Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1877, Page 3

TS TS AT prn—— T 2 B .S A L OIS 1S Y RIS sy -Calltus 11L. Wwas eiected L'ope . ‘ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. DECEMBER: 30, ¥ 3 H , . 1877—SIXTEEN 'PAGES. 3 FOREIGN GOSSIP. Revelation of Treasures Hidden in Rome by the Jesuits. Bpecial Telegrapking in Italy—A Cabi- net-Officer in a Ludicrous Scrave. A Picture of the Dac de Morny-—French Newspaper Wit—Town-Talk’ in Paris, . A DISCOVERY IN ROME. Jome Correspondence foston Adrersiser. A most curious revelation has been made Jately in Rome, which scinds like a romance, and the -rosults muy be of wrester importance than the prescut fucts, which are of considera~ ble valug: About three weeks ago two frati, or exJesuits, went to the Junta Liquiditrice—the Cowmission that has churee of the ecclgsiastical property which has been expropriated—arnd said that for acertain percentage they would dis- dose the Dhidine-place in the Koman Col- Jege of trcasurcs hidden by its for- mer occupsnts. The reason these men gave for their treason was that they were very poor and uceded money. The Government paye every member of the relizious brother- hoods that were dissolved under the new occu- pation & certain sum of moner, trom 10 soldi up 10 10 lire a day, according to tbeir former rank in their brothernoods. These poor wretcbes who Detrayed the secrets of their Order are provably 30-soldi fellows, who would rather play traitor han work for their dally bread. “Thvir offer was accepted. <Certain responsible persons ae- companivd them to the spot where the frafi said the treasures lay. It Was an upper room in the Roman College, When they reachied the room the frati said: “Litt” wp the ‘bricks of this floor and you will find underneatly the valubles of Which we have told you.'? The bricks were removed, and disclosed a smail, dark chamber urranzed between the floor of the room and the ceiling of alower room. Iu this place were found sacks fuil of old parchments, old books, articles of great literary value; also, g lurze block of oriental -lapis-lazult, welahing eighty English_pounds, worth at least $1,500 guid! The ex-Jesuits looked disappointed, bowever, and said: ** This isnot what we ex- pected to show you. There are more valuable treasures thau these sccreted in the building, and we thought this was the place where they were bidden.” S Then they told of zold and silver altar orna- ments, among them a Eupmi:).\muoir. The Ostensoir of which they spokKe one-that was made mony years ago Dy that pHneg of Urefici, Castellany, the father and grandfather of the present distinguished members of that remark- aple family. ft was ordered by the Duches: Grazioli of that day. No expense was spared upou it; it was made of fine gold and silver, and had diamonds and otber precious gems set In it; tbe whole. curiously and beauti- fully wrought with all the gkill and . fluish peculiar to the works of that verita- ble artist. The Grazioli Ostensoir and the other gold and silver artitles were, as 1 said above, the objects the srati expected to find; the unexpected frowvaiile, however, 1s of great value and more juterest to giudents of science and hisiory, to_book-lovers and ;biblioz- raphers, as ;the ‘artistic Ostensoir and other costly caurch vessels. Ibave been in the very room and touched with my hand the parchments, the books, ihe ‘precious lapis-lazuli and other objects. Among them is a curivus astuccia or box for ma This astuccia alone, witheut the maps, is valued at 8,000 francs. it 8 of stamped leather, stamped in gilt and colors, and of that workmanship so highly_prized by connoisseurs of the Henri_Deux period. The large round- head of this fine map-case opens with a hinge and has a decorated Jock. Inside it is divided into compsartments, like a knile case: ovutside toese divisions are wisible: It displays three round sheaths, uncqual in length, umted in one head; the longest sheath i< about two' feet. Into these sheaths are placed the maps_rolled up. They are all on parchment, and hand-made witn pen and brush. They are of*the kind called portolani, because of their havinz the - principal ports represented prominently on them. TThere is one swaller than U which is very handsome. It is dated 14 you were discovered,” said one of the zentienen present when I examined the objects. Yes; thirty-seven years betore ¢ Co- Jumbus sailed the otcan blue” and discovered our cortinent, it was made. It was ihg year AlfoRso "Borcia. the uncle of Alexander VI., that other Borgia TPope. who was elected Pope the very year Co- lumbus_discovered tie Western hemisohere, in 1492, There on_ that beautiful portolano of 1 ass the world as it was then itnagined to be. T e_I)fiuulnnl city is Genoa. It is-displayed boastingly in rich red colored casticsand donies, ana spreads over the whole :?p of tle penn la. The bootof Italy stretchies down into the Mare Mediterraneo, and has nothing on it but a collection of red ecclesiastical bwldings with u flar aud a cross. They rua_likewise along the centre of the peninsula. Rume is written in red Tetters above. Venice, strauge to €ay, is placed where Trieste is now. But on the whole parchment there is no sizn of the great Western Bemiephore. The other maps have the New world on them. o There is an extremely interesting book in this tesoro nascosto. 1t is the constitution of the So- cicty of Jusus, printed on parchment, date 1543, 1 think; at all events it is the only copy knuin, and is of great value. The parctunent is exquis- jtely fine, and the printing as_perfect as pos bie- Another book, a great fohy, is very bt tiful: it is o * Fiorilegiwm,” a Flora, or collec- tion of ail the then known grarden flowers, beau- titally colored by hand. The title-puge isa paiuting that represents some fizures holding up the title and name of the author. neofs de Geest,” to Fame, who is_proclaiming it by her trumpet. The leaves of ' the ook are nearly all_closely covered with de- licious Howers that look as If they were real ones pressed on the paces. The date of this charming book is 1678. There are pages und pages of roses; then lovely lilies; every kind of iris; ricn scarlet and delicate white, pink. and Jilac anemoncs: some are 0 _transparent they jook as if you could blow the soft filmy petals off the page. Ranunculus, lilacs. and such frorgeous tulips—ail those Jovely flowers that Were quite new in that day to Eurobean gar- e or they had been biouzht {rom Tarkcy. from Constantinople, through Venice and Viena to the Western World. The manuscripts on parchments are over 4,000 in number. They axe now in the Lands of cxaminers. 1 saw aréat parecls fastened up dn yellow papers, labeled: they were to be sent to he Roman archives; they are wills, bonds, and official papers of busincss importance. There is likewise the corresvondence of the celebrated arenrologist, Kartolommeo Borshese, with astronomier, but Padre = Scechi—not the another Pudre * Scechi, who was = an archwologist. Some few of these letters have becn publishied; thev are ail autofraphs, and are on archiological subjects. ' Prinee Bar- tolommeo Borghese was a distinguished savant; he died in 1863, There hias been an interview had with the Roman Provincial-General of tho Josuits, He seemed to be utterly ignorant of {lio matter, and said he supposed these manu- scripts had been placed iu that cachcte dur- ing the troubles of the Order under the firt Napoleon, and lhad been forzotten. But this supposition was upset by the fact that among the books are some that were bought at Douk-sales in Rome in 1872, The memorandum of sulcsison them) A friend. of mine was speaking on the subject to-day wilhnnrom!.ugnl Franber of the order, who sald, drsly: “Yes, ) hey found some things, but it is impuesible for ' thomm to find other and more valuable objeets. Tne men who gave ipformation do mnot kuow where the others arc.” Then ke condewned Very severcly the_carelessness of those who hiud secreted these objects just found, in allowing untried members of the Order to know its se- crets. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS IN ITALY. _Rome Correspondence Loadon Stundard. The Minister of the Interior, the enfant fer- yible of the Radical Mimstry, has once :-:':in zot himsclf fnto a scrape and a scandal which will amuse and intercst your readers. Ido not see that I can give you any better account of f!xe matter than by translatioe the followide article rom the Opinione of this morning. I do so partly because the story is amusiog in tself, ut chiefiy beeause the matter in guestion is one not,_only of Itallan, but of general importance w‘FE“l;ggclun;: time. past it has been believed, “on good grounds, that. the gontents of tele- frrams addressed to jounals, and 5150 to private ereons, have been communicated by the Home cpartment to thie newspancrs devoted to the ster. From tho telegraphic _dispatches, ‘which all pass under_the eses of the Minister of the Interior or of persons employed in his Cabinet, news of any political imuortance is token, and then communicated to the privilezed papers. NOW, a very pretty case bas arisen, {¥oich removes all doubt as_regards this viola- tion of the Sccrccy of the telegraph. o Tuesday last a respectable Russian family roceived s telegram containing, as npearly a5 possible, the following words: * Viadimir has been wounded in the kuee at Orkanie. We are going with Alexis to scebim. [Sizued] ALEAANDER. i ** As usual the dispateh had to be sent to the Palazz l}m: (the Home Office). Vladimir! Ale They must be the two Grand Dukes! Alexsnder! Good heavens! That can only be the Czar! at was the commotion in the Ministry of the Interior. Andthe same evening the Jtalie published the following paru- graph: ¢ News has arrived from the Quarter- General at Bowot that the Grand Duke Vladimir, the second son of the Cz: wounded the diy before yesterds near Orkanie, by ball in the knee. The wound i extremely serious. The Emperor is expected, who is coming to visit the wounded man.” And the Lersagliere had, the eame evening, nothing luss than a special telegraphic service, and pub- Hished choice bits of news, with the aate Buch- arest,$lic 4th, as follows: ‘The Grand Duke vas wounded, on Sunday, in the knee, nic, by 3 bay, The wound is wost ous. The Emperor is expected.” The ione, of Florence, hus also its special service, and published on the following mornivg a telegram, in which it _was related that the Grand Duke Viadimar had been wounded in the thigh,’ snd, in_order to appear better - formed than the others, it added op its own ac- count, *it is feared that amputation of the leg will e necessary.! . \“Now it appcars that neither * Viadimir? nor Alexis’ belong to the Russtan Royal family ‘lhcf' belong, on the contrary, to the wortl family to which the telegram was sent, which has underiroue such amusing transformations. And we huPe that the amputation of the lex will take vluce only in the Imagination of the Nazione, which practices rather too expeditious methiods of cure for the gratification and editi- cation of its readers.” THE DUC DE MORA. Paris Correspondence New York World, Alphonse Daudet’s last feuilleton, *The Nabob,” bas been issued in bapk form. There has been an extraordiary demand for it. It is a startling picture of Parisian manners, and nearly every chiaracter is a portrait. The Duc de Mora, who plays an important part in the earlier part of the story, is the Due de Moruy, the illegitimate brother of Napoleon IIL, aud the true author of the coup d’etat. Everybody knows bhis history: Hewas aneedy man of pleasure, who fell, that something” must_be done to -obrain the - wealth and die- nity whici to him were as the oreath of lif¢, and, having plenty of nerve, he formed the suctesstul conspiracy which pave him more than enouch of both’ to the end ot his days. He has been variously described it rezard t6 other attributes, and Hugo's recent picture in “ The History of a Crime” may be contrasted withthe ane which Daudet has just given, but all coucur in representiug him as the life and soul of the movement that gave Napoleon a throne. His deatn forms the subject of one of Daudet’s most powerful chapters. e has been riding has been (Sundnyf 3 m the Bois aud he comes home in a territle agony. Me lies down shuddering at the thought of death, because there fs still so much in life that he wants to enjoy. It is not that the pain subducs him; be is simply down on bis luck. He wants Lo die quictly—be bas always bated scenes—so he saysmot a word of his_condition to his wife (a Russian Princess), who is griving a ball in an- otber part of the premises. The nfusic reaches bim {rom tiwme to time, and at the last forms a iment to the deatb-raftie. His first thougnt isabout bis papers. He quietly directs a contidentfal servant to have them destroyed, una_beaps of love-letters, in many styles of * bavdwriting, are put out of the worldin a manner which adds a new borror to “the deep damnation of their taking off.” Then they send for the Archbishop of Paris, and Mors, who bas_about as much faith as hls dog, and fs more Voltairean than Voltaire, re- ceives extreme unction for the sake of “:its effect on the masses.” Presently the doors are thrown wide open, and a long perspective of bowing lackeys shows thatythe Emperor and Empréss havecome to pay their last visit to the Emperor-maker. An_hour or two after it is over, aud of all the dependents, bigh and low, who fed on the dead man’s bounty, not ouc is able to mourn his master tbrouzh his all-ab- sorbing sorrow in the loss of his own place. PARIS NEWSPAPER-WIT. Sew York WWor My love, what suit do you The wife—** Your The husband— prefer seeing me put ond” traveling-suit, my dear.” The Norman's prayer: “Kind Heaven, I do not ask for wealthi; only to be placed within arm’s length of a man who has it.” The cure of a country church; where the men it on one side of the aisle and the women on the other, being annoyed in the middly his sermun Uy ing annoyed n the mitdle ofbis- 1- reminds ibe congregation that it should Le et "Oue of the wowmen arises and trim- |- hantly exclaims: 1 want_you to motice, Lutllcl’. that the chattering isn’t on this side of 1hie aisle this time.” * All the better,” replies the priest meekly; ¢ it wont Iast so long.” ienant begear to indizent con- frere—-t Yon miscrable wretth! Here you have been abjectly poor at this chiureh-door for four years, and You ain’t rich yet!” ~(Which recalls The colloqy _Detween two Dublin - begsars; «Well, Mrs. Callaghan, what did vou give your daughter Judy when she married?” ~t Faith, then, I did my duty by the chld. Did’nt I srive hier tl e west side of ville street, whicl, i well begged, is worth 30 shillings a week. At the paming-dhble X. asks a cambler with whom heis on speaking terms to lend him 95 louis. The player, who has a heap of gold Defore him, which. however, is zrowing steadily and rapidly smaller at cvery card turned, re- plies coldly: *“Excuse me; but L never lend money at the card-table.”’ **But you might just as well,” persists X., “you're losing it There at every deal.” I know | am, but [with a facinating smile] T know thut here I can count on it—a safe investment, you know." A shoadyite, desirous to patronize the fine arts, orders of 1 painter b pictnre of St. Jerome in his cave. The order ds exceuted and tie gmateur comes 10 see it ** Very good, indeed,” he says kindly 10 tne artist; *but the sunt jsn't enough i the cave. It 10oks as if he had come out 10 show off, and you know that a man of his humility wouldw't do that. Put him further baek into the cave’ His request is coniplied with, but the result is ot approved. «¢ Jje isn'u far enough in yet,” snys the patrony b thavs St. Jerome “and his want aud what I pay you for i St. Jerome in aiscave. Saveyl” The artist govs to work, and when the amateur returns with a kindred spirls Lie picture is like that famous ove of the * Crossme of vhere the Tsracl ites had all cros: ! drowned. They waze upon it sud depart, and at overlieurs o the stairs the following A e a § o 4 S0 there 15 He's mysell yesterday. N TOWN-TALK IN PARIS. The Parisfan syell is no longer a Petit Creve (term invented by Nestor Rogueplan), vor an Incroyable, nor a Merveilleux, nor a Dandy, nor 2 Lion, nor o Gummeux (so stvled from the putting-of gum-arabic into the starch of his wonderful shirt-coilur); he is a Lotteur—{rom Lottery. But why from lottery? Because of the invention by a witty Baroucss of a new kind of surprise party. She bade to dinner ten guests of each sex,—fome married, others not,~—and | just before amner was announced, and as all 3vere seattered about the drawing room, the us was turncd off_suddenly. *Now, ladies and gentlemen,” said the hostess, “choose your Sartoers in the dark, and_they shall be yours i1l midnight.” In ten or twelve minutes the babbic and little screams of laughter were over, indicating that all the prizes had been drasn, ana then the folding doors were opened and.n flood of light was Jet in. The sly Baroness had, of course, pounced on her own husband {he moment that the zas was turned off, The Princess de Metternich (who, by the war, in the presence of a few intimates occasionally condvscends to siug some of tho songs of the cafes, and renders them with the chic and suc- cess of Therese_ herself) has fitfed up a Pom- peifan bedchamber at her villa. The walls aud ceilings are in pale-biue, the panels being occu- Died by pmphs and oddesses barely veiled with robes of gauze, with for bordera hight tracery of foliage, Tritons aund Loves. From the -centre of the cetling hangs a Jamp of mother-of-pearl, curiously wrotight, which sheds 8 pale, rosy hali-light over.the dainty room. The tables and stands are of maple, inlaid with gold and tortoisc- shell, with siiver knickknacks, cups, statuettes, etc., thickly strewn upon them. The chests and ~wardrobes are of richly-carved eim and birch. The floor is of mosic, and on it are scattered fresh flowers of a_strong ‘ragrance. Finally, the bed is of carved ivory, overlaid with mother- of-pearls; the coverlet {5 of purple silk, em- broidered and deeply fringed with silver, and from silver hooks and ‘TodS depend semi-trans- parent curtuins. A couch fit for Tenuyson’s % Sleeping Beauty.” There is also in La Vie Parisienne a_night toilet sufliciently pretty to e mentioned in the same breath; a cheihise of piuk China silks, with Valencicnnes lace trim- mings; lace hongreline, with bouflettes of pearl-gray@satin; a wee tulle cap, white silk mitts, and a double row of amber beads at the wrists and throat as a charm to fusure peaceful sleep and pleasant dreams. GOSSIP FOR LADIES. . Women as Politicians in La Belle France. Dressing the Groom—A Grievance that Needs a Prompt Retedy. XS RSN Golting Over a Difficulty--3 Conjuzal Dispute.-- *“There’s Ao Place Like Home.” FAITHLESS. O Clare! the snow drifts waves of pearls Across the frozen meadow-lands, 1 walk the silent forest-pathss Ajilverdent the maple stands; In starry garlands, snowy vines From all the lustrous branches swing, And ecrolls of crystals are the ferns That wave like white hands beckoning. 0 Clare! the dying sunsct pours Down purply steeps its burning glow; Intensc und rich, its light is spilled Like rosy wine upon the snow. ‘We walk no more the xylvan paths® And vow we never more shall part. 0O Clare! the snow is cold as death, But colder fur is thy fulse heart. Vouusia, N. Y. Canuie . WhezLER. o SYOMEN AS TOLITICTANS. ris Letter to London News, e 2 er o London, Boce, IFeitten Sefore Mac s, A feminine land s discernible in the impetus which is drivinz Marshal whon to take a b leap into the dark; I6r when we talk of the oothing influence of womany we must never forget how licreely combative a creature she is, One is bound to pity & ruler who tries to de- monstrate to o petticoated relutive of an ain- bitious turn of wind, because he must not do such aud such things, becuuse they are forbidden by o picce of paper called a Con- stitution. « There was a poor crowned wittol of the middle ages who advanced an argument of this sort, but his admirable wife, quite equal to the occasion, threw down her fan on the council table and requested him to take it, and give her thesword which he seemed afraid?to draw. We bave Lieard too of Black Agnes, Countess of March, *who kept a stir in tower and trench—that brawling, boisterous Scottish wenel,” and whose husbund was a mild man, who, but_for her noisy gotngs on, would have been coutent to stop at home x}nd toast the points of his iron boots at the fire. " It is, however, when they are backed by clergymen that women contrive to make thcir swpet influence most powerfully felt in politics, for then they can mix up their eXhor- tations with threats apent the Evil Que, until their listener is fairly maddened. . Every Irench ruler who has run down the road t6 ruin, and they are nota few who have done so, has had a woman on_one side and priest on the other, both pushing him and ask- ing him what he was afraid of when he winced at the sight of steeps bristling bel it ugly look. Read the history of luckless Louls XV The poor man saw daugers thicken around bim, he tried to coujure them, he point- d them out to his pretty wife, Maric Antoil ette, and to her Enml triend, Mme. de Lam- balle, but both these ladies were of opinion thiat stormi-clouds alwways biow over it you take no unotice ot them. They had never heard of forked lizhtniugs aud thunderbolts, but bad o good deal- to say about Ajax, who, armed with a simple buckler, dared the elements to * come on.” Ajax must have been a lady’s mau. So supremely zood an opinion of himself as he evinced could only bave been de- veloped by a long course of feminine adulation, interspersed witn occastonnl nagyings when he veotured to doubt'whether he could withstand Jove’s thunder all by bimself. For these fasci- uating creatures—Queens, Empresses, or she- Presidents—ail vag until they make a man’s soul weary; and if, as was the case with Maric Antoinette, they can get members of the church militant to help thew, their cour- azeous spirit knows no obstacle. Marie Autoinette had red-legred Cardinals round her, wno_ brought cncouraming letters from the Pope, and these being Iaid be- fore the timid King at breakiast-timne convinced him that he could only bope to have Provideace on vis side if he struck a combative attiiude We know how all this ended, and we know how it fared with another Freuch monarch in our own times _for listening to an autractive lady: Fiiibts BHovE TEhting e Prussiddf, bad the Empress Eugenie_ bad none. When Marshal TLebeent, the War Minister, caize to tell the s perial pair very fraukly, as his duty command- ¢d, that Le did not think the French army was ready, Napoleon nervously twisted his mustache: but the- vallant Empress flushed up and_asked whether, forsootb, a Mar- Shal of France was mnot ashamed of hunself for doubting the might of hig own soldiers. ‘The Marshal stalked out red in the fave, and, upon reaching theantechamber, asked for o pen and sheet ol paper and wrote out his resigmation, but at this juncture the Emperor supervened with soothing words, and pointed out that Jadies must be humored. The Marstal hesitated, but_at last guve iu, be it is in the nature of a Frenehman to let ladies. have their.own way. 8o to humor * Madume 7 an army of Frenchmen marched over the border, and soon had to march back awain faster than they went. Are these lessons written in leters of fiame on the walis of the Elysec? Not they. There is a lady in that palace at this moment who wants to se¢ a certainmodern Bayard emu- lute the feats of Ajax, kouisXVL..and Napoleon 111., beeause her smiles and the Pope’s benedic- tiou (sens repeatedly by tlegram) witl guarantee him_suecess. = Women bave always been active politicians in France. ‘They did strange things during the League, arming men’s hands with daggers and promising kisses for Rssasstnation. One caused the Duc de Guise to be trioped up and stabbed another urged on a mouk to despatch Henry 01, Uuder the Fronde, agaln, the fair sex haa matters ail to themselves, and achieved the great teat of setting five factions by the cars Sithout letting them know what they were fiehting about. When the great revolution broke out a dumsel called Therolene de Meri- court made hersell conspicuous in getting per- sons of backward opinious prodded with spears, and helped up the steps of the wuillotine. She was o fine type of the dark-cyed fury who seatters slaughter about just for the fun of tne thing, aud she was one of the carlicst vromoters of that band of tricoteuses who used to sit in the public galleries at the Conve tion, and in the courts of justice, cnlivemuy business by thelr loud screams i favor of Iy cose motions, proscriptions, death Scnien and what not. The legislators of thusc d used o say that they would vote otherwise t they did if it were not for the wonien; and the suine remark might be uttered by many a Sena- tor awd Deputy in these times, when ladics 12} no small vart in influencing the division ist. Auy Englislman who bas attended a de- bate at Versailles must have Leen struck by the festive look of the boxes to which ladies are ad- mitted. They come there.in their hest attire, with opera-glusses, lans, smiclling bottles, and bonbonmeres. Lhey scrutinize the orators Jike actors. If one displcases them they cough, or talk aloud, so that their disparazing re- matks are heard pretty plainly below; il they Iiear & specelt to their taste they break out into applause, and it serves uothing for the ushers tollft up theirarms like railway signals to cn- join silence. Who cares for an usher{ or even ior o President, 50 far as that_zos, lor there is not a Frenen President who woula dare unop- ularize himsclf by havinz the gallerics cleared. M. Dupin once ventured to do so in in 1849, and he never heard the last of it, for one of the ladies turned out was_an Ambassadress. The Duc d’Audiffret-Pasquier in the Senate attention to the galleries: M. Grevy occasi Taises his cycs towards them with a supplicating air; and as for the members of both Houses, they have not the British orivilege of causing their chamber to be empticd because they \eapy strangers,” and 5o they sit resimed, But if Jadics take interest enough I politics to disturb the proceedings of Parliament, one may be sure that they £o to work in a much more practical Way Dy intrigues in their own drawing-rooms.. At this game Couservative Jadics far exceed their Republican sisters. They have better family traditions to help them, for many of them are_noblewomen who come of caballing stock, and those who are not wish to be thought noble. Then, as above said, they derive mauy plous inspirations from the priests, A confessor sirs Lhe innermost chords of fe nine sensibility when he slludes to the ** Prison- erof the Vatican,” or boasts the glories of Monarchical Courts. Women ,are not’ levelers: they love ornumentation and distinctive symbols. A country without Princes is to them as a garden without flowers, and if they but once got _enrolled in the suite of any particular Priuce, no effort seems too great to “restore that illustrious befngr to his rights.”” ‘Besides, women have a contempt for formulas, which makes them treat as idle talk all the threats of mobs who show a desire to fight for this or that idea. They never believein the advent ofh popular storm until it comes and. Dbursts, after which they remain ugShakable in the conviction that things would have passed off differently if thelr adyice had been listened to. The Royalist Frqwh woman hasa faith in’ Papal blessing &6 lavert all dapgers and sccure all victories;{the Imperialist ’“"f has a greater faith @ battations, but ecach lody adheres to her hith, such as it is, with a tenucity of conviction sich as the hara_kndks of cxpericnce never altér. As for ladics who belonz to ueither of the Monarchist factions, but pin their nones to tac prowess of the mod- ern Bayard, they form 3ut a small family vircle, but are not less doughty on that account.’ 1t is not 50 sure that thicy hid not at one time some thoughts of founding aj dynasty among them- selves, and, If 50, o of two of them possibly dling to the hope cwen yet. They find it sol) plessant to play at Kings and Queens that the idea of being oblized to retire some day into. private, because’ the Constitution so wills it, strikes them asodious. and preposter- make a stand by the Presidential cbair, since the Colonels who attend the Elysean parties swear they are ready tofight, and” the Bishops are always ready to blesst Carnuge there might be, but is not "the recollection of such things always swallowed up in victory? And how hap- py Francewould be after the victory, when the riests and ladies bad the Government all to themselves indisputably. Surely so desirable an end would justify any means. DRESSING THE GROOM. St Louls Globe-Democrat, The recurrence of the holiday seasons, with their weddings and consequent jollity, brings to mind a grievance to which attention has from time to time been called, but thus far in every case without effect. Most people seem, indeed, $0 proceed in the majority of worldly affairs as if the maxim, “Evils will right themseives,” were indisputably true, and, in consequence of this dispositivu to procrastinate, the evil in question, together with perhaps miilions of otners, has been sufféred. to remain; chal- lenyred, fudeed, and often conspicuously pre- sented to public attention, but the cure of which is invariably left by everybody to some- vody clse; and thercfore is performed by no- body. o The erievonces alluded to is the position of the bridegroom at the wedding, and needs only to be hinted at in order to have its full propor- tions mentally revealed to every one who zives the subject a moment's reflection. That the groom is indispensable is patent. There can be no wedding without him, and consequently he sc¢ms to be looked on inthe light of a necessary evil; like o sore thumb, always in the way, it is true, but still better where it is than without it. That this is an entirely false and unnatural position in which to place gbis party of the first part is sufficiently “evinced by the fact that he must after- wards play the role of the leading gentleman m the domestic life-drams then began, and every consideration of esthetic taste would sug- gest that he make his debut, so to speak, with Some eclat, or at least without the bang-dog look which he usuully considers it his bounden tuly to asswine. No leading actor is content as a subordinate in & brilliant scene, and that the Jords of creation should bave quietly endured the outrage Dame Fasbion bLas foisted upon them, is a mystery, the solution of which must Dbe left tothose philosophers to whom themotives of the human heart are as playthings. To see the extent and real maguitude of the evil is easy enough. Look at any fashiopable wedding. ~ The children who scatter flowers in the church are stared at, the bridesmaids are watched, their costumes scrutinized, the set and titness of every fold is carefully observed and audibly commented on by the female part of the audicnce, while the men note the general effect. The bride is the centre of interest. A sort of curious combination of smiles, and white satin, and tears, and orange blossoms, and blushes and trains, and long veils and white kid gloves, she moves down the aisle, and the wedding march is played for her, and thc flowers are strewed for Ler, and the decorations oun the walls are bung for her, and the preacher waits for her, while the poor, miserable wretch of a bride- groom, without whom she would not be what and where she is, sneaks in like a sheep-thief, content if be eseape disgracing bimself openly by some flagrantly awkward mistake, Helsa background on Which the bride is pictured forth; he is the jet sctting round the diamond; he would be miglitily missed if hewere not there, but being there, he is taken for granted, and nothing more is thougbt of him. “As the old Scoteh cypic used to say, *The only way a man can make a sensation at his own weddiog is by staying away from it.” Nor does the distinction, unjust as it is, cease bere. Wheneyer the wedding is’ mentioned afterwards, the first thunzhe: s, not of the. bridegroom- but afuti bui of her.” TUe diry paners and fashion journals go futo ecstacies of description, and pour forth colmEn after column of language utterly incomprebensible 1o any- body but a thorouth-paced. fuslionable womnau ever her toilette 15 alluded to; _but who, other thau &. funny man” or a fool, ever thinks of telling wbat the bridegroom wore? In ninety-nine cases out of a bundred it - is impossible to learn from the published uccounts of the weddiog that the groom wore anything at all, and in the bun- dredth instance the most liberal notice bis out- fit receives consists in the general statemont that be ** was dressed. in_the conventioual suit of biack, with white vest and white kid gloves.”” The world has yet to find a man daring cnough to break through this “conventional 7 arranzement, and cover himscif with elory by beine the hero ol his own wedding: but when such on indwidual comes what distinction will De his, and what triumphs will Tie in wait to brignten his path. Imagine him stared at by the women_ and respectfully sincovered to by the men. If his individuality be strongly marked, and manifest itself in dress as well as jn deportment, imagine the zest with wiich his costume will be described by the papers.. Faucy him arraved in ‘“on® claw-hammer coat,’ tent very decolette,” ‘“the front trimmed rith fringed ruchings of broudetoth, and lined with satin and cheniile,’: * the collar and jap- pels gored and ornamented with two or three Tows of heavy knife-pleating,” ¥ the sleeves ala Pompadour, with- Valenciennes inscrtions and point lace.” The two tails ought to maten, and e en Princesetraing,” or * poon train » at the o vory least, with hall a’ dozen rows of kit pleating,” tapered off with more or less “kuife pleating” or shell trimming, accordmng to.taste. If ornaments of oranee, orapple blossoms aud pond Lilies were added to these queues, and blue ribbons attach- ©ed by which they could be iifted from the srround in walking, all danecr of ignoring the bridegroom would be at ouce dissipated. The rest, of his costume miziit be_conventional, or, it hie bad a mind to make & genuine sensution, Tie might haye his trousers plain in front,” toe hack widths ornamented withshell headings,™ and “trimmed with ores and bias picces.” A bridegroom got up in this® style would be a benefactor of his sex, and at ouce aud forever, {f his example were aptly followed, would re- move the stigma of insigniticance which now rests on the groom. GEITING OVER A DIFFICULTY. St. Louir Herali's Gaireston Letter. T tell you bow one young lady managed in a very disagrecable event of whole street un- der water, to my personal knowledge by cye- sight. She was & pretty echoolma’am in an East End institution of learning, and at the close of her day’s labors was returning home in company with & number of her merry school- cnldren. 1t had rained very bard that duy, and Dreadway, at the intersection of Tenth street, was a sea to the depth of the knee for the pu- pils, who plunged in to their evident enjoyment of the situation. The youns but scnsible teach: er thought a moment, " then' doffed shoes and stockings, and, with her skirts held up, brayely waded across, to the great admiration of her scholars, in whosg glecsome shouts a prave young man passing at the tfme felt sorely in- clined to join. g A CONJUGAL DISPUTE. They teil about 2 man in Mainé who refused to get up and light the fire, and, as his wife said she wouldn’t, they remained in bed thirty-seven hours before the matter was settled. Our sym- puthies are, of course, with the woman, and ¥¢ way be permitted to entertain a regret that it Qid not oceur to her to perform a great deed of sl ce upon this occasion. How poble and beautiful would have been the exumple set lier husband, how touchingly would she have shown her wifely devotion, how keeuly woald she bave made bim feel bis meanness, ifshe had risen and made the fing—if she had riien, we say, snd made the fire under the bed in order to rout him out all of a_sudgen!; A woman who throws away such a chance as fhat is false to her duty aud to her sex.—Ezchauje. A SUITABLE MOTTO. I Rockiand Courter. { He had stayed till the clock hands hunf to- gether at 11, and that valuable recorder oftime was menacing a strike. She bad yawnd till er mouth felt Jarge enough for a horse-gllar, and yet the young man evinced no symptgns of specdy departure. “I've been working{on a ous. Anything ratlier, than that. Why not | sentence, “Therés no pluce like home.” The ~YQuDg man guessd be'd be going. FEMNINE NOTES. - The ladies—tliy all jute.—St. Louis Journal. How should bye como to the door? Cer- tainly with a ring, but not without a rap. A man used tcsay to a barber, **Tnin out my hair a little.” Vives were not then invented— e meun acquirg, In Switzerlang, donkeys have bells on their necks. In this ountry, it is not unusal to see them with bellg on their arms. ‘The man W¢ has a rreuy scolding wife doesn's have @y difliculty in understanding how a thing Ol’hm\uty may be a juw forever. Fricnd—* Bd why, dear, did_vou throw ovi Percy for Hardd1m ~ Dear—* Well, you see, i olends with m] initials, and makes such a much nicer monogran,” 2 Tbe bald-hesied man is fn’great demand to act as judge afbaby-shows. We have always mamtained thita way would ultimately be fonnd to utilize bim.—Worcester Press. Tt s said thit a eir] in England was recently struck dumb 3y the firing of a cannon. Since then a numbef of married men have invited the artiltery to come and discharge their pieces in their vicinity. The late Benator Morton was an advocate of woman suflnge. He also believed uhat if a woman is beat upon jumping into a bramble bush she ought to be permitttd to jump.— Andrews' Baar., The coldest storm-wave of the season was experienced:by a_younz man from Syrucuse, ‘who escorted an East Rome girl hoine Sunday night, and was detected by her father just as be was putting his moustache where it would do her the most good.—Romne Sentinels Now cometh the young man to bis taflor, and he saith unto him:~ * Build me an ulster. Aund make me 3 pocket in the sleeve thereof, of the space of three inches wide, that & miaiden’s ‘hand mav o thereio. | Aud see thou build the pocket right over azainst my funny-bone. For 1t shall come to pass that she shall say unto me, ¢ Go to, now!’ and shall tell me that I am hor- rid, and shaliksqueeze my arm.” CITY GOVERNMENT. Lecture by L. L. Bond Before the Philo- sophlcal Society. The Philosophical Society met last evening in their rooms corner of State ana Washington streets, Mrs, Ellen M. Shedd in the chair. Mr. L. L. Bond read a paper on “City Govern- ment: Its Proper Constituency, Organization, and Powers,” akynopsis of which is appended. ‘The speaker defined a city as being lemally any collection of people having by charter or immemorial usage authority to mae and ad- minister laws, and to collect revenues for local purposes. Popularly a city is a large collec- tion of people located within & small compass, . and there fs usually associated with such idea that of some importance in trade, manufac- tures, extended social opportunities, etc. * After a somewhat elaborute consideration of the ancient cities of Rome and Greeee, their rise and progress, and the causes of their fall, Mr. Bond discussed the relation of the city to the State under the Republican form of Govern- Iment existing in this country. In oraer to pro- vide for local sclf-government the State has to (Rsublet” certain powers to the city, which process is commonly nccomfillsnefl by a grant usually called a charter. This charter, iu law, is binding on the recipients, but not on the grantor. This creates trouble, for the con- stant tinkering of this instrument which is go- ingon in the State Legislature alfords a fine ficid for schemers and_public plunderers. Hu- man wisdom is_probably not suflicient to draw a perfect line between the City-Hall and’ the State Capitol, but it is amply suftieient to draw & better line than the exising one. Albany has a greater responsibility for the stealings and debt of New York City than the government of the latter has. ” In Illinois on fong step in the rizht Qircction bas been taken by hmiting the smount of debt which municipalities may contract. But for this con- stitutionakprovision the great fire and the hard times would have given Chicazo a debt of thirty or forty millions and an an- nual levy to pay interest of two or three millions ‘of dollars. An absolute prohibition of debt and a per centum limitation of ex- penditures or reveuue would scem to be St cient saieguards for the protection of property. ‘In order to properly conduct city Zovernment promot payment of taxes is essential, and when there is no principle ot stake the man \who.is able to pay, and refusestu 40" e ar s Tomeeds Vdmos i echnicalities, i3 0o better In speaking of the duties of citics to protect their people, Mr. Bond coudemned the system of ircating frce citizens as children, re- quiring constant watching. The whole theory of inspection of iruif, flour, aud fish, and the multiplication of offices, was de- nounced ns opposed to the spirit of American institutions and absolutely hurtful to the peo- ple._This supposed necessity of depgndence on the State degrades the people, makes them carcless of their yotes, and_leads to corruption and dishonesty in public life. Ballot-boxes are not suffed by the criminal cluss, but by the men who beliéve Government should take care of them. The only remedy for the evils which bave crept into clections is by educating the” people into self-reliauce and individual respon- . sibility- Civil-Service reform is to be commended so far as it represents an effort to break up the idéa that zovernment is organized for the purpose of making places for ofliceholders, and that oftices are rewards to be divided out by the chiefs of suceessiul classes or rivgs. But where it s car- Tied to the extent of making a privileged class —a few to take care of the many—it is auti- TRepublican, and will eventuate in more_diflicul- ties than those it is_desizacd to remedy. The blind following of demagogues is often found in cities, and althouzn this not so true of Chicazo as formerly, a little more of the dreaking-up process wouid not hure the city, for the schemers are always on hand. One great difficulty is that few really able men give any attention to municipal affairs. Some move into the suburbs to cscape personal taxes and for other reasons, and thereby disqualify and disfranchise themselves, Othersare so fuil of business that they cannot efford the time, and still another class have an idea that there is something disreputable in connection with pol- ftics. Io some respects the press must be blamed for its indiscriminate as- saults _ upon officials. Respectable men say, **Do youthink I am foul enpugh to zive one-fourth of my time to the city for the priv- ilege of being culled a thief once every week ! In regard 1o the tunctions of mugicipal 2ov- ernment, the lecturer held that it was unprofita- ble 1o attempt to use the law to force prople in watters of habit or beli The theory that providence needs assista in the work of re- Torming and elevatiug humanity, while contain- ini perhaps the best of intentions, leads to the very poorest resuits. The best form of a city government is that which follows the constitu- tioual form, a division of power. into the three heads of executive, legislative, and judi- cial. 'The responsibllity for the first chould rest oun onec individual, and if the business should be too vast for him to attend to details, they should be left to heads of departments, also single, and responsible to the Chief Execu- tive. Boards at the heads of departments are usually ineflivient, slways uncertain, and the division of respensibility makes it difficult for cither the law or public opinion to reach them. Exccutive subdivision without complete subor- Qination §s an anomaly, and has alwass been injurious <o both the efficiency ang certafnty of the Government. Y 7 'In legislutive matters the revérse i& true; these bodies should always have a membership as large as can be had without becoming un- wicldy. Whether thelegislative branch in acity should be divided into two houscs is an open question. In a small city two houges. are con- stantly not needed. A second house is some- times a cbeck onbad legislation,and may be nec- ersary when Legislaturcs mect annually or at Toneer perlods, 15 in such cases an evil or a mis- take cannotbe wur‘]uiukly remedicd. Bug in clties where the proceedings of the Counal:are laid before the public next morning by an enter- prising press, the press and people form the second house, for all acts may be reconsidered at the next regular mecting. A single house has Tso;the great ment of economy. T should be troon of inspectors, unless it be boiler inspectors, should be swentout of existence. There Is nothing to prevent tife orzanization of the business force of any city down as close as it4s inany manufactory or business establish- ment. The tendency toward long terms of of- flice is bad; short terms are satest and best. A man clected for one year and_desiring re-elec- tioh is more likely 10 *bebave himse!f than if he has a long and assurcd tenure. - Elections are a part of “the popular educution, and nothing tends to makea citizen forget or neglect bis duties and privilezes than infrequent opportu- nities for exercising them. The expenses of campaigns, and the supposed necessity of paying out large sums to the crowd of bloodsuckers wko live by clectioncerd drives many a heretofore honest man to wa that are dark, in order to get back the muney which his election cost. The evil'has become so serious that the ** poor but honest™ man Lannot be a candidate for any salaried office, and the “Boss” Governments are a lezitimate result of the leech system of ca.upaignin: H _After compariug the two views, first, that, a City Government is a muceyed corporation, formed by property-owners to protect their property frow firc and thicves, and to obtain mutual advantages by combination, and that therefore only property-owuers are entitled to a voice in its affairs; and the second, that Mu- nicipal Government is a part ot the State Gov- ernment, and that all citizens have a part In it, Mr. Bond concludes that if a fair election can be had it is best to trust the entire people, and made them fecl that they are responsible citizens. Extravagant penalties have been decreed in this State for Mfeaches of the electoral law, so heavy, in faet, that no jury will enforce them, and the and sought is tnus defeated. Probably the Kentucky penulty of disfranchisement would be the best preventive of repeating and ballot-box stuffing. Precincts should be multi- plied for the more voting-places, and the smaller yoting districts the less cbauce of fraud. Small precincts and & good resmistry- list would extinguish fraudulent voting. If every square formed a precinct. the clection could be held between 10 & 'm. and 1 p. m., and could be vonducted on the § plan_of as- sembling the voters aod passiug the baliot-box around. There would be no need for ticket- peddlers, and lifewould bea barren waste for the bummers. The lecturer concluded with sowne well-considered remarks on theabsolute necessi- u of education for all, and expresséd ‘the hupe that by patient application -and etudy 8 way might be found out of the troubles and difficul- tics which surround the governments of large cities. e —— MICHIGAN AVENUE, To the Editor of The Tribune. Cuicaso, Dec. 20.—As some apprebension may be entertained by persons who suoseribed to the Michigan Avenue improvement fuud, cither on the list circuluted by 8. W. Allerton, James Barrell, or myself, in consequence of the investigation by a committec of the Conncil into the acts of the Board of Works regarding ‘that improvement, I will hiere say that wheu the Mayor and Mr. Wilson were induced to recon- Sider their determination not to go beyond Twen- ty-second strect I presented a subscription list amouuting to $1,200, and guaranteed to make it $2,000 if the improvement was carried to the Grand Boulevard. They saw the want of a continuous drive from the centre of the city to accommodate not only the residents of the'South Side, but the North and. West as well, and accepted the proposition. As is well known, the job was not only done, but well done, for which the Board received at the time the grateful acknowledaments of the public. It was the only way Michizan avenue could have been relieved from the yawninz cbasws, bills, and kollows that for three years had en- aangered vehicles of all kinds, and was avoided by business aod pleasure:scekers. Contractors who bad at various times cndeavored to obtaia names of prooerty-owners to regravel the ave- nue bad invariably failed from the indisposition of more than one-third of the owners to sub- scribe for the work. As to the present condition of the avenue, grumblershad as well compluin of Providence as.the Board. Before the rolling was linished the rainsset in, and havebeen almost continuous since. Tae consequence Is, mud from the cross streets has been carriea on the poorly- rolled gravel, and, as might be expected, it is now a bed of mortur, There has beeu a load of mud for every four feet iineal measure, scraped up and earted off from Wabash_avenue since Michigan avenue was graveled, and it is to be expected a like quantity would be deposited on the surface of Michigan avenue, which ac- counts for its present condition. Having taken some interest in this improvement,. and belng aresident on the avenue, W ing the job as 1t progressed, T think injistice is sought o be done the Board. As to collections on the subscription-lists_of Allerton, Barre!, and my- self, I will say the $2,000 has been paid over, as atreed by me, to the Board, and $1,100 de- ostrea -toTne-ereate-orthe Michizan-avenue- Loan & Trust Company, and about $100 15 10 be collected. Mr. Edwrar Loomis informs me he has on his subscription-list abont §700, a part of which he has collected, and the balance will be paid over in the spring. These sums will be put togetnerin the spring, and, under u com- mittee of of the subscribeas to the fund, will be used for repairs on the avenue, as contemplated. by them. Exos Axmes. —— RIORDAN. To the Editor of The Tribune. CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Regardless of thedemands of the honest voters of the Seventh Wuard, the voice of the press, and the unanimous recom- mendation of its Committee on Electious, the Council indirectly refuses to admit Mr. Riordan to the seat to which he was elected by the defeat of J. . Hildreth. Why is it so? Shaply because of a lack of moral courage on the part of a larze number of the members of the Council to defeat the malicious desigos of such braggarts as Lawler, Cullerton, Rvan, Sweeney, and others of that class. That quartette of = purists have raised the cry _ of “disfranchisement” because the Committec ou Elections decided to throw out a fractional part of the votes of the ward in order to adwit Mr. Riordan. Although dif- ficult of pronunciation, **distranchisement " sounded_well, and was well received by an obscure fraction of the Couucil, Who look to the quartette aforementioued as their inspiration. Granted that the throwing out of the votes in question would be disfranchising, would that not bezthe lesser of two evils, Of which tie greater is the disfranchising of tne_entire Ward, by stolidly refusing, “as the Council new ao, to recognize. the man whom the ward, and not = precioct, elected? ‘The present occupant of the disputed position is Mr. Kerber, whose term of office expired nine months 1go,—a man who Is disgust ed with political life, Who wants to be rid of the neeessity Of iitnessing it as exemplifled by sowe of bis associates,” and who auxiously desires to be freed from its impor- tunities In order that he may devote his undi- vided attention to his business. To keep®Mr. Kerber in, and Mr. Riordan out, to the gratification of a few igoorant nou- descripts fs injustice to the people, and a dis- grace to the respectable members of the Coun- cil, who, I dare say, are unwiitingly made acces- sories %0 a-dirty pohitieal trick which savors of the phenomenal aroma generated, by an_inter- mixture of the moral turpidity of a convicted perjurer and the sickening stench of Bridgeport slaims. The respectable members of the Coun- cil either are or are not parties to this fraud. ‘Would it not be well for those who enjoy thi proud distinction to show their bandsi The public would then know whom to honor with complimentary epithets. CiTizex. e ——— SOLID BLOCK PAVEMENT, To the Editor of .The Tribune. Cr1CAGO, Dec. 20.—Not remembering to bave secn any mention in your paper of the way of Inging block pavements solid,—that is, without any space between the blocks to be filled with gravel,~I wish to call your attention to it. Leaving a spuce between the blocks gmives the wheels a chance to *‘broom,” as the farmers say, and split off the edges, thus rapidly in- creasing the wear and tear. By laying the blocks close tozether the wheels can bave no such action upon the edges, and, as the grain of the wood is perpeudicular to thie action of the 15, the blocks Wwill wear a loug time, es- peciall laid upon what you have shown to be 50 necessary,—a good foundati and there- fore settliog evenly. About a year ago I ex- amined a short. plcc(i)l)[,mlcll pavement at the interscction of Qgden’ uvenue and Madison als Jarge, both forwisdom and safety. The ol forts- cight Supervisors of Cook County would never have done what the fifteen Commissioners arc accused of doing. In the last ease elzht men are the Board, while in the first it was twenty- ive. Eight men can form a close rinzs with twent-five it was much more difficult, if not jmpossible. There is no compromise between one man and a large body, and Cook County wants either ope man or fifty. An additional Alderman from cach ward might be an improve- ment. . g As to the Judicial Department of the City Government, that is largely retained by the State. The Judges are elected under State Jaws, and the Justices of the Peace ana Palice Magistrates are selected by those Judges. ‘aving recognized the triple government as the best so far devised, the next inquiry weuld ‘be how many_oflicers Were needed in each di- “Fhis has already been partly suswered. motto to-day,” she finally Mm& 85 _slie hdd ber | vision. eyes-openwith her fingers; ‘“don’t you wot to secit? He said he did. She brought @t the article and passed it to him for inspectio He held it up to the lizht and resd the’cieerful ntive should be a one-man power, g’; ::;fber of heads of departments un- Se him determined by the size,. location, and business of the city. Tne whola strect, and was surprised at the little evidence of wear which it showed. There may be serions objections to such pavements that are not ap- parent upon a 'hasty examination. and I only write to call :lltegtkun to the subject. Ww. A Cliange of Fortune. THE BANKS. - Services for which Mr. J. C. Dore Got $10,000. Sydney Myers’ Legislative Afii\us at . Present under Investigation. The statement made in the abstrat of Mr. Mechelke's report concerning the State Savings Institution. published in_yesterday’s TRIBUN 1o the eilect that 3 considerable sum of mont had been expended for legislative purposes at Springfield, created quite a flutter in certain quarters, and a uumber of lame ducks werc hobbling arourd during the day in search of Mechelke to find qut how many naines he in- teaded to give up- to the public, and whether theirs could not be left out. There wasone error in the abstract as published. The bigzed sum spent for influencing was $10,000, tand it was put down in the report as baving gone into the hands of ¥ MR. JOILH C. DOKE. g Last evening a reporter of TEE TRuwNE called upon Mr. Dore to ascertain from him, it he knes, the grounds on which Mr. Mechetke made his assertion that that $10,000 kad Leen paid by the State Savings Bans for lezislative purposes in Springfield. g 4 Mr. Dare,” gaid the raporter, *it is charged. that you received $10,000 from the State Sav- ings Institution as a lobby-fund to defeat lexis- Jativn that might possibly be hostile to that Tn- stitution. 1f this be so, will you give me an explanation?™ E vy *1 kuow nothing of any legislation in Spring- field on behalf of the bank, and never had any- thing to do with any.” o “is it true that you got the money as charged "7 “I'never received adollar for any such pur- pose; never spenta dollar for any such pur- , and bad nothing to do with it dirgetly or Diceetly.” y : *Djd yon ever have anything todo in en- deavoring to secure legisiation favorable v savings bunks, in Washingtont” “Yes. Stock savings banks, which are pecnl- iar to the West were taxed'cn deposits prior to 1874, the same as National and commercial banks, while savings bunks in the Eastern States,- hayinz no _capital stock, were not so taxed. I conteaded that this was unjust, and undertook to have the law s0 modified as to be the same for savings banks with capital stock, and sav- inzs bunks without capital stock, npon this con- dition: If the bank should be relieved from the tax, I was to have a certain portion of the amount of the previous_year's tax; und if I did not succeed. 1 was to have nothing for wy services or expenses.? “Did you succeed ¥ “The relief prayed for was zranted.” “«i¥nat was the amount of the previous year's tax divided by two? 1 have forgoteen the exact amount, but I think in the ncizhborkoud of $10,000.” “ What time was this?” « During the sessions of "7 and 74" Yas any bank officer associated with you in your Washington movement 1" Noue in this citz. - The whole affair was on the prineiple of *no curc, no pag.’ 1f I had not succeeded 1 shonld pave lost my time and my expenses. I fact, my success was the means ef saving over $30,000 fu taxes to the bank.” s there anything else connccted” with this wretched bank that you would like to throw a little light on?” 4 WELL, TUERE'S TILE INCREASE OF STOCE, which does not seem to be well understood.” “ Pleage expiain.” «When the stock at the time_before the in- crease was $105,000, esurplus $105,000, the in- crease contemplated making_the capital stock $300,000 without surplus. ~This incresse was made by adding the capital stock and surplus together, and deductine this amoupt from tne $500,000, leaving $290,000 to be paidfor as addi- tioual stock, which, I supposed, was_actually aidin. I paid in my share. Perkins Bass paid in his. Dr.D.S.Smith did likewise, and I-think all others but three or four pad In theirs. .‘The checks of these parties whooald were never returned, and no notes were given by these par- ties for their increased stock.” .~ . STDNET MTERS. Anxious to know whether the other savings bauks chan the State Saviogs, once good but now deader 'n a herringyhad gone into the lob- byingz scheme to secure fayravle legisiation for such institutions and deféat all unfavorable ‘measures, the reporter who. makes the daity round of the banks quizzed _the varions Receiy had disgovered anythine of the Kind was e Ward, Receiver of the Bee-Hive. His “investi- gations were not concluded, however, and he was unable to 83y just how rich they would be in revelations. - He states that Syd Myers has been kuown toatfirm, in Syd’s mysterious wag. with oue eye shut, and. a'fat forefinger pointed at his auaitor, that money bad to he spent in this way ¢ forthe good of The bank,” and he doesn't think Uncle Syd will g0 back on that admission now. Having this clew, Mr. Ward has bee looking over the casn_paymicuts made from time to time. and, while his re- searches have not been by any meanscompleted, Le thioks that from $2, to $3,000 found its way into the pockets of people of influence at Springfield. Of courss any such parments would be charged up under the convenient head of “*expense,” which of itsell maies it difl] to trace the matter. The bank’s drafts on New York have been sent for,and if the lobby’s monty was wot hard cash, it is possible that they, will show somethine. 1t is hardly credit- ing the lobby with the broper amount® of shrewdness, however, to suppose that rhey gave drafts on New York when they could put up the cash just as well and save all future trouble. As before stat ¢, Mr. Ward is quietly pursuin; his investigati n, and promises that in due time the whole ting will come out. As to the po- sioilities €2 vove 7at law from the parties who reccives the iey, he is fu consideranlc doubt, and aispos- .o think that will be a_nice question t the I vyers. _ECZ:VER JACESON, report to the Comptroller of the Currenty next week. It will be an official statement of the bank’s condition ut the lime he took hola of it. ‘The Fidelity dividend is still being pa'd out in driblets. ~ ‘The depositors wanting their mouegy have fallen off remarkably in number, not more than §15 or $20 a_day baving been paid out on theaverage. At all the other bauks there is simply an_unexampled reign ot dull- ness. THAT GOVERNMENT TAX. Receiver Otis yesterday received the. follow- ing dispatch: ¢ WasisoroN, Dec. 29.—To L. B. Olis, Receiver State Sarings Institution: Commissioner Raum remits_entire tax. Forty-two thousand dollars saved to depositors. J. L. Hion. S0 much saved for the depositors. e "UNFATHOMABLE. OR A WORD TO TIHE WISZ. There {5 a Hopé we know not of, . Yet know we well a Hope exiats— A something wonderfal beyond, Yet cannot tefl what it consinte. How then can we know that which we Know not, yet alill are made to know? How then can we know that, unless A something hopefal tells us sot The Hand that made you clond made, too, The trackless wastc throuzh which it speeds; The Hand that made you sun made, 00, The gorgeous Lizht on which it feeds. Tow know we tnis we see, we do? Can Tteason grasp that mighty plan? Can modern rules, ye much-prized schools Of Scivnce—canst thou proveft, Mant With plummet square, and il thine art, Creative facalties combined, Canst thou procixim wheace, why, how came The Great, Almizhty Master-Yond? Dut Is there such? ** Ave, there's the ral Some think there fa; sume are in doubt; Some sy, No, 10, it can't be so—- We know ft, for we've found that oat. Found what? Keensophist, rapler-like thy thrusts; Butdeadly they are not—no, no! Man fromanupe! Great God, thine own {air shape? It cannot be. Man doth so Little know. Pray, do not start; most wise indeed thon art, Fair Science; 50 are all thy devotees: But tell me this, my most respectful Miss— & You'll *answer—won't your—these, few ques- tions, please. ‘Back through the nistas of the Past God gave the wprd. Gave what?! Gave Light. Enowet thon thay Light? Caast thoa proclaim Tts length, ts breadth, ita depib, its dame? A remarkable thange of fortune, both good and bad, is reported from Colol!nehGermany. In 1552'two young Communists, Becker aud Burgers, alter a trial, in which all Germany was interested, were sentenced to six years’ im- prisoument, and served out their time. The three chief witnesses against them were a Po- lice-Inspector, a Constable, and a Lieutenant in the army. The Lieutenant afterward abused a trust, ran away, aad finally shot himself; the Police-Inspector also committed suicide; and the Constable, though still living, fs broken down in health and poor. Of the two criminals, Becker fs now n}ym of Cologne and & member Kpowst thou thathight? Isit the atars, ‘The sun. the moon? Xow tell me this, And I will tell you, greater far thaa those, E'en those, woy meant, my most respectful Mis There {s a Hope that Scfence canoot teach, Can mever fathom. nor can ever quell; There 18 a Hove far, far beyond her reach— 1t rides trinmphant o'er the fames of Hell. Go seek ye thati'ye men of high renown! . Go secklye that, ye little zods below! Go seck the Rizht; then will ye bave the Light, ‘And God will freely it to you bestow. A Joszras D. TURXEY. Cicaso, December, 1877. y e g—— * Two-bits! worth of complexion,” is the way - of the Prussian Housc of Peers, and Burgers is 8 mamfl\:er of the Lower House and is highly es- tesme the Santa Barbara belle puts it as ahe meanders . into her favorite drugstore. of the Thir- ~ational expects to transmit his S e