Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 3, 1878, Page 3

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES. LONDON. why Certain Classes of English- =~ men Are Clamorous for War. rrible Suicide in St. Paul's Cathe™ ral—Three Extraordinary ¥ A Ho The Financial Editor of the London Times on the Remonetiza- tion of Silver. The Bemarkable Diary of Master William Laidlaw Emers Hemsloy, of Hawick, Epecial Correspondence of The Tribune. Lospos, Eag, Jan. 12.—1f any nation was exer “all tore up In its Seclinks,” Great Britain ‘jodsy probably **fills the bill”” as completely g5 possible. The extraordinary successes of the Rasslan armics since Cbristmas have alarmed even the gflldesbm:mnercd Britons, and, if YLord Beaconsficld really has any intention of forcing the nation into war, events could hardly ‘pae bappened more opportunely for him. The gruat body of middlelass, cesible, welltodo Englishmen - are undoubtedly etrongly opposed to war with Russia on Sy sccount, and to cogage as Turkey's 2lly, simply because the latter is whipped, they repard 85 absolute, madness; but the aristoc- racy, the army, the navy, the great host of ‘would-be” cuntractors,-and even many of the dere, are fairly spoiling for a fight,—~not be- cause thev really sce anything to be gained by war or lost by peace, but for the reason which the (then) King of Prussia gave as his opinion of England’s reason for beginning the Crimean war, namely: > FOR AN IDEA. They bave a vague feeling that every Russian tidtary Is a0 insult to their honor and an gs- st upon their fame; and so, with most fer- veot indignation, they call upon the Govern- ‘meat to interfere. Bat, beside thé war-advocates above named, there is another " class becoming daily more nu- ‘merons and excited, in favor of war. I refer to 1he poorer classes of artisans and the unew- plored laborers in every part of the Kinzdom. There is a most curious, unreasoning feeling in the minds of this class that war would give them emplovment and food; that labor would be more in demand, owing to the drafts the war would meke upon the able-hodied men ot the pation; and, finally, that no change in their condition could be for the worse, while possibly itmight be for the betier. T cannot say that the last mentioned theory is strikingly incor- et Ihave been devoting . considerable time to the verr “ low-down laborer, and, the more I eeeof bim, the more of a curiosity he appears. Brutal by fnstinct, degraded by circumstances of Lis surroundings and his social condition, sud crushed into & slavish submission by laws whichare framed and executed expressly for that purpose, hie vet will break out occasionally o a direction for which there is noknown prece- dent, and which no mind short of Omnipo- fence could have anticipated. Capable of the grosscst crimes, he is also capable of estrordinary heroism and endurance when his mind becomes set upon the attainment of any cbjert; aud, in view of these traits, it is not at llastonishing 1hat the great Jand-owners of the Ttree Ringdoms, j t this moment of his dire distress,—almost. ppproaching starvation,— prefer that his rising wrath should be spent pon the Russians rather than directed toward themselves. I firmly believe that, should En- cland engaze in war, it will be more to KEEP UEZ LANDS IN THE HANDS OF THEIR PRESENT OWNERS than to prevent Russia from dismembering Turkey. +_Fewpersons would ever wish to visit St. Taul's Catbedrat under the circumstances which 100k me there dav before vesterdav. I was pussing from Cheapside to Ludeate 1iill, alorig tbe narrow street north of the Cathe- dral, wien T met a rather olever cabman, waom 1 had cmploved on several oxasions. The churchvard on that side is closed to the passage of vehicles, by a Tow of 1ron posts, and the presence of 2 hansdm there isunusual; hence when I saw him beckon to me mysteriously, I went on once. IHe pointed to thenorth door of the Catinedral, and told me to Roinside iz I wished 10 sce a sight. “I've bronght the ‘Crowner’ along,” he sid: *and, if you have auy trouble gettinz in, just sar you have this booit that he Jeft in the &b, handing me a small memorandum-book. As there Was quite an excited crowd in sight sround 1be door, I hastened in, and sathered from the remarks of those about me, that some unasual accident had occurred in Tae door ¥as ruarded by two stalwart policemen, and evidently 1 should huve been refused admit- tagce with the rest of the crowd, but for the forethonaht of the *‘ cabby ” ontside. Eesitation even fiient to exclude me, for, the policemen could have ' passed book in and kept me out; but I 'imshnd forward “es one having authority,” held up my pass- port, with the lacomic remark: “Coroner’s book,™ and was fnmediately allowed to go in ¥ithout question. I was just in time, for. as 1 entered, six men were slowly pacing out of the west door with a burden on a stretcher, —evidently the body of a man. While they “paused {or the police to make 2 way through, I was able to get a view of a most shastly object Leneath the sheet which covered the stretclier. 1t wasthe figure of a man about 35 years of ag £0 CRUSHED OUT OF SHATE astomsake one almost. sick to look at it. Al -t lett eide was driven in, the clothes every- where burst open and torn, showing a numbér of gaping wounds, while every limb seemed broken in several places. soon as the maneled body was out of the Cathedral, I learned from one of the vergers the manner of the man’s death. It seems that, shortly before 8 o'clock, there was a party making the usual tour of the vauits, galieries, ete.,—among whom wes the deceased. Nothing unususl was noticed, until one of the workmen engueed in fome repairs saw him kneeling in the Clock- OWer, apparently praying with great self- }‘_flflimtlon,—mdecd quite in'a relicious frenzy. e Workman requested him to join the other members of the party, as visitors were nog al- lowed fn the Clock-Tower, and the man weat towad the W ering-Gallery. Suddenly :a lure body was seen falling from e Tuilings of the Whispering-Gallery to the Devement below; a tremendous crash followed 2sit struck twdof the stout chairs, and then there 'I“ silence, and a deathly sickne in the heart olerery spectator. 1t was cvident that the gfi: had uneuunm\n{ thrown biwself from the lin2s,—a fall of 101 feet. One glance at the m{ml}ns 25 they lay amonyr the bloody fragments §f the broken chairs was suflicient 10 show that €ath yas instantaneous. The leg of one of the bad penetrated his left side, and the Ty TProjected- several inches from his back, taring passed quite throuzh bis Uody. o was Teeatly 2 mon of some meaus aud position, porcthan £13 was found in bis possession: l‘dmtlm Zeaeral opinion of those who had seen = In the Cathedral previously was, that he 35 a relizious monomaniac. Bave witnessed TOREX EXTRAORDINAKY PALLS FROM GEREAT od One was that of 2 e 4 Cuusl.in}.m?]u," the when the distance ::u L fell from the mantruck 1o the deck was sflum 140 feet,—death veing instantaucous; the tond . was Jess than sixiy feet, on board thc fhoute - Fraklin” Admisal Farrazur’s flag- in‘h—duxh ensuing within twelive Liours; but b nrx:gmncr of these cases was there oue- bie tbe horrible mangling which occurred to u: Uafortunate suiciae in St. Paul’s. The third & ¢ 1have referred to was extraordinary in Mg the man escaped with bis liie. The cooBklin” Iying in the Tazus, was about Tz loseato euabic Admiral Farrazut to re: e Bu_xé British Chanuel-Fleet. by 1nvitation of s ¢ British Admiral. While yrevaring for sea, fopaintopman named Riciard Hubbs, cngaged lon ffluu therizeing of the mainto'gallantsail, ur‘nd;& balance and pitebed forward. . His body iy the centre of the “bridee,” upon which ingh u\;e{e ash gratings three-quarters of an il ik, while one leg struck a wroughit-fron gy 5.0f tho sume diameter. ‘The railing was sout down to the bridge-yrazings, while the lat- gy o7 broken intofine pieces. Directly be- g, dbe bridge was the main-hatcliwar, e man struck solidly upon the *lad- ‘}g;;’ or stawrway, waich, yielding, then %bun out ‘upon tue gun-deck, a e of ten feet horizonially. The hole vertical fall was 146 fect: and, as no one the man to survive, both the British and American fleets remained at anchor off Lisbou two daye, waiting for him to die and be dr.c_enuy buried on shore; but, strange to_ say, it was found that he bad received absolutely no injuries except a broken leg and slight fiesh- ses. Three months from the _time of his fall, Dick Hobbs, ordinary Seaman, was aloft again at work, none the worse for his rapid transit from the to' gal- lant-yard to the gun-deck. Imay add that it Was Dot extreme piety which saved him, for his curses when he was picked up, the instabt after bis fall, were perfectly lorrible. As this story may seem like a sailor’s “ysrn,” Tam glad to £ay that, besldes the testimouy of many officers andmen who like myself witnessed it, I can refer to an oflicial reporton file in the Navy Department as furtlier proof. In my last lsttcr 1 expressed the opinfon that the London Zimes, while editorially opposing TUE RENONETIZATION OF SILVER Dby the United States, could not prevail upon its financial editor (the “city editor,” as heis called here) to falsify facts to suit the proprictor’s theories. In a note published in the Times of yesterday, Jan. 11, with the - in- dorsement. of the ‘icity editor,” oe curs the followijug: *‘Tijere -can be mo doubt, however, that, from a slriuLIY) legal ¥ the {)}gint of view, all bonds bitherto issued nited States are payable, interest and princi- afll' in gold or silver coin, at the obtion of the overnment.” This full and explicit statement. is not qualified or modified in any way whatever. It represents, with the approval of the Times, the strictly lexal status of the silver question as understood by a leading British financier. The latter, however. then gocs on to arzue that, aithough the right to pay in siver is undoubted, the exercise of ~ this -rizht would not be s ndvantageous to the United States as a voluntary waiver in favor of gold payments would be. ~ He does not even pretend that payment in silver would be ‘morally wrong, but that, as it might be construed by forcign bondholders as intended to take un- fair advantage of them, the United States would fgain more in credit than it would lose by the difference in values of wmold and sitver, In short, he presents wholly his own views (pre- sumably those of a bonduolder himself) as to the inezpediency of remonetizing sitver, but docs Dot for a moment deny the legal and moral right of the United States to do it, if it be con- sidered better policy so to do. London is dull,~torpidly dull,—abnormatly dull. *Theze is nothink guln‘ on,” I heard our servant’s *‘young man’’ say to her, ‘“and nobody’s goin’ to see it.”” Istrongly suspect that she must have been binting at a_desire to attend the theatre, and that she finally recom- plished ber object, for next day she asked for “an evening out 3 but, if the *young man’ did refer to the theatres, I should be inclined to confirm his first proposition most emphatic- ally, although therc are plenty of people (such ai :h)ey are) to witness the acting (what there is of it). One of the most interesting contributions to Jjuvenile literature has been brought to light and publication by the police. It is really almost unique in jls way, although rivali perhaps in_a slightly different tield, the cele- brated * Confessions® of - the divine Jean Jacques. But it is doubtful whether Rousseau ever attained the degree of candor which char- acterizes the E DIARY OF MASTER WILLIAM LAIDLAW EMERS HEMSLEY, of Hawick. [nsearching the premises of the father of this boy, the police found it to be a reneral entrepot for every spaics of goods, pre- sumably all stoien. Space would not suflice to give a list of the articles in the choice collection inade by this father and son, for theycomprised nearly overy known object of furniture, Jewel- T¥, wearing apparel, and knickknacks under the gun; but the richest ‘*‘find™ of all, from a literary point of view, was a journal, headed the United Order” of Outlaws,” in which this precotious youth of 14 yvears had kept an accurate and de- tailed account of the “business” in which he aund his worthy parent were enzaged. The first entry (the whole being kept somewhat Jikea ledger) was: “ What T have stolen fn money;” and the_items beneath this head begin with, *‘From mother, 1d:” - then {fol- Jow many similar entrics, such as “Dy altering ficures in pass-book, 13s 4d;’ “Stolen from till. £1 35, cte. Under the gen- eral bead, *What I have stolen from shops,” the masterly Zenius of this incipient Dick Tur- pin is brought out in a strong light. He sceims to have been able to et away with” almost anything, from a milliner’s lay fiure to a half- barrel ot ale, while yrocerics and provisions were gathered in suffivient quantities 1o enable his mother—undoubtedly a =ood old soul—to keep a neat little shop, whence the young rascal actually stole the old lady’s ill-Zotten ains after stie bad sold the articles for him. A more ivgenious way to _complicate his dishon- esty could hardly buve been invented; and the amusing part of it i, that the old harridan was perfectly furious at the discovery that the boy had stolen her money, although he had stolen the goods which she had sold. The latter part of this curious book was made up of entrics as to . ARTICLES TO BE ORTAINED TN THE FUTURE. One portion was devoted to “ What I have to buy or mauke,” and under this hend we find o music-box, and a steam enrine complete with steam boiler. Aeain. be shows a higher scale of aspirations under the heading, * What Ihave to write for,” as a volume of poetry is one of his first peeds; then various medicines, a cure for the nervesland a ‘‘cosmetic to make me always beautiful.” On tbe_ whole, Mas- ter Wiliiam Laidlaw Ewers Hemsley scems to have been rather a hice sort of boy, with a propensity for acquiring avy trifle, from an car- trumpet 10 a wheel-chair, which he might casu- ally find himself within reach of. It may be a pity to shut_him up, for his skill as a writer, combined with au unsurpassed bump of acquis- itiveness, wouid make him such a formidable rival to Boucicault ns a playwright, that, for the sake of the E drawma, he ought to bave been encouraged. OBSERVER. R T e Who's Who. 4 ZLandon Telegraph, The oldest member of her Majesty’s Privy Council is Viscount Stratford de "Redeliffe, G C. B.,aed 90; the vounest, his Royal High- ness Prince Leopold, azed 25. The oldest Dukeis the Dukeof Poriland, aged 78; the youngest, the Duke of Montrose, azed 26. Thc oldest Mara he Marquis of Donegal, ared §1; the younzest, the Marquis Camden, azed 6. ‘The oldest Earl in the Tlouse of” Peers is the Earl of Batburst: aged 87, though the oldest bearer of that title is the Earl of Kilinorey, an Irish Peer, aged 90; the youngest. is the Earl of Hopetoun, azed 1S. The oldest Viscount is Lord Stratford de Redeliffe, azed 90; the voungest, Viscount Clifden, aged 15. The oldest Baron is Lord Chelmsford, aged 84; the younzest, Lord Soutbampton, azed 1l The oldest mewber of the HHouse of Commons is the Rt.-Hon. Joseph Warncr Heeley, M. P. for Oxfordsmre, azed 85; the vounsest, Viscount Helmsley. M. P. for the North Riding of Yorksnire, azéd 26. The oldest Judge in Enrland is_the Ri-Hon. Sir Fitz-Roy Kelly, Lord Chicf Baron of “the Exclhiequer Division of the Hizh Court of Justice, aged §2; the young- est, the Rt-Hon. Alfred Henry Thesiger, Justice of Appeal, azed 40. The oldest Judme in Ircland is the Hon.James O'Drien, of the Court of Queen’s Bench, aged 72; the youngest, the Rt.-How. Christopher Palles, LL. Chicf Baron of the Court of Exchequer, azed 47. The oldest of the Scotch Lords ot Sessionis & tobert, Mncfarlane, Lord Ormidale, _aged 76; and the youngest Alexander Burns Stand, Lord ° Shand, uged 49. The oldest Prclate of ithe Church ot England is the Rt-Rev. Alfred Oliivant, Bishop of Landafl, aged S0; the youngest is the Rt.-Rev, Rowley hil, Bishop of Sodor and Man, azed 32, The oldest Prelate of the Irish Ep ua} Church is the Lit.-Rev. John Grege, Bishop o Cork, azed 03 the youngest is his son, the fit.- Rev. Robert Samuel Grege, Bishon of Ossory and Ferns, azed 44, Tne oldest Prelate of the Scoteh Eplscopat Chureh is the Rt.-Rev. Robert Tden, Bishop of Moray and Ross, aged 74; the voungest, the Ri-Rev. Georze R. Mackarne: Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, azed 55. The oldest Baromet is Sir Richard Jobn Griflith, aged 93; the Youngest, Sir Thomus Lewis Jushes Neave, aged 4. The oldest Knight is Maf-Gen. Sir John Georgze Woodford, K. C. B., wed 93; the youngest, Sir Ludlow Cotter. aged ————————— Hard on Grother Comly. ilicaukee Sentinel. " The telegraph editor of an Associated Press paper has been driven as nearly into profanits s it is possible for @ newspaper man to get by 1he long aud unimportant dispatehies that crowd into bis news-hopper at the busiest hour of the morning from Columbus, O., Memphis, and Omata. Mr. Comly, who used to do the busi- Tess from Columbus, was au esvccially aggra- Yating party, f the Columbus authoritics de- cided 10 open o new alley-way, to order.the con- truction of a new sidewalk, to pay the claim of the. man who lixd sawed two cords of wood for the city, Comiy was certain to gend full particulars, with the editorial com- Inents of his paper on the subject. When Com- 1y was appointed Minister to Honolulu, congrat- ulatory messages were sent fromftelearapli edit- orto telegraph editor all over the couatry, and flie warmest approval was given to the’Presi- dent’s method of sbutting off Comiy. But it's allup. Comly no sooncr reached Honolulu than be brought all his influence to bear on the Kane to sccure_additional telegraphle connecs tions with the Uniied States, aud now dispatch- ¢s from Comly are bounding over the wires in every diroction. 11 Comly could be ehot out of 3 cannon and landed on Mars, he wonld have telegraphic commuuications with the Western Associated Press within forty-eight hours. . Sunday. Go wliere you would, ‘you heard bim PARIS. The Death and Burial of Vincent Francois Raspail, the Red= Republican.” French Ways of Honoring the Dead--- Lows Bianc's Speech at Pere- 1a-Chaise. Theatrieal and Musical Gossip—-Young Musicians at the Conserva- toire. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Paris, Jan. 14.—Many men more eminent have gone to their long rest of late years,—men foremost in arts, in literature, and in afTairs of state, whose names were known and loved in the whole world, and whose memories are still fondly cherished by those they have left beiind; but I canuot call to mind the case of any one, unless it be that of Thiers, whose death bas so widely touched the population of this bright city as that ot Vincent Francois Raspail, the veteran hero of a hundred fights for liberty. The fearless und stanch old Democrat, the hardy Free-Thinker and hater’ of -theological convention, who has just passed away forever. His rcputation was Zreater than the good he did, perbaps, and it would be flattery to place him on a level with the Michelets, Thiers, and Quinets; but yet the crowd that followed the funeral-car ou Sunday, on its tedious way from Arcueil Cachan to Pere- 1a-Chaise, was as thick and curlous as if the de- funct had been a-Liberator or a Conqueror. RASPAIL WAS ENOWN TO EVERYBODY HERE in some shape or -other. Those who had never heard of his struggles against oppression, or listened to the tale of the attack on the Cascrue de Babylon in 1830, were familiar with the in- ventor of the universal campbor remedy, or at least had some acquaintance With the pasty- smelling and worse-tasting beverage which, un- der his name, 1s sold at._every wine-shop, cafe, and restanrant in France. Hewas a character rather than a personage, nor did he intercst us theless forit. Besides, when we could not always admire, we were, as a sct-off, generally amused. There was something comic as well as heroic about this old gentlemen, who at S0 went to prison with as much cheerfuluess as most other men would go to dinner, and who seemed to be continually oscillating between the opposite poles of fortuac and wmisfortune, undaunted and content with either, his heart ready for apy fate. Every one scemed to be busy with him on talked of. 1f you goton the omnibus, he was there. Lf you sought refuge from the pursuing theme at n cabarct, you found him szain,— there more than elsewhere, indeed. Boys sold cards at street-corners with more or less doubt- ful portrats of him, and did a thriving trade in puzzle-cards, to the ery of “Cherchez le chicn ¢l Raspail! 7 100K FOR THE DOG AND RASPAIL,” meaning nothing disrespectful, however, as one might at first bave been tempted to suppose. The dog and his moster were mercly parts of the puzzle. 3 Arcueil is an insienificant village Iring within a mile or two of the fortitications on the south- west of Paris. It ispot by any means au casy place to get to, for, if you livein the centre of the town, you havea good ride of three miles before you reach the Gare de Scesux, from which you may take train 1o sour destination, In Spite of all difieulty and inconvenicnce, now- ever, nearly 50,000 people assembled at the nouse of mourning by a quarter to 1, when the simple hearsc started on its melancholy jour- ney, drawn by two borses, and loaded with hundreds of wreaths and nosegays, sent from every part of the country. The procession passed along the Route d’Orleans, and so by the Pont d’Austerlitz to the Place de la Bastille, between serried ranks of specta- tors. 1 dare say several hundred thousand lined the road to the cemetery, and amongst thera doubtless there were mauy who really sorrowed; but, to be houest, I must confess that the great mass of the people were more inquisitive than sad. The Frencn have some- how acquired a reputation of paying much re- spect to Death. Perbaps they do; oceasionally I know they do; but usually it is not for the death of other people. They doff the hat: why or wherefore,~ they = neither know nmor care much. It s a custon, hauded down to them,—a very beautiful and significant custom viewed in some lights, Dut apicce of meaningless mummery without the reverence that should accompany it. Few Parisiuns are not skeuvtics; fewer still have any clear belief in another Iife. or are will- ing to acknowledge the hand of a Higher Being in what bappens around them; and yet there is pot a man, woman, or child who does not bow to the custom. The fact is, when all other creeds are forsaken, they candot give up their faith in Routine. THE PRINGIPAL FUNERAL ORATION at Percn-Chaise was prononnced by Louis Blanc, one of themost cloguent speakers Liviny. The closipg sentences are worth recordin “And now,” snid theorator, “shall we say heisnomore? No, no; for what is left of him is what was really himsclf: his great intellect, [ rt in his writings; the noble heart that vet linwers in his actions; his influence con- tinued in the bistory of what he was and what hedid. Hewill still live in his sons, whose souls were kindled at hig own; in the good citi- zens, whose path he lighted; in the men of scieuce, to whom _his researches have disclosed new horizons; inall of us, whom Tie has made betcer by his teaching and | exam- ple; and even in his cnemies, who, if they at- tack his memory, will by o doing only bear witness to his power. Let us not savy then, that he Is no more. Let us sav that, he s still with us and within us; that in givine bis body to-the carth, lic nas only entered upon immor- tality through death.” I wonder whether M. Louis Blane expected to convinee his hearers by such cold comfort as tins! The pith of the wmoral is, that we sball live in our Posterity; but really. as Mr. Lowe once said, and since 'him many more, I cannot see what postenty has done for us, nor why for Posterity alone we should speud our lives in labor, and_give jour body cheerfuily to the worms. Noj; a man, however uble, needs some clearer hope of immortality than this. Iai tion whether any one, even M. Louis Bianc him- self, ifuhe dived-decp into the secret motives of his deeds and words,would find the love of Pos- terity at the bottom of them. The funeral of Raspail, and the fine frosty sweather, did a great deal of barm to the theatres and concerts yesterday. The matinces at the Varietes, Italiens, Vauderille, and the rest were almost deserted, Salvini, who was playing at the Ialiens in the “Morte Civile,” bad a wretched house; and at ttie Conservatoire con- certs, usually so _crowded, there were here and therevacant places. I had the whole of one of the press avant-scenes to myself, though the pro- gramme was_most attractive. - Besides Beetho- ven's grand C minor symphony, a symphony of Mozart's, and Weber's chorns of menies in “ Oberon.¥ it included a novelty in the shape of an overture bya COMPARATIVELY NEW GOMPOSER, M. LALO. The reception zenerally given tothe works of “unknown " musicians at the Conservatoire, from the time of Habeneck and Cherubim down 10 our own day, has certainly not been of a sort to encourage the vencrable Soviete o certs in producing them; but, as the concerts are presumably intended to hit the taste of the public, as well as to reward deserving effort, suppose it’s mpot fair to grumble. Besides, in most of the m- stances which have come under my observation since the bappy day ou which theawful doors of the little hall in the Rue Bergere first yawned to give me admission, I bave found that the public was perfectly right in its judmments, and the Societe, 45 4 NECESSATY CONSCqUENCe, Wrony. M. Lalo’s work met with hardly more favor than Gid a blood-and-thuuder concerio of M. Saint-Sacns & year or so ago; but it was quite as weil received as it deserved to be. The overturc to “Le Roi @'Ys” is very clever, aud uudoubtedly cfective: but it js no more original than a play of Dion's. The ideas are borrowed chiefly from Wagener and Berloz, but some of them are Mat senet’s, and some others could be traced b: to Gouned. In 1act, beyond the talent which enabled M. Lalo to weld all bis stolen uotions into a barmonious whole, there was_not much to appland. He has doue far better thiogs in the directing of concerts,—a fleld in :whicn per- haps no living Freuch musician could surpass b ALBANI 15 impatiently - expected at the ftalies. She will make her rentree to-morrow, probably, in the role of Lucia. iler numerous admirers are preparing to give her un enthusiastic reception. T'he event of The week ut the Opera Comique is the revival of Haless’s charmme - Mous- questaires de Ia Keine,” with Mlies. Bilbant- Vauchelet and Chevrier and the tenor Engel in the chief parts. At the Comedic Francaise we are all full of the * Misanthrope.” It s to be revived to-pight, with 2n exceptionally strong cast. You see we are nst doing so badly, either dramatically or musically. Hanry St. Micoer. i CRIME. FORGER CAPTURED. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicugo Tribune. New YORK, Feb. 2.—A fugitive forger named W. H. Schraeder, alias E.T. Munell, alias Ggles- het, alias Cranc, was arrested here to-dav. His onerations, which are gaid to be extensive, in- cluded Chicago, Cinciunati, and many places in INinois, Tndiana, Micbhigan, and Ohio. In December, 1872, Schraeder, who is of large plssique and pleasing address, opened an office as orain merchant in Grand Rapids, under the name of E.T. Munell & Co,, and apparently did a prosperous business from the start, living in good style and purchasing large consign- ments of grain, which he sold to local millers. He must bave had monev, for he left a running account with cach of the three banking institutions there. He shortly ingratiatea himself into the confidence of the leading merchants, and about three weeks after his entrance to the town left it hurriedly with between $6,000 and $7,000 drawn on checks pur- porting to be signed by three well-known mil- lers. Feb. 14 following, be turned upat Davenvort, In,, in the same business under the name of G. T. Egleshet, and succceded, by reason of ao change of oflicers, in obtaining $3,500 from the Davenport National Bank on forged checks. Healso attempted 1vissue forged checks on the First Natioual Bauk of the same place, but was recognized from the printed description of him sent {rom Michizan, and fled across the river within the jurisdiction of Illinois. He was pursued and captured, and returned volun- tarily to Davenport, returning to the National Bauk the money be _had fraudutently obtained. He was tried for forgery in Davenport, con- Victed, and sentenced to ten years' imprison- ment. His friends appealed \‘.{c case, and the Supreme Court of Iowa reduced _his imprisonment from ten vears to five. Last pring the vietims in Michizau requested that the authorities inform them of any step taken toward the release of Schiracder, 5o that he might be transterred to the scene 'of his previous swindle. The request was made in official form, but no response was reccived until October last, when the authorities of Grand Rapids were in- formed that Schracder was at large, having been Enrduuc(! Dbefore thic expiration of his term. The rand Rapids_victims then took measures to secure Schracder’s arrest, and delegated Will- iam S. Gunn, o promivent bardware merchant, to apprebend him. Mr. Guon found traces of the fugitive ir Chicago, where he lived with his reputed _wife, known to the policc as *‘Diamond Lottie,” but subsequently lost track of him, and_came on to New York, where traces were found which re- sulted in the arrest to-day. The parties have left for Grand Rapids. ABORTION. Speciat Disnatch 1o The Chicano Tribune. Corumugs, O., Feb. 2—Haslop, the seducer of Lizzie Erwin, who dicd at Lockbourn a few days since, was brought to this city this afier- noou and lodged in joil. Haslop apppears to be a very ignorant man, and does not appear to understand the great crime he committed upon the girl, a mere child. He says he was willing to marry the girl at any time, aud had asked the mother’s vousent. The Odd Fellows at Lockbourn have taken the matter in hand, and it seems quite probable that the charze against the mother as aiding Haslop in accomplishing his object will be prosccuted ~ to the full extent of the law. It is thought by a physician who had becn called to attend the child that it would be 2 hard matter to convict the mother and the child’s seducer on the charge of attempting abortion. The fecling against those connected ‘with the girl’s ruin is most intense. HEARTLESS CRUELTY. Stecial Disoatch to The Chicago Tribune. BURLINGTON, Ia., Feb. 2.—The Police Court- room in this city was crowded to overflowing all day to-dsy by people ansious toget a look and witness the preliminary examination of Joseph Blaize, the abortionist. Long before the ‘hour for the commencement of the proceedings every foot of space was occupied, and a number had to depart with their curiosity unsatisfied. A number of witnesses were cxamined, whose testimony only served to show that for heart- less crueity Blaize has few equals and no su- periors. On the conclusion of the testimony Bleize was neld in §10,000 bail to answer befora the Grand Jury. s$poT. Special Dispatch to The Chicagn Tribune. Avurora; ML, Feb. 2.—Charles Gregory, of the firm ot Chapin & #Gregory, saloon-keepers, was shot last evening by o Chicago gambler, who gave hisname as E. Hale. The man had been vlaying for several hours, drank freely, and quarreled over the game. Threats were made, when Gregory followed the stranger into the street and pulled his coat for a fight. The strapger fired two shots, onc of which took effect in Gregory’s breast, striking a rib and followiug it _around to the back. e wound is wot danserons. Iale was shortly after arrcst- cd, and at the examination this morning held for trial in bonds of $3,000. CAPITAL SENTENCE. Sneciat Dispateh to e Chicagn Tribune. NasuviLLe, Tenn., Feb. 2.—George A, alias Teek, and Joseph Brasswell have been sen- tenced by the Supreme Court to be hanged March 27 for the murder of Russell Allison, ared 19, in November, 1875, with a view to rob- Ving his bouse of $4,600. Two other men ac- companied them to Allison’s house at midnight, and shot him_down like a dog. The doomed men are aged 22 and 2¢ years. Both elaim to be innocenf. George became so excited that be could hardly talk when asked whetler he had anything to say, but remarked tbat he would wrte it out. THE ARMSTRONG MURDER. PriLADELrIA, Feb, 2.—The examination of Beojamin Hunter for alleged participation in the murder of James Armstrong took: place In Camden to-aay. 1lnsurance agents told of the ektreme desire on_the part of Hunter to have the policies on the lite of Armstrong so placed that there would be mo trouble to collect the money in case of death. IHunter’s counsei con- tended that the insurance companies were in- terested in putting him away, so asto be re- lieved from paying the insurance. lunter was committed for trial » A WATCH SWINDLE. Special Disvatch to The Chicagn Tribune. Maipisoy, Wis., Feb, 2.—I. Iillard, a Nor- wegian living at Christiana, in this county, was arrested for perpetrating a swindle, especially on his too susceptible countrymen. He adver- tised larzely to furnish rold watches at $5each. He has raked in considerable_wealth, but was caught to-day by the United States Marshal, a daped countiyman California having squcalted on him. BRUTAL ASSAULT. Special Disnatch to The Chicazn Tridune. ApniaN, Mich., Feb. 2.—A tramping farm- hand calling himself Bass was brouzht bere last night by a Blissfield officer; having that afternoon made a criminal assault on an 1i-year- old daughter of a farmer who had given him work. The parents returned from a trip to the village in time to capture the misereant after he had accomplished his brutat work. A FIERCE ASSAULT. MecraNICsVILLE, N. Y., Feb. 2.—Chauncey Van Cohaick last evening called on James Walker and wile, of Bemis Heights, and, after a friendly chat, fiercely assaulted tuem with a knife and pistol, inflicting serious wounds. He later killed himself. HANGED. NEWw Yok, Feb. 2.—John Smith, alias Lew, Mooring, colored, was hanzed at Chester, S. C., Jgsterdag, for the murder of Burgou Conger on cc. 18, 1877, ATTEMPTED €UICIDE. Friday cvening a younz man named Ridzeway living in Rooms 29 ana 30 Houore Building, on the southwest corner of Monroe aud Dearborn streets, with his married brother, shot himself in the Joft breast in the rezion of the heart, and has since been Iying in a very dangerons con- dition. The utmost gecresy was preserved about theaffair, and no cause cau at present be assizned for the act. The Foung man is the youngest of four brothers. all well known, and doing business in this ¢ The bullet was ainied for the heart, and but narrowly missed its mark, passing through the lung and comi out at the back. Dr. Horsey wes the first physician summoned, and four others were Rdded in consuitation yesterday. He was yery Jow at an early hour this morning, and was not expected to live until dayhght. THE HERMITAGE. Celebration of a Silver Wedding in Its Spacions Parlors. The Brido the Only Daughter of President Jack. son’s Adopted Son. Reminiscences of the Family of Andrew Jackson. The Present Inmates of the 01d Jack- son Mansion, Spectal Correspondence of The Tribune. Nasaviuig, Tenn., Feb. 1.—An event similar to that pleasant one recently celebrated in the White House brought together a few friends and relatives at the Hermitage, the -home of Gen. Andrew Jackson, a day or two since. It was the celebration of the silver wedding of Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Lawrence, the latter former- 1y Miss Rachel Jackson, ouly dmughter of the Geoeral’s adopted som. ‘The couple wore the same costumes in which they ap- peared on that fateresting occasion a quarter of a century ago, and stood upon the same spot in the still ‘magnificent parlor of the old mansion, around which so many memorics clinz. Eight of thelr nine children stood up with the parents as attendants,, and the falr daughters and tall sons made goodly couples around them, to sav nothing of the swalier branches thut enjoyed the importance of their positicns immensely. AN INTERESTING HISTORY, Qating back to the life of the great Gen. Jack- son, belong to this couple, much of which has never been given to the public. The father of Mrs. Lawrence was the adopted son of Gen. Jackson, and the only one to whom he gave his * name and fortune. This Andrew Jackson, Jr., was a son of Severn Donelson, who was a brother of Mrs. Jackson, and one of twin children born near the Hermitage. When the infant was but a few days old he was taken to the Hermitage and formally christencd Andrew Jackson, Jr., and lie mever went by any other mname. In after years Gen. Jackson had other nephews to whom he gave. a hearty welcome nto his home, but to none other aid he ever give his name or make helr to his for- tune. Onpe of these nephews was the distin- guished Andrew Jackson Donelson, who rau for Vice-President on the Fillmore ticket, and who was always associated with fhe General, but who was not the bona fide adopted son, as many suppose. - YOUNG ANDREW JACKSON, JR., grew from childhvod to youth in the quiet shades of the beautiful Hermitage, and at the time his revered adopted father was President of the United States, was a gay, dashing young man m Washingjon socicty. Herc he met a beautiful girl, Miss Sarah York, of Philadelphia, whom he wooed aud won, and ‘brought back to the beloved Hermitage s his bride. A new family altar was built, and a new couple began the journcy of life together. The union was & happy onc, and in course of time four children came to bless their livesand grow up in beauty and manlivess under their loving and watchiul care. There were three sons and one daughter~the bride of & quarter of a century ago, who has just now celebrated her silver weading. Oneof the sons was given the family nawme of Andrew Jackson third, while the daughter was called “Rachel,” after the beloved wife of the old General. THE DISPOSITION OF ANDREW JACKSON was _retiring, and be cared mnothine for the elories and honors of the outer world, but de- izhted in quict strolls over his extensive estare, with bis gun in band, and followed by his faithful pointers. The political arena pos- tessed 4o chasms Tor him, but be delighted Mm- self in domestic pursuits, and was devotea to his family. After the: death of Gen. Jackson the tide o. life flowed on at the Her- mitage in an uncventful carrent, unmarked by any startling event, or made conspicuous by anything except the sale of the mansionand es- tates, which occurred in 1848. Andrew Jack- <on, Jr., found himself compelled to dispose of the home that ‘had beem the oride of ~his adopted father'’s heart, and had, indeed, been a retreat and a hermitaze to him when wearied with the duties of his -eat offices and multitudinous cares. Here he nd found solaceand quict, and here he had built for himself a tomb in which he had, with his own hands, laid away the wife he had loved so truly. It was aserious step, and o pur- chaser worthy to become the owner of TIE TOMB OF JACKSON save the Commoniwealth of Tennessee herself. To Tennessee accordingly was it sold, the vrice paid for it being $48,000. Bonds were issued for the purchase, only £4,000 of them, howerver, ever having been redeemed. The estates were sold, but tbe Jacksons have never ceascd to re- side at the Hermitage. The coming on of the War now had its effect on the quict inmates of the Mermitage. An- drew dackson, Jr., could not make up his wind to take up arms against a Government which his honored adopted father had said *“ must and shall be preserved.” To do so ould lave seemed to have made the tall, commanding form of the General to rise from the silent tomb in the garden and stay the band that would strike amainst th¢ Union. On the other hand, neighbors, fricnds, relatives, and_even sons, were casting their lot with the Southern Confederacy. In this dilemma what decision could the :\doptcd son of Andrew Jackson make? Nothing but that of strict neutrality, and while waps alarms were startling other portious of the couutrs, aud while two sons were battling for what™ they belicved to be the right, Andi Jackson; Jr., was caltivating more assiduously than ever those dowestic habits which bad” ever characterized him. One of the suns. SAMUEL JACKSOY, FELL IN BATILE, the other, Andrew Jackson, returned when the strife was over, a Colonel and ahero. He had fought bravely and with distinction, and, when the resuit was declared agaiust him, aceepted it in good fuith and returned without the brother who had gone out with him in sadness to his home at the Hermitage. 1t was not long after tnis that Andrew Jackson, Jr., Was en: gaged in his favorite pastime of hunting one day and had the misfortunc to shatter his hand with his gun. The wound proved fatal, and after a painful Jingerive Andrew Jackson, Jr., passed away and was buried in_the family bury- ing gronnd near theremalas of Gen. Jackson in the garde Reduced by death, the family at the Hermit- age now consisted only of Mrs. Jacksou, her rister Mrs. Adams, who had for years resided in the Hermitage with her, and Mrs. Jackson’s son, Col. Andrew Jackson. The two ladies were far past the meridian of life, and Col. Juckson, with true nobility of soul, re- solved to devote himself to the carc of his aged mother and her sister, and to_smooth for them the pathway to the grave. With one the Dbattle of life is already over. - In June last Mrs. Marion Adams died, Jeaving alone as the Her- mitage houschold the mother and son. THE APPEARANCE OF THE PREMISES and houschold are very much the same o8 when inits palmiest days, save here and there where the ravares of time haveleft thewr impress. The furnishing witbin is_about identical to_its appearance in the General’s lifetime. The Is of the spacious balls ure covered 1 scenes from Telemachus. Within the par- Jors the same long mirrors reflect back the empty furnishings as when they reproduced Taughing faces and youthful forms. Numerous ortraits of the General, representing him in Kc pride_and_vigor of manhood, and in thy decrepitude of old age, and portraits ol his wife and other members of — his family adorn the silent walls. A footfall in the passage startles the echoesana reverberates Throughout the house. The long avenue uf cedars in front of the dwelling still mingle their branches, making a tunpel-iike drive for two or three hundred yards. The tombis al- ot eovered with ivy, and i3 shaded by weep- g willows. So silent and still are the sarroundings, and so quict the Liouse, that the unusual event. of any kind of MERRY ASSCMILAGE .+ swas likely to produce a sensation in the neigh- borhood, and a silver weds : notable event. Of all the immediate family preseut at tie marriage twents-five years ago, and the anniversary, there were only that agee mother and that” onc brother, Col. Audrew Jackson. This gentleman is a confirmed bach- eldr, and is now somewhere in the neichiborhood i Like his tather, lic is of re- ition, and loves the quietude of Dox. tring dis country life How Vines Grow. An intcresting essay respecting vines and climbinz plants, was recently read by Dr. J. T. Stewart, before the Peoria (fll.) Scientific Asso- ciation. He bas observed that the morninz- elory makes about two circles in climbing per day. the twining portion_often sweeping a circle of two feet or more diameter during the process. He finds a total inability on the pazt of vines to twine around Jarze objects; as for Instance, where one had started by curiing around the naked root of s tree, it proved auite unable to clug the tree itself, thoneh tied fast around it. The tree was only one nnd a balf inches in diameter. Vines of some species can twine around larger objects, but their limit in Lhis respect is soon reached. They all prefer supports of small diumeter. While a vine is flro\vmg it makes the semi-circle toward the n;!allx(té ti\:';c:‘ n? f?st as. n‘\;uy from it, and also S ireles in search of support more raj idly in the day-time than by nights i CURRENT GOSSIP. IT’S A TARD WINTER. O the rich are getting richer, And the poor are getting poorer, 3 And there’s no work in the conntry or the town. Gaunt Famine stalks behind us; As in tho dust they grind us, With a cruel#ncer they kick us further down, O the rich are getting richer, And the poor are getting poorer, While our shisering children cry to us for bread, ‘Thelr thin, wan hands uplifting; And the Winter's snow is sifting Through the roof upon each little curly head. 0 the rich ere gettine richer, And the poor are getting poorer. Sure, my beart will break to hear them sob and moan, . As throngh the strcets I wander. ‘The rich have wealth to squander; I wonder if they've children of their own? O the rich are getting richer, And the poor are geuting poorer. T wonder if there is 2 God at all! Help me, help me, in my sorrow! Give me bread before to~morrow! Canst Thou hear a starving poorman’s pleading callr’ O the rich are getting richer, And the poor are getting poorer. ‘What! sbovel snow! and money in my bhand ! Now, God bless you, little maiden! ‘With a gift from Him you're laden; May you never know the misery in the land. C D W. PLAYING HORSE WITH A BEAR. Golden Rule. Once there was a mau whose life had been spent in “ going West.” His father and mother moved from New England to Michigan when he wasa baby, and settled six miles from any neighbor. But, before the farm was all cleared, other settlers came and the family moved on. ,**Don’t want to be crowded,” the old man said; “Iheard a rifle and an ax that wasn’t mine yes- terday.” And he went farther and farther West cvery year, till by the time the boy I'm teiling you of was' @ grown-up man, they had fot clear to the west coast of Orezon, on the Pacific coast. And as the old man couldn’t move West any further without getting iuto the ocean, and neizhbors ‘had moved within two miles of him, he gave it up, went to bed sick, and died. “'Tain’t no use,” he said, “they’re pound to crowd the old man outer the world. I can’t abear to tech elbows with folks, nohow.” And so he died, with his nearest neighbor two miles away. But [ am going to tell you of his son’s scrane with a bear. They built their first log house at the foot of a hill; but it was solow and damp that James—for that was bis name—started to build a bigger one higher up, balf & mile off, near a mountain brook, with grand old trees around the spot, and a fine view of the country. ‘He took off the twofront wheels of the old emi- grant-wagon that they bad crossed the great plains in, and made him a good, strong two- wheeled cart, with a boX onit. And in this he drew back and forth his enter-tools, and his dinuer, and chips for the fire, over a rough road that he bad eut throngh the woods. He used to take a little nap aiter bis noonday meal; and ove day when he was slecping on & splendid bed of evergreen boughs that he had fixed pear the timbers he was at work op, he was awakened by a loud rattling of the tin dishes in his cart. “He looked around quickly, and what do sou sup- ose he saw? - A big biack bear pawing over the uncheon he had loft, and smacking bis chops over a piece of wild honey and some corn-cakes that James hadn’t eaten up. “tThis is a pretty fix,” said James to himself quick as a flash. -"* My rifle and ax are both in the cart, and that ugly beast would claw me to pieces before 1 could zet ‘em out.” He was afraid the bear would chase him if he ran, and corzer him if he stayed, and so he set his wits at work to find a wav out of the scrape. Good, brieht wits are too much for g bear, or a hard lesson, or & tough job of any sort, if they are only kept atwork, with no * Can’t,” or “I doun’t want to,” or “ Oh! dear,” to hinder them, 1t didn’c take Jumes® wits so longas 1 have been telling it to you to make a plan for him. He jumped to his feet quickas a flash, grahbed the tongue of the cart before the bear could say 4 Jack Robinson,”—if he bad known how,—and started on a keen run down the hill, drawingthe cart and the bear in it after him. Well, I’spose there never wasa bear so as- tonished since the P:\lr saved from the flood stepped out of Noah's ark and found the whole world drowned. He had never had a ride be- fore, and didn’t want ouc now. Bt the cart was going so fast that he daren’t jump out; and 50 he just clung on and looked from one side to the other, and fairly howled as the cart bumped over the roots and “stones. James bad been to the city once and seen the street-cars, and,when e found he had the bear caught, the fun of the thing made him laugh. When the bear roarcd once he halloed back: «All full inside!—take the mext car!” And when the bear gave a terrific grow), he said: & Move up in front, please, and don’t grumble. This is a through car. _Git up, there!” and he buckled down to it and ran just the way the car-drivers make the horses go when they are late, and pretend they don’t see o' little boy crooking his fingers for ’em to stop on the cross- ina. The tin dishes in the bottom of the cart ratsled like a peddler’s wazon on'the pavement the ax and gun bouuded on the bear’s toes, and he looked as if he didn’t know which was the worst, his mad or his scare. Down the siccs! hill James ran, straight for the corner of his Jog house. He had his plans all made, and as he turned the corner L ran the cart arainst o log and tipped it right over, bottom side up, with Mr. Bear on_ the under side. His otber rifle hung over the door, in the house, and he grabbed that down ina hurry, and, as the bear stuck his head out from under the cart_he shot him rizht between the eves, saying, **There, that settles the question.” *\What question?'” asked his wife, who came running out to see what the noise meant. “1Why, the question whether Ihad caught a bear or he iad caught me.” “Merey sakes !’ she suic, as she saw the dead bear. Then he told her the story,snd she kissed him and loughed and cried at the same time. And he had an overcoat made of the skin, to remember the time when he “gaves bear a free ride.” TREB1ZOND. tated from @ Evench journal. for The Tribune, Laransiated from i £ren) ey Leaving Sinope, with its grand citadel and architectural splendor, for other ports of fn- terest on the Black Ses, we continued our voyage along the coast of Turkes, and, after stopping at various places, at length arrived in Trebizond. This eity, like Ispaben and Cairo, jmpresses one with the idea that it is the cupital of a legendary world, and, without the inter- meaiate stopping-places of Malta, Symrna, and Constantinople, a traveler from Parfs or London would experience the most lively impressions of romance and wonder. - ‘The Pashalic of which Trebizond is the Capi- tal is situated on the Biack Sea, on the con- fines of the anclent Colchide and Iberia (the present Lazistan and Georzia): and here the Grieco-Roman world is ended, and that of the Asiatic in reality begins,—that world for most of us 50 mysterious! This is the headquarters for caravaps en route for the Crimea, the Caucasus, ~ Persia, and Indis, to the” north ana east; and to the south, Syria and the basins of the Tigris and Euphbrates. ‘As we luok un glowling pictures of the Orient in its dreamlike spiendor, our senses are at times bewildered, and the ever<hanzing panorama unfolding constantly belore the view recall to mind the eachanted world of “the Arabian Nights, with all its magical surroundings. The gorzeous and varied costumes of the different countries that are seen in this rendezvous, the Dl’e[,):xmxiuns for the departure of the caravans, the Jong lines diverging on their different routes, until at length they are lost in tke vast horizons, or disappear bebind the neightoring mountaius, present scenes strongly appealing o the imagi- pation. ‘Tue City of Trebizond extends in the form of an amphitheatre along the chain of mountains swhich forms the coast, but it iscrossed by a deep ravine, which divides it into two portious, —thus leaving the ruins of ancient palaces on one sidc, all alone in their stately grandeur. There s:ands the castle of the Comnencs, orer- lnokinzfv all the panorama of the platean where the ruins ot the celebrated palace of Inch-Kale are seen surrounded by towering walls. On the other side of the ravine are the numerous mosques and churches,—the tower of the Quarantine looming up high’ 4bove the sar- rounding buildings, on a point projecting into the sea,—the flagstafls of the Consldntes arising here and.therc among the houses and the groves of cypress-trees; while, in the distance, Tuins of houses of the fifteenth century stand silent and deserted. Beyond these is the soli~ tary expanse known as the At-Meidan, of which the prototype is the famous Hippodrome of Coostantinople. On the opposite extremity, towards the east, and some distance beyond the walls, stauds the Mosque of 8t. Sophia, which is well worthy of inspection, being a curious but artistic melange of the Byzantine, Persiau, and Arabian style of trchil:murc: although, in general appearance, it is less imposing than the Mohammedan Temple of Sinope, which I de- seribed during my visit there, and which is an exceptional model of sculptural beauty. B On a little promontory which serves as a counterfort for the central portion of the town, we visited a Greex church whose yard contains, the tomb of the last King or Aan of Circassia. This monument is in the Turco-Pompadour style, and, like many others in Trebizond, - merits a detailed description which is beyond the limits of a tourist's correspondence on gen- eral subjects. Siace the conquest of Southern Russia, Circassians, Georzians, and many others religiously cherish the idea of being buried in Trebizond, as the dread of interment in other ground than that belonging to Mohammedans s greater thau that ofu tate of slavery while living. It has been supposed that Trébizond was contemporancous with Tros, but that which s most reliable is the fact that its name, which fizures in our French history ind ro- mances of the Middle Azes (who has not heard of the Princess of Trebizond?), belongs, acvord- ing to thelr researches, to the history of the Sixth Century B. C. Onc of thie singular customs which present themselves to view as the traveler peoetrates the Orient is the manner of dueling, which al- most always ends in the death of both com- batants,—cach satisfring himself with witness- ing the slow death of his adversary. A duel in adesert is, of all things imaginable, the most utrocious. * fere, under the burning sun, pas- sion arises with savage instincts under the guise of courage, which degenerates to ferocity under concentrated rage and a thirst for ven- geance. The two adversaries, stindine near cach other, after a few moments’ silence. draw their poniards from their belts, after having de- cided, by drawing lots, who shall commence the work of death. °This onethen pierces the naked arm of bis enemy, continuing to extend the wound, while the victim utters the word Tahib. The opponent Is then subjected to the samo torture; and thus cuts are made in a prescribed order until the heart Is reached, and he who makes the last thrust experiences a whole ex- isteace ot joy in the few moments allotted him to see his hated companion die. QUIPS. ; For The Tribune. Light work: Sawing the air. : A striking tailor: A tailor who strikes & job.? “Founz man, now is your time to cutter swell with the belles. A curreney for which the demand js greater than the supply: Common-cents. Of a man in squeakinz boots it cannot be said, * He hath no music in his sole.” Teacher: “Novw, let me hearyou repeat your history.” Pupil: “No use; *History repeats itself.? | A Judge, however pleasant bis duties may seem to be, will always be found to Lavea try~ ing time. We subpose a big child bawling after its vapa i3 sometlmes called “a great call,” be- cause it is erying for its fodder. ‘Walt Whitman calls one of his books “Drara-~ ‘Taps.” Now let him christen his next *Boot- Tapss or, The Sole Job of ue Last Man.” “ Hewers of wood and Grawers of water”: The newers arc all rizat, but the drawers should be made of sometning solid, too. Auy man can “* point a moral,”” butit takes a boy 1o “adorn a tail.” Give him a tin kettle and a dog, and the thing is more than balf ac- complistied. After a brief interval of silence, a poetical contribator reappears and wails: *¢She thought. that I was dead.” The balance of the readers hoped he was. ¥ Said Spilking, the other day: “Plenty ot slaying iz Chicago this winter! Ar’ ‘knite find some fellows lave had their cutters out nearly every night.” ‘The Modoc Chieftain, Shacknasty Jim. has stopped raising hair and gone to rising corn. Next he will be raising the juice, and then he will be raising a—Il agaio. ? It isn’t safe to tell a stranger that he has “no visible means of support.” He may be uble to convince you that he has a knock-you-pation ' such as you little dream of. When a physician wishes to test the temper. of his patrons, he makes appointments with them which he has no intention of fulfilling. This is indeed patients trying. “Mind your own business,” is a yaluable pre- cept. But the trouble with toomany fellowg is, they get anothier man to mind their business, and he’s just what ‘“does thgbusiness™ for them. . “The dollar of our daddics!*” Don’t know anvthing about it! Never had a dollar of our daddy, all at once, in the world. The ofd man doled out a sixpence drcus-days, and told us to bring the change back. 1f we could haye had a dollar of our daddy all at one time we - might have startea a savings bank, ** ot away ' with the funds, and been in Europe long before this. “Converted his corn, did he?” sald Mrs. Spilkius, as she finished reading an account of a man who, after exchanging his corn for money, got drunk, drove over an embank- ment, an@ was kitled. w,” she continued, “if the poor man had only been converted, in- - stead of his grain, how much better prepared he would have beeu to take that awful lupze iuto-maternity "’ And the old Jady closed her eyes, and fell to wondering if & man couldn'y commit preater sins, after all, than gettiog drunk and going over a precipice. H. » A DIAMOND NECKLACE. A French nobleman, who won a fortune on the turf dnring the early part of last season, yleldea to the entreatiesof his wife, and zave her 310,000 wherewith to buy a diamond neck- lace which she bad seeu in the Rue de Ia Paix, She took the money and carried home the neck- lace, but negleeted to pzy for it, owing to the more pressing claims of the dressmaker and the milliner, and possibly to losses incurred at the bacearat table. The Count, not suspecting that the diamonds had been bought on - credit, and beibg rather hard hit bimself at the gaming table, took advantage of the abscnce of his wife to raise money on her necilace. Not liking to put the diamonds in pawn, be sold. them out- right to 3 merchant in the Palais Royal at a low figure. The new purchaser, pleased with his ‘bargain, offered to sell the necklace to certain jewclers, and finally showed it to the dealer ot whom the Countess had purchased it. The jeweler was furious at_having the diamonds ihich he had himself sold on credit offered to him forasung, and made criminal charges agninst the Count. The Countess returned from Nice fu response to a telegram from her husband, and the noble vair seraped . together enough to pay for the jewels. ENGLAND. 0 England! O our mother! f it thou, From whose warm breast we drew such vital milk As knit our thews for tae long westward march, Carvig a continent from sea to sea, Building realm on English laws and speech; Thou, who dost palter wilh the bloody Tark, And, 'while his victims shriek in Europe’s car, Pass like the Levite with averted head? Does Trade's dull band lie heavy on the hobrt That etill remembers zallant Runnymede, Ard all the pright, brave days that made us free? Where are thy Paindins who bore the Cross On crest and banoer to the Paynim gates; Who fought at Acre and at Aecalon, ‘And beat the hated Creacent to the dust? Tarn, erim Crusaders, on your sculptured tombs, And hide your faces till the marbles blush ‘And all vour dinted armor crashes down ! Ho, Richard of the Lion ieart, awake! Rouse the long train of all thy buried Peers; From their raupt hands the sacred accolade Give these new Red-Cross knights and bid God- speed! While the old war-cries ring throughout the land! —Ellery Boyd in New York Tribune. S e —— Chinese Slaughters. The pumber of people who bave been killed during the Chinese rebellions and wars i3 aw- faily cnormous. Duriniz the past rebellion fn the northern provinces the sgrrerate is esti- mated among the millions. These -Chincss atrocities are of the most horrible description. At Manas, a town of Kashzar,; the Chincse ‘troops recently massacred 15,000 men, women, and children with the most appalling outrages. A robber chief, who routed :he Government Torves, is sald to bave massacred 600, help- Jess victims fn one day. wards he butchered 400,000 females. He was vot lonz aiter shot by one off his own men. These fizures are £0 cnormous a5 to seem {p- credible, and moke one suspect that they lova to extol even their barbarism by means of On enta! exazzeration. it gnd a few days after- ° ¥