd its binding from $he many aced between the loaves, Theasarus of Euglish Words,’ snd it marks of frequent reference. fifth book was *Thoe Bulea sod Usages of tho Senate.” Its coundition scoounts for tor's thorough knowledge and skillful wse of this arseval amentary weapons. No man bettor than be, for be was forced to study and employ them with the ntmost in’ arder to obtain even a His Fronch dic- Iving sbout hus desk, knew thess rules skill in the oid daya, hearing before the Bo tionaries were gonerally having no fixed placo, Ho was CURI0US IN_DICTIONARIES. He had five of tho Enelish languige among his tools. His Webster and his Worcester were ies from tho anthors. Walker, Johneon wero often brought the Congressional Library. It was no unusnal thing for the Benator, when in the call to his secretary to ‘Worcester and to read uotations. Then to alker, than fo Jobn- then to Pickering, and finally the word sccordl; It was hardly safe resentation cop} full tide of work, io look up aword in socondary mesanin; refer to Webster, wag used or throwm for him to examine 3 if be once in Johneon's, he wonld read on by the ere was found by hia bedsido, with his ‘mothor's Bible, a pocket edition. Iatest lssue, whioh he wes 8o~ customod to carry with him s one might carry diary, Ite=cver shows the hasd e The remaining book, and the one nearest his hand, was another Bible. The ronght with bim to Washington bis mother ; but it was trans- losk to his dressing-tablo when od, m 1865, by the copy given o Beward shortty before her From it Dr. Sunderland, tho Chaphin of tho Beoate, read when eondoctini exeroisos at bia houss on the day died. This copy, as woll as the other, shows had Iarge knowledge of tho glaases and his of Webster, the copy which he b forred from his ita piace waa suppli wear. The Benator Scriptures, as Lis 2 concordance of Tennysen and many like works of referonce, hio had nons, and apparently noed- ed none, of the Bi sired passsge Wil even to clergymen. ¢ find in 1t & de- th a3 quickness Burprising the non-completion of which he 8o moumed the edition of bhis on his death-bed, mow in coume of epoochos, lotters, etc. cation. The eighth volume was the minth haa since been pul Matertal for the twelfth was found in hin desk, work down to 1866. Pro- mis will for the sxpenee of finishing the work ; sod the material, which he bad cacofully gathored, was so wmranged that, form may ba crude, his lterary finish the work on his own plan. Therr Iabor will consist in editing the immenso mass they will find ready to their bands. He et Jabor to this mattee. AH his in fact everything Decessary to which brought the though the f executors ean gave much pati publio letters, o10d ib foot-notos. Reference has boen made pw oymment of the 1earnod M. Nichols, of Cambridge, to sssist in this Iabor, but even bis soverely critioal work tn- Jerwent the sdditionsl scrutioy of the Senator's Te would_correct the correo- tions and revise the revisions a8 long as time permif « In ove of his great spoeches, that on * The ‘War-System of the Commonweslth of Nations,’ 2, Sumner alludes to the strange ceremony of DRINKING THEIR FLOOD IN WINE, vatiers became bound as hough surs snch & waa rather discom- by which the old ehe Tite had been practicod, he fitod ko find po reforence to it in any book in hus library. He was 20 anxious to have his toxt cor- rect, even in such mmntim, thet his failure at verification disquiated him ; aad he vainly sought information from seversl of his intimal ber varsed in politics and eurrent literatare than in modinval chivalry. In the height of bhis trouble one of his friends, 3z William D. O'Con- nor, k1 whose eonversation be took grest pleas- ure, came in, and it was delightf ©ss with which Mr. Sumper wok With one hand he o the other to **Now wa stall and to the ex- boyish eagorn: comod the mew comor. clutched hia proof-sheats, and gay: his caller, while he exlsimed, see—I'm 8o glad you've come; clugion of the four or firo persots i sitting 8o clone that the dark bair of the poet al- Tmost mingled with the Senator's gray locks, the an animated dircussion on proafa. Fioally, with an tho Senstor brosched the two plunged into sevoral pointa in the air of naif snxiets, point of the blood-drinking. tion was guite evident whon O' in his recollection, that a full scconnt of the eustom’ would probably bs found in St. Palays, or the snnota- tions of Noduer, or in Menedsrior, or, parbaps, in the o0ld memoir of Du Guesclin: fort tho Bonator took in these nggestions was delicions to sea ; and he at once declared that he should rassck the Con essiopal Library the Meantime, 0'Connor. on going home, ‘himself that the refersnce would most where, in fact, ha found with the book, he into the breakfast-room, tor st at tabls, chatting with the Marquis de Chambrun and Eev- likely bo in Du Cange, The next moruing, arme Iaughingly eame blood-drinker I" brandishing the old volume. r. np with & grest *Ha!’ scized th forgetting his gueats, and their demands on bum, or rather taking them with him in his triumph, read out in sonorous tones, in his rieh, rhetorical sounding old Fronch of Du Cango, iblo to overstate hus intense and fication at finding himself right, when he had begun to fear that he had be wrong. This mcident, characteristic, that it is given the untiring manner in which he hunted down ‘his aothorities. * Tu this edition of his works he WEIGHED HIS WORDS WELL, tly changed them, but the ideas are preserved intact. He always som for words to express the oxact sl His study had been carried o far that the od to others one ahade of it had another; hence Snmner started boy-like grati! though slight, was eo a8 & specimen of it Iaboriousty exprossion nsed convey meaning, while to himself offense was sometimes taken whon none was es, thns edited, he has here and thore transiated the Iapguage st first used into words which conyey the meaning be intend- a4, Sheets wero found among his papers covorod with soveral trial phrasings of the sama thought: finally adopted from the rest in ite crispinesa and nerv- h. But no reply made to him will f its foroe because of verbal shangoes in his collected speeches. + When Mr. Sumner did not wish to answer a nrariably said notbing, and o pre- interpretation being put upon his mesnt. In his speech: 4 Mr. Sumner had an inveterate DISLIKE TO OSTENTATIOUS SECRECY. ered to him he was sure to Whon auy ene whisp n be would hed hie been spenk in reply louder tha addresred in a courersationnl e waa himself reticont om tboge be was oppoeed to in executive session, no Sena- In fact, than he, a5 to keep- hin the spirit of the rule. Alwaya open Visits of the members of the press, % from him he was when o minded, he would simply make no reply to_thei As this we rule, his silence conld bear no sort of interpretation. A simi- Jar course towards those who asked questions subject he did not choose to discuse, them the mecessity of retrest, and of ¢ subject. But his manoer was not that of rebuke ; he simply ignored the to which he tnought it improper to reply. +was ag genial as before when the taboosd sub- speak. While theory of sacrecy tor was more rigid, they coula learm nothin: mmend to the imitation of Amer- icans Mr. Sumner's sdoption of a very sensible + Mr. Greeley wa8 not more averss to * having something for nothing’' than was Mr. Bumner. Hp was constantly desirous to make a BETCRY FOE WHATEVER FE RECFIVED. If au suthor presented him with his hook, if an ver sont him & proof of his laat picture, ho Yo haste to acknowledge the coartesy by & Jotter which could be, and generally was, pub- But noone could venturs even upon his® friendship to present to the Senator any article of valus, 23 ho would- decline to re- caive it nnless he were permitted to return its 5 peculiarity wsa noticeable ing matters. Did he chanoe to with would in- sist on eharing the expense. Did n friend pay the fare of both in the strest-car he insisted on Tepaying the half dime. He may have been 8o far educated m the Europesn custom in such mattors that it had bocome a babit with him. 1t was evident that he did no& know be was sin- gular in this, as he spoke of it a3 odd that otbers should make it difficuls for him to do as he de- sized. In one cave, whon ho had gone some dis- ance to speak in a doubtfal district, by invitation of member whose re-election waa pending, 2ad was entertained at the member's house, ha por- sisted in paying his part of the expense of the carringe to the depot ; and_when his friend ro- fused to receive from him the amount paid for the railrosd-ticket he procured for the Semator in advance, Mr. Samner returned him the price of it by post next dsy. 4 3[r. Bumner 80 ordered his affairs that be always LIVED WITHDY I8 MEANS, no matter how small those meaus were. With- out having any rigidly-amrangod plan, without, aopparently, giving the mat- tor particular attention, he made income and outgo balance. It may be doubted whethor he over owed a dollar he had not the means to pay. In his latter days, when walking was painfal and locomotion waa still a necossity, he did not koep a carriage, simpty bocause he conld not afford it, or, rather, he could pot af- ford it unleus be donied himself the books snd pictures, of whieh he thought he had a great need. But whea bo looked forward to returns {from soms of nis investments, he wavered be- tween the picture-gallery he wanted and tne car- riage he noeded.” Little now remains to be told of THE FAMOTS GLT which waa so important & fact in the history of this country. That there was a severe wrench of the loins made by Sumner m attompting to get out of tha deskis not, we think, generally known. “Too blow was given with & gutte-percha cane sbout zninch in dismetor. It broke in thres pi but enough of it remained to the hesd, V ahaped, with the apex toward theapiae, shows that oks struck with his eane as he would have struck with his sabre. The first blows doprived tha Senstor of consconaness, but not of powor. He instinctively sprang nt Brooks, fetlerod as he wns by desk and chair, with such force that the screws of ono leg of the dewk were wrenched from the floor, fhoso of two others broken off, whilé the clamp on the left front le bromght out a short pieco of the ysllow-pine flooring with it. The horrible wrench of the muscle of the loins, which sccompanied this tremendons foat, must bavo told on Ris trsme throughout his futdre life. But the great strength used, and e plnnfio forward, shows what would bave bap- E‘ene could he have reached his sesmilank vhilo the unconscions body waa hunging across tho uprootod desk, and whilo the logs were heid down by the overturnod chair; while Sumper was thus im a position of helplessness, Brooks, 28 it infuriated by the sight of blood, continued to mangle the victim ho_bad appareatly killed, ;xgtildt;e wag forcibly drawn away by his own ends.™ ——— A WONDERFUL “YABN.” A Land-Compamion to Victor Hago's Devil-Fish. From the Whetaholl (5. ¥.) Témes. The line of the Xow York & 3.9.4. Railroad i being oponed through s compamtively new country. Across the swamps and over the moantaing slong €ho lake shors, ground has been trodden hy mea, daring the pest two yoars, that probably never knew the tread of kuman bemng bataro, That theso caverns and rmoum- tuing contmin ies of animals beretofore wn- knowa, the following letter, written by » goatle- uma counected with tha cansgruction of the New York & Cansds Railroed, is evidonco: Xo_the Editor of the Times: In Lopes that your readers msy kuow what mauner of animals inhabit the Dresden Muun- tain, I rend you the followmg pasticulars of an importont discovory that took place in this sec~ tion: Last Saturday, A. B. Meadow, walking boss on the Dresden section of the New York & Canada Ruilroad, in compeny with J. W. Carter, of Dresden, wore hunting over the Dresden Moun- tain. Each man was Armod with guns, sod s~ companied by adog. Just as they Wero eneryiog from a wood into an opeutng, the foundation of which was a floor of Emooth rock, they wera stavtled by beholding vae of tE2 mosi romsckabla species of animals ever sson by men. On an emmence, about 15 fect atova, it faced the_two Tien for an instant, and thon tarned quickly aud retreated. The creaturs’s body was about the eize of & waterepaniel in ciroutaference, 6 feet in leogth and eovered with 3 short, fino, flesh-colar shining fur<coat. It had o tail all of 10 feel long, at the eud of which there were two_prongs like the tinos of a pitehfork, esch of which wass st least 1 foot in length and one-hslf inch in dismotor, tapering to points which secmed to bo like tne claws of 2 bear. The hoad was lazge, with two large yellow eyes, standing out from each side, like a lobater’s. On top of the head, besweea its eyes, was a dark, fleshy-looking horn, which poiated ~foreard, occasionally moving sideways, aa the snimal turned either way. The foet, of which there wore four, were Iaige, and my informants think they were webfcoted, which, if true, shows that animal is of the amphibious order. The most aingular part of the beast e, that it possessed two loog arms, which extended oat {rom ita shoulders certainly 15 fcet each way. Tiese arms were cream-colored. about 3 inches in dismeter, while at the enda of them there ra- disted seversl smaller arms, each about 15 inches in length, and of & blood-red color. As the ani- mal ran swiftly, pursned by ths dog, it gave sharp, prolouged whines, resembling the piteous wail of an infaut troubled with calic, My informants say that, 8 their eyes firat be- held the wonderful qualruped, they atood rivet- d to the Bpok at tha sight of 80 quoer 3 species of animal, Bat a8 the monster ran swiftly over the rocks, his course unobstructed by any shrub- bory or tree, the immense arms of the pursued woald dare back at the dog, while the little arms o prongs would writhe and twist as it in snger ¢ the introsion and chase of the dog. ‘When tho apimal had led the dogabouta quarter of & mile, it suddenly disappeared be- voon two rocks. The dog ran swittly to the opening, followod by the two men. Meadow ap- prosched the opening with his coat upon bis ‘when he was terror-stricken to perceive the long hornble arma with lightoing swiftness dart out of tho crevice in the rock, ons of them seiz- ing the dog, while the writhing fingers at the other arm's extremity seized Meadow's coat from his arm. snd, a8 quick a8 a flash, dog and eoat disappeared into the rocky chasm, Meadow and Carter, thoroughly frightened, retreated quickly a8 the picrcing howls {rom their dog sud- denly coased. As soon 28 possible my inform- ants loft the scene, 8nd, obtaining a party, thoy all returned to the eave wherein the wonderful bonst had secreted himself. Every olfort wag made to drive the monster from its hiding-place. Guns were discharged while tbo hunting party stood a safe distance from the hole. Stones Were thrown in, sud yot nothing appeared, nor no sound was given to deuote the presence of any animal or living thing in the cavern. Cattle Lassoing. From the Cincinnati Commercial. Messrs. Cox & Quinn own large ranges in Southern Californin, and they do an extensive businees driving eattle northward into Placer a0d Nevada Counties, 10 be sold in the mining Lowns, principally Grass Valley sod Nevada City. This winter they kept su fmmense Lerd in the foothills, and a fow days 2go drove shem out on the plaius to select and brand them. ‘With the exception of two Mexicaus, sll of the thirty or forty men assombled were Americans. Most of the horses were half-breeds or full- blooded Americans, but in Southern California the mustang still prevails on the stock-ranch. The great hord, numbering about 3,009 hei is buddled in the middle of the open_plain, aa the proprietors and vacqueros aro riding around {hem. What few footmea thers are preeent Leep well out of the way, for these Spanish cat- tle have a great euriosity to inspect s man's Leels. Their long, slender, shining horns ars held Aloft, and with dilated nostrils they sniff the coming prey. One of the men 83ys to o vacquero: Vou eco that big. black fellow, with crop and a elit fu the right, and su overslope in the lefi? Bring bim out™ The vacquero rides into the berd, graduslly worms the animal to the outer edge of the band, then suddenly clappiug spurs to bis horse hunts bLim with the greatest swiftnces out into ths open ; then the tramed horee, eager snd delighting in the chase, follows hus every motion 8o closely that the animal, though dodging like a wounnded bare, finds itaclf driven straight forward. Another owner recogni one of his soimuls, and the sama process is repeated with the one. There are a few to be branded, and as thare is 1o corral to coufine shom in they sze oompalied fo Tesort to the Mexican plsa. The avimal ie first separated from tue berd, and then 8 vaciuero tidea him down, sad lacecs him by the horns. Amother rides up and laesos bim by the hind legs, if be is skillfal enough, or if not throws oy wide of the loop on the animal's beck sad the other on the ground behind him. and he presently baoks into it. wbea it 18 quickly drawn Ent, Then the two borses set oat in opposite direchions, the snimal's hind foot ara pulled from uadar him, and be comes dowa oo weuld think at the imminent hazard of breaking his backbone. A man rushos up with the branding fron, elape it on his right hip, where it makes & cruel singeing and fizzing. 1t is frequently & good deal worse business to get away from him than it is to catch him, es- Pecially if ho has fight in bim, snd he generally has by this The brander gets oat of the way ; while o horsemen gre holding the animal tight e 1agsos around their pom- mels and the hrses at & dead set, & third rides up, the Jassvs ero _slackened a Lttle, the ome around the hors is slipped off, and the maa in- stantly gxgnnu hl(!lflhom before the animal can rise, and flees, while the raging brute struggles froe from the other lasso, and perhaps gfres chase. Thus both lassos are recovered, and everybody gots off with a whole skin. One of the most extraordinary feats performed consisted in the laszoing of & sucking calf with » loop 15 feet across. 1t requirea great skill to throw a lasso with such an enormous loop, and it haa to be hurled s long distance to narrow down sufficiently to catch 80 gmall an animal. In Texas I bave seon & man 1aseo 3 prairie dog, but he used a amall rope and a very small loop. Ona of the men oxecuted a feat which would soem incredible to a person who bad not wit- nessed it. Riding at full epeed across the plaine, nearly abreast of & steer, he spun tho lasgo ahead snd took in botb 'his foro fect, bringing him down with & raking plunge on his nose. THE GREAT COMET OF 1838, A Year of Hurricane and Innndation in the United Statcs— 340,000,000 Worth of Property Destroyed.-'Kers rific Tormndo in New York City— Eruption of Moumt Vesmvius—The Thermometer 117 Degroes in Lone- don. From the New York Herald. The sppesranco 2mong us of comeis, whose huge bulk soems almost safficient o fill up the vust celestial regions, unfathomable as the latter muy be, undoubtedly on maoy occasions has. been attended with violent disturbances of tho elements of our globe. Thore is somo satisfac- tion in knowing that the meteor of 1511, in which year the ke 00~ currred i New Madrid, on the issippi, 3 not expected to rewmm until the expira- tion of 3,000 years, and thet many other gome:s that have been heretofore dis- covered msy come and go without re- veating as much of their continued exist- ence to the inhabitants of our pianetas a Jack ¢ Laatern or igais fstuus. Few cometa eroatod 8 greater sensation than that of 1858, which was remarkable for xichnese in brillisncy, the lopgth of its tail, aod the uniformity of R4 breadih, It eame when war was raging in Chins batwecn that Empize and the Western Powera, when the Indian mutiny was in progress, aod when Gen. Johneon was spproachimg Sslt Laroto bring the insubordinate Mormona to their scossa. Walker, tco, was Dperating in Nicaragua, mdoga_emc;;o decidedly hostilo measores proposed in 083 in consequenca’ of the visting of Americsn vessola on the high scsa by Eoglish ships-of-war. Iumndations caused great suffuring sod Joss in tho United States, and there was a grand eruption of Mount Vesuv Sioknoes prevaded to sn alarming extont in New Orleans, Charleston, aud Savan- nati, and, to make tha year sall more memors- ble, there was a total eclipes of tho sun in the month of March. THE COMET OF ¥859 waa discovered June 2 of that year by Dr. G. B. Donati (whoss name it bears) a4 Floronce. It was thes distant from the earth 233,000,000 of miles and was for some time afterward visible onky by the most powerfui of talescopos, Bud 23 its conrzs was observed it was sunounced that # would pass Desr the earth, close to the san and 0 near $0 Yenus that that plxnet would be m r. 'Treces of a tail were noticed Avg. 20, and later it was ptible to the naked eyo In'the northwestern heavens. It presented when yiowed in this manner 8 more etriking and re- markabls eppeasanco than when examined through the talevoope. Tho comet arrived at its loast distaoce from fhe sun on tne S0th of Boptember, being then soparated from $hat orb Dby & space of 55,000,000 of miles. For the next ton doye its appearancowas extremely maguifi- cant, 1Le nucleus or head resembled A GBOD& OF LIGHT, clothed in moveral snveiopes of lesser brilliancy. The outarmost of theseeavelopes was concinuoed indefvitely 40 the northward in two banda, with & losser light between them formaing tlia tail This romarkable emanation might be descrided 23 the outor envelope broken, and ti:e broken ends streaming behund the mclosure; 33 the waves of tas wea thrown out on either ride by {ho pasango of a shap, with & dark, smooth wake betwoen. o Beptenbor the tadl extended 40,003,000 mises, aad early in tho month covered 35'dogreea. Tna appearance of the naclens and #a envelopea varied i & very romarkable man- Ter, frequently pssuming the form of s gaa jet. Emauations of Aashea of light from the head ap- poared to pess along the tal in instantaneous vibrotions, The stars of the constellasion Bootes wera plainly visible through tho tail and saffored no diminution of brizhtnesa; they rather sssumed a pale, clear, Btesdy aspect. The comet paased nearest 0 the sun Sept. 29, and was at its losst distance from tho earth— 51,000,000 of miles—on the 10th of October. On the 16th it spproached Venus withun 9-100 of the earth's distance from the sun. Had it been five days' eaclier the two bodies must have come in collision. Its rapid paesage to the southern hemisphers reodered it invisible in tho United States after the end of October, but it was fol- Jowed at Sautisgo de Chili and tbe Cape of Good Hope for some months afterwards, aad was last observed st the latte. place Maroh 4, 1859. In Californis Donati's comot was seen 10 great ad- vantage. It occupied s large place in the heav- ons, tud was a wonderfuly bosutiful, blazing ob- ject, and was visiblo both in the moming and evening. s STORMS AND INUNDATIONS I¥ THE UNITED STATES. Whatever msy be said as_to cometa portend- ing dre effects, it is beyond question that tho United BStates suffered most soverely from storms and fioods during the summer xnd fall of 1558. The brilliant spectacle offered by the nights when_tbe beautiful body was viaible oould have brought but little consolation to tho houseless sud _half-drowned poople in the Westorn and Bouthern parts of the Union. A dreadful hurricane = passed over Feutoaville, Ark., in the month of June., by which nearly every hougo in tho town was blown down sad twenty-five lives lost. The heavy rains that fell esused the flooding of the Lower Missincippi. The storms of wind were terrific. The Herald of May 16, 1858, gave a daplorabie acoount of the destruction of prop- ecty caused by this event. <he river had, with few exesptions, covered the comatry on both sides of it from tho month of Lake Providsnce to Memphia, & distauce of 700 miles, sud tno people had to remsin in the upper stories of Their honses, tho lower rooms being full of water. The ficods continued for mouths to in- flict great damage, snd caused intense alarm all over the country. The water ran over the level plaing of Ohio; Cairo wss in_imminent daoger, and Mound City was eatirely eubmerged. In June a fearful tornado passed over the Village of Eilison, Ill. Lvery bouse in the place was blown down and several pemons dangerously wounded. The loss of property was esiimated at $40,000,000. A FEARFUL TORNADO IN NEW YORK. On the 21at of June the City of New York was vinted by a terrific tornado and thunder-storm. It lzsted only balf an hour, but in tlat short space a vast amount of dumage was dome. It bogan at 4 o'clock n the afterncon. Alany houses were injured, troes uprooted, sud awn- ings blown down. Ten or fiftecn large trees wWere torn up by the rocts in Uaion Bquare, and three or four in Tompkios Square, A church in Fifty-fourth girect was nearly demoliahed. Wagons with their contents were capsized on tho wirects by the foroe of the wiud. Chimneys were Lried down and vessels were forced from their raoorings and driven into the stream. The Americza Flint-Glaca Works, at Huntor's Point, was wrecked snd two men killed. The shrub- bory was utterly prostzated, and_ ibe streets looked Lke running rivers. New York was, ia fact, nnder water for balf an hour during thay memorable day in Juue, 1858, In September, the town of Holderness, N. H., suffered from 2 pretiy severe shock of earthquake. ERGPTION OF MOUNT VESCVIUS. On the 21xt of May commenced an eruption of 3tount Vesnvius of great grandenr. It continued for a ecostderable ume, and the magnificence of the epectacle brought & large number of visitors Lo the spot. Ko fower than seven Dow craters opened 1n the side of the mountain, whence the lava iseued in broad streams and fell in splendid cancades over the tranuverse ridzes. The burn- ing torrents in their course overwhelmed forests, vineyards, and homesteads. Thoy wers not Suid stroams, but gigantic rivers of glowiog coke, millions of pieces of which wera grinding and rolting against each other. The mass of the Sery fiood was continuous and camo down like a cascade of molten lead. The upper past of tie mountain fell in, occasioned by the opening of the new craters, which never eeased to vomit forth tire, The lows of propurty was very great, and the shrieks of the people were moat disiress- ing. The spectacle was as graud s it could be. Vewuvius was girded with fire, and from thig irdls seemed to drop down jewels of the utmost fliancy. At times ooe 8pot became more brilliant than others, and thon a dense clond as- cendod. The erupticns continued for soms time, with either a fresh gush of lava or me ing off_from the exterior of the mountain. £k “INTENSE HEAT T ENGLAND. In Great Britain the month of June w2s the hottest on record save ono. On the 16th the thermomete: reached, at 1 o'clock p. m., over 117 deg. ab the Roynl Observatory, Groenwichs at Dorset, 111 de; ford, 115 dex. : a- blackened bulb tue: the sun at Greenwich. Asmight be expected, such unprecedented heat was sccompaaied by extrsordinary phenomens. The thunder-storms, sccompanied with lightning, were particularly severs,—more terrific than had occurred since 1803. The grest heat raised the temperature of Holkham, 113 deg.; Ded- Norwich over 116 deg. A zometer marked 136 de; the water in the Thames 8o high that rapid de- composition took place, and the result was a noxious effluvium took place, which became un- bearable. The Committees of the Honse of Commons conld not sit in the rooms overlooking the river; the officers wers laid up by sickness, and the attendance of members becsmo slack. A general alarm provailed lost some raging peati- Tence should anse from the foul airs that pervaded the atmosphero. The water bacamoof & deep blackish-green tnt. the result of & combination of sulphuretted by- drogen with the iron contained i th darx tifle groen,—being v o ciays sus- ended in the stresm. Many thousand tone of ime were thrown into the river without pro- ducing much sensible effect. Graat engineering. schemes have been since carried out to correct foulness in tho water of the Thames. Ireland did not escapo. In the month of September, Limerick, Eerry, and Cork wero visited by hesvy storms of rain, which caused extensive inunda- tions, with loas of life and great destruction of property. The low grounds were swept by tho torrents, carrying_ off the roofs of houses and stacks of hay and cercals. Five persons were drowned. Notwithatanding the terrestrial phenomena related above, it is now sattled be- yond doubt that any collision botween tho carth and a comet would have no more effect on our planet than the sppearance of a rinbow in tho skies or an ordinary clond passing over & moun- tain-top. s . —_— HUMOR. A i‘rut object in life—a giaot. —A bad omen—To 0we men money. —Paternal acres—The old man's corns. —A counter-irritant—A rude salesmsa. Overstrainod—rs. Mary Strain, of Pitts- burg, who married tnree brothers. 3 —The recent witch-burning at_JTocobo, Mex., causes considerable jealousy in Salem, Mass. your eister fell into & well, why couldn't you rescas har ? Because you couldn't bé & beother and assist-ber too. —A jarr in Fan Dicgo, Cal, the other day, broaght in a verdict of not guilty, with a request to the dsfendsat to restore the sheep. —A yonthful Ponnsvlvania Granger, about to bo ehastized by brs father the otber dey, called for his grasdfather to protect him from the middleman. —A youngster, in denc.-mmibl- Bunday din- er, gaid:* We had roest beef and chicken, guxt tho chicken was kopt too long before it was lod. —What is the diffcronce between the outer wall of 5 bridge and two nice yonug ladies ? Tho e b a parapet, 2nd the ather is & pair-'0-pets —of course. —A Missiestppi pilot eaw the comet, the other night, and immediately cried, * I've got 'em ; snakes Pve bad before, but now the stara havo got tails on ’em; I'm s doad man.” —A wonderfully scientific young man has had ocular domonstration of a sound. Ho has seen s bed-tick. —Polite—* Ploaso, sir, if youll get off my corn long enough, Il kick you.™ —* Unmaaned by the loss of her husbsad ™ i3 e naw style of indicating a widow's grief. —If abirdin the hand is worth two in the bush, it is 0o less true that a thorn in the busk is w‘.’;"h two in tga lhnnd_ i —An sutograph letier of George Washington was eold in Bougz'n last week for $25. Thl;‘zg\:ug mza who wroto it got but 75 cents, Thersis very litalo justice in this world. —We find the following item in an Iltinois pa- por: *Mr. —, who has been in rotirnment fore & fow weeks, after masving and burying thres gisters, camo up emilingly to the altar again yes- terday, having on s ngw family.” —When a Portland woman chneca her boy with a broom, be runs_down on & whar{ and jumps into the wator. When ho comes out his face in washed, hia mother does not know him, and hy is eaved. —Oebkosh, Wis., boasts of 2 woman 104 old, and, 2 it fa popnlar th ¥=pign some réasol fur liviog eo long, it is asserted that sho ** never used kervsene ol —Tho urusl prelimivary for *sdmission ta the ber "—~Enter a cigar ntore. - ~_An ofiicor in the Washington Kavy-Yard an® nouncsa that he haa 2a old 2ud reliable bunion which he ia desirons of exchanging for a modern gart of barometer thas will not gevso excited at every little sbowor that comes up. —A Detroit father keops s boy in nights by varnishing a chair and sitting him dowo. It's 3 povel plan, but awful tough on tho trowsers. —Thera was so old fellow named Beecher Whio said, * “Twere an excellent foatura Ir rival exhorters and prying reporte: Would keep still, as / do,* vays Beecher. —_\Why is a comet like a cow's tail? Because of ita close proximity 1o tho 3filky Way. —Once freadless and alono, a Delaware wom- an now bas a husbaud and twerty-threa chil- dren. This shows how cne true ineud leads ta meny. —You never saw such a happy lot of peopla 28 wo had bere vestortay,” said a lsodiady i Indians to a newly-anvived guest : * there wero thirteen couples of them.” *\What! thirteen couples just married 27+ Oh, o sir; thirteea eouplea just divorced.” —Banuack Jim stepped into the eizar store at Boiee, Idako, o fow dzys ago, sad asked to bor- Zow a'pencil. As Indians are not geerally good writers, he was asked why he wanted it. *Ob, me play poker—me want to mark 'em cards.” —A Paterson man, who had placed soveral lightuing-rods on his house, was delighted, dur- ing & recent storm, at seeing it struck in two placss, while the housa of his neighbor, who wea too mean to pay for & lightning-rod, was DOt etruck at all. '—A man in & gtate of comparatrve drunkosity eame bulging of a saloon 2 little after 10 o'clock last night, Jast 8 the slorm was 28 ita height. Tho dash of water, which was more than poar- ing down, only partially sobered him, for be lit out for home with a wild ery, * Alartyred Stephen! the crusaders have brokoloose again!™ —Burlington Hawkeye. Poetry is spotlod sometimes by the addition of » pingle word. A young ludy. after listenig to her lover's thapsodicdescription of the settivg. sun, exclaimed: *Ob, Alphonsa! Alphonso! what & soul you have for art; you were meant for & great painter!” Hlor father unexpectedly close behind, sdd “and glazier!™ —A gentle hint.—A youth and maiden wero walking beneath the blo canopy of the firma- ment, which was * fretted with golden firds,” and the maiden, moved by the sublimity of the scene, pointed a taper fmger—the one ou which the P ogagement ring is_worn—towards the zenith, and exclaimed, * Oh, Adolphus, isn't jewelry beantifal !” 3 In the English Houseof Commons, Xaf. Mforris, an Irich ¢ Home-Ruler,” having made some statement which waa guestioned, ox- claimed: If the honorable gentleman chooses to challenge me, we can retire.” Hers thero were roars of laughter, upon which the speaker added: *‘lmeanif hechallenges my accuracy, wa can retire to the library, and I will show him he 18 wrong.” _In 5 noighboring county, atan exami lately of applicants for achools, the following good joke was perpetrated: County Superin- tendent—What is the meaoiog of ‘“theoriat ?" Applicant—A thearist is one who proposes plans which be is himself unable to carry out. Couoty Buperintendent—Give an examols of & theorist —a theorist in teaching, #ay. Applcant—Why, s you! —Adolphus and Angelina flutter into the drog stores occasionally, and ehe gays she'll take & Jittle lemon in her's, with an sir of aa old usad at the business. Then she watches Adolphus. Adolphus is s_shrewd cuss. So he leans over tho counter, sad, with o knowing wink, gaya: ST tako s little of that same.” Ho's besn there before, and be gete it, but it costa him 20 centd & glass. = —An Trishman being recently on trial for scmo offense, pieaded **not_guilty.” and, the jury be- ing in the box, the District-Attorney proceedad to call Mr. Furkisson as » witness. With the utmost innocence Patrick turned his face to the Tude snd said : Do 1 understand, yer Houor, Purkisson i8 to be & witness forenenet o agam 2" Tho Judge said, dryly, “ It seems Fo." “¥7ell, thin, yor hosor, I plude guilty sure, 1f yer hooor plaise; not becauso I am guilty, for I'm s ionocint as yor Honor's suckie’ babe, bat jml on account of gavin' Misther Furkisson's sowl.” —At Saratogs, on the evoning when the comol firat sbowed its appearance, & young husbaud rushed into the drawing-room for Lis cara spo:c, sented comfortably on the eofa, receiving with mischievous delight the compliments aud ths “hommagea” of two snowy-baired Cabans. Mary. Mary, quick! Coms and look at tha comet,” ejaculated the huosband. ‘ I'm enzag d 3¢ pretent.” sho replied tranquilly, and wil Bea it soma other time.” “ But you can't, fur ivs going swsy soon,” he peristed. * O, John: doa't bother me,” tho lady respondad, peavishly ; * 88 if we were never coming to Sar- atogn again ! 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