Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1875, Page 9

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1875.~ SIXTEEN PAGES. Ss @ay to day, when its proprietor is indicted for some infamous libel. As the theatre-burning swash was & libel upon the ivtelligence of tue rommonity, Mr. Sroxsx’s stereotyped apology is again in order. BAKER'S EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AFRICA, (mutta: A Naxpatrve or tre Exrrprrrox To Cex- ‘zRat AFBICA POR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE ‘Taapc, ORGANIZED Bt Isuart, Kneprve or Eorrr. By Bir Saver W. Batre, M.A. FB. 5. F. RG. Free. New York: Harper & Brothers, ed In 1809, Ismaii Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, ap- inted Sir Samuel! Baker to the command of an axpedition for tne suppression of the slave trade in the countries belonging to the Nile Basio. Fhe powers conferrod upon the commander were shsoiute, and the period of his’commission ex- tended for four years from the date, April 1, of the year mentioned. The object of the expedi- tion was not only to destroy the traffic in slaves, which was repidly devastating the fer- tile and popaloas regions of Central Af- tica, bat to extend the authority of the Ehedive sver the countries south of Gondokoro, to in- troduce therein a sysvem of regular commerce, to open to navigation the great lakes of the dqustor, and to establish a chain of military stations and commercial depots, distant at iater- rals of threo days’ march, throagh2ut Central Africa, sccepting. Gondokoro aa the base of »porations. It was a hercuiean undertaking, to the accomplishment of which were requisites lavish expenditare of philanthropy, o2araze, resolution, money, and perbiaps of life, The re- ‘ward waa to come in the foundation of a new civilization, in the development of # large. {ruit- fal, and salabrous couatry. in the extension of legitimate trade, in tho increase of the rule of the Kbedive, and in the protection of oppressed nd abused tnbes of people, who had been 'onz mubject to the most atrocions wrongs that can be Practiced upon the haman face. ‘Tho save trade was for the most part condact- e4 by Arabs, subjec:a of the Khedive, aud itis supposed that about 15,000 were engaced in the sbominabie trafic, The largest trader bad 2,509 Arabs in his service, organized in comranies, armed with muskets, and occupied in pillage, massacre, and otber evil work attendant upoo slave-hunting. Each trader occupied a special district, over which he scattered bis forces in a chain of stations, each of which was garrisoned by sbont 309 men. By thia arrapgement enor- mous tracts of country were placed completely wader the command of the trader, and the help- fess inhabitants had no means of protection or redress. Onosingle trader, named Agad, had thas 90,000 equare miles of territory lying at his mercy. It. difficult to form an exact estimate of the srumber of slaves annusily captured m Central Africa, but at least 50,000 are torn from their families and homes and held :n camps, or trane- ported by way of the White Nile, or overisod Toutes by Darfur and Kordofas. The frightful results of this organized and enormous warfare pon the most sacred rights of man can scarcely be pictared or imagined. It has turned one of fhe fairest regions of the earth into a Pandemoni- km, and fi'lad every human heart thropbing un- vits influence with passions heated by the Gres of Hell. ‘The English party at the head of the expedi- fion sent out by the Khedive consisted of Sir Namuel and Lady Baker; Lieut. Julian Alleyne Baker, B.N.; Mr. Edwin Higginbotham, civil wogineer; Mr. Wood, secretary; Dr. Joseph Bedge, physician; Mr. Marcopolo, chief store- keeper and interpreter; Mr. McWilliam, chief mgineer of steamers; Mr. Jarvis, chief ship- mnght; four mechanics and machinists, and two vervants. We may remark here thst threa of this party lost their lives in the expedition. Dr. Sedge died st Khartoum; Mr. Higginbotham wes buriod at Gondokoro; and Mr, Samson, & machinist, who succumbed to fatigae and ill- neea, near the close of the weary enterprise. rhen home and rest were almost within view, Ko meution is made of a moment's illoeas occur- fing to Sir Samuel and Lady Baker, during sil the toil, and trial, and perl that befell the expe- dition, put the other members of the English party were frequent sufferers from disesses inci- dent to the climate and unaccustomed hardships. Sir Samuel was endozed with fali powers for squivping the expedition, which he did in the mostcomplete and provident manner. Three steel steamers, ons of 251 tons, one of 103 tons, 1nd one of 38 tons, with two steel life-boats of from 9 to 10 tons cach, were constructed in En- gland for the navigation of the equatorial lakes. The machivery for stesm saw-milla waa added, and the whale was to be transported in sectione, by boat and camel, from Alexandria to Gondoko- ro, « distance of 3,000 miles. In England, also, was parchased at an expense of $45,009 the out- fitof the expedition, which comprised everything Ehst could be needed, fromsncedie to a crowbar, and from a handkerchief to a bost-sail. Tools bf all eorta, toys of various kinds, articles adapt- td to the requirements of the natives, and sup- plies of food and clothing for the European par- ty tora tour of four yeara, were selected witb tare and packed in four galvanized magazines, Mheasuring B0x20 feet. At Cairo, the point of departure, the embar- tusemepta of the expedition began. Toe senti- ment of the Egyptian public was opposed to tho todortaking, a8 the suppression of the slave trade would stop s prolific source of revenue fo many private individuals as well es pub- lio officiats, and would derange, in inconvenient Ways, various established though illegitimate means of socumulating weslth. With the excep- tion of the Khedive, bis two ministers, Nabar Pasha and Cheriff Paahs, and bis two sons, the Goveroment regarded the enterprise with dinap- froval, and by a passive resistance endesvored to Prevent its sucoess. The military foros of the txpedition comprised a body of 1,645 troops, in- Huding 200 irregular cavalry and two batteries of @rtillery, These were to have left Cairo for Ebartoum, distant by river 1,450 milos, Jane 10, 1809; but Une vesaels that were to convey them together with the mercliandiae were not resdy to art, owing to the intentional delay of those whose business it was to provide the fltills, until Ang. 29. The Khodive was absent in En- Tope, and Sir Bamnel had to contend almost Single-handed against the sloth, incapacity, sud Prejudice of all Egypt. At lenth, with fewer Yeasels than ordered and neoded, he saw the fleet well started. ‘A second detachment of the expedition,—com- rising the English engineers and mechanics, and conveying the steamers, life-boats, and ma- chinery,—uander the command of lr. Higgin- bockam, went by way of Korosko, whence it was to cross the desert to Khartoum. Sir Samacl himself took the route vis Souakim, on the Bed Bes, embarking at Suez on the sloop-of-war Bensar, Dec. 5, 1809. With the twenty-one horses accompsaying him Le made the desert Journey of 275 miles, from Souakim to Berber, fn safety, and, passing by river over the 200 tniles to Khartoum, secomplished the entire voy- age from Suez in thirty-two-days, The separate detachments daly centered st Ehartonm, but, contrary to orders and expecta- tion, not a vessel was ready to carry the oxpedi- ion southward. Neither here nor elsewhere ‘waa Sir Samuel to be discouraged or overcome by the number or nature of. the obstacles put in ‘the way of his prograss, ins few weeks he bad fitted a fleet of thirty-threo vessels of 50 or 60 tons each, ready for the voyage of 1,450 miles to Gondokoro, And now he discharged his irrega- lar cavalry, which proved altogether too irregu- ar for any sort of service, and, with the horses he had bronght on and those of the officera, he et sail Feb. 8, 1870, and awept paat Khartoum {nto the waters of the White Nile. In less than five days the fioet anchored at Fashoda, the Governmont station in the Sbillook eountry, 618 miles above Khartoum. Sixty-six Bailes south of Fashods, the Sobat flowa into the ‘White Nilo, and thence for 750 miles the latter fiver winds in s labyrinthine course through 8 fegicn of vast flats and boundloes marshes, until Se reaches Gondokoro. For five or six yeara tha ehannel ef the White Nile had heen gradaaily Qiting with masses of aquatic vegetstion, that Resied ot fleet 2 aamberléas itlands, and (hea gradually formed thick, dense dams from shors to shore, completely choking the channel. Tous the river bad changed into a sories of Iascs and broad marshes, or, for long distances, was al- most obliterated, and navigation hag become im- possible, Sir Samuel, therefore, guided his fleet into the Bahr Giraffe, which forms a juno- tion with the White Nile, 28 miles above the Junction of the Sobat, He foand unexpectedly, however, that the Babr Giraffe was in nearly a8 deploraole 3 condi- tion as the White Nile. From Feb. 17, when be entered the river, uctil April 2, he labored with herois persistence -to effect the forward passage of bis fieet. As he advancod, the ob- structions grew more and more frequent. and deuse. With 1,000 men digaing with swords end knives s channel through the compressed vegetation, they were able to make but « mile orsoaday. Inthe nineteen days ending the 2st of March, thoy advanced only 12 miles! Meantime, 150 men were on the sick list and 12 men had died, Still the determined leader kept ‘on untit April 2, when the hopelessnoss of the case decided him to retreat, sod he turned his prowe about and returned to Fashoda, On his way back, 9 miles from the junction of the Bahr Giraffo, Sir Samuel struck the first direct blow in the suppression of the elave trade, De here ‘confiscated three vessels loaded with slaves, sad released 155 captives. Selecting a favorable site on the Sobat, 45 miles from the junction, Sir Samus! ostablished o ata- tion, and disembarked his troops to remain dur- ing the rainy season. Tents were raised, ground cleared, magaziues buili, gardens Isid out, and goon s clesn, convenieut, and orderly camp was crested and christenc? Tewizeegab. Pleasaut relations ware immadiately cemouted with the Shillooks, the native trios of the couptry,—a peacofal, honest, and industrious people. Dar- ing the encampment several slarors, attempting to pass down the river, were capturod, and their esrgoes of human chattels released from bond- age. . ‘By dint of great labor, amid eavere discourage- ments, the expedition got several farms under successful cuitivation. Tho snemios to their agricultural enterprise were, frat, flocks of wild guines-fowls; secondly, hosts of emall birds; and, lastly, armies of great ants. “I found.” savs Sir Samuel, *‘ the necessity of rosowing the Isnd so thickly that there shonld be mufficient grain to allow for the depreda:ions of our enemies. I set vermin- traps and ciught the guines-fowl Then the natural enemy appesred 1n the form of wild-cats, who took the guinea-fowls out of the traps. At firat the mon were suspected of ataaling the birds; but the unmistakabie tracks of the wild- cats were found close to the traps, and shortly after the wily cate themselves became victims. When the cropa, having resisted many enemies, appeared above-ground, thoy were attacked by the mole-crickets in formidablenumbers. These destructive inaects lived beneath tho amall, solid clods of earth, and, issuing forth at night, they bit the young shoot clean off, clos» to the parent grain, at the points of extreme sweetness, The garden suffered terribly from these insects, which deetroyed whole rows of cucumoer plants.” This is but an instance ¢~ the way that the expedition had to fight, from beginning to end, with power- fal and countless foes, ranging from the ant up to the negro and the Arab. In December the station was broken up, the troops again embarked, and on the llth the last of the fleet once more eet sail on the Babr Gi- raifa in the hope that the river, now swollen by rains, would afford s passage through to the open channel of the White Nile and on to Gon- dokoro. March 9 the flest waa still toiling “through every species of difficulty." The mea were cutting channels and dragging through the yvoasels with tremendous fabor snd great risk of life. Many were sick sod all wore broken- spirited. But on that day, when hope ebbed lowest, the great White Nile was discoveroa a mile and a half ahead. Ton days of terrible toil wore necessary to get the fleet over that short distance, It was like carrying it bodily over dry land, but at last, on the 19th, al} wore afloat in » broad, clear channel, snd there was groat rejoic- ing in every worn and weary heart. April 15, 1871, two years from the date of Sir Samoel’s commission, hts flotilis reached the old miasion-atation, Gondokoro, which was to form the base of his operations! The work of estab~ lishing a permanent station here as hosdqasrtera was promptly entered upon, and busy months were occupied in constructing fortifications, and putting crops in tbe ground. ‘The Baris, who oc- cnpied this country, were the worst trine in the Nile basin, and gave Sir Samuel infinite trouble. Jt was not until he lad gubdued them in msny gn enconnter, aftor the fashion of both civilized and savage warfare, that he was able to dwell among them in security, and commaod from them civil treatment. Early in November. thirty vesaela returned to Khsrtoum, bearing back tho sick and disaffected soldiers, sud reducing the expedition to 615 men. These ware distributed in three atations (Gondokoro being one of them), situated each mile from the other, and forming a triangle. {n December, Sir Samuel started into the inte~ rior with 212 men, leaving 392 to garrison the anugly-fortified aud amply-furaished stations at Gondokoro, ‘Tlie surrounding natives were at peace, and food was abuadsat. His projected Journey was hezardous, as his force was misera~ bly inefficient to transport baggage and for self- protection, but the indomitable plack that had earned the caterpriae thua far in the face of every sortof harassing diffizulty woald not now yield until the final objecta of the expedition had been accomplished. March 6, the party happily reached Fattho, 165 miles from headquartera. Here s detachment of 103 moa was left, with ordore to form station, sad Sir Samael, with tho remainder of the party, pressed on to Masindi, the capitai of Unyoro. At this, the southornmost point visited by the oxpedi- tion, situated in Istitude 1 deg., 45 min. sod distant from Goniokoro 322 miles, the tired travelers arrived April 23, 1872. As at previona haltiog-places, s station was quickly constructed, ‘and moagurea taken to placate the natives, But the latter were too hostile and troscherous to be _ overawed by the small force now under Sir Samuel’s command, and, after » good deal of fruitless negotiating and hostile skirmishing, it was found necessary to destroy the station and retarn to Fatiho. Tho departure was undertaken Jone 14, and for eight days the brave little band marched onder s continus! fire from the na- tives sxolking in the tall grass and behind every rock and tree thst offered an ambuscads, Tune 24, the little troop arrived at Fowsers, ins friendly country, having suffered a loss on the way of 10 killed and 11 wounded. Tne dreadfal march of 80 miles from Masindi had been performed by the soldiers uader the bur- den of boavy weights on toe headin addition to their usual accoutrements. A powerful stock- ade was now erected at Foweera, sixty-five men wore left in garrisoa, and Sic Samuel set off July 27; with forty men, for Fatino, which he reached in five days. Reinforcements met him here, and Sir Samael was able to write: “ From this date the victory was gainod, and I could only thank God for the great success that had sttonded all my efforts. Tue'slave-hunting was now at an end throughout an immense district, ag the alavo-hunters hd cossed to exist south of Gondokoro.” Henceforth the chronicle is cheer- fal in ita tenor, and Dec, $1 the following entry is made fo the journal of the commander: The close of the year finds us, thank God, st poace in this country, with every prospect of pros- perity.", Leaving strong garrisons at the various forti- fied poats en roote, Sir Samus! returned to Gondokoro, April 1, 1878, the day on whioh bis term of service expired according to the original agreement with tho Knedive. The fort at this point was quickly rebuilt, affairs were placed in"! the best ordor, and May 26 Sir Samnol parted from his troops, who had by this time become disciplined sod tolerably effective, and sailed for Cairo and Old England. In rendoring up his ‘sccount to the Knedive, which he did on Ang. 25, he was invested with the Imperial Order of the Oamanis, second class, as 8 lokén of ihe es. teem in which bis distinguished services were held by the ruler of Egvpt. The brave commander had indesd inaugurat- eda great roform inthe countries of the Kilo basin. We havo been obliged to omit, for want of space, the details of hisdealings with varions powerful slave-tradars, but he had succeeded, with an inferior force and crippled means, in complstely supproasing the alaye-trafio during his presence in Central Africa, and in restoring ‘to order and promise of prosperity = vast region that had long suffered from pillage, murder, au~ archy, and the horrible trade in human chattels, The modest but candid narrative of Sir Sam- uel deeply interests one in the destiny of Cen~ tra) Africa, in the development of its resources, and the elevation of its native tribes, and it also wina 8 cordial respoct for the intrepid courage, the indefatigable resolution, and the: noble hu- manity of the renowned traveler and hero who led tho expedition, through countless trials aod hardships, te the victorious accomplishment of ita main objects. = * + OUR OBSERVATORY, ‘The different parties who went out to observe the Transit of Venus, in December last, are now returning, bringing with them the results of thelr labors. Those resulta, obtained at a cost of something like a million dollars, and many years of collective time, have not yat been com- pared; and when compared may prove to be more or legs. discordant, Whatever of value at- taches to that work, Chicago haa taken no part in it; the Great Fire of 1871 having brokon up the arrangementa which were in progress for se- curing her representation among the parties who wont out to watch Venus pass acroas the face of the sua. Chicago has, however, ax opportunity now to take an independent hand 1p s work which will certainly form a valuable check upon the rorults of the Venus compurations ; and may prove to ba superior in value to tne work dune with so much cost and trouble, ‘At midnight on the 29tn of next Jue, the planet Mare will benesr opposition to the sun, about forty millious of miles distant from the earth. At that time he will pass direoly between us snd a little star in the bow of the Archer, known as ““No.$"in the constellation Sagitterias. His motion then, as referred to the earth, will be small, and for several hours before and after the inataat of conjunction, the opportunity will be prosented of making * serios of very delicate messurementa of the angle of distance between the star and the planet, From those observa- tions, made at any two widely different places on the earth’s sarface, ar even at one, as Chica- g0, the calonlation may bo performed which will give the parallactic angle with a very small probability of error. It ia not necessary here to atate tho many difficulties attendiog the obsorva- tions of the Travait of Venus, which will not ex- ist in the case of this occultation. Suflice it to say that the phenomenon offers s very precise mode of finding our distance from the planet at thas time; and then, by means of Kepler's laws, our distance from the san. It may also give us » direct measure of tae density af Mara’ atmos- phero, It ia well known to astronomers that the ob- servations made of Mars when near his perigee in 1962, bave furniehed us with one of the best correctives to the Encke determination from the transit of 1769. But the obeervations then made had not the advantage of being closely referable to a fixed point, as will be those cf the 29th of June next. Hence the observations four months from this date will be much better than those of thirteen years ago. The great equatorial telescope in the Chicago Observatory is peculiarly well fitted for this task. It has been urged against it thet the telescope ss been puttono good use since it was first brought to Chicago. There is now an opportnui- ty to redeem its character, by operating it ia a way which will give its work au enviable reputa- tion all over the scientific world. But in order to do this, it will be necessary to expend a fow thousnnas of dollars upon the instrament, and that before the date abovegiren. Theold dome now so rottes that it is dangerous to move it, must bo replaced by anew one; and tho clock- work apparatus for keeping tbs telescope poiuted ppon the star while the requisite measures are made with the micrometer, must be recon- strocted. Otherwise the work cannot be noder- taken, There is now 4 pecaliarly good reason for abolishing these two dofects in the Obsorva- tory, which have impeded its usefuldesa from the beginning. ‘The dome was so faultily con- stracted ni the onteet that it was always operated with difficulty ; and the clock-work could not be used at all. To these imperfections, for which the astronomer ia charge has besn in no way re- aponsibie, is dae, in large part, the failare to put the telescope to good use in Lhe past. ‘The public is already awaro that a subsorip- tion was set on foot about twelve months ago for the purpose of rebuilding the dome. The list is only partially fall, and the effort will now be made to completo it, so that the required al- terations in the observatory can be made during the coming spring, and the iastrament used for the purpose above stated ss the initiatory step in a career of greater usefulness than in the past. It is sincerely to bo hoped that the many who take a pride in Chicago, and are able to furnish the needed pecuniary justitication of that pride, wilicome forward at once, and allow the noble undertaking to be completed without delay. As waa recently remarked by me, the Dearborn Ob- sorvatory bas been a standing disgrace to Chicago for many years past; and all the mores dis- grace, as but # comparstively small sam bas been neoded to elevate it out of the alough of in- tility snd place it in @ position of proud prom- inence in the scientific world. E. Coungnr. ee PERSONAL Spunoroy is on the Continent, seeking health. Caantes Brapiauas, the English Radical, ar- rived yesterday at the Sherman House. The Rev. W. H. H. Monnay, of Adirondack fame, armyed yesterday at the Grand Pacific from Boston. The following appeara on the Palmer House register: ** Ext Penzins.” At Large, New York. Very smart. Axrrep Cowies, of Taz Carcaco Tnmunz, and family sailed from New York, for Enrope, yeaverday in the steamship Baltic, ‘The Rev. Jonx Gonpos telographs his thank- ful neceptance of the complinsentsry, concert to be given him at Farwell Hall Thursday night. ‘And uow the Washington correspondents call Senstor Haxtrx the most graceful dancer in the city; last-year it was Gen. Sazmux. Who next ? ‘Tha Rev. Anti-Fine-Cat Tsase left $15,000 worth of property, which, but for his reformed ‘babits, might have beou squandered In ten-cent papers. ‘Mr. A. E. Danzino, the artist, has returned to the city after au absence of some time, and hhag resumed brush and colors at his studio in Ashland Block. ‘The Hon. Ossyy Baxex, of Northampton, Mass, died Inst weok, He was a prominent Whig in Congress from 1841 to 1845 during President Trcen’s Administration, He waa born in 1800. Tne Bargomester of Amsterdam wears gloves of eleven-and-a-half size, orssize anda half larger than the trade kuows. So saya Lucy Hoor- em, who may bave private information on the subject. ‘The Rev. James 8. Dicxsnson, D. D., of the firm of Goopmax & Dicagasox, pablishers of the Slandard, strived Saturday in Chicago from Boston, with bis family, and has taken roome at the Rrevoort House, Gov. Boors, Sonator-clect from California, haa 20 nice a sense of official propriety that he refuses to attach his signature as Governor of the State to his certificate of election to the United States Senate. Sanronis created quite a sensation at the ‘Washington Gymnasiom a fow days sgo, by Rot- ting the beat of = set-to with the “professor” of sparring at that matitation, a burly ex-pagil- nb nota ad “Cramer Ootarwa,* the * Cash iron Man.” The chagrined professor appomted another meeting, at which he fared no better, and the athletic Englishman is indisputably the hon of the dey smong the museniar young gev~ tlomen of the various foreign Legations who fro- quent the gymnasium. ‘A lease for 999 vesra bas just ran out in En- gland. The land is at Woolwich, and was church property a thoussod years ago, but the Crown leased it for military purposes. It now reverts to the heirs of the origival holders. “Do aga know whoIam?" asked s haughty Highland&r of scsbman, attempting, as Macs- tstosH thonght, to overcharge him. “I'm The Maogrvrosr.” I don't care,” eaid the cabby, “if you were the umprells; I mean to have my fare.” Le Touristo, 8 journal published in Italy, recently contained an article signed by Srernen Westox Heaty charging that the designs for the Lincoun Monument, at Springfield, were done by Signor Passacta, and not as claimed by Mr. Lanumy J. heap, Jr. Let the youth of England and America mourn: Heyy G, Boux, the publisher of all the “ponies” bas retired from business. How many of the mon of to-day would have gor through Demosthenes, Zschylns, or even tho Cyropzedia, bat for his kindly assistanca ? It is stated on good authority that itis very unhkely that Dr. De Kovex will iatimate the action he intend to take in regard tohis elec- tion until the Standing Committees hare passed ‘upon it, and chat if he does write a letter of ac- coptance it will be a mere letter of acceptance, and nothing more. The New York {World hos undergone s change of msnaging editors. The new incumbent ia Mr. Moxtaowenr Scuvyien, who, though yet a young man (92), is an old journaliat and a brill- iat writer, haviog a repatat‘on oaly eecond to that of Wit1am Henny Huntpeut inthe liter- sry charactor of his work. Phe Rev. A,B. Buavtcr, of Westerly, R. I, who was roceutly sccused of criminal intimacy witb s woman with whom he stopped st « hotel, representing that she was his niece, must step down and out, the Committee of his own church sppointed to investigate his caso having decided that the charge is well sustained. Police Supt. Reww left the city last evening for Washington, where he proposes tc remain until tho opening of the new Congress. Ho makes the visit solely for the benoft of his health, which hag been impaired by his late ill- ness, Dopaty Supt. Hrcxer will hate charge of the force during Mr. Rewst’s absence. Rochester Democrat: Riley White, of Tows, recently stood on a platform with a rope around ‘his nenk, and a colored clergyman, named Clem Jones, confronted him with the remark that he would soon be in holl, among tho angels of Sa- tan. Then Riley roga up, and to thieday no- body knows whether the colored clergynan was right. Aman named Lrovarp was not allewed to give teatimony ina London Police Court, be- cause he believed in no fature state, Yallowars of protoplasmic Huxter have no legal rights. Ia tect, unless 8 man can beliove ali the other people do, ha has no right to oxist in England, according to this decision. Who would not have a State Church ? James Lawnence died at Tunbridge Wella, England, on Wednesday, in his 64th yea. His father was the Hon, Ansorr LawREnce, a-Min- ister to England, and milliona:re; his first wife was a daughter of Writra H. Presoorr, the historian, sod his second the daughter 0’ Prof. ‘Taomas Mornay, of Harvard, and nitoe of Lataxor Morzey, the historian. County Attorooy Rounraxx celebrated the thirty-ninta aoviversay ‘of his birth yesterday. ‘The County Board, with several of Bir. Roox- rrer’s friends, were invited by that genlaman fo asniat in gotting sway with one bottle of wine for each year that the Attorney bas lived cn this nundane avhere. On the tenth round the re- porters left, and the party were still uncoting. ANN McReapr, a young gitl attending bosrd- ing-school at Folsom, Ky, attended a revival which was in progress in the village, amd was go carried nwny by the vivid descriptions of bell ag to become melancholymsd. Some of herschool- mates rigged up a feminine ghost with noslia wings, who appeared by her bed-side when the poorchtld woke, The consequence is, that be- tween the revivalist and the school-girl, Axx McREADY became # hopeless maniac. Who aays revivals ara not unqualified blessings ? ‘When the young King of Spain, Acyoww XIL., was on his way through Paris, the other day, he was button-boled by the Orleans Prince, who succeeded, before they let go thoir grip, in in- ducing him to betroth himself to his sti more youthful cousin, the Princess Manta-nk-Las- Mencepes, daughter of the Duke of Mostrey- sren, who was born at Madrid, in 1860, and is not yet 15 years of ago. Her eldor sister beng al- ready married to the Count of Panu, thé little arrangement way ba looked upon as a skillful device to divert the sympathies of the nev rulor, of Spain from the cause of the Prince Imperial of France, with whom be has hitherto been sup- posed to bo on very close and intimate terms. Mr. T. M. Brown, the inimitable burlesque pisniat, who is so popularly known ss the “Peregrine-Proundkeys” of the Brcmwas- Benxanp Oldde Folkes Company, has resigned his position in that organization, and severed his connection with the termination of their engagoment in this city laat niht. This will be a great loss to that popular combination, in which “Mr. Baowy'’s per- formance on the piano was one of the most popular features, He bad developed an entirely new vein in piano performances, ani in its busleaqae features his playing was simply in- imliteble, never failing to convulee the audisnce with its Indicrous and Xoconsequent harmorics. Itis strange thatthe management of tue Com- pany can afford to lone this popular element from among the enjoyable features of the conorrts the Oldde Folkes always give, ‘The junior editor of the Gallatin — is nosed for bis modesty. When schoolboys, he sod the writer wero inseparable compsaione, probaly because we both stood in such holy awé of “the gals.” A pair of mischiovous black eyes world stampede us quicker than a “big dog.” One day ‘Bop ” was sent to neighbor Saaw's to h- quire about some etraw for Gling beds, and of course the writer went with him. Mr. Saaw ma the father of six bateful girls that would rather laugh at a fellow than not, and when we arrind they were all soated at dinner. I dodged bobnd the corner, while Bob edged carefully in at fhe door and, with scared look, stsmmered: “Ar. Sraaw, can you let ma have enongh Sxaw to Gill by bed?” ‘ Woll, R——,” said the old gente- man, glancing around the cirole of astonisted faces, “I eappose so. There are six, besides the old woman. BntYd rather you'd leave ber, if the girls will be enough. Take them all, md God bless you.” Perfect shrieks of langhier weat up from thoas mesu things, and R—— tok to his hee!s, followed by the writer and eres from the old man to come back and he'd ‘'threw in the old womsn, too."—Ft. Wayne Sentinel. HOTEC ARRIVALS. Palmer Howse—H, A, Earle, Baltimore; 0. D. S- fon, London; George W. Harmon, Boston; B. 3. Foster, Louisvile; William Parsons, Boston; Joo G, Sharp. Juckson; Frank F, Stone, C, San Francisco; James H. Fairbanks, Indiana; T. J. Bates, Springtield; James G. Hill, St_ Punt; Join rriman, Maryland; Fred F. 0. Nichols, New York; Seley V. Smith, San Franctsoo ; J.C. Zaye francisco, nd Pacy cumbe, San eon CFOS 3. Tutile, Tors; Wr N, Smith, Baltimore; E. Van Duzaa, Vicksburg ‘H. Pooples, Philadelphia the Hon. G.B. eyenne; At. O'Connor, Toronto; J. eas ‘H. Hall, Washington; W, P. Harvey, Baltimore; C. c het 2888 Central 3 EL, Bonner, Montana; {, Haraltine, Jr., and Thomas Sturges, New York; E. Gravea, New York..... House—B, { Pearl Saka New York; = oa wae, Piglscelste: |, BM. Price, Newark; Enos T, Jones, New York; J. Binchir, 82 Lonis ; Pailadelnica . Monson, Toronto; J. Goles, Marquette; Z Hay. EL Bi Foster, ‘New York; ice, 3 Jotfery King, St, Louis; P, B. Noe, Ciucinostl; B.'H. The Hon. D. W. H, Frene ot 100, Daven : Georg B Ratechnalder, Ban Branclaoei . W, Atatens ‘Malice, +e Wi sede, Kew Turks | EUROPEAN GOSSIP. “Master of the Ceremonies ” at Bath. An Old Office to Bo Revived—Reminis- cences of Bean Nash. Closing of a Historic Pleasure-Re- sort in London. English Servants and Their Class: Rules--A French Romance. “MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES” AT BATH. The London correspondent of the Boston Post saya: “ Tt is almost impossible, even in custom- bound England, to revive s custom which bas fallen into desuetuds. But itis now proposed to resuscitate an official who, indispensable to watering-place society a century ago, is ueede? to restore the ancient prestige of one of tue chief English resorts. In a word, there is seriona talk in the plessant cathedral city of Bath of restor- ing the office and dignity of ‘ Master of Core- monies.’ The Bath Pump-Room and Assembly- Room are still trysting places of no mean repute : but somehow, in recent yoars, the fame of “Bath hos waned, and other resorts—mainly maritime—have deprived ber of somewbat of her whilom lustre, So it is that some of ber wore enterprising citizens, looking about for a cause and remedy, have come to the conclugion that thé Master of the Ceremo- nies, called sometimes the ‘King of Bath,’ was one of those indispensable personages who should not bave been allowed to fall into ob- scurity. In old times there wore, indeed, Mas- ters of the Ceremony at all social resorts—men of infinite grace, perfect masters of the suaviler in modo, in immaculate attire, with absolute presence of mind, an inexhaustible fund of con- veraational resource, and on terms of pleasant acquaintance witb all the fashionable world. But it was a¢ Bath that the Master of the Ceremonies held. the most unquestioned, conspicuous, and successful sway; and one of them at least, Beau Nash, by his superlative elegance and grace, has won for himself a lasting place in the social his- tory of Britain during tho eighteenth century. It is charming snd smusing to read the descriptions of bim in the boous of the courtly govsipers, Who has not imagined bim in bis Spotless, big-rimmed white hat, his ebining cabriolet with their four dashing and not-to-be- matched gray steeds, mounted by postilions in skull-caps snd-with french horns. Boau Nash, as Master of tha Coremonies, was a8 inexorable aa ho was bland and winning. Tue Pamp-Room and Assembly had rules and regulations which were perfectly cast-iron ; and the potentate who euforced them wag utterly bliud tothe rank, guality, and sox of those who infringed them. ine day a Duchesa made her appearance at an Assembly ballin an apron, The Beau, with all hig suavity, reminded her Grace that such an article of apparel was quite contrary to the rules. Her Grace refused to acquiesce, when the ‘King of Bath’ caught hold of the apron aud without undue violence detached it, profoundly bowing the while, from Her Grace's stataly pergon. And be was applauded and backed by all Bath society, and bis dominion was more unquestioned than ever. Onanother occayion several noblemon diaoboyed the regulstion that gentlemen should Jay auide thoir swords after dinner, This was to prevent disastrous conscquences in cases of quarrels over the wine and puach. Beau Nash peraiuted in requiring the swords to be laid aside, aud, after a feeble resistance, the merry-makers were forced to yield. There is no telling how many fairdamsela of high degree wero over- come by the Beau's jer/ect costume and mag- pifcent manners. He ia said to have 16 ceived a tempting iittle pile of scented billeta every morzing st the breakfast table; and there ia reason to believe that once he came very near violadiog thes> social pro- pricties, which appeared to riso to the d-anity of religion with him, by oloping with the very willing daughter of a noble Earl. However all this may be, certain it is that Baan Nash was a veryessen- tial part and parcel of the prosperity of old-time Bath. He made things pleasant all round. He Preserved order in the Pump-Room und the As aembly, He mediated in ali tho quarrels of the jonlons gallants, He accommodated the dowa- gora by insroducing young men of great ‘ex- pectstions’ to their eligibie daughters. He made up nest matrimonial matches betwoen poor Viscounts, descended from the Normans, snd rich tradezmon’s widows, of portly form and purae, from the ‘city.’ Nobody, who could claim’ to be anybody, necd etay at Bath four and twenty hours, while he was ‘Ring,’ and complain of being lonely. Ho took up the new arrivals with well-bred zeal and in- troduced them all round to the old habitues. He delighted in showing off the attractions of his kingdom to intelligent foreigners. He found paituers at tha Assembly balls forall who wished to trip the light fantastic toe; whisked up the ladies who fell down with gach rapid grace that their partners were scarcely coxnizant of the catastrophe; and flitted from ball-room to card- room, from ‘card-room to pump-rcom, with such good judgment that he was always, at any given foment, on the spot where his ready services were moat noeded. *The Masterof the Ceremo- nies,’ [read recently in a London publication, -was bland, amisblo, and not passionate. He was fall of keen discrimination and sbrewd knowledge of the world. He could tell su impostor at a lance, aud spy out a swindle in the lobby of the famp ‘Room ; but whon he was once satisfied of the respectability of a visitor, his complsisance as intermediary knew uo bounds. He brought people together. He broke the ice; and he broke it more effectually with tho tap of a white- kid-ploved fioger anda few polite phrases, than a thwack with a Thor’s hammer would have done, He chipped away rough edges, presctib- ed an infallible cure for basbfulneas, and greased the wheels of the cbariot of life.’ Ic is such s medium of good cheer, scquaintance, and cheer- fal order that the ‘ best citizous’ of Bath pro- pose to revive ; nor can thes well bo blamed.” ‘THE HANOVER SQUARE ROOMS, A bistoric pleasure-resort (gays a London let- ter) ia about to have “ finis” written against its record, For more than # century the “‘Havover Square Rooms” have been the pleasant acene of aelect concerts, whither the aristocracy and peo- ple of means havo been in the havit of repairing to enaconce themselves cosily and listen to the yery beat compositions, aung by the most famous artists, They are uow to be closed tothe pub- fic, and will henceforth be devoted to the private club, which bas just been formed and dubbed the ‘Cercle des Etrangera.” The earlier remin- iseences of Hanover Squate Booms relate to Sir Joba Gallini, who buitt them. * @sllini was an Italian, a hideously ugly man, a weg and wit, hand and glove with Garrick, and the danciug-master of the children of George II. He married a daughter of Lord Abingdon. The Rooma were first’ designed by Nir Jobo as 3 dancing-hall, and thas they were used until near the close of ‘the Iaat century, when a geries of “Ancient Concerts” was givea there, This de- yoted them to musical porpoe which they have over aince retained. What sn illustrious roll of porformers and of audiences can the Hanover ‘Square Rooms exhibit 1 One of the directors of ‘Arcient Concerts was the great Duxe of Welling- ton. ‘There, early in the century, Catalani sang, and John Braham, the sweet-voiced father of the resent Countess Waldegrave, and Rubini aad ‘Diache. It was in Hanover Square that the peerless Mahbran won her most pleasing tri- Emphs. When tho geunt aod fiery Paganini este to England, be drew packed audiences of Earls ana Duchesses to the same place, to listen to hia strange conquest of the violin. Hanover Square Rooms bsve kuown Dragonetri, chief of violoncello; Thalberg and Listz, of course, on the piano; Mario and Grisi, Formes aad amo- dio, Alboni and ‘Titiens, snd the young face of sweet prima donnas, of whom Adelina Patti, Nilsson, and Lucca, are the pro-ewinent trium- virate. Indeed, no’ prima donna or bazeo, nor tenor nor contralto, who naa woo a namo and ap- pesrod in England since the ceututy came in, ao ‘eat piavist or performer on etringed and wind ‘atrumenta, has been a atraoger to that bistorie platform. loyalty bas made the piace » famil- far resort, from tho padded and frilled Regout and his fat, good-natured brothers, to the ebil- dren and cousins, one and all, of hor present Majesty. Everybody who had any pretense at ‘sll to musical taste found pleasuro in the enter- tainments of tacse Rooms when the opera grow wearisome and the theaties od. *_ ENGLISH SERVANTS, Moncare D. Contay, ia a Loudon letter to the Gineinnati. Commercial, asys: “ Althongh all ‘of recovering the jewels of Lady Dndley baa vibiahed—dbelr real value was £30,000— there is atill » good deal fof speculation about their disappearance, and a pretty general beliaf that some one of his Lordship’s servants must have been at least an accomplice in tho traneac- tion. It is difficult to believe thas a box of such value introsted to the care of servants could have disappeared in a railway etation from unwilling bands, or thst an outside thief coxid have Imown fo much about the move- merts of the femily as .to have bean on the spot at the precise mo- tment. However this may be, there is no donbt that the English nobility have a way of employing servants which offers grand oppor- tunities to rogues. In most cages, the ontaide of the servants is the chief thing. If the coschman or footman is good looking ia bis livery, and of the required dimensions, his character 18 not in- qnired into. A well-known Duke recently adver- tised for s footman of exactly & feet 11 inches ands half in height, whose sole business it would be to stand at the pack af his coach beside another of like ststion. A youth, now in the employ of a lady of my acquaintance, applied for the advertised position, ‘snd says that his charac- ter was not asked for; he was tsken mto the servants’ ball and measured, and dis- missed for lacking the balf-inch demanded by the Duke. ‘here is a passion for tallnesas ip servants, and of one noble family, at least, it is arateto admit no man servant under 6 fect. There are six of these eminent personages in theic fine mansion. The English servanta are good loolang, noat, and constitutional funkeys aod flankeyessos. ‘They are very shrewd, and have their class rules 2s woll defined as any Uade union. Downing street does not possess more pigeop-holes and red tape than » mansion of the wealthy. Ao upper housemaid would die at the stake before she would do a bit of work that came within the prov- ince of the under bousemaid. A swell butlar would throw up bts position ia the face of the Lord Chancellor himself if he were ex- pected to black Lis own boots. Thero are many boys of 18 keot ia brass buttons, and, in many, an instance, the sole duty of this boy is to brush the clothes and boots of the butler, the master of tho house having bis own separate valet. Of course, it is not pride which has mace the in- flexible lava of etiquette among these servants, by which they refuse to step oat of an official grocve of fancrion, It is tae determination of their class to preserve the conventions! num- ber of the servants required for avy first- housebold. They paiticularly disike servants from other countries, especialiy the Germans, because, if well paid and well treated, they will do anything requested of them.” A FRENCH ROMANCE OF 1875. Near the Town of Csstres dwails s noble fami- ly called Fayrand d’ Aurilhon. Tho eidestson of the house lately fell in love with a young lady of Castres, whose birth was far from the caste of ‘Ver de Vere. Madame de Gayreup 4’ Aurilhon forbade the marnags, and the Marquis being but 23 years old, could not legally contract it. After vainly trying to shake his mother’s resolution, he ‘betook himself to Castres, whence he sent a let- ler, calling the Marchioness thither upon busi- ness. Without icion she set out Her son, meanwhile, Isy biding oear with brs sfiauced, who defied elander under the guardianship of grocer’s lady. As goon as the ancestral carriage had disap- peared, quite early in the morning, the Marquis and foar friends, with the ladies, made their ap- pearance in the Vills Chapel, where the Care was just beginning masa. Safely entered, Medemoi- solle thiew off her cloak, and showed a bridal drees, orange flowera, veil, and all. The Marquis also displayad the traditional tail-coat and white eravat, Very considorable astonished, the priest went through his service, at the end of which the pair knelt suddenly before bim, and M. Henri d’Aurilbon exclaimed very loudi;, “I declsre ‘Mulle, Bianche Bonacant my wife!” “ And 1,” replied the lady, “take M. Henri for my lawfal basband!" The pneat thereupon turned and sn away. Following into the veatry, the eccen- trio young people summoned him fo give & cer- tificate, which he of course refused. ‘The wedding-party then proceeded to the cha- tean, where M.d’Aunihon assembled bis mother’s sorvants and preseated bis wife tothem. A great foass was ordered, to provide which they had to break open all the drawers, cnpboards. and plate cLesta, since the Marchioness had carried off her keye. That lady, warned bf an old servant, bas- tily came back, taking up ou her way the village policeman, At signe of bim the wedding guests dispersed suddenly; bride and bridegroom also made themselves scarce. But they persisted in tho validity of their marriage, and a fow days after M. Henri expressed his intention of com- ivg bome. Thereznoa the motner appealed to the Magistrates of Toulouse. After one decision against her, they decided that the young Mar- quis d’Auridjaon had no right to bring s bride against his mother’s will into a house where his sisters lived; and they farther pronounced indi- rectly tiat Mile. Blauche Bouscat was not mar ried at all Two Thousand Miles Away. A Jacksonville (Florids) exchange announces the arrival in that distant city of Mr. Ira Brown, the famous resl-estate operator, of Chicago, who, in company with his wife, is seeking the benefits of that magnificent maritime climate to accelerate bis recovery from his late very severe attaok of typhoid fever. Mr. Brown’a presence in the suburbs generally means businesa, wheth- er te is sick or not, and some of his frienas pre- dict that, before he has been in Jacksonville a fortnigbt he will have divided the place into sab- urban bome lots after the manner of Park Ridge and Evanston, aud placed that whole region in the market as'a now sddition to Chicago. eee eg The New Coal. ‘The demsnd for the SX Shawnee coa) has been so great during the past week that in some instances orders were not fillod as promptly as desired ; but the Baltimore & Ohio Coal Com- pany have incressed their team force, and the railroad Company have ordered more cars from Baltimore to supply the demand, and hereafter ordere will be promptly filled, ‘The coal ia be- coming ®& great favorite, and is now the most popular in market. See advertisement on first page. sre Pet “by at cersia remot for coughs and calds, Dr, Jayno’a Expectorant, ADVERTISING. 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We have remored our dental rooms from MoVioksr’s and £0 Wem Madison-st. to Clark-st., corner Kandolph, Fora few days longer we will insort a fall sot bost gum taeth for on'y $8 Thousands in tila city can toxtify to thle tack. Why pay 220 to Sal cleewhere for tho same? Money refunded fn avery lnstance it perfect sacisfaction isnot given; or, satisfaction trast ant a second if doubt it, Teoth extracted wituout pais. Fil Gravel by our moet akillful operators, at half the uscal rates, Open trom Torclock ia the noraing pati 10in thesroning. R.H.R. PHILLIPS Dentist, 169 South Clark-st., bet Madison and Monroe, Best Gum Sets: Bost Plain Sets....- 3 Siver Funuge, from 33 Peoth Extracted without p ia. ALL WORK WARRANTED.