Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 10, 1876, Page 9

T ———— ] {HE CHICAGO ONDAY, JULY 10, 1870, TLINCOLN AND CLAY. Some Historicnl Reminiscences of Two, Great Men. #0ld Abe's" Propemsity for Joking; and Why Ho Indulged In It. A Scnson of Jocularity that Cost Somo of tho Participants 820,000, Clay's I11-Tempor o Xebanon, O, in the Canvnss of 1844, v - Fyr 138 Tribune. In the “Life of tho late President Lincoln,” by Barrett, an ineldent Is mentioned {lhiatrat- tug tho'real cause why this dlatingulshed mon g0 often used Jokes in his business Intorcourse, The incident aud tho cxplunation took place in tho dnrk hours of tho War i 1862-'63. A Mem- ber of Congress and a friend, who, 1t i entd, wes not given to this kind of pastime, and was especlally in an goxious stato of mind about the Dbusiness In hiand, called on tho Prealdent at tho Exceutivo Mansion, -Mr. Lineoln commenced by narrating some teifilog focident, which the Momber thought inconsiatent, with -the gront disaater which had just oceurred, and which was welghing on tho spirits of the visitor; and, In- stead of Hstening calnly, kindly, and ro- speetfully, as most would and did, to the -President, he- -rose and remarked to him rudoly, “Idid not come hevo, ghis, morning to hear storles; .1t is too scrfous o time,” apd propured to Icava; when, inatead of resentiug the rudeness, tho amila on tho Prealdont’s face finmediately disappearod, and he exclalmed, 81t down, please. ' réapéct you a4 ah carncat and sincers moh. You cannot b moro anxlous than Iamall the thiei but 1 say to you that, woro 1 not ocoaslonally to give vent to tuy feeljugs In this way, i 2 1 1touLd DIB ) The artlst who .waa engaged fn puhfilm: Mr, Lincoln In ono of the great pictures of the doy, and thua had’constant Interviows with him whilst o engaged, sald the fact was the sadddst face ho ¢ver in his Ufe hod paluted; and in the troubled | days,—In days of disnster to our cyusc,—the ‘car¢worn and troubled sppearance - of - -~the - Proaldent - waa such 03 to bring -tearsof sympathy into tho eyes of his most vlolent encmics. * Tho “artist often foyndl tho ‘ Presldont walking back and fortl in his roomn, his head bowed down, his bands behind bim, heavy rings of core on his faco,—n \\!ctuuv sulering, under great ro- sponeibilities, siuch gs would startle the-be. bolder and disarm his oppononts; and yot he would, on tho appoarante of & fnuhr, At once poneenl his_ jriner suflorings, and prect him beartily, mid most probably with o jocose re- mark, or with a_ kind .and geninl smile. This sinrncterlstic of the lamented Prestdent was ong well known to his friends; -and thode who had ovession .to often lavo {ntercourse with bims © ond, ‘thus oxplained, relioves his ' chafdctor., . gnd revutatlon from tho sovers censurs cast on him by many for thls tntulgence, The heart of no ono who over flved, wna more lmmedfalcly aud iioro warnly oponed and ‘{nterested i ‘the troublca of the soldlera, or the women bolonging o thein and o "ffg'fl"l Ve filcd wittt thoac of py and nigh! 0 be C ! DEC BOFrOwW ot mnny“:fic';ts, who cama to ‘the President, as to n father, for refiof from thg many deop troublea tho Jicbellion broughts and, swhon ro. (ief was -possiblo and coislstont, the gaod Preafdent pever turned any away dlssatlsied for, I[ it wers im,;‘zjrullwr to grant tho rellof nake: for, there were Kind words of A,vnumthy widch satlsfled tho- disappointed. - Presideut Lincaln. nover turned apy uwoy, or refused what lo could yithout trodula grant. . scage ¥ In this respoct, ha (Linculn) was ap dlfarent from the present Exocutiyo; and he had much of thig gronial eharactor of tho deceased Prealdent Harrisun, which made hln g0 popular ahd so dear to the Whigs of 1840. He was ono who had aKind warl for ‘eyary one ho”canic In contoct with, anil yet whose gread cares, and the Mgl military aid elvil ranics lie hold, might Mtumfiy bave made hin reserved, o M. CLAT, In tho Jatter yoara of his lifo, became reserved, nnd lost neagly fill thet Irfink copdiality of his cavlier years, -His disappalntwments abeut his Presidentinl aspirationa, and lils quarrels with his best (riehds, wio dijferod from Jint, - coaled’ his cordinlity and mado him reserred. This ro- suryo b could 1ot ovorcoms cven in 1844; whon nomiunted, and wlien his success sg miuwh do- r “fil -on -his cordinlity and reconcilintion of riends severed by his pravioua dlsappointinents. Ouo noted unmlm uf this, aa exoinplifying lilg ehanged charactor, i remambered tu {Im can- rugs of 184, when the greal Couventfon at Dayton, Oi, wes to be Neld.. Mr. Clay ¥aa 1o bo reont, and great preparntionayers ingdo alang. in Ine of toute to rovdive him gfter thié ‘man- ace of o lurrlson dags. - Tiie peopls woro tn anlte in proceasions, with thy wilitary, fireman, and all the like modes of enllsting Lbo mcim,,m af the’ people of the towns enroule, Oftn~ luces Lo DA™ vi8ited was T,ohatiop, O., the resl- enco of Thoutas Corwlny who was to hiead the socoption cavalemle, areanged for o particulur q0ur. Mr.- Clay loft Cincinnati ina carrlage elth Jadge” Burniét, Judgo Wriglit, and othier wlends, to .spend the night at 4" tavern (n the munl(l?-vulugo of Bhgron, between Lelanpn md Clucinuutl, kept by a well-kuown eateser Mille), anid - thenee; In “the marning, was so to start ua to reach . Lobanon at the ugreed hour, ahen the l;muqss(on wap to maet hip. Mr. Clay did not appear. o be &u the best of humor in tho mornjug, after a jolly night.” e found fault with the driver and “ tho ‘spoed. 1o was told of the arrangeineut for the Lune of-arrivaly but iy was v diszatisicd, nnd in such o uacleks Luery, that b linally insistad on ‘ssbuming Lh, vetng himeolt nud driving. e 1A DD DHIVA YUNIOUILY, - and fons o renedi Lebanon long heforo - the B;frr:uu.lmur. when tho peopla wera just begine ning to turn oyt for ’llu nrocession, and to ielr greut nmazement and vlmffln for the tho lpes of all thieii “plans, about whilch so muu‘h troublo bhad beon Laken, aud in which so many had en- Usted (us “‘““'17 must be In sinall places) to fn- sure surcess. Tho Pckvqlo would kcarcoly . be- licvo'that Mr, Clay "had argived; aud crawded about. tho. hotel - to -inquire. Judge Duruet, Judge Wright, and_ accainpanying Elcm]s, left i at the AOhcll thint they night’ consult, Mr,. Curwin and ol v us to “whut waa' to' bia done, Mr, Clay waa In hils worst of lumors, ang wo Beuro speukc l?‘ llbu crowd who P‘x:;nludr\fi raom, but walked to and fro like a bated Tear,~ so differcat fram the courss of Gen. Hlurrlson nat _bofore, “ or the usupl' coursg of Mr, Oorwin, or Olay's own. it Ia rcnu]?eflnd that ono group askel the writer to introducy an old mau whio had called, withotlers, to hear Mz, Clay spenk, and he iclfi() was told that tho mun was blind, and had_takon a lon, hear pid greet bimy but Mr, Olay said ho could do uul.mugl for a biina man, and scarcely procted it tu Tala mood, Mr. Clay wishéd () ahox that Ap iad o consu‘uwc-kwnurl DT Ianagoers, but was lydopendentt aud bealicnated thew’ ‘and lorevar m};e'muuh v whoin he could have made mf riendn: ' 80 much oftan depends upon Uttlo tbings,. Mr. IHaycs fa, in his cordial manner, very miich such a popular man us was Gen, Harrlion or Prostient Lisioln, and very Mitle ko Gen, Grant. ‘Thg remarks of t\m artlst as o the care-warn and, yot varying coustenanca of Mr. Livcaln, and tifs hitorvicy and remarks to tho Mcmber 0f Qougress about bis fokea, remiuds mo of A LABT INTRKVIEW WITIf PIRSIDENT LINCOLN, Becretary Stauton, Secrctary Chase, Goorge Agumun, and’ nx~8:meuirdl ‘Thomas . Corwin, when Juking oost severnl of fhe patties the loss n!glnrfu sum of money. Thy Confederate Uavornjnent hid made forced lopus from the banks af the 8puth, especlally In l:oulallnly and had rowoved out of the rench of the Union Army thelr ‘rcnuw, and sent to tho rear the cotton they had hought or selzod, under pretext of protection. This cotton the Confedersts (Tove erament had purposed to ship abroad, and With the “proceeds” rnrdnue supplica and repoy thelr loans and purchases &t home, The cipeulation -of Unlled Btates Governmont Troasury and bank-notes was ?rnhibfl d o the Confederate lljnos, as wore those of thg Qunfederacy within the Unton lines, Whon Gon, Butler and Adiniral Farragut capturcd and took possession of New Urleans, the I ,1‘ clty wore lssuing lryodcoma. I paper. ‘Tha Coufedorato paper, and tho bank’ and ell;.nblnv ters; coustituted tho dlreulation, " The establishment of the U frmy in Now Orl : lished the Union swe; and, of coursv, estopped the circula- Il.lun of Confederato bonds aud paper, and hus doprocfuted the bank shinplasicrs, re- deemied with Kebol bonds, payable when theiv hrsn_nmgluu fvom the Unlon phoeuld bo estab- slicd, The- bpnks, botween theas two con- g laws, - % < . WURA 1M DANGER OF HUIN. \ Th stock of the bunke was chiefly held in rust for ¢slates A l.\u]qllul aunurs Bl wamen, i'.gi'l"“:il'\:;‘#inenuhnl‘t o ol "i:‘gurfim”h“lf“ " i£1) bustugus, a o do with mmwpu\’ y ithy uiila his sute-room, aml nlmt shonid hp tho coursa- on to- Dayton,- ride td: ulrg o0 uno elde_or thy othey, | The Confederato Government Fx?rc’rr'ud, or were sald to have exprosacd, n willingness to cilove the banks by the payment of the Con- }cdcrulu oliligations” to, thei witls tha-cotton Told su near, i€ the samo woulil he allowed to pass for such p\lr}wm to the hanke, for thelr use, throngh the Unfon lines, Jt wasa AfiMeult megaure to carry througly and do julllvc‘ on thie ona hand, to tho lielpless, and, on the of l‘nr, avold atrengthoning the lunds of the Cunfoter- ate Interoit, 28 the chiel numiicr of the Hauk- Diractors wora not. {n sympathy with the Unlon ey or tho Univn cause, ‘Ilie Unlon Govern- mont neadod tho cotton for manufacturing purs psos, and to ald - the manufacturora of Em England, = To dovise na iucssure that would " aceomplish this wos tho objoct of ainlssion of the lvrllr.;l.u\Vnnhlumumlur{n‘( ho War, nm{ i which dic was arauclutod with ooF! o Ashimun, of Massnchusots, and Thomaa Corwin, of Oliln. After several nterviews, and the drafting af sevornl nels, at the roquost of Prosident Lincoln A VINAL INTRUVIRW WAS ARUANORD, 10 0 to Lo quiet and freo from Injorruption, Iato: at night, at the summer-quartors of the Prosis dont,—al the Soldiers’ Homo and tho camp of Unian troops noar Wahington, Proceed hlk' to the Homo gt night, the party wers received by the Prasident with x'mlt cardiality, as tha Prust- dant luved George Astunun, nnd his ecapect for Thomas Corvin clquulell that o had for any man, The recaptlom hcfinu with jocuse remarks from the Presllont, followwl by roplies of the amo character, and n good-humor and ;uvmmv refgned, to the urfimrulnnu of husl- ness. Homo hour or moro olapsed (n thia way, and. the Proaldent nfimnnrcd i high hutor and huppy; the clouds on his brow and the evldonce of ears had -passol away, and ko hiad thne. On the writer romonstrating with Mr. Corwin that wo wero sxhausting our thine without appraaghing the buslness tho Prosilent had arranged for, when it was prob- ably tho last time the business could be done, tho nssurance wea given that ns roon as Mr. Lincaln was fn the Leet of huipor we would pro~ ceed.; In tha sncanwhile, the Presidont, It en- Joyment and ahundon,put his feet on the contre- tablo and favitad the vthers to do the enmo,nnd went on'with hi Jokes until about 113§ o'cloc] hen tho attendant announced Mr. Stanton and fr. Chnse In the anto-room. -The Prosident, hasltating a moinont, told the sarvant tooak Mr. 8. and My, C. to sit down a moment, as he was engt m}; and then Inquired abiout the remalu- dur of the Joko which uno of -the visitors was parraling, aud which had bean fnteprupted. Thig :nmsluwd, le turned to the. writor aud asked for the papars and tho business the interview waa calieq for, Just as the slateincnt began, tho door oponiad and i L . IN BTALKED TRNB BEORBTANIZG of War and of the Treasury,—Mr. 8. romarking g,mml yy searcely wotlelng the visitors or tho resldunt’s surprise, “Mr, Linealn, we lave fiuportant war-iews' about reveryes, which le- mands immedjuto attention, and we could nut walt.!! +Tho-President, surprised and confupad, Tost hischeorful look and topk on his careworn faco at ones, o turnod to his visitors avd said ho could not give further thne to the Lusiucss Uuin, but to give him the papers, and hp would at lllll ‘nr)st lelsure glve tho wvecdful ordosa i~ madlataly. a('lw chanco wes lost, The schemo and wish of tho Presldant was dofeated. Bad army-news, rhlu{:ca Jn lines, ote., drove the thought out of the Prealdent's mind, ronderlng what waa thoen proper soun: after; ixoxpediont. ‘Tha parties soparatod; tho papera were mislaids thes husis noss was rulned; and tho visitors p:\ld for their Joking sume $20,000. Not one of them did this writer qver soe ngaln; all are now dcug. LW. e P ————— MR:-A, M. THOMSON, - Mg Donjes that Mo ¥ver Agroed to HMolp Ro-olebt, Mutt JL. Carpenter tn tho United Statos Senate. - 0 she Bditor of TAe Trivune, MiLwaukan, July 8.—I aeo that une of your + Milwaukeo correspondonts, for sotne inozplica- Dble reasoti, revamps and embetlishes an old ex- pluded slander ot nc, and indorsos i} o8 v ‘YA TRUR BTONY,' in tho following parograph clippod from his 1stior of last Bunday, as follows, to-wit: ' v At tho tme Mr. Carpenter wan at (he Capital, awalting tho renult of the delibdrations of tho Leg. islatars on (ho'subject of tho Hedat wrhip, 8 tmfi- raunication was received to the aifect that alx Dom- ocratio members could Lo gat wha would volo for Carponter I deeired, and tho prico wanted was 3,400, Two porsonnl firlonds of Mr. Carpentor -then in Madlsopn, whu wore inteseated In thy cam- palgn, tecelved {ho affer, conslderad 1, and, hoing unibia to ‘i'" appn_it, tinally subinlttod {i to Mr, fnr!:emulr‘flnmul '+ whn rofused to ellow the monoy o by puld, These gentlemen, I called to tire atand, sl glyo an sechunt of tho moneys oxpended for the Sanatoriul campaign, showing tiat the fumls wera obitulngd from regulur apen nascaynIciiLe from Qovernuent cwployes and - contributious roctired - from personal friends of AMr. ‘urpenter, sml tuat A . from tha' whisky men the knowlatige of Me. Cazpenter. Tt is also-sild with regard 10 the proof auducod that an atlenipt was- bieing made to purchaso the Sentiliel foe Mr. Carpen- yr ‘witls money squeexod oyt of thy Whisky Ring, that th truo story 1x, Mr, A. M, Thouwan, through 8n itomey, endusyarod (o opn negotiutlons wilh MnltCAl’lNl)llM’fll’fl o of Ll (Thomeun's) stock In the oeatiuct,’ agretlug in definliy torma for that conwideration to- procuco him sufieleut yotes from Republican mowmburs, as_that tinie pledger to the party of Brodhend and inch, to sconru lis eloo. tlon 1o the Unitad Hiateu Benato, aud showinyg that ho -hind full power to intlucnce that num- Tor of membera if ho Ao dosiredi and that the oply ialk thare about using whisky money iu conuection with the &enthitel ‘wan lo_ refer- ence to thix proposition coming from Mr A, M. Thomson through hisattorney, and which was pereniptorily deoltned, Ho fov ns the alipve pargeaph refers Lo m aud iny r!llul\,l Enmmcukfiu{‘s fal: 0 In all 1(‘: parte.” 1liad 1o “attornoy ! ut Mddisun, and {f anybody tundo any offer of the kind dicateq) by our correspondent,'to any of Mr, Carpenter’s riends; N did it DII hls uz\'n ook, and nat 04 coming from nse, ' 1did nat co.to Rtadison uud atay through the Senatorlal contest for tho puss oo of uclltus Hentinel” gtock, hut to ald, ns well 08 I *vould, to' defeal AMr, Carpenter, and s my humblo ond quick way I hupo cotribut- el aunxcmlhg to that negessary and Inudable undertaking, And your correspondent not only 1ibels mo i Iptimating that* I authorlzed w; Sagtorney” "to say that I Magrot to “furnish ‘o sullcient number of yotes .. to Mr. Carpenter,” Lut ho utters, I possible, a el grosser and more mallelous 1bel on the tvepty-ond gaod oud truu Republivan Independents n'the Leg! Iature who tefused Lo Lo cooreed by King Caugt intq the puplpurl. of Mr. Cr\rpcutor y oven hiut- ing that thelr votes cfuld i) prucl\md upon any such basc and unpatriotic consideratlons. ‘Those anen were prompted I-)l' hl;&or and mobled ottyes fn “thelr oppofition to Mr. Carpenter thun !l*nz, nd £ ho had purclinsed ‘all the stock the Republlcan newspapess In tho Btato, it would not have madle ony purticle of dliforcuce withi them. ‘Thelr position, aud tho position of alorge majority of the 1!0‘publ!mux party In Wiscgosin, wid &0 admirab) 'l and inuclalvely styted n p}: qditorial article In Tig Cnicacd TripunE of that dato that 1 copy 1t as pertinent to tho hiatory of this discussloni TIF, WISCONSIN SENATONSIIP, fivmyu Avibune, Jan. M, K7, Wo publisheil yostenday morning the nddross fs. sued Ly the elglitven Nepublican meabors of the Wiscansin Legislatura who bave refuscd o vote to ra-olept Mr, Carjuntor to the Unlted Eistes Renate. Netr rosrons nro clcm‘{ and temperatoly atased. 'l‘hua ware_ all pledged, direetly” or Indirectly, to thele constitucnts to voto agninst hia re-elce- (o, Bugh llle{ understond to be tho feollng enrmll{, hroughout the titals, as was ori- enced by the ‘election of muny others alro [lodasd ta tio xmaulfect, Tho ltopublican Bata ‘onvention, i its resoltitions, disclaimed all party responslbijity for thu pursunal actions of its mom- bnuuvhwhnn {4, uxprossly Imlur-cfl hen, and then dizlnctly donounced tho salury.gral aud other Lnd lawa which Mr. Carpenger hadl “voted for aml defendod pflerwards, ~ Thio reeolutions cleasly con- demned Mr,"Carpenter’s rocord, Had it not been undorsteod that " tho Republicans had done with hbm, or had It boen andoratood (hat ha was to he re-olected, It Is cortaln that tho Opposition would liava carglod the Sinte by au overwliclming majors it « {‘ndcnh clrcumlunfu. theso glghteon Sen- ators and ltobrosentatives have sightfully dectued to vole for My, Carpenter, and propose to adhpre in thid detormination to the last. Thoy héve of- fered to thelr l(cgllhlluln psaoclates the privilege of naming kome bther Hapublican upon whom &il cun unite, and, fatiing this, they will have to watf unpll chcum-‘lnu! #ball so combine that they can unita iu the elaction of 8 man to the Benale who will be satlatactory (o tha State, Mr, Carpenter'syecord 18 that of a brilliant arator of tho firewarks order of u\uuutncc. who, {u hiy oxcemive lovo for wensuoua enjoyments, §u lod captivg by heappotiien. An abia lawyer, o lacky the Industry and application of a stalcsman, He {n & 0an of winning nauners, strong linpulsey, but un1lnblt(nlhcku Axcd moral or Poml:nl prin- ) clples, Ky rolica not upon Adelity aud esens Svetion o rotn” “and" Fighy for Dopuinrs iy, byt ta ofice-bolding Louchwen #ad persugal blandihuiunts of hl:‘ rosontq 'Y myannyz, and to thoe nuluy and daaziing efccls of o somewliat No lnan can q:wlcclmlo unlmfl. dopend on him Whicre ouly right 44d morality are atetake, Noono knows wlioro ho will be next weok on any great publie question, Hoace tho trouble ko {a hi now. ~The people of Wisconsin aro among the moet stoady, coseervative,aud docarous peonia In the ountey. ey ura not & peopla maly Tpof *oliy boye," fond of *tmakinga nlghtof it nor wild o1 exteavazant in thelr speech Ge hiabits. ‘Fheie tantes nud thoss of Curpenter widoly diflory wid we have no doubt these ¢lghitpen Eonators and TRepresentativen truly reprosent the moral and po- Utlcal montlment of an hnmense mojurity of the peoplo of 1k State. Cerlainly Wisconvin Lins sonie other Republican fit Lo be S Lut hore 1s thy dificulty. Mr, Carpenter wanta tobe vindicated; Lo wantu hie ffast record *tindarsed ;" be wants gu ofilvial sspurauco of -prwul for the past and u wcul fur tho futura, ‘Chal s what [s involred in 8 clection and, Iu refueink that, we arosure L] ‘hoeame extinet, thena alghteon Ttopnblicans of tho Legialaturn will went (he approval of the Republicans of the State, “Fhis lnrui and truthful language of Tire Tiipunn only adided to the strength of the fu- dletment againat Mr, Carpentor, and the man who wowid fretemd to barter In the votes of much men na thoso vallant and coursgcous .twonty-one, at Auch a tmo and under snch cirettatances would prove himself ta be a very foolsh, {f not a vicloug, peraon. ‘The holters, so-called, werg not ade of that kind of stufl, but were scting conaclously and wisely, and forthe hest Interesta of tho party of whichthey are honored and cs- teemed membera, "I's atory of Matt’s fmmaculata political yir- tuc Is an old and not very respeetable acquaint- ance, and on the 30th of January, 1573, while the Benatorlal clection was still peiding, 1 reforred to in this language: AN BLECTION 1N TWENTY MINUTES. inaukee Daify Adreriiser, ‘The ! derporataly lhurlwumln anya that some- bady.made & propoition to same of Mr, tor'a frionds that It a certnln thing wan d ““would bo clecied in twenty minuten," The HWV‘T"“U" must have boon very repugnant to the ne mr.ul scnra of the eminent Scnator, olxo in thi hour of Thia dire extremily lhe wonld have. complled with It, for aafe dalitery of twentf.onn opponents In wenty minules by the City-liall clock is "$old busness ™ whon a fellow rn hanghg on the ragged adgs, Tho promixo of au election o the Unliod Stales Senswe foraia yeara in tweaty mine utes Ju cortalnly n terrible fomptatlon, and no Caldwell, Pomeroy, Dill l(lnf. or other fallow of eany virtuc could withatand i, It Is only men of the sterneat lmczru{. whoso mors] purjiuso holda fant like a sheet-anohior, thatare ablo (o realst such efferstoavwap vaten foraconalicratinn, Mr. Carpens tor-has act many’ beautlful ,examples for the onth of his country to follow, during his briof enatorial ¢aroar, and now he has adied anothar hat will nhlzw on tho page of historical Bunday. school booke alongalde of tha story about GenJgn Waslungton and hin liftle hatchot. {icorge couldn't tellalie to save his bacon, and Matt wouldn't be Diackmalied, even though bwenty additional votea wera Lo bo auictioned off to hiin, and ho was to bo **clectad In twenty minutes, Let the ponfllu thank God that while eorruption atalks through the Capitnla of othier 8sios likca pestilonce nt noonday, it han bean slgnally rebukod ¢ Madison by tha Incarruptable **young lion of thg Weat, " who atead(ly refuser to fet hia frienda offor poat-ofilces, land oftices, rovente ofices, col- Tectorrhipe, consulsliips, elate afiices, or_angthin @ise, In exchango for votes on tho Benatorlal questiontil - Your correspondent §a not well posted in the very recent history of Wisconsin politics, or ho wnu}(fl m?'l, lave catled his little story A New raion. Neither had Mr. Chrpenter any need to pur- chaae an {iterest in the Seséndl” o and his fricuds had got n corner ov that atock, and se- cured a control of a majority of it more than a year fo the Senatorial dection, electlog Mur- Bh:, his law-partuer, President ol the Board of irectors, and nhuu‘ng out every man from the Board who was suspected of belog opposed to the re-election of Carpenter to the Senate. 1l and his tools had supreme and absoluto control of the paper already, and they had not only been gaiug it for more thon a twelve-month to exaltRleir smaster in the eyes of the people, but to defamo and tradiice many of the best and ablest men in the Republican party—with what suceess the publie is aware, Mr. Carpentor's frichia seem to be reduced to the necessity, In order tu cstablish thal gentlo- man’a polifical ehastity, to defame somchody elsa} aind tho old fulschood of rufusring to sccure Reptiblican votoa enaugh to olcct him by & mero business transaction {s now supplemented l?r another about the offer of m& Denocratfe votes for thio trifling suin of $1,5001 -And it will be remcuberod thiat In both cases tho names of the partiea ninkjng the offor ere convenlently omitied. A. M. THOMBON, ROYAL PEERAGES. From Willlam The Couquerer ta Vietorioe . Pull all Hudcer Last weok wo touk oceaslon to notice the odd manner in which tho samo dignities had beon from time to time i the possession of different tamilics, sud wo perticularly illustrated tho sub- uet by referanco to the historic Utles which are horne by fonr of the members of the prosent Qubinot. Tho Pecemzes now hold by membors of the Koyal Inmu¥ aiford examples of the samo Jdn@ neitior less interesting nor less in point. ‘The helr appurent s Prince of Wajes and Earl of Clicater by creation and Duke of Coruwall by Inhorltance Under fhe charter of Edward 1L, dated 1097, by which Edward the Black Princo wns {nvoated with the Duchy of Corne wall *hgbondum ct tenendum eldem Dud ct Ipaits et breredum scotuin sozum Anglio dlile primogenitis ot dieti locl duetbus {nrego An- gl hipreditario auccusauria.)t . But before Ed- ward Iii's reign the title of Cornwall had nsacd _throuzl sevoral stacks and names, t s doubtiul if Roliert do Mortein, the half- brother of- \William the Couqueror, was evor Enrl of Qurowall; but fn Dumesday Lie 1s shiown 10 have held nvur]y the whola of tie county, al- though hu le known only by the name of * Comea Moritomensie,” 1lis son and helr, Willom do Morteiu, was dispossessed ivy Lonry i o 104, and becams s monk at Hor- mondaay. - Afterwards Rogivald de Dunstan- vill, :the naturel son of Henry L, was created Earl of Coruwndt by Sievhen Tu 1140, and died without Togitimate malo lesuc fo 1170, During the 1ife of Richard L, Kiog John was Earl o Cornwall, tho earldom becoming morged in the Cruwn. on his sceesston in 1170 I 1817 thy natural;son of Reginald de Dunatanyill, called Richard_FitzCount, was created Earl of Corne wall by.Henry. TlL, but surrendored the Erl- dom tu the King fn. 1200, Itwas In 1235 con- ferred upon Richard l‘lnm%t (who was cle-.-l.ul)élu of the Rommana in 1 (. thio Lrothur of Henr! 1., and was fnherited by his son, Rdwund Plautagenet, (n 1270, 1o died with- aut o jesuo © la. 1000, when hig “honors Picra Gavesten was ercated Earl of Cornwall by Edwanl 1L, and was so sunmoned to Parliainent in 1003, He waa Le- leaded In 1014; and, leaving unly a doughtor, tho picorpge onee more beeame exiinet, Subise- annuy dward 111, made bie brother, Jobn Plantayanet, Enrl of Cornwall tn 1630, but bo died. without issuc (n 183, and the next yoar the enrlilomn was, as we havo £ald, erected intu a duehy, st conferred upun tho helrs ap- warent to the Crown in_ perpetusl succession, Ve may obacryo that under this creatiou there havo been six Dukar of Cornwall who were not Princes of Wales, npmely, Henry VL Henry Viil's eldeat aon, who died in 1510‘, aged .soven . wocks; his socond som, who s born and died the samo day, in 16145 anll Nls third son, Edward VI the cldeat son of Oharles L, who was Lorn and died tha sanic: d-'y’ in 10285 and the cldest son of Jamnes 1L, h{ 15 sucond marsiuge, colmmon- known as ihe Old Fretender., Morcover, *harles 1L, although ho was duclared, wos never erentod Prince of Walea, He was Installed Kulght of thoUarter fn 1038; but on his Quarter plate; notwithstuoding that it bears the Prince of Wnlcs' plumas, hie is atyled” only Priice of ("rut ‘Hrituln and Duke of Cornwall and Roth [133 Tho Earldom of Chester was givon imme- dintely aflter tha Conquest to Gherbod, a Flemi- Ing. _Tut he hoing disposscsscd, it was granted In 1070 to Hugh Lupus, lalf-sister's son ta Willlam the Conquerce. Richard ('Avranches succeoded Flugh” Lupus, his father, in 1101, tut Lo died 'in 1119, without {seuc. Tho Karldom was in 1120 conferred upon Randls du Meachinog the son of Maud, slster to Hugh Lupua and Hulph de Moschinvs, Viscount de aycux, Tho mala line of tho Mcschiucs ceased in 1983, and John e Scot, Earl of Huntingdon, son of David, Karl of Huntingdon, brother to William the' Lion, the King of Scoll Maud, eistor and co-heir of Earl of = the Moschines, sutcccdod, 1o dled without fssue in 1237, and the Earldom of Chester was, by uct of Parliamont 81 Men, AL, 1240, anuoxed to the Crown forover.. But fu 1254 Honry UL conferred it upon lifs younger son, Edmand Plantagenot, who, however, sur- rendored it to his elder hrother, sfterwards Ed- ward 1., aud was oroated Earl of Lancaster and Lolvester, In 1964 Blmon do Montfort obtained from Prince Edward aftor the battle of Lewea a grant of the Earldom of Cliestor, ubd it was canilrmed to him annnl by Menry 11 in 124 and 1205, Tn 1203 Sinton do Montfort was kitled at the battly of Evesham, und Kdward of Canaryon was made Yrince of Wales and Ear) of Chester in 1301, 8ince then the Princes of Wales have beon maodo Farls of Choster. In 1830 the Prince of Wales was croated ¥arl of Dublin, to hold such Earldom “to him und his hclrl'l(m‘;- of the United Kingdom of Great Britsin and Ircland for ever,’ ‘a titlo which, a8 & marquisate, was conferred for lifa upon Rovert do Vere, Ninth Earl of Oxford, in . 110 surrendered the marquisate of Dube 1lu shortly afterwards, however, and was created Duko of Ireland, He was banlshod and sttainy ed in 1088 whon all his honura were forfeited, The luto Duko of Kent was created Earl of Dublin in 1700, The titles of Edluhurfih auil Connaught haye never been held oxcept by wembers of the Hoy- al family, But It may not be remembered 3“- haps, tiat Eroderick,aftorwards Prince of Wale waa ¢reated Duke of Edinburgh in ¥ 8 that Geurge 111, sucoceded as Duku of Edin- burgh, tho dukedom mergiug in tha Crown upon bis accension In” {70, In 1% ho created his brother Prince Willlam Duks of Gloucester and Edinburgh Farl of Cons nuup{:fl. titles which ‘bocame extinet on the death uf tho second holder of thew in 1834, The Duke of Edinburgh 1s slso Earl of Kent, & peer- e which his lad many viclesitudes, Odo, Hishop of Bayoux, tho hulf-brother ol William the Conqueror, was made Earl of Kent 1067, He was dlspossosscd {n 1081, bub re- stored by Wililam Rulus in 1068, He died either i1 1000 or 1008. I 1141, William de Iinpro wus uade Larl of Kent by Btephon. I wua bun bed by Henry IL,aud becowing u monk st = 01 let the volca of Thy unerring Lasm, {n Flanders, died withont Isauc In 1163 | nary purpore, ok, hen Tfubert du Burgh waa | uetice, sunndirg in their hearte, constrain them to in 1247 creatod Earl of Kent with remainder drop the \"m‘w"- af war in their unncrved hands i the day of battle, e Than preeent, O God of 1o his heita by Margaret s wife, datcr 1o Al | T o direry tho connelln of this hanorabi exander, Kiniz o By hor lio hud t%0 1 3, unbiy; enabla them to acttle thinan on the bew daughtere, hut nefther of lhem}nmcfllml 1o the | i D et TEet Lho scuna of Bland carldom on hig death in 1243, In 1831 BEdmund | niny he epecdily cloredi that crder, hat- of Wooilatack, Imm;;«-r son of Edward I, was | mony, and peace may be reeiored, snd truth created Earl of Kent, and, after baing for- | aud ™ juatice. relizion —and plenty, presail anid Preserve the Tealtl of thelr bodien and the ¥igor of thelr minidy; rhower down on them nad the millions they here represent aneh temporat blessingy a4 Thou auest oxpedicut for them in this world, and crown them with cyerlasting glory [n the world to come, All thsle we ask In the name anid theongh the merits of Jeaun Christ, thy Hon, oor Bavior, Amen, ——mr—— ENGLISH IN ENGLAND. Letter from Prof. Blddons, . Kew York lfoma Journal, Regarding the Englishi language, it woulrl mcem that in proportion to the fucrease in the cxtent of Its use {8 the deereaso §n its purlty and ||nlrnrmll{. One mns(aud{ hears the projihecy that English is to become Lhe language of the globe; hut when lie attem td to nscertaln pre- clscly what {s this universal tongue, he pursues n delunivo , phantom. 11 he gues to ita liome, he finds no standard; if ha goes elsswhere, thcre is the'same be\rll\lcrlng chaos of usages. There feltad aud rostored, tho prerage bucanie ex- ourish among the people. tinet on the death of hissecundsan, Joln Planta- Fnc In 3352, Sir Thomas Holland, ove of the outider Knights of the (iarter, sceond son of Robert Lord™ Holland, Plantagenct, sister and helress, aesumed the titlo of Earl of Kent. He died 100, and his widow, murrying Edward the Black l’rfnuc, wan mother of "Richard 11 His son succced- cd him, sml was Lol Marshal, dying 1807, Thomas, tho third Holland, Eas) of Kent, was crentad Puke of Burrey In 107, snid beheaded and attainted fn 1400. ' Ilc wos, notwithstand- ing, aucceeded fn the Earlilom of Kent by his hrother Edmund Iolland, upon whose death without {ssue It became extinet onee more, In Willlam _ Nevll], the _younger son. of Ralph, Earl ‘of Westmore- Inml, was created Eurl of Kent, but upon his death without » son tho fitle ngalu_ beeatat ox- tinet. Then, in 1465, Edmund Uroy, fourth Lord Grey de Ruthyn, was crcated” Earl of Kent, nnd i tha sanie line it remalned until haying marrind Joan t Iing authority. 1t ia neether at Cambridie 1710, when Henry Grey, first Narquis and | 870 TBNE ! Dulle " of Kent dicd” without male fa- | ®1t0 nither at Oxford, d’l.;i'n‘onx;’lg::..rla:u: &é«; medicinal, the colly nedicinal, The Bis mFrkx of the London Time is still a diocess, while thuse of many swaller thunderers assume the fahlon of & diocese, A, J. Ellls, the philologist, eugmerntes stx distinct dialects in fashionabie and cultivated circles In London, and each {s respectable. Eoglish, he Buye, 1 the most chautle of ton, As to the language in Amer! is legion. The extenslon uf our common-school system offors no effective barrler to ths naturul ten- dency towards a muitiplidty of dialects. We have thousands of colleges and univorsitics, ench contributing ita siver of peculfar )rm}unlda- sonfusfon, ane. In 1709 Prince Edward, fourth son of Qeorge 11L, was creatod Duke of Kent aml Strathearn. On his death in 1820 these titles beenme oxtinet. The Duke of Connsught is also Earl of Sussex, William de Albin| mirried Adcliza, widow of chr{ I, who held tho Castlo of Arupdel fu dower, and in 1155 was by charter of Henry I created Earl Busacx. On the death of tho fifth Ear] Hugh de Alblnl in 1283 without lasuc, the Eorldumroverted to the Crown, - From 1242 to 1047 the grrandson and great-grandson of Hame- liue, natural son of Geoffrey Count of Anjou, fathor to Menry IL, wore Enrls of Sussex. tlon and spalling to the great sea of Aot e T e Rert Toceimer | Michurd Grant vl whis 4 8 good» grumbict T ath Haron adl first Viscotny Fitowaltor, | %W huve on this side, doclarcs there 1s no B was so creatod. This family bore the title until 1641, when upon tho death of Bdward ‘Rateliffe, sixth Earl of Buas it beeame extinct. In 1644, Thomas Bavile, Lord Bavile, wua created glish worthy of thouamo in this sountry, ex- cepting » lttle mmong s few New Bng\md Braihmina:—* As a people,” he says, “we utter our languagoe vilely; a3 & people we have n bad ‘ e tane of yolce, and very unpleasant {nflectioms, Zal ot iRuasex, et ¥ suscoadett by in great varioly of uup! w-{:umu, according Lo e e JDOR o | tne placo of our bisth'and breeding. It e only ,,;"fl"" e e o eecam® | in & comparatively small, mithaugh actaslly S Daces, was crontod Eurl af Suseex, but hy | humerous circlo of poopluof high social, culture in New Englind and New Istter place among thoso of New England birth, or very dlrect descent, that the truu standard of English speech fa found In this country. And ronuncia- died without male lssuo in 1715, and in 1717 Talbot Yelverton, eistcenth Lord Urey do Ruthyn, and sccond Viscount Longueville, thraugh fomale descent the reprosentative "ol o1 ‘28 ¢l 3 even there we too often find proper ‘l;l‘mr u?l:rcx’;' Dl‘r‘lue l“??v;“?ltxlq“:‘m‘nrfi:?nc:‘;g tlon marred by o Imd enuncm‘;og- one nasal to an end, and n 1801 Princo “Augustus aud drawing, united to llllpo-luon"bo a Hredetick, sixth son of Gaorgy 1., was creted | *lovenly dropiping or stursing of syllsbles. Dukc of Bussex. He diod legully unmarrei fn | g1t secime 0 uB® Botes o o ittle of (h 1843, The Kine of Hanover Is Duko of Cum.. | Euglieh iy this colmtry, B o e are. than Veriand, his father Princo Ernest, ffth son of | Pura srttde. we havo euly g trifle more Lood Georgo 111., baviug been so created In 1799, Tuls | 207 SORsing, T8 8nlf PHCC, e doubiful - whottior Randlo do. Meschinos, | SESrCtarT BIarere S, o O erleand Earl of oo was ‘hot previt | S0 P iEle OR B gt tn Engtand w ously Earl of Camberland, exchanging | e 4o the ) e sinlcar. from Y ot Tor the formor county Jeith the. Jeinie | lave s y Profcssor 8kldons, au elocutionist from Londo: und a member of the family that bas contribute #0 much to make tho Engliah stage illustrious. Ho has recently bocome vonnected with the In 1525, however, Henry Cliiford, fifteenth Baron Clifford, was created Earl of Cumberland, In lMI‘,'hau the death of Lenry Clifford, the fifth Earl, o Earldum bocame exttuct, but the : Duru'ny of Clifford descended to his ouly U%fl’,fl&"dfiaufl%fie‘:‘hzg’é‘f"n' duughter aud helresn. In 164 Trinct | ;0,75 nitversal as the English. Qutaldo the Rupert . of the Rhine was made parcnt country, # 18 the lai o of her off- Duko of Cumberland, and the title was con- Bpring lnulev;n,noulmml ot North Ameries, ferred upon Prince Guorge of Denmark, the Aunul! the Capo of Good Hope, and the luusband of Queen Annc, i 168, Thon Pinco | West India Talands, and it 1s grodually super- o socond aun of George 11, : wos mado Duko of Cumberland o 1728 fid::filfl;,}mfi' £ uf tndls g the edaiat ut [n what part of the world 4 k:uFIIah " {a gpoken in the lpnxcnt form ls stills tnout’ point. The lrish will L]l you that the and Prince Houry, brother of George III, was made Duke of Cumberland and “Struthe carn {p 1760, The Dukedom of Cambridge udefiled tn Dublin. “The English axhanxts the list ot Rugal poerages now oxfans. i kot thetr elioa'to proeming The prescut Diko fs the ouly sou of Prince | BNVEVAC BOU 05 oro rrery That any ok Adolphus ¥rederick, seventh sonof George 111, English s heard, ot least from® American lipe, croated Duko of Cambridge in 1801, Wililatn de | S Moechifnes, & younger son 5t Ralphdo Moschines, R{m",‘.ly l‘:,l“}‘;fi:l‘m"” '{{,‘l‘:‘ @c{zfl“"l:]?;;:u’t ,,E'}",l "rl' l'fi’:}ufif’ i }‘"fl“ "‘t M- | ¢ purity aod nceuracy, and Sl Collyer O'Bral- T ant 3, and gecording to e | per contends that all that ls good (n that cepted authority ‘before 1165 thu Ewpress Muud cavo the Earldom of Cambridgo to Al- berfe do Vero on condition that If the King of Bcotland claimed the County of Cambridge ho was to havo tio vholce of four other countfes, Davld, Earl of iuntiogton, brother of the Beotek King, was Earl of Cambridgo in 1205 and Alborie o Vore was yled Larl of Oxford Instead of Cambridge. Williun Duke of Juliers, brothor-In-law of Edward 111, waa created Earl of Combridgoe In 1810, and died in reapect In Beotland originated with his gruat anceator sho went over from Carrickfergus and diffused the tangue. In the prefatory af one of the divistuns of Dr. Worcesterls Dictlon- ary it I8 stated that for tho palm of superlority fur eleganca of expreesion and correet orthoepy we must look to London soclety of the bstter claga. In tho groat Babylon of Europe, where #o much that 18 Wlustrious in the world of letters ond art I8 found concentrated for s large i Hritish diulects are fused Sh0L, " Afterwards tho titlo wns Vorno by four | portiou of wsch year, Platitagonststmuna of Lungle, Richard of [ the ordmary ntorcouse of palished men sad Conishorgh, Richard Duko 0f°'York, and | Women,and thaoutcome s & sianGasd ol Purhsy iy "son ahd leir, o hecamo Taward | DR it EORBTSIATIRy UE Dy e 1V, *n oo _dainos Hanition,' Marquis'of | Wl S0 okon i Eugiand 8o nlao ia the worst. Hamilton in Scotland, was crosted Cambridge In England; but on tho doath of the third Earl, Willlun Ilumilton, in 1848, the Earl- dom beewng extinot. Prince Hourr, third son of Charles 1., was created Earl of Cunbrlugo and Duke of (loucaster in 1659, and dicd unnr- ried the next year; und four sons of James 11. While he was' Duke of York, ol o} wham died whon thoy wero - infants, wera clther mformally styled or ereatod Dukes of Canbrldge, tcorgo 1. was In 1708 created Duke of Cambridge by Queen Anne, and con- tinned to bo g0 calleld untll bo was ereated ll'rl]n;n of Wales on the nccession of his futhor n 4o The multiplication of negatives until they form an afinnative—the {ndicating of objects by attaching an sdverb to a preposition, or *that there," nnd ¢ this here,” and the abbrevintions of -sentonces by {nverslon and distortion, con- verting “is ft notd? foto “lsn't it1" aro the common colloquial deformittes of millions of the inhabitants of Great Britain. But it i in misusing many of tho lettcrs of the alphabet that the fznoranee and vulgarity of the mnsaea arc most upparent. And foremost among tho best abuscd of the tamily lsthe jotter H. Gilbert ' Beckett, Inony of his amusing burlesques, makes throe rufilans spprooch = cottage om- bosomed L follaga: al" gays one, ‘‘thera's an ‘ouse.!! 0," oxclulms anothor, * 1t's an tut.!! # Nousense,™ gaya a third, *it's an ‘oule,” “ Any haw,” rojolna the first speaker, “ivs an 'allfation.” “Ihio polnt was lost by the imajor part of the nuwlicnce, for they hubitually” indorsed the utteranee. Nut very long gu, an Englishinan, & carver ———e . A Livo Gorllin In England, Mr. Thomas J. Moore, curator of the fine {)uhnc muscum_{n Liverpool, Bugland, writing o the London Times an the 224 of Juhe, says: “A veritable young living gorflla was yester- dn[y bwugm. futo Liverpoof by the Gorman Afrlean Boclety’s Fx md'nuon, which arryed by the steamship cands, from the West Coast, The aulmal s l)‘uml < | and @lder by trade (in New York), and & man male, Iy the most perfect health | of widiary iutelligence, remarked to ma that. it and | condition, and meastres nearly 3 | wua shocking to 'ear tho bad Henglish spoken by fect In helght. Its beetling brows, flattencd, podgy nose, black muzzle, sl cars, and thick Aingers, cleft only to the secoud Jont, dletin- gulsh it nnmtstukably fnom the chimpanzee, “Only one other speasnien bas bean brought alive to Englund. 1 tha winter of 183501 soung female gorills, of imuch smaller slze, was exhibfted by thu lato Mes, Wombwell in Liver- pool and other places. It died In’ March, 1850, and was seib to Mr. Waterton, of Walton Iall, who preserved tho skin for his own collection, and sent the skeleton to the Loeds Muscuin. the Americans. ¥ + Would you bellove IL\ sl be sald, in & hal? wh(s\wr s thoy say egga." 4 A\ 'cl‘," 1 replied, **and what wonld you bave them sayl" s Heyyja, of conrse." It 8 uul‘moscu, by very mauy porsons, that themisapplieation of H s peculiar'to Cocknignes, ~London, within the radius of Bowbells' musiv, —but this {&a mistake. The error ls common to Kent and Sussex, Devon and Dorsst, and 1 hava oven heard ft fn tho northern conntfes, A This spectmen I saw lving fu Liver- | woll-known and lenrned Blshap of Durhaw pool and dead ot Walton IIall. | constuutly spokoe of 'Eaven and 'Ell, and I All_sobscquent attempts o fnport the | remembor & lml‘ul # retinement and culture gorlls nltve have falled; “and, unfortu- | cxclalming to u Mr, Evans, * Oh, 'Eavens, Mr, nately, tho British publle wll hove no oppor- | Hevaug!”” Thare In not & vowel in the Ebglish tunity of profiting by the presenbbuccess, as the members of the cxrmm(uu, with commendable patelotism, are taking the anhinal, on Saturduy, ¥ the way of Ilull, to Berlln, i “Could it have graced our own Zaologleal Qardens §t would have been the Jon of the days for, innddition to the great scleutific interest of 1anguege that has not reason to complain of the deatruction of its true purposes by the usurphug 11, though it must be confusséd that,oun & principle of compensation, the lester is often reanoved from its proper place to sasisd i mispronunciition, If° honor™ hecomes “honuer," “heart® is translated Into “art;" tho apacics, the abouuding life, energy, and joy- [ ¢ “heir” {s pronounced *hair,” the noun ous nfiflu"ul ‘s example would lLave m u’ll W [m‘:, ol b(wmlg’. lwm‘l" andsoon In & hun- s universal favoelte. Courteously reecived ut Ebverl’s Alexandru Hotel by the members of the Exhibition, I found the” creature romplug and rolling in full lberty about the private dred cases. [ wus prescot on ane oceazion when & speaker at Croydon }Hnnuy) deliverod a oo ture on the 146" which, he obsorved, was & harticie that ouglt to be proud of its distinctiun, drawing-reom, now Juoking - out of 1ho | fop )t coveral Miced, Ilo was somethlng of & window with oll becoming gravity aud | copjurer, sud to assist in the perforinanca of his sednlences a8 though intercsted; but | rjcks heuskod if any lady would lend him 2n not disconcerted, by tho busy multh ‘andkere) in describlug tha raodus oper- tude and uu\'ull{ withaut, then “bouunding ane i i i e o n andi of his slelgbts of band he remarked that Lis rapidly alung on knucklca and fect to exuming | duxterity consiatod In mnaking the ‘and guicker anl puke fun:at somu new comery playfully | thun the Al-people could not follow the move- mumbling at Lia calves, pulliug st bis beard (4 ( yents of nu&gm‘ No une Junghed at the havoe speclal dellgt), ellnging to hle avins, examining | nluyod with the letter, for ita uae was common e hat Snul, ‘ut Wit tolts fmiprovement), curlously L, too many of the pursous presout. In the inquisitlve as to his_umbrells, and so on with | pronunclution of such words as ¢ which," visitor atter visitor. 1f ho becomnos over-cxelted | swhat,” * whiled whom,"” ¥ whother,’ and Dy the fun, o gentio box on the ear would briugs | many more, tho 31 {s coustantly elimluiated by gome af the most accomplished speakers. I havo on the romp agaln fmniedlately, Hopointawith | heard Horaeo Simith tlustrate the mischio? ot tho lntlex tinger, clnps with hls hands, pouts out | carclessnesa fn this councetion by reciting a lis tonguce, feeds on.a mixed diet, decidediy irobubly supposcd) conversation betweon an prefers roast meuta to bolled, enta strawborries, mem nm'l “n E“lf"‘hmlm 88 1 saw, with delleate appreciativendss, 1s ex- Tho latter asked, * What is the name of the quisitely clean and munnerly, ‘Thopalnsof hls | jnan who manufactured the first steam en- liands and feet huutlnlldv plutap, soft, and | ipeat o black as jes. e L been cfght months snd a W1 know it fs,” replied the Hibernian, half in the posscasion of the expodition, has “You know what " l'fi[;“td the Coukm:! Nini to ordor ke a child, ke a child only to b grown some {nches in that time, and s sup- | 4 Ve Y Posed to be between and 8 years of age? ,mmxj‘:‘ ook know Wait, but. Watt's bl The First Prayer In Oongress. Latter to Diica (¥, Y.} Herald, We are, mnost of us, familiar with the well known ongraving entitled * The First Prayer fn Congross ;' but few persuns have over scei that {naycr. 1t hias oceurred to me thatus ftavolu- lonary relics ure in great demaid ul this time, many wouid be Interested fn scoing this historl- cal curlosity. In Thatoha's ALl ar‘z Journal, under the dite of Décember, 1777, found a | note contalnlug the tdentical ! First Prayer in Congress,” muade by the Rev, Daxld Buche, D, " \\)ull. now you are nsking me tho question I put W yow," réjoined Johu Bald, M1 don't underdtand you (Pat loguitur). You told me that Mr. Watt luventod the steam eu- e, nud 1 did not want to be told it, for I knew t very woll,”? I sskod you the neme of the “Nu, no. {nventor.? “'I'hen why dldn’t you pronounce ft ¢ HoowAal 15 the name,’ cte. 7 "I shuuld bave underatood you; but fustead of puttlug a question you inado an ussortion® A good lesson might be taught In reference ., un Eplscopal clorgymau, and | think at the | to mfi uubjeet by ruglumnl.' umfonn of English timo reetor of Chrisy Churcb, l’?l“ld"\lgllfl- T | to repeat septonces m which words of a differcut take pleasure in stndlug you the subjolued .lgmhunce, Lut_approaching esch vther in or- copy: < o brought together, H.g.! thugraphy, mlght Whichever wuy the witeh goes while practiciug her seilas P11 follow her in pursuit of the weider, whether tho weather bo wet or dry! “Fhe Jetter K has some ground of complaint, though not to tho same cxtent with H. 1t {a aHowod no repose by even wen enguged In the ministry, 1t right to be relicved fu “often, " Wgker,? v brakem " #apoken,” and subatitut- cd by an spostrophe 1s denled practically, snd nstend of Y olt'n," ! bruk'n ete., pastors are known to resd *broken, “ofion, ¢ U way falrly protest agabust thu coolnesy with which its cupheintsi s lh'mn:d. “Duty,”? Wiie, Saduly,? ¢ revenue, ! ond *presume,” ifns of our sdversarles: eouvines them of | are utterly spofled by tho substitution of oo, tilo unrigntconsnces of ' thele cause; ond. | “Dooty,’ i reyenou, ? aml reacom ' are i tugy sull persist o thele samguis | wbliorrent (0 thy cur of thy seholur oud uvjust 0 Lord, our Heavenly Father, high and might: King of Riuge and Lord of Lords, Who doit T Thy throne behold wll the dwellers of the earth, and reignest with power supreme and uncontroila- ble over the klnrdnmn. Buiplres, and_Governe wenta, 1ok down {n wotcy, we bescech Theo, on theso Amoriean Statas, whohave ficd to Thee from thorod of tho oppressor, and thrown thcmdclves on Thy — grucious protection 3 destring 10 be henceforth unly depeudent on Thees to ‘Fhee have they appualed for 1he rightcousnces of fhele caure, 10 Thie uu tt\ny now luak up for that coun~ 3 1 tenuncy aud support which 'Thou alouy cawst give, Take Ahuw, are, Il«nou{ Vatbor, under "l'hj nurtuting ; give thew wladom o eonncil sud valor in the fields Defeat tbe walleivus do- ,quant rains of early June usu to the softest Tetter In tha slphabet; yet, even in the Unlted States, the atrocity {a frequently Ia'crpclmcd. 1 claime. the right'of belh) mes sotno- pronounced ke donble E, butits just pretension fn that respect i constantly sct uklcl and the hroad utterance cniptoyed. (slcky) the 1ant & slends 10 *Invaild® flahfe should receive the er, elangated sound 5 but this “4," ghort. The cohgotants often farc as badly as the 8 ngland, and nione fs worso used b b N henlzéns of the City of Londré 0 the illiterate than V. Villlam Valker pits on his west to the Vest end of the town, and Queen Wictord: attirced in wewet, Is admired ae ‘2 voman vol 1lves at Vindsor."” they nmgly change places, to ‘complain of bad treatment by mcn:l, aflect rebel" § mispronuntiation, {nto “ wound wobbin." words which do not requlre its has to cut his way, wan slways uked instead of ek. the word ocetirs, *Good Lord T axe theo meray,! and “Thelr sinne yengonce axcth wntmunll{'.l'a' 1 read that In manuscript in the library of nchev Iiatarical Budel{v. X ma pleasure In the fact of I ronunciation when 1t begins ‘= rmpcr namne. enophon and Xantippe aro cases in sum up this catalo we may denounce t! ie cruclty practiced on G In omitting to son of the words of which G complalns. know nothin! about It " may bo leard fssuln from teu thousand voices at dlfferent timos an places, All there treasons againat the albhabiet lpmvnlan to cnltivated ears, and ons ‘{ offensive to men of letters, 1 am glad to find they do not provail here as nuch as must be partieular] ens| in Englaud. —t— The Potato-lag In Connectlont. Naw HAvzw, Conn,, July b—The Insect pest, Colorado beetle, or potato-bug, 18 ngain on Connecticut sofl In such numbers a8 n that, unless some great known as the torender ft certals counteracting influcnce 1a excried, tho, fine‘;“nl crop will be almost totally destroyed. outgrow, s it were, the movements of Insocl but this year & sucecssion of hot, dg davs bas ed the Statelast in the soll, as if to take onabled seoson and wintered titae by the forelock when epring opened farmors began to plant, e bectles, which reach stances where meuns have the bugs, ara among tho worst treated. tagces arc numerous in tho southern and western of tho plants as compared with other portions of the sane feld, e kind of soll, whother sandy, 1lke that surrounding this city, or loamy, as In Fairfleld sui Litchficld Countics, seems to have no epereepmfle effect on the Insccta’ movements, buf t evorywhere—~in the carefully-hoed patch ol tha lnhar:;?g man, ag woll a3 in” the broad acrea of the thrifty farmer—ihe insects’ terrible work B 0Cs 0B, In Nurwalk the farmers declare thelr crops ut rulned, that there is, little hopo except from potatocs planted Iate, In hh-&nm some planters hinve boldly set out to combat the com- fuon_cnemy, not only Ly tho uac of polsoued powders, but by the'useof brushes and One of the curions sights of that town st this thne Is the farm-hand, with brush in one hand and tin pan in the ather following the potato rows through the geld, !cooglng in the saucy little invadera, These, when thepan is rulkuu consigued to the fire. ————— A Detrolt Centennlaly Detrolt Free Preat. Detrolt celebrated—you bet_your house and lot she did! As a speciinen of iow aho celebra- ted, take, for tnstance, the Hamerlin family. Parly in the moraing the old gecand-atory window while putting out a faz, broke three flower-pote and a rib, and lemonade, dmmrslbnndy. sky-rockets, and the Declar- tion of Indopendence wersall tangled up around is houss all day, Even bis wife foll 10 shoot erackers {n the oven. 8ho didn't Jinlf as much as she wanted to. misunderstanding, the two went o! anil then John went off. son fouled around soms loose powder in the moming, went out to cool his blisters in the afternoon, and was brought home to supper with hole in his loy, Mr. Hunerlin's grown-up daugbter didu’t moct with uny accident of any account. Sume oue hit her fn the car with torpedo, and n strange boy fired a shot-gun so close to lier other ear that when any one now addresses her she puts ber hand up and re- murks: oyt What ju say? Bpeak & tittlo Touder, it you please,”” It won't be o month befora the Hamerlin famlly will be a8 gooll as new, and, s hio yester- romarked: * Why, 1t's worth $10,000 to leave a patriotic record $o posterity," e ———— Even Henidricks oud the double-back action comprumise curronty plank fail to_ratisfy the Canngcticut soft-money faction. Thelr organ, the Nuw Haven fispe{, nnd calls upon the Democracy to d Marble. NOTIC 84 E! The Manufsoturo and Sale of the GROVER R SEWING MACHINES will haereafter be carried on by ths *‘Domoatic & BAKE] Hewing M 201 our good-will sud b 0y WVER & B. New York, Jutle 14, 1878, OCHAN STEAMSHIPS, OSLY DIREGT LINE 1O FIRANCI E. =’ neatiantio Company's Mall B taeon York and Havre, caliing at Pl ergors. - Th le, runta for the Contioent (il :fuemc bella) win) sall from Pler e Tk B Sebai i n o galy 10 17 AU RE Lo e By S S, R 8. 12 cO, oF Posag £110 to ¥ g 1o accosimodai d, $74) third 40, frepurs tukels ac re: ducrd yaion, Bieorae with superiar scegmmo. e3ira churge. Bloame: e ol Asac 11} wfié DeBERIAN, Af Broidunr, N B . P WHITE. No. mnf-'r":‘hé coruer Rabdoiph, Agwnt for Chicady Great Western Bteamship Line, Mé).lfillflb ‘wnl . ' Tuusday, July 33 x.:..&h’fim"e'u.’%m“f‘#:g‘“.m é‘l#‘.;‘.f"@ir"':f\'&.'fi 320 MYy fo WAL T WUTTR, &7 Clark o Mlchius National Line of Steamships. : “ni,u LLVRIPGOL AVD QUEENSTOWY, N ] 130 8 m | KG! "y Jul) 1008 z‘r'&'\'ml.\u.’.iulr p i | ITALY, Au.y%.\!"vm B r0U LONDON DINECT. ERIN, July 12, 5:30 8 ;| CANADS, July 3 3pm LCabin pasaago, $ix), @ ind £80 eurrendy. urn tickers at Il{vl Tal joersgs \icko! Cfld cure rency, Drafte for A1 and upwands ap Ureat irjiain, Appirio T D, * 4 Botith Clark-t. North German Lloyd. The steaisers of this Compsay will Ty Satupe day from Hremen Pler, fout of it Tloboken: es of nasago—Prom New Lork (o Bothainplo don, 1 avrey and Aromen, Gl eabin, §10; cabin, 860, 5"‘ i mearage, $90 gUrrencr, ¥or frelant L RIGHE & (0. O psSE DD IOy TG Nuw TP, ANCHOR LINE U, 8, MAIL GTEAMERS, VICTORIA Iy B st A AT R duty 22, 3 ) ' ; BTGl Bl 51N it’iulu B NG1.! 1y 3 p. m. OP§A, July 22 N ANGLEN ¥0K ‘n’nuc’xfumu':dé‘: ivaric, Foagon’ ™ i i Cablon 800 bime i lutermediate, 114 [ssucd fur ah, Dr N rding L aocommanatio e Teduted rateg, o 98 steerake, $3d. AMOUBS &Y eurTent TaLc QTHENS, wi Wuiln:wl-lh " STAR BALL LINE, UXITED STATLS & RRAMLL MAL, BTEAMBNIPS. Yur iting inouthly from Watson's Wharf, Uroukiyn, N, ¥, b iy, Fermauahien, Dilay aad lifo et R N l‘L B NA"TU‘.’.HIJ toas, SOHUS BRAMALL, ccovineeirs Padseu ger acCoiiiatitions Ay Grirclghy sad Al redticed J. 5 VUCKER & " s, i Plue-st., New dork, NEXT PRESEDENT. PORTRALIT OV NAYES AND WIEKLER. Cxecutod In the finest wanner. AURNTS WANTED. swnple and reulut Blze Juxdssnd Tzie, Adareas SEROITDGE « €O Litlivgrapbers, 140 Race-at., Cluduuaty 0. ‘Wedueaday, July 12 —— AVK rivilege Is 0o frequent(v denied the Jotter and It hecomes In this connection, W is a8 much gutroged as V, but these several cases aro not quite av had a8 those of other lctters, for R has great reasun fops, who Wgreat s converted by such perauns fnto ' gweat wobbel," aud a round robin is transmogrificd X lhias somo reason to ba dissatisficd with the ise made of l',;el( Ln n nu- meroun rural dlatricta no man asks a question or Dis way. e aea it oll very appropriate it he On the other Land, X should remember that, three centurles ago, it In "“God's Promises,” an Interiude by John Bayle (ls'k&)‘ vant it dis- osing {ta recognized point. To ie of tho abuee of lettera it at the end of the syliabla ing} and the oppresafun to which N 18 subjected it the needleen use of a double nemmfl Ilnd on‘: on' 3 n’i‘l\;y help Innu'.l:; a0 to take possasaion of the tlelds and bave cverything thelr own way. The carly varictles of the patato, except in in- boen taken to kill Poruonl Stats where the rows of ‘mlutoefl in some ficlds ars 80 logded with buj ocn from s distan the eye can dlu-cm’zl ml:]:‘:'l;crunm in color of lnhcé ont full from & wn the back stuirs Wml«hnrrglng to caution Sohun; Im}'{ ren auy boues, bub she couldn’t holler for Lberty The boy Jobn held one firo-cracker in his mouth while hie shot aff another on a hitching-post. Owing to some togethar, 1o didn't say much with his mouth the rest of the day. A younger Unlon, swings out for Peter throw ¢ |l'nl:\l traitors as Tilden,’ Belmont, aud achine Co.,'" to whom we have ha G (] a provided with Ko, 13, orn ufvery o m Iolflnslnhl'mn' wine) 1 Firsh 2 Yon: TOOLEYS THEATE WA Monday Evening, Jaly 10, 1670, UNION SQUARE THEATRE COMPAYY, Tn the New Amerlcan Drams,, ;. . 'l,) ‘:lr; :l";‘.el;nl lfi‘&:‘;;’mfi:y,fifil ','."'i’x-‘n%'_flffl ; EXPOSITION BUILDING, . ARTHUR 7. CRESWOLD'S Orystal Garden . ‘ PROMENADE CONCERTS FVERY EVENING, commencing Joly 17, - 1R ORANDEST CONGENT ORGAN INAMEN(CA.' roth the East, . i een e bt e AT A Sieah ESCCLNAGS T hdem, - Tor 0, WABASH-AV. M. E. CHURCH, Corner Foutleenth- &, % I CANRES SIS ARt WIN give two Orand Conoer Juoo%nu:x:‘ed:'n.";?ao‘:um! . gvenioge. July 10 and 11, menceAt8. 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