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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MARCH 24 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES CRIMINAL RECORD. Evidence for the Defense in ‘the Davison-Robertson Case. The Accused Claims that the Shooting Was an Ac- cident. Mpysterious Disappearance of Ex-Congressman Vance, of Ohio. Fears Entertained that He Has Been Foully Dealt With, DAVISON-ROBERTSON. Special Dispatch 0 The Tribune. WACREGAS, Lake Co., Iil, Maren 22.—At the ovcning of this, the fifth day’s procecdings in tne Davison murder trial, Auzust Kneize was recalled b¥ the defense. He said that he tnought at first that it was young “Eddy » who had been ehot, and that Davison held his hand out straight when be shot. When he pointed out to Survevor Whituey where the hooting was done, they located the spot by the blood. AUGUST LANDAU, 1 young man of about 25 years of age, and any- thine rather than the desperado which Mr. Searles wried to make bim out to be, at least in zppearance, Was the next witness called by the prosecution. He was employed by Robertson, and accompanied the Highway Commissioners on thx xpedition to the disputed road. IHis description of the details preceding the tragedy was au exact duplicate of that furnished by Messrs. Bees and Kneige. Davison and bis wife and son were all armed with clubs or sticks. Witness took tae ax to cut down the fence with, but gave it up 1o Allen’s man when requested todoso. Eddy went to work at the fence and Charles Davison struck at him. Witness snatched the club away from Charley, who then drew arevolver. Davison also pulled out his weapon, aud said; **See that.”” Mr. Bees told wittites 10 quit, and he did o. Then they went to work ut the short feuce. Tmmediately thercaiter Davison, who was standing on the second board of the feuce, raised Lis revolver and tired, with his arm extended straight from the shoulder. Witness could not tell who on aimed at. He did not fali off the Tenee, but jumped off two or three teconds after tue shooting, and ran towards the liouse. amivation, witness said that the oners told tim 1o take the ax along in ahe wagon. Mr. Bees told bim Iater that they were #oing to Davison’s place to sec about opeuing e road. Kneige went for Davison, and when Davison and his son came up, the Comnnigsioners spoke to him about what they wanted. Kobertson suid, *“Mr. Davison, we have come here tu sce about opening this road. We don't want any quarreling or fizhting, aud if any harm is done you can 0 to law.”? Rob- ertsun epoke ‘‘nice awna kind.” Davison said he would uot open the road, and Robertson said they must open _it; they could not stop Tolks from traveling. Davisou said that if they went up to the jfence he would use force enouzh to drive them away. No angry words were used by sny of the Con- missioners towards Davison.” Kncire and Bees assked him to open the gap, and he refused to doso. Witness did not bear Davison make any offer to grant an extensiou of time beyond the sity daye, nor did be hear Davison make .any offer to open the road through his barn north of the disputed roaa. Witness acknowledged to having warned the Davisons that if avy of them struck him they might be dead before night. Witness did not licar anybody say anything sbout not hurting the woman. He thought that after Davison clevated the pistol he waited perhaps a minute before firing. There was no such exclamation as *‘Chere, Davison, now you bave done it. Ilow we have got you where we want you.” . Witness was cool at the time, and did not. consider himself an excitable person. He did onone occasion get iuto a fight at obertson’s honse and knocked one man down. Believed he was a little excited then. In redirect examination witness said that what was called the “fight™ at Robertson’s - bouse occurred in the night. He belicved that the men were burglars. Mr. Reed said that witness did well, and ought to have killed them ali. This burglary business is a somewhat pecullar one, the aliegation being that it was a put-up job betweeu Robertson and certaumn Chicago detectives. The iusinuation of the defense is that Landau knew of the affair, but excecded his instructions and Iet his temper get the better of him. Of this there appeared o be no evidence whatever. An indictment has been found, and is now pending in the Cook County Criminal Court, the case ‘having been taken there ona change of venue. ‘Mesérs. Bees and Kneige were recalled, and ‘both swore positively that Mrs. Davisou had a tick in ber hand. Mr. Searles objected, on the ground that the witnesses had been present in court while Laudan testificd, The Court re- fuscd to entertain the point, and the defense excepted. 3 Dr. John Keck, of Barrington, swore that he assisted in making the post-mortem examina- tion, and thas the bullet-wound was necessarily fatal. Mr. Recd anvounced that that was the case for the prosecution. ‘The accused then took the stand and testified under oath. Iis name was * PETER DAVISON, and be had resided on his present farm in the ‘Town of Ela for forty-oncyears. Identified the plat of his house, garden, and the roads as being a correct representation. Mr. Searles asked what was the first commu- pication he bad with the deceased Robertson on the subject oI the roads. Mr. Reed objected, but the Court allowed the question. The accused eaid that the first time was fn June, and the next in December, 1876, Mr. Searles then asked what took place on the last occasion, and what the conversation was. Mr. Reed objected, and the Court at first said that ne felt like sustaining the objection. but after- wards allowed thequestion. Mr. Davison then gave the substance of sundry conversauons be- tween Rovertsou and hitnself abouttheroad. Ac- tual conversatious between Robertson and the ac- cused were admitted, but just as soon as the attempt. was made toringin the road dispute Mr. Reed objected, and was sustamed by the Court. The fight on this point, bowever, is by DO means over Finally the day of the homicide was reached, and witness eaid that oo the moruing of Sept. 8 e ear Hobertson and the others fn the road near his house. Robertson said they had come 1o opeu the road, and proposed to bave the poles taken down. Witness wanted them to open the other road on which the brush had been placed, but they said they could not do so. Conversation turned on something Allen had alleged that witness had said about Rubertson. Witness 1bld Robertson that he had never said auything of the kind, and mutual as- surances of regard and respect were exchanged. They wanted sixty days in which to give thc legai notice to Allen, and must have a road meantime. Witoess asked if they meant to despoll bis property, which he had spent so ‘many years in zettiug in order, and said that if they won the suit pending in the Circuit Court e would submit gracefully. Then witness re- turned to the barn and got a stick about three and g half fect long, which had heen used 2s a partition between the horses. He saw his wife and Tochmeister at this time. When he re- turned to the fence he saw that Landau was knocking down a partof it. They talked of ¥arious matters, among otber things that of a Mr. Horton and a transaction in wool. In the ‘meantime Landau bad gone off, and in half an hour returned. Then the Commissioners sat or stood around on the grass, and witness and Lis party remaived near the fence. Then Allen and Lis man drove up in a wagon close up tothe fence. Allen said he had Lusiness, and must go through, and witness asked the Commis- gioners whether the man (Landau) whom they had with them was tue man who was conpected with the affair at Robertson’s house. He also asked them if they sent for Allen, for be began 1o think it was time be knew who he bad to deal with, Witness described the situation of all the Dartics at and near the fonce. Charley bad a stick a foot and a half long in his hand, which Landau took away from bim, sayinz that any one who lifted a étick over his licad wounld be dead efore night. Then witness drew his re- volvor and neld it across his Jap. Allen said, “YWhere are the boots you lost when you went 1o bed with your mother-in-Jaw?” and then asked Charley “why be had drawn his revolver. Charley replied that it was because be had been assaulied. Then Allew’s boy flourished the 2x in Charley’s face, but~ did_not strike lun. Struck the fence aud kmocked ol the shurt boards. Witness saw Charler kuocked off the fence two or tiree times, but le always wot back awain. [hen Eddy moved towards Mrs. Davison_in the same manner, and some oue £aid, *Dow’t hurt the woman; take Davison uext.” Eddy then advanced towards Wituess, on the the fence, holding the ax as before. Witness was on the west side of the lence with his feet on the sccond board from the bottom, about eightecn inches from the ground, and with bis body resting azainst the Post. In his right hand he held bis cocked re- Yolver, and Ins left the stick or club. He cocked the revolver when Eddy *‘drew” the ax on Charley, but never raised it at all. _He kept the bor back with the stick. Eddy threw away the ax and eaid to Allen: “Here, take this, and D'l fix you.” Wituess did not know whether Allen picked up the ax or not, 4s be was much cxcited at the time. Allen was coming closer to the fence all the time, and witness thought that he was in more dabger from Allen than from Eddy. The latter picked up 2 piece of board and ra at the fence with it, striking either the fence or the post, and knouk- ing witness backward. Then the revolver went off—accidentally. Witness did not fire deliber- ately, with his arm extended, as alleged. He was knocked back_by the blow, hut did not fatl back altozether. When he recoverca his bal- ance he saw Allen running towards the wazon, and heard Becs say, **Now, Davison, you've doue it.” Witness replied, * I was knotked off the fence.” That was all that was said. Witness saw Robertson prostratcon the ground. “Then Charley came up and said, * Faiher, come away. Allen Las gone for a cun to shoot us.” Witness did not know what that meaut, but went to the barn where his horses were har- nessed. Me partly unbuckled tue barness on one with a view of sending aman for assistance, but did not complete the job. Then he left | Hochmeister to protect Mrs. Davison, and, ac- companied by Charley, went to one of thenear- est nelehbors. Ile was absent from ten to fif- teen minutes, and when he returned the crowd had gone wway. Witness did not point the vistol at any. one, nor did he intend to shoot. Robertson or anybody clse. He did uotsee where Robertson was when he fired. ‘Tne whole thing was doue very quickly. Eddy only struck the fence once with the board. The board was split and nearly knocked off the post. "AL 1his point. the Court callcd & halt, and an adjournment was taken until Monday morning. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. CrxcrsNaty, 0., March 23,—The Enguirer of to-morrow will aunouuce the mysterious disap- pearance of the Hon. Jobn L. Vance, late Dem- ocratic Member of Congress from the Eleventh Ohio District. Mr. Vance has been in ill- health aod laboring under some mental troubles from oversork for sbme time. A few days ago he came to the city for the purpose of spending a shors time in Cincionati, Columbus, and other plates, preparatory to a trip to Washington. On Wedbesday Jast he received a note while in this city osiensibly from an old friend, a member of the remi- ment of which Vanee was Colonel, asking Vance to meet him in a rather suspicious quarter of Covington, Ky., directly opposite this city across the Ohio. Vance remarked on re- ceiving it that it called him to a rather sus- picious part of the city, and that it did not give any name, but simply said an old comrade and member of lis regiment. He, bLowever, re- sponded to the note on Thursday, leaving the Walnut Street House, this cily, in the evening, promising_to return in timc to take the late train for Washingion. Since that time Le bas not been heard from, thouzh cvery effort has becn made to find him. Since his disappearance it is remembered that a year or more ago Vance bad during a campaign some trouble with a mar, formerly a Confederate soldicr, which ended in blows, and it is 1carcd that the result is that he has been decoyed into Cov- ington and assassivated. There s also another theory, in effect that le Las become insane, and wandered off or taken the train to Washington, or suivid- ed, or possibly been murdered for his money. The police of both cities are scarching every nook of both Cincinnati and Covington, and have yet found po trace of bim. Vance wasnot addicied to any bad habits, and it scemsmorally certain either “he has become insane or been Toully dealt with. ROBBED OF $5,000. Special Dispatch io The Tribune. New York, March 23.—There was o dating case of highway robbery in Brooklyn to-day. Police-Captain Lears, says the Zimes, while walking on Degraw street, saw a wagon con- taining four men driven rapidly along Hoyt street. A crowd of itizens were ruoning as in pursuit. Thinking of mischief, Leary started in hot pursuit. lle raised the cry of “*Stop thief!” and endeavored to arouse the attention of people ahead of the wagon. Coutinuing along Hoyt street, the fugitives proceeded in the direetion of Fulton avenue. At the Iatter thorongh- fare Capt. Leary, opoe of the best runners on the police force, was obliged to give up. He bad run more than a mile at the top of his speed. It was soon afterward reported that Warren Lane, bookkeeper of the Planet Mills Manufactoring Company. had been koocked down _ near the mills, and robbed of §3500 by twe men, who had escaped in & plumber’s wagon. Lane went to New York to draw money to pay the men. Lane carried $3,500 in a bag. Returning, Lane bad mot within half "a block of the mills, when he was suddenly koocked down by a powerful blow in the mouth from the tist of one of the two men, who came from the dircction of the mill. The man who struck Lane scized the_satchel, and both men ran to the vorner of Hoyt and Union streets, where a vlumber's wagon in clarge of w0 men was in waiting. The four were in the wagon and driving furiously away before those who witnessed the assault recovered from their astonishment. Lanc was so stunned by the blow that, although ne rccovered his fect auickly, he could not give chase. He had a loaded revolver in his pocket, but- the highway- men were far beyond pistol-shot before hic thought of using it. No clew to the highway- men has been found. MNUNTED DOWN. PETERSBURG, Va, March 23, —Detective James A. Gallagher, of Piukerton’s Agency, New York, to-day arrested m the City Hotel three men and a womau, charged with robbing, Jan. 2, the office of James I1. Young, 49 Nassau street, New York, of $200,000 iu cash, certifi- cates, bonds, and stocks. The persons arrested are known as George Carson, alias Little George, alias J. H. Cornish: Rufus blinor. alias Little Rufe, alias R. Andrews; Horace Abrams, alias Horace Horan, alias Little Horace, alias C. Burton; Charlotte Doherty, alias Carrie Abrams, alins Mrs. C. Burton. An examination of their bagzage will be made to-morrow. The party arrived on different days, and put up in different hotels, but a watch upon their move- ments showed they were acting in concert, ARRESTED. Sax Fraxcisco, Cal, March 23.—Dr. W. B. Conkling was arrested last night on a telegram from Quincy, Il ,on a charge of murder by ‘rocuring abortion. Quixcy, 11k, March 23.—The Dr. Conklin said to have been arrested in San Francisco to-day is supposed tobe Dr. W, H. Lanoix, charzed with the death of Mrs. Fauny A. Price at this city in January last. Application has be: made to Gov. Cullom for & requisition, Wwith whteh Chicf-of-Police M1:Graw will start to San Franclsco on Monday. Dr. Park, of this city, is under indictment for complicity in the same offense. COUNTERFEITERS. Mexpnis, Tenn., March 23.—Jacob Zwihart, aSpecial Azent of the Treasury Department, who arrested Kupperschmidt Bros.for counterfciting yesterday, left for Cincionati to-day. Emil Kupperscimidt is in fail awalting an_extradi- tion arder from Judee Trige, while his brother Richard is held fo default of $2,000 bail. MUCH TOO ATHLETE. NEW YoRE, March 23.—The Police Comn siouers have dissolved the Policemen’s Athletic Ciub in conscquence of the disgraceful fight esterday in front of the club-rooms, Detectives Muldoon and Adams and Prof. Mifler befng participants. KIDNAPPED. NEew YORE, March 23.—The curbstone brokers report that one of their number, David Law- rence, has been kidnaoped and taken to Vir- inia on a charee of passing Londs stolen some ive vears ago from the Suffolk National Bank of that State, and belng accessory to the rob- bery. DECLARES IIS INNOCENCE. NEW YORK, March 23.—Hester, one of the threc Mollic Maguires sentenced to be hanged Monday at Brownsburg, Pa., says his defense cost him 310,000, and tbat he is now a poor man. He nsserts his tonocence, and is confident. of areprieve. TIIREE NEGROES HANGED. NEw YORE, March 23.—An Abbeville (Ala) dispateh tells the story of the hanging of Jerry, Isaae, and Jacob Childs, negroes, and brothers, for the murder of Mrs, Yon, In 1870. The exe- cution was witnessed by about 10,000 people. Jerry said a1l were innocent, but that Isaac Hal- 1is. the prosceutor, kuew who killed Mrs. Yon, {or he bad offered him (Jerry&sloo 1in October, previous to her death, to kill her. AN OLD HERO. The Remarkable Life of Gen. McLeod, of Cleveland—A Man Who Knew Lyron as a Boy, Was Present at Lundy's Lane and Waterloo, and Took Part in the Patriotic War in Cunuda. Special Correspondence of The Tribune, CLEVELAND, O., March 21.—There is at pres- ent living in retirement in this city one of the most remarkable men, in many respeets, now living upon the earth; remarkable because of his wonderful age, and the almost incredible adventures through which he has passed. Itis not often that men who meet with the largest share of danger, hardship, and adventure, live to sny great life. They contrnet @is- case in the discharge of duty, or the unusual strain upon. the physical constitution shortens life. But Gen. McLeod is an exception toall rules thet have seemed to govern com- mon mortals. e has passed through many bioody wars, endured untoll hardship, expos- ure, and danger, and wow, in his 100th year, still hale and nearty, with all his mental facul- ties intact, can recall volumes of memories of the great men and great events of more than three generations. It was my privilege recents 1y to converse with this centenariau for a long time, and, for the benefit of the readers of Tne TRIBUNE,—many of whom, { kuow, have heard of him,~I will zive the result of the ioterview, torether with a short: sketeh of the man: Gen. McLeod is, nswould be judged by his name, a Scotehman. He was born at Middle Rosse, mear Aberdecn, and received his cducation in that famous university, His home was but a few miles from that of Lord Byron's infancy, and the latter was often scen by the General uutil the time when he grew to manhoud. He has been requested re- Cently to gve his recollections in full of the poet, for publication in a_forthcoming work by Jameés Grant Wilson, and proposes doing s0. Meanywhile, it can do no harm to torestall to 8 certain extent that publication. The General repudiates the term Lord as applied to Byrou. ¢ says: “LordBiTouisn myth. He is no more a Lord than 1 am. e is simply George Gordon. We called him, in his vouth, the Widow Gechit’s son. dlelived at Geeht, and there was the place where we all kuew him.” “Do you, General, recall any incidents of the poet’s youth,—any vecasions when you and he came i contact in any way 2" “Yes, I ean, in a general way, recall a zood E but one that [ now have in mind espe- clally was impressed upon my mind, and I will tell you how it was €0 impressed. Hut first let e liear you pronounce nieanan machree.’ Atter geveral attempts at the words, the Gen- eral said I had zot the exact Scottish accent, and proceeded with his story: “Well, the time when I saw George Gor- don this time, he was_uot more than 10, or pos- cibly 11, years old. He wus walking along the street, and met a gentleman who was reading from Robert, Burns’ pvems. Georze asked the weutleman what he was reading, and, upon re- ceiving the reply that it was Burnus’ works, he said: ‘Burns was like me; he was fond of the IHighland lasses—the meanan machree.! What arrested my atten- tion was the peculiar inanner in which he pronounced these words. He wes English, and could not get the proper Scottish aceent at 1i ‘I'he sentleman corrected hita, and, after a trial or two, hie got it right, just as you did. Georgze Gordon was a sliny, almost sickly boy, but was thought quite precocious, as wouid be ghown in the remark which I have just recalled. 1t is rather curious that a boy of 10 should speak of being like Burns in his love for the Hiwhland josses. As a boy, he was_quite lame from his club-foot; but, later in life, I believe Le attempted not to show this deformity much i 1us walk.? *Is it a fuct, General, that you attended the University with Byron?? “No, it is not. That report is probably founded upon the fact thatiwe both attended school at Aberdeen, but we were not there to- gether.” At the time of the war of 1812, between this country and Great Britain, the General was more than 30 years old, and a soldier in the regular British army. He fought with bravery at Lundy’s Lane, Christley’s Farm, and several other battles of that notable strugele: and, at its close, was transported, with tbeother British troops, to the Continent of Europe, and im- mediately engaged with Wellington in the masterly, campniens which crushed the power of the First Napoleon. Ie was metively cn- gaged as Captain of light buzzars iu all the batties preliminary to Waterloo, and took a brave part in that miemorable contest. “Ilave you any vivid menories of these great battles " T asked. “Very vivid indeed.” he avswered; “but the common soldier eannot. judge much of what is going on. Llis vision is sory mited; be is only taken up with the work before him, and has no time to reflect upen or contemplate the grand proportions of the contlict, So far as I can now remember, there was nothing peculiar in my part in the battle of Waterloo. It was the same old story over again,—a constant round of fir- ing, and marchivg, and countermarching, until the victory was announced. 1had no idea that a victory had been wou until that time. 1 only kmew that my cowpany and my regitent had not retreated. It was _only when I read the ac- counts of the battle durine the nest tew da mfi" T gained suy adequate idea of its magni- tude.” £ A few years subsequent to the war with Na- poleon, Gen. McLeod immigrated, with his fami- ly, to Canada, and at length brought up at the Town ot Prescott, and became editor and pro- prictor of the principal paper there. The des- potic treatment of his_fellow-Scotchmen, and the subjects of the Britisu Government in reneral, by the British ofticials in Canada, called fortira just coudempation from his pen; and when,at length, the Revolution of 1837-'33came, lie was, of natural selection, made one of the most trusted leaders. As the rebellion grew in magnitude, he was given a Major-General's comnission, and_took part in ine thickest of the fray. When the struggle became hopeless, and the Patriots were bei ecuted daily, with great barbarity, on cvery haud, he fied to the United ~ States, and. here immedi- ately becume the especial object of scarch by the United States authoritics. en. Scott, wno had been his friend, wag ordered to arrest him for violation of the Neutrality laws; and our hero, being fearful that, il he were cap- tured, he would be delivered up immediately to his merciless adversaries across the lakes, took every precaution to secrete himself, ~ But Gen. Scott was noteasily to be batlied. e hunted his man up 2nd dowa the entire Iength of the frontier twice; and the sceond time, in Detroit, catirely Wortt out, and being assured that he would _neitner be delivercd over to the British authoritics nor severely punished here, he gave himself up, and was soon after released irom custody: 'The history of this remarkable chase isas fascipating as aromance. The redoubt- ;\_I;le Scoteh General scerned to lead a charmed. ife. At ove place, whereit was thought be had stopped with & known sympathizer with the Patriot cause, the Americans made a thorough scarch of the house. When they came to the sccond floor. the owner of the house showed them into every apartment, and permitted them to search thorouzhly until they came to the lnst one. ‘“Iere,” suid the owner of the house, “is my old mother's room. It will probably nothe worth your while to spend very much time in searching it.” And, throwing open the door, he showed the old lady incav and gown, with her back to the door, busily engaged in knitting. The oflicers did not wish to search. the room, aud the General, who was thus disguised, was passed. This incident happened in whaf is now called the Franklin House, in this city. * At an- other time, our hero rode In the boot of a stagre- coach tor more than twenty miles, with Gen. Scott, carefully hunting him, in the body of the coach. It is unnccessary to state, perhaps, that the driver was a Patriot-sympathizer. On still another occasion, when the pursuers of the General were close upon Lim, he over- took a negro who was making slow progress along the road with a lame mule. The General was driving a fine team. A bargain was imme- diately struck and exchange made, on the con- dition that they should cxchange overcoats and hats also, aud that the darkey should drive on as fast as the team could travel. The General’s pursuers came up to the mule teamster; but, sceing the carerully-described cap of the Gen. eral in the distance, they paid all attention to it, and, when they came up to it after a severe chase of several miles, and discoyered the com- lexion of their prisoner, their chagrin can be ctier imagined than described. They were batlled, ang, returniug, in vain sought for the driver of the mule. Immediately upon the General’s leaving Prescott, 2 mob of Torles broke open his print- ing-office, threw tie type into the river. and broke the presses. His faithful wife, with her four children, was left behind in a perfeet hor- ror of suspense. She did not know what she should do for daily sustenance; but, worse than all, shie feared that harm had happencd to her husband. At length, when he was released by the United States authorities, he sent for her to come to Cleveland; and here, in very destitute circumstances, he procecded with the work of writing the only account which has ever been given of the causes which led to the bloody revoit. This little volume, beiny put upon the market, sold with some readiness, and be was relfeved from distress. The horrors of the executions following the rebellion are also set forth in this book, and the contrast which they furnish to the metliod pur- sucd by this country at the close of “the late unpleasantness” is truly striking, Prisoners who had surrendered, and were in a completely dcfenseless condition, were shot down in_ cold blood by the dozen, after the most sacred ns- surances had been Ziven them that they should be treated as prisoners-of-war. At length the Provost-Marshal found he bad a larze number of prisoncrs on hand who must be exceuted, and the happy idea struck Iiim of getting the' job done by contract. He accordinaly advertised for men to do haniug by the dozen, asking that bids be sent in i writing, making the low- est estimate for the work; that the Govern- ment would furnish gallows, ropes, cte.; and the contractor should have pay for a full dozen for each odd number in the various lots; and this is the way in which bundreds of the 'best inhabitants of the Upper and Lower Frovinces were disposed of by their Tory captors for simply trying to main more perfect freedom for themselves and their chitdren. The General’s faithful wife is aiso still livlag, and recently the couple celebrated their sis: ticth wedding anniversary. The old gentleman is very much averse to talking of his warlike exploits, and says often: *“Would to God I never bad been a soldicr; it is horrible to think of killing people so. I sometimes drcam of the dreadful scenes which I have witnesssd, and [ wish £ hod never scen them.” Tt is only ocen- sionally that he can be persuaded to speak upon the subject. His recollections of Wellington and Napoleon are quite vivid and extended, but Le much pre- fers talking upon philosophical and literary topies to mentiouing these great llcmcs.u Any. 0’DONCVAN-ROSSA. His Lecture in Torouto, That Was the Cause of the Riot. Toronto 3ail, Marea1o. At about 8 o’elock a Mail reporter proceeded to St. Patricl Uali. At that time the crowd on King strect could not have numbered less than 4,000, and it gradually increased until the conclusion of the lecture. The throng bad evi- dently congregated with the intention of making mischief. Revolvers were Dbrandished once or twice, although not a single shot was actually fired. The lceture was delivered in St. Patrick’s Hall, and between 150 and 200 persons were as- sembled there to hear jt. The bLall, though small, was by no meaus crowded. The lecturcr entered the room amid great cheering, and took his scat on the platform. Mr. D, Moriarty and Mr. Patrick Boyle were seated on his right and feft respectively. Mr. Moriarty introduced the lecturer. He said it had been reported that O’Donovan Rossa bad been brought here to stir up strife. 1t wns false. They bad made this country the home of their adoption, and they did not™ deswre to bring into it any man who would do anything of the kind. - [Hear, hear.] They were faithful to the land of their adoption, and they were the most law-abiding people of the couniry. They were satisfied at all times. At the samne time, however, they did not forget the land of their fathers. [“Never.”] Were they to foriet th place where lay the ashes of “their. father: where they themselves bad first breathed the breath of life? If they did, they were bastard- izing themsely They became bastards, and were not worthy of the name ot men. O'Dono- van Rossa had suffered, as they wero all aware. The history of his prison life was a disgrace to auy civilized nation; and, when they thought on all the martyrdom throuzh which he had passed, could such a man be forgotten by them ¢ [*“No, no.” | A gratcful people must ot for- get hitu. In fact, O'Donovan_Rossa should be Cnshrined in their hearts. [Hear, hear, and cheers.] 0'Donovan Rossa then bezan to speak, amid loud cheering. He hardly knew himself, he said, so much colored had he been of late. He was not bimself at all. e had not come among them to break their laws. If he bad, he would not claim protection, beeause when he broke the laws of any nution he thought it was not right to claim’ protection. The worst case of misrepresentation he had seen was what he saw regarding himself in last Suturday’s Mafl, writ- ten by **An Irish Catholic” This man, in quoting something which hie (the speaker) hiad written, misrepresented and lied about him. He referred to the clause in the letter, “juto earth, as dogs are buried,” and made some _ex- planation concerning it, which was not audible. He thought he would not. say anything to-night Worse than n_gentleman who governed this country had said of the English Government. Ile then read a very lengthy quotation from an article written, he alleged, by Lord Dufferin, re- lating to the manner in which the English had destroyed the commercial independence of ire- land. If there wasauy man vresent who thought e would say anything worse than what he hiad just read, he would give him Icave to carry out his threat of shooting him. Tle haped no one present would think he was a persoual enemy of his. It was truc he went in for the inde- pendence of Ircland. If there was any iwan present who thourht that he (Rossa) was an- tagonistic to him politically or_ religiously, he would tell that person that he had spent many a dark hour in prison, and that during his uns derground prison-life his memory was carried back to the time of his freedom in the North of Ireland. [Applause.] He then related the cir- cumstances of his imprisonment. At a town named Newtonwards, fourteen miles from Bel- fast, he was arrested for swearing in men, for which he received his punishment. At thay time, he suid, the opposition to the English rule in Ireland was as much protested against by Orangemen as Catholics, e wished be could see sunilar united action in Canada. The people here, although belonging to Britain. were just as free as the people of the United States. There was, however, one curse among them, and that was their relizgious .dissension. ‘The speaker here recited a number of verses composed by bimself while iu goal subsequent to the atfair at Newtonwards, The lines were received with loud cheering. The opposition to the English had been going on for 700 years, and be noticed in going through Irish history that the Irish people had always acted with oo much honor. Thev would not use geainst En- gland the weanons which England used against them. The English had made religion the pre- text for their conquests in every part of the world, They didso in the case ot Ireland. The missionaries that were sent over to Ireland, however, were a band of robbers. The blood of Trishmen was vaiued at nothing. In the second volume of Moore’s History of Ireland, a priest was represented as killing an Irishman, and immediately alterwards saying_mass without confession.” In fact it was no disgrace at all_to kill an Irishman, and up to 100 years ago Eo- elish law did not make it penal to do so. [Ap- plause.] What wonder was there if Irishmen be- came rebellious? Froude himself said that no people had ever suffered so much persecution as they did. The speaker then went into an ac- count of the rising of 1641, and made out that there were not as maoy Protestants in the whole of Ircland os bad been represented by Froude as having been slain. ~ He accused Froude and other historians of writing against Ireland for malicious parposes. [A pane of glass at thiis point was broken by a stone.] He §wore one day 1o free his native land. [Cheers.] His own opinion was that if Ireland was ever to get her independence she must not scruple to meet England with_her own weapous, [Loud cheers.] He alluded to the rising in Wexford iu °08, on which occasion he said that Irishmen lLad failed in the irduty. Only oncor two coun- ties rose while the others remained indiferent and looked on to see if the ones that had risen would turn out successful. They acted, he said, the part .of cowards. If people wanted their independence they would have to labor and make sgerifices to obtain it. In 1858 thev were told that if they raised a suflicient vumber of men to_fight for the liberty of Ircland, the Irfshmen in America would over arms. [A window as here smasbed, causing a molllem'.u;f' confusion.] The Government became alarmed, and caused some twenty men to be arrested. He was put in prison, and after baving spent nine months there he came out as bad aboy as ever. In 1865 the Government again beeame alarmed at tpe circumstances and sus- Pendcd the habeas corpus, and thousands of rishinen were sept to prison. Some of them were there still. He was among those who were arrested and had to wait three months for his trial. No man could be found to swear against him. He described the circumstances of his trial, stating that the evidence which had been sworn against him was false. After he had defended himsclf in every possible way, and condemned the manner in Which his trial was conducted, he was compelled at last to sit down and exclaim that the Eoglish law might take its dirty course. [Another pane of elass was broken. This one was followed by several others] He was pronounced guilty, aad sen- tencea to penal servitude for life. Hespent come time in_describing his trestuent in Mountjoy snd_other prisons. His words were to the effect that he, with his fellow- prisoners, had sufered great hardshivs, and were treated far worse than other prisoners. He had no prejudice sgainst any man of any race, crecd, or color. He Was only orry to sec what he saw here to-night, ond the disscnsions which existed among men who shonld be broth- ers. He would not injure or hurt soy man. fAnother window was broken.] But while he would not injurc an Englishman individually, e would do ail he could to frec Ircland of En- glish rule. [Applause.] He belicved Ireland was quite capable of governing bersclf, and while he was in America he would do_all be could to help the cause of her liberty. He only asked them to bear things quietly in the mean- time. During the lecture the frindows were strack in all about a dozen times, but without causing anything more than a momentary dis- turbance. At the conclusion of the lecture the lights in the hall were extinzuished, and the lecturer, accompapied by a friend, left the room and made his way along the west side of the marXket, thence to corner of King and Church strects, where they entered a eab and drove away. ODD PHRASES, Nrs. Glasse—Henry De Bracton—Bears and Baulls—Go the Whole Hog—Over the Coals ~Tooth-Drawing Extraordinary—Gibberish ~Chafl—Tuft-Iunters—P's and Q'a. Dr. R. Shelton Mackenzie in Saturday Night. Muny plrases, “familiar in our mouths as houschold words,” have curious and often re- condite derivations. Frequently they have even undergone such o metamorphosis in speaking and writing that it fs very diffieult to say whence their primary signification came. It cannot be without interest to take up a few representative “wise saws and modern instances®? to illustrate their lore, and, by pointing out their roots, ex- plain the mauner and time of their growth. Every one (almost) is familiar with Mrs. Glasse's recelipt, “ How to cook a hare,” which begins with the soundiustruction, * First catch the hare.” This matter-of-fact advice is men- tioned Ly Henry de Bracton in 2 Latin work written on “The Laws and Constitutions of England,” over 600 years ago, as being in com- mon use in the reign of Henry 1L 1 translate his words into the following plain English: ‘“ And it is yuluarly said that one must first catch his deer. and then proceed to roast him.” It shoula be stated that Mrs. Hannah Glasse, a habit-maker in London, was generally believe to have written the cookery book, published in her name in 1747, which has_long been famous for its quaiutness. Sir Jobn Hill, a medical uack, who died , was credited by Dr. bohflscn with the authorship of Mrs. Glasse’s 00k. 2 AKin to Mrs, Glasse’s sage advico is the {;r verb against selling the skin before the beur ¢ caught. From this comes the term “bears,” applied “on 'Change” to stock-brokers who tratlic in visionary funds, while those upon Wwhom such *‘stocks™ are palmed are called ‘*bulls,” most _probably 1 contradistinetion. The practice and the epithets orizinated in the South Sea stock transactions in London in 1720. “To buy a pig in a poke " (that, is, in & pouch or sack, from the Auglo-Saxon “ pocea?) is to make a blind barain,—to buy anything unsecn. The French put it *“to purchase 4 cat in a bag.”’ In the Cantebury Tales, Chaucer thus alludes to such porcine reeeptacles: And in the flore, with noee and mouth to brok, They walwe, 0 40w two pigges in a poke. To *go the whole hog,” gencrally set down as_an Americanism, undoubtedly of Irish origin. Previous to the year 1825, when the Irish metallic_currency was_complefely assimi- lated to the English, tle silver shilling_circu- lated in Ircland was equivaient to thirteen copper pennies, whereas a silver shilling in En- gland was of the valuc of twelye pence. - This is Perfectiy within my own recollection as a youth, at that time, to whom a shilling, Enelish or Irish, was an acceptable novelty. 1 remewmber, too, that the British silver coinage then iutro- duced was veryoften spoken ,of as *“ breeches money.” In Ircland the shilling was sometimes called “a thirteen,” from the number of pence it con- tained, and’ was sometimes called “n hog.” When o man had a convivial idea of spending an entire shilling ou n {rieud, which figuratively meant that_he would ot be chary of expense, be wus said to “go the whole hog.” The En- lish was often denominated *the white shil- iz, while the Irish was ** the brown shilling.” In England the shitling is a ** bob,” the silver sixpence being “a tizzy,” or “a tester.” To ““let the cat out of the bag” is_a threat the origin of which is not clear. Sometimes insects are emploved to “point the moral ** of popular saws, Thus, a person acting capri- ciously is said to do so *when the magot bites.” In Scotland, an eccentric person is said to have “abeein his bonnet.” The French term is ¢ to have rats in his head,” ¢ Hauling over the coals,” otherwise ** roust- ing,!” dates Eix or seven centuries back, when feudal Barons often umsed harsh methods of exactine gold from the rich Jews by suspending their victiins above slow fires until they paid ransom or died. There is a scene of this sort in “Ivanhoe,” in which the Templar endeavors to extort money from Isaac of York, father of Kelecea. *Tu spite of your teeth” is also an ancient expression and ‘of kindred origin. King Johg, the unworthy successor of Richard Ceeur de Lion, early in the thirtcenth century, zot a ‘orthy Hebrew in his clutches, and drawing one of his teeth daily until he gave in, aiter a fortaigh’s torture, succeeded in plundering i, ‘We often hear, * What he said was mere gin- berish.” Ino the ecighth century there Wwas a famous professor of occult cliemistry, whos name was Geber. He held that all metals ex- cept gold was liable to discase, and that this in them ™ was cured by cold, which alsn was a panacea for the maladies of the human species. He wrote 500 treatises on this subject, so learn- ed and unintelligible that they were ridiculed as Geberish—whence it is contended came “ gibber- ish.” in our own vocabulary. “XNone of your chafl” literally means nono of your nonseuse or worthless falk, and may come from * to chafe ” or anger; but there was an old English custom, when a younger girl in the honschold ot married before her elder sis- ters, to have a quantity of ckaff strewed by malicious or jocose wags or witlinzs over their thresholds. Of course, * [ want none of your chaff!” would be their anery exclamation. Formerly, in most of_the European collezes, and to this day in the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge. and Dublin, each student who was 2 nobleman’s son wore a distinguishing tuft or tassel on the square cap which collegians wear while at colleze. [fence, persons who fawned upon these scions of aristocracy obtained the very intelligible title of “tuft hunters.” A man who appears to be thinkinz is said to be in a brewn study. This should rather be a “hrow study,” from the German braune, a brow,—au {n that dinfect baving the sound of the ou in our word *ours,” as Austerlitz, in English, should be Ousterlitz. “Turning the tables ” must come from the came of back- gammon, formerly called “The tables,” and which were said to be turned upon a player to whom the fortune of the zame wasadverse. The Ioser would often insist on_changing the dice, hoxes, men, and table, in the hope of getting better Iuck; just as I have seen whist-playing dowagers, when they had bad cards or bad play, et up, turn _their chairs round, and resumé their seats with a lively expectation. A familiar vulgarism, “Just the cheese,” used in commendation 8f a thing, is n mere Orientalism, meaning just the thing” from cheez, flindoostanee for o thing.” Another Mindoo phrase, “Gone to pot,”” comes from a tailor in Samarcand, who, living uear a ceme- tery. had an earthen vessel on his counter, into Wh{dl ne cast a pebble whenever a corpse was carried past, and thus kept count of the num- ber of daily interments. At last his own time came, and his neighbors, on inquiry after him, answered, * He has gouc to pot also.” Pezged'sole boots and shoes, generally be- lieved to have originated 1n America. were writ- ten about .vearly three centuries ago. In the old verses called ** Thynue’s Debate,” we find this corroborating stanza: A pdir of start-nps had he on his feet That laced were unto the small o' the leg; Homely they were, and easfer than meet, And in their soles rull many a wooden peqg! The *start-ups " here mentioned were origi- nally the laced gaiters worn by heralds and pur- suivants, and subsequently the title for rough, high-tobped boots, and their name was eveat- uaily gisen to outsiders who wore them and affected an air which their antecedents did nat justil 3Mind your p's and g's** does not come, as some have fancied, from the score chalkeddown in public houses of P's end Q's (meaning pints and quarts), not paid for'by bibulous castom- ers, but from the printine-office, where the similiarity in form of the * lower case,” or small Sp¥and “q,” ina font of Romau letter, is always perplexing totlie typographical uovice, especially in “distributing™ or * throwing into case " a mixed heap of type technically known s *pL? 3 We hear, in _these degencrate days, even as our ancestors did, of ‘Fiddler’s pay,” consist- ing of “more kicks than halfpence,” and have to admit that the origin of this phrase las bafled us. Centuries 2o, however, ““ A fit of mirth for a groat’ was a common saying,—ecvidencing that a groat (which is the English fourpence) was the ~ordimary requital of “musiciancrs.” Hence, in_the En- gland of to-day, when an unusual namber of sixpences und fourpences happen o be received in_change, vou often hcar the texclamation, What & lot of fiddlers’ money 1" There are many popular phrases whose mean- ing is evidontly obscure or at variance Wi their derivations. This often has arisen out of corruption arising from sound. Thus, we bave “dandelion,” the medical herb, instead of dent-de-lion, referring to the form of the leal. “Sparrow-hawl,” or rock-hawk, is thus put for spar-lawk, and *‘country-dance” for contre- danse, alluding to the dancers being placed op- posite each other. Thus the vegetable *Jerusalem artichoke® (uniortunately very little known in this coun- iry) is named instead of the Girasole artichoke, from .its resemblance to the passion flower, Which the Italians call gira af sole. So, also, the culinary . phrase, **forced meat palls,’ a edley of a variety of viands, is used instead of farced meat balls, from the Latin verb farcire, to stufl or cram. Arid so, even yet, onc-half of the English people speak of “sparrow-grass,’” being a corruption of the word asparagus. T EUROPEAN GOSSIP. A PARISIAN OPERA-BALL. Paris Correspondence London News. . Asurprising thing is the speed with which the abode of operatic music is transformed into a temple of the light-toed music. On Saturday tlic performance of the opera ends, say at 11, and before the spectators have been fairly hus- tled out of the house an army of workmen are busy laying down trestles In_the pit and among the stalls. Spectators who have bought tickets for the ball may remain in their boxes and watch the sight. On the trestles planks are set end riven until the whole floor of the house is boarded over to the level of the stage. At the Dack of the stage the wings are being cleared off to make room for a gigantic buffes, and then, with the clangizg of a ban- dred hammers, a laree platform with a dozen tlers of scats Is rum mp oy the centre of the extemporized ball-room, for thie accommodation of the orchestra of cighty musicians. By five minutes to midnight cvery- thine is ready, and fiddlers begin to stream in. The conductor’s desk, the biz drum, the ophicleides, the violoncelles, have all been loisted to their places, and there is a grand din of plates and bottles in the direction of the buifet, where the waiters are spreading out sandwiches, pastry, and pails fall of ice. At midnight the doors of the building are thrown open, and through the two principal ca- trances come Ilcaping ana yellinz a motley group of revellers in the most fanciful dis- guises~mnen, and women, and others whose sex it is difficult to distinguish, thongh they generally turn out to be girls in boys’ clothes. “The best place to witness this incarsion s from the top of the beautifully oruate staircase which forms the gem of M. Gar- nier’s edifice. A few wags in the dress of Per- rots, and with befloured faces, or tricked out in burlesque military attire, with brazen helmets adorned with plumes four fect high, are zen- crally stationed ou the staircase by the manage- ment, in order to sound the keynote of merri- ment ou_the very threshold by chafling the public. Their humor finds a free scope against gentlemen in swallow-tail coats and cardboard noses, and agningt ladies hidden under masks and dowinos, pink, blue, or black. Chaff calls back chaff, and the exchanze of fokes—some- what salt at times—is as brisk as the pelting with flour confetti whick used to be indulged in at the Neapolitan carnivals. ‘Two classcs of persons form the public at these opera balls,—the first, who come to en- joy themselves by dancing and laughing; tho second, who look on with'a mixture of yawns aod smiles, and profess to think the ‘whole thing low. In the first set are numbered stu- dents, clerks, shopmen, and widdle-aged gen- tlemen on the spree,—along with shoo-girls, seamstresses, and other damsels wholave noth- ing in common with vestals except thay they keep up an eternal fire of fun. In the last set isyoung Parisian swelldom, boredom, drawl- dom, and the foreign element ot inquiring tour- ists.” Young swelldom doesn’t disguise itself or dance. It sometimes buys. & cardboard nosc, but keeps it hidden in a coat-pocket until nearly the end of the ball, when, perhaps, under the influence of champagne, it sports the comic thing for five minutes, which time is zen- erally ample to draw dowu - on the wearer more chuff than he can parry, and so puts him to flight. The man whose Wit is not in his tongue- tip had better not attempt & disguise. One shy young man of good family wheo recently put himself in the clothics of a Punchinello was hor- rified ot 'belng seized by 8 festive group, who danced him off his legs, and then left him breathless on a bench, where a mob surrounded bim, booting and jeering. He thought this a premeditated and personal affront, whercas it was only part of the funof the fair, which he could have escaped by saying a good thing or two, or at least by joining in the dance con amore. There are some fifty dancers of both sexes, who are paid to keep the revelry of the ball from flagzing, and they will tolerate no luke- warmness from versons who have travestied themsclves, and may consequently be presamed to have cherished the intention of affording amusement. With what fantastic contortions these paid revelers dance must be seen 1o be re- alized. While M. Olivier Metra’s band crashes out waltzes and quadrilles, they whisk about as if some tarantula had bitten them, tossing their arms and less aloft together, and striving as a rule to bring the tips of their boots or shoes 2s nearly as possible fn aline with the wose of their vis-a-vis. The young ladies excel their partoers in_this sort_of fool-play, and some bave a pecnliar deftvess for knocking off a duncer’s hat with the point of a satin shoe as o wind up to o guadsille. The only pity is that there should be so little variety in the costumes of those who wear disguises. The police, anxlous to protect respectable institutions from being turned into ridicale, forbid dancers from diszuising them- sclves as Cardioals, Mooks. Generals, or pre- fects, or from making up their faces into the resemblance of any public man. This used not to be so of oid, and fierh:ms the time will come when the Carnival will again beu period of priv- flezed buffoonery; for the present, Pierrots, Punches, debardeurs, and mock firemen or car- abineers, chiefly abound, with here and there o ‘harlequin and clown. The Wwomen dress them- selves as pensant-girls with stiff Norman caps, shepherdesses, virandieres, or, a3 above said, i the coats and trousers of young gentlemen. THE SACRED SHROUD. Rome Uorrespondence New York TForid. Now that the Kingdom of Italy is beginning to ocenpy the attention and receiving the re- spect of other nations, the curious devotion of its reigning house should be understood,—a de- votion that is most jealously observea by cvery member of the 8avov family. The Sacra Sin- done is, according to tradition, the shroud in which the Redecmer was wrapped when Joseph of Arimathea deposited the sacred body in the tomb. The precious balsams and gums of myrrh and aloes, and other fragrant substances that were with the body of the Lord caused it to leave its sacred form in s dark brown color on the shroud, where it can be seen, with the marks of the instruments of the Passion around it. Tradition says the shroud was taken from the tomb of the pious women and reserved secretly at Jernsalem, where it was Pondid o from famby to. fenily through centuries, until 1099, when Godfrey de Bouilon, . Tasso’s hero, entered Jerusalem. The precious relic of the holy shroma, with many others, was consizned to this ereat cap- tain’s care. ~Duriog tue period of the Sccond Crusade the Grand Master of the Hospitallers guve the relic of the sacred shoud to Amadeus TIL,, Count of Savoy. This Count, on his way back to Eump’rf stopped at Cyprus, wbere he died,in 1149. Thus the Sacra mmifl::h or 8a- cred shroud, entered the Lusignano family, who reiged over Crprus. In 1331 the Sacra Sindone +was carried into France by Godfrey de Charny. His grand-daughter, Margherita Signora, of Montfort, in 1451 fled foto Savoy and placed ‘herself under the protection of Lodovico, when her country was ravaged by croel wars. Of course she carried this sacred relic with her, and paveit to her protector; thus it entered a second time into the Savoy family. Duke Lodovico valued it so highly that he placed the effigy of it on the maney of his Duchy, and 8o 3id iis snccessors, Curlo 1., Emmaguele, Fili berto, and Carlo Emmunuele I. A fine charch was built for it in Chambery. After many vicissitudes—For in 1533 the Chambery Church +was burned and the metal shrine melted in the fire, but the relic remained intact—the Sacra Sintone was placed in its present magnificent shrine at Turin in 1634, This much venerated relic is only disp]n{ylzd on very rare and Royal occasions. The last time it was open to the public was_ in 1883, when the present. Kingz and Queen of Italy were married. At that time the devout Princess Clotilde Napo- leon of Savoy, sister of Ring Humbert, noticed that the black silk lining was worn out, whica bad been placed on it in 1798 by the unhappy, venerable Slomde of France, Queen of Savoy, wile of the unfortunate Carlo Emmanuele IV, who abdicated 2nd died a Jesnit priest in Rome ip 1812. The Princess Clotilde obtained permis- sion to sew on the sacred relic a new cover, and knelt st the altar for two hours white she performed the labor, to the great cdification 2nd satisfaction of the oeople of Turin. The Princess substituted for the former black silk cover one of crimson silk, and bound it with a crimson binding. When she bad finfshed the pious work, the Sacre Sindome was wrapped in _its cushions and veils ana placed in the silver box. The box was put in the gorgeous sbrine, shich is of bronze, mar- ble, and fron, with five locks and keys. ' These keys are held in custoay by _the Arcidishop of Turin and the highest officiais of the Royal household. A person who has seen the Sacra Sindone tells me itis a dark white material that looks like silk levanthine; it I3 a little over four metres long and 2 metre and a half wide. It is peither silk, linen, nor cotton, ard, as it passed unburt through the Chambery fire in 1532, it is believed to be made of amiante or asbestos. It islined op one side with linen, on the other 3 - with silk, and has two silk loops at the upper end. This i3 2 concise account of the great devotion of the house of Savoy to_the :land of Piedmont. There i{s quitz a small litrary of books written on the Saera Sudario, or Sindone, by learned men, from the first days of the Church up to the present time, and many beautiful historical incidents are attnched to the story of this sacred shrond of Jesus Christ. - RELATED, YET THEY MAY !FIGHT. + Loutstille Courter-Journal, = The marriages between the Royal honses of Europe would seem to insure kindly .potitical relations between the various powers; but such* connections rarely make any difference it “in-’ terests” are supposed to be_icopariized. - For instance, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, heir ap- parent to the German Empire, is married to Victorin, the Princess-Royal of Great Britain;. Princc Albert Edwara, heir apoarent of the British Empire, is married to the Princess dlex- andna, eldest danehter of Kine Christian IX., of Denmark; Prinee Alfred, Duke of Edinburg, JS married to the Grand Duchess Macie, danghter of the Czar Alexander Ii, of Russta; the Princess Helena, of the British Royal mnilfi, is married to Prince Christian of Schleswig-Hol- stein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg; and the Prin- cess Alicc married Louis of Hesse, Kinz George 1. of Greece (Prince Wilhelm, son of the King of Denmark) is mamed to Olgs, daughter of the Grand Duke Constautine of Russia, brother of the Czar. The Empress Maria of Russia is the daughter of the Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse-Darmstadt. The Grand Duchess Olea, sister of _the Czar Alexander, is the wife of the King of Wirtem- berg; the Grand Duke Constantine, brother of the Czar, married the Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenbure; the Grand Duke Nicholas ia married to the Priocess Alexandra of Olden- burg; and the Grand Duke Michael married the Princess Cecilia of Baden. The connection of the Royal families of En- pland, Germany, Russia, Denmark, and Greece is very close. The Czar’s brothers have taken unto themselves German wives, and the Czar’s mother was the Princess Charlotte of Pruss 50 that Germany’s friendly attitude tow: Russia may be based somewhat, upon reasons of consanguinity, s well as upon Russia’s services in 1866 and 1870 as 2 neatral. The Duchess ot Edinburg, it Is eaid, ncver could endure her Engiish morther-in-law, sisters-in-law, aod brothers-in-law, so_that, in the event of a war between Russia and England, she may retire to St. Petersburg while the Duke of Edinburg is fighting her father’s navy. REFORM AT THE VATICAN. Philadelonia Dulletin’s Rome Letter. The late Pope was indalgence and benevo- lence itself with his general and private honse~ holds. The Romans cousider it gquite beneath them to know exactly the details of any charge they undertake. If I wero toask my maestra di casa how much tea there was in ber store-closet, or sugar, or candles, she would look at me with, delicious indifference, and reply in a perfectly polite tone, ¥ Chi lo sa ¥’ (Who knows!) Leone Decimoterzo has started out with the intention of reforming tne Roman character. He Isare- former by nature, and he has bezun his work, 03 we are charity should, at home. There 1s a Marchese Serlupi at the Vatican who bas been a long while in the service of Pius IX.; he is, or rather was, Cavellerizzo Maggiore of His Holiness. This pentleman is about five feet high, probably a few lines over, with a tremendous head; a perfect caricatnre oft a grand cavalry Major. He is one of thes Camerieri Sergrotl dl Spada e Cappa, a_private chamberlain of the sword and cape. He is ot the head of the Scuderls, and, it he were not a Romau noble, or, fn ‘short, 2 Roman, he_would be_expected to know all about the coaches and: lorses of the Vatican establishment, but, like Thackerary’s Irish gentleman, he bas had, of course, other genticmen to wait on him, ands each one to the antepenultimate officers would: be like bim, and expect . his inferior toy be responsible, not himself. When this’ cotleman waited on his Holiness yesterday, co XIIL said, curtly, **Marquis, how many horses arc there in the stablesy * Chilosa vostra Santita ? (Who knows, your Holiness?)” replied the Marquis, smilin graciously, with true Roman audacitv. IHis Holiness frowned, and asked, still more decidedly, “And how many coches are there?” The Marquis shrugged his shoulders, assumed a serious air, drew up bis little body to its fullest height, and said: “Well, truly, your Holiness, { do not know. { will make inquirles, and let Your Heliness know to-morrow.” *No. Marquis,” replied the Fope, sharply, turning away from the astounded mens tleman, “do not trouble yourself ubout it. T cannot sce what use youZun be Lo me, 28 yon scem to be entirely ignc:ant of the dutics of sour office.”’ And ke left the poor ilarguis Plante, entirels shorn of ull his former honors, 2 nobody in the present Vaticau Court! DEATH OF SAMUEL W0O0D. A Wealthy Bachelor Who Has Bequeathed the Bulk of His Estate Toward the Founding of a Collego of Musle~The Kew markable Compact of Four Brothers. Hew York Times, Afarch Samuel Wood, oncof the oldest merchants o this city, died on Wedacsday, at his residence, No. 36 West Thirty-ninth street, in the 534 year of his age, leaving about three-gnarters of 3 million_of dollars to be used iu establishing and endowing a College of Music in this city, Mr. Wood wus the second of four brothers— David, Samuel, Abraham, and_Ebenctus Wood —~iwho, in their early manbood, catered into & compact remarkuble not only i its conception, but also for the conscientious persistency with which each of them respected and obeyed ite conditions during the remainder of their lives. Their father was a Loog Isiand farmer, who lived and died near the preseat Village of Woodsburg. The four brothers came to this city in 1814, and established themselves in the wholesale lignor business on the Iand upon which Fulton ket now stands. Shortly prior to that time they entered 'into an agreement to remain bachelors during: their ~lives, farther stipulating that, im the event of the death of onc or more, his. or their fortune should remain intact and be- come a part of the estate of the survivors. agreement was faithfully carried out by 2} the Erothers, who conscieatiously observed celibacy, throughout their lives, notwithstandiog tho: fact that the circle of their fricuds and ac- quaintances included many attractive ladies who would undoubtedly have accepted offers of marrisge from the afffuent liguor mer-" chants, Not long after establishing business in the block oceupied by Fulton Market, thelr place was destroyed b{_ fire, and they removed their quarters to No. 6 Fulton street,where the; continued in business under_the name of Davi ‘Wood for forty-five years. During that pericd each of tke brothers accumulated a large for- tunc. That of Samuel, the old gentleman who now lies dead in West Thirty-nintk street, was estimated four or five years ago at about $3,000,000. Since them, however, it became greatly reduced, owiog to some unprofitsble real-estate fnvest- ments, including the building of the Village of ‘Woodsburg, with its handsome hotel and pretty cottages, which alone cost 3600, Ebenetus Wood, the youpgest brother, died in 1863, leaving his property to the threc survivors. David, the eldest, died later in the samo year, bequeathing the bulk of his cstate, which Jae' Valaed at -S000,000, to Samudl . and Abraham, the residue, $200,000, being left to asister, Mrs. Nellle Hewlett. Abi de- parted this life in 1863. He left a will ln which he devised the use of the major portion of his estate to Samuel, at whose .death it was torevert to a second cousin, who IS now Itving. This will has ever sioce been vizorously con- tested by anephew of the testator,a son of Mrs. Nellie Hewlett. The litization bas gone from the Surromate’s Court upward to the Court of Appeals, which sustalued the will, and the case fs ot the present time before the Su- reme Court, pending an appeal for a new trial. £ 1t shoula be finally decided in favor of the defendant. the estate, which is independent of that of Samuel Wood, becomes the property of the residuary legatce, the second cousinj but, on the other hand, should the plaintiff win, onc-half of the estate falls to him, while the es- tate of Samuel Wood becomes additionally en- riched by the other half, ‘Ibe following are the circumstances under which Mr. Samuel Wood provided for the estab- lishment and support of the proposed Colleze of Musfe. Six years ago he made a whil in which he left all his property to be applied to the founding of a hospital, his object being to per- petuate his name, and at the same timo to keep the estate intact. Three years later Le be- came dissatisfied with this” disposition of his pro,erty, and_ took occasion to consult with certain_of his personal friends as to the most advisable mode of -disposing of it. Among those with whom he conversed on the subject were Dr. William Elmer, of No. 19 West ‘Thirtleth street, and Mr. Kingsley, a leading stockholder of the Academy of Music, both of whom he counted among his most intimats fricnds. Dr. Elmer unhesitatingly hinted at theidea of establishing and endowing & musical college. Mr. Woodbeing a great lover of music, enthusiastically favored the proposition, rec- ognizig it as the most satisfactory means of acenmplishing his Efl object,—tne perpetnation of his pame. He ti his_will, devisinz nearly all bis estate to the College of Music, and inserting instructions to bis executors relative to the piawof the pro- ed institution. The codicil will be offered for probate in & few days. The present value of the estate = is- “estl- mated at $1,0600,000. 3 ercupon_ added s codicil ta g