Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 6, 1874, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1874. PARIS. The Spanish Note to the French Government, Bismarck’s Finger in the Dip- lomatic Pie. Yastness of French Preparaticns for War with Germany. The Prince of Wales in Parls---Row Among the Bonapartists. M. Thiers---The Von Arnim Case--- Musio and the Drama. Corvesponaence of The Chicago Tribune, Paws, Ocl, 14, 1874, Politlcal circlos hero aro in groat oxciloment nt prosent, owing to the momorandum presontod to tho Frouch Miuistor of Forolgn Affairs by tho Spauwsh Ambossador. Tho dooumont in quostion {8 no more than on attempted raply to cortala inquirlos addressod by tho TFronch Gov- ernmont to Spain, on account of the latter's complaints thot all along the frontior the Carl- fsta rocoivod osaiptaucs and oncouragoment from French officials and subjects, To theso complaints tho Fronch Miniater oppnsed queries 28 to when and whera tho alleged offonscs were committed, and tho roply from tho Span. jsh representutive cites soveral instances, Tho excitement produced ia Dbecause of tho tone used by Bpain, It I8 moro harsh, more deflaut, than is at all ncceseary ; aud, as the Germnn fournnls pro. duced tho document boforo the Fronch Govern- mont had mada any communication of it, thoro uriaes tho conviction, both hote and in all parts of Europe, that VISNANCK [AS A FINOER IN TIIS. Tho Frouch journala of all partics advise the Govarnment to bo most cautioun in the mattor. They aflirm thut thoro can bo no shame, no dis- gTaoo, in avording tho quarrel which it is nt- tompted to tbrust upon thom. Thoy feol as- fured that all Europo will properly spprociato the affair, aud eluim that the moment is ill-chos- on to aggravate & Power which ia evidontly boing urged on by some more poworful would-ba aily, X am assurod by thoso well informed, that tho Freveh Ministor of Foreign Alairs, tha Duke Decazes, has had sovoral long intorviews with Preaident MacMalon upon this unfortunate sub- ject, and bas urged upon tho Intter that overy- ing bo done to take from Spain even tho som- bianco of a cauge for complaint. In overy pos- uible mauner sho will bo accorded duo satisfac- tion, and Bismarck will have to look up somo other way for foreing n quarrel npon France,— such a quarrol ag might give Germuuy & shedow of oxcuss for once more invading tho country her troops but 8o recently vacaled. ‘Thongh naturally inclined to uso evers pro- caution to avoid u war, Marshal Aacdahon ovie dontly deoms ANOTUER BTRUGOLE QUITE UNAVOIDABLE. Albeit this may bo supposod, to judge from thio great, and if possible incroasad, activity dis~ played throughout all Frauce in the way of mili- tary proparations, Day and night tho manufac- tuting of arm¢ and munitions goos on. In all tho araouals and armories of the Stat, a fover- 15h Liasto 18 obsorvable. All tho strongholds, tho fortresscs, aro put into the most comploto dofensive order. ‘I'ho drilling ot troops, tho suuking of gnus, the nmassiug of provisions in the Govornmout grouarios, are vonstant and cuormous; aud thero are mauy thonsands of workmon busily augaged iu tinishing, around Yaris tho fortiications which are to rouder a tloge of the Capitol simply o matter of impossi- bility. France soes ber dangor, and is diligontly working aud preparing Lo moet it. There is no bravado, no ostentatious display made of re- nowed strongth and power,—but & tobor, carncst attempt to bo propared ae well as possible for a leufigla which, once bognn, will be for lite or deatlr, Tho Frouch understand now the onomy they hava to don] with, Thoy know that Gor- muity possesses the best army in the world. oy uro perfoctly awaro that suotbior war, if lost, meuns the UTTER DESTRUCTION OF FRANCE s 5 Power ovon of n third-rate intiuonce; and tiey will mnako o droadful fight of it, if fight they must, 1uis to bo hoped thet Priuca Iis- wurele well approciates this, and that ho may think twice bofore he Lringe about o dreadful o wisfortune for all tho world as snother war, oue very likely to degenerato iuto a univer- sal dtrugglo, ns most probably Franco would this time find sllics, the other Powers of Europo no doubt realizing tunt, were Gormauy to deatroy il'l'lrnuca, sba would noxt turn her artas against om. Lo this aa it may, as I say sbove, every propara~ tion s boing made lere, and thore can be no doubt that never boforo wos France so powerful, Bhe Lias a vory stroug force unper avms, and can put 1,200,000 mon, woll sruied and oquipped, into ‘the fleld, at very short nolice. Sho hag n roorganized navy, snd as flne cav- eley ns thero i# in Tufope. Sho has adopt- ed the most approved armuments ; and thero aro now, in all part of fhe country, intronched camps, wherein powly-raised forcos could bo duilled and propared for bard sorvice, Then, owing to tho now regulations upon militery sor- viee, ALL THE YOUNG MEX IN PRANOE must know somothing of the use of arms,— uuut have served at luast ono year in the ranke, Thoso who run the chauces of conecription serve a torm of years. Thoso who voluntcor sorvo one year; aund, of courso, tho botter clasos ko tho most of the opporfunity. Tho rosults are apparent, Tho young bucks,—tho Gommenz, 18 thoy aro styled boro,—~appeur like other beings at the end of their year of militacy service. Thoy are stronger, mioro manly, more sensiblo—if I'may use tho term, oy lose their dandyium, and their conntry guing thereby. Numbera of tho young goutle- 1hen in question meke up their minds to r in the service, and readily obtnin commissions, wfier haviug served out their year, It is worthy of romark that, in muuf Inutances, tho one-yeur uoldlors—moro espocially thoso who muko up their minds to remain in tho army—take gront paingin educating their comrades. Thaey pur- chune books for their regiments, give lossons in such branches ag are abovo tho ordinary courso taught tho mon, nud thus sccompliih much townrd ralsing tholr morsle, Iu short, tho French soidiors bave much improved, and cou- tiune to improve, and there can be noe mavuor of deubt that, in case of another war, this one faot will becoma VERY APPARENT TO THE ENEMY. Of course Marehal MucMahon is only too glad to euconrage tho now state of thiugs, aud he makou frequent visits to tho campy. 1l re- viown in the Northorn Provinces lately caused great enthuslosm among the soldiors ; and I v boon assurod by meyoral foreign officers,— Lugllsh, Austrion, sud Delgian,—who woro in tho Proeideut's suite ns guests, that u wonderfnl improvement waa evinced iu afl branchos of tho borvice, It i4 gaid that, within a short time, tho Marshal will visit tho corps d* armock now sta- tionod at Lyons, Tours, and Bourges ; also ferthar soutlt; in fact, ho will Judyo for Limself wi tho state of tho urmy i goniral: SLould Trance, by a wise aud cautions policy, doprive Gorwauny of ovou the semblunce of & pretext for any tao sudden attaok, the time I8 noar ot hand when even Bismurck would think twico boforo runuing tho risk of anothor war. Tiunco thoroughly preparod—Franco dosperato Ahrough royouge—muet prove & torriblo fou; und it may bo hopad that, ore long, uho shall have o Tully “propared for all omergoncion that a war will' boloss likely tooceur, "Tho emivmnes of Ucrmmys of courso, kuow full well what is boing done in Francs, wid Goraian statesmon and Gone brals may woll desire that, if anothor striggle is to tako piace, Iranco may be attacked boforo ko hins hud Fuil opportunity for reorganization, but in this they will bo disuppointed, Short of their, at uny yato, making an attuck, thoy will (ind the French Gnvurnmongvvnr rondy to do afl consistont with honor to_oscape tha confliot; aud, 08 I gaid abovo, oven Bistarel will scurces Iy wish to 40 #ot at nnught public oplnion ss to tusko n:lunm-l whotre uoue existe, Yon will, porbaps, think that [ dwell too mnoh upon this subjest; but you inay reat ussured st It 18 an all-important ono, and that TILE DANGED 18 MUOK GREATER than in ot firut sight apparout, A tecling of dis- contont exlsts throughout Cerwany, Tho mueages haye In no wiss honefitad by the lato ar,—#avo in the gratiflcation of amour propre. oy are subjooted now to the mout riynrans milltary dominations, Thoy are taxed mors hoavi- ly. They aroundergoiny finaucisltroublon, cansed by o mistaken and misled splrit of spooulation, which arose from tho fact that Gormany was to rocolve #o onormous an indomnity. Llis monoy wa paid, but the pnoplo of Germany roalizod o apparont gaod; and now failures and hard times aro pourlug tholr miuds. Thoy bavo boon tnught that war may be mnde protitable, aud, spito of tholr desiro for ponco, thoy may too oasily bo lod to accopt tho Iden of anathor war by their rulora, who, having so formidable an army, nat- urally desira to mako uso of it. Thoy know that Tranco has mout wonuorfully arisen from ap- [mmnt ruin, and - thoy also Lknow that honcoforth Franco s a Dbitlor onemy,— ono to bo dronded, if not crippted amalu; nud 5o, most naturally,—almost ' movitably, 1 may say,—Gormany and Franco mny drift into snotber war, It Is'tho knowledgo of this whioh cauos the Froncls Govornment to yaclk so enutiously whilo arming so hustily aud g0 oom- plotoly ; and it s the conviction of daugor which rondors the dangor tho greator. v Itin to bohoped that Bpain may bave mora succoss agaluat tho Carlints, nnd that, gottiug thus rid of hor own trouble, sho may prove loss willing to mako troublo for vthoss. To-day TIE PRINOE OF WALES {8 in Paris, 1o arrived horo Inst avening from Denmark, and will eall to-day upon Prosident Mncdnhon, at the Palncoof tho Elyses, Ilis viett will be returned beforo evontug, and thon Tz Roysl °Mighnoss will 0 to the sploudid comitry-saat of tho Duko do In Rochofoueahi-Binsnceln, latoly Am- bngsndor for France at the Court of St. Jamos. T'he Duko bad issuod invitations for a grand ball, at which tho Prince of Walen swas Lo bufirnuuut, whon the rudden rotiromont of tha Duke de Broglle, who had_apnointed tbo.Duke do la Ttochefouenuld to Londoun, caused the Iattor to Youign nieo, and givo up his fote, o obiamed 1 Trnmlan, howaver, fromn the Princo of Waloythat Hig Royal llighness would spend a woek at the Duke's country-geat, near Parls, and to-morrow the Lnglish Trinco will ba thors. Tho Duko, wha i8 enormously woalthy, has made the most extravagnut praparations for the occasion; and rumor Hps it that tho Comto de Chambord mil be at tho obntenu to mest the Prmce. I fancy, however, that this will not be the cnse,—if only becnugo of tho fact that the Ito- publican journals have dwelt upon the tutouded presonco of tho Comte de Olnmbiord as a political manifestation,—n sehiemo likely to eauso troubla and agitation; and that, in consequanco, tho Qovernnent Lias very decidorlly made known to the Dulto do In Rochefoucauld, thatit would con- widor the visit of the Preteudor as moat inop- portune. Bo Walos will havo to be eatintled with moating tho olito amoong tho Legitimist familles, o wilt bo surronnded by fair Jadies and brave gentlomen, and doubtless will find his timo pass- ing nway most agrooably, In fact, there 1a to o smong the guosts a cortain Marquito to whom Albert ISdward was very attoutive somo yoars henee, and the Prince will bo unchocked in lis intercourso with the lady, as her husbaud has bad the oxcocding bad tasto to become a vory ardont nnd apparently-very-deoply-convincod Ttepubtican, and of course moots with no favor among such Dblue-blooded peovle as will bo Dronght together to great tho English Princo. TILE RECALL OF THE FRENOI VESSEL-OF-wAT, the Orenoque, it anothor triumph of the politic Mintstor of Forelim Affuirs, the Diko Decazes. Pregidont MacMahon has Leon desirous of gi ing this proof of good-will to the Itnlian Gov- ernment, but tho formor Chiof of tha Fronch Cabinot, the Dukado Broglie, ovposed auy sich course a8 cerlain to vex the Logitimisc and Ro- ligions Y‘mlua. aud a8 most likely to be cliimed by tho Ropublicans s tho success of their viows, At Jast, however, this brand of dincord has beon withdrawn, and now tho reln- tions botweon France nnd Italy will hecome ail tha more friondly. The Oronoguo remained at Civitn Vecehia, not so much a8 u refoge for Pius IX. in_caso of need, but as 4 gop for the Royal- int Corberus in Frauce; and Prosidont MacdMnhon quito woll undorstood this in fact, tho Popo took this view of tho maitor, a1 ba quito ploas- antly admitted that tho Franch vessol was doing kim no good thove. Tho political excitoment produced in Corsica by tho electiongoring coutost of two membary of the Bonaparte family has culminated in TIE DRFEAT OF JEROMI NAPOLEON,— * Plon-Plon,” as ho i styled boro, The ox-Em- press and tho Prince Imperial hnve no good will toward Jerome, and throw thelr influcuce into the cause of Charles Bonsparte, Both Jeromo and Charles wero sooking to bo clocted membery of tho Congeil Municipal; and, thanks to tho nactive intorference of Monsieur Pietro, Soerotary of the Emporor, in favor of Charles, the lattor was elected, Of course this nifuir has xaised np o strong enimosity botween the partivang of tho Bonapartes, aud bitterly do thoy rovile cach othor, _They say more nnplonsnut things to aach othor thu even the most rabid Ropublicans have ovor chargod upon them. Intherecent elections which took [)luco throughout Franco for Munici- pal Councilors, the numboer of Bonapartists clectod was vory small indead. In fact, tho TRopublicans lhnd & very lsrge ma- jority, " This was contested by somo of tho Monarchical journals: Lut they mado ont ay successful candidates of thoirs, partios utyled Ly them ** Couservative.” Tha said eandidates aro Consorvative, surely, but they are, neyorthe- loss, Republicaus, end, if their namos were added to the proper liats, it would ba very apyay- ent thut the Republican momboradte largely in the maiority, E The trip of 3, THIERS inItaly is tho occasion of many pleasant and very siicore demonstrations mado in -honor of tha itluetrious patriot and historian by the peo- ploof Italy. ''he Royalist jowrnats horo soeum ovorwholmod ~ with anuoyunco ab this, ond loss no opportunity for sttacking and ro- viling the wan who did 8o mmch towards rais- ing I'rance from her fallen position. 'I'hey ac- cuse M. Thiers with having these domonstrations propared boforohand by French persovs sont ahond, and seek to malign the cx-President of tho Ropublic in ovory possiblo way, It in noed- less to add that all this vouom isusclessly thrown out. AL Whiors is beyoud the reach of guch ma- levolenco nnd misrepresentation. The Pavisinns well undersiand the cause of tho hostility botwoen 2 PRINOE BIBMARCK AND GOUNT YON ARNAL The latter, urged by Bismarck to deal harshly with Frauce, absolutoly refucod to do go. He sent o long recommendation to the German Chaneellor, roprasenting the bad policy, o - fairness, of any such pressure as ho was ordered to make upon tho Fronch Cabinet; and, of couran, tho exasperated Bismarck, who has no pity for a weal foo, Wo have had ylorious wosther of late, and Paris hos boon vory DRIONT AND GAY, #pito of tho fact that, o8 yot, n large majority of the fashionables aro nt’ their chateaux, whero they shoot and hunt by day, aud have very grand ontertninments ot night, " Tho races st Long. chnmsm und_Chantilly bave beon very woll attondod, and tho now wintor styles have begun to appear. It was undorstood that this sendon tho clite would bo vory cconomical. Tuo lndies wera to wear tho most plamn and cheapest of stuffs, _Iu short, thero was tv be u rovolution in la_mode. 'ho 'Indien_do woar cheap stufls; but thoy nre so trunmed aud so mranged that, if suything, pricos must this yoar ba oven voator than last, 8o much for the roforma- tion wo wore told was to tako placo, i ko itk W, ho soneation has been the appearauce of Madmno Lo Marquise de Cnnx—!\do‘linn Patti— at the Oper: ro shio sang in Fronch the rolo o Valentine, in 'ho Huguonots.,” 1t had buon A vubjoct of much Dicter comment horo, that, wince tho downfall of tho Empire, Lo Patt], who iy_tho wifo of a formor Bquorry to Napoloon LI, wonld not sing for ** Ropublicans,” In fact, it 15 maid that ‘sho made very unpleasant romarks_ whilo thus rofusing tho ongagomonts proposed to ier. Iut time softens harder whingy than the haart of Ln Pated, and she vontured to uppear bofore tho Larisiaus in a ohurity-por- formanco, Tho opors was givon undor tho pat- ronsgo of HMadamo lo Duchokso do Mogentn, wifo of the Prosident, and Iattl made tho most of the occasion to affoct n reconalintion with the Parisians, Au sho was to sing for tho ben- ollt of the Alsatians nud Lorraitiors, #hio wod sure that sho would not bo grocted wilk hostility; and in thiu she waa quite right. Tho nndisnce wera yery kind and vory appreciutive, though it was plain onough to all that Putti made u mis- tako in attempling so dramatic & part. Sho lacks the power, ~ tho soul, to sing sueh music. Bhe should confine horself %o the lightor, tho moro gracoful and florid musio of Rowsinl and Donlzobti. 5hio mny bo Teosine, Zerline, Ttosinelle, buc never Valentine, Bho may admirsbly vocalizo tholight, the oxquis- ita compositionn: vut not the drumatio, powor- ful woris, In short, sho lma chatm and’ yoics, but no dramntle foreo,—no inspiration. 1N THE DRAMATIO LINE, thero are numberloss novolties promised; and, at all the theatres, groat propnrationy aud con- stant rohoarsnla aro belng mado, Btill, this might aimost seam suporilions, so constantly do tho publio il all the places of amiukomont, Offon- buch would long sinco havo chiunged the bill al tho Ciaiotos bug how can he do thia, whon each night, thongh it §s the 200uh roprosentatiou, poupls nra turnad away, unublo to obikin #onts # At thy Jurto Bt. Marin, the drams, * Don Junn of Aus. tria," ks mudo o grent hit, and will bavo a run, At the Variotes Mile, Behnoidar in playlng ** L Poriohole." * 8ho will continite to do 50 uutil the muum of a now opers-bouffe, now in ro. Al at thas theatro, Bardou's new drama, n Maino," hias baon purchasod for England, In ordor to have this work seoure for performance in England and tho United Btates, tho suthor will not ‘bave it published. In fuct, " many of iho I'rouch suthors mnow lfiursuo that courss. Molihac and Inlovy will do his in ordor to protoct tho rights of Mr. Daly, tho Now York managor, who has purchinsod tholr comedy. It is roally 8 pity that thoro sliould not oxist nu intornationnl copyright botweon France and the Unltod Seatos, as that would so muach slmplify mattera, and ronder loss froquount those “original” productions on the American stago whioh o shook and aunoy tho Fronch play- wrights, who soe thomaolves in theso “orlil-unlu" word for word. IL A D. JAPAN. Gardening — ¢ Jynrikishas ? — Chineso Servants nnd ¢ Compradores? Yokoldma (Sept, 10) (;\n‘vbmmmlauuqlthc New York T'ribune. Tho native gardenors possess A wondorful ekill In the training and dwaviing of what in Amorica would be i‘nr 0, conrso-loaved sroos ; tho pine and cedar aro_brought iuto diminutive grotesque shapos, nud the maplo, with its tiny Ieaves aud dolieate colors, forms n favorito houso-plant. Many thick shrubs are clipped iuto tho shape of various auimals, tnd by the aid of bamboo twigs as o sapport A certain fince leaved viue (of tho name of which Ism igno- rant) Ia 0o ‘woven 8 to ropresont & man, a bont, and othor curious dovicos. At a cortaln flowor show which took placo in Yedo some months ago, a Japancso lady, life-slzo, bolding au open parasol, was accurately ropresonted by the peculinr twistings to which n ohrysanthomum in full bloom was subjected. But the cultivation of fruits and vegetables fa by no menny attonded with the success that is mot with in the training of flowers. Fruits, especial- 1y; thongh of tompting appearanco, are most of them utterly tastoless. It is sald that foroign fruits, whea planted in this country, partake of thio tastolossness of tho native ones aftar tho firat yoar of beariog, which compols tha froquont importation of frosh seods o supply tho iwauts of the rm-mi:n community. Soma of the fruits aud vegotables ave of an” unusual size; porsim- ‘mous averago § inchos in dinmetor, and turnips aro about the Jongth and thicknoss of a man's rm, On the streots may be oon in groat numbors curlous littlo voliclos called jurikshas, Theso aro & modo! of n two-wheoled baby-carrlago, ouly muoh larger, and have two shafts nstead of a centra-pole, and wore brought mto use two or threo years ago by o Japaneso, who took his idoa from thocomfortable vebiclos of the foraign iufania. Thoy aro usually mada to hokd only one person, though mony are large onongh for two, snd aro drawn by » native coolio puliiug bo- tween tho shafta, Thoy aro gaudily paintod or Inquered, and havo gayly-colorad cusbions, and, having good springs, they make a very comforta- ble menny of couveyanco, as woll asn comparas~ tivoly economical oue. 'Though they havo boon in usa but a short time thero aro now 60,000 in Japan, aod I am told that a yearly tax has to bo baid on oach jinrikslin, thiis formiug a largo aonrco of rovenuo to the Governmont. ~ Thora 18 not, to my knowlodge, any logal tariff of prices for the ude of thoso vohicles, o euch driver ex- sctens much 0g e can, eapecially from thoso who aro ignorant of the cnstoms of this place. Many auusing stories are told of tho choats tho Jinriksha mon practico upon newly-arrived for- eignery, Ay firat oxparicuce way that I pnid for o jinriksha two or throo limes sy much s was customary, that at the ond of anch rido n protest was mado by the coolio ab the small sum_given him. Howavor, I soon loarned that I was being imposod upon, mnd that ono “hoo,” or 25 _conis, tho _ customary foo for » two-hours' ride, and that tho Jnpanoso pay evon loss. The strougth nud on- duranco of theso jinrikeha coolies are romark- able—ono will pull a grown porson, with vory littto offort, 3 distanco of 40 miles in eight or nine bours. It wns somo time befora [ could bocome aconstomed to the appatontly inhuman practico of requiriug from a man tho work of s 'mrae‘ but tha porfect oase with which a coolio travals, and the porsistonce with which ho nu- noys o foreiguer who profors walking to riding, precludes oll idon of any sufferiug on his part, and aftor & while I not only learned to tolerato boing drava by o follow-being, but to uso with geront froodom the Japaneso word * Jiki," whicl moans to o coolio " hurry up,” and whion with soma of thom is & Very nocesaary rominder, Anothor elnss of coolics are the boltos, who not only porform tho dutics of grooms, bit ao- company tho hordes when used for riding or driving, In tho narrow aud crowdod st ots, ywith so muny pedostrinug in the middleof 4om, o beltois of great scrvice, running ahead aug cloaring tho way for tho hotse Lo attonds, Tho Japanese ponios are, a8 a rulo, vicious, untruat- \orthy, aud vory hard-mouthod, and indy driv- ivg linds a belto an indispensablo safeguard, ‘Thevo secms to bo a wonderfully good uador- standing botween bim and the borss, tho lutier fallowing tho lead of the former liko' a pot dog. The beltos are & class to themsclves in Taulk, and goncrally in appouranco suporior to the jinrikshn coolics, and trained for their duties from childhood. They loap over the ground with romarkablo activity, and_with graco and lightuess, Thoy cau run all day with the speed of the borses they sccompany, and look 8o froo from fatigno and broatlio so evouly that one wonders of what staff they are mado, As n class, thoy aro tinely formed,—slendor, broad-chested, aud muvculor, Thoir garmonts aro closo-fitting, and usually soaut ououizh to give ono a full viow of their well-devoloped limbu. They bLavo the roputation of being tho most Inwloss and digsi< pated of tho lowor classes. T'hore is & large community of Chinese occu- Dyinga portion of th sottlomeont, and also em- ployed in the houses of wauy of tho forsigners, As has been proved at homo, they are found to bo skillful workmen and ndmirablo sorvaut ‘I'hey aro as claunish bero s they aro in Amer ca, ovidently considering 8 Japancse vastly in- feyior to them, iv which opinion mnost of the for- eigners coucur, for Chiueso [abor commands moro than twico tho prico of Japauess labor of the same kind, The quickuess and intollizonce of n Chincso orvant muke tho lousekeoping dutios of the Indy who employs ono very light indeed. Tho general custom is to have tho cook & ~wort of louschold stow- ard aleo, sllowing him to arrango the bill of fare st aull times, and to make all necesaury purchesos. Lhis plan works vory sat- isfactorily, for many of them not only equal Fronch cooks, but havo u great donl of exeoutive nbility, It i truo that their well-known sburp ness in monoy affairs obliges ono to keep utriet watch in regard to expondituros, but a monthly sottlomont of acconuts is very little trouble compured to the never-consing watoh- fulncss aud round of orders that a Colt at home voquires, For the first month or two ot house- keoping T gave daily orders with regard to the bills of fare, but, learaing wisdom from tho ox- perienco of my fricnds, I'decided to leavo it nll to my coolk, wiso not only gavo mo better moats, but reduced tho_monthly market sccount, It was renlly liko bourding at onc's own tublo, with a Dblissful ignorance of the future bill of fare that tho mistress of n houso at homo roldom Luows. ‘Thicir wonderful fmitativo facuity las onablod them to becomo 100d drossmaliors also, aud most of tho foreign ndios patronizo them, It woemod very odd to me, at first, . to bavo a man mnking o Indy's ¢ fumnilistly of gores, darts, and othor intricncies of feminino woaring ap- parel, usnally unkuown to tho othor sox; but tho neatness of a Chinaman's work, the skill with which he imitates sny new atylo of dross, aud, movo thun all, the very emall pay bo nwks, soots reconcilo n lady to tho strango custom of having a masculino drossmulker, As nursos, tho Clineis womon can bo trusted, showing an’ un- usual dogree of judgment with regard to the managomont of childron. Thelr own may be an dirty uud noglected ay s commmoin among tho littlo ones in tho Bast ; but tho samo imitative faculty makona womnn of that nation valuable a8 o nurso, because sho woon lenrns to givo to n foreigu cblid tho samo earo that it recoivos from its mothor. ho Mexican sllvor dollar is the currant eoin of tho country. Itis the basis of nourly ail nonoy trankactions, largo and small, and makes the paymont of monoy obligations luborlous und tiresomo, Moroovor, it {8 onsily tampered with or counterfeltad, In tho detoction of spuriong or doprecinted coin, Chinomon have ho Bu= porlors, Lvory bank and ovory business Louso of auy importance omploys a Ohinsman, callod u ‘*compradoro,” through whoso hundy pussos all tho monoy coming intoor gojug out of tho eetablishment. In o bauk a compradoro iy what botn tho paying and recoiviug tollom nre to o Dbault in tho United States, Ile hus under him soma ton or twelve Uhinese assistanty, oxperts likeo himwolf, in counting und tosting silver dole Turw, sl whilo at tholr work during bauling- hous thoy mako one of the busiest and most in- torosting “siglies in Yokohnma, Ona of them will test, or #echroff," and count o thou- sand Moxican doflors in s fow momonty, tho *“schrofing” process requiring thnt ouch cuin bo oxamined on both wides, aud *rung " by tho oxport bulancing it on tho end of llg long foretingor nedl and tappiug it with tho coln thut comes noxt In the order uf essminae tion, Tho books and necannts ure kopt In anoth- or part of the banlt by tho olerks, But the work of * tho compradores 1y the fonndation of tho businous of the bank wo fur ae it rolatos to sowual recolpts and paymouts. Tho Chiunso hiayo wlso tho monopoly of tho business of monoy-changing, 4o that as compradores aud niouny-chaugors, tho monoy ot tho country ia conptuutly passlng through their haody, Many wag only i his 42d year, of them are also ongagod in mercantile and me-~ chnnieal pursuits on thelr own nccount, They aro alwaya cool, adrolt, sud sharp, somatimoen un- sorupulous, ‘makin monoy in ways that no ono also would think of, and satistied with small prof- 1ty whon thoy fail to got Isrgo. I bayenover aoon tho Chinono in thoir own countty, bt thoso in Yokohamn I havo found to bo suporior, both inthoir virtuos and wonknosges, to tho Japaneso. A LONDON MANSION. 2ts Unique and Coutly Interior, From the Netw York Sun, In the City of London therois a mansion of ordinary oxterior, the dwelling of Mr, Alfred Morrison, having aninterlor #o uniqno aud cost- 1y that wo condenso s account of it from a re- cont doscripsion of it by a visitor. It 18a squure Jond-colorad_bullding, ”oxternally unuoticoablo 5 “hut pass through tho doorway and in au in- staut o very falr clime surrounds you.” Enler- ing & room for rondlug and_wrikitig Wo aro con- solous of a cortain warmth'of rocoption aven from tho walls, They ato of silk, made in Lyons, after designs by Owen Joncs, an En- glishman of groat reputation for intorior decorn~ tion. Tho design suggests an endiovs soricr of amphora (oval-shapod vases), whoso outlines hnve suddenly budded off into little branclios. The surfaco |8 Porsinn, and tho scntiment of the room is Orlentel, without presenting a single {natance whore Oriontal work has beon eopled. ‘T'he carpot is Persian, algo dosigned by Jonoa, tho most uoticenbls figure being tho crobse aquares in star shapo to match o aimilar one on the coffered coiling, Thore is aleo a bltte room, a yellow room, and » pinkroom, but in nono of those ara thoro any loud or gavish tiuts, The cumni‘nl ho roading~ room Is aftor the fashion of Itslian work of tho fiftoenth contury, which ceased to bo used on account of 118 uroat woight nnd consequont lin- Dility to fall. It was composed of hoavy mold- wgy in deop rolief; but Jones revived it and rendered {6 #afe by luventing a material callod fibrons plaster, o mado the moldings of wood, covorad thom with canvas, to_which ho npplied many coats of plastor well rubbed down iu_sny ehapo ho wishod, and afterward printed. Tho coffers fu thfs bouso aro star- shapod, and in each s & couvoluted shell of gold. Dut noither the wondorful hangings nor the claborato ceilings are comparable with the manner_tn which tare and precious woods ara used, In tho dado, jambs, aud chair boarding wo find no carving, but simply chonized and natural-colored woods. Bome of theuo aro so fino thal tho closest inspection fails to dotect noy grain, All tho rosettes on the chimney- piecos, fenthorings abous the doorz, and cap- pings for tho dados, aro formed in white, goldon, red, cronm-colored, nud brown, of all shados, in the natural wood, not atalued’ or painted in any way, Evon tho chawrs and tablos aro mado of procious woods. In tho library tho booksollers do duty as dados around the room, aud Lavo doors of alternato wlasa and wood,” Tho Inttor aro adorned with & folintion over 2 foet higl, growing from tha bottom of the pancl, aud loading out at the top, which cannot be surpassod by any anciout mar- quetry, Above theso tho green and yold Instros of tha wall rifo to & cone, above which {a an oarly Tudor coiling of checker pattern, betwoon roliofu of a largo star with four shadings of dif- forent colors, or o star within a%atar, golden, dark, aud whito. The chimnoy-picco gives tho improssion of a largo archiod eabiuot, with fire~ grate boneath, baving two wings, in which are contained spocimens of porcelun from Porsin aud Coshinore. Old as theso aro, thoy have the appoaranco of having beon dosigned for the room; tho docorator nover saw thom until they wore brought in by the ownor of the mangion, The drawiug-room bag a frotted coiliug, friczo of damask, picked out with gold ; intaid eabinot-work dado surronnding the room likoanceklaco, The ohimucy-pioces are by Le- bee, of Paris, ona of them ocoupying, two yoars to finish, In the matter of metnal-work, Mr. Morrison boiug on o tour In Spain, found in a Lumblo villago a workman “named Zonloaga, who bio folt suro was oapablo of groat things if ho had a chance, #o ho gave him & commission of $5,000 to exocuto somothing, and thae result was a cof- for or chest, 9 feet by 8. which Zouloagn worked on for four yeara. Whon Meriison recoived it ho acknowled at once thut he had pald only an installment of the valuo of this marvelous ‘work. It is simply describod as bo~ ing coverod with oll mannor of scrolis and fig- ures in iron, with 5o wonderful a finjsh that it must be scen to be appreciated. Morrisun found the bost motal-workers in Spain, tho best orua- monters in Paris, and silke in Lyons, but for eabinet aud wood-worlters o had no aceasion to goout of England. Thore Is wothing in the Bouso inbarmonious wit: its purpose. Even tho cheirs aro works of art constructod of precious woods, and nearly all difforing from each othar, somo suggosting the porforated chalrs of the Dolhi palnces, others the Saxon throno in West- miustor Abboy, Abovo all, there is no sham in this house; no wood prdtending to be melal, no iron affecting to bomnarble. Ench part of the house has it pr»‘vor rolation to the whole, and each detail ox- hibits the sume harmony and matclless art, tho table-leg as truly aa tho Lobeo mantolpicco. Agcond the magnificent stairwsy past tho globo of light, upheld by bronzo candofabra foven foot ligh,and you will find tho samo painataking, caroful workmanship overywhero, even in tho closets and the pursery. Some of the best ornmmontation in the houso {3 a pale bluo and gold scroll surrounding tho skylight at tho top. —_— Death of the Barl of Cirarleville, Krom the New York Tribune, Nov. . Charlos \ m Erancis Bury, fourth Earl of Charlovillo, died vostordny at the residenca of William Butler Dunean, on Castloton Heights, Staten Island, aftor o distrossing illuess, Tho deceased noblomun was born in 1652, and honco He wag o man of pro- possossing exterior, and courtly in his manuors, aud hnd tho faculty of ondearivg himsolf to all bis friends. Ilo was oducatod at Eton, nnd paskad for o diract commission in tho Hou bold Brigado in 1859, and in this year also suc- cooded hiy fathor to tho titlo of Tlarl; thus be- coming propriotor of one of the fluest aud oldost titles in Ireland, As hio bud beon ill for ovor the past cighteon months, bis doath, although oceurring as it did in o strange country, was not entiroly unospectod, Larly last spring the young Larl was in a pro- enrioud condition, and his physician recommond- ed a 808 voyuge, ' Accordiugly ho get sail in tho Deitisk yaclt Murcia, which had boen transfor~ red to him, and mado an oxtendod crulss in the Meditorrancan, Aftor crnisiag in thoso wators for some timo Lo st enil for Now York, snd arrived hera tho last of August of tha prosont yoar, Exclusivaly of the regular crow attached to thia yacht, tho only passungor boside himsell was b5 aunt, M, Bury, who 8 at pregont rasid- lui,' at Ar, Duncan’s summor house on Staton Ieland. Aftor orriving at this eity tho yacht tmado & short trip up tho ITudson River, procecd- ing a8 fur ay Nowburg, and returnod. Af- tor this whort trip he found awaiting him on his rewurn his physician, Dr. Willism Day Lowell, of London, for whom he had proviously telegraphed. Tho physician inunodiately advised - Itm to leave hiy yacht and seolt quartcrs in tho interior. 1t was about thiy' time that Mr. Dun- can, becoming aware of his precavious illness, toudored him tho hospitalitios of a summor rosi- donco ot Cnstlo Hoights, Tompkinsvilte, Howas soon o roduced physieally that it was impossible for him ovon to leave his'own apartments. His disenso was horoditary consamptlon, and ha diod in his chnir 0t 7 o’clock yestorday niorning, Iuving no immedinto relatives, the title and eatuton rovort to lus unclo, tho Ifon, Col. Bury. Tho body of the tiarl will be sent to Bogland, in au hermetioxlly sealed caskot, on Ssturday. ——— ‘The Bordenux Winec-0Orop. The P i cotrospondent of the London Témes writea: *The accounts from Nordesux aro to thio olleet fhut i viuoyards which hava suffeved {rom froat or Lail the crop is moro or loss poor according to tho dogreo of dumagae done, but in those which havo notbeen visited by thoso ene- mics of tha vine-grower the sbundanco of winy excoeds tho mont sunguino anticipntions. The proprivtors genorally hava beow' taken hfl HuL- 1ruse, And oyen much ewbareasned, by this boun- ty of Ducohus, aud many of (hom have had to suspond their vintage aud wait uatil tho ccou~ Inges, or flow from the vats, bud mado room foy more, The supply of cisky hng wlso proved insufliciout, and tho prica roso from 150 francs at tho commoncomont of tho vintago Lo 260 franes baforo ite eloso, Tho tempuraturo lind beon favorable during the growth aud ripon- ing of tho grape, A ting quality of wine was foreseon, and my latters from Lurdeaux up o throo diys ago conlivm the favorabla angury. It sooms gonorally ugreod in tho great eapital of oluret thiat 1874 will tako & Ligh placo wwmong the good years slroady on rocord; that the quality will bo oxcetlont, W the abundanco is cortuinly groat. ‘Thia iy tho opinlon basod on the firat tnetings, aud it muy bo conaldered as atill lable to modiieation, but hardly to uny groat extent, o opinion recontly givan by tho agrionitural f)flnnml of the Qlrunde, and which 18 contimod ¥ privato lottors thonco, was to tho effeot that ut nret tastiug & cortaln hurshinoss waa obsorved which might bo takon for tho greouuoss produoad Dy & doubtLul ripening of tho grapa; but 24 thab riponing has boen overywhoro porfact, no doubt is folt that tho appavent groennesn will bo ro- placed na tho wine trado st Bordanuz, whicl for Bome timo has booa dull, begins torevivo, Bowe hu'go anlos of 1873 Modao were lately announced snd {4 Lo thought coxtaln thas grest comuorcla activity willl soon Lo mani A_nocessary congoquonce of tho combination of tho fine quality and largo quantity, Tho quantity tonds to lowor tho prices, whila on tho othior iand the quality ancouragoes spoculstion, sinoe renlly good wine in the long run ls sure to find ita valie, and can hinrdly foave a losa {f not purchased at tho oxorbitant ratos to which speculation sometimoy driven ft up, According to tho most rocont ac- counts, meu woro daily rising in the Bordenux markot in conscquence of lurge ynmbmus. 0Bpa- cially for Ingland aud Holland," BOSS TWEED'S QUARTERS, The Luxurions Apavtments of the Ite- tired Statesmun on tho (sinnd, From Harper's Weekin. Commisaioner Lalmbooy on tho 14th of April, 1874, at & mooting of the Commissoners of Pul- ho Charitics and Corroction, submitted the fol« lowing statomont s GENTLEMEN : On April 3, 1674, I vislted Dlackwoll's Teland with Alr, Crowly to earry out the instructions thin Board in Tocating tiio tolograph between tha Penl- touttary, Fifty-uinth Stroot Btation, Police Headquar~ tors, ofo, Afior locating tho termiintion of tha wiro ou tho grotind floor, b, procoediug (o the uppor part of the bullding, to my great surprise, I found Mr, Trweed coming from Wio ryom furnfabied and occuplod Dy b, through the sewlnss-room, sud going to the lospital, Upon Inquiry from Warden Liscorb, I found ihat Mr, Tweed Jiad n room on tha socond flaor of the centro building furniabed, which ho occupled, and in which he rocelved Iun visitors, I went futo tho room, and found there Mz, Twoed's ron aud Mr, Dowoy, This, it scom to o, I not aq it alionld b, J¥ithovit a keopor within 60 feot of the front door of the principal “ontrance cast, 1 positively say thnt any man eould hiave gono out of this door, wiiloh was unlocked, without dotection, oa no kooper was in tho hall of the first or mocond stury for a poriod of moveral minutes, How often fhis may acour I canuol sav; I ouly kuow that my visit to thia inatitution has led mo to believo thnt the Warden bas gono boyond_hia duty in having this room so nowr tho dloor furnished without the order of thin Bosrd, Commisslonor Storn atutod to ma fn the preacnco of the Warden that ho had instructed the Warden to do 4 110 liad dono, and I thioreforo must protest against any Commissionor taking nny such rosponaibility as would {mplicato this Bourd if any escapo should fako placo, Wo are elmplo custodiana of sl who coma to this departnient tindor and by virtuo of tha law, I Deod not suy that 1 have no doslro in tho case of Ar, Tywoed to minko any apoclal cxample, snd yet I do coue aider ft (he duty of this Buard (o place sich guards in and around that prison s will render it almost {mpos- #iblo to exeapo, and particularly if the occupnnts ure propurly within the walls, the doors of tho prizon so- cared, und tho keepers do'thelr duty. 1iink it unsnfe to hinve sny one in the custody of tlbs depariment #o near tha door of the cantre bufld- Ing, which is, indced, not tho prison proper, but oveu- pled a8 the kooporks slocplng npartinonts, 1 bavo bought (t my duty to proscut the fucts In ordor that tlio Hoard may Indorss or condemn o nction of tha Warden, aid mako auch order on tho question aa mny ‘o proper to govern such cases in tho fiture, WILLIAS Lamsren, Commissioner Stern aesumod tho whols re- sponslbility of tho proceoding,bastng his defonsoe on grouuds of Lumanity snd ou tho stato- mont of Dr, Macdonald that, taking futo consld- oration Mr. Twoed's afo, corpuloncy, habit of body, and hinbits of 1ifo, it was bLis opinion thint the” ouforcoment in his caso of the rogulnr rontine to which such convicts as aro not for witmilar reasons similarly excused aro subjected, would result seriously, and possibly fatnlly. But it was soon aftorward roported, in & manner en- titiad to crodit, thas Tweod was not morely treat- ed with tho humnua considoration to which ho might bo entitled on the Acoro of sickness, but that ho received indulgonces snd was allowod libortios thut complotely subvortod tho purpose and intent of bis sentolco. It seomed impossi- ble, howevor, to obtain trustworthy information on this point, Lvery svenue of approach to ‘Pwood and bl quartors was Joalously guardod against visitors. No one except lus own particu- Iar fricads was allowed to see him, and the keopors evaded answoring quostions’ as to his quarters and way of liviog. Our artist, how- ever, succeeded in gotting st the truth of tho mattor, aud in his sketelios givey an accurato ropresoutation of the Peuitontiary life of Twaad m{:nutflalud with that of loss fortunste crimi- uals, Yrom being treated as a man convicted of enormous crimos, ‘U'weod hes boen sllowed to wssume tho oharactor of a distnguished guest on tho faland. He occupics a largo room in the accond story of the contral building of tho Peni- tentiary. This apartment, situsted near tho head of the stairs, londing from the main en- trunce, is 20 foot long, 12 feot wide, and 12 in hoight. It containe & doubdle bed, serooned by & slidiug curtain, and is furnished with a bureau, washstaud, two writing-desks,—ono of which i8 for tuo accommodation of Ins privale scero- tars,—chairs, books, otc, The buroau is sup- pliod with ull the necossaryarticlos for the toilet. Lo spare the ' statesman’s’ eves, tho white- waghod wall ie coverod to tho hoight of about 7 fost with maroon-colored muslin, — Tho {loor {8 partially curpotod. The visitor who un- dorlakes to nscond tho satairs loading to this room iy told that thoro s nothing thore but tho : private quartors of tho officers, aud bis attoution 18 politoly directed olsowhere, o Wardon's Louse, ituated sbout quarter of o milo north of tho Penitentiary, is renched by & pleasaut shaded walk, which in lino weathor forms tho favorito promonadeof the rotired *“statosman,” samotinies aloue, somotimos ac- companied by hin private sorcotary, The scroon of traos spare him the gnze of curious visitors, and affords opportunitics for a dignfled rotrent should un outuider chauco Lo como too noar. As ho has beon pormitted to lob his bair, mustacho, aund besrd grow, and to wear tho ordinary drous of o gontlomau, ho might oncountor a visitor withont being recognized. In the north wing of the Warden's house i the Inrgo dining-room whoro tue old **‘Ten Governors™ used to outor- tain their friends, This is now used by tho re- tired ** slatoaman,” who takos his meals thera in privacy. 1t is not to bo supposed that tha tablo 18 furuished with the regulation prison farc. Thut would be too conrse for & man accustomed 10 Mr, 'Pweed’s former ntyle of living. 2 > Extraordinary Swimming Advens turee The Cork Constitution of the 22d of Octoboer has the following : * On yosterdny o most oxtraordinary font was performed by an Amorican gentloman named Paul Boytow, who, by tho aid of a nowly-inventod wwimming apparatus, has swam & distanco of up- ward of 17 miles. Mr, Boytou was a passonger from Amoricn by tho' National stoamer Quoen, snd it appears ho jowned tho stoamor at New York with the intontion of lowering himself into ‘mid-ocean, & couple of kundrod miles off Sandy Houk, m o lifo-snving apparatus which bas been rocontly fnvontod by’a r. Morryman, 'Lho ap- paratus cousists of a trousers with o steol apring bolt, and 8 tanic covering the uppor portion of tho body. Thore aro sir-apartments in the machine, - the objeet buing to keop the wearer aflont, The po- eition which the wearer is to assumo on reaching the waer is to tlont on hia back, aud the appara- tus ia thou wotlied by & puir of paddies, ono ot on side, on tho principle of the cauoo. Tquippod {n this apparatus, Alr. Boytou intond: d, 08 we hiave already moutioncd, to_ontor into mid-ocoan nbout 200 niles off the Iastnot, but when thio Captain of thu Quoen beeama awaro of biy intention, he point blauk refused to allow him to carry it out, but promised to allow A, Boylon to make his experituont on_the Irish const. Tho steamer arrived off tho Irish coast on Inst meht about 9 d'elock, when, in oppasi- tion to tho Captain and ail on board, Mr, Boyton oquipped Wimsolf in Liv apparatus, and wot out 7 miles off tho Yastnet. ‘The sun way ab the timo rnuning very high, and the wind blowiug vary strongly, 1uiu comivg down in tor- ronts, so thit frequently before Mr, Boyton had erformed lin tusk e had to sbude his faco with ;:!shluxdnto protect it from o hoeavy rain that was falling, Mo worked away with lis paddlo for somo timo, fluated sud drifted sloug alternutely, until ho had beon about six hours af ses, when seoing an oponing bobweon two gront rocks, Lo stoered for it, and drifled ashoro on a saud-spit. Ha Tit signnls with & viow of nttracting attontion, Dbut thoy woro not rospouded to, lfo, howevar, by tho ald of thoir light Rucccaded fu guining bigh ground, whore he lighted threo signals motoe, but atill recaiving no reaponse, he broke off on a road, und soon ufter arrived {n Bhkibbor- eon vig Baitimore, In both places ho was troat- ed mont kindly by the const-guards.” e Olorien! Whisliers aud Apparel. Tho Pall Mall Gazelle soys : ** During tho sit- ting of tho Churoh Congross at Drighton, ro- coutly, tha clargymen whio thronged tho payilion and uftorwards filled tho streots nirayed in gur- monts of overy stylo, oxbibited at tho same tiwo tho boundless varioty of whisker for which English churchwon aro 80 justly colobratod, In suimo instances thaoro woro olosoly shoru cheeks, eroppod hair, snd o bld spob about the poll nat attogothor uutural j haro thore wan tho Leiaugie lar whisker wioo boke i8 formed by u lhine drawn from oar to mouth; there was the fush- iounblo drooplug favori, and thon tho military monatacho, tho ponked fmporiul, snd tho flowing board, ull of svery color nud shade, As to era- vats, there woro anclant ties, with volumin- ous folds, and, perhups, a friiod shirt; thore wero ‘chiokers’ of tho usual eut, sudthero wora nll-voundors, implying, it is supposod, ox- troma Lhgological views, The waistconts woro mostly of the M. U, pattorn, but thoro wora somo of w Iny typo, probubly ovoring the broaats of broad “churchmen, ° Conts varied, from tho sbbrevintod shooting-jaokot, savorinme of tho stablo, und giving rieo Lo sukpiclous that the woaror might own rave-horsos, to the Noah's ark pattorn, which touched tha ground., But it was in tho hat that all intorost wes contred. Horo probably was the truo marriage of the outward with tho inward § horo waa the flag une dor which the oraft salled. The D 8, of courso, csrried thoir shovel hats, as Blshops onlycan, But thoro woro rospootable chimney- voty, flabby wido awakos, with broad bijum, and others with n littlo button at tho top, and oap- linos round it.” " A CHAT ABOUT DINING. The Convorsation and the 'Tablo. From ths London Spectator, *It'a a teightful boro, sir, frightfal Loro!” onid a now-mndo Poor to a friond who bad hinted tuat dlalllco to a coronet was only another form of Nolo apigcopari, * Why, in half tho housos I dino at Ushall hiavo to taka my hostess down to dinuor.” A cotrespondent of tho J’ali Mall Ga- zelte pooms to slinro tho new Poor’s opluion, for Lo from Turlons ovor his ohllgation to dino sont~ ed holweon Ewo womon who can novar talk, and a8k oithor for their oxclusion, or such an altora- tion in tho shiapo of dionor-tablos as shall enablo him to talk all nround. and presumably, pay no attontlon to us noighbors, The writor has prob- +ably beon provoked by au accidenta) wedging bo- twoon dowugors, which, particularlyif you do not know thom, 'ts, no doubt, & _trylitg position for iu our dny womon, on tho whole, talk In o~ ciety quite a8 well as mon, Thoy aro not_quite o umirnmmnio. and omotimos lack condonsa- tion; Dut thoy aro decldedly mora sprightly, aud toll any atory which roquires quiot dramatic ex- preasion, a good donl belter. Their grand dofoct in conyorsation is obligingness. If tho subjeot startod 18 bore to him, or oue hoknows nothing about, the man will change it or bo mlont; but o womnah will ofton go on, out of mero obliging- uesy, with a show of jutercst which is visibly protonso, and & series of roplios which ure vapid 8% whito of egtg. No mnu talks ag badly an most. womon on'subjocts thoy cara nothiug about, for no man who, nuder thoso circumstauces, talka st alL, hositntes to be a little bitlor—aud vanills, be it nico or not, bas at worst more flaver than cream-cheeso, DBut the Boreno, oquabla flow of woran's talk holps mightily to prevent conver- sation from degonerating iuto intollectual ducl~ ling—swhich, though amusing for two minutes, in & wonriness aftor five, sud to bo porfoot should bo arrosted after Lwo ahots each—aud thoy wake up talkativoness in the men, an attribute of tho pex which *X.” lns completoly overlooked. Evon ho yanted to talk wien the dowagors wore on oach sido of him, and resonted his fuability, whorons, sandwiched batweon two men, ho wcu{d linyo wantod to oat, aud have settled his tompor for tho ovening, not according to the ploasaut- noss of his noighbors, but according to tho flavor of thojsoup,—nine timou out of ton the woak point of tho ontortainmont. (We wondor why, avon iu very fair houses, tho soup Bo often falls o tritlo ghort of I:adootlon. it bocause it is tho only divh to which porfoction is esontial, or bo- causo it is tho only ono novor scon in tho sor- vanta' hall?) With *X.'a" second complaint wo Lisve moro sympathy, and rather wondor that tha upholstorer, poot, sad artist, who ia Jining every- body's walls, and beginuiug o cover ovarybody's floors, and who, it Lo wora & littlo loss afraid of brightness, might bo said to hitve sn Oriuntal’s instinet for color, does not avolve out of himealf & table which shall receive universal acceptanco, Tho way in which tho idenof the grim old dining- tablo of our grandfuthors haa stood its ground 1a tho best proof we know of thoinheront conservi- tism of tho British mind. It was, of courso, ori~ glually unoful, boing intondad o hold a whale dinnor~big dishes, littlo dishos, and all maanor of implemonts and addonda, bosides a8 much plato ay it could be mado to carry. That was conveniont wwhile it was concotved hospitable to display your food and rogale your guchts, as the snciouts regaled thoir gods, with tho reok of lieated flosh, hot soup, and rapldly-caalivg veg- ctables; buf all ihathas pussod away. The Dus. sisn divnor bag wou, and ought from tho vory tirst to hava led to o vostor form of table; but somehow, inniovation in that mauner has boon vory slow, almost 0 slow 03 in dinfug-room chairs, improvoment in which was arrosted by a wiediwyal manin, Tho table doos not lose flesh rapidly ouough, ~ With the Dussian dinner, broadthina tablo i8 not raquired, but lonjth. A strip of o tablo, brond onough to hold two plates opposite each othor, snd leavo 6 inchow ‘botween them s ample for mero utility, and we may queation if the domauds of the oys requira more than 6 inches more. That gives room for candelabra, which muy widen in the air, not on the tublo, and for as ‘much color, profercntially in the shupo of flowars, ag tho eyo can bear with- ont oither woarinoss or sonso of spocial ntirac- tion ; and what movo is roquired? It g & horri- Dblo horeay, no doubt, but we hold atill that tho white damask table-cloth, though an excollont ground-color, throwing overything olso up, is Tot the only color which wotld bo pleasiug ; it rofracts light & littla too much, aven if you liko brillianco, and &s any dealer will tell you, it an- nnls tho offect of thnt most beantiful ‘of modorn creations, English tabla gluss, Nobody over says enough about that. Venotian glass ia beautiful in its place, but the porfect modern Ruglish wino-glass might heve beou mado by fairies from tho dow, and Leon struck into crystal by tho vo- lition of & Pori. Our forefathors, with thewr thicl glass and chascd gold and silyor cups, woro as bratal in their coucaption of drinking-vessols a8 thoy woro in thoir tasto in drinks. = Paople who kuow thovo things sy they could drink hot shorry, and mulled claret, and” brown beor, and cidor, and an sbomination called porry, and, though wo confess we do not beliove this, culsh donominated "mead,” siuff worse by dejrees thnn koumiss or trancle and water, 'Will some- bndi" just try damask tho color of rich ercam, or of that teint degrade, tho soft gray greon which Mr. Morris is #o fond of for his wulls? Soaled by what is virtnally » mahogony trestls, with nothing to obitruct the viow, tho guosts can talk ench of them to at loast fivo porsons, and no ad- missiblo arrangoment will _give thom moro; whilo on osch 8ido thoy may, if the chairs are sonsibly mado, havo au assured conusciousucss of room. Alas! chairs aro not sensiblo. Tho old chair was an instrumont of torture, and tho new chair, tho modimyal cuair, the chair upholstarers dofight in, wll as it somotimes looks, allows of tao clowo packing, and tiros tho back, Nobody wants to sit B0 upright aa all that, aud oyery- voddy away from dinnor likes an gasy chair, Wiy ahould ho not have onuc—not, indeed, au old casy chair, like an improved watch-box, and big onough for a sovercign oponing Parlisment,— but an oasy-chair of to-day, with tho soat tho right Leight for the table—tables are s triflo too high Efilt aud mako tho women worry for foot- stools—with tho back uot too tull for the ser- vants, and tho sides carofully kopt down, till you oan loungo without interposing a burriar bo- tweon you and your nexi-door neighbor. Im. provement is coming in thoso chairs, but it sproads slowly, and the subjoct requirss study Just as much ad that of light does. Light is not izht yot, and will not bo put right_in’ & minute, protesta rightly agninst Dblazo, but still glit is required, squable light, light without too many shadows, and_light, abovo all, which doos not crosy the lino of sight too directly. Gas docs not do, excopt s . Aiccodancum; candlos tako raow, aud throw shndows; and we suspoct that ofl, with which we can produco tha noedful quality, viz., softoned intousity, till wa con man- ago olectricity, and dine by an’ intenso, yot sott and asl-porvadmg moonlight, will bo tie medium ultimatoly adopted, > ‘Thore 18 ouo point connocted with dinner on which Dlm“m' sooms still to bo a little chaotic, and that # tho arraugoment of tho guents, Tho tendency is to lot them arrange thomselvos, and, as this 1u in accordanco with modern maiers, tha object of whicl iy unrostraint, and tho noto of which is tomporary iutimncy, the tendoncy will provably prevail. It diminishes tho troubla of entortaining, and abolishos the responsibility of tha entortainer, but wo have a doubt wbout it novorthole: Where everybody is really en fu- mille, Iniskez-faira ought to succeed ; but even thon it ia slightly selfiali, marks partialities too much, ond loads to that neglect of disagreeable norgons which it is tho Inst losson of high broed- ing to avoid ; and whoro tho family oharactor i # momentary assimption [t produces coutusion. In n company whoro procodoneo is solf-ovident, «n inexorablo precadonico would do ag o subs tute for ordor; but it would be a wearisome sub- ntituto, and is yory s2ldom complotoly spplicable. Relatives would kit too frequently togothor. Sitting next tho oxaot porson you do not want to moot 18 & trinl to one’s savoir-vivre, which, though morally most_bonoflcinl—for, aftor all, to bo agroenblo to one’s cnemy proilisposos oo tu forgive him—doos not n\wnfu tend to tho eu- joymont of u dintior, oud s dinner in the sonso fu wkich wo sro using tho word just now in primarily intonded to be enjoyable, It is not o be an edifying social exerciso, but an omaymnnl. Wo doubt whother in »_larzo dinnor tho hoat 14 not tho best porsos to decido whero his guests shulluft, 1o fs ofton tho only man who knows thon all, ho can {mlg« protty acouratoly of tholy prodilictiony, and bis _decidion_torminatos all chaneo of murked avoidancos, Tho institution of oavds, which v dying, boing too sovoro tax on modern lazinoey, is » vory useful ono, and holps to nvold tho nheeosslty of Introductions, Wo shonld 1ot yocommend, what we onco hourd augeosted, v short biography on esch eard, with a fow peychologleal criticinmy, as they might bayo thio wnploasant offoct of & laoking-glass undor one's piate, but the name was useful, and though nlways admitting that lttle” dinnors are bost, and that tho happiot 1ife is )ifo in a cotoris, we rogret the dinuppoarance of tho carda. —_—— A Dogs Misinke, o From the Springilett (0.) Htepublia, The olophant * Conquoror,” poasiug slong in tho (irunt Lnstorn procassion, in front of the Zepublic” Luilding, attracted the attontion of a ferocious, falr-sizod dog, which, in tho beat of mafonty, Btartod to rush—to foll the oxack | truth. * The dog was vory flerce, Ryidently ho waa ahout to tako tn tho spiked caudal nppond- ago of tho mouater aud draw his attention toa minor do-tail—4o to spesk—in his roar, Dut, &4 ho wna fairly on his way, the megnitndo of tho most pondorous undortaking sesmed to atriko biim il at onco, and tho growl and bark in Iifu hot thront were gulped down in s instunt, almost causing straugulation, aud tho animni shot boackward into Piimroso niley with tho rapidity of thonght, and auch an oxprosulon of astouiaimant and foar upon hin countonanco ar nevor beforo sa on the faclal fontures of o dog, He was a surprived and discomfited quadry mfi. and ho intimnted au plainly ns o dog cuul!}, ta our roportor, that hio was only abont o oross tho streot to s auothor dog,” or somothing of thnt gort, when tho elephant got in his way, But tho roportor wae nob decoived, The proe tonso was too transparont, A ONE CENT BUSINESS, Howa Fortune Is Mado Through Buy« ing and Selling Pennios, from the New York Sun, There {a a man in this city who is smassing n bandromo fortiwo by Duying and soliing ponnics, 2 aud J-cont pieces, and b cout vickles. In many of the nowspavor offices, news dopots, forry officon, retail houses whera chionp gooda are aold, bakorics and_ othor places, | tho sccumulation of small colu vory oftou he- comos 10 largo a4 to be cumbersomo, 1t cannob be \“ngosml of, for coin iy Ao plenty that custom= ors object to taking i in change in nny groat: quantity, aud in business houses whora it i9- ticodod tho regular woiirees of supply are always amplo. 'Tie coiu might bo sont to the Philndels phia Mint for redomption, but the roquiromonts of the redemption dopartmont aro enough to; discourage any business man, To sond pennios to tha Mint, thoy must first bo sorted and wrap-! ped in packages of 5 enoh, Com of cnch popa=* rate mintage must bo put togothor, It will not do to mix tho old-fashioned coppers with tho bright or bronze-colorad nicklos, wor can 1.2 of & S-cont pioco bo mixod with the pounios. If thoy | are pecked In this way thoy are not aven counted ab the Mint, but "aro shipped beck to the sendor without (B! ay or notico of any Tho layr 2lso pre- scribes that the coing shall bo packed 1u fron-: bound boxes, and shipped at tho ecudor's ox- ponno, A# coius are Loavy, the cout of transpor- tation i conalderabla. The ofticinls count tho monoy at thoir loisurs, and mometimes tho sonder doen not hear from_his consignment for vearly s yosr, Io thug loses tho uso of hia: monoy for thut longth of time. This combinn- tion of voxatious dotails prevents thoso who havo au nccumulation of coin from eonding it to tho Mint, and it soms a8 though tho ofticials nt Philadolphis intonded that thoy should not bo troubled with it, Frvory day a man rides to tho nowspaper and othar officea in o b\xgg'y, and buys Pl\n coln which hod boon talion in from the newsboys and tho customers. Kor tho pounios and 2-cont S»lccua ba pays 97 conts o hundred, and for tho 3 and b-cont niokels ho gives 99 centa for a dol- lar's worth. Tho sollers nre glad to disposo of tho colng at this discount. Tho maa then rides to abont the only tradesmen in the city who do- giro a quantity of ponnics,—the pawnbrokors,— and ta them he dolls tho coins at par, taking tholr notes for throe months in payment. ‘Fho pawnbrokora who have stiopy among tho poorer classes say that thoy nood small denomi- nations of fractional currobcy or coiu, as many of their loans do not exceod 10 or 16 coutd. Many poor porsons pawn their srticles of wear- ing apparol or trinkets only when driven to do 80 by tho waul of » single moal of foud, and such are not partienlar ny to tho donomiuvation of tho mounoy they roceive, The pawnbrokers Fivo thoir notos without interost, thereby gain- g tho waa of the money for three months. A MODEL ENGLISH CLERGYRIAN. Editor, Dramntivt, £hilanthropist, Duectint, and Sporting Man. Lrom the London Dutly Telearaph. Tho lite record of * the lev. Sir ilenry Bato Dudloy, Probendary of Lly, Reotor of Bradwoll- ridgeshiro,” was s follows : Born in 1740, and adueated at' Quoen’s Colloga, Oxtord, Mr, Bato— for such was thon his namoe—becamo in 1770 Curate of Leatherifleld, in Surrey, whore ho had ])lol\ly of opportunity, upon tho meighbor- ng racecourso of Epaomn, for mdulging Lis pro- ponsity toward tho turf. ' Dut having, in addi tion to sporting, considerable litorary and po- litieal aspirations, ho becamo in 1775 tha pro- priotor of tho Morning Fost, whenco, in conss- quence of u dikagreomont witn his partners, ha withdrow to establish, in 1780, tho Morning Jlerald, which for & cansidorablo time bocamo tho organ of tho Priuco of Wales' party. Among ita contributiors wero Richard Fox, Richard Drinsloy Sheridan, Edmund Burke, and othors. But Ar. Bato wns not satisflod with being & Journalist alono. Ho soon became known as a dramatist, aud his productions, among which *“I'ho Fhiteh of Bucon ” was the mosnuccuualuk were populat in his owvn day. Having roal considorablo suma of monoy by bis journalistis and dramatic oxortions, ho next took to graver Iitorature, and distinguishod himealf not only by hia own_politieal prnpblats, but also by baing tho steady patron of Do Lolme, suthior of the wall-known work upon tho * English Constitu- tion, 1In 1781, baving succoednd fo an estats left him by = frioud, who required that ho should tako tho nnmo of ¥ Dudloy,” ho purchasoed tha advowson of the living of Bradwell, in Essox, ' subject to the Lifo of an aged inoumbent, ~Brade woll had Deon shamofully’ noglected; thoro was no resident ministor; tho church had been suf- fored to go to ruin; and the sea_broko over the low grounds of the parish. Mo spont nenrly £30,000 in restoring the church, rebuilding the froo school and parsouage, draining tho glebs Innd, and erectingasen-wall. Tho gront agricultne ral writer of tho lust contury, Arthur Young, duvoted an essay to Bradwell, concorning which o 5uid that *at tho hood of modern cmbankors aud agriculturista atanda the Rov, H. B, Dud- ley.” Ilaving uaid thus much to his eredit it ro~ maius for us to ndd that ho fought throo duals, of which one was justifiod in publio opinion by hig baving protoctod o woman from tho insults of arufian, who called him into the field, In addition, o was tho most successful broeder of greyhounds in his dny, and also kopt & pack of Tox hounda, aud bred thoroughbred stoek, In 1813 Mr. Bulo Dudley wha crosted a Daronet, by roasonof what was then rogarded s his admi- rablo discharge of his wauy public dutics, Aftera long nnd activo life, Sir Houry diod of Choltonham, iu 1824, ot tho age of 78, lery of the Sca. Thros mariners appeared at tho Portiand, Me., Custom-Iouse the other day, und requosted to Liave tho register of their sehooner changed ¥ a8 to hail from Portlaud. On being intorned that it could not bs dono, aa from their papors they botonged in Gloucestor, Mass., thoy stontly declared thoy did not belong anywhero, excopt on tho high Bons; that for tho past twanty-uno yoara they had lived aboand their vossel,” anly landiug ot Limes for provisious or stores; hwd paid 0o taxos and hadnot votad ; that twoaty ona yeara ngo, when in Quobee, au Rttempt was made o mako them pay tixes, aud tho maiter want ta Washiugton, bt rosulfod in thoir gotting off froo. Tuo mattor remeing undor advisomont. e ——— Ocexn Steamship Nows. QurrNsTOWN, Nov. 6.—Stoamship Adriatic, from New York, hus arrived. Savasxai, Ga,, Nov. 5.—Steamship 8t, Louis, from Now Orleaus, for Liverpool, put In this morning with hoer cotton on fire, “HEATING Churches, - Schoeols, Houses, &¢., A SPECIALTY! BLISS & WALLS, B2 LA » CHICAGQ, ILL. The celo 0N Furnaoen, for Hard, Sofs Coniooetlrntod HOY O o iovaten DoubloOron Tiatge the Oxbinot Hotolasnt Ravko or Slorn, xud otline Bt Sians Tlomong Aad Cokiag Stovos, Negistors, Vontl- latars, ete. Hond for Clroulars. LAKE NAVIGATION. “TOUDAIGHS STEANERS. For Tacine, Milwankeo, Eheboypan, Manite- woc, stor, tally (Hundays osoented), .. D m, ‘twr-Sxturday's hout don'tleave untit 8 p. . Yor Qrandt Navea, Mukogon, oto., Monday, Wednesday, and I'riday, . Thom. ForBt. Josoph, ‘Aucaday, Thundlay, and Bate e LD M wnd anitoo aud Ludington, Tuesday EROERIAY vt For Groon Huy knd Tnior For Mscanaba and Lake oxoltament und lwpulse, aud probably lsrgoly from tho force of hablt, rushad 1Owerd lub * uxta-Maro, Rsuox, aud of Willingham, Cams .