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{ i i OREX The Officers of the Pommerania Held Blameless for the * Late Disaster. \ Forty-eight Children Drowned in Frunce by the Brenks« ing of Ice. Movement on Foot in Switzerland to Beparate Church from ‘Btate, Gladstone’s Recent Speech in Parllament on the Af- ghan War. SWITZERLAND., PROPOSED SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND BTATE. GrNRYA, Dec, 25.—The Ureat Council of Ge- neva has accepted the principle of separation of Church and’ State, and appointed & cotnmit- tee to examine a Soraration bill, e GERMANY, i HELD DLAMELESS, Bentss, Dec. 25,~The Captain and officers of the steamship fommerania have heen acqult- ted, The Inquiry declded that hunan effort did sl pussible to avold eolllslon and luss of life. FRANCE. WHOLESALL DROWNING, PARIS, Dec. 95.—Forts-elght children were druwned by the breaking of lce on a pond at Chapetlo Moche. DENMARK. MURDEROUS THREAT. ~ CorESHAGEN, Dev. 3.—A hofel-keeper has lg«-tvn arrested for threateniug to shuot the ng, GLADSTONE. IS SPEECIT IN TilE HOUAE OF COMMONS OX THE AFUHAN WAR, Landan Seee, Dec, 11, Mr. Gladetone desoted the enrller and longer rart of his specch to an nnalysls of the corre- swondence in the Blue Book, showlng by many extracts that the war had been forced upon the Ameer. Having established this position, he tirned upon the Minlsters in a fresh directlon, snd taunted them with puniahing the Ameer with the penalties of war beeansa he had received & Russian misajon at a thme when they accepted the pretext of Russls for the dis- pateh of this same mfssion, Russia had now, -thnuks to the timidity of the Conservative Gov- vrnment, for the tirst time ot a deliberately conferred title 1o send a misslun to Cabul when she thought it and asoften ns she pleased, This was a_humftintion which the Government had brought npon the country by rending » tame niessage to the Forelgn Otllce of the Czar nta e when with pomp and dreaimstanee they marched thelr leghns mto Afghanistan, In a low ond osclemn welce, audible amld the perfect shilimess of Mr. - Gladstone polted out ~how tho Liovernment were 20w repeating the errora of 1s88, und he praved Heaven -to avert the omen Which nest suzgesied Haelf, and spare thevoun. try cataatrophie of 1541 [no passage of lie cumpared the state of Indin violntuient of the pregent Viceroy to e site of an ol battle-Geld. Nilture, with kind and cerefd hand, had apent vears In removing the yeatizes of carnage, ang covering up all suces ol theatrugeles and now it was allundone, Fhe i1 was druwn and the bloody hand agatn H L With bitterly pointed allusion he T madman tnayv burndown the it 1t has taken wil the skill, and iabar, and lavish produsaiity of gencratlons to rise.’ Toe work ratfon after the blunder of furty ve he sald, be nndonie fn @ motnent, n hope x a refstate- ment of that puctiving und midgating process, and 1t ulihnate. thouti remote, auccess,™ §f {t were possibly torull hotorable menbers to have mestered the coutents of the Afehan corre- spandeace, Mr. tiladrtonedid not doubt theresult oding divlxdon, 4 He that as it may,” he added m s adine sentences, * you oy ubtatn the warrant wod sanction of a majorty of this House, and probubiv will. ‘Lne reaponai Bility that 19 now vours alone—will then Lo shared wite by ‘the. majurtsy of this llouse. But muny witl decline to share its wany Wil hoat for the nltimate disapproval und reveranl of that course; and_even i1 the natun shouhl apurove it, we st bow in sub- [l e tatunal of ultimste appeals Dut fents w.ll stll] feel they have dis- clarged thelr duty fn this entlal moment =4 duty actuslly focuinbent on them it they be right ju thinking that truth und justice ure the oulv sure foundations of nternational relutiung, winl that there Is no Lossestlon so Erevioud, either for peuples ar fur inen, as a tul and howornble nanie, “This peroration, apoken with »ulul:u; thouzh suppressed emotion, was tollowe, loud ana prolonged chicering, amid wihich t tapping of hutds by strangers fu the pallery was plaluly discernible. TURKEY, THE NEW GRAND viZIER, Dispateh {0 Lunidan Tties, CoxstaxtivorLr, Dee. 4.—The appolntment of Khalreddin Pasna as Graud Vizler, wore par- ticularly, 48 un event of some hinportance, By birth he $sa Circasslan, but of what tribe he dues not blmselt koow, lle wus brought at s curly awe to Covstuntinople, snd after u short Wme went to Northern Africs, where he has =penit by fur the greater part of his Nle, fle vpuks and vuderstands ‘Turkish, but hus not a yesfect furlllerfty with it, and orofers to ex- bresa himsell (n” Aruble or French, When he sueaks the latter tongue his hard foreign sevent does nob prevent preat Huency uud - remarhable lucldity of. expression, He wus tormerly Prone ™ Minlster to the Bev of Tunls, and first beeamy known to the Sultun by u small book recommended to b Muyeacy Ly one of the Ulemubs, in which be on- deavored 1o prove that modern idens of Jiberty und progress are not at alt inconsistent with the surdinal princlpale of Islutu us contatoed . the Korun una expuunded by the most learned docturs of the law, and that contrary oplutons on this suvject proveed from leioraiico of Errones: iterpretation of the wacred writings, He thinky thut of Turkey I8 to be regenerated it u-uu\w, e by Museuimaus themselves in ac- cordae ity the princlples of their own 1ethastsFund that the clergy must be Mt o take an uctive part in the vwork, (hie Iu the course of conyers satlon with bl 1 ventured to suggest that 3t might be ditlicult 1o reconcile reforns con- celved 1o an exclusively Mussulman spieit. with #entiinely Liveral principles fn w conntry con- Talutoz 4 lurve non-Mussutman populution, His ellency sdmitted the diticalty, but cousid- cred It bY 00 meaus fusurmoustable, tor Islam vojoind Justive and grood governmeut for men uf ulbereeds, und does sot prevent men of otber 1eligions being placed 1 tiose positivns of ad- 1nfulstration gor which they are peeullarly itsed, The realization of Khulfeddin's ideus” would Beressitate an duerease of the political influcuce vl the Utemahs; but this would not be, ut leust for sorie tume, such a kcrious | dunger s wight be fmagive for the upper taukis of the clergy here are fur more eulizhtendd und Hncral thau ja fcncrully wup- poved. Whatever we may think of his views, Kbaujreddin bas atleast fudividuality uud enerys " uud thereby forms s striking cotitrast to Lis iunncdfate ‘predeeessorn, Iu choustug hins Iy Bpite ) of “atrong opposition among tho offlelal lunses the Zultin bus shuwn cousiderable per- sonal Inftutive and tramess of purpose. The Cubluet Wil doubtless tuke fis tone from the Grand Vizier, all the more us be (s kugwu to vussess in 4 very high degree the confldenes of Bts Majesty, and we'may tow expect o vigorous etfort o curate 8 berlod of fuipartaut re- forwe. Au lmpenal Hatt, contajolug the pro- ¥ramme of refurms, i3 expected to be prowul- Ruted fu a tew days, ——— . THE ILLINOIS SENATORSHIP, To ha Edutor of Ts Tribune Rock Istasy, 1L, Dec. 34.—1 perceive that the Hon, E. C. Moderwell, late Senator from the ‘Ieenty-fiest Senatortal Distrlet, bas come out 1u 8 muulfesto Lor the purpose of breskiuye the lurce ol 8 very goave charge preferred agalust Gea. Lugan, himeelf, Wod several other Repub- lican suewbers of te lust Lezislature, of bave lug gellberately, tn the luterest ol tie, Logau, deatolled the great Republican State ut luots of & Republusn Sevator for wix years, Mr. Modersell kuows the foilowlng uudisputed facts, for the Legislative rocords sbow thew: That eitber of the two Republiceus could baye Leen elected bad all the Republicaus who voted fur Gey. Lowan voted tor bim, Ou wae Lallot Judge Lawreuce recetved Dewocratiz aud » In- 'HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: -TIIURSDAY, DECEMBI 1 26, 1878, the Homne, | & Ocpendent ! vofes enouglito elect hin | the Logan men nad voted for him, They refused to vote for hint and eleet him, On six different ballots Mr, Washbutne had Denioeratic votes enonigh to elect him—on one of the hallots by a majority of from 6 to 10 votes. The Logan men, kiowing thele votes would elect him, refused to give their votes to hm. Mr. Moderwell sdmits that on one batlot nine Nemoerats voted for Mr. Wastiburne. And now what are the puerile excuses Mr. M, wrives in hohall of Gen. Logan, as well ns in behalf of nis Republican associates, for not voting for and electing Me, Washburne! First, thai “none of the distingulshed Re- oublicans who were present at Springfield and underatond the true statc of affalrs gave any such advice ‘The “late Senator from the Twenty-firat District” herepy snys that the representatives of the Republican arty In the Leaistature, so_highty cotnmended by him for their intelligenceand patrlotisni refused to elect 2 Republican to the United Sintes Senate othier than Gen. Lowsn, becsuse n fow. oufside and Ir- Tespo la Jobbyists afil not *‘advise' them, Such a statement 1s as extraordinary as st onght tobe conshdered Insulting 16 the members of the Legisiature. Secaml, that 1he votiug of the Demorrats for Mr. Washburne was o ‘tincre trick.' [le says: I I claimedd thal four Uemocrats had made o written agrectent that they would vote all day (Jan. 23} for Mr, Washbuene," 11 My meant to deal falrly, d frankly. and honestly wifh the Kepublicans of the “State sudeeply ag- rrleved, why doeshe suy * 1t iaclatmed that. four Democrats 7 etel Mz, Moderwell had a fall anid nersonal knowledge of the wrilten: pledge of Meaars. T, J, Willlame, A, 8. Wilderinan, T. M )lnneJlnn. and C. E. McDopnel, that the would vote for Mr. (Vasliburue in all the ballote on dJam, 2i He knows that the fon. Charles Esston, the Republiean member from the Flrst District, went into tise caurcus at which he, Moderwell, was present, and stated that he had sach a document in his hand, and offered to slow it, but that the Logan men would not listen to it saylog It would muke o difference with them, The truth is, every Repuolican member of the Legielature knew of the p'edyee. and 1t Is aston. Ishing that Mr, Moderwell should now attempt to make chplo believe the contrury, And what I they did not know itf ‘Chey knew that not only these fonr Democrats but five otliers voted for'Mr. Washburne, and that if Gen, Lozan bad consented to his friends voting for him he would have been clected. But 1t was all s *trick.” sava one *lato Senator from the Twenty-firat District,” and “1t Is ridiculous to find “fault wlth the Republicans for not bittng at as cheap Foit as that” Why not, and prowd it a Sirfek! It could” have resufted In no harm {f the Hepublieans lhnd voted for Mr. Washburne, even f the Democrats had changed thelr votes, It would unly have teen to their diseredit. To sav that the chango ot the Republican vote from Gen. Logan to auy other Rzpublican for a single baltot would have beent demornlizing to the organtzatlon s but n oor compliment to a compacted pares which Bn«l been drilied for weeks by so distingulshed a military leader as Gen, Logiit, But tell ws, Mr, Moderwell, where is the evi- dence that tis was & *trick,* and what oould the Democrats expect to galn by it They ovi- dently belleved that they conld not efect a Democrat, and had a choice among the Repub- licans, aud agreed to vote for ons of them, To accuse these gentleinon of frickery In this ro- gard is to accuse them of conduct allke dis- graceful to them both as public men and pri- vate citlzens, I expect they will be heand from in vindication of the disgraceful charge against them mada by Mr. Moderwell, Ho says ono of the gentienien who sizned the pledgo told him he woold sco the candidate named in h—1" bofore he would vote for tilm. He was but.one of the four, Let Mr. M, ive us his name. It is but just to his saso- clates who did ot make so discreditable a re- mark, and who will not like to rest under the lul‘)lfl'klll of having done so. Mr. Moderwell, you weru the Cliafrinan of the Republican Lexlslative Caucus two vears agu. 5"1'.'. are an lutellizent man and a good elan, You know that elther Judge Lawrenco or Mr. Washburne could huve been elected Senator If Gen, Logau, youryelf, and_otber Ropublicans would have agreed toit. You know that Gien. Logan_told tho ton. Frank Riddle, Senator from Cook, that it he could Lot be elected Sen- ator no other Ropublivan shoutd, You knuis that three Demoncrats promised to yote for the llon. Charles B. Farwell, of Chicago, for Senator, pravided all tha Logan'men would vote for him, aml thot Logan refused to have them so vate, although thelr votes would have eleeted Farwell, i And now, Mr. Moderwell, asjan honest man, as we huve always heretofore regarded you, why | #huuld you come forward at this time 1o alter the *truth of history " so far as regards the Tatal action of tieu. Lowan and his friends two yeurs agod A RerunLicas. NORDENSKJIOLD. Clrcumnavigating the North Pole, Hartfora Courant. While the rcleatific adventurers of Great Britain, Germany, and the United States havo persistently and unsuccessfully endeavored for many years to find a ** Northwestern" passage, an enterprisiog S8wedo bas succeeded with com- puratively Mitlo trouble in discovering o ‘*Northeastern" route, by which he Las already penetrated from Norway, nlong thecoast uf Lapland, through the stralt south to Nova voll- |* Zembla, across the Kara Sea, along the northern const of Rusal, past the north capc of Asis, und foto the River Lens, up which the expedi- tion went to_Yakutek, . whera they were heand from Aug, 37 lust, and from which they ex- peeted to safl for Bebrinz's Stralts, Tne navie rator who has made himself famous b thia unvrecedented performance fs Prof. Nordenskjold, o learned wan, who has devuted much tmeto o study of tho Aretle vroblem, and who was led to give special aten- ton o the sturies and lo-books of Norweglun whule aud seal huuters, who frequently pene- trated nu faraos the Kara ses, ‘The Professor found u patron in an intelligent merchant of Goteburge, Mr, Osear Dickson, who fuenished the et - necossury for the experimental voy- urex, Tho frat attempt was bezun in Juue, 1815, in o vinall vess ‘Thy trip from the north eape of Evioje to Nova Zembla was made in six days, ond ifter wome tue soent i explors- tions, tho Kars Seu wus crossed and the Yeulsel River wus reached Aug. 15, The Professor beso left with a detschment sud went up the river into Slberls, whils the _remsinder of the party returued to orway {n only ten llli’l Thix lourney attructed krent attention —especlally fu Russla, where Nordenskjold was Inoked upon as u benefactor wholind demonstrated 8 new routs for commerce. (really enzournged, the Pro- fessor returncd home and prepured for a tew expedition tho followlue year. Me clurtered a wmall stesiner, started for Hommerfest July and in three days was st Nova Zew| Une day later be entered the Kara Bea, Nis steamer being *the first that ever burat upon that silent sea—and there was no explosion in this case. Here he found dritting fee, but was not discoursged. He slowly pushed his wur on unthl Aug, 15, when he reached the Yenlsel once more, Hers e dis- posed of his cargo, took o uew one on boand, ond in seven weeks from starting wos ogain at Hamwerfest, He now became vonvineed that it was possible to find a navigable pas- suge between tho Yeulael mod Cape Tehetlu- sKin, the north cape of Asie. Jlls theory was that the vast amount of fresh water puur!nF futo_ the Arctle Uceau from the Rivers Obf, Irlich, and Yeoisef effects a gradual thawing of the ive along the coast LY which a cheanel s formed deep enough for large vessels, ‘The Pro- fessor then set to woik for o wore extended voyaye. His success brought hilm new patrous, und 'lnF Osear of Bwedcn came to his usl wnce. kour steamners were chartered and equip- pud, and on the 2th ot July lust the new expe- dition left the Norweglan coast, The Kura Sea was entered Aug. 1, sud fu six duyve nors the flect was at the mouth of the Yeulsel. On the Uth of Aungust, two of the steamers left for the northeast, Nothjnz ore was heara ol tho adventurers for two mionths, when a telegraph messago reachvd a Moscow merchant Who was juterested (u_tho exprdition, apvounc- oz tuot tho vessels bud reuched Yakutsk, in Eastern Biberds, onthe Lena River, having safe- Iy passed Cape ‘Tehelluskiu, and peached the woutl of the Lepd Aug. 27, From this pomt the party expected to p to Bebrings Btrails, ynd were vonfident of sicvess, s they belleved the most dliicult part of the juuruu‘)' was slrcady accomplished. Altogether' this fs the most imuortant and suceesstul cxplorive voyake of invdern veors, aud- hus secomplished coough Lo wuke fts yavigator lanous, whetles It succeeds In reachitug the Pacitle Ocean of wot. A glauce at theman will show that the greater part ol the work' has been pertormed, und with Bpparcut esae v ——————— HYMENEAL, Huacial DUPSLER 1o Tha Tribune. Dzearus, UL, Dee. 25.—Hanry Gray, passen- ¥er couductor on the St. Logts Divis'on of the Wabasb, was .indrried to-bight’1o Aiss Clara Bizsch, and Capt. C. A, Minekley, prourictar of the Decutur augtlon house, was jolued 1o wed. Jock to Miag Mary A, Goodriet dauguter of Ate toruey B, F. Goodrleh., — - Dou'tirritate your lungs with 8 stubboru couzh, whet & remedy dasafe audcertaln s U dayhe's Eipcclorant can 80 yaerly brucureld. “sure thrvats sud lupgd ars wpoedily Gelped by b PARIS. Matinees in the French A New Effeot of Anglomania, Dramatic Capital The Infernatlonal Plays at {he Galele-- Miles Marle Dumas and the Forelgn Drama. Shakepeare fn French—Shadwell's "Don Juan"—An English dymphony at the Conservatoire, Speetal Correspandence of The Tridbune, PARts, Dec. 11.—The taste which the French have lately developeil tor dramatic matinees ling been borrowed, together with varfous others a ®ood deal less respectable,—the taste for horse- racing and ulster coats, for lustance,—~from the other shle of the Chaunel, Tt is quite a recent importation, but it hos taken solid root, and seems likels to grow fa favor. Musieal tatinees we had plenty of, but the dramatic matinee was not introduced thi & conple of years ago, when une or Lo theatres, playing the lghter class of operettn and comedy, made a timid attempt to acchimatize the foreign customn,~with such de- cliled success that their example was quickly folowed by ALMOST EVERT IOUSR IN PARIS, Dot exclusive of tho State theatres themselves, =~for amonst the beat and most successful of the Sunday-afternoon performances are those of the Comedie Francalss and the Odeou. Ilere the programmes are usually chosen from the classle repertory. Molicre 18 the great attraction, but neither Corncille, Beaumarchats, Marivaux, nor Racine Is neglect- ed} and, as a change, we are given an oceasion- al specimon of the worksol dramatists less famolis now, thongh in many cascs they made o8 great a stir [u thelr own day, who may also be indulgently ranked nmongat the classles, At the Odeon these matineca do moat cxcellent service. Numbers of plays which would other- wise have been alluwed to molder into dust ou the hook:shelves of Iudifferent managers have been rescued from oblivion, and revived for the pleasurc and Instruction of the public, 1 know of no matinces here wore {nteresting or thoroughly descrving than those iven by that cournreous and clever artist, MLLE. MARIE DUMAS, Mile. Dumns Is & sister of the Academician. It ocenrred toher some yearssgo that the French stage bad much to galn, undnothing to lose, by becoming more famillar with the dra. matic liternture of forefan countrics, In mat- ters theatrical, no less than fn matters soclsl and itterary, France has not hitherto beew remark- sble for curlusity,—at least, curloity nstosuy- thing gilolmz on beyond hier own frontler, Shak- speare himself was nothing but a natne to most peoplo here till that grent pout and darlug fn- novator, Victor Hugo, opened their eyes. Even now, alter all the Incense thal has been burnt in 1ils bonor by the Roinanticiats, Shukepeare {s still an {ncomprehensible glant to all buta few, And, Af the greatest of all forefgn dramatists s tn- apprecisted, it may be_readtly ucdersiood that smallor lights, like Lope de Vema, Alfier), Schiller,—giants though they be,~und such al- together fnstinificant writers ns* Sheridan, Con- greve, and Ben Jonson, are in no danger of be- coming vulgarized. WereIn 10 danger, I should have sald; for, since Mile. Dumas founded what at the outset sho ealled tho * Sofrces (afturwurds matinces] " Caracteristigues,”—uow christencd * Matiners Internntionales,”~the English dramatists have been lutroduced, und, what Is more, VERY FAVORAILY RECKIVED, oo the Paris stago, The same may be salil of the most celebrated dramatists of several other Enropean countris. The enterprise in the be ginping sras extremely humble. Mile, Dumos, tad to be voutent Wwith giving sembprivate readings, nt whlel_she did neariy ull the wark herseits The readings were accompanivd by murical selectfans, representative, so nr ay might be, of the nation selected forillustration, 'b'm-‘ part of the scheme hus since been dropoed, the-by, “Wall, "zlm Solreea Characteristlques made o favorable fmpression. The publy: sdmitted to them was small, but seleet, and, above all artiatic, Boforo long these peculinrly intellectun] entertalnments got talked of, 'They were trans- ferred 1n 1576 10 the Porte St Martin, und somewhat altered fu ehoracter. Ench matinee was preceded by o fecture, oiving u description of the play ‘snnounced for performaunce, to- gether with a biographical sketeh of the author, Allle. Dumas lectured once or twles hiervelf, nut altogetlier with success, Women-orators AILE NOT IHLISTIEL 10 this country yet, uor, I tinak, arc they Hkely 10 be for & considerable number of generations, 1 1877 the Matinces Cliaracterisques were given at tho Gaite, with must satisfactory results, speaking from tha distuterested point of view of Art. Some of the works presented were, to be sure, & good deal mangled by translators: but thot was almost fnevitablo. An ambitious artist from the Vaudoville favored us with his reading of *Hamlet,” eurly fu the scasons a rather startling notion ho had of 11, I reinoin- ber, Benldea this, wo had “The Merry Wives of Windsor," and soveral Russian, Spanish, and Atalian ploys,—uos to speak of the ravivals of yarious forgotten French works, Lust Bunday, Mlle. Mario Dumae opened hep third season with o frazment of % Antony and Cleopatra,"—apecinily tranalated (adaptod s the correct word) by M. Bertrand,—snd French version of BIADWELL'S * DON JUAN." It wns an odd Idea to choose a playwright Hka Bhodweli—who, but for the satlric pen of Dryden, would hardly have been hapded down to “pouterlty to represent the Enghsh draa, However, “a sensible proverlh enjolus us not - to look pift-oraes dn the wouth. Shadwell's play—described tn ths Lill as a ‘‘cumedy«lrama i three nets "—ind, to even the Britsh portou of the nite's nudi- cnce, all e interost of nuvelty, It {s a Mtkrary curlosity, Such s downright fibertine aud mnr- derous scam) us this Don Juan wus stire tmagined tefore or stuce, The operatie hero of the satne nate Is tawe beshde hiin, Even the Don Juan af Pouschiklo—a sufllefently colil- blooded villaw, too—1s wilk-oud-watery In come purdson, In Act L Shudwell’s hero has already weduced half o dozen falr vut frail ereatures, hus murdered the brother aud Juver of one of thewm, und inficted sundey grlevous wounds ou u0 sevorted rabble, Belora the curtain fulls ou Act 11, ho baa traltorously abused ths hospl- tality of au aged gentleman who shielters him after a tirsculous cseape from shipwrock, ing sludn wore unfortuuutes (including the aged man aud the sister of a victin (i the provious act,~—he hud niresdy seduced the lutter, Ly the way), aud bas crowned these bribliant achievemente by carrying ol the twe stuters of Lis detuuct nost. But ETIC SUSTICE 18 DONS in the concludlng uct, Don Jaau hus taken With bis Balr booty sud seversl godicss autons, in the‘crypt of wn old ¢hureh, to bis astunlshiient (bt not by suy us tu his confusion), be hiuts the tomb und e of un old acquaintunce, the Connander, w his cuntempt for ghostly terrors, he the statue to take supuer with hun fn ?ul. The Invitation Is accepted. * But, " vays the welnd guest, in o hollow volee befituiug by gliostly nuture, *put several plates ou the table, for | shall put comu alupe® Nothlog saunted, Don Juan complies, Thi Communder steps solewnly frous his murble pedestal, At the same time the sacrilegious Juan Undy bin- sell enclreled bY the ghosts of ull lig victimg, The end is not yet, thousht Whoen, us tuey {azive, our hero has been suflicieutly awed by their wppearance, they Wiyl bim to repent and be saved. Very conslderate, b it nott {1 Juan wers o pegulur, thorough-paced scouns drel, b ight comprombe matters, hive to 8 good old age, und descend to the krave regretted by bis velations snd fricuds, iy the moat cominouvlace weuiber of the Tuwmany Ring, Tha Comsnander, aCCINN Uity winluble, Juan bus but to say a venitent word, and the whole ghostly. party’ will_certuiuly sit Qowy to supper and Wash out old scores lu o loviuz cup, But o ls AN “OUT-AND-OUTER.! Juan cares for neither man wor desfl. He ap- proachies the ghostly form of tny Cummander, rolses bis haud, aud, befors that lm,u»luu personage knows where Lo is, be gots a stloging Kuock lu bls warble cye! Gbostly forbearauce dus Hanite, The fusuit 83 toc grass for pardon, ** Don yuan,'? says the Comminder, V*vour hour o come.) Aund, with that, seizing blm with & auluntices cluteh, be burries bim down o trap- duor, frou which m‘ewull{ come red and blue 4, aecompuuicd by a fulut odug of sulphur, Curtain. Desplte its exaggerations and obsurditics (In une neene Lon Juan slays three antasonists with a aingle thrust—not stioku—of lis wword), this lay of Skadweli's s thoroughly entertaibivy, €13 fuli ot 1ather coarse but gebuine wit, aud, Fuced notaad. bristles with ** vituations.” LA PRINCESSE UAROWSK)! the tew play by the agtbor of Tué Danie cbefl," bas failed ot the dubled. It way ray — e e e s oL O o - however, M. Plerre Corvin aky) bad not the ognerienced nid of Aloxandre Dumas 0 In weiting ** La Princosse Burowska™; hut, en revanche, it s whispered that he way helped by M. tiot, of the Comedle Franealee. M, Henrl Chabrillat, the young and enterprising manager of the Ambficu, is tikely to lose heavlly by Uits flasco, WWE 1AD AN IMIORTANT XOVELTY at the first Cangervatolre Coucert of tho season (the fifty-accond of tho famous Xoviete des Con- verta), in the shape of two mouvements from s symnhony of the late Alfred Iotmes, an Fnglish tomposer mnch appreciated in Uenmany, though he vould never find favor in his native land, 1ie has written scvernl avmnhonles, n zood dend of deseriptive mnele (on Shakapearean subjects), aud at least onc grand opera, The fragiments pldved at the Coneervatolre were well recelved; so ftis ?ullu ‘‘on the cords’ that we may ex- pect to hiear the whole symphouy ihis seasun, Hanny MeLTZRR. EUROPEAN GOSSIP, A JEAN VALITEAN. Turls Correscandence fondon Globe, When the membersof the Parls Commune sct fire to the Hotel de Ville and Prefecture of Polie they honed to destroy the eriminal rec- ords whict had Leen eathered so carefully and correetly by the lmperlal police, who had per- fected the system of eriminal information as practieed by their predecessors, The Rue de Jergsatem was dredded by malefactors, andalso by the auitators, who kucw thefr political aud socinl antecedents nd been earefully chrunicled, The whole history and carcer of a tnan was the bghds of the potfee for good or ovil; the dinry of his Ife was written up day by days and those who had distinguished themselves in pub- Yeor fo private bad thelr cavier, or plgeon. hole, in tho vast cupboards ot the Prefecturs of Pollee. “The plzeon-hole wos fitled with tiotes, which become the dossier or crlm- Inal and political record of the lfe of tndividuala who had brought tiemsclves under the notice of the nuthoritics. The Communists, who knew that tho Mumstrates Invariably consuited the dosier of each crimd}inl, communleating fu to the Jurv and prejudicing them ngainst the prisoner at the bar, had nany reasons for endeavoring to encompans the destruction of documents whicl swere the reyerse of flattering to same of their leaders, and would have tarnished the bellllaney of more thau one care The cas'er of more than one “would lave shown that many who, through some youthful ereor, had lost the Jewel reputation, had cast themselves {nto the vortex of polities, not- s dlsciples abandoning everything to espotse a cause thelr inwurd von- victions taught them wak right, but as cateh- penny vrators, men who could captivate the moh “and _galn a hollow reputation, more difll- enlt to make since they eould tot enter nto any conilict with the pollce, who had the seeret of thelr post. How muny In such & position have been tempted, and, huving teen lcmrlcd. have fallen ! They hava come within reach of the vetopus-like arme of the Code, nnd stern Justice has been no distinquisher o persuns, In the cupboards and ng the archives of the parquet or tribunal of tive town his mm-'rrmh a tale which muse upt secret, and many & man who has de- clioed the Legion of Honor has had a reason known ouly to himsalf and the Public Prosecutor, No ong caii ever have permission to look up the casler or {ts contents unless on ofticial bunincas, The keys are klr ne responsible nerson, and before the doarier conld be found the proper Jiche must be forthcoming, ‘Those boxvs which uro placed round the studv of the Iublie Prosccutor {n the Palafs de Justico fu the provlices, or ronnd the room of the head of the Crimiual Department of the Profect- uro of Police In Purls, ure, full of Sehes or_small strips of cardbourd, aiphabetically arranged, with the names of those whose ante- vedents are revealed In correaponding, dosslers, Bince the libéral Empire wus tried and con- demned, the polftical and criminal doesiers huve been kept apart. The Minister of the Interfor has his own pollee, ond the sovings and dofugs of politieal men are recorded with as much_ ac- curacy and promptitude ay the offenses of Jean Hirotx are noted by the Prefect of Polive, Pune ishments are divided- fnto differeut categordes, of which entalls certaln pains and penal- ties, the refleetion of which will follow a man through lfe Lk somg avencing Nemosts, Cor- tain classes of men are deprived of thelr elvil privileizen; they camibe yote, nor can they have any votee, directly on indlroc fn the manare- miént of the alfairs ofi thelr country, They con- not redecn the pust. However exemplary a Jife they wny loud, they ean never have their names placed on the lat of sofubes commercants, they cannot it on the Jure, nor can the aeeipy any position which ratses them above the level of thelr fellow-citizens, - Vietor Hugo, when he wrote * Lea Miserables # and sketehed Jean Vallean, guve n true picture of a portion of soclcty, Lverr now and then some cuse ows huw much stranger fruth is. than fiction, und the annols of our t'ours of Asslze voutaln some curlous records which imight profit- ably be cluboruted by tho noveltst and play~ writer, 2 d Dumas, n man of 50, and of most gentlemon- 1y uppeneance, stood ‘yesterduy in the dock of the Court of As to shuw cause why a sen- tence of ten Imprisoument, with hard labor, passed vu hln in conturnaciom, should not bo enforced. Heartbroken aud robbing ho told the jury -his: piteous tale. Ho had been o soldier” and had hold a: commission * In the French urmy, Whea he left the regiment. by entered the servicy of an Insurance compony ss agent and traveled through the provinces. While ou one of his Journeys he caugnt cold, il was taxen N with rhenmatic faver. monoy he had saved uo melted like suow before the hot sun, aud he ran deeply into debt. Pressed on every slde ila creditors, he gave way to temptation, and sent fictitious policles, uecom- panied by bills with tietitlous signatures repre- senting the amount of the Frumlmnx. and thus manazed to obtots from his employers a few hundred troncs ss commisston. Ite returned 10 Parts as soon ax he was convalescent and cn- deavored fo procure funda to enable him to fn- lemulfy the Comoany, e wus unsuccersful, aud, after lving 1o concealnent for o few months to ayoll the hue ‘and cry rafsea when hls detaleations wers discovered, he emerged from his yetreat, thinking he had been forglven und forgot'en. He vrocured employment as traveler to a larze liouss of bustness {u the wing trudy, und wos siveesstul beyomd all expecta- tion. {le married, but was uniortunato enongh to lose his wife. 1lis persevernuee and induatry, Aty rectitudo of conducd and regzalurlty of hubits, uttra-ted the notlen of s “emyloyers, who usalated hlw in estublishing himséll i business 88 4 witg merchant on his owit aecount, e narried o secoud thne o widow with children, ud became tors thun w second father to then, Wiien thy war brokie uut Dimas took servive ua " -lm['rlu vulunteer, und his bravery was so great thut his Colonel would have asked for the malaide miitalve for bim bad Dumas not especially roquested him not to mention his name. ‘Throuh a thinl verson lie more thun fndesnitied the company b had defrunded, aul Ly thoughit ho conld hold his toad up once anore. 1lis bustness hud pmnimml greatly, and hie was looked up to in thie loculity where-ne liad settied dowu as one of the richest men fn the neighborhoud, ‘The Mavor, the cure, and the nolaire Wery coustont visitors at his house, and wiheu the liat of ‘woalthy and fotluentisl men worthy of serving on the jury was made out the paiue of Duimus was included without hits consent belne wskued, as be had always des sirud thut 1o nouor should be conforred oo bim, sud it was known e would have refused. The wuthorities, who consult the duasiers of every person whose uaime b4 sent (s on the pro- poscd st of juryiseo, found thot Dumus was *wunted,” aud that s sentence of ten years! im- vrisonmcat had been recorded nzalust hlm. He Way arreated, and lits trial was witneesed yesters duy by those wio bul conaidered bim o' inode] of virtue wnd vectitude, Ve Churoan and other oflicors of the lusurance company, i Wwhose uue the complaint had been lodired, endeavared to withdraw the ehurge, giving the vrisuuir w most favorsble churacler and waserting Joudly their belfef that nothing but dire . poverty aod utsiortune coutd ever huve fuduced bim to becomoa crimios), o 0s Mayor, the cure, auid the Cunnnlasary of Pullce spoke bigly of Dumas ; the Colonel of his regtiuent said b uever bad a betser aflicer, and the Cotonel of Sobiles, wiro had Dunias under hisonders durlug the sleza of Parls, spoke of bis herotsin wt Buzenval, extortg from the risoner thy ery., *Would to Gt 1{nad been killed there!' " Iis wite und stepchiiliren im- plored pity forthe good busband wsnd Kind tather, but the Publie 'rosecutor denounced Dunias as a hypoerite, an imnoster,and o vitlaln of the deepest dye, who bud captivated by hits hypocritical couduct the contidescy of honest men, s viotence surprised everybody, and hls demund that the jury should coutirm the o inul sentence vatsed 4 movement of fadiguation fuyorable to the pnsoucr, whose appcal, * Have iy on me und wiue!” wus beard. He was ucquitted by the Jury, who took u merciful view of "he case wud lield that the erime had alreany wen sufliciently explated. thus todorsing the wplulon of the uriginal vruaecutors. MACMAILON AS A HUNTER. A correspoudent, writing frowm Purls about the bubits of tie Frewh Presidest, says: * The Marsbal s fond rather of shubting thau of buatiug with o pack.of hounds, whippers-l, borrs, Losieg, aud alf;the diy v bileh ruuses Ecio fru slt i sylvan fales, [Uls oo bt eatate ot La Foret that be puraues with m nlor and enjoyment his favorite exercise. His holidays are never entirely frea from publle business, so ftIs tare he laable to begin to shoot with the dawn—novcrtheless ho fs not Iate afield, 1o ®ets up at daybreak, and dispatches state bust. ness ma rapldly as possible, crunches a bit. of bread, and the sun s never very high when he leaves his louse, fol- Towed by his dog. His shooting arces Is very plain, [e wears a round jacket, & pork- vl int, and excellent gaiters. Ha goes almost. alwars alone. e Is sometl accompanted by Gen, Broge, his Alde-de-Camps rarely by bis gamekeeper. Tle does not need tha fatter, for he knowa the neighborhood thoroughty—every hedgae, every forin, every covert. Heé knows the cdge of” which wood the hare makes his form, the stubble-field where the quall fecds, the favorlte haunt of partridge and pheasant, Heranzes the flelds, knowing where to find ust what he wants, for he has siuce child- ood been familiar with them—so fomilfar thot he weeds no dog to find game for hhm, ‘This year he hing been obliged to shoot over a doy belunging to one of his gamekeeners, e lost hin favorite dog last " July, and the puppy he bought at the does’ show to replace the lost tavority is still too young to be carried into the Meld thia vear. Evervbody knows how vizorons the Marstialis. He s ten times more vigorous while shooting. e leaps over ubstacles with a Juvenile ardor which astonialies even his most futhmate triends. Through anderbrush, thicket, over diteios, anks, he keeps up with his dot, and when gamo is flusned he fs within shot. Alter four or fve hours apent without resting, e returug home, changes his dress, and does honor to the dinner, during which he delights to tell the {ncilapts of the day, He considers oflicinl shooting$, which he holdg 1 state domains for foreizn Princes, diplomatists, and eminent public functionarles, as mere cerentonfal meetingg,—not as shootiog, He treats hia maests with a simollcity which is not without grandeur. The Inspector of For- ests receives notico that there wihil be shooting on such o day. Ile places the gamekeepers 1o drive in the game, and the luxury cunsists only in tha abundance and varlety of the pame, These shootings rarely commenve untl the afternoon, aml after shoothng for thres or four houra without a_break, & very comfortabio but very shople lunch fs served fa & hunting lodge, romictimes tn thy midst of the forest, and then the gueats purt as quietly ns possible, The Marshal finds merely s relative pleasure in these amusements, and he prefers o the heea- tombs of zame—of which the hospitals alone have a share, and all goes to them~the eolitary flnfilriflu, which he flushes, follows, and at last iils, MENTAL ABERRATIONS OF THE HOUNE OF HIANOVYER. CinetAnatt Gurette, ‘The fnsanity which is sald occastonally to crop out in the members of the Royal Houseof (ireat Britain fs mainly an Inherltance from (leorge 1L, grondfather of the present Queen. Nelther ticorgo I nor Ueorge 11, was Sbsolutely erazy, though the former’a Mtelong imprison- ment of his wife, and probable complieity in the murder of her alleged lovor, Count Konlgs- tnark, Indiested a turocity uot far removed from tunacy, The poor Queen always dealed her rullt, Then, too, Ueorge 1, hated his son and sugeessor, a hatred wideh was fully returned, tieorge 11 and Wis son, Prince Frederick, who died befors bhimi, were always ot sword’s voiuts. - Frederick's wife, the Princess -Augusta of Saxe (fothn, wus described as i “unliealthy wonn," aud from_her son, George I11., per- haps gulned nn _additlonal taint. 1o was first attacked by fusanity before he was 30, but ro- covered 80 soon that' tho fact was generally une known. He wes once or twice crazy bdtween 1788 und 1310, in which Just year he lost hiy reason for good. His wicked sun, George 1V, with whom his relations were far from lore uonfous, Is said to have cherished the delusion In hits later years that he was actually pfosent at the battie of Waterloo, ‘I'ho Dukeof Clar- atterward Witllam IV., was, to say the lenst, wenleminded 1o bs clostng'days. 1t s only churitabln to ottribute thoe actual wroug- doiogs, and the worse crimes ascribed to the Duko of Cumberland, afterward King of Hanover, to manfacul obliviousness’ of the laws of deccucy as well ns right, und -~ perhaps the -bruta) severity to his soldlers of the Duke of Kont, Queen Victo- ria's father, to thu same walign Inflaeuce, The Queen, hierself, a well intentloned gentlowo. man, fuus been' report to be tho occasional victim ot spiritualistic delusions und other aber- rations, Making all due allowance for gossin und exoggeration, 1L 18 well kuown that her longiseclunion alter the death of her hushuud was regurded with approbiension, as anything but n maulfestation of u healthy mind. It s alncerely to be lioped that the Joss of her vevoud daughter aud third chitd, the Princess Alice, will' uot prove to be (oo much for hier too bear, It is tho Hrst inrond Into the femily clirele aincy the denth of the Princs Consort,” with the exception of two or three grandchildren who died in their infancy. It is gratifving to lesrn that tho Queen, though grieved, Is noe i, but the shock way be feit moro after the tirst excitement has passed away, Sl her present caimness Ja very reassuring, THIE DILKFE CASBE, Last May a remarkable case came before ono of the Londou Police Maglstrates, arfstug out of o charge of libel brought by Mrs. Dilke against her deceased husband’s brother, ‘The Ditkes are a very anclent family, who for centurivs have lived at Maxstoke Castle, one of the finest feudal residences remainlug in Englaud, Closo to Maxstoke Is Packington Hall, the seatof Lond Aylesford. Lord Liverpoul vlaced over Iis bowe the words, * Non faclam vitlo culpa vo mlnorem (** I wiil not reduce the estate byany vice or folly of miue "), aud acted on it lord Aylesford has done precisely the converse. Ihs houso up to Jast yeur(it 1s now lot) was the head centre of the loosest, emptiest-heuded seetlon of tho fastiouable world, Tho fun was fast and furl- ous,and wus only brought toa tulsh by ubsolute ceunlosity. Among the feative vuests ut Packington figured Mrs, (Rosutnond Emily) Dilie. Ihis lady’s husband was, {6 1577-'9, an invalld in o milscrable condition. Her hume was dull, und sbe Jonud the soclety of Lord Ayles- ford stnl lis friends far more io her tasto thun that of on siling husband, Mr, DHKe Ia cnild- Ieas, and Mr, Dilke's helr was, vonsequently, he brother, Maj, Dilke. ‘Uits brother way not ki the Ayleslord set, aud highly disapuroved of his slster-n-law's pruwudlms nore especlally her inthmacy with Lord Aylesford, In 1877, Maj, Ditke, wha naturatly us pext belr, falling his Lrother's Issue, bud espevial crounds for keep- inig an evo on hils sister-in-law’s dofnge, bocame vonvineed of hier lmproper conduct, Aceonl- fugly Be went to the Queen's Proctur, who watches nizainst collusion 1o the Divoreo Court, made to lim statements serlously tupugning Mrx, Dlikie’s churacter, aud urced that her cone duet with Lord Aylesfurd was » bar to that no- bluman’s getting the divorce he was sacking from his wifu, “The Major also wrote s letter 10 bis brother, Mr, Dilke, fu which shinflar fn- vutations were mwade. {n May, 1878, Ma). Dilko wus committed for b, klllbnm‘ueullv. the Divorce Court retused u divorce to Lord Ayles- tord on the ground of his cotlusion with {ord Hiandtord, but diduot o (uto the Dilie vharges wramst hiw 5 nevertheiess, Mrs, Dilke and Lord Avlesford took the upportunity to go on the stand, and vow that tney wery finjured inno- cents, Three weeks auo Mrs. Dilku's counsel asklige permission Lo withdeuw frow the livl sult, when the Court guye sssent, but pofntedly abatained from any expressiou of oplaion favor- ablo to the huly, “Muf. Dilkes was wiliin the prucevdizd sbould drop. e e e PARALYSIS, - Apacial DIsich te The Tribuns. DECATUN, L., Dec, 23.—Last evenlug whils chupplng wood at bis home, Wiliam Cuw- mingy, agricettural-implement agent, aud for- merly foremau of the Decutur Agricultural Works, was stricken with paralysis, e fs about 55 years of ogo, and has lived Lere over twenty years, His physiclans sav be canuor itvo Ll morniug. He had always been i ool health, aud werghed over two hundred pounds, eeeet— O'LEARY'S WALK. New Yor, Dec. 25.—At 10:29 to-ulght Cam- pans setired for needed rest, haviog mauge 205 miles. ('Leary’s score,221 miles,and still walk- g, Gilwore's Gurden was crowded all day. g o il il g OCEAN_SYEAMSHIP NEWS, Nmw Youk, Dec. SA~Arrived, stesmship Wisconsin, from Liverpgol. P New Yo, Dec, . 85-~Arrived, . stesmsblp Wielaud, frow Hawburg. . /e S CIUUI Aa lucldent of Resumption. ' New Mork ftmee, ? 00 A well-preserved (Nd gentleman entered the Sub-Troasury bullding ou Weduesday, and pre- souted thirty-tlve /JLON *called bouds for ro- demption. After “the usual forualities had beew zone throueh with aud the vecessary pa- pers slzued, the clerk placvd upon the couuter seven bags contalniug ¥5.000 each lu gold colu. ‘The uld gentlemuu gasved vut: b Wha—wha—whbat's tblaf ¥ + Your #55,000, sir, was the reply. “ But I don’t wan't guld. Give we lezal.ten- durs, T Ul aie, aud §eau's arry Tawm 74 “Twel those about with me,"” asid the old gentleman, strugeling to 1ift one bng, “We have vo anthority to_pay legal-tendars, eir. We are redeeming called bonds in gold." Tho old gentleman expostulated, but in valn. He hurried to the Gallatin Natlount Hank ami begeed Presldent Taopen to get bim ont of his scrape. Mr. Tappen explained all that he could do would he to recelve the zold on de- ;Imu and allow him to draw a check against it. e old gentleman was delighted. Tl aafd he Al not care what the arrangoment was ko that be conld ubtain greenbacks Inatead of gold. ‘The bank’s porter was sont after the bags, th tepusit was made, the check drawn, and the old gentleman swent on his way rejolelnig. A RELIGIOUS ROW. Jowa nnd Christinns by tho Ears, Tot.rno, Dee, 24.—Church circles are much excrelsed overa conflict of relizlous falths bo. twden Ilebrews and Christlans over some chil- dren of the former falth, which, hasing reached the authorities of hoth denominations, has be- came little less than a nensatfon, A few wecks since a noted Christian phifanthroplst, Mr, J. Cooper Price, who bas spent a young lfetime, and a emall fortunc as well, in genulne Chris- tian clarity, was fnformed shat two children in & scemi-abandoned state were occupying a wretched hovel on Allen strect, a noto- rionsly bad . quarter. Repaifing. there, he found two very bright snd entertain- ing little oucs, fndeed, on the verge of denth from both hunger and cold. It proved thut the motlier, a Mrs. Englander by namo, was the separated wife of o Mr. Price sought hier onght, and with her con- sent and gratitude took the children and sue- eveded in finding peuple to adtpt them. Boon after, however, the laly who took the litile girl—the clilldren are o boy and s girl—brought it to Mr. Price and sald sho did not want It, as she had found the chlld was & Jewese, Mr, Price himaelf, therefore, took tho child, and, having no famllv of his own, took out pupers as Its guardinn. 1lo took all these stops with the written consent ot the mather, Including the I{m'n]lmn of the littte one Into the Chriatiun afth, Thesa thirgs coming to the attention of the dewish Rubbl here, Rev. Dr., Eger, ho took steps to undo what had “been done, und reclaim the child to the llebrew faith and bantistn. He sought the matner out, but _could get no satls- Taction or ald from lier nor hor consort. Then ho found out the father, whose name {s Swartz, of Cleveland, aud enllated bim in the attompt, Swartz canic’ on to Toledo, and the two so' moved that susnicious of Iutended kidnapplng cuuscd the child's guardian to lock hior up an kecp n guard. They fafled to elther surprise Me, Price or to prevall on him togive up the chiid, Yesterday they were reinforced by a Habbl frumn Cleveland and other of the chifd’s Telatives, who, after advice aud consultation, filed a petitlon to voeate the order appointing Mr. Prico guardion, making tho following points: 1, 'Flint the appointment nf satd Price’guardian as aforcenid was contrary to Jaw, 2. That the nopointment of mald guacdian was made without the knowledgo of this petitioner or the felonds of sald children, 1. That sald chlldren belong lo the ebrew faith or reltgion, as do thelr ancestors, and which was known by sid Pricos and who, before hin sald ap- intment, purponcly had the 'sald Lillfo baptized n the Christinn falth with a viewof obtaining the quardinship as aforesald, and which said fact sajdt pretended yuardlan purposaly and fraudulently withheld from tho Courts at the thno he receiveil the sald apuointment. > 4. ‘I'hat appurent yartiality was shown by salu uardlan between sald chilired in caring for onu ar mere kindly thun tho other. A The tnjudicions, unusual, and nnnatural treaf ment of sald children by sald guandion, in coneent- ing to and directini thelr segaration one from tho other, In their young and tender years, the result of which will be to allennto the aflection which ougnt to and doce cxiat betweon them as brotlier and s 0. That ssid guardian, by W teching, has at- tempied to insthll into the “minds of asid children the notlon 10 absadun the Hehrew rellgion, in whooe faith they have been reared nnd tralned, and {s attempting to Influence them toadopt and accopt the peculinr religions notlonw of wald guardian, and the pecullae creed of his Churen, 7. 'Uhat eefd guarclan has siolated & promise whtich hio made before he received hin safd appoint- wment, that ho wonld not In sny manner Interfero with the roligious faith uf wafil children, B, Tnat eald gunrdian has sinco thinxald appoint. mont lguificd in intention to abandon bie said guardianship of sald Joseph Englandee, and bestow it upon others contrary to law, which, if done, wouid canwe 8 IL'Jmmflun of said two chitdren, 11, That said J, Cooper Price, pretonded guar- dlsn, 14 not u propor person to govern and_manage sald children, he ot beluz o'Tather and conwos auently cannot understand and_spareclata tho roal wunts 07 said chitldren, nor hns he the natural ine #tincts of & fatner wuch s would enable him to propierly euro fur and_sympathizo with chlidron in thelr youns and tender yoars, . And yuur betitioner would furthor stato that ho hiaw sufilclont wieaus to support, mAIRtaIN, educats, and rear sald children, und, in view of' the fact that they have been abaniloned by tuolr iather and Inathier, tle natural pnardiunehip would aud should 80 10 hint or some other respunsible relative, AZAIUS BCUWARTZ, The petitiouer is the graudfather of the chil- dren, “Withiu thirty duvs the caso mudt be dis- posedd of, when u lively bout may be expected, as hoth sidee are very stroug, and both religious Iulths deeply Interested. ———— THE WEATHER, Ovricr or Tup Cuice SioNan Oericen, Wamusarox, D. C., Dec. 20—1 a, m,.—Indiea- tlons—Vor the Tennessca und Ohlo Valey, Upper Misstsslopl and Lower Missourl Vatleys, and the Luko reglon, falling barometer, warmer, south and west winds, clearor partly clowdy weather, snd ovee the lakes occaslonal soow, Tha rivers will coutluue falling. " Burraro, Dee. 25, —~Thore was another fall of snow to-day, and, with tho wind forty-elght wniles an hour, {1 drifted badly, The condition of the rallroads hios improved, however, One trafu, snow-bound for thirly hours flve miles out, wus broaght In Sueciul Diawatch to Tre Tridune, Joxitstono, Ith, Dee, 25,—Last night was the culdest of the seuson,—four degrees beluw zero, « fuchics of suow upou the ground, and Hae sleglilng 4 Svectal Dimatch to The Tyidune. Eroix, HL, Dec, 25,—To-day the troins are muklng Lair th The wind “has gone down, aud the snow s no longer driftlg, Oswiuo, N, Y., Dec, 25.~Snow four feet deep in this acetiony und atl tratus om the focal rosds are ubanduned, e A Marrylug Man, ‘Tho Rey. Join Mundelins, of Brooklyn, just cntenced to five yean' lmprisonment for bl awmy, missed bis cilling. hould have been # huwortt, 1 his cobfession Lo the Judyo e wrote: " Aftermy irst wife dled In 1573, [ weut to Philadelphia, where | becamy sequaint- vd with Mar, Ri |y wud arried her, Soou slter my wife leit e on acvouns of my relizion, 3 then went to Newark a8 w preacher of the Gospel, Thers Llweame acquatuted with on old widow, who propused marriage to me, and, uRer telilng her My circumstances as regards my wile who is lving, got warricd to ber. Bhe alio left me. | then went to lradford, O .y whers 1 mude the acquaintanes of u third woni® an to whow I was warried. Sha tound out the vireumitances respecting my previous mar- rlages;wnd 040 worning upon roturning from work 1 tound that whe - iso had fted, | then came to Troy, whera [ formed tho acquatutance of a servaut girl, to whow | wus marrled. Sho fled frows we. Lesrmug that this fust person wutended to bave we arrested, U lett ‘Froy and went 10 Luwell Mass. | came across & Iri who lutradneed me to a young lady, snd afier some thue Keepinz ber company, I vroposed and was married to her, About outh after she was lnforuicd of my previows masnages,aud § hug to leave Massacbusetta. T ihen caie to Wine feld, Lo L, where Lmarried wy presént wi 23 Wiedel, und Tor which mazrue. SR PRSI man_1n Clovelanl. . . Naw Yonr, Dear Sir: Taviog for'soreral years used clnes, duuf»m} Ncaey m, often as oecasion reqalres, Sftect. - Fha ;l'lelllyqlun BY Indorsing Dr. Radway's R, R. R. Remedies Af. ter Using them for Beveral Tearn Jai iy ot frst, by aficr experl e I no o ktull oim he Are resorted 10 ng d always with the desirey ANNOt bo_better des:ring iy sie iniment frequent: ¥ fnding 18 promised name, \V A ! 16d] Gowars” URLOW WEED, R.R.R. . ' DYSENTERY, DIARRHEA, OHOLERA MORBUS, - . 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