Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1879, Page 7

1HE UHICAGO TRIBUG LIURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1879—TWELVE PAGES. t that the Prinechs at the bedalde of his dying wife and cheered her Inst moments with the colicitndn of tha most devated friend, and chlarzes wpon this wann symoathotlcnature of the deceased as her most atriking charnctertatic, Boma days even betore tho Princess tell il she had n presentiment. that sho would die on the anniversary of ber father's death, and looked forwael to her fate with Christlan courage. Dr, Buchner adds that, owing to tho naturs of her {liness, none of her family except tho Grand Duke wore present during her last moments. THE INGENIOUS EDISON, glx Years of Inventlon—A Listof Itis Inven- tiona, Corresnundence New York Ecening Pt Wasisaton, D, C., Man. 4~Tho fallowing 1ist of patents fsstied to Edison has been taken from the ofilelal *Patont-Office Uazotte,” from fta fieat appearance tn 1872 to the lust n 1877, Tha llet speaks for itaelf osto the fnventor’s genlus: II. II. TAYLOR’S WILL. Condition of the Estate---How It Has Grown. The flome (of the Friendless Will ‘Appealeesd Fossible Comprewmise, Tz TRiausk pulliehed vesterday: an ab- &tract of the impartant decision of the Appci- Tate Court In the case of the will af 11, H. Tay- lor,—n declsion by swhich that provision of the will putting a large portlon of lis property in the hands of vieht trustees, to'be used by them in founding some charity, with s rematuder, In casc of fallure on their part to do zo, to the llome of tho Fricndless, was declared to be vold for uncertainty, and Ly which the mouey was declored to befong to the helr. Mr, ‘Ta; lor, who dled in the summer of 187 oppofuted fn Wis will - Moners. -IT. F, Fames, If. W. King, and Albert Keap ex- ccutors and ftrustecs for' certain purposcs; firat, to pay all of the debts and adminster the estates second; to pay certala legacles, vte., and then to turn over the remalnder of the estate to the clght trustecs, to whom ivas ‘feft the deslgnation of rome charlty, The three exe centors and trustees had, by the wiil, power to convers into money sny scenritica feft by the deceased, sush as etocks, reriy, bonds, ete., and 10 {nvest aud refnvest the proceeds actording to their judgmenc and what they conceived to be the best Interests of the estate. ‘The following fuets o8 to b THE CONDITION OP THE ESTATR were obtained from Mr. W, 8. Young, who s the utidrney for the exeentors, At the time of Mr, “Faylor’s death the estato consirted of realty and prersonal property to the amont of $700,504.14. Aflter the tapse of two years this hm) increasod in netual value, owing to the appreciation of stocks nnd bomls, sbont 812,425, The exceu- tors have fendered three accousts fn the Pro- bate Court, aud haye ciarged theinselves as fol- lows: In the first account the total ftem of recelpts amounted to 8107,756, In the scce 1872 Printing tolegranh, 18 patente, Printing telearnph strument, 3 patents. Electro-magnet, 3 patent. Ihotomes or circuit directors, 1 oatent. Transmitter and circult for “ 7 telegraph, 1 atent. ¥ Unlson stop for printing telezraph, 1 patent. ’ll'n r lnr'c hemical (nlcj‘v:rn‘nc);l.t ., 1 patent. 'clegraph apparatus, 2 pa Ayt or printing teltgraph, 2 patents. Telegraph recordin:e fnstrument, 1 patent. 1 Apparstas for perforating for telagraphie use, alent, ‘l‘r ectrienl printing machine, 1 patent. Type-writing mnchine, 1 putent. B Printing-telegraph Instrument, 1 patent, Antomatietelegraph fnstroment; 1 patent. Electro-maznetie adjuster, 1 pateut, Utrentt for chemieal teleerapty, Luatent, Printing telezraph, 6 putents, Clrenlt for printing telegraph, 1 patent, Circuit for nutumatic or chentlenl telegraphs, 1 patent, Cirenlt for automatic telerraph, 2 patents. Chemteal telegraphs, 1 patent. Perforator for autoniatie telegraph, 1 patent. Nelay magnet, 1 patent, Electrie regulator for travsmitting lastru- ment, 1 patent. Gulvanle battery, 1 patent, 1574, Telegraph signal-bog, 1 pateat. Flwirie telezzraph, 1 pat Perforator for automatie nt, telegraph, 1 patent, ond to ¥G1%5, aud dn tho third ta | Chemfeal telegenph, 1 natent, £37,00 and In this third acconnt Clrenit for ehemienl telegeaph, 1 patents tiiey charze themselves with personal property In kind omounting to £390,658, inaking a tolal of 8i00,564, =3 above given. They have pald oot Guring the three yeara £318,698, Of thils, iho widow has recelved as her share $231,007, leavipe 837, pald by way of anunities, ¢Iniins ngainst the estate, and varfous other ex- penses. The mausoleum cost $12,500, and the «xcentors have charged for thelr services 820,40%. This leavcs on hand 8480,830 iu securltfes, most of which are worth more than thelr face,—341,500 30 - por went and 23,050 K0 per centy—and L 18 this sum (650,837 plus $129,425) nver which le- zal contention has been going un for some tine, the question beine whother It shall go tothy holr, the lomo of the Frienidiess, or to sonme uncertatn charity. These flzures shiow that the udminlstration of the estats hios been exceptlon. ally good, for it is very raro that, during three yedrs, an estate increanes 15 per cent in value, About the 13ih of August of last year the exccutors filed In the Probate Court their final nceount, showing the above balance of 480,830 §u their hands as trustees, which account 'has nut yet beon approved, the object of (delay hoe ing o pwait the decision of the' Appelinte Court which was renaered day before.yesterday.: ‘Tho devisfon of the Court does” nok:. affect the exccutors of the estate In any man- ner, with the exceptlon that they will vrouably be called on to account 1o the guardian of Hobart Chatfield Tavlor, instead of retsin. by the nbove balnuce us trustees, sud eccount- ine for it hereafter to the elzht trustecs for charltable purgoses, The exceutars will not appea), because they oro not {ntcrested, and, of vourse, will abide the order of any court as to the payment of the halance. 1UOME OF TIID FRIENDLERS, A reporter called on Charles Hitcheork, who, wht David Fields, represented the Homo of the Friendless, for tho purposo ot learning what was lkely to bo done iu the futare, . .., “Tho will,-sald lic, ¥ deviees the reslduact thoentlre estate, amounting to. nbout 600,000, 10 elzht trustees to bo used by them In endow. inz & charitabla or otber Inatitution in the City ol Chicage, but, should they be unwilling to establish such inatftution, they aro to pay the money over to the Home of the Frieniless, ‘Luere were two questions In the caso: whether the devise wos vold, us conferring 8 dlscrotion upon the trustecs to establish sojpe other than n charitable fustitution, and, i€ ab, whother the resldug went to the heir or to the Ilomto of tho Friendless. ‘Lhe helr Nled o LI to hiave tho inoney pald over to him upon the ground that the wlll was utterly void, and the Home of tho Frieudless Med o eross bill that the monwy should 1d “té them f the Cwill should' '-be - held vold. Judge Willlams supoorted tho will fn toto by Duprex telegraph, 1 patent. ‘Telegraph reiay, ¥ patent. Recelying fustrament for chemleal telegraph, 1 patent, Chemienl or automatie telezeaph, 1 patent. Automatle telegruptiy and ~ perforater, 1 patent. District telegraph siznal-hox, 1 patent. Duplex chemical telegraph, 1 patent, . te, sraph paper, 4 ‘Telegraph apparatus, 2 pate: Sulnflm‘: for a:lmmh'ulplcl patents, Ad|ustable electro-magnut for relays, 1 patent, Duplex wlr‘mnh. 2 patents. Chernical telepraphy, 3 patents, Printing telegraph, 1 patont. graphs, 1 patent. * Autamatle telezraph, 1 patent. Rolutton for chiemlcal telegranhy 2 patente, Tiecording-point for chemlesl “telegruphs, 1 palent. Lleetric signaling fnstruront, 1 patent. iU, fill\‘nllamnuc Roman character telegraph, 1 atent, Automatie telegraphy, 1 patent. Duplex telograph, 4 vutents. Autographie printing, 1 patent, Acoustie telegraph, 1 patent. ‘Electro-barmunie wultiplex telegraph, 1 patent. : 1877, Acoust!e electrle telearaph, 1 patent, B :nllxzrnuulu alarm sud sigual spporatus, 1 ateut. Automatie telerraph, 3 patents, Btencl] pen, 1 patont, Jelephone tetegrapl, 3 patenta, vmll;-‘llv:phun(r or electro-varmonle telegraph, 1 —— . - CHICAGO WEEKLY TRIBUNE. . Amonir the contents of Tiz Criicago WERELY TRIWAR'RE 34 8 db8 b PR g - e RESUMPTION—Meporls of 1ts Operation In Washe 1ogton, New York, Philadelpbis, Clocinnat), and bt. Loufs. ' TIE CHICAGO FIRE—A Fall Account of the Burning of the Ilanore Block. WASHBURNE OF JLLINOIS—The New York Bun'e Jtonsons for Cosidering 1im tho Strongent Bian that the epublicans Could Nowjuate for Prestilont In 1880, WASHINGTON—The New-Yedr Recepion at tho White-House—Haw Democratie Victorics are ‘Won [n 8outh Carolina—Proposud Chango In the , System of Nntlonal Surveys—Tho Iteagan Rall- road BHI—Calla for Redemyition of £-20 Bonds— * Jesumptlon Matters—The 4 Per Centa—Polter's -4 it L] - Commitioe~Thy Bupreme Court an the Question hts deeree. Tho Appellate «Court roversos: s of l‘ulyunm;"'rlm Anny Bill—Eic., ete. declsion upan tho grouml that the provislon | OBITUARY ~"Tha Death o Calob Cusbipg and of iviog tho estato to the frustees {8 vold os un- | Morton MeMichael £Foe5 TRADE IN ILLINOIS—Obaervations of a Curre- spandent of & Now York Commerctal Papur. LEPHOSY—A Specimen of the Diseave |nm‘nlu|no. DARING CRIME—Uoldantd’s Puwnshop Kobbed of fS.UN Worth of Jowelry, COLD WEATHER—The }‘rl)zld Torm In Chicago, certain, indefinite, und vazue, and decrees shat the property shall go to the helr, Tho caso wiil 2o buck to Judge Williams for & decres fi con- formity with this opinlon, und ulthnately to the allpn;«.lm Court, unless there be o compro- e, Aro negotlationa on foot to that end " *There were negotiatfons ponding three or New York, ‘Washirgton, New Oricans, Floridn, Calra, Dbiladelphla, Dlsmerck, 1, olC., vic four weelin oo for ‘@ compromiss, und tho rela- Art votfiigs "0f the Leais- tiwes uml attorney for tho liefe (Mr. Jewett) [ latur 'kflf I,whh"-I . ll“n,lnn. \\|lcnflflln. et e At were witlox o wr | Xebruee choeritinty S Alpate—Dact eepl and he ome of the Friend- ) ¢ e/ g lesa” vory much - desireg ' o brioi CIUALE _Hortors In Nobraska—Tile Waloplog-Past sbout the eompromise, The proposition | ijks VANDERDILT ESTATE~Cornollus' Com- waos one by which tho Ilomg would have realized o very lirge sunvof money, The other sido, liowever, declined to entertain it, and the move- ment fell through, Whethor auy cowprombso wun now be madg 1a questiorable,” TILE THUSTKRS . have lind no meeting, thero bolng {n reality nothing for them to do. The thres executors now In charge of tho cstate are ready to turn plaint Againat His Brother Willis FOREIGN—(en. Grant’s Trip 1o Ireland—Tritleh Commorcinl Troubles—~The Flivht of the Ameer of Afghanistan—3iarriave of the King of Hole Hand—Senatorn) Eloctlons In - Frauce—Uralu- T'rade Hoview—FHic, , ete. BENATORIAL—Interviows with (lens, Oglesby and Logen—Defeat of tho Jogun Candldate for Buenker, CANAL INPROVEMENT—A Convention at Otta. the property over to tne trustees, or tho boy, wa, Ill,, for tho Nunprovement of the Illinois & Lut cannot do w0 o8 longz es litization Michican Canal, is pending, They ~will simoly porforin | PRESIDENT LINCOLY—An Intimate View of the ~ duty devolved upon them by the ';l:;m-;'i’fmn{«.hv In;’:,;‘lr‘l("(l Mir, Usher, Ong e cor 1 of Mr. Li niuiers. o el Court ougl the | ) CRICULTUNAL—Farm and (arden--Flald and vleelsfon of the Appellate Court i3 In young 'Iaylor's favor, they cannot sy, *licro, taksthu $120,000,” becauso that {3 not s final court, As totue proposed compromlse, it 18 understood that tho matter has never been considercd furmally or Informully by the trustecs, #If era hAs been any talli,' sald uue of -thow, 1t Was among the lnwyers, TR IMPRESSION smong persons who had some acqualntance with the lubr:ct scemed to bo that the parties inter- eated would go before the Appullate Court aid uik for thu entry ot such o woditled decree by uereement that “tho guusdlun ang the pereots represeuting the charitable fustitutioos would he enabled tn+o npromis the matier. Tt falo. leged that 16 L, periectly competent for the kuardlat ol chu Luy to R0 beturs s Fiobute urt of thiscounty, which appoluted him, sud oL out In u petition 1ho eect. of this will; “that stavle—~llosticulturo—~Amuorican Daleymen's As- . sociation—FEruit und Grain_Prospecte in linols -s-illnz-chulvrl i Jowa—Kone County Poultry h W, GEN, GARVIELD-{{ls Speech on Resumption in Chicago, Jun, 2. THE PRECIOUS METALS —Tho Past Year's Prod- uct in Weatern Anierjea. PEARY'S VICTORY—luteresting Reminiscences of o ** Last Fucvivor. " EDITORIAL~ITow ozan and MMia Ilenchimen Boited the Caucus amines in IRT7=Auditionsl filver Leglalation—1he Corkenfan Afront to Gen. Orant—Let Us Hefoles Over Resuuiption— Puimocruile Mhances—armaraphs, PUZLLERS RNLER—Ithombors, Chsredes, ©iC.y ele. hicago Monoy Market, 1t validity was trled fu the Buperfor Court, avd onduu, Liverpool, abo i tee Appellate Cousty, with the result New Yok, Milwau st Toledo Jroduce which has bicen already stated; that the loms Markets—Chicuzy, Bast Litorly, Aibany, Hi. ol tio Fitnuless bus prayed, or will pray, an ap- | Louts, Sansas Ctly,” Watertown,' sud Buttato Live-Stock Slarkets, 3 The terma of "Gew WENKLY TainNe are as fol- lTows (poatanlid) FUNe cony, per yrar, 81,507 ¢lub uf four, £5; club of $11; club of swonly, £20. Bineia copied can b oniained ut thy Cauuts fug- Huow (In Wrappers) for 5 ceuts euel, Feal 1o the Supreme Court; that, in his opinfon, It s an uncertain matior which way this decision may " go fu the bleher court, and that it would be for the hest Intercsts of the titate It w compromtise wera eitected. 1t is be- Yeved that the Probate Court would make such an adjustment of the multer, It tho case were brougbt before de. ‘Thers might be a questiun anto Judge Kalekerbocker's jurisdivtion, but this thine bus frequently beeu done in rallway vases, whero sumebody bas been killed, where there {5 o coullict of cvideuce, aud the purtive beinging suits comprowise for a half,. An ar- langement wieht be wade In his cuse such v that, of the $ 150,000, 320,000 shoul go tu tho Towe of the Fricudless sud §250,000 g0 to the 0. b A Fable for #'tha Cutturnd Jrearon It Thero was once o it littls boy who was sent by bis jwother to the bakery on @ Suuduy worn- Lo tor the weekly pog of beans, Thy sldewalk was ullnl)crv the bean-pot was sHppery, und as the ood tttle boy wors nothing but slippers on bls Toet, 1t 18 nut st all surprising that he fell down, broke the bean-pot, aud suofuted Loy sidgwalk with his motuer’s bre While lie was weeplng over his misforsune, s bad little , Whosy miother bad slse sent Llm to the bakiery for her weekly pob of bans, cowdng wlopg, langhed and muekad exceedliely at the page boy's worrew. Now, nlile hw was yet thus mozkiug sud Jaughing, a wan ruuning for wdoc- tor knockud tho beab-pot roin the bad litie boy*s hunds, breaking it nto pleces and epread- inZ its savury contents over the sidewally, where- uvon s lauzkier was changed to weeptug, uid lin tfted up hid voice aud mourned vociferously. ——— Improving the Telephoue, 5 New Yark Geaphic, *There fs my uew Lelenhone,? sald Mr, Edi- Sou, poroting fo a bLox halt as lrge as « cigar- WoX haneing to she partition, - %1 have discoy- ered u uew substance which, if I can successtully tuntrol it, wiil revolutionize the telephons ¥etem. 1 ean't tell you what the substauce is, dint it enables e to make & telepbions which Wil ensily deliver & vedeo 1Ak can be hearg In YUY | art of 1he room fo which It terminates. ‘l 13 ot necesssry to bold AL to your car st sll; You biear £ ug yout hesr me, sod {t delivers thy Yolew without uny dimjugtion of volume, v heard 4 whisuer through fi often, and it w1 dehiver a whisper from hers Lo Now York— \iat b fswtl) 411 can coutrol the :conditiona el muky this substance suspopsive. Wat & Wlile, anid 1 wilk show you what van be dong 1o Velepliones, ew Rujtroud Awiodle. Lanyop ( Ve) Waiy, A uew swindle” culled the passeuger, aud goes to i with eeveral boxes uf igs. lute oue of the boxes Lie puts u 2 uu‘l! ucatly folded. He then buts the boacs bebiu, i, ¢hanges themy about several timed, sud offers s victim u chotce of boxes for 81. Ay ——— A Tributo 1o the Princess' Mewory, du ke Fraukfort Jeneua?, Dr. Bachoer, bus- i of the late Louiss Sucbuer, who was 8 wells oy wrlter ou. ¢ducativual relorm, aud ¢ shed the meat wmtimate relations with ¢ Lf““"'hl €, Pitbliskes ub cJoquent and touch- $ Ulbute to Ler wymory. Mo sliudes to the and he can Bardly get his dol- I el when he by the box ok b of tl, lar wut quics enc Transwitter nnd receiver for sutomatic telo- Morat: Never pork fup at the usfortuuate, 108 you ueser know how soon you way beautivuble 1. ¥ fig racket ! s practiced og some ol the railroad trains, The newwagent Mmurks out some uusuphisticated the vctim examiues the boxcs ho sees the cor- ner of the bil sticking out from uuder the vover ot X Le fuds Glwaclf Witk % bus ot DZe wurta 1D cents and the littlg corner of A 10.cent shin. plaster. The plece of shinptaster Is called the “flash," nnd the trick I8 worked with buoks as well a8 fize, CALEB CUSHING. fSomo of Jis Personatl Characteristica=Sto- ries His O)d Neighbors Tell About Iiim. RNoaton Herald. Caleh Cushing was neyer on confidential terms with snybedy, To begin with, he was in youll as ambittous as Napoleon, and he elevated hiin- self to the posliton he occupled at his death by sheer force of physienl applieation, He lad n memery probably uncqualed Ly any man now alive. e could read sixteen hours a day for o month, and never forget an Important fact ob- talned In that time, and this faculty made him thie profoundest authority en Federal Jaws In this countrg. 1lis memory and nis power of work wera the secrots of his success, Aa an 1l Tustration of this, the following ancedots Is tol In 1333, or thercabouts, ke was appotnted Cl Justies of the Bupreme Rench of Massachusetis. ITo was out of practice, wml, to use bis own words, * very rusty.’? e set to work, however, aud In nineteen doys liad read sixty volutnes ou different layws,—questions of nrecedent, laws of coutracts, laws of exchauge, cte. About seven- teen volumes wera devoted to Massachusetts law; twice as many more were mado up of re- ports, and the reading was altogether extremely varied, Notw for nn cxample af his power of works Detween the ages of 27 and 54 he nover knew \I‘lml It was to be slck. [e was accustomed fn ‘ashington to get to work in tha morning at o'clock, and labor tremendously through meal hours, and_without taking a rest, untit 11 at uieht. Then he would smoke a clear, get into bed, nud read history until he fell asieep. In one winter he nished in this manner thirtecn octave volunies uf sclentifie_travel und recent history. Attorpey-General he would huye his meals brouzht to him aod laid on his writing-desk. ~ His custom often was to eat the entlre meal without looklug at it or restime trom his work, Friends or busincss assoclatis durlng the thne when he was treing to adjust the Hudson Bay Company's clalme, and olten on ordinary occuslons, would ind hisn buried fn writing-paper or law-books ut 4 o'cloek In the morning, lie having been at his desk for twenty- three hours without rest. Caleh Cushiing wes a man of strong passlons, aninwl and fntellectualy there was prolably not s moment in his wholo waking life when ho was not thinkime profoundly, He smoked iike n steam-enging, and as though there were utllity n tobacea, He used profanity ta lmpart intense emuhnss Lo some aniery_ expressions, hut never 101y or meaningiessly, “Ha drani socially, but made the occaslon Invarlably bear iruit by slarting an' argunient or making a business triend, A Mr. Cushing used to snv that lltemr{ labor wan, with him, lika the labor of n schioot-boy over hls sieared and blotted essav, e had 1o tact for it, althongh his indomitable wilt and determination to cum}uur kept hhn sonkine offorts all his Mfe. 1 hnd no imacinative Imlver, no skill of fancy whatever, fe had Ittle or no knowludze of comnon law, and Judga Bigelow gaid of him once that, In matters relating to the perfect andimpartinl adinstment of i case on the basis of nzht and wrong, Judge Shaw was vastly hia superiors while, In cases where uutbority waa fuvoived, bnulmm had no superior, In abstract law, that s, ho was weaks In precedent and suthoerity he was power- ful._ An example of his great energy and force of character {s contalned in the followiur won- derful ulm{: He was appolvted Minister tu China at o time when there wus no’treaty be- tween the Celestial Ewmpire and any coun- try, except Euogland: = There were uo steamboats In those daye. 'Thls cxtraor- disary man, with the ‘marvelous Kuowle cuge of Internationnl law, crossed the At- luntle, went up the Mediterranean, journeyed through TEurope and India to Ching, eatablfslied a trenty, und mads the reluctant pig-talls accept ity camie back across the Paclfle, Janded at San Franclaco; went to Moxico, and felped to smooth diplomatic matters there, returning (o Washington n elghteen months alter his de- arture therefront. e then visited his home at Nowburyport, The Lnglish Awbassador, on coming ‘back to Enrland from his successiul miaslont fo Ching, wus courted, feted, aud $*nl- dreesed by all the commeretal peonle of En« eland: yet, nlthough the Koglish complained that Cnshing's Ameriean treaty was much more favorable, not the slightest notica was taken of him by the merchants of Baltimore, Philadel- r{mv York, or Roston, ¢ passed throuch these citles on his way homie, so bitier wns the feeling nrainat John 'Lyler, who apoolnted hing, Cushing haa the udjustment of our relutions with the United Btates of Colombia to handle some years aro, and found it iitcessary to za there; and, elthouch nearly 70 yoars old'at the y travoled 50O miles on hocseback In scurch of that wanderfug Governmeut. Mr. Cushingz was an futimate friend of Web- ster, and in somo respects thelr tasies were stinilor, Webster, at tho perlnd of his doath, owed Mr. Cushlug quite n large amount of nioney, ‘Thero were many secrets of Nt locked up In this old mun’s brest. Onee hie told n fricod that he had himsclf written over fitty of Becretary Seward’s isnatchesy whether this statement needs rovision or not probably no ong uow allvs ean tell. An scqualntance and clossmato of Ar, Cushing, now dead, sahl once that Cushing's moral perceptions were not. yery bigh, I1s moro futimate {rienda sny that in ordinury business transnctions, or questions of right or wrong, susceptible of mechanienl adjustment, ho was exactiiess taclf; they also adnft that his classmatoe’s assertion may have heen true enough, if interpreted soas to mean that ho could ensily convert his conscience to faith (n any of his political plans or methiods of oetion, It Is retated of Cushing, nsan Instance showlog his_ patriotism ond interest in the Unlon canse during the War of tho Rebellion, that, {n 1802, on tho firat day of bis urrival at Newburyport, after the declaration of actual war, he inada n apecch earueatly (n tavor of the Unlon, Neverthieless, he was hated heartily in that city during _the War, Willlam Lloyd Uarrison, another Newburyport msn, probalily betloved him a fiebel, At nuy rate, both e wera extreme in thelr mayner and views, one us a declared Abolitionlst, nid the other as a strong® Pro-Blavery man, r, Cushing at fioina has never been much of a scusation. During his business and politfeal Nife Newburyport rnrclly saw him, and since his euforced retirement ho lina continted his atudics and kept himselt shut up mach of the time In bis study. s erear health brokp down whily he was in Plerce’s Cablnet, but up to the mo- ment of his death he tad never beew able to bring hlmself 1o believe that e wns not dess tined to live wany years more, Oy 8 short thiue siro, und durlng the filuess whtcn currfed im off, ho appointed Wednesday as the day on ghich be Infended golox tu Washinzton to ud- Just somo of Lis Jaw business, * He Hyed with i step-brother's wife and her tamlly fn a ares white tioutee, not fur from the business section of Newbutyport, The house fs plainly furnishe ed, but the walls contaln abont 300 chalee patnt- 1ngs, pteked up in Mexien, France, and Bpiln Pnncannuy. Alr. Cushing had an ' tnderstand- ng with’ the rest of "the lamily that thoy should never enter his study for oy purposs, wven to dust it o would never slow u wonnu to tuke caro of his oftives In Wasinngton either, preferring to do the work himself, s library was lurge and intscellancons; full of historics, works of travel, and many novels. His law Murary fn Newburyport wos lurge, Lut, his trlends say, not particularly lmportant, He w a great buvel remder, and read e this lue, from the trashicss yetlow.c nuvel, through the Hent and heavy French schools, 1o the profound works on | sychology that tho uovels of to-duy sre gette to e, He haw alwuys had a passton for novel-reading, and, unless extremely bitsy, woulid Keep one ut his #lde all day lons, readv to plek it up ot his Brat spure wonient, He could not cuonverse on Highit social toples, Lut would slop on the street un Joln In & Qiscusaion with straugers \f & word was aroppeu while ho was passlug on any profousnd subjeet, or fudicuting o Bober topls of dlse course, 1le knew everyihilng In the encyclopedia, and could talk about it, always quotiug suthuritive. Hu onre talkied four hours with @ steanier, who, 10 his heanne, sold thut he belfeved In phrenot- ogy, Oncu the publishers of tho first editiun of Webster's Dictionary sent him from Springtield & urescutatlon by, requestiog fo reture o eritical notlee, cushiug, having prenty of | lefsure thne, pland@d at the firet vagesnd found uumerous mistukea; he read the second page und found iwany more, - Jio road tle untire Look, sud wrote1o the publishers that If they expeeted that by was golnz to write a compli- menary aotlee of a bavk with 3,000 errors fo it they were mistakeu, ‘The punlishers of course found fault with bis extravrdivary statement, snd wrate back 10 the cffect that i he would prove this Lo tre vatisfaction of Vrul. Porter, of ilurvand, the cditor of the Dictivoary, they wouid belleve bini. Augry at this imputativn, this extyaondinary man yead tho glgantio book over wcwi, und wrate oup the 5,000 mistukes and matled thein to Prob. Porter. Mr. Cushiuyg Ieaves o dire.\ beirs, His property [n New- buryport 1s cstlated to be worth §20,000. Be- sldcs this, ho owns luree tracts of laud at Bt Anthony Fulls, in Varglula, sod other places, 11i3 total wealth Ly varioualy eatlwated ot from F500,000 to §300,600, A e—— Muuoy Lost und Recoverod. Tutontocn (Ba.) Siandard. Norval Laldley, of wichaels, Grecne Cotuty, lost ¥1.50 o tew dsys 450, ond, singy- tarty cue il dceoverad Ory ookl ol s b that Mr. Laldley had his money in bank- along with other money, Inclosed in an oprn-ended pockethook aud inseeted in bis Ine side yest pocket, which proved to b defective. Mr. Laliley was on horscback, nmi, josthng along, It Ia supyosed that the ntoney worked out of tho pocketbook down throuch ‘the sent in the pocket. It was picked up in bunches, at four or flve diffcrent places, sna at frregulsr fn- tervals of many rode, ticfore reacting his fatin, Mr. Ladley missed hie money by somo fortunato sccident, and retraced his' steps. Ha had not proveesded far Ul hie picked up abont &45 of it. Upon lmvlm; st Mr. . B, Batley's, he found that Mr. Bailey’s eons, William H, an: (icorge F., had each found & package,~otie about €500 and the other aburt §600,~and that a yonne Mr. Hea tad picked up a packare of nenr 8200, which, taken together, made the ex- octsumy, Es CAPT. PAUL BOYTON. Karly Incidents of Ills Ntrange Careere Diving in the West Indian Seasnnd War- ring In Mexzico und France—A sSab-Marine Glionts Ane York Herald. . Capt. Paul Bovton's career, from the time that ha began to grow famous the world over for saving many lives and for his wonderful and porilous voyages, has Lecome famliar to almost. every reader of newsvapers, and 1s a tale quite as fnscinating ss Robingon Crueve Limeelf; hut - 1t 18 not wenerally known that his lifc previous to that perfod was full of excitement and char- acteristic adventure, A lew days ago the writer was tie guest of Capt. DBoytonm at dinper, and the cvonversation tovk a very happy turntn reversion 10 tho days of his bovhood and carly manhood. 'The style of his narrative is suceinct and polnted, and the Interest of the listener vever for an Instant gocs ostray. flis mind seema to comprehend all the salent tucldents at a single retroapect, and presents them with wood deal of dramatic conception, [ was harn, eald he,_**on the 20th of June, 1848, In Allezheny City My early Me was a rather wild one, Escr since 1 could walk oround [ have felt an frresativle desire to e in the water, I was drawntolt all the thae, [ cannot explain it, It must be ou instinet born with me, ‘This has caused me to receive inore tickings, I_suppose, than any other bov in Americn, Except wlen the river was frozen uver they wero my d-l:{ punisiment. At the age of § years 1 could swini acruss the Ohlo Ruver.ut the point of its formation, the junciion of tho Allexheny and Movongahela, whera it 18 from three<quarters of a inile toamile In width, Tho current 18 heavy and dangerous, Mg mother sufTered untold anxiety on iy ac- count, but fu my youthful enthusiaam [ was incapable of realizing of of pitying the suspenss to which I so aoften ™ subject- ed her, Bhe found it {wpossible to keop me ont of the water, and wlter tho ex- uloit which 1 huve just meutioned she forated a determination to send ne far away from the temptation continually presented by the beauti- fulrivers near var home. My father wua ot this time engaged in trading with tho Cilppewa In- Ofans intho West, After bis return to Piits- burg on one oceasion my motlier persuaded him to take me with bim on his next expedition. 10 1 remalued longer at homo she thougut 1 woutd ba certaln to lose my Jife. Bo 1 went, Wewere gone ot one tme throu tmonths, and visited a great wany differens bands of Iudians. The country i which they dwelt was then, as you woll know, a perfect wilderness. Meanwiile tho excitanent of peril which constantly attena- el our progress dld not detract frot my aquatie taste, My father uscd to have a heap of trouble withne, “for whonever 1 guitted the eamp or the wagon-train be [cncmlly found 1ue soine distance off in n ereek or pond swimmini Hke a wl{,}'wux or paddling sronnd on a log like s turtle. “Ou my rcturn to Pittsbure lo 1850 my mather was told of my frequent escapades out West, and she at length recognized her lack of ability to break my habit of secking the waier. o it was decided to send e to the High-School in Pittsburgz, 1 was not very regrulae ( tny at. tondance, Every morulug before 9 o'clock 1 was supposed to cross the Alicgheny River on the bridge; but the tempting aspect of tho sparkiing current would generally prove too wueh for my moral fortitude, aud I would take off my clotlies and plunge tn, Far the rest of tho day [ could not think of studies or of home, * Thoughta of duty when they did re- surn to me were aecompatfed by o very lugu- Utlous apprehiension af thyp birchen rod and tha nimble sllpper, ‘The first life-savine that L over didd was fn the Allegheny River, under the new susp:enslon-bridge, opposite the Toot of St. Clnir street, on oo side, and of Fedoral strecs on tho ather. Irescucd n boy from-drownlug, He was not a goud swliumer, sud had missed s ootiug and gone down, \Without roflecting at ail I plunged after him, buv failed to reach him, When I reached the purfade 1 saw one of bis arms ivmmullnz from the watcr somo distance off. dove ogain, and with so strokes got withly reach of him. [fo lav on the bottom of the river agalnst o huze bonlder, and seetied to boe Hicless, had hard work to get hitu to the aurface, and both of us were pickel un by & row-boat, The erowd which had goth- ered taok my cap and puc foto it o whole lot of silver. Iwas afrafd to aecopt b, for I know ft 1t waa discovered in iny posscssion at howe the fact that Ihad been playing truant aud swi ming in the river would surely be betrayed. However, {t was foreed upon e, and | went noma feeling liko o villaln, und with vivid fmag- Inines of the coming costigution. I brought tho money aleng without any fdea ot how much there was, but fondly bcllevim.v that there wern at least millions Init.' Tho ol lsdy grabhod me and wanted to know wnero I liad got sn meh money. I never was so frightened in all my lfo as when the old lady swooped down on e, ‘At another tima tho old lady tack wilmy clothing away from mo ond locked me un fn oi upper story, 8he thought that she had certaln- Iy secitrod o then. I romained quict for Wwhile, vhewing the bitter cud of discontent, 1 wans thinking of tbe splendid half-day of cnjoy- ment shot [ e been rubbied of when wy ‘efe lappened 1o rest on au old-fashioved barean which stood i 8 coruer, [ opencd one of the drawurs und tovk out a pair of iny father'a ln- expressibles. In a wonment Igol fute them, but waw almost fost, Nothing daunted, hows overy 1 putted them up.to my chin and tisd them carclully about any necks 1 must have prescut- od a curlous spectacle, Cuutlously rasslug a window, 1 nlllmnl out without any diifleutty and slid down a lightuing-rod, ‘Llien 1 darted off at, full specd for the river and wus soon rofllcking n my fuvorite clement. *¢ [ wus takeu away from the Hizh School and put at a morw private one. The discipline was very strict, anid at the end of the first mouth 1 revulled, 1 broke out like a voleano, I tell vou, There were Loats running from Pitteburg ta New Orleans, 1got oua barge und tasde tho entire voynee of 2,800 milvs, 'Ilicrs wero somno ey from Pittsbure slonyr, and they took an in- terest in me and brought mwe back with them, Motbertboughit that 1 was dead, Pertiabs you cun (mogive the astonlshmeut of my fricnds when Iturned up ngaln. Father camae home soon afterward, and 1 was wirain sent to the West with b, After returnfu [ was placed ot u eollege o Cambriu County, P, Istayed Lhere unly o short time, and then went to school on the very summit of the Alleghauy Moun- talng. 1 guve the I'rasessor o worll of trouble, and, ogofnat thelr most sacred probibitions, | tnatracted nearly all tho bova in the art of wwlmming, Wo used to go to a Httle laks sbuut tou milus awoy, The only study that I pursued witls any Interest or profit was the sclence of nuvigation, *41n 1563 1 1eft colleea and went to New York to enllst In the Fudersl navy, § jomed the Hruoklyn, which Juy v Wallabout Hay, I was svon alterward assigned tothe steamer Hvdran- za, which.doparted on acrulse upthe James taver, bemge cwployed 0 carrying dispatelos, For some time wowere ofl theTown of Mellville aud wero continually uuder tire. In Aukast u Itebe) bomb dislodued our cagines sud reudered the veasel uaelces. 1 was truniferred to the sloap-of-war St, Louls, and took part In the ex- pedition oratnst Fort Ishier, whichh terminated i the exploston of Gew, Butler's fireabin, 1 left the navy when the War was over, at 16 years of e, with the rank of yeomar Iy Tathier tried to gey me to o futo busin 1 was unfit for it not lay down my mind toft,. | wade scveral journeys fo thy West, but was in u continuous ‘state of unrest until funes moro went to ses, In 13 1 en- pogod myself us a Jdiver to thu New York Wreeklug and Bubmurine - Company, amd sadud o the schooner Foam. Wo were cquivoed with twa diving-belly, and went in search of treasure, Weo jound very little of thut, however, and busled ourselves chicy in ralsing canocs, and anchors, and chalus, “Wo aniled wll througn the West Tndles. I was soun given dmuportaut work to do, slthough the voungest diver in the scrvice of the Coinpany. dbl mosy ot the deep diving, and would somiu- thses ko duwn whep all the uthera reluied, Wo had very fudifferent Juck, but 1 enjoyed the work yery much 1 haveascen in the decp water of the West Iudles wany pecullar thiugs, and landscapea as_beautitul 43 ever hun €y rested upon, The voral banks, fo the ectly clear elotneut, with tho troples! sgu sbwning bt I coul ] duwn u’Fqu shem, preacut 4 wmost wonderiul sleite The botlow of tha scu ts white ae suow, uud wultltuded of brilllantly-colored fahi uear the surfucy duzale one's eyed, Sowie of thea were timid aud would dart away from we, tcle opat scales Hasting rich buee fn the powerful higut; but whole schuols of uthurs would siow their carfoaity by spproacbing apd :lu:cll- sur- roundivg me ou all aldes. 1 sball pever loreet thio loveliiess of those see b Lad vy Viss L < adventure \, divin Wa i chored in tha Bay of Cam. peachy, whers o Mexican brig had rtoed over and gone down, Only two mnen of the crew bud been saved. The name ot the ship was Avarada, We were told that ler topmast Was sticking oat of the water, but, after proceeding upun accurate bearings for several days, we were unable to find jt. We were crufsing about a coral recl one Sunday morning, and, luppenlnfiv 1o lean over the taffrall at the right momen! saw many fathoms below s long dark loe stretehing out under the crystal water. 1 con- ¢luded that this was the must, and that the yesael lay on her side. We dropped anchor, and Iput annll\'lnF dress and went down. We haa been told that six people were lost; smong them was the Caotalo’s niece, & young wotm- an agout 18 years of age. 1 got "to the hottom near the briz and walked around it, taking care Lo keep the alr-tublne clesr fromn the keel, 80 a8 ot to break ft, Not sisty yards {rom ne rose the white wall of the coral “rect. ‘There were great holes {n the bottom of the hulk. I zot aboard and on feeling around found that the hiatchies were sthll closed. The sails huug down In clogeing masses on the side, The ship Jooked weird and stronge enough, Ican tell you. 1 went down into ‘the eabin. The floor was 8o atecp that I could hardly wulk, On onesfde tliere waa a _stateroom, and this was the eldo which leaned toward me. Wishing to sce whother there was any treasuro aboard 1 pleked up o bar which I had with me aud struck thio door two or three times. 1t dfd not budge, and then £ got the bar fn the crack next the post and hegan tu pry. Buddenly, as I was look- Inz up—for you muast understand that ji was above tne—it swung clean open, aud thecorpee ofabesutitul wotnan, clad In her white night- cluthes, with her face towsrd me, slowly Tell over toward me and floated down through the water head foreinost, Before I could move (and If I lind wished to I was paralyzed with horror) her hand touched my helnet with alight blow and ber feet struck the floar. Tho light poured around her from a porthale in the stateroom. 1 remember just how that face looked. The cyes were wide open and starting from thelr sockets; fhe lips were wasping, and the. matted baie Hited and trembled and waved with her motion tke the lung fibres of seaweed, When J could recover myscll 1 shook off the hand with all she power that [ could wuster. It scemed toclutch at me, and Iwas drightened, When T got on deck, huweser, | felt better, and we fastened a fine "to the corpse and Jrew {L up. She must have fumped out of her bunk just s the brig Jent AbWn and died Tn trylng to open the door, T'ne Foamn was lost on the coast of Mexico, be- low Tamplco, and my diving sutt went with her. Whnen § got mito Tamoicu my bageoge consisted ol nothing but a tarpuulin and o sow’wester. ' 1t was during the French occupation of Mezlco, nnd 1 jolned the ariny under Gen. Pedro Martini. 1 served thres montts In his eam- finmn, and I wot quite enouch of it. I don’t inow to this day on which side T louglt, or whom or what I was shootiug at, It was most- ly guerrllia warture with us, We gradually woved northward, and from Monterey 1 toolc French leave, and swam ocross the river to Urownsvilie, 1 came North, and my tather gave me a stort in business st Cape May, Idid s good trade, but passed most of my tine on the Leach, 1 coulan't keep away from It It was thera that I firat went futo the life-saving seevice as a voluntecr. During the firet scascn | re cued fourtecn persous from drownine. 1 took soma terrible riska. ‘Thé next som- mer, after apending the winter in Philadelphia, 1 retupned to the Cape and saved aeversl tiver, And hera is a peculfar point, I hove ap instinet:for lic-enving like that of a Newfound- laud dog. 1 uever caleulate the chances of my own safety. By surpassing the men who were there engired fn tne life-xaving service, and showing thewm that thelr onwn svstem was false, I made many of them wy enemies. In 186, €1,000 worth ol vresents nere riven me by the visitors at Cape M My storo was fired by in- cendlaries, sud a good part of the cily was burned down, Ilostafl that [ hwd, 1attribute the flre to the eumity which I had created agalnst myself {n_the manner alluded to. 1 went agnin nto the submarine diying buslaces, flnding employment Inthe Gulf of Mexico. When the Franco-(ierman war broke out in 1870 T went to Europe and jolned the franc-tireursat Iavre, 1 hatea discipline and 1 would not belong to a regular corps. During the wholé war I served under Gen, Mocquard. 1 still hava the rifla which I used then. It was given me in testl- mony of my services, 1 was at Orleans, Limo- res, Roten, Bnalteck, and many Httle skir- misbes i the narth_of France. After my re- turnto America, 1871, 1 wont down to Atluntie City and acted us o Volunteer Nfe-saver. I was very sucecsaful, and during that winter [ worked on my We-preservivg appuratus, 1 was engoged by the Cainden & Atlantic Rallroad Company jto oreanlze a lHe-suving service off the coast, and thie eenson 0t 1673 passed withiout the loss ot a single life. Altogetler [ have saved meveoty- one Jives on the Now Jersey coust, yet for this servica | bave never recesved any recognition clthier from the Goveroment or from humane socleties. In the apring of 1873, a3 yon kuow, 1 went w Eurepe vn the Queen.” GEN. GRANT. The Corkonian Inalgnlty to Amerlesn Holdler<Irlsh Vi Sides 0f the Question, 7o the Editor of the New York Herald: 1, In common with the great Irlah-American element i this country, felt a Llush of skamo tinglo wy checks at the paltry indignity which o injserablo cltquo of so-called Natlonalista fo Cork trivd to Lrap on the falr fame of Amerlca’s great suldier awl favorite son. liad such an fusult como from the Irish people it would be the duty of Irishmen here to bold wmeet- ings and denounze the causea asslgned as a vile sander ou the character of Gew, Grant; but, as it §s only tho action of a few professlonal Na-' tionalists oud political mountcbanks, who are toa ready to trall the falr fameof Ireland in the dlirt with them, i they can only socure the ap- plunse of the rabble, [ will deal with it as such, +As hos been stated in the Heraid, Gen. Girant hind amony his most intimato friends UNoman Catboties, and even filled some of tho higzhest offices fn his gife with Roman Cathollcs. Wo liave yet to learn that @ siuglo auldier who served uuder nlm or a singlo citlzen hasever ex- perlenced a gingle act of bigotry or intolerance at Lls bands, 1 speak froin experionce, for thres years In the field afforded me an opgor- tunity of studying him closely, and his carcer s Uresident is known to us all, Ldo not write to defend Gen, Grant from the slanders of these nien, for they ure too sllly and groundless to need refutation; but 1 feel confl- dent I am unly giving expression to the sentl- mentsof truw Irishwen, both here and in Ire- tand, no natter what their creed or politics may be, irhen I atate that we look upon the fo- tolerant action of this elique of mountebanks in Cork with shame, loothing, and disguat, It isa strange fact that these very men—so-callbd Na- tiunalists—bath in Ireland and here, wha sct themsclves up as plllars of the Church and de- fenders of the faith, when there 13 a Httle cheap capital to ba made by the operation, are the very men who are dally denouncing the hiers archy and priesthood of Ireland as enemies of 1be country and England's garrison, and who in Vari have “brouglhit dowa the thundors of the Vatican, pot ooty upon thuimscives, but also upon honest Irish Nationalists, who would fain make tholr country respectable, respected, aud fudependent. Auy vue acquatyled with these professional patriots, even in Now York, I too well awsre of thelr contemnpt for everytbing sacred, and when they stand forth as the champlonsof Catholleity 1t tust be shinply on the principle of *tha Devil preaching Scripture.!! < A4 3 speciuen of the intolersnca of theso men whovo bitterly denounce Engliah futolerunce and oppression fn Trelaud, ] wust stute 1thit & few years sinee 1 was traveliug through Ircland and atiended 8 howe-ruld weetlug in Liwerick, Mr. Butt had cousmenced to speak, when a budf of *Natfonallats rushed futo the hail, snd, after batteriny seyeral heads, routed the mece- fug by the Tores of clubogie. Iudeed, 1 bad been Infurmed by geveral respectable, patrivtie Irislmen—aud Usuw enoueh wyself to coulinu thetr statement—tbat such were the nicans wenerally adopted by thosu professionsl agitators to kuock patriotism futo the beuds of their countrymen. Tuesn fellows set thuwscives up s the lvadera of the Irish Natlonal movement, both here and at bume, simply ou the grounds that sowme of them Lave sulltred fucurcarstion in Britlsh prisous, and any ono who dares op- | pose their pretensfond (s ut once denguiced as & Nlu‘?lt]u snd trajtor, Boine of those who suffered for [reland are entitled to the higlest prafec, wiile, il revaris speak truly, & few were willing o purchisse their iberty st the priceof their bonur, and & few mure, like walpped curs, whized for mercy in the dock, (iivink due pralss to these men for thefr sac- aitices aud their sufferiogs, 6 8 to be regretted that their conduct as the self-constituted lead- crs of the Irlsh Natluual movewvnt s such as to brivg Irsh Natjonalism juto coutemot, and to deter wuflueotial, meethgent, avd patriotie [rish- men from Henttfying thewselves with the cause. If Irlsh Independence fa to be sccomplished fn ourdays, §t wust be either by tntelligence sud the woral forcs of publis opfulon or by & resurt warms. To aocomplish the foruser the Irighy movewent should have the cordlal support of inteiligent Irishmen ot standiug ana reputation, botls 'fiun.- aud_ fu lseland; but, usforcunately, such meu are detesred Grow deatilytug ther a Nt cut thut L cs.'.:u’u“cd. the Great or Noth hlatant demseogues ifke those who made such & shawelul exhibition of themselves In Cork, D. P. Conynaitas. THS OTHER SIDE—GRANI'S “BIGOTAY" RE- e Amlmln.l i athaile Herald, The tonr of ex-President (irant {n Eureps bas been quite 8 surprise to those who looked on him as & plain, unassuming citizen of the United dtates. Wherever ho has gons he has heen recetved with rezal honurs, - aud his well- known bigotry has been for him A passport to the favur of the encmies of thia Catholic Church. {iambetta, Bismarck, Castelar, and the other high-priests of frreligion, welcdmed our ex- Presldent as a brother. Jast week Grant reached Ireland, and the Corporation of Dublin gave him the freedom of the city, in return for which hie mada a spceck composed of platitudes and claptrap. Tt was rescrved for the manty and truly Cath. olie Carporation of Cork ta administer & fitting rebuke to the bratal and bigoted foldier who, fn October, 1873, took mlunuu;o of hia exalted potition as President of the United States to ro- vive the beastt rrry of ** No Poperyl® We havn heen Informed hy eable that, at a meoting of the Town Council of Cork, on Friday, Jan. 3, aftrr neveral bitter apreches by Catholic mem- bers, a motfon that the lctter” of tho United Ktates Consul at Queenstown, announcing Gen, Grant’s coming, be simply marked ** Read * wan carried without a dissenting vote. A pre- vlous motion to give Gen. Grant a proper recep- tign was Ignored. In order that our readers may anpreclates the Justice of the contempt with which the peopleof Cork have treatod (irant it will be necessary to sy a few words of the character of the man and Lis well-known antl-Cathollc procilvities, (en. Ulysses Grant is a men notoriously unin- cumnbered by any religlous belief at all. “He s, besides this, & very reticent man; one as little given to speaking rirht ont, as & rule, as the Emperor Napolcon 1II. For once, however, this nsunily Mlent ruler spoke out, very plainiy indeed, on” Friday, Oct. 1, 1875, The ‘occasion was bis delivery of an adidress at Des Moines, Ia., to the reunion of the Socicty of the Army of the Tennessce. After aluding to the late Civil War in America,—n war_he ‘vas chiefly In- strumental ip bringine to o cloze by the simple device of pounding the Bouth into’ submission by pouring 1o overwhelmine forees upon troops that were outnumbered rather than cutmaneu- vred,—Gen, Grant startled his hearers by the utterance of words, reading, ominously enough, ke the declaration of another war—n war ‘hr more momentons {u character, ‘Jlie reasop for this aflent ruler thua speaking ont was oovious nt a glance, and perfectly cum- prehenstbie to all who knew bis relatious with the hitter anti-Catholle mob who, years avo, burned charches and sacred convents, - (rant beine esscutlally o man of this age— this age of blood and frow, of ilberaltsm and un- beljef—took & leaf ont of the book of Prince Otto Von Bismarck, and {nthe name of tho loftiest prineiple of patriotism he proclaimed war, a8 plalnly s words could bave put it, aenlnst thie boly Catholfe Church fn the United States. “* It," ga'd Grant in his notablo speech at Des Molnes threo years ago, *“if we havo another coutest In the near future, I predics that tho dividing lino will not bo Masan gnd Dixon's line, but ouc octwecu patriotism and fotelli- Rgence on une side, and superstition, ambition, and lgnorance ou the other,” Ue went on: **The centennial yenr work of strengthenlng the foundation ol tho structure commencod by our forcfathers at Lexingion should begin, Let us Iabar for gecurity of free thonght, free Ancech, free press, pura morals, unfettcred relirioun sentimenta'? (much be cared about them), “and equul rights and the privileges of all men, Irre- apective of nationality, color, or religion: en- courage free schools; resolve that not one dol- lar appropriated to them b to the support of any sectarfan schiovl; res that neither State nor Natlon shall eupport sny institutions save thote where every chlid may get common #chool education unmitxed with’ any athelutie, pagan, or sectorian teachings leave tho matter of reiirions teaching to the family altar, and keep Chiurch and State forover sejarate, " Wikl these saferuards I belleve the battles which crented the Army of tho Tennceses witl not ‘haye been foorht fn vain The voleo was the vofeo of Grant, but the words, the thonghts, the aesigns, and lotentions are distinctlv those of Blsmarck. The Cathioliesof Cork do not forget that when Orant asplred for a third tern to_the Presideney of the United States ho tried to streogthen bis position as the Republican can- didate by tmportiag, m the most invihous man- ner, the rell‘giuun and anti-Catholle eletcent foto the politica) agitation. Il uppealed to the re- lizlous passions of the native American ele- ment In our population, and that nypml las now risen fn Jadianent before bim in Ireland, 1f, 88 Is_openty stated by the frienda of the Amcrican Bismarck, (irant shoull be the Re. yublican candidate for tho Presidency In 1830, the Catholie voters of the United States wust show their detestatlon of his blgotey, not only by voting azeinst him, but by workfug hard to scoure bis defeat. Cork hos sot *Ireland in Amerlen a good example, and we confidenfly trust our countrymen will profit by ft, THE NORTIL POLE. A Bellever In & Wilderness or 8 New World =Will the Jennnetlo Nucceod ? San Francleen Chronicie, All Informatlon concerning tho myatery sur- rounding the North Polo 1s eaorly read by tho {utelligent public. This Interesting subject tina got beyond the vonflnes of sefentific socicties and the studies of learned men, Tha average newapaper reader Is now discussiog the quastion with zealous attention and unusual intelligence, The Chronic'e has hud recently o number of arti- ¢les ou the Polar mystery, the facts therafn bav- Ingz been gleancd from trading and whallog Cay- taius who huve made voyazes beyond Behring Stralt into the Arctic, Of the many Captains In- terviewed, but one fs a believer in an open Polar Bea. This {8 Capt. Barker, of tho whallog flect, Another Captain may now be added to tho }at of bellevers, but he differs In oninfon with Capt, Barker. Tholatter gentlensan thinks thut tho stoam yacht Jesunette, now at Maro Lsland en route to_ the Arctie, will solvo Lhe myst * by sea. Tho otber wentleman who be- licves In “a solution of the problem s Capt. Jacobson, master of tho schooner William 1. Bteveus, who has receatly returped from a trad- ing voyuge of seven months fu the Arctie. Capt. Jacobson {s of the opinlon that it s utterly fm- possiblo for the most powerful steom yacht to enatrate the massivo lee barrfers whicki aro to ‘:c found in the Arctlc even In tho most open season, ‘Thero are some years wien & salling vesscl can get from 723 deg. to 75 deis. north, and occasfonnlly, If the scason Is very opon, ssiling craft can get as high as 75 deg. to T deg. vorth Buould a hanl scason follow, when the jeoberes drift cown toward lluhrlnf o, the stanchest steamer could not gret as far north as the lagl- tudo Indicated, “The unly way, sccording to Capt. Jacobson, that any new {hformation can be procured abuut the Pular reglons is to establish a gencral eainp on Wraogel's Land off Herald Tland, Vlace men of courage and indomitable perscverancs there, speclally fitted for the work bolore shem lat them lave vlenty of provislons, tobacco, an warm clotling, aud then say to the leader, who ever ho may be: “There's cverything you want; €0 and dlscaver the North ole, and, if you can't find It find something that will muke a senantion.” The Captaln e certatn {hat it the right man In the rl;;‘hl place can be found, Wranzol’s Land, vn whichi nu mortal has ever set, foot, 8o far a8 history gocs, will no longer be W tersn dneognita, The atations, he thinks, should be from Rfteen to twenty miles spart, aud a lew rellable men alionld be kept at-cack, Contlnuoe them northward, somcthine after the fashion of overland stations fa the olden timvs, until the wilderness or & new world {s reached. Capt, Jacopsun belicves thae Wrangel's Land con- talns plenty of wild suimals, and that Lierds of ruindeer wlll bo encountered. Numerous flocks of wilid birds can bo scen boverlng about the shore, snd the Arctle duck, ss the bird Iy coauuonly called by saflors, 18 very plentiful, ‘There need be no fear of scurvy with a land cxploring party. No opivlon could be procured 1rgmn the gallant skipoer named as to the pos- sivllity o strikine a luscious bed of strawber- ries, 80 Orangs grove, or & batch of bananas, «ven more Juscious than tho Sandwich Jsland articts, lle wos aiso equally reticent ae to thy Emh:me atsls of sumer woods lu that reitlun, g belleved that 1L lnf:lumz af the klud ux- fated it would not be & Hawalian malo or Mexl- ban reboza. : Capt. Jucobson bas made many voyages to the Arctic, but never uas been atle Lo pick up from the natlves bordering ou tha Pale, trom be Alaska slde, ulv traditjons |, coucerting Wraugel's Land, He Las lovked for stranze varicties of woodenware, pecullar [molewents carved pleces of wood, oF avything that wleht float with the currents or be curricd on tle tee- bergs, which would fndicate that there wily su- other race of people beyond the Ioviiible us by cazed wortbward, but he wus uever succeasful [ procuriug the least evidence. lisopooriuni- ties were much better thau those of sea Cap- tatns, as_the lstter seldow touch sbore, while tradive Captalus wake it their business Lo dosu, At Mersld” [slund, which 13 about seventy-vie degrees north and 175 uuimu west, there 13 In clear weather 8 splendld view of Wrangel's Land, ‘Tuis talaud fs the furthest point of Tand ua yet distovered in the Arcuie, It was Grst dis- covered lu 1540 by Capt. Kellett, aud ls sup- posed to bave beett uamed after the ship he vommanded. 1 1s abous %0 feet above the Ivvel ub the sea. Toere s uu vegetstlon, beyoud sutaie Hehens, and iU 1s 0OL Buown whether it Was b fuzavited or pote Sea Cantaius oo eastonally visit it a3 A matter of curioall Itls free from anow or lce, which indlcstes that the atmosphere nhout and on the istsod {s more menial than at sca. This year there was no fce in the vicinity of Herald Isiand, nor conid any be seen northward, while last year it was fm- .. posaible to reach the land on’ scconnt of the ico. i Soma seven or eight years ago a young Frenchman, M, Pavy, arrived In Ban Francisco ‘with the ohject of starting an expedition to dis- cover the North Pole, He was {n the prime of 1ife, and was undoubtedly a man of great intel- Iectual ability, liis articles on tha North Pole, which were published ln the famone Kewus des Mondes of Varis, showed that he bad given the subject & profonnad stady. Wben M. Pavy arrived he recelved a hearty welcome from the press of this city, and column alter column ap- veared about him and his scheme, The Acad- emy of Sciences gave him a dlnner, gt Martin's, wo bstieve, All went swimmingly with the explorer for & while. fe partiatiy chartered & vessel, and Capt. Jacobson, now of the Willlam H. Btevens, was selected as the man to com- mand, his long experience in the Arctic pe- cullurly fittiug him for the position. A portion of the crew was engaged, 88 was & surgeon, who {s now a practicing physiclan of this city. At about the timo that prospects seemed fair for u successful Juunch of the enterorise M. Pavy disappearea rthysteriously in’ the nignt time, and has not been ' heard from from that day to thls, 60 far ss s known. Many rumors as to the cause of his sudden departure wers fiying about ag the time. Some belleved that women snd wino lad ruined bim. a8 they have rufned thousands of briilisnt intellccts, ‘but as Pavy was by nom lhzuor tlisre can be no truth in this suoposition. Others thiuk that he exbausted all his inoney in somo way, and that, finding he could not carry out his pet project, a which be bad the most unbounded confidence, he sought reilef in eulcide. He was a man_as proud as he was cnl- tired, so that this theory founnd many be- liovers. Capt. Jacobson savs that M. Pavy was one of the most perfect gentlemen ba ever met; and in his conversation about Arcticaffalrs he talked s If he had been over every foot of the n:fluns explored there up to that time, grent deal of futerest Is felt sbout the com- Ing voyage of the Jeannctte. The majority of tho sea Centalns who have been tothe Arctic scuson after season assert that her success will entirely depend upon whether tho szason 6pen one or bot. If it {a not open ber stesm will be lielpless to push her as far north as maay whallng and trading vessels have been. If she meets with an open sea she inay bo sbile to get & degreo or two farthier toward the Pola than any vessel has ever yet reached. Bhould the Jean- nette stesm alopy Wrungel's Land sho might make {mportant discoveries. Golog to the westward the tides are very strong, and whalers thut biave been caught in then weora never beard of afterward. ‘The commander of tho steam yucht numed will tind in 8an Francisco sea Cap- alna who ean pive himn valuable fnformation of a more sclentiflc character than finds its way into print, The veascl {s sure to attract great attention nfion lier arrival, and her commander will be looked upon as a second Columbus o sewrch of & new world, e —a—m s BRADLAUGI’S BOOKS. ifow Ile Recovered JTis ** Fraits of Philosa phy* from the Yolice. ? M. D. Conway's London _Letter to Cinevanatt Come mercial, There was quite a scene at the Metropolitan Police Court when the 057 Impounded conles of “Fruits of Philosanhy " wero wrested by Brad« Jaugh from the clutchies . of the Inspector apd the Vice Soclety. The order had to bo detnavd- ed of Mr. Vaughan, the very Magistrato whuse order to seize and destroy the- books had been quashed by the higher conrt. Relyingon a hope that the Maglstrate would help” them to find soie means by which he and thoy might escape the sirual humiliatfon which Bradisugh wes about to bring upun them, the sotizitor of tho A len Soclety and 8 _burrister representing tho Queen's counsel (Besler), who had falled In the higher vourt, asseinbled, Thev pieaded, squirmied,~tried avery devive to escape. They begged v’nuzhuu to ndl|onru the case, binttuyg that Beslev was engaged v makmg discoveries in law which were of vast importauce: they trl-d to persunde Vanghan that the origtoal ° order for selziee was not affected by the quash. mg, and, when alt this was in yain, they pleaded that, fnstead of the books, thelr money vaiug might be pald Mr. Brodlaugh, But every time they made & potut un vose Bradisuh, with w law-book and Erecrdem. and bowled it dowu ke & nino-pla, Bradiaugh refused tu take tho money, *“1 demand the bouke,"” quuth hn‘ wently, “Urder the goods to be delivered up,! says the Magistrate, will deliver thein to Mr, Bradlaugh et unce,” says tis Lospector, The ‘uext moment o ringing cheer was heard from the street, where n crowd bad coliceted around Bradinugh's four-wheeler, ‘L'ue lawyers eat svell-buund, aod Collette, the defcated Vice Bolleitor, bit Lis Hip in anguish. Tho next mo- ment polleenien were geen fullowing each other through the hsll inta tle -Lrufit with aninfuls of Knowiton’s “ Fruits of Philosoph; Every book-bearer was greeted with & cheer as he ap- prosched and deposited his foad In the cab, Bradlaugh stood silent and quiet while the work. went og, and, when the last load was received, Jumped Into the cab, aud, amid loud clieering, drove oft to bis publishing oilive n Stonecutter atreet, where now may bo freely bad, prive six- punce, that vnce unkiown pamphlet which its wauld-ha suppressurs have. been the means of rulsioz to a drculution of several bundred thousand. IMMIGRATION INTO THE PORT OF NEW YORK. " Bpeciat Dispatch to The Tridune. Wasminaroy, Jan, 8,.—~0ffizfal returns made 1o the Burcau of Statistics show that there as- rived at the Port of New York durlng the month endod Dee, 81, 1878, 5,831 passengors, of whun 2817 wore immlgrants. Durlng the correspond- peried of 1877, the total number of passen- ra arrived ot tho voct was 4,024, ol whon 07 wero Immigrauts. ‘Chie arrivals gt the Port of New York duting the three mounths ended Duc. 81, 1878, and dur- ine the twelve nouths cnded the same, a8 com- pared with tho corseaponding periuas of 1977, were as follow Cittzena] Periods, | Jmmi. |of U, 8. Sojour-| Totat, arants. \ret'ened| ners. Quarta» endad D , 1878| 17,208 0,030( 1,240( 27,784 Quarter ende L Dec, 31, 1877) 13,020| v, 330) 83 20,213 Year ended Dec. 31, 1878, 81,803| 94,333] 0,8571121,00% Year cuded . I 7 ..ol 00,282 25,4070 4,731 06,640 Of tho total arrivals of imalgrants ot the port durluy the month of December, 157, thro wors from England, 620: - Scotland, 1003 Wales, § Srcland, 913 Germany, U0: Austrla, 1073 Bweden, 80; Norway, 345 Doumurk, 403 Fraz 8l; Switzerland, in, 243 uizal, Italy, 8095 ollaud, 315 Belgium, Ruvsla, 188; Polund, U; Huugar! 3 Turkey, 13 Chiny, 43 Japan, 13 Nova Scutls, 17 Newfouadland, 33 Mexico, 13 Venazuola, 13 West Indles, 13 Cuos! lnth; H;yll, 14 Buibsdocs, 75 Palestive, 23 Aug ralia, 3. AN ASSURED SUCCESH-UNLY THREE NIGHTH MOKE, EMMA ABBOTT, AND THE HESS ENGLIEN OPERA COMPANY, TO-NIGU T Ia the sparkilng CHIMES OF NORMANDY. Mise Muntague, Mre, noguin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Bragaa, . ityae, Mr. Sedyin, 10 the cast. Friday sventuz.” Vuma Abbos Teacnt -FAUST, I3 ‘Alioutl &8 Margue Mre. Bogaln, Messra, reyas. wid Heury 1. Custie, 15 ":v‘uln;&llr i, A wURIuY kveul, Frldehear ol SEASON OF TOER MAJESEVS OPRRA 00 Cammencing Mqlldn , Jam, 19, 1879, Toangural performance, Monday; Jan. 13~lttots ro- R ST L ik sy i 2 DI ior, Weiies1av—N0 - ~AKO—Madame Hoe and Mils. Hauk, Thurslay-LU- 1A DELAMER RGOt Salawe Uenigr, | Fridar— § 2 ~3l3aang tiogo. Saturduy datl A=Mud; VATOR AW a0ue Gersier, Berurday Nigh ATRE, . ¥roorietor \nJ Maasger, E LAST NIGHTY OF ; The New York Park Theatre Company, . Pruprictor, In the 4 ul o e A ARENE B B 1S SRS K L adtice willba glich of (be Cumedy of CHAM: i, 3 E>TY"S OPERA. M Lreat Success of the Now Drams by WIL T, wagy, DESTINY Next Weok~Uizaad Nevival of ROSEDALR