Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 15, 1876, Page 6

[ 3 _——_— FOREIGN. MacMahon's Proolamation Consider ed a.Qonfirmation of Republican ' Institutions, e Russla and Austrin Rewmind Tur- key of Thelr Reform Prop- osition. Dissensions Reported Among the Harzego- vinjon Leaders, Xven ILjbobraties Wanders from tho Patriot Canp, ‘Beported Egyptian Buccesses in Abyssinia. An Armistice Botween Churoh and Slale In Germany. FRANCE. THE PROCLAMATION, Pans, Jav. 14.—La Kepnbligue Francaiso (the organ of Gambeita) regards the prociamation of Macllahon sa a confirmation of the Republican {natituticus, THE TOLITIOAL CAMTAIGN, ‘Tho Counclt Goneral of the Dopariment of the Beino havo nominated for the Benate Victor Hugo, Louls Blane, Floquet, Froycinet, and Tolain, ‘ Leon Bay haa foslracled tho subordinates in «00 Finance Departmens not to connect thome selves with the elactoral apitation, but to vote lwurdlnf 10 their convictions, but not to par- ticipato fa any manifestations, either beforo or after tho electious, TUFE NEWFOUNDLAND FISIEDIER, Daris, Jan, 14,—Sir John 1. Glover. tho nerw- ly-appointed Govarnor of Newloundland, bas ar. Tivod boro for tha purposo of metthng the dif- farences botween England and Fraace in 1esard to tho Newfoundlond fisheries, It ia belirved that bois puthorized to purchaso the rolinquish- ment by France of bor priviloges for a conetder- ®blo sum of monoy, Till} ELECTIONS, + PAmg, Jan, 14.—Suow ngain interrupts come mnuaication in Soutboin Franca and in Corsica. It 18 eald that it will cougequently ba impossible 1o bold elections for Henatorisl delogates in many placcs to-morrow. BTATISTICS OF TIE COMNUNE, Paris Corrapondence New Yok Zr.bune, Botweon the 3d of April and the 20th of May, 1671, in the conrso of tno finhting betwoen the Nationsl sud Commune soldtors, 8,590 of thu Inttor wero taken prieonors. Fiom the 21at to the 28th of May,—~the Week nf Dloody Btrusglo m Paris,—20,000 prisonara wero seizod and marched to Vereallles. 1n June and July, 5,000 otber arrests woro made by the military authouity nod its agonts, From Angust, 1871, to May, 1872, numervus othiers wero arrcstod by the civl police in Paiis and tho deparuments, and for the most part gradually forwardod to Voraitles ns fast a3 tho fucumbered prisou-room thero waa vacated. Tho number of persons srrestod in toueequonce of tho inswilecuion was sbout 88,000, of whom 5,000 wero soldiors, E50 Yromen, and 650 childron of 10 yoars and uudor, “Ihe councils of war had to decide on tho fato of 47,243 persona (or tha uames of them) of whom 874 wero women aud 641 cluldren. OF tols masa 18,450 have buuu condemned to hard Inbor, trans. portation, banishment, or confinement {n vaiious kinds of prisous for various terms. Dut of these 13,450, noarly ono-fourth—tnat In 8,813, baving fled the country, or life perbaps, at least arrest—rere condemned par confumace, & Pla- ton’e penalty, 80 to apeak., Amoug other vontu- macious porsons aro 176 condemucd to doatb, Les abaents ont lort in tho eyo of justice, nud geb 3 nominally severer pomaity thau thoy would roally catel had thoy appeared in porson be- foro” tho tribupal, ~ 'fhore wera ninoty-tive tondompations to deaty pronounced ngoinkt ‘prigoners in hand, but of theso only Ao wera pushed to bloody execution in tho plain of Sartory, Tho rest bad thelr penaltien commuted to ‘bard labor or imprinonment for life, to transporiation, ote. No one was exo. ruted roerely for having been au ioaurgent, bowaver activo, or even a member of the insur- ent Government. Rosacl, with another sol- ier, wad slot, not as Mr, Evarta eald st the DBeecher tris), and ss many otber wall-informed porsous suppose, ** by Juagment for having ex- ceuted tho Ohiof-Justice of Fianco” (woll coough to observo,,in paseiog, that no magis- torial oftico in Frauco gives to tho holder of it the titio of Chief-Justice, and that M. Donjosu ‘was not the first or presiding Judgo of tha Court of Cossation), sud the Archuishop uf Paris, with whoso execution Rossel bnd nothing whatever to do, but os military dewerter. Othors of tho nino woro exccuted as murderera for the part thoy took in the killing of the bostages and other persons. To resume; It &ppoara from tho viiorly trustworthy report of Gen. Appert that of 47.273 peraons, or theirs uames, furnished for tr.als to tho cunocils of war, but 13,450, less than one-third, wero con- domned to ln{ penalty. Of tho othors, 13,940, After more or less montha of | reventive imprige onmout, wero et at iborty from hmo to timo ns the tardy praluainary examiuationa failod fo dis- £OvOr auy grouuds ou which crimivating charges sgainat thom could be wado to rest ; somo thou- asnde had not boey caught ; 738 died awaiting Imlél,sfll have beea pardouod, Finally, of the 18,450 condemned, 7,40, nccording ta Ape pert's report, were ropria do justice—* otd of - Tenders,” aa wo ehould say, fndividuals who for political or uncivil vtites and offousce had pre- viooaly undorgouo trial and couviction to vari- ©ua peaaitien by tio ordinary courta of jusilca, A WHOLESALE MURDEDESH, Pams, Dec, :4.—A woman about G0 years of 8ge, named Marguorite Giieumeard, bas been couvicted at thu Tarnet-Garonno Assizes of roisouing her hustaud, daugbtor, grandson, sud daugbter's fatbier-in-iaw., She had always benn of & quarroioime nud violeot disposition, aud tormeuted hor husband aud fi-treated hor taughter when a clnld, moro thay once urging her bustacd to kill ber. In Soptember, 1874, Gricumard rosolved to leave Lor aud ivo with his daugbter and son-1u-law, u purpose which ho persisted i notaithaiending bis wifo's foruns- rioouand threats. Intho foltawing December, bea fore ho biad carried out his plan, the sou-in-law and graodeon went over tu Nt Vinceut to bolp Urieumard on bis tarm, Marguorite Grioumard cooked for tuow, and they all complained uf so- veropains. OUn a subdojuent visit in May the Bame symptoms wore reposted, und in Juue, n fow days after Marguerito Grioumard Lad Jeft hor daughter's bouse, tho wholo household, five du number, wero attacked with violent vomiting, ©One of the granduons firat died, thon Jean Da- vid, tho son-io-law's father, aud Sfteiwards Joan Grieumard and his daughter, An sutopsy sbowed that they had boan poisoned by lesd &ud pliosphorus,” Tho cnime was traced home Yo the prisouor, and slio was couvicted and wen. tonced to death, Ilor apparont wmotive was (o lohorit the property of her vietuus, — ABYSSINIA, ROYPTIAN BUCCESBLd, Loxpoy, Jan. 14.—A special from Calro asya there have been fmportant Egyptian succesaes 2 Abyssinla, ———— TURKEY, TIE POSITION OF KUSSLA AND ATHTRIA, Br. Petenspung, Jan, M.~It fs semi-olliclally wlated that tho Porto bas now ceasod its cudeay- Ors 10 avold recelving rcprescotations from European Powers 1eupsctiog tho 1atroduction of reforme In Turkey. The Hussfon snd Austrian Ambagsadors at ‘Uonstantizople have sssumed 3 decided tous on thig pubjuct, thus demonstrat- mg tue complote larmooy of the two Yuwers in Sbecr attitudo toward (Lo Forio, EKOLAND. Loxpox, Jan, 14.—A spccial from Vienoa says tho Austnan Foreigu Ofice 15 coufident Loglaad will sseeut to Count Andrasey’s uote. ‘Wienor Fresseroports tuar Lord Derby recent~ 1y expressed diasutisfaction to Count Yon Boust, sbo Austiian Ambassador at London, becauso Enelwd Lid not been auked to assist in druwin, ap the propueals for roform fn Turkey, instea: belug meroly requeated to indorse them. LospoN, Jan, 15.—1The 7imes in an editorial Yo-day 6aya tho Britlah Cabiuet will cousidur the sauner t0 the Austiian noto uest Tuosduay, The Timea atrougly advidos 1ts mecoptanco, sud says l‘ux:ko_v‘u anawer may dopeud oo Eugland's de- siglon. MEUZEGOVINA, A Vieous telegram reports serious differences wwong the insurgent leaders 1w Herzegoviua, Livabiatics bag ?'.uuad the Insargeus camp mul & pumber of Lis followers wud goue to Bagusa, TRANSPORTED, Vizswd, Jso. 1.—A diapsweh sags it s ro- g‘a;tad tbat twelvo morchauis of Qdesss bave 3 1n‘ltkalpouml toHibera for supplyivg arws 2 Turkvy. ‘The samo dispatch repasts that tho Montego- grin Govornment has bonght fifty cannon and 10,000 muskets in Vieons. —_— GERMANY. NIMARCE WEAREXS. Loxpox, Jan, 14.~A Berliv special sayns “'It would seem that an stmiatico hiss cortainty boen sgroed upon betmeen Church and State. A Homan correspondont of the Germania (an Ultsamontane orgau) elates that undoubtedly Bismarck Is secking a modus vivendi with the Natican, Tha Mala (remi-ofiicial Roman nows. naper) eavs that tho Vatican has charged cortain Genman prolates torepart tha condition under wh.ch the Prusaian Bisthops shall be allowed to submit tv the Fnlek laws.” ———— SPAIN. TAE PAPAL MISSION, Maprip, Jan, 14.—Tha Vatican has approved the appoiutment of Cardonas s Ambasaagor to that Court, Henor Sagasta’s Committes bas iraued a pro- teat againg: the prossure brought to Lear by the provincial authoritiea npon clectors, Thoe Car- Itet Committoes are endoavoriug to induca thelr partiaaus Lo reuow tha campaign in Cataloniz, but their oforts mect with smail succe: CONTRABAXD OF WA The Diarfo ways tho Govornmont s roceived Informatien U A vozec! {s prepariug at Hor- deaux to bring a_cargo of coutrabasd of wer to Atatrico for thio Carlista, LoxnoN, Jan. 16—5 n, m.—A 3Madrid dispatch RayA Padous has issucd an adidress ssokinggeleo- tion Lo tha Cortes in order to oxplain the coup d’ etat of January. 1874, - GREAT BRITAIN, PENIOUSLY 1LL, Loxvos, Jan, 14.—Tho Rev. Henry Yarlys, the rovivalist, is roparted hopeleesly i1l MATBIMONIAL RUMOR. 1t is rumored thot Queen Victoris's coming virit ta Coburg (Germany) hiaa referenco to tho betrothal of the Priucess Boatrice with a Ger- wan Prince. HOME SUARP SCOTCI CRITICISME. To the Editor of The Chicano T'ribune Cuircago, Jon, 12.—In a lottor recontly receive ed from n correspondont fu Scotland, there fe much that may bo luteresting to your readors. 1 therofora transcribo a portion of jt. Some of hio sharpost criticisms upon the working of our ropublican machivery como from foreignors, The present wriier is a gentleman of high atand- fog, thongh he appesrn to hug tho delusion that wo dou’t sond the most hixhiy-educated and woalihy gentiomon to Congres | (8 Troox, Dez, 17, 1475~ , . . Teoa hy the news. papera you send mo that your navy fs bring rapidly iltiad out, owlug to your u 8pin in regard to Gutr, Ce unfortunato country I knatv, In concerned, It Iy now f iy g thero for n time, and it was thesi fu_profty nearly tha Eame #itn of civil warfare av it fs now, 'Fiie whole of tho Hpantsh rate n:0w 1o be quite incapable of relf- governmont. Froedom, as wo understand 1t, doos nt teem {0 be within thoir ' reach, Yuu wiit sea that Don Oirlon ofiers (o make a(race wils hia eousin, King Alplonso, ahould_ your conutey intertecs with ‘Cuin, All “foreigners oro greatly disliked by tho Spantards § and wo who fought their battlos for so many years ate vo exception 0 tho rnle. ‘They aros very joslous its Goverument since I resided and peculiar people--difiicult to rmanage, 1 you bad vetter lot thom and Oubn alona, Qur Tory Government gets on protty woll, Some 013 mulatiies they Liavo malle, but on the wholo they ave not done much wischict, thauka ta the vigliauca of public opnion, whih ranbles Air, Diaracll and Lord Derby W rostraim tho violeuce of their out aud out mupporters, Yon wiil have seen by one newspapers that wo buva lately bought 176,000 shures fn TIE BURZ CANAL., mercly for tha pur,oss of paying £3,000,0C0, a8 thelr -+ price, to tho Kiedive of Lgypt, who '1n greatly ambar- rssod in bis Snances; sud from our wisk et he #hiould seo {n ua bis boitand truest friends, sud not only togivo him good advice, which coas nothing, butulso 10 wuke i fadopendent of other nations, sl more especlally the French, who bave loug had bim in their power, 'Tho S0z Canal 18 now our Ligh-road to Indls, ond thercforo the ruier of Lgypt wuat alwiyy b our fricud, sod jeep it opev, happen what may. I don't myself think that thie purchara of tho shares 13 of 1auch consxquenco boyoud showmg tho Kuedive that wo aro bLis best frionds, “Whother wa had tho haros of not, we could never atlow the canal o be cloced, tw.taout fighteng for it W needfut, As iokders of tho shares, wo have a largo direct in tereat in i, ond therefore a cortaln right to intesfere In Its mauagement. ‘This is the only sdvantge we do- riyo from what i otherwiso o bad fuvestmont, In the ovent of tha DISZOLUTION OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE, Shiers could bo lttio dont Lt Egypt woald fall'to our share, beeausa e cannot do withont the highrosd to Ludia3 but, §f tho Khedsve continuea friendly, the cliaugo would only be & Domiusl ong, and il fo Lis ndvantage, 2a we Lave no wish for any addition 1o our sirerdy too great ena extended Euipire, Iam not onoof those, nowever, that think Turkey 8 uear {te dissolution, bucsuse Russla and Austria, who would siaro th' {nleritanco betwist them, will find it vory ditficult to eares upon what shara each s fo get. Gormany, too, the most powerful of ail, would pot like t3 neo Kuksia and Auatris made larger aud strouger thag ey aro gow. Thero mutusl Jealousles will Zeusblo sho ¥ Slck Man ™ to Uvo s faw years longer, TRADE OF ALL KINDS is very dull, both here and on the Continent, A great many faflures Bave taken place, and moro are likcly to follow, aithuugh they msy not be for such large amounts, Many of our working peoplo, 1 fesr aro badly ‘off; for slinough they Lave now bzd noveral years of guad trade und very high wages, 1 fear that, in general, they have spent sl they got aud #aved nothing for Liard ‘times, Whisky and fobacco are tho great encoiica of our working men—ludeed, T may sy, the great vice of this country, It i sad to aco such rocklesa folly, TOUR PROTECTED FPRIENDS in Pennsylvania and Msesichu: Aro now finding that protection cannot altogethor save them from bad trado aud heavy losses, SBoma of your cottons and priute are now importod o this country for walo, aud aro actually cheager than our own mauufactares, T saw ihrnu for wale in the shop windows of Glasgow, Trado must be Very bad iu the Btates Leforo this would be brought ahout, "It i3 quito veversing tha genaral courac of buminess, Water power and chicap labor in the Stalos may bring alovtn great change, It mayat no very distant day, begin to export iron fo this conntry, ahiould our prices ever riso 0 what they wero a fow years ago, viz.: 1404 to 1508 per tou for pig-iron, which 1 now ouly worth 601, Yotira n 3 wondor{ui country, and our futurp des- tiny i3 great, If wisdom aud_moderation guide your counclls, Ana general rule, Ido not think that our hlers uro worthy of the great country thoy ate weloct ed to govern, Mot who raleo thomselvés from low statfond i suclety to winlnence, are necessarily cluver, aud to somo extent taleuted ; but you seldom find in them that nice senso of Lonor aud scrupulous ingegri- ty, du 8l respects, which chisractorize the well-educated Rentlemen, 1 look upon it 88 one of your greatost misfortunns, and drawbacky, that tho upper classes in the United Blates take no part in tho government of u;ulr country, leaving 1t alaiost entiruly fu tho handa o NEEDY AND TRICKY LAWYERS AND POLITICIANS 1 constidur the paginent of your Ropreacntatives in grossus exocodlugly ubjectionable for imauy rensous, Uur tembers of tho uuke of Comumons gl nothing, and yel »o great in the desire amung our oristocracy 4ud Weblihy people 1o be olected, that T am suro T am greatly within tho mark when 1'say that on an sver- iz of yuarsat least £1,00,000 (s spent svcry goneral electlon Ly our 650 mnembera, consequenco 18 tlat with vory fow excoptious, they aro ull gontlemen, hardlya poror needy man amung tbom Bomo of ilio couniry members’ pay as much as £16,000 to £13.000 1 order to Lave'the homor of sarviug John Bull for nothing, 1 don't sco any resson now for thinking that Uncle Bam vould not be na well served ceaply, At first, no doubt, it wos atherwise, when thero wore ouly a few wualthy 1nen 1 (e couns try; but wow you lxve your milliousires as wedaa ouraelves, Luover saw your luwnsinen MEYHNS, MOOLY AND BANKY when In this country, Lut they crested great ezcite- inwiit in tho religlous world ; aud sowme jeopla think 1bat thy dons a great deal of guod by thelr proaching amd wiugiug, although I am ot ous Gf thrir admirers. 1do not beifove in their seusational sormons; thess sudden conversions of great sinuers Into grest waiute, I Lelieve that any change of the kind must be gradusi ; 1hat the wati who wa 8 grest sinnor {esteray caunot bo a great alnt Lo-day, although he Limself and hi frionds may antertwo.” All the revivals, sa liey are callud, that | bave ever scon or besrd of have, in (he fuaiu, turiied out o Lo temporary doluaious, which bave lod to tho ruln of mauy poor,” fnuocent, eseited wirle, whoss Liearts have got thie In saylng 50, 1 do bt ab wll call Ju question the siue cerity and good fuith of Meaurs, Moudy and Sauky 1 only wishi to toll you that L ani not o tellever in sene #stioual preachivg : sud niore rapecially, at night, col- lecting together young men aud youug women, XXX, —_— INDIA. TRE PRINCE OF WALEY' Vigiy, Lisvalch lo Lonion Tuines, Circurrs, Dec. 26.—Yestordsy (Christmay Day) the Vicoroy aod tho Princo and their suites nttended divino servica 1u the Catbedral in tho farenoon. ‘I'ne route was hined by police, and & detachaent of the Bady-Guard eacortod tho car- finges. Tho orowd of spoctators, Asistlo and Xuropean, aloug the Chowrnghes was not very deuse, and most orderly aud quiet, At Gov- cromont-llousa and ot the church-gates, crowdd Lad collected. The Irinco watb with Tord Northireok on Lla loft, Mies Baning ou fho right, On tho right baud of (b aisle two chbalrs on an elovatod daia, Leneath o canopy, apparoutly futended for oyalted persoangea, wsro nat accu- pled, Eves goat was filled,” and o curlous af- foct was proasnted, the sun's rays streaming througl tho Lluo glass ou tho congjuzation. 'I'bo communion-tably was decorated with How- ore, nad there was & processlon of tho choir singlog from the porch, It was s full choral service. Lo Lishop aud lug clergy wore asolste THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1876—TVWELVE PAGES. ol by the Rov. Canon Duckworth, who roed tho Athavastan Creod. A charity ser- mon was pronched for distrossed Europoans, The Bishop's discourse was remarasble for ite treatment and charactoer, and contained nn refarence to tho Princa's vieit. Tt was any carnent and poworful apnenl to Guristians to sob an exampla to tha Leashen, Lvary Eninxumnn i1 Indis, hio 8all, was s mis- #lonay, Dy Ins life was Chrisi's preaching indged, Actasnd words were carefully notad. ifo becamo & mintster of God or a ministor af ovil ; ho waa charged with tho burdea of Curlst. Groat and small, every Chriatian was bouad to set an examplo to thoss around bim ln Tudia, Tis yrincipio of ditect rosponsibility Bislion Goll inmnted on wose foreibly, coucluding with an appoal for chaiity towards our distrosseld canntrymen, It wes a happy inspiration to lnvits the Prince tospand a pare of Christmas-Day on Loard n Britieh man-of-wvar. Carringos contalning the Prince aud guosta loft Government Houns soon sftor the return from tho Cathedral, and drova to the tbat, whers some (hourands of naiiv: and hnodreds of Europesna ad sssembled, at- tracied by the spectacls of the Sarapis droseod ont with flags, Two lmes of satlors and ma- tinog wero drawn up on the gangway, which was covored wilh scarlol cloth, and pon- toous extonding from tho slip oo tho sloro. On a stags outsido tho slup wers tho onlcors of the Scrapis and of the Oa- borns. The P’rince and suite, dressnd In plain clothes, pnased botween tho lines of marines, under Maj, 8now, and eallors, under Comuwand. er Dedford, witiiout arms, Moet of the blae- inckats Lind flowors jo_thelr breast. Oo reach- ing tho platform, the Pritco shook hande with tho oflicers, and, on entering the ship, waa re- caived by Capt. (iyn, Tho Priuce saw n very pratty sight; the deck, scrooned by flags, was arifully trausformed iuto & wintor ecen)y by shrubs and branches covered with cotton-wool to represent snow, which, with the aid cf some white, plistoning e dor, it did most muccesstully, The holly and vy were fabricated on board. ‘Thora wero suspond:d twreaths and {nseriptions of ** Wplcome, Merry Christimas,” * Huppy Now Year,” “(Qod Bless the Princa ot \Wales," Actosa tho forecastio was tho lnecription, ** Wo wish you s nrosunmnu Jouroov and n sale return to us" Tho Priaco pracecdod to visit the messos, amid thunders of clieers, Lach mess presanted tho pinm duff, which every ono was oxpoctad to tasto,—n vathar arduous task, con- rideriug the number of mesassand tho subatanco (o bo taken. Tuo dinner secmed tobe ample, nod the eaitors and tho marines scemed to bo thoroughly bappy. Tho mon in the eick oay wero alio delighted ut the rinca's vist. A table on tho main desk was mnull‘v decorated, ** Cead mulle failthe,” ** Welcome,” appeated on tho banting woila. Old Father Christmas wae duly represented. The Prince and his swite, includ- fug tuo Duke of Sutherland, Admiral Macdonald, Capt. Darrant aod the oflicers of the Osborne, Geu. Browno, Capt. Sarcorios, Mr, Henderson, snd Capt. Willinme, attachod to tho Prince's sulte, oat dowsn to divner, Capt. Glyn Bat ot the hend and Capt. Bedford at the botfom of tue table, * God Save tho Queou” having bean r(n\‘cd. tho hoalth of tho Prince was drunk with Iigulaud honors, the choers boing echoed by tlio crowd oatside. 'Tho Princo, with mueh fooling, propoeed tho bealth of Capt. Glyn and ths officers of the Barapls, addiog the name of Capt, Durrant, of the Osborne, to whom b paid somo racoful complimeats. Capt. Glyn, In rotnrn. ng thauks, happily oxpresssa a Liopo that Gen, Browne wonld keap time in Lis 5,000 miles land E‘uurnly with tuo Prince, as well na tho Berapis ad ko;t hors, The crow rnshed up Into tho ug, chicering as the Prinoo bade good-by. Berapis and the Osborne remain ot Oal- til Peb, 1. They then go to Bombay to refit, and to watt tha Princo’s roturn. Upon roturming to tho Govorn- ment-ITouse, tho Frinca sccompaniod the Gov- oroor-General and o small party in o carringo to ths larrackpore festivities. In Caleatta vary decided declaratious wete made that ** \We wan't go homo till morniag,” and thoy were faithiully obsorvod. Bannsogrone, Dec. 26,—At Caleutts the Prince’s wolcomo waa not comparable in notas aad tho oxcitoment of the multitudo to that of Bambay, but it was more dignified, parhaps by reason of its metropolitan attributes, Thosamo result bias occurrod Lioro e elsowhers, Immouso antisfaction in felt at this tlesh and blood io- sentmoent of Royalty, ~u peculiar waut of human gature has beon gratifled. The Prince, passing up the river on the morn~ ing of the 2d, wanrecoived with nativo music at various pointa. ‘Lhe ex-King of Oude’s grounda sud garden wero crowded. Tho espect of the Cal:utts shipplag, dresecd, near the historio Fort William, was boautiful. Tho lmmortalite, Tapazo, and Dorng fired & ealuto in uniso Prinsops (Ghaut bad an oxtraordinary aspect, 3,000 Englisimen nud English woman, tho for~ wmor in uniform or full druss, vis-a-vis to tho greatest ltajabn (o Hindortan, assembled under wearlot abamianns, poated on scatlol benchas, set a3 It wera in & framawork of thon- #ands of vatives. All tho Criefs summoaned to tho investituro wero thore to wolcomo tho Princo, Halar Jung. tho Nepaulcae and Burmeso doputa- tione, ood Holliar almost apreug st tho P’rince, Ar. Hoge read np address whicn was well word- od. It oxpresseda lLopo that tho visit would aver bo remombered as a great and promivent ovoot 1o Indien history, After a Btsta dinner the Prines went totho theatrs, accompanied by tho Viceroy, tho Dulte of Butherland, ete., ta sco Charles Mathowa, Moat of the aurhonities con necterd with tho Jogal depactment were preseut, ‘The Priuco was very courtaous to Lord Napier, who came on boatd bofore landing. Bir R, Temple anda Bangal deputation wore slso ro- coived, Lord Northbrook snd the Prince re- maloed converstug some time apatt in tho saloon wheu bo came off to the Borapls, Tho Priuco wore a Field-Murelinl uniform and tho Star of India riband. . Hoveral Chlofs havo como to Calcutta for tho Arst time. Many spoke togethor for tho first tima, Ts that for good or evil? [ shell not at- tempt to give a description of the illuminaticns, whict were very heautiful and very offostive. Tho day aflter the Prince’s airnival the prepara- tions wero pushed on with immenue energy. ‘Cocusande of men woro fixing lights, Tners w010 fow archies, but (boso wore good, Mauy of tho transparencies wore good, and bore oxcelieut mottoes. Tho most striking were at the oluby and at privato houses and pub- lic buildings, The native iluminationn woro tuucbinulyulmpln, hut charactoristio. Tho Princa roturned at 8 o'clock to s grand bounuet. The or- der of tho crowd wad eurprisiog. ‘Thero was fm- inonso cheering; ut placos in ths strasts, whioh wora choked up, At Darrackpore on Haturday night thero was a dinner at the Vicuroy's lodge, & reception of Europeans, and afterwards an ox- hibition of the wild Hill tribes, dauces. ote. Af- ter attending servicos in church, the Prioce, ao- compantod Dby the Vicerov, went on a steam launoh to tbo Fronch settloment of Chandernae gore, near Bariackpore, ‘I'he Governor was ab. wont. It in & very pretiy little statlon, cintain- tigg The cutta e T e ing 8,000 soula. The Yrince returns to Caloutta to-morrow oarly. —— ITALY. THOE LATEST TRAGEDY, Correspondence New York INies, Roug, Dec. 21.—Rocea di Papa [ o little town of 1,000 or 2,000 iuhsbitants, in the Albau stount, svout 12 miles to the south of Nlomes. Bomo timo back two young confadin{, or pensants, of that rogion, who had beoa frieudy, foll out about o love affalr, und {u & fit of jealousy, at a sub- sequont encounter with ealh other, ono drow kntfe and pluuged it into the body of hls rival. Death did not ensuo, but the one who gave the wound was arrestod and condoraned to imprison. mont for & imited time, ‘The puulshmentof tha iaw did not satisfy tha passion of the companion fur tendelta, und he sworo to tako it with bisown hand sa aoon s the condemnod man should come out of prison, Itwas uotiong before the opportu- ity waspresented. Ilo waited foriaadvereary 1o u by-road, aud fired at him twico with hisdonble. barrelod gun, but noithor of tho charges took effoct, l“nllnfithul in bia lllum[;t Bt revenge, Lo went toseek cousolation from Lis awn fatlior, “1 bavo not succooded in making away with himn, " he sald with sudnoss, * Tako courage, my son,"” resvondod the dutiful parent—:*leavo the matter tomo;1 will fiuda wayto kilt him!" Aud thus it was dono : T'wo mon were found in the neigbborhiood of chsracter bad vnough for the commigslon of avy strocitv, 1o them tho fathor wnid ; **1 have noed that that youny man shall be pus out of tho way, aud I will give you % scudi to do It and hore aro 20 of them A8 eurnedt mouoy!” It elsll ba gone," way the renponse, mccopting st tha sume time tho terme sud tho wdvenco money. Tho two men wera friguds or compacions of tho intendod victim. They mought Lim ab once ot tho oserin, or country iun, {nvited lim to driuk with thern, aud wuccoeded fu ro- ducing bim to intoticatiun, 'Fhen, cach of then taking bim under he actn, thoy conducted him outuide tho village, with the proware of ®iving Lim the alr, Tuoy lald bitu uosn 1o elaep i a ro- tired place, and then cousulted togethor as to the mode to be usod for takiug i life It was woun resolved upon. ‘Phe valy wespon thoy had besweosu them with which death could s pro- duced was a amall knlfo, saud with tbis thay wero not surv of accomplishiog their puipoge. But staerved thew ug tho [ustrument Witk which to wake ober wespons to commit thoir act, ouly ‘Tuoy whittled the onds g1ape-potes ar’iurd waod to sbarp potota, and thede, 0no ou tho ouw wido and the other on tho other, wors run with force into tho great veing of the neck, Deatli followed (mmediatoly, and thoact swas accompliahed, Tiut tho tragedy did not ond thers. The body of tho young man was found and takou to hun fatlier, aad for a timo it romained s mystory who woio (ha sasasslns, But tho jostinctaof the fathor 1od Lim 83 divine the trath la ths fallare of cloar ovidonce, Ho lmagined that the sct raa that of vald sloarif, and ths money furalsh- ed by the otber father, who, though of tho peas- ant class, was tho possesdor of propertv, o dotermined {o take b uvunva upun him fu- atead of ulpnn the son. Tus placo chiosen was tha churelt of the villsgo, whoro the object of his voudetta waa o tho habit of to nttend masa. 1o walted hiero, and whon bLo had placed Dimsolf npou his knoos in the devout group, hie rushed upon it and. alashad at bis noak with a pruniog-knifo with such forco aa to broak the instrument. Dut the wounds wora inflicted 80 olumisily, in Lho blind rago, that they did not prove fatal. Thes old man waa srrasted, and it wa tho boginning of tha couris of justico which lian just besn brought to a couclusion in the Crinilnal Court. The facts cited waro proved, and the father who Lirad tho nssassing, with ons of them that the authority succoeded iu finding, was condemned to bard work in the galloys for lire. Tho son wapeoent for fifteon yours, nnd the old msu who mada the attempt to kill in tho church was seutoncod for olgt mioaths, STATE AFFAIRS. Gov. Kellogg Declines to Recognizs the Now Senatorial Claimant. Seunator Stevenson Withdraws from the Contest In Kentucky. . LOUISIANA,, THE NEW **SENATOR.” Speetal Dupateh lo The Chtcago 4ridune, NEW OuLEANS, Jan. 14.~The naw claimant for Louisiaus’s vacant soat in the United Hiates Senite mado application to Gov. Kellogg for crodentials, and the latter doclined to furnish thern. Accordingly, tho Demooratlo House ap- pointod » committes, on the motion of Wiltz, to inquize of tho Governor what were his objec- tions .to 1ssulng a certificate to Eustis, Gov, Kellogg, in reply to the Committes, atated that, Laviog alroady given erodonti to Pinchiback, and baviug recoivod no subsoquent ofticial kuowledgo of a vacancy, e could not coosist« ensly issus crodontials to MMr. Eustis, 1o was wilting, howavor, to issne n cortiieato recitivg tho facts of tho caso that an eloction had boen Lield with twelve Seoatora prosont winlo tho Sooato was in session in snothor poition of tho Capitol, and that Mr, Eustis haa recoived tho votes of & majority of the mombors of the Gon- eral Assombly, 1 is donbtful whothor thie sort of a cortitlcato will be satisfactory to tho Damo- crats, (70 the Auroctatea Press.) POLITICAL DIRTUBNANCLS—TUE SENATORIAL BLEC- TION, New Onrrans, Jan, 14.—After a lengthy do- bato to-day to the Souate, a resolutlon was poasod that tho ‘Govornor snall nend militis to tho arisbes of Last Folicisns, West Foliclana, and a3t Baton Rougo, to assist tho courts in oxe- cucing tho laws againit tho so-calla.l Regutator. 11 tho nulitia is 1nenfliclont, tho Governor ia ro- quested to report so by special moasage to the Logislature, tho latter to call, under the Consii- tutioa, upon tho Prealdent of tbo United States to restoro & republican government ja the said parishod, Io tbo Houso a commitico waa appointed to call upon Gov. Kellogg, notifyiogr him of tho oleatlon of Bonator Jamos B. Euads ns Uulted Btates Sonator. snd roquestlog bim $o iusna the neceagsry credoatials, Tho Committad waited upon Gov, Kellogg,, Ho suswered that having already {ganad credontisls to Senatar Pinohbaci, ho conld not issua 10 anothor gontleman for tho samo position. Ha daclared himsolf, Lowever, ‘willing to certify totne procoedinga of the Houso relativa to tho Eustin election, ‘Lho Commuttee roported thia to the Houso, —_———— WISCONSIN, BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS, Special Dupateh to The Chicano Tribune, Mapsoy, Wis.,, Jan, 14.—Thero waa but short seesion of tho Legislaturo to-day, and ad- Journment was taken uutil Munday svening, Benata resolutions wors adopted to fnvito the roaldent clorgymon of Madison to open tho ses- gjon with prayor, and fora joint committes of nine on apportionment. { Four bills woro introduced, including ono to | amend the chaster of the Mineral Point & Port- | ago Railway, Ono local 0ao passed. In tho Assembly fiva billa ware introduood, in- cluding ons toropeal the law of last winter ro- fqulring all ihquests in countica of over 10,000 inlisbitanta to be Lisld by a Coroner ; to provide for doroaitions in Courta and probato mstter ; olso threa locol bills, two of which passod under supenaion of tho ralos. 'The places about the Legislaturs, inclnding mossouzer-boys, Lave besu dispoussd of, and o Lfnn n‘\iuubu of disappointed applioants luft the ty to-day, Speakor Tifiold !s dovotlng bimseif to the dolicate task of arranging the Logslative Com- mittecs, to bo announced oa Monday eveniug. —_— MINNESOTA. TESTZRDAY'S PROCEEDINGS, Special Dispateh to The Uhteaan Tribung, Sr. Pavr, Miun., Jan, 14, —Fho Benate debated the Contennial appropriation, tho bill repsating tho Inobriate Asylum law, and & memorial for o Govornment doublo-track frolglt railway, post- Y{nuluz flual action oo ocach, and pamsed the ouso memorial for tho Improvement ot Lavige- tiou of tho Rod River of tha Norih, —— KENTUCKY. TN UNITED STATES BENATOMAHIT, LowsvitLe, Ky, Jan. 14.—Ex.Gov, Stovon- son, prosout Uoited Btatos Benator, has withe drawn from tho Bonslorlal contest. Tha voto to-dav stood: Docl, 47; Willinme, 45; Leslio, fiu; Wadaworth, 14,—tho lsst uamed & Repub- can, —_—— VIRGINIA. NO MONEY ¥OI TIHE CENTINNIAL, RicastoNp, Va., Jan, 14.—Tbe Houso of Dole- gotos, by s vota of 68 to 66, refused to reconsider tho vole rejocting tho proposition to ordor to a third reading tho bill lppror‘riadn( 810,000 for tho exponsos Incldental to tho Contennlal Exhi- bitton, —_— Ilow Scandnl Grows nnd Travols. That Morrisvillo (Pa,) eclorical acsndal ia ex- plalned, snd fs a firat-rato {liustration of Liow seandal can travel and magolfy from a very small aud innocont mattor. ‘T'bio yonug. unmar- ried, brlliant pastor, the Rev. Mr. Bhields, was roum-mate, it scoms, of tho dry-gooda store- keepo-, and, naturally, was froquontly In his frioud'a etoro, somotimes Liolping nim. A taw dayn ago, he bought 40 conta’ wortt of gonds, leanod over the conntor, dropped a #4 bill into tho money-drawer, and took out the chauga. Homo customiers saw lum, gucesod bo was steal- iog, and eirsulated the etory o tho village, Aud from tola spoedily grew the tale that the youuy pastor was & vaterab till-tapper, sud bird raided bu uoarly everr monoy-drawor in town, Bui tho church aud the pautor went mtraightway to work and tracud the scaudal baclh to ita stacting placo, tho storekeepsr and his two olerks ex- plsined the circums a vota of conlidence wag unanimously pi ud the littlo village is quiet once more. —_— A Traveled Doge Lleut, Murphy, whose name 14 well known in connection witli "the Camoron expeditivn inta Coutral Africa, has a companion, also distin- &.',nim:d in African travel. ‘I'ils i the late Dr. iviugatona's dog—the only dog that bas surs” vivod a ioumny into Contral Africa. 'This faithe ful croaturo travelod from Zanziber to Unyan- yembo with tho exploror, and then followed Livingstone's body back to tbe coast. ‘The dog sesre & medal bearing thefollowiog Insaription's ‘¢ Mabel, F.R. 4. O., late Livingutone Coaet African Expodition, 18734, It isa sm #lzod buli-tewrior, White iy color, and now iu very iufiras health, It traveled f,suo miles in Altica—s wondorful offors in pedostrianism— befora it wan 12 monthe old, and it has sinco tzavolsd 15,000 milos by ses. - it Making Divorce Simple, 7 Tioratio Neilsou of Glow Uove N, Y, hins pub- )luhkd'flm following, “to whow it sy con- cern " ‘Thin certifies that T hava thia day dissolved all rels. o3 with Awanda Netlion, 80 thit sk may take caro uf Lerself and marry whow sho plessos, without my iutesforonce wilk kor sud Ler futare husband, whos over ba may be, provided that iy thres chillren— AM.ygle Tappeu, isttie Loulss, and James lood Netlson o —sball rewialo fu wy custody, 10 be provided for b e, wllbout bier Lutesfesence u any manuer whatay: HozATIO NeILsoN, HENRI TAINE'S NEW BOOK. “The Origing of Contemporary France,” Taine's Estimato of tho Writers of tho 0ld Rogimo, Correapondence New York Feening Post, Pints, Dec. 11, 1875.—Tho firs}’ volume of Mouit Taino's now work on the **Onglus of Contomporary Franco" is publishod to-day. In this enthiost inatallmont of his important book the author dosls with **Ths Old Rerime," nro- poming to follow it with ** Ibn Revolution” and ** Tha Now Regime.” 1n lus profaco ho saya: The French of (he old regine aro et within the rangeof our vislon, Eich of us,fa his youtl, bas kuown soma oun of the survivora of tust vanished warld, Afany of tholr mansions still oxiat, with their apartments and theie furnlture jutact, 1y means of tliofr palntings and thelr angravings we follow them fn thelr Jonentls 1ife, we soa (holt garmnnia, thote sl nd thoir gustures, With heie litoraturo, thele philosopliy, thelr newspapers, and their correapond- elico, we €an_veconatriict all ‘their thought, and even thal¥ famiiiar conyeraation, A maltitude of momolsa, drawn dunng the thirly yoars from public and privato archives, conduct ua {rom parlor to patlor o 1 wa wora presented there, The letters and {ouruate of foreigu teavelora conueck and complets, by inde- pendent rketches of contemporary manners, ths pors traita whioh this noctely bas tracad of ftsnlf, THR BOUNCES OF TUE MATERIAL. M. Talno informa v that, 1o order to ro-ostab. lish for the consideration of tho presont geuera- tion tho old regima na it was, o haa beon long eogaged In the most pninataking search smong tho archivos of tho thirty yoars which he de sirod ospecially to etudy, those preceding the Rovolution. Out of the dry and dusty tomes In which fs embalmod tho correspondencs of the small voblilty, of cures, of mouka of city and country, of advocatos, Shoriffs, the bourgeols, the mnyatle procureur, tho villags syndic, 1aborers in the flold and artisans in tho workahop, oMcers aad soldiers, ho has brought, by thio magicof hts powaer, living figuroa which pasa boforo us iu a rapid pasorama. In erdor that wo may thore ougbly understand “* Contemporary France,” ho finds that wo must go back Lo tho ante-Revolu- tionary poriod, and discover how poople then lived 1ook futo the interlor of presbyterios aud canventa, oxamine tho City Councils, knoy whav o workiman's wages woro, what a flold produaed, Low the poasaus was troated, how the tax-col- loctors bobiaved, what a grand selgneur or a pro- Iato expended, and how much tho (uilots and ceromanials of the court cost. 'Taine {a tho opostla of hlm who racommended tho most cara- ful minutoness iu investigation, adaing that * Gemus was buc o talent for (aking fudnite pains." Tho noted Fronchmnn liaa put his owors Of rosearch to their greateal test in hia firsb volume. Mg prodigions facuitios of nsaimilation havo mnover apposred to prester advantage. Ho gives tho price of Marlo Autoivotts's robes and the anal- ysia of Montesquieu’s charactor with tho Bamo faultless procislon, Ifo bas made a com- ploto tableau of manners and moraly within the field which ho had proposcd to himself. o de- votes o ohapter to the coudition of the peasantry slortly bofore tho Rovolation, MMis facts, logi- cally arranged, and told nith an eloquent sim- I;umlyy show that the peasant must lnevitably avo rovolted ; that his condition was aply in- tolersplo, 1o is moratloss in his expovares of the foiblos aud follies of the latter bulf of tho Inat ceutury, but bo waatos {lttle time in come ments, Mo Las merely been able to bring to- gothor & largo number of importent facts which illustrate tha tims, and which ozplain the Iicvo- lution and mach of tho course of France wauco thot timo bottar than any ano olsa Lias ever boen abla to explain them, dMuch of tho same mar- velous quality which ho attributos to Voltairs may bo found in his own works, Of Voltaire ho saya ¢ The most atriking trait of Lis atyle Is tha prodiglons rapidity, the dazazling and slartling panorama of ever naw things, cf ldcas, images, ovouls, lsnda:apes, ro- cltals, dislogues, litile abbraviated paintimgs, wislch aweep along ono nfter anather a4 in u migic-lantorn, taken away slmost as woon aa presented by tha fmpac tieut magician, who lu tho twinkling of au eye makes the tour of tho world § and who, cntangliog ono with auather, histors, fable, trutb, faulasy, tina prosent and timo peat, places his waln work now in » facade an motlay an that of & fulr, and now in s fairy ploco moro magndiiceut than thoso of the opern, T'ains lias not all thia hasto aod profuss waste of resourcos which ho attributes to Voltaire, but Lio appenrs alivays to have tho samo inoxbausti- blo ricinoss of material, no matter with what spacialiy bo deats, CONPTITUTIONS AND 6YSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT. In his profaco, &L Taino desciibes the history of bia tribulations whon in 1849 lie found him- nell of ago nnd & votor; and he indulgos in tho following remarks ou constitutions in gonaral, st the modo of government for the French na- tion fu partlculars After having latoned to diverso doctrines, I recog~ nized that thers waa without doubt a void in my mind, Motiyes wiich wero sufficlent for othots were not wnough for me; I could not undeatand that in poll- ties one can dectde meroly accarding to bis preforences, AL aflirmativa fricuds conetracted a Coustitution se thiey would a houpe, sccording (o tho mout eleganl, the newest, or tha simplest plan, and they had any num- berof plans on band for the Lotel of s Mirquls, the bnimvie lodging of b workingman, tho houss of & paure geots, ths Lurricis of ilie toidler, tho phahanstery of omumunists, or oven ina encampmont of wavages, Lach one said of his mod:l, “ Now hore 1e the reai hultlation of man, tha only one waloh s person of gaod sense cun §uhabit,” ‘fo my thinting tuis arqument ‘wan foeble; personal tastea uid not seom suthorities toms. Itappesred to me tuat a bouso ought ot to bo coustructod for the architact, nor far jtuelf, but for the proprietor who wan tolivain ft, To ask the pro 1ristor's advico, (0 submit to (he Feanch pooplo tha plaus of ita futurs babltation, would too visluly bs elthar & vain show or g deceit ; In such a case {be ques- tion always creates the answor, and, boasidos, conld that anawer havo been given with frecdom, France was 10 1o botter coudition to give {t tiisn was I, Ten mill- fona of Iguorance do nos make ona savoir, A peopls consulted can perhips Just minage to doclars the form of govornment which Jlosaes It but mot that of which it Is really 1o noed. Tula it can only And out by usago; it must have time to discaver whother or uut jla ‘political house fa commodious, sold, copable of realsting storms, appropristo to ity manuors, occupations, elsracter, It socentrioltles, fta brusgueries, Now, cuining to the fact, wa have never beon conteuted with ours, ‘Thirteen times in eighty yeara we Lavo torn St down I ordee fo bulld {¢ up ¥galn 3 and, aithough wo have Sndustriously rebulit, we have not yel found that which s suited tus, 1f othior peoples bave been hanpler; 1f, in forelgn couns bricw, many political labitations are solld and last fn- dotinltely, it Lu bacsuss thoy havo been constructad in a partioufsr inaunor, stound soms masaive and prime 1tavo nuclaus, leaulug upon soms old coutral edilice which Lias boen many timea repuirod, but alwga pro- servad, Incressed by degroos, roudered approprisle by gradust groping after tho proper filss, and ene larged ue fastns the inhabitants tind it neceseary, Nons of them has been bullt at a slogle & rial, on & now pattern, and merely with tha measuros of reason, It da, periiapy, uocosiary to admit that therals uo otlier thau s siow way of constructiug with view to duration, and that the suddon fuvention of & new Constltutlon, suitalils, durablo, Is su enterprise which llllipsllu the powers of tie buman mind, At any rate, 1 coucluilad that If we ever dlucover the ono wililch we 0ught to Lave, 3t will not ba by tha prozestes uow In vogue. o short, tho thing to do Is to dlicover 18 1f jt exlste, and not (o put it to vate, In thls respoctk our pruferences would bo vals nature and bistory Bave, fn advanco, chosen for ne; It Is for u3 to sccommodate ourselyes to thom,' be causs It In cerlain that they will not sult them. nelvas to v, Tue soclil and poiltical form luto whioh & people may enter and remain fa nob wlven up 10 ta arbitrary decision, but is determined by Its chare acter and itepast, It must be tolded accurately, aven i a loast noticoabls foatures, oftar the Mving visage Lo which It fs applied ; otherwisa It will break sod crumbla to plocas. 'Tals Is why, it wo over suc- ceed 1o flading wur form, 1t will only ba by atudylug ouraslves, ani the more certrinly wa know exactly what we ure, tha wiore delinitely shall we dacids upon whist Wo tsu ba watlifiad with, One ouglit, then, lo reverse Wil the ordinary methods, aud sliow the uatlon befors cditibg o Cowstltation for It. Naturally enough, fue frst opertion n wush longer and ore diticult tban the wocoutl, Wuat time, what study, what obeervations, ons of which 18 rectified by anol at soaiches in. to prosent aud past un all the domaine uf thought and action, whut colossal and loug-extend:d labor are neccusary Lo asquire the cuinpleio sud esact ideaof & qrust peaple which Lus Myved to the comwmon sge of peopies, and which sut livesl butitts the slugle way o avold bulldlog” falsely sfter having reasoned emptily ; and I promised mywif tht, for myself at lvast, if ono day | should uud:rtske to seek out & potitleal opinton, # would ouly ba after baviug stuiod ance, M, Isine next disoussos at xome length the nature of France at Lo prosjnt tine, a9 follows ; What {s contemporary France? In order to auswer this quostion, one mus kuow how thus France was made, or, sill Letter, must asaist a8 apectator ut itn forwation, At the closs of the last ulul’r. like an iusect wbich burvia asuuder s chrysalia, II uuder- weat a transformatios. It old orgsnlzation wes dis- solved § It tors In pleces iteell lLe nost precloun twaues, and [cll {oto well-nlgh mortal coavulsions, Tl {ter mavy ufiuulu anda terrivle lotusryy, it begau fo recover, Dubits organization (s nu longer thusama; by & mysterious fuicrnal process n tew Leing has becn substituted for tho old, In 104 all ite “waln features were mguin definjlo aud solld; departments, arzondisseinents, cantons, ard ‘communcu—nathing bus been chunged sluce, in divisions snd rfor +tune tured ;" concordat, cod, court, university, institute, profects, council of stals, Lxes, coila-tors, ' the Cou dea Comptes, 1ho uniform and contralized adwisisire. 1100~—tL¢8a princlpal organs are still the sawy; uo- billy, bourroiste, warkaion, peasauts, e lizg Liad since then thd sftustion, {ho iularests, tho sonti- o tzadlijons which we obsorve 1o it ta-diy, ‘Thus the new crestura iy at once stable aud complotes ita atructure, its instiurts, und § 8 facuittes mark vut in wdvuuce 160 citcle 1u whick: 1ts tuoughts and its satlon will be ezurcl.ed, Around It uther notloos, wome pree coclous, othors tardy in thelr dovelopmenut, all with much grealer cars, some with batler succoss, in tho' same manner paming through tho tr formation from tha feudal to the modorn state: Lhe unfolding of the chirynslis Is universst and nearly simuttaneons, Dut under this new &% under tho an. clent form, the fesble in alwsys the pray of the airong, s o In the orgauizatlon that France crestod for itaelf at tha commencement of the ceutury, all the general lines of {ts contem hittory were traced —politieal revolutions, naclal Utcpias, divisious of citsacs, tharoe of tha Clurch, the conduct of tha nobilily, of the hourgecisre and of the people's davel- opment, direction, or dyviation of philosaph; Ta, aud arta, This 18 why, when we wish 10 nuderats our peeaent sitintion, Lir gaze 1 tlaaya tarned tow territls aud frulttul crials by which the * old regyn produced the ltevolution, and the llevolution the new regane, YOLTAIRE, NOUSREAU, MONTERQUIED, EYC, Porhaps tha moat delightfal pats of tha first volume {athatin which Talos discosses criticaliy, ¥eb with charmivg freodom and cbarity, - the writors of the ancien regime. 1o hine bestowsd npon his pon-plcures of Aantesquion and Vol- Inire, of Diderot and Rounseau, the care and time which would justify many an suthor, to his oun thinking, in making » volume of them, But hero thoy sroouly a part of tho general schome--a supotb addition to tho marvelous riches in this munoum of thonght, whetn nothing {8 disarrangod, and whoro “overythiug is novel, Xnch page eparkies not nu‘l{ with original thoughit, but with bidliant and eloguont lsn- £nago : Rousscan (ho says) made the dawn viaible to peopls who nover aross unitlnoons the opon couniry ta oyes unaccustomed fo rést on ollier objecta than ihe walls of saloons and palaces; the garden of Naturs to per- sonn who lind never promenaded savo bealde trimmed hedgeaand in rectilinear slleyas the fields, solitudes, 1ho famliy, the real hoople, atfectionate auu sipls pleasures to city-Lred folk wearled by the monolonous drynoss of tha worldl, by the excans sud the cowplica- tion of luxury, by the uniform comody wiich, under \ho glare of & hiundred lighis, they ra-encted every oveniog st home orin the jarlors of their nelghbors, Thls, M. Taino thinks, was tho chief reason o Rouneosu's eifecess, Ho doos not accord bin high placo as s truo artiat. ‘Lho cines of porsona who formed Ronsseau's publio under tho old regimo woie ineapablo of judging whetbior or not s worlk was natural and eimple, ¢ They could not," eays the critic, ** distinguish elontly Letwoon moutimentality and seusibiity., They, followed theirauthor us a rovealer, a8 a prophet, even to the end of hls idoal worid, ratlicr moro bacaudo of nhls oxaggerntions than bocsuse of his discoveries—followad bim a8 far on tho path of arror a8 on the road of Lruth,” Tho contrasts with which Roussean ehocked tha minds of the mochanically olegnot mon aud women who woro overloaded with_finery, who walked, sat down, rose, Lowed, sud even ato accoidivg to bume conveutional and recogulzod recipo § thoso coue trasts which mada the mothorsa who read “Tmilo" sshamed of thomaoives, were, ac- cordiog to our auchor, of tho utmost servico to tneir timo. lloussoau was a poworful ormon~ izer. Of hia ntylo AL Taluo aays : Eecopt n tho ** Confesslon,” it gulckly fatigues ua ¢ 1t 18 L00 studied—-incestantly etrained, The suthor Is always suthor, aud communicates his faults to lifa characters, Liis Juifa ploads and dsssriates through twenty pagea st s thmo on the duel, on love, on dut. with n logic, a lalent, and with phrases which woul do lionor to's moraliat and academician. Lvarywhora thero aro commonplaces, general thegies, arrays of sontences aud of abntract reasonings—thiat is to say, wotoor lus smpty truth and comparatively hollaw paradoxeu. Thio luaat fact of & elsouinatanitial cliarao. ¥, 3 fow anccdoles, somo skeiches of manuers, would » far better ; aud that {a becauso to-day wo pro. fer tuo procise eloguence of things to the fecble olce quence of words, In tho eightecuth century it was wuite different, and; for every man this oratorleal styla waa In fact th costume de ceremonie, tha drevz-clotiios which Lo was compelled to don befora bio could Lo ad- milted {nto thie cotmpany of honest people, Ot Diderot M. Taino says ¢ Ho wan & voleano in eruption which for forty yeara thirow out ideas of every order aud specles, boiiing and mingled, precious mictals, coarso lava, and fetid mud ; tho cantinuvous totrent overflowed in all directions, according to the naturs of the ground, but slways with tho llery octut and tha acrid amoke of ardent lova, 1(o 4id not possces Lis idoas, but his idoas posscesod him 3 hia aufferod from them ; in order to reprees tuem Lo had not that folid basia'of good practical sense, that dyks of Soclal prudeuce, wuich, 1 tho csés of dlontoas quleu, and oven In Voltilre, prevented oxcesscs, ‘Taino clasues Diderot and Roussean as thosco- oud goneration of writers of the eighloenth cen- tury whose mental equilibrium was not 50 exeol a8 that of Montesquien and Voltaire, whow Lo rauks o the frst, For tono =nd stylo [lo saga] Montesqulou s tho first, No writer bias been In greater degrao manter of lifwself, calmer i exterior, more sure of bhis expres- alon. 1iis voico nover Lisd noisy accents; e sald tho sirungest things du the most measured way, lle thougbl by resumes; in & chapter of ihrec lines o concentraied all tho essence of despotism. Ile exe celled in_tranquil irony, in polished disdain, in dis- gui-od sarcasm, Tho wiolo now philosopby was tn- folded undor Lis baud with inuocent air, fu a pastoral romance, in a niaire prayer, (n a frank lecler, Nono of the gufts by meaus of whith ane can arrest and rotain attention ara lacking fn Lis style, neithior grandioss {magination, nor profound sentiment, nor vivaclty of claracler skotching, nor delicacy of shades, uor vigorous precdsion, nor playful grace, nor unforeseen buriesque, nor variely ol miss en siene, But, in tho' midst of s0 many ingenfous {ricks, npologucs, storles, portraits, dise loguos, ou serious occisious, o8 well za at the wawquorade, bis attituds is {rroproichabls aud b munuers are perfoct, 1f he developes a paradox, it ia with un almost Eug.ish gravity, If Lie enlargon upon tho Judecency of Lings, it {a wilh the utmost decency of lauguage, At the lelght of bullconery as weil s ut the Hmit of license, be remainsiho maun of good so- ciuty, born snd brought up in that sristocratic circlo whace liberty Ia cowplcte, but whoere savotr-ofore is auprema; where every thought i permittad, Lub whcra each word s weighed, where ouo hua the right 10 sy everyihing, but on condition that Lis nover for- gots bimseif, ‘Tho adnuration which M. Taine exhibits for Voltoire touchea the bounds of onthusiasm, Haro is a sketeh which will show his approcia- tion of tha grost Frouchman's giftss Naver was thers tnortal craature more excited and excitable ; loas fitted for wilcace or more hostile to cnnul ; better dowered for conversation ; miore viale bly dostined to become the soverelgn of a soclablo century, fn which, with Lalf & dozin good satires, thirty bon mols, tsna a ittle ‘familfarity with the world, & raan had hus soclety psssport and was mope ally certaiu of being woll Tocelved everywhere, Thors Wad nover a wilter who possossed in such high degroa and o groat abundance all tha gilts of the vonverss. tioualist, tho art of sufsting sud enlivening spe: the talelt of ploasing soclutly; of the very be manoers whan Lo wished, © and keeplog * withe out dimculty within the Mmils of exact pro- priety ; of finished politenens, of exqulsite gal- aniry, reupsotul without servillly, caresalng’ without inwdpidity, and always at bis easa, 1} was_sumcient for lilru to be Lu pubilo io take on naturslly the measured sccont, the discreet atyls, e engaging soml.smils of tha sroil-bred man, who, Introducing readers futo bis thousut, Limself docs the honoraof bLie spartment, Ars you'fumillar with bim and 8 meinbor of tho small futiniale cirele in which ho_ unfoldu bis untars (realy with closed doora? You wil not coase langhe n With an unerriug toucl, sud with. out 10 grasp it, bo lifis (ho vell which covers an abuse, & projudico, & foolisl erzors in slort, somn one of 'tlis luman idols, Under {ho fnetaut Light the real fgure staris out deformed, odious, or iniguifcant; then comed ‘the laugh of agilo and victorious reanon, Ife héa yeb anothor lauyu ¢ that of tho gay temporamant, of tha improvisatoro who {s alio buffoon ; of the man wao bas rewnaiued young, ehild, and 'avon gamin, to hia latost dey ; and who “gambols on his tomb? , . , Dulloiopby neadod 3 writer who should, aa his chisf Tabor, occupy himself with spreading it abroad, Who coald not con- tain it, whois spirit avarflowed ke & fouutuln that is toa all, which pourod orts or al avory ey and o der all forms, o grest words, in litile rill, without over becoming sxhausted or ceasing, by every crann. aud channel ,brose, pocsy, verses arvat aud small thuatre, bistofy, rolnunces, pamphists, spsclal plesd: jugs, treatiscs, \rochurod, dictionuries, corre- spoutlence, in hublic aud i private,—that' §§ might penetrata to all depths unud {u all eartba; that was Vul- tare, I Liavo done miore fn my time,” Ko uays some. whore, *than Luther or Calvin; * and in (lis e docuived bimself: The truth, nevertheless, {e that Lie liad something of their apirit, 1le wished, like thotn, 10 change tle dominant religion; be conductsd hime a¢lf lka thy fouuder of be recsuitod broelyten and leagued thom togetner ; L wrote letlers of exlior- tation, of sdvico sud dircctlon; ko circulsted rallying motioth; 1o gavo the brothren s devicog Lis pauslon ubled tho real of sn ‘apostls’ of o prophat. Bueh a epirit Is not capable of rescrves it i by nature smililaot and headstrong, g apos- trophizsi Le blamesi he improvieen; Lo writes uoder the apur of ' s omen {mprese sion ¢ o allows Limacl? all words, aven Lhs harsiost, 7 sxglovioas ; nls ewotions aro saria : Lia lmages are sparlice s entialy frea; o gives bimasalf fully 10 the reader, aud that 1o Why ho captivates bim, Impossibla Lo riulst, the contagion is 100 powertul 1 Groalure of fiame ad aif, tho mosk that evor was; composed of atoms mnoro d vibrating inore theu thoss of otiur mes, have Lesn none whoss inental structure Liave bas besu at ooce Ue may bo com- o d Béatb, bt ta Cown atuses for welghing ‘I'nese Liastily-tranalatod extracts cannot give the reader n proper tdes of the graco and charm whieh pe: o noarly every page of this woudor- ful bool,—in which the old” reqime, with ita crimos, orrorw, follies, oxcellencos, gonuiaos, iy lield uwp for our iuspection, It lw, {udged, a glimpso Into a ** vanished world.” The book Iy the hiterary evous of the lime, and the other vol- uwmes wro anziously awaited, A Very Tulkntive Man, : Irookiyn Argus, In the City Court the caus of Olements Trime Blo ve. Jatnes Nolau was tried. It was an sciion to recover $500 damagzes ou buildiug coptrict, A verdict waa found for Mr, Nolan., Hels ons of thoe easieat and most rapid talkers who ever fi'"‘ testimony in auy court. In the opinion of’ tenographsr Digolow, who reported Mr. Noiso's teatimouny, La 14 & more rapid speakor than Geo, Toger A. Pryor, Inroply lo & queation pusto Mr, Nolan by hid lawyer, Lo gave an saswer that would, if peiuted, Bl pearly two columus of tuls paper. The sentences rollad outb wittiout the blightost apparout effort un tbe part of the wit- aews. Ouv sentenco cootsined 183 words, sud 1t remivded Lbo roporters of tha famously long teutences which Mr, Evarts made use of {n tho ‘Titton-Deocher trial, 7 _-CASUALTIES. Sinking of tho Biip Harvest Queen by, Collision with tho Steamer Adriatio, Rocord of Minor Mishaps, BUNK IN THE IRISH CHANNEL, New Yonn, Jan. 14.—From {uformation re ceivod horo it Is daterminod beyond a doubt that tho Harvust Quoen, a full-ngeed ehip of thy Dlack Ball Line, was auuk by a ooilision in the Irdah Chsusel, and that hor erow, numbering thirty men, wera lost. It is further belloved, from mtatuments made by ths rallors of the sleamahip Adriatie, that It was that veseel whick camo in collision with tho Harvest Queen, Thero was o racord of the collislon on tho log of the Adriatlc, and Capt. Jenuings explained tg the mgont of tho livo that *Tho colislon was eo glight that I Ald not tblnk it worth whils to say snything about it to you, 1t happencd = littla befora 8 o'clock on tho mornlng of Doc. 8. The executive officor bad charga of the stenmer, Ry saw & ship spproachifg in n zig-zag courso, sa that ho deemod It unsafo to keop the Adrlatio In hor- gorular courso, o accordingly stofped tho sateamer, ringing the ball to 1overse (he engine, and ssot bolow for mo, but the abip kapt approaching, and tho steamor had backed B0 far that tho wator was just about oven wilh her fanuels, when suddenly the ship turned nbout, crossing our bows, and struck hop Jib-boom on “eur onchor-stock. I mveolf was on deck by this time, and, undor- stending that criea for heln haa been hoard from tho wator, orderad the boats to L lowered, thinking thal po:havs somo sailors a1 boon af work ou Ler §ib at tho timo of tho coflision, and had been swopt overbonrd, Tho ship itself sa od off ns if nothing hiad happened, nod, after Leeving tho slesmor bovo to about thres Lo:ars, without fuding soything, I prdered the Lol to rivg to go ahead. Hubseguently I beard some talk among the mop that wo had sunk a vereol, but tbat was, of course, tco ataurd to ba hatens ed to. Tho ocollision was of uo scount whate over, A sesman gives tho following veralon: “Thursday, Deo. 80, tho Adrlatic left Liverpocl About half-past 2 o’cluck Friday morning, shen off Moyno Head, the man oo tha lookout sighted 8 vossel on-tho starboard tack and gava the alarm, snd tho steamer changed lor courso, About ten minutes passed and tho lookout gave the rlarm agatn, for tho two veesala wore cloulnx fast upon eachi othor. It was a starrv night, ftaoment passed and tho Adriatic dashed iato tha bow of tho stranger. Tho onpino was at cnco res vorsed and tho stoamor backed o milo or two. Boats wero lowored, and as thoy rowed away tha lighta of tho wtrange vossol aank lowor and lowor, till thoy reached the water'a edge, and thon the Lull, maats, and all sank out of fight, The cries of tho diawning mon enuld be dls. tinctly hoard, sud thoy gave directious, s they floted for & moment, & to the courso to take ta flod them. No ono, howsver, was rescnod, It would scem that the collision was nat violent enough -to disturb passongers, and tuey only Loow of It from tho talx of tuo cruw.” ‘I'ho Harveat Queen arrived at Queonstown Dec. 20, from Ban Irancisco, Cal,, sud en the 80:h eailod for Liverpool. QUIXOTIC BOYS. Bpeeiat Dissateh to The Cnicago Tridtme, Lzaveswons, Kao, Jan, 11.—Lost Tucaday & ocouplo of boys, named Frank Dietrlch ond Gustave Brandner, both tho sons of roapaotablo parcnts, ran away from here, and, securing & swall fshing-boat, set ont for Bt. Louis. As 8000 na thoir absonco wae dizogvored tolograms worogent to nlltownuloui the river,but noword could be obtained from the miseing lads. A% the (imo thoy eet out tho river*was completaly fillod with floating ico iu Jaxgr masses, in waich 00 boat could possibly live, and thera {8 no doubd whatever but that thoy aro drowned. LOST .A Lta, Speelal Dirpatch to The Chicags Tribune, Fnaxgront, Iil, Jan, 14.—Jamea Akors, a brakeman in the employ of tho Michigan Coutral Railroad (Joliet cat-off), had his log taken off to-day whilo in tho nct of coupllog cars af Bloom, Mr. Akers has beon in tho employ of the Company for the past six years, aud bag proved himsolf to bo n competent and truste worthy man, ile Las boon coudnctor on this bravch, and on account of the sluck of business bad to tako his former positivn. He is & native of Kentueky. BOILER EXPLOSION. Spectal Disoatch (o I'ha Chicago Tribune Axy Annon, Mich., Jan, 14.—Tha botler lo the papor-mlil of the Ypsilanti Paper Company, at Ypsllantl, oxploded to-day, causing toriiblo do. struction, Charles Mack was literally biown te plecos. Charlos Otto, & bug from Moorville, was instantly killed. Tho building s badly wreckad, aud tho loss considerable. ~Tho sliock wos foli throughout the whole city, making the opla think thero bad been an' earchquake. gflok loaveu a wifo and vino cbil'dren. Nasgviree, Tenn., Jao, 14.—lhe bofler st tachodtoa flounng milt in Maury County ez ploded yesterdny, killioz the enginess and wounding agother mau. ACCIDENTS AT EAST SAGINAW, Spectat Dispatch ta Ths Chteago Tribune. East BaoNaw, Miok, Jan, 14—A flsherman from Essexvillo and his son, who wore fishing on Bagioaw Bsy, wore carrlod out Lo sea yoster day by tho breaking-up of tha ico. vohn Whalan was killed by a falling limb At Btevens & Grabam's camp on Pine River, Th;ztody waa taken to Doy City, whore relatives 1chRide. RUN OVER AND KILLED, 87, Louts, Jau, 1&—Thomas Kilbory, nighte snitchman o tho Ohlo & Mississippl Rtaiiroad yards, Faat St, Louls, was run over by an ongioe and ewo fieight-cars at an early bonr this morn g, snd cut nearly to vieces, He waa from Chioago, whero ho has s wife, Evasevirte. Iod,, Jan. 14.—~An unknown man, supposed to Lo a tramp, was ran over and kil on'the Catro & Vincennes Railrord, near Ailsn~ ‘lllm‘ 11, to-day. No tudications as to hls Idens Ly, BROKE +HROUGH THE ICE. Speeial Dapateh 1o The Chizaqo Tridune, Poxp pu Lae, Wis, Jan, I4.—Aloxsndes Rhodos, ot Btookbridge, Calamet County, loat & team, slelgh, and load of flour, and came neat drowning himself by breaking through ths los on Wednesday, BUZZ-SAWED, Bpectal Dispatch 2 I'he Chicago Tribune, Oanuonpave, Iit,, Jan. 14.—A sawyor at Pomo- nis, Ill., was cought in a circalar saw yestorday and bad his sight arm and log terribly laceratsd. Hin recovery Ia impossible. INSTANTLY KILLED, Svectal Disvateh to T'he Chicaao Tribting, CamrinviLLy, JiL, Jan. 14.—An old mam named Morton, whilo driviog a wagon,and tesm near Brighion yeatordav, wad thrown from hus wagou and inatantly litled, THREE DOYS DROWNED, Lowers, Mass, Jan, 14,—Turoe boys werd drowned yostordsy in ths Buffolk Canal, whils alodding. A Boreaved Family. An aflicted famity [s that of Willlsm Littls, Euq., Town Clork of Newbury, Mass. On the Jot of August last bo had o promising family of #even cluldren, ‘rmreutly 84 vigorons auvd boanlthy ae any, aud sll uucommonly bright and amiable. Iuthat month the youngoat died of chule; fautum. Early In Beptember Mr, Lit~ tlo hlmacl( wa attacked with typhoid pneumonl: and bio was onlv roscuod fiom the very jaws of death by the conataut and walohful oare of his Inends, sud the skl aud faithful attendanco of bus physlcians, sided by a naturally strong cons nutution.. ITe Liad not tacovered fsom hia severe when all bis clildren woro soizod withh fever of a sovere typo, and three of thom bhave died, while the threa who rewain are nod wholly out of deuger, Andersons Among Andersen's peculiaritios was a mortal fear of dogs. Ile ouce wrots Lo an [nthmst( friond realdiug in Geneva tbat he moaus to comt t0 pay nim & visit, sud would arcive o a certais day. The family possessed a large but goutht very Inteligent Nowfoundlaud dog, whicly in anticipstion of the poot's visit, was c.\r-!ulfl cbsmed up. ‘The day appointed for niw areivi cawe, but 0o Andersou wade his appesrauce Daya and weoks succeaded, aud still be did va the fumily recoivod a lutier fron bim postmarked Nice, **Doar friends,” W wrote, *'1 airtvad st your house on tledsy | stated, but when I got to tha gate I gaw such ¢ big u"f in tho vard that 1 did vot dare goda 204 80 & took the iiret trsia co Lialy,™ =