Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 27, 1875, Page 3

the rite of the Houee, and moved tnto it with hia family, re! ng the preralsea inthe tower part of tho city ann place of buatnosa ouly. Fromm a very early poriud of hia life, William DB. Astor waa bis father's principal asuistaut. fe learned the fur business thoroughiy, and nequired, too, thoee babita of industry, porseverauce, and economy which finally mado him tha Rotbachild of Ametica. Hin father intrustod the trade ho had built up so woll atmost wholly to tho man- agemont of hin gon, no tat the latter may bo aaid to havo himself nccurmnlated imuch of tho Sorting, accruing to him whon Joba Jacob Astor ied. Aftor somo yoara the old far-trader bogan to send his waros to China, receiving in return con- signments of ton, a buainess that soon became enormously profitable, Johu Jacob Astor toabted hia slroady large fortune (n @ very short me. THE RICHEST AMERICAN. Pesth of William B. Astor---His Last Days. AFortune Estimated at More than One Handred Million Dollars, aFanily of Mllllonalres---How the Enor= mous Wealth Was Accumulated, fhe Great Library That the Fathor Founded and the Son Enlarged. New York Sun, Nov. 25, ‘The door of tho small, unpretonding office at $5Prince stroot was closed yosterdsy, and ona pif sheet of note-paper wors tha words, «closed in consequonca of the death of Mr. Wiuiam B. Astor.” A notico was alao posted at she entrance of tho Astor Library announcing jnet the institution was to be closed at 3 o'slock, p consequence of the doath of tho Prosidont. Only the immodinto relatives and friends of tho pilicoaire kuew that ho had been Ill, and the sanouncement of hie death, even after it had speared on tho nowepapor bullotin-boarda, was motived almost with {ncradulity, No crapo jung at the door of 872 Fifth avonuo, but tho Wode of all the windows wero drawn down. A wrvant drossed in black, who opened the door metry vo or elx minutos: to anawer fo inquirles of the throng of visit- m, ssid ho had beon Inetrncted to admit wbody, and to auswor no quostions with regard bthe death of tho mastor of the house. For a yar peat Mr. Astor bad been failing, not in bis ymeral hoalth, for almost to the Iaat ho seamed fo be robuat and strong, and despite his 83 he attended to his business as efficiently whe bed done in tho primoof his busy life; but wee who watched him closoly noticed a grow- bpirascibil:ty and impatience, While the al- jwations recently mada in tho Astor Houao wero inprogress, ho visited the building atmont daily, wdseamed to take an absorbing intorest In tho wk, Ho usually drove to his office in Princo seeet at about half-past 10 in tho morning, and nasined in the dingy little room in which » large part of bis onormous wealth was amaasod woul balf-past 12, TNE LAST DAY IN TIS OFFICE. On Baturday morning taat Mr. Astor went to YW ofico in bis carriage as usual, His health ding the weck had boon oxcollent, though ho Mdaslight cold; but it did not trouble him sock. He gave tho necessary diractione to tho wistanta in his offico in tho customary way, jmoectod his own business with his ordinary weolarity and promptitude, and nobody aus- pated that be was uittiog at bis deek for tho tuttroe. Bhortly after 12 o'clock he walked tton the stops in front of his ofllso, and atood ft s fow minutos without an overcoat look- hg up ond down Prince street, Ho drovo toma, and soon after ho had roachad bis deut tho cold that ho had supposed to bavo ben almost cured began to givyo bim more ftonvenience than Le had yot experienced. Be rutirod arly, and passed a somowhat tmtéth and rostless night, bolng troubled ys cough that becamo hourly moro govore. Toxard morning it subsided, and ho slept for a » fwhoors. On Sanday morning ho awoke with $Hte throat, and his family physician was sum- noed. The doctor found bim coughing violent- \ytod suffering undor slight attack of bron- iti, Dr. Barker arrived soon afterward, and foend the symptoms growing more and mora un- Wi orable. “Most of his immediato rolatives wero W tho bedside, but thoy did not enticipate any Hutdaocer uatil Dr. Barker told thoi that, al- Viough the discase might be succossfully com- Datel In the caso of @ younger paticut, ina man ‘wold aa Bir, Astor thore was groat danyor of Wwchitia developing into poenmonia, which, vider the clreumstonces, would almost certainly ‘eminato in doath, ‘THE DEATINED BCENE. Beslizing hia peril, Mr, Astor's sons remained this bedside all day, and, in the afternoon, it Tuscteat that his lunge were becoming aifected. Hobreached laboriowely, and coughed with in- STUDENT Liv, Nithorto his son had received no book edaca- tion beyond what ho had bean able to give him- eolf in tho few hours anatchod from the pursuit of bin business, But now his fathor, reslizing that tho future management of bis increasing bustners must,to continue successful, be intrust- ed to ono possessed of a bettor education than ho had givon his aon, sont him to the untvernity of hia native town, Heidelborg. ‘Therotho young student mado oxcellont tne of his opportuiition, learning faat, and obtaining numorous honors in the collogo. Ho became a thorough German linguist, & branch of knowlodge which subse- quently was of {uostimable norvico to him. Ho yas also an accomplished munician, and, like all Gorman atudents of that doy, and indeed of our tino, ho becamo a skilful wwordaman, Mo ro- mained in Germany soveral yeare, aud returnod to Amorica ouly whoo bia fathor felt his presonco indispensable to tho maoagomont of hia busl- ne! ‘ow sirollen to coloassl proportions. lam 3. Astor bad nat lot his taste for business, and aftor travellug ontiraly ovor Ku- ropo, which at that timo waa by no menna the nimple journey of to-day. ho returned to Naw York, aud onco more ontored tho fur etore. His uncle, Henry Astor, in whom wan tho saine aptl+ tudo for amassing monoy that seoms to havo characterized overy member of the family, bad accumulerad a Yast fortunc, He wae greatly at- tached to civ nophow, and on hia death ho be- questhed to ‘im 8600,000, Thia legacy did not tompt Willinm B, Astor to forsake hia father's business. Ho invested the money, and carried on tho fur trade with groater onorgy than aver. His father's incroasing ago and infirmities rou- dered bis attention to tue business uncortaln, and finatly almost tho entire management fell upon the son, Out of the profits of hia trado Jobn Jacob Astor bad purchased the sita upon which hia dwolling in Broadway was built, and in 1835 he built the Awtor MHougo on it, and transferred tho whole property to his son. Boon afterward ho gave him tho renldenco in Lafayette placo, adjoining the Astor Library. In 1848 John Jacob Astor died at tho age of 83 or 84 years, leaving an ostato valued at upward of $20,000,000, His willis summarized as follows: JOUN JACOB agTOn's WILL. b Antor's will ta dated Deo, 39, 1836, and acer Dorothea, wife of William Langdon, t household furniture and silver plate, ox: copt his new wervice, Also tha income of $100,003 of New York city stocks, OJ ahares of tho stock of the Dank of America, 1,000 shares Manhattan Company stock, $25,000 deposited with the New York Life In- Burance and Trust Compauy, house and lot in Lafo~ elte place to her use during life, and on her death to er surrlving children, BxcoND OLausr.—John Jacob Astor Langdon, Eliza Astor Langdon, Louisa Langdo., Walter Langdon, Jr., Woodbury Langdon, Cocelia Langdon, Eugene Lang: don, children of the decedent daughter Dorothes, ail the decedonts lola on tho caaleriy ‘aide of Lafayette place; also, bin tote in tho rear of raid lots, extonding fotho Bowery ; also, bis onda betwoen Charlton, Mor- ton, and Grecowich streota ond Hudson'a River, belng one bundred and — lots, to hold tho same during thelr lifé in equal shares, and on their desth to their surviving issue; and in case of dosth without issue, then to tho decedent's other grandchildren, ‘Tatnp CLavex.—To oach’ of the tetator’s qrand- children twelve lota in Broadway and $25,000 cach. Fount Cauax.—To the teatctor’a grandson, Oharles Dristed,a lot of land on the westeriy side of Lafayette place, adjoining tho testator’s houso; also, the house and lot that the testator Iivad in at tho time of making tho will, and nino lotain Eighth avenue, corner of Twenty-sixth street ; alko, forty-threo 1a Beventh avenuo; slso, eight lowe in Avenue A, bolwcen Slath and Seventh stroete; also, the Astor country seat in Aptorin, and thirlean acres of lend; also, twon- {yjtve lots tn Varick treet; lao, the ‘interest on Firtit Chavse.—To teatator's daughter Eliza, Mrs, Y,ttumpfty 8 fe income of the interest on $130,000, a thonsand shares in tha Merchants’ Bank, 1,604 share: in the Mechanica’ Bank, and, in the oveut of her com ing to New York City to ve, $50,0.W of reul entate, to be selected by her from the testator's rosiduary uscato, to bo ueld by her during her lifo, #f abe alioald continuo her residence in New York Qity; the principal to goto her children at hor death, 1x7 Ch.avaK.—To tho teatator’s Jacob, William, the di grandsons, John and Henry, sons of Willlam Li, Astor, sll tho testator’s lands betwoen the Bloomingdale road, Hndsou Hiver, Forty-socond atreet, and Fitty-fent atreet, in tho proportion of two shares to Joba, uud ono aised violence mud’ froqnoncy. Still bia | share cach to William and. Houry, to bold during their frength wae wonderful, ‘Had’ he possesred | life, provided that tho teatator's son William, if elther of them abould become unworthy of the davieo, might fa iality,” said Dr, Bartor, “ho could not bia lasted so Jong.” His indomitablo will, ‘hich had conquered so many obstacles in bis Lng lifetime, supported him to the last, and, supite the unfavorable symptoms, he wos in odepinta, aud scomed coniident.of ultimate weorery. ‘* You"pulled me through one siok- tus, doctor,” ho'asid cheerfally, to the family forician, “audt am sure you will pull mo teroagh fi] ‘Hoe @as speaking of o danger~ ous attack aborit four yrata ago, when he suf- fied, and atmoat died, of inttammation of tho, ‘eos, Hin confidence waa not woll founded. He was vory restioss during Sunday night, yor Mooday morning ho was till sanguloe. dat tte end was ‘rapidly approaching. Monday ficing ® maxed ehauge for the worse wae no- teed, “Hla tespiration beceino painfully op- yee, 40d his congh moro and more violont, Aeepisas right left bim exhausted and faillog “Tuesday porniug, and when the physicians Mtted it Wem evident that the dreaded pnou- ‘Ronia had get in, and that all hope was gonc, Antor: faced death ax calmly as he had the y previotaly looked upon his prospects of his vary, E might,” ho said, “havo lived for mee yea if I nad not caught this cold; but I a dd to go now. F am 84 yoars old,—long fi te Ulotted time of mav,—andgt my ago convoy that sharoto the others at his di¢cretion ; at thelr death, the same to tbeir isaue, or if thero whould be none, to Wiliam 1, Astor, Sgvenrn OLivKE.—To tho testator's unfortunate son Jobn Jacob Astor, $5,000a year; andif he should be restored, $10,000 8 seer; and if'he should have chil- dren, to cach ous $5,000 per aunum, Exanra OLavse.—To the four dangbtors of George Aator, tho tostator’s orothsr, $20,000 ww hia soa Jonoph, $25,000; to William’ H, ff, $1u,0W; to George Astor, Br., $3,000; to the tostator's brother Goorgu’s ‘widow, £100 sterling FeaTly 10, tho teatator’s nioco Sophia, in Germany, $5,000; tu his siswr Catherloe, $1,000; to the chiluren of hor daughter, Maria Moore, Nnerm Cravsz.—To the German Society of City of New York, $1,0.0: tothe German Iteforincd Congre- gatlon, of which the testator was s meinber, §2,0005 to tho Trustcos uf Colambia College, $25.00); to the Asao- ciation for tho Rellef of Respectable Aged Indigent Forualoa in tho Clty of New York, $23,000, Tenzm Ciauar.—''ho residue of the testator’s oe tate to hia sou, William B, Astor. Exevinri CLavse—Oouceruing lenses on property bequeated for life, Rxecutors, William Dr Aston James G, King, Washington Zrving, and dames Calle Aston's APTER THOUGHTS. Codicil 1 revokes the ofghth cleus Sarak Orenbam, $31,000; to nephew pd, $50, to each of the other daughters of the testatot's brot! er Goorge, $2, to usphow Willfam Heury, $300. Year; to nepliew Georgo, $3,000; to tho widow of the Leatator's brother George, $200 a your ; to niece Sophia, in Germany, end sister Catharina, $5,009, to be equally divided ; to each of tha children of ‘George Ebriuger, $1,000; "to tho Germau Society, $23,000, und not 000; | $5,006 to the Soclety for Naif Orpha: “Lestator's grand feces, $3,000; to the Lying- Juin, $2,000; the portions of $100,00U to each of Wi fam’. Astor's daughters are gottlod on them when they atlain the age of 21 yearas to the totlator's son, t becoinas a burden.” In the afternoon a gutsy, sreadually crept over bim, and by slow trieeahe lost {utereat in what was going on Hoccd hm bed. As nipht approached, symp- fas unmistakable to thio practiced eyos of the in attendauce prociaimed that his Nomunts were drawing near, His cough in- net ‘tnd his pulae grew more and more foe iy Ro breathed with greater difiouity than be- n fam BD, Astor, one-half the tentator's residu faye td Was ovident that his powera wore fas | persons ariaie uvetloray: wed ete oa Ey f His mind, however, was little clouded, Ear until Le should expend that brif in the improves Pike spoke rationally to his friouds and relat ae, One of tho physician remainod with him ni itt but Mr. Astor was unable to wloop, ta 2 O'%ctook yesterday morning bla desth may romentarily ‘exacted. fo waa still con- Hats Sod suiticlothy intelligent to Teoog- Dy usfriends, Soom attor 8 o'clock tho Rov. Mpeuguion, pastor of "The Little Church. au Corner,” bav2ng been summoued, pray- tak idetho bed of thed ying man. Mr, Astor pare tte {tthe floly Coramanion, aud then repeated me ds Praver word Dr. Barker lott him mont of the tesiator's rosiduary realestate; and the Temaiuder, unexpended, to yo to his children, Codfest F—Howe in Fomteenth street for tho tetas tor's onfortunate son Jon, with remainder ovar to daugnter Dorothea; $10,.00 per annuin to be expended, by executors for the teststor'a son Jon, The income of $100,000 in Now York Lite Insurance and ‘Trust Company, to Daughter Dorothies ; $100,000 to oach of thechilaren of Doroibes, end bine ote in Grand atreet ; aud the codicil aids per year of niece Boplia in Germany, mid Codirw $-Desiring to render a public benefit to the City of New York, aud to coutributo to the advance. ment of useful knowledge and the gouoral good of #0 large of tho otlusr physlelany, supposin; ciety, 1 bequeath $100,000 fora public Hora cone Exitemight live pactiape Cor two baues, and | auish emits want cee es EAT con rhe distely after bo eank into s stupor, from | sulteble buiding and furniabing and supplying the i 28 didnot awake. Almost prooisely at mire aro nie to tin th all (ang appeete inna to: y a library for got nthe mos Mout bine Sock Be died ao quietly tuat thogo | 3 Jibeary fo character, andin Wotraylug the necessary 4 him hardly Koew bo lad yout filite membors of tis family and a fon aid it a Mdamere at bia odds. re sera . Aator’s threo surviving sons at Hen Jacob, Willinty, and ‘ifenry “Aare oon hie Duaao Sifere, Atta: Jolin Carey sad Mrs, Frank ». WO Loavos @ grr Weot'the Hou. Joa W. Chanior eat the easar. expanses in taking care of the property and proving for the soconimodation of persons conaultiug tho libre ry, ‘The brary 18 to be wccessiblo at all Foasonable Uours for general uso, "The library to be dirocted by eleven Trustees, {ncluding the Muyor of the City of New York and the Chancellor of the Biata of New York, ‘Tae Trivtecss sball rucetye no compensation for their worvices, I direct tat the public Uurary eball boon my land, corner of otto plave aid Art Wty TE FUNERAL, stree! Whaat 4. Jarown, sexton of Grace Church, |” Guiicil4 revokee the $25,000 to Columbia College, ‘the ‘ave charge of the funeral arran, meute. odicli 6 gives totho toutator’s graudchildr Wal: Temalus wure placed on ico yeutanes {am Astor, Charleu Bristed, Jun Jacob Astor, jay, and lay, Cee umterted on Saturday in Trinity Como- Re regatmunas dle, in tho family vault, in which aiue of" Mira. Astor were deposited four ube D, Langdon, and Eilza Lanyon, cach, a lotin Lafayette Piss, sud two lots to the’ tailator daughter, inv, ngdon, alvo to Lafayette place; to Fitz-Ureuie Mul: tock, $200 m year: $20,000 to the poor in ‘Waldart, @ runt: qiPe, funeral services aro to be por | marty to the German Steyn Bh, By, De tiaity Obapel at U:16a, m. by the | $90,00), af which the tratater tad already advane Potter ae Diz, the Right Rev. Biehop | $15,647.50. tut init’ Hee. Dr. Houghton, the Rev. De, Mi Gucses 4 4—$5,000 per annum to the testator's son-tn- ‘ falter Langdou, late Thompson, and the Rev. Joun W. aacbit a laginy 3t ,000 to each of the « pall-berers will be Thomas W. sacilon, wghlers of ill a tor te made dlecretionary 4 atatlo, Obarles _ O'Co Gov, lap, ob2 +4, ‘Die, Charles F. Southmayd, Daa: iam MI. Evarté, andthe Hon, a ‘The coftin bears a ailver plato Edwin Smith, George B, Smith, and {Villlam W. Bruce were the witnesses, The will waa ad- mutted to probate April 8, 1848. ‘THE GREAT LIBRARY, The institution with which Wilitam B. mame {6 popularly identiied ia the Astor Li- brary. ‘The original fund for foundiug it was $400,000, of which §100,000 was for tho site, building, and purchase of books, and $180,000 Was to be used from time to timo to increase the brary. The remainder was to consi fervo fund, Since the institution wi upwards of 900,000 has been expen and Willlam B, Astor, out of hla priv ave Mr, Cogawell, a former Librani sy of 5,000. The tras gift was ma. or'a 4 aeereseseevesveses : Witt 3, Aston. 3 Born teptember 19, 11 H Disd Wer, cry ia Pe esis, Yortwent y yeara Mr. Astor wes a ber of Ere eh but as liu age Increased Lia found ft iu! traveling ao far to ice be cared to unerg: ily he terme 0, and recently he termi- Bibb muetaberahip.” Por some rege oem sa eanplated Joining auother le in when the firs building was furnished, After- mug his reuldonce, but bad not fully | ward Me. Astor gave the Trusteou a uit Which ono to connect himuelf with, if doep by 80 feet wide, upon which « Sosous ona Joba Jesob aaron YooTu. batt Tattdin was erected. In 1808 he gave the igen, wun bose iS gel ate OF Willam 3B. library 20, of whist 000 was invested (o berg, coming to Ooks. jourg the orlgia rusteog fede ang Neatly lite, ecabarved to thu® tur | Library wore Wilivea DD ator, Washingtow 10° ing, Joseph O, Cogawell, sod Fitz-Greene Hal- eo! Mr, Astor was a much more liberal man than was penetally supposed, bub tiously, and many of theo his benstactions usver knew the ‘Tidah libetal gilts, On one subsoripi Ust ia a tama house’ ee 224 lived with bis fara) ly io i ‘ears after the birth of a are eS Be ee THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 27, 1875.—TWELVE PAGES. 9 aon of a won 3" the River was Mr. Astor, who waa not ® Mason bim- Relf, though hia fetbor bad been an rotive mem- ber of the ordor. RECOLLECTIONS OF ASTOR, William B. Astor's aldest brother was ® peraon of eccentricities, and could not De trusted stoun. Histutor was spepiutad: hia guardian at @ band- fomo salary and altonded him wheraver ho went, Mio waa ofton very viotout in hin dealings with fhose with whom’ ho came in contact, and bis quartets with hia guardian were frequent, Ho was socludod from noctety an far an posnible, and was for a ong time confined in hia houxo at Fourteenth stroot and Ninth avenue, and there ho died a few yeara ago, Wiltiata 13, Antor livod for slong time in Tie fayette place, ina manson adjoining the Astor Tabrary, #10 owned 2,609 houses and bullding- lots in'thia city, and hia total was rocently eatl- mated at 8150,000,009, Me, Astor had moro improved real entate than any four meu in the city, oxcluding William Rblnolander, the Goolets,’ A. T. Btewart, and (no Beakmans, Most of the larga tonomont houses around Tompkina uquare and alon Firat avenue and Avenuos A and B bolo to tho Astor estate, as also do wholo blocks in Sixth avenne, from Sixteenth street to Forttoth streot, Tho old Bowbry Theatro aud tho old Park Toeatre wore on his land. Ho waa always ready to buy real catate where ho could got it cheap. It wae his rule never to soll nyy of hia houses or tote. Ito leased tho most of his lots for twenty-ona years, with tho atipulation that the lossee should build on them, On the expiration of tho leases tho buildings re- Yorted to him with tho lots. waa tho only instance iu which he with bia real entate, parted For somo unexplained roa- gon KG sold this placa to his son, John Jacob, for $1. BELF-INBULED, Nono of Willism B, Astor's property was in- sared. Ho believed like Mr, Stewait that the cost of insurance would be greater then hia lonsos, Tho terma of his fathor's will probioitod tho building of browo-stono houses, as thoy wore too oxtravagant. Ho strictly abided by this role, and tho brown-stono houses that be owned he bought from others, as thoy raverted to him on tho expiration of leases, ‘Ihe most of tho residences that ho built on Madigon and Fifth Syonucs and Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth streota in recent yoars were of Nova Scotia free atone or brick with atone trimmings. Mr. Astor attended nereonally to the rental of his renl ca- tato, and was avaisted by hin sons and agents, Mr. Hallock sad Mr. Bruce. His office wan at No, 8G Princo street, and he wont to the office every day until very recently, Ie rotired Mr. Bruce on 4 pension. In 1870 Mr. Astor paid two million dollars taxes on bis housesand tote. Among the places that he owned outside of New York is Greco Bay, Wis, ‘THE ABTOR PASIILY. Mr. Astor novor held @ public office. His whole life. wba spent in tho management of his fortune. To leaves throe sous, John Jacob, William B,, nod Henry. Noithor of thom hau soy business purauit, Henry, tho youngest son, ivherited tho cetato of his unclo, Johu Jacob, six years ego. He married the daughter of o poor farmer in Barry- town, Dutchess county, against tho wishee of hia rolatives, Since his marriago ho bas rotired to @ place noar Hudeon, and he raraly comes to tho city, although the most of bis property {s hero, ‘the Aator oatate dosconde to Jolin Jacob, tba eldest eon of Willlam B. [lo is about 60 yoara old, and bas ono gon, William. Tt has boon the custom in tho Astor family for threo genorations to deposit 9100,000 in Wants at the birth of a son or daughter, the monoy and tho intorest to be given to the child wen be or sho becamo of age, Air. William B. Astor had throo daughters, tho eldest of whom was tho tirst wife of Sam Ward. Anothor tas the wifo of Frank Dolano, of Grin- nell, Minturn & Uo., and the third is married to Mr. John Carey. Hon, John Winthrop Chan- ler married ono of bis granddaughtors, ‘Mr. Antor was sharp aud ozacting in bis busi- ness dealines. As his friouda oxprosed it, “When ho paid ont a cent ho wanted aceut in return.” Ho waa not 60 prominont in charitable Works ag wag hig wife, who dicd a few years ago. Sho was® mauager in sovoral charitable institutions, and gavo away a fortune among the poor. She was a daughter of Gon. Armstrong, te was related to the family of Alexandor Ham- n, Agton's WEALTH. Few York fortd, ov, 25. -It would be difficult to dotermins ths extent, aud wholly impossible to dotermino the yaluo, of his property, elther real or porgonal. It Probably wggrogates nearly 800,000,000. Mr. Astor paid moro texes on real eatato than any other man in the countrr. He paid aunoally aa taxes on his real propo: $500,000, which ia ono aevontioth of the whole amount of the tax collected annually in this city. The assossed valuo of his real estate ts undoratood to be somo 150,000,000, with a probable actual value of some $75,000,000, He owned real estate in every ward and in nearly every avonuo and etroct tb thia city, aod it waa aaid of him that io every milo that ho walked or rade he passed somo batldings owned by him. Hie possession of real property was confined almoet exclusively to this city, with the oxception of his country seat, a tract of gome C00 acres in the Township of Red Hook, in this State, aod 8 few hundred acroa of - lund fo the Woat, which be took io payment ot dabta, About one-sixth of his real estate is locked up in long losaea, some of which aro expir- ing almost every day, while maay will continue in full force aud effect for muny years to come, Hia property {a all improved, and be does not own a ginglo vacant lot. Boforotho War, a groat deal of it was unimproved, but about 1862 ho be- gaa the policy, which has since been faithfaliy carried ont, of building ae rapidly aa possibly, and of toaring down old rookeries and putting up plain but substantial business stractures or Beraliteeshendes in accordance with the charactor of the locality, In all bia bulidings be hag ax- uilb.ted SUAS piabineia and simplicity that havo characterized the man aud tho fawily. At onetime ho owsed considerable proporty on Broadway, which he bas, however, gradually sold. Tho larger partof hia real estate is ip the Sixtsenth, Twenty-first, and Twouty-sccond wards. Iloisan oxtonsive owner of property along tho Bowory, through Thirty-fourth atreot, both cast aud woeat, and along Fifth, Sixth, ond. Eighth avenues. The oniy two potablo builu- ings owned by him aro tho Astor House und the Astor Library, tho latter of which is hold by the ‘Trustees of tho library in trust for the purpowea indicated in the trust doed executed by himaolf and bia father. In some strects he has built of recent years divelling-honwea of Tortland stone, while the ordinary rod brick has been used for buildings intendod for bualness purposes, During tho past few yeara ho hss not bought real evtate so largely, but has principally beon engaged in building or oxchan; In almout evory volume of recorded doeda at the Record. or’s offlce the name of Astor occurs conspionous- ly, both in regard to the tranater of single lots and of whole blocks of proporty. It occura fro- quently, also, in tho tracsfor of property as Ruardiso in the Laugdon aud other large estates, showing that not only was ho engaged in opera tons affecting bia owa property, but sctiog tn a represeatative capacity in regard tu proporty Delonging to others, He was also heavily interested in ali tha railroads runoing out from this city in ail directions. He was ® loadug stockholdor in the New York Contint, tho Har- tom & Now Haven, the Hudson Hiver, tho New Jorsoy Contrat, the Transportation Company of Now Jorsoy, aud io a large uumber of othor rail- voad companica, ile has rofused for many yoars to becom # Director in any of the roads, but his wou, Johu Jacob, hos beeu chosen avin o manner Teprossuting bis own and bis fathor’s interoute. —_—_—-____. LIFE'S LOVE, uot seen, Time shall aot at tearu my soo} (ruin the: ‘eare bat hy hour Lyron, Tlove you! Let tho years bring weal or wo, Ay heart will love you through it all, I know, I contd not think nor dream of aught but thee ; Changes nay come, but thou wilt ever ba What thou art : Quoen of my life my own t— Wielding your seaptre of Love; deep in iny heart, your rons, T hold thine image sacred in my breast, Hore, where thy pead haa lain go oft at rest, Safe in these atma, 1'd keep theo all thy life, . Rafe from the storms and shocks of worldly strife. No harm could touch thee in this strong embrece Here be thy hoine,—ty only resting place, : O darling! will the flying years find thee As fondly true as now thou artto met Or, some day, could you take yonr hand from mia And, with these lips that piodge sweet ‘words, My whole life to a fate of bitterness untold? O Gods if 1 but thought your heart could hold Buch change, I'd ‘that I wight die to-night — Now, win ey Misses Wrest aes Ups; oF bt Of thy pure, sweet eyes shining full in mine; While candsely these not, white hands of thing, ry ‘With clinging, cl soothe back the pain Of death.” séthinks to dis thus 4 should Oot complain Of crusl Fate, but bow resigned to ite will Sibongu muy heath oie Oasa aatac face eabe atl it atrOnger syen than Death itself would ber alice wand resign fee thee, Afars circling round tho sun PROF. PROCTOR. Astrology and Superstition+--Uri- gin of Astrelogy as a Science, Relation to It of tho Buflding of tho Great Pyramid-«-Tho Days of tho Week Named by Astrology. Prodictions from tho Stars Respecting Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, and Other Noted - Persons, Correspondence New York Tribune, Boron, Maee., Nov. 21.—Tho subject of Prof. Proctor's third Sunday ovening lecture, “ As- trology and Superstition,” served to illustrate tho present an woll ai tho past history of a false aclonce, Tho account given of the prodictions made by astrologers respecting tho lives of noted Persons of our awn day, was woll calenlated to afford moro amusement to bis audience than bas been tho care with previous jectures. Thero was, however, a groat deal of curious informa- tlon furniabed. Tho inforenco may be fairly drawn that astrology hes o deeper hold in England than bere. Prof, Proctor’s pointed dia- avowal of personal scquaiotance with Princo Albort Edward wae vory amusivg. Tbe loctaro ‘Was not wanting in a moral for beliovora in fuck, but probably proved a disappointment to hearera who had oxpocted it to be tho vehicle of sumo frcebh demonstration as to the special viows which it was undoratood were to bo emphasized in these Sunday discourses, TUE LECTURE, Lapizs Axp GesTLEmweN: You may perlaps suppbse that Iam about to speak of aatrulogy ag though it wero en altogethor contemptible au- peratition, and to express pity for those who bo- Meved in {tof old. Qo ths contrary, I think that of all the orrora into which mon have fallon, in thetr desire to penatrate into faturity, astrolo- gv ts the most respsctabie,—one may even aay the most reasonable. No other method of div- ioation of which I havo ever haard seems wor- thy to be mentioned in company with astrology, which, though erroneous, bad & f3undation in thoughts woll worthy of oonsidoration. Tho reasoulng of the old xetrologera was sound enough. As Ptolomy well romarked in his ‘Te- trabiblion, *'tha Leavonly bodica rule tho fates of men and nations in tho most unmistakabio tho aun, with the environing "(starry overuse all things that are avout tho oartu, not only by changing tha soagous, and bringing to porfection tho produce of ant- mals and the fruitfulness of plaote, the flowing of waters, and the mutations of bodies, but alao by causing changes of the day, of beat and cold. drvnosa ond moisture,” “The imoon also,” Ptolemy proceeda, “who is tha nearest to thio earth, distiis down much Influence, by which things, snimate and inanimate, aro effected and changed, rivers are augmented and diminished secoralny. to her light, the tides vary as abe tines and nats,” etc. Boeing tuat two of the orbs which move fipon the atellor vault are thas potent in terrestrial influences, it was natural that the ancients sould regard the othor moy- tug bodies—the planote—aa possessing also thoir special powors, It was acen that the moon, which travels in o abortor time than the gun round tho earth, posuesses lows influ- ouco than the cup. But other bodios wero seen to havo longer poriods of revolu- tion than tho sgjar your, and therefora if their power wore to bo moaanured by the dimensiona of their paths, and theao dimensions, {u turn, to be measured (a4 seemod roasouable) by tho fongtls of the timo ocoupiad in their rovolution, these bodlos might be regarded a8 exercising @ more porene intloence even than tho sun himsolf. exactly txico as groat bun's, Jcpiter iu twelve yente, and Saturn in twonty-nine, might reasonably bo regarded as rulers of superior digutty to the pau, though lesa glorious in uppearance. Thon, since uo obvious effects are produced by those bodies as thoy change in position, it was natural to attribute to them iutluencos more gubtle, but not the less potent. Thus waa conceived the thought that the fortunes of avery mau born into the world de- poud on tho position of the various planets at the moment of hia birth, If the ralea by which yarious intluouces wero asaigned to the planeta wero somewhat arbitrary, and aren moro arbitrary the rules by which tho effects of planctary .agpects wero to be ascortain- od, it fa atill posaible that theso culos may Lave been formed experimentally, or as wo should now aciontifically. Once admit the cardinal rinciple of astrology, and we seo that rules cau Eg ascertained for prodicting futuro events, We have only to calculate tho position of the stars and planots st tbo kuown boar of onyman’s birth, and to considerhis fortunes, to have facts whence to infor tho mannor fa which thelr infnenca is oxerted, One man’s life would supply little evi- dovco, perhaps; but when the fortunea of many mon wore studied in this way, tho aetrologer (always anpposing his’ first. supposition right) would have materinis from which to forms aystom of pro- diction. Supooge, farther, that a body of the ablest mon in the country carnod out continuous aiudies of tha beavens, carofally calculating untivities for overy person of note, and compar. Ing tho oventa of ‘cach poreon's life with the plauetary uapoots at the moment of his birth, aud cleariy if astrology Lag ony roal basis in’ fact, a trustworthy system must be deduced. Vory likef¥ many of them evolved laws of pro- dictlon outof the depths of thoir moral con- aolousness. Tho later hiatory of astrology has shown che probability of thid; for Uragus bad not long been discovered boforo satrologers protented to have nsoortuined the precise fufn- anco of this planot, Only afew yeara aftor tho diucovory of spots"on the aun a ‘complete sys- tem of divination bad beon founded on the ap- pearance, shape, position, and movements of enucapota, No ono can eupposo the rules for “roadiug the hand” toro baaed on abservation, alll lesa that fortune-tolling by means of cards was founded on a careful comparison of the ro- sulta of shuflling, cutting, aud dealing, with tho subsoquent fortuney of town for whogo onlight- oumout these processes had been carried out. Still astrology was, like alchemy, origioally a science, though a falao ons, Based oa an argu- ment which appuared reasonable enough before tho trua system of tho universe was recognized, natrolugy Heemed to bave every right to be rogarded as a ucience. No oftice could be moro itaportant than that of the satrologor, uo wer. vice coutd bo moro asofal than those he was expected to render, and donbtless believed ho could ronder. It ta only necessary to mention a fow facts of tho known history of astrology to perceive tho outimation m wich of old tuo satrologers were held. : Au lo tho origin of ngtrolony we know little, Philo ageortu that Terah'was skiliod in the eci- enco, aud imparted its mules to hiswon Abraham, who In turn instructed the Egyptians in astralo- ev. ‘This would really moan that the Egyptiaus wore taught astrology by tue Chaldeans, But ‘Tatius says the Egyptians taught the Cualdeans the prmeiples of tho ecionce, It nist be ad- mitted tha! the mot porfect astrolugical build- ing left siauding favors the claim of tho Egyp- fang, Trofor to the’ groat Pyramid. The Bire Nimroud. supposed to have beew bullt on tho rains of tho lowor of Babel, was constructed much lesa exactly, though carefully net east and weet—s custom which hag continued to the ‘resout tina in the casos of sacrod aditicos, We kuow that on the roof or summit of the great temple e1ectod by Somiramis to Belus or Jupiter, tuo Chaldean ustrono~ meru noted cavotully tbe rising and wet. Ung of the heavenly bodies, But in the caso of tho great Pyramid wo have the cleareat evidence uf the purpoue of tho building. (‘The room was hore darkened, and views illustrating the con- atruction of the great Pyramid and of the other pyramids of Egypt wore brought upoo the soreet.} In the tirst place, It was carefully Ori- onted, do that when the eun was due east, or due south, or duo weut, the fact was indicated by the varsiug poultion of the shadows on the four sloping tacos of the pyramid. Withiu the pyra- mid wae s long and perfectly atraight passage, so placed as to pois to the pule-star of the epoch (probably about 2,170 yeara 3. 0.), at the time when this star wa due north and below the true pola of the heavens. Nodoabt the object of this ariaogemont wae to vecure obvervatfous of the lower morldian pasasye of the pole-star, whethor it occurrod by day or by uight, (Figarea were shown lustratiog the position of the coustelistion of the Dragon, whose brightest etar—sinco theo faded in brill- Jauoy—was the pole-ntar of that time.) Othor pictures Miostrate the Egyptian Zodieo temples, aud in oue very curlony one the Dragon ‘was seen to ocaupy precively the poaitlon core responding to tho time when the great pyraild is wupposad to hare been erected. Tue tecturer here touchod on his theory that the description of tho shields of Achilles aud Heroules. both by Homer (and in feos identical io many parts), related to the domed roof of a Zodias ry apie, meutiouing bow the constellations de ear the io it confiem the theary, as; description of the Dragon in the shield ot Her- cules, +e cot, Fill in the central Seid, dnspeakable With eyes oblique rotorted, that aalant ‘ Bhot gleaming fire, He romarked that it was singular that Prof, Piazzi Smyth innisted on finding fo tho great pyramid the evidence of divinely inaplrod know e ge, attributing to the builders battor know)- edge of thoaun's distance, the procorsion of ibe equinoras, cte., than our modern men of sclenco have obtainod. Tue theory seems unsound on the faco of it, seoing that the pyramid han pot subservod the purpose assigned tb it, no ona having understood its reat meaning, Prof, Smvth were, until he found it out, long after the Dullding bad lost tho oxactness of its Rhape, Kaowing tho position hetd by astrology in Egyp- isa countries, and how in Egypt aud Cha(den the movemonia of the heavenly bodies had dven a nacred significance, wo can havo no hesttation io regarding the symbolism of tho gieat prra- maid as astrofogical. Wo learn from }roclan, indoed, that the great pyramid wae terminated at tbo top by ® flat platform on which tha priests made their coleatial observa- ttona, What we know of Oriwtal natioon teachon us that nothing fees than the hope of groat bonefit to themm-eives would have Jed the monarcha of Aeayria and of older Egvpt to make such lavish provia‘on of money and la- bor for erecting groat astronomical obpervato- rea, And justes nowadays some aetronomora tory ia erected for thom, and a tine walary pal they will flud out low, by solar obaarve- tion, to predict tho weather : 60 nodaubt the as- trologers of old persuaded the monarch whom they servod thatif @ suflicient outlay waa mado ‘upon them they would dnd out bor topredict atl events by studying the as;ectof the Loaveun, That this wag tae object of the whole ayetem is clearly shown, iniced, by tho fact that astrolo- gets protended aftarsard to dedace juat auch a webemo of prediction, For ages tho scheme was accepted, Tho lecturer next considered tho influences ascribed to the heavenly bodies. Le firat showed hoy the hours and days came to be rogardod a3 each ruled over by a particular planct, Dividing + the day into twenty-four hours, and tegarding these as ruled over in succcasion by the planets tn the order of their distances (according to tho old system), viz., Saturo, Jupier, Mars, the Sun, Venus, stereury, and the Moon, it will be found that ifthe firat hour of ono day bo ruled bs tho Sun, tho first bour of the next will bo ruled by tho Moon, tho firat hour of tho next by Murs, of the next by Mercury, the next by Jupiter, then Venus, sud of the next by Saturn, nod 89 to the Bun again. Hence the order of tha seven dass, tho Sun's day, the Moon'a day, Mare’ day {ia French Mard:), Mercury's day (3fercredi), Jove's day (veudi), Venus day (Vendredt), and = Saturo’s day, Saturday, or the Sabbath of the Jews. a day of reat with the Ecyptians, becanso an unlucky day for any sore. of work as ruled over by the matofic planet Sat- urn, The Secturor noxt proceeded to indicate the way in which nativitfes wero cast according tothe old eystem of Ptolomy. The avpoct of the heavoos at the uioment of the nativo'y birth was to be noted, so farat least as tho zodiacal zono was concerned, and a few counteliations close by it wore concerned. Tho part of the zodiac just rising above the Lorizon at the mo- ment gave the cusp of tho ascendant, and the Zodiac was divided into twelve “houses,” starting from that part, proceeding from west to east, frat doscanding below tho horizon to the northern meridinu, thou ascending to the Woatern horizon, thon above the horizon to the southern meridian, aod so round to tho cast again, Tho twelve houses in order wero those of—1, Life and Health; 2, Riches ; 3, Kindred and Short Juurooys; 4, Inberitances; 6, Chil- dren ; 0, Sickness; 7, 'Sarriago; & Death; 9, Loag Journoys; 10, Honor; 11, Friends; '12, Enemios, Tho planeta in theeo various houses at the moment of birth indicsted the fortunes of tho native. For tustanco, Mate in tho eighth bougo indicated a vivlent death ; Saturn in the third, misforcune to kindred or danng short Journeys. ‘Tho influonces attributed to tho varinns plan- ots wore described as follows: Saturn was tho Greatest Info.tuue, Disease, trouble, and dan- ger beset throuzh life the unfortauate who boa Saturn in tho accendant at the time of birth, at Teast if no other planet oxert through somo lucky position & corrective influence. Jupiter ‘wae, on the contrary, Leld to ba tho most pra- pitious of all tho planote, and callod the Greater Fortune, He was culminating wien tho presout Queen of England was born, nud sstrolocers se- sure us that she was bound to be fortunate through lifein cansequence, So also thoy agaort that Jupiter was in tho secendaue when We ting- ton waa born, but it hss beou remarked that sinoo neithor the time of Wellington's birth nor even the place is certainly koown, astrologera must bave something of Daniel's akull, who could not only interprat anothor's droam but recall it to his mind. However, there you tco the horoscope of the Iron Duke! Other nativitles were then abosn, locludiog thoee of George Ill. and 1Y., Queen Caroline, the Princess Charlotte, the present Princo of Wales, and othors. Astrologers wore not very lucky with Albert Edward, it seems, ife waa to bo tall, with 9 ruddy complosion tenaing to duskinesa, ' which 1 believe, though I have nor- or seen him, nor purticularly care tu,” scarcely hits the mark. “Of noblo deportment, a lover of horses, and deserving of rospect," bo was " to bo partial to maritime affairs and win naval glory.” whoreaa ho holds bigh military rank without much military glory at presont. Ho was to have “groat wealth through inhoritanco,” which seemed not altogether unlikely when tho nativity was cabt, seeing that both Albort and hia wife were providout people, Amaz- ing to relate, the prophot wag so akillfal as to foresen that Mr. Guelph would marry a Prin- cosa of bigh birth aud not ucdeserving of his kindoess, The yor of his marrisgo waa to be 1862, Le was dilatory, it soem sing he did not marry till 1863; and he again forzot to rhow Proper respect for tho astrologers by omitting to recolvo ao injury from a hore in Atay. 1870, whon Saturn was stationary in tho ascouding de- Rree; nor did ho then got s blow ou tho left side of tho head, noar tho car, as astrologers bad pre- dicted. Tho houso of sickacea showed a dispo- sition to fover and to epileptia attacss, and he Was in a epocial manner to avoid Brussels, India, Groece, Morico, Persia, tho Orkney Islands, aud Oxford, His charactor promiued to be rathor variogatod, no long thau seventy claractoristica doing assigned to him, including auch incoogrm- tied ax “‘ainiablo, austoro, avaricious, generous, candid, discreet, envious, fond of glory, prie dent, rash, temperate, uuateads, violent, wily, volatile, aud worthy.” : ‘The genoral subject of superstition was then doalt with. Tho lecturer remarked that most euperstitiona related either to the anticipation ot the future or to tho supposition thet in soma way the faturo might bo moditiod, He showed the relation betwoeu the obsorvod facts on which tho lawa of probabilities have boon basod, and patont colncideuces fro:a which various euper- stitions hava had their origin, ‘The great diffi- culty in attompting to destroy any superstition resides in tho general carctosdocsd of people aa to tho laws of cousation. No msn who thought amomont about the way in which—for examplo —card-bands at whist are obtainad, could be so fooliun a8 to supposes that be could bave ® better chance of s good band if ho wat in a particular weat or obeyed somo other superstition of tho card-table, Hana of luck Were then reforrad to, ay sinong tho most pro- life of all tho sources of gambling supersti- tions ; and it waa ehowu how thoy are an abso tutely necomssry consequence of the laws of probability; that play could not goon to tho extent It does without such casos arising, After considering several curious illustrations of the Apparent fultillment of predictions, astrological and otherwise, tho lecturer sttowed bow thesa cases ond tho induenco they oxert iflustrate Ba- con's etstemont that ‘mon murk when thoy hit, but novor mark when thoy migs." Lastly, he congratulated his boarera on tho fact that the science of our time i not employed, ag was tho scionco of old days, to apread suporutitious bellofa or ob- servances, I forbear from inquinng hore, ho said, how much of what was taught by the old astrologers and wonder-worlera of Chatdies and Egypt to strengtuen their position amoug an ignorant sod vuporstitious peopto has come down even to our own day, and not ouly tm matters ro- ended aa auporutitloas, but in some atill bold jn reverence by many millious of men, L simply aay it ia well for manklud@shet the mon of wcl- ence of our day (especially those moat maligaud for thelr outepokeonous) are honest. Wore they lesgued ta doceive the world by wonder- working, tboir task would be an saay one, ‘fo undecaivo the world would be much more diill- cult, for nlaety-pine out of & hundred want to be decelyed, ——_-—_—___ Senator Forry’s Lust Days, Norwich (Conn) Dutletin, His last public offort in the Seaato was to pro- nounco® tribute of affection to bis deceasod colleague, Honstor Williem A. Buckingham. He was quite prostrated when the nows rcachod Washingtoa that bie friend and co-Isborer had Jost passod away. Intho proparation of that tribute Sonator Verry recoived & significant ad- motion that his mental powers were belug most seriously involved in thar decay of big physical syatem which had been progressing for maby months, This discava, it way here be stated, iu the samo that affected Souatora Sum- ues and Wilson, and afilictea Senators Morton Cattell, and othere—s perishing of the spinal cord, During tho Artes his physical pitangth seemed as improved, His apps. tite and natntion waa sach 0 give pro of many tors dava of usofulncas, In this beliof ho bad mado all his arrangements for going to Washington at the beginning of the December sonnion, and bad re-engaged bla Inst voar'a qnare tors for bimaolf and family. A short time since ho conceived the idea that tho morphine which faa boing hypodermicatly adminietored to him to arrent tho progress of his disease and allay the excruciating paina with which his system waa conatautly racked wan working a diesatrous offect upon his brain, With the coucurrance of hie family and sporoval of hin physiciana, lie ro- paired to Brooklya, sod placed bimeelf under the Personal care of @ physician thera who had mada almilarailmontes scecialt: Probably atuotine within the past three yeara would desth havo boon anything bute welcome releaso from bis jntonse phyacal sufferings, but ta bim @ thot sand deaths were preferable to a beclouded { tellect. In this reaolve be successfuily atrag- gled through to a complete reteaso from its thraldom, Bat the disoase of tho spine bad taco more rapid progress than ho or his _phyel- cians know, and his inure recent agony of brain was found to emanate not from tmorptiia but from a fatal aproad of the diasaze to the head, Consciona that ho was failing, he became ex- coedingly anxious toe bo brought back, and on Saturday last kind hands and loving bearta escorted htm to the home he so ardently longed to reach, Ho stood the journey remarkably well, but dnring the night a sovere hemorrhage of thn bowols act in, which soon ao reduced tis vital foroos tha: his final end and release from suffering becai THE BELLS. Ta the Editor of The Chtearo Tribune: Cicage, Nov. 26,—I do not think Poe did fall Jnstice to tho subject in his poem of “The Boils." I should add two vorses, alter this style: 1 Tear the noging of the bell! Rising ball What a world of misery {ts barsh sound doth foretell! How it clatters—clatters—clatters, on the Icy air of morn, ‘TUS all plesnant dreams it acatters,—wakes us up to thoughts fuiura! ‘Though ‘ite far from our desire, ‘We must rise to tight the fire, While we ehiver—aisiver—shiver,— And the stars all seem to quirer, ‘And the stars and moon, still bright, Seem to grio at us aud quiver in a ovuical delight, Al we grumble, as we stumble, andwe tumble out of bed, ‘As wo pour forth ico-cold water, and Lathe therewith Wailowe inten to the ringing le we Luton to the Of tha bali—tell—ball,— Aa wo listen to the dingiug Of that dreadful get-up bell Im roar the merry breakfast-bell f Cheerful be! It brings us thoughts of good things, and with i: comes the aiuell Of coffeo, and of Leefsteak, and potatoes amoking hot, ¥or the punctual early risers wiio are ready on the apot,— For ate io heard the rising bell, and got up in» Urry, And aa net take another nap, and then commence to akurry. Bat the slothfult ant the slothtals Be they old or be they youthful, They who, In'f-su-bour too iste Fear they'll Sud an empty plate How they abuder at the vell, And it sounds to them a in ‘As they Listen to ite stall With a groan! Ont what anguish do they feal as they laten to me peal Of the bell—bell—bell—bell—bell! Aa they hear the folks go dowu,~ ‘Tramp of boota aud rustling gown,— Loft eine! Then they view their sloth with sorrow, Vow they'll rise betimes to-murrow, As they Baten to the ringing of the bell f ‘To the ringing and the atuzing of the belly ‘Thanksgiving in Danbury, Danbury News Tt ia Just as nocesuary to have poultry fora Thakegiving diner ea it ie to hava light. A Danbury couple named Brigham were going to bave poultry forthelrdioner, Mr. Brigham eaid to his wifo the day before the evenc: “Isaw some splend:d chickens in front of Merrill's store to-day, and I guess 1’) get ono uf them this atterovon for to-morrow.” “Tam going to tond to that wyself,” aaid Mra. Brigham. quickly. “But I cau get it just as well; I’m golog right by thore,” ‘2 don’t want you to got it,” she assortod. “When I eat chicken I want something I can pat my teeth in.” Anda nard loox came to her RCO, Le colored up at once, “What do you mean by that 7” ‘Just what I way,” sho oxplained, setting her teeth together. “Do you mean to say I don't know bow to lek out a chicken ?" he angrily demanded. “do.” “Well. I can just toll you, Mary Aun Brigham, that I know moro about chickens in one minvte than you could ever tind out ins lifusime, Aud, furtbermore, I am going to buy that chicken, if ona is bought at all in this house.” And he struck the table with his fist. “AndT toil you, John Joyce Brigham," she cried, “that you don't know any more how to pick out a good chicken than an unweanod n.cd- turtle; and if you bring achicken in this house it will go out again quicker'n it come in. And you can put that in Your pipe an’ smoke it ss goon as you want to.” ‘Whose house is this, I want to kuow ?" he flercely demanded. She frankly repliod at once : “* T suppose it belonge to a flat-head idiot with ‘& wart on hiv cose; but # woman who knowa a s8pnng chicken from a hump-back camel {s run- ning the establishment, aud as tong aa she docs ‘ho can’t bring no patent-lesther hous hero to be cooked.” **You'll soo what I'll do,” he we. and he pulled his cost on and jammed his cap on his head with the fore-pioce over hiu left ear. “ You bring a chicken here if you think beat, Mister Brigham,” she replied, * You soe If I dou't,” he growled as he passed. out and slammed the door behind him. ‘That evening thera was a nico, fine chickon in the pantry, but bo didn't bring it. Perhaps ho forgot to got his, Dinner camo the noxt day. Mr. Brigham took bis soat at tho table, a4 usual, but it was evident that be intondod mischiof, Mrs, Brig- ham tilled a plate with chicken, mashed pota- toca, and builed onions, It waa a tempting dish, emitting a dolicious aroma. She passed i! to Mr. Brigh He did not look towarda “ Brigham," eald abe, * here's your plate. “Tdon't want avy chicken," be said, looking nervously around the room. * Are you going tu eat that chioken?” sho de- manded in a voice of low intensity. “No, Eain't—Wooh! ouch! ool!” Bho bad sprang to hor feat ju @ flash, reachod over the table, caught him by tho tair, and had his face burrowing in adieh of hot ouious. It was douo so quick that he had uo time to save himecif, and barely time to give utterance to tho Sgonizing exclamationg which followed upou his declaration. “Ara you going to est that chicken?" abe boarsely demandod, “ Lemme ap!” he screamed, Sho raised hia head frora the dish and jammed it on the table, “Jobu Joyce Brigham,” sho hissed betweon her sotteoth, ‘this ia a sot Apart by the na- tion for thankegiving aud praiso. I got that chicken to colebrate thie day and I ain't going to have my giatitude and devotion upsat by suck aruutas youare. Now, I waut to know if you aro going 10 cut up like a rautankorous heathen? Auuwer me at ouce, or Pll jam your old skull into a jelly.” **1—L'll oat it," no moaned, ‘Then she lot him up,-and he took his plate, and ono Thanksgiving meal, at loast, passed off har- moniously. Fe The Princo of Wales? Income, It. ta vow close on twelve years alnoe the ‘ea. tabliehmont” of the present Prince toalc place, on bis marriago in 1463, Avis well known, the Parhament added £40,000 8 year to the inherited £60,000 from the Duchy of Cornwall, making to- gether an annual aum of £100,000, Tho Prin- cous received an annuity of £10,000; and there were bevidos the abundant savings Sram ye the Duchy during tho minority, which re: baudsome sum of £540,000, £220, eu £100,000 on « suite able outtt; £60,000 on @ house, etc., for the extato; while £100,000 more, it was utatod, would be absorbed by repairs to farm- houses and Tnpravement of farms, aa tho; dropped out of lease, which would leav ance of about £60,000 on hand. Lord Palmer- aton, indoed, declared at the time that the work- ing balance would bo scarcely approciabla, The figures, howeyor, seem loose snough, and allow tho widest margin, especially ia the cave of the £100,000 for repairs to farai-buildiuge, otc., which would be bold over till the occasion vorved, Tu a recent somi-oficis! expose, in which the state of the Prince's affatrs were got out, 16 was aaid that large addilioua! sums bad been sunk in the estate, but which bad brought no return, ‘Thia probably roferw tu the sum set apart forthe keeping of the farm-houw alr and the general improvement of the thus used, however, it must ba Ko that the 2 ole Gort ‘rocs all souKoee, 10> udiing the Princess’ UF, Lid amounted to about 4120,000 & year—London VINCENZO CAPRARO, Death of the Famous Italian Bandit. —__. Tho Oldest and Boldest of tho Mountain . Chief---A Career Fall of Dark and Bloody Romance, Correspondence of the St, Loute Glode-Demoerat. Betacca,,, Italy, Oct, 29.—The death of Cm Prare, the groat Italian brigand, continaes to be an exciting topic of conversation throughout all Italy. Though it hes bees two months bince he was slain, the particulars of bis death, and en- pecially tho details of his bioody yet romantic career, aro just now boing published by tho Italian Papers, Tor almost twenty yoars tho name of this say- &ge condottiere haa beon a terror to the provincial {nhabitanta of Palermo, Girgenil, and Trapani, Each of these Provinces has in turn been Scourged by Capraro and bis band of monotein robbers. The throe famous brigand chiofs of Italy wero Di Paaquale, Rinaldi, and Capraro, ut Capraro was the greatest of all. Ho was the oldest of tho three, and far tho most formidable, not only from intellectual asgacity, and I had aimost anid atrateric power, but froma way, Tecklose, and navage Beserosity of nature that made bim tbo idol of tw young followers, se well ae the natural loader of bis older ones, His desperate ventures wero always attended with success, and among bia ansocistes he was con- tidored a gonius of luck. Throughout bis many marauding oxpeditions, and hie parsonal en- counters witn the Royal soldiers, he always manged to escape with hia Iife, aud was rarely wouudod, when hie comrades had eltnor tallen Sround him or been dragged to prison, With alt bia witd generosity, however, Capraro wad a monater at heart, and often cruel to those ho haa bad tu hia power. Frequentry ne amused himself by TORTCRING m8 TicTIY before putting bim to tho Enifo. It is oven charged that ho bad cannibalistic tendencios, and actually feasted upon tho cooked bodies of thoae Leslew in fight. Last May in the Province of Trapaine be made a descent from the mcontain fautuogsea to tho valleys below, and, while plan- dering the house of an humblo abephord, was suddenly attacked by two companies of Italian ea ry. A desporate fight ensued, and the ban diy wero finally forced to retreat, Capraro was shghtly wounded, but escapod. Tia truatlest men, Arnone, Portabandicri, DiCarlo, Ierrara, and somo fifteen others wore captared, all af them slightly or fata ly wounded. Capraro,with, the remunat of bis band. made bis way aafoly to hie retreat 1m the mouutsing. A few days after. wards a Luzrible seusation waa created by the in- teihwence that Capraro and his biiganda had been warorived again in the samo provinco, and that they were canght in the act of eating tho still pulssting hearte they had torn out of the Ureaste of their victims. Capraro, se usual, es- capod, Lut eoreral more of his gaug wore cape tured, which eo reduced bis numbers that {t was thougbt bo would have to'give up tho highway. For more than two months he waa not heard of, and @ report got out that he bad gone to Sicily, Whero ho was born, and that he bad adopted soma peacesul vocation among his rointivas. Another rumor wag atartod. mong the peas- antry, that be had beon murdered ty the woman he lived with ow his wife, and buriod in the mountains. This rumor seemed ao true that in August the military oflicer commanding that dis- trict reported to hia superior oflicer that he nad qoeaived satisfactory ovidonco that Capraro was ead. Lut Capraro was not dead, asthie same officer, to bis sorruw, soon learned." He was only REATING IN THE MOUNTAINS, for his wounds to curo, and boing nuraed by tho woman roputed to Lave stapbed him while in bie sleep, In tha latter part of Soptember the iubab- itants of thd Sciacca District woro horrifled to learn that the great robber, long supposed dead, was among theio. with bus a umall band of com- Taded, it was true, but desperate devild, and teady for the worst deods, Hizoor Alessandra Albini, commandant of the Mounted Militia of the Sciacca District, wan tnimedintely notitied shat Capraro had dedconde from ths mountains, and bad already committed ove murder and several minor robberies. To at once sum. taoned a sqund of poldiors, ond act- ing in coucert with Signor Clementa Balite, Lioutonant of tho Royal Carabinsera, who a platoon of solders, began patroling the diatrict in quest of the baudit. After agearch of two days, Albini came noar ® villago eailod Misitiformt, avd, while turning aa abrapt bend in tho road ho saw a brigand scout surveying bis movements from one of tho emi- nenees of Mouut Corauie, ilo quickly detached five of hia mounted troops toward a neighboring grotto, aud thero, true to hia surmiss, they found Capraro, with wx of bis comrades propar- ing s bivouac for tue night. CAPRAUU'S DEATI Doth partica eaw each othor at the samo time, and in an instant the rutdoof mile shota wad heard inthe still autumn alr. Quickly coming up to the spot with the rest of his owo and with Lieut. Bellit’s company, the commandant gave the ordor to charge. Capraro, who by this tina was shot in tho thizh, fought likes tiger. His men showed some vigny of fear and were div bowed to run, but ba soon rallied them, and. & brivk exchange of pistol wbolw, ut near range, ennucd. The fight bocame hand to huvd and desperate. Hemmed iu on all sides, aud pressed by s dozen antagonista, Capraro fought with pistol in ono band aud. knife in tho other. At tho laut he fell with another bulletin tho lofi hip, ono in tha neck andtwoiu the breast, Four of tus men had fsiten dead with him, and the remaloing two scampered of, both badly wounded, a8 the bloody drops in thoir pathway afterwards showed. In tho encounter five soldiers wera killed and the commandant, Albini, soveraiy, though not mortally, wounded, In tho grotto, whore the roubora wero ao suddeoly sur- prised, soveral imayes of eaints aud Madonose wore foaud scattered aboug on the ground. Four jackets wore also found, ous of them cons taining = pockot-book with 61 Jire in baper. Capraro expired inutantly after bo had fatten, but still held with o firm gragp in lis rigbt bond tho pistol he had wile such doadly effect, Lying near by waa s handsomely ornamented kni “Capraro” Ho wtill retainod on his counteosuco THE MAVGHTY VIERCENESS of bid nature, and in death wecmed to bid de fanco tu hig enomies, “Ho worea jackot and pantaloons of blact-cotored cashmere, a flannel auurt of livelier tint, bigh boots of white leathor, aud, slung over his ubouldor, an excellent binoc- ular tield-glaus of long ranyd and ologant manu- facture, A beautitul chaiu of massive gold ¢ circled big nock, and attached to it was s hoary silver watch, A heavy gold ring, with © Vincon- xo Capraro” engraved on it, wus found on hid floger. In bia pockota wero two handsome pocket-books, with his nano embroidered on each iu gold. In addition to the knife and pistol which he bad, a doublo-barielod ritloaf Lefau- cheux workmansbip, calibre 12, lay by bis atde, rod and blact with blood and poe staiv, Ho also wore a richly and attistically-ombroidered belt, which coutained threo dozeu rile cartridges, The body of tho famous robbor chivftain was conveyed to Sciacca, whera it was easily and sat- isfactarity, identiied. Tne news of his death spread like wild-tiro, aud hundreds of peopia ocxed to Sciaces from all parts of the surround- ing couutry to view his faco, Like tho face of Catalino, that of Capraro preserved Its haugbt) and revengoful oxpresvion to the lest, even until it was buried, four days a(terwarda. His phyuical development wau remarkable, Ho stvod 0 foet 6, eu unusual stature for a Sicilisa, and weighed 200 pounds. He wou all muscle and bone, and Posseused prodigious strength. In hia youth be was waid to have been handsome, and more than one PLEASANT MAIDEN has foltowod bita to his biding-plsces in the mooutaing., At the time of hie death he was 66 years of ago, Hix hair was quite gray, His boad aud face wore unuanelty, large, and cop- utant exposure. wounds, privations, and anxiety had wo ined and eladod ble face that whatever of forsoual graco thore guon was in bis counten- ance sd long wince departed. Tho Government oxpreased great gratification atthe death of the much-feared Capraro, and have tendered promotions to Albin and Bellsti for their marked gallantry to hunting for and wlaying bim. ‘Tho death of Capraro is the most effective Blow tho oa ry ph arenas bas peadived ie toly, an oped 14 will prove fis coup ee ‘The adherents of Capraro have not been peur ron nee: the death of feng fancies, ebieftain. It supposed they have joined Ragquale or Rinaldi, somewhore in the Paaral- tan Province, but of thie there is no definite in- formation, Lieut. Belite bas received s upecis! commission to pursue the two latter chiefs, and ho iy now supposed to be on their i or Rak ernment Ls do! 10 wipe o1 soldiers and woney can do i.